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^CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUN<mDAY» OCTOBER 1, 1M3 NUMBER 28 Cadets Killed .€H Planes Ctjwh Routine Flight i Jgao and North Carolina f)oys Meet Instant Death. 1,^,0 cadets of the Southern Avia- lL they w«-e piloting on a rou- Ctfalning flight crashed in mld- ,e»r the Hfennltage pond Thurs- jftemoon at 1 o clock. Ifce cadets were: ... joy James Mann; age 26, son of jnd Mrs. Adolphus J. Mann, route ^bemarle, N. C, Uiri* J- Welsenhelgher, age 20. j of Mr. and Mrs. Mgar Weisen- ilier, 117 Hill aTenue, Highland Vb. Mich. ' It leports of th6 crash Indicate that L planes met head on and both Libed. the pilots being instantly U(d The planes were badly wreck- j 1* reported that both, of were married. the tation Bodk 4 hgistration To le Held Oct 20 n » Kershaw, County* Makes Valiant Effort In War Fund Campaign Names of Nurses Now In Service Listed Ojv Poster * With Drive Nearing Cloae It is . Believed Quota Has Been Attained. teftotratlon for Wsr Ration Book i. 4 will be held Oolober 20-80, it tnnouDced recently by tie office Xa]. 0. Heyward Mahon, - State deuw Connell. l«(iitration will be at school sites lier mutual arrangement of school tolstratlons and Office ,of* Price iBiaistration officials. A large num- of volunteer workers to assist i the desk work is being asked. noDR willing to help are asked to tify their local educational leaders. !t i8 recommended,” Major Mahon it "that the widest publicity be Ko this registration, stressing the n for volunteers. Pull cooperation schoal administrators and OPA Is h' urged,” Somewhere in New Guinea these wounded soldiers await cvaenatloa. Plat thair haeka» hi the steaminf ^at of the Jungle, where mosquitoes plague the air and ants and mosqnttoaa ipTmeut wuaiy hodlaa, they dream of home ... of elean white sheets and the touch of cool, comforting hajida. Ton ean help provide modem hospl* tala and the medicines they need tot their reenperstiou.by putting every Mlar you ean Wag Bonds duT'hf the Third War Loan. v.s.n Former Camden Pastor Is Called Rot. B. J, Mclver former pastor of the Waterse Baptist church, has sc. cepted a call to the pastorate of the First Baptist church, Zelgler, HI. Rev. Mclver is a graduate of Fur.- man university and also of the South western Baptist 'Thelogical Seminary, Seminary Hill, Texas. While attend ing the Seminary he was pastor of Liberty Baptist church, Muenster, Texas, and the .First Baptist church, Aledo, Texas. He resigned the-Jatter to become pastor of the First. Baptist church, Zelgler, III. Filling Station . M Carolina Co. Is ^ing Renovated liome Guard Announces Plan. For Arninal Ball Steve’s Place Emerging In Spic and Span Coat of Paint !kmber of Commerce Loan Price Effort Meets Defeat Qodity Credit Corporation Tunis Thumbs Down On Resolution. forts of the Camden and Kershaw ty Chamber of Oommwee to have loan price of cotton fixed «t 26c, r to have hit a snag. The reso- whlfh was adopted and which •ont to representatives, in Wash- has received the attention of Commodity Credit Corporation of Apartment of Agriculture' and verdict hw been lii the negutlre. 1* fact wjw made known to the her of fommerce by Senator. Ed nlth, has forwarded bw s copy of the letter that was him by J. B. Hntson, president Connnodity Credit Corporation *hlch reads as follows: *hl acknowledge .your letter 2S enclosing a resolution ^il by the Directors of the Csm- Ithe pogtfst We Can Keep T.B. Death Rate Down The filling and service statioh-of the Carolina Motor company .on Broad street, just north of DeKalb, is in the hands of painters and renovators and is rapidly taking on a ”new”. appear ance. The same colors of whits and .IdoS are being used as were In evidence before, but the fresh paint has gives jtbe establishment a fine appearance, j The CaVollna Motor company sta- I tion is in charge of Captain S. C. Clyburn, genial commander of Com pany E, Ist Regiment, Sooth Carolina Defense Forces. Mr. C, L. Newcomb, director of the Christmas Seal'Sale of the National Tuberculosis association says, ”We have heard much about war and tu berculosis during the last few years. It