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JtCM 3, 1950
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JASSIBWI
Commissioner
To Be Placed In Camden
rant And
3u»y And
Man]
number of c«m» Jt
d cold* continued ip
this week in Gtmdeni
ool health authortties
the eondithm to
;aohed the
Cold, rainy wedther
jsday morning'waevex-
to cause the mush-
ig flu cases to jump'
gher.
Jennie McMaSter,
School Nurse, w
d been sent to all
parents earlier this
juesting that any
lowing fi 018 eftr i’
kept at home, i
to more than ten
•ammar and high
cials said Wednesday
no sign of Itt-up
■s in the city wy
answering odlls from
According to one^Ci
jr, a “conseraanTt eati'
Called ?
Off At w. F. Nettles, Jr.
Is Without Opposition
ToBeginDrwe To Give Concert
I' •
Tbs necessity for a municipal Democratic primary I Membership
was <oMated this week when William F. Nettles, Jr., prom
inent young business sdan, was the only candidate to quali
fy for the poet of city commissioner. The city Democratic
$ executive declared him to be the nominee and announced
that no primary would be held.
The *nne forqualifyinf for the
School
Mtlmary expired atrS o’clock Mon
day -afternoon and the executive
committsS met at that hour at
the home of Marion Herman, the
of the_committee. The
course,
will, of
to be held even
ihough Mr. Nettles is the only
aandidHIe. The City Council wifi
fix the date of this election, name
chU- Mr
f the number of active
under care of doctors
ien would 'he ground
is estimated that several
others are suffering from
. ji
Its reported .-a'heavy J
on thsir supply ot
ivcin and chlcsrOMByce-
__ two wonder drugs
hrrs boon used to hud
th#
According to
(almost $1 por captoto)
ts uso almost prehlbi
torn* victims.
authorities
the week that
acceptance of
ly patients
cases or with
will be admitted, they
to compare the
flu condition with the
of Itll, doctors all
that it was "not
•jsr-
recent drug dis-
i and the "bettor pfetya-
of the paepla fed
one
all
hat the committee had to do
to dedare Mr. Nettles the
The general
mve i
Nettles, the nominee for
niener, i* a member of the
&rm of W. F. Nettles and Son.
He .is a graduate of Wofford Col
lege, a veteran of world war II,
it commander of the J. Leroy
post of the American Legion,
of the Camden Ro-
a steward of the
Methodist church
and is artive in all civic affairs.
He was urged by numerous peo
ple "to make the race because of
the qualifications he
is the son of Mr.
Nettles, Sr.
Mr. Nettles will succeed A.
csam ivaresn on vne ciiy s govern
isug vbody. Mr. Karesh was elect
ed‘two years a
year term. He declined to stand
for re-dection because of the tact
that he has accepted the position
of ^president of toe Camden Hoe-
Mayor Henry Savage, Jr., and
Commissioner Joe McKsin have
two Tears inore of their terms to
rre. •
Hr. Nettles who will take office
an May 1 will serve for a term of
four Tears. -
Annual Dinner of
Camden Collectors’
Red Cross Drive
Now Under Wn
Workers for tbs 3961 com
munity conceit membership
drive to begin on March 6
in Camden nnd Kenhaw
County were named this
week by Mrs. Warren H.
Harris, drivs chairman. The
workers, who will be
ing to contact merchants,
.students, housewives, every
Workers Bogin Effort To type of citizen as potential
_ . „ _ _ , concert series members, in-
Roise Kershaw County § tend to enroll this year mem
Quota Of $3,234 bers for ever, «e»t in the
v j Grammar school auditorium.
r Captains for the drive include:
H. Granger Gaither, Mrs. R.
Leon Schlos-
Mrs. A.
Haile,
George
d Mont-
I Mrs.
New York Confederate
< t 1gn ’
U i i<i Ca m P8 Plan Memorial
^MdfCBif t 0 D r . Simon Baruch
VliltlMf. Musicians Will Members of the Confederate Veteran Camp of New
Form Symphonette T 0 York City and New York Camp No. 985, Sons 6f Confeder-
" • I ts. AT fst tsusts -ms ts Vft ts m + ts mv-mJ S-S ts m 4-W a ts mm am 4«» ts •. m * 1 srs
Aid In Program
ate Veterans, have written the Camden City Council pro-
il in ~
Camden’s 60-voiced chor
al society, under the direc-|Bamoh.
tion of Guy Hutchins, will
make its second concert ap
pearance of the season on
Sunday, March 19, at Lyttle-
ton Street Methodist Churdh,
when the group ag^in joins
with a symphonette compos
ed of visiting musicians to
present the classic “Seven
Last Words of Christ” by
Theodore DuBois.
