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61 I® CAMDEN, SOUTH FWDAY, iMfti JULY 15,1949 Numbei 18 Club Installs New Officers Commit*#* Noi New Y#o* 8y 12. - j Uttlejohn ent h» duties as pr< the Camden *L4< Thursday, succ g. Smith, who ss president for ir and under whe ition the cliA^ •ked progress. • 1** erffieers °t Walton .first vice B. Kelly, second C. L. Taggart, . dent; Carlyle « y-treasurer; C. B. twister; Henry ■db m ♦ : ToStudj, Reorganization *> ' 41 . Committee Is Selected To Study Consolidations County School Districts «0 _ . .M— ■— ■■ - ■ # Appointment of a committee to study the present [division of Kershaw county into school districts and to formulate a plan for the consolidation and reorganization of such school districts and to make recommendations to the county bj>ard of education and the legislative dele gation was made this week by the legislative delegation. The personnel of the committee follows: J. G. Richards, of Camden, superintendent of the Cam Town and County.... • Now Air Conditioned Johnny Baroni, [Johnny’s Grill on street, has just completed the in stallation of a modern air ditioning unit at the Grill. proprietor of West DeBalb con- years are I P. Daniels for two "stover and K. «* year G. B. Clancy. ' Littlejohn has an- the spoointment of the] the appointment oi wie - committee for the year: Lnce: K.S. Brown, Chair- West, H. C. Hallman, and Bjd^awr " • In New Quarters The Ed Cline Plumbing Com- \y is now located in the build- J on South Broad streerformer- [hr occupied by the J. Manley [Smith grocery store. Chairman, ntion: John C. Stover, j. y. Hoffman, P. e j. B. Gaskin, Jr, G. B. Clancy, J. B. ition; J. F. Moody, L R. Mellichamp, AJ-! J. iCL Mays, John Walton, Fohn B. a 'em. ooneyhan, Royd Boykin/X. E. Bethune Picnic Drew Usual Big Girls: P. D. ft D. Green, sad Pat C. B. n_ ■ j . D&1TQ. Hbrt: F. E. West, C. Stover, C. L.4 ^ ;C. Walton, Chair- Ralph R. Rich- Coitfr#t*man J. P t SpMUr —Mitt den City Schools. Ford B. Stanton, of CaMatt superintendent of Midway schools. Mrs. Moe DuVal of Boykin, a teacher in the Camden schools. Earl Trueadale. of Lugoff. Jess Ross, of Blaney. J. C. Hoffman. Wateree Dam. J. E. Baker. Bethune. L. C. Clyburn. Westville. Tom Corbett Antioch. Ex officio members of the com mittee are the Mayors of Camden, Blaney, Kershaw and Bethune, but they will not have the right to vote on any matters voted upon by the committee. The committee is known as the Kershaw County Reorganization Committee and its duties as listed in the bill are To make a study of the present division of the county into school districts, with consideration given to the adequacy of financial sources for proper school sup; thd quality of the instructio; program, the degree to which the present plan of organization af 1 fords proper educational oppor tunities to pupils in the county. To formulate a plan for the „ ,consolidation and reorganization Harold Booker, editor of The 0 | ex i*tina school districts, which Camden Chronicle, will ba the pi^ shall provide for not more peat speaker school districts than there _ luncheon of the ColumbiaUOTS ^ the coun Club on Monday at the Hotel Co- ty and to submit the plan so for lumbia. mulated to'the County Board q The rapid growth of Camden fe reflected in the larye|#Bas#hall Game Saturday tegifiative deiegatton, n to the en< (increase in postal receipts at the local postoffice for the Camden baseball fans, theirap- that action required to effectuate *fint alx months of this jesr ss comparod to th* first Reuben B. Pitts, Jr., was installed as president bf the Camden Rotary Club last Thurs-| y. d. Goodale, well, known H.|day and at the same time the other new officers and the new board of directors took business man of the city,‘has been over. In the above picture retirfeg President, W. F. Nettles, Jr., is shown putting the I elected a member of the board President's pin on the new president. Looking on from left to right are Jim Darby,If nc d i r jfS i^an Association* U1 ither Fields, Ralph LRtle, R. E. McCarty, directors; Lee Mays, treasurer, and An w B. Marion, secretary. The pin is the same that has been worn by every president •Mayor Vacation since the club was organized, having first been worn by Dr. J. W. Corbett. Mr. Pitts’ Mayor Henry Savage, Jr., and father, R. B. Pitts, Sr., wore the pin as president 1930-31. —Photo by Monarch | Reflects Growth of City 18 Per Cent Increase In Local Postal