The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 11, 1948, Image 1
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litfonmont Op«i B«t
f EtfolHnf ■
> Kershaw county po-
ampaign will get tm-
rty next Wednes^
oon, June 16, when the
;ainp»ign meeting wfll
id in the court lidne
i 4 o’clock. AH of the]
[ties for county offloeil
neeted to be preaettf
•peak. I
riBt th«. CtmdeB iBMCliic
ill pot be anj^more meet«
11 Joly 12 when t oiMtt
btid at Bethane, blloarelf
oo July IS At 19 «. Ml,
;»h: KerahtwW^ U
, and WeatTUlerJUf-gl at
Hen tbere la Muotkmr
next meeting will be at
a Anfost 2 at SO a. flk. ftd.
r oae at Pine Orwre aehool,
) day at 4 p. oL Os Am
idMataa apeak at^g^Mk
a aad the closfi^ iMad
It Hennitage MOI Asgiatl
I p. at
oka 0/ earoUmeot art sow
I in tbe City of Oamdioa
' be found at tha foBovlag
9at No. 1, sdilali
Warda 1 afidg.^«llMd-
eat No. 2, ladiloh aa^'
Ward t, at City Dn^
V-
act Ne I. whieh aiw
Ward A at City OfWf
Xf.
Ht NOb 4, wumi tw^
Warda « eml % a9
t 9W^ A
G^MIpMIgo
ARt in tke city
ly Udit tksa far bat
t that thla hm
ly people haTt sot
booka are.
wn
and
inty....
b. ft. Bessy, . oesHserelat
el the ftaaboardl Air Lise
ho waa In Camden
eaya that ha la bm
IW i®aw® «®i^®®®%® a®w w®*
fereaatlan ahaat Casidae.
Tha anneanaamdst af tha
aamisf al tha Da hast Cpee'
paay and el aaverat atW as*
terpiriaee ta thla alty had aiMfoad
masy haaisaaa oanoersa ta tam
ttiair ayaa thla way, ha afM
Mr. Dassy araa is
McKsiii Chosm
As Commumiier
Fw Four Years
Need Neie Itm
In Local Ui^
Nudeinl Qaards
x.,
Two-Vote Margin Giaaii To
Him In Tneadny EUction
Solwoa Quoalkm Of Long
Miss Emily
Veteran
Retires Jdty First
Joe E. McKain won the
foar-year term aa City Cdm-j^ea of the
rhen he
Hifli
By Sopt
At Gmdnating
Of Grammar
At the gr^ual
d Her
charda
erciaea
Cftpt. B. £« David of Bat-
siry B, 718th AAA annonncegl
that he la very anxioaa to re
cruit the battery uitit np to
its full strengu before it
goea to the annual e^amp-
ment which la to be nhlwat
Can^ Stewait, Ga., 4-
18. The battery now haa 68
enliated men and officers but
this is not its full strength
and it is hopftti to enlarge
the unit before encampment
time.
Oaftals IMfld fointa eat thatj
a dneamLfBMBt wfll be a combina*
tloo tralaing and racation affair,
^th the foramr la ehargo of rega-
per araur ladtraoton from the AatL
Aircraft School at Port Bllsa Toa*
[eg and the ArUUmry School at Port
Sin, OklakoBU. He omphatlMa that
the aailAtreraft ttaiwlaa will bei
«f tbo Tory Utddl techakao.
Tho opBuaaaeiag otOoera of the)
•aeampBient haye made It lOiows
jhat there will be a oonToy to
iSaVasaab Beach erery oTeniag ofl
tttissioner Tuesday w
led A. Sam Ksr<^ by two
votes in the general election,
ithns eliminattog the neees-
ditional legisla-
next session of the
Assembly.
A total of 7S Totee wae cMt In
the general electloiL and Mr. Mo-
Heln got T8 while Mr. Kareah got
71. The twp men got the same asm*
her of votes in Wards 1, 2, f, 4 and
I. In Ward 6 two people.voted for
McKain and VUlepigue. giving Me*
^in II, Karesh 11 and.,Vll)eflgue
Tbe vote by wards follows;
Ward One: Savage 6. McKain f,
Kareah 6.
