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r' Gamden Chronicle VOLUME 56 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNATTWAY, DECEMBER 15, 1944 I ttack Transport Named Honor of This Cotmty 5. S. Kershaw To Be Commissioned At Seattle Saturday. he U. S. S. Kershaw, an Attack igport. carrying a crew of 400 mdn 40 officers, lannched kt a Seattle yard recentir. Is to be commls- ed Saturday, Dec/ 16. be Kershaw, named after Kershaw ity, will have space for a great ly troops and according to Captain E. Raton of the United States r/who will be in'command of the I,'is to play an Important part in rigorous prosecution'of the war. fflcers and crew have been organ- and wriii be prepared to take over ship Saturday. 8 letter to the Kershaw County rd of Commissioners, Captain )n states “we shall do every thing lin our power to see that the U. . Kershaw Is a worthy represents of your county." The attack sport, in being named after KeV' r county, acquires a name that nds from the Colonial period of nation. It is a name that has been inguished by men of valor and •age. jcuments carrying a record of the Dry of Kershaw county have been to the United States Naval Sta- at Seattle to be made a part of Kershaw’s record. Vasco Miller Is Again Elected Scout Leader Camden Has Chance To cate Executfre Here. iristmas Pa^ •ogram Rapidly laping Up For ^rd ipitable Camden People Are Urged To Inwite G. I.‘ Jo>eg To Dmner Ians for the Christmas dance at Mary’s Hall, to be given by the rice Center on the evening of irday, Dec. tS, are rapidly shaping and the affair gives promise of ig one of the outstanding event* he winter season, he dance committee headed by 1. Granger Qaither is making a I that Camden’s well known and aUndiog •pMt of hospHalitv will . extended to the viaiting service a to the extent that the O. I. Joes 1 be invited to partake of Chrlst- 9 dinner in Camden homes. Good pie who wish to invite these sol- rs who through their patriotic duty compelied to bi^4ag-removed from ir home ties this Christmas are nested to call Mrs. John Lindsay acquaint her with their wish in respect. reat things are planned for the istmas dance. There is to > be a 1 live Santa Claus, newly arrived Vasco Miller was reelected presi dent of the Kershaw district Boy Scout oomimlttee at the annual meet ing held at the office of Henry Sav age here on Dec. 4. Sam Karesh, a member of the com mittee Informed the meeting that a check for $900, as the Camden scout! program’s contribution from the com munity war chest campaign had been turned over to the council. The proposition of transferring the town of Kershaw to the Piedmont council was discussed and while noth ing definite could be done at the meet ing because * the Lancaster county project has not advanced far enough. It was the belief that the request for a transfer would come. It was evideht that the main rea son fqr planning a transfer was the prospect of getting additional field ' service through a plan to put on a new man for Lancaster county. Ebce- cntlve Roscoe Stevens of Columbia, told the group that a field scout exe cutive for Kershaw and Fairfield coun ties. to live in Camden, was within reach of their grasp if they wanted to do anything about it, and toldi them of the 12600 offer from the Phil-1 lips Foundation for the purpose ofi patting on a new man for a two-year period. A committee consisting of Vasco Miller. Sam Karesh and Henry Savage, Jr., was named to attend an executive board meeting to discuss the matter with the board. NUMBER 39 I Plan To Extend Program To Embrace Fifth District Rer^aw County Is Shy By ^,0^ In the Bond Drive But One Pay Renaming Go Orer the Quota Assigned. To I The all-over objective of South Carolina in the sixth war loan, cam paign with a total pale record of 161,300.000, or 4.61 per cent over the state quota of 641,000,000, has been attained. This announcement came from Christie Benet, chairman of the stkte committee on Wedneaday. On the same day Chairman Marion Herman of the Kershaw county committee, an nounced that unless 160,000 was added I to the $338,000 figure reached In the county of that date, Kershaw county Camden Bulldogs Pick ^^All-Opponents" Team would not top its quota, which la $380,000 Mr. Heyman statsd that the E bond total feature was low in Kwsnaw county. ’The coonty committee Is fel- , lowing