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CAMDEN. SOUTH
LY. MARCH 10.1950
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New and Novel Feature
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Spectators at the Springdale race meeting to be held
at the Springdale coarse Saturday afternoon, with poet
time at 2 o clock, *111 be interested in the new and
novel feature that will be in evidence during the program.
en pro,
e other
Camden
nament
gross
mrsday
iy skies
iff e rent
en high.
ies, CJ
Dave
'jiff
_,,C% all
lird.
scoring,
ind f Mike
low “‘ AW
The ‘Mulberry race, a brush
event, was cancelled because of
not having sufficient brush race
horses to make a solid showing
and this left the race card with
four events, the. King Hailgar.
Kamschatka, Bloomsbury and
H0ll ^“l£«l faUun h Hu
rr^M'Ksrss
races. Some 1ft to 20 thorough-
wreseut a-echoed-
on. iSb will be in
breds will
ina exhibit
of a .
it that will
in Hie Cbm
twjhnbe*? brush
events
ally la
var*-
The
will
■tyl Jock-
headliner in (he meeting
will be the King Haiglar,
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J. E. Stuckey
Dog
Be
Next Thursday
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Kirkwood M* Anm
For Firtf Tim,
annual Lenton
ider the
Operating Staff of Du Pont Plant Hera Announced
m
people
:op*l chutch,
\erif the out-
utn^Ci
County
Form
rrxmon jrasses
Supervisor Of
Ffpmo Adminis-
des Boros
Virginia <
, all re-
scores of
eped un-
drizzling
came out
‘„/t£
ants in
w .
aul But
rated *tj
horse on
however,
narrowly
to retain 1
ed by P. T.
will again
lens on
attract-
flL
lest last year,
-rS^SBo^
., own-
Mich.,
with his
the Not to
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ng down
ty were:
16-34—70;
S.N. C^\
ym'
ntz Mor- ridden
is Mister
i,of Mrs.
Warren ton,
Bosley cam-
many timber races
I nnisnea second to
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\ Maryland
st he was
Austin A. Brown of
who will again be
Hunt's
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James Edmund Stuckey,
56, Kershaw county super*
visor of the Farmers Home
Administration, died at his
home in tlhe Rice apartments
eparly Thursday morning af**
ter a abort jllneea. Funeral
arrangements are incomplete
pending arrival of members
of his family. * -
Mr. Stuckey moved to Camden
from Chester three years ago and
since coming to Camden has been
active in civic and community af
fairs. He waa an active Rotarian,
a deacon of Btthesda Presbyterian
church and .interested in many
other local affairs.
is survived by his
The 14th
Dog show,
auspices of ttne
of Grace Episcc
and rated as one <
standing in South 'CaroTina,
will be held Thursday,
March 16, at the Kirkwood
polo arena, starting at 8:80
o'clock. In the event of in*
clement weather the show
will be held on. Friday,
March 17.
The da
to be i
nounced by the
charge on
Pointers,
kin
mm.
dren
w«
as an-
ittee. in
inclucl
les,
¥
Caughman, Jr.,
to the show will
, Mr. Stuckey is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Margie W. Stuckey,
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D. C.
and
The. family requests that no
flowers be sent Rather they ask
that those friends who wish to
send contributions to the
well Orphanage at Clinton.
TO MEET MARCH M
The
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Entry
and Bill Bavage.'
tee members an
Billy Nicholson,
Ancrum Boykin,
Gey Hutchins, Jr n
Harriet '
anc
Boy-
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F. P.
ion
cents for
commit-
Savage,
Hopkins,
Savage,
Savage,
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Martha!
Campbell and
Campbell.
Proceeds of the
Church School
and
Boy
jo up-
nii Anne
Jeanette
„ to the
offering,
to the
will be |
n di y
ere
of
the
Meu-
Grace
Members of the operating staff of the Du Pont plant in Camden announced
this week: by Iceland M. Jonee, plant manager, are shown above. Reading from left
to right, top row: James H. Ellett, Burton D. Cowan, John W. Hash; bottom row,
Lawrence R Steele, Jr., Samuel G. Crews and Gafford T. Cooper.
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Operations Plans Begin To
has
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rated
size
luntil
The -
and
Plant
who
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treenvilla
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and]
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William
kvid Tihs-
rlotte, 68; |
and Dr.,
17; Julc
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iken, 67:,
J Bayne of
|Case and!
