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• r^-fpr-AT. Vif '/*WM,'^^ PAGE EIGHT !!' h. I Sgt J. C. Branham S<Hnewhere in Alaska Sgt. Joseph C. firsnhsm, son 'of Mn, Eunice Branham, of Logoff, entered the senricee at the Unit^ States Air Force ,on April 2, 1942, being first ■ sent to Sheppard Field, Texas, for Basic training and [from there to San Bernardino, Calif ornia, for Advanced' Uralning and for the ipast year he has I been stationed some I where in Aiaska. J. C. attended the pub lic schools of Kef« Shaw county and was employed by the J. A. Jones Construction Co., at Fort Jackson He writes home that he is enjoying the good oid Chroniclo paper each weak. 'nir^ Winnsboro Aces Are To Play With Camden Team Colenutn, Buice an^ Perry Are Signed. Cooper and ^ Bailey Out, CAMDEN IN IMPRESSIVE MOOD WHEN D-DAY INVASION CAME (Continued from lirat pagei school. Through the splendid coop eration of the High school authori ties and Supt. J. Q. Richards, ths graduating exercises of the Senior dies of the High school were stepped up to 7 p. m. in order that the pro gram of prayer and Intercession, ar ranged ,8ome months ago could be carried out. The Grammar school auditorium was Jammed when the special service started at 8 o’clock. The choirs of all clmrcbes of the City were present to ala in the musical part of the pro gram. Mayor McCorkle occupied a prominent place on thw stage and led in a prayer and the oath of allegiance to the flag. All ch(irches,of the City were represented in the gathering in There was genuine consternation in local baseball circles when it became known late last week that Cooper and Bailey, the two Great Falls young sters who handled the second and third base positions on the Camden Junior Legion team so capably last week Wednesday are ineligible to play wJthi the locals. However the gloom was short-lived ^ it was later leemed that three wlimaboro lads who played with th# Royal Cords last Wednesday in the game against Camden would don Camden uniforms. Fans who watched the game last week will recall Coleman, the Imprea* slvs aecond aacker of the Cords, who' mot only did a swell job of handling iTom tho ColumbU bospital. AmaAe Homs dlftlcuh: chances around »eco««nLieye came home with her mother for a three weeks’ visit Miss Alta Rosg who has a position In Columbia, is also visiting h«r par ents. ksse, but also led tbs batters in the game with four out of five, will be overjoyed to know that Coleman will play with the Camden team. In addi tion Perry, who played short, and Who fielded his position well, is to try out with Camden. Buice, who did some brilliant work in thp left garden for Wlnnsborq, will also try out with the locals, probably bejng placed in right field. FRIDAY-SATn JUNE 9 and 10 Johnny Mack Brown with Ray mond Hatton in HI AW MEN** ,A Thrilling Weatern! Alao Chapter 4 ‘^Captain America” And Comedy MONOAY-TUStOAY, dtJHTTfiTI • Jane Withers in •MY BEST QAU’^ **ltb Jimmy L^don —- Also Her WED.-THUR8h JUNE 14 and 15 Radio’s Hottest HillbUly Hepcau plus Cornfed Coinsdy. Rlp-roarln’ Rustic Revelry I •JAMBOREE” with Ruth-Terry' ■Qoorge Byron • Terry- Harvey and many Radio terfalners. Also Nsws and Serial •Adventiiree ef the Flyina Cadeta” HAIGLAR the big ball. A special story on the service will be found elsewhere In this issue. News of how Camden bad received the invasion tidings was telephoned in the early hours to the press by the Heath News Servlco. The fact that Camden was ths first community In the south to make a definite plan for day observance caused the state editors of the large dailiee to ask for a special story of how the program was carried out. What happened in Camden bad more news value than what happened in other communities because of the initial effort made here to plan for the big day. Here is tlM_Cgmden newscast sent rd' The Columbia Record and other afternoon dailies and press syndl- cates by the Nsws Service. PaHker-Wilson Suggested For All-Star Ball Squad ^ (Continued from. first page) Carolina to Charlotte, their egpenaea while there and their evpennes home Ilsgah News Nites History Drawing Pisgah, May 80 —The W. M. 8.' met Of Local Church with Mra. W. F. Baker on May 17 T vKi*os>ir with a good attendance of members III lillircirjP' and several visitors., jtovotionals. - werecoilduct^by theAr^dOTLMra Margaret Babc<Kk Meriwether. In Baker, who also gave a report the .