suggestions made by Mr. ,, Benet in the effort to remedy this situation. Mr. Heymaa on Wednesday stated that the sixth war loan bond cam paign comet to a close on Satnrdaqr, Dec. 16. “Although the state quota has been met and passed," said Mr. Heyman, “Kerahaw county is lagging. In view of the fresh need tor ammunition and supplies and the stubbonx resistance of our enemies, the government asks every man. woman and child to eon. (Pleas* tom to pag* Uur**) A meetiof place for each troop in, BulMogs Ihoppal connecilon with lis dwh parent In-' stitatiOB was discussed. George Mickle | _ _ _ reported that Troop 64 had its own.n 4. OCT tf^AVMAcs Tea quarters. Rev. J. B. Caston, who was j Dili Ov UTalllCD Ul not present, sent word that he was ready to go ahead with the construc tion of a scout cabin tor the Baptist troop. Rev. A. D. McAm of the Presbyterian church asked about the bailding coat of a cabin and said he would tflee very much to have one. Says Shaw Field Awiator Student Who Disep- peered Year Ago Mbtinf. Still 20 Year Period Amaaing Record of Camden Griddert Under Thfne Coaches. In the past 20 years, the Camden High school football team, known all over the Carolinas as the Bulldogs, have played 221 games and have, loet -but, 35.. Pour^ games were tie affairs, giving the Bulldogs the amasing tblkT of 182 victories, or a yearly average dryui pipos won. In the past 20 years Camden has had thrM coaches. J. G. Richards, Jr., superintendent of schools, was coach of the team until 1929, when John aAHtlnnftl hnnnr nf The five Sumter players who were'pete In the county '[declared to be ontsta^in* In their (in g’shmary officer at Shaw Field n the land of King Boreas, a Cfcrist- I tree carrying gifts for the sol- ' lads, refreshments and promise » very enjoyable evening for all cerned. [rs. Gaither stresses that 'there It he a large turnout of Camden 8 to insure the success of the ce. And each girl attending Is cd^to bring a "gm Which will pli»6 ‘*‘d under the tree and will be 'n to a soldier. ( oounw the_ Service Center is rfu) that the puUle response for for the occasion will be spon- H)us and' generous. These gifts be left at the Service Center. A report that the body of Aviation Cadet Gerald T. Held, who disappear ed in a routine flight a year ago last. i , i. ■». November, had been found is denied ,**. Vllleplpe took over. Mr b, colon,! D. W. Tltu., eommandln,' th. nn.n Commander Titus characterised the!‘“to the picture as head cwch a I acting as an assistant to Mr. \ vening dress Is optinniil mrt tmas- ^Htkoot reenHe. ation for the aoldlera will be fnrn- d from the downtown Service ter. he committee aulstlng Mrs. Qaith- Iq thto moat laudable effort con- i of Jaha^^lUker._Jr..^MlM[^ Steedman,- MSs LllUan Yatea, . John Mnllen, Mra. Lola Cox, . C. Hanabnrger, Mra. Cyril Harrl- Mra. Molly DeLooch and Mra. -ren Harris. )b Moutan Lt^s trgan mb is Bomb i%gs 1 Jap Capitri aduate of Soatlioni AwiatioM School Comma ad* Sopar- •ieut (Jol. Bob Morgan, graduate Southdra Aviation school here, imandlng a Suparfort, led te th* itck on Tokyo last Jhnrsday night, ording to a report from the head- trters of the 21at Bomber Command Saipan. ^e Asheville flyer hit the Jap >ital at 6:43 p. m. and found it lllantiy lighted. it was just like flyiag over New rk," said Morgan, who waa pro- ted from the rank of major to that lieutoaant ootonel following his xessful nttaPe on Tokyo on Nov. ^ tha raesmt attack waa tha sixth 'de OB Tdkyo by tha B-lls from Che baa* 1M6 mil** •vrajr. C2**r Ather favwwd th* «tUck which was * hy Cotomt Morgan’s Mg snp«r- rt. ersvr of th* plan* said Qv* Ye fir** and tw* small on** flaiad the IVikyo tsdustrlal arsa aher th* had baan dioppad. Tha glow m (ha flraa aeuM ba aaan aa long ^ laud was vlsIMa from tha s&award report as strictly of the rppor n*turej»f«“/^^^,^^ He stated that bad the akelfton of the cadet been found, as was reported, his office would bare been the first to have heard about It. -found about two miles from Sbaw Field In a swampy area on Nov. 19, 1943. No trace of Held or his DSfachute were ever discovered. Thousands of civil ians, soldiers and cadets Joined in a search that covered the entire swamp land and continued for weeks, but Many wild rumors gained clrcula- present’ coach Lindsay Pierce came ofter ille- pigue during Camden was listed among