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1 Li jA, 59T3tp .UME 61 CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY, JANUARY 17. 1950 Crowd At Bids For Building Health Center^ To Be Opened Feb. 2' id to Mayor Henry *jav- , Jr., by F. C. Martel, Station ft Accoptod Mayor Savage For >le Of Camden : lar^e crowd of Camden lens tathered Satuniay pnoon to get their first ial glimpse of the city a Greyhound bus termi- and to see the handsome station formally pre- c _ president of the At- Greyhound lines, grand opening featured jes for the women folks, a iece band and a new bus complete in every de- > Three of Camden High I’s most cordial lapea, » Alice Wilson, Patsy Ham- and Mary Eva Bruce greet- long line of opening day i, some five or six hun- Ijn all. Accepting the station, Mayoi k »e said that as he recalled rowth of the Greyhounc i he was again impresset miracle that is America. * aw* convinced.* said the iyor, "that nowhere else la world and under no other jmic system would It be >le for the single Utney rated by an Immigrant In a small Minneeota nunity a short 35 years to evolve into the weo- ul public service gieat Greyhound ie today with tame immigrant boy. St Jj M Martel said in presenting linal station: len I look at this fine new ig, it seems incredible tha . short years could bring such phenominal growth in industry. ly when we compare and the equipment of on- cade ago with the na ^-Coaches thit serve ina and the nation today, [we best realize the amazing press that has been made b;r bus transportation industry, bers of that industry, we and are truly (prateful to [citizens and officials of Cam and South Carolina for kith and suppoi this beautiful new termi- im a dream into a reality. *ow, on behalf of Atlantic lound Lines, it gives me pleasure to be able to pre- this new Greyhound Hus ial to the city of Camden Bids wOl bo 8 5or the at the B.M. faa a letter Latere and sts of the center at wUl be divided be- since it will of both are corn- be held When the centers plrtld will eech week at eorh o Outline Plans New Apartments 30-Unit Housing Projoct For Nogroos Just Off Of Chosnut St root Bids On Moving Monument Are 1(7. E. Strange Named \Centtu Director Of The Fifth District at City Council 41m Votes j|For PorolM^PaHiing ,0» DwWMaootJ City Council decided at a meeting on Friday afternoon 1 to seek bids on the removal I of the ConfetiOralo monu ment from its present loca tion at the' intersection of Broad and taurena streets, to institute parallel parking on DeKalb street and to seek I a sale 4or the city lot on Market street monument I in tha h« hai 1 tha Una with tha Tn»* * •' -ft-'^4 that tha i of Ash ton H. Williams, laadar of tha i Truman foreas In South Caro- The Confederate will be moved to a location to be Construction work will be gin soon on the Pinewood Apartments, a 30-unit hous ing project for negroes, which will be built on a new street leading off of Chea- ut street. The work of grading the street and clear ing the property on which the apartments will be built is now under way. The-Pinewood Apartments will consist of 30 apartments in nine buildings. Each apartment will have a spacious living room, two nice bedrooms with closets in each, a complete bath room, kit chen and large storage area. There will be an individual heat ing system for each apartment Hot waters will also be provided for bath and kitchen. The buildings will be con structed of masonry and windows will be of modern steel casement type. The buildings are grouped, forming courts of paved walks within ,i|m cont mar to designate which the m the monu- will be asked exact spot on wl ment is to be located. Following the removal of the Hone Show By Junior Riders ; Of Championship Horssmanship Class. A Children’s Horse Show monument*the"city**wiir Jk the I was given Saturday by throe highway department to remove Camden junior ridere, Pen- the parkways m the middle of ny Sheffield, Martha Kith Council decided to institute show took place at the JUB- paraUel parking on DeKalb ior Horse Show Ring and i ud * ed ' * sr. city this week to work out the Abe Horsemanship Championshif traffic lines on that street. Stamp-Swap Strait To Feature Meet Of Collectors Club class, and Phoebe Miller was ner-up. Ribbons were prese I in all the 11 classes which include imp*.hi Her was run- — — m k mt at a. M. A a. JM re presentee rllkh indud- led a pair data over the jumps ia the ring, a bareback jumping class, as well as a beginner’s | horsemanship, a lead rein dam and several classes over tha two 1 outside courses. Quota In Polio Drive b MAN In This County Annual March-Of-Dimat Campaign Launched On Monday Approximately $4,000 will be expected