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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FMDAY, NOVEMBER n, 1946
Nvabar 37
ler Southern Aviatkin School May -Become Kirlwood Militaiy Academy
PARKING STARTS ON
>ay in downtown area
Mart Port Cola
T« latiira Logoi
ftflonf Stotoi
motoriiu ^o park
ri downtown Camden wUl
rtit priTUege. For the aew
«BCted parking meter
)«etme etteetlTe todat
sent begins tomorrow,
tt.
I hsre an been Im
i>tAd and are ready to
I Ob coins ot the motorists.
lines and also lines tor
bilking on certal,n atreetg
liMn painted on the paTe-
' »6t^baTe been a boon
’^community where they
I ^stalled. They have goaa
in solving parktng prob>
ly that InTolTlBg the
who places his eh? ta
f Ipsee In the moralag and
ts remain there antll he
at night This praetlee
ss general la seope here
sereral sarreys
. from 70 to to per cent
_ spaoes were need
niiM^e parkarf, IsaTing
to to per cent to the
Local Hospital
Has Streptomydn
For Gvilian Use
[ cl the commnnlCiea where
j aOars have heso Installed
rh Oarfe declare (had the
I d (he venture doea no;
the meters ba( of the
ea iTniTeea .the vlblatora
to pay 8 fine,
art be * eerloaa wfste
ftads. The heat patrol win
a roadne, espeelal*
^ am whereft thf netere
e operate tNnn t g.
u daUy, eaoept en San-
T«i hoUdaya. Now that the
fhflix of people haa atartai
[is eU probleoi dt
if the i mtettf mm in
Id fts poet offibe ha
^as tufch aa the metert 4o
after t p( O.. the foot
Ipeblem for people who eeeh
iftters or pldt ap
tfiel. A sareey en
Camden and 9900 other citlea
have streptomycin evailable at iO
cent of ita original price today
>~thank8*to an industry that turned
all of ita ingenuity to the volume
production of this newest lifeeavlng
drug.
The Camden hospital, which has
been designated by the civilian pro
dnction administration as a ‘'depot’
for streptomycin dUtrlbation here,
will soon have adeqnats civilian
■npplies of the drug, It was learned
Maxlmu& 'otttpnt ts expected by
he end of the year in the new |l,<
dO.OOO plants of Merck Ik Co., at
Bkton, Ya., and Rahway, N. J. Cni^
rentiy, the anpply la limited large-
y to treating each dlseatea i
tlood polaoning and tnlaremia (rab*
bit fever) and to eaaential research.
Rttshed to completion little more
tium two years after development
of the atreptomycin producing or
ganism, these hige plants represent
ha pioneering efforts of Merck
tertu^lans as wen aa the coopera-
Ion of snch tirma aa Mtnneapolla-
Honeywon Regilator coopaay, lih*
bey-Owena-Ford Qlasa company and
others.
fating
fvealng hf ears hninngliig
patrons.
DeKalb School
Fatnre Farmo:
Speaks At Rotary
Thwnni FwiWinnlwfff TfQh
- WLot Ffrm Barnav Mnoas
To Stale
^neoas Farnksttherry rt thn
Baron DaKalh chapter of the Fn^
tarn Famara e( ApMriea, was
apaaker on the Caarten BoOry
igmm last wash nuHratsy.
gWeet ef Botarlnn Bi C
diatrlei winner ef On
Mhreen yenth speech Milecti
ae his snbject *‘What the
Farm Bnrean Means to South Caro*
sa,” •
Mr. Pndkenberry la a atetn
Tarmera, paat president of the local
chapter and past vies president tt
the Sooth Carolina association of
the Future Farmers of Aswrlea.
