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m-: The xs. n /-"I )UJM£ 56 CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY. MAY 19. 1944 NUMBER 9 pressive Rites Marked Heart Attack b «> • 1oil* rx , Believed Cause of Memorial lo Soldier Dead Sad Pond Tragedy Eyent AHW^ Mm. SchOOl be Quaker Cemeteiy On May 10. By The Skipper e’may have been many beautl- Borlal BervlccB tn Quaker ceme- 1 past years, the future may Head b Named Asso. President lAima NoTsda JoSmson Meets L Death While Bathiaf Beach. J. many more v4th moments of at grief and sorrow, but none d or ever will offer the beauty, emnKy and the impressiveness memorial exercises that were Ck Bsckle Is Presideiit oi I Kershaw County Educa- ti<» Association.' Absence of water In her lungs ieads to the beli^ that Anna Novale John son. 17-year-old Hwmltage village girl, whose lifeless body was taken from Hermitage Lake at the city bath ing beach at S o’clock Monday after noon died from a heart attack Miss Agnes Hayes, a girl compan ion, who was with Miss Johnson, said she* had left her. standing in water J. C. Bickle, superintendent of the sociation, at the annual meeting held auditoi iura NOTICE The Kershaw County Demoera. tie Executive Contmlttee will meet at the County Court House on May 22. 1944, at 10 A. M. At this time the schedule for the Campaign Itinerary will be ar ranged and assessment fees for candidates will be set. Under ilw new rules adopted by the State Convention on May 17, 1944, the closing date for can didates for County Officss shgll not be later than June 1st at 12 M. J. H. McLCOO, Chairman Coun ty Executive Committee. A. W>HUMPHRIES, See’y. E. C. -Von Tresckow, our be-, ^ ^ , ‘Aunt Sadie" must have felt a “1*1*“*“?*’ »nse of happiness over the puc-l^*J^ W^y ^teraoon. at attended an effort of which Baird, principal of the Pine « the master-mind. t school, was named as vice presl- dsh we could remember t^io8eJ<*«“‘' Ed‘t*» Boyce of Blaney, ■he uttered a few minutes afteri^“ elecUd swretary, and J. H. Mur- ling echoes of that last vocal »ohool. was elect- by a spleudid sextet from the gchool, had died away. ‘Tent- ilght On the Old Camp Ground" selection that came up through m from the days of the War Be. the SUtes. It carried an appeal many hundreds gathered at Arlln^on." It was a beautifnl lion of the solidarity that now « all American^ None can rs- len It was given -with such ex-' n, such de^ feeing ss sung le six fine young men from the poet. I soft muted words were wafted, allowed ground, beneath which the heroic Richard Kirkland, 1 Hobson Hilton and that fine British lad, George Pritchard, he grave of Richard Kirkland aped a large Confederate flag, ve grave of Commander Hilton e Stars and Stripes and on the )f Cadet Prltf hgrd was the Brlt- g. But over all. on the high tafl, was Old Glory, waving in temoon breese and seeming to benediction of Americanism le scene below. ^ tBost diffteuR 40 review ma ed as treasurer. An interesting program featured the annuab meeting. J. P. Coates, secret i tary of the South Carolina Education aasociation. gave an addreaa, as did Mrs. Kathleen Watts, Kershaw county superintendent of education. had swum over to chat with some friends, when she missed Miss John- son. She waded ashore and found the girl’s clothing lying where she had left them. She then realised the girl was under the water. She gave the* alarm and a cadet from the avia tion schodl. who was nearby, soon recovered the body. It eras placed in a boat and brought to shore where efforts at reeusication were resorted tp. A call to the city police sent a Junior Legion Ball Team Appears Iw Have Qass Brides Of Yesteryear Are On Parade At Garden Fete fecaping^ Soldiers Are Captured and Returned To Pen State and City Police Heads Nab Three Prisoners Near Blaney. Reviewnr Raees Oner Beauty Of Hospital Auxiliary Effort. Bbney Soldier On Honor Guard For Gen. Doolittle squad car equipped with a pulmoter to the scene but it was too late. The girl .leaves her father, two brothers, Cleo Johnson, who. resides in Wateree villege, J. C. Johnson, in the army, and a sister, Mrs. Edna Benton of the Hermitage village. Also Talent So Far Uncovered Com* pares With the Best In State Circles. The Camden Junior Legion biQl club will pin a lo4 of faith on Bobbies the ooigi^ season. Not the hard-to-get- Bowy pins, but two southpaw pitch ers,'l^bby Wilson and Bobby Scott. 