^icle In a Columbia paper, telU 8Ute^ meeting in ColumbU and the of the PresbyterUn quarterly mating in Camden. There monument,here was a special song by Mrs. K. R. Camden. made by Robert Hllk famous architect, which has been &n«t McManus gave g^ UlU from ^ ^ »t the University the lesson on “Royal Service.” The ^ Carolina meeting clowd with prayer by M«., Mrs. Meriwether’s article should be Kennedy The h^tess of inuch Interest to Camden people, Mrs^ R^ C. McL^d ^ Rfjnbert. Mrs. embraces In the main, MlluTown n’ v' ^Columbia, and Mrs. gceount of the town of Camden and Buck Delk of Charleston, served as- ^ description of the ceremony Incl- sorted cookies and punch A Sun- dent to the laying of the corner sto&q beam , himd waa otgai^ ^ M». BeKalb monument. In part It roads as follows: Knute ^ix. . , ' I ,.j^ handsome church has been Mrs. James Sh ver of f^umbla, was upper part of the town, a recrot Mrs C. M. tolver ^ rtico of four Doric columns Mrs. Marlon Shiver and Mrs. Clement ^^.d » neat spire In the rear. _ „ * # ii # containing a bell. The Interior Is Mrs. R C. Itoss *,few arranged^so that the floor and pews Ik rlae as they recede from the pnlplt. ***K ^**^’’* fIvIdk every advantage to the audi ence both In .eelng and hetyiM.. Th front of the portico of this church the interesting ceremony of re-Interrlng the remains of Baron DeRalb, and laying the corner stone of the monument to be erected to the memory of. this patriot and martyr to the cause of liberty, took place in the presence of the nation’s gnest, the illustrious Lafayette, on the n<nth day of March, 1825, attended by a large concourse of people.'^ ’The scene was peculiarly striking and interested everyone present. Monument erect ed here is simply elegant in design. It presents the obelisk form, raised on a pedestal, all of white marble and Gene McLeod of Remhert, has been visiting his grandparents here, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Dennis,* while bis mother is in Washington with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Moore. Bettie Ann Hatfield of Horsio, spent the week-end here with Bettie- lee Hatfield. Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. T Watson Sunday were Mr. and Mrs ed citissn of Camdeg at that tlm^ thoogb he is longer associated with Columbia and Charleston. - The military and social dlstinctioiM of the occasion were almost eclipse by a strange phenomenon in tM heavens: “A brUliani star appowed In the senlth at midday and remain^ there during the procession from the sepdlchrre, considerably awing thMe present and creating consternation among the Negroes.” ft- Is 'small wonder, then, that a memento of so great a day was de sired. Mills painted a charming water color of the church and monu ment from which deUcately tinted en gravings were made. Doubtless many of them hung in South Carolina halls and libraries until dust and mll^w diseolored them, and they were dis carded; Only one eurvlvlng xopy was known, in the Metropolitan Museum of New York. DeKalb at the Uni versity, for In plan the monument U V€ry cl086 to tho ono dosljuoo oy Mills for the first president of South Carolina college and erected two years later in the center of the campus. The Maxey monument Is surmounted by a trljwd, but both It and the DeKalb structure exemplify the o^iisk pattern that obsessed Mills and came to eventual perfection In the noble shaft of the' Washington Monument MARIE MARBMJMkI. WINS BCHOLAItifMP ’The Staite Collegs duh g County ia awarding a achohrSS atudent graduating firom a m Mto-County.