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CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 28, IMS
>mmittee
o Consider Flans
School
A group of interested Camden citizens met in the
j erksan Legion hall Tuesday night to consider the possi-
Uy of establishing a prap school or junior college in
b buildings at the airport formerly used by the Southern
lotion School. As a result a committee headed by Col.
,i F. Wall was appointed to erpio
>f establishing such a school, this
Ik in about two weeks.
meeting was called by CoL
who requested John K. r „
_ Robert X.
of Washington, a
Carolinian, i
meeting and
ance he might
„ nii HMgL ^ paJI
purpose ox
led on oth-
who
. ‘ to preside as
*VaU outlined &e
fathering and called
express themselves. ^
tent were agreed that
would be e fine thing
If
to secure
>lore into the possibili-
committee to report
training, horseback riding, gala,
Members of
d to
KnennsHear
DstriciHead
Of Key Clubs
lew
iSHH
Waste Perfected
Construction Manager For
Du Pont To Arrive Feb.
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Bundy Bynum Tolls Of I Whiting Products Hot Al-
Aims And Objectives {
Of Organization.
ready Installed In Two
Monts. I*
Bundy Bynum, of Dar
lington, governor of the Keyjing system, involving the de-
el<
A new cotton waste handi-
lying
pointed
bilitiee of
am Col. Wall,
ji ■ WilliamalCji
natural advantages for R. B Pitta, Sr.,
school, such 'as air pUot and Jim Darby.
finance the
pointed <ait thai
Thought At Flrdt Assistant To PoRor Of
Wore RftHoction
"IMr.
Kershaw
fsopkiSifre su-
jalis, sometimes call-
northem lighbr**
call to the
Chronicle
Wed
Pie
• nraer
thought mey
might possibly
Miss Burgess
clubs in the Carolinas* dis-lvelopment of a truck-dump-
trfct, was the speaker at the ing machine, has been pe^
regular weekly luncheon of fected by Whiting Products,
the Camden Kiw&nis Club at I Inc., of Camden, and has al-
the Thomas Tavern on Tues-ready been installed in two
day Old gave a very hidd large cotton mil|s, it was
ilanation of the aims and learned this week.
of those clubg. The two mills ip Which the sys-
‘ that Key clubs, under tem has been installed are the
of Kiwanis dubs, United States Rubber Company's
an international organiza- j plant at Winpsboro and the Hen-
Ike first dub was estab-1 derson Cotton Mflls at Hender-
in 1925. There are today sc^i, N. C., and it is said that
dubs with more than]manufacturers from all sections
In the Carolinas’ are visiting these two plants to
are 36 clubs. The see the new system ia operation,
of these dobs is to de- The system involves a truck
> initiative and leadership, to large enough to hold a bale of
experience in living and the waste. Formeriy this was too
_ together, to serve the I big for men to handle but now it
and community, to oo>|can he easily unloaded with the
i with the school prindp# I mechanical dumper,
to prepare for useful citizen- The yystem saves much time
like membership in them land also labor in large cotton
is confined to high school I mills where there is much cotton
The organization 4
to the objectives
Fopiily And Kay Mambavt
Of Staff Will FaNaw
Faw Days — WIN Gat
Wdrk Started On Local
Plant.
ifl A
The
tcome Estimate On Cost
BoHtasda Church Ta Go
To Athahoro, H. C
er stated that
ond the age to bacome. A -
w OTa ni M SS. s, ^“^:|Of PavmgCert
tions of an uplifting^S^^^^^&mSgdHRgiri
der to give an
Vi Streets Is Asked
‘ Mm dub '
VPPBIMPMMRMhat. serv
Mias Marian Burgess, who the school and the community,
•ed up energy. A Key chdHf]
only organization
Presbyterian
church since July
nig^ for about M» has resigned and
Id again on Tuesday on Feb. 1 for Asheboro
CL where she will *
James D. Wilson, who^iiL
in charge of construction of
the Du Pont Company's new
plant near Camden, as field
project manager, will ar
rive in Camden Feb. 1 to got
work started on the project.
His family and key memben
of his staff will follow with
in a few days.
Upon his arrival, Mr. Wilson
expects to move quickly with pre
liminary steps and expects to be
able to move the first dirt on the
site about the middle of Feb
Contracts for the grading
are due to be awarded file 1
week of the month and the Job to
expected to get under way the
following week. , -Jm
Key members of his
who will arrive In Feb
Include Jemas McC
■latent field project
Gaff T. Cooper, control
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and
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■ out and looked
nd called in that th
f the Northern Lights,
end Wednesday many
[ Kershaw county peo-
The city commission at its
I^Ui been assistant to the PM-lSi Th l objectives are of a high] Ke^s 7 Awociates,^
S?of Bethel. Pre.bTte^te ^
y in lS .tree.