'riiese two youngsters are showing a let of sarly season promise hi the epijl’" IMSctlce sessions which Coach LlaliBay Pierce has been staging after- nosas at the ball park. three half sisters and a half brother. I Sleroe, who is being assisted in bis Anna Novale was well liked by UUrfUou^hlng by Arthur Robinson, hss lends and acoualntances. She has sol^ excellent msterlsl on hand and such as this memorial program, ery minute was featured by blog of a soul-stirring nature, ll eyed with pride our fine unit line Qnirds, tiiose fine cadets the Souihem Aviation s<dtool, martly and alert gronps of Boy B, Sconts and Girl Scontu, and ly of the school children. About emorial plat were many hon- of citisena It was a most In- ; affair. •tirring notes of a bogle the exercises. Mrs. Von Tresc- Uled upon Mayor F. N. Mc- who spoke for several min- tressing the sig^iificence of the d how the vast gathering as- 1 ^ere had como tor the put? Sfi. Leslie W. Brown Com* maiids Group When Inspec tion Tour Is Held. Sergeani Leslie B. Brown. 24 year old Blaney youth, who la in charge of a "datch-dog" patrol with the Ameri can army In Northern Ireland, had the honor of being in command of a guard of honor during an inspection been working in the Wateree mill and on Monday afternoon, in com pany with* Miss Hayes, sallied forth to the public bathing beach. They had only entered'the watet,lke flats, tbs chunky lad being one by Lieut. James H. Doolittle, com mapdlng gepsrul of the EIgBlir Air I shore and looked to see if she might but a few minutes when the tragedy took place. As stated, Buyes was with Miss Johnson fti wuter that was only a Iktle Ubove their walsta. The Johnson girl had never mSstered Che art of swimming. "I went over to speak to some other girls nearby and was not gone more than four or five minutes when I came back to where I bad left Anna. But she wag not there. _I hnrriod Forge, Sergeant Brown’s record of con scientious service with bis outfit merited his appointment to the honor guard. Sergeant Brown is a graduats of the Blaney High school and hs enlistsd In ths army some three or four years ago. He was sent to Ireland and shortly after reaching there he was selected to attend a special watch-dog patrol school for training. He Is the son of Mrs. David W. Braseil of Blaney. He has a brother, CpI. James T. Brown, who Is with an Infantry outfit possibly have slipped on her dress and left. But her clothes were still there and then I knew she must have drowned. I screamed and some cadets who were nearby started to look for Anne.. Ooe of ^ea found her when is ^cHned to view the proepects tor the". tUminstlon program with some deijMs’ V t optimism. H®l lieock will be a fixture behind of tpe best catchers s Camden team haakad to years. H. D. Mims looked to knve the second sack Job nailed dowk, while Jiggs Parkm* should be the class of the South Carolina Legiqn Inftclders at the short field. W. Tay lor will look after third base. Tiro of the onttleld positions are in ' the han^ of elassy talent, wKh Ted Mar- shaU in the left garden and Carol Three prisoners who had escaped from the stockade at Fort Jackson Friday afternoon were captured by State Highway Patrol Officer W. J. Seaborn and Chief of Police Alva Rush near Blaney Saturday morning at 2 o’clock. According to the police one bf the prisoners resisted arrest ,but was quickly subdued. All three were taken to Fort Jackson and turned over to the army officers there. So far as can be ascertained the break from the stockade occurred Fri day when four prisoners overpowered a guard, took his gun and then made their getaway.' The gun was