The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 30, 1943, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME M ' ' ' CAMDEN, SOUTH CAKOUg^JgjPAY. JULY 30. 1943 1 ' NUMBER 19 '
Army Schedules
Stiff Program In
Softball League
Want* To Battlto Merchants
In A Double Bill
Tonight.
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If die Army obtains its objective
this wejek, , Frank Bean's galaxy ?
lO/tball tulent will be right on Chi
nil of the unbeaten Instructors' team
?i sunset tonight.
The Army hAd a game scheduled
with the Maintenance team last Wed
oesdny night and Bean was negottat
Inn with the management of the
Merchants' team for a doubleheadei
tonight. Because of activities at th?
Southern Aviation Post which prevents
the Army baseball talent from
playing on Tuesdays and Thursdays,
the only way a postponed game can
be played off is to Tstage" -a doubleheader.
The Army/jws a regular
icheduled game wjth the Merchants
tonight, and it's Manager Bean's
wish to stafl playing at 6:30 and get
In two seven Inning battles.
The game last Monday between the
Kendalls and the Merchants was
called off because of rain. This game
was scheduled to be . played off last
sight. In the event of the Kendalls
winning last night, it would give
them a standing of three games woni
and two lost for a percentage of .600*
If the Army listed a victory on Wed*
sesday and ?an take two games from
the Merchants tonight, it will give
them a standing of five games won
tod one loaf, a percentage of ?40.
The Instructors, through a freak
lltUAtion growing out of * five-team
schedule, did not have any gamee
listed this week. However they spring
into action next Monday against the
Maintenance team and then again on
Wednesday they bdttlet the Instructors.
This Wednesday** game should
he a natural for should the Army win.!
ill the mmea this week and defeat]
the Instructors, they would take the
lead in the league. The other gamea
scheduled for next week and played
Friday will find the Kendalls plsyihg
the Maintenance group.
REVIVAL SERVICES TO
BEGIN AT PROVIDENCE CHURCH
A series of revival services will begin
Sunday, August 1 at Providence
Baptist church and continue through
the week. Services each morning at
*11:80 o'clock and night at 8:80. Bible
school each morning at 9:80. Rev.
Fred Dabney of Charlotte, N. C., will
bring the messages. The people of
the surrounding ooimnunlty are Invited
to attend these services.
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!b Seaman Finds Damsels
"Cramp" His
Sty{e.
ould you rather run a mile against
oup of women *or the full maradistance
of 26 miles, 386 yards?
sounds slightly ridiculous, but
idet Robert P. Seaman, currently
viation Cadet in primary training
1th AAFFTD, Camden, S. C., a
run may not only be tiring, it
be disastrous.
iman hails from San^a Rosa, Calli.
and holds the .record time for
thon runs west of the .Mississippi
. His record of two hours, fiftyminutes
for the distance was
at Petaluna. California,
ire is a lot to be said of long
ice runs, humorous and informar
l. but here is what Seaman has
y in his own words:
the layman a .runner's sense]
ning is almost Uncanny?fine
? requires much practice, but
is one thing marathon runners
its of. Time yourself past a
ed mile marker each week, and
n't be long before you oau call
imes without using your stop*
. In cross country running, and
rathon races, my pre-race est!*
seldom vary more than one
1 for each mile, run.*' If I cant
within 10 seconds how long it
ake me to run ten miles, I get
id. I've often ran a two-mile
i college within one*half seconds
y predicted time. Murnl, the
Finnish ruhner, wore a stopstrapped
to his wrist whenever
n. Cunningham, Rice, Haegg,
all the record ' breakers, ran
races according to timing plan
ated to bent use their Individual
litles. Today even high school
"R are trained to judge time end
their races. It is smuming to
er what accurate judges some
m become the markers
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imber Appeals
More listings ?*
Hilda Owens, assistant secref
the Chamber of Commerce,
*s charge of the rental accoraoprogram,
is appealing to Oamsople
who have honses, apart*
or rooms for ffcnt to list them
er at once. $
the new dsns coming to the
there is the usual heavy de,r
accommodations on the part
At nff,C r" J16 wives of
of apartments and houses w*s
ie exhausUon point
I1? th? doehwd accommo
either In kooses, fumlmenls
sra requested to call Kim
" <7 and list their unite with
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Flying Instructor
Proves a Hawkshaw;
Captain Was Bogus
Peter DeRose Did Not Think
That He Looked
Right.