According to Director Hutc
at least
posing to erect a memorial in Camden to Dr. Simon
Baruch, distinguished Camden surgeon, who served in
the Confederate States Army, and father of Bernard M.
Town and
County....
chins.
musicians from all
•Police Radio
Work of installing the new ra
dio equipment in the police and
fire stations and on the several
departme:
md it is h<
vehicles of each department is be
ing carried on and
to
A. v. aacAm, i
i Mrs. 0. Floyd
Several hundred Red j B pittI ^ j,.
Cross 1950 Fund campaign- burg, Mrs. Ji D.
ers in Camden and Kershaw C. McKain,
county made their first calls Kj! j J. 0 ^ d Mrs
Wednesday morning as they I gorn< Jy.
began an intensive month- Among the drive workers who
long drive that is expected | wffl refit U^cytajm .rejfe.-
to reach Practically every Jr^ v^
person in the county. aker, Jr., C. J. Shannon. Ill, Ralph
With Kershaw county’s foal | Little, John Wall M. W. w3E
set at $8,234, slightly higher than I Will Salmond, George Stuart,
last year’s quota, workers have Nick Gettys, Annie Boykin, Mar-
been urged to go all-out in their ion Williams, Dewey Cfeed, Luth-
canvass for Red Cross member-1 er Fields, Joe Kelly, BUI Bates,
— — a - _ . B Moody, WMpFjr. Wt _ nerom
ers began their tasks quicklyand
readily as the drive opened Wed-J Also Metdamet Julian Sanders,
needay. ' 1 Jr, Willie Tiller. D. C. Hinson,
Local officials in the drive, |M. I. Forte, Faith deLoa.
which will continue through the
month of March, include Arthur _
Stokes, rural chairman; Mr* Hor- j Nancy
ace Campbell, residential chair-j Mrs. G
man; Mrs. Dion K. Kerr, win ter •I Wilson, Mhi Rosalie Block, Mrs.
colony chairman; Samuel Boykin, 1C. E. Watts, and Mrs. Katherine
business district chairman; Van Jenkilis. - ^
Wrape, Jaclyn Hosiery Milk; In the
Reuben Pitta, Hermitage Mills; old Fur
Bates Littlejohn, Kendall Mills, 1 captain,
and George, Stuart, traaaurar. | Mrs. John
parts of the Carolines will make have the system in operation in
the trip to Camden to join in the a short time. A doorway has been
pre-Easter concert Music-lovers I cu t through the brick wall be-
of the Camden area praised high- tween the police and fire head-
ly the Christmas concert present-1 quarters and the radio operator
ed by the society and a symphon- w m have his desk in the lobby
ette of visiting musicians. of the police station
In addiflon to the visitors who
will makeup the tymphonette. #Week i y S tory Hour
three outstanding soloists wili| Morv n»viH«on u
the group in presenting i
MissM
»ch, Mar-
A. Stanley
, Strak, Mka
i L. Gut,
?Mrs. J. D.
Mrs*
' Airmng the zone
the
I —
I JKMBVWi
k
. K -l Miss Mary Davidson will con
“.I duct the regular weekly Story-
av,,-TTTi.f invited to attena saisa uavia-
■SScSS hssjff U^.* 'SSK 1 ' ’’"How
hopes to bring one of the finest Q ot th e Circus," "How
baritones in the south to Camden r -, t Hia Oinklv
tor the totMvaung progrun. An CrmlUy
outstanding guot tenor soloist skin ' * nd pln0CCIM0
wiUrt» b. prwnt for the per-l. wdl Here
The Seren Lut Words.” de-1 ,A1 Vslg^ -ho^wlU
Church Sunday
inspiring of all I evening for the Veterans Honit-
works. The Society ex-1 »i Fund, are knows to Camden,
pecta the program to be one of JbeypvJ ©“ •
the finest musical presentations | for the Camden
Camden.
| In the letter it is stated that
the camp wishes to know if the
memorial would have the approv
al of the people of Camden and
suggestions are invited as to what
nature it should be and where it
might be placed.
