The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 10, 1943, Image 5
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Home Demonstration club’s
t** Bocisl' will be at tbe home
E- Hsmmond Thursday
Id •‘^ Dec .16 Wateree club
P-hors aVe Invited.
Mrs. J. L. Moore of C6-
I *1^ ,nd Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Lee
rrfoff wer(». quests last week of
Mrs. W. L. Sanders. ^
L.. Nix and daughter of
city. Ala., visited the home
[JJr snd Mrs. W. E. Hammond Inst
A B. Rabon of Logoff, is the.
.^ of'ber daughter, Mrs. W. M,
Theinia Brown of Washington,
if and U. Jack A. Brown of Fort
M Kansas, are visiting Mr. and
J: R I Arnold this week.
Mr and Mrs. J. B.'Huggins visited
*Bds in. Bishopvllle and Hartsvllle
Mn Carrie M, Davis, Mrs. JT. P.
«rn and Elmo Brown of Camden,
jt Wednesday with hir. and Mrs.
I Arnold.
rnjlpli wflliaras has returned to
,i Falls after spending several
, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Williams.
Jiers Center Will
, Formerly Opene>d With
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reRtilailons which Will be rigidly
,.i»rced.
These regulations stipulate th^t no
iBg lady can be escorted to or from
*c!ub by a date, except in the case
I cadet bringing his wife, or on
ay afternoons, when It will be
nissable for girls to come with
jeif dares. ^
B a young lady leaves the club
ling during the evening, she will
barred from returning. Another
prohibits a girl making a date
»r the dance with a soldier or
and girls are cautioned against
their address to serviee men
dp not know,
Dlation of .AJiy. of the rules-will
the forfeiture of registration
is of offenders, according to the
niitee.
I The program committee, which will
^ charge of all programs is headed
Mrs. Albert Habeeb as chairman,^
Leon Tobin as vice chairman,
Maurice Clay, Mrs, John Villi*
e. Mrs. A. C. McKaln, Mrs. Alton
rn, Lieut. Charles Broome, Mrs.
Sawyer. Mrs. A. Sam Karesh,
Lee Little, Mrs. Catoe Glover,
1. W. L. Goodale and Dr. Maurice
[Hundreds of Camden people have
the c(bter since the work of
deling and renovation was start-
find alt are dellghlecT with the
snner in which the interior has been
kitined.
[An Interesting feature of the Sun-
' programs at the Center will ba a
er hour which will start at 5:15
[a. and continne for about half an
ir, daring which prayers, hymns
1 a brief talk will be featured.
lAnother committee which is heeded
f Mrs. W. P. Buckley as chairman,
Mrs. Frank H. Heath as rice
an. will have charge of the af-
on social events for cadets’
h«. which will be a part of the
■sal program of th^ center three
Jtfrnoons a week. 'The personnel of
8 committee has not been completed
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CAMDtW CHROWICLl. CAMOtN, >OOTM CAWOLINA. PfHDAY. OgCgMBCR 10, IMS
WaQI FIVB
She Cftves Flien the "Go JUiead"
.Km
Having enlisted in the V’errm’s Army Corps afterher husban^
Lieutenant Roy Moser, v as kiJlcd in a bombing raid over Ger
many, Private Wanda L. Mc?cr now is supplying other pilots w:*li
weather tiata in. the wealh-^r e;7-ee-f-£ Randolph Field, Texas. She ix
shown at the cockpit ol a tr ' ' f'^htev plane.
Army Air Forces
Want Many Women
“The U. S. Army Air Forces has
Jobs waiting to be filled by women,’’
Cpl. Grace Johnson of Columbia, said
last week. “They are important and
interesting Jobs, and they must ,be
filled if we are to keep our airmen
flying against the enemy.”
Women with technical knowledge or
trade skills now may request service
•with the Army Air forces when they
enlist in the Women’s Army corps, ac
cording to Cpl. Johnson.
»
Weather observation, so Important
to filers, is done by members of the
Wo^HH’^^-Ar^ny corps. The radio beam
that guides an dirplane home may be
by 1 WAC.
“These and other Jobs are waiting
to be filed by women. The Army Air!
Forces has requested thousands more i popular young men in this section.
