The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 29, 1944, Image 1

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4 \ 1 Samto’ and Camden Gridders Oadi In Tlw ent of Hie Football Season Tonight The Camden VOLUME 66 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLlNA» flUDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1944 NUMBER 28 Camden High Begins Its 23rd Year On Accredited list of Southern Association f^e Record Is Made Bj Graduates of Bulldof lystituthm. - The Camden High achool haa been «the accredited list of the Sonthern inociation of SeoondaiT tcbooU and (oSeses for the paat SS yean aad haa ajoTed being lasted aa an aoeradited lejiooi for many additional yaara. Ibis and many oUmr tntotnothu tending .to atreaa the excellence g the local edaeatlonal anlt are mraght out in a pemaal of the rec- ,rdB on file in the office of the city Mperlntendent. Daring the past ten years 601 sth* 4eBU have graduated from the Cam- lea High school and of these S7.7 per eeot have entered college. Many of ^ students entering college hare {lined credit to themselTea and re* Americans Give Aid To Bnild the Allies’ Morale National War Fund Drhre Gets Umdsarwaj Hare Nest Tneadaj. The National War .Fund drive gets under way next Tne^ay, Oct. S, and continues through Not. 9. Here in Kershaw county the fnnd to be raised amoonts to |7,S00 and the committee in charge of the cam paign ia headed by Mayor F. N. Me- CJorkle and A. Sam Karesh aa co-chair men, with Lee Mays aa secretary- treasurer, Frank Heath is in charge Dieted credit upon their school while!of publicity and Henry SsTSge, Jr., n college and since. Camden High Henry O. Garrison, Thomas Ancrnm, Lee Little, C. P. DuBose, Jr., W. R. Bonssl, W. F. Nettles, Sr., and C. T. 1^1 gradoates hare entered such Mtrtanding institutions ss the United gtstes NstsI Academy, the United gtatM Military Academy. Oeorgto TMfa, Auburn. Clems^ Winthro^ tedoliA-Mafidn. Qieena. Cb&twie. riirecsity of Vtainla. North Oarollna. foitli Carolias, Florida UnlTeraity and Baldwin as committee members. . Thera sre 21 benefltUng agencies listed in the fnnd this year. One of Utem ia for a total of |600 for the local Service Center or USO.and the other ISOS tot the Boy Sconts. A hUih percentage of thoM| in speaklnr of the campaign to get atving the above nmntloned Mb’underway next Tuesday, Mayor Mc- nnivessklso, ote., grodnatod OorUe said: Sirefrom with honors. Only rooently be local high school has bad gradn- itM from the Naval Academy, and there are at preMnt two former €am- iet gradualM there who are doliM’ osistaading work. So tar aa school] “United Nations rsliet agencies, supported by the National War fnnd, are carrying on extensive work to Vovide comfort and recreatVon for the-armed forces of onr Allies.—( “We all know tbe fine work done neorde show only two students bave^by tbe USO In bringing recreational. heel refused entranee into ooUages on ifStication. IheM two hnd not cbos- m s well-ronnded oollege prepnratofy cesne while hi the high achool here. The Camdsn High school has for tbe put decsis. Stood high among the lehoole of Sonib CnroUna, both in BCBtsl and phyMfcal lasts bald by the inte High School Leagna. Tha reo- wb show that in lfSf-40 Camden bed 27 district winners and eight utr winners. In 1640-41 there were M diitriot winners and 12 state win- nn, in 1941-42 there were 40 district (Please turn to page aii^t) famden Grads In Many Colleges For the School Year ! State laatitutuma Recnim Mn- jontyr of tW StudientSi Graduates of Camdeni High school Id the class of 1944. who are now at- tndlng