is true that tubercutesis increases durtng the war times, but between this war and World war 1, health educatloq has made an enormous dtf- The 124S;44 social seaaoo in Cam den and Kershaw count| will be usb- sred in Wednesday, October 18, when the. first annua) Military ball of the Kershaw County Home Guards (Co. B, First Reg. SCDF) will be hrtd in the new armory. The ball, the first bfg social affair to*’be sponsored by the. Home Guard of the county, will be entirely in charge of committees^ taken from the imUer of Company E. It ia planned t^aave the affadr conducted yn such a high scale that it will become out standing as Camden’s peak in social enjoyment and entertainment. (iHareace Braxen's 14 piece orcbes. tra with* Miss Myarian Castine as solo ist. will provide the music for the ball. Desetng will be in ordgr from d p. m. to 1 e m. jtowling Sport Is (Tin Coflection To Under Way; Interest Be Made On Tuesday Is Keen In Games City Trucks Will Cover This Have you duck-pinned yet2 If not, you have missed a lot of fun. Messrs. Ned B«ird, Rnfns Redfeara and Douglas Wooten have provided a duck-pin layout that is a honey. It is located in the Stevenson building Coimnunity To Pi^up ShlwAge. ference. Our Army and Navy are j on Broad 8treet_Ju8t north of the ddlhf a "SpteBdid job in handling the Carolina Motor company and boasts tuberculosis problem among'-draftees and men in the service. .If we„ la civilian life do as good a Job as .we know bow to do, even under war con ditions we can, keep the death rat* going downward on the same trend that has been -established since the first Christmas Seal Sale in 1907.” How often have we In tuberculosis tU(^ work repeated: “^Jvery case cornea Kershaw County Cbkmber of|frQm atnotherl” If everyone knew this eh;e, Camden, S. C., in which and applied the knowledge, we should soon eradicate tuberculosis. Yet even (Please turn to page nine) now too few of us know that tubercu-* ^ootbem Aviation ichool will have a that IPKIE SAYS— to ^ imiTHAifjBr BLEPHAUT •^MBPAUllPBU/Ur oOOr A/fUff/TEMf/ josla la a communicable disease it ia catchingl “The first and greatest need Is education; education Of the people ahd through them education of .the sUte.” This sUtement was made at the first annual meeting of the Na tional Tuberculosis association in 1906 -one year following its organlxatlon. To give people the facta that wIU help to protect thepi In a primary objec tive of all public health work,” This primary work that Mr. New comb. says* must be stresaed is carried on in your county by the funds raised during, the Chrtetmaa Seal Sale. - of five fine alleys—bowling alleys to fo®- — The.opening of this new recreation al center took place Monday and'all afternoon the alleys were in. use and in the evening, ^t was impossible to accommodate the many bowlers who wanted to tent thqjr skiU. Tbis racreationnl place promises to be unusually popubu* tpe coming win ter season. A^endy leagues pf bowl ers are being .organised and one league, made op of teams from ^e JEWISH FAITH 'OBSERVE y6m kippur•.■holiday The Jewish people observe Yoiji Klppur (1^7 mpnt). the hriw calendar, beginning PTWay, ucu 8 sunSwn Services wUl ^ heW at Temple Beth-El at 8 3 ® 1 ?^Msy evening at 8 o’clock with wrvlc. OD ssso. p- “■ uaa at eboat 6 P- m. AnyoBO laieresi- edV cordially invited to attend any nr all of the serTkea. sidiedale with a fine trophy to be awarded the winner. Bowling la one of the healthieat of snorts and it enjoys the largest foi ling of 4ny kind of competltlva ac; tivlty-.- It is for men and women am there Is raason to believe -that many of the fair sex in Ciamden will be sean in action on the alleys tbe coming season. The alleys will be opened every af^ ternoon and evening every day in tbe week. * •' Tbe salvage drive for tin will be featured Tuesday by a city-wide ert lection by city tracks, according to announcement this week. The tracka will cover every section of the City. Tueeday and tin cans, etc., which have accumulated oi^ property, will be picked ap« to be tamed over to the government for salvage pur- poaas. i It is suggested that - all property owaars place their tin collections in receptacles along the curbing in front of their respective places, so that it prill be easily picked op by the City crews. Stamp No. 18 Will Not Expire Oct 31 BLANBY MAN COMMITTEE MEMBER AT NAVY YARD Charleston.