Peter Joseph DeRose of West
Haven, Connecticut, an Instructor at
the Southern Aviation school here,
has well defined ideas of how a captain
should look and act.
And because one, ' Ernest McKee
Watts, did not act like a captain,
even tho attired In the uniform of
one, L&Rose, who saw him on the
street July 1, promptly contacted the
Intelligence headquarters of the
Southern post and voiced his suspicion
that the man in a captain's garb
sure looked like a ''phoney" to him.
Whereupon Intelligence got buiy
and Mr. Brneet McKee Watts was
trailed until takert into custody In
a Broad street business honse. Mr. ;
Watts, who. it developed, had been
confined in the state hospital because '
of an alleged mental trouble, had 1
sought to purchase a quantity of joy !
water to be used "at a party at the J
Officer's club at Shaw Field." .
Intelligence of the local air post 1
turned- Mr. Watts over to the Shaw 1
Field authorities where tile pseudo 1
captain enjoyed the comforts of an j
army hospital for some two weeks be- 1
fore he war returned to the stSte
institution. W ' i
Investigation showed that Watts "
was a private In the Infantry in 1940 1
I but was discharged and placed In a J
hospital. He is said to havs escaped
[from the. hospital three times.
The moral or this story is that In- >
telllgence department officials tug- j
gest to the general public that they A
be careful- There are so many 1m- j
posters abroad In these days that j
there Is need of careful scrutiny when ]
.approaches are made. For Instance,
watts had sewed two first lieutenant
bam together to provide himself with j
thd "Insignia of s captain.
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GET YOUR SACK READY 1
The first open cotton boll of the
season was left at The Chronicle of*
flee by jTk. Richburg of Camden. 1
route 1. v. He also was the first Ker- ^
snaw county fanner to leave a square i
with the paper. Mr. Richburg Is one
of the county's best fanners, and reports
his crops this year am the beet c
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The British high commissioner to a
Canada announces that we now have f
a P-boat tor breakfast every morning.
Kippered, we preeame.
Queen IHsabeth, daaghUr of Henry ft
Vffl, sometimes bathed in wtoo.^
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OPENING OP FRESH DRY POODS, INC. Id the above picture are some Of thfripeakers, officials and outstanding
guests at the open house of Fresh Dry Foods, Inc. They are (left to r|?l|t) Col. James N. Palmer, Southeastern
Director, Food Distribution Administration, Atlanta; Dr. ft. P. Poole/President Qlemaon College; Governor
Olln D. Johnston; R. E. Fulmer, General Manager, Fresh Dry Foods, lac.,^ttambte; Mayor F. N. McCorkle;
Earle Mauldin, Southern Editor, Food Industrieskfagaclne, Atlanta; Col. 1. lb. Jiilp, Industrial Development
Committee, Defense Council, Washington, D. George W. Speer; AfHhM|Mr|l Specialist* Defense Council,
Anderson, S. C. ' :
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Camden Dairies
Outstanding Inds.
Of Kind In State
Model of Neatness and Cleanliness.
Daily <Xitput
650 Gallons.
The Camden Dairies, practically an
Infant organisation but now serving
the finest type of pasteurized
mil*]
to Shaw Field at Sumter, and tlMt
Southern Aviation Field here, has
become one of the outstanding dairies
of the .Palmetto State.. , . i
The daily milk output of thfft industry
totals approximately 650 gallons
of lactal fluid. This knocked
down into quarts represents a total
of 2,600 quarts. Of this amount, more
than 350 gallons are delivered dally
to the flying posts at Shaw Field and
this city.
