The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 14, 1944, Image 1
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VOLUME 66
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FApAY, APRIL 14, 1944
NUMBER 4
tmden Center One Of Best,
But Girls Lack Patriotism
pair Sea Fail To Cooperata la
Soldier Profram.
The Senrlce CJenter^ under the cxq'
hie guperrlslon of Mm. John Und-
"v was the mecca of many hundreds
g wldlers and cadets orer Easter.
'The Center was attractlwely decor-
[ed with Easter flowem and carried
home-Uke air, a fact that elic’lfed
ch comment from the men In uni-
Easter Sunday Is
Featured By Warm
Sunny Temperature
The Camden Center is declared to
the most homa-Uke of any In the
}uth, but it has its'drawbacks ao-
iing to the men in uniform who
negate there erery Saturday niii^t
OB Sunday. There are few Cam-
girls to be seen in the Center at
time and this fact has resulted in
Jttlng the Camden siris on the spot,
(hen s comparison is dmwn with the
jiotic young women of other cities
here Centers are maintained,
[whether the restrictions which pre-
st the Center hare anything to
with the failure of Camden girls
iho^ up for the dances is a ques-
« that can only be answered by
[iMe concerned. No matter what the
„tons are, they reflect upon the
itriotism of the community. Other
about the state openly boast
the cooperation the young women
ITS shown toward aiding In the re
sent aetlTltles at the serrlce
Churches Filled To Capocity
With Crowds of Wor
shippers.
to the Camden Center Is
Inctire of an interestlag
i>>y> wapetlmea of a humorous ttSr
tn^wUmes with a little bit of
Jerking pathos. For instance last
a nlce.iOQklpg soldier from
^sckson, who for idany months
been spending his wesk-ends in
aden, approached Mm. Llndaay and
Ddered her a package with a request
„ she arrange for Its mailing Mon.
j. He asked that if be sent by reg-
tered ">*11 and that a value of |S00
placed on It He told Mrs. Lindsay
iat it contained his watch, an expen-
re one, and other trinkets of raloe
h»A jiMit hewn gtwan. Uife
lerf* and would be leaving this
ek for ovemsss duty, he wanted
personal effects to be sent to his
jther. Mrs. Lindsay accepted the
set and Jokingly iMulred of the
buth if he was sure she could be
ipended upon to see that the valu-
bles were sent to their destination,
liorespon the la^ with team In his
said: “I don’t kaow one any-
liere that I oonld trust as' I trust
DO."
I And that is but ons instance of the
It and affection the boys la unl-
^nn have for Mrs. Lindsay. She la
mothw away from home to many
Doiands of young men who have
Id occasion to meet and visit with
br at the Camden Center.
I Some of the citizens of Camden
lio have taken much intereat in the
(Please turn to p4ge eight)
A kind.hearted weathwman, who
thrust upon this community a cloudy
and raln-tlueatentog Eaater morning,
relented and gave Camden a Warm,
snnny Easter, enabling one of the
most picturesque Easter Pamdes in
yearn to be in evidence.
All of the Camden churches report
ed capacity throngs of worshippm
who took part in the specially ar-
mnged Easter services. The Catholic
Cihurch of Our Lady of Ferpetual
Help, was filled to capacity for the
late morning service while all avaii-
ahle seats In Grace Episcopal church
were occnpled. The same was true
at the Presbyterian, Methodist and
Baptist churches ip the city. In .the
country districts all churches were
crowd^ with the Esster wonhippers.
Milady had her day, and It is seldom
that a more beantltnl army of Easter
finery has been in evidence in Caas-
den. There were many family gaOw
ertugs fUUowing the church
^ptain Bernens
Assigned Here
Southern €. 0.
THEY NEED OUR HELP
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Burglar Nabbed
While Engaged
In Robbing Store
Famll Gawford b Held At
‘Jail On Larcenj Cliarfe.
Farrell Oawford, who givea his rssl-
denos as ‘!neur-Casaatt”-and-Mw age
29, is in custody- at the county
Jail after au aUsged attempted burg
lary at the J. C. Penny company store
here late Saturday night
Oawford was apprehends^ by Pa-
trolman Smith as he had gaUud entry
into the store by breaking a glass
panel In the front door. Ssreral sol-
diem from Fort Jackson, who were
In the vicinity at ths lims m4 heard
the crash of breaking glass, summoned
Patrolman Smith, who upon his ar-
rival at the ssensk through the beam
of his flashlight into the store, saw
Oawford standing near a counter.
