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£mEN W SHOW POSTPONED UNTlt THIS AFIERNOON BECAUSE OF RAIN. VOLUME 56 CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROUNA. FRIDAY. MARCH 31. NUMBER 2 ace Meeting At The Scott Track Saturday Big Succes w A Thoutand Spectators attend Red Cross Informal Erent Here. net $800 FOB FUND race meeting netted the Ker> I. County chapter of the American Croaa approximately $800, aecord- ^ Mrs. Leon Schlosburg, chairman tilt war fund drive. sals df programs netted $200 of the iimt mentioned. M Kershaw county quyta for thie fund drive la $14,600 and up to iPty morning the toUl to date was (t $10,000. Last year the county kJ $11,000 and it is believed that figun will be topped by the 1944 vm reports received from other ities of the state, the situation In it similar to the one prevailing Quotas regarded as being some- t high are not bei|ig reached, de- • the epiendid work of the drive mlttee members and the excellent eration of a majority of the peo. j estimated crowd of 1200 to 1600 Kershaw Soldier, / Prisoner of Nazi, Lauds the Red Cross “The Red Cross has been a life- saver,” says SgL Leonard J. Vincent of Kershaw, who Is a prisoner of the Germans, in a letter to hfs parenU, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Vincent of Ker shaw. The letter dated Jah. 8, -was received on March 9, by Mr. an4,^r8. Vincent Tounx Vincent sa^s that he has been on a farm for two months work ing six days a week. He Jias been a prisoner of war since July 22. 1943, having been captured during the Sicilian campaign. His letter to his parents follows: “How Is everybody doing? Pine I hope. As for myself I am doing okey to be a prisoner of srar. "I dost want any of yon to worry about me becatue we are being taken care of by tb« Red Cross. They send us a parcel each week which contains food and to top it alf off wa got a Christmas package and I mean it was really nice. It contained jama, can- ils watched the seven^raca flMa^dieq,.and stuff—the best of all a fmlt staged at the Marlon dnPont Scotrdhke! “We also got new clothes, an over- coaL blouse, slacks, shoes, socks, un derwear, shirL cap and toweL So you smart looking sport en- hwe Saturday afternoon, ft was stive affair with bright sunshine a colorful panorama of men in Cross workers and olvt- Aea wa prisoners hare w lot-to be thankfnl tor. The Red Cross have been a <X4fa Saver.' “I have bean on a farm for twoji months working six days a weak. “Hoping to hear from you any day now and' I do hope you have heard iron mo. Tall ail hello. I In )>e. 6 Red Croas race, fourth on the ram, .and listing only South Caro, horsee, was the feature of tba tnoon. Four entrlea to this race to be scratched When a ooiivay- bringing them from Walterbcwo , broke down near SL Oeorga. The 8 arrived a few minutea after meet was conchidod. » Red Cross race went to Ocean a big brown, ownad by 8. D. 11 of Kingstrea, who want tha urlong route In IjM. Pina and y, V brown g^Afc owned .by McCants of Camaron, wna saoood Chick Chick, a bay mart, owned Emory McQUl oC IClngSlroot, the first rice, a foorth alia tor and geldings two years old. went Splvens. trained by Bddle Hay* and owned by the Barrington CockpiL traUiad W Jamas was sinni nni liswIVfliei.^ id by Tom Waller of Dadfori N. T., was third. Time by the Cedar Farm stables Of delphia. Patsy Durkin, a Ryan was second and Miss Jim of the bglbn ^tabTes, 'was IBWT. (Please turn to paga two) w York Cadet arded Medal Flying Post Here ter A. Hnhn he Outstnndinf Student. second race, a fourth mRe, for two years old, was won by Rad Lindsay Pierce To Remain As Coadi At Camden Hi^ ProekUd, However, Tliot Umde Poet Hot CoH .i ' LT. DAN KENNEDY, graduate of the -ifegwsL-herg with his former ipftrii. at the Southern Airways opsratfcm. the school, was the victor over six anguished Plying Cross and the Afr them Aviation R. Hunter. School, Kennedy, who reeenUy vlslK planes, and holds the Dte- cdal with IS clusters. Fillmg Stations Are ^tered During Night; Capons Taken Many Used Gea Ticketa fai iioot From Myera Oil ConqMny. trained by C. W. Shaw and,to don the khakL Lindsay Pierca, high achool athlatlo ooaoh, who