college or universities are as Wtews: OirlH; Julia Barnes Arrsnts, Co lumbia college; Harriet Thomas Clark- »n, Winthrop; Sibyl E. Joye. Win- tlrop. Lila Ruth Lamoy, Piattsburg Normal; Mary F. Langston, Converse; Far i/omsnsky. University of South Carolina; Virginia L McCrae, Wln- thmi*. Dorothy Pattemon, Art School, Nishrille, Tenn.; Molly Ruth Red- Winthrop; Joan Schloaburg, Su’af' rd; Lucy L. Smyrl. Winthrop; ^ Jayne Wheeler, New York M M nool. CatherineWedt, Wln- ibxp. and Betty Barnett to enter Winthrop in January. Bo»s: tjobn Corbett Boykin, Jr., N’awberry; Thomas Osborne Boykin, Otemson; TthdmiT Wul Bhbwn. ^bf-rry; Clyde Aodnmtns Clark, Jr., ward; Lanrin Cooper, Jr., Unlver wy of Sooth Carolina; Ol^nm 181n- *orth Lamoy, Piattsburg Normal; ^liam Sumter Reasonover, Clemson; Thomwell Rush, Newberry; Wylie Sheom, Jr., N. C. State A-12: John Anderson Thompson, V-* U. 8. N; R. flight training; Joe Tobin, 'Uemiun, and Charles Zemp, Emory ■o^cal college; Bobby Wilson, New spiritnal and welfare services to the men end women of x>nr own armed forces, and what United Seamen’s Service is doing in maintaining edh- valeacent centers in this country and n ^>ain of residential and recreation facilities practically around the world fmr the comfort of onr merchant sea men. but little ia known about what is .being done for our AlHes,” Mr. Mc- Coikle pointed out t “1110- French Relief fund, for in- atance. has several mobile canteens in N<Nrth Africa, which tonr field camps and provide entertainment tad- iitlu for Fransb. .serrlasmes. Tbe Fnnd also sends the military person nel. taclnding Ahe feminine contin gent, such things as radios, sun glss- ses, cigarettes and boota. Polish War Relief also conducts a USO type of service for the Polish forces fighting (nease turn to pngs fov) The Zemp Stadium Tonight Chamber Head Suggests "Work and Worship’* Slogan Have You Registered All citiaans wfio have failed to in November are arfod to d# m next Monday, Tuesday ar Wediiaa- day, as thsM art tha last days. Cotton Parade Now Has A Total Of 6,000 Bales And the End la Not In Sight Aa tho **$now” Arriwoa. Undsay Called ^ Washingtmi On Importimt Job ^ice Mnnnggg At Watasne Mill Acespta Poal|Ma ¥^th Federal Gerv. ' Lindsay, office manager Wateree braacb mfll at tbs company ‘for the past fS _ ^ ^ will become affiliated wltb the of Piioe Adalalstratioe at •nington, D, C., Oct. 1, according ‘“nounceoienr tHmi tbs KeniaU jwny office here, r-Undsay is a aatlVa Camden • —„ n Bsuvs uamara aU affairs &nd social nature dpring his ‘<«nos. He la a mambae^or tba “ a atombat^of • Iba ibwn^*^** •l4ao<fltol cbnrA aad . . -, foremoat In all affalra ef Me^l^tjon. M family will con- to make Caadea toeir bonto for but their plan la to Jota iJ^dopartnre of tiUs fbia fbal. Is also Mpriiwi by ofO- •■pJoydba of ^ Watatoa Danger of JElre Increases When Winter Arrives Fire Chief Denton Urges Chimneys and Heaters Be Cleaned. Warning that fire hasarde increase with the approach ~0f cold weather. Chief “Buddy* Denton of the Camden fire" department, nrges householders to have their heating planta thorough ly cleaned before the r^ cold weather sets in. “Clean chimney and heaters thor onghly,” aaid Chief Denton. “Inspeoi the chimn^ for loose bHcks or erseki.. ..Asy Jpoae. Brbka or eracka ahonid be mended to keep hot eparka from flying in attica. “Another word of cantion—alwaya ihoral hot aahea into metal cans ii^ Btead of nnaafe wood or cardboard containerB.