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The Camden UME » CAMDEN. fOUTH CAROUNA. hUDAY, AUGUST 22, 1947 Niimber 23 County Will Gather In Camden On N^ht of Sept 5 hres World War H Victory Medal Jake A. Brown and Son Are Killed; Wife and Mother Critically Injured In Highway Tragedy Last Sunday 4aj. Robert M'. Richards, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richards, Jr., Camden, is shown receiTing the i War 11 Victory Medal from Governor J. Strom Bond, at ceremonies held at Columbia re- OPVILLE COACH SAYS AME WITH CAMDEN IS OFF rhat Wires Got Crossod In Negotiations And No [Ume With Bulldogs Has Been Arranged iron id e has contacted dssy IMerce, who is with II squad at Camp Carlyle, he effort to clear up an Disunderstandlng relatlTe DDden-BishopTillp football duled to be plafsd here September 12, and which have been called off by Yille team. )yd Stokes of the Btobop- 008, who wUl stsu't his practice September 4, t the openinit gamd for rill be on September 12, Lower Richland hich reo.. He claims that I game hefw Hi fTamdm iber 12, were “messed e of wires sotting cross- iless other arrangements Camden will not be on de of the Dragons this not at all very .happy lason’s outlook. He says )ne regular will be back 946 team, that was one in the state, toeing only snd winning eight The rer team was the only over the Dragons, rst stringer with the ex- Roland Strickland, cen- ising in thiS' year’s edi- ) Dragons. A change in has made it impossible uBose and Gerald Pate, outstanding players, to this year. And added to ck comes news that rdan, who was ontstand- ckfield replacement bad n ankle. as the Chronicle hears e, announcement will be 16 public as to Just who he Bulldogs in ^'e game inber 12—if any. Three Cars In Crash At Gate Of Camden Ball Lot Johnny Derry, Colored, la Arrested For Speeding And Reckless Driving Detroit Hubby Seelw Woman Who Is Living Here Walter Kitonis Says. He Wants Custody'Of Three Children Here With .Wife Traffic Accideat Near Flat Creek Claims Heavy Toll In Camden Home—Community Mourns Passing Of Fine Young Characters——Six Riding In Demolished Car CAMDEN JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO SPONSOR BIG KERSHAW COUNTY MEET HERE ^ Governor Thurmond, R. M. Cooper And Other Dignitaries Will Be Heard—Purpose To Awaken People • To Future Needs Fitmeral rites i eight-%^^>old son, churcnT^eedny a Johnny Derry, colored, residing at 1210 Campbell street, was placed under arrest by Patrolman Stanley Rose, following a thrsacar collision near the Broad street en trance to the American Legion baseball stadium Saturday night. According to Rose, Derry was driving-south at a high rate of speed. He was waved down by Patrolman Joe McManus at the comer, but according to Rose did not slacken speed as he neared, the ball park, gate, which was dis gorging cars at the close of the Camden-Blshopville game. Derry told the police that he swung to the left to avoid striking the station wagon of C. C. Whit aker, Jr., which was pulling out into the traffic line. He hit the station wagon and then crashed into a new Pontiac sedan driven by W. H. James, Chesnut street. Police said the damage to the James car would aggregate several hundred dollars while the Whit aker station wagon had a dented fender. Derry gave bond of $52 wenh taken to police headquarters. He was charged with speeding and reckless driving. Drive Carefully—Save a Life WHERE ^0 ENGLAND, I DO NOT 5H TO LIVE,” SAYS G. 1. JOE Jf Last War Who Spent Seven Years In And ear London Tells Of THbulations Faced Chief of Police Alva Rush'has received a letter from Walter Kitonis. of-Detroit, Mich., asking for Information of Dorothy Kitonis, alias Dorothy Morris, wanted at Worchester, Mass., for larceny and also for the posting of Illegal ball bond. The Detroit man says he has been looking for Dorothy Kitonis for some time and that he Is ask ing for a divorce