the (Hass B schools on the state athletic cal»n- dv until 1937, when the team entered thfe A ranks upoii requeat. In tlm 20 years covered in this story Carndih has won several state titles and has played in many title games. This year the Bulldogs wpB the mas* A -tItleT which gives them the undisputed foot ball championship of the state. j^vers-Harbolre tion at that timA some to the effect ^ • that the cadet had hailed out, been PrOOTJIIIl PHRRAIi seen walking along a highway tha * kWgkOilt A day he was missed, but bad dlsappear- The search of the swamp was most thorough, but eld timers who know the area well declared that It would have been possible for the cadet to have gone into one of the water areas in his plunge from the plane and that he might have become fast iu. the muck below the surface of' the water. Th* Buckittf luua Landinf Dam Projact la Takan nm BflL “ " little Grey Latk Has Many Kin The Figh^g Ranks Mrs. 1* B. Ogbarn Has 14 Gramdaoma 1b tba Sarvioa A cheerful little -grey lady, who>, resides on (Tbesnut street, has a deep interest in the present World War— for she has 14 grandsons In the serv ice and eight of them are in the thick of the fighting on the battle fronts. But contributing to the war needs of Uncle Sam la not foreign to 74- year-old Mrs. L. B. Ogbom, for in the first Wqrld War three of her sons, Fred, Walter and. Will, all went over- peas wearing tha doughboy uniform. Mrs. Ogham vras mother to 11 chil dren, 7 boy* aad I glrlA TaiaY Is grandmother to 19 grand children and a great grandaMthsr to 16. Mrs. Ogbum la a native of Kershaw county sad has mad* her born* in Camden for many yuim. 8h* la rselding vrith bar dnglitar, Mrs. C. M. Hough eu Cbaaaut stiuat. Bar band died in Ittt. Mrs. Oghum is la fair health aad take* aa aettva lataraat la listaalag to aoBa from tha ter flaag war frouts whara bar avra Mood is hattllag. Poditiona OB tko Grid Elowoa. Annual Forestry Contest listed For Dec. and Jan. ’The Sumter High Gamecocks, a team that gave the State Champion Camden High Bulldogs one of their Roughest battles of the season Just closed, placed five men on the Itall- |oc*a all-opponent’s team, announced uTJast week by Lfaxd- y Pierce. The Charleston Bantams and the Glenn Academr team of Bmnswick. Ga., each placM two men on the all- opponent’s team while Harding HlghJ«warded prises of Charoltte, N. C., and Florence High winner in each Thirtj-Fiuo Sckoola In Korsbaw Cosmly Will Compoto. pInoaA /wia ttinti /yi «,aam. The 9th annual forestry contest, sponsored by the 8. C. Forest service, itni be coaductad Tn 36 schools throughout Kerahaw county during De cember and January. Ranger L. B. Smith reporta the win ners of each school contest will be and the first prise school will gain the _a chAncfi JO corn- finals to be held Kennedy Project Receives Im petus as m Result of Meet ing Here. The inauguration of a mov«>medt that will campaign for flood control and navigation on the Wateree river and which It la believed find ready support throughout the fifth con gressional district featured a meet ing held last Thursday afternoon at the council rooms of the Camden city hall. This meeting, attended by city offi cials. Chamber of Commerce officisls, represantatives of the Koury and Ki- wanis* clubs, and other interested citizens, was addressed by House Member.-Klect Robert .M. Kennedy. Jr., of this city, who stressed the need of some action at this time calling for a postwar program of navlgntkm and flood control on the Wateree*. In his remarks Mr. Kennedy, who was one of the executives of the South (Carolina Authority and who la a inine of information regarding the Santee-Cooper project, related some of his experience* with the hitter organisation and also outlined tha benefits that would acrue to this area through flood coptrol and river navi gation. Other speakers who were heard at the meeting included J. C. Ewing, president of the (Thsmber of Com merce. C, C. Whitaker, Sr, J. H. Richards. Supt. of qchools; J. L. Ovy, leading lumber mao, and others. A. C. McKain, former -lureBtdent of the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce, introduced a resolution, which was seconded by J. B. McKain, mayor pro tern, that the mayor of tha Oty name a committee composed of representatives from various organisations, for the purpose of furthering the