The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 19, 1945, Image 1
Camden Mayw CSves Strong
VOLUME aa
Kennedy Suggests Early
Steps To Secure Market
mOAY, JANUARY 19, 1945
Says That Buildmg Can B«
. Secured in the Downtown
\
If Hoqm Member R. M. Kennedy,
Jr., of the Kershaw delegation carries
tbroagh with his plan, soagested to
the delegation at a meeting Janaary
8. the farm women of Kershaw county
will have a curb market suitably
housed in a convenient location in
the business district of the city.
Mr. Kennedy believes that a club
or curb market is an immediate ne
cessity in Camden, holding tha'i the
rationing program of the government
has increased the need of just such
a program of retailing of farm pro.
dues. The only commodity that comes
under the rationing requirpments that
has boon la sviAance on curb markets
is butter. Oreea vegeUbles, pickles,
etc., are not rationed.
Mr. Kennedy suggested to the mem
bers of the delegation that immediate
steps be taken to secure a downtown
building for a cluh market. Such a
building can be quickly arr&nged to
take care of the market requirements.
In the effort to find a suitable loca
tlon Mr. Kennedy has requested Mayor
McCorkls, J. C. Swing of the Chamber
of Commerce, Mrs. Oscar Smyrl of the
farm wbftens erganlaatibn and Miss
Mariaret Fewell, home demonstration
agent, to accompany him on a tour
of the cHy in the immediate future.
At the delsgaUon conference, Mr.
Kennedy asbmitted another suggestion
which la of great interest to the
public, particularly thoae in the Pla^
area. Ha suggested, be sUtes, that
an appropriatloii be made to match a
similar appropriation ,Jrom the Mt
Plagah rssideata, to acect a communi
ty building at that locality. It Is un
derstood that an appropriation of $600
may be provided In the aupply bill
for this purpose. *
Ths_ heads of the different depart
menis •ounty govemment ap
peared before the delegation at the
special meeting and made their ap.
plication for thetr respective depart,
menta. Some Increases were reqneat-
ed.
Governors Asked
To Aid In Recmitin
WACa For Hospl
ine
tab
With Army casualty Hats steadily
increasing and because of the critical
shorUge of Army nurses and technic
ally trained Medical Department per
sonnel, General of thb Army George
C. Marshall. Chief of SUff, U. S.
Army, announced today the start of
a new and vigorous recruiting drive
to enlist Waca for the newly created
Women's Army Corps Medical Units
for service at the Army’s 60 General
Hospitals in this country and called
upon the Governors of the 48 States
and the Commissioners of the District
of Columbia to exercise their leader
ship in aiding this vitally urgent pro-
graai.
Women qualified for training as
medical and surgical technlciana, cler
ical workers and other skilled women
are urgently needed to fill these hos.
pital units to aid In the care and re.
habilitation of returned soldiers and
release able-bodied men from technl.
<'al and administrative duties. More
than 8,000 additional Waca are reqnlr-
**<1 for this purpose.
In his letter to the Governors and
Commissioners rvking for local aid,
Qeneral Marshall said: "The care' of
the increasing numbers of casualties
returning to the United States, togeth
er with the aente shortage in nurses
and hospital personnel genmrally, ne
cessitates urgent measnres being tak-
on to recruit and rapidly train women
for service in Army hospitals, '^e
urgently need WAC units for our 60
General Hospitids. Your leadership In
recrutthig thsM' women will be of
kreat service to the Army.”
The plan Is to assign s company of
100 women to each of the 1,000-bed
hospitals and an additional company
(mease turn to pege Ire)
This Lad ReaUy
Grateful For Aid
Given His Effort
BiDr
Fifth Grade Is
Winner In'Waste
Paper Tourney
Ricliard Eichel Factor In Win.
.Individual Honors To Bill
Salmond. *
Bill Salmond. a student in Miss
Oliver’s 7th grade at the Camden
Grammar school, turned -In 8.868 lbs
ot waste paper in the salvage paper
drive ending January 8 in the Camden
school contest and enabled his room
to finish sec(md in the grammar and
Pine Tree school nnlta In the event
with a total of 11480 pounds.
Through the fine work of Rickard
Blchcl, a pupil in Mrs. Boykin’s 8th
grade room, who turned in 2,188 lbs.,
his room was able to finish first in
the waste paper derby with a toul
of '4,811 pounds.
The total number qf pounds ot'
waste paper collected by the grammar
school was 28,711 while the Pine Tree
school trailed with a total of 21,984
pounds. Patricia BnrUs, who is
Mrs. James Darby's class led In the
Pine Tree school compeUtRm with
768 pounds with the class total oi’
870 pounds.