Receipts at Pawley’s Island. The Mayor is expected to spend Friday in the city, however. •To Speak at Columbia re- Local Battery - Has Excellent Recent In Camp City Anti-Aircraft Unit Demonstrate Prowess * In Shooting Tests Captain Robert (Jack) David of Battery B, 713 AAA Gun Battalion, South Carolina /National Guard, reports tlvat his outfit dis tinguished itself in the an nual encampment at Camp Stewart during the past two weeks in the shooting tests. In the two weeks intensive raining program that featured 1 le Camp Stewart encampment, the Kershaw county unit of anti aircraft fire experts ran wild in shooting prowess, the unit shoot ing down three out of four sleeves, two of them by 90-millirneter fire and one by 50-caliber sleeve fire, "our batteries engaged in the fir- ig duel. The target distance was 1,000 eet for the 50-caliber guns and 1 mile or more for the 90-milli meter weapons. Over 370 rounds were fired by the 90-millimeter weapons and 3,000 by the 50-cali ber unit In the 90-millimeter group, Gun Section 3 was in charge of Cpl- 1 Clyburn Shaylor and Lieut. Wil iam Major. Section No. 4 was in charge of Lieut. Edward Crolley An address by Hon. J. P w r m. iRIchards, representative ileUtaha^Ito* the fifth congressional _ district, was the highlight L t Smith. Chairman, 0 f the annual Bethune picnic ton, T. L Klapman. 1 ™ Friday and months of last year. From Jan. total $24,629.3 period Mat The 4| office 1 JHHP stationed here and many soldiers game on Tuet mg forward to the next 1 air cadets WeW were passing through the city, the receipts for that year totaling $49,263.11 , . . Tha iftl *> complete the work on its pro- thofle of r i94 j0r Wl6 ^ 6tr ^ aJ ^****' pMa |tective equipment it will be and Cpl. Cecil Parker, while the 50-cali ber section was in charge of Cpl. Robert Bums. Col. David Bethea, of Dil lon, coamandar of iha 27* AAA group of which tha Camden unit was a part, mad# tha statement that tha firing of Battery B was iha best he had ever observed. Captain David spoke of hit command, in fact, of the entire en campment, as •offering a shining example of splendid morale, keen interest and pride in the achieve ment of command. He paid tribute to the genius of Mess Sgt Calvin Lominac for the fine food that was dished up to the command, “food", which — 6° The Carolina Power and Light Company announces that in order to compu 'further the public of the county. The bill authorizes the I mittee. iri the performhnee duties, to avail itself of the vice and counsel of local and I ^ , and Blind: Ouinnan, H. B. Me- Boykin. n: L. C. Elliott, CL B. Clancy, K. held on Ust Friday which was attended by th* concourse of e was introduced or Steve Lane. m tpcktt under Mays open ah world af Ixidgels Building their new [lotee budding on York N pun on ded heating it moved south to the ball The float entered by Service Guild irhich started at and Be- Seotember with ex- thune Methodist church won first i^n wfll feature the ap- prize with second honors going to [ter* of high state negro ' * * '* “ “ an entry of J. M. Catoa, a sue . cessful Kershaw county farmer, of concrete blodt near Bethune. The Boy Scouts of , * » length of ft America, represented by Troop 54 Irndfli of 24 feet. It is Camden, took third prize, iinbeifigand the lodge | Seven attractive daughters of ■ rooms will be lb-1 rocond floor with recreational area on I * £ store d t of the first floor has I of the has 97 members I an^ at “d A R. CoUins is m Maiter iq^ vhm Mr. » Chiefs [Hr 1 w *d Beach Jo I count. Th* ^2Z*^k for * to«nb place i-. Halt r 'uu over the pan vied for honors as Miss with Miss Rite Davis, of Mr. and Mrs. Loring ; named as the queen Miss Davis is a grad- Bethune High School R t is a student at fe at Gainesville, tth Rozier, daughter of T. A. Rozier. was to the winner. Others were Betty Jo Tidwell, Maxie McLaulin, and Anne Newsome, luncheon, attend- is, was served the open iax Delay Addition To Postoffice C. P. DuBose has received a letter from F. J. Buck- ley, acting fourth assistant post master general in which he indi cates that there will be no ad dition te the Camden postoffice at the present time but that a further study will be made next year of die matter. His letter follows: ■♦’This will acknowledge your recent letter requesting informa tion regarding the recent Federal building survey made at your of fice. “The report of the inspector who made the investigation at Camdep indicates