Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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( PAOS KMlir TMK CAMPKII CHW—ICLl, CAMDlll, lOUTM CAWOUWA, PWIDAY, MAPCH 11, tNt NEWS of Second Ltautcnant William R. Marah of Co. “A” 834th Inf., lat Bn. 84th Inf. Dir.. haa been awarded the Broose Star Medal. Hta father. Mr. BdfEar Marah lives on Route 2, Cam den, S. C. , Pfc. Robbie M. Johnaon, of Sumter, son of Mrs. Juanita Johnaon, of Rt. 1. Camden, recently was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badae for satis factory performance of duty in a ma jor operation against the enemy on the Fifth Army front in Italy. Serving with a machlnegun section in the 10th ‘‘Mountaineer” Division. Johnson assisted in supporting an at- tack and preventing reinforcements from aiding the enemy atUcking a mountain. He entered the army April 18. 1944, at Fort Bragg, N. C., and trained at Camp Wolters and Swift, Texas, and Fort Meade, Maryland. His wife, Mrs. Rudell Johnson, lives on Route 2, Sumter. Having reported at Keesler Field’s unit of the Army Air Forces Training Command, pvt. Wilson Lamb Mills, husband of Mrs. Wilson I... Mills, Ckm- den. is awaiting reassignment to new military duties. A review of his prev ious training, aptitudes, and exper ience. together -with consideration of the military needs M the Army, will determine his new assignment. CapL William Clarkson, 22, Cam den. has arrived at Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No. 2 in Miami Reach for reassignment processing af ter completing a tour of duty outside the continental United States. As a B-17 Flying Portress pilot. Captain Clarkson flew 35 missions while in the European theater of op erations, and was awarded the Dis tinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal with throe oak leaf ctnsters. Son of A. Q. Clarkson, of 1616 Mill Street, Camden, he entered the Army in June, 1942. His wife, Ellxabeth. is a resident of Route 1. Florence, S. C. CpI. Fred M. Ogburn, Jr., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Ogburn, of DeKalb Street, Camden, recently ar- lived in this war theatre of opera tions and received a brief orientation course at this station designed to help him adjust himself to life in a com bat tone. Cpl. Ogburn will soon transfer to his permanent station from which which America’s fighting planes cov er our advance into (lermany. I*rlor to entering the Army Air For res, he was employed as a soda clerk hy the City Drug Co., in Camden. Sergeant Raymond T. West, son of Mr. and Mrs. I.iewis L. West, Hamp ton Street, Camden, has been award ed the Distinguished Unit Citation ribbon as a result of a Presidential ci tation to the Ninth Air Force’s 10th He<'onnals8ance Group. The group, commanded by Colonel Russell A. Berg, of Chicago, was cit ed "for extraordinary performance of duty in action against , the enemy in furnishing vitally' important photo graphs of the beaches on which the Allied Forces subsequently landed on 4 June.” The photographs were re quired by the assault troops to study the shore obstacles and defenses, and had to be of large scale and superior quality. Sgt. West, a clerk in an A-20 night photo squadron, “T” was a gen eral clerk in the Federal Land Bank in Columbia prior to entering service In November 1942. He has been over seas since April 1944. Jesse H. Fletcher, of Kershaw, has been promoted from 2nd lieutenant to Ist in his 31st Infantry Division heavy -weapons company. First Lieutenant Fletcher has been overseas more than a year and has participated in two can\paignn. In cluding the landing on this island last September. His^ wife. Nellie, lives In Kershaw. His parents live on Route 2, pethune, S. C. Fletcher waa a student at the time he joln^ the Army S-Sgt. Kirkland T. Prioe^ 22, of Ciunden. has arrived at Army Air Forces Redistribution station No. 2 in Miami Reach for re-assignment Sgt. Price flew 30 missions as a B-17 bombardier gunner in the European theater winning the Air Medal with five clusters. He is the son of Mrs. G. K. Price, 1322 Haile St., Camden. Pfc. Charles P. Lorick, son of Charles P. Lorick, Sr., route 3, Cam den, has been promoted to the grade of T-S,. it -was- announced-jrecently. Before entering , the service he was manager of his father’s estate and is now serving