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The Camden Chronicle ^OLUM 56 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA» FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1944 NUMBER 6 Lainbeau, >t*’ Will Join Packers After War Is Orer. Noer In ■ Marines. ‘ kurlJ (Shot) Cox, one of the out- fldlng football creaU of Camden th school history and later a sen- ion at North Carolines University among the first of the college of grid aces to be taken in the Fional l6ague~4raft,' the Camden Wer being listed as “wanted” by Hey Lambeau of the Qreen Bay tkers. imbeau, according to Frank H. and sporU writer, regards Cos most unusual prospect, imbeau, whose PsAer team has more world titles than any other _ In the pro league had Cox scout- luring the latter’s career at North Dllna. The weight and rugged- of the Camden player offered ellent potentialities for profession- football. iie Chicago Bears took another Ith Carolina ,youngster In BiH Mlll- I of South Carolina University, John sensational Duke end, was pn by the Packers, kugh Cox, now in the United S^ter rines is at Quantico, Va. A brother, [ie, also a football luminary when the Camden High school and (Please turn to page eight) Plans Being Made For Memoml Event Wednesday, May 10 Patriotic Groups of Csunden and County To Sponsor Affair. • Patriotic organizations will sponsor a Memorial program at Quaker ceme. tery on Wednesday, May 10, at 5:46 —. HitwTi« nj»lo*<^h}ck in the afternoon. The United Daughters of the Con- lual Report Welfare (Group Made I^bfic le sixth annual report of the Ker- (\)unty Department of Public kfare, covering the fiscal year end. [June 30. 1943, has bera filed In office of J. H. Caybum, clerk of rt. Copies have also been deliver- federacy, the D. A. R., Legion Auxi liary and other groups will handle the program and it is hoped that being held on a Wednesday, when the stores and offices of the city will be closed a large crowd will attend the services, which will be of a most solemn nature. An Inspiring address, singing of patriotic songs, prayers and the beau tlful memorial ritual characteristic of a Memorial program will feature the service. This year, as never before, the service should attract many buhdreds of intefested citls«Bs. Camden has contributed greatly of its youth in men and women to the present con flict and this fact sboold bring to gether the fathers, mothers, sisters brothers and other dear ones, whou memory of their loved ones in far- flung battle fronts is always upper, most every day, every hour and every minute. ^6 Need For Acqursitibn •RIAT LAOS tTATION —OB the iMm el Lake llichigaa ootdde ol wtipava Camden Speaker Stresses Neednf Supervised Activity In Camden Mim Betty Brooke WUl Make A Surrey of the Local Neede Later. Chtcago. At this biggest of midwest 9aval Training Stations, hundreds bI waves are rdievinf Wavy mei^or fighting jobs with the Fieefa “Share Your Qothes It is a fitting obligation that every one should recognise and one that would undoubtedly bring much hap. pinesa. to those tar away from the home hearth. Fuir meihorial honors will be con ferred on the dead who have given their lives in the War Between the , With Hie Russians^ Bjy tlie Mayor j' Campaign For Clothing Now In Progress. Thousands of Russian children will ity grand Jury, and to Senator W. iRedfeam and Representatives L. ’lyburn and John Rshon. ie report shows that during the )l year a total of $49^86.19 was lived by needy persons in the nty. Following are the averigd^ nber of recipients of assistance month and the average awards: leedy aged, 386 recipients, $8.44, li reedy blind, $ recipients. II $739. • ependoit children, 124, I4.4S, total 70.13. , landicapped persons, 47 recipients, |3. toUl $3,628.46. HI funds were from state and fed- sources except $1,809.80 con futed by the county and matched Ibe state, ior reUelof handicapped sons for whom no federal pro- 3n is made. addition to these cash benefits, plus commodities valued at $61,- |.44 were provided for needy per- and for school lunch purposes, itmoditiee were provided for 62 K3ls with 6441 pupils. |iie cost of .administering these |efit3 and of performing the various rices rendered by the county de. tment of public welfare was $7,- 133. or about 7 wr cent of total ^ndituree. Services- not connected the administration of public as- iQce required 24.67 per cent of the and effort of