“ Fires freqnently atart ot themaalvu tha chl^f pointed out If paint or oil saturated rage are left In heaps they may heat up throngh the chemical re action of apontaaeona ignition until flamts hurst forth and set fire to a boildlng. All anch accnmnlatlons abottld be promptly and safely dispos ed aC .or pat in a metal can with a tl^t Qovar. Hoaseholdars ara urged to tarn bi their waste papm> to the salvage drive, thereby rlddlag their premiJbs of ^ fire hasard of accamnlatlons of paper. Resening lost Allied pilota is the Inateeaa of Lt Col. John W. Rlchard- aon, a son of Mfs. Alice Marya and. grandson of Dr. J. W. Corbett of this' J Fourteen Nurses Mayor of Camdoi Mayor of Sumter To Watch BatHe Camacoch F.waruHwa Will Ba Goaat of Cam6an*a Hoad Mayor F. N. McGorkle baa extended aa iavltatltw to tba mayor of Snmtar to ba hla gaaat at the Oamden-Snmter football gnaM hers tonight “1 have snggeatad that he sit with ma OB the Camden aide of the battle area dnriiu; the flrat half and to we will transfer to to# Snmter side for toe eloalag half,” aaid Mayor Me- Corkle. “It Isn’t* so much the idea that 1 htfieve the £tamter etecattva wiU need Mune toeerhMT up In the dosing pw- ioda that I bare made tola anggestloa. bat imtoer that I tbiak It % good Maa far m 16 Over 4,000 bales of cotton bad bean weighed on the scales of the eHr cotton weigher np to noon Tueeday, Sept 26. With each bale averaging SOO 1' and aaUlng at4UA tba.total paid the growers is over 1690,000. Tbe remarkable aucceu of the Cam den cotton market ia a sonree of much elation thronghout the county, grow ers declaring it to top the markets of many decades paat The '’cotton parade,” for such it haa been for weeks, with trucks, wagons, buggies of every description rolling through tbe streets of tbe city, all headed for the cotton platforms, has given downtown Camden a “boom day” appearance. And with picking proceeding slowly because of the lack of pickers, the market will carry on for oonsiderable time. The cotton caravan comes from all directions, there being vebtcles loaded with the “summer show” in evidence on all highways leading Into tbe city. Camdmi Colonel Rescues Lost Alfied PUots J. C Ewinf Ddclarda Raotoos Caldlimtkm Would-Be famuli. Julian C. Ewing, manager of the Wateree branch of the Kendall Mills, president of the Camden and Kershaw CowUy, Chamber of Commerce, and 6f toe Camden Rotary club, has sug r ited that the Cgmden Slogan for Day, the day Germany capitulates, 4a “W<^ aad Worship.” “Any rtotons oelsbration betore the termination of the Pacific war wonld W worse than a mockery.” said Mr Ewing. ’It wonli ba 6 shameful hap pening, an inaoH to the aervlcea aad saerlfloea of the men and women in ittHi Pad^ area. |T am certain there ia not a per son in Camden or Kershaw county tost would or oonld enjoy himself by Celebrating on the day Germany falls, beesnad be wonld have tbe knowledge t op tha other side of the world are atlU ladhad in n- tre* mnndons struggle of death with a cunning and powerful foe. “By stopping any work, directly or IndlrMtly concerned with the war effml on V-Day, may be the cause of the death of onr own loved ones. ’There is s strong hard pull ahead even attes Germany surrenders. “Camden’s wsy of celebrating V- Day should be to resume Its efforts with-renewed leet and with each Annual Football Game To Attract Record Crowd To Attention Ball Fans In order to take care of tho many cars that will earry apeeta- tors to ths Camden-Sumtsr foot ball o*'"* at Zsmp field tonight, tho barrloado at tho tumtor high, vsy goto hat boon romovod and' riro may ontor tho fair grounds St that gsto. Arrangomonts havo boon mad# to havo polloo direct parMhg, Tickota will bo on aalo at tho vroat gato of tho football fiold. The Battle Lineups IBS H WGlght AvtrtgM 8umt«r: 172 Ite. Camdtn ^68 lbs# 8umttr lln«; 182. Camdan 184. 