from Kershaw County in the National March - of - Dimes campaign which is fcrbeyin Monday, Jan. 16, County Chairman W. Edward Ogbum said this week. The annual drive, which was organized several years ago by President Roosevelt as a fund raiser for combating infantile paralysis, seeks an average of 10 cents per person from every dti- zen in the country. This year's two-week drive will continue through Jan. 30. "Last year's March-of-Dimes in Kershaw county fell far short of its goal, N Chairman Ogburn said, and he added that the coun ty committee waa extremely anx ious that this year’s drive be a success in the county. x . “The severe polio epidemics which have plagued large areaa of the country for the past sev eral summers have all but drain ed the national foundation's treas ury,’* Mr. Ogburn reminded, in emphasizing the urgency of the need. Among the workers in the coun ty who will be heading up special phases of the drive will be Mrs. Theresa Ball, county attendance teacher wfao will conduct the Growinfr Of Turkish Tobacco In County To Be Discussed .13 Thera will be a meeting at the County Agricultural Building Saturday. Jan. tl at 10 o'dock to discuss the pos sibilities of growing Aromatic or Turkish tobacco in Kar- shaw county, r J. R. tobacco ■nariaUit of the College Extension will be hero at this time to discum the growing of this tobacco. Any one interested in grow ing this tobacco is invited to attend this meeting. Ernest Sheheen Will Manager Of Cat Frozen Foods Co. Meetings Begin On School Plans school campaign.' Mrs. W. lT Blae km on will serve tion cards. The drive Atfemldke was Urge at this ii*» toe ccnununl of the Westyille dis trict and Mrs. Alma Salmend will be in charge of mailing the dona stamp loir Horae ring. among the negroes of will be conducted ■"faS&ctty. Mrs Mir Wooto. ■ Long end Miss Marie Hale will work together ip coordinating the various women’s clubs for tha mwlf! O. Woolfe, Jr, drive effort Members of the worn- Tha citizens of districts JO, 13, * * « Kalh Rrhortl WpnnpariaV. Jmmi 18. the State of South Carolina, t that you. Mayor Savage, half of the citizens of Cam- end South Carolina, will ac- this terminal and find it advantageous to your city your State. Thank you." or Savage’s speech follows: am indeed honored by your invitation to accept this new terminal on behalf of the of Camden from the Atlan- Qreyhound Lines, feel that it is an honor, for our belief that the erection uus beautiful new station much to the City of Cam- Not only will it provide a modern terminal for the venience and comfort of Cam- bus travelers going to other but it will also let visitors city know <ff the excellent station facilities we have er them. It will give them 6 picture of the friendliness i hospitality for which the City uunden has become justly lanv mind, it is just more forward .stop in the Progress of our city. * n I looked over this mag- * station and realized that partof an organization which » this entire nation, operat- 6 ’°I )0 over 85,000 5 s routes, I was again im- ^ by the miracle that ia c a. I am convinced that re else in the world and . * short 35 years ago to mto the wonderful public ^.^"tel, I know that I ex- the thoughts of all the dti- 1 are when 1 “F that x station from the Em “tk ^. U * ntic Greyhound “ .Thank you." *» ‘h. ’SgSS ot S i ^ i a and to by children living in the apart ments. The buildings are spaced to afford ample light, ven tilation, and sunlight to each apartment, and tha entire project will be beautifully landscaped. Buildings wiU be variably painted in harmonious colors. This garden apartment group is being sponsored by Joseph M. Upchurch end is being insured by the Federal Housing Administra tion, Herman E. Bailey, state di rector. William G. Lyles, Bissett, Carlisle and Wolff of Columbia are the architects-engineers.' Dr. Haggai At Baptist Church Dr. W. A. Haggai, of Bingham ton, N. Yi* is conducting a lecture course on the Bible at the First Baptist church this week. Ser vicer are being held each evening at IHO o’clock. . Dr. Haggai is the father of Rev. John Haggai, who carried on a d meeting recently at the Baptist church. He was born in Assyria and escaped to America after im prisonment by toe Turk! during the Armenian persecutions and massacres. He has held pastorates New YorkT At present he is pas tor in Binghamton and is an in structor in Greek, Homiletics and Public Speaking at Baptist Bible Seminary, Johnson City, N. Y. * Senator pooled to make which each collector may ~ . •election, replacing his or her ,en choice with another of his dup licates. A time limit wUl be set, m . and it is believed that the stunt IP*- Horsemanship age 7 to 11: Hel- Helen