'The following were the records
the students, together with the classei
and teachers in the granunar schoo
competition: Haskell Raley. Mills, 80
pounds, class total 631 pounds; Annie
Craig. Boykin, SO. 166; CharlM Me
Gutrt, Zemp. 29. 686; Joe Cline,
Phelps, 208, 978; Alice Dymock, Team,
74. 863; Jimmy Jones, Zemp, 667, 670
PatrlcU Knight, McLeod, 282. 2.288
Mary McLain. O’Cain, 329, 1,978
Martha Smith. ’Taylor, 761, 2,774
Jimmy Hall. Dempster, 600, 1.806;
Richard Eichel, Boykin. 2.181, 4,811;
Jobnoy Kornegay. -Guy, 100, 1,170;
Sammy Laney, mtta, 59. 687; Shan
non Ziegler, Montgomery, 489, 2,840;
Cleatns Godwin. Boykin. 826, 861; Bil
Salmond. Oliver. 2.866, 4,798; Billy
Nell. Schenok, 164, 724; office 1.228.
In the Pine ’Tree s^ool, the stu
dents, teacher and totals were: Volya
Branham. Pearce, 165, 266; Shirkey
Gardner, Baird. 11. 28; Berta Rum
phries, Hiason, 6. 17; James Hasty,
Richards. M, 298; Patriola Baras,
Darby, 766, 870; Sylvta David, Phelpa,
III. 600.
Ilie Camden High school reported
total of 885 pounds collected.
nt To Community Building As MemoriaL
NUMBER 44
McCorkle Was Original Man
In Such Post-War Project
March of Dimes
Campaign Work
Is Mapped Ont
PresHient’s Ball To Be Held
Jan. 29, at Gymnasium.
Points To His Suggestion Made
Many Months Ago Regard
ing Building.
Sgt. Httman In
Famous Regiment
In Rhine Battle
Kershaw Youth Was A Mem
ber oi the Touted 398th
Infantry.
Thankful For
To Show His
PatriotlsaiL.
Billy Salmond. the 18 year old Cam
den lad who collected 2.862 pounds of
waste paper la the- drive just closed
J" public schools, is a grateful
little chap.
Billy called oa the Camden News
R.*uJ!** made the request that
public scknowledgemeet be .made to
the Kershaw County Council of De*
Snpt. J. o. Richards. Jr., and
^ t^u pedple who saved their
paper tor htoL He Is grateful
i“*,D®f«»*a/CoimcU and to Snpt
b«csuse thay offered him the
opportunity of doing hie shMO la the
war effort ' 1
“Hr Persoaally ootlectdd all of the
** and tied H
H te ths spNctlsa qeater.
• winnwsid/ chap, very
we sredkt a fine fh-
Top Sgt. John W. Pittman, who re
sides nesr Kershaw, a member of
the 398th Infantry regiment of the
100 (Century) Division of the U. 8.
Army, will never forget the baptism
of fire he received when his com-
msnd went into action for the first
time on one of the toughest sectors
of the Long Sis^th Army Group Front
in Eastern France..
The enemy held prepared positions
in dense forests. ’liieir dugouts were
deep, covered with logs and well
camouflaged. Their artillery was
placed on the monntainoos heli^ts
that rose above the forest level. Tank
troops, booby traps and land mines—
many of the latter Ingeniously fitted
with trip wiree. blocked the barrow
routes and paths through the forest.
Against military obstacles like these
against a fanatic enemy^ and in weath
er conditions that included rain and
snow and .afikle-deep mud, the S98tli
proceeded without delay to help take
Baccaret, to croea the ewift flooded
Menrthe river and to press the Nails
back further toward the Rhine.
The S98th Infantry, with other nnits
of the Ceotory Division was activated
at Fort Jackson In November, 1948. It
participated in maneuvers in Ten
nessee and later at F(^ Bragg.
Later, overseas, the regiment proved
that It learned Us lessons well, for In
the dii4e on Raen L. Bstape, a strege-
tic town on the 7th Army ftont, the
regiment smartly out-maneuvered the
Nasis’ prepared defense and took the
high ground which surrounded the
town and commands a stretch of ter
rain to the eaet-r-the direction to the
Rhine.
T.B. Association
Is Seeking Nurse
The Kershaw County Tuberculosis
association Is seeking a secretary and
nurse. Miak Frances Pratt, who baa
been in charge of thle office slnee
August 16. 1944, resigned suddenly
when she was called to her home ont
of the city by serious iUnses of her
family. Mrs. Hughey Tlndal. presi
dent m the County association. , states
that a^ucceasor has not been named.
