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1 r ti€irr ONfioiiiei.1. eAMOcN. aouTw cawoliwa. r»tf>*v may 1*46 BtthMda Pratbytarlan Church A. * Douglaa. McAm, Paator Church school at 10 a. m. Morning worship at 11:15. Lyttlston Street Methodist Henry P. Collins, Pastor Church school at 10 a. m. Morning wors^iip at 11:15 a. m. Grace Episcopal Church Maurice Clarke, D.D.. Rector Holy communion at 8 a. m. a Church'Se)H)ol at 10 a. m. 11:16 a. m. Morning Worship. First Baptist Church J. B. Caston. Pastor. M. M. Rabon, Associate Pastor Church school at 10 a. m. Morning worship at II4IS a. m. - B. T. U. at 7:16 p. m. Krening worship at 8:30 p. m. Prayer serrlce Wednesday, at 8:30 p. m. The public is extended a cordial in> ▼itatioQ to attend each of the senieea. War Dept, Still Seek Alva Rush, Missing Flyer la Sgt. Alva Rush, aon of Chief of Police and Mrs. Alya..^ Rush of this rlty, alive? The War department, in a letter just received by ,Chief Rush, states Jhat search Is being continued land, sea and air, in the effort to ascertain if Sgt. Rush died when his plane crashed into the sea near enemy-held territory on the Island of Formosa February 7, 1945. Major E. A. Bradunas of the United States Air corps, in a letetr to Chief Kereliaw County Soldier A Hero ON FARMS tfarooflioat tte Natfas thia aaaM ia beia« repeated daily In aatfclpatioa ef the hUghte Sevept^ War Leaa aa larmen buy War with aa eye to fotiire efeemeal devekwmenta 'Wan eye to ntiire eieetneai devekwmei TIetory Velimtoer Edward Sehroer, ngbt, o^Colc Com^, MUtoMri, a" story Vehni , _ . , War Bead to Vernon Wade, center, wfaUe Coanty Ext^rica Brewa casts an appralaing eye oa Wade’s Itae. span eC MIsseiirt News From Bethune Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. King were Mrs. J. G. Richards and daughter of Florence, and Mrs. Jack Hatfield and son of Quitman, Ga. Mrs. G. B. McKinnon and children, Peggy and Boyd. Jr., of Augusta. Ga., spent the we^k-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McDowell. W, A, McDowell. Jr,. USN. and .Mr. McDowell of Charleston, spent Friday Rush slated thal ~Sgt. Hush was an armorer gunner oh a B.26 Mitchell that left Luzon on a mission over the coast of Formosa In the morning of February 7. During the mission the planes encountered heavy enemy anti aircraft fire and the plane with Rush aboard Was seen to sustain damage. The major staiea that the plane re mained under control and was last seen s>t 2:06 p. m., 10 miles east of Takoa, Formosa, where it ntade a landing. Search was made in the area but no trace of the plane person nel was found. Major Bradunas stated that he would acquaint Chief Rush with any additional details which the search now under way might reveal. CAMDEN SOFTBALL TEAM 1X)0KS LIKE POWERHOUSE (Ceatfausd from frst page) Arthur Robinson is manager of the team and wants to hear from teams aboht the state with whom games can be arranged. The home games of the Camden All-Stars will be played at the High school athletic field, which will be put in shape for the sport at once. The management will make every ef fort to have home games played on Wednesday afternoons. Ben Stevens Dies At Kershaw Ben Stevens, 67, son of the late Bob Stevens, died at Kershaw Thurs- day night after an illness of nine tnonti'i*. li.- lt< survived by four sons. Lonnie iiiul Leonard Stevens of the Mt. Pip gah section, Oscar and Willie Stevens of Lancaster; one daughter, .Mrs. Lee Moseley of Lancaster; four brothers, Johnnie Stevens of Waxhaw, N. C., Lewis Stevens and Jim Stevens of Lancaster, and Willie Stevens of Nashville. Tenn. Funeral services were held from the Pleasant Plains Baptist church at 6 o'clock Saturday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. James Outen. Interment was in the churchyard. FOR THE ASKING. this booklet of six onchanting smoU homos and thoir kHchons Plrasnlnent arehiteets planned tlM home, sketched above, and ftva athoa espedally for thia Kalvinator booklet. Each 1mm datalled plana for your <b«ani ^ kltdhan. St pagas enunmed with a boat of YOUR CORY IS HERE:: i OCT nr TODAY Ciroliiia Furniture Co. Floyd R Boykia PHONE MO Around Camden HeniV Niles is dead. A good frie a member of the fast vanishing notebers of the Fourth Estate has gone to his reward. 