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■ -t.- iSyes Of Sport Wwld \<1I1 Be Upm 11i£ Fimious Springdale Coarse Here On Saturday. wea^ ■w« 88 CAMDEN, south' CAROUNA, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1946 NUMBER 3 ibies of Community Will Face Judges Oif April 27 Episcopal Baby Show ^ai Be Held In Graca Church Pariah Houae Celelnities to Attend The »nnu*l Episcopal ba^show. !S!S ”ta fiukS’ to*8tart at 8:80 o’clock. lit WM announced by the groan in tt-e that the entry fee had been i »t 50 cents while the admis- fee to the show is but 25 cents, kets will be placed'on sale at ser- downtown locations next week, addition to the baby ahpw in the .»• house ^here will bo pony rides ing set up on the parish lawn, will also be a stand at wh^ch itors may purchase glasses of los lemonade. ’ baby exposition will be divided "three classes, first, for infants year of age and under; seemd, oing boy and girl 4rQgi one to years of age; third, winniiw boy girl two to three years of fourth, winning boy and girl to fivg<years of age. aweepstake prise tt» the infant b'ndged; the next in the show will fa silrer cup>** City Wm Be Host To ■ tary Of State Byrnes And Others fednesday Game ids In Deadlock;. hyoff On Sunday And CooBtry Pot Up Thrillinf BatUe Om Kifk- Woed Field II and Country p<^ through six exdtiag ehuk- <m Kirkwood field Wedneeday fat the sedond gaam <4 the Osrine trofky eerlee aad end* fat a 9 to f tie. So far ia the Town has a one game lead, difeated Country last Sua- to 4. Next Sanday thsss tsams Mt in a third and should Town dw series would he wins a deeUUag hi played netrt W( Secretary of State James Byrnes will hsad a group (* state celebrities that of the dty of Camden on Saturday. April 6. Mayor F. N. MeCorkle will predde at a noon luncheon that will be serred at the Court Inn that day., According to the mayor Intftations extended to Secretary of * State Byrnes, Senators B; R. Maybank, Olin D. Johnston, Congressman J. P. Richards, Governor Rusomo Wil- liams, and ttudr wives have been ac cepted. In addition thm win be out* standing state leaden present The group ofiguests dfill be taken to the Springdine course where they will witness the running of the Vi^ Camden Awaits Victory Race By PRANK H. HEATH toj^ nee n^ing. Mayor MeCorkle wiU' formally presmit tha Camden Plate to the winner of that event Two Youths To - Get Eagle Award At Scout Court The eyes of horfs race fans from coast to coast will be- upon Camden tomorrow. Here en the beauUful Springdale course the nation’s top- ranking steeplechase foes go post^ ward (or the running of the famous five.event race card sponsored by the Carolina cup committee and featuring the Springdale steeplechase at two and a qtuuter miles over brush. The Camden races offer the most important tests of their kind in Ae of natiftw>r VwSouthern hunts season and throu^* out the years the cup events have been presented he^^ they have be come the outstanding and best known "chaae" events of the country. According to Harry D. Klrkorer, dean of Camden horsemen and chair* man In charge of the events this year and in the many years the Cirolina classic has been ottered the horse fans of the nation, the card'this year Is as good If not better than any of. fered in the past. While the Carolina cup race itself is not listed this year, its place Is taken on the cards by the Springdale event Camden, oldest Inland city in the southeast is all set for another fine day of aport A fine xaclng card, one of the world’s tlneet steeplechase oonrses, grand weather mixed with the famed Camden hoepltality make a pombinatlon that reeks of chnteut teent and thrills. Camden Is traditional In the horae racing w<wld for H has had notabls race jneetlngi for over a hundred