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■* w ' I DAY, DECEMBER 2, 1949 umber 50 B Public Pol On BO Feol deral Bureau of ids and the South highway Depart- notified the City a that they will on their recom- i for an 80-foot iy for the widen- rth Broad ftreet the city haa an- hat it is not in- any project over ie situation saens iched an inpaase. r*. city manage*-, re td the highway de al the city wa» not any widening proje ,St which cjlfed tor ,y of owr W feet The it,_ in twj of i , It. Rogers 5. N. Peei ineer, enclosing a re- tr. Pearman had re- N. S. Anderaca, die- >r of the Berean of i, to a letter which he him telling him tion. ter to Mr. n said: tiat projecta, i F. * nds, ah tt sed l should . TIT , ^ of-way in the initial >w for the ultimate . Z Jr* . ^ f ik/ l this propoaed urban traffic lanes should tandle present ttaffig raffic of the foresee There may be sorm to the need tor con rking lanes at tM* the nature ectii time, streets. Above is shown the architects picture of the new educational b r ^U or , th ® con8tn ? ction of whfeh Itet Tuesday night. The The building will be located to the rear of the church and will Benton Sheom Asumes Duties As Postmaster T" ■ Fillt Position Pondfa? Permanent Appoint* ment By The President The Christmae Flower for the First Baptist Church, the Vine will not be constructed at this d from Walnut almost to Lafayette Floral Firm Has Many Thousands of Poinsettias Ilf every person in Kershaw county were to go by the Camden Floral Company's wholesale florist shop tomorrow and come away with a poinsettia, there would be enough left to supply the largest retail florist in the state with his Christmas supply. For under seven large glass greenhouses at the Camden wholesale floral com pany there are 45,000 potted poinsettias, most of which are in full bloom. Benton Sheorn, who has been connected with th$ Camden postoffice for over With the Christmas season just around the corner, orders for shipments of poinsettias are al- 23 years and who has *becir ready beginning to come in from assistant postmaster since 1931, became acting post master on Wednesday when C. P. DuBose, who bad serv ed the city as postmaster for the past 15 years retired h?r da- WfrSlS 1 *Jl iat construction of "“to® ?£*£££ s can be deferred at wffl be made on tecommen- i fed that it is high- to obtain sufficient ^ iuth coo<res * ion ‘ width to allow for • l ^^ ora ^ postal service on Jan. 1, 1919, but severed his connection tor a per iod of time. He re-entered the ction if in service on April 1, 1926, and has been in the local postoffice since that time. He became assistant in 1931. the ing a Federal-aid Ur- for this location, we an 80-foot rifht-of- vhich will allow for improvement of four —. , 1Q - t ^ C«nd«L «j« S SS5 gn of the tate Ifc. «>d Mix «r y U. i 80-foot width by Sheorn. ents to as narrow as not appear justified ... , rttive cot, aDiultt- v*. * ^ The gift carried the following card: “With appreciation from Postal Employees.” Mr. DuBose was hdd in very high esteem by all of the employ ees of the office and there was general regret among them that had reached the age of retire- ! ment. During the period that Mr. Du Bose served as postmaster the^re- are considered, nderstood teat i ds dth of et which wftdft Tide far 40 for en curbs k Wa iit-of-way width to r inadequate and i willing to raeom- that tha City Com a taken thb postmaster an in ccipts of the office more than transmitting < j^Wed. In 1934 his first year m Veceiwd^wujr’ letter office the y were $21 ’ 00e ^ 2“ ffioo they "* eipec . 8ht- l ^TO r 0 f«i“f2rt «>>» wiu re””;'* gnt-of-way of 60 feet g 0vernmen t retirement subsidy i wcuST’SS'h.l!!'«« »* h “ “Jvl? L t !"i, resume his connecUon with C. P. fit* # wun * • thl * DuBose and Son, insurance firm, ight-of-way of more ..»«««». g ef0n d Meeting County Education Association Held The. second meeting of the Ker shaw County Education Associa tion for the year 1949-50 was held in the Camden Grammar School auditorium Nov. 17 at 3 p. m. The guest speakers Drought interesting suggestions tor il education in the schocds. illips. physical education director from the state < of education, spoke bri importance of training e Department uata right-of- ecursd for the si -of-way tha pro- >t and that tea itraet to be con- iould ba sufficient for tea aatldpeied wiU use this strati irtment is work on this urther inst. ' officials relative to m of the d^r toward ion of this project." Pressure Is Increased ming Main ig of the water main i Lane has resulted usly increasing the re. >0 feet of the main been cleaned. Tests test spot show that < has bean increased ons a minute to 1,000 wte. At. another test on the ie child n'tmkSSVw^MninuUr- He then introduced Mix Dorothy Chaining of Winthrop CoUege. Miss Chaming gave demonstra tions of introducing new games to children. Her helpers were several children of the Camden Grammar School. The president, Mrs. Jun Darby, announced that the next meeting will be held Dec. 15, 7:30 o. m., at the Sarsfield Coffee Shop in Cam den. Commer To Pay A* * mroBttt.ot.O'QdiroctOTjg the commercial National ssanx s the 500 or more retail florists who are regular customers of the Cam