The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 31, 1944, Image 1
£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