years. Horses that have run for the most outstanding steejdeebaae raeea in the nation an4 at the Grand Na tional tn England hava trained here and have raced in the Carolina claa- sle. This give# one an idea of the quality of competition that is offeT' ^ the racing world. ^ SlMaly Aad Jahaay WaU To Bo HoMod At Forty-Five Entries In VictoiY Race Meeting A field of at least of the best Jumpers now In training will face the starter in this eventful running of the Springdale pup race. It is expect- ed that at least 16,000 persons drawn from every state east of the/Missis* sippi and ~ some from beyond the great river will witness, the race. Every facility, of the state’s far flung traffic patrol organiaation will be cooperating with the city and county traffic grtiup 4h handling the many thousands of cara that will ^m the highway leading^ to. Camden and Springdale. Second only to the actual running of the races-la the*aise of the gathering of racing^ folks and members of society at Camden. All accommodations in Camden are crowded, in fact, many hundreds of people from points outside of the state, were obliged to seek quarters hi Columbia. Rsfugk), a smooth performing grey Jumper owner and trained by Mrs. Clara Adams, of Nestor. Calif., will head a field ^'twelve named (or the 14th running of the tamoua Spring- dale Steeplechase,^ feature event of the Victory race meeting at the big SpMngdale course here Saturday, Ajrrll 6. Refugio will be ridden by Dooley Adams;- son of the owner, who was one of the top money riders of the American hnnt race circuit last year. A gallop of two and one-quarter miles over brush, the Springdale will top a program of six races that drew an attractive entry. The race Is open to four year olds and upwards and carriee a purse of 81,000. In addition to Refugio, the Spring- dale win bring out Colonel L. H. NMles* Danny Dever; Lancaatraln and Equirita, from the stables of F. (Please tara to page twelve) Decided Need Of Nurse’s Aides Says Mrs. Davis Surrey In Camden And Area Skowa Lack Of Skilled Workers . There is still a decided shortage of vaiU trained nurses available and Volun teer Nurse’s Aides continue to be urgently needed. Mrs. D. M. Davis, chairman of the Nurse’s Aid Corp. of the Kershaw county chapter of the 'American Red Cross, said announcing the results of ths recent Red Croes shrv^ of Camden and surrpunding terntoi tory. Nurse’s Aides are women between eighteen and rtfty who have a high shool ludif’s game the teaw vdra match^. Country took an ea gathering three fo^ds the chakker, the playeoi soorlng WUliama 2. Reynolds 1. In the two periods Country was score- Town acored one goal In the chakker, Dankls putting the between the uprights. Daniels Lightfoot scored In the second Lightfoot in the third giving b a half tUne lead of 4 to 3. In [fourth chukker Country was glv- goal'oa a foul by Lightfoot of Coleman scored on a penalty in the fifth and Lightfoot added [third acore of the game to set 5 to S tie at the end of the In the alxth Daniels scored for I’and (3oleman for Country, bntry was a greatly improved over Sunday’s showing. In the |ip waa Billy Reynolds of Louis- Ky. and Coleman of Savannah Williams and Ancrum Boykin pleted the foursome. Major Caill fort Jackson played with Town, , listed HUI, Daniels, Watkins Lightfoot Two Camden boys, James Shealy Bobbie Wall will receive the Scout awa^ at the Court of Honor to be hlla at the Grace Epis copal ehuroh guild baU Friday eve- ntag at I a’clock. Shaaly In addition to being honored with the Eagle scout designatioa has the honor of being Scoutmaster of TToa# 54 ct this city. Wall Is the ■on of Colonel and Mrs. John Walt Colonel Wall having served with dis- tlnotlnn in the artillery. « Brltpdlar General John T. lUnnedy. UaMgLltntki