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. V . fffiA ■ ■ . \ JP It |! • l! «S< ■ I 1O0TH CAKOLDfA. r«P*T. Kershaw County Represented At State 4-H, Aleet John Klliott, president; Judith Aim Young, vice president, Faye Reynolds, secretary and treasurer and Marion Jones attended the State 4-H Council meeting Aug. 22-26 at Clemsoo College. Jo Ann Wayne, second vice president .was unable to attend. Kaeh morning the meeting was devoted to 4-H Council training. John Elliott made a report on his ■ 4-HOu trip to the National in Chicago. Club Con- Wednesday morning, Faye Reynolds reported on an outstanding piece of work which the Kershaw County Coun cil accomplished during the year. Marion Jones, retiring County Council President, presided at this meeting. One of the outstanding features of the Wednesday program was the fashion show presenting the twenty seven cotton outfits de signed for the National Maid of Cotton. Judith Ann Young mod eled a tropical printed cotton play suit. The Council at its annual meet ing adopted a 10-point goal for 1949-50. according to County Agent W. C. McCarley and Miss Margaret Fewell, county home demonstration agent. The Ker shaw county 4-H Club council use the state goal as a guide for setting up objectives for this county, they xeolain. They list the objectives which the State 4-H Club Council will endeavor to accomplish . as fol lows: To secure local leaders for each club; to secure more project leaders for each club; to secure more project leaders among par ents and other community leaders; to held at least one training school a year for 4-H Club officers and local, club leaders to be held as eearly as possible in the fall; to have local leaders and 4-H offi cers assume more responsibility in the conduct of the 4-H program; and to increase opportunity for parents to better understand the purpose and objectives of boys and girls 4-H club work. Other objectives listed are: To continue to increase the enroll ment of 4-H Club members and to encourage mmebers to remain in the club work over a longer number of years through senior clubs, countv-wide clubs, and older youth clubs; to promote and encourage definite community im provement and community ser vice projects; and to place greater emphasis on project record keep ing and completion by individual club members. Mr. McCarley and Miss Fewell add that to complete tis objectives the State 4-H Club Council plans to encourage members to collect and keep annual records, pub licity material, project pictures, and other related 4-H material from year to year in order that they may have appropriate ma terial to compete for county, dis trict, state and national awards and also to make contributions by counties-toward the improvement of the two state 4-H Club camps. Subscribe to The Ohron- icle before the week-end and take advantage of the old rate of $2.50 a year. . Rev. J. C. Bridge*, Kershaw, Resign* f; * - Rec. J. C. Bridge*, toe the Are years pastor of tfcs Kei Presbyterian church, has tendered his resignstlo nss psster of that church, because of ill health. The resignation has been accept ed with regret end s pulpit com mittee has been selected to look for a successor to him. Foster School of Dance To Resume Its Classes . i ■ — The Foster School of Dance, South Carolina’s largest dancing school, will resume classes here soon. Legislation has been an nounced for 4 to 5 o’clock Monday afternoon. Sept 12 at their studios in Court Inn. Mrs. D. M. Davis is parent representative here and may be called tor information or enrolling at 149. This is the second year the Fos ters have conducted classes here. Their first season was a marked success, closing with a revue at the school auditorium. A very large audience welcomed the ar ray of Camden talent presented and most enthusiastically indi cated its approval. For one half season’s, training the students showed remarkable ability and Lanneau Foster, director of the school, says this is one of the most talented of his many schools in the state and he expects great things from the sutdents here. Mr. Foster says further that Looking Backward On Camden News (Items Gleaned From Chronicle Files of Former Years) The following _ txn the issue of Chronicle of Sept 4, 1925: On complaint of many citizens. Mayor H. G. Garrison Tuesday or dered a musical truck of an out- of-town baking concern to cease operations on the streets of Cam den. The proprietors put up a stiff protest stating that they had paid a license to operate. The of ficer informed them they had paid a license to sell their products but not to operate a musical truck as a public nuisance. Thomas Ancrum, Chestre, spent Sunday in Camden with ~ Mr. and Mrs. Marvin over have returned from their wedding trip and are at home to their friends at the home of Mrs. J. Sumter Rhame on Laurens street The relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sheheen assembled at their home on North Mill street for a family reunion Sunday. Sev eral friends from neighbor towns were also invited and all tpld. there were 40 people to partake of Mr. and Mrs. Sheheen’s hospitali ty. Mr. and Mrs. Sheheen came to Camden from across the water 28 years ago and during that time by their industry and straight dealings have prospered and have made many loyal friends, in their Little and children returned last week from an ex tended visit to Mrs. Little’s old home in Virginia. A real estate man representing the H. F. Klyce Co., of Jackson ville, Fla., promoters of the Rio Vista RWerview interests being developed in that city waT^in Camden last week and was givmg out 50 cards to citizens here to be signed to take part m drawing for free lots. Two citizens of Cam den ware to get a lot apiece Mid N. Myers ,has been notified as onepf the lucky hold- NOTICE 6F ELECTION State of SouthrCarolina, of Kershaw, of Camden. -of the way to measure the Quality of a dancing school is in the ex cellence of its school is _ students. He points with pride to the past five years i gradui gone directl; when graduates from Fos^srs have directly to important dance roles in N. Y. musicals and world famous ballet companies. This year Miss Patsy Hammerle, stu dent of the Festers for many years landed a soloist's role in the newest B’Way musical hit, “Miss Liberty." Nat Stoudenmire, also a Foster student for many years, became a leading male dancer in Ballet Theatre, Ameri ca’s Pix Theatre BETHUNE. 