The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 16, 1945, Image 3
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THE CAMDtW CHBOWICLI. CAMDEM. tOUTM CAKOLINA. FHIDAY, ri»»UAWY t«, l*4S
Cmrectioii
Throai^li « typographical error the
openiag paragraph In the Red Croea
atory appearing in the Chronicle last
^E^eek was somewhat unintelligible.
The paragraph should have read
•'While the recent meeting of the Red
Cross chapter here was the 28th,
the actual 28tb birthday of the local
organisation will be on May 14, 1945.”
KERSHAW LODGE NO.. 29, A. F. M.
Y Regular Commanication.
A First Toeaday' of Each
Month. At 8 P. M. Yisitors
Welcome.
L. H, JONES, W. M.
c. J. OUTLAW, Secretary
EMi TIAME
FINGER or PHONE!
By the earh, a simple flicker of the
finger brings POP'S CAB to a halt
But In the evening .. .
WHEN YOU’RE
INVITED OUT
P^one 696-R
and he will take you where you’re
going—bring you back whenever
wanted . . . and you can forget
about that empty gas tank In your
own
POP’iS’ CAB
Coanty.Aoditor
Receives Purple
Heart FVom U. S. A.
Fred M. Ogbum, Kershaw county
auditor, has been awarded the purple
heart, the citation coming over a
^quarter of a century after his being
wounded in the first world war.
Ogburn, who was a member of the
118th Infantry, SOth division, was
wounded Oct. 8, 1918, when struck
by a shrapnel fragment during the
battle of Montbrhen in Prance. He
was struck in the right side and was
hospitalised for four weeks in Prance.
Camden News War
“Newspaper” Enters Field
(Continued from first page)
America but In foreign lands.
The paper is in no way intended
to compete with the well-edited home
paper that many boys are receiving,
but Is Intended more or less as a
letter from home with no advertise
ments but articles of general Interest.
At the meeting Monday the sponsor
ing group all donated sufficient funds
to guarantee the first Issue of the
“News.” Since that'time there has
■been a spontaneous expression of co
operation throughout the city. Banks,
business bouses and individuals have
all expressed a. desire to assume a
sponsoring role.
The Chronicle is happy to assume
a part of the responsibility in this
worthy, undertaking, and has offered
to print the cover pages and also con
tribute cuts of scenic views and of
service men to'the issues.
The "release” feature that brings to
The Chronicle a report on all service
men from Camden and Kershaw coun
ty who may be transferred, promoted,
wounded or killed, will be placed at
the disposal of the News staff for
incorporation in the service men's
paper.
Drive Carefully—Save a Life.
Camden Soldier
In Unit That Put
Trains To Patton
Sft; . Doc. Miller Participatea
In "Thrlitinf Feat In
France.
COMPLEXe CAR SERVICE
DONT WAIT TIL
THIS HAPPENS!
• When your car's a wreck—not through
accident, but neglect, it's too late for even
“major surgery" to save it! Better drive
it around here while there's still a chance
for us to save its life with expert repair
and the best available parts.
Myers’ CWage
Eaat DeKalb Straot
PboM 47
The Chronicle has received a copy
of a tabloid paper issued by Ameri
can forces in Belgium which was sent
to relatives here in Camden by Sgt.
r>oc. C. Miller of Hp. Co. 740th Rail
way Operators Battalion.
Sergeant Miller went overseas last
August and landed in Ehigland. He
is the cook of his outfit but manages
to get in a few licks at fighting the
Germans. He lives on a train which
carries his unit through Belgium in
maintaining the railroad lines of com
munication for the American forces.
The article sent here by Sgt. Miller
is entitled G. 1. Railroads and tells
of the soldiers who run the trains
on the continent and how different it
all is from working on the Seaboard
or Southern.
Sergeant Miller is with the unit
that made up the scores of trains used
by General Patton in his invasion of
German-held France. Last August 14,
when the drive started. General Pat
ton said that he could reach Paris in
a non-stop run if he bad 31 railroad
trains of ammunition, gasoline, oil
and lubricants turned over to him at
Le Mans within 14 days. At that time
the army had no railroads running
from the supply dumps in Normandy
to LeMana. The closest point the G.
I. locomotives could reach was Ma-
yenne, 50 miles away. The main lines
extending the rest of the way to Le-
Mans were bombed beyond repair.
The 740th Railway Operating Bat-
Ullon was given the Job of getting the
trains to Patton.