Ward Two: Savage 9, McKain 9,
Kareeh 9. '
Ward Three: Savage 17, McKain
17, Kareah 17.
Ward Poor: Savage 19, McKain
18, Karesh 18.
Ward Plve: Savage 10, McKain
10, Karesh 10.
Ward Six; Savage IS, McKain 18,
Kareah 11, VUleplgne 8.
Under the terms of the act crest*
lag the city, manager-commiaeiGn
form of gove^menL K was pro
vided that at the first election tho
candidate for city comalsaioacr re*
ceivlng the hli^eet vote la tha gen
eral election would sorvo font years
land the one receiving next hlgheet
two years.
ClMly It waa the intent of the
delegatioa that the man reeetvtng
tho higheit vote fis tha prhaary.
should have he four*year term
Mr. McKain beat Mr. Karesh by
one vote la the primary.
The thought srus expreaed that
fa the general election both men
would reoolvo the tame vota and
that additional ieglihitloa would ha
nacoseary to declare Mr. MhKahi
the long-term nominee but this was
obvtoted. It la thought (hat tiie tiro
votes 'agalaet Mr. Kareah were
matuly esst to dad a way Sar oarrr>
tag out tha toiauttehi 'er th* 4PL.
exer-
Gram-
mar School held I® Wed
nesday morning, ISnsrinten-
dent J. G. Richh^pL of the
city school systeiy^^ paid-at
fitting tribute to IQIb Emily
Zemp, who will ffitire on
July 1 after fi2 $ar8 ofKpd
teachmg. A native nf Cam
den, Miss Zemp been
one of the city’s mo® belov
ed teachers.
A graduate of Wiai
where she received an
•he tsmght in
school in Orangoburg
ing three years of
ing St Wlnthrop. Then
for one year at AsbevlUa
lowhig three years at
She iaangurated her
College
degree,
Grove
follow'
e teach-
taught
C .,fol
Qraanville.
Ufteh
Will Almost Double Capacity
Construction Work On
Addition To HefMitage
Mill Is Moving Ahead
Construction work on an addition to the Hermitage
Cotton Mill which, when completed, will practically double
the capacity of the mill and give employment to 226 more
people, is progressing nicely. The foundation has been laid
and brick masons are now laying brick on the first story
of the three-story addition. .
When the building la competed
the mill plans to install SOO more
and went broke. .
______ I® 1*®^ ti was reopened as the
■nin, I Hermituge Mill wlth H. Q. Carrlson,
looiBs-«ttdrl«,m additional- ^ presldenL und h
• Huad<|iMurtete
k H Constmetloa Ck)m-
Boved its haedqnurteni to
street.
4 Statu Farm
group of Kershaw coun-
irsl workers visitAd tea
s oesr Boykin on Wad-
Local
xtlon WACA Is sahklug
for sunouncers and aPta
lio would like anandittoh
the Western Auto Stora
le 11 St 8 a.
m.
yon Improulf
Ryss, well ksowm Cam!-
trslner, who was injured
eks ago in a fall, H im-
his home In Unlimvilla,
hng to loformatkm ra>|
Harry D. Kirkorar
bury Muutiag >
r of Camden Hotarlaaa.
Retiring Preaidant My-
and President-elect W.
Ir., of Camden Rotary
led the district Rotary
Itt Columbia Wednesday
sy.
of'tea aktant
raaraattoual feature of tea pco*
gram.
Next‘^Tuesday evening. June IS,
tha weekly drill of the Battery will
feature the presence of medleal of-
fleere, who will be prepared to ex
amine all applicants. All men who
are lutereated in Joining can be ex
amined and sworn In^thht evening.
Captain David Is asking tent the
emidoyera. of the members of tbe
nnlt i^e the men erery oonaldera'
tlon In Insarhag their nttendence
at tee enenmpment Many employ
ers throughoat the nation art majk-
tng a coatrlbutioa to national de
fense by permitting tbelr empoyee
to attend encampments.
is a palrloUc acUvlty," said
Captain David. ‘Hind It. Is also 1*
line wUk the nation’s national de
fense objectives. I am hopafnl that
t^ Battary nnlt will go to the en-
Oampment with a (uU quote of M
enlleted men and four t^cars.’*
,r v-'-v-
ling in
the Camden city adumlg: in 1908
and continued to 1999 wfien she
{opened a private sehooL ibe return
ed to the publio eohoole te 1919 as
a first grade teacher andf has con
tinued* as such up to the present
tlmA competing 81 years of ser*
vice In the Camden city achools, 49
yuan of teachieg, which with three
years of practice teadilng at Wln-
iterop CoUege given her tee astound
ing total xA S8 yean aa a teacher.
