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- ■■ 1 L.fWS — — ' m y-f'm •vr'^a ■ -^^1 .,:' *±7'S~ ■' 4: •» .*“ CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1945 sa F -■"...Llg "’ \J%yiJt! AC *$4r£'D ••^f 0*f. Pif,w 8£ i?-. 'f4‘ r:..- ' -: - —‘ ■■ &*%&. - ■" t V ? Have Scenes taken at the official breaking of dirt for the construction of the new Du Pont plant are dhowm here. In picture *t left, J. D. Wilson, in charge of construc tion as project manager, is shown examining 1 a blue print with James McCook, as sistant project manager. Looking on from left to right are City Commissioner A. Sam Kai'esh, A. D. McCoy of the Boyle Conatruction Co., A. Stanley Llewellyn, chairman of the state planning, research and development board, Governor Thur mond, Mrs Thurmond, Mayor Henry Savage, Jr., Senator R. M. Kennedy, Louis W. Bishop, director state planning, research and development board, and City Commis sioner Joe E. McKain. In the second picture Governor Thurmond is shown mov ing the first shovelful of dirt. In the third picture the Governor is handing the shovel to Mayor Savage, who moved the second shovelful of dirt. In picture at bot tom left Governor Thurmond is seen shaking hands with Mr. Wilson — Photos by Monarch Studio. , r ^- T ' Red Doss Drive Will Begin In mm- Chairman, Lists The annual fuesjjay, 1 Announcement The Chronicle has been sold to a corporation chartered as The Camden Chronicle, the sale havtag been effective as of Monday. Feb. 14. I of the new DaCosta Har old Bookar and Maury 8av- rsTST The SarsTield Hotel Springdale Race Meet Announced For March 12 Turns First Shovelful Of Dirt In Ceremony The honor of moving the first dirt in the construction of the plant to be built here by E. I. du Pont de Nemouss & Company, Inc., was given to Governor J. Strom Thur mond of South Cacolina on Monday afternoon wfoen James D. Wilson, in charge of construction as project manager, handed the shovel to the Governor for that purpose hs movie and still cameras clicked. Large Number Of Entries , ./ — —-—— 2 — •• '! For 2nd. Annual Moat ing It Expected Contract Is Let Tendum On Sunday ies Asked *By Four listers Of Camden -V ~ ~ iferendum bn the question, of legalizing Sunday Kershaw county is asked by four ministers of i a statement given to The Camden Chronicle for )n. The ministers signing the statement are Rev. ill, pastor of the Lyttleton Street Methodist lev. Floyd Montgomery, pastor of the First Bap- h; Rev. Stiles B. Lines, rector of Grace Episcopal Jnd Rev. A. Douglas McAm, pastor of Bethesda ian church. atement the ministers >ey had requested of legislative delega te bill pending be failing that, our peo- fcn the opportunity to tselves in a manner on the issue, en advised that hear- held but will make tee. The bill has al- the Senate bat is 1e House. that our Town and County.... •Spoke To RoUTT James D. construction at the as project manager, at the regular in charge of man of the 1949 fund cam paign in Kershaw county an nounced this week the names oi the various chairmen who will assist in the campaign. The chairmen follow: Mrs. R. E. Stevenson, residential -area; Northern \ Colony, Mrs. Arden Lowndto'Shd Mrs. Nettlea Lind say; William M. Wilson, business area; Mrs. Theresa Bell, county; Mrs. John Mullen, dubs and or ganizations; Bates ’Littlejohn, WatereeMill: Reuben Pitts, Her mitage hWl; V. W. Wrape, Jadyn Hosiery Mm; Miss PrtecUla Buck- ley and Harold Booker, publicity; Mrs. Leon Schlosburg, window displays; George Stuart, treas urer; Jf G. Richards, city schools; A. R. Collins. Rev/J. W. Boykin and Dr. J. P. Pickett, colored area. In« preparation for the nation wide campaign Saturday, Feb. 28, and Sunday, Feb. 27 have been designated as Red Cross Sabbath and Red Cross Sunday. This per iod has been concurred in by the Federal Council of Church of in America, the executive of the Synagogue Council the National Catholic Wd- fare Conference., Mr. Wilson, in commenting on the campaign, called attentiofi to the charter obligations of the American Red Cross which state the pUfcpo** of the corporation to be: ' .tV'i’v'' ’ "To furnish volunteer aid to the sick and wounded of armies in time of war. ‘To perform all the duties de veloped upon a national society by each nation which has acceded to any of the said treaties (toe Thirty-Two Rooms Will A*M With ft** On Ground Floor Work ia scheduled to start next week on the con struction of an addition to the Sarefield Hotel, which will increase its capacity to 50 rooms. The addition will be of steel, concrete and brick and will be fireproof, It Was announced. The addition will provide for additional store room on the ground floor. The store room will be 25x85 feet and has already been leased for occupancy on4 June 15. The addition 4o Ifre hotel will be built over Am store room now occupied by Sports Equipment, Inc., and the new store room and Official announcement ?hur&d*y tlvAfc th* annual Springdale Race meeting will take place on Saturday, March 12 on the hiatork Springdale course in Camden. The an nouncement was received with pleasure not only in Camden but over a wide area as the first meeting last year proved a very interesting event Mi are here from various of the country in training and these as well as -some now at Aiken, Southern „ . Tryon are expected to pertkinate. there will be five races as fol lows: The King Haiglar: Steeplechase for 4-year-olds and