waa much soniht aftar hy another high school in tba stats, will continue with the Camden InsUtutfoe, hnt Mere la n arovla LfMok ViR 'etnil kh hesshall team and the dog grid team, the basketball team, and conduct tha physical training pro. gram at the high school Just as long' as Unde Sam does not call upon him Camden citisens in general will be gratified to know tjmt Mr. Pierce has decided to conanue with hhi_w(^ TTme]here^! Re has shown slimal ability as a football and basketball coach and will unquestionably be successful in his building up of the Legion baseball program. Pierce is a graduate of Newberry in 1931. He was bom in Columbia but grew up in Rock Hill. Following his graduation from Newberry he taught at McCormack and later at the Wash ington Consolidated high school. Later _he became affiliated wHh the Kings- la Declared' tree high school and there was suc cessful as athletic coach for some six years. He then bad a year at Marlon Two Oiling stations ift this city were broken into Tuesday night, ac cording to police report. The Myers Oil coApaay station on East DeKalb straet, was entered ^ . . . ^through a front door when a pane of P®** ^*4 nbntterad and tha lock Caihdea BnIP The loot consisted in the mxiw to quite a number of gas raUon stamps and about $2 In pennies, the latter being In the cqab register. All of the stolen gas stamps carried the license numbers of the cars of the purchas ers of gas. Ball Park Can Be Restored Without Any Gteat Expense failiald H«a Splendid Clover 'Bed Upon Which To BnOd. Tba other plaow to he-lofced^ wae Prosaal weed gvowth wnd a few mow* High school and threa years i^o took car. the Clark^n Esso station on Wast DeKalb street. A cash register, which was taken out, but which was empty, was later found back of the station. Elntrance was through a front door. The same method of entry used in the Myers station was utilised at the Clarkson place. A Lincoln Zephyr automobile be longing to W. F. Nettles of the Net tles and Son Fumitura company, was stolen from in front of the Myers garags on East DeKalb street on March 27. Bo far the police have been nnable to find any trace of the ation Cadet Walter A. Hahn of ikeepsie, New York, has been led the medSl for being the out. in^ cadet of the class of 44-0 Southern Aviation school. Army orces prlmanr school for pilots award, presented by Major ird M. Hauprich, contending of. during the graduation cere- e. represents the highest record by a cadet in flying, aoa- military, and athletics the lai lug class. ^ class of 44-0 was the largest be graduated from the school lommemorates the school's third In pilot training, graduate of SL Lawrenca vnl- y last year, Aviaflon Cadet Hahn member of Gamma Sigma Bpsl- lonorary chemistry trAtginny, 'as active tn college Jow'^ism. also won awards In airplana 1^ and Ice wkwtiiiy, to his appointment as an cadsL ha sarved as a mld- an in tha Merchant Mwina . ®y. He will oontlnae kis pilot,“ >g in a basic flying schooL { over In the Camden High school. During his career here he has been accorded the fine* cooperaUon of John M. ViUepigne, ranked by sport writers as being one of the outstanding high school football mentors for many years. Laet year-^Mr. I^roe was on his own so to speak with the Bulldog squad ami the team finished the sea son with the remarkable iwcord of 11 wins as against one defeat The three year record of Mr. Pierce's affi liation with the'Bulldogs won 9 and lost one, In 1942 the record waa 11 wins and two defeats. Pierce has had his Bulldogs out for spring training now tot tha past waek. Some fortf hoys tamed ont The group is made up of light materia] and avsn with the 1144 season soma six months away, pierca realises that his 1944 team Is going to be one of the lightest Camden has had in many yaan. If the BoUdogs can master snfti- eient players naat fall to scrimmage Pleree will be more than satisfied, A driver for the Simon Faust firm of Columbia, driving a large truck loaded wUb second hand bath tuba and other plumbing equipmenL waa tagged by Police Officer Brevard Hancock In front of (he post office Tuesday afternoon. The driver had- -•Jwl grandstand* tr air crew tralneea mtlttg hlgh-,f|111 A 1 the training progma In tha 1.