All of the pasteurizing and bottling
is done in the Broad Street plant of
the Camden Dairies. This plant was
recently entirely repainted and a new
rotary filler and capper with a capacity
of 3,000 gallons of milk per day
was Installed. The Broad Street plant
is the acme of cleanliness. The walls
and ceilings are all done in a white
enaihel finish. The floors are kept
scrupulously emaculate from the retall
section right through to the loading
department. In addition to tbe
recent Installation of the new filler
and capper, a second pasteurizing
unit has been Installed. This equipment
is similar to the one already in '<
use. . i
The industry operates from three to
four trucks. These trucks are used
for bringing the milk from the model |
dairy farm in Lugoff to the pasteurizing
plant in this city and later in
trucking the bottled product to Shaw
Field and the Southern Aviation
Field.
The growth of the Camden Dairies
has been most phenomenal and was
made possible by the progressive <
principles and aotivities of Louis L
Gulon, Jr. The dairy farm located on i
the Ouion property in Lugoff is one <
of the most modern in South Caro- j
Una. The management of the Camden <
Dairies takes a great deal of pride t
in the dairy farm and also in tfc# ]
pasteurizing plant, and courteous employees
are ready to escort visitors
>n an interesting todr of the dairy
(arm and the pasteurising blagrt *i <
54th Routs Grease 1
Boys By 19-4 Score I1
CITY LEAGUE 8TANDING
Team Wop Lost Pet.
netructors 4 0 1000
trmy * 3 1 750
tendalls ............. 2 2 500 ,
Esintenance 1 ' 4 200 e
Merchants 0 4 000
Games This Week- <
tfonday, Merchants-Kendalls?rained f
'out ' i
Wednesday, Army 19, Maintenance 4. t
rhuraday, Kendalls va. Merchants. j
Prtduy, Army vs. Merchants.
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Games Next Week . .. j
ifonday, Instructors vs. Maintenance, t
Wednesday, Army vs. Instructors. . ?
rriday, Kendalls vs. Maintenance.
Frank Bean's 94th Army, under the
ommand of Generalissimo John |
tehnelL launched a terrific air attack ?
gainst the forces of A via Kelly Wed- a
tesday evening on the eoftbaO battle- j
rout and won a hectic scrap by a a
core of 19 to 4. c
The 94th staged a ten-run attack 4
n the fourth iaafeg oa ? hits, oas a
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New Regulations
fin Price Formula
Effective Sept 1st
Merchant* Wilt Be Interested
In the New Principle*.
Much Interest Is in evidence in the
mercantile circles in Camden relative
to the new regulations providing
a simplified pricing formula for IS
[kinds of used consumers' goods which
fcas been set to become effective
^ep^rnber 1. The 15 kinds of goods
Tfe in greater demand * than ever before
because production of many new
lines is prohibited or greatly restricted
by needs of the war effort. The
articles covered by this regulation
are: used furniture, bedding, stoves,
floor coverings, portable lamps and
lamp shades, miscellaneous houseware
items, handtools, and hardware items
such as shovels, wheelbarrows, hatchets
and carpenter's tools. It also applies
to used baby carriages, musical
instruments except pianos, commercial
kitchen equipment, beauty and .
barber shop furniture, store and offlbe .
fixtures, and coin operated vending
machines..
The pricing formula is based on the '
principle of comparing the used ar- |
tide for re-sale with the cost of a
new article of the same kind. If the (
used article is in good condition (no I
part missing which is necessary to
make the article fully useful and the 4
article is In good working conditio*,
cab be used by the consumer for the
purpose Intended without further re.
pair, and the article is clean and It's
appearance Is good) It falls (nto
Class 1 and the seller may set Its
price at 76 per cent of the selling t
price of the article when new. If the i
used article Is In poor condition it <
falls into Class 2 and the seller may t
take 81.9 per cent of the original new t
price for his celling. An article is a j
Class 8 article If It Is not In Class 1. c
If. for'the purposes of comparison, t
the seller does not have new articles
of the same kind In stock, tie may <]
price his used Item upon the basis t
of the same percentages of the retail t
jelling prjce of the most closely slml- a
Ear gvw item he has in stock, provld- c
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By Just 25 Pounds
But Anyhow ft Sore Was A ]
Swell Looking 1 1
Melon. >.