Smith, it Is said, ordered him to come
out “the same way you went !n.“
Oawford crawled through the smashed
glass panel and was immediately
taken to police headqnartem and later
transf^ed to the county Jail where
he is being held on a larceny charge.
Chief of Police, Alva Rush, said
that Oawford admitted to him that
he had served ten months in Rich-
land county following his conviction
on a charge of breaking into a Colum
bia dry cleaning plant last year.
Baby Parade Saturday Eye.
At The Cadet Club Parkway
Mrs. Scblosburg and
Workers Are Lauded
Foi* Fine Effort
Final Figures On War Fund
Fund Driwe - Are An*
Bounced.
Tiny Tots To Parade In the
Episcopal Guild Show.
A Russian e<riIsctlTu fink
Red Army soldlem kow the Nasis
them of food, ihsss peofda art
la the Kharkov region tolls <
their homes and stripped
dirk assd of dothiag.
Wateree Plant Of Kendall
The final figures on the Red Cross
War Fund drive, ae announced by
Mm. Leon Schlosburg, drive chairman,
aggregated 114,600. This puts Ker
shaw county comfortably over the top
so far aa ^s quota assigned to this
area is concern^.
'The drive. Just concluded, was one
of the moat successful of its kind
ever lo be undertaken in Kershaw
county. While all credit is due to the
army of workem who cooperated so
splendidly in putting the project over,
the real dynamic force back of the
drive was the untiring and peme^ve^
ance of the chairman. Mm. Leon
Schlosburg.
The success of the drive was made
possible by the continued alertness
and perfect coopemtion that was
given Mm. Schlosburg by all membem
of her committee and the many un
tiring workem throughout tbs county.
When It became known a few days
before the end of the drive peri^
that the county was lagging by some
$6,000, there waa a galvanic response
to the appeal of the chairman that
Kemhaw county could not tiul down
on the Job. The 11th hour effort re
sulted in the quota being-attained and
carried the figuree well
above the assigned amoont
Extra Gas Rations
»«.» 1 ^ Refused
Mills Gives GEnerously To lyktory^Gardcners
Red Cross Wtur Fund 4Effort
Eceeds Major Haiqirich At
TIm Awiatkm Post.
I Captain Leonard A. Bemens. a
luate of Maxwell Field in March,
Ml, has been named as commanding
Jicer of the Southern Aviation
thool here. He succeeds Major
9nard Hauprich who recently trans-
Mred to Moody Field, Valdosta, Ga.
^Ptain Bernens is expected to arrive
the Southern Aviation post this
ek.
[Captaia Dwmma ksma ms kaslc
structor at Ountor Field, Montgom-
was commanding officer of a glid-
school In Mlnussota and served as
assistant supervisor at a prinuury
toing school at. Lakeland, Florida,
is single and Will be in charge of
^mden school nnH until It Is
cuated early next Angust
mickie says—
UA>JE you GOT effS
lu youa ATnef
WEu^wt/cA/Jrseu,
in£M. eursom of
TUAT STUFF UPV0Fe
WakSEnwriHAiiii
<SlASSIFeOAD» MWY
wroiSHTnuf
e
stone Dwelling Is
^Id To Mrs. Scott
Lyttleton Street Property
Purchgaod by Matron of
Childron*s Home.
IjoIb M. Scott has purchased the
Robert B. Stone property on Lyttle
ton street, according to the -records
In the office of the county auditor and
register ot deeds.
The Stone home, prior to the illness
and knbseqoent death of Mrs. Stone
at her home in Boston, was always the
scene of Interesting and happy gath
•rings in Camden. FV>r some Ume the
dwelling has been occupied by As
sistant Postmaster and Mm. Benton
Sheom.
Mr. Stone has spent cdnsldemble
ot the present winter season in Cam
den. being quartered at the Court Inn.
An interesting personality, Mr. Stone
enjoys the esteem and affectien of a
wide ftdlowlnc ot admiring friends and
aeqnaintaness who are happy that he
haa bsMi able to be a winter visitor
this season.