*1jL/1« DlCOfllK their rank ware: Wallace B. Mtt of Vflnston Salem. N. C; • Brown of Siraeose, N. T,; LL H. Henderson of HarrAh, Okla- ^•nd LL ony 8. Kidwall of atown, Maryland. |to Shows Ben ;|0ach l%iging "ew Guinea [he front page of the March 12 pr the New York Dafly Mirror Pntenmtlonal photograph ahow^ ■vnjai^ DeLoach of Camdaa, with actor John Wayna, ao- a^ompaalat VfckI M<mtaa , le ^trallan atnaa «tar flMMk Capa Ohm- Onlnaa. ■Mcians groopad I * their <2aindan *t ^ tha .picture. Wed., April 12th Mrs. Marla TindaL president of Ker- khaw (^nty Toherenkisto Asaedadon. has set the data of Wcdnaaday, April 12, as the time for the annual board of dlrectore meathEQi of the aeuocia- UOn. The meeting will be held at 2 p. m. at the Presbyterian Sunday school room on DeKalb street. Tha pubde Is cordially invited to attend this meetr Ing. This littie Chick Had Four Footaes kee a foar-teggad driekent Novupapar Wen sf tha OnBdaii Chnmiela saw one , last Wsdnsudw when Ida BrdSm, a negro girl, rekMtng on Gordon etsuot in m oUp* 'hrodght a tlvaa dap oM obklwi'‘to the ofDoe. Tha chicken had four parfaedp ad kga, It WM n BiA parked his truck contrary to parking regulaflons and had blocked ont four or more parking spacesl He paid a fine of $2. Camden Soldier Returns Home From Gnadalcaiiai Front George L. Bradley, whose parents reside on a farm ‘on route one, out of Camden, is hack from the South Pa cific and is one of the men who eras located at Guadalcanal for nearly four months last year, and aooordiag to the young man, be saw little if any ac tion, for tha renaott that tha Tanks had . over so complately and wera so firmly eatiunehed that tha Nips did not offer oar offensive. Prior to going to OuadslcaasL Brad ley was St Bsperato-Santoa, slso one of the Sooth Pacific Islands. Bradley went into the sarvlee De cember, 1141, enlisting at Columbia. Aftar many months of going from plaoa to placa following his training, ha landed at Gusdaleanal Jnly 1,1941. .He ,4pgsslned there until October 12 and thaa^wsf transferred to New Zealand. He remainedr in New Zeal- sad until November $$, and then startod back to the stotoa in a eanvoy. Bradtoy Is 'wtth tha 40th Sarvted Sqoalben of tha air eorpo ahd his work Involtas the nsaintenanee and repair of atarerafL Baeauae of tha many forays that were made from the various bases which he w kis nadt was kept uhuswsir notlva. Poaowtag the termlnsHen of his forMIMk mdllf Will |b fork mod uentsr at THWn, VI Whin pBiM ha agMutp-to skip rsqulrad The construcUon of a fence abont the Oamden balNpark is definitely an impossibility at this dme and may not be undertaken until after the war, but the area can be readied into playing field in a short time nk^4B, small expauna. liiM writer went over the ardu from north to south and from east to west Monday afternoon and found that the diamond, currently reported to be in bad dhape, can be reclalnied without any MlfAcuity and without much expense. The outfield is in good shape and with the removal of the Irvin E. Yalenta Has Downed 3 Mess. Flight Officer Irvin E. Yalenta, Thunderbolt pilot and graduate of BbUthSI^ Afirwaya school here. Is one of tha few fighter pUota la the BMropean theatre who has bag^ ged three Meaaerschmitt 119‘b, Ger many’s twin-engined fighters. The ll-year-old Texan has bean decorated with the Silver'Star, tha DFC, and the Air MedaL He is a member of an Eighth Air Force Fight er squadron which establiahsd a rac- ord in the E. T. C. tor enemy planea destroyed in a single combat mission for tighter aircraft by deatroylng 16 Jerries, chalkfhg up one probable and damaging another. “I WM flying the Number Two posi tion in my fllghc," he said. “As wa were approaching the bombers upaun, flying V Xhnnt thfliF lAral, _1_aaw three Messerschmltt llO’s about 6,000 feet below me and to my lefL Ihay were preparing to attack the B-17’s and were flying in a Y formation. “The entire flight dived down, each plcklns his Jarry. 