3-8gt W. F. Jankowsky. of Com pany' M, 361 Infantry, sutloned in lUly, beUevis that the home folkk should know something about their boys in service. So he wrote a leUer to the editor of the Camden Chronicle In which he described the prowess of Pfc. Tbofnas F. Catoe, of R.F.D. 2, Camden, who is a member of the 88th Division. In his letter the sergeant says ’X.o™ was highly commended by his Com mandlng Officer for his outsUndlng work and the excellent way in which he performed hte duty throughout the big push for Rome. Thomas, who Is a Jeep driver for a heavy weapons company had the Job of seeing that the men are kept well supplied with ammunition, food and water. “During one attaTik his company was pinned down by German machine gun fire in njaed. of. Ammo. and. supplies. His Jeep was loaded with Just what the troops needed. Re ceiving his orders to move out he seated himself behind the wheel and drove over heavily mined roads which were under enemy observation. The enemy later opened with mortar and artillery fire on the road on which he was traveling. He completed his hiission in getting the supplies through and for his heroism was awarded a presidential citation. “Thomas‘hfcs been in many engage ments against the enemy and |n each Instance has proven himself to be a good soldier.” Private Catoe is the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Catoe. ,'X NEWS of . . • />F O0ffiOi£M Horace M. Brown, 21, of Camdea,^ who te a ward master of the operatlve surgical ward ’ at a u. -S. Army station hospiul in England, re cently was^ promoted to 'sergeant. Be fore entering the Army in April, 1943, Sgt. Brown was employed by the Camden branch of Colonial Storea. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Brown of Camden. Thomas C. Belton of Kershaw, re- Wi ■ * ' ‘it tr orn la the son of Mr Sbeom. Clb Walnut Before entailing the 1944, he was employe mechanic at the & school in Camden. * • * • This writer had known Henry Niles since 1936. Both of us being news paper men, found an affinity of affec tion for each other. It was a real pleasure, a real happiness to work and Saturday here with their parents..with Henry Niles in the offering of W. A. left Saturday afternoon for New it he news to the- public of Canidea and News FVom Cassatt cently Was advanced to ^steward’s mate, first class, USNR. He is the son of Mr, and Mrs. Colmon Belton, route 1, Kershaw. Sle Gardner. Jr., Camden, has been advanced to steward’s mate, first class, USNR. He Is the hon of Mr. and Bfrs. -Charles Gardner,-route L Camden, Before Joining Abe Navy In 1943 he was a farmer. In the list of an pearing in the press peered the following Lowry, son of Robei Camden. T.-Sgt. Th mas, SOB of Mrs. E mas. Camden. Pvt. f husband of Mrs. EMm goff. Pvt. Tallma^gt of Mrs* Janie Dinkit Promotion of Pfc. Johnle Baker of Special Training -Unit, to the rank of Technician Fifth Grade, was announc ed by Brigadier General John T. Kennedy, recently. Corporal’ Baker is the son of Mrs. Mattie Baker, route 1, Boykin. Pfc. Schenk attends high school in Camti Georgia school of T( lanta, Oa. He was i service in March 19, 1 Pherson, Ga., taking I at Jefferson Barraol tended the A8TP at ( Wyoming. He went gust, 1944. John Troy, 26. of 1102 MUl street. Camden, has heeded the Navy’s urgent appeal for shipbuilders to construct ships for the Battle of Japan*, and has begun work at the Charleston Navy Yard as a pipefitter. Capt. W. R. Rosier, who spent a 30- day leave at home, left Sunday the 13, for El Centro, Calif. Capt. Rosier spent 18 months in the ^uthwest Pacific with the Marine Air Corps. York where he will report for duty. Rev. and Mrs. W. L. Baker are visiting in Gastonia. Rev. Baker per formed the marriage ceremony for one of his former members in Gas tonia Sunday afternoon. A music recital will be given Friday evening at 8:30 by the pupils of Mrs. Barr Gardner. Miss Irene Jones has returned home for the summer from Coker college. Misses Bunny Hammond and Eiva Jo Ratcliff are at home from Win- throp college. Mrs. M. S. Parker has returned from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Herbert Whitacre, in Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. C. B. Reid, principal of the High school, has received a cable from the government stating that her husband. Capt. Reid, had been releas ed from prison. The following day Mrs. Reid received a cable from her husband, stating that he was alright. Installation