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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, July 8,1949
Appointment*
Now Being Distributed
City And County Richards Speaks
Given Title To lAt Big Bethune
Air School Land Picnic Friday
Jr
Many New Laws In City
Code Effective August 1
The Code of the City of Cemden, containing many
new ordinances which become effective Aug. 1, has been
printed by the Michie City PubUcations Company, of, A .. „ . , . j t.. * -s *
Charlottesville,. Va., and copies are now being placed All Restrictions Romovod, Big Parade At 11 O CIeck
was ia*
Indent of the
'J^Club for the
J50 at the re*n-
lyncheon of the
He to bee
V Nettles, Jr., of this year,
itkally became I Probabii
of the club.
who ei^sed
were Andrew
secretary: Lee
treasurer; Lutn-
eant-at-arms, and
Assistant sergeant-
with attorneys, conttactors, magistrates and others and
a copy will be placed in the City Library for the informa
tion of the general public.
This Code of general ordinances ances are also d<
Property Available For]
School Or Other Uses
In Morning Will Bogin
Day's Festivities
constitutes the first revision and
codification of the general or
dinances of the city since 1930.
Ail of the ordinances in the
Code were adopted by the City
Council as a whole on Slay 13,
to become effective Aug. 1
the health of the
protection against
The ordinance
esigned to prote
e city and to g
ist fire hazards.
rotectI
ve
WUl Report Aug. 1
Guy Hutchins Is New
Director of Music of
(Camden City Schools
ance adopting the
S uirements of Southern Standi
k, '* “
the or eat Ml
by mw
deal with build
ing, electrical and plmnbngi
contractors. Under the new
ordinances all standard build
ing provisions in effect in
most cities will become ef
fective in Camden.
These ordinances are designed
to protect the people of the city
and to see Uwt they get a satis-
'—« of construction. The
and plumbing or din-
dub are the
t- James K. Darby,,
’Ralph Little and|
_ first member of
ijjjtad S^tlQuite A Contrast
B. Pitts, Sr., was
e dub for the year
now an honorary
< dub.
the Camden Rot-
. its organization
, W. Corbett (19*7-
j Llewellyn (1929-
B. Pitts (1930-31);
(1931-32); T. V.
re-
dard
uildine Code provides:
“All building construction, al
teration and repairs and all ma
terials and appliances used in
connection with building work
shall, insofar as not regula
state law,
and re
ited by
Local Man Was In Jap
^ , 4 .. • f
Prison Four Years Ago
The City of Csmden and| Representative J. P.'Rich-
County of Kershaw have re- ards will be the principal
ceived from the United speaker at the annual Re
states government a docu- thune picnic which will be
ment. releasing the restric- held Friday and at which
lions on practically all build-la record-breaking crowd is
ings formerly used,by the expected. He will speakbe-
Southern Aviation School [fora dinner and at the con-
aw, conform to" the^niiia | and the land and these build-tchlsion of the parade,
gulations of the Southern ings now become* the sole 1/ For several weeks now tl
Standard Building Code, second tu* -if,
edition, and any amendments or P OI ine j preparing for this annual event
additions thereto, for the con-1 county. \ which has become known far and
struction, reconstruction, altera- Mayor Henry Savage, Jr., and I wide, and which seems to grow
tion and repair of buildings, which I Chairman Usher Myers of the [in proportions each year,
rules and regulations are hereby 1 County Board of Commissioners ’Hie parade on Friday morning
adopted and made a part of this stated Wednesday that while they at 11 o'clock will open the day's
Code as fully as though every preferred that the property should festivities. It is expected that
word, clause, phrase, sentence and be used for a private school that there will be a large number of
section and part hereof were set I in the event the effort now be- floats in it The parade will be
out herein.” | ing made to secure one should from one end of Main street to
fall through the city and county I the other winding up at the ball
would be open for propositiohs to ground.
put the property to other use. Following the parade, Congress-
Tfce property has on it a
station, a hospital building _ __
room building, five barracks I be served in~the Mays open air
buildings, a recreation hall, swim-1 garage as usual,
ming pool ai *
and a warehouse. There In- the afternoon there will be
are approximately 25 acers of] a gymkhana at the baseball
land in the tract . r ground winding up with a
The only buildings around ball game between the Camden
which there now exist any re- Midgets and the Bethune Mid
Guy Hutchins, well-known in musical circles through
out North and South Carolina, has accepted the position
of director of music of the Camden City Schools and will
enter upon his new duties on Aug. 1, Supt J. G. Richards
of the City school system announced this week. As direc
tor of fhusic he will not only be in charge of the High
school band but of all other musical activities of the
schools.