1 closed faat and opeoqig fire when about 160 yards ■ aMMi DgllaJAPOiiDdsd Into both of hie 'eugiaiwaiiv piMUfe flew back off the alrcrmfL almotU hltUng me. Oil covered fny wlndsnleld. I pulled up to avoid colliding with him and, look ing back, saw him spinning down, ings will be in excellent condition. Whst impressed this comer most was the fine base of clover that cov ers most of the .Infield. With proper currying and effort the diamond can be made as good if not better than It was when the Toronto Maple Leafs were here. The greatest damage to the park appeara to have bee$ the wanton de struction of the fence, the bulkhead in front of the grandstand and parts of the bleacher seats and grandstand. The press box has disappeared en tlrely and there is not a vestige of the fence letL So far as the heavy timbers which formed the bulkhead In front of the grandstand are«concerned, many-of these' have bean tom away within the past several weeks and the same is true o! the planks-In the bleachers While there are many and varlons reports as to tha reaponsiblllty of tha deetmedon of the fence, the fact ra- malns that the fence was blown down by hi|^ windf. The poftf wbtoh wara need in the construcUon of the fence were not eresoted, H is said, and haA rotted out. *Thls being tha case^ the fMice would fall under the pressure of a light wind. Much of dia lumber In the fenoa (Pleasa turn to paga six) Memwial Service - For Lieot Sanders At Wateree Chnrdi Simpfo Bvt ImpruagtTfi RHadl For Soldier Hero. Tbs WataTM BapUat church will ba tha acana of a slmpla but Imprasshra mamorial aenica Bunday aftomoou at 2:20 o'clock, to ba coadoctad in konor of tha lata LL Woodrow F. Sanders, who gave up Us Ufa on New' Briton Island in tha South Pacific last Janu ary 22. Tha mamorial sarvioe will ba ron- Aucta4''lqr tha Rav. J. T. Dabney and Rev. f. B. (hwtbn. The serviea be slmpla and brief, but It will carry a great digUl * of impaaslvaness and LLMUadera, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. - J. BMdfrs of tha Wataraa ViUaga. Is a lUtlfata Of the CamdeA High leeatad,i#shoot uid CAsmson college. Ha was ejrouig BOn ot ouch promlsa, sidan- a most appaallAg .'Tkasa flH tfutiA >th. meda hm eetetsadhM as a mat. ms-penufo only raeauUy rscatvad ■af «r tha furpla ae toih^ son Ir tiha IMmI MhaisMBt Major Hauprich Transferred To Moody Field In Georgia Eptire Community Regreta De parture But Rejoice In Adwancement IRVIN E. VALENTA He shot down three Messerschmidt llO’s In a single afternoon. Major Leonard M. Hauprich. who has been IdanUfled with the Southern Aviation primary training school here for the past thl^-thrae months, 24 as i commanding offtoar, has been trans ferred to the 29th training wing st Moody Field, Valdoata, Ga. The date of his departure and the name of his successor here' has not been announc ed. Major Hauprich will ba on the staff of Brigadier Qanaral John 0. Williams, in aommand of the 29 th training wing, and will act in the ca pacity of an inspector. The 29th Training wing Is a supervisory wing over an primary training schools In the sontheast Major Hauprlc^ who received hia education in the (3ary schools and At Purdue university, is a native of Gary Indiana. He received.- his iwlauury training at tba Glenview achool at Glenview, 111. Ha took his hasio and advanced training at Maxwell Field and after gradnaUon acted aa an in structor there for four and a half months. He came to tba Camden school In June, 1941, and became eom- manding offioer June 1. 1942, suc ceeding Major Henry Huglin. The departure of Major Hauprich from Camden wilt he regretted by the enUrd community and by the per sonnel of the Southern Aviation achool. Hla nearly three years of residence here has built np a wide following of friends and acquaint ances who admired hia ftoe charactar and sterling qualities. Always courte ous and friendly he numbera hla friends by the l^lon here. The beet wishes of the entire community for his continued aucceifi aooompeny him to his new location. Winners In Model Contest Aro Given {Awards By m&yor The Boy Eagles, an organiiation of embryo flyers of the future, held an Interesting meeting tn the auditorium of the grammar school last Friday night Tha affair waa largely attend ed by.parepta-qi^ (rienda of tha youBg^ers Of‘the various squadrons. Featuring tha avenlng caremony waa an address by Major Leonard M. Hauprich, comnunding officer at the his rl^t engine burning. I school, sod who "Immediately after, I glanced up ^ Mo^y and saw another Meeserechmltt 110 in St‘tom-heeding -toward the bombere. ^0.4 an^-Mayor Fran^ H. McCorkle I decided to cut him off and we flew J*"* head-on at aach other. I opened fire from about 200 yards. I observed my ^ bullets striking his canopy and wings. • awards We were closing at the speed of about «(k) milee an hour. Again I pulled up Oeorga Stu- to avoid collision. Glancing back a k saw the Jerry spinning down. I must I .