service will be held in the Presbyterian church Sunday even- Ing when Rev. W. L. Baker will be installed as pastor. Rev. Mr.. Beatty and Rev. D. L. McDonald of Colum bia will have charge of the services. John Nicholson of Berkley, Calif., visited relatives here during the week end. John has Just completed his work St the Baptist Seminary at that place. Miss Evelyn Parker entertained the Senior class Friday evening at her home with a party. Miss Sarah Frances Parker, a stu dent at Lander- college, has returned to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Parker, for the summer. Miss Emily Jones. Lester King and Ira B. Horton attended the gradi^tion exercises at Wlnthrop college Sunday afternoon. Kershaw county. • • • * Henry Niles was a real friend. We shall always cherish the times that we sat with him, talking the Fourth Estate. • « * • Last Monday morning Henry signed “30”. to h4s earthly career. 'That in newspaper parlance means “thf end of the story.” God speed Heory Niies. • « • • One of the many exchanges that comp to our desk every week ckrried an Interesting bit of comment last Thursday. It said: “Somebody said show me your local newspaper and I'll tell you who is getting the most business in town. The progressive business man always advertises be cause advertising makes business. The local newspaper and the enterprise prospers * when advertising space is used. The codfish lays a million eggs and nobody knows it The ben lays one egg and lets the whole world know by her cackle.” And then there is Ihe story of the business man who was alone in his particular field in the community and he did not advertise because he felt It wasn’t necessary. Every town has one or more of this type of busi ness man. But what's he or they go. Ing to do. when after the war is over, enterprise dealing in the commodi ties that non-advertiser sells, comes iiv puts up a fine'new modern store This corner knows of two chain groups who after a survey of the local pic ture, regards Camden as being tops arid are planning an invasion. Roth of; these chains built themselves to their present status by advertising. Pfc. Geo. Sheheen Wounded. 5 Times, Saw Much Action Pfc. E<tward Joseph Shebeen, who has been spending a 30-day furlough at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Perris Shebeen. Fair street, left last Monday fpr Richmond, where he will be hospitalized. Pfc, Sheheen has been wounded give times during the years he has been in the service. He has been in action in North Africa, Sicily, the French invasion coast, France. Bel gium and Holland. He has been in 11 distinct campaigns. The most bitter fighting he expcrl- ,enced was when the Germatis starts their drive, known as the Von Rund- sted push and later became kuown as practically obliterated Gre, by the enemy Stadium is the Latin form of the Greek word for" a standard of length. Palmetto Lads Iteturn Home To Recover Health the German bulge. In this fighting .. Sheheen was in a command that was' Wiarches, some of them covering hun- Pvt. Albertus Shirley, Lyttleton St., was one of 80 South Carolina soldiers and officers recently liberated from German prison samps who have arriv. ed in the States and are now at their homes. Their most vivid impression of the capacity is the captivity is the starva tion diet they received from their Nazi captors. Without American Red Cross'food, parcels, they declare, they would not have survived the steady diet of black, moldy bread and watery barley soup doled out by the Ger mans. They told how they endured, hard ships as they were marched from one prison camp to another 'while the Germans were retreating before ad vancing Allied armies. The forerd dreds of miles, were made under con stant strafing by Allied planes. While retreating, the Germans, they said, failed to provide adequate food and shelter for their prisoners. Sgt. Delma HcLaughHn arrived here last Friday for a 80 day furlough, af ter more than a year in service over seas. Pvt Steve William Bowers left Sun day for Blackstone, Va.. after spend ing his furlough with his parents and wife here. Mrs. Bowers accompanied her husband to Virginia. Sgt. J. R. Teal, of Camp Butner, N. C.. is at home for a few weeks leave. Miss Donsola McLaughlin, of Lan caster. spent the week-end with her parents here, Miss Mary Stuckey, of Hartsvllle. spent