the department, so the actual oost of administering public aid features of the program approximately 6 1-4 per cent ['ellaneous services include investl. fon for selective service boards, treatment of cancer, child welfare rice, etc. Sutes, World War No. 1 and the be corresponding with thousands of giresent world wide sbugxle. Pravera I American children attar, and tribute will be paid to the Blue ful completion of the “Share Your and the Gray as 'well as the Khaki, wearers oYwhom in all branches of the service, gave their all to Qod and Country. Camden People Are Urged To Be Ready For the Inva^n Day Allied •Nitiom About Rimdy To Attack Adolph Hitl«r*s Enropoan Fort. Camden people are reminded that "P* tlajr may comw at -any time now: The terrific poundng that the A'lies are giving the German held channel cpast indicates that the greatest bat tle in world history is about to start. When the actual invasion gets un derway and the news is flashed to the world, Camden will be in readiness to offer an *T” day program which will feature a period of prayer and inter, cession in the auditorium of the Grammar school at 8 o’clock p. m. As announced before, the start of the invasion of Hitler’s Europe will be heralded by hourly sounding of the air-raid and police sirens. T^ will inform the public that the pefili ctm- flict of history has started and will be in the nature of a notice of the ‘T” day program that will be held In the evening. Clothes With Russians” Campaign this week.—On each package of need im^n Youth Is ‘roic Figure In land Offensive rgeant Maloom F. Andenon Is Cited Bj Secretary Frank Kuos. Mid-Week Oosing Becomes Effective Next Wednesday clothing will be tied a tag with a mes sage from the American child who gives the clothes and space will be left for a reply from the Russian child who receives the garments. This plan has numerous reasons for being suggested, among them the es- tabllabment of a mutual interest aiaoBg the young people of both coun tries and the prompting of a spirit of good-will between people of the Uni ted States and those of Russia. School children .are asked to bring at least four pounds of good, wearable. clothes, and a pair of shoes to their teachers. They - will be collected through the public schools, taken to a. local warehouse, sorted, and peeked by members of patriotic and civic or. ganizations, after which they will be forwarded to national headquarters at Russian War Relief, Inc. Warehouse, 401 Washington St., New York City. From there they will be sent to Rus- sia. In addition to the clothing, many classrooms will tend scrap books of their school and locality, portraying life in America for the Russian chil dren. As English is being taught more and more in the Russian schools, these illustrated scrap' books will do much to promote an Intelligent under, staudiog of the United States. In South Carolina, the drive is being di rected from the State Department of Education and all local patriotic, re ligious and civic organizations through out the State are cooperating. -Fi^lamation > Miss Betty Brooks, field represents- tlve of the Federal Security agency with hoadquarters ia Columbia, was the speaker at a meeting of the Ker. thaw County Civic Council, held last week, Wednesday, at tbe Episcopal Guild hall. The program was in charge of the Recreation committee of which Don ald Morrison Is chairman. Mias Brooks discusaed the need for supervised recreation for children and offered auggestlona as to how such a program could be carried out in Camden. The speaker emphasized tbe tact that there la a greater need for sup ervised recreation for children right now than ever before and mentioned that this is dne to several reasons, among them being the unsettled con ditions growing out of the war, homes being disrupted by fathers being call ed into senrlce, women working in i defense plants and away from home, ‘conditions krhich crsaia a neglect to children in these homes. Steps abonld be taken, aecordinB to the speaker, to devise ways and jnenna whweby-theee- ohlldron can be taken care of. Places where they Surgeon General Informs Con gressman Installations Ap proaching Completion. Whereas, nearly the entire world is embroiled in a bitter struggle In- ing the fundamental rights and inslbllitles of free men, and lereas, it is the duty of fraterdsl- ists to bring their message of brother, iy love ||nto the