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Chronicle VOLUME 57 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1945 55*= NUMBER 33 iHonor Roll For First Six ^eeks At Grammar School 9unced Ry Superintendent j. G. Richrds Last Week The scholarship honor roll of the flijUs in the Grammar school as an- iuced by Supt. X. G. Richards last a for the pm-lod corerlng the first r weeks of the 1945-46 school year -4* the following names recorded: B, classes—IZ. Tommy Clark; IB, jlT DeBruhl; 2P, Elaine ROse- fouifh, Virginia ^Sa^age and John ^er; 2Z, Burnett. Brannon and jrtret Jackson; 2T, Shirley Gillls, jrni yan and Peggy Ray; 30;C, Ran- dph Lightsey; 4S. Jean Parker, loM Savage, Boykin Roseborough [Freddie Sheheen; 4R, Bobby Mor- . Billy Player. J. T. Tidwell and rtce Bennett; 4P, Billy Price, Billy re«dale. Millard Williams and Le Miller; 6M, Patricia McCall; ■ Carleton Morton, rrhoee listed on the honor roll are: casses—IM, Joel Burley, Robert d Sammie Marsh, Stanley Rose, „iiett Munn, Mary Ann Clyburn, onie Clyburn, Yvonne Jackson, Lor- oc Mahaffey, Rebecca McManus, £ Mickle, Pansy Nell Proctor, BTce Webb and Julia Ryan; IZ, , Jolly, Lanalr Starke, Julia Craft I Sandra Nolan; IB, Ralph Vinson, riot Belk. Jane Cooper, Martha [and MarietU Williams; 2P, Anne Ann Clyburn, Anne Craig, Ca- Forte, Marion Guion, Shannon irenel. Leila Grace Roseborough, Shaylor, Jimmy Beleos, Charlie iche and Jack Team; 2Z, Peggy John McKentie, Hubert Mc- d. Linda Hudson, Margaret Elli- md Martha Crawford; 2T, Staci *, Walter Smith, Larry Smith, Smith, Bonnie Champion, Sybil «. Shirley Beijton and Penelope lerson. " SM. Johnny Moseley, Lachi- lie Zemp. Bobbie Jean Britt, Helen ivaing. Jane Gaston, Barbara «ler and Marilyn Waters; *0*0, Daniels, Faye Holland, Ronnie -jon. Jack Stephens and Sidney tp: 4R. Billy Hicks, Ann Berry, kbella Cook, Barbara Ann Davis, dean Jackson, Betty Ann Powell, it Ray and Ann Rush; 4P, Billy Jcrs and Titsa Beleos; 6B, Lee 71. George Stuart, Helen Beleoe, Clyburn, Patricia Hallman. Mary hrland. Carolyn McLain, Iris Mq- ms, Esther Marsh, Martha Trues- land Nancy Truesdale; 6B, Jull- [ (Please turn to page nine) iden’s Oldest Iter Resident ick For Season It. Start First Came Here |Away Back In the Year of 1903 ■eos. Victory Bond Drive Opened Last Monday Success Looked For Kershaw County Quota $300,* 000, Smaller Than Previ ous Amounts' T. Start has arrived In Camden hig gummer'residence at Lake ^id New York, and begins his 43rd »8 a winter colonist. Start, born in Ijondon. England, [f«arg ago, came to Camden In and registered at the Kirkwood then under the management of dward Krumholi. Mr. Start, an photographer, became the offl- I photographer for the hotel and eld that position for 40 years. IbSb Mr. Start purchased a lot ad street near Green and built on a home. It was a home built •he plan of a northnn. rather a southern home, and today sg one of the most modern in rtty, . — [ Start’s pictures of Camden wln- “0. featuring the horse shows, times, the Cam^n hunt, Caro- loop races and hunting scenes [sppeared in magasinee and news- tor many yean. the Kirkwood went out of ice two years ago Mr. Start, _»Wnding a* few weeks at W* home herA went to IndUm via., where he became a sort ^inment promoter at one of “lug hotels. Despite his ad- •60 he still poseessee a fine • and his singing has guests at the Indian River Jfe coming to <>mden in 190J. ^ was official protographtf In for administration plc- Sift u pictures of President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley He became the offlclal pie- ‘ wr the late Calvin Coolldge D. Rockefeller,,Sr. Legion Post ted At Kershaw presented to iNo American Legion I off w(t? *^*™*^^- L, ^hh a meraherahlp of 61. I attorney at Kershaw, [ IV-if°™“**®der of the new k Prowwated by of "WtaMboro. QffK k first vice com* “®^ oogt. Jack Kelly Is i-J. C. Bridges. M. Hayes. adJuiAnt of«cer; J. a. Mcaiir*. George Johasoii. Sgt- Is named after Waitw KerAaw k World War 1. With Kershaw county’s total of $300,000, the Victory Bond drive got underway last Monday. Marion Heyman, county chairman, announced last week that he was con fident that the county would wind up with a record of having met Its Quota in