IQiy. who was reetnt- ly‘fVkrtM the lerioB of meglt/award for his outstanding iervIoes‘'ss com manding general at Fort Bragg wfll confer the Eagle .award, present the badges to the mothers of the two boys, who In turn will pin them dpon the coats at their sons. All people intereeted are invRed to attend the court of honor program. The session Friday night is most unique for ll^ several decades since Camden yotAhs attained the Eagle award. — ^ r Annual OfVeteraps ited Tonight Camden and Kerahaw conn- from the fox holes of Bnropa [the South Pacific and who are together under the group of Roberts-Dlxon Poet ‘Wet* ^ Foreign Ware”, are giving first annual ball at the new tonlkht affair promisee to be we of [moat colorful of the dancing ' of the (Camden eeaaon. Tl<±ata, have been on sale for the past have been sMllng fast Ithere is every assuranee at crowd being in attendance, olo June apd hM Rhythipiieers, Ho^ muslciana. wrlii pnevlde DMical inapiration tor that daa^ mch and soft drinka wlU be pote at'the dance floor canteen tte evening. Veterans arb^dolng their flret ® * mastertul way. Finely ®>(l printed progmnM etc •ridenoe. A Renaeo la ehalnnna of end hia opawlt- “eo^ra are Nathan T. Dnbba, Rush and David Harter. in , jyal Services Midweek Closing Starts April 24 MerdMoita M«wt At Chll Of dwnnhor SoermUary T« . Ducom Pkn At a meeting called by Sam Boy kin, secretary of the Chamber of (Commerce lA the city hall otficea Wednesday afternoon, merchants ct Camden votM -4to bililn the midweek closing od *Wbidncsdajr, April M and the pepf to contlnae the peegram throng May, June, July and August The meeting alee went on rerord as approving daylight aavlnga time for Camden during the summer months. The action approved sanc- tloB of the plan by the city council. County TB Asso. To Have Clinic Naturn Of Nanltk Cotif( For ColoFod Mmiatom AndTM The Kerehew connty tuberculoais MnoeJation wffl have a health confab teachere enw for nagro minlstera, WC other feeders, Friday, April IK school education or. its equivalent end who-a|nee to volunteer their services ns asslstnnts to nurses in making beds, giving baths, taking tempera ture, pulse, respiration, etc. As prep aration for the work, they complete the Red Crocs Nurse's Aide eourae and the fO-hour First Aid course. 'A vronum can render her commun ity a fMt service by volunteering for the Red Crou Nurse’s Aide 0>rpe, Mrs. Davis said. They are needed in Cemden to do important work at the (Tamdan Hmqiitaf. Trainad NurBe*f Aidas who have become inactive are eepedany urged to report to chapter hsedqaarters as soon as poadble. Many ^f Nation’s Toi^-Flight Steepleckaaers To See •~"Actioii By BEN HEATH With forty-five entries, including many of Amerlon’s top-flight steeple chasers, the Cerolina Cup committee will present the first running of the Victory race meeting on the famous Springdale course here tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, April 8. The Springdale Steeplechsaei, a test of ^ two and one-quarter mileu over brush, , Is the feature event on the afternoon- card of six races aad will see twelve chasers go to the poet. Gty to EmlMrace Daylight Saving Plan^ April % ' Mayvr Owslan* Mm WiU ito- oakw Formal Approwal Thin Waok At Mm April eeasion of the (hun a cHy council, held this week, H propoeed to dodda upon Mie mat ter of daylight saving tioM for Onm- dsn this coming s iia^r fTn. Double A Schools Of State Named By Athletic Body Camdon !