Miss Zemp was tended by Supt
Richards for her onteteadiu career
at the exercises held Wudaesday
Imoming and whi^ attiUcted a
oapacity crowd to tha aaKUorlum.
Mr. Richards, on behalf of the tao-
nlty of the graauqgr atepol pre
sented Mlsa Zemp with a beautiful
{etmilng allVer pin an n taitliDQnInl
of the affection and enteem in
which she is bald by aU.
The gradaation cereuMMIee Wed-
needay morning were pruaented be
fore a capacity cfoefft ag the andl-
terlam. Hmtu weiu 99 gradaatee
and tee exercteee war* wen eon*
dueted and aMved 4^ preeWoiL
pioilowiag tee proeeilbiual urto the
seats OB tee etegu Om satire Peae
Joined in the siagtag ® PeMhovea'ii
l%<uilU(i Hymn”, af®r wbMh tha
dies. Thiwwili bring the total num
ber of looms In the mill up to 780
the tptal number of spindles
up to 38,000^Jt will increase the
numt^r of '^emj^yeea to over SOO.
The addlUun to the mill ii 100
feet wide by 200 feet In depth and
will be three stories high. Of
ficials of tbe mill stated that it
would probably requite a year to
compete tbe work and It Is prob
lematical as to how soon the ma
chinery can be secured.
What is now tbe Hermitage Cot
ton Mill waa built in 1891 and waa
known at that time as the Kershaw
County Manufacturing Company.
As happened vo so many mills built
in those days, this nHu failed to
be a BUCcMkfnl business venture
Urgent Need For
R^rve Officers
To l^ter Service
Supply Company
Opens Next Month
The Camden .Bnilders Supply
Company, of which A. W. Hagine,
of LaaoMter. and R. B. Perry, of
Kershaw, will be the owners, wUl
begin work at once on the construe
tkm of severul warehoquee and an
office huOdiag <m property which
has been purchased Ity the com
pany on Whet DeKelb street The
company hopes to be sMe to open
for buelaeeB about the middle of
July.
Mr. Perry, who hea been con-
neetod with the Kershaw Lumber
Company for the pest II years and
who haa been very active ta an
phssee of commanity life la Ker-
teaw, wlU move to Camden and
actively aMaege the new baPaeas.
Mr. Hagins is prePdent of the
PoctsrdMk liumher Compaity; of.
Laaeaster. and one of that town's
lending bosineee men. He is a mem-
her of tee Laacaater City Connell
Three tbooiand,
r Amy
knl Estate Flm
odile and F. N. Mo-
ounce the orgunisstlon
of Ooodale and Mc-
I offices to be located
Ooodale Jewelry stora
deal in real estate
und later plans to ddd
Wee pr
Dkte Wma
* Tume^Md bis son,
to Camdsa Wsd*
expecting to hear
Kte for the United
♦«Pesk. They had all*
in The Chronlole
Jtlng that the aMe6
July 9. -Tfte
it is that 1 ahow-
• to another man and
J»t U was Jinw ft,**
^^^rene
;wton who has
of the
1^*“*** lo eooept a
Uurena City
will teach
' Pgebra aad
ednemUoB,
^ been with
gooto for four years
^Ume has tatro-
•ducatlon la
Mss pst
el
three bnadred
and sixty Ariny Reserve Officers
from all branchea of the service are
needed to enter on extended active
duty prior to Jane 89,1948, accord
ing to information sent to The
Camden Chnnucle Thareday meum-
ing from tee flouth Carolina icof-
tary District at Columbia.