all of the war drives. This drive will be the last of the large public loan campaigns of the second World War., Its purpose is to help pay the heavy cost of caring for the wounded, of bringing thou- sands of service men back home, of maintaining the large military pay rolls and meeting other costs of /the aftermath of the most expensive war in the history of mankind. Chairman Heyman said that ^fhet government still faces an impimuie task of financing the cost of the war and that for this campaign to fail would be little short of disastrous. It would, he pointed lut, be treating the men who had fought and won the war very unfairly and it would be tremendously unfair to the sick and wounded who must be cared for. No special pl^ns have been made for the conduct of the campaign In this county. The same methods, quiet but effective, prevailing in ^past campaigns, will again be utilised in the present one. Hr. Heyman is hopefprthat the peo ple of the county will respond as gen erously this time as in previous cam paigns. Of the $300,000 quota above men tioned. $100,000 Is In E bonds. David Wilfiams Lands His Plane At Munich field First P-51 Mustang Fighter Pdot To Alight Therov First Lt. David R. WlUlams, Mul berry pantation, Camden, was the first P-61 Mustang fighter pilot of the 357th Fighter group to set his pane down on a Ninth Air Force field near Munlcb. Transferred from the 8th Air force, based in England, the 357th, com manded by Lt. Col. Andrew J. Evans, San Antonio, Texas, is one of the sky policing fighter units of the U. S. Air forces In Europe. In only 14 months of combat flying, the 357th established a record-break ing enemy destruction rate—destroy ing 708 planes, 600 in the air, to wind up second in the 8th Air Force in planes destroyed in the air. The 367th bolds the 8 th record for planes de stroyed by one group In pne day, 69 1-2 enemy aircraft blasted out of the sky, Lt. Williams, member of a leading squadron of the 357th is shown sign ing his flight log upon landing. His crew chief, in helmet, Is ready to go over the plane. Chairman Names Committees. For SeiJ Sale Campaign Mrs. George Creed, Seal Sale chair man for the Kershaw County Tubercu- loeis association, has appointed the following chairmen: Mrs. W. J, Mayfield, bond chair man; Mrs. F. D. Goodale, Camden mall sale chairman; Mrs. T. Lee Ut- tle. publicity chairman; 8. C. Hlott of Bethune, county chairman of schools; Mrs. Shelby Truesdale, rural chair man; Dr. J. P. Pickett, county negro chairman; Oliver A. Rice, Seal Sal^ treasurer. . , ^ . Chairmen are being apQplnted In the varions towns and communltlea over the county. Mrs. Burwell Truea- dale has accepted chairmanship for the KMVhaw county part of Kershaw, and Mrs. Boyd Young has been ap pointed for WestvOle. During the en- snfaig week, chairmen will be appoint ed for Bethune, Liberty Hill. Logoff and a number of other communities. Mrs. Creed and representatives of the Kershaw County association will attend the annual meeting In Colum bia on Not. I. Because of luncheon reservation accomodations, this num ber had to be limited. The TB association will have Its regular monthly meeting on Jkur^ day, Not. l^t which time all seal sale plana wpbe perfected. Sewing Room ' Open To Pnblic The Home Economics sewing room of tiM CahidOn High school will bo COMB every Monday afternoon firom t to S. Anyone is welcome to use our newtng attachments. Includr’ lag a new bottoidaole maker. Ihstm^ tlOBS will be offered In the nse of these to anyone for the asking. - • > ■ i'-' South Carolina Highway Routes Have B^n Named Camden In Ola Route Lending From BUhopville To Atlanta Law Partnership Is Announced By Henry Savage, Jr. Andrew B. Marion, Just Out Of Service Will Be Part in Firm The South Carolina Highway com mission’s selection of routes through the state for four proposed federal interregional super highways is no In the hands of the federal public roads administration for approval. In a statement Monday Chief High way Engineer C. R. McMillan, stated that the South Carolina selection con nected with those of North Carolina and Georgia. The four routes selected are as follows; 1. East-West; Ehiterlng South Carolina below Tryon, N. C., on present Route 176, which it follows through Landrum, Campobello, In man. to Spartanburg, then on State Routes 9 and 11 through Pacolet and Jonesvllle to Union, then on State 216 through Carlisle, Montlcello, and J^nkinsvllle to Columbia, tbende on State Routes 5 and 2 to near St. Matthews, and on State 31 through Cameron and Holly Hill to Charleston.' 