The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 11, 1945, Image 1
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CAMDEN RDOiCES OVER END OF EUROPEAN WAR
Story of Camden Hospital
Has Been One of Progress
Idea Was. Botn Back In 1912,
T^Mrty-Two Y.
Ago.
By The Skipper
Tomorrow belnf NaUonal Hoepital
B,y It U flttln* that the public of
Cun'deu and Kershaw county, senred
by that outetanding institution, the
Camden Hoepital. be informed fit in
teresting details regarding the start-
Ini of this hospital and of its growth
to the present outstanding Institution,
eomparable with the finest in the
country.
The writer Is Indebted to Mannes
Baruch, hosplUl manager, and to Mrs.
W Ia Ooodale. president of the Wo-
1 men’s Auxiliary, for data upon which
to chronicle Interesting details as
I ctren in the succeeding paragraphs.
■ The original Wea of a hospital in
I Camden was concelred by Mrs. Tbom-
g$ Ancnun. mother of the Thomas
Ancrum. manager of the Camden plant
of the Southern Cotton Oil company.
Mrs Ancrum succeeded in Interesting
captain William M. Shannon in her
idea who was so enthused orer the
matter diat in the fall of lilt be fve-
sided at a masa
ths city and eealy,-fl0
opera hoaae. mi mtt alMbded. This
msrttry wsa for ths pwyoat of dls-
I cMtlag the taeapttal ne^ of the eam-
mSy and out of it giw tho preseat
STiasUttttkMi.
At this meetiic trffleerB and a-iaard
1 of iirsetors wars aasasd aai a *“
itiM s^easai to
laakiBg for a doaoUon of titi
adoftsd. Wheo tbli roaohitloa lioch-
ed Mr. Bsroeb ho iMoailatoly offMo*
a dMMtloB of dm# f<d*
lowtat his
Mr.lbrDeh
bit'
<b.
was changing his gonation
lot pttliN and would asanmo the
Smash Luftwaffe
Shrilling
IMar
§t tto war haa
Goaalral Carl Spaala,
ion Auxiliary
Amonnees foppy
Dff Sales Plans
Orgawigafion awd
HMm To Sail ThaiA
Cm May 28
(ecntlnned oa pagO three)
Creed Camp To
|Be “Rase” For Boy
j Scout Program
popples
Mrs. J.
ISenior Scout ' Ezpaditson
Planed To Bo Held
June 13>19
Plans are being perfected by the
I Central South Carolina Council. Boy
Scouts of America, for a Senior Scout
Erpedition to be held on Che Duke
Power Co. lake from June 13 to June
19 The “Base” camp for the Scouts
will be Creed’s Island which la about
IS mllee abore the Wateree Bridge,
just outside Camden. The Scouts will
take oremipht canoe, boat and hiking
I tripe out ffttlh thia bate camp.
The camp la to be a Council Wide
lactlTity and boyi from tbe nine coun-
tlee making up the Council, will at
tend Thia will Include boys from
Richland, Orangeburg, Bamberg, Barn
well, Calhoun, &luda, Lexington and
! Fairfield countlea as well as those
[from Kershaw.
On a camp such as this, the Senior
[Scouts will hawe an excellent oi^or-
tunity to -put all their Scout skilla
into practice and will learn
practical Scouting and Woodcraft.
Howerer, all wlU oot be work for
there is to be plenty of time allowed
[for swimming, fishing and the like.
[The Scouts will sleep .in Ikrge tents
I furnished by the Connell and meala
*iU be cooked in the house situated
on the bland. A cook, fnmisbed by
the Council, will be on n^nii to do the
cooking but the boys will do some
cooking of their own when out on
oremight trips. Ths only eqnlp-
|nent the boys wfll bring to osap
{will be their okrn blankets and per<
•onai equipment
I Field Scout
lor, Jr., b to be in chari^ of
**^itlon, aaeisted by Soaut Leaders
)n^ Camden and other towns
lurooghont the OouhelL He an-
nounces that tbe Caap^wlU be open
lis ^ Senior Boouts, tbmt b, hoys of
liLi® Foara of nge who an regbt-
♦K aa Senior Soouta with
«• ^ Scout office. AU boya of thb
1^® *"*®het who are not now regist-
lil!?***. Scouts any obtain
l^gjstration blanka for that purpeae
to tte Central South Caro-
Scouts of America,
i-s luiB at. Cotumbla. 8. C.
agiin on Poppy Day, Mar 21,
of the American L^ion
duMeate fhelr beat ef<
dbtiibation of memorial
to the citizens of Camden,
R. Belk, Auxllbry preaMent
ahnouaced thb week. It b eue of
tbe waye in whidi they pay tribute
to apd keep faith with
dle<L^ln tbe nation’s serrice,. saying
as mey fell:
’fTake up our quarrel with tbe foe.