upwards, about two and a quarter miles rer timber. The Mulberry: Steeplechase for 4-year-olds angx upwards, about two miles over brush. . I The Holly Hedge: For 5-year- olds and upwards, about one and one-half miles over hurdles* the Bloomsbury: For 3-year- olds and upwards, six furlongs on the flat The Kamschatka: For 3-year- olds and upwards, one mile on the flat ' .X Horses will go to the poet in the first race ail sharp. ^ anted privileg^of^a. „ by which it will be'luncheon of ifee Camden Rotary the people of the en- Club last Friday, make known their s important matter, ily request that the jation arrange such a before taking upon act further in this statement by the lows: it to be the duty of [to throw every safe- the institutions tra- with the re- OurR country to ■ of worship and time in ob- Pnnt nlanti treaties of Geneva). Pont plant ^ ^ ^ matters of relief and in accord with the tary and naval authorities as a medium of communication be tween the people of the United States of and Navy. "To continue and •carry on a Chronicle, wi at the Ladies’ editor of The ML be the will conform to the remainder of the building and will be of enamel glass finished in black and alum Inum. The addition will be two stories high. The 32 rooms will be outfitted by the Simmons Company, of Racine, Wls., and will be equip- with the most modern hotel t., AD rooms will be outside rooms and there will be a tiled bath room for each room. AD will have wall-to- waD carpeting. It is also announced that .the contract has been let for aircon- ditioning the Hunt room and the Dr- gjmtina airanflement will be °* the changed so that 110 guests may }° tte be accommodated at one time. • Tjojw* The contract has bean let iqr a °« the _ , new 88 000 stainless steel kitchen church on next Sunday new spn^smei^ *8 o’dodt Goorgg A. Ct—4 An* Son Low Bidders And Will Feeling that the event was oaa of importance sot only to Cafe- den but to all of S The Psmrisn ttcials of the Du Pont to cooperate wifife it in ‘ _ the op* tf the construction work. The compshy very kindly con sented and Governor Thurmond, Mrs. Thurmond, A. Stanley Llewellyn, chairman of the Sflfc Planning and Develop end Dr. Thomas Burton To Speak On Way | To Peace Sunday president Institute of Char on “The Way to in the auditorium Contract for th« erection of the new Camden Junior High School was let by the board of trustees on Wed nesday afternoon to George A. Creed A Son, of Camden and Columbia, wftio were the low bidders. The contract calls for the completion of the building In 190 days and the contract price ia $18,575. Eighteen bids were submitted as follows: Mobley Construction Co., Auguste. Ga., $152,781; Man or Construction 'Co., Columbia, $146,000; Craig Construction Co., Columbia, $142,500; Spong Con struction Co., Columbia, $146,852; C. J. Shocklsy Construction Co., Columbia, $151000; Southern States Construction Co., Colum bia, $148,880: Crosland Construc tion Co., Columbia, $150,181; Also, George A Creed 8c Son, and Columbia, 188,575; $142,000; Charles ton. 162^94; W. M. Fine, Spar tanburg, $169,400: M. B. Kahn Constniction Co., Columbia, $152,- 950; Southeastern Cons Co., Columbia, $164,584; J. lep 8e Co., Columbia, 8151,286; Dawson Engineering,{Co., Charles ton $151,000; Dotterer Engineer- inr^CoTChSiBStoA $168,500; Boyle Construction Co., Sumter, $154,000^ ^Builders, Inc., Colum- The new building is to be con structed on the south side of the Cwnden Grammar School on Lyttletoo street and wiU be con nected with the Grammar 8 building by a covered It wiD contain a cafetei Work is expected to start on fee building at a very early date. Coming Events Karesh and Joe E. McKain and Senator Robert M. Kennedy were invited by The Chronicle to par ticipate in the ceremony along with Mr. Wilson of the Du Pont Company, James McCook nf the Du Pont Company and A. D. Mk- Coy, superintendent for the Boyle Company, grading contracts News of the ceremony 1* out and quite a crowd gat to witness it After Mr. Wilson had the shovel to the Governor, moved the first shovel full of di end then passed the s Savage Dr. state . World has tom. len Deaen hotel. Motor driverYUmdias.A of the highway de ar todal order in Sunday our ■* — protec- will be thei he applications for of national and elief In time of peace and tie same to mitigating the imd by pestilence famine, lira, floods and other great national pud to devise and carry on measures for preventing the same." Mr. Wflson said that the Red Cross is always first to the iteri the « «* i».| and unit r*'... oeen oraere< the hotel to ties, weddings, banquets, etc. In announcing the addition the on Schlosburg Brothers, owners of, the hotel, said they were prepar-1 tog to keep abreast of Camden. . i4 is a ww—wfrwr of the a council of United Rfle to North Caro- fue of Nation Union 1827 and in 1937 he i of the round table and Cure of War in a bachelor of science Huckle h TofLi degree from Columbia University, and doctor of education from Har- i&jorea in nwvory ana t at Columbia. In 1917 international laws at of Vermont To -SL'irv: . •. to Mavor who moved :ond shovel Of dirt "This is a great *y for taa** stod fiaim md. The begin ning of construction en the multi-million Du Pont plant le a source of deep satisfae- tion to ma a* to all those to the in- «i—« gjm living tor fortunate the y**—* fse plants SnLS: of the State: and ^ at 8t8i 1 p. m. 1 brought -at \ .-m ■Mr I ' IkftpgirTgg