later found where it had been thrown away in the flight The fourth prisoner was captured by Richland county au thorities. Officer Seaborn and Chief Rush said that the escaped prisoners were not Germans, bnt were Americans who had been sentenced to the camp prison. According to the suthoiities, there have been other instaneee where escaping prisoners from ths Fort have been apprehended in Kershaw county. Last Monday Officers Dallas Ma honey and Stanley Rose captured two prisoners Just wsst of the Seaboard overhead bridge on D. S. No. 1. Officer Watson ci the County Con stabulary, took three Into custody ear lier In the preceding The coming week should witness the hppeerance of talent from various jtobAs in the Camden district. Rail- Mrda are excited over the report that Fagelasd is sending down a big six l9ot right-hander and as Coach Pierce can use two good right-hand harlers. 'HBaronideKidlr Crind Brings Fortress; Back In &dety he first dlvsd and when he brought the news is interesting her to the surface the other cadets lifted her in a boat and brought her to shore. They tried to revive her and then some one got in a car and startetT for the city to ask for the help of the police pulmotor. This was brought out very soon but sU efforts to revive Anna were useless r paying homage and respect dead of the wars of yeeter- ind that of today. Invocation was offered by Rev. Caaton of the First ^ptlst who spoke inspiringly of the dead and concluded wkh an appeal for peace on earth, pledge to the United States 8 offered by Betty Clark ai»d E. Chewning. representing Uts Auxiliary. Then followed the of the Star Spangled Banner unmar school chorus under the n of Mrs. C. B. Salmond. 7. D. C. ritual was most beau- presented, the sgluie to the rate flag being led b^ Marg- rkland, and Joined In by Mrs. esekow, Mrs. R. M. Kennedy nbers of the U. D. C. chapter, shop Ellison Capers* prayer d by Rev. A. D. McArn, after he school ohoms sang *‘Ths Blue Flag** and "Dixie.” Commander M. G. Muller, led »rlcan Legion ritual. Prayer !rfld.by- rhspialn Ar P«*MeA» PoKce Are Hosts At A Fish Dinner I followed hy the singing of Ming world-war No, 1 song, lease turn to page four) Chief of Police Alva Rush and his galaxy of blue coat talent took over the role of hosts at a fish fry last 'Hiarsday evening, May 11. at-whlcl membersr of the police force, city council and other municipal officials aa well as Sheriff J. H. McLeod and oUisr county officials, were guests,.. The fish fry, featuring the consum ing of sotne 4E poudds of perch, scores of corn dodgers,**many Jars of pickles, loaves of bread and gallons of coffee, was held ha the area back of the Cam den fire department headquarters, where a fine outdoor. grill had been built during the past week by mem bers of the fire department. V; 8. Mayer actod^ as chef at thrft fry Thursday bf last week but the iquency to ubject of ontd Meqt lan Norman S. Richards of ihaw County Board of PubUe announces that the south- ‘<^gional meeting of thg Aaieri He Welfare Association will In Columbia on Thnrsday and June 15 and 19, with pobllo >tficiala from 11 sontheaatem id a member of the Federal Kurlty Boerd taking put la assionsf Several representa- m the county welfare depart- to attend the'conference, to Pearl Hvbor the annual of the Association were held ington, but for the pest two Kiooal meetings in different of the country have been lead. PubUe welfare offl- 0 the sutes of Virginia, West North‘Carolina, Booth Qurb- “n^ee, Kentucky, Georgia. -Alabama, Mlssteippl, and I take part In the 0»> teetlng. lent among the eahjects 4« lored win be methods <tf pre- «v^« della^usgcy, probismg ^Peratlo* tn puMIe welfare, ai wartime proMum. OMrge «»• 8eeh9 win dIssusB the ftst—s a. ia the United Statah. veettiis wfll hg Mr. Johnson, father of the victim. U authority for the sUtement that cluslvely in The Chronicle, hose who worked over the body Mid — there wae no water In the lungs. *11118 would indicate that she must have suffered a heart attack. So far