and the custody of three children who are with the mother near Camden. ,, He inquires of the pollen If It will be possible for him to come and get his three children, Gloria, age 7; Walter, 6, and Diana, 4. The fourth child with the wife is not his. he says in his letter. The Camden police are not tak' ing any steps in the case, since the woman was turned over to the county jail authorittes last week. Sheriff Gib DeBruhl permitted the woman .to go to the home of a sis ter who lives just outside the Camden city limits. The sheriff snd Police Chief Alva Rush drove to the place last we^ and were amazed to find that three adults and ten children were liv ing In a small three room shack that boasted of but one bed. Chief Rush expressed the opin ion that the county welfare unit should make an investigation of the case from the sfandjolnt of living conditions. Neither the office of the sheriff or chief of polite can throw any li^t upon whether the womui here was divorced from Walter Kitonis of Detroit. Since she has taken the name of Morris, It is as sumed that she has married the latter. The Worchester authorities are expected here ..next week at wbichr time they will make^Ah ef fort to take the woman back to Worchester to be arranged on the charge of larceny and of posting an illegal bail bond and also it is said for jumping bail. Under orders of the sheriff, the woman called at^the office of a local physician and made an ap pointment to call the next day for an examination to determine the veracity of statements she made to Sheriff DeBruhl. She claimed that she was about to become a mother and that the date was Aug ust 16. Inquiry of the doctor In question brought the information that the woman never kept the ap pointment and he had not seen her since. Dorothy Kitonis Again Hits Trail; Wanted By Police Police * Chief Find* WoniM^ Sought By Worchester, Mess., Hes Gone for Jake Alexander Brown, 29, and his Jake, Jr., were held at the First Baptist ^urcb ^eaday afternoon at 5 o’clock. Rev. O. Floyd I Montgmery officiating, assisted by Rev. J. B. Caston. with i, huriaHn the Qnkker cemeRi^r^ ^ large assemblage of mourners and the cascade of flowers bespoke the brief of a community that suffered one of the woyst tragedies in many years. I 1. P®J^«rera were: A. V. Smith, Rufus Wilkes, *****^V’ *”'**i^°*' Jo® A. Rauseo, Frank Rec tor, Ellu RowelL Archie. Reeves, James Anderson and Fred Johnson, Jr. ■ Jake Brown and his aon were kiljed when the car lh®y w»® in was struck by another car at the intersection of Highways 903 and 265 near the Flat Creek grammar Mhool last Sunday noon. Mrs. Margaret Coker Brown, wife Jake Brown, is still in a serious condition at the Camden hospiUl. Others in the car were Mr. Brown’s Bother, Mrs. O. A. Brown of Chesterfield, and Eric and Margaret Lorraine Brown, Mr. Brown’s other two children. All were badly bruised and lacerated and suffered from ihock. Trade School Is Approved By Veterans Group M.. M. Reasonover Has All !nf<wmatiun Regarding Unit At Legion Building nathan (Jack) Hubbard, nade his borne In ana Ion, England, but who, last world war, was a vrriter In Wisconsin, American soil for the n over seven years last my with a war buddy, wick of Jacksonvills, ard spent a half day Saturday while s^e 'fa were being made to car. 0* England as it.j»tCh. family. , "During July and early August fruit, excellent in qualtiy, was available and the same can be said of the garden produce," continued Hubbard. "The work of caring foi the produce gardens is done large* ly by German prisoners of war It Is Interesting to note that fruit and vegetables are tbs only things not rationed. "English people do not have white bread, but a dark variety that Is very hard. Canned frnh can be had but it takes 20 ration points, which “Londra lln IsTs Wg slice out 6f the allowed per month for badly damaged : of clearing the ing is very slow, hat the