with an Infantry training regiment at Camp Sroft. Staff Sergeant Colvin W. Shtom, 20 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben ton Sheom, 1910 Lyttleton St., Cam den. who is serving here with the veteran S06th Bombardment Group as a waist gunner, has been awarded his third Air Medal for “exceptionally meritorious achievement” it was re cently announced by his commanding officer. Colonel James S. Sutton, of Findlay, Ohio. As the waist gunner of a Flying Fortress, the duties of Sergeant She- orn are to protect the waist or “cen ter-section” of his .aircraft from ene my fighter attack and, in an emerg ency be ready to take the place of the top turret gunner and flight engineer. He can handle two guns, one on eith er side of the waist section. A graduate of Camden High School Sergeant Sheorn was employqt^ as an airplane dispatcher by Southern Avia- tkm School, Camdqn, prior to his en try Into the Army Air Forces. MR. PARKER PAUL It VISITOR IN CAMDEN Mr. Parker Paul, of the Howard Sclantlflc Laboratory, which has been taken over by, the goTgmment, was a Tisttor In Camden last week at the borne of Major Brallsford. He was letumlng to Boston from, Fort Lander- tble. Fla., where he had been for sot- oral months experimenting and In structing in the use Of radar. Boykin Boykin Mill Pond is fuller than ever before after having been dry since last summer. The old mill house, which had decayed, was taken down, and in its place stand nh^ gates set in ‘ concrete, to faclllti^e raising and lowering the pond. Tm canal leading to the old gin-house has been deepened and widened, and a modern grist mill has been sft up in the gin-house building. At the swimming hole the flood-gates have been removed and a spillway put in their place. Hunting wild cats in the swamps on Sunday afternoons has kept the men of the community busy for the past few weeks, though few of these animals are seen. Also, th^e has been a lot of wild hog hunting this winter. This is done with hounds. Deas Boykin baa topped everyone at deer hunting, killing two by bJmself in one afternoon. 0^ his way back from duck shooting in Smokehouse Pond, he turned his hound and tur key dog loose, and when they came upon deer he shot and killed two of them with the number 4’Shot that he had been using for duckt News from the boys in service comes often. Pfc. L. Deas Boykin, Jr., is in Wales recuperating from a fracture. Pfc. Phil Boykin is in a hospital in France recovering from an arm wound. It Is with deep regret that we leam that Lt. Newton Alex ander was killed in action on the Western Front. Capt., Tommy Alexander is in Bor den General Hospital in Chickashaw, Oklahoma,, recuperating from wounds in both legs. He hopes to be able to come home for a 30 day leave soon. Major Sam Boykin, A.T.C., who has been stationed in Glncinnatl, Ohio, since his return from China, is now in a hospital in Newport, Kentucky, with stosMch trouble. A 'card hag been received from Lt. Burwell B. Capehart from a German Prison Camp, dated December, 1944, saying that he is well. Lt. (Jg) Harry Mustard, Jr., of the U. S. N. R. Medi cal Corps, who has been stationed on Guam, 'has gone with his outfit to Iwo Jima. Major Jimmy Cantey, nephew of Mr. J. W. Cantey, spent a few days in Oamden last week and was a fre quent visitor' in Boykin. Just home from the Pacific, he and his wife are going to a Miami rest hospital before his reassignment. Lt. L. A. Kirkland, home from a tour of duty overseas, with his wife spent a 30-day leave After a wet February, the weather with his mother recently, is settling enough to allow farmers to start getting their fields plowed and ready for the coming season. Because of the shortage of labor, some land still has unpicked cotton on it. This year there will be larger plantings of garden vegetables than ever before, in order to fill lockers rented from the Freezing Plant that has recently opened in Camden. Antioch If you want to hear some interest ing service news, you should have a chat with little Jeanelle Shlvar, whose daddy is with the Seabees in the Philippines. She says. "When he landed, everything he had got awful wet, even his matches and blankets.” She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Shivar. She, her mother, and baby brother are making their home with Mrs. Shivar’s parents for the duration. Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Catoe had the pleasure of having two of their sons home together recently. Jack Catoe^ F2-C, from Gulfport, Miss., and Har- vle Catoe, SM2^, of Fort Pierce. Fla. They have two other sons in the Navy. Hubert Williams, Fl-C, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Williams, has return ed to a convalescent hospital in San Diego, Cal. While on leave, Hubert had the misfortune to fall and injure his head, causing him to spend some MtnA in Camden Hospital end Ajan in the Naval Hospital in Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Weathers had as their guest last Sunday S-Sgt. Rus sell Hare of the Florence Army Air Base. Sgt. Malcolm Anderson of the Ma rines, and son of L. P. Anderson, re cently spent a thirty-day furlough at home. . Mac has been in the South Pacific for thlrty-three months. He is now stationed at Parris., Island teach ing Combat Warfare. Pvt. Georg« - Hinson -spent some time at home recently. He was wounded in the South PacUic and is now stationed at Miami, Fla., in a Convalescent Hospital. Lawrenc^ Arrants, a veteran of this war, iiTnow at home and still do ing his bit for Uncle Sam. He Is working at Shaw Field. Lawrence saw action in Africa. Sicily, and Italy. He wan wounded at Anzio. A prospective bridegroom from our community is Pfc. John J. 8haq>e. We. understand Johnnie wantg to send his Irish Mary to his mother jus.t as soon as Uncle Sam will let him go back to England long enough to attach Mrs. to her name. She'miss ed that by three days when Johnnie was ordered across the Channel. She was enroute from Ireland to England. Bethune Captain Oscar E. Fletcher has re cently been awartTed the Bronte Star medal for service in Italy. His bat talion is now serving with the Sev enth Army. He is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. O. .A. Fletcdier of this county. Lt Jesse H. Fletcher has Just re ceived promotion to First Lieutenant His Dlvlsl^ is now in the East Indies (Noth.). He has participated in-two assanlt landings on enemy held shor es. He Is also the eon of the late Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Fletcher. We have Just received word that Pfc. Robert L. Blackmon has landed in the FhOlppinek from,the Ngther- land Bast Indieg. He s'p^t several dajrs with his brother-in-law, Lt J. i ' vX KINGHAIGLAR AND HIS RELM10N3H1P TO CAMDEN Dear to the hearts of all Camden is the Indian figure of our **pa> tron saint,’* King Haiglar, brave Chieftain of the Catawb^. .Poised as a weather vane, he has presided over every market, or Cily Hall, since 1826, when J. B. Mathieu, a Frenchman noted for his profile, desired and executed the iron figure and presented it to the town. King Haiglar was the friend of the whites and of Samuel Wyly the leading Quaker and a frequent visitor to Camden, (then Pine Tree Hill), between 1750 and 1763. The germ of (Damden was contained in the resolution of the Royal Council of Dec. 3, 1738, so instructed by George II in 1730, to survey a township on the Wateree river. The Catawba Path, now Broad Street, crossed Pine 'Tree creek and the newly planned town Fredericksburg, became the town “Pine Tree Hill*’ surveyed by Jas. Kershaw June 12, 1758, for William Ancrum, a resident of Charleston, and a member of the film of Ancrum, Loocock, Lance and Kershaw. Kershaw, the only one of th^ firm to reside in the new town, became its father, leading spirit and was responsible for all later developments. . - , - About 1750, when Irish Quakers came to Fredericksburg, there were only scattered (homes on plantations and Indian camps, but ^e Quakers spread out on both sides of the river and established a Meet ing House in an enclosure that later became our Quaker Cemetery. A Royal Charter of Incorporation was granted to Camden by King George III, said to have been issued in 1750. The first mention of “Camden** is found in the Act of the Assembly of April 12, 1768, when Court was “established at Camden,** lately called **Pine Tree Hill.