Woolfe, Ann Oghtfoot (outside course Fairford .owned and ridden TTi. adult division WiU moat in “ d the Hunt room at 8:15. This will I be preceded by a meeting of the ../rf aa T . ^ Junior section at 7:30. AB mem- Wf* ^ bers pretent will receiye a Theo-1 A rQFxto&SSLc Chip Pitta. do,, usse&m rsi A^o^Sd 00 ^'^ by Steve Miller; I^naflo, oi tor Sam Boykin, ridden by Red Mutt Bonsai, Vir- Health Committee ^ Of Grammar School Qn/tnQAl* Pfimivai I A: Sun Dance, owned and ridgen sponsor L'iimiYal by Pho^e Miller; Dusty, owned and ridden by Cart Ann Light- on Tit* health committee of Cam- den Grammar school met Thurs-1 by^lMlen^Shemdd. _ day, Jan. IX, at 10 o’clock in Miss Jennie McMaster’s decided to sponsor nival with toe teachers of be school and the Junior schools. The following committees formed. Set-up, Mrs. chairman; food, to*. jWrman^ general tm-UM Bareback Jumping: Phoebe J. Shannon, chairman. , iMiher, Ann McKain, Raymond G. The following officer* were also Pair Class: Phoebe Miller roinm It wasIStt® D * nc «» Pat Clybura on Dup- • •s.Vinni Mr i lies to, Ann McKain on Champ, h the cooperation of the m * he Juni0r Hu,h| TSSlor Hack: Shamrock, own- ed bg lUymomi Woolfe, Jr^ rid- Helen Woolfe; Jim- a George Khame. ^ °T?* <i ,,y* d ,, rldd ” ^.^f 11 _ ^ I r&denTlw ment, Mrs. IL L. Spell, chairman; clean-up and publicity, Mrs. C. at toe meeting: urer. Horsemanship Championship, C. J. Sharon; »ecre-1 champion: Pat Oyburn, Phoebe v. John Holt. are 23 regular members | of the health committee. How Business Has Grown! Sinclairs Have Served Bus Patrons 23 Years People haven’t changed much—basically—in the last quarter century, Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Sinclair agreed laot week, as they faced the two remaining days of thefr 23 yeAfs’ servipe as managers of Camden’s bus terminal. toe checked her list—JL The war years put Kershaw Girl Is Winner of State Award From DAR I Mist Joan Gregory of Kershaw [High School has been selected as the winner of the state DAR Good Citizenship award, and will receive a $100 United States Sav- to conduct a street sale Camden’s frozen foods [plant on Rutledge street, previously Carolina Frozen poods, Inc., opened Thurs day morning under new owner-managership as Cam den Frozen Foods Co., with Ernest Sheheen, John Lang ford, Sr., and James L. Sweet Eight Art Scheduled For as the new owners. _ , _ I Ernest Sheheen, a life-long na- Explanotion Of Report tive of Camden, will serve as man ager of the plant upder its new Of Committee I ownership, it was announced. In addition to the shntghtormg, pro cessing. meat curias and locker Citizens of Kershaw coun-1 storage space service offered by will have an opportunity X) hear the recommends- frozen foods, a supply service lions of the committee on for home locker owners, and reorganization of the school many additional incidental ser- districts in Kershaw county to locker cu * tom ® rs - explained at a wrie. of eight <£, meetings to be hem ill_the lhi r . Sheheen on Broad street, is to negt ten days. be moved to the locker plant lo- The first of these meetings was cation, and operated in conjunc- scheduled for ML Pisgah High tion with the frozen foods busi- School on Monday evening at ness. 7:30 o’clock. Individual locker service for The schedule of the other meet- 522 users is available at the plant, mgs follows: gchooL Jan. '*“** * ***** t tten 4ants will be 17, 7:30 ^ m/ Baron DeKalb High School. Jan. II. 7:30 p. m. Midway High School. Jan. IL 7:90 p. m. Antioch High School Jan. 23. 7:30 p, m. f am (ten Grammar School' Jan. 24, 7:30 p. m. Pina Grova Grammar School Jan. 25. 7:30 p. m. Blaney High School Jan. \80. 7:30 p. m. of attendants will at the plant daily for slaughter ing, processing and preparing food for locker Ytorage. Mr. Sheheen, the new manager, returned to Camden in 1945 after five year* in tha army. Ha waa discharged as a major in the Third Armored Division. In Camden ha has been connected with Shebeen Brothers grocery for 18 year*, and gained eight years of exper ience in butchering and meat cut ting during this tone. For more than a year he hat owned and tend Kalb The citizens 29 are president of the Kershaw Count; Chapter of the National Founda tion. > , • » Lions Urged To Compete Along Service lines Dr. J. Hill bers of last Thursday night teat Lions International was not largest of any of the ays to* in toe world, he would not to think of it in i Gteb in number of members but in toe matter of service In an tnaniring address on toe icasion of his annual visit to the occasion local club, toe district who is ‘ i governor, hfctory at dubs in the matter of member ship, he would rather think of it leading all.other