To you from failing hands we throw
Tbe Torch—be yours to hold it high.’’
“The wearing of the poppy has be
come a silent pledge, renewed each
year, that the people of America
havO not forgotten the reeponsibillty
they have been given by their fight
ing men of both wars,” said Mrs.
Belk. “Many of there men have'
given their lives or their health for
ns, and it b with deep gratitude to
them that we set aside a day on
which to honor them and assure them
that we remember our prombe.”
On Poppy Day the women of the
Auxiliary will offer poppies to every
one in Camden. There is no fixed
price for p poppy—^whatever ts given
b welcome. Tbe little boy’s pen
nies and tbe' busineea man's dollar
are equally acceptable. It b hoped
that every citben will be wearing the
ertanson badge by nightfall of May If.
Every cent that b give nfor a pop
py goes toward the rehabUitatloa of
disabled fighting men and to the aid
of the ehlldrea of the dead and dis
abled. These victims of war's dis
aster will be glad to aee the poppies
blooming oa lapels again thb year.
Clanging Church
Bells Tell the Story
Kennedy Says Charges
Against Santee-Cooper
Authority Substantiated
Allied Commander
People Flock To Oiurches To Offer Pray
ers of Thanksriving Over Close
Of The Conflict
^MiriUmf sirens and the wrfld clamor ol church belle wrere
the only notee of rewelry to mar a Sid>bath4ike atillneae in
Camden oa Tuesday, V«£ Day. Tha axr-raid and fire eirena
blew writh frolicaome cadenoa for fire mlmdea while church
belle claaged for a Kka parieA
Within a few mianbee downtown Camden wras lika a
graweyard, ae all storaii, elMpa and offioae cloeed dieir doors
to remain, cloaad for Iko dap.
At 10 Wclock in Ika amming earwicoe of prayer and
thankagiwmg were held in Ike Baptist, Pradbytarian, JewkA
Temple and Medmdist cknrekae. At 10 su aiL and 6 p. m. <apoe->
ial sarwioae of liko natwo wore cendhnrtad m kietonc Grace
Epiecopal churek. At Ao Catkelic churck of Our Lady of Par^
petual Holp, memhen reuse tkrougkont tbe day to offer pray
ers of tkankegrring and prayers far a jnst and lasting
^ Despita the quiefnasi df. this V-E Day, Caaedan n
8*7
Osaeral Dwifkt Dsyli
er hessms ADleA
sMsf Ifsyemhsr I. INt. iaitaig the
Afrteaa sampeign. He
8m Ufk essfg ta WwM War L
HartsviHe Sends_
Group To C^den
To Inspect Plant
with flaga. Ae if by
town
appaayod in mm
in a hriak faroese.
set uS their nUHos from aa early
to Ustaa In on the news Wmks from
all corasrs of the world on this hb-
toflc day of days. The words of
Prssldeat Tnunan, followed by the
^'oee Vboihraadcast of the speech of Winston
^ChtrchlU, were imprsaslve to a de
gree and while breathing words of
deep spprecbtlon and happiness for
the victory In Europe, warned against
over-optiinbm In tbe current tight
against the Japanese.
Over In the city police headquarters.
Mayor P. N. McCorkle aat with Chief
Rush and Officer McManoa Ibtening
to the words bC'President Truman.
’The President spoke for about ten
minutes end at exactly K minutes
after 9 o'clock, aa be completed the
reading of the proclamation, the
Camden mayor arose, turned to the
police chief and said: “Thb b it
Alva,” and seachlng for the electric
button of the police and air raid
siren Installation, puMied it down.
