The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 03, 1943, Image 1
ly Promotions Are
Announced At Southern
M. Pettit Heads List
Wid^ Con^i**1oii As
Captain.
s Dumber
Ilk. nereou^'" ot officers of the 64th
Southern Aviation wear-
rank deaignaUons as evU
^of promotions just announced.
Jdon M. Pettit, Jr., Post adjutant,
"tesB promoted to the rank of ci.p-
l^ptain Pettit, who has advanc-
the ranks from private In
^ MBdar present posl-
li * former'resident Of If ouroa
uiana. He is a graduate of
jilts Parish High school, Monroe,
^ hs8“ served In the army for
, He is also a graduate of
Candidate school, Miami
and was transferred to his sta-
‘to Camden from Walnut Ridge,
vhere he h^ld a similar posi-
In addition to his duties as
int, he is also the Intelligence
War Rationing officer. Budget
"ptocal officer, and Historical of-
j)tber promotion of importhnce
1 that given to H. .William Buford.
_at commandant of cadets, who
"been promoted to First Lieuten-
LL Buford is from Clinton, S.
'isd is a graduate of Clemson A.
g. In addition to his duties as
at commandant of cadets, he is.
Sq. Tactical officer, Chemical
itn officer, and Summary Court
Hoodlums Rampant
In Rectory Square;
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1943
NUMBER 37
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Tw««ty-Fnre Dogwood Trees
Uprooted Or Hacked
Down.
ig officers whd received pro
to the rank of First Lieutenant
u follows:
Eogene D. Mtnietta of Elmhurst,
(PlMss tom to psce eHM)
Being Made
for Christmas Fete
liie Eddies
ttiott ConyMtt— NsuBies
Donald Morrison As
Chairman
fCunden kiddies between the ages
I to 12, inclusive, jure to enjoy a
Stmas party on the afternoon of
22, according to the plana of the
iw County Civic councU.
meeting of the Recreational oom-
of the. Council was held last
day afternoon at which Donald
DQ was elected committee
to. Members of the commit-
(»re Mrs. E. C. Von Tresckow, Mrs.
Jones, Miss Lillian Yates, Mra.
C. Perry, Mrs. Simon Bichel, Mrs.
de Tindal, Miss Rbetta Blakeney,
H. Heath, John Hoover, C. T.
dvtn. Rev. Henry Collins and Dr.
Humphries.
« committee will arrange the
(or the Christmas party. It is
that the affair can be held in
[Soldiers Center on Rutledge St.
feature of the party will be a
decorated Christmas tree, the
ng of carols and the serving of
tbments to the little guesta.
ire comple^ details of the Chrlst-
i event wiiriJe ohnounced later.
Camden people residing in the vicin
ity of Rectory Square as well as those
interested in -making -the pork arfisa
attractive, are indignant over the
depredations of a so-called gang of
hoodlums who appear to have become
obcessed with the urge to destroy.
Twenty-five dogwood trees planted
in Rectory Square by the Garden club
as memorials to the dead of the pres-
ent war have been destroyed by the
hoodlum element. Some of the trees
were torn up by the roots and others
hacked off near the ground.
Appeals have been made to the au
thorities to do something to curb the
activities of the vandal element, but
so far, nothing has been done.
On Halloween night ope of the me
morial cannons in the park wjm pried
from its bas& It remains where it
was thrown by the hoodlums.
Mayor P. N. McCorkle, in a letter
to a prominent boy scout leader In the
city calls attention to the fact that
the shrubbery and plants in Rectory
Square are h^g destroyed by «-grottp
of boys between the ages of 6 to 14.
He states that it la a difficnlt matter
for the police department to continu
ally wat^ these porks. He suggests
that the thought hod occurred to him
that the Boy Scout Troops might as
sist ih policing Rectory Square and
Hamilton Pork.
Police Commissioner C. V. Mssso-
bean, when informed of the complaint
regarding the vondoliam In the parks
stated that he hod not been informed
of it before and would most certainly
take steps to have the police make sn
investigation and pick np the perpe-
iraidfs oT the
West Wing of^The Kirkwood
Be Rebuilt Into
Semi-Modem All-Year Hotel
Episcopal Church
BwtorTMscus^s
Children’s Problem
Dr. Maurice Clarke Says Peo
ple Uneasy Over Laxity
: of Law;^ - _ —
PROTECT YOliR "SME EROM
w im w
In a stirring eermon at Grace Epis
copal church Sunday morning, Ur.