The letter from Jerome Alex
ander, historian, of the New
York camp addressed to "The
Mayor of Camden" follows:
"Several members of this
camp whose forbears came
from South Caroline have ex
pressed the desire to erect a
in Camden to Dr.
Baruch, a citisen of
who served in the
Confederate States Army. In
this they are beiim joined by
other members of the camp.
"Before any such project
can be carried out if is. of
course, necessary for us to
know whether such a memo
rial would have the approval
of Camden, and also what its
nature should be and where
it might be placed. Your city
has many Items of historic
interest and it Is therefore
aaaential tost wt have your
kindly guidance so that what
ever we may do will harmon-
iso with other ♦M^g- in Cam-
pictinf the death of Chrtat, has I five a concert i
been described as one of the most Street Methodist
impressive and inspiring <rf an ey«»iiig for the
Easter works. The Society ex- *1 Fund, are ktx
to be given to
Shamrock Ball of
Hospital Auxiliary
Next Wednesday
liee night in 1848
tall who heard them.
•In Orangeburg, Too
The ’flu seems to be raging to
Orangeburg, too, and in Chcstar-
| field it was stated that over 180
| children were absent
lest week
v
Miss McMaster
flu and colds did not
cause an unusual rite in
in the schools until
of last week,
number of cases id
> unusually high all of
no sign of decrease
»y, and doctors
reryone to take all pre-
1 against the disease.
(tone Choir
Sing Here .
text Thursday
" ' * r f*'
stone College Choir
i program of music at
oar school auditorium
iy, March 9, at 9:15.
28 young women in
ition. The choir is
[siid presents numbers of
loveliness. During re-i
i the Limestone College
itself an env ^ a ^ repu-
Pierce, a member
aencan Guild of Organ-
mpanies the Choir on
•erving as organist Ar-
‘" e nt, a graduate of the
servfftory of Music in
and other schools of
the director of the choir,
‘“it is serving his fourth
s capacity,
members of the Choir, and
aome addresses follows:,
opranos: Betty Love Ste-
Vero Beach, Fla.: Rosa
Charlotte, N. C.; Faye
Ridgeland, S. C.; Mary
lJ^° pvffle ’ S - C u FlS-
fters, Lancaster, S. C.; Vir
[erguson. Charleston, S. C.;
Gaffney, S. C.
sopranos: Igiriam Ham-
«ney, S. C.; 5
S. C.; Jee
S. C; AHce
k | n ’ s - LonSu
o n' J rances S
^ C ' ; Bett y Gmse, Au-
^S t0 r. 2*^*^ w “«.
b. C Margaret Poole,
Joanne Fulcher
- Ga.; Laura Bi
Ga; Rosemary
“Collect Stamps for the fun and
relaxation the hobby affords you,
rather than from an investment
or profit standpoint," C. A. Wall
ing, wdll known dealer, advised
members of the Camden Collec
tor’s Club on the occasion of their
1 last night
The mem-
some of
m of the
ten Who supply their stamps and
era cautioned to Uvoid too in-
mifc a specialization;
The dinner was well attended
by members of the local club and
fay « number of out of town visi
tors. Several types of stamp col
lection were on display
the afternoon and at the
J including a collection of
nterfeit and fal
■man Herat of S
. a display of U. S
by Fkther ;
Abbey, i
meeting.
Mrs. Luther I drive at
Fields, Mrs. John Fellers. Mrs. D.
Also Miss Faith deLoeoh, R. T. drive at 1
Douglas, John Fellers, Mka Nan C. & Mitchell, Mrs. Harold Gope-
Ingram, Jim Boyle, Clarence Ford, 1 land and Mrs. Thomas Copeland;
Bill Nettles, w. F. Nettles, Jr., At Blaney, Mrs. Carol Brown will
Carl Sfanpson, Fred Shebeen JW. be in charge? at Westville, Mrs.
I* Weil, Clyde Goebels, end Bill IE. A. Williams; at Boykin Mies
Wilson. I May Boyktat gbs. John David-
As press, radio, and posters call- son, Kershaw; Miss Lai Richards,
ed the nation’s attention to the Liberty mQ; Mks. Marie Spar-
beginning of the annual fund raw, rural districts, and Mrs. Ben
drive, the 1950 slogan "All May King. Bishopvffle?
Maps will hmd the
* ‘ by Mrs.