• In A Rooter. Many Chanfoo In Conatitntion Propoead diaries M. Lockwood, secretary of Um South Carolina High School Lea gue, has Just issued a bulletin citing Sm; propoiied amendments to the Cen- stitution of the organisation and also the dasigrihtion of Anderson, Gresn- wood, Sumter, Florence, Charleston, North Charleston, GreenviBe, Parker High of Greenville, Spartanburg and CdunUda as the Class AA Jiigh schools of ths Palmetto State. Tha bulletin statee that any sdmol may go to the next hlassifieation in any sport they wish by s vote of the district executive comwttee. Claae A includes schools with an enroUmint of 801 and up. Class B, with enroll ment from 151 to 800 and Gteas C from 0 to 150. One of the smendraents proposed provides that diicharged vetenuis who meet all other eligibility require ments may take part in any eoDted if they passed three regular unit subjects qnrlifg the ssmseter ii i^ pr^l^ his entrsnee into the armed fotees. Ausother amendmMit provides that a pupil who transfers from one school to another shall be elhri^ *8 the home of Us parents er 1^ gnsidlin after thirty ealandu days. Another amendment previ^ ty before any athletic contest is h^ ^ superintandent er prindpel- rf tie tpating sehoUs wall nimiah * “Candy” First In Horse Show / / Pickwny, Ohio Mard Champ ion Of 33rd Camden C^andy, a smooth-performing bey mare owned and riddw by Mrs WUllam B. Wood of Plck^, Ohio, and Aiken. 8. C., walked off with top hontnri In the championship hunter class to win the Samuel Russell, Jr.. MemorfaU ChaUenge Trophy in the SIrd Camden boras show held on the grounds of the Markm duPont Scott oetate here last Saturday sfternow. The big bey Went well over the rugged outside course to carry off blues In the green hunter aad UUttr weiUit hunter classes and a third la the hunters hacks Wrent. Reaeyve honors went to War Hero, from the stables of Vernon O. (Mrdy of Mon treel, Genada,"wbo also picked up a blue la the middle aad heavywel^t class. MOl Wind, a sUblemate of Candy, went alp and tii<A wiUi the champkm in the liirtitwelgbt hunter claae, but tailed to find hia fmm in the show, ing. Led O’ Week, owned by F. Ambroae Clark of Westbury, L. L aad Patron, a grey gelding owned by Mrs. Cor liss SnUivaa of CleveleiM. O.. walked off with first honors in the pehre of hunters class. Rlddan by Miss Dolly Von Stade of Aiken eat Mrs. Sull- ivea. these <dd veterans made a per feet round over the outsMa oourne to win tee btusw ft will bo sn alKday meeting, a|B It is expected several handraf wBI at tend. The morning meeting beginning at 1:45 will be held at Trinity Methodist church, Camden. The speakers will be: Dr. A. W. Hnmpbriee, on the cause and signs ef tuberculosis and what to do when these signs appsar; Kiss Jennie McMaster on the whaC low and whjr, of Isolation care la the home, with demonstrations; Mrs. 'Mary Parks, of State Tuberenlosla association, on the growing Interest of the negro group In the Tutem* osls program; Dj*. J. P. Plekett. on the. participation of Kershaw county nerroee in the Tuberculosis program; and Dr. P. L, (feiger, director of tu- Mrcnlosis control. State board lealth, on mass X-rays, why theea are stressed, what they find and bow this program will likely devMop. The afternoon session, beginnfaig at o’clock, will bo held at Mather academy, and the program will ba as tollows; Dr. John M. Preaton, of South Candna aanatoriam, on Sana torium’ cars, bed rest aad artificial rest, with X-ny Ulnstrations of points discussed; motion pteturee, “Let My People Live" a negro film, and "Tfrey Do Come Back” which lllustratee sanatorium care and ru- babilltatlon; James MoCHiut, direetor special servioea. of the rehahllltatlon AeparUnent of'State board of educe- tion, dlacnsslM of the Tuberculoeia rehabUltetloB profram old and new; Mrs. Mary Paite, State Tuberculosis association, on tea Stats tnberculoolB association program on health educa tion; Arthur Stokes, Bducatipn chair man, Kershaw eootty Tubsreulosls association, en the newly developinf hesith education program of the local association, and