as Blue Conta.Prore Ideal Hosts To Some Thirty Inrited Guests. can be ascerialned from pebple who were in the water nearby, she made no commotion when she Mnk under the water. Had she been seised with a cramp, she would have called for help and threshed about, It^ is said. actual handling of the perch was left to E^lish Williams, sn expert in the art Some thirty guests were invited to the fry. Egg May Foretell Hour of Invasion, Guesses Are Many NuBMradi **1.15’* Apponr On Surfheo ol Chrdiiiary Hub’s Ef f. If your CavorUe Rhode Island Red laid an egg with the numerals clearly Inscribed thereon, would you be inclined to believe that it wss a wilrd pronounciation that the in vasion of Hitler’s Europe would stut at 1:11 o’clock some morning or af ternoon, or that me war would end In 115 daya—or would it raise high hopes in the minds of poultry farmers that toe price-of eggs might go to $1.15 per dosen. Tour guess as to the mystic Inter- pretathm of -the numerals 1.1S on aa egg lalA by a Rhode Island Bed he- to Mrs. Floyd BoylUn, Chee- nnt street, this city, is as good as any. The sgg is Just, an ordtoary chlckm egg. but at OBO end is a thur h^ irCbe bn ah «rbh about this opgnlng aiw the nnaserals "LIA." The numeral •*ir la about half iHih la helaM «Mlg the^ir da rWahdu^, Fierce plans to schedule several this month and then, go Into ml»«nmmatlon games In June. PlsKe aanounoed this week that he has received an affirmative reply from Frank H. Heath that the latter handle the offkial scoring for the home games. Mr. HMth's running story of all games will appear gx Cadet I^lnner of Long Phone Call To the West Coast CtfvtH W^H«r~Druwg Lucky Numbur At Modicra Day Graduating Etc. Bethune Hi School CooInuM and Ability Skowu la SuThfe Air Buttlu Orur By the Skipper Tennyson’s "Dream of Pair Wo men” would aptly describe the gar den fete given last Friday afternoon and evening on the east terrace of Kamschatka, the winter home of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Buckley of Sbaron, Conn., by tbe Camden Hospital Auxi liary.^ — A galaxy of Camden feminine beau ty offered a dignified and colorful parade of wedding gowns of yester years, coverings a period dating from 1775 to toe present time. Nuptial gowns actually worn by blushing brides of a past era appeared in this unique and interesting parade of feminine pulchritude. . > There were 25 brides or Stately grace and* decorous mien and they moved from the east room of Ksm- Bchatka, serosa the terrace and then down a flight of steps to the lawn. While spectators lln^ each side of toe terrace, the brides paraded along a path marked by a runner of white to the pool at the eMt end where they formed In line. Here they were photographed in group msemble and as Individuals. Color pictures wers taken by a camera man from a New York newspaper. The program of the afternoon open ed with the'-singlng of a number of aongs of the spiritual type by a choral group of colored singers. The num- hers were all well received and brought frequent applamse. The parade of the brtdea wm pre- SMited by Mrs. Lois Coxe as M. C. with Mrs. Catoe Glover introducing each character over a public addreaa system. Incidentally the lady at tha mike should receive recognition for her exoallent diction and clesrnaaa ifLJQSg, u ^ Mlsa Barbara Glover wore a wed- 4tng gown by the vintage of 1845, which had been worn by her great aunt, Mrs. Richard 8. Manning. Mrs. Maurice Clay wore a wedding gown that had been wmn in 1855. by the grandmother of Mrs. W. L. Goodals. Miss Mackey Chase wm attired In a gown that had been worn by Mrs. Burrel H. Boykin (Mary Deas Man-, ning) hi 1880. Miss Phyllis Karesh wore a gown that bad been worn by MiM May Boykla'a grandmothar la 1775-1780. While each bride made her way down the carpeted runway, the crowd applauded generously, but there was Woodrow W. Young, Kershaw youth in the United. Statee air force, knows what an incredible an alrpians a '’Stot.'ToISI S' pU.t of . and in a recent battle over Austria, I Mrs Mevfield toe Kershaw flyer had the experience I of havinr1iM wfalyh1t bytMt, Tttdiea ^^^^*^ .