The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 21, 1944, Image 1
VOLUME H
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAIMHJNA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1944
Camden Faces A Milk Shortage
Unless AcQiistments Are Made
Many Dairies May Be Fore*
ced Out ol Business
Soon.
Unless thsce U so adjustment on
le price Ql.inllk la eomnwten Cam-
len
lice
and Kershaw coontjr maj face a
erious milk shortafe-^md the shut-
own of s majority of the leading
alrles. ^ ^
Dairymen of the county hare ad-
reesed a commnnlcatlon to the Of-
of Price Admlnlstratkm at AUan-
requestlng that the celling on milk
Id to consumers be raised to SO
^nts s quart The cost of milk pro-
luctlon has soared to such a figure, It
said dairies cannot operate under
e present retail price.
It is pointed out by the dairymen a
cent price would hot permit of any
(it, but it Is belieTed the dairies
Juldi be able to get by. The OPA
ifflce Is Informed that Kershaw milk
iroducers feel a price of 22 cents a
uart retail would be Justified, but are
illing to continue operations if the
cent figure Is gyanted them.
The dairy group Indicate plainly In
etr letter to Atlanta that unless the
iling is raised to the 20 cent figure
at Camden and Kershaw county Will
jse some of Its milk supply by pro-
ucers going out of business.
Brailsf ord WUl
Lead Red Cross
For Coining Year
EnUtuuaam Features Anskual
Meeting of Kershaw County
Chapter.
om The Statej-
“It seems that the OPA plans to
ve no relief whataoeTer to the dairy-
en,” said L. I. Oulon of Logoff Moh-
y, “unless it Is forced, ahd the dairy
men of the state plan to .take the
tion necessary to get relief."
Speaking Tor publlciBRaTTBrrXfuI^
producer and dlstribntor who sup-
ies milk for Camden, Sumter and
aw Field, challenged the OPA to
me a sl^le food that had not risen
price since milk celllnga were
tabliahed.
Rising coats of feeds and other tie-
ssities for the prodnctlon of mSk
ve wiped .««t the daWte^ saargitts
profit, h* And dairymsn srs
g tw ceiltags ha raised se that
•sn stay In business.
He pointed out that his own dairy
I was operating at a loss ail
a month and cltsd the case of
Taylor, anolheOrSSioer deny
ing to Camden, whp, he said, had
ady sold 90 per edni of his osam,
ow operatli>g,ai.ia. loss of a
fflNul^tlose Of thd^TbSt
herd In order to STOld oontbin-
losses.
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^illiam A. Boykin,
'tsntan'Citizeir,
Called By Death
(ion of Fritohda Mourn Paas>
ing of Belowed Character
Major Moultrie Brallsford was re.
rieeted chairman of the Kershaw
County Red Cross chapter at the an
nual meeting held at the Red Chross
headquarters Monday. » Mrs. Egmont
C. Ton Tresekow was re-elected vice
chairman; Mrs. J. R. Belk, treasurer,
and Rev. A. Douglas McArn, secretary.
The meeting was one of the moat
enthusiastic that the chapter has ex
perienced In years. Oxer 125 persons
crowded the chapter headquartwi to
participate in the affair. A grammar
school cboms of 20 young people, un
der- the direction of Mrs. Charles
Salmond, offered national anthems of
the four allied nations after which
invocation was offered by Rev. A.
Douglas McAm.
Mayor P. N. McCorkle gare a abort
address in which be extolled the fine
achievements of tbs various Red Cross
units.
The Finance committee consists of
Attorney Oliver Rice, Henry G. Gar
rison and Nettles Undsay reported the
finances of the chapter to be In good
condition and took eccasion to com
pliment Mrs. J. R. Belk upon her
splendid recording and bookkeeping.
The repofTof Mn. BdIK was read by
Misa Virginia Green, who Is staff as-
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Fourth War Loan Drive
Gets Under Way In Most
Satisfactory Manner Here
Historic Kirkwood
WUl FaU Under the
Attack of Wreckers
But Peal Pca^mg^ To Preierva
Fifty Room So<;tkm As
Hotri.
According to information given to
a reporter this week, following what
was described as -the final auction at
the Kirkwood, the famous and his
toric hotel will soon disappear from
Kirkwood Heights.