The G. I. group pulled into the de
serted town of Mayenne Aug. 15 and
went straight t6 work in the rail
road yards. During that day and night
they loaded and coupled together
enough cars to make several quarter
of a mile long trains, each one the
equal of a four mile truck convoy.
Scouting parties started to comb the
countryside between Mayeene and Le-
Mans. They managed to find enough
stretches of rusted roundabout second
ary routes, winding off the useTess
main lines, to carry the load through.
Late that night the first train pulled
out from Mayenne with its headlight
cutting through the ^rkneas.- Bpeed
at that point was considered more
important than military security. Snip
ers and machine gunners fired at. the
cars and at the men in the locomotive
but the train reached LeMana safely.
For the next five days all the trains
at Mayenne moved forward. Luckily
there were enough cars to move all
the supplies that were brought ht, and
from the Normandy beachhead. In
those days the 740th delivered 36
trains to Patton instead of 81 in 14
days as he had requested^
Class Confirmed
At Local Church
Bishop Ehnmett M. Walsh, Charles
ton, confirmed a class of 16 candidates
at a service held last week, Wednes
day. at 7:S0 o’clock at the C!atholic
church of Our Lady of Perpetual Heli^.
Assisting the Bishop were Monsig-
nor Martin Murphy of Columbia, Rev.
J. P. Clancy of Sumter, Rev. Louis R.
Williamson of HartsvUle, and Rev.
Edmund Bnrke of this city. Rev. Fath
er Clancy of Sumter, was maater of
ceremonies.
Following the confirmation service
s reception for Bishop Walsh was held
in St Mary’s halL This part of the
program was under the direction of
Mrs. W. F. Buckley of Camden and
Sharon, Conn., whose daughter, Miss
Maureen, was one of the members of
the confirmation class.
Mrt. BucUey entertained Thursday
at luncheon for Bishop Walsh at her
home, Kamachatka.
Red Cross Notes.
Sadie K. vonTresckow
On Monday ev<»nlng. Feb. 26. 1945,
The Story of a Hospital Ship, will be
broadcast from the Charleston Port of
Embarkation. ' Tune in at 8 p. m.,
Columbia Broadcasting S>^tem. to the
Vox Pop program.
The President’s proclamation desig
nating March as Red Cross Month and
1200,000,000 for the National quo'a
for 1946, was displayed in the Fashion
Shop window. Also on display was
the Nursing Servicq jjp.ster. These
attracted much attention. The model
for our War Fund poster cover was
Sgt. Norman H. Gaillard of Willlams-
ton. 8. C., a husky M. P. who is now
overseas. Sgt. Gaillard has posed for
several Red Cross posters portraying
the typical Yank.
J. Franklin Whitman of the Graph
ics Section staff who designed and
painted the original poster for use
In the War Fund drive next March,
regards Gaillard as the perfect type
of the average GI.
“He seemed to me to be the very
embodiment of all the traits possessed
by our fighting men.” the artist said.
“He is young, gay and idealistic, but
the lines of his face are hard and
lean. He has the stamina that can
take it or dish it out?”
We have been Informed by National
headquarters that the four major net
works have given Indication of their
willingness to make February 28 Red
Cross Radio Day. similar to Red Cross
Radio Drfy last year. These networks
are: National Broadcasting Co.. Blue
Network, Columbia Broadeasting Sys
tem, and Mutual Broadcasting System.
This all-out coverage of the four
major networks will be as follows*
They will devote some portion or all
of every one of their commercial and
sustaining network programs to ap
peals to the public In support of the
1946 Red Cross War Fund •campaign
Red Cross Radio Day Is a cooperative
effort of the radio Industry and com
pletely separate and apart from our
regular radio appeals through the en
tire month of March. This has the
complete approval of the Office of
War Information, which has offered
Its full cooperation.
While you do not have a radio sta
tion within your chapter Jurisdiction,
we felt that this information would be
of value to you in relating your cam
paign pnblicity to * this program.
John C. Wilson, Mgr,, S.eastern area.
The chapter has accepted with re
grets the following resignations; Rev.
Douglas McArn as secretary of the
oaecutlvo-boardr- -Mhtr ffeien Harmon,
captain of the motor corps, and Miss
Oliver Whitredge, co-chairman with
Dr. Humphries of First Aid.
John deLoach
Home On Laurens
Court Is Sold
Purchased By Charley Ruoaell,
Whe Wat Burhedout of.—
Home Last Week.
Charles Russell, member of the
Camden fire department, whose home
on Haile street was almost completely
destroyed by fire recently, has purch
ased the John K. delxwich home on
Laurens court and will occupy it the
middle of the month.