2. North-South (A): Elntering the state below Kings Mountain, N. C., through which it would come, and fhllowing U. 8. Route 29 through Blacksburg, Gaffney, Thicketty, Cow- p^M, Spartanburg, Lyman, Duncan. Greer and Tlnylors into Greenville, continuing on through Piedmont, Pelser, Williamston and Anderson, hito Hartwell, Ga., through Athens to Atlanta. . 3. and 4. North-South (B and C) : Entering the stats front Laurlnbnrg, N. C.. at McColl, and following U. 8. Route 16 through Tatnifl, Bennetts- vfllo. Society Hll, Haruvllle, Lydia to BlsbopTille. 8. North-South (B): From Blah- opvlUe on State Route 84 to Camden and then on U. S. 1 through Blaney, Pontiac. Dents to Columbia, on through Lexington. Batesburg, Mo- netta, Aiken, Langley, Bath nnd Clear-' water into Augusta. Oa., and thence to Atlanta. 4. North-South (C): From Blsh- opvllle on U. S. 16 through Athwood, Snmter, PaxviUe, Summerton. St Paul, Roainvtlle, St George and Gtotst Walterboro, and then on U. S. 17 south to Yemassee. Pocotall- go, Rl^eland. Hardeeville and Into Georgia above Savannah, Ga., going into Savannah. All these now art paved highways which would be converted Into snper hii^wajrs. Announcement has been made of tils Isrmatlon of a law partnership by ^nnf Savage, Jr., and Andrew B. irlMfirUKi In hr known under the tUla-of IcTSevage and Marion. The offices of the firm will he In the present loca tion of Mr. Savage’s suite Ih the ^v- age building. . An additional private office has been provided by taking over the of fice occupied for many years by C. C. Whitaker, realtor, who has moved into thc^ office that was used by Henry Savage, Sr. Mr. Savage, the senior member of the firm, has been engaged In the practice of law Ip Canid&n for many years. He ranks as one of the out standing lawyers in South Carolina. Mr. Marion has just returned from 30 months overseas duty. He entered the army by selective service as a private in 1941 and was soon com missioned a second lieutenant. Dur ing his service overseas hegyas com manding officer of an ordnance com pany and saw action in the middle east, Italy, India asd China. Ho. re turned to the States with the rank of captain. He was discharged from service at Turner Field, Ga., last Oct. Mr. Marion is a son of Mrs. Mary Burnet Marion, formerly of Camden, and the late John A. Marlon, an at torney at York, 6. C. Mr. Marion was bom at York and attended the public scho<ds there, later entering the Dnl- veraity of South Carolina, where he received the AB degree In 19S9 and the LLB degree in 1941. He waa n member of Phi Beta Kappa, Pbi Delta Phi sad Alpha Tau Omega fraterni ties. Prior to entering the army Mr. Marion waa asaociated with Mr. Sav age. ilStewards-Tnistees Meet and Elect Officers For Year Hurty Mnidbera Ei^oy Stonk Aad ChkkMi Dinnw After Seaaion PVBLW FORUM The Chronicle is In receipt of sev eral communications which are signed either with the sfgnatnre "taxpayer” or “A Camden Cltlxen." The Chron icle will publish only aach. commnnl- oations that bear the signature of the writer. Bethime. 4-H Onb Elects Officers The 4-H Club of Bethune was or- ganised October 30, and the foU^ing ofEieers were ‘elected: preeident. Travis Kelly: vice-president. John Dan Horton; secretary, Roth Rosier; .