Magic Eye/Sm* Lung
Santa Oans To
Arrive Today Fw
Qiristmas Event
Kiddian ol the Comnnmity
Will Jem Streeta nod Park
To Greet Hhn
Wia tha new laoerevnt
only a few aeoonis and ean bn tnian with
piocraoia. tn tad nakhawn aasen of'
stin in ita early and aunt easily enrablo
ealosls assodatloas tran
whilo gin rtssMs Is
CAMDEN
BAND
NOTES
rehearsal
W HIOHT
>n«sb|ers of the band depaii-
t n«t Monday nlrt^t of this
hpBther for the first time.
tNMhrlng about eight weeks
Ivste lessons, thoM yonng
met In the band room
boar and a half rehearsal
[etlre high school group and
" rtadents from the grammar
l^Mtended the rehearsal with
log instrumentation: ten
one sazophond, eight cor-
[^hree mellophonea, two trom-
•a« bell lyre, (ow dmms
' louBaphone. Although most
~ bare learned eli^t ele*
band selectkma, rte re-
^ was used la SBKMth-
dte seleodoaa *]hi a Saae*
(Chorals), “Ha Dancers’*
» and “March of the Ma-
arranged ^ Yorreet
Monday night kae been
.for the weekly band re-
Prof. MIddletna k
(bat aQ clabe.
oronisatloai, iperir.ti.
local bnslaana Sm.
!j> rtndeata to eot^forato
reheareal iiidudrtil
lights to that sR
vQl be akin to attort
a confltet of aaoe ethar
It The hand shoald havw
per oeai attendance At
- rehearod to achieve Us
pn Chine caadset a fine band.
jUCTlON IN
today
sectloa of the aowUr
high sshotl head.
^ a the Smta Olaae
^^ornod fa tha
narty toM aod
oMee. the heat*i
^ ^way OrllBNi.
8ao
l^agle rank
iomT'
Gen. Franke Is
81st Yets Head -
4
OHhc&n Eloctod Ao tOO
Megatoe Attwnd WUdeat
Dhriaioa Conwonkion
Lieut Com. Dan L
Carrison Oven
Unit (Station
For Haroism In Artiom
Afufaut Enomg Japan-'
Uent. Comdr. Daalel J. Oarrleoa.
USN. who is aervlag aboard the
emlser. USt Meachester, whldi
was recently commlsciooed et the
U. S. neval shipyard. South Boston,
has been presented the Preeldentlel
unit dtetlon, it wee eeaoaneed by
Ftaat Newel district.
This award wee presented Lieut
Oomdr. OerrtooB by Cept Peter Q.
HalSb- commeediag officer of the
Manchester, for extraordinary hero-
lam tn action agatast eoeaqr Jap
aneee, foreae hi tho air, at aoa. and
OB alkire hi the Padfte area. Tho
dtatloB whteh accoaippatod tho
itr
«eL eoeNtary wC
' itatee, sad
roads:
hi
eetlsa egatnet enemy
in gie sir, et sea and oa
shore la the Pecifle war area from
August IL IMS, to August IE, 1941.
Speerheadliig our eoncentretsd cer-
rier-wsrfere in forward araee, the
US8 Torktown end her sir groups
struck cmihlng blows toward an
nlhilattog the enemy’s fighting
strenrth; they provided air
or our emphibioaB fmrees; they
fiercely countered ' the enemy’s
savage amiel attacks end deatroy-
ed his planM; end they inflicted
terrific damage. Daring and de
pendable in combat, the Torktown
with her gallant ottioera and men
rendered loiral service in achieving
the ultimate defeat of the Japanese
Emplre.“
Health Ednehtion
Ode of Main Points
Hi TB Progi^
MaJ. Gen. Gustave H. Franks of
thhi city was elected commander of
the vetoreaa of the list (Wlldoet)
ddvlslon et the eloelng seaslon of
the units’ annual convention at
Sanford, N. C., liunday. . „ .
He eaeoeeda Banka ArendeU of
About too delegates from ten
statoa attended the convention. No
alto waa aelected for next year’s
meeting.
Dates to Remember
JMonday. December i — Jhnloi'
League meeting at home of Mrs
James Darby .at I o’clock P- “•
Monday, December I — unltea
DangbtMra of Confederacy meeting
at home of Mrs. A. A. Reaaonover
at 4 P. m.
'Monday; December i — Regular
Bieetlng city council, 7:10 p. m.