The asBoefatlon Is receptlTe to ap^-
eationa from qaaUflad partias.
Mlsa Pratt saooaeded Mrs. Alloa
Bahra. who wa^ln eharga af tha
ssansliftiT aettvUlss for aaveral yaara
and waa dins of the outataading opera-
tlvea hi tha
1k (rilHr: * J had iMy set
mcisf frtjsdkdlflifkmMs rsfi!^
The Skipper U Enthused
Over Plan of Business Man
Mt Moriah Oinrdi
Seeks To Raise
A Venew Fund
OHerinf At 79th
Serrioe To Bo Utilisod.
Would Utilise Tormer Cadot
Chib For A Community
The Mt. Moriah Baptist church, oor-
ner of Broad and York streets, will
observe its 79tb anniversary on Sun
day, Jan. 28th, with an appropriate
program.
For a number of years the church
has been observing the annual anni
versary with a special service, this
being done to memorialise the found
ers and to familiarise the young peo
ple with the sacrifice and progress
that baa attended the church life.
The program for Sunday. Jan. 28,
will begin wit^ a service in tbe morn
ing at 11:80 o’clock when the pastor.
Rev. J. W. Boykin, will preach, telling
of the progress of the church during
the 79 years it has been in ezisteace
The main service will tetb'place at
8:80 o’clock In tha afteraoon at which
time Hoif. R. M. Kennedy, Jr., mem
ber of. the county leglslarive delega-
tlon. will give an address. This serv
Ice will be interspersed with old time
jubilee and spiritual singing.
At 7:30 p. m. the day’s program will
come to a close with seports from
the'various auxiliaries and leaders of
the clubs.
It is hoped that the offering to be
taken up at thla anniversary occasion
will aggregate the goal of |1,000,
which it Is hoped to raise toward a
fund to brkk veneer the church
building.
Rev. Henry Collins
Chairman Kershaw
District Boy Scouts
At a meeting Wednesday might, Jan
uary 19, of the Kershaw District Com
mlttee. Boy Scouts of America, Rev.
leury Collins was sleeted to be the
District Chatrman for 1948. Rev. Col
ins succeeds V. T. Miller who is be-
ng transferred away from Camden by
tha Company with whom he Is now
oonnected. Mr. Miller has served
oyally and tsithfnlly mi the commit
tee for the pest few years and will be
greatly mlsaed in Scouting here.
Field Bhcecntlve W. B. Candler, Jr.,
mad ea report tp the CqmmHtee on
the Scout and Cub Seout membership
as of Deoember 81. 1944. He reported
that Karahaw Coanty domi the year
with 107 white Scoute, 104 Negro_
foonts. and 84 Cuba. Ha also rapertsd
that tha eounty now had six white
Troopc. foar Negro Troope. and <mo
White Cub Pack. All of teeae figures
show an increaae as of tha clooe of
the prerleas year.
(3ift .McKfln, in charge 6f Advance
ment for the District,
msds.plans for a ooanty-wlde rioard
of Review end Court of Honor which
la to ^ held dnriag Boy Scout weMt
oa ITMuy Mc Vkhnaty 9th
and pU Beeats . gf Espshaw Ouan^
luy viptenr.hiiete thla BoaH
Coart cC-Honor,,
Tho non aM«tSig 4f tho Distried
la M bo hold 9 the
t la
By the Skipper
A comprehensive well-rounded pro
gram of recreation has been launchod
at Lancaster, a large room in tbe
basement of the Preebyterisn church
being put in shape to serve as a center
for the project.
A prominent Lancaster matron
agreed to act as director of the project
and she is being accorded tbe support
of a group of Lancaster women, who
will take turns in being on the job.
No pains are being spared' to make
the program attractive so that men,
women and children will be Interested.
A big tire place has been built Into
the room, providing a place for wiener
and marahmallow roasts and activities
of a Jike nature. Provision is made
for numerous games. Two full else
shuffle board courts, two ping pong
tables, checkers, ring games, punching
bags and deck tennis.
’The Coca-Cola bottling company has
installed a coin-operated machind to
sell drinks and a record playing juke
(Please turn to pege eight)
Lt Sam McCid
Now In the States
As An Instructor
Camden dance lovers will get tbe
thrill of the season at the High School
Gymnasium on Monday, January 29,
when tbe annual March of Dimes Ball
will be given. The famous Charles
Msreno orchestra from Shaw Field
will furnish the music. Dancing will
be in order from 9 p. m. ^intll 1 a. m.
Mrs. Leon Scfalosbnrg will be chair
man in charge of this event.