WACs, and thereby has paid a com- graduated from the Kershaw High
pliment to the women already In thej^^hool in the class of 1939, and at
William A. Croxljon
Given A Military
Funeral Tuesday
Kershaw, Dec. 8.— (Special)—The
body of Pvt. Willie Aiken Croxton, 21,
who died with pneumonia at Buckley
Field, (Colorado, Wednesday night,
Dec. 1. arrived in Columbia Monday af
ternoon, accompanied by a military
escort, Sgt. W. B. Smlih. .and wa*
brought to the home of hia i^eats
near Kershaw, where it remained
until 11 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Funeral services were conducted
from Beaver Creek Presbyterian
church, by his pastor, the Rev. W. S.
Porter, assisted by the Rev. J. B.
-Gaefon of -eatnden, chaplain of Co. E,
S C. D. F.
Pvt. Croxton was one of the most
Christmas Spirit
Prevails At .Hie
Camden Post Of^ce
These are busy days at thh Camden
Post Office. A grMter part of the
time, there .is quite a line of people,
an carrying gift parcels to be sent to
friends and relatives at home and
abroad. It is a long line of humans,
young and old. white and negro, band
ing scores of boxes every hour of
every day. to the Post Office window
to be mailed.
These are Christmas packages, large
and small, their weight from leas
than a pound to tw'elve pounds. Some
are wrapped in green, and some are
wrapped in red -but they all gre
Christmas packages.
They are destined for delivery In
nearby towns ahd distant cities. They
are being launched on their way,
mostly by ordinary mail—some of
lh»m by airmail—to Miami, Lbs Ange
les, New York, Chicago, battle, San
Francisco, Boston and points in be
tween. They are being mailed to
friends, fathers, mothers, sons and
daughters, and others.
War or no war, Christmas cannot
Oi^nized Hunt
For Lost Cadet
Has Been Halted
Fate of the Shaw Field Flyer
Still Remains ^ DaHc
Mystery. - L
ages this year may not contain as
much candy, nor as fine linens or
silverware, or a thousand other Yule-
tide remembrances, as in days gone
by, but they will, because of their
voryV BTmpncITTr 'l)# “TSCeWell wfthjcerit Th^ as aS-Tmi cah’.
greater Joy and happiness and pride
lh*ui in more -h«ley<m YtrietidB wen-
sons.
Have you ever studied a line of
folks sending gifts t.o faraway friends?
In the course of a day the entire
cross-section of your community, or
any community, will march^ up to the
windows. ■
Tuesday, December 7. marked the
second anniversary of the Jgp sneak
Attack on Pearl Harbor. It also mark
ed the conclusion of an organized
search for Aviation- C^det Gerard
Held, 22, missing from tbe army basic
field near Sumter, since November 24.
Announcement of ^ihe discontinued
' -
“Do your mailing before December
10.” urges Postihaater C. P. DuBose,
Jr.
“I guess thousands of them are try
ing to do it.” he added, as he w'atcb^
tbe procession.
“Do you know," continued the post
master, “this Christmas mailing line
brjngs into ’the post office tbe hap
piest lot of people to visit us all year
round? Just pow and then does some.
- he- forgotten nor ignoredr—Thg-pack- jong seym' tn Ttll, those
hundreds of faces and smiles and
bright eyes seem to say: 'At last I
have aif opportunity to make some,
body'hi'.ppy. Here you are, U’hcle
Sam. I turn this bundle over to you.
organized search was made by tbe
Public Relations officer at Shaw Field
Monday night.
More^ than 1.600 persons including
cadeta from Shaw Field, detachment
personnel from FVirt Jackson, engi
neers from Camp Sutton, N. C.* flyers
from Camden and Orangeburg flying
fields, and civilians have taken part
in the search in the Wateree swamp
for the youth.
Officials said that Shaw Field per-
[Bonnel would continue the search and
all reports relative to the misaing
cadet and the $600 reward offered for
information relative to finding him
would stand. ^
South Carolina cities will receive
about 1300,000 a year from state motor
vehicle licenses.
Today tuberculosis is responsible
for the death of one Individuaf every
nine minutes.
l-raapou
I mpiciM
HEAD COLD
Misery Fast!