This figure Is set as a requlro*
mant In view of an anticipated ex-
pansloB program and to steft. and
adminletar thoee units hire ta the
United States pnd abroad whkdi
are operating today under a severe
handicap due to the lack of ado-
quato naashore of oCfloora who are
needed to hrtag lUl.tyvoa of.014
ganlsaUotts np to strength-
It Is stated that te view of the
Jaao 89 deedllne, and tauntewst
ehaagos to exlstety lugMatioM, an
raqaests f6r oartthded aetlvo duty
will bo prooioeod throngh tho South
Caroltaa MtUtary heudquartera dta*
triet headquaitera dlroetty to tho
adjutant genmal, WhahtagU^
All eatrloe of poratmael. both
Tbe new company will carry
complete building eervlco, accord
ing to Mr. Hagins and Mr. Perry,
taeladlng bnUdete’ hardware,
paints, electrical appliances And
will have a complete cabinet sh0)>.
*W# look upon Camden as one
of tho coaring cities of the ctate,**
said Mr. Ra^ns, ''and wo wfil be
delighted to bo identified with Its
growth.*^
Seqboard Ah* Liao offletala were
hero Wodnasday making prepara
tions for the bnlldtag .of a side-
traek to tho new plant, which will
he loeated near the Swift iwd Co
plant
tended (Mdfro daty are on n pnrely
voinntafy ku*ta wid mwh ryyta
muat.ho Mttated by tee tadlvMual
Antlodi
SASTIRN STAR MIimNO
The Losllo Zemp chapter No. Ill,
Order of the Baetem Star, wffl hold
Ita rsfukr nkonthlr meeting on
Sv^ hramA of the aervteo, and
atr iiafea,, tro ropraoeated ta thl*
atthoitatfSoa. to call Beuerve
to data*^^ Amoug tecuo
ru :Uil'-^bmphay grade
ef .'lSi jjoBibat Arms. II
M AOD
gfUdA
sgtle#_ ean
[Opgyaay grads flaimee <rfftasrs #14
has been ope-!
rating under the name of Hermit*!
age every since. Other officers ln|
1908 were C. H. Yates, vice presl-i
dent and secretary, and W. M.
Shannon, attoiney.
R. B. Pitta, Sr., who had been
connected with cotton mills In
Laurens, came to Camden in 1908
to become secretary-treasurer of
the mill. In 1912 he became preal*
-dent and remained in that position
until 1946 when he retired.
Present oflcers of the mill are
C. H. Zemp, president; R. B. Pitts,
Jr., rice president; L P. Pitts,
treasurer, and W. B. ’ Pitts, secre
tary.
mill has provided, one of
Camden’s biggest payrolls for many
years. It makes gauss.
SfHing Fdlks
To Be Presriited
On Friday Night
EatMy Now Prifnai Hm
Bourn Ammgmi TUo Yoor
For RodftiOpoBMirod By
CUk
Farm and Home
Market WiU
Opmi Saturday
. •
Dfroetora Efoetod At A
iioortMg Hftia Oft Umt
Sotmrdfty tmd FUuu Aro
Modo For Oyonlmg
KMHIB
In Gty Tax Levy
Voted By Comni^
Change b IMo Ift Effort
To Get Smfficiumt hicoRiO
To Elimiaftlft <V«fttliiB
At A Defieb
In an effort to bring tho
income of the city ftp to a
point where there wilfbO no
Annual operating deficit, tbo
Camden City Council - Uasc
day evening fixed the lovy
for the fiscal year of 194S at
46 mills, an increase ot 10
mills over the past year.
The action a as taken after May*
t>r-Sllect Henry SavaKo Hinl Cflip
tXiMioners-elect Joe K M( Kain aa4
^m Karesh, who were 1 reRent by
invitation, had been evkeU to kIvs
tbslr views and they had express
ed a hope that a levk i^flclent to
keep the city from ousting nt a
deficit would bs voted.
The tax levy Is usually fixed la
April but bad been delayed this
year until after the election. Since
a new adminwlration is to go Into
^office on August I the members of
it wars Invited to mast with the
outgoing council.
The suggestion of tbe 45 mill
levy was made by Mayor-elect Sav
age, who stated that the city had
apparently been operating on a
deficit basis and teat this was not
JttsUftabls ta nonnal tlmsa
Mayor MeOorkie saggastsd that
tee Increased inoome be raised by
a $2 tax ou eaah Bgbt aad water
aooounL bat whan shjsetlon was
offered by Mr. Savage on tbs
ground that this wsnld be anflalr,
tbs Mayor suggpstsd teat ‘It be on
an avwrags of IK TMs, It wag mU-
mated, woaM prodaes around 118,-
000 additional rsvsuus sines there
I approximatsly 1800 light and
Asp uftcountx. The KMUlO levy
will produce around |18,000, It is
turn fsUowsd by tee address of
Rev. O. Flsyd Moutgoasry.