Help" became more and more
linked with the familiar, symbol
Iveta
will
for the
the Cam-
«
[den Office Supply and Equipmant
d m The Chronicle
luring
fake stamps of
esented by
Shrub Oak, N.
S. Naval covers
Anthony of Belmont
Who was a guest at the
Supervisors of >
Census Hi This
County Are Named
Skottowe W. DePass and Mrs.!
John Carl West have been named |
Co., located to The
building on North
The office will be open
March 6 - 11, from 9 a. n
P-m-
p Flans
on the eve of the
daily,
till 6
| Plans are for a workers’ baiv-
quet to be held
ptexea
be given by the Wi
liary of the Camden Hospital at
the Airport Recreation hall on
Friday evening, March 10, from
9:30 to: 1:30.
The various committees are
hard at work in an effort to make
the event the usual outstanding
success. General chairman of the
ball is Mrs. R. W. LaRoche, Mrs.
Van Wrape and Mrs. Ned Beard
are to charge of decorations, Mrs.
Rhetta Blakeney, ticket*; Mrs.
William Goodale, publicity; Mrs.
H. G. Gaither, refreshments: Mrs.
Jane Williford and Mrs. George
Darden, property, and Mrs. Ever
ett Montgomery, entertainment
Music Tor toe ball will be furn
ished by Guy Hutchins’ orchestra.
Mr*. Thomas will have refresh-
ALso meriting considerable at
tention was a presentation of the
Universal Postal Issues of the
world to mint form as shown by
Simon W. Eichel and a display of
Confederate and Stampless cov-
ers, including several bearing
shown by
* two
of tbl
Following the meeting several
members of the Camden dub and
visitors discussed the possibility
of a state wide exhibition during
the fall ^nd it k believed that
the first sudteevent for the state
will definitely ha offered this
year.
beginning of the drive, March 6,
| at the Sarsfield Hotel. All work-
captains are invited to
* ur Abbot E. Lake,
dative of the na
tion, who will be
' the week of the
Jr., a repr
!*t’’had’made OllC GrCSt HOUF TO
Gool Is 250 Mjwwbers
Chamber Of Commerce Drive
Scheduled For Coming Week
for the two
Stranger said that
Pass and Mrs. West
Observed Here
taWSSS? S’ ciSdS:
ifr DePaea is the son of Mr America and the world will unite
MfrifrAW L DePass 0 and re- for ‘ ,0ne Hour of Sharing,"
rentlv^raAtetad^vdth honora ^ theme of the services
JS2 y Du?e UiSmrdS being buflt around the biblical
^^wSst.the^^ Miss Lois ffiotati 00 t™* gdsUana®^
John carl west. I According to Rev. A. D. Mc-
Ara, chairman of th* combined
services in the city, One Greet
Hour, united overseas appeal of
Protestant and Eastern Orthodox
churches for relief, reconstruction,
and inter-church aid. will reach
more than 24 million church
members.
200 Pairs of Quail
mJIMMI,.. . r „ m .Will BAReleJsecfe
annual membership drive of tine Camden Cham- vr r* cl i m ^4 a ,
Commerce will be conducted next week when an |I| tkerSliaW LOUllly
I Holly
The
her of Commerce .... .
effort will be made to enroll a membership of at least 260.
Howard Speaks, Lee Mays and Luther Fields have been
named to arrange for fhe conduct of the campaign.
Wted to the concert
ZwnT
^dK2aS2L2al_!y
I The chamber has had a mem
bership this year of 207 and it is
hoped that toe number can he
materially increased for another
NUT.
The chamber has beed kept ex
ceedingly busy during the past
aad to answering the thousand
and one inquiries that are coming
was
•re to]
to answer the inquiries that cornel
in about Camden, talk with peo
ple who want to locate here and!
help secure housing tor those who
are coming here, said one busi-l
"TfceChamber of Commerce was
onriations by
tl>e city and county Kit laSyear
these appropriations were discon-1
tinned so that the commercial I
body k now entirely on its own
and its only revenue comes from
memberships. If His to continual
to funettanas it should and toust,
a terror memoersnip is
gatton plans to
pairs of quafl to
laaaa to tU
quail will be
the county
It k toe plan of th* dele
gation to release three pairs
' “ pteea. The date-
all who would
these quail to
for
If
ba filled all
moits, consisting of sa
soft drinks, and coffee on
Cigarettes will be sold exclusively
by auxiliary members.
pan he made tor
tables at the Clothes TYee. All
tions for tables must be
by Wedneeday, March 8,
at noon.