Mr. Hutchins comes to Camden
with a wealth of experience in
the field of music having entered
public school music in 1930 and
having taught in Florence, Ben-
Spartanburg,
Greenville, Union and Charlotte.
Since 1945 he has been conductor
of the Charlotte Symphony Or
chestra* which has won wide ac
claim.
A native of Spartanburg, Mr.
Hutchins has studied voice and
piano, and took up clarinet and
I saxophone, French horn trumpet
and torombone. His mother was
' t®«cher and as a young
ster Mr. Hutchins sang in the chil
dren s chorus of the South At
lantic Music Festival in Spartan-
burg.
He attended Wofford College
f 0 * 1 f r *. d « u ^ e 3 1 . ftrom Clemson Coi-
lege m 1928. He won a scholarship
to the Curtis Institute of Music
■ iiP Philadelphia. We went to
} Europe as a trumpet player with
of the University of South Carolina
I Savage, Jr. (1940-
| Burns (1941-42);
(1942); Lee Mays
G. Garrison
(1
It
47); Myron
W. F. Nettles,
Four years ago Clarence Riggins, a pitcher on the strictkms are the administration gets. There will also be a sports
Wateree Mills team of the city softball league, was * bujjdtag «ad the mess haR program including swimming at
- *- - - - 1 Mayor Savage and Mr. Myers Big Springs.
ressed the hope that the Announcement of the results in
_ . . j- , , _ ,, .. . might be used for a the voting for “Miss Bethune”
dreaming of the day when he could return to Camden private school and an effort is will be made at the morning ex-
and again be amoor Ms friends and re^tives. He Hved ST **:?**.P* 1 * to one ** ev ^ lin * P™*
^ 1 tne property. i gram she will be formally a
Just m case this effort does not led, just before the big bar!
something of succeed the State planning and)dinner
i):HugheyThi ^ m _ , _ ,
j. h. Osborne I Japanese prisoner in a camp in the mountains about 9011^*^.
tv! 1 ! Va ™ mile8 Ilorth Tokyo and although broken in health, was property
btSL. (19S? of ““ -* V “ V •■* ---.-I—.- -
oach (1938-39); and again be
); John Whit-1 through it all to see his dreams come
The following story by Ed Vereen
the trials and diffisnlties Riggins exp
tils
crown-
becue
meed.
(By Ed Ve
Clarenee wite two:
trie and MendST
we»-
dub
the army in February 1
at the Camden postoffice. After
.three days of examinations at
an _ Charlotte. N. C, they arere sworn
into the 60th Coast Artillery and
,or ' ’ ‘
Committee-1 the 60th was then stationed.
MoKhwatf
Bond Election
development board
fled that the
available for
being noti-
y is now
or other pur-J
Tui
The airport and airport build
ings are, of course, no
in this transaeftoo.
ict Chief
ton, Myron
Booker.
W. F.1
with gub-j
■Mows:
1 chairman;
L JacI
McCarty,
with sub
program,
an; George
ckson; fel-
rty, chair-
and
basic training.
The war in Europe
the an d natives of
the islands read about while they,
said that the
not foolish enough
start a war with the United
at
further states
may
lw inform** Ifchnd forces were alerted lor a
and A Me P^hle attack from the Japanese.
ation: A. S. on ^
a. n Mr December 8 we were awakened
: Ralph Little awl ^ ^
v tacked Pearl Harbor.’ The **“’ J
Myron Tup- l)e *“ with confusion but by
and Harold' dee^m* Manila an ^ open dty.
in finance- Then by Bataan back to Corregi-
land Lee I dor which had until then been left
*-vice a c y Mc- UJMC * t hed by the Japs, but with
with sub-com- ^ ?} e J J *P bomber *
»; J. G. Richards. l > olnbed ^ ulAnd tor
■nth; traffic safe-1
and Guy Whet \ “With Manila an open city, they
i: Nick Gettvs concentrated on Bataan and Cor-
crippled ch5-1 regidor. Bataan fell on April 9
‘W and D C then everything available was
i: W. R. Zemp concentrated on the island until
y and Boy t* 1 ® *rhite fl»8 was raised at noon
Bums and Joe 0D J^ ^ 4 .
“My company was on the
|Service; Harold *naallar end of the island and.el-
with the fol- though the flag was up, fighting
ittees: United | continued until about 5 p. m.,
v*»i j VriOUnvu Movomeos
*■ I n o r rormons
Town and
Myron W. Tupper was electet
commander of District No. 11 o
the South Carolina Department of
the . American Legion at the an
nual meeting of the Lei
(in Greenville this 1
itted for the position at the
in CaiAden
Legion !