Another real estate deal on record
at the county office Invtdves the pur
chase of some It acres of land by the
Gtty of Camden and Kemhaw county
from Julian H. Buns. This land is
reported to havo been required for tho
extension of the runways at the sir-
fort
MaBM« J. c Ewing Hunk* Riwimis Club Hcars
Eii4>loy«0t for Their Pa
triotic l^irit.
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About Sweet Spuds
m Talk By Mdler
Julian C. Ewing, manager of the
Wateree plant of the Kendall MUia,
rightfully beileves that the employees
of his plant are tops in patriotism.
For didn’t they stage an all-out
demonstration of Amsrlcanlam daring
the recOTt Red Cross war fund drive?
The expression ot sympathy and co
operation was evidenced in the turn
ing over to the county Red Cross chap
ter the magnifloent total of $353.49 of
which amount the third shift in the
spinning department gave $108.79. A
bulletined expression of appreciation
from Manager Ewing to Percy Boan
and his workers was affixed to the
mill bulletin board following the
drive.
Mr. Ewing in his bulletin announce
ment stated that It was not necessary
to try and sell the employees of the
mill on the worthiness et the Red
Cross fund drive. He knew they were
in sympathy with the program. War
had been taught home to thi* little
mill village area through the many
young men and boys who had gone
Into'ths service. Some ot them have
already made the supreme sacrifice
and othem are priaonem of the Jape.
It waa stated that many of the mill
workem gave the equivalent of one
day’s pay toward the Red Cross fond
“Ws think this is a noble deed on
roq?_j!ert*’’^ iMdd JWng-in. -Wi,
bullethi. ‘’But our appreciation la as
a grain of sand on the beach compared
to that of the boys who will receive
the benefit of your donations.’’
The drive total established a
high for tho Wateree MUL
"Tbc Yam Haa Been To Col
lege** Subject of Intoreat-
mg -Addreaa.
Camden’s Easter parade Is over, but
an even more Interesting spectacle
will be offered Saturday afternoon at
3:30 o’clock in the parkway hack of
the Cadet club on Mill street when the
Episcopal B^ice Guild, an oixanlsa-_.
lion of young ladies will present the
first annual baby parade.
Little tots ranging in age from mere
infants of less than a year, to attrac
tive little tots of four years of age
will parade on the outdoor dance floor
of the Cadet club before the following
Judges: Mrs. John M. VUleplgue, Mrs.
C. M. Hunter and Mrs. William L.
Ooodale.
Tickets for the affair may be ob
tained at the gate and eutries in ths
various parade units may also he
made at that time. ’There will be a
class for little tots less than one year
of age, another for kiddles one to two
years, still another for thoee two to
three, and a fourth, for thoee three to
four yeara of age.
During the afternoon the children
attending the show may be able to ob
tain pony rides for a small fee. Re
freshments will be sold at the canteen
by the members of the Service Qulld.
Want Confederate
Monument Left
Where It Is Now
Object To Suggeation That
Be Removed.
It
If
Area Jt Uaed in the Culti
vating of Flowera.
Regulations concerning the issuance
ot extra gaaoline rations for persons
who cultlvats victory gardens have
been Isaaed by the Office ot Price
Adasiaistratloa.
Under the special regulations a pe^
son to be entitled to extra ration!
must devote an area ot at laaat L500
square feet to the coHlvation of vege
tables- If any part of ths area is de
voted to flowers, the ration applica
tion will be denied.
The application must show ths lo-
Vasco Miller of the local agency ot ca^n of the garden and the dlsUnce
new
Dewey Creed Wins
Straw Hat Honors
no wia-
“LaiOiss and fsctlsi
Dswsy Ctwed.”
Tia tolks, Mr. Dswsy Creed, pulp
woda expert. Is the winner. He wins
^ hoaor oC being Oamden’s No. 1
straw hat aad white Mioe male de-
haatana-^ there can be each.
For oa Easter day Dewey aaUisd
Ivtg ha the warm sfriag saaeblae
jHtk a brand aanr straw ksBy on bis
bend aad spte aad 4na
“A* 5
Miniliy.
rstksesd wftb tbs
Sotba
IsDe^y
Craed.
Johnny Hench Is
Reported Missing
In the South PaciHe
Fenunr Soothnni laatroetcr la
Lost Af tar Actiou.
the Standard Oil company, was ths
speaker at the weekly meeting of the
Klwanis club last Tuesday.