lack of t active problem is so gigantic, n to the rsbnild- nes in order that habitable. Some Iful of England’s eked beyond re- cer be replaced, e of beautiful I. Everywhere as th^ cities and bbsrd did so fre- i of 'the blits Is 'ver, the Biigliah its bssutSully >d lovely cottage >T to fus opDa.” A town Habbsrd I Ubss of psopis ■mail portkai of te be emci it canned goods ‘The people want soap but It is very scarce, but three small cakM being allowed per month. Travel ers are expected to provide their own towels In hotels and fw lengthy stays, bed linen mnst be provided by guests. "The English people try to sp- pesr neat and' clean, but the cloth es they have <o wear are of w ancient mode, ■especially for the older people, -rtlrty-twq ooup^ ore allowed each six months tor clothing and a packet handkerchief cannot be obtained without a ra- Hea point iKlok. A man’k snH talw 26 coupons, whleh leaves bnt six points for sU other wearing ap- "m the bast raatanranta yon can sMsd bit |l.» (Ov® ■fcWmn. for ^1^ vclaalva of drlite aasd tbU teal «tfai fon Apparently Dorothy Kitonis, alias Dorothy Morris, picked up by the Camden police on August 12, upon the request of the Worches- rer. Mass., authorities who claimed that she had jumped a flctltloie bail bond of $1,000 after arraign ment on a larceny charge, haa done it again. Following her arrest by the po lice hero she was turned over to the county authorities for deten tion In the county jail, to sdralt the alTival of Worchester authori ties armed with extradition papers. Because -of her alleged delicate condition, she expecting a child he- fnrm thA end of the month, she was permitted to go to the home of a sister, > Mrs. Huffstetter, residing near Maroney HllL When the local police recelvad a wire from Worchester Thursday morning stating that an officer was leavihg for Camden, Chief Rush drove to the Huffstetter home and learned that the entire Huffstetter family with Mrs. Kitonis, a Mr. Morris and four children of Mn. Kitonis, had dlMppeared. Lee D. Horton; Long-Sought Man Is Anally Found 71-YeAr.Old Wpatvaie Rasi- dent Found In Exkeuated Condition On Antkony Flnoe Lee Dixon Borton, 71-year-old Westrille man, who diaappeared nearly two wes^ ago, was found oU'a bridge on Am Willie Anthony place eaar Welll^ Wednesday mbrutag at ld:td'9clock by Ravel Officer Wilbevt Williams, Sanford Twltty and Grady Welch, who were searching for him. It is reported that Horton was in an exhausted condltioa when found and was taken at once to the Camden hospital, where he is under the ear# of a physician After Horton’s disappearance, Sheriff Gib DeBruhl and Capt Rob-' ert David of the Kerahaw Guards, called upon citizens and Guards men to form posses in the search. At one time there were several hundred men engaged In the search. Sheriff DeBruhl declared frankly that he did not believe Horton would be found alive. With his poor eyesight and a mental condi tion, it was believed he had wan dered into one of the many swamps that abound in the area, and had perished. Horton was in such a poor phy- tdcal and mental condition when found that it was impossible to question him to bis whereabouts during tbe past twa vaeka. State And County Police Are Busy On The Hi^ways Bad Brakes, Speedinf, Driv- inf WroBC. All Are Ckargad Af ainst Motonsta Malcolm Heth, chargtd with be ing a public drunk and also of dis orderly conduct, was fined |64 in Magistrate Jack David’s court last week. Stanley Johnson, charged by State Highway Patrol Officer James Hammond with having de ficient brakea on hla car was fined $12 and Jessie Mack, charged with a similar offense paid a fine of $7. Jasper Braslngton, Jr., charged with failure to keep to the right on the highway was fined $7. Chnriftfl —xilk Jake Brown la survived by his wife, Margaret Coker Brown; two children. Eric and Margaret Lor raine; his mother, Mra. D. A. Brown; two sisters, Laura, of