Speaking of watermelons?Patrol- i<
nan Joe McManus likes them big &
ind juicy. a
So when a kind friend from out in d
he watermelon area of Kershaw tl
bounty came to town with a load of i|
ine-looklng specimens of the waternelon
family, Joe expressed his ad- tl
titration and lo and behold, he was *
>resented with a humdinger. tl
When a press scribe chanced by, r
roe proudly opened the door of the
K>Uce coop and said, "Take a look at e
hat." ! "That" was the watermelon a
md |t sure was a beauty. a
"It weighs about 75 pounds," quoth p
roe.
And noting a sort of.look of dls- ti
>eMef in the scribe's eyes, Joe picked tl
ip the big. melon, toted It across the a
treet to the DeKalb Pharmacy and g
tlsced it upon the penny scale. The tl
cribe inserted the penny, the ma- 1
bine clicked and the needle showed 1
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"Well, anyway, it looked like 75ounds,"
said Joe. B
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Action; 1, Of 3 Fighting Bros.
Mayor McCorkle In
War Declaration
Against Mosquito
."War has been declared on the mosqultos
and every cltlaen of Camden
la being asked to Join in the tight,"
said Mayor F. N. McCorkle Wednesday.
In his appeal for civic cooperation
against the pest, the mayor said that
we hoped every cttlsen would inspect
his or her home and locate the
places where the mosquitos might
breed. Screens should be checked to
see that they keep the insects out of
the house. Stop up chimneys when
possible and be sure and have them
cleaned regularly. If there are low
places in your yard where water may
accumulate, be sure and fill them up.
, The mayor went on to state that
the county health department is ready
and anxious to help every citieen in
the fight against the mosquito.
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James Cooley Hinson Was In
Thick of Fighting At
Savo Island.
Charleston, 8. C., July 28.?Wound,
ed by s'hrupnal, Jamee Cooley Hinson,
19-year-old Seaman first class, U.S.N., i
who saw l)oollttle and hia Intrepid
airmen take off from the Hornet to
bomb Tokyo, lived to fight another
day by rolling himself into the sea
off the burning deck of the torpedoshuttered
cruiser, Vincennes. Unable
to move, Hinson calmly waited. ?
until the warship listed far to port,
then lifted himself ou his elbow and
twisted himself off into the water as
the sea came up even wltlvAhe deck.
His brother, Pfe. Harohr jSinson,
28, of the Marines, who kuew that
his younger brother was aboard the
Vincennes in the savage battle of
Savo Island, hunched In his jungle
foxhole oh Tulagl Island off Guadalcanal,
with other Devil Dogs of his
detachment, and watched the terrlfylng
scene in the light of blinding
flashes front the big guns of tl>?
American, Australian and Japanese
ships engaged in the struggle.
Leatherneck Hlnaon never knew
until three or four months later that.
his younger brother, whose ship he
had watched battle It out wKh the
Jape and sink, had escaped alive, but
wounded, by rolj^ng off the burning
cra|t Into the *ea?~ v- ?
Both boya ate the aon of Mr. and
Mra. J. H. Hinson of Camden. Another
brother, Maater Sergeant Claude >
Hinson, 88, hgs been with the l?th
Air Corps since It first opened up
the bitter campaign In North Africa.