navigation and flood control project. -This committee,-4Mr the raaolutioii. would name a steering committee to secure'' a copy of the specifications gotten up by army engineers relating to the Wateree river table. This steering committee was also to con tact all counties in the fifth eongres- sionai district to enlist their coopera tion in the project planned. The committee ae named coDsista of Senator W. T. Redfeam as chair man: J. C. Eviug, ruprwMsutiog the Chamber of Commeree; L. O. Fander- burk, represeotlng the farm group; ^ M. Kennedy, representing the legisla tive delegatloo; U. N. Myers, repre senting the county’board of directors; Henry Savage, Jr., representing the Lynches River Soil Conservation group, and J, E. McKain, rsprsssntinf the City of Camden. respective positions on the all-oppon- The contest this year will be of ths ents team were Martin, left tackle: qulx type says Ranger Smith, who Skinner, left guard; Cook, right end; adds that the queationa will be based Quattlebaum, centsr; Sbugsrt, bark. |on common forest products, samples Riggs, a Charleston .back, and of which will be on display, other Matthews, Charleston guard; together questions will deal with the current with Dellinger, right tackle, and Pen- Wartime Forest Fire Prevention cam- dig, a back, both from Glenn Academy, peign and common band tools used In together with Dusenbury, a back with fire suppression by the Forest service. City Wm Seek State University Florence, and Glasgow, an end with Harding High, of C!harIo(te. completea the all-opponents team. The Bulldogs, who ended their sea son with elevsn victorlea without a In preparing the questions, special attention has been given to bringing out the products of our wood using industries. Pulpwood, for instance, will be shown not only in connection mitrn tha won the undisputed high school ebam-'source bt cellulose from which come pionship of South Carolina. The team plastics, rayon and explosives. Ranger placed two players, Carol Cox and Smith sUtes that the uses of wood By the Senate Ti^ MarshaO' oh the' all-star South Carolina team that defeated the North Carolina all-stars Dec. 2 in the na tion’s only high school bowl game. Bsa 09x Mfd Manhair irarr by sport writars as members All-Carolinas team. This week Oox took occasion to deny a report that he had arranged to enter North Carolina University next tall. C!ox declared that he had ehhien of the Among the large anthorixationa in the $600,000,000 program of postwar improvements to rivers and harbors approved by the senate la Washtogten [.j ’Tuesday was one for $26,000,600 for the Santee, Congare* and Water** river development This la the bill which aronsad the people of Kershaw, Sumter, Lee, Richland and other counties to a frensy of protest so far as the Ck>n- garee, Santee and Wateree river fea ture waa concerned, Especially that part relating to the Buckingham T.andtng dam constmetion. Th* bill peaeM by the Senate eliminates the Buckingham Landing project and now the residents of the area are seeking to have a flood control and navlgBtlon project listed. liie henate rejected the St. Law rence seaway project 66 to 26 bat it la baliared that the President, who is back of the seaway project will hav* it brought up ag^ in the new senate in January. Prasldant Rocsevelt regards th* St. Lawraaa* waterway prajaot aa logleal aad tearltabla. ’The seoraa of tarasers, cattle maa aad hunbersMB who have bean fi^t- lag tha Backlngham landtag dam project tooth aad nail and who flood ed their Waahiagtoa ragraaantativ** with pfotaats agateat tha dhrafnl suits should the eoeatmeied are glaaful that tha project haa h delated from tha MIL New they propoaa to-ooaeaatrat* an a fload coa< trot provision for the Watarea rtvar County Jail Is . Empty—First Hme In Quarter Century by tbe armed Toreas wilt atso be brought out and Intarastlng slde-llghta on specific uses explained. Of inter est. also, will be the questions dealing wRh ■ the WKftbgiB Foraet Ftra Prerao- tlon campaign, tn connection with which literature and posters will be distributed, and the common cauaea of woods firss cited. The contest will be held in both white and colored schootfe. Selection made no ptan* regardtnr hbt 1646-46; of the schools was baaed on Mm wood* affiliation. Hugh (Shot) Cox, an ohler{fire problem and on tb* date of