Maurice Clarke cited that there is a
great deal of uneasiness -on the part
of a-few intelligent and earnest peo
ple relative to conditions in this com
munity, most'of which concern ques
tions of law enforcement.
"Some have spoken to me.about
them," said Dr. Clarke. *"1 share their
uneasiness, but nothing startling will
!>e dene about it until more of our peo-
pie make it khown to the authorities
that certain things must be stopped.
When citizens make their elected of
ficials feel that they want and ex
pect certain things to be done, then
they will be done and not until. Also
public officials have a right to expect
that the law abiding peopls of the
community will support them In their
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SOUTH CAROUNA CHRISTHIB SEAL OIRL—Kay Ruth Mann, lO-yeor-
old doogfater of Mr. and lbs. C. B. M«nn of IIM Lancaster street, Co-
Inmbls. posed tar the ride at Chilatnus Seal girl fat this liring repro*
dnetion of the sctool seal Ksy Rutl, talented child. Is In the fourth
grade at Fannie McConts sdhooL HIT father, a commercial photogra-
'pher, took a picture of the.reiU seal, and by request, posed his daugh
ter to its likeness and schieved a remorUibls facsimile to the orlglnoL
Just os she is looking at Santa to the plctnre, Kay Roth is looking
for her fellow South Carolinians to buy Christmas seals and—kelp--
stotop out tubercuIoBis. The seal campal^ oonttoues until Christmas.
Swamp Still Holds
Mystery of Flyer
From Shaw Field
Seal Campaign In
Slight Slump But
Leaders Optimistic
Saturday, Dec. 4
Is tiie 4)eadine
For 1944 Plates
A decided falling off to the returns
of the annual Christmas Seal Sale has
been noted with considerable alarm
at the headquarters of the Kershaw
County Tuberculosis Association.
Will Adwance tM) Cents Each
After December 6th ^
1943.
Enforcement of regulations requir
ing 1944 automobile licenses on all
South Carolina motor >ehlcle9 will
begin December 6, J. S. Wllllampon,
We bad hoi^ nAmrM^eblef highway commissioner, announc-
at least a big per cent of the persons . ., “ '
to whom we wrote aett sent Christ- ““ weex. —
mas Seals," Mrs, Catoe Glover, county
Orders for the enforcement of the
license law after November 1 were
Camden Country
CfahPpgchageg
Kirkwood Course
Fine Golfinf Layout Is Now
by Local Interests
[aves Are Seeking
iden Maidens To
^ In the Fight
^den girls who are interested to
(he Waves may get toll In-
ition regarding this unit by call-
W the Corner Book storer or at
Defen.s« headquarters ta“ the post
building.
officer of the Waves, together
• U. S. recruiting officer is at the
•*0 headquarters every Saturday.
* Civilian recruiting committee
the Waves Is head^ by Mrs.
Glover, who has os her com-
members: Mrs. RhetU Mc-
’*h Md Mrs. Leon Schlosbnrg.
toCKIE SAYS—
wouio\/oi/ i//^e
£l/£>ey U/O/U)
MBTALjTOPRJUr
TO '
J>01^4 SPOSB
MAHB AU ERBOk
^^QUkBWBPO?
firman of the not sent out to the highway patrol
Friday’s returns ‘J® this year because, of the burden of
replies from a small I^rcenUge. We highway’s clerical
trust this lull only However,-license plates purch-
contr butors will not forg^ ased after this date bear a fine of 60c.
I Automobile owners who have not
the 12,600 goal if Jbe ez^itoed war-| license
time pro^am la to be carried qu must do so immediately or be
during 1944. !»ble to show sufficient evldmice, such
Mrs. Glover said th^ the as a post office money order or a
wide Koal ofc t^ Seal patrolman's receipt, that appHcalion
country faces the need of intemL Williamson pointed out that
fled tuberculosis consol to preve^k n»any persons still Ao not seem to
wartime rise in the disease and, con- ^nder8tand that the new 1944 strip
sequently, every tuberculosis associa
tion must raise more money this year
than last,” she said.