Hod-heeded, freckled-faced Seaman
Hinson, for the. past few months a
patient at the Naval Hospital In the
Charleston Navy Yard recovered from *
his wounds?five pieces of shrapnel
which pierced his left leg?Is going
back to duty shortlyEligible for a
honorable medical discharge from the
Navy, the 19-year-old veteran of the
Battle of Midway, of scouting duty
in Aleutian waters, of screening force
duty for Jimmy Doollttle's airmen
aboard the Hornet, of the landing at
Guadalcanal and of the Battle of
Savo Island, begged off and pleaded
to* be allowed to rem*ln on active
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JAME8 COOLEY HIN80N
McKain Elected Presidents
Of Chamber Of Commerce i
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Must Mail Soldier
Gifts For Foreign
Shore By Oct. 15
Chriitmu Package Regula- ,J
tiona Announced by
Government.
Camden i people who are planning to
tend Christmas gifts to Army personlei
overseas are reminded by The post>ffice
department that September 15
o October 16. has been designated
ts the period for the mailing of all
parcels. Gifts for Naval personnel
overseas should be mailed by Septem>er
15 and'November 15.
Postal officials point out that unler
War Department regulatlons4 gifts
lent by parcel post overseas must be
nailed during the period fixed. To
issure delivery on time, Christmas
:ards also should be mailed during
he same period.
The difference in this regulation
rom the one in effect last year lb
hat early mgUlwg to Army men last
ear were on a voluntary bgglg..
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iellymen Trounce
Merchants With fjase
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The Maintenance gang, nnder the
sadershlp of Bobo Kelly, shoved the
ferchants Into the cellar of the
oftball loop Wednesday evening by 1
efeating them It to 5 In a hectic bab I
le in which thirteen bonners were :
sted. ; ' J
The Grease boys had one big inning, *
tie third, when they registered 8 bits,
rhich combined with four errors by J
he opposition netted them ntne
uns, - TryIt
was a weird game with the form- l
r Crack Merchant, aggregation falling r
part at the seams and putting np ]
burlesque on their usual brilliant 1
toy.
In only one taming did the 'Nolan j
amlly show any spunk, that being j
tie seventh whsathey started a rally <
rhich fell short by several miles of (
etting anywhere. They poshed over t
iree runs on fonr hits.
he score R. H. B. <
latntenaace /..It 18 8 a
terohants f 7 7
Batteries: Kslly end Jennings; a
iowell end Hancock. ,
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Usher Myers Is Vice President;
S. C. Clyburn, Trees., end
Heath, Secretary.
A. G. MoKftln, jnnnager of the J. C.
Penny Company Store In Camden, was
>n Monday elected president of the
Camden and Kershaw County Cham>er
of Commerce.
The dlreotors named Usher Myers,
Atlantic Oil Distributor, as vice preal- '
lent; Captain 8. C. Clyburn, of the
Carolina Motor company, M treasur- *
it; while Frank H. Heath was elected
o his eighth term as executive secret
ary. Miss Hilda Owens was named
is assistant secretary.
The meeting Monday was featured
it the reading of the secretary's re*
>ort, also the report of the treasurer,
1. W. Van Landingham, and by the
adoption of the budget for the fiscal
'ear.
The board directed the secretary to
avtstlgste the possibility of having
k camp of war prisoners located In
Cershaw County, it being the Idea of
he board members that there will be
k serloUs scarcity of farm labor avahkble
for the cotton harvest and this
rould be one meang of meeting the
mergency. . u,> .
The nest meeting of the dlreotors
rill be held Tnssdsy sfternoon, Aug.
0, when President McKain will antonne#
his committee assignments.
It wss'interesting to note that the
eport of the secretary and! the treaeirer
showed the Chamber to be at an
11-ttme peak membership at this
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Budge Shatters
Swimming Record
it Southern Post
Lieut. W. W. Budge, a native of
lonohihi. haw broken (he swimming . "'Z
ecord of 105 lengths set by Corporal.
fall of the 64th with a new mark of
IT lengths in 45 minutes.
Budge,' a student' officer taking
>rfmary flight training at Southern
Aviation, formerly swam for a beach
dub in Honolulu. In .breaking the
Southern record he swam the entire
Itstance back stroke.
Budge's work high lighted a successful
marathon run off by the phyilcal
train lug department.
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