The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 05, 1944, Image 3
THICAMDCN CHKONICLl. CAMDtM. SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. MAY S. 1t44
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National profoaalonal football
^iirhavo a tan gama aohadula
II. Tlia aehadula fata undaf-
jpt. 17 and eloaaa Dac. 10.
n and Oraan Bay opan tha
on tha Septambar data. On
owing Sunday tha famoua
Baarp invada Oraan Bay to
he Packara, Clavaland battlaa
d-pitt team at Pittsburgh.
^ a • •
e Robinson, one of the best
[ players this bailwick has
out in many years, and who
In the nsTy, stopped In to say
i3t week. Bennie looks fine
11 wager he*^ come back as an
of some kind.
So that's that. What are we wait
ing on now. Let's get the baseball
program rolling. Other commynitles
having high school and Legion teams
are engaged in practice or actnal
competition.
Down Broad Street
Greetings Tolka—Wa are broadcast
ing this week from our sanctum in
the office of the Camden Chronicle
and we believe we have tome Iteme
Mat should provide you with a grinjitnow I am here.”
and perhaps a chuckle. • • • •
" * r .* .1 Roman Catholic Prleet, examining
For instance a fellow told us of I* confirmation class, asked--the ouea-
Orcluds and Onions
An Erie, Pa., newspaper tells a
good one -regarding the late William
Allan Whitam, famous Kansas aditor.
Ones, according-to tha ftory, as told
by an old nawapapar friand of Whits,
the graat Republican aditer was at
tending a democratic convention when
m aenator, smiling, announead: ”ln
looking ovar tha dalagataa I fail ta
racogniza any clargy man, so I shall
call upon my good friand, William
Allen White, to opan the convention
with a prayer. Mr. Whits arose and
glaring at tha senator who had intro
duced him ha replied in sarcastic
tones: ”You will have to axciiaa me.
I’m a little out of my alemant and
the fact it, I prefer the Lord does not
Kerce Agreeable
To Starting Work
On Bawbtdr diib
Will Be Glad To Get Profram
Started tor Junior Legion
Team.
. * l»«*tair5(non. ’^What is the sacrament of matrk —ts, -
a lo"il f iK, theatr»xadled^4he '-Argxaore.” ^ thejm^nyr^ A lTftle"^gtfl aTTbe head of Junior Legion team. Pierce
Y, B. Bruce, not Buddy, but - *• * ^ i .w_ _»»,
marquee of this theatre were huge I the class answered, “Tls a state of
daddy. We a^ed if he letters giving the tlU« of the pictures torment into which souls enter to
lelp out on the Legion being s^wn therein. And believe it prepare them for another and better
We waiw very happy when or not ftiis is what he read: world.” “Being,” said the priest, “the
d he would do ^at he could;. “A Child Is Bom." 1 answer for purgatory.” “Put her
,e •"! ®*f'l “Should a Girl Marry.” down to the feet of the class,” said the
at If Mr. Davfd Willlanw, hj* ^ .... I ^rate. “Leave her alone,” said the
: Muit^iy, g«w Honestly I think that is the $«4 priest. “For anything you or I know
be glad to work with •" question. Don’t you? to the contrary, she may be perfectly
g the Camden Junior Legion .... 1 right” ^ ^
You’ll chuckle when you learn that I • • .
^COMPOVNOID
ACTLT "AS THI
»CTOR ORDIM” s,
Admittedly, wu conditions
1 to the difficulties of the
dera pharmacy. Many of our
pie produas—not to men-
a a variety of rare and cosdy
iigs—are imported from
mtries now closed by oon-
t. But, in our own case,
)cks are ample for every
ential need. And wra are coo-
‘ot that American ingenuity
il prorida for the future,
iw, .as always, we are J>re-
Td to compound yoiir pre-
riptton "exactly as the
)Ctor orders.’’ Call on us.
iRalb Pharmacy
Phoae 95
RELIABLE*
iglrls- basketball team and was known| ?)“ oas^TT program b.r the Legion and
•hof^ one evening her mother was agreeable to be on the coach-
working out In her Victory garden.
Lindsay Pierce, athletic director at
the Camden High school and who has
been coaching the football and base,
ball teams here, passed hU physical
examination at Fort JaCkosn last
week.
This means that, barring tbe unfor-
seen. Pierce may be ealled into thq
armed forces in 21 to' 90 days since
the day of the examination.
Ask^ if he would take over the
baseball coaching Job for the proposed
English Letter
TeUs of Banquet
HeM at Nottingham
Cousin of Camden Writer SiU
Next To Soldier From
Winnsboro.
relied in the affirmative. When the
suggestion was made that if it was
possible to secure the services ot Carl
Lightfoot and Dr. T. B. Bruce to co
operate in tbe coaching while he is
here and later carry on the work after
he has gone, PiercO expressed thor-
ough agreement with the idea.