“So the entire sum of $2,500 must
be raised, and In spite of the tempor
ary lull, we still believe we’ll reach
must be placed at the bottom of the
old license plate so aa to covOr "South
Carolina, 1943.” Persons who have
placed the strip above or are using it
alone “do not have their cars properly
licensed," he said. From now on pet^
our goal. The very fM( .that .aona driving cars not properly lloenaed
contributors have voluntorlly ralsMj^jjj accosted by patrolmen.
their contributions from $2 to $3 or $61 —
is not oMy a suye Indication of their
generosity, 4)ut also of the strong
Announcement of Interest to prop
erty owners in Camden and to the
golfing public, made here Thursday
afternoon Is to the effect that ths
Camden Country Club has purchased
the Kirkwod Golf links from Karl
P. Abbott, this course embracing some
117 acres.
This report set# at rest ell uneasi
ness caused by the recent sole of the
Kirkwod htrtel, and tosnres Camden
continuing as a golfing center for
Iqcal enthusiasts os well os winter
guests.
Aviation Cadet Gerald T. Held of
the Shaw"Field baaic flying stefaool sad
native of (Tappaqua, N. Y., is be
lieved to have met death in the
gloomy Wateree swamp.
For over a week now a thousand
and more searchers, augmented by
scores of planes from the Ci^den
air post, Shaw Field and the flying
school at Orangeburg, together with
hundreds of soldiers from Fort Jack-
son have combed the s;w4mp area
without getting any trace of ths
missing flyer.
Held disappeared on the morning of
Wednesday. Nov. 24, sbortiy after he
had left Shaw Field on a routtos
flight The wreckage of his plane was
Barney Sparrow Is
New Cotton Weigher
J. I. Turner, who has served os
Kershaw County Public Cotton weigh
er for the past three and a half years,
leaves today to take up defense work
at a coastal city.
Mr. Turner has announced that he
has appointed Barney Sparrow to act
in the capacity of cotton weigher for
the remainder of the four year term.
One out of every 6 1-2 deaths ocenr-
rtog^ among youoK men between the
ages of 20 and 40 is caused by T.B.
sense of community responsibility that[
we Yhow from past experience Is true
of most people in Kershaw County,
n with
In connection with sthe Christmas
Seal campaign it is of iiwerest to note,
that since January 1, 1949, the Ker-j
Shaw (Jounty Tuberculosla association
has given 1,384 tuberculin tests to Ne-j
gros and 781 to whites while 266 X-ray
examinations were made. Number of
new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis
found and hospitalized caips to 19.
Waste Paper and
Tin Can Collection
On Tuesday Next
Tuesday, Dec. 7, will be collection
day for all tin cans and newspapora.
According to Cooley OHlis, county
salvage committee chairman, a curb
collection will be made by city tructa
on that day. People having properly
prepared tin cans, also waste paper,
are asked to place same on the curl^
Ing to front of their homes and they
will be collected during the day.
Mr. Glllls pointed out that the
government to appeailng for s^p and
more scraps He itales that when
ever there Is bn
collection days, that t**®.
and waste paper may left jM W
fiilinr station, particularly his own at
Se corner of ^Kalb and Lyttleion
is also a need of mwe ac-
Fats may be taken to ***;?**^ Wl^n
at thsA and P store. Rathm ^Ints
will be glyen for all fat turned to. ^
The collectlonof •“J
tin cans next TUMday will embraM
Zb the Wateree
vilUge arses. Cooley
OiUia, committee lAatrman.
HfHior Roll of Men From Kershair
County Who Died In Wars No. 1 and 2
Next Tuesday, Dec. 7th, being the second anniversary of the Uni
ted States entry in the war, we thought It an appropriate time to pay
tribnte to those men who have paid ths supreme sacrifice foritbe sake
of their country. May we, on the home front, facet our tasks and make
yur sacrifices with equally as much coorage as these men did.