service clubs in service to their communities, their states, toe nations and the world. Touching upon the Lion’s Creed Our na tion’s Safety,” he told toe Lions that they had wonderful oppor tunities now for service in such an hour aa this when our liberty seems threatened. Dr. Wolfe highly complimented toe local dub on its record of achievements for the first six months of the year, in recalling some of these. He announced the coming of the president of Lions International to Columbia next month and urged local members to hear him. He also stressed the state and national conventions to be held this year. Bates Littlejohn, president pre sided and introduced Dr. Wolfe. trrvttedTo attend the-meeting-M’ the Camden Grammar School on . 1 Tuesday, Jin. 34, . Tl. ia" 1 . .ri VP Reprsaantativaf of the raergani- KOtTPrflAffl 1 zation committee will be present at each of the meetings to fully explain toe report The committee appointed of a joint readul the mit plans for] school set-up resolution of to Pam4i»n. DuVal 1 county of J.'G. Richards. Jr., chairman; Mrs. M. L. ■ Bari C. G Clyburn, West- tt must be spring in Rotter dam! . Spring or Camden’s SSy niptea or of 3 Kershaw; E. T. Bowen, mayor Blaney, and Arthur Stokea, county euperintendant of tion. The committee recam division of the county into high school districts from the ap proximately 36 school districts, amalgamation of toe Antioch School taking over of acl and that tha the with the Midway school county b vise the educat tha county with the county intendeni of education rai execu tive officer. The would be made up oi men .of the respective while the county board chair school dis- high school district boards would be up of toe chairmen of the local school district boards.. trict boards ing Bond. Receh toe all of it that halt admitted nes when had been tried to &«as*“* nd signed — but it. brought no itionj u awful ving honorable mention , iary Edna Willis at McCor mick High and Aik* Harling of High. vere 138 high schools throughout tea state whien sent in names for the present for the dra strain on the bus system, but ac- the following from toe state DAR cording to toe Sinclairs, people organization: Mrs. R. K. Wise of weremcer. more cooperative, and Colmhlda, state T«i*nt*Mrs. expected fewer services. "Now Jama* T. Owen, Sr., of Elloree, that ifs over and fhingi are back [state vice recent; Mrs. Gladys S to normal they expect more. Btt most of our customers are pez fectly reasonable and conride rate,’’ the managers said. As to future plans, the Sin-1 are cUirs say they hope/first of all tha _ _ to have themsdvm a' nice long I from three girl students selected rest They are planning to build jby " • home in Camden, and^prob-Jdep . .... ^ patriotism. The ably, to do some farming. Uttle later, they plan to its on the basis of bus trip—over toe Grey- a trip TO SPEAK Dl COLUMBIA , Camden people will be interest ed to learn that Dr. Glenn Clarke, author of a number of religious books, dealing with prayer, and other religious topics, will speak three times in Columbia Sunday at the Shandon Baptist church. He will speak at 11:30 a. nt, 8 p. m. and 8 p. m. On Monday he will speak at 3 p. m. and 8 p. m. From County Treasurer Assessed Valuations of All Property In.County Final tabulations of assessed valuations of landed and real property were completed for 1949 thk week in the office of the county auditor, Fred M. Ogburn, and the fin al report prepared for submission to the state treasurer. A bmlc-down o fthel949 totals compiled she v * ,u * R ' 9HPSP ««■ for Inspection at any timet _ - _ A, 8trC6T. Wants To Hear From Local Lass ^ a that con test two 1. When the cat’s away, to* mice wltt play. , : 11 The language of love is uai- two-page Mttar, dated toa dav before Cnrktmaa. came last wSak from al^^ar-old-Rotter dam office clerk who landed twice in tha Atlantic ocean, and the third time between Charlotte and Camden. Perhaae the letter itself would ^earmvgomMter* 'When you have read this let- "“TtoaU teU you the history. Yesterday, Dee. 23, five young office clerks had no mind to work as the patron waa not in the office. As yon kliow. when year-old boys have nothing to ettfeasible think that of our age do an me a ‘ ' Of the clerks the following: “ TjCt us take the map United States; take close your eyes and i on the map. When y« this, you look what town or village When you have write a letter to of that own or 1 you request him to help yt male inha wants to 5L. er I had and aft- on the tone it was the to write f DeKalb Acres -113,099 * Values $ 531,790 35U65 Ruffnln -123,405 FUt Rock 128,622 333:443 Wateree i. 109,020 - 331,159 Total Kershaw Co. Tot. V: $1,547,357 Mi f a 18-] my i'