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6 The VOLUM|E 57 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, lirly-Seven Are Given Certificates By Cross itioo Ezsrcises At Hea<l< Provw AHav. irtduatlon exercl»e« for 25 sndQ- 1 of the Home Nureln* ctase and In the Nonee Aide* cl*u were a »t the Red OoM beadftOKtsr* Broad ■treef Wedne#d»7 «fter- B. May ' ke ceremonial took place on the Teranda of the Red Croa* dquerter* in the pre*«aoe of a f nnmber of interested people, tnations, in charge of Mrs. J. R. t featured red roses, donated by Camden Floral company, with ute flowers and bine hydrangeas. Ucb with flags and banting car. oat a patriotic color scheme, be Home Nursing Class was pre- )d by Mrs. Granger Gaither, Miss on and Mrs. Keene, while the «s Aide group was presented by John Langford. Miss McCaskill. D. DstIs and Mrs. Elisabeth De» graduates* in home nursing »; LuclUs Barfield. Burdette Bar- l Anne Brown, Willie Mae Elliott. ~ 9t SDhitt, Nella Hairgens, Ruby j, Bara Jones. Dorothy Jones, Maddox. Margaret Marab, Betty laa Maa Motiey. Betty f, Mary Nolan, LUUs Peebles, Polsoa, Agnes ^abon, Mae Ray. laoiae Robinsoa, Jus* Rose, Rosenboroagh. Billy Stokes, Josn sad Ellsabetk llioniton. > be iTsduates in Nurses Aides Mrs. Cornelia Boykin, Mr*, boor Ijind, Mrs. Mary *B. Laag, T. W. (HlTer, Mrs. C. C. Brown, Martha. DanMs, Miss Carolina ardson, Mrs. Dawid WflUanu, Mrs. Joses. Miss Ethel TatM, Mrs. (Please tom to page tkraa) WiflOoodale Rc'Eleded To Head Unit )ital Aojdlinry Reootnixna ^orHi of InmwIiOMt With UtiMMiwma ApfixmJ |5peakinK the respect and confl- I h which she is regarded by the Mre of the Woman’s AuxllUir of [Cunden Hospital. Mrs. W. L. le was re-elected for the third utire time to the presidency bp organization at the annuid king held last Monday at the w Home. » b naming of Mrs. Qoodale receir- onanimous approral of all the ^rg present. Named with, her be eiecutlre panel for the year |; Mrs. A. D. McArn, vice presl- > Mrs. Marie Tindal, secretary; Ike Jones, corresponding secre- [and Mrs. R, wf Bonsai, treasurer, i* 0. H. Franke, present eecre- submitted a detailed report of tinances, revealing the great a- F of work accomplished during ^t year. Ps the belief of the officers that |nJng with the first meeting of ■dl, to be held next September, will be renewed Interest and slasm on the iMut of the mem* lip and that greater efforts will iaalfest toward the hospital and ble and efficient staff of doctors, pcl^, directors And othor em- financial statement of the auxl- together with other detailed In- ttion. will be found In another of thli Issue of The Chronicle. iteOffkw'—37 Motoric Follow Law Lhkvw Sen (dI Aeei- WilW lUpertiBf To Offieorg K Ca C. Kinsey of the State » caller at the r,® l»«t week, says that L*departmsBt Is to “ *S^“*«®ntly the traffic acd- , each motorist tevolved L mnst fa* a rep<^ 1 ev!l^ **»•• ^ driver of a motor vshkls “ un aeddeat whlek results ^••th or total property extent of |I0 • w*o»t to the ht within 24 hours, r .^'••ortu Infonsatlon Jto guide the accident pre* PfOgraiU Is lacMny prescribe few h nn he ha* a vood a- “.^Wch to base hJs treat. Mune token the high- prop* I *1 condition* Mr kw. [ThSi «• I**" O' aludlur notUunts J«t If ihn mSSmtZ that alto •( Mirny Camden Aviators Given Doolittle Praise < Fnmoup Ace Offers Pnraonnl Congrntolntions To The Flyers Among the 186,000 men and women of ths 8th Air Force, congratulated oa V-E day by U. James H. DoolltU* were the following from (Camden and Kershaw county: Sgt. Henry D. Niles, s<mi of Mrs Henry Nile* and ths Iste Henry D. Niles; Sgt Artis B. Welch, route 1, Camden; Pfc. Walter L. Harris, Her mitage village; S.