Then came thr slngtag of teu
class song, "Where, O Where'’,
which was foUowsd by the reading
of tee namas of the studenta oa
the honor roll, by Principal J. C.
Walton. W. Robta Zemp. ohairmaB
of the school board, than prsssntsd
the medals after which the ssvsntli
grads cboms sang "The Waits sf
the Flswsrs’* by Tsriialkowsld ai
To A Swan" Ity Saant Sasns.
The award of csrtlflcatss was
Buds by J. 6. Richards, Jr., aad
foUowsl by the tarswMI as
given by Oswgs Stuart Tite elaas
than Joined ta tbs staging of the
doxtdogy after which the resss-
tMonal was glvsa.
Graduates of the grammar aehool
are: John WJUap Borrtal,. NsO
Cobb, DoMtas Maroos Coauat, laa-
lor Dtaktas, Louis liwu Blllott,
Jlmmls Hall, Robert Hotlaai Bam*
mond, Donnie Holland, John HsuSh,
Jack Honssr, John Dnnbar Koms-
gay, Thomas P. Morrsil, MoasalsM
Mays, Jr., Milton McLeod Thomas
(Please turn to pafS twslvs)
The second snnusl *1Sprinf
FolHes’* will be presentM by
the Monarch School of Daace
at the OasKleD Graamar
School aadHorium on FMday
evening, June 11 at 8:16
o’clock and Mrs. Lois Mon-
sreh, Hie diretcor, snnou&ces
that plana €er the eveat are
aB nompXeta,
The chudren have bean practic
ing far assay aioates to sasoote but
their rouUass aad those who saw
tee first prsseatetloB of the Spring
FoUiss last spring caa ba sesursd
an svanlng of amassment at the
progreda the ohOdrea have nsads
sines tea first rs^taL
Aa eatery Mm program has
hssB anaaesd tor this rsaital with
all aarw eostamss disslgnsd for this
ar% rsaital hy oas of tbs ‘eoun-
tnr'a
Kershsw county Farm and
Home Market will hold its
formal opening Satnrdi^
morning in its nice new build
ing next door to the county
sgiienltursl building.
At a mestiBS cf farmers and
farm womsu, who are to he pat
rons sf tea market, held laat Sat-
afdar ta tea. agitaPltaral halldlns.
Mn. WBl Buetbii; JWh Rahoa,
Mrp. Jeftn Dteksos, W. H. Stastair
had Mfu. Hath McCallum wars
slsotsd dlrsotora
Offissra wfli be elected aad far
ther organisation pwfsctsd nt a
masting te he held this Satarday
following the opening.
The market will open Saturday
amlag at l:S0 o'chxte and will
kavs <» sals sack farm produss as
fresh vsgstablss, dressed ftysrs,
batter and cream, fiowsra eggs, sic.
Aboat 88 tarmers aad farm wom-
ysar ta bslag
I cuMiar
latedky 4
sesnlu'f. JuBS IT nt the
Masenta Ball A eovursd dtah
wtn he MTvnd at T ». ta.
Chiefs To Play
Lake Gty Here
Friday-Sktnrday
Twe of the leading teasn te the
Palmetto loop will bare a twoqpims
clash In the Legion stsdhmi here
Friday and Saturday when the
Camden Chiefs battle the Lake City
Truckers on Friday and Saturday
nights. Tbs Saturday gams ta a
playoff of the gams sebedlfind (or
Friday, May M when rata halted
proceedings jnat as the teaSM were
taking the field tor action.
These two gaams awy nmtsvtaOy
decide the league lead at the end
of four weeks of play.
Reports are current that there
win be new faces seen ta the Has-
upg of both tsaata throngh rsptaes-
meats to fm tty weak spots te tha
bsttls Itaaa.