Failure to dispose of the building
at public auction taas, it Is said, re-
sulteMn a determination pn the part
of SinHin Faust, owner, to eliminate
kklQg
kslne
b;
now
hie
Sheheen Doing Fine
Job h Cqlection
(H Fate
Hooeewives Fallniff Down
Patriotic Effort
Frank Shebeen of the l^ebeen
grocery and mearhtt la doing a aplen-
dld Job at coUmtlng fats and greases,
Mcflnrdti^lA I the county
defense cDaocB jMsd^sriers.
Last week Mr. Sheheea secured 60d
poundB\«from Southern Aviation and
with what had been turned In by
markets of the city, was able to take
a large quantity to Columbia and tom
It over to the state body. _ _
- - Aoeordlng --to defBnse~1rB&aqnarreTg
the fat drive In the city is not as suc
cessful as it should be. Several hun
dred pounds are collected twice each
month at the various restaurants and
hotels, but the citizen response to the
request for fats is far below par. .
“Housewives are Just not taming
their waste fat in,” said a defense
council official. ‘Tf they realized the
IWilliam Ancrum Boykin, outstand- dire need of this waste fat In supply
ing vital needs of the fighting forces,
they would.awaken to their own re-
home, Wannah plantation, at Boy-Isponsibility.' Enough cannot be said
II Sunday morning. He was $5 years' In praise of the very worthy work that
atte.
Mr. Boykin passed away daring his
>^P. members of bis family finding
lifeless body when one went to
I .him Sunday moiTrtxxg. 'News of
passing plunged the entire _9om-
nity into grief. "Anc,” as he' was
dly and affectionately called by
legion Of friends and acquaint-
enjoyed the esteem and re
el of all who knew him.
or many years he has been promi-
t as a sportsman. He was an ar-
hunter and has held the presi-
y, of tbo Wateree Swamp 'HtthOhg
ior sotoa thne. His genUd^uiH)
HE’S CONVINCED—Among the many soale Marines who have expressed
their complete approval of the Maiige Corpe Women’s Reserve la Second
Lieutenant Tyrone Power, shown here with Sergeant Mattie Osment.
The former movie sUr described Jolblng the Marines as "the finest way
a young woman can serve her counttj, to free a trained Marine to fighf*
Camden Hoqnbd Is Now
Open For Cadet Nurses
Sargeon General of United
States Notifies of Paeor-
al>le Action-
illiam Ancrum Boykin, outstand-
Bportsman, agriculturist. , civic
der and citizen, died suddenly at
The problem otoasloned by the
lack of trained nurses at the Cam
den hospital will. It is believed, be
BOlTfid now that the hospital-'has-
been approved by the War Depart
ment for training of Cadet Nursea.
Announcement that the Camden
HqppUal had been placed on tha
Cadet Nursing Corpa approred list
was recelvad from the Surgeon Gen-
eral last waek.
Under the provisions of the Cadet
Nursing (kirps, nurses will receive
their Indoor and outdoor uniforms.
Home Furnishing
Company Store te
Among the Finest
Eartensive Ronoralmf and Dec-
oratiBg on Exterior and
* Interior.
Chainnan Heyman Believes
County Will Reach Quota
Without Trouble.
The “Fourth War Loan Bon'd” cam*
palgn was Initiated In Sooth Carolina
last Tuesday. January IS, and accord
ing to latest reports'there is every
evidence that tbe Palmetto State will
go over the top by a wide margin.
In Kershaw County the drive start
ed with a rush and midweek Chair
man Marlon Heyman was in an opti
mistic frame of mind regufding the
result! of the three week effort. Ht.
believes that the enthaetaam of the
public Is such that tbe county quota
will be attained.
In connection with the drive pro-
gram. Mr. Heyman addressed a meet
ing of Kershaw county farmers at tha
Court House Tuesday while the pro
gram of the Rotary Club Thursday
the structure by rasing It
However h was Intimated that this | was devoted to the bond effort
rasing process might extend only to' Oovemor Olln D. Johnston
the east and west wings, that a deal
and
was pending whereby the central unit Chainnan of tha War Finance com-
of tha. building was being souj^t by
outside partlee who would construct
^ fifty room hotel on the site. If this
Is done tbe present golf club house
would be used as a hotel annex with
tbe probable construction of an 18
room addition.