-Sgt. CUude Lamoy, Jr., DeKalb St.; Sgt Samuel E. Mont gomery, Garrison St; First U. Dsvld R. Williams, Mulberry plantation; Private John A. Gregory, 1215 Mill St, and SUff Sgt. Colvin W. Sheorn, If 10 Lyttleton St "I wish lo extend my personal con- gratnlationi and my heartfelt apiwe. Mi^i to every one of you for the magnifieeot job you have done,” Gen. DoolUtle said la a massage to *11 psrsonnet **Each of you,” he continued, ''may be proud of your part in the defeat of Germany. I am proud of you. The world is proud of you.” - Ths n^th Air F^e was the world’s mightiest strategic bombing force, fits personnel of 188,000 was the equivalent of II infantry divisions sad It oould send 21.000 airmen in 2,000 fourengine bombers and 1,000 fighters over Germany at one tim^ a combat atfort posable only through the support of te£ of thousands of non.flyl^ specialists. Since Angust, 1842, when combat operations began. Flying Fortrsases And Ltbsratori of the Eighth dropped Bwre than 700,000 tona of bomba on enemy targets. Fliditer pUoto shot down 1,260 Nasi planes and destroyed 4468 others on the ground. Bomber gunners Shot 8,000 German intercep tors out of the sir. The Eighth dropped an average of a ton of bombs every minute of the last II months. AlrmMi of ths Eighth were the first msrlrsni to attack Ctoimsap; Ths early crews flew a handful of ua- cucortod bombers against ths power ful Luftwaffe, and proved the feasi bility of an American Idea—precision daylight bombing ovw ths Reich. As the Eighth grew in strength. It was assigned the task of crushing the German Air Force, which had to be done before the Allies could Invade France. Bombers of ths Eighth smash- (contMoed on page three) Camden Trained Horse Is Winner Of Punlico Race Gnlnctia la Firat In $2,000 Gold Flmir Evaak Ak Y, JUNE 1, 1945 NUMBER 11 Perfeck Allied Teamwork Electric Cooperative, Inc., . la Given the Green Light Germans Condoned Extermihafion In The Prison Camps Richnrda Doea Not Believe Chrilinna Were Ignorant of Facta Conatruction Rural Power Lmea In Kerahnw and Other s.- >4. Countiea Aaaured DURING MOPPING-UP MsMuter, Yeaks #1 the Ai Sttit ■um with Teaiaiiss eTthe Seets tsaks they had been ridiad hi ths sumtisBi hi ths Top Scholastic Honors Are Won By Sam Nicholson Honors Given Grammar School Pupils On Tuesday The Eaardaea CommemomtiBf Gradantiom Are Held In Auditorhun Galactic, with John Magee up, won ths Gold Fleur two mile |2,000 steeple chase race tor four-year olds and up wards at the Pimlico track at Balti more May 24. Oalatic, owned by Mrs. Esther do- Pont Well; of Wilmington.' DeL, end trained by James B. Ryan here In Camden, went fb* two mile course In 2.68 2-6. Second was Bander and third was Middle River with George Walker up. . - Giiaile will be remembered as tak ing peart ta the rato' program nf^e Scott mile track here a few years ago when "a Red Cross benefit program was conducted under the aosplces of the Junior Leagne. The performance of Galactic at that time was a sooros of mqch satisfaction to the rallblrds who know their bang tails. Another Camden color was added to the Plmlleo program on May 24, when Alexia, trained by Jack Healy, who had charge of toe Christiana stables here In Camden for several years, won the feature race, the |8,000 Slrvlvor Purse event. The stock of Alsxis, the Christiana Stabiss sols lu^ la ths Ksntueky Derby and Preakness Stakes rose as tk* lusnK of tbs Pimlico race, as the big gelded son of Heliopolis sped to a thrse-quartsra of a length victory over Brookflsld from the Brookfl^ Panu. Galactio, the wlnnsg of the Gold Flsttr ateepleehase event had a sne- eensful season in fist racing last ysar. During the winter training period just closed Gslaetic was converted to Btoeplp chnsty. Increase^lh Gas Ratiwis' In June CnakdsB motorists wm ham iMt wosk when it bscsms known that in- In ganoUn* radons wonM he- eom* sffectlv* in Jane. The valM of A eonpons will be in- mood from teak to Mz gallons wkU* win he lifted to 160 mtlss p *h. Ths B rndon win b* <ks iadlridnal needs ef the B he enn shear dmt he he^ he nhle to tat it At the graduation exercises of ths Camden Grammar school hold Toss- day morning, the program announced in the press last we^ was carried out In an Interesting and entertain ing manner and was heard 8E A crmsd of spectAlors that filled toe^htobool auditorlnm. Ten medals were awarded during the exercises, they being as follows; American Legion award for char acter, scboiarahlp and progresa, given by Mrs. A. Blareiji. awarded to Tommy Ooodale, apventh grade. English medal (Edge Hill Medal) given by Mrs. W. B. deLoach, won by Polly Padgett, average 94. 7th grade. Haskell scholarship medal, won by Polly Padgett, 7th grade, average 93. Claaa leader award, 7th grade, given by Mrs. W. H. Harris, won by Ebora Jackson. 