The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 22, 1943, Image 1
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IINIHD WAR FUND AND
CHEST
IS NOW ON.
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CAMDEn; SOUTH CAROUNA
STAGE IS ALL SET FOR
AY, OCTOBER ±2, 1943
NUMBER 31
5^an Defense
to Be Kept Intact
H, Meet Emergencies
FLIGHT FOR FRFEDO
BOOK 4 ISSUANCE
j^fgae Director* of South-
aMtem State* Continue '
Proteetkm.
1,1 result of a meeting of the DI-
" of the Civilian Defense Coun-
^the seven Southeastern states.
include South Carolina, at At-
Sr G»n a policy for the keeping
S of protective forces for the
boarding of the communities in
J^pective states in the event of
SLpread sabotage, fire, or other
Vanity catastrophles, was mapped
u , Jitter to Chairman W, R Bon-
Mthii Kershaw County at Defense.
Mahon director for the
^ Carolina Council declaretr the
i Important functions of Civilian
legge are. still needed7U> be kept
an and active^ as
otant as they have been, repre-
(t jBst a small part of the aetiyltles
(^ian Defense. He staies that
ak has Iteen accompUshed and
ak more remains to I>e‘'SfciScdmp-
ktd. In view of this fact he urge*
It the county organisation be, con-
mi and that-the entl^nsiasm for
I fine work that is being done be
drained.
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City Is Divided Into Zones
To Expedite The Program
Battle Line^ Form
For Fight Against
The Black Market
Mrs. Cato Glover Marshall*
, I
^ Her Block Worken For
Bif Job.
The city of Camdeq and school dis-
trict No. 1 wi)! be divided into three
sones for the issuance of the No. 4
ration books nexV Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday,-October 25,„?6 apd 27.
Supt. of Schools i. G. Richards, has
announced that white people residing
in No. 1 area will come to the High
school on Monday, Oct. 25, to receive
their No, 4 books. The No. 1 area in
cludes all that part of the city lying
mbrth of Hampton street, including the
north side of Hampton street and ex
tending to the city ilmits.
On Tuesday, Oct. 26, white people
residing in arM No. 2, will visit the
.The battle on the home, front
against black markets is sway
to a flying start in Camden on No-__ u v.. i i ■ _
T,mb.r *, .ccorain, to onnouncomont 1". ”"1".i?.”!..":
,Fleeiiic >lsst bsriHurisiii' these Ti
T* Sid irshifMs is sue of the oh,
I ITS hesd'fo^tte
ves of the Nstiottsi War
Htcognition Is Extended To
Beloved Daughter of Pioneer
Wientstion of Plaque Will Be
Made At Nov. Meetinf
of Post
l
Proper recognition of many yean of
irerring devotion to matters re-
Og to the forward progress, cnl>j
OUr, spiritually and otherwise of
E n and community l^as been ac4
Mrs. Margaret Mayfield, ani
iding resident of this city.
1k« LeRoy Belk American Legion,
has bestowed upon her the hon*
being the outstanding ctUseh. A
emblematic of this honor will
resented to Mrs. Mayfield at a
^g of the Legion in November,
inibers of the committee making
Ben P. DeLoach
Summoned After
Three Day Illness
C^cMumunity Mourns Passing
a Splendid Character and
Friend.
Ben Pattenon DeLoacbe, gge 61, a
native of ibis
city, died at the Cam
den hoapital Thursday night, Oct 14,
after an illness of three days.
Jhraor League
To Sponsor Bam
And Halloween BaU
Saturday, ‘Oct 80, wtU be a magic
day for fnn-loveri of Camden and
vicinity.
On the evMiliig of that day tiis
Junior League will sponsor a Hallo
ween Bam Dance in the new armory.
Not only will the auditorium bs
decorated In a manner appropriate to
the occasion, but all of the dancers
will come in costume. .
Cynthia, Polly, Susie. Mandy, Pearl
and all the rest of the nutic (7)
maidens will be on hand to trip the
light fantastic with boys from
nearby farms (?) asd to
the Southern Aviation Post Of
coarse it is not obligatory fbr guests
He was the son of the late W. E.|to come In costume—^but frankly—to
Home Guard Is
Seddngll^enTo
Make Up Roster
Cialling all men and boys of Cam
den and Kershaw county. "
This includes those having ibini;
brothers or friends in the armed serv
ices and who are 'interested in doing
mors in fighting on the home front
than what they have been doing.