hearts of* mm. to npon—them their—duty—to la emi vj^lnj rmon dMiocracy and government, and Whereas, democracies have witness ed Ihe abolition of Fraternal organisa tions In the Nazi dominated countries of Europe, because they were democ. rseg ia operation knd contrary to the 3 s of the dictators, and ersas, the National Fraternal ■SM of can gather and be amused are vitally essential, it was pointed out. Miss Brooks complimented the City of Camden upon having such a splen did place as the Service Center and stressed that this can be utilized as a place where children could go and spend the time under the supenriblon of a trained worker. She stressed ''In general, our convalescent' faci lities have been established as nearby adjuncts to our general hospitals and the program for these installations is approaching completion,” aays Major General Norman T. Kirk. Surgeon General of the War Department in Washington, in regard to the plea that consideration be given to the lo cation of some kind of a hospital or other activity at the Woodward air port after the closing of the Southern Aviation school early next August. The statement of Major General Kirk comes in a letter from Congress man J. P. Richards, who contacted tbe general to inform them of the ad vantages offered by tbe Camden area. Congressman Richards went on to state that he had contacted General Kirk and presented him with tbe facts presented by the Chamber of Cora- merce here and that after going into the matter, the Surgeon General told Mr. Richards that be regretted to have to say that there is no indicated need for the acquisition of tbe airport facilities in Camden at tbe preaent time. At the request of Congressman Richards General Kirk has had bis of. flee make a record of Congressman Richard’s inquiry and placed with the data sent by the Chamber of Commerce in an active file wh»iru U will be readily available sbonld futqre developments indicate the need for the faellltiee. tbe fact that such anTndividual would have to be trained for such an under taking. Miss Brooks, in response to an invi tation, declared she would corn's to Camden at a later date when she would make a surrey of the need of some kind of a program which would t. Mr.. ^12^^11*7 Tkl. .0rT.jr «III be mad. dotektMl the week of May 8 to 1$. iMniliely, os Fraternal Week, and Lut ol BiuineM Finns Who HaY« Sigaod Agroo- ment. All stores, business offices, city and county oflicee will begin the mid.week closing program on Wednesday, May 8, the hour of closing being flxed at 1 o’clock p. m. The mid-week closing will continue through May, Jane, July and August Business houses and ofticea who P. Anderson, route 4,7 Camden received word that hit son, Sgt Icoim P. Anderson, who Is with the Marine division under the'corn ea of Major General Alexander A. have agreed to the cloeing iH'ogram ^dergiift, has been cited fpr out- are as follows: Chamber of C(»n- gallantry and determination meroe, all city offices, county offices, 'rank Knox, secretary of the navy.If. D. Ooodale, Palace Barber Shop, citation declare* that be and' Sanitary Barber Shop. Camden Beauty members of.the command demon-' Hed outstanding gallantry and de- pinatlon In inccessfully executing ['■a landing on Tulagl, Qavuta, Iv ^o*^da and OuadalcanM, Ine Britiah Solomon Islands, com ply routing all the enemy forces • most raluable base and i€id sdthlg the Miemy zone of rationa in the Sooth Pacific Ocean, the ab^ period until Dee. '9, dJ^hlon not only held tbelr .."^*'****® position despite vmi^ and repeated Japanese air and land attacks, but drove pwatolty of I?*”and Inflicted great Josass by land and air attacks. The Shoppe, A. Shebera Grocery, A. M Jones, J. Paul Boss, J. T.' Hay Cmton Co.. D. C. Dixon, 8. H. Ross, Jack Ross, J. W. Williams, L. J. Brsnbam, Carolina Furniturs Co., Camden Hard ware and Supply Co.. 8. N. Nicholson, W. O. Wflson and Son, W. F. Nettles land Son, R. L. McCaskill, Btrdsey Flour Mill, Econoihy Auto * Supply, Boykin MoCaskUl Dess Kennedy Barber Shop, Allen Shoe Shopr Itog- era, Inc., .A* and P Tea Store, C. 