Mr. Russell has disposed of the
property on Haile street to Peter
Komus, who resides next door.
The sale of the deLoach home on
I.,auren8 street has occasioned deep
alarm among the friends of Mr. and
Mrs. deLoach and family that they
may not return to Camden to reside.
FYlends however who are in touch
with them state that they did not
expect to return: until after the war
is over, but they definitely will then
It Is reported that Lt. delx>ach plans
to remodel and renovate the delxmch
home on Lyttleton street, one of the
old aristocratic dwellings of ante
bellum days.
Buy War Bond* and Stamps
Clarkson Store
Open For Business
On Broad Street
Resplendant in white paint with
blue trim, the new store of the Clark
son Supply company, located on Bn)ad
street between the Parian Beauty
Shoppe and The Chronicle building,
is now open jgjjbLgUPObllc.
The attractive retail shop, under
the management of W. A. Marshall,
carries a substantial line of Goodyear
tires, auto accessories and hou8<^old
appliances. As soon as available, a
full line of General Electric appliances
will also be placed on sale.
The store is equipped with new
counters and wail fixtures upon which
merchandise is attractively displayed.
Sparrow Store Improved
l..aying of a new concrete floor In
the Barney Sparrow store on Rutledge
street has contributed greatly to the
appearance of this place. Mr. Sparrow
has re-arranged the interior of his
place of business adding greatly to
the service offered his customers.
Poultry Manure
Poultry manure i.s richer in plant
nutrients than is any other farm
manure, but it is not a balanced
fertilizer. It needs additional i>hoih
phonis and potash.
Big Truck Stolen
Frogi On* Company
A tractor and trailer belonging to
the Pat On- Transportation line, Rut
ledge street, was stolen from the
parking area of the truck line Sunday
noon of last week and to date no trace
of the missing vehicle has been found.
The tractor unit was of the White
line and the trailer a Great Dane
make. It Is reported (hat a negro and
a soldier were seen in the truck as it
passed through the business district
'The equipment was later recovered
at Chester, where it had been aban
doned.
CARROLL H. JONES, State Manager
The
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance
Co
pany
OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.
ANNOUNCES THE RETURN, OF
W. SHANNON HEATH
i4« Repreaeniative at Camden, South Carolina
Office 622 E. DeKalb St. (Dr. Andrew B. Whitaker’s Office
Building), Phone 231
Farm Wages
Farm wages are reported high
terma of milk; 2,173 pounds of mitt
were required to equal a month’a
wagea In 1M3.
We cannot sell you a New Passeng'er
Car, but we can do the next best thing...
sell you a New Motor for your DODGE or
PLYMOUTH CAR, We get a limited
number of Dodge Trucks, but not (enough
to go around, but if you have an old truck
we can install yoti a new motor.
/
• X
WE HAVE A NEW SHIPMENT OF SEAT
COVERS — SEVERAL SETS FOR FRONT
SEATS ONLY.
We are prepared to service your cars
or trucks in our shop. We use only GENU-
INE FACTORY PARTS and we have
skilled mechanics that can diagnose and
repair your car troubles.
We have for aale TWO USED CHEVROLET BOD-
lES, ONE MOTOR TRANSMISSION, DIFFERENTIAL,
etc., and a food many Used Parts for Plymouth and
Ford Cara. - ^
Service Motor Co.
C, O. Stofner, Manager
TelepboM 109 1119 Broad StroaC
NOTICE
To Our Electric Customers:
WPB ORDER NO. U9 PROHIBITS THE USE OF ELECTRICITY
FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
7.
(c) Prohibited uses. No person shall use electricity for any of the
following purposes:
Outdoor advertising and outdoor promotional lighting.
Outdoor display lighting except where necessary for the conduct ^
of the business of outdoor estf^lishmeiits.
Outdoor decorative and outdoor ornamental ligihting.
Show window lighting except where necessary for interior illumi
nation.
Marquee lighting in excess of 60 watts for each marquee.
(Xztdoor sign lighting except for: ,,
(a) Directional or identification signs required for fire and police
protection, ^traffic control, transportation tenninals or hos
pitals; or directional or identification signs for any similar
essential public services the lighting of which is specifically
certified to be necessary by local public authority. Certifi
cation shall be made in writing to the appropriate electric
' supplier and need not be in any iwrticular form;
(b) Directional or identification signs using not tnore than 60
watts per establishment, for doctors and for hotels, and other
pabHc lodging establishments.
Municipal Utilities
Camden,^ South Carolina