The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 06, 1945, Image 3
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■ TADUln WlUlaa W. Bates, Jr., wijo
IwT^n oversea* slnca March 18,
I^u4 to with his wlf* and family on
II M d*y le*^»
1 fiioula Bates who was with the
liiah T^P Carter froup, received
* rJtitlon of merit from Major Oen.
I H, oavin of the U. 8. Army, in
irnfUoa of conspScionsly meritor-
^aod oatstanding performance of
. jut^ry duty in Holland from Sept
ETM a.
ILjod carrier g®P !»• l^ed with
pmenta of the 82nd airbbme dirlaion
G«iderland Province, Holland, and
nde^ Invaluable serrlce In assist-
^ & the assembly, utilisation and
Kcnstlon of glider pfloU from the
g of all lifts flown in the opera-
» During the critical initial phase
combat he coordinated the activt
of glider pilots to meet the
()g of tactical commanders. His
ellent leadership and sense (rf re-
ilbility, faclHsded the efficient
jiisation and utilisation of glider
onnel under difficult combat con-
CapUin Bates, a sop of Mr. and
In W. W. Bates, Sr., Lyttleton St,
(lusted from the Citadel in June,
im and entered Fort Bragg June
8 same year. He was with the
hemical Warfare Replacement Cen-
f (or some time but on June 28,
41 he entered training as a glider
ot and recced his wings March
IMS. After goinF oversees in
iitrch. 1914. b® became affiliated
1th the 439th Troop Carrier Oroap
ch was a part of the First Allied
Borne Army. He was stationed
“garland until Sept, 1*44. and timn
^eot to France. He has taken part
glider landings in air borne In*
jioDs in Normandy, going In on D-
ly, Holland and across the Rhine
j Wesel'.
Thc wears the Dtsthignisbed Flying
Um. air medal with one oak leaf
luter and the Purple Heart He also
1 the Distinguished Unit Badge on
S. L. 0. ribbon, seven battle stars
the Bronze Service arrowhead,
his 30 day furlough he reverts
inactive status.
[Captain Bates was married to lovely
Due Clarkson of this city, who rc-
vith her parents on Mill street.
ieut Monahan
id Stork Midte
Gallant Race
Is Born To Cstmden Girl
Whose Husband Wat
Gennau Prisoner
Pfc. Rosa a Shirley, Camdmi's
midget ooiftiibution to the war effort
and a member of the First Army, Just
returned from Qermany. arrived in
C^den last week and will be with
kiddle* now for a
who will be remembered by
the softball fans, as a member of
the l^rcbants team of the softball
t®*80® here for several aeasona, saw
plenty of action overseaa and took
part In two major battle*. He bears
medals In recognition for hla fine
soldiering.
Ross has lotsNto talk about with
the home folk* relative to his 11
months of service overseaa. For one
thing Ross likes' the German people
and say* he found them more like
home folk* than either the English or
French.
Roes, who was with the t5th divis
ion of the First Army, has a healthy
respect and* admiration for General
Patton. As Commander In Chief of
the Allied armlea, he thinks General
E senhower is about the greatest gen
eral the world has ever known.
Ross also speaks in glowing terms
of the Ehiglish people, who be states
wrat ail out In their efforts to make
the stay of the Tanks In the tight
little isle A pleasant one.
He found that English, French and
German girls tbe most attractive but
none were comparable with his own
^American sweetheart and wife here hi
Camden. At the expiration of his
fnrlongh Pfc., Shirley will report to
Camp Shelby, Miss.
ftHne Store. Will
Be Remodeled;
doses Monday
Dnne CotniMinT and Shealy
Market Wfll Hawe Mod-
em Layout
gs happened tost for Lltnt.
C. Monahan, husband of the
Miss Jean Van Landlngham.
er of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Van
Bgbam.
fBit of all the events that were
red into his life in the past sev>
months, it was the arrival of a
born to Mrs. Monahan at the
hosintal Tuesday morning,
climaxed all othar episodes.
|U. Monahan aaw plenty of action
the war in Europe after he left
States from Fort Myers, Fla.,
he bad been in training for
itf u a fighter bomber in the ahr
|lt was on April 17 that his ship
•hot down over Qermany and
Lt. Monahan landed, he was
by a reception committee ot Nasi
ra. He was placed in a prison
DIH-but when the Tanka canght np
the Germans, Lt. Monahan was
eted—Just two weeks after bis
[He came to the States, landing in
lut Friday. He took a plane
of the home of baked beans and
ed Camden Sunday,
ports from the hospital Indicate
Mrs. Monahan and the Jnnlor
ber of the family are getting
fine And the Lt la also in
health.
inference At
lyrna Simday
Rev. j. T. Peeler of Sumter,
t- of the Sumter dlstriet of U>e
hodlat church, will preach next
«»y afternoon at 4:80 o'clock at
Methodist church, and after
•ermon will hold the third
Conference of the.year for
Kershaw charge; All are
to attend.—L. p. Han^, pas-
TTENTION
FARMERS!
trade flour for whoal
11.70 per bushel. Trad*
witfb us and
*^Hoiiourdiw billhook,
if fresh as you naad it
KIRDSEY’S
LOUR&FEED
mills
•Sa PURDY LES, Mfr.