'V. Massabeau, Christmas and Christmas, Camden Pimtiturs Store, Homs Oroo- ary StorSb Some Farnlshlng Co., L.. H. B. ModdSK. Central Barber Shop. The Hoffer Co., Mel^an Hardware Byrd* Bartmr Shop. age and dstsrmlndtlon dimtoyed Burns and Barrett Hardware Co.. J. operstkms wstsl oif am l»- Bg order.” Barber Shop, TV MtioM Skssm aV Soft. KsdnadP Insurance 0»., J. M. Bmi^ H. PrlST Fi^t Anderson iridnaMrEpa |Cai^en High school m mB. Qa >*"*ao* Jam L 196$. sad J? Ho raaittad [promocioB to soifsaar dMBa ha ovarstM. as Mr.Heath Announces Return to Fulltime Newspaper ActMty Chambar oi Commeroe Sacra- tarj for Past Eight Yasurs Retires tram Orgaaixation. (Tlsss* ^ eight years has been executive secre tory tbe Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce will on Monday retire from that organization. Mr. Heath will continue to give cov erage to Camden and Kers^w County events for the'Associated Press, In ternational News Service, the Colum- bia Stats, Columbia Record, Charlotte Observer and News and the. Charles, ton papers. The Chronicle as well as feature events for the New York, Washington and Philadsipbia papers. Camden and Kershaw county people who bgvs news Items for the ^ron. icle and the metropolitan papers serv ing this area, can contact Mr. Heath at the Chronicle offlcei. Service will include social events as wsU as spot news. -Mr. Heath has snaounesd that be WUl not be a candidate for the office of secretary Tor the ensnlng year. In connection with the decision of Mr. Heath to retire from Chamber ae- tlvity Congrestmah J. P. Richards in a letter received Tuesday aald, *1 deeidy ^regret yon have decided to sever your conaectiou wtth the Cam- dgp Chamber of Cohuneresk You have done mush tar Oamdmi in the poeltlon as sserstary and your smvIeeB are go- ing to be sadly nUsesd. As a msmbar of Cosfress, I havs eonstastly bssu Imirnsstd wMh your intsltigisaee and unflagging ssal for ths at Whereas, the National Fraternal Congress of America represents the Freternsl Benefit Societies of the State of South Carolina and all fra ternal members of the city of Com- den. Now, therefore, I, F. N. McCorkle, Mayor of the City of Camden, do hereby proclaim the week of May. 8 to 13, 1944, inclusive, as Fraternal Week. In testimony whereof, I have here unto set my band and seal, at Camden. S. C., tbis 2mh day of ApriL 1944. Slgni ed: P. N, McCorkle, Mayor of City of Camden. Prisoners of War Information Cable Inquiries of Missing In Action Not Permitted. The relatives of service men re ported missing in action frequently ask the Red Croes to cable an inquiry to the InteraationAl commdttee at Geneva In the hope of obtaining fur. ther information about s service man’s fat*: All iuflalries tent by the American Red Cross to the International com mittee are subject to United States ghvemment .regulations, which do ndl permit 4he sending (k Inqnlries to enemy countries or through territory held by the enemy, about United States service men <tfficially reported missing in action. As Inquiries to the Intsmatlonal committee must pass through enemy-held territory, those pertaining to persons missing in sc tion cannot V transmitted. These Frank H. Heath, who for tbe past reP^tlon* apply in all eases, and Camden Man Heads J.0.U:A.M. Louis Giiion Goes To Washington In Interest of PaiiY ^ I Alda Dairy Group In Roqueat To Stabiliaatioa Diroctor Vinaoii. L. H. Jonea Appomtod On Financo Committoe. Loula I. Guion, owner and manager of the Camden Dairies, accompanied Governor Olln D. Johnston to Wash ington this week to confer with Stabilisation Director Fred Vinson in an effort to get an adjustment on milk prices in the stats. With Mr. Quioa and ths Governor were J. A. Cope, milk producer, of Cope; State Senator Howard Mo Cravy of SparUhburg. SUte Senator James P. Mosingo of Darlington, Ao. br^ Harley of Newberry, and Thomas J. Hendricks of Spartauhnrg. Also attending tbe conference and H. E. Graham of Camden, was , ^ elected state councilor of the South the Palmettd State visitors Calollns organisation of the Junior Representative* Joseph R. Bry- Order United American Mechanics at "OB Of the FV)urth ‘ district. James P. the one-day convention held In the Richards of the Fifth, John L. McMll- Millwood room of the Hotel Wade the sixth, and Col. Dresden A. Hampton Tuesday. Smith, secretary to Senator Burnet R. Other state officers elected are: ,h**l^hank. Ollle Mefford of Columbia, vice coun-' Governor Johnaton stated to Wash- cllor; W. Raymond Johnson of Co. *BKton press representatives he was lumbia. secretary; J. L. Reid, Jr., of ““ch pleaaed with the conference and Columbia, treasurer; Charles Smith that Judge- Vinson would give of Rock Hill, conductor; John W. Dun- careful