8umUr baekfiald: ISSs Camdan 148# Camdan Indlvldtial waighta JIgga Parfcar LC 140 MaOawall LT Huggina LQ Oaiiviall • • • oooosofosoooo 0 B, Nofria RQ MaraHall ••«•••••**•••••••• RT WaHOGafc aji,* • too • • 0 0 RR Oandy QR Oax ••••ooooooooooooooooaoo RM Taam LH K4o l^la^Yla 4^*o*************** PR tMffVitar— R^^OXMI A •••••eooaooso.oO*** LR Riipgaga o#**********#****## LIT OofviAtlAa toovoov*********** LQ Quattlabaum C .^gglC •oooosoaooooss.A. a..* * .• .» s o RR blafliR • 0 O 4^ S.O 0O*4«0004« 0 OiclAAa^ •• ROi Ba Rn4ford QB Do Rrgdford LH Pi*4Agla on • ■ o • * ** • • RH ^^nggaft •fo**************** PR Camden Team . Regarded Aa — Underdog By Pre-Game Forecasters. 180 ISO Its 180 ISO 146 140 ISO 260 17i 14S 168 288 170 1S8 140 148 188 Kerdiaw On list For New Airport; Is Postwar Plan BiabopwflU, Sumter Are Abu In cluded. •nd Lieut. CoL J<dui W. Richardsom Saves 2,940 Amerkan worker doubling his efforts to pro duce more of the msterisl needed to defest the enemy. * "Our wsy of celebrsting will be to work snd worship in grstitude .to those who hsve been doing more thsn their shsfe to bring sbout the pesoe." Rev. Edmund Burke, locsl Cstholic priest,'Who is chairmsn of the V-Dsy committee in Csmd:en, hss ssknd the cHisens to observe the defest of Ger- msny by refrsinlng from unrestrslned riotous celebrstions. ^ “Even when Qermsny is brought to her knees, the wsr if atUl on against the Japo,” said Father Btirke. “lUghi now the bslsnce in this wsr is in onr favor, bnt until the last enemy is vanquished, •nntil all our troops can be 'relieved on all battle trouts, there most not sud will not be any let~dowD on~ths home front.” The setkm of Governor Olin D Johnston in ordering all liquor stares to close on V-Day has received much eommMdatioo in Camden and Kor- shsw county. Kershaw, Bishopville snd Sumter sre to hsve new sirpofts if tbe recom mendation of the South Csroiins Aero nautics Commission meets with the approval of the government. The sum of $20,000 Is recommended for sHiHtlonsl work on tha Csmdm sirr port. A telegrsidi story appearing under date line from the hesdqnsrters of/\^ i*AU the U. S. 16th Air Foroe gives an in-,\iTHUl|&lc UvU vUl terestlng Interview with the Camden | Colonel, who la mt the head of toe Dr. J. W. Corbatt Wfll PrMMit 16th Air Forces repatriation section. The story ftdlows: Escape is his hnsineM snd bosiaess bss been good. U. CM. John W. RichsMaon, IflT LytUoton SU Camden. 8. C« Just back Youug WOOMII With Diplomas* Fonrteen young women will vwSp- from tka East Balkans, was taking a sta from the Ostoian Hoofltol dchSoI mlnito to add np toe returns. jof Nursing on Wednesday, Oct C The From pilsan camps in Balgsris ha exerefaes wfll ba bald at the hospital had gotten 242 men. Two weeks ear- at t o’clock in the evening with Dr. Her 1,041 had been bronght back from J. w. Cwbett presMlng, Before that he had dona The diplomas will be presented to a big wholesale trade In Tagoalavia— the gradoates ny Dr. Corbett and the among both toe Partisans snd Chet- pins will be gfren by Mrs. Nancy nlks. And there had been a good Zemp, head bf toe hocpltsl narslng sprinkling of clients in Qraaoe, Al- atafl. haiUa, Nortoani Italy and Seothem On Sunday the bacalanreate sermon Franca. ^ wiO be given by Rev. Henry Collins AU told 2A40 iAmeriesa afrmen at the momtag service at the Metho- fi—iny in action, had been safely res- dial church. eaad. ! The mduatea sre: Misses'Msrasret Aa he heads the 16th Air Force’s