OV4
Private Ross b
Home; TeHs F(^
Of War hi Europe
Says GerAaa People IVeatad
Tko Yanks In Royal
An announcement of interest to the
public is that appearing in this issue
of the Chronicle to the effect that
the Dixie Home store and the Shealy
market, located on Broad street mld-
'way in the block between DeKalb aid
Rutledge streets, is to be, closed next
Monday for a period of between three
and four weeks.
During this interval the store will
be entirely remodeled. It is proposed
to nlstall a tile floor, insulated ce41-
iag, a new modem front and
other Improvements which will give
Cam^n one of the finest grocery and
food shopa in this ares.
When opened the latter part of the
tnomth or early In Angust the store
will present so entirely new interior
arrangement, one that will offer bet
ter shopping facilities and service.
The Dixie Rome store is managed
by J. L. Cooper and the Shealy market
is owned by C. L. Shealy.
Frieds Sorrow
Over Passing of
Mrs. Ed Lillie
Jean Stokes Lillie, 21-year-oId brido
of Lt. Edward Lillie of Mflwaake*
and Bergstrom Fteld. Texas, passed
®way at the home ot ber parenta, Mr.
and Mrs. Palmer Stokes in this city,
following an illness ot several months
duration.
The passing of the young woman
was greeted with much sadness on
the part of * wide following of sor-
rowtng relatives and frlenda. She had
been a girl of unuaual charm and per
sonality and numbered her friends
legion.
The funeinU was held last Sunday
from the High Hill church and was
largely attended, and there were
many floral expressions of affection
and sympathy. Services were con-
diKted by Rev. J. D. Reynolds. Bear
er* were Melvin Hall of Charleston,
Marvin Watson of Itartsvllle, A. L.
Toung and Kenneth Marsh of Cam
den, C. W. Jones of Bethune, and
Hebron Outlaw of Bishopvllle.-
Besklea her husband the deceased
leaves an Infant daughter. Camille,
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Palmer
Stokes, s sister Doris, and s brother.
Carroll, all residing at home.
Present at the funeral from sway
were Mr. and Mrs. George Ebert of
Milwaukee, parentk of Lt Lillie.
H^nry A. Rabon
Dies At His Home
Henry Arthur ^bon. 44, of Ridge
wood, died at his home late Monday
afternoon after an illnees of aix
months. Bom in Camden, he moved
to upper Richland county in 1912. He
was a member of the Crooked Run
Baptist church.
He leaves a widow, Mrs. Annie
(Howell) Rabon; one daughter, Mias
FYances Rabon of Colambia; two
sisters, Mrs. John Spears of Charles
ton, and Mrs. Ned Jones of Columbia;
five brothers, J. T. Rabon, R. J, Ra
bon and J. W. Rabon, all of Cohimbia;
T. L. Rabon of Charleston, and Tallie
Rabon of Camden, and a number of
nieces and nephews.
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Grand Ole Opry
Here Thurs,, July 12
Curly Fox and Texas Ruby aid
their Foxhuntera. who rejoined the
W8M Grand Ole Opry several months
ago after an absence of three years,
are featured this season on the Jamnp
aM Ho^ey W8M Grand Ole Opry tent
ww which is coming to Camden on
Tknnday* July 12, for one perform-
anoe at South Broad St. lot, starting
at dark.
This mobile unit of the famed folk
music radio show which originates in
Naxhvllle, Tenn., has the sanction of
the Office of Defense Transportation
and is one of the finest shows of its
kind on the road.
Everything possible has been done
for the comfort, convenience and en
joyment of the -audience. The big
MW tent is air cooled, and incidental
ly, It is the only* air-cooled tent on
tour in the South. An Improved seal
ing arrangement has been worked out
with new eQulpment and there are
ample general admission seats in ad
dition to these which are reserved at
a small additional charge.
Texas Ruby, reared on a ranch near
Fort Worth, is known from cewist-to-
coast as "Radio's Original Todeling
Cowgirl,** while her tall, slender
partner, a Tennessean, is one of the
nation's ouUtandlng hUlbUly fiddlers.
Fox recently won a national old-
Ume fiddling contest, conducted In
Cnncinnati under the auspicea of the
National Fiddlers association.