Co, B, First Reg. S. C. D. F. needs
more men to bring it to full strength.
All that the men and boys of Cam-
An and Kershaw county are asked to
m> in this great home causd' s to
ntribnUli one evdhing each week to
is wmr effort.
.'reose who kier affiliated with the
i*y conversation with (hexadets from Kbishaw Douirty Itome Guards
are doing a big share towird this
war effort that is enabling the War
Department to keep hundreds of sol-
and Rebecca Workman DeLoache, andjijo go >yiii contribute greatly to the dlers on the fighting front. The home
by Mrs. Cato" Glover, chief block lead
er of the Camden Defense group.
dn Nov. 9, 10 and 11, Mrs. Glover
will marshal her forces of block work
ers and invade every home in Camden
in.the move to secure the pledge, of
every housewife to cooperate in the
battle against the bTack msfket.
. ThMS three days will be known as
“Home Pledge Days'* and IndioationB
sre that every housewife in the arA
will Join in the fight against the most
obnoxious of all rackets. It will be
the opening gun in the super .thriller
of action, “Holding the Home Front"
The operations of the block leaders
wttl feature a house to house tonj
during which ple4ges win be tendered
to hottsewtves with the requeit that'
they sign them. Not only win this
battle against the black market serve
to aid in stamping out this evU. but
as the program will also embrace ad-
bennee to the nwulations of price
control. All this will tmid toward
keeping down tnflsUon. .
Tile six senior block leaders In
Camden, by wards, are as follows:
Mrs. Frank Mayer. Mrs. ^aek Nettles,
Mrs. Sam Karesh, Mrs. John YiUe-
pigue, Mrs. Williford, Mrs. John Mul
len.
Marlon Heyman, chairman of the re
cent war fund campaign in Kershaw
county, paid'a splendid tribute to Mrs.
Glover and her block leaderk wlien he
stated that their work in connection
with the fund drive was most oub
standing.
The block workers also came in for
special praise for work done in eon-
ndetion with the WAG reemlting
drive. —. "
books. Area No. 2 Inclades-'that
of the city lying south of Hamp
ton St. and Including the south .side
of Hampton and extending south to
DeKalb, bpt not including either side
of DeKalb street.
On Wednesday, Oct. 27, white resi
dents of area No. 3, which includes
thst part of the city from DeKalb
street south of Pine Tree Creek and
including both sides of DeKalb St.,
will call for their books.
The eastern boundary of the three
areas is the city limits and the wes
tern bopndsry ,is the- Wsteree river.
White people living In the Malvern
Hlir section and outlying country peo- .i
pie may come in at convenient times
during the three days the ration book
program is oh.-
White people living in the DuBose
Park, Wstfree Village and Hermitage
Mill Vilhige will register at the Pihf
Tree school. Th<M residing between
the two villages, including Lewisville
and Maroney Hill will register at toe
school building on Monday; toose llv-.
ing in Wateree Village will register'
on Tuesday and those in the Hermit
age Village on Wednesday.
In the rural areas County Superin
tendent of Education Kathleen Watts,
has arranged to have the ration book
registration take place at the sanM
hours and same location as when the
No. 2 book was issued.
Supt Richards and Mrs. Watts call
attention to toe fact that all persons
making application /or the No. 4 book
must have their No. 8 book with them.
U wttl be impossible to secure % No.
4 book otoo^ise. It is also stited^
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V.. CO ^ Mason and member of Wood
11 man of the World, steward in the
Umetoa StreM MMhodWt church
uL'J Rnrtin ’ and (or Iho pact Bereral roar, had
chsaiftoe-wtriKir •' ^
'S He 1. br hhi wide, the
*5 former Miss Annie De Lay, and the
De-
k fore of all activities which, tended
ifBlronce the welfare of the corn-
following children: Benjamin
Le me weiiare oi mo com- qj New York; Mrs. Mal-
S-KtlT^ ’Bryant of Camden, Mrs. Esther
W'tciiYe in the ChildrenB Home r«om/iAn r*ni-TVkrai JumAfi
Ww over » WAII ™ a MaHaffey of Camden. Corporal James
■yet over a period well over a ^ rL»T.rvo/.»,o tt s. Army, South Da-
J u., u 1 I E. DeLoache, U. S. Army, South Da-
kota; Mrp. Marvin Sims of Charles-
* of the most active of workers ‘ ndhT.,«/.hA Gam-
,1,. D . „ ' mv ton. Miss Marjorie DeLoache of Cam-
itt™ .T' fl den: two brother., R. B. DcLOMhc of
111., ot the mauT .cUTltl_^»._irhlc« w jj. joLoacho o( Colunhla.