ou the part those leaders present should play in health educaUon in thalr own oommunlties. Miss Jennie McMaster, on the hlite- lightf of tee day*U ptugram. comi frrinf that thov in said < 8i^ If BTC of Jeters < I eli^ to begin at the April T, at • O’^odL will be ceadueted by ^ «»wkes. of Rook HIU. who ^ the outstaadlag psMiirs of ^ throughout the dosing tee momlag wMite roster ere Oemteot BTCfvides that no her acM iliB%antsr into wy tMt write anedhiu eel^ that fa. iSeaiaodatlon of its own ifeate. Vio- this ralU teall MB tee wo- for a Bunaiyi of tea wa period of eoo year, lomm W agfc UP tee TeOow River of Uncle Whiskery I^parii^ Hans Work wm Foirtatea Mater To- LmtA r' ^ .. Blaaa and ^adflcetftea' tor tar MOiiiu, tewatad tank*. Mf IB esiohla ofjjjpgng^ of tea Case- hy a minuto tea fOtor plaad io boiaa tea Fddrcal Worto^ TUo it la tteo afo ter tea city ‘ aU g dyko uteM tte rofaaTC ter tewri i tea otey lytef Maat of Ifii MeCorklo In a'^atate' UMnt Monday dpeluroiL.tliat ha waa very much in nvor of Oamden foA lowlnar the program eat out In Cohna- bia, teat of having daylight aavhig ime bacoHM effoeove hero on April 28. Councilman Joe MeKain sxpresasd ihnaelf as being stymMT in favor of thp plan and it is ropoitad that other nMmbeys of the council are also for he changoi. REFUGIO FAVORED Fsvorites In this greet race will be Mrs. Clara B. Adams’ Refugio, ISsther duPont Wolr’s Picture Prince, and F. Ambroeo Clark’s Equirita. Re* fugio gets first choice in the bettte because of hda fine record on the major tracks last season. Although he looked a little ragged in a school ing over the main course at Spring- dale last week, rallblrda who are sup posed to know say that Dooley Adams, the young Irish lad who wfU be up In the saddle on tee big grey favorite on Saturday, knows how Refugio likes to Jump and run and will bring him homo a winner. The favorite Is sharing top weight In tele race with Colonel L. H. NMlee’ Dan ny Dever, giving eight pounds to Picture Prince end Equirita. Daric horse In this event will be Kent Miller’s Bottle Ontser, a eon of tee famous Battleship, who will be mak* te his first start over lenceo. The Cruiser win be carrying low wplght« of ISO pounds. ^ Gteer horueu la tko Springdale Cup event am F. Ambrose Clark’s Leneaetrate; Bitear duPont Weir’o Creamery aad RImmel; Drlntown, from teo sUbles of Uni. James B. Ryan; FavorRa Soil owned hy Col vin HoeglanA; DkwMdie Latebton’s RaclaBygi;.fnd Louis B. Stoddardh Kitty September 29. On the night of that date the clocks would all bS changed back to eastern standard time. The council meotiag this wete was tha first to be held by the new coun cil elected on Tuesday. In addition to ths daylight saving plan, other mat- ox mud The meeting win begin with prayer L Ore by Reverend W. R. Gregg, and tee singing of ’’Irnsriss"; and It wtn close by the staging of tee negro na- tfcmal anthem, end a prayer hy Rev erend J« W. Boykta, who wRl preside at tee opening and the c.kieing of the meeting. The meeting le open to all IntareMed persona. Dr. Maurice Churke On Ateik Faculty ^ at tea I iga Laku Should tee daylteht savtag plan n In enact OFBN8 WITH WATRREK The racing program opaae with the Wateree, at o§s mile and one-half over hurdlec ibr whieh there are wen NteriiSL teevoped la O. H. Tete’’ Bostwick’c High Twist, which wlU uw with his ownsr tn the saddta sT idu poondc. AMo farorud are Mrs; Bather duPont Weir’s Sllevemlsh and Snowy River. Slleve- mlah win carry ifO pounds, whils tea mors experienced l^y Rlv« will carry 140. Cbmplettag the field in the Wateree are MMs Osroifaa, own ed by D. K. Summer, Jr.; J. W. Sum- mr*s Strenger; and MIcheel Meno- min’s Tom Gallant M adopted, it would remain throurit tars of much concern to the,general public were to come up