Monday, December *—County
Temperance meeting in the Meth
odist church at I o’clodL
•foeaday, December 9—Woman's
eazlliary will meet with Mrs. Kl*^
or Marvin on Rectory lane et 9:11
oreloek am
rridey, Deoember »
rwrae et grammar school aaoi*
tortnm, I p. «•“ -
Monday, DeoMsber 9—Bed Crcee
exeeathre heart Tree
Monday. December 9—Pine Trto
group of Cea^ GerteiE ^
rolB at the heme of Mrs. Spaa-
r aa Cheaaat street et <
firtday, Deoembm 99—Do^tsrii
of Aaorioea Bevolntioa meetiigt et
a of Mrs. SleeBor Nenrla at
wSta^Les^rMitolei
iSiMal aailtorlam.
Oeteher I.
John deLoadi
Given Promotion;
Now Overseas
Son Of Local Attankoy !
Now Priwmio First Qaaa
Aa aeloBlehlBg aaoler rt rto*
pie have beea rseehed daring the
pest year, by oar healrii otamtiea
program.’^ aaid Mra. Oearge Creed,
conaty seel sale uhetrinee, fOv tha-
tnbereuloete easoeletlom “Ae wee
announoed la toe beglMUBg of toe
year, health edaoatioa hhe keen ooe
of tho two mala potato •trsesed la
toe asaocletloa ftoprtka”
Mr*. Chwed eoatiMWtoat tohm-
enlbels eaeoelatloa flSlures show
that la Kertoaw oonatmOartag tola
calendar year ahaot lAJM ptoeee of
Today’s the big day end every
tonngater in Camden and -com-
anmlty la eagerly awaiting the
magic hoar of S:S0 o’clock thia
aftemoofii when lolly old Santa
Clans will reach Camden.
The chubby little chap is coming
here as a special guest of the Cam
den Junior Chamber of Commerce
aad eUtoorate preperations have
I made to make the welcome
aa ewtotandlng event
A parrte with floats, band, etc.,
will move trom the fair grounds to
Hampton Park ahortly after arrival
of Santa. Here the man trom the
land of make-believe will greet the
little folks and present each with
a gift
The atmosphere of Chrlatmes wU:
he heIrtteBed during the day by
toe idaylag ef eerole end Christmea
muste over a loud-speaking system
la the downtown district.
The Jkhior Chamber of Com
meree haa not spared any time or
expense in preparing for today’i
Mg event Plane celled for Santa
to ride toronrt the streets on
bsaatitol float after hie arrival hy
plane a( the Camden airport from
wheoee he will be wfliaked in a Mg
lira traoE to toe fair gronads where
he will he eeated la toe float whlrt
wlB briag ap the raer of the Chriet-
health tltoratare have keen dlstrl- of toe Ughto later la the eftomooa
butod. with SB addttloart 47 rtrea
lers prepared hy the orgealsatlon
and dlit-toatod to nbonl S.0rt psr>
IMS. Thirtyrtsht Uealthttlaa were
shown *o sadleaees toOrtof •heat
M99. Thirty-Bine tiAMiere aMdekiio the
to endlenoee totoNPf llpat
<9ne haadred tweav i
Rraphe nod rtmrta were.
8tz uhlMIe Yue
It ie to be regretted that the city
eoald not lastall the
Ughto ea the mala streets, el-
tke parade Ie et a time
toe light would not be 11-
hmilaetod. However the tnmlaf oa
ludi
CHARTER IS TA^N OUT TO
INCORPORATE PREP SCHOOL;
AI50 A VETERANS COLLEGE
Seek To Hawe Junior Offanisation In Operatioa By
April. Must Reliowate Anil Fiurniek Buildinye
A charter has been taken out by Tbomae B. Hair and Major
CharlM T. Smith of Colnmbia to Incorporate the Kirkwood Military
Academy of Camden aa a Junior college and preparatory college for boys.
An effort is to be made to secure the Southern Aviation school
property, now under control of the war asMte administration, for ope
ration of a Junior college to take care of veteran itudenta under the
Q. L BUI ot Righto.
In the event the Southern Aviation school property Is secured the
Junior ooUege wUI be opened on or before April 1, it requiring several
months to renovate and make ready the bnUdlngt on the property.