^chairman of program. Iris Oraatkani, and reporter, Leslie Marvfta Best MfB m Ufg. Norris Races .71 Yards To Give Camden A 21 to 20 Win Two Are Burned In Car Parked Near R. R. Siding Sumter Co^Ie" Perish When Auto Takes Fire. Murder S^pected The bodies of Allen Hamilton Grlf fin, age 26, and Miss Dorothy Mabel Kay, age 22, both of Sumter, were found ^Sunday morning in an auto mobile parked on the roadaide near DuBose Siding on the Sumter/ road burned almost beyond recognttibn. That the two may have been mur dered is the belief of Sumter ^county officials as examination of the, bmly of Griffin disclosed that his skuR was crushed and some of his bones were broken. Some of the bones of Miss Kay were also found to he broken. In as much as there was no evidence that the car had been Involved in a wreck, the suspicion of foul play has arisen. Thei^e is a strong belief that Griffin and the girl were killed and the car set afire to hide the evidence of the crime. R. L. Cain, a farmer residing near the scene saw the smoking automobile when bp went, to feed hie cattle. Offi cers place the time of the burning of the car as several hours before it^bras discovered. It was not. until 9 a. m. that the Identity of the inmates was eetabliehed. The Kay girl was a native of Green ville, but has been living with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kay. in Sumter for some years. She gradu- ated from the Edmunds High school of Sumter in 1940, and for the past two years has been employed in a stenographic capacity by the Engi neers corps at Fort Jackson. She leaves her parents and three brothers. Griffin is survived by his mother, Mrs. Bessie Griffin of Psxville, six brothers and one slater. Camden Gave Many To Navy During Second ^d War Lt. Cotnmstnder Sknnnon Hgnth Giveg Interestmg Data To Rotsursr The stewards and board of trustees of the •LytUeUm Street Methodist church held their regular monthly meeting oa the evmlng of October 17 at the Ous Ward Tavern, the bnal- nees session being followed by a steak and fried chicken dinner. Thirty members of the two groups were present. Five new members wm-e'added to the group • of stewards, they being Pleyd H. Boykin. H. B. LitUeJobiV Norman McCall, L. 8. Mayer, Jr„ and Jerome M. Hoffer. Dr. Cieorge 8. • Rhame was named as a new membm* of the board of trustees. The stewards rieeted W. F. Nettles as chainaan, A. A. Raaaonovar as rice chairmen, Amee Cooper ai~.eeereUry, and Marlon & \iniIiamB as treasurer. James B. 2emp was nhaaed chalntmn of tha board of tmstaee and 'W. F. Nettles wnF'elected aa treasarer. FoUowlBil the besinsta meetliig of the two greape, the qairterly eoafer. eaee wee held wl% Jtev. T. J. Peeler of Bamtik preeldhitg. aoed to Beteet retouchings on paint- Durlng a recent address before the Cimden Rotary club. Lt-Commander W. SlifannoQ Heath took occasion to stress the part played by Camden men. who aa naval officers, played active parts In the World War Just concluded. ‘Tn order to bring our navy home to you I wish to give you a list of the naval officers from Camden who served In the late war. If I have omitted any hamea I will appreciate jrour calling this to my attention. 'T will name Just our naval academy graduates and am listing these names together as I feel that our large num ber of graduates evidences the Inter est of Camden in the Navy. For a town of this aixa to have produced so many graduates la truly remarkable. “By empbaalxing this point I do not wish to disparage the work of our Reserve Officers. This latter group outnumbered the regulars by approxi mately six to one and without them the war at sea could not have been sucoesafully carried on. One of the most impressive things In the war was the efficient'and gallant work of our navM reserve officers, youngsters with no previous sea experience were given a short Intensive course of training, at the end of which time they were put In responsible posi tions. many of them going In com mand of ships. The record shows they did a grand Job. ‘‘The Naval Academy men with (Please turn to page two) Epic Battle Is Decided In Final Minute of Action On Zemp Field of Cam- astound- By the Skipper Those incre<llble Bulldogs den High scored their most ing victory of all time last Friday night by rushing from behind to grab a 21 to 20 decision from the ('hfster Cyclone powerhouse in the last min ute of play. The miracle youngsters of ('oach Lindsay Pierce, not content to have not only ups4‘t but badly wrei ked tho dop«» bucket the previous h'ridav at Charleston, staged one of their be lated eruptions in the Fhesler quarrel and sent several thousand Camden fans home In a deliriously happy mood. Incidentally the tie 'with Charleston and the win over Cheater has poured several gallons of kerosene into the state high school football title mash. It ruined the