The stage is set for baseball practice
at the ball park. The work of restor
ing the diamond and outfield has pro
gressed satisfactorily. ‘
Mr. Lightfoot is interested in the
as a roving center.
Did ,.u know Itw*, durin, ,h. ddyl”*;3*^!™''!;),’..™ Ui
wh.n Colombo, dl.cov.yd
Spanish that is only four quarts. Howt^ . « • «
X-Tyord’kly,-"’ condo.con.io.
• 9 • •
II erer chanced to see
Ayln, y wo did (or Orovm-
land, we can love Douglas MscAr-
tbur for the enemies he has made and
among them are those who put Eng
land above this nation.
I Appraising a big elm tree.
....
PRESCRIPTION .
4.T,r JURE L. CONHELL
COMPLETES BASIC TRAINING
A friend of mine whose wife wae
out of town, wanted to let her know
that she really was being mieeed. Not
being of a romantic nature he wrote
hr hia tatter: ■”siid "evet^Irhe 1 Took at
the dirty diehee in the eink, I think
w. , w w, .. .wvm w V. 7®“* dear.” The first thing the did
Lt. June L. Connell, ANC, daughter I returned home was to
of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Connell, route *• bounce a leaded euitesae off hie head.
Camden, has successfully completed
her basic military training and on i Down here we refer to Invasion Day
Saturday was graduated from tbo||^g ..p* (jgy, ^11 over the rest of the
Basic Training TOntw for -^”“7 department clr-
Nursea, an Army Service Forro faci-|^]^ || kaewe as "D” day:—Sure llljfST
ing staff if permission is forthcoming
from his employer. Dr. Brhce in
formed the writer that he too would
cooperate.
llty at cumii KUcker, Ala. ll connen tVW original.
is a grraduate of the McLeod Infirm
ary St Florence.
Red Cross Notes
• Sadie K. vonTresekow -
Miss Lai Richards, ’chairman of
Liberty Hill branch of the'couBty A7
R. C., reported that Liberty Hill con
tributed 984.21 to the drive. The
workers were Mary Cunningham,
John Thompson, Cleary Cunningbaq;!
and Lai Richards.
We have missed Mrs. Cneed and
sorry to know that she has been 111.
Many«pf the personnel are leaving
for the summer months. Mrs. Graing
er Gaither, chairman ot home nursing,
8 leaving soon. The Staff Assistant
corps has lost two of its members.
Mrs. R. E. Partridge, who has moved
to Atlanta, and Mrs. E. P. Sawyer,
who is living in Wisconsin. Miss
Ethel Tates will soon leave for sum
mer work in New York State.
We have been notified of tbe death
of Pvt. Stoney Boykin, negro of route
Boy Eagle Notes
The Boy Eagle headquarters an
nounces the completion of the Squad
ron consolidation. The new Squadron
Is the 102nd and will hold its meetings
every Friday night at 7:30 p. m. at
the Scout hut. Mr. Walter , Ezelest
is Squadron commander and Mr. W.
E. Barr is Msista^ commander.
The new Squadron is composed of
six flights: The Doolittle Flight with
Carroll Savage as commander, and
Frank Goodale as assistant com.
ipander. The O’Hara Flight with
Ernest Barfield as commahder, and
Henry Watts as assistant commander.
The Arnold flight with Hannon Col
lins as commander, and John Korne-
as aj|8l8tsnt~_ commander.r We
A Nottingham, England, newspaper
received by the Camden Chronicle
Sunday, showed a picture taken In the
Council House of Nottingham during
• banquet given representatives of the
United States army by the Notting
ham town officials.
On Sunday also, American news
papers carried a picture showing a
similar scene, while South Carolina
papers printed a picture showing Cpl.
W. A. Hatchell of Winnsboro. stand
ing with the Lord Mayor and the
Sheriff of Nottingham in-the banquet
hail.
In Sunday’s mail to the Camden
News Service came a letter from S
Powell Heath, a first cousin to Fiank
H. Heath of 4he News Service, and
head of the Barclay bank at Netting-1
bam, telling of his being present at
tbe banquet given the United States
soldiers and of meeting the Winns
boro corporal.
The banquet was a unique affair
and was attended by over 60() people.
Soldier representatives of each of the
48 States of the United States were
present as honored guests. In front
of each of these enlisted men was a
hand-painted representation of the
flag of the states from which they
came. In front of Cpl. Hatchell was
a minature Palmetto flag. The Winns
boro soldier autographed the flag bnd
presented it to the Lord Mayor.
Spiking of the banquet, S. Powell
Heath, in bis letter, writes:
“Tbe United States forces were all
paratroopers and it would Indeed be
difficult to imagine a more magnifi
cent lot of young fellows, average age
1 should think was about 23 to 26.
They created A wonderful Impreeskm
and the whole event was an un
qualified success.”