WORLD WAR NO., ONE •
Gillam A. Hall, AprU 7, 1917
James O. Bailey,’ April 16. 1917
Sidney N. King, Nov. 11, 1917
Ben. D. Abbott, Nov. 26, 19d7
Pat W. Daria. April 30, 1918
Massenburg Trotter,
June ». ms
WaIter*M. Uoyd, Sept. 10, 1918
Walter Johason, Sept 24, 1918
Henry T. Brown, Oct 6, 1918
Willie K. Homphriee,
Oct. 6. 1918
John F. Arthur, Oct 6, 1918
Harrison H. Stokes, Oct 7, 1918
Walter M. West, Oct. i, 1918
Stephen B. Richards,
Oct 9, 1918'
Fprman HllUm. Oct. 11, 1918
' (Heveland Outlaw. Oct. 12, 1918'
James Leroy Belk, Oct. 16, 1918
ESben J. McLeod, Oct 18, 1918
Mendel L. Gladden,
Oct 18. 1918
Joseph J. Boone.
Bratton dcLooch,
WORLD WAR NO. TWO
Edward S. Lorick, June 6, 1941
Calhoon Ancrum, Dec. 30, 1941
Fred B. WUliams, ^prU 3. 1942
John F. Jenkins, Jr.,June 7, 1942
John M. VineplgOb, Jr.
Aug. 10, 1942
Clyde I. Williams, Ang. 22, 1942
Paul Jordan. Sept. 16, 19i2
Thos. Simon Hendrix,
Nov. 11, 1942
Dec, 2, 1942
Jan. 26, 1943
May 12. 1943
Alfred Bnrdell.
SvOlte ntmoB,
Nov. 2, 1918
Jr.,- ,
Nov. 30. 1918
Jan. 25, 1919
It, inr
Racene West
Albert H. Isbell,
William Baxley,
Francis C. Trueadale,
May 14. 1043
William C. M^key,
inns 16, 1043
Henry C. Rabon, Jnlyl, 1043
Robert P. Hinton, Juljr 14, 1943
'Ernie L. Hinson, July 26, 1943
Reese B. HalL Sept 10. 1948
Ths
James E. Cureton. Sept 15, 1948
Ivey K, Connell. Oct 7, 194t
James T. Shirley. Oct 15. 1H8
names aro a complete edmpllatioD so far os The American .
^ Lairion Post ho* been able to ascertain. «
I$enry T. Cook. Feb. 23, 1919
Malcolm . A. Batemoau
Sept 6. 1918
Furnialimfa of Old Hotel Will
Be Auctioned Off Nest
Week.
Now York Youth Is BeKeirgfd
Dead After Fruitlefs
Search.
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Despite the most sanguine of ex
pectations that "something.’’ would
devriop that would save Camden’s
historic Kirkwood hotel from the on
slaught o( a wrecking crew, announce-
va^nt today by Simon Faust, ow;i»er,
indreates that the mammoth 200 rooms
tourist hostelery will be a thing of
history before the arrival of spring.
1944.
In a statement to the Camden Bu
reau of Public Relations last Friday,
Mr. Faust declared that all of the
furnishings of the hotel would be dis
posed of at auction on Wednesday.
December 8 and that the work of
tearing down the dormitory unit,
which housed the big army of hotel ■
employees to past years, would be
started next week.
Shortly after January 1st. wreckers
will begin to the demolition of the
east wing of the Kirkwood. This It
ths wing which houses the famous
grill, the big dining hall, kitchens, and
other rooms as well as guest rooms.
A portion of the old original Contey
horns around wbich tbs Kirkwood waa
built will bs-rstalned, according- to
Mr,*-Faust Architects will go over
thsr property, and ptoof for toe uis of
toe west wing os the nucleus tor a
semi-modern 80 room hotel will be
prepared.
Mr. Faust states that this 80 room
bote! will be entirely refurnished with
new equipment sueh os tornitare.
rugs, etc., also bedroom equipment.
A new heating plant will be installed
and a complete new modern klteksM
provided for.
Ths new hotel, which will psrpstn-
ate ths present name of the Kirkwood,
will be manofed by on expert hotel
manager and. will be open all year
round, soya Mr. Faust.