den floral Company, and in an other two weeks literally carloads of the red-blossomed plants will be shipped daily to points all over the South where they will to homos, offices and buti- aething of the r that is nennentad with the flower. Undbputeflly tee largest poin settia growers in South Carolina, the Camden floral Company is recognised as one of the largest wholesale florists in the South. It is today supplying florists in South Carolina, North Carolina, Rotanf Enjoys Mirctrd Show Members of the Camden Rotary club, their Rotary- Anns and invited guests en joyed an old-fashioned min strel show on* the occasion of the club’s annual Ladies Night Monday night at the Court Inn. The minstrel was put on by seven members of the Chester Rotary Club, including Rotary District Governor Herman Hamil ton, and the dinner assemblage of over 100 people was kept laughing for over an hour. A stage had been erected in the dining room of the Court Inn and this enabled the diners in all parts of the room to see and hear. Dr. W. R. Wallace, well known Georgia and Florida regularly with flowers, and has many cus tomers in Alabama, Virginia and Tennessee. W. L. Goodale and N. R. Goodale, Jr. who own and operate the wholesale floral com pany, have spent *7 years in Cam - v^naa j mm Ihte poinMitiai (Continued On Page 12) Grand Concert Of Christmas .yivi . . «i' . Musk Planned Fifty Voicot To Combi no WMi Symphonotto In Program Doc. 18 t4aDaaam*lSNM» Fifty Camden voices will combine with a 15-piece sym- phonette Sunday afternoon, Dec. 18 at Lyttieton Street Methodist church in the pre sentation of a concert of Christmas music, it was an nounced this week by Ed M. Craig, preaident of the Cam den Choral Society. Tha all • Christmas white will be Open Contract Let *■ - < i - mA~~ Atlantic Building Corp. To Build Educational Building, Baptist Church To Switch On Colored Lights City's Business Section To Assume Holiday Air Monday Night The lights Christmas in Camden holiday will be of (Continued Audabon Prints On Exhibition The Audubon Prints of the Travelers Insurance Company art now on exhibit at the Episcopal Parish House. The health com mittee of tee Camden Grammar School is sponsoring this exhibit, and ladies of tee committee will be there to raceiveguests at the following hours: Wednesday of this week. 3 to 6 p. m., 7:30 to 9 p. m., and on Thursday and Fri day from 3 to 6 p. m. The cover picture, which ex plains the prints, reads: “The Quadrupeds of America” by John James Audubon. “Audubon's fame would have been enduring had it been based only on the achieve ment of drawing from life more than 1,000 specimens of the birds of America. “However, having completed (Continued On Page lit ofjtvery denomina and offering the expenses of tee concert, but there win be no admission charge. la expected to be one most impressive of its kind ever to be presented in this p The contract was let Tuesday night to the Atlantic Building Corporation of Columbia, for the construction of the handsome new educational building for the First Baptist Church of Camden. The low bid was $92,993. The contract for the heating system was let to W. B. Guimarin & Co., of Columbia, who submitted a low bid of $6,8$6. Construction work on the new building is expected to begin within the next two or three weeks and it is estimated that it will take about eight months to complete the building. Other bids submitted on the building were: B. & H. Construc tion Co„ $99,529; General En gineering Corn., $96,000; Dawson Engineering Co., $98,703; Spong Construction Co., $95,78$; George A. Creed 4c Son, $94,758: Owens Construction Co., $101,400; Afl- Cott Construction Co^ $102,228; H. L. Eargle Construction Co., $93,000; Southern States Constnv* tion Co., ttTOOO: W. H. Sc Ik Son. $107,000; Ryscon Coar 4 "*c« tion Co, $99,990; Avery Lumber Co., $108,843. Other bids on the heating sys tem were Sumter Ice and Fuel Co.. $7.90$; K. B. HiU Plumbing and Heating Co, $8,045: J. C. Cox Plumbing and Heating Co, $7,460. The plans tor the new building" were shown to tee congregation of the church Sunday morning and the congregation voted to au thorize the church authorities to go ahead with the construction of same. The building committee of which J. D. Crawford is chair man met Tuesday night and awarded the contract. The large, two-story Sunday School building, to be located to tee rear of the Church extending from Lafayette almost to Walnut street, will be constructed of brick and structural tile, and will in, dude sted bar joists and con crete floors. Six assembly rooms, one large recreation room, a kitchen and 20 large classrooms will be contained in the $100,000 building. Plans call for dimensions of 147 feet on the rear side and 72 feel on the south or Lafayette street side WMra-tottl include a projecting wing. The front of the wing will measure 89 feat, and the face of the building to the point of the protjgtjoB wiU mtuura *» ' ' fewas?