To
ficer, has been. v«
“VrSL
W. J. MCJbeoa,
very active in Le-
. Kershaw Lodge No. 29, AJF.M., i «r T i — ..
Another step towards will confer the entered apprentice WaltartaJmf^wae *elalSed ni «t
holding an election on the | degrre on Thursday night, Julyl^ m .^g! (ucceed j. w.
iMunce of bonds for »ablfe| | i he j
Belk Post attended the meeting
in Greenville.
improvement is being taken I Masons' 0 unwelcome.
this week. Mrs. Louise W.
Boykin, city clerk and treas- # B. and P. W. Cl
Guy Hutchins, nan
lustc at Camden City
New Fish-Game
Body Organizes
Clarkson Rkomo, Kovshow
County Mombor of Now
Commission
The new „ Catewbe-Wsteree
Fish and Game Commission rep
resenting Kershaw. Cheater, Fair-
field and Landrtar couasbss and
aet p>sseil~*ft the
General As-
organised in Columbia
IS* hTSs? with Mplut0 ” Wimber
In 1940 the anntial of the
^c** nv ille High School was dedi-
to the Greenville High
Sc u h . 0 ° 1 __ Music Department of
Jvm 1 ^ Hutchini was the head.
Of him the annual said:
♦J?^K Guy . S Hutchin *. shown in
two characteristic poees above.
hM bgp director of the Ore^:
wile High School bend for the
P«*t ^tyeere. However, in this
short period, be has found a defi-
SSft **>« hearts of the
m , any pupU8 who
hinm had the pleasure to study
found
un-
vysatas mufeians In the state.
• granted i leai
for gevi
MUM he
ou« Southern
Boykin, city
urer, is advertising that the! The Camden Business and Pro-
Bon is now open for inspec-|j2 a 3gf 1 ^^" , % y ,, 7f t J? 7 SSl J||
tion at her office. o’clock in the Hunt room of Mm [v
gives notice Sarsfield hoteL
the “said petition will be for- «—
mally presented to the City Coun- • Attending Camp . _
CU Of u-6^
the annual
held this
Tonsil Clinic of
Welfare .
Concluded
The
that “all persons ini
inspect the several
HMHmUSSiisI
isurer, city hall,
hours of 9 a. m. and
attending t!
I camp being
Camp Fellov
backed
the
Japs did
of value
|S*v^e, Jr., and.
■ international J watsa
ter and B The first thing the Jsj
Foundation w" Jo toke everything of
Jtaker and which we had including the lit-
:onai I tie bit
international tie bit of
we had in
iy. Jr, and
injured
% ?a. d a,eri-
can and Japanese, and after eight
days of this I was transferred
with others to BilUbid prison In
Manila. After only <
we were takas to a
90 miles north of 1
we got our first taste of what the
■... — Liberty
IMlemoon when
collision with
Gaither lS I
den hospital
i* Mud to be |
L^y damaged. 1
Events
J9
’ u
J!? Pn ~
pjn.
y* Fort
vs Or.
» JT
in I life of
be like.
war was to
at night
made up .our
tonsil f-Rnle con-
the Junior Welfare
League has been concluded. Quite
a number of children availed
. _ - . _ _ . themselves of tHOMBdfeM4P09k
Camp Fellowship on Lake Saluda At the last meeting of the
near Greenwood are Jane Qbs- I League officers were elected for
ton; Esther Marsh and^Bobby the year as follows: President
Mays. Mrs. Netles Myers; vice president,
• No Relief In Sight
No relief is reported in
Netles Myers; vice
Miss Francis Rhame; secretary
Mrs. DaCosta Brown; correspond
5 p. m. on each and every secu-| no reuei is reported m rightlto*
lar day between the date of this from the heat wave which has | treasurer, Miss Peggy Fun-
notice and the holding of said had practically the whole coun- de ™f , f- ... ,
meeting and may, in persoiy or I try in its grasp for the past two Jha Leaguew 111 not meet again
by attorney, appear aad challenge | weeks. Some prospects of relief ] untu September,
the sufficiency of the said petition, were held out the first part of the nini*Tnw~nnrnr
the authenticity of any napfe ap- week when a blast of cool air came
pearing thereon and any other down out of Canada but the heat f Tfe. A t ■ hlSr °^ g
matters thereanto relating at said wave soon absorbed it and the I Confederat 6 ^torans have ar-
e«5ng of City CounriL^ people continued to suffer. Th*
It is expected the bond election temperature has not reached auy-l of Jud * e Probate Arnette.
will be held early in September. | where like a record but the air
The
their co
Rhame, of I
Kershaw county;
of Heath
ter count
partes, of Wi
Fairfield
of Chester, the
on the
chair
arsanc
tra*
^ the mu ric de-
fhTfSJSJ?* “ mu * 1 appeared
The
count
was created to
in the areas of
■flMUtt
the four counties.