the week-end with Miss Bettf Jane McCaskill. —^ Mrs. Mary Bowen and« daughter. Shirley Ann, of Ltigoff, visited her mother, Mrs. Charlie Granger recent ly. Mrs. Alby Bowers and Mrs. Cecil Bowers, of Sumter, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bowers. Mrs. Barr OardnM', presented her pupils In a recital at the Midway audi torium last Friday night to a large gathering of Interested friends. The pupils and the teacher deserve the vary highest praise In the work of only one term in music, each showing skill in their i>erformance. There were solos, trios, duets, readings and sing Ing in groups which every one pres ent enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Cooper, Mrs. John Buchan and young son, John nie, spent the week-end in Spring- dale, N. C. Mrs. J. R. West, Sr., of Floyd Dale, was at home for the weekend. MM 2-C Kenneth McNeeley, of Beaufort, S. C., visited his parents, .Mr. and Mrs. B. L. McNeely, recently. •Mrs. Harris Oliver and daughter, Phoebe are visiting their mother, Mrs. Fleta West. Mr. and Mrs. William West were notified by the Word Department that their son, Nathaniel West, who is in Ihe Navy, had been seriously wound ed. High Honors For Frances Rhame Pfc. E. Lee Raley, who hat been in service for 18 months and who saw service in Belgium, Holland. Prance and Germany, was a guest of his brother. Street Commissioner James Raley, for several days last week. Seaman Second Class Gilbert Pow- ell Rica of Kershaw,, haa reported 40 the Naval Air station. Charleston, for duty. He is the son of Mrs. M. S. Rice of Kershaw. Pfc. Joe S. Banks, route 3, Camden, la a member of the 14Srd InfantFF RegimeiM that marked ita second an niversary of overssaa service with a drive into Germany through the Sieg fried line and -to the Rhine river. In two days time the regiment captured 2.886 prisonm‘8. Tech. 4th Grade Harvey R Sharpe of Camden, has arrived at the .Oliver General hospital, Augusta. Qa.. from overseaa for further medical treat ment. Friends of the new arrival are asked not to phone because of con gested wire facilities. Mail is wel corned by every patient and is handled rapidly. Stephen E. Sheorn, 19. of Camden, has ^en promoted from corporal to sergeant. Sgt. Sheorn la wait gunner (m a B-17 Flying Fortreaa. Sgt. Sbe- Leonsrd H. Schei Phoebe Schenk of C muted recently w Tri “Keeping them flyi Air force assignmMit Welch, aircraft mech who services, repair P-61 Mustang fightei Kyle L. Dlddle's 679tl Sgt. Welch Is the son Will M. Welch, route wife, Mrs. Louise S. the same addksas. Camden High adiool, employed in civil se chanlc before enteriz August, 1942. Pvt. Jehfi-Fr^icCoy Mrs. J. B. McCoy, arrl Wednesday after heiE the Qermana since G landed in New York McCoy was serving with the Third Army. Robert TaOi Buys AfiUer Henry Savage, Jr., Miller dwelling on L to Robert W, Taller real estate recording of deeds offics. The property front while on the north Pitts home, on the ei erty of Henry Bavai south the property of John T. Stevens so L. W. Boykin, accord transfer record. Buy War Boodb * rmt mkmOmK tmmm ikm «SMmi iMt fhwk aafo ua Miss Prances Rhame, daughter of Mrs. Bessie O. Rhame of this city, was salutatorian of the graduating class of Columbia cOtiege at Columbia. The college closed on May 21. During her senior year Miss Rhame was president of the International Relations club and also of the Chris tian Service organization on the campus. Mrs. Bessie Rhame attended the graduaiion exercises- of the college. Wants—For Sale Reeehfwl toe late fer regular eetuwiiw LOST—A and B gas ration books, is sued to Woodrow Smith, route 2. Camden, 8. C. lOp Buy War Boada and dCaaapa New 1945 Federal Truck 2-3 Ton Tractor Type It^s Here Now Lr ★ ★ ★ STOGNEI MOTOR aMPUir 128 E. DaKalE Straat to a CHECK THil IS THIS yO(//i UNPR0TEC1 MAIL BOX? V IS THAT2D( UNCUARDED ALLOTMENT CHE( The Governmeot mails' millions Army and Navy alloonenc and allc ance checks to families of Amch< soldiers and sailors. Thousands of these chedcs are stoi and forged every year. Every unlocked mail box or open m receptade is an invitation to th^ ch< ^ thief PutaStromgLoekooYottrMailB A lock may prevent a loss. I The check thief watches for ] check to be ddivered. Do Ym? i H<me,orHavtaMmber^YtofF* at Horn to Get Yomr Cheeks Wbea Are Due. Them They Cau’t Be Si the CAMDEN CHRONKU X 0. ' > f