Oraysville. Tenn., was the starting
point for Curly, who learned his fid
dling from neighborhood old-time mas
ters of the musical art
He got his radio start ih Atlanta
In 1988,. baa been heard on numerous
other stations as a fiddler, player of
other Instruments, singer and master
Of ceremonies, and he has establlahed
rimself as one of the beat known old-
time fiddlers in radio.
General admission to the Jamup and
Honey Tent Show la 80 and 85 cents
and there la a small extra charge tor
reserved seats, plus federal and state
tax.
FAOB TMRM
John Williams Dies
John Williams, -colored carpenter,
died June 21, in the Camden hospital.
He leaves to mourn his death, his
wife, four stepchildren and two broth-
era
Garden adversity must not spell de
feat for the Victory gardener.
B«F Wot Qomdt oml
KERIHAW LODGE NO. 2f. A, F. M.
X Regular (Communication
A First Tuesday of Each
Month. At 8 P. M. Vlsltoro
Welcome.
' U H. JONES. W. M.
G. J. OUTLAW^ Becretary
Maybe the leopard can't change his
spots, but any fa^er can change the
poor spots in a field to make them
prodnctlve^ like the rest of the field.
jfay Wor Boadt and SUuapo
Jamup and Honey
Presonta
UNIT ONE
WSM
Grand Ole
Opry
—.With—
UNCLE DAVE MACON AND CURLEY FOX
TEXAS RUBY - - - - THE FOX HUNTERS
GABRIEL TUCKER - - JAMUP AND HONEY
—In—
Big Aircooled Tent Theatre
Located South Broad Street
Camden, Thursday, Inly 12
PRICES: Adults 60c; ChUdren 35c
(Tax Included)
Show Starts At Dark
A New "House of Magic
for Postwar America
//
PEACHES
\
1 will hawe lor tole just Noerth of the Poet IXfioe in
Camden, choeco Elberta Poachoe eoerjr daf during the
eeaeon, beginnang: about the 10th of July. Plan to get
jour caanmg poachoe thero-and eawo gaeoltne.
For other infonnatkm goT in touch with me at
Kershaw, S. C.
T. C. FLETCHER
of fho ifrongott guorontoof of progrott and
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world pooco if continuouf scientHIc proporadnofs
rttroMfii induffrial rofoorch/'
NOTICE
Timber Owners
H if it if
We now have a sawmUl at our
phmt, in order to take care of small
tracts'of timber.
' If you have any timber, large or
smaU tracts, get in touch wiUi ns be
fore yon sell
WE Also BUY T»IB^ LAND.
■uii -n •" - •
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0
Wateree Luniber Co.
» *‘GeQ«r«l Electric fane apfMooed
plane for a new $8,000,000
Hmeordi Laboratory. TUe ex-
pendihire hae tmnendoue eifnificanoe.
Scientific reeeeich has contributed much
to onr progreei ae a nation.
**Many thinga have been diacovered
during thia war, and we can and mutt
devdop thcan ‘into better things for
peacetime. ^
**Today we have 580 reeearefa people
on our ataff. These new fadlitiea wiU
not only give increaaed outlet for their
abilitiee, but will provide opportunities
for new roeeorefa minds with new talents.
**Prom this new lalxMatory we think
newadiiovementB will cenne. In the paat,
G-E roeeaftA has contributed much to
better living in America—not only
throud^ new developn^ta in x^y,
electricity, metallurgy, electronica and
(dMUBStry, but also through leduced (x>st
and increased efficiency, as in the
modem incandescent lamp.
^‘Evan nxHO than in the post the la
boratory wiU emphaoize reanurdi in pure
acasnoe—continuing and expanding the
work begun by Dr. Whitney and the late
Dr. Steinmetz fcMrty-five years ago.
**To find new facts the physical
world, to eidend the limits of knowledge,
is a forward step in creating More
Goods for More People at Less Cost.**
OBMBRAL SLECTRIC OQUrAMT
wywlB^ tost of Boor apses will sornnimndstss» sspsadsdpost-
sas4 of Sebsasetadbr, Naw Tmk. os war fasssrek staff of sboat SOP. Basasfdh tooiaa wM
Rivas. Tbs gsogmpMc locatka oHos ba a adantiat’a panaUas af Sgaipiait for aqpwi-
‘ _ xwajr, aamis ba tkoOiaUf, ptooks. aaiabanlfs. Msrtooaim.
Bafldbspi arfth SOOJXK) sqnata It is hopad that eoasUorthmcaa start iadxinoatbai.
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AB-girl OreMatrs, Sunday 10 p. m. SWT, MBCr*
h F&ty 9:45 p.B. BWT, GBS^Th* 0-M Hmm
FWW. liimdiV tomwb FrUkgr 4.00 p. Ok BWT, CBa
FOE VICTOiT-MfT ANg HOIO WAS SONOt
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