that the floor space available for postal pur poses appears to be adequate for the needs at this time. "iris inferred from the report oh»* recent Industrial — MMy to Mayer President I may c that the ition pro-1 L. S. dent of writers at night He will duties next ceed t was founded Hugh Matthews vice president to , to cut off file power Sun day morning from 4 a. m. to 7 a. m. The but y surrounding "areaT* indudini I State Deportment of Education the Fairfield and Black River C°-1 aajR m^derire ^ - m I community meetings use sudh •At 4-H Comp othtejmeans a» One hundred 4-H dub boys and I ^^^an girls from Kershaw county are attending the 4-H encampment at i m * )omy :amp Bob Cooper this week. They by Miss Mar- . ——ty home dem- Tuesd l V[ onstration agent; Miss Frances h I Hicks, assistant home demdnstra- 'ey, farm leaden: Tag' Lt Frank Babbitt ! Postal Officer News from drill o*2 oe e* the armory , Captain Davidmen wra keen interest to the celebration at camp relating to the fire proweas of hia command, and of the dinner that was Aaged as a feature. JohnCaatiWesL j is Installed As 2; Post Commander « John Carl West, ion Heath. elected Mr. Green was] to sue- Cosmore Hall. taI,? r *f u l* r monfiuy-mseting of an old folks hour dur- old favorite songs wen: . E. L. Davidson ofthe church gave a history _ _ while honors for bo- ammm - in song, music and prize went to Sally ' no number; ___ jto Sylvia Baker and Lydia i of sweet voices. Sfeas,: i *e«tetha L Won L,^ 2 1 yir m Young, tore and tha matter will ba listed for further study and consideration In about a year whan the effect of these da- veiopmenii will Dft xnorft definitely analysed." There will be considerable dis appointment locally over the de lay. At present the postoffice has nothing like a sufficient number of boxes to meet the demand. Mr. Mayer is a representative of the New York Life Insurance Company, Mr. Matthews the Life Insurance Company of Geor ami Mr. Green the Capital L Insurance Company. | escaped any torrential downpours The association was orfuiized | thus far. A < to encourage insurance men to The clouds weft rather heavy live up to a code of ethics pro- Thursday morning, however, Indl- tecting each other against unfair eating that rain might be expected competition and also for the pro-1 during the remainder of the week tection i and Mrs. | been naumsci iot a year ana a i «♦ ju* resular half is totha effect that Lteut Frank K. Babbitt has been an-1 t. Report Heavy Rains | rection. He will attend school tor j year ‘ ** Kiwanis Club Is Guest Of Dewey Creed At Barbecue In Piedmont Section Life I Heavy raina have been reported I for ^severa^* wSs I i5% er ^f?. 0 ? ic 5 r ? includ * Htr " irgia In the Piedmont section of South the old ,?l^ nderburk ' JuIian Br anbam lS| Carolina thi. week but Camden ha. rZSJZtZ] on vacation and has been riding m^’ in horse shows in Wetzler and ^ ca ° ofSir ^d J D Lich, nearby resorts. He rode in gom^v tod?; M ° nt ‘ Camden under the tutelage 0 fr 0 Cry ’ ]udge adVoc » tg - Comdr. Shannon Heath a year be- ts rn « rr fore the famtty left for Germany. KAV I HoHao KpATI Mrs. Babbitt (Marie Shannon) ™ ai IVCOU writes that they read The Cam-iT'gi IIa A f iJimijsa den Chronicle from f “cover to I “dear old Camdwi.’’ b« b«ck to |chu rc h On Sunday af the public. The organi- [ Over 5 Inches of rata Ml at ration has made steady advance- Ceaaor’s Head on Monday and An- ment under the guiding hand of derson was deluged by a freshet Mr. Elliott the first president, who 0 n Tuesday putting all creeks out haa given ganerotldy of his fime| 0 f their hanks, to fiie promotion) of its interests. Crop Outlook In State Very Good V "' va Hi L Cron lina are Caro- Kershaw County's Stake Tobacco Growers Hold Referendum On July 23 Rev. Charles [John's church, Kirkwc president of the SflSi Gus Travis, Chailotte “ o&l V land R$w ■ i reduced by hot •jv 'IKK EflNk] Kershaw* County flue-cured tobacco growers have 160,800 aUke in the Tobacco Associates referendum Sat urday, July 28, for that's the amount they received for ‘ portion of their 1948 crop. •’ out _ have , . *~* ~"' w m tne proo to “get out Evangelical preach at G at the morning service -Sunday g at 1L15 o’clock, tev- Mr. Kean is the author the book, “Meaning of Exist epec and is well known in church circles all over the counl ■OTARY PROGRAM Gaston Gee" 1 on the side yV* tOr' 1 * .By support ? Tobacco I to the dinner £3 MTlW ■ :ry _ ■L-'Mi