*J? CorrlMii, at.. In U7I. Kn. M.7fl.M landed ** | made an exquisite picture, likened to itory of the thrilling battle aa Young in part is as Is why M n: who have • 'l.l*** Garrett Miller, handsome I foot, 4 inch aviation cadet at the Southern Aviation school, talked across the con- from tlm fiMtmlHn aarrice-Gen- Sunday afternoon. The long dist ance call to Mrs. W. L. Clifford at 1526 8. Marengo street. In Alhambra, Calif., resulted from Cadet Miller drawing the lucky number fVom a Jar at the Mothers’ Day exercises at the Center. "Mrs. Clifford is my aunt," Mid Cadet Miller. **My mother is dead and I WM brought up by my aunt She WM a real mother to me and she is doing to be very happy when she hears my volee.** And Mrs. Clifford really was not only surprised, bnt when ths Alham bra,. Calif.. operator Mid Ciamdea, 8. C., WM calling her. shw naturally feared the worst. She wm greatly re lieved and very happy When she heard Cadet WUUam’s voice. This long - distance fMture of the Mothers Day exweises at the Center was bat one of many delightful sur prises provided by Mrs. John Llnd- My, director. Many citlsens, includ ing a large number of mothers who have SODS tn,aervlce overseas, came to the Center and each mothM* waa pair ed with a lonely cadet or soldier and enjoyed an hour of.chatting over lee cream and cake. It wss a novel event for, toe men of the seiTlce and all expressed themselves m "getting a big kick out of It” V MIm Gene WUHame of Weetvflle. a Jnnlor -at Wlntbrop, where aha la woiiriag tor a dsgrss te vales, waa present In the Canter '’nnd aaag a group of aonga and alaqjinyad far tha boys to atng. Mlaa WwasM hag a beantifal vole# and whan Aa sang *'M6ther MeOea^” **I l4Ye.lM T»- hr** and Bany othar aaagg Ai tre- gnen^ b««y4, htlha- tt«sfa*'llai!d h pta drap, an tha UatAamg On Sunday nKNmlng, May 21, at 12 o’clock the graduating sermon will be preached to toe Senior cIem by Rev C. J. Blackmon, pastor of the Bethune Baytist church. Class day exerciaes will be held Tuesday morning, May 21. at 8:45 o'clock. In connection with this pro gram, demontratlons of work done by the Home Economics girls will be made. The final graduating exercises will be given Thursday evening. May IS, at A o’clodc. The address to tbs graduates will be delivered by Rev. Henry F. Collins, pastor of LytUrion StraaC Methodist church, Camden, and Grand MMter of the Grand Lodge A. F. M. of South ' Carolina. At theae exerciaes toe following awards will be made: Attendance oertificatea, dental certificates, D. A. R. Good Citiienship certificate, history medaU setaooi spirit medals, home economics, and the vale dictory certificate which glvec the winner a year’s subscription to the Reader’s I^est. The tenth and 11th gradaa will present United States and South Carrilna flags to tbei schooL DlplomM will be mreeapted the tol- lowlag senlory: Carolyn Maya Be- toun% Annie Grace Faulkenberry, Tola Josey Gardner, Evriyn Jeanette "Bminy*’ Hamond, Viola Horton. Ellas Lsatha King, Hasel Lee McGee, Sarah Rebecca McKinnon. Mary Katherine Mills, Etogenla Gertruda Parker, Sarah Frances Parker, Barbara Faye Thomp son, June Agnef Williams, Oren Soule Fletcher, Ira Boyce Horton, Jr.,. Boes Jones Horton and Simon Weavar Humphrey. 4Bsy*- B life. The story told by Llsut. follows: "We were tbe Ust ship of the tail element,” he Mid. "and that is a mighty poor place to be when you get into trouble. My No. 2 engine had some mechanical difficulty, so 1 fMth- ered it for abont 15 minutes off the target. Just about that time the ene my Jumped us. "Several wavea of Naxl tlghtsra at tacked us and our left wing was hit with a 20-mm shell while a direct hit knocked out our No. 1 engine.” Young steadied his ship and made a smooth sncosssful bomb ran. Heavy flak over the target further damaged thp alTMdy crippled wing. A shell struck the oxygen and hydraollo sya- tem and a blase wm staried in the cockpit The