—J. T. Ross, formdirly of Blaney, has been appointed a pien^ of the Charleston Navy Yard’s Professional Group War Production committee. 9. ■ “ Mr. B'osP- » iunlov electrical engi- neer at tbe yard, who now lives at 85 Charlotte street. Charleston, is one of the IVB professional group em ployees selected by the workers to sepresenp them. . The officer strength In the. United State# army grew from 98,090 to 681.- 000 during 1942 and 1948. Thn Third Watr Lon Drive la Oh'*" Hnv Yogi Bouidit Yovort? Mr. E. H, Talbert, distrlt^t director o( j^'e Office of Price administration ..^tated recently that consumers of (f ^Bonth ^^Arollna need not get excited tfver tbe netrs release about nbangia In shoe rationing. Stamp No. 18 will not expire October 81, b^ will be valid for an indefinite p^noi. Stamp No. 1 on tbe *^Airplan^ sheet in tion Book Three’be good pair of shoes be^ning Novaaiber 1. Mr. Talbpil urges civijja^s not ,to purchasp-^^shoes until JAtj actually need^titem. The iiMhior shoes at the e^tplnUon^date of'^tamp No. 17 waa nnpeeasary jsid created a sudden buying of^-^oes, largely not needed Boards can always give addi tional, shoe stamps when the jeed for them is properly shqwn, provided that they hJive no more than two pi^ of weanble or repairable shoes of a kipd - ii#edi»d or a type that could be used for jthe dame purpose:- bowsuxnen are urged to be coniserx* stive, with their shoes^so as to enable o«r soldier boys to be well laken clure of sad everyone get hla fair ahare. i • HON<jR ROLL Bohneau Hall. Jessie L. Campbell. Mary Grace Lowrence. Louise Vereene. , Elizabeth Mathis. Meredith inabinet. . These are the'nurses now in active aervlce whose names appeared on the honor roll that was exhibited in the Red Cross display in the lobby of the Camden theatre Sept. 23 and 24 in connection wJth the' nurse recruiting feature that waa conducted during the Rowing of the picture. "So Proud ly We Hall.” . _ The Red Croes display waa arranired by Mrs. J, C. Ehving and Mrs. Thomas Ancrum and featured a booth in the lobby; Recruiting of army and navy nurses, nurses’ aides and home nuns- Ing students resulted^ in one .navy nurse, 29 nnrses’ aides and twj> home nursing students being enrolled. The honor roll which -commanded prominent poeition in the lobby dis play was^the work of that, talented yoaag artiste. Miss Maggie Trantham. The booth was decorated with postars depicting the four recruiting purines. Red Cross flags. United States flags and flowers. Aides in (be recruiting program were Mrs. Thelma Moody, Mrs. Dosier Davis and Mrs. Alva Rush. Hospital nurses who recruited were ’ Nurse Holden,' Nurse Quarrels, Nurse Sin Claire and Nurse Beabrs. Mrs. J. C. Ewing, co-chairman of the Red Croes nurses aide committee, announces that a class in nurses aide will begin soon and that those who enrolled will be notified as s^n as plans are perfected. ' ’^While the Third' Wa’c Loan drive came to an official terniiii;»tiou on the night of September 2;>. It 'has been announced that every roniniuiiity .will get credit for sales of E. F and O Bonds which are reported to and cleared through the Federal Bank of RIChmoud not later than October 16. The Bond campaign it. Kershaw county’ had artalned the inagnincant figure of approx<mat,ely $600,OiK» last Weduesday noon and with sales being reported to Chairman Marion Hey- man hourly slncft^ It is believed that there was a splendid chance of the county accomplishing its quota. The W’ar FinAfice committee of the State has also, announced that sub scriptions for issues of 2 1-2 per cent Treasury Bpdds of 1984-69, the 2 per cent Treasury Bonds of 1961-68 and the 7-8 per, cent Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness which are placed in the' mail up to' midnight October 2nd will be-treated as timely subscrip tions. , Mra. Catoe Glover, who waa block chairman for thin -city daring tbe Bond campaign, ^as only 'words of praise for the ’ etficlent