addition to nrt^to^dto “^^T^ntoKire
it, nchodn^
the Community Chorus.number of worthwhile| : O^nut from Mill
has agreed to retain that re-1 acti vitie^Jt ser
“ lity until after the spring *7. «mnbry and
dJZi ^er^SS wmaHISfflBTa J« Broad to
direct the practice of the Chorus, k^^sol^^wisely the far reaching,
with the Problems thsit are to be faced fromBroadto Campbell; Walnut
VP H m Chardkl. The epenlgr made a most Jn-L rom Campbell to Lyttleton;
[prior to entering the service. She ^ ^ fremDeKalb to York;
as— 1 wnmaer*** miowvarmwan siumai liana ^*^^** ■ ... —»■
goes to
with a broad background of
struction work for the Du Pont
Company as well as other or gaol-
I rations. During the war he wap
In charge of construction of
of the jgtoul
erection of plants for plastics
oimt new proaucis.
^Jle joined Du Pont in 1940 as
an assistant division engineer an
, , construction of the smoketaae
Jamas D. Wilson, who will be field project manager powder plant at
in charge of construction of the Du Pont plant near Cam-lmd., built ty the company for the
den. He is scheduled to arrive on next Tuesday and will
be followed in a few days by his family and other key
men on his staff.
3 i
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the communi-
having
other sections of the.
to a luminous
Lakevtow;
from
Battery B, 713 AAA To
gov ^ . ,, IM ,
for much of the construction work
at other government plants and In
1942 became field
for the Chemical Warfare
_ built at Nor
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. Wlbon was
field project manager to
of the pilot pi
I connection with the
| atomic energy program at
*
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„ a Uentenaxtt in the
.WAVES during the war aikd was
RiPt 1 ,** stationed in Hawaii for 13
Kiwantons.
only at^ni^ht^ and
be of de
ori-
caUed
former-
to as
total
o(
Ati
aa
in
I occurs
learth’sl
the
arc of light acroes
test to e
1 a waving ap-
this occurs the
are then called
assumes col-
re<f or yellow to
colot..
widely * spread
are .associated
activity and
magnetic - electric
♦impo file
south as the West
northern hemis-
in which the
been found
250 miles above
r surface. Analysis of
le aurora has shown
iuced by electrical
oxygen and nitro-
fidd
shapes and direc-
assumed by the dis-
the earth’s
its variations arc
factors in the forma-
Tuesda;
to pi
f w county an din
Carolinas. !h
obscured the VtoVr
its occur in wil^
uesdi
_itest
years,
rim ' romTo ^
from Campbell to
Church; Yoric from^Ctompbril^^tol
the service Ac | man
taught in the dty schools of Sum
r her home town, for ml
year before coming to Camden. ,
In to her other duties
Julian
Mias
and c
choir director and director of]
young peoples activities at
•toted that it
Town and
County....
Pair from York to DeKalb;
Also, Lyttleton from York to
P 1 ** Rutledge; Market from York to
Rutledge; Church from Rutledge
to York: oiler in back of business
Conduct Recruit Drive 1
| of construction ofaDDT
Battery B, 718 AAA Gun Battalion, the local National GnoseUi, If. J, for the
itflt, to nlanninor to observe Ha aecnnd enniveraarv I The next year he
with
genuine regret that her resigna
tion hod been accepted.
Miss Burgess has taken an ac
tive pert in toe civic life of the
city and to a member of the board
of directors of the Commvfnity
Concert Association. Her leaving
to very generally regretted.
eRoetal
There will be on examination _ • 1I t
for the poritionerf substitHte clerk Frailk W&ral&W
at the Btoney post office on Feb. VV”. m
I" ^ “ Will Speak To
Will Hold Next
Child Guidance
Cfinic Feb. 15
5. The examination will be held
in room 241 at the poet office in
Columbia, at 1 p. m.
•The CROP Drive
Kershaw county contributed I
$146.11 In the Christian Rural!
TB Directors
Total Now $700
| Chairmen Rector Urgee All
,To Return Their Cards
By January 31.
W. R. Gtottys, president of Ker-
ounty Tuberculosis As-1
Program (CROP), it
| announced this week. Esril Kelly
was chairmen for the county, Mrs.
or?
Marion B.
IUPP „ As The March-Of-Dimes cam-
j&toSXLouiXx. to« ouster- P»ign in Kerehaw county
hr meeting of the board of direc- continues to move forward
tors, January 31 at 3 o’clock in with a total of $700 report-
and the Presbyterian Sunday School Lj turned in through Tues-
trewure. I bdMtag.^ ^ day of thU week, by Chair
I Dr, W. H. Chapman conducted | »Acc^.tin« Ib-YwOld. I Bigiiyd Cwmty Tub«culo^i A^- man n-enk Rector. 1
his second child guidance dime A young man 18 years old may soctotion and a member of toe Mr. Rector reports that the
«, the Grammar Schoolon Wed- eniMiH, JnSy? ^rtoTof ScmUj CaroUaa TJib«cu^ Aggmpaign TjriU com. to. doj. on
nesday, Jan. 1*. The tart hour ot M .ear, it u announced. Thia] Kxdation bMrd ot directora. will Jm. 31 and he ia yory angoui
SrSmmigS? the Pina Tree sJ?ch«lnn»n tor Kordww c«m ; The booth ojwmtodJ _
HiU whooto. ^ Chapmui dl^ 10^. m. to 3 ty..waimat»a report of the Sori ^tho UttloThaett. collected
cussed the nonhal emotional re- „ Th e recruiter will also pro- S*l* receipts. too, « was reported.