The mayor stood at file switch for
five mlnatee, alternating with the on
and off control, daring which time
tha tireaB proclaimed to the com-
mnnlty within their aoand the fact
(Plaaae tarn U page twelve)
Saturday Post
TeOs Graphic
Story of Fight
pimlDoyr Irwin Undor
MB-
lor Lnndod
.In the last bene of the Satarday
aei^ya~W.~B. Chandrtljyening l^t the feature artlele
- ‘ "by S. C. Foreater,
pent Monahan Is
Wfi^g In Action
C- Mooahan of Brooklyn,
hke of n PAL nag hoshMd of
Jana Van loading
o( Mr. aad Mrs. 8. W.
r Un^hii sC «kla oMF. M ir
[SSiJii*"*** ** avsr 5)imsho.
Moaahoa aad Mlm Yma load-
ban Mat Nmr.
“Part of a Battle,
b the story of a destroysr that was
wUllng to give her life—and cams
within five minutes of do4ng ao to
save the men of gie flaming carrier
Princeton. ^ , ..
It was the story of tbe heroism and
skilled seamanship dts^yed hy ths
nallant commander of the Deetroyw
Irwin, that Commander being DaaM
Byrd Miller, Columbb bom, but who
SMnt hb boyhood in Camden aad
5ho b the eon of Mrs. W. J. May-
field of thb dty.
peopls who bars read the
Satarday Poet story aro proud of
Commander Miller.
The Post Btory is thrilling to the
extreme and ta a redtal of a ^e
of seawsnshipi of wind and westhSTf
sad other natural foresa. It to an
snie of the tea in which Cowngder
iSner look ^
jnws of death-'-'lntD a pqawmn wf
lenhnrdy~’'Vrhieh ho was not
which tas did.
Then are tt .national
tha U. 8.
7th War Loan
Drive To Get
Undttway Mtmday
Win 0# CondiKbnd By Coonty
W. tt
Heymna
The Seventh War Loan campaign
opsM la Camden next Monday, Msg
- ‘ ’ 1*
li, as it opens slmlttltaDeoaBly
evaiy city aad oounty throudtout tho
conntry.
Kershow county's «uota in tho
coming campaign has boon set at
a figure somewhat higher
than that of the last drive.
Chairman M. R Heynun and mem
bers of the stOMing oommittee aro
now Iniring plgns tor tho opentag of
tho —Various oommitteaa
and their quotas will bo announood
shortly, aad Chairman Heyman statoa
that it will take the cooperation of
all If Kershaw county ta to continno
her nnMemtahod record of going
•V>vor-tho4op.”
speaking of the coming war
loan driva, Chrtotla Beast, who
state dialnaan, said that he 'taees
large scale farm baying
forthcoming drive,
fammn of the state, theoi
figures revml. hooght hoaMa In great-
aad in larger amoonta than
aad thia was a vital com
to tho aneeoao of tho
aiislrn.'* Bonot said.
’tKa tho Soreath War Loan
Mr. Barnet enld ho M
that the **peMlotle
m Ma atito wiH again hoy hoada to
■OKV emurm
BMOBoeta of
{e^tortho
'■fW farm
Milt of thota ahUlly mad
an
hPiortaat part ta
Its foots,
of dgUMJMJ
Proclamation
“Tho Hoopitol of Camdea haa
for yeoro afforded to tho mon,
wesMn ond ehildrmi of our, oMy
the beet pooelble heaHh earm mln-
IsteHng to the sick and the In
jured and efferina a unity of fa-
eilltlee and trained personnel
where physleians and surgeons
nuy beto practice their healing
arts.
“In this fourth yaar of tho war,
tho hoepitale of Anwriea aro on
rooord ao having, givtn tOfiOO
doctors and 54,000 nuraos, plus
maoy thousands of other technic
ians and personnel who roeolvod
thoir training in tho hospital, to
tho aorvioo of our fighting mon
on the hattlofront. Tho Camden
hospital has sent four of thoir
doetors and nursos, as well as
many ether staff msmbors to pro-
toot tho hoaKh of tho mon and
woman In tho Armed Foroos. Yot
doopMo o oodout shortage of per-
aeonol and Inoroaaing difficultioo
In aaourlRg supplloo and Ofulp^
mont, our hospital has given oon-
tlnuomly oxosllont hospital cars
to tho poopi# of Camdon.
“K la with sineors apprsetatlon
and prido In this county noiHM’of.