consideration to the plea of can of Aiken, warden; B. B. Mixon of ^hs milk producers. He said that Columbia, Inside sentinel; R. F. Po*-' ^armess in geoeral were having a hard ton of Charleston, outside sentinel, getting feed and labor to carry and O. C, Gregory of Charleston. ^h^a*** work. Machinery has chaplain. jalso been bard to get. especially tree-. After the meeting was adjourned, R® pointed out that the less the new board met and appointed the ^®^ Gie farmer has, the more mo- following standing committees; .ebinery he will need. Finance: R. A. Feagan. Columbia, I ■ ■— —— chairman; A. H. McKay, Granltevllle, and L. H. Jones. Camdep. i 1116 IkirKWOOOl Judiciary: J. E. Stansfield. Aiken, chairman; W. R. Pitts, Clinton, s^ Name of Rooming ri 7House On Hotel Gds. E. H. Melton, Macedonia council Laws man T. B. Arthur, Edgefield. Credentials: Cooper Edwards, Co. lumbia, chairman; C. H. Holsenback, Spartanbnrg, and C. F. Pendleton. exceptions ‘cannot be made even thouidi, aa an example,,.other members of the same bomber crew may have already' been officially reported sa prissnera of war. 'Whan s service man fOUs Ints enTOy hands, U. 8. authorities are sntisely dependent on the enemy gov ernment for informatoin concerning him. Reperta about service men cap tured, are sent by the enemy govern ment through the protecting power or the International committee of tbs Red Cross, to the government of the country in whose force* the man was serving. There may, however, be a laps# of weeks or months b^ween the time a man la reported missing in action aikd his resppesrsaee sitbsr as a prisoner of war or In hi* own unit Ths etforis which are nuuls by U. S. mOttary and naval aathorttles to obtain Infonaation abo«t|Servlce nun officially reported missug in action wsr* described in the Fsinmary and Msreh issnss of Prisonsrs of War bul^lB. And tha motscial with a thonsand »aa^«eerss again—this tinu hi rags. ThsBi*Ts Bsw. colprfnl, dseeratlve and aasAlU And host of oil. tboy^ waMi- sbls^l Ewcgit the siffui of Uving, thsyll: on ofM# oti la tho nnah. IbpostaUy tt thdirY* on Camden Man Is Decorated Posthumously Broadus R. Connell of Camden, re. celved the Silver Star award present, ed posthnmottsly lost Wednesday to hia son. First Lt. Ivey K. Connell, for ' gallanty In action” in an unnamed' - theater of operotlona. The presentation was made by Brig. Oen. Duncan C. RIefaart, Fort Jackson post commander, at a parade of sto. tion complement troops. The citation said that Connell, leader of on 81 nun mortar platoon, moved his platoon to a position to cover the withdrawal of a company of parachute infantry. “With utter diaregard for hia per sonal safety he continued into the city of (name deleted by amnr cen sor) which was still under ftitensd enemy artillery and small arms firs and established an observ^km post and mortar poaitien from which een- tndled fire was dsHvared. At this post he was killed by on enemy mor tar Shell which landed in hia posi tion. Hia oourogsous’ aetkm com triboted to ths suocsssfal withdrawal of ear toress and Is a credit to tj|# ««TlesA7 the war depsrtnMmt tion . Tsars ka, tbs syss contsbi am Aatl- ssptie kBQwn m lysosyms. Golf Club Houm Will Oporato On Enropoan Plan, A4wertisament* The Kirkwood” is the name by which tbe golf club bouse, located at tbs rear of tbs <wiglnal Kirkwood, will be known in tbs futurs, according to an advertisement which appears in tbis week’s issue of Ths Chronicle. Tbis advertisement was placed by Thomas B. Hair and J. Davis ^wslt of Columbia, and rscites that there are fourteen furnisbed rooms for rent by the day, week or month. All ore listed as having comfortable beds and with seml-prlvats hatha. The advertisement notes that W. C. Horton will have charge of “The Kirkwood.” A Chronicle reporter visited, the club house Tuesday mcNmUig and found that m number of tbe rooms have private baths while all are equipped with Uvstorias with running water. - Coor siderable repair work remains to be done to the plumbing equipment Only two of tbe rooms ore ready tor servios. Mr. and Mrs. Horton occupy a snita of thrss rooms in ths ball<Uttg. Ac cording to Mr*. Hmrhm thh room rentiU wiU be |S a day. $1$ a weak and $60 a Ths lowsr flDor of ths building Is oocnpiad AS a dub hooss by tbs Com- dsn Csmitnr club. > Matisnnl to $10,IM s tor 1948 omountsd olUtims high, ~ t mMoa bi m ths pro. V li . < . , ■■ A.. , ’-J :