In view of the many conflicting re
ports wbkb have, come from Kirkwood
Heights during’ the past several
- moQthSr-tiiadfe&eral pubttc In C^aBdOD
is disposed to stick a tongna in a
cheak and muttar, "Oh Yaah,” when
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Screening Test Is
Scheduled At ffigfa
School Next Monday
Ciwfl Air Patrol Squadroa WiU
Conduct An
ProfTam.
Chriatie Benet of Columbia, Bute
I^ihng the past .few weekatf the
large store of the Home Pnralahlng
company has been In the bands of
painters and decorators, and with tbe
work about ^completed, this leading
textbooks^^MOiOgAdaLxenamaratioa
al^the rate of $16 a month lor the as well as Interior.
house furnishing establishment 1», . . . —:r- . .
spick and-epan, both-~og~tllB~~gxlerIbr oOys of the Camden, Anti
. A screening test offered by the
Rock Hill Squadron of the ClvU Air
Patrol to give youths an opi^anity
to see If they possess quanBeatlons
which might later fit them for duty
with the United States Army Air corps
will be conducted at the Camden High
school next Monday morning at 10. January-
och and Blaney high schools who are
over 16 and not yet 18 years of age
will be eligible to take the test.
The AAP Is asking—not ordering—
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AC Recniite May
[sk For Sp^iHc
tation Assignments
paptain Dewey W. Court, AAF-
IC Recruitment Director of the
Mern Plying Trailing Command
headquarters at Maxwell Field,
Ibama, was enthusiastic over proe-
p for AAF Wac enlistments for
Porcea Stations In the geographi-
[ limits of the Fourth Serviea
nd upon «information today that
C8 can now be recruited for speel-
[ initial station aselgnmeats. Noting
tha Eastern Flying Training
land alone has twenty-five maj-
itatlona all anxions for tha assign
at of mors and more of the effte-
skirted soldiers, Gaptain Gouri
ited out that dosens of other Air
cea 8tatlon% in the Fourth Servloa
imaad "will B4»ife upon this oppor.
ty of brteqCUMi the complement of
Wacs up to normal strength.
Bpeettve lucmlta wlH be glad o|
opportnnlte^ to serve their Initial
gnmenta in placet of 'their own
CO." ' i L
reporting : the War Department
lorlaation^for anllstment of women
specific initial station assignment,
>Qel Ovata Cnlp Hobby, DfrMtor
he Woman*! Army Gor^ made ft
r tha rtsm mamM dat a ra-
t mty.s^Mf tha ^ ur^airft^
«r ffnx aaripuMat aia
is being done by Mr. Sheheen. He
gives of his time to transport the
waste fats to Columbia. He also looks
after- the paymtat of the cash fee
for this fat and also the distribution
of the meat points.”
It is interesting to note that the
600 pounds of waste fat turned in by
Southern Avlattoa school netted the
school |24 and 1200 meat points.
X-Ray Clinic At
fliglLScMFeb^
Hurses Corps operates./
Our Fighting Men
Are Better Trained
I ■ '■ ■
All of Uncle Sam’s fighting men of
today are -better trained than those
jot World War 1, and this is partlcular-
ly true of the jQung firing nfflcam. »-
On February 2. there will be a
chest X-Ray Clinic In Camden at the
City High school, fr<Mn 9 a. m, to
2 p. m.
This clinic le especially schedul^
as a part of the Better Health for the
o today wear the Navy Wings of
jQold.
Taking off i;rom the de^k of an air.
craft carrier and roaring 4way to com
bat over trackless wastes of qcean is
stay healthy and well In order to do,
our part in tbe hard months to come.
’The price of this X-Ray is 75c.
This Is a good opportunity for every-
one to check 016% longs and see If
they are free from any contagkma
disease. Your public food handlers
are required to be free of any eomr
monlcable dteeases sad fiow is tba
chance to see If the food aandlefu fx
tbe private bemM are as traa.
No appointment la neoeasary, tha
hours are f a. m. to 2 p. m.
Cqnnty Over Top
Hi SealjCampaign
Kershaw County went over tha top
in the tuberenhMls seal campaign
which started on Thanksgiring day
and closed on New Year's day. The
Gonnty quota was set at $2,200 and
up to data treasurer Oliver Rice re
ports a total of $2,554 already re.
oelvod. *
The volunteer Vortcers did an ex-
oeUect Job In this casspalgn and
found ready eooperation and tetorsat
OB the put of the g«Mral puttie.