8. C. Friday—Saturday. Sspt. 9-10 "BIG JACK” with Wallace Beery—Marjorie Main Chapter No. 15 of Superman Also Cartoon Don’t fail to see the first and exciting chapter of BRICK BRADFORD—Coming Soon. Saturday Night Show "ANGEL ON THE AMAZON" with George Brent—Vera Ralston Mon.--Tues.. Sspt. 12-13 If you liked Mr. Belvedere in SITTING PRETTY you’ll like him even more when you see him in— "MR. BELVEDERE GOES TO COLLEGE" with Clifton Webb—Shirley Temple Tom Drake Wed. -Thur*^ Sspt. 14-15 "BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEND" (In Technicolor) with Betty Grable—Ceasar Romero Olga San Jltan i's greatest ballet company. Bob Fraley, who came down from New York successes in B’Way musicals last January, to teach these classes will be back this year. .He says he is looking forward to seeing all the young folks in Camden soon and hopes they will all be back for bigger and better dancing this season. Kershaw County’s Quota In U. S. 0. Drive Is $1,221.12 South Carolina has been given a quota of 87,223 under the pro gram of the reactivated USO, which has set a national goal of $10,100,000 for state sand local communities. The quota for Kershaw county is $1,221.12. The quota for each county is based upon population, retail sales and effective buying income. There are 23,348 South Carolina men and women now in service, •which means that the state is be ing asked to raise slightly more than $3 for each native of the state in service. Officials pointed out that neith er the number of service people stationed in a county nor the number the county has furnished is taken into consideration in de termining quotas. The funds will be used for ope rating 217 service centers in the United States and 25 overseas, as well as for veterans hospital camp shows and other services. F. H. A. Loons Ret. Mosel Royal, son of Mrs. Judie Royal, routs 1. box 28, West- rllle, is now senring as a cook with the 19th Fire Fighting company In Japan. 1/ Stationed in Yokohama, Japan’s major port city and seat of the headquarters of the Eighth Army, Recruit Royal is filling an essenti al Job with the Army’s Occu potion Forces there. His company com bats fires in the Yokohama area with the modern equipment and the efficiency of a large metro politan fire department. To occupy his leisure hours he has access to theaters, clubs, li braries, evening classes, a gym nasium, bowling alleys, volley ball and tennis courts, a golf course, as well as the plctureeque scenery of this ancient country. Entering the Army In Septem ber 1942, he arrived in this theater in July 1946. He served overseas with the 3669th QM in Australia. City i issue, suant to • written Petition, signed 5 a majority of the freeholders the City of Camden, South Carolina, as shown by the tax- books of said City, and heretofore to and filed with the cil of said City, and to an Ordinance duly by the City Council of City upon the filing of said Petition, a Special Election will be held in the City of Camden, Carolina, on Tuesday, Sep- 13th, 1949, for the purpose itting to the qualified reg- electors of said City the questions: the City Council of the Camden be empowered to either >as a single issue or from time to time as several arate issues, not exceeding 000.60 of general obligation boi of the City of Camden, whose shall be expended for ex- , and improvements to the Waterworks System of the City of Camden? 2. Shall the City Council of the City of Camden be empowered to issue, either as a single issue, or from time to time as several sep arate issues, not exceeding $115,- 009.00 of general obligation bonds of the City of Camden, whose pro ceeds shall be expended for exten sions and improvements to the Electrical Distribution System of the City of Camden? 3. Shall the City Council of the City of Camden be empowered to issue, either as s single issue or from time to time as several sep arate issues, not exceeding $148, 000.00 of general obligation of the City of pamfafr, proceeds shall be extensions and imi _ the Sewerage System of the City 4 Shan the City Council of the City of Camden be empowered to issue, either es a tingle issue or from time to time as arate issues, not exci 000.00 of general obligation of the City of Camden, whose pro ceeds shall be expended to the constructum and improvement of streets in the City of Camden? 5. Shall the City Council of the City of Camden be empowered .to issue, either as a single issue or from time to time as several sep arate issues, not exceeding $144.- 000.00 of general obligation boada of the City of Camden,- whose proceeds shall be expended to the construction of storm drains in the City of Camden? 6. Shall the City Council jl the City of Camden be empowered to issue, either as a single Issue or from time to time as several sep arate issues, not exceeding $10.- 000.00 of general obligation bonds of the City of Camden, whose proceeds shall be expended to the construction and improve ment of parks in the City of Cam den? Persons may vote to or against all of the proposals, or may vote for one or more of the six pro posals and against the others. The failure to vote to any of the pro posals will not invalidate the bal lot as to the proposal or proposab actually voted on. The election will be held at the Camden Opera House, in the of Camden, and the Managers of Election are as follows: Mrs. M. G. Huckabee, Mrs. Wilson The Mrs- j. a .and wm be closed in Hie afternoon on must: Sar Registration within the p saidXt to vote •. • ; iW- County issued t*i ■ i- ADAMS HATS America?9 t hot 1 ’ - » wa 8* V - - Foremost Hats AUTHORIZED DEALER D. C Dixon’s Bargain House 951 Broad Street Phone 506W CAMDEN, S. C of Camden within the period , . * J£ h ;,y 4 *- “ d Soptonbe (3) Present proof yment of all taxes, snd Municipal to the year; and proof showing ment of the poll tax to IMS, if liable therefor, than August 13th, MM9. 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