The redtal this
-jsnaorsd by tee Camdsa Lions
Glnb aad th^ report a fins advanss
salso f ttakstt. TIdteta may yet be
obtatesd (mm nay msaibsr of tbs
easL Mrs. Monarch or from any
member of the Uses Club.
The Lions ^rt> suonnittot la
ehargn of the event ta compsusd of
Joe KeUy, ^airman; Bates LdtOs-
Joha and Fleyi Boykin. AB pn^ts
from any Lloas Cfoh venture are
pat tato a spsetal fnad wbtah ta
spent for eharttabis pnrpoesn. The
mate objective of Ltontam Is sight
conssrvatkm and tee Uona Ctnb
bat never tamed down any rsqnsst
(or either sight sxamlnatSoa of sys-
ftassss from any needy person.
Students who will take part ta
tee program uai ^
Frances Geraldine Rhame, Betsy
Ttiompoon, Ana Rivers, Ross Mary
Russell, Allan Brown. Donna
Tmssdals, Jaaiy Guy, Mary Lou
Rabon, Mary Lsitsr Clarka, Becky
Pope, Kateeiine Rhame, Frances
Watktas, Kay Rassell, Martha
Ooodale, Mar/ Lindsay Guy, Qntay
Whitaker, Roddy Whitaker, Patsy
Jans Miras, Shirley Ogbnm, X
Lafard Land, PhyUta Tmssdds.
Also, Patricia KalghL Lola
lan, Ctarolyn Darden, AUos DyaMMk,
Betty Lsnsll-'BsndsrB, MtehaM She-
hssn, Freddie Sheheen, Jnaa Lon
iBwtag. Mary McLeod, Jndy Lyan
}Kwtag. Mary Mao MltcheU, Martha
Jane MHchelL Cathsrtas Rusa, Cbl-
qalt Crilt, Nella Coward, —
Hoffiaaa.
arday at which the name
and Rome Marker was dscMsd
upon, **
'The hnlMlBg whteh win honw
the arnrhst was srsctsd by the
eeuBty, the bmump Bavtag been ap-
prsprtated by the tagtalattvs dsls-
Rutned ltd AereeOf Cotton
After Mesais. "Savage, MsKata
and Karesh bad indicated their
prntarsaos (or the 4Utaill IsVy, Ald
erman P. R. Langston moved that
the levy be fixed at 46 mllto. The
motion was sesondsi by AMerman
McKain and paaasd.
la a sutemeat regarding tbs
the nbfur aSmtatatratlon fav
ored n ditaUl levy. Mayor-elect
fiavage eaM :
'Ifrom such fnformathm aa we
have been able ta get It aityenra
that ta recent years the city has
been operatlag on a detut bnsls.
The deficit shown ta the last audit
tor the (taeal yeur ending April
89. 1947, wss 9Mf8.47. I thteh It ta
a reaseesbly safe sssumptfoo that
the deficit since then was at least
that large.
"In addition ta this, the dty hae
called eoMb $88,900 in 8 per cent
but only has about 918.000
to take ears of Uta call. As mossy
Se^tioo Is Hit By Two
Hftilstofpis In A Week
ApproxiMUifoiy 120 ucres on the SUte Finn ftt Boy
kin were stripped clean by a aevere hail storm or Tuen*
day afternoon, whkh did damage approximathig $^,000
to the State Farm alone. The storm also mt in the Ctssatt
•eetioB but did not do so much damage lihere.
H «M the
wRkta a
Mg han storm there was a sight All of
W VtyW bsatae off of the
loely lltfle aiha of
^a%|.
~ Hfli|. la Qw
‘ the
leaves
Vacation School At
Spring Vale Church
Spring VaU Baptist Aareh ta
having Us Daily Vacation Bible
sdiool at tee local Plae Grove
ikrammar schoolhonse and its com-
menoement ta to be held Friday
nl|hL June 18 at 9 o’clock. Also at
that time a very special program
win be given by the Toath Fellow*
skip oar. A meeeage will be brought
by a noted Bible professor and
there will be epeeial amsle aad
personal testUnonies -oa that pact
kit the program. The pnbUe Is eior-
dtaUy invited to attend.