* quale beat from one of the moat ug-to-date hatting units attain- Architect Ralph Little's pro posed plana include a wing en the north side of the new build- immediate turned on Monday nteht, L. mdent H. Hardin, superinten perintendent of Municipal Utilities, an nounced this week. Work men have been engaged all week in putting up the lights. The streamers of many-colored lights will be strung across tee streets. The peak of the decora tions will be the city hall where streamers are being strung from the top of the tower. There will be no ceremonies in connection with the turning on of tee lights this year. Much interest is being taken in the contest which is being launch ed this year for the prettiest light decorations of homes. Prizes are being offered by the Kiwanis Club and the JayCees and it is hoped and expected that there will be many entries so that Cam den will be aglow with colored lights tor the ' son and for tee STconitag'week as the ho - £ Srri, ts to do their shopping, many are expected to begin actively at it next week. All of the local stores are pre pared for the rush. Guy Hutchins, Choral director of the Society, announces that he has secured s group of semi-pro fessional musicians from Char lotte, Columbia and Florence to come to Camden for the Christmas program. These musicians are to make up a symphonette which will accomoanv the sin sen and give aevenupurdy instrumental South Carolina Outdoor Adver- arrangementa of Christmas music.: Using Association at the annuel Indhlded in this group will be I meeting of that organization last violins, flutes^oboes, bassons, and week in Columbia at tha Wade cellos which will combine to pro-1 Hampton hotel vide a rich beckground tor the Wm. Miller, Jr, of Greenville, Croup’. fotlYM of ro^lwro rirotMjroridrot, rod L It. and instrumental arrangements of i Bryan, of many of the moet popular end fawifltar ~ ‘ Mrs. J. F. Moody Is Vice President Mrs. J. F. Moody, of Camden, wee elected vice president of the Outdoor-; the best Christmas selections. I lease of in the this concert." Di- M snd we feel teat credit to will do to The Choral Society has been busy for several weeks in prepara tion for its part in the musical program, and plena to present a varied program of familiar Christ mas musk. Among the number to (Continued On Page 12) New Bookmobile Put In Operation d president, Charleston, Directors include Mrs. Moody, Mrs. Ruth McMUlen, Gaffney; Mr. Miller, and Harold Watford, of Anderson. Willis Cantey of Co lumbia was elected national di rector. In cooperatiork ' wide “Program sponsored by sponsored churches Pays $14,000 In Chnstmas Savings More than $14,000 in checks were mailed out this week to the 311 depositors in tee First Na tional Bank’s Christmas Savings account, according to C. J. Shan non. bank president The Christmas Savings account, designed to help patrons of the bank to set aside money at inter vals during tee year to be avail able for the expensive Christmas season, has proven highly popu lar. White Elephant Articles Wanted The Camden Farm-Home mar ket building will be open from 2 to 4 on Tuesday afternoon and all day Wednesday td receive sale articles for the Hospital Auxil iary’s “White Elephant” side; Mrs. George Darden, sale chairm announces. The “White Elepha: sale, an annual fund-raising af fair, is to be staged on Dec. 8 at tee farm-home market AT LANCASTER FESTIVAL Miss Doris Emerson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Emerson, Lu- fott a student at the Camden High School, who presided at tee recent homecoming football game between Camdeniid Oraaaeburg d anTnvita-, at the ing. and, although piaha do not include this addi- tion, it will be added at a later date. The building will be con- atructad so that a large sanctuary may soma day ba also added to the front This addition would eliminate the need for tha present church building. Special Services At Presbyterian Church Next Week with the nation- of Advance,” tee Protestant of our country for tha period Oct 1, 1949-Dec. 31, 1980, a week of special services will ba observed at.Bethesda Presbyterian church. The services will begin on Sun day morning Dec. 4 at 11:18 and will continu# each evening at 7:30, through Friday evening, Dec. 9. Dr. Howard H. Thompson, one of the most gifted preachers in the Presbyterian church U. S.. will conduct these services and will be assisted by the pastor of tee local church, Rev. A- Douglas McAm. A very cordial invitation is ex tended to everyone in tee com munity to attend these services. * 7~ A..' -.. *' . -.i* ,.t' •» "4 , 7) iM*? - *?,’y/fST aWMasmassassMaSMMpMaiSMMfMaUsaiMaiassuNWMaweli John R. McCrae Pleases Audience John Richards McCrae, Ker- V was enthi tically received bJ9| ence at the Camden School auditorium on shaw county ’ raceived a large andi- en Grammar night when he was presented concert by the Camden Busin enteu in Business Women's Club. was very generous and his audience and Mr with his encores JPVBI was genuinely pleased. The ar tist was equally pleased with his audience. Again and again ha said what a pleasure it had been to ring to such enthusiastic friends. Mias Margaret Richards, his ac companist, also pleased the audi ence with a series of solo numbers on the piano. She, too, graciously responckd to akcofag, Camden lions To Have Ladies Night B. T. U. MEETING | Tha Baptist Training Unions of. _ win ob-jDac. Bethune , Tha Camden Lions Chib is ing rural next “ » stages its