It Inetitiitleii, founded and sup-
portod 00 a oounty projoet, that
L tho Mayor of Coipdon, oxproas
gratftudo to hospitala on National
Hospital Day, Mqy 12, and com-
moaid thorn for outstanding sor.
vfoo to our fighting man and to
tao eittaons of Camdon.”
F. N. MoCOBKLt, Mayor.
DriimHom Lkbod BrggUhnt A
PhM BraakUnt ol Bot»ry
CUb.
Kersknw Solom Insiata Practioog
Could Lend To Irrofu-
Inritioo
Rep. R. M. Kennedy, Jr., of K* r-
■hsw, ill a Rtateraent last Thursday,-
said the reply of the South Carolina
Public Service Authority to hb
charges of “critical” conditions in
the dykes of the Santee-Cooper hy
dro-electric development corroborat
ed his positioD.
Kennedy said the authority’s state
ment substantiated his point that ’’the
elope protection ton the dykes of
the reservoirs’ is in such critical
shape that a storm may wash out tbe
dams, drstroy property and cause the
lo«s of life.”
*1116 Kershaw representative, who
throughout the current seeaion of tbe
General Aaaembly has levelled blows
at the adminlatration of the Santee-
Cooper, of which he formerly waa an
assistant general manager, also aaya
in his statement.
"The authority’s reply corroborates
my Btatemeat to tbe House that con
tracts toultQg 142,000 were let with-
oot advertisement,’* and adds that this
ta a practice whleh could lead to
“irregularlUee.**
AUTHORITY IN DENIAL
The state-owned $67,000,000 Santee-
Cooper hydro-electric authority de
nied Thnrsday in a statement to tbe
South Carolina House of Repreaent-
atives aaaertiona in a recent Honsn
reaolntion that project constmoUon
ooatraota were being improperly
awarded.
The alateamnt compiled with the
reaoIutioB'B request thaan BanteeOoop-
er report to the House why it had
awarded eontfacts “srUhogf advartta-
tor Wda.”
aUtemeat tram Santee Coofig
also dsaied.aa aasertleq ta tlm raae-
Proteot-
A eommlitee ot HartsvlIVs bnataeaa
men. headed by W. J
ager of tbe J. C. PcanF" eonuwny fit
HartsviUe, past preskteat of the
Hartsvlile Rotary clnb and chairman
of the FVeeser Locker oommittee of^
tbe HartsvUle Chamber of Commeroe
were Sunday guests in Camden and nTgkna
inspected the local Aweser Lockertt/vvl XIll XUIIB
lotion that 1—igg to elopes
tag 17 mlieer of lake sideo had be
come a “menace” that might reanlt
(Flaaia tarn to paga tight)
Cassatt Yonth
Is Given Med^-
For His Heroism
Lnya
A Han of Emosijr Artfl-
Incy Skdla
Of Qothing To
The War Refief
plant while here.
Led by P. C. Chltty, executive sec;
retary of the HartsvUle Chamber of
Commerce, the group were met by
FYank H. Heath upon their arrival
here. In the absence ef Manager J.
B. Cantey of the Caasden Freezer
Jx>cker plant, Mr. Heath contacted
L O. Funderburk, president of tbe
Kershaw County Farm bureau who
secured keys to the plant and thus
enabled tbe vtaittag group to inspect
tbe layout.
Later Mayor F. N. McCorkle waa
contacted and arrived in time to meet
the HartsviUe group. '*1110 mayor was
visibly embarrassed when informed
that be was well known, throughout
the state tor hta very progressive
attitude and the maner in which he
has accomplished thjngs during hta
tenure, of office.
’The visiting group Inclnded besides
F. C. Cbitty of the Chamber of Com
merce, W. J. Ellison, manager ot thq
J. C. Penny company atore at itarts-
vlUe, and past president of the -Harts-
vllle Rotanr club, and chairman of the
HartsvUle Chamber of Commerce
Freeser Locker committee; O. D.
Kelly, business manager ot Coker
colIegA and prealdent of the Harta-
viUe Rotary dab and J. C. HoUer,
superintendent of the HartsviUe pub
lic school system, and vipe president
of the HartsviUe Rotmry clnb.
The visitors were greatly Impresa-
ed with the local freeser l<xker plant
and stated that one la now under
constmcUon in Hartavllla.