Special thnaka is due to tha Port
Ofidse, tha CSuuutltta, to Mrs. Goto
(Mover. Aab—» oC the (brtrs^ a|il
first year, $20 a month for the second The Interior of the store, both en
year, and $S0 a month for the third the first floor as well as the mez-
year, zalne has been entirely renovated, . , c ^
Through affiliation with the Charity kreatly lightening the store and *“«!*'*
Hospital In New Orleans, nurses train. Ing H a most attracUve appearance.;**®
Ing at the Camden Hospital will The show windows have not been:|®**^- compulsory to take
spend the last nine months of their neglected and offer a most attractive; doing so youths can
three-year period at the Charity back^ound for the public display ^ ^
HordIIaL i n6C68SHry InforinAtloo End Et tli6 seise
Inquiry at the hospital elicited the! The exterior, or Broad Street frontiJJ*®® vlLi-
informatlon that approval of the bos- of the building, haa been entirely gone S!
pital for Cadet Nurses training will over by painters, and the bright red if?
unquestionably aid greatly in solving background is highlighted with *, [J® ^®^ obligate
pX 8,u.dro„ ..oa. o.,r occupied, CouHuou,.,
muneratlon which is provided through |»hing company is one o< the leadlng^der^^^m^nd^ of Llwt.
the. Bolton Fund uaifiT whi^h tluL-houBa-TumlshliMt yeatabllshinemg. Pilgrim, wUl be Flight Officer, Sheffield displayed courage, coolness
ron.
I only in Camden and Kershaw county,
but In tbe state. The members of the
company are: President and treasurer, r>. n, ^
iGus Lee. Beleos; vice president and the_Rpck Hill
I secretary. Chris G, Beleos. Store N««^ron will conduct screening tests
I personnel: Collectors, Oscar HortOn:*^ Kershaw High school for the
land W. C. Smith; secretary, Mlssi^?^? Kershaw and Baron De^
'Lola H. HUton.
Heyman-Karesh
H^ Demo. Club
Kalb schools.
(k>
At a meeting of local Democrats
^ Tuesday evening, the Camden Deipo^
^child’s pikT TherTfore. Unde^foifffi*® »>y the el^
pays particular attention to the train-
Ing ofhlB nephews who fly with the,®**' t cf'*^*’*
people of kfershaw County. We murt> «avy. Evidence of this fact Is the 1“^"’ Lawrence Jones as secre-
-«.4 «-ii 1.. ♦/» '««»^nipresslve list of vlctorfes Navy fliers,
are rolling, up over Jap airmen to
the PM-ifie First Ward, David L. Melton; Second
To train pUota evwi more thorough. I
ly for the big Job ahead, the Navy V^^bigham; Fourth Wart,
la now <^fering enllstaes In tha V-5
Naval Aviation Cktoei program an (Hi-li; O®'?****®* Sixth Ward, H. Wy-
poTtunity for eight mouths of col-
lege training prior to tha start of
actual flight instruction.
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Muds Excitement Eiq;sected;
“Processors” Win Lest
Two Gemesi
“PfoJesaftra” Play—» w- i*—
Cadete Friday At War Magaane.
Camden (gymnasium
mittee. Issued a Joint statement urging.
the people to do their uttermost la
adding additional bonds to their ex
isting portfolios and the Oovemor, In
his proclamation, called upon tbe
schools, homes and places of buslnesa
to display the Stars and Stripes on
that day.
Tbe quota tor Kershaw County la
$614,800 and for tha atata aa a whole
la $54,000,000. The campaign In this
county will be onder the leadership
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Air Medal and
Oak Leaf Ouster „
For Camden Boy
Award Is Gnrvn To Fathor of
In^risoBod Sofs. -
william L. Sheffield, ronte 1, Cam.
den. has received the Air Medal with
two oak Leaf Clusters, awarded his
son T. Sgt. Charles A. Sheffield, who
is a prisoner of war of ^ Owxpan
government. ' '
Sgt Sheffield went lato tbe armed
services In January, 1942, and went
into the combat zone the following
He--wae -on Ttrmbanr “duly
from January 1 to July 29, 1948, when
the War department reported him as
missing in action. Later tbe govern-
meut announced that he was a prison
er of the* Germans, being captured
following a raid over Kell.
The air medal together with offi
cial copies of the citation was sent
by the War department to the father
of the young roan, ha received them
last week.