6th grades Character and Progress medal, given by Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Hotter In memory of their daughter, Jane, won by Betty Pearce, 6th grade. SchiHarablp medal, donor unknown, won by Vera Grace McCaskill, average 94.9, 6th grade. Scholarship medal, given by Wein* bwg Bros., won by Moselsy deLoach, average 91.2, 4th grade. Scholarship medal, given by Susie Taylor, won by Ckorge Stuart, aver age 96. 4th grade. Most Improvement medal, given by David Wolfe, won by Anastaslos Gatford, Snd grade. Scholarship medal, given by M. H. Heyman, won by Leila Grace Rose- borough, average 96. Class leaders and seconds were as follows: Grade 1, Mrs. Mill’s room, Leila Graee Roeeborouih, Stanley t^ylbr. Ml«A-^.4tomp’a-^ roomr Elatee’ Rose- borough, Charlie deLoach. Miss Boy kin’s room, Anne Craig, Camille Forte. Grade 2, Miss FMp’s room, Joe (PleaM torn to wtf three) Sgt Hy. C Ed^ Receives Award For His Heroism Dulsell Youth Is Rewardhd Bj Countrj For AcUoranottk !■ AekidB staff Sgt Hwry C. Bdeos. Jr., eon of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Edens at Del- sell, has been awarded the Bronse Star medal. His eftation read In part **for hsrolo achisvsntont in ac tion against ths snsmy on Feb. IT. 1946, in toe vkialty of wiirfhig France. "When he observed a odamn of infantry and tanks approsdttag his night outpost Sgt Bdena, a aqead Isadsr, altoongh under Intsas* aneajr firs, crawled troto kol* to hole re assuring bis man snd ittreeting tbslr ftra. Before wttodrawing tke oetoost to toe mnin line of reslstnnea^ be nd- Justod ertiUetT an ths ndvmnee* eis- mants as they nsered bis position. entail.bis pe- sitton, be dlreetad bis rorkst iuuofbsr tanto on tbs landing tnnk wbSeb wne fraaiptty destroyed. Bgt Elsna* de. iiErfiefbltosse In tbs foot ef toe tefT .merit oi Awnrde Are Mndo At khn Gmdonkion ' dent Nicholson, with a scholastic mark of 94J, took top honors in tbs Camden High school Senior class of 1946, snd he was la toe gradnstlon spotlight ’Tuesday night as toe class talldictorlan. Donald Campbell with a standing of 92.7 was second In the class. Nicholson also walked off with the Banach Science medal award, given for exeellence in Science. “Firm, harsh punishment is toe only form of retribution the German people will understand and profit by.’’ de clared Congressman J. P. Riebards In an address .In the Township Audi torium at Columbia last week. There were many (3amden and Ker shaw county people in the audience who listened to the Fifth district representative describe what he him self saw in Germany as “a coloasal aclieme of extermination.’’ Others sought to listen to toe radio broad cast of the Richards report on what he saw when he went to Germany as A member of a special eongres- ■fonal committee. • Radio receptioa from the Columbia station was almost blocked out by static. Because of the exceptional Interest attaching to the subject discussed by Congressman Richards ths Chronicle Is happy to gtvs a report firom a llstensr at ths Columbia masting. Congressman Riohards was report ing to the psopls of Souto CaroMna just what be found on bis trip of tnvsstlgation. He stated tost tbs congressional trip was due to an su- pressed dpsirs on ths part of Esnsral Dwlgbt BIssnhowsr to bavs reprw- sentaUvsa of the admtaMstrutkm In Washington sss with their own syes the evidences of fiendish atrocities in such eonesatration camps as Bueh- eUwald, Ndrdhausen and Dachau. 'SonM of tfie members of'the com- mlttss wars nkeptical of reports ws had heard,” he s^. '*and I myself was inclined to take some of the re volting stories I had^ heard and the pictures I had seen with a grain of salt” “But there was no trouble when ws came back and sat down to writs our repoct to congress on what we had seen. Our only difficulty was In re straining ourselves In the choice of The good citlsenshlp award, spon sored by toe Daughters of the Amsrl- , , . w. , caayftevolution. awsrAsd to the ^ ^ hwesUng forth in a Construction of rural power lines by the Fairfield fiUectric Coop., Inc., in Fairfield, Kershaw, Richland and Chester counties has been given the green light by the War lYoduction Board and-»Rural saectriflcation Ad ministration headquarters at SL Louis. B. <K. Hill, manager of the cooperative announced recently. REIA loan funds have already been allotted to the co operative for this