^ The scBoUniS awarded to Marie Marshall. ^ ate of the Jackson High the term 1944-46, The human heart Increassui up to about 60 years of «», , more iwononnced In the rnsj#^ female. ^ WanH-ForSal Rseelved toe late for rsfular ss WANTED TO RENtIf^J^ nnfnrnlshed bouse or aptri immediately or wlt^ ^ days; permanent resident*^ Jack Broom, care Chronlde. den, or caU^6412, Columbia. FOR SALE—Hollywood bed. eo in flowered chintx with on curtains and table cover to i C. B. Todd, 006 E Bamptoa, LOST—A erator on nignwuy near Cai May 24. Phone 2806 and reed ward. Roy ^aker and children of Atlantalgranite base composed Mr. and Mrs, Hav^ins Watson and jeveral expanding blocks, in the daughter of Orangeburg, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McManus and son. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Baker bad tbflr ten children, two daughters-ln-Utw, two sons-in-law, 16 grandchildren, Mrs. J. J. Hatfield, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Hawkins and children of Bishop- vllle, for supper guests on Sunday. One son-in-law, Mr. J. H. Campbell, could not be present, another son-in- aqr, R. C.. Cruinpler, with the Navy, is stationed in the Pacific, and an other, Tech. Sgt. Knute Delk, is sta tioned 4U Tampaf Fla. Delk 'cdm- pleted his missions in Elngland and returned to the States early in April, visited relatives here, in (Tbarleston, Blacksburg and Columbia for a cou ple weeks, reported at Miami Beach and after two weeks was sent on to Tampa. He won five medals in Eng land. Mrs. Delk and small ion are going to Tampa this week to make will be paid by the Charlotte Observ er, sponsor of the game. The outstanding player in the game At Charlotte will be chosen to go to New York. There he will be joined by 23 other boys. The 24 boys thus gathered together will be divided into To ' f. A' « t * f Just Received. KMM) Flashlight Batteries Get Yours Whale They Lest. h ALSO Pressure Cookers Make your cemaing more successful this year. Carpenters Tools « Complete line Bicycle parts Tire Reliners and Boots any size Good Penn Motor Oil.... Piston Rings .... aiad handles oif other items too numerous to men- ...tion... ..See us when in neadl ol aoythmg for tfae home ' 'hfc automobile. two teams, All-East and All-West Connie Mack will coach the All-Bast team and Mel Ott the All-West team. Jiggs Parker and Bobble Wilson Were selected as South Carolina team prospects by the Chronicle and Coach Lindsay Pierce. character of steps, and surrounded by an iron balustrade.” A great deal of local excitement attended the celebration of laying the corner stone of DeKalb’s monument The German soldier, fellow adven turer with Lafayette in the American Revolution, had been mortally wound ed at the Battle of (Camden in 1780. Lafayette’s triumphal tour of the United States in 1825 was the Inspira tion for Mills to design a fitting memorial to the friend of the Marqats. ’The Scotch silversmith Alexander Young of Camden, was also Inspired to artistic endeavor, .and made the beautiful silver mason’s trowal with which •Brother Lafayette” laid the corner stone. The address of wel come was given by Abram Bland ing, distinguished lawyer and public spirit- thelr home while Sgt. Delk is sta- tloned -there.- Due to a slight injury be won’t go over seas again. Miss Lillian Silver is at 'home from Mary Washington college, Virginia, (or the summer vacation. * Miss Alvia Lee Huggins, who has been teaching at Lanes, is at home (or the vacations. CAMDEN THEATRE FRIDAY And SATURDAY, June 9 aad M DAVIS TIRES Pil FOR DAD.. *1 Quality Hres At New Low Prices! 6:00x16 : ^ - $14.65 5:50x17 $13.55 4:95x19 $10JM (Plus Fed. Tax) Western Anto Associate Store w **EVERYTHING FOR THE AUTOMOBILE OWNERS Home Owned by W. QQWDEN F. C Moieley, Mgr. 10491-2 BtomI SL Have you ever seen a Father with enough or fancy... and nothing would be more appropriate .. or maybe he could find use for some nice that are gay or sedate, de- on his taste.. or periiaps he pending m % ^ would be pleased with several pairs of our nice outfit -for his hours of needed relaxation What about a . ..or a pair of cool tropical to wear all summer long. Remember fath er with an i^n^riate gift on June 18th.