** This name was given in honor of Lord Cam den, a British champion of our colonial rights. Camden is indeed “Historic** and has bequeatiied a rich heritage to its children. From the time of the Indian Era and Indian IVairs; the Revolution ary War (within the radius of 30 miles from Camden, 14 engagements were fought during the war>; the War of 1812; The Mexican War; the War Between the States; the Spanish American War; and the.FIrst and Second World Wars, the sons of Camden and Kershaw County have gone forth when duty called, to war at home and abroad for God, Home and Country; “returning with their shields on or upon them.** DEDICATION And to the Sons and Daughters ci Camden in Service today— wherem you^may Jbe, thia page from Memory's Book is Sadie K. vonTresekow. Charlotte-Hiompson Iq the Charlotte-Thompson com munity everyone is getting ready to plant another crop. The Junior Pearce’s have moved to the bouse on the Charlotte Thompson school 'grounds, as the Allen Boykin house haa been purchased by Mrs. Bid- ward Smith, of Coral Gables. Fla., and she expects to occupy it this summer. Mrs. Mattie West had a letter firom her son,. Major Shelton West who has charge of a base ■ In Greenland, in which be aaid he saw a tip of thf sun on January 20th, after months of darkness. His base, where hW men are known as the ‘‘Lonely Men”, is near the Arctic Circle, and haa months of total darkness in the win ter. Mrs. West's other son, Capt. John Carl West, is living with his wife in Washington, D. C.. .where he works In the Pentagon Building and goes to law school three nights a week in George Washington Univer sity. Lt. (Jg) Clay tor Arrants is still In California, and had the pleasure re cently of eating bis birthday dinner with a famous movie star and bis wife. Corporal Frank McLeod, who is in Belgium, wrote borne that he had a nice trip'to Bruasels recently. Corporal C. B. Smith, Jr., when he wrote last to bis mother, was enjoy ing a day of sunshine in France, af ter weeks of snow. Captain William Rush is now sta tioned at Ft Bragg, N. C., and Tech. Sgt 4th grade. Arthur Holland, Is tn Italy with Aviation Headquarters Sig nal Corps, where he has been for tl monUis. Pfc. Lee M. West has rscelved his gusner’s wings at Tyndal Field, fU., and is now at Westover Field. Mane., for more training. H. Fletcher, while stationed there. He is the son of C. P. Blackmon, of *Be- tbune. C^den tWl vRJ Lt. August Kohn, soa,of..Mr. David Kohn, formerly of Greenville, but now of Washington, D. C., and nephew of Mrs. Gus Hirsch, writes that he is Interested in Camden news, especially that concerning his friends in aervlce. He is a graduate of Camden High School, and has been serving on .over seas duty for three years, receiving his commission while in Australia. He has been in Chemlcel Warfare Service on New Guinea . since ^ last April, but was transferr^ to the Philippines. His brother, Capt. Dayid K(An, Jr., baa also been overseas for some time, and Is now serving at the Transportation Headquarters In Paris. He writes interestingly of the condi tions. weather,* and amusements of fered the boys in service. The many friends of T-Sgt Douglas MacMillan Kennedy will be glad to bear that vfter 90 days in a hospital in Bhigland where be was recovering from a wound in the leg. baa return- ed to his Unit in France and has been promoted to 2Dd lieutenant. Holland laeito Writoe Letter To Local Girl liberty HUT " Mr. and Mrs. A. C. (Tureton had their four children with them for the first time in four /ears. Lt. A. C Cureton. Jr., LaJolla, California, Pfc ^hn B. Cu^on. Perry Air Field nortda. Mrs.* J, W. SubletL Peters- burg, Va., and Mrs. J. C. McCutchen, BisbopviUe, S. C. Pfc. W. EL Cunningham, Jr., who Is sUtloned at Camp Stewart; Ga.. spent the week-end at home with his fath er, W. E. Cunningham, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clements. Sr., have recently received a good photo Ptc- John H. Clements, Jr., who is in Prance. He looks well and seems to be In fine spirits. **«ciury B. Cunningham has passed the Naval examlnaUon and is awalt- in^rders to report tor training who was wounded recently In Belgium, Is ro- ported to be convalescing satlsfactor- Born to Fred F. and Mrs. Cnnnlng- I^ember Slst, a IttUe dangh- CPwiInghara and lltUe daughter are living irlS her parents at Canon, Ga. The following Hi, a letter received from h 14 year old iHrl In Holland. - Holland MI Febr. 1946^. Dear Ruby. ‘ * In my bouse la a soldier. Maby you know Um. His name is Elmer. He is a good boy, when be sleep. Tnes- dag