h .esamden. W. B.JBgLosche,oi
tour sisters. Mrs. A. H. De Lay of
4.* # Birmingham, Mrs. W. Sheorn of
■hi. M? .o2 Caiddoi-Mra Bobiu Zemp o( Camdeu,
H*^Jsat^7“^twhwrat 4 o'clock from
^usand charming manners have'l.'^^^^w^,.!-- *
3 ^ V . “^Ttbe Lyttleton street methodlst church
® following of largely attended and^as featur-
and acquaintances.
p - Wifi
ttcuss Problems
and retail merchants of
will have aA opportuni-
jo d^bcuss their distribution jirob-
•wth War ProducUon Board and
7. Administration o£-
2“ from Washington in a serlss Of
P^oces scheduled this nmnth for
Miss,; Memphis, Tenn.,
'jAtkata, Oa.
% tterchant actively engaged in
or retail bnainaasr or
• *^ntlve representlnjr hki store,
a 15-minnt« Individual
by writing the War Prodne-
. B^d office V in toe conference
fe5*t**t him.
_nw8 in Vlckstarg, Miss,
through toe Jackson, Miss.,
, omce) will be held October II,
i|]|J ^ ^ UVAU WVVUUVT
those In Memphis,-Oct II.
liSLil %• .
[ k ta,; to AGanta, Oct
27, 3
,ad by-one of the largest displays of
flowers seen in Camden in a long
time. Mourners came from all parts
of the city, county'and state to pay
homage to, the deceased.
Pallbearers were Elliott Sheom, De-
ney Zemp, Jack NetUes And Corporal
Loach Shtom, Robin Zebp, Jr., Sld-
W.P. Nettles. ^ ^
Burial took place to Quakw ceme
tery. Offlctatlng clergyman ^ the
church and at the grave
Henry Collins, pastor of the Metootot
church, and Dr. Maurice Clat^s,
rector at Grace Episcopal church.
Ker^w Fanners
Continue To Boy
U. S-War-Bfflids,
tfth
Promised
•‘Farmers of Kershaw CJonntf^sre
proud of the part they took^ to.®®*-
Third War Loan CampaJpC Marlon
Heyman, County Cbateinan of toe
War Finance comitottee, said tnia
week. “They arr'anxlous, bowser,
to conUnue tbefr purchases of War
Bonds because this costliest of ^1
financed and fought to
wars
a 00
mu8
be
—CJongressman
ti 1^7^, conferred with tl
all
■^^“tolatration con<
y^ shoruge. of coal in
^ « the fifth ^th Carolina dls-
^ >
raed pfl’ ^^®tolstration' has to-
11 to diversion 'of
■to Plants and to consign-
Sf. _ Advantage .of Great
_ere are two strong reasons for
purchase -of War Bonds by in
dividuals.’' Mr. Heyman contlnu^
“First, we should supply our flghtmg
men with whatever Is needed to p^
tect themselves and end the W« on
the earliest poeslble Male. S^nd, we
should be wise enough to advant
age of higher incomes te build up
•flrrfts’for the day whwi prices and
ws ihin.r ,01 ureat
.f®®niUe8 to advan<»
toormi*""?' luuK cansed a
but thlt rene?j
fifth district as
serves* for the day
Incomes go down.
' “Our enemies'are weU trained and
•quipped, and our flghling men do
St a chance *b^d
ance.,of the weapons of
Their fortitude ahme k sufftoi^L
grow along to* their products —. , .
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fun. And besides the League maidens
are going to give prises to those hav
ing the most unique costumes. Prises
guards protects the home front and
if it was not for this military unit
soldiers who are now on the battle
will also be given to winners of Itoe would have to be retained on the
novelty dancers. bom© fomt for proteetlve purpoaeSi
As for the dancing end, the-Con- Tbe attention of high schwl boys
garee Playboys from Colnmbta, a six r.boare 17 years old Is called to the
piece jive orchestra, will fnmLib the ihat they are needed in the home
music for the evening. The enjoy
ment so characteristic of Junior
League hops will be embraced in the
period between 9 p. m.,and 1 a. m.