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Post Cage League
Will Get Underway
About New Year’s
Frank Bean Named Manager
of the Army Officers
Quint.
nig
Tate
ef found neur-'Wateree riltoge. R8» J®®***^®
wards toUltog 8600 have been offered 1 including the army,
for the locating of the mUslng cadet maintenance
Shaw field, the Legion Post in toe ^ ‘i***'^:
cadet’s home town and the father of ? ^
the missing flyer have all contributed Christmas and
to the reward fund. j ® i j ,
' All games will be played in the
part of the group of several hundred school gymnasium
from Shaw Field engaged In the ‘»®®“ >:f®«‘T®‘* *>y the poat
search, became lost and wandered Wednesdays. TTiursdays,
through the swamp all night. They if! ..
were found by guides ths following “ ^ utilized for league
morning. .games has not been announced, as
The searchers, totaling 1600, are^**?. •^®dule !• not completed,
working through the swamp In groups.a "pMt”
The swamp is described as being ‘^®
about 40 miles in length with an aver- ^ the league pro-
age width of four and a half miles, horn#
It Is practically Impenetrable In many »»on|«,**mes with
areas and those In a position to know aviation posts os
declare that many persona have did- luV concentration centers
appeared in its vastnesses and despite .
the efforts of searching pOrUes have' ‘®*“ formally announce
never been found. f that of the
64th and- is made up entirely of offb
Soldiers Center
f^peals For Books
For Fighting Men
cers. Frank Bean, who managed ths
army softball team in the City l^gua
test summer, has been named os play-
ing manager of the basketball team
of the 64th. Probably players among
the -officers will be Lieut John Sch-
nell, Lieut. Frank Bean, Lieut. Charles
M. Broome, 8rd, LleuL Eugene D.
Hello Camden folks-^ave you any, Mlnletta. Lieut. Neil A. O'Brien, Lt.
books you w ould like to don its to the Daniel Monson, Capt Joseph R. Riley
service men’s center on Rutledge and Lt. Maurice Clay.
Street? j Lts. Bean. Broome and Schneel
If so, please leave them at The were members of the army softball
Chronicle office, or If you do not team. (tept. Riley made hla name
have time to do that phone Attorney famous when a member of the Ala-
Ollver Rice at 116 and he will or- bama Crimson Tide football team
range to have someone call for them.' when that team won to toe Rose Bowl
Mrs. Frank Bean, director of the; game several years ago.
Center, wonts touedhrs books for the
soldiers, marines, flyers and men H
from any other branch of the armed KcClvdUOll ICOOinS
service, to read when they osevOt the a . ^ ^
At rort Jarason
center. One of the
arranged os a library and reading;
room and the books donated to ibis -.u « . ^ .
very worthy cause will go on to newly; Camden branch of the Central
constructed shelving to the room. i Carolina Camp and Hospital
Mrs. Bean would like to have books council under the American
on fiction, classica, science, etc., to continutag ite work of
[furnishing Day Rooms at Fort Jack-
jton. The need for furnishing these
be given the Renter.
Motorists Jolted
To Learn the '^th
j rooms is stUl great. There are about
1600 St Fort Jackson. Some of them
I have never bqeh furnished and others
• need refurnishing. The Camden com
mittee with Col. Von Tresckow sa
'chiirman, and Miss Olive 'Whlttrsdgs
Office df se executive chairman, have furnished
-Announcement of the - .........
Price Administration lost Sunday that' five "rooms'and plan to start work at
oil B and C gasoline coupons issued ones on two mors.-
after midnight Sunday would be worth At the lost meeting of the Oounefi
five gallons each, caused a wave of an appeal was made by toe Red Cross
jubilation to sweep the ranks of mo- director at the Fort for Day Rooms to
Ibe furnisbed for thq colored troops.
However the joy was premature for The Camden committee, has selected
the explanattou of the OPA npye to- ohe room and a fine committee of the
dicated that no one would get oxy colored people of Camden, headed by
more got than before, that the change Rev. Boykin as chairman. The Rev.
waa due to a deeire to cottaerve on Boykin has appointed Mary Williams
paper—that ths book Issued to each Smith treasurer and she reportglKat
Bsotorist would be the some amount their committee has already raised $88
of gas but fewer coupons.
for the project
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