th* brother, played on the North Carolina University team. For the first time in the nearly 26 years that Sheriff J. H. McLeod has bean in oftlea, tha Kershaw coonty Jail is without a tanaat Every cell door in this fine modem stmetnre swings on its binges, none being caught and locked. "Prosperity and plenty of money In the pocket" are tha reasons for this attar abaenca of vagraata or felons from tba McLeod hdstlery. At least that is what Sheriff Mac says and ha ought to know. "Tea sir," said SheHff McLeod, "we miss our boarders and lodgers he- caose those wa arrest have sufficient cash available to pay thsir finaa, and thus escape a Jail altamattva. ‘’It’s most nnosoal and tha first time in tha nearly 26 yaara I have been te office that ft baa happened thia way," ha continued. "Back a few years wh«ni a arrested a fallow for aome of- tansa, ha went into the Jug and re mained there, beeauaa ba dU not have tha money to pay his fine or post Ms baud. Today it la different All tha boys earn good money aad if they stray from th* path of rlghtoousn* a wao bit aad aro pickod up hy Joha Law. they havo tha aaceasary Bu to wio^ out with payment of a last conservation program, (bounty Ranger Smith explained that every effort la made to hold soma kind of forestry program in each community annually. To data five xpoviea have been held, and 24 scboola cooperated in conducting programs during Con servation Week. Contestants for the qnis contest will ba selaetad by the principal from stn dents in the 6th and 6th grades or. In larger schoola, from those in the 6th to the 12th grade. Each contestant will be given three questions, each of which will hav* a valna of 100, partial credit win be allowed for incomplete answers and ijaa wiU ba ran off. Berkley SoweD vs Meets Death In Auto Accident Staff Sgt Berkley Sowell of Be- thupe, statlooad ht Morris Field, was killed in an antomohila accident in Anderson coonty Sunday morning at 4 o’clock. Ha had bean at Moirls Field lor tha last three years, aad nude his home at Stonewall Jackson A meeting of business and profes sional men and women, as well as In terested citlxens has been called for Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock at th* council rooms for the purpose of for mulating a campaign to bring tbe University of Sooth Carolina to this community. At this nreettiig a cninralrtee will be named to contact all members of tbe board of trustees of the state univer sity and outline to them the advan tages Camden haii to offer aa a site for th* state institution. It was stated this morning that Camden can offer a cultural, healthy Mid pliyileany perrgct'setting for the- university. The local activity resulted from the announcement that the traiteea of the state nnlvarsity have voted in favor of relocating the institution. Hby Get Dir^ Route To Chicago Plana B«inf Mada To Plano Sorrico To Midwoet —.j' , f -4 Camden people who are enthoalastlc over air tramportation are showing marked Interest in the reported plau for an extension of airline route ha- tween Columbia and Chicago. Sneh a route, taking in Detroit, wOl be provided if a recommendation from the etm aeronautics board Is con sidered./ The Delta Alrllnee and the Eastern Air Linee are being consider^ ed aa the extansions to permit of through plana sarrlea between FlorMa and the midwest. This recommeudation would provid^* senrloe between Cb^fa^^o and MUmi by Joining Eastern's Miami-New York route at Columbia. It would Mao provide service from Delta betiyeen Chicago and Atlanta, JofaUng tha oons- panjr’s Cteclnaa'tl-Atlanta rout* at ClnelnnatL Sergeant Sowell is survivad by hia wifa, a son. Dallas, one brother, First Sgt. Moody Sowell of FUrt Jackson, a^ MM sMtar. Mrs. F. T. Campbell of Cbarlott*. N. C. Funeral sarvicsa wUl ba held this afternoon at Ninth Avanaa Bi^Uat church at 2:26 o’eloek, and Dr. A. B. Wood, pastpr, will aCflciata. Ha will ba aairiated by Chaplain J. R. Scott. Jr„ of Morris FtoM. Interment will ha te Sharon MaBorlal park. Candlefight Service At Biyitist Qiurch Cm Sanday night, December the 11, at I o’clock, there will ba a (Jhriat- ma* CandlMlght eerviea hold at- the Flint Baptist Church of Chtniden. Uda program is being ooadnotad undar tha dlracUon of the Trainliig UnJon of th* chnreh. The public Is extended a eordlal te- ▼itation to attend this impressive ▼lee. 0