this city, aud Mrs. H. S. Lokey of Ches terfield; sixth brothers, DaCkista Brown of this -city, Lorraine of Lewiston, Me., Racine of San An tonio and Donald P., Ifkurice and Yates Brown of Chesterfield. Mr. Brown was a member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the James Lrroy Belk Post of tbe American Legion. He served during tbe last war in the AAF as an aviation cadet. Religiously Mr. Brown was a membCT of the Baptist church, in wheih he and his wife were active. Prior to unteiiBg the war, Mr. Brwwo was-engaged Iw the ting business at Chesterfield. After be ing muttered out af lervlce he came to Camdea and became iden tified with hla brother, DaCoeta Brown, who is publisher of the Camden Chronicle. During the year and a half Jake Brown and bis family have resided In Camden, they have wen a wide following of friends. Their family life was one of rare devotlou and happiness. 'Iliey made their home on Desaussure street. The newg of the tragedy which claimed the lives of father and eon and inflicted poeeible fatal Injuriee to Mrs. Brown, ae well aa painfully injuring Mr. Brown’s mother end his two other children, epreed like wildfire throughout the city. Pro found expreeeioiis of sorrow and regret were heard on every hand. Mr. and Mrs. Brown bad left Camden with their children in their car on Saturday to drive to Chesterfield to spend the weekend with Mr. Brown’s mother. It Is re ported that the family with Mrs. D. A. Brown were driving to visit relatives hear 'Kershaw when the accident occurred. Details of the crash were ditticult to obtain, but it is known that the Brown car was struck in the side and demolished, all of the occu pants being hnrled out. Jake, Jr., Is believed to have been killed in stantly. His father was alive an^ was rushed to the Lancaster hos pital where he passed away on the operating table. Mrs. Brown was terribly injured and with her husband’s mother, and two children, Eric and Margaret Lorraine, were taken to the Lancaster hospital. Later all of the injured were nought to the Camden hospital, where Mrs. Jake Brown still ro- mains in an extremely critical con dition. • The other car figuring in the collision was driven by Matthew Gibson of Centenary, 8. C., who was accompanl^ by his wife and mother-in-law. All three, while given first aid treatment, were not seriously hi lured. * State Highway Patrolman Jack T. Mozlngo Investigated the accl- A KernhHw rouniy night, an iviMU Nponsort'd by the Caipdcn .lunior chamber of (’ommerce, to l>e eounty wide In Iih 80op«4 and destined to awaken the citizens to the need rf cooperation in bring ing new Industry to the area, will be lield at the American Legion »'ta((iinn niidcr the lights on Friday, September r>. Tile program <ull» for the ap- imaranee here of.ftovernor J. Strom Thurmond, who will be one of the main speakera. also Uoborl M. Cooper, director of the Sontii Caro lina Reaearch and I’lanning iUvird, aa well as other meinbers of tj important, group. In addition the county delega tion, county l)oard of directors, Mayor F. N McCorkie. members of the city council and representatives of the aervlce oluhs. civic groups, etc., will nil appear on the speak er’s platform. Included will bo A. Stanley Llewellyn, Camden, chair man; Roger I’eace, Oreenvllle; J. C. Cooper, Mullens, and Homer I’orce, Charleston. All memberr of the State Research and Planning Commission, and Wiltox Hall of Anderson. A public address system will be Pfovided In order that the voices of the speakers may reach to all till* Thofce persons in Camden and Kershaw county lntere8te<l in the South Carolina Trade School, which is to open at the Capital Airport September 16, may secure full paf- ticulars as to entrance require ments, etc., from M. M. Kenstm- over, Kershaw county service offi cer, who has his headquarters at the American Legion building. The school has been approv*^ by the Veterans