aerial gunner extinguish ed toe fire and then raced back to his gnU to ward oR another attack. ThnUerman .planes came at Ihe-Fort again, disregarding the hall of bullets from the Yankee gunners and they baked the Fort wKh Mvage firsw The gae line of the No. I engine was hit and the instrument board wm mash- Od. •> Young stuck to his post and despite the Mvage attack by the enemy, brought his crippled Fort back to Its base in England. Tech. SergMnt Clarence Vogelsang made the statement, "11 It had not been for the ability and coolness of Young, we never would have oom back alive.” Llent Young attended the Bacon DeKalb BOgh school and the Bowers HeriHi Dept Seeks Location of Ponds Public la Aakndl To Ropert StXfBiuat Poela To'tlio . Offidala. an old maaterplace by a master artist Visiting camera men took many pio- turea of her and these will appear in the roto aectlon of a New York news paper next week. Mrs. Cabell Moore appeared In a wedding nightgown that had been used by Mrs. Stokes, grandmother of Mrs. DaCosta Brown, back In 1880. MIm Joan SehkMburg wore a wedding gown that had been worn by Mrs. CkMmslious Harrington Yates in 1888 and MIm Patsy Trantham was a typi cal southern bride In a gown of the 189S period and wora Kl that time by Mrs. W. A. Multait Mlaa M^ontp Bockafellow auule an'attractive ple- tnre In a gown that had been worn by Mrs. N. B. Goodale, Sr., In Itif. and Mias Anne McLean caught tha approving eye of the camera men tn a gown that had been worn by her grandmother In 1902. Miss" Bhetta BIAene7_waa ..moat .gttractive-.aa-u-- bride in a gown that was worn by Mrs. Reuben Pitta, at her marriage in (Please turn* to page nine) Summertime ffits Camden With Bang, High Temperature Wnathur Barann Reports Hifh Of 92 Defreea Mooday. bnalneM college. He enlleted flying cadet In Sept 1942. as a DeKalb School Commencement Sermon May 21st Ha^e yon a little fish or wading pond hi ygdr yards? Do you. know of any in your nelgh- herhoed? If aot yon are asked to communicate vrttk Mto hsnlth department and tell theai |uat where the pond la located. Ike health dspartmmit wants this rder that tbe pond to see that It la not a BreaBBK naea tor *kkeatera.”, ^ IQ^va ooase u»- %i| of tha duarttaant of kaalth,btoto baM tomA to ha tasaitag with mmmiltm. Tov paad may ba tobtoitte Pipaa tor tba The commencement sermon iriH'be preached in the Baron DeBalb achool auditorium Sunday aftenioon. May 21, by Bevr44eaHa Edwards, pastor of tha Firat Baptist church of Kershaw. The i^uatioh eterciaee will be held Friday evening. May 29, at 9 o’clock. Mr. J. P. Coatea, secretary of toe Sooth Carolina Education aeaocia- tion. will deliver the commencement sdrtrsee Members of tbe ggadoating chue are:* Edna Lonise Ciiea, Nettie Maa (Mtoe, MlMbeth Maa Davis. Anthrry, MirrrT Btoekmefi. Ftod lA A. C. YouAr OddB Young and Marion Young. Heatr ataiaMa am Cgtoab-'ValadlatortMi: Mtoabatb Una Davlii, tatnlAtartnn: Nattia Maa Cnton, third Summer dame to Camden Sunday with a regiatered high temperature ot 91 degrees and followed up with a ‘ Monday reading of 92 degrees. It waa one ot the highaat May 14 and 19 readings recorded here tn over forty years. The official Sunday range waa from 14 to 91 degrees, or a rise ot 27 da> grees during tha 24 hours. Sunday night a violent eteotrieal storm swept over this area and for 15 mtnutee the entire contmnnity was treated to a blackont, as all lights went oat aa a result of the electrical display in the sky. The city eeaapA the hMvy rain that was In evidence fin the north and east A few drops of rain Ml and there was a short pmiod of high wind. However a straagn freak of fate tbe rain was heavy aortb of tbe Shabomd Air Line trac^ in tect on aome of tha straata north of tbo tncka _|harw 'wore heavy potfla of A tow fast away and ao^ <a thi tracks tba roads warn dqap tai tatt. Wblla' 9be raoSrd bast of Sunday imd Mmi^ oauaod much disoeatfmt tb# early moratog tamperaturas wans apeh as to permit of reetful alsas aiiar OAt Mankats. r-mr \ Vi."- 'i-’i si*.