Rock HiU High
&ind To Parade
Witii Santa Ctens
f
Two Baada And Dram Corps
;WiU Faatora Big Farad#
Hwo Today
John delioaeh, son of John de-
Lcmilh. ISOI Lyttleton street Cam
den, S. C., was recently promoted
to Private Flrtt Class whUe serving
with the 261th Chemical laboratory
I a fUa and null cleric.
Pfc. deLoach waa ladueted into
the service March. 1149, at Fort
Jackson, 8. C., and ombarked few
ovorteaa duty September, 1949.
He attended the administration
and supply schooL Camp Lee, Ya.,
aad the University of North Caro
lina, Chapel HUL N. C.
(^den Girl Is
Nam^ Reporter
M|u^aret van Tandlagham, oAn.
M, frethmaa at Winthrop eol-
Isgeb waa reoently named a reportfr
for toe aaaaal freehaiaa editloa of
The JohaMrtaii. wertly pahttoathm.
toe Brut aaatoer which wae isenrt
Noveatoer 21.
Miss vaa Laadhigham Is the
daarttortof Mr. aad Mrs. 8. W. vaa
mdtmham of 1U2 LytUetoa
street Oamdsa.
eSming Shows An
Increme Brer 1945
|R>latod oat tisjatsd |be Mhgro ea-
hay eoatoat, ta wkish fow rthools
aad 209 pupils paitidpated: the
negro leader all-day oonferanee on
tubereuloala whldi arae attsadei by
290 negro Ihaden; a apeeial pro
gram tor asfro doetors and deattoto
darlag theto distolet meeCtag in
Camdea; and the two schod health
programs whldi have reached naar-
if 900 chlldrea aad thofr parento.
“This school health demoaatrar
tlon has aronoad each latereet
aaid Mrs. Crort. /'that laqairlaa
about it have come from several
sections of toe state, and requests
for reprasentettves ci the asaocle-
tion to go to Oilttir counties (0 sn-
plain this program and the strps
by which it has been developed.“
Flmrcs abf>ai this de'oonv..raUon
wUl be retoi«K-d shortl»', according
to.Mra. Creed, who closed by sav
ing, “We arc ceafldent that the.
p^ple ot tola county wUl akew
their approval of onr program ta
onr county, by responding UberaUy
to the Christmas Seel Sale now ta
prograea, aad by which we raise the
balk nt toe funds on which we ope
rate. Because of increased program,
and attendant additional eesto, we
ar4 aiming for the higher goal of
flAOO.OO. We know we amy de-
p^ npoa oar friends to help uh
readi tola koaL“
Iwotod have added
jthls rtmta dans
mmmmmt win he amde next
of the dectokm of the Ja
la toe urtadofw dholay eeatost
to iMito to As
la pan«k ^ |
toe wlB|pwi this
BighWhy Blodced
As Bri^ Falls
Blhtt Sehloabnrg aanouneed
Taeaday that the erack Rock HIU
high school band ef 90 places wUl
mardi ta the Santa daos parade
Friday aftmmoon.
Thla given the parade two handa.
Bamtor aad Bock Hill High orgaal-
latlons aad the Ctaartea high nchool
drum oorps.
Marchiug with tha Camden dram
oorp wlU he memlMrs of the high
■ohool band BOW ta procea of or-
gaalaatloa aad kutotag noty the
necessary lastrnmeato to complete
a flat head plotora
Capacity House
To Greet lions
Qub ^ow Dee. 6
great
typa.
The school will be operated ta
quarters, toe first class to begin
with one hundred students,-one hun
dred to be added at lb* start o*
each quarter nnUl four hundred
were enrolled. It la proposed to se
cure a strong facnlty, sufficient to
meet evwry reqairemeat of the
Southern CoUege and Secondary
School association.