Dr. A. W. Humphries has bemi nam
ed Kershaw Coanty Campaign Direc
tor of the annual fund appeal and
March of Dimes conducted from Jan
uary 14 through January in Cele
bration of the President’s Birthday (by
Tbe National Foandatton for Infantile
Paralysis.
Commenting on tbe need to rein
force our lines of defense against this
insidious enemy of childhood. Dr.
Humphries stated, ’”I1ie 1944 epidemic
of infantile paralysis was the second
worst outbreak of the disease in its
history in the United States. Fortun
ately, we were os the alert and well
prepared to meet that attack in all
parts of the nation. More than a mil
Hon dollars—or ten million dimes—
contributed by the American people
were spent by your National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysla to provide
tbe best of modem care and treat
ment for all victims of the ^demJe.
Since no one knows where, or how
hard, polio may strike in 1945, we
most again be ready to meet the at-
(PlaaM tin to yagi tmv)
McCoride Cracks
Down On Yags; Says
“Work OrFighr
Polka Inatmctad To Chock All
Habitual of Pool Halla,
Etc.
Marine First Lt Samuel O. Mc-
Casklll, SO. of 407 N. Road St.. Elis
abeth (Hty, N. C., former blocking
back on the Duke University football
team, has returned here from the
Centesl Pacific where he 8erve4 as a
ground officer wHh the Fourth Marine
Air Wlag. His wife, the former Doris
tYUklns. resides at the EUsabeth City
address, and his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
B. A. MeOaakill, Uve at 814 Walnut
St, this city.
Lt McCasklU said ha underwent
enemy bombing attacks on Enlwetok
Adoll. He also served at Bwa, Hawaii
and on Midway.
Lt. McCasklU play«4 on the sUte
champion high school lootbaU team at
Camden High school. He was gradu
ated from Duke University in 1986.
He became manager of the Firestone
Tire and Rubber cooAaay store at
OoMiboro, N. C., and later operated a
gasoline distribatiiig concern hi Wil
liamsburg, Va. He entered the Ma
rine corps In July, 1942, won his com
mission Ih December of that year, and
was promoted to his present rank in
Deoember. 1942.
Mayor’F. N. McCorkle cracked down
on vags and loafers this week when
he instructed Chief of Police Alva
Rush to check all pool rooms and
other places of Kcreation and enter
tainment and examine the credentials
of all suspected of vagrancy or loaf
ing.
Those'unable to submit proof tbat
they are employed in some worthwhile
occupation will, according to the
Mayor, be prosecuted. In addition all
able bodied men not contributing to
the war effort'will be reported to the
draft boards.
“I am not going to permit any male
in Camden who Is physically fit to
loaf on the streets or In pool halls or
other recreation places,” said the
Mayor. “This applies to both the
white and colored people. It id a
case of ’work or fight’ and I have
told (Thief of Police Rush that my
order is to be enforced to the letter.”
Kennedy Aids In
Drawing Up Much
Favored Measure
Would Esampt From Steto Tax
Gas Uaod In Farm Work.
Private Freitag
Is Given Award
Fw Fine Conduct
Private Robert L.- Freitag, son of
Mrs. Alma Fraltag. 209 York street,
this dty and a gradnste of tha Cam-
dan sehoola, has been awarded tho
ABFl'Mimbat tnfUitiTfoaa’B badge for ex-
coadoet in action in Franco
ta December. The award was mado
hr Major Qenaria Horace L. McBride,
geaeral of the SOth In-
AlvislOB. Private Freitag en-
in Iforeabsr, 1948.
Representative R. M. Kennedy. Jr.,
of this city, was one of the represent-
atives named on tbe committee to
draft-a bill to Mempi from tho state
KM tax all gas used in farm traetors
and non-highway farm equipment.
This bill was prspiured by a com.
mlttee made up of Mr. Kennedy, to
gether with SMiators Oressette and
Scarborough and Rep. Hydrtck and
Is now before the House, havinf been
presented by Messrs. Rmnedy and
Hydrlek. It was entered Into the
Senate by a majority of the Senators.
The drawing np of this sU-important
bm foUowed a meeting held In Co-
lumbla last Thursday week and which
was attended by members of the South
Carolina Farm Bureau and the Farm
ers Union of South CaroHna.\
Present firom Kershaw county wore
Bolivar Boykin. Louis L Onion, H. L.
Diuki^ and R. M. Kennedy, Jr.
Blaney School
Does A Fine Job
In Salvage IMve
The Blaney Public school made a
fine record tn the recent waste paper
drive, the pupili brlngtag in a total
of 6.682 pounds of paper. «
Lewis Branham wqn the |25 war
bond for having the largest Individual
coUecUon. Paul Boss, Bobby Watson
and Ivey KeBy aU reeetved $8 In war
savings stamps for their flna work la
the campaign.