Administration for In structions ^nfier the terms of the G. I. Bill of Rights, according to Mr. Reasonover. Formal approval of the school means that hundreds of veterans will be eligible for assistance in getting training in the various trades and skills to he offered at the school. Thirteen major coursas —nine for men and four for wom en—will be offered. In addition i corners of the grandstand and related subjects, sueli as trade mathematioB, trade drawing, physi cal education, safety, will be part of the curriculum. In making public tha fact that the Veterans Administration had approved the school for-01 traning. Mr. Reasonover also emphasized that it was open for non-vaterans as well. "High school graduates or per sons 17 years of age or older are eligible as BtndeBts,’’ be said. "We want any student who shows an inclination for any of our subjecta. Our object le to teach young men a»d womex skills that, win enable them to raise their staMsrds oi living.’’ Mr. Reasonover said that numer ous applications had already been I received and that he felt a88ured|fj0vll the full 400 enrolment wonld be leached J>efore school opens. En rolment may be higher than 400 bnt there are boarding accommo dations for only 200 men' and 100 women, he explained. Men win be offered coursee W machine shop, electricity, radio, carpentry, ' cabinet-making auto mechanics and diesel eng^^. air conditioning and refrigeration, drafting and^heet metal and wom en will study cosmetology, power sewing, commercial dree making end cafeteria-tea ro^ work,: to r) ATTEND SYRIAN4.ERAN0N ^ AMERICAN tOCICTY Mr. and Mrs. Abmhniil Rheheen, Mr. awl Mrs. Joa Sheheen, Mr. and Mra. Fnrla Shebeen and Mr. and Mr*. Seed attended the Ittk annnal Maralan of the- Syrtan-Lebanon Anwrtcan aodetj^ of Sonth Caro lina thdt wae held at Golnmbia, Angwt 17 and 18. Over a thoesand mnekuT of the MeeiMtlwi me iNMd at Ite ihMiMf m held at the MV hoM ef the pm having no driver's license, was fined $10 In magistrate’s court George Harrington, charged with speeding, paid $10 while David Hatley, driving a car with bad brakes, was fined a similar amount. Joe Mosley, who disregarded a silent stop sign, waa assessed a $10 flna REVIVAL MEETINO AT LUQOFP Revival services will be held at St. John’s Methodlit church, Ln- goff, beginning Sunday amd running through Angnst IL with preaching each night by Rev. J. «D. Atkerson All are cordially invited to attend all lerriees. UNION MCrriNQ nesday morning at 11 o’clock. PRESBYTERIAN YOUTH HAVE OUTING The children and young people of Bethesds Presbyterian church are adl invited to attend an after noon’s outing at Poinsett Park on Friday afternoon, August 22. Those attending will meet at the Presby terian church school in time to leave from there In cars by 1:20 p. m. (Thildren under eight yeauw of age may go provided one of their psrents will go with them. Everyone attending should bring a plento lunch for one person, bath ing suit, playthings such as bats and balls. Details about the outing Am may be ^ by calling Miss Mar Burgess on telephone 120. Blaney Public ^hoqls Open Thun^ay Sept 4 According to an announcement by Supt. H. W. Rast, the Blaney public schools will open for the 1947-48 session Thursday morning, September 4, at 9 o’clock. The first faculty meeting will be held at 4 o’clock on tbe afternoon of September 2. Tbe elementary school faculty Is I follows: First grade, Mrs. Charles E. DeLoache and Mrs. Al- bleacher sections. New'industries that-have appear ed on the Camden scene within the past two years or more will be ex- iMided a welcome to the communi ty during the evening. The result of the gathering is expected to have excellent results in building up the public to a con sciousness of civic and industrial needA In the event of rain, or should the boseball plant be needed for a game in the Sbaugkneesey seriea, whldi would be the caae If the series ran