he haa came. To<Uy K Is Satur day. Maby he must today away, but I hope not He-sleep lathe night In a bed, not on the floor. He like It On the floor Is too hard. He like to play cards and checkers. My moth er has washed all his elothra. He haa gave me a nke pencil as a sonvenlr. I have three more slaters and two hrothars. We have comb, his hear my brother and L Tou must net look how I write I can oaly a little Eng lish. I finish ttow^T kaow aotMag The mountaineer walked into the ^“ted him to see what ^ ^«t patching np hls^soH! ,^35® ^Prlmanied him se- to’SJ: Shooting hta sSt. The mountaineer replied "W*ii Johiuqr Bnfl L. TerriHed As H( Sees Grid Batde Rgfgra To It la Hk A. A “Fro. For The Camden TjewTssrvw celpt of a letter from Camden boys In BngUai^* ping from a London ptiJi an English sport writer d'* American football game The Johnny Bull’s coveru. game ta a slde-splittlng in part reads as folldvi- “Sixty thousand Amj, their girls swarmed Into City Stadium, Shephwd-, see the U. 8. Army ti. Navy In what General IK scribed during the interval old-fashioned American footi ‘‘Girl cheer leaders from ices pranced In front of t waving megaphones, Incltmt ARMY, Army, or N A V “Meanwhile a free fight h be going on in the center of dium. Twenty-two enormo men in crash helmets vere deadly struggle for an on]' “They wore spiked—clemJ word the Americans strange ginger shorts closely to the thighs and sai Just below the knees, sal Jerseys. “They needed those ptda crash helmets “The object of the gams be to pass the ball to soms ate player, and then for ev to fall on him. "The only thing that mom, wards the goalposts seeim e instinct of self preservatioa man with the ball. “He runs as far as hs ( b« is maimed or killed hy players. "The program seemed gave the names of the 11 Aeamr -4A then^ gave a stltutes’ for each team. “The ‘substitntee’ did not to wait for their call to I “First casualty went to Horrtfied,^ J watched aH across the field with two his bands. But not, u I mop up the blood. “The buckets held towsii for the players still llviag. “Casualties are dealt i, doctor—who.rushes out wig bag—the umpires (spIendU plus fours and striped ak. stretcher bearers. If needti “American football Is pbyglj quarters, not two halves Each team has the baU ‘downs.’ If by that time not made enough ground side takes over. “Before each ‘down’ ths has the ball goes into a h the captain decides who victim to receive the assaults. “Favorite method of aetaM day seemed to be: (1) si a tiger at the man’s th Just shoring so that sheer him down. ^ “The attacker must keep, on) the ground as he tackki the tackle he is usually il ground. “The Navy lost, 20 poHti During the Interval—end it quarter, as they say—baa and the. goat mascot of paraded with the donkey- the Army." X Emblem Displayed As MaA of Service The blue and gold which decorate the many homes and business Camden, have another j service now—that of tha Red Cross. Signifying families’ the 1946* Red Cross War . the criiBaQiL.ccaae ia beHM by several score of vohni will go from home to hoMi toward this year's goal ( Thsse solicitors will remlii ticipants of what their did laat year, and will fa comers to the community Job that lies ahead for Rai year. When the Red Cross sol each home, he hopes to contributor ”sifn^_qa line”" of the national _ card. Then the contrlhutork will go np in the window, sM family will have done Its pvt pnt the 1145 drive over ths k volunteer will carry with him < ials Indicating hta official with the drive. Contributors to the 1941 War Fund irlll also reodvs lapel flag, symbolic *of their with the organisation whkh more than 10,000 workers helping to maintain the morale of our men and a— Dgbtlng fronts and In batds Mwi oversMs are beoor' ®ore aware of the god Cross Is doing, and are wT to remind their parents is the Red CrosA Not only D* sisters, brothers, wives hearts of fighting men wsst the Red Ooes service eirtM windows of their home-'4M to* mew^rant it there, tea Explart New la the United States ttian 70,000 reeearch wo(k«*' IndRstrial laboratories. have! tta “What this country needs.” said thm Place bacon, wHboot stripe, In besTf fryb*! ( •nd c^ over wy low h utee. Remove cover* i •nd continue coddnf, B fa the fat tmtil strips < brown. Eirairi on soft f two or farse strips pef