And now theHlamr Mheol ehfldrwa
are ready and tag# to stage a tin
lal^ drive site thji mth or in
“Senator Redfearn's post-war plans
for Kershaw eounty are most com-
mendable and meet with my sincere
approval,’’ said Mayor F. N. McCorkle
after he had read in the press of the
several objectivee that Senator W. T.
Redfearn had outlined in an Interview
with a Camden News Bureau repre
sentative.
Mayor McCorkle is able to claim
Just pride in the fact that early last
fall he Issued a statement in which
he strongly urged the construction
of a community building for Camden.
Now that Senator Redfearn hat sug
gested a similar program for tbe eoun-
ty, it is certain that the city and coun
ty can get together on a project that
will give this community one of the
finest structures of tbe kind in the
state.
Mr. McCorkle likes the idea of hav
ing the community building erected
as a memorial to tbe honor^ dbad of
the two world wars. He calls atten
tion to tbe fact that last fall when
he made his. statement regarding a
commanity building he expreaaed a
desire to make Die affair a truly com
munity one. In'that It could be used
for various activities and be made
tbe headquarters for various groups
such aa the Farm Bureau, Farm Wo
men, Boy Scouts, American Legion.
Legion AuxUiary, U. D. C., Red Croas,
etc.
Mr. McCortOe, like Senator Bad-
fearn. believes that part of snch a
buUding should ba an audltortam which
would be large enough to permh of
stage presentations, lyceum course
numbars and mass meetings. Such an
auditorium should be so constructed
M to be aoconstlcally perfect Mayor
McCorkle Is a great believer in the
tine things of life, such as Utorary,
muglcal pud dramatic entortainment
something that Camden has been un
able to'enjoy because of the lack of
facilities for presentation. ’This same
auditorium oould ba used for gradua-
tiem of high school classes.
The Mayor gave emphatic approval
to the other suggestions of Senator
Redfearn, eapeclaUy the oonstructlon
of a club marfeat library, etc.
Flleven Charter
Members Remaiii
Of the Ori^al 21 '
Rotary Club Obsarvna Fortiath
\ Anaiweraary of tho Org-
anisation.
Of the 21 charter members of the
Camden Rotary club who attended
tbe Initial meeting on October 28.
1927, there are but 11 remaining on
the club roster.
This fact, together with pther in
teresting details Incident to Rotary
International, were brought out at the
meeting of the Camden Rotary club
by Marion Heyman, the occasion being
the 40th anniversary of the founding
of Rotary.
Mr. Heyman’s assemblage of facts,
preset!^ In a moat interesting man
ner. offered ODC of the b^t programs
of tho year.
The eleven original men^rs of
(Tamden Rotary named io Mr. Hey.
man’s talk were Dr., J. W. Corbett,
who was Its first president; A. 8.
Karesh, Lee UtUe, A. D. McAra. R.
H. puts. W. T. Redfearn, J. O. Rich
ards. Jr., R. N. Shannon, (Tarl West,
R. M. Kennedy. Jr., and M. H. Her
man. '
The other 9ea charter meipbars
have either left the local club thronidi
death, daparture from the city or
other reasons. Th^-M«: W. L. De-
Pass, Clarence Dunn, J. H. Onthrie,
William Kibg. A. Stanley LlewMlyln,
T. J. Mackin, F. M. Wooten, Bmest
C. Zemp, J. B. Zemp. T. V. Walsh.
At the first meeti^ of the Camden
club th« program waa presented by
delegations from the Columbia, Sum
ter and Florence cluba.
Sgt C. W. Sheorn ^
Receives Second ■
Merit Gtetion
staff £igt. (Tolvln W. Sheorn, 80, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Benton Sheorn of
1910 Lyttleton St, this city, who Is
serving with the veteran 806th Bom
bardment group In Ateland, aa a
waist guBuer, has been awarded his
second air medal for “ezoeptlons^
meritorlotts achievement” it was re
cently annouBced by bis eonunandtig
oftiosr. Col Jamas 8, Sutton of Find
lay. Ohio.
As tho waist gupner of a Flyliig
Fortress, the duties of Sgt Sheorn are
to protect the waist or”oenter soo-
tion” of his aircraft *««* In aa
emergency to be ready to take the
place of the top torrent gunner and
night engineer. He ean handle two
guns, ene on each ilde of the walet
eecUon.
A graduate of Camden High echooL
Sheorn was employed ae an ali^aaa
diepatchar by the’Southern Aviatiou
school prtoc to hie entry Into the amy
atr foreee. ;
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