Camden is regarded as an ideal
location for an educational taatttu-
tkm of this type. Major C. T. Smith
ta dlscuasing toe proposed ooUego
■aid in part: .“There la a
need for a school of thla
Thera are hundreds of
who did not finish high seheM be
fore their entranoe into toa..anay
aad have not enough credtta to aA-
mit them into a ooUege. These vet>-
mans leM that they are too oM to
rttum to sohoM and aasoelato with
pnpUa who are tan or aare yeaia
younger. They would, hosrever, en
ter a Junior oMlege whieh woali
take care of the laat two ran of
high school aad tint two yearn et
coUcca.“
Thomas B. BaJr, one of toe pro
moters of toe achoel, la a Cohna-
bla attorasr art realtor. Ha to;
•truer #1 Mair .PrnBarttoi, lao, npe-
tottag
ta
hetola art ka
CMaaiMa aat
Half toe
StoaD I
laaA.
Maa 8a#a FoBhi
Stroeliflra la Ham To Halt
Hla Aotomobila
Veterans Loan
DfHce Is Now
At Fort Jackson
tort 19,421
halea of nottoa wer#
Shaw mmtr frtsa Aw
prior to 'November L
la saagarliwa rtA ,^A#
rt 19rt
tlialNI
Bemoval of the loan guarantee
divlslbn from the Craaaon huUdlng
ta Colnmhla td the veteran admtaia-
tratioB regional office at Fort Jack
•oa sraa aandnaeed by Mwart &
Turner, regional manager.
Mr. Turner pototod ort that all
amU for the tana gmaatoa dtvlakm
should now he rttiAiii to the
Begkmal Office,,Y
tratloB. Fort Jartsoa, art tout aU
tolephoae ealli to the loaa
tee dlvisloa ahoald now
tkrourt the regtonal office swlt^
heard, tetophCM 2-7224.
Pvpoee of the man waa to lo-
eate guarantee dlrtolon wt A other
dtrlstoaa of Ae recioaal ofttoa, Aon
expedlttag toe handling of tons
gaaraatao mattera.
John B. LladMr Is chief of the
loan guaraate# dtvtetoB, whisk has
now preeased apprexlssatoly $12/
990,999 ta leaaa to vrtanoa to
•oath Carottaa for too forpsos of
Mr haildlBg hooMS or ortaMI
*rt harinegg.
MNA’TOR Rf DFBARN ILL
m- T.
A ooncreto bridge, reportedly
Some n tool la lengto oa the Caa^
dsn-Sumter hlahway a aMlo aoalh-
eaat of Bsaibert ooUapaod late Taoo-
day afternoon.
Fortunately no oa# was ea the
bridge at toe time. B. B. Clarkaoa
of this etty WM approaehiag the
bridge on ,hU way to this city Jaat
after toe ntrnctnre feU. He was
able to bring his oar to a stop
■boat tea tat from too edge.
Lawreag Whitaker, ea his way to
Camdea from Shaw field, rearted
toe scene a rnlaato or oo later.
UntU the bridge la impaired it
win be neoeeeary to detour on a
country road, which it is old. adds
about two mllg to the dtetaag
betwemi Camdan and Saattsr.
Caug. of toe coUapg to not
known, although 4t Is claimed that
toe strneture apparoitty was ta a
weakened ooaditloa due to the
bgvy traffic over toe highway.
A large hgvUy loaded atruok la
reported to have passed ovg the
structure Just before the eotlapg.
Mr. Clarkeon ta speaking of his
experience aid he wg coaatlng
down toe bin approaching the
bridge and wu within 16 feet of
toe strnctare when he gw what
had happened. He applied his
brakg and managed to halt his
car about ten fat froa the edge.
“My time hadn’t come,’“ he remark
ed.
Mr. Clarkson stated fnrtow that
a motortot of the other, or Camdea
side, had also stoppod a fow foot
from tho odge. Bis nana ooald not
be aneertataed.