construction, and the funds can be drawn as rapidly as needed to pay for materials and con struction costs. About 800 rural homes are sched uled to receive service from lines of the Fairfield EHectric Coop., In its expansion program. Manager Hill said that lines will be built first to reach areas closest to existing lines of the system. ’This metood of fixing priorities will be the easiest way tor ths coopsratlvs to conform with the new WPB order liberalising the war time restrictions on line construction. The WPB order authorises REA sys tems to oomplete line extensions which will require not in excess of 126,000 worth of materials each. Mr. Hill urged all pereons InUreet- ,ed in obtaining eleetrto service to sign up at toe FblrfieMl Electric Coop., Inc., office without delay, If they bAve not Already done so. The.pres ent supply of materlAls for rural pow er line eonstmctlon is limited and toe number of signed consumers will be an important consideration in de termining which line* are to be built first Sugar Rationiiig In This County Hits A New Low But Five PomicU Beiaf AlUyw- •d New Uader Ratkm Refulatkma 4ent chosen by toe faculty and stn- deot body as the * outstanding god clUsea for tbs year‘1944-46 went to Sarah Jnne Rosier. The American Legion Auxiliary award for the best all-ar6und 8th grads student was pre sented to Johnnie Zemp. Athletic scholarship medals, given by the school for excellence in cholarshlp snd In one or mors sports went to Ted Marshall, Bobby Horton and Don ald Campbell. The L. Llbman eighth grade schol arship went to John W. Zemp, who had an average of 96.86; the ninth grade stoolarship given by Judge W. C. Benet, went to Virginia Campbell, whose average was 96.9. The tenth grade English medal given by Mrs. N. R. Ooodale, went to Katina Beleos, whoee average was 94.3; toe High school Latin medal, ineaeated by Rev. F. H. Harding, was won by Virginia Cktmpbell,'whose average was 98. The High school English award, presented by Annie Johnson Boykin, went to Virginia Campbell. * whose average was 97.6. The highest history aver- •k* award In toe llth grade, known as toe Cecelia Wllllngluun medal, went to Sam Nicholson, with an aver age ai 98.6. The award presented by A. Sam Karesh for Hlito school character, scholarship snd progress, went, to John Partin, with an average of 84.2. Ths Grammar and High torrent of bitterness, hate and re venge. But that of oonrse was not our job. Our job wns to report to toe Congress snd to the American people and give them actual tacts.” In dlscnsslng conosntration camps he said In part: “Although differing In sixe, they all carried Into eftect (oontlnoed en page two) Camden Offers To Cooperate In First Anny Plan. Mayor Wiroa Nawap^Mr Pub- liabar Ifia Wiahoa Id Ragard To Program So Gloom Diaplacoa Joy Miuda of tho Canaral PubBe."^ Alaa. toe a Camdeaitoe and Kershaw county folks who bar* bssm walking around drsaaMng of an early retam of thick jnley ttoaks, lots of sugar, lots of other pro-war things and segedally the sad of ratloniag of foodstuffs, ate., afb going to be banded a rude awakening. The reason Ratioo book No. 6 Is already on tbs prsna and is to be Maned in Septombar. That’s some th^ to laa|p off - if you can. vsolE, a magasiae wlto an itoHl tk ^wtog toe seore, iMth In toe emrrent Issue with the Had atatemsnt tlmt sugar Is Mrea, futa nd oils win ro- MEht and eggs will b* short baaduia ao numy bant b*ro been kffl- •d oft do tood Om Uoek market Meat wiH ba aaoraa Hds sunuaer but may up la tba tolL Boro gloem rito wbkb Is ooe ef tbs Sooth’s stsite foods. Is due to ▼agtab oomlatoiy from too domostk marfead In n tow mantba. AH rlea la baSuf aSfPitd to too tar oast to food anfiroa of tadia and Mayor F. N. McCorkle has wired 8. Latimer, publisher of The Columbia State, to the effect that the people of C!amden are very much Interested In the plan tor welcoming General Court uey H. Hodges and his First Army to Fort Jackson and Sooth Gurolina. The mayor In his mssssge to the C<riumbla publisher states that ths people of Camden are fully in accord wlto the statement appearing In a recent issne of The State to the effect o m appropriate reoognitlon and wel- br extended tathli great «. Harong; went to y^imla Camp- urmr and Its Isadsr-when 4h«v -Mm* bell Wttb an