The act directs the commission
to work under and cooperate with
the state chief game warden, A/A.
Richardson, with whom the group
et Wednesday.
Its work will be financed by a
it required of all persons
in the counties, whether
with hook and worm or with ar
tificial bait Persons under 15
years old are exempt
Regular state licenses also are
required, and all state fish and
game laws apply.
In addition, the commiasion
adopted these regulations for the
area, as outlined in the act and
recommended by Richardson:
A daily limit of eight bass and
20 other game fish; a size limit
of 10 inches for bass, five inches
for bream and six inches for all
other fish; and a limit of five fish
ing ran— to each fisherman.
of ab-
M5s£ lSS
«•** • *«r «( hi. Moomplhh.
Ischool band and both vear*iE
Text of Ordinance
Barring Wearing
Of Masks In City
As was stated in last week’s
has been humid.
•Tho Glorious Fourth
The Fourth of July passed very
quietly in Camden, about the]
I most glorious part of it being
Jen Chiefs’vk
MiH
Camden Chiefs’ victory that night
over the Hartsville baseball team
out
e and teuling wood
used to thelsrge cook
v months here I was
Nichols field which
most
nines,
d en-
their
Sts
Gffb
sue of The Camden Chronicle an I of the Palmetto League. A _
ordinance was passed in May of many fans from Camden went to
this year by tee Camden City I Hartsville for the game. Many
Council prohibiting the wearing I people spent the day at the beach-
of masks in this city. es and in the mountains. All
TO? text of the 4 ordinance fol-1 Places of business were doeed.
lows *
“It shall be unlawful for any) •An Anaariran Flag
person to appear upon • public The late Isaac Post, father of
street or in a public place, with- n B. Pitts, Sr, was a
in the dty while such person isjpatnofic gentlen
wearing a mask which whoUy or Rurth of July he took his
partially conceals his identity. It handsome American flag and
shall he unlawful for any penonLuyed it When he pas£d on the
to enter any building or jpremisesl&ag came into the possession of
School District Consol idotipns
Constitutional Amendment b
Required To Legalize Changes
A constitutional amendment 'will be necessary before
any consolidation of school districts can be brought about
in Kershaw county and it would be impossible to legalize
any of the consolidations before 1961, it was brought
out at a meeting held Wednesday night in Lugoff at
which a proposed consolidation of all of the school dis
tricts in West Wateree townihip was discussed.
to return to school work oven'am*
him TOi. wre teJ fS2S° 0 ^SK
Pffass
GrrenvSe.
Symphony lu 1938. Be also served
in the Southern Symphony for
mur years as horn player and
became associate conductor in
1942 with Edwin MacArthur m
The Charlotte Observer ‘Chat-
tor column said the other day:
“Charlotte’s lorn will be Camdetf s
gain when the Charles Hutchins
move to that South Carolina re
sort dty.”
Mr. Hutchins has bought a
home in Stevenson Circle and
of toottgTi the city
- -—w -■ i— car-1 his daughter
which wholly or per- continued the custom of her fath-
his identity or,j er an( j displays the flag et
entered, to then wear such Fourth. Some idea of the age
plan such pereon has (the flag can be had from the f
the prior consent of the i tj^at it has only 45 stars in it.
b Tn5f , ^ i jrSffoot> Youth Drowns
to
U not be ap-
attendinr by|
fancy-dress I
Wateree River
u w 3i R w^
The body of John
won, a
county, it has been
PHtThasIfouiid, is one of the few counties
‘ “ 1 in the state still bound by the
constitutional requirement that
holds school districts to an area
not exceeding 49 miles.
provision, it is said, would
t the . consolidation of any
hooL districts in the county.
Several meetings have been
* in r movement
to the coaMlidatioa^of
the me
nidht
propo-
division of Kershaw
h jehool districts and
to formulate a plan for the con
solidation and reorganization of
such school districts and to make
recommendations to the County
Board of Education amf the leg'
islative delegation to the county.
The committee is to be corn-
wed of nine residents of the
of whom must be
‘ with the ope-
of the
,-»V; , „
Of
WWW mw*w UPS Ml MX
only Mx scattered hits,
he Chiefs who y
flood got 14 hits
Qtv hurlers.
The Chiefs he
■t.i ■ I i
ssraignt
tjl
BASEBALL
of 11 to 9.
-y
off Mm Lake
sSiHr
to see
ball at
nS%dS!L ? to
7 to 4 and^
i
feu