The citations record the award of
Youths I ^be air medal and oak leaf cluster as •
being the result of meritorious
achievement , while participating in
five separate bomber Combat mis-
CUarles H. Stogner of this city, who skill which reflected great credit,
is affiliated with the Columbia Squad-,<tbt only upon himself but upon the
armed forces of the United States.
The Award was made upon the order
of Major General Eaker.
Corpord Wyiiams
A Globe-TYotter
Camden Youth Has Been All
Over the World.
WrOakman Hay, Sr.
Died December 23
Another meeting of the committee
will be held Monday evening.
tjfe
Anay
ft Job.
Gmad
pastldpidefi Is (be
W.'Oakstan Hay. Sr., a Ufa lo^
resident of Cmradea, died Deosmbar
2$. 1942, tel the (3amdea hoaplUl. fol-
lowing a brief lUnwa asl a smglcal
apwatitaa.; He was ot age.
Hfa trlsada ramamber Mm aa a owa
of usqndsUoualia honor and Jatagnty.
The stmdldRF of bla , tsetea and
modes was aa ontataiidtng qaaUty;
howavar, be wm a paraap o( daw sad
abldJag .ifffofltlsas gad toyaklM. IliB
salad was <kHala0us aad the typa of
mcatslftr Mteb weald uitfeld tato
fibs blglbMl limn liag Oil I
_ _ Be was j
trwpte fld
laefrbe
lar sat
Columbus, Miss.,
Ca^rt Is Awarded
Mraal At Southern
Cwl«t Hath V. WWmM I
OntstendiBf Member ot
Oat 44-E.
Excitement of tha highest type will
reign In tha Camden high gym at 8
o’clock tonight, Friday, January 21,
when the "Flying, Professors,” after
two straight victories, win tangle with
a datenniapd Cadet team that is be-
fog whipped Into shape hy Athletic
Dfreetor Maurice Clay.
Ldent Clay Is snsidelousljr tadt on
tha progress of Cadets and George
Stimrt, ntaeagar of the *l*rofoasort",
dedarea that ha dataets a gUnt of
eonfldenoa In Clay’s eyes whsa ha
speaks of the team. At any rMe. It
wUl be a game that Is not to be dtlss-
ed, for the Cadets will ba on equal
footing with their Instructors.
In top shape, the Southara Airways’
aggregation reaped sweat vengeaaca
on the Wfoasboro Royal Oirds at tha
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For-
s to
AH
AvfoGon OAet Hugh V. Wingfield.
Jr., ana of Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Wtag-l^
field of Columbus, Miss., was dioaem
to ramlva the gold medal awarded to
the outstaadteg jpamber of eadt
Southern Avl*-
iBoa _
Is s mmabeg tot^^
Mto iiaasafolinn was m
M. Baaicteh. o
f4th AAFFTD.
on fkt-
dfrtho
Dr. Carl West Is
Country Gob Head
Charters granted Monday by W. F.
BfoOkwall, secretary of state, ware
as foUowg:
epmdoa ^Sountrr Club Realty «or-
to deal fo real
athlede elub;
West.
Vigo
WlOfom F.
Cart
Corporal Edward O. WUllams, of
the United States Marines, a son of *
Mrs. Maud Williams, Mill street, who
has been spending , a I0.day furiough
at bis'home h4re, leaves Sunday to
return overseas and thS front lino
Corporal Williams has been In tbe
Marines for three years, having Joined
prior to Pearl Harbor. WiUlams de-
scribes himself as a "sea-gofog Ma
rine.” ^
A recent Issue o( the Start aad
Stripes carries an intaresUng story
of Williams aad a compand do-
scribed to. the story aa "globe trot-
ti».”
The article follows:
“They^re been huddles sad on tbo
same ship for the past two years.
Martoe Corporal Edward C. WUllams,
Gamilan, S. C., and OM l-c John J.
Brown, Detroit, Mich., started their
globe trotttog wHh a trip to Cuba.
Their next Jaunt was with the first .
contingent of American troops to air-
rive St BidEsat. Irslsnd.
"They saOsd hack fo the Sfotca
and after a short stopK>ver pushed out
for the Pac^. One ot their stops
was . at TentetabU. a Pacific lalaad
where native girls wear genufoa Bs-
nm and where native boys say,
‘Iffio lairt, tahtol,’ maaalag, ’haOo
Thejr ifiMcsd up navivOTs of
whieh had
battle—a
baidlsi
to San
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