averaged 86.6. Special scholarship tumors went to MolUe Sue SnUth who has been to* honor roll sVery year and who la now (sontinosd^gp page two) Ration Book No. 5 Over the Horizon; Out Hi September army and Ita laadsr-whon Ihey'eome to South CaroltauL He added that Camden wished to cooperate in every way possible with this fine plan. The bringing of this famous First Akmy from Europe for training to meet battle proMems of the South Facifle area, means that Cmndsn will find many of the war vstsnuu spend ing thetr week-^ends in this eity. This In tarn means a greatly Ineraassd activity at to* senioe center. And it Is hoped that the program that will be arranged for the entertainment of the soldiers on their week-end liberty will find ready eooperatlon on the part of all Camden eiUsens. The reoeptlon to the Fighting First snd General Itoidges ami be staged in <3<dambia and wfll rival anything hA**- tofore ever attempted in toe oapftal city. The nuyor of Columbia, the leaders of the Columbia Legion Poet, Governor Ransoms VfllUams and oth- era have addressed letters In which they are hacking the welooin* eeto- bratkm plan one hnndred per cent CoUiiis Addresses Beadi GaHiering Rev. Henry F. Collins, Grand Mas ter of Ancient fVe* Masons of Souto CaeoUna. was the chief speaker at a banquet glved> at the Myrtle -Beach U80 club in his honor on Tbnraday evening. A special program coasisUng of the address of Mr. CoUlns. wtth special mnslc and otoer toatnras was gtoeau A rseerd brsaklag crowd taelading reprsssDtstivss trop an of toe Ma- eonle todga* of toe Myrtle Beato a was prssant to mpet the Grand OMaatsr. Mr. OoDlns Man slsqasai maffn tal spsakar and his msBunca to Maaons and tosir wivau was a uoaro* at grtot ftaMva to The following intejreetlng tatervlew dealing wtth toe sugar lationing la Kershaw county, comes from ao of ficial of toe local rationing board. “Tt should be of interest to Camdsn and Kershaw county people to know the general reaction in the recent canning sugar registration covering thousands of homes snd touching in a most vital way, a majority of them. ‘‘Wbea toe first announcement was made that the board would be allowed to give each person 20 pounds of sugar for canning purposes, the ent naturally was a disappointment to the people. Then when we were advised just a few days before the actual lasuanee date that the amount bad been cut to fifteen pounds, we knew there „wonld be even greater disap pointment exprsused. “Almost on the heels of this cni cam* another announcement to the effect that, baaed upon Information describing the scarcity of toe product at some of the heaviest producing points and an unpreeented demand on the part of the military, only ;nve pounds were to be Issned per person. “It Is complimentary to the good people of Camden and Kershaw ooon- ty that they met these rationing d*> mands with good grace and coopera tion. ’’Ws hope that relief from this seri ous cut in canning sugar can come in time for later canning, but whatever d^Nivatlons must be faced, they win be accepted in ah'nnderstandlng man-., ner wltlr the'imblle''fdny'cognizant of the requirements, of to* hour in ths effort to help the thonsands of starving people in Europe, with toe sddbd desire to f*wnlsh our Military need in a truly patiiotie manner.” Slaughter Form Must Be Filled Out By July Ist No P«ni^ Win Bo Igavod By Rotioii Bitotfyi Aflor That Data. Farmers who plan to slaughter llva- Btock for sale or transfer must eon- tset their local war prioe aad ratloa- tng board before July 1, aoeording to announeement from the Catndea ration board headquarters told’wsto. Form R-416 is to* application blank to be used and flled in dnpUcat*. On this form toe farmer must state toe quantity of nmat to pounds that he slaughtered last year for sale and had gtvea away durtag to* tour pertodsrof ' * 1 After July 1 BO moro permlta foir ataughtorlag win Jto issued. Tha ration hoard requests that aU faraur rsadars of The Chrcmicl* poas this infOrmatioB oa to uay and aU tarnmn that plaa to alaughtor tor salo this ysar. •OdORIIYI Owfng to gevsraiiisiK restristiswa on news print, The Ohrsnlele Is eMIf. *d to ferugo the printing ef suffielent pages to taka sans sf all the wwe gatherod hy tge repertlal stoff tola g ereuAM out mW appear aunt mu