prognostics lions and solemn Judgment of the Palmetto sport writers,'who have bitten the lead out of their pencils and worn the ribbons thin on 1h.elr typewriters try ing to figure out just who is whe, or which is which In the football t-pot- llght. But In as much as Camden Isn’t claiming anything except it boasts of one of’ the flghtenest, gamest teams In Its entire football history. And In view of past achievements of Bull dog teanis on the gridirons of the stall'—that la, in slang parlance, “say ing a mouthful." There never has been such a bundle of thrills tossed out on the Zemp turf 88 were in evidence during the Ches ter fracas, at least so far as this writer Is concerned yid this is our ninth season In covering Camden grid glory. Old timers declare that it was the ace exhibition from the thrill angle in all the years they have watch ed the Bulldogs perform. With Just one minute and 6 seconds left In the game and Chester leading, the Camden stands were glum. Over on the Cheater side of the field the din was deafing. For the teams were almost In the center of the field and It looked like flowers and soft music for the Bulldogs. Then came the atomic bomb. Out. a melee acremhllng, tumbling, churning humanity came a gold and black clad figure. He wupted out of the melee and began a mad gallop to the Chester goal lipe, 71 yards away. Back of him caihe the red and white (Please turn to page two) Hundreds of Fans To Accompany Team To Harding Battle Comdeii, While Underdog^ Maty Upset the Dope Bucket Again, Car Owners Flock To Redfeam Garage To See New Ford Sen. W. T. Redfearn la En- thuaiaatic Orer the New 1946 Model Camdenites and Kershaw county motor enthusiast* had an opportunity to see the first post-war Ford last Friday, when the Redfeam Motor company staged an “at home” and reception fow the new ear In the oom- peny. show room on West DeKalb St. "I have never been eo personally enthasiaatle about a new Ford model thaa I am over thla '194f car." said Senator W. T. Redfeam, following the opening day of the display. “Without » doubt, it la the smartead car Ford ever built and so far as per formance it concerned, this new model contains aaore eoglneertnc advance ments and mechanical improvemmits than wera included In any previoas year-to-year modeL*" Mr. Redfeam attributes the marited Improvements to the four yean of The cavalcade of sports will be on the march this afternoon when auto mobiles and buses carry several hun dred fans from Camden to Charlotte, N, C., where the Bulldogs battle the Harding High Raips in what promises to be a closriy contested game. Camden, as In the Charleston and Chester games, one of which was tied and the other a laat second victory, will be the underdog. Harding has • wealth of the 1944 first team per sonnel on the 1946 team and the rec ord of the Rams to date has been an Imposing one. Camden, now rated third team In South Carolina, having paaa^ Sum ter, Charleston and other teams in the annual scramble for top honors, will draw a packed house at tonight’s game. The 1946 state champions, minus most of the stars of a year ago, but having a lot of fight In them, will be out to stage another npaeC. The “Rooten Special,” announced by the City Transit company, will leave the Book Store corner at 6:45 for Charlotte and It Is expected the big bus will be loaded with fans. Vk>l. lowing the game the bus wU| leave the football stadium main gate and should arrive back In Camden abont 1 a. m. ' Negro Is Held Foflowing Assault On White Woman Confeeaea To Crilniaadl Altock a On Woman On Camdon # HIfkwny A white married woman waa erlml- naly assaulted* by a negro cm a high way between Sumter ' and Camden last Tuesday morning at 1 o’clock. Officers from the office ofl the Sumter county sheriff wwe InforiBM of the crime at 2 a. m. and after work ing until late in the afimnoon, an nounced ,Uiat .Wash PrlngK negro, had been taken Into custody and had COTdeabed to the offense. Prihida wa* taken into custody shortly after the crime had beam re- ■ camelported- Faced with the evldenoe that 2L Partl^tkm off the aherlff and.atoU highway police ** manufacture of|had gathered agalnet him. he mSe a war ivodacts. /bu confeaalon. , . ,■ ■ . , A