for conddera- tem and action. More Workers Urgent Need Of Hie Motor Corps The end of ges rationing can be the beginning of happier days for con valescent servicemen if members of ths community will eoopsrate with the Motor Corps of ths Ksrshsw Go. Red Cross Chapter, acoordhig to Mrs. Leon Schlosburg, Motor corps chair man. The Motor Corps, a branch of Vol unteer Special Servlcea. renders any traasportation serrice reqnssted by commanding officers of military in stallations. such as driving rslatives to hospitals to visH sick or wounded patisnts, taking (kmvslssosnts on recrsattoual and odQcatlonal ouUngi, and trsnsporting entertainers to and tnm hospitals, and Homs Sanies ALL NORTH CAROLINA ENTRIgg The eecond race on tee program, the Kershaw, la a two and one-half mile timber test which wttl sea four timber toppare from Tryon, N. 0., go to teo post. A subetitute tor tho famed Carolina Cap timber classic, this rses Is gn attempt to return the feniM and rail sport to Hs former (PIsaso tura to page six) Camden To Fore In Motion Picture Scene This Week Film Of Fort RmIu WUI Sbow Camdun An Sporte b many communities msmbars of the Motor Corps tavKs pstlants to teefr homes tor Sunday dtnnsr, taka recreation suppUas hospitals, and bmlsh tranTCMrtstlon for cteer Rad Cross corps serving the hospitals. To qualify as a member of the oorpe, a man or woman mnst be an experienced driver with s good record, in good health, and must have com- plated tee Red Croes courses in standard and advanced first aid, sMtar uistestes, aad sps^ or fancy driving. t 7 ^ and Cfaurkos, 'D.D., rector eboxte wUl be n Confsrenos Ihe- ts be hsM at Knnun Luke Bear RsBdataeiivflla, N. Tha Rsfv. Laois MMteur, of Triidiy churub OotetelA win uarve as tea Dsaa if tea idiR pisifsTCRH fsmdly. •The larger and more eetlve the — Motor Corpo, the heppte the serrice' ^ meivr Mye. Schloeburg said. The w eaaisra ana has hoaw Ksrtmnw comity (Raptor'Is calling tor UMMe volunteers. Those tatsreated la jedatag tee Motor Gmrpe may oon- taet tea local Bed Croea - UWR b teu-eurly tee e1rtii2_ utt were ounstHuUea I a' Hendgnarters. North Broad Jtreet C^oniele Clo$e Saturday P. M, ‘The Sportsmen’s Dream”, a lour reel motion picture showing Camden people and winter reeldeuts and gnoau at play in this sports center of tea South is to bo shown at the (bm- dm theater wHhb the next few wesfte (Wstdi for anaonneement from man ager Lee Uttle of tee (tandea thea ter.) CamsraexphrU of the Bark Mottoa Picture ProduetioBB have been b Camden the pest weak ssenring sobs 8500 feat of film shewing action at the polo gameo. tho recent Camden horse ehow, the Osmien HuoL the crowds Isavtag rsmdan howea of worship tollowiag Sanday aervtosa, acensa at many of Che pbntatlon ta aad. arouad CkuBlm aad 1 te* 'dksA tee Havliif worked wiany swertims flMra OTrlflM VW OTwVtW msiitlie, the Chrewlele wIR eloee at -1 e'eleek an •aturday, April b ha that wsstesTC sf Ms fhrea W tear fa last but not taaat sesaaa atltee Vic tory race meettag of flatnW. Don Parishor aad Sam Mbtao. former hsiag head of the Park prise sad the latter an a^ camera- man, fonaerly with Warner Bros,, have been active b geCCiag tea fine Camdm scenes tor tee lArsol pres- " entatifan. 1 (huadea people, who have been b s whore ^ , ilTt wOl be taterseted b ieebg thripoelvei in the pictare when It Istem ut the Cemden theater. Through a hookup with the Heath News Serviee, h wm he poaMhle far- mtiSB tatarestad ta assartag noCloa picture filta or still negstlvss of say contast the mwa' BarvloK white ta tara urtB utaoa the otem with the Park Motion Plriure Productions. Tho polo slub, tee Cam- ? •“ Ouroltaa aup ooauaiL .tee. tea Ouadsn HUrad shaw group ^ tea fan show... bf tea aafitai aosnn at ^ of thaas •kaaiy ys^taad" ®ia*^ «£ B ■