g The SSct guidance clinic wfll *^ N rotation, will rive a finance mar School instead of the Cam
‘ *a_„ few* SeiMtoh statement for 1948 and preeent a den High School; as announced
a Seven-foot Sailtuh I ownose budget for the coming tost week, and was for $128.25l
. A aevy-^yri railflto, caufht in| > Polio in South Carolina tost
the Gulf* MmIco off wiort, tentative plan of worit for year reached its second highest
by ¥**• L- W. Boykin (Betty Association for 1949 will be peak in history, with 378 cases
In December is attract | o. X Smyri,| ported at cohered with S3 to
1947, according to Dr. James A.
Hayne, South Carolina State
A hour will be enjoyed)March of Dimes chairman.
he next guidance clinic will
be conducted on Tuesday, Feb.
19. On that dote Dr. Ompman will
ctmduct a mental hygiene confer-
for parents and
parents
to
at toe Boykin Pontiac gar-
The fish was mounted to|
newly
are
section of Broad street between wee k b y Capt Robert E. (Jack) David, the commanding cals.
• 1 “
and Arthur between Brood and
Mwch of Dimes
Saussure to Chesnut; Sarsfield) "
from DeSoussure to Chesnut
tony interesting
if planned for t
uding a big dii
Many
being
tocli
^features
jlinnjw at
armory on the evening of Feb. 1(
y of the date the]
agricultural
Mr. Wilson's tael job before go
ing to Camden was the
tion of the <
tics plant at
which he
project
1946
jock
Du Pont*s greatest
gle plastics expension since it en
tered the industry to 1915,
In directing construction work
at various Du Pont plants, Mr.
the anniversary
battery was sworn in.
All memberw of the battery and
their families will be invited to
the dinner and invitations will
also be extended to Governor J.
Strom Thurmond, Adjutant Gen-. ...
oral J. C. Dozier end other high willo w
National Guard officials, Mayor I __zSiL n aggr^sivslar^
Henry Savage and members of I 0 on . . ^
the city commission and the city
manager. The dinner will be from ~| r 7)*i* ward
7:15 to 9:15 and will be followed
by a boll with Bill Burns and his
I record of working 1,328,000 min
hours without a lost-time
1
orchestra furnishing the music.
An open house will be held at
the armory on Monday, Feb. 7,
the opening date of the campaign.
Men will be on duty at the arm
ory to take them through the
armory and explain the equip
ment.
On Tuesday, Feb. 8, the week
ly drill ofthe Battery will be
open to the public and all will
be invited to come out to the
armory to see it
Another open house will be
held at toe armory on Feb. 9 and
on toe night of Feb. 10 the an
niversary dinner will be held. I
On Feb. 11 a motorcade will go
over the city and throughout the
county with music end a loud
speaker urging young men to join
the battery.
On Feb.
over toe
urging men
of his
Mr. Wilson
nths to
Since
ment at
has spent the post few months
the Du Pont engineering deport
ment in Wilmington, Dri., work
ing on preliminary arrai
for building the Camden
of the
den plant w(Q
major Sisp hi $
win
be I
city from an I
® to join toe|
Four
Girlt
Horm^E' wh o »jfcj
|». wm be
■news colu
lissue. The
by. the
[erTo
40
the‘fish ”
It
following the meeting
“South
5lina
For Japan
FINE BULL
fine ftereford^
totoe Kent
» of Future
sod which
of Mari
killed
IS amnng
are urged to be I the 15 states hardest hit by polio”
bring intarested Hayne said. “With the result that
|our own March of Dimes funds
were exhausted and it became
| necessary for headquarters of the
National Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis to send $168,085.38
| to help us carry on.”
The impact of the 1948 epidemic
ras too severe, Dr. Hayne said,
(“that only a tremendously suc-
i cessful March of Dimes rempelgn,
J. E. Me-1 January J4-31 will enable us to
' continue i>ur twin responsibil
ties of after-care and polio re-
m*
said the
I the won
On
open house
The
close on
with the mass
ih an 09-
not have ip
1909, to
to a|
it, Feb. 15
to of the
and
recruits secured during the car
(Please turn to page twelve)
Up to noon Thursday
farther word had be^r
bert Sullivan, rt*'
brother of Mrs. A. D.
Kentucky
m the Univ
1932 with a
legree in civD
to con-
while to col-
ihe wot cn-
erk in
on a
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