Horton of Laacastar, Wylane Dabney rapatriAtlon faction, Rkharisoa was of HartavHle, Sma Biltob sad Csro- pleaaed with tbe total—even tbongh Una Blltoa of BatawrUle, Bath Rbo- be knew where there were a lot more 4«a of Swansea, Evelyn Trnasdalo of man. Kershaw, Margaret McLeod of Rem- Ereata in Romania and Bnlgaria bort, Mattie & Williams of lencaator, had been good slnoa Rkhardson arrtv- Gornalla Baoser of Newberry. Rath The recommended appropriation for the Kershaw airport, is $140,000, Bish opville $210,000, Lancaster $210,000 and Sumter $440,000. Tbe recommendations mentioned, together with some 44 more for Sonth Csroiins comnianltles, is psrt of the proposed postwar development pro gram ss worked out by the state aero- nautical commission. The commission made its rscom- mendstions s^er s sorvey had been made of sll communities in tbe state sad presents s oomprehenslve plan of development whereby the state would be able to capture Hs share of sir commerce. The Civil AeronsnUcs administra tion predicts that wlmin four years after the end of the war, there vrlU be over $00,000 cirllian planes in ac- iiseu aanrlcf,. .JwhleA xompsras wUh 26,000 licensed alipraft, before Pearl Harbor. The ’ administration also polats oat that there ore soma 6,670 comlBiaattiaa In the Uaited States of orar 1660 popnlstlon that wUl waat access to air traasportatlon and haa dlractad the natlo^ sorvey to detMmlne the nomber of airports necessary for tha post wsr period. Other dtles in Sonth CaroUnn rao- ommendad for air faclUtim aad the total amoont ot money necessary to baOd tosM fsnilltlaa ara: AbbevUla $200,000. AUendala-Falr- fax $166,000, Aadarsoa $230,000, Am draws ^40,000, Bamberg 1210.000, Barswen $21,000, Batosbarg $216,000. Belton-Pato |S16.i$0. BenaettavlUe $460^000, Chamstom (Stom islsml), Chersw-ObastorfMA $$$0,000, Chaster (anmlcipal) $11,006, Clemsoo-CantraL Pendleton $466,006. Also CoBwigr $216,066, ParllngtnB county $$2,006, DUlon-LaUa $110,000, Easley $210,000, Eau Claire $210,000. Edgefield, Johnson $210,660. BstlU- HaasptoB-Vamvilla $210,006, Gaffney 1460,000. Qraaavilla-Spartaifburg-Qraar^ Landrum $1,242,000. Harlayirflle $146,- 660, HemlngOray-JohBaowriUa $140,066. Lake CUy 8210,606 Lanrana $740,000, Loris $140,000, McCormick $140,000 and Manning-SaflUBartoB $216^600. Also Marion - Mnldna $626,006, Moncka Comer-St Stephens |210,006, Ss^ivan’s Islaad $146,066, MeCMlsaa- ▼ille, $86,660, Newbarry-Proaperity $626,000, Oraagebwrg-Bawthoraa $820,< 066, Rldgelsnd, |S$,066, Reek Hfll ad ia Cairo arsMd wito a letter fromiBlehel of Germany, Raboeca Tates of hla boas, Ma|. Gan. Natonn Twining. Dolsall, Mildred Newton of Warren- Ha asked and rscalved osrto blsacha vlUa, Edna AIl>ert of Cbarieston, snd support frmn Ms]. Gan. Benjamto 1. Mm. Sylvia McDSaials of Lancaster. Giles, commander U. 8. Army Air SL'‘S Home G. Attention beggn aalfpint rod tape, tnUtiaf ip to dlplomsta sad whMdling osnlse Britloh and imsrinin offtoars. One tray or the otoer ba got bis btala Tba •96$ rsjprtM tinolig drM next Els Start at S (Plaasa tom to papi oigbt) Camden Glider Pilot Holding Back Germans By Tho Skipper. Tho moot orucisl gsmo of tho Camden Bulldog ochodulo, la but o few hours away, for tonight at S o’clock, tho shrill whUtIo of the roforoo will sand the pigakin fly ing Into tho air In tho kickoff of tho football elaosic of tho year— tho annual quarrol botwoon tho Camdan Bulldogs and tho Sumtor Qamocoeks. Romombor fans, tho kickoff la at S o’clock. That is Just ono-half hour oarllor than in tho two gamoo already played on tho iooal lot thia ooaoon. And if wo