The program chairman was J. D.
Cantey, who arranged to havg Mr.
Miller, who is a brother of Dr. Julian
C. Miller, head of the Horticultural
Research of Louisiana State UulTersi-
ty, give a talk on the possibilities of
the sweet potato in future farming In
Kershaw county.
Mr. Miller took for .the aubject of
his address: “The Tam Has Been to
CoUegs.” He displayed samples of
▼nrioas varieties Of sweet potatoes,
each of which had been developed by
Dn Miller for a specific use.
-W. €. McCarley, county agent, told
of what is being done in Kershaw
county in ths growing of swset po-
tstoss and said he and Mr. Cantey
were going to use the new Tgriety
samples for seedlings and put Ksr-
shaw county in front for any benefit
to be derived from them.
Included In the needling exhibit
oitma Mtv MWsr wmw <b» w^j
potato, known aa the L 4-6 now being
used for industrial purposes for mak
ing starch, feed and alcohol. This
seedling runs about 10 per cent* less
water and 10 per cent more starch
than the stan^d Porto Rloo type.
Also exhlbifed was ths new table
stock ssedlkig known as ths L-IM
which is high In carotene or pro
vitamin A and Is a cross between a
Nancy Hall and Unit 1 Porto Rloo.
This haa a high food value and Is the
bast variety for canning and dehy
dration. It was stated that Fresh Dry
Fodds, Inc., dehydration plant here
would like to get a start on these
potetose.
bslwMD the garden and the appli
cant’s home.
No ration wlll .be issued unless the
mileage provided by ths special ration
plus the mileage available in the basic
If the wiahes of the United Daugh-
tors of the Oonfedersiey are given con
sideration the Confederate monuniMit
at. the interseellon of Broad and Lau
rens streets will remain la tta prsf-
ent k)catlon and not removed, to a
pdliria one oTlhe nemrby parks.
Several accidents at this intersso-
tion, one of them with fatal results,
prompted the suggestion that the
monument was a menace to safety and
should be removed.
Mayor MoCorkle and uMmbars of
the city council asked tor aa expres-
8k>n from ths members of the John
D. Kennedy chapter of the United
Daughters of the Couledsracy, the
custodians of thf monument Every
one of the it members of tho chsptsr
with ths exception of ons from Call-
fomia, who haa net yet replied waa
contacted and pnly three were agree
able to the transfer of the granite
pillar to a new location.. The remain
ing 45 of them objected to any sug
gestion of its transfer.
The John D. Kennedy chapter ef
the UttHed Daugh tars of^ tho Confed
eracy have countered the objection of
the present location with a aoggestlon
that the shrubbery now at the base
of the monument be removed and re
placed with low.growing ahrubbery
ration permits the garden to be visited ^
irage of twice per week for the^ ?1**^^**^ vlslbUHy
an average
period durlnk which the garden will
be planted, cultivated and harvested.
Computations show that gsueraHy
the use of the 300-mile special ration
plus the entire mileage available In
the basip A book for the six-month
l#o
for auto or truck drivers.
The suggestion is alto made that
the city install traffic lights at the
Intersectloa utilising them at the'
hours when traffic is heaviest
Broad street Is part of U. S. High
way 621 and is part of the Great
Friends of '’Johni^ Hench, who
was a flying lastmetor at the South-
era Aviation echool from November
1941 to January 1941, will be shocked
to learn that his wife has been noti
fied that he is miastug in action.
Mr. aad Mrs. Hsi^ made their
htmie in Camden and had the respect
and friandship of a wide following of
friends. Mr. Hen^ was active in
athletics unE was iMttdisr on ths In
structors* softball toam two seasons
ago.
Bfjls raported to have saan action
in/'Qw Soath Pacific tor toms time
bofmw ha tsfled to raturn from aa
importaat lasien.
“Johnny” Hondi was hera ta
OKkaga, hat ha roeslved his hi^
school sdacatiea at Hii^ls, HU BBgh
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Avlathm adM In Novea»>
aiA Mt in Jaamary, 190.
1941,
two
Datarmlnatii a Is aB iMkt If Foi*ra
net tko vMHl af It
Six Markets Share
b Defj^nse Honors
An Raw Fata Thaj
Hatra To Rad Crooa.