Miss Rbetta (Tweedie) Blakeney,
who is president of the Junior League,
has announced her committees for the
dknee. They being qs tollows:
Flo^ltotke membeiwbip of-Juntorf^ baaie^raintngTi^Y Inducttbn Into
the armed forces. The services that
the. members' of the Itol
league.
Decorating—Edith McKain, Saluda
Kornegay, Mary Stewart and Maiy
Tables—Ine* Ward, Mary Chapin,
Betty Stevenson, Jane Russell and
Betty Wheeler. - '
Admission to the bam dance will
be $1 a person. Table reservations
may be made by calling Mrs. Korne
gay. 193, and the fee is |1 per table.
en-
der to_toe---eeBtongolty can not be
tmeasured in anything except patrio
tism.
The Kq^shaw County Home Guard
Dnlt meets every Tuesday evening St
8 o’clock in the new armory. All
pisn and boys who Sre Interested in
enlisting may cp^me to the armory
and an enliatmeht officer wttl accept
their application.
Bulldols Inyade
Orangeburg Tonite;
Chester Here Oct W
The Camden Bnlldogs .left Gamden
gs^^
this afternoon for Oranj^urg, where
they battle a scrappy Orangeburg
-"laigh team tonight
The Bbildogs^ looking much Un
proved following toeir recent debacle
«t Sumter new boast a rdrard of four
wins as against, one defeat that com
ing at the hangs of Sumter and das
oittjr to a terrific let down of toe
BtOldof players.
Camden has downed Dsiilngton,
Brooklsnd-Csyoe, Winnsboro, Harding
High ef Charlotte. They are being
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Rickenbacker
Urges Metal Drive
(Taptaln Eddie Rickenbacker, air ace
of World War 1, .urges redoubled ef
forts in the scrap metal drive. He
says:
“Having visited aU the battlefronts
throughout, the world. Including Rtte-
sia, it is evident to me that the ever-
incruastog demand for mnnitioas ‘and
war weapons wUl brink about a de
mand for smap iron and steel daring
the balance of 1943 and 1944 unparal
leled 4a the hlstiHT of any natioa We
in -America on the-topme -front,have
millions of tons of scrap iron and
steel lytog ,around idle and being dis
sipated by' the elements. If every
man, woman and bhilg over tan years
of age gave -enly one hoar of their
"Prlcee now received by farmers tof time to this salvage drive there woaM
Air nroduets viU- not last foreeer! be m iUione of tepravaflaUe tor the
protection of, onr fighting mm."
guard unit. The state of South Caro
lina furnishes, each home guard sol
dier a neat uniform and offers him
the elements and principles of mili
tary regulations and drill under com
petent instructors. It equips poten
tial soldiers with a training and
knowledge which is 'the backbone, of
Camden Man C^ven
Important Job tn
Salvage Project
Hernum Bamn Siqierrises Elac-
IricGl Installation On -
•i •
Lafajatto.,
. Herman BauDi, son of ^Mr. and Mrs.
B., H. Baiun, Highland avenue, who
has been affiliated with toe Gibbc
and Co« Electrical ShlpbuBding com-
pany' of Neyr York, has been pUeed
in charge of the etectrlcal
on the Steamship Normandie, .now
called toe Lafayette, which has been
raised from the mack of the Hudson
rivwr.
This appointment of Mr. BSum Is
one of toe highest honor and is a
recognition ’ of this skill and ability.
All officers of the Mg shipbuilding
concern sought to get the coveted
berth. *
Camden and Kershaw County
Prepared To Raise War Fund
WAC Corporal In
Talk To Rotary -
Corporsd Grace JohnatMi^eUs
What Ghrl* Can Do In
Anaji
Below Freezing Is _
Recorded In Camden
Old Man Winter really breathed on
Camden Sunday and Monday accord
ing to temperature' reports from the
city water storks plant
On Sunday morning a low of 84 de
grees vfas registered, but during the
day'the mercury climbed to 18 de
grees. Monday mortoiut a low ot 10
iegreee was registered. At 10:10 a
m., when this Hem was writtea, the
mercury, was at 48 degrees.