may suggoat—or porhapa warn you. you will bo wiao H you reach the Cootball arena eerly, fer aoato are going to be at a premium, wo are Informed by antoorttatlra mo *ov>'ces in Snmtar that the Gamecocks will have tho baling ot at least 1600 to ItOO otndents snd townspeople in their Invasion of the Camden field. E/vwu.niw wxnv wnQ wot w ud xdw Job. adding a tonch pt gaycty aad color to tbe evening program. The season here so far baa been one of record breaking so far as crowds ' sr^ concerned. Tbe opening game found lioth grandstand sad bleachers well fUled snd hundreds Jammed along the bonndery wires on both sides ot the field. It wm s big ger crowd than attended any game jsst season. 1116 Harding High gams last* Friday bronght out snotbar crowd, which was almost as big as tha one tha preceding wMk. Bnt tonight is a different story, tor this is OM game tkSt each team wfll go all out in order to win. As we have remarked ia past years, a victory over Snmtar will make the Camden gsMon a success, no matter what hap pens In the remaining games on the schedule. And the same is true of the Snmter enthnsissti—they wonld rather bump Camden than any other team in toe state. So tha engagemant under the lights tonight is a nstnrsl. And it is np woBdik' tost everybody wilt turn out. One Snmter fail, who trsxele thronidi Camden several times weekly states that the whole town ia coming over to root their pet Gamecocks to vic tory. The dope on the game is dUfleult to analyte. If tbe game ia hard snd close snd reserves are noceoosry for Camden, the absence of Horton snd McL^_trpm_ toe .sonad becsuBei of Ihjnrfes, may prove a serioni handi cap. , Both of these lads play the tackle positions. A Camden victory this year will be sll the more gratifying to the local Lovris H. Andnrsoa FvlfUlinf A Stmaf* Roln la War. Lewis H. Anderson ot this city, s flight officer In the United States Ahrbome troops unit In Holland, woe pilot of a glider that took part in tha airborne landings near Nijmegen in Holland, according to n war dls* patch. The dispatch states that the airborne troops sre not fulfilling a, sfrange role as frontline fighting troopa They were thrown, into tbe battle as Sold- tag troops aad mobile reaerrs'.whan the crlUcal sitnatkm demanded toe eommittlng of Infantry to mors rltal sectors. Anderson and his companion pilots in this front line fighting dMlara that they lika it becanaa now they ihava a real resfoastWllty after tha landing work ia Mar. Cong, ^chords On Visit To France mervHle $146,006, Unk»JonagrlUo $210,006, Walhalla $210,000, West Oo- loaibla • Cayce . Lexington $210,006. Whitmire $140,666, Wlnnsboro $216,666 and Woodiiiff $216,000. If toe war’s aadad by Novambrr 1, two toSBIhs of Nobel prIaaT cOOBt on n *44 Followtef CitoMp PfolBit Congressman J. P. Rlebnrda of tha Fifth Distriet. native of Liberty Hill. WM a aMBbar af tha eongraaalonal delegation that visltad 'FranM foOnw- ing a protest mads panenally to Gen. Btoanhower, whan lasaer military ate thorttios said ao to tha proposed trig. According to aa Aosoeiatad Prana dispatch from Loodon tha atonal lavaslnB of fbauM w by Gan. Eiaanhowwr after nine bera of tba Honoe. fliaa In _ ^ that tony wiro ba- thews $210,600, SaMla $140,660, SoA- tag blocked hr mfOtarr omears. tag blocked by military otfleam. OongreasaMa Richards and his group Tistotd Gherbonrg. Bmssela. the Magtoot lae aad aeroral adraneo bnnea and honpMahi. Gen. Bideabower toM the Bbms wiembers thnt permission for this trip did not oaaatltata a pit ' ftttnra tripe by InitvflBBl tfrsi talasa oanettaa la .. from Hto War dspartmsat.