The Camden Food Shop, the Great
Atlantic and Pacific Tea company
atom, ths Rogers stars, Shshsen groc
ery, Msrsi
ball’s store aad the Wateree
groeery hive been doing a fine aahr-
aga program In tha fat coilaetlon ac
tivity.
Thsae aix niarfceta and ahaps have
tarnMg over all the raw fats
thW'have to the rantaep corps of ths
Rp# Cross sad this group has bssn
rsielaiing tho taw fata and then tarh-
fag tt ever to Um goveramsnt
of MrpooBda a
sent to OetamMa.
Brngamin rSiiHm
period ^ould not permit the reqnlred ^
twice weekly trips to any garden more orte*^***-. When toa^
than nine or 10 miles from the ap
plicant's htHue.
Peach Crop Is
Ruined By Frost
Growors Dnclnro Loan la Prnct>>
liOQ PggL .Cnnt*-
Ths killing frosts that wara in svi-
denee throughout this area during the
early part of last weak^have ruined
the peach crops for 1944, according to
the statement of aevsrai of the lead
ing orchard owners.
At the L. I, Oulon office in Logoff,
it was stated that the early crop waa
completely killed by the heavy frost
1st traffic can be resumed, which will
be when the gas restrictions are nfiad.
there will be many cars using this
important arterial highway. Obviously
thars will be some kind of traffic con
trol necessary at the monument in
tersection when this time arrives.
Chamber Members
Balloting On Fonr
New Board Group
Lul ci Eifflit Nsuhbm Fraf aUd
Bjr Nomhuttiaf Cooi-
Biittoa.
Ballots tor ths annual alsctioa of
dlrectori of ths Csmdssi nnd Kershaw
and that there would be a very small county Chamber of T’lrgimiTrr have
percentage of the late crop salvaged.' been mailed to all members and mast
W. T. Redfearn, whose orchards ara be marked and returned to the Cham-
located near Kershaw, stated the* the ber office on or before May 1.
psaCh crop
Plata loas.
was practically a
MAJ. CLARKSON ATTENDINO
ANTIAIRCRAFT SCHOOL
Tta members have thalr diolea In
the naming of four new dlractcNRS from
a Hot of sight nominees presentaA by
a nominating committee consisting of
J. 0. Richards, Jr., 8. C. Clybum and
Jack Moore. The eight names, from
which tour must be elected are, N. R.
. Major Alexander O. Clatkson, real- t- -i ’ «
dentArf Camden. Is attsndlag the •ntl-igSj!?’ 5*' ?
aircraft artillery school, OsAp Davis, Hsd^x, ^Costa
N. C. His local addreaa is 1615 MIR
atraet
net to be toe mnch iufhianoed bgrj
tarn in pNSiig a wlto «r i^l
The Columbia District Office ef
Price Adminictratien hat reports
from local War Price and Ration
ing Boerde over the itete that a
gPiet many eppiloenle tor engur
nrs prcccnting{9(igar'Etamp No. W
tn~ War Ration* EeigA Pour. OPA
said iimre Stamp 57 In Seek Pear
le toe valid eoupen at thwpreesnt
Mme. The regirtar eugar etemp wtti
be vatidatsd at eome future tlnie.
epplioante arc urged to
uea'the eerreet stamp new. Proper
mittdiiSjt datee 'are rsguiariy
fljlif#^n newspapars and
ba'fsMdwed efeealy in
a wnste ef tbaif
wm
Jr., and Arthur.Slade.
Mr. Ooodale Is a member of the
Chmdea Ftoral company, Mr.
la manager of tho local Belk dsgart-
ment stora. Dr. Hinson is a demist,
Mr. Maddox is owner of the
Food Shop, Mr Brown ie publisher of
the Camden Cloronicle, Mr. Pearee In
manager of the local branen of the
Tbemae send Bewant company,'•Mr.
Savage ia a practicing attorney and in
also an official of the Sonthmn Avia
tion eempany, and Mr. Vade le man
ager aad laaaae of tha Oonrt Inn.
STCVI E. BROAOAWAV
NM StCN BRADUATIO
"hriue Fitr^ Skmrp B. Brsadaway,
mm of Mr. and Ifra. WaMar B. Broada-
Bathunck has baan Jmduatod
from tho Tiralnlag Osnter Aatl-Tsak
' at Qnap BBott San Diego,
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