Admission fea to the ball this
will be $1 JO including tax.
The ball this year k expected
to attract an unusually large
crowd, coming as it deal right to
toe midst of Camden’s gayest sea
son* of the year.
Mrs. WUluun T. Miller k presi
dent of the auxiliary.
INCOME TAX RETOM1VB
Making out income tax returns
is the order of the day now to
Camden as it k elsewhere over
the nation. All returns must be
made by March 18. - "
throat.
“Kindly
you after
let us hear
you
In a personal note the writer
lid:
"In I860 when South Carolina
became an independent State, my
father joined the Georgetown
Rifle Guards, which later became
A to the 10th Volun-
teers, CSA. As a young boy, I
•aw Dr. Baruch, who earn* to our
home to attend one of my broth
ers. He was greatly esteemed to
New York."
City Commissioner Sam Karesh
has been asked by City Council
te oeutact interested partita and
to receive auMsstlCteS as to ‘
recreation,
had chant
from those
tid Ui
instances by
debilitation and teems to
sembie to some respects intestin
al Influenza.
•Wat StatMOted Hero
Commander-In-Chief Clyde A.
Lawk of the Veterima of Foreign
Wan who visited Camden Mon
day was stationed it the air ca
det school here during the war.
Ha pointed out th# barracks to
which he stayed and recalled toe
recreation, hall. He said Camden
ir considerably
to a speech at
night he flay-
Senator Olto D. John-
tor endorsing the World
Federalists/ c
Use Public Address
System At Races
iblic address system at
le race course, to be
first time in toe hte-
the famous race, will
nr stationed to
• stand at the race
rather than in the radio
atpp the press box, it was Mated
Thursday by the race committee.
The public Address system will be
used at both the Springdale and
Carolina Cup meetings. Chris
„ the New
i k listed an the camp’s
as William M. Beard,
of the camp are:
«, first It com-
Sailing P. Baruch, sec-
on dlt commander; Paul D. Sea-
Rev.
i: E.
nal; Dr. Lca-
Jerome Alex-
Avery Webb,
tor, Howard
Wood, famous turf commentator,
is to be at ‘
the microphone.
FEDERAL JUROR
C. J. Arran ts, of Camden, has
been drawn to serve as a federal
juror in the United States District
Court in
Columbi# next week.
Antioch High School Continues
Senator Kennedy Introduces
School Reorganization
/
Senator R. M. Kennedy, Jr., Wednesday introduced in
the Senate a bill providing for the reorganization of the
educational system of Kenhaw county. The bill follow#
the outline of Hie report of the special reorganization com
mittee appointed by the delegation last year, except that
it provides for an Antioch High School district, while the
committee had recommended that this school be absorbed
by other districts.
The biH vests the central an '
thority of the public school sys
tem of the county to a board of
education consisting of eight
members, none of whom shall be
paid personnel of Any school dis
trict. The county superintendent
of education would toe the execu-
wilibe
'M
five officer and I
ficer of the beard.
Th* bill
High School District No. 2; toe
area now comprising school dis
tricts Noe. 4, 15, 25 and 42 shall
be known as Midway High School
^ich<x>l districts Noe. 11,
and 39 shall be known as
High School district No.
IS.
No. I;
»4 433 a
High
- N 2A!
erect^ might
toat tok . ■■■■■■
e at toe tkta when toe
r ex onnxae ciuo in ^em-
color
founder,
are listed as
,S. Y. Aust-
. Emmett W.
Gordon Bat-
1. J. King, aU
n era living, and toe fol-
who art now ^deceased:
Whit* Fly,
^ . Belvin T.
O. Hawn toad AkxSSSTl. fS
k of
itive
said he has re-
^ 4 ^ > yet as to when
the Democratic dubs of the coun
ty will be called upon to reorg
anize. It k expected that the
dubs will be called together pome
time in Ap^fl. ^
Gaming Events
_ ^ fal most churches
of dly*ai tills a. m.
Polo* Kirkwood Field, 3:30
P.M.
1 -a^_ mm a_ m
iixfPsoAj# raoren /
, Camden Khraak Club.
Tavern, 1 ^jn.^
at Grace
. , l£rto IS
Shamrock Bail af
HalL
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