Mr. Heath statqd that he sat just
a few chairs from the South Carolina
soldier.
Penicillin Drug
Flown To Camden
'The first consignment of penicillin
to be received in Gamden, arrived at
the Woodward airport Saturday and
was taken to the Camden hospital.
A patient at the hospital, for whom
the new drug had been sent for, pass
ed the crisis before the arrival of
the drug, and is now on the road to
recovery.
Buy War Bondb and StmpR
DRINK
1, Lugoff, by his mother, Beulah Boy-
kin. Ho died ADffl 14. of gun sSoF
wounds, .received in Africa. PvL
Boykin is the first dbath reported
through our Home service department
and we extend sympathy to his moth
er.
Mrs. Von Tresokow has received
the following from Mr. Clifford B.
Fllgg, director of public information:
“Thanks for the splendid clippings
from your local newspaper. They In
dicate a comprehensive planning and
execution of the Job of keeping the
public informed on the activities of
the American Red Cross.”
Miss Roth Addsms, director of
nursing service, has made a request
commander.
Rlckenbacker flight with Norman
Bhealoy as commander, and Tommy
Haynee as assistant commapder. The
Wright flight with Bill Savage as
commander. The Kelly flight with
Sandy Savage as commander, and
Shannon Ziegler as assistant com
ma ndei\_Theco]oLjbe^!:eM_AJid.
guards ard Danny WY-lght, Sammy
Hopkins and Jack McDowell. The
drill sargeant is Arthur Alien. The
scribe is George Stuart, 3rd. The
treasurer is George Emmett Cbewn-
ing. Carl Reasonover is Cadet Elagle
squadron commander and Bobby Ma
honey is Eagle squadron commander.
The officers ot this squadron are
warned that two consecutive unex-
enspd absences automatically removes
them from office. All boys are start
ing on a current events project by
making scrap books of all recent avia
tion activities.
The £k>y Eagle headquarters wish
to announce that squadrons are now
being located in various other com-
munitiee. This headquarters also
wishes to announce that the office will
HENRY O. NILES, JR.
NOW AT COURTLAND, ALA.
Henry D. Niles, Jr., son of Mr. and
-MfS^ Hemr Dr^Ntter dTUn TUTTHt:,
this city, has reported to the Army Air
Forces Pilot school, basic, at Court-
land, Ala., for the 84^nd stage of his
flight training.
TRY IT NEXT TIME
POP KOLA
POP KOLA
Sold In Bolter Storel In
Camden and Vicinity
be closed at 12 P. m. eteryjrBegdaj
afternoon until further notice.
Request Wreaths,
Flowers for Graves
The monthly meeting of the U. D.
C. was held at the home of Mrs. W.
F. Nettles Monday and final arrange
ments for the memorial day program
on May 10 were completed.
All families haring soldiers buried
in their enclosures* are asked to make
wreaths for the graves, and to plac'd
flowers thereon. The U. D. C. and
uiglng inacUve nurses to apply Legioa will place appeopnato flsfr
their Red Cross chapter or home nurs-]®** each grave.
ling committee for authorixation
a*:
.home nursing instructors.
Driwn C«mfully—<^yb a Lif«b
r&L MOTHER'S DAY
It’s a fact—n^Kera and homeg go togathar. Anything
Motbar that ^kea Inmia mofa cotnfigrtabla ti
a aura-lira hit.
And wa hara all iOrta of thinga to intaTaat moth-
arat Eaay chaira, handy tablaa, amart lampa, ate.
ind I hear he tee&r$ Wing$ SpoH Shiru.-
U U. Pm teiring my ^ugkter today
put#
latag^a the her vacation. However, the
>ntl^«ww la the nioat of his appearance. He.
•ows theia*aa ^Rfferenoe ia Wiop Sport Shirta .. in the
ay they fit Wiaga eeataar-ooaatraetion foUowa fifore.
ropaitioaa. For real eaml^ ead amaitaeaa, aah for
erfcetfitUAginaga Sporttwear. See our group of Wings
port Shirta ia attradiYe plaida ead atdld oalora today.'
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ran PBaracT fit
Mieii hi MiUr
I would like to announce that I have
i
purchased Clearwater Lake and it is now
OPEN FOR USE TO THE PUBLIC AS
FREE PICNIC GROUNDS.
Later I plan to have the Lake ready
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for swimming.
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GrwndB Will Be Electrical
ly Lighted At Night.
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A$XAN B. RUSH,
•HMAwiF-Na.
A Chair—
A Table with a Lamp
Thaaa mppropriata gift ttaau ara apacinlly low prioad.
Hara ara two aaggoatkma:
UPHOLSTERED CHAIRS ,
in choica of attracthra cororinga; built for comfort
CHAIR TABLES
wi|h ahehroa for booka, magamoMa) ate.'
Sold on Easy Terms, ot Course
Home Fumistiii^ Co:
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