*^*P** L. Patton presented Squab (Please turn to page ten) Lieut Capehart Writes Relatives From Nazi Camp advancement cards to the following Boy Eagles: Arthur Allen, Grover Anderson, William Boyce, Harman Collins, Richard Elcbol, John Haynes, John Kornegay. Bobble Mahoney, CHuirles MeOoy, Jack McDowell, Rich ard McManus, Carh Reasonover, BUI Savage, Carroll Savage, Normas Shealy, Austin Shebeen, Marvin Smith’ George Stuait, III, Clyde TttbervlUa>„ Henry Watts, Dogan Wilson, Joaaph ~ wrlilit and $hannon Lieutenant BurwaU Boykin Capa- iVni.* hart of Boykin, and who was a mem- her of the Ehghth Air Force, in Eng-1 land, and who subsequenUy becama a'— _ __ prisoner of the Germans last Decem-j I Aknfiktl I IfhlF Khnu? her when his gline~~wai-lhor down UllUn logi ”«-|Wai Be Offered over Emben, has communicated his relatives here. In a letter Just received, Lt Oape- fflLJ^ A hart pays a splendid trlbuto^to thej JUllp .. AUClUOOH efflelcn^ of the American Red Cross] and states that the prisons in ^ ^ PoatfMmwnAOt war campa are weU provided by food whmiih and clotUng. through the medium of NecMAwry. Show WHl Bo Coiiq>loto TodUijr. “Rained onf was tha verdict of the committee In charge of the Lem that I am waU and safe and at prea- ‘ten dog ahow, schedulad to be held ent eettled very comfortably, wHh at Raotory Sqaare Tliursday after- this fine insatution. His letter says in part: ‘1 hope before you receive this yon wUl have heard thronidi the Bad Croas lUenty of food and clothing, thanks to' tha Rad Croas. Bngg and Smitty are both with me, none of os were wound ed or hnrt*in any way. Drop Mrs. Wright a note io that effect. Just in ease ska doea not gat a* letter by the ttaie you get this. Ton have nothing to worry aboOt now. The Red Croaa in thaaa P. W. camps saaa to it Hiat wa are warm and wtf fed and thAtl all that matters aow for me. I am noon at 2 o’clock. The heevy rain of the morning made H Impoaslhle to present this event under satlsfytog oondltloiiS. so it was agrasd by oommlttse biembeni (hat if the weather permits today, the show wUl be offered in the schednled place at tha Ohm epeeifled. In tha event r^n today, tha show wni be preaanted Monday afternoon at t o’clock. Tha committee regreto not able to give you my address yet! that tha inclement weather conditions as I am not at a permanent camp, made it necessary to postpone the hut yon can find out fron tha Bad event but there la aasuranca from an Croas (Siaptar tafonnation ragardlaf dog owners and others interested in P. W.'e malL I do hope that yon did * - - - not receive noUce that I was missing in time to' spoU your Christmas. Thalfr-all for now. don’t worry, wa are treated very welL "Blm“ Red Cross Golf - Tminiainent Is On The golflBg fretwnlty of the oom- AWAtty are paying te the Red Cross tonrAameet this weak et tha CaaidsA Oauetif clohu. AaBoanoamaBt of tha wlAASiA wUl be gtrea m the GKfohlcId esxt week. [Yemoters of-the tounMUBent re- wt an ffdfars teUac ptit Ia thiM BsadAl play to ba smto aed turh 1$ tiMfr seore cerdA by SendAy AfteF f the affair that the delay wUl not in any way Interfere uith the arrange ments and the show wiU be Just as inte^tlag as If presented on the otigiaai data. High School Has Good R. C. Reewd The ooBtrfhations to tha Americaii. Red Cross War Fend drive from the Camden High school up to MaKk 24, totaled |12t.a. Every room la £a High sdiMf^ oegaaisad with a Bad S'*? "sry. en—Utos havhsg e dudrAMa*- ^ The rssall of the eetfrltles of thsee home ro<ni sectloai was ss foUowi: 9A $21A0, 9B $n.M, tC $$.«, MA $1.74, lOB $1.71, laC $7.$$. ^ $W IIB $udi, sad lie nSsy