VolumtMT Packhrs Do Groat
Job of Sortimf of Gar-
elc.
Camden Giris '
Are Pafriotic;
,, [Ideal Hostesses
A total of 96 boxes of clothing for
war relief, representing 6496 pounds,
was collected In Camden through the
efforts of the local committee headed
by General O. H. Frank*, r^resen^
tag tbe Camden Rotary clnb, sponsora
of tha drive.
These boxes, earafnUy packed and
aeakd and bearing labeta printed ns a
donation by The Chronicle Printing
ooinpany, were sent to tha Traasuy
Dapartment ProcureDsant Division in
care of the South Carolina Bonded
Storage company at Coinmbla.
The colleetion program waa carried
out throuidt tbe cooperation of tha
Kiwanta club, Amerl^ Laglon and
many othar sarvlca aad civic groups.
Tha aortlng of tha clothing which
had been stored at tha rear of tha
Goodyear store of the Oarhson com
pany on Broad street was under tha
dtraction of Sam Karaab aad his
sorters and packers wars: Arthur
Clark, John Henry McDowaU, Robert
Bmce, deLoach Sheom, A. C. McKntn.
Fire ^ief Baddy Denton, Beck Baa-
sell. Lawrence Graham, Mac MeCarty,
A. F. McLean and W. A. MarshaU.
Three aveniags war* given over to
the packing program, the above group
wtuklng Juat aavan hours and 61 mta-
utas. The total axpaasa amounted to
only It.tS.
PvL Robert L. Young, son of J. J.
Young of CasaatL and affiliated with
the 6N8640 Field ArtlUery, Battery
8. tdtrd Battalion, of the United
army ta Germany has been
awarded the bronse medal for heroic
a^tormaeat ta conneetion with mili
tary oparatlons in France Nov. 76,
1944.
Private Young, a Battery B. wire-
an, was repairing vitid eommanica-
tlon Itaea between the fire dlractloo
aantar and the battery positions along
taa Artanga farm road near Wntaua
whan tha road was subjected to heavy
artfllary fire.
hta personal safety
Frtvnta You« oouragaoualy ooatianad
ta wfrtt on the r^mtatag of the Unaa
uMaaiary to the afftclaat opara-
af hta battery. Ha pantatad
8w repafrs ware ooaaplatad. Tha
h* naaalMd raflacts tha
tha Caaastt youth.
..X
Maay Torn Out For fhm Satar-
day Night SecYkn DnacM
Wilfis Cantey
Named Leader
Of atadel Oub
Tha rasponsa 'on Me part of the
youag ladles of Caaklaa toward the
Sarvtea Canter dune* program at St
Mary'n Hall has beea moat outatand>
tag during tha past aaveral weeks.
The dance eemmlttae, of which Mrs.
Qmngar Ontthar ta chairman, ta ex-
preastag deep appreciation for this
fisroboparatlon. and there ta tha ad
dad hope that taa young woman wlU
oontinna to attond tha Satarday night
dance avanta,
Last Saturday and on th* several
waak-and hop* praeedlag that dntA
tha turnout ct m youag Indtaa
bean moat gsMrous
Bvary ema aC the Satarday night
hops have drawn g Mg tamoat *C
sarviea bmm who aaiBa.to Oamdea fpr
thatr waak-and Mtorty. Tha Mg me-
era ripsati. Moss man ta anl-
udto have tank Oamdan aneh
a hnspiUhli eooMMMty ihnt they ra-
turn agate aad
Kanluiw Coomljr Unk la Onf-
nmlandl At Bmnttsfogd
The Kershaw County Citadel alnh
was organlsad at a masting heM at
tha home ot Major Moultrie tawUsford
aa Fair street Tnaadsy evwilng and
which was honored with the pressnee
of CoL James Hammond of Cdumbla.
preaMent of the state aasociatSaa.
Major Yi^ta Cantey was alaetad
president pf the Kershaw clnb end
WUllam Trantham waa named as ries'
prasMent Tom Ancnun was alactod
saerataiy-G^sMarar.
Th* ehartsr mambars ot the stab
are: Major BraHsford, Major WUlia
Oantay. Oidonal John Wall. Daaa Bog-
kta, Whitaker Btykta, A. K Boykin.
Thomaa AneruaL Wmiaai
«.nd Jotai Stover.
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