out to a fall aaven games In tha flnid, the meaCteg will be lieliLln the auditorium of the gram mar school. Elected Chtirman Cohimbia Digtrict The 8. C. State FFA annual con vention was held et Clemson col lege, August 12, 12, 14, 16. Bach agriculture claM In the etate .se lects an outstanding boy to rep resent tlte agnlenltpre elaea. in that high school. There ware 280 boy* preeent at the eraventlon. The state was divlied into five districts. Cecil Park waa elocted chairman of the Cohunbia district He presided over the meeting and directed each member of tbe var ious committees thslr dntlss. A program work was set up for the following year at the con vention. This program consisied of supervised farming, cooperation, community service, le^ershlp, qaralngs and savings, conduct of iheetings, scholarship, recreation and general. Under snpsrvlssd farming 100 per cent member par ticipation for prodnelag foods for., post war demands. Increase site' of farm programs. Conduct of meetings: Using of ficial manuai aslng official secre tary and treasurer bo(^ks, providliMI menda Rose; second grade. Miss I official meeting paraphernalia. Margaret Boyd; third grade. Mrs. equipments and supplies, using of- Salley Y. Koon; fourth grade, Mrs.'ficlal ceremonies, planning state H. W, Rast; fifth grade, Miss Chris tine Perry; sixth grade, Mrs. laizabeth Rose, and public school music, Mrs. Lois Gandy. Except for a vacancy for com merce, tbe high school faculty is as foHows: Miss Willie H. Mont gomery, Mrs. Georgia RosSj Miss Mlidred Wood, Mrs. Dorothy Jones and Raymond Richbourgh. y The trustees of the school are: J. Paul Ross. J. D, Watson and D. O. McLeod. conventions, meethiga. Scholarship: Improved scholar ship. Recreation: Eneoarage super vised recreation, continuing Na tional FFA Day, maintaining Nar tional camp. General: Maintaining member ship. Smith Asserts , Gheraw Meeting Mt 'IHsgah School Was Big Success Opens Sept 8th Th* uaioa meeting of the Ker Shaw association win wfet with ■and BBI Baptist ■fnnt 82. AU ^ HmrOK BKSnMi/a BhMi at 10 a. m- 1 ••a aagad to hej LUOOFF PRESBYTERIAN ’ Auguet 84> 1H7 J. M. Ward, tuparlatondent Bnaday sdiooL 10 a. m. Brentaf Werahip. Into. •t Mull WMnm ctaMh. Supt. C. R. Orlffln announoea school opening as follows: ’There will be a meeting of all teachers on Friday evening, Sep tember 6, at 3 o’clock in the home economics department. The grammar school teachers are: First grade, Mrs. W. T. Hol ley; second grade. Miss Ellle Hol ley; third grade. Mrs. Mary Raley Seegars; fourth grade. Miss LucUe Lucas; fifth grade, Mrs. Thomas Touqg. Jr.; sixth grade, Mra. W. F. Byrd. Tbe teachers for the high school are: Seventh grade, Mias Polly Sowell; eighth grades Mra. Grace M. Holley;' home economica. Mist 'Akargaret Fails; commercial work, 'Misa Grace Alvenoa of Newberry; BwUsh. 0. R. Griffin. O. H. Me- Kagen is teacher of fang veterans, and tha agrlenltnral poaltlon kM net keen filled n* peL The ki|^ 8eho(d snkjedte have net keen ties of Sonth Carolina attended the Forest Fire Control Training con* erence at Camp Forest, Cheraw State Park, from Augnst 10 throngh the 14tb, according to L. B. Smith, ocal forest ranger. Mr. Smith, who retnrned late ast week after representing Ker ahaw eonnty at the eonferenee, eays t was one of the moet sacceeefnl ever held in the state. Classes In job training were held every morn ing and softball and volley ball games were played in the after noon. Tbe conference streesed the pre vention of forest fires, with the courses In fautruction being divid ed into four groups, sach with a leader. Movies on fire prevention and the care of traetora were shown in the evenings i,to sapple- nent the leetnrea. Highlighti the cottfersBee were the talks glten by Dr. R. B. Poole, member of the etate forw- trp pommtelon and (L H. Herr. •: 4 ■ ■ t t i ■ ■■ - W- 8 ! 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