OfHcers-Mtti
Needed For Dn^
Ofttaera aad men are needed for
active duty natll July, 1947, la ooa-
getlMi with anvil reserve sollstr
TBeslirt
asatedrt As
rtam oa fVIday,
dm too ssspfog ef Ai
Ltoas otab wA ha graotod
by a
ns Ltons, hrtmmtag with tkslr
nssM psp, art exnbsraiiee havs
goas to town ta tos sals ot tieketa
■ad aa a rwralt a capacity audlsaeo
will rmoi the youthfol mtlats who
are m the rorao personnsL
It might bo As bettsr psrt pf
dtoerotkm for thog who vfish to
ssemn good sats to bs st the sadl-
torinm ssrly.
From reports rtoslirt firom Co
lombia whers thla glbrfol rsvlsw
of yosto aad beauty wm prggted
recently, U wm a genalas knock
out rt a hlL
Fortress
aght For Big ,
Sum At Lennon
Jaioaa B. Ryaae Trai^ For
Mrs. Estkisr doPaot Wair»
Is
According to s Lextagton. Ky..
news dlspsteh, James A Byaa*
trainer for Mra. Bother du]^nt
Weir, whog stable of onUkandlng
horsM are wintered and trained ta
Camden, porohased the two-year-
old Flying Fortrgs at tha thor
oughbred sale hhld at Lexington
tast Friday. ,
wood hdipL to
aa oatstoadtag
Major Charlg T.
edacatof and proadnent la ariUtary
art'edaeatteaal sftaln to OotaaiMa
aad -Beuth Carolina. Is a gradoata
ot ne CltadM aad of too |aY selioel
of too State anlveratty. He recently
retired g a Itoatoaant eotoaeL He
was associated with the pahUe
school systems la South Carrttaa,
norlda and Wat Ytrglala as prfa-
dpsl, sBpsrtatendsat sad eom-
iDsndaBt of eadsts at As Alleghsay
MlUtary Instltuts la Wsst Yirgtala.
For tsn years prior to World Wsr
n hs was aa attomsy with tos vst-
ersns sdmtaistratloa snd hg stoo
ssrved as patloasl servtos otfleg
and department adjutant of too Dla-
abled American Yeteraas of SonA
CaroUaa.
The (MSMoa of naval
■Orta to raoall tor aottve daty m
rnn offieers of ths
Gnion Tmekiiig^
Ung Are Moving
To New Location
Iho Gnion Troeklag Ling are be
ing moved to a now kmatloa at BaL
toils sad Kaikst strsslb, vagdag
ths lot hsok of ths Gsartsa post
otfles.
ns Gsloa group Is tahtog ovsr
the fiUtag statioa at ths asw loaa-
tioa art will ntlllM As torgs lot
St ths rssr for storags tad traek-
taf pnrpooss.
The- Brgd strsst kri. owasd by
AsBsIdiAart hrothsn. aoy hs
ss s
sB
to 4
feOirtance Groiqi
i mmwrnmm oa sp e «^ . m ^
■4
• m
it Is agda hgr 0. O.
sf ths easaty
Former Camden
Pgtor To Lead
County Seal Sale
B. Bryg Habort has hsaa artaai
ehalnnsa of ths fowwilUsi whkA
will dfrsct tos 1941 ChristBMs Seal
Sals toroaghout ths ooaaty*to raids
funds for tnberonlosis coatroL so-
eordtag to sa aaaoaaossgat mada
today hy Dr. 0. J. Leannon, prost-
dent of toe Snmtg County Tube^
culocla MBoeUtSon. Tho goaty
camptogn is part of tho aaHeawMe
40to aaaual Chrlrtaaa Seal Shio
which will contlBM natll Chrtotmaa.
“We are deeply gratified tort we
■ban have a maa of Mr. B^Nrt’a
glibfo art general papidarity to
lead onr aannsl easspatan,** said ir.
Lenuaoa. “We know Art tia onto
tribatloa which he wA mal
onr propma to proveat art
trot tnherenlorti will ortirt
Seal Solo thna into Ao fam.
when Seal arts
«rk to
rannaBSsa*
Mr.
ths, stats. Hs
sf
toasioa sC tig A €«'
M( ' '
otths
Mr.
^ hs rifioSnlad As
Asnrock of Ao
msg ho know i
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