“What you’re 'most anxious to hear
is that American girls are really able
to do an important, necessary type
of work In the Women’s Army Corps,"
Corporal Grace Johnston told the
Camden Rotary club at the weeklr
luncheon meet^ last Tuesday. “Now,
I can tell yon ^toat there are 165 dif
ferent types of jobs that need girls,
jobs they can do and so release a man
for the fightings fronts.’
CpL Johnson ran through a partial
list: “Radio, medicine^ photography,
aircraft mechanlqK- textiles, office
work, motor vehicle drivers and me
chanics, meteorologists and weather
observers, draftsmen, switchboard op
erators, teletypewriter operators. In
structors. If yon already know oAe
of these fields, the WAC can pat your
skill to use. If yoa don’t have prevl-
oas kihining l^nt would like to learn,
toe WAC will teach yon at a WAC
schooL"
“WACs are now working as in-
stractors at Army air fields, teachjhg
aviation cadets radio code," Cprporal
Johnson said, polnttag out that this
was only one of many valuable tasks
they perform. •The WACs Who teach
sTlBtloir wdete
to be good, for some day to* iite ot
toe cadet may depend upon that hh>
■tmctlon. The WAC!s are estieelany
trained for assignments sndi as these
St WAC or Army schoMs^ and they
have done their work so well that
thonsands of requests for more WACs
are coming (n from^o Air corps and
other -braifchee of the Axiny.
“The jobs are there, jobs that wo
men have proved they can do ss well
aa men, and sometimes better. The
Women’s Army Carp* npeda women to
fill those jobs, and they ire needed
now," Cpl. Johnson said.
.‘Cpl. Johnson’s office is at toe post
office building. Women who want to
find out more about their opportunity
to join the, WAC are Invited to vilt
there.
1
Co-Chairmen McCoricle and
Kaures|i Find Public In- . .
terested.
Seventeen drgihixations will bene
fit through the United War and Com
munity Chest fund campaign, which
began last Monday lend which ngg a
local g<Mil of 18,500, a State goal oC
minions and a national goal of one
hundred and twenty-rive million. '
-As one looks at the list of organisa
tions which are associated in the
drive he notes toe great field whlMi
it covers; from our own United Serv
ice Organixatiens, toe United Sea
men’s ‘Service, qnd the War Prison
ers AM, to OTgaUisationi which give
relief to thoee in Belgium. Britain,
France, Luxemburg, Greece. Norway,
Poland. Holland. Rossis, (Thins,
Czechoslovakia, Tugoalavia and to
refugees here and in other countries.
Camden and Kershaw County has
a generous heart. .This has been prov
en time after Gme, not only daring
toe Btreee war bat at other times
when oar commonity hat been asked
to give to variooe good caoeee. There
can be no bettor call upon our gen
erosity than that which has just etart-
ed. By giving we ehidl contrfbnte to
our own men aiM women, to niemitere
M onr own fi^lea, to toe boy next
door, to the-.boy and girl from a
to^ of which we never have heard.
Onr gifts will cover the military
front, toe United Natlens front, toe
honse front, and to quote toe pnWclty
©f^toe organisstloas, “A ' thoisand
■srvlcee, a million kindneasee, are
COTTON GINNING REPORT
’^he blood of birds la
ot all animals. '
Census report shows that 65S1 bales
of eottmi were, finned fa Kershaw
(Tounty from toe crop of ita prior to
October 1, 1148 as oeotpared with
11660 bales for toe cncqi of'YNt.
, Q «• *> POOL (N«jW Alt
wrapped in yonr single gift to the
United War Fond. It wUl oovdr'a
federation of agencies stretching
sronnd toe world, and will reach into
toe olives of our fighting forces, onr
Attlee and their fdmttiee. A speedimr
victory, a friendlier understanding
will come because the American peb-
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P.' B. M dodana Is
Chairman Negro S. S7
Professor P. B. Mdodana has ao>
eepted the chairmanship of tbe Christ
mas Seal Sale for the negro residents
of Kershaw county,. Mrs. Catoe Glover,
general chairman, announced. This is
the fourth year that Professor Mdo
dana has served in this capacity, lead
ing his people in the drive against a
disease that takes a heavy .,tolt, of
deaths among hi* people.
Prof. Mdodana has chosen a group
of eo-workers 'to attend to* Pee De*
Seal Sal* Rally for Negro workers at
Hartsvitte cm Saturday.
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