manner in which block leaders and workers ran- vassed tbe cl^. She states that it a successful program and ac counts for tbe fine showing that has been .made in tbe ^Ity in tbe bond sale. Chairman Heyman is also enthusi astic over the fine response that was given by the etty^nfad county in the bond sale program^^ While the Cam- ■den and Kerslfia^ county quota was^- regarded «s being unusnatly high in cemparlgon with other countiea hav ing greater financial resourcec, the (Please turn to page ten) f Season’s Football Classic Will Be Played On Foreign Soil; B-C Beaten BULLETIN V The Bureau of Recreation An- ' nounces that the Camden Raidei¥' will play the SoutherMain tenance team Sunday at the soft- ball field at 4 o’clock. Robinsen will pitch for the~‘ Raiders with Harrison catching, while Brown will do the hurling for the Main* tenance tbam with Jennings catch- Ini.: Jf-r Third War Loan— 48 Hours To (^! The Coal U la Sithll Back the Attack—To the J^iniahl -ar-^ V, me lauer game flndl Is In Alght! / Bulldogs playing under wraps botHTstRl is Imp^tl of the presence In the stadin mat day ^rush^of bond- doten or more Sumter soOnts. Tbe Third War Loan drive is rac ing to the tinlah line! Patriotic (and investment-wise), citi zens of Camden and South Ci^liha are lining up at the bqad booths. Sales to individuals hayd leaped up ward. the goal 'Is in Aight! BUT—eyenr To meet the. buyers mopef volunteers ^ manning the bond booths, more..^erka aro on ^pnd to help Isgne the bonds. The drive moH^o on te tbe stroke of midnight^tdmorroarl That extra $100 bond is more Im- paioDpyaow than ever! Let'i'scrlmp a'little more, dig a littlb deeper. It*a ir to dig for a bond thhn dlf a foxhole.* Back the attack to the finish! Annual Grid Scrap Will Offer Plenty^ ThrilU At Sumter. By the Skipper I ; V*' i 1 yt;!- I Wallace Edwards Is 1st-lieutenant Wallace Edwards, associate pas tor of tbe Baptist church, resigned Sept. 1, to receive appointment as Chaplain and First Lieutenant in the Army of the United States. He took the oath of office on Tues day, Siiptrir, In AtUnta, Oa., and will report for .active duty In the Chaplian school. Harvard^ University. Cam bridge, Mass., November 4. * Rose and other bowl games, even the professional football clasalca, all - fade Isto Ipslgnlflcance* f hen Camden and Sumter Higbs clash on the grid iron. And history will repeat Itself for the ’steenth time tonight when the Camden Bulldogs invade tbe lair of the Sumter Gamecocks for the an- nnal football blltx. .. Last year the Gamecocks csi^^ to Camden and beat up the bonjAbopes ' by a 19 to T adore. Some >6^0 to 5000 fans witnessed tbe epic, avent’of 1941 high school football^ This yeai^the scene of carnage sbifts to Sumter, and Camden will spild at least a thousand rooters to tho scene. Camddnenters thU classic with a -clc^^Alate, having defeated IMrtlng- 84 to 7 and Brookland-Cayce 26 0, the latter game finding the because stadium of a Sumter dropped its first game of the season to Tmke View and than went on to defeat Rock HUI last Friday, 12 to Or Even tho the Gamecock record does not offer the luster that covers tbe coat of aims of ths Bulldog squad, ths Oamsoecks are noted Tor their ability to rise to heights 'bupreme when they fs«e the Camden talent. The <Mnpden and Sumimr communities have dns"eommon attribute—that, be ing the intense desire to a victory. Either Camden or Sumter can drop atmoat every game on their schedule, but the season wim bo tdCOnied as a big success if the team—depending wheire you.may reside,.^wins over Its bitter riYal. Camden staged a rout of the Brook- ’land-Cayce talent Friday night with- ; out resortinA^-to any of the famous bil^r-dipper brai|d of play so char acteristic of a Villspigne coached team. The first touclplown of ths ‘ boys In gold and black came in tbs .■■a ■ Ji Hs was^octate^pastor of twolfl^j perfod when Cox shot a to churches _to addition to his kf-1 McDowall. who was playing Isft and.’ ruiatkm with ths Camdsn church and was acUve-ln Scoot woik.and ths young psdids's choir. - V " Ths pass-was good tor U yards to the 5-yard.Une from where McDowsU. (Plsass turn to page fonr) . Jill ' ’