Get Stolen Pkk-im
OMrift Gib'oeBruhl
Myron B. Onrbett
Serving With Air
Forces In Japan
Pfe. Myron B. Corbett* son of
Mrs. Lillie Mae Corbett of Boykin,
is BOW serving with tbe Far But
air foreu ta Japan. Aulgned to tke
aircraft repair section of the main
tenance division at JAMA air force
besA Pvt Corbett works on re-
elamatioB projeetA ulvagiag critl-
cel ports fren condemned aircraft.
JAMA (Ja^ Air Material Areg)
to tee supply snd matatenahee cen
ter for an air force beue ta Japan
sod Kona. Kaowa daring World
War n M the "Wright Field" of
on. it WM here (hat many of
JapaabM al^mft were teeted.
Pvt Corbett Joteed the air foreu
at Shaw Field, In October of 1949
and received his bask training at
SaiuABtonlo, Texas. Upon eon-
plsOba of teat ityau ot bis* trata
tag, he wu ordered to Gamp Kil
mer, N. J,. and sailed (or Japan on
Jaaaary 10, 1947.
Foilowlag layovers In Panaam
aad Hawaii, Pri. Corbett arrived In
Tokohams Febraary 11. at wMeh
thne he wu asslgiied to JAMA.
His first Job wu In the supply dl-
•visfott motor poot where he ro-
mataed uadi October when he wu
wnt to Johnson Ftaldi There he
nttmUed afreraft and eagtae aehoota
foi' throe. taonths. rstamtag after
wards to JAMA and his pressnt
en attended tbe aieetlag last 8Ut.lto bow cbtityM^^gt a mvft Mwer
^ tatereSl than I par eent It
wu good bastnua to call teeae
boada Never tbe .teas file money
to pny them arast he gelten by bor*
rowing from the kwil bnaks on
anticipated tax rovsonea aad the
baaka an gelag le waM to be sore
that thw tax lueemw Is gotag to
be forthootatag. tiias oiHgatt^,
the dsfIsK aesaiaatatioa aad an
extettag iaak lean tar egeratlag
of 119.919 win, M aayoae
aMH Of Ihe an*
Uelpeted tax wveaue of aboat
199,900, whtA weald he produced'
by the 96 mOl levy.
"It therofora appeared aeeeesary.
If the city's creMt to to be protoet-
bd that the tea arfll teowaae be
Blade. For tbe average hoauhoMer,,
ta view of (he fact that houuhold
furniture ta uempt from taxatkm
this year for the first tims, the
raise will net be a proportional
OBA Oae who ku been pi^g 998
will ipwbebly have to pay about
941 or 981 this year.
"•peaking o( city taxes there are
•ome facte which 1 think few eltl*
sene reeltae. Our aseessed vatau
are so low that white a ten mill
raise (igaortag tke new houMhold
furnltare .exeauKloB) amounts to
about u 99 per esftt laereeaA It
would Mtually be leu than a two
m taereue If our property were
useued at Its actual vaiuA Ow
awwud valuu are teu than one-
nfth ot the iletaM vatau on all
but merchaata iBventoriu.
"Aaethsr fhdL whtah I thlak taw
people roalfse to that only about
one-ftairtb of the cost of opwattag.
tho city ooBtao from Its property
taxeA *rhree tearthe ot the expena#
ta borne by the maalclpnl atmtlcA
neenaeA Rqaer taxcA etc. This
means that the tan arfO tax la-
crease wRI probeMy only give the
city about a eeven or eigbt per eent
taereaae ta total InoomA**
Mr. Ravage farther eaJd that be
thonght that H waa met good hata-
neu to be <n>erotteg on a dedelt ,
basis hi good ttmss. He enfd that
it is bli vtaw that ta good thaes
a BMdsrate snrptas tawald be built
up eo that whan hard ttmm strike, ^
tke olty wjBUH ant have to prompOy
rolenu aaeded mt aeedy eaudoy-
aad eaitall Us eseiatlsl ser-
.PoMee Alva Ruth went
khews sad recovered a ^
^ to Bdward Sqelth. wbtak
A. tanner etadent at
high aehool. Pvt Corbett, la obtain-
tag hli dlptoote through the geotaral
educational davutopseent test which
he roeently took nt JAMA. He is
)ktaw takteg esarsis ta typtag and
lekkesptag at the sstay.edncattaat*
nl progcita sebanl aendaeted on the
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