“Then there’s an undue amount of
murtpsy 1n the Ifhe. loo. Bo often
in an other effort, folks are impatient
and sometimes ill-tempered. I have
never seen much - of that here at
Christmas time."
"No spot in the post office will be
busier than tho^e windows from now
on.” Mr. DuBose concladed.
nraui
Va-tro-nol is so effective
bedtuse it does three important thlnw..
It (D shrinks swollen membranes, (2)
soothes irritation. (3) heljas clear cold-
clogged nasal passages. And so brings
wonderful relief I .. . And remember,
11 used in time. Va-tro-nol
helps to prevent
many colds devel- vICIIw
oping. Follow dl-
rectlona in folder. wJI'IrO'hOI
Women’s Army .corps."
The WAC makes every effort t»|Coluinbla. When he had completed
utilize civilian skills, and will train
and teach qualified members to han
dle technical Jobs. This training and
experleffCe," CpT. Johnson "pointed out.
tended Bowen’s Business college in
his course there he accepted a posi
tion with the Haile Gold Mines of
Kershaw. He was prompted, several
tlines"and aT~nie time of his induction
Into the service he was purchasing
may well be the foundation for post ^ .
war careers in the aviation Industry, j stationed at Ashland, Ala.
Women between the ages of 20 and June 1942, he was married to
50, not engaged In war industry or ag- Katherine Pope, who survives
. rlculture, are eligible for enlistment Bis parents, E. W.
in the Women’s Army corps. They i Mary McCombs Croxton, and one
must be citizens of the United States “
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that;
after the expiration of three days
War Bondf aiid SCuiipt
iShip Construction
and Repair Work-
^ers—Men and
Women
For War Production
A Shipbuilding &
Drydock Company
Located In
Charleston, S. C.
Skilled and
Unskilled
pelders
j^ipfitters
I *chinists (Shop and Out-
ISheetmetal Workers ' {Shop
Outside)
IJhippers and Caulkers
j^veters
P^ckers-Up
l^eral Helpers.
I Structural Drafts-
I man.
presently engraged
activities at their
skill need not ap
I kin representative.
Ithe applicants in
lies En'Ployment Serv-
F “w SlL"'"
On
I December 17,1943
^om 8:30 a. m.
I. m. >
in good health, and able to pass
qualifying mental examination.
NO’nCE OF APPUCATION
FOR CHARTER
sister. Miss Vivian Croxton, and a
brother, Herbert Croxton, all of Ker
shaw
The many beautifnl floral offerings
and the large attendance at the fun
eral attested to tbe high esteem in
which he was held.
Tbe business houses in Kershaw
were closed during the funeral and
a firing squad from Co. E, Ist Regi
ment, South (Carolina Defense Forces
of South Carolina for a charter incor
porating the Camden Country Club
Realty Corp.
H, 0. Garrison,
38c W. L. Goodale,
H. Grainger Gaither,
'Incorporators.
Dated at Camden. S. C. .
December 10th, 1943.
Tbe tuberculosis death rate among
unskilled workers is. sevmi times high
er than that among professional work-
[ers.
I The annual death toll from tubercu
losis In the U. S. would be more than
250.000 If the death rate of the early
1900's still prevailed:
About tbe oftijr rime he cm get ••
the lelephooe i» * few thoct hourt ia
the evening, ‘nut’* •4ieii ihouMO*
of other boy* « the Cimp* wm »
use Long Dtitaace, too.
Anjr time you iff not oti tbe line*,
there’* » belter chance for * •oidief’*
call to get through.
iiniem if* utzent, we hope yon
won't be utinz Long‘Pittance feon*
7 to IQ o'iloA at night. Save thotn'
hourt fi* the jenrice men.
Siniaa saiTtunw mTohimIiimi
It ® LITTLE
THINGS that
*
make the^ difference
in the way a GIRL LOOKS
That's why it's so import
ant that you give your choice
of her gift gloves, hose and
blouses the same careful
\
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tention you'd give a far cost
lier purchase! They're the
accessories that will either
I d'
compliment or detract from
her costume. So be sure to
choose becoming'and practi
cal ‘‘little things"'from our
collection.
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