Bryj
|Duda
68; Fur-1
liken, and
68; BUI
Lynch,
Bottoms]
lett
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le, 68;
and Bru I
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poevon of the
'Ann Knwttnft ^
is; it was announced by LeTand ft. Jones, plant
manager. Actual hiring for ihanufacturing operations
has not started, but applicants are being received. "~
Severaf hundred openings wilLbe available between
now and the scheduled start of operations this summer.
Openings will be available for nurses, stenographers,
laboratorians, clerks and . operators in the manufactur
ing areas.
To hvoid confusion, people are asked not to call
atthe pfcftht in person, but applications .can be obtained
by writing tp Frank J; Lowe, employment supervisor,
Du Pont Company, Drawer A, Camden, S. C.
Teachers Back.
Reorganization
County Association For
Plant . Suggostod By
* Trial runs and the actual
Start of production are sev
eral months away at the
world's first plant for the
commercial manufacture of
"Orion” acrylic fiber, which
E. I. du Pont de Nemours ft
Company is building at Cam
den, hot plane for the oper-
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Friday.
Concert Named
Fort Borg, of CHoriotto;
Boritone, ond Morion
Burgess, Soprano
Three outstanding soloists
will join with the Camden
Choral Society Sunday, Mar.
19, for the presentation of
the classic “Seven Last
Words of Christ” in the au-
ditorium of Lyttleton Street
Methodist Churcfh, R was
announced this week by Guy
Hutchins, director of / the
The Kershaw County Edu
cation Association went on
record at its last meeting as
endorsing the school district
reorganization plana suggest
ed by the committee and
urging the Kershaw county
delegation in the General
Assembly to enact same into
law. * “
Two members of the committee,** Choral group.
Mrs. M. W. Duval and F. B. Stan- Baritone soloist
ton, made reports to the associa
tion. They stated that the bill in
corporating the commitee’s re
port, had been introduced in the
enate by Senator Kennedy.
The association passed a
resolution urging the House
i members to pass the bill as it
Is of paramount importance
to the future educational pro-
5 am of Kershaw county,
rs. Jim Darby and H. w. Rast
of Blaney were elected to serve
> V.
ating
take
Leland
who hak;
quarters
works
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13
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Club.
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i . Camden motorists and pedestrians are being educated to observe traffic safety
regulations through the combined efforts of the JayCee^, the Boy Scouts and the
Camden police force. Ip the top picture some leadingjTayCeesjire shown display
ing signs which have been put on the sidewalks in the ^ ^ ' * 1
traffic violations. Rea4tng from left to right are
Cee'president; Jack Haile,'Ralph Stevenson and „
»re Marion Schiogburg illustrates the fix a jaywalker may find himself in. A group
f Boy Scouts Who aided hi the education campaign by directing,traffic last Sal
i shown in the picture along With Mr. Schlosburg. Scouts m picture are, i
left to right, Charles Dixon, Henry Wlhite, Lachicotte Zemp, Norbert Sibils,
Johnson, Johnay Stover, Ike Hay, Sidney Clancy, Louis TruesdaU, Tommy
Bobby Maya. Sitting, Fred Gugenheimer, Walter SmiA, Evans Whit
Hagins, Charlie DeLoache, Larry Smith, Dickie Tiller fid Jack Team.
Rwrh
o nthe Coucil of Delegates of the
South Carolina Education Associa
tion with A C. Wayne of Bethune
and Mrs. P. D. Baird and Mrs.
Louise Boykin of Camden.
Mr. Wayne waS elected presi
dent of the Kershaw county as
sociation for the coming year and
Mrs. Baird vice president.
Mrs. Jim Darby, president, gave
a report on the citizens meeting
held in Columbia last week;
CHORAL CLUB PRACTIC|I
The Camden Choral Society
will practice at.,Lyttleton Street
Methodist church at 3:00 on Sun
afternoon, March 12, Ei
ident of the society
announces. It/Will be necessary
for every member who plans to
iing' in the concert to be at “
practice in order that seating ar-
for the per
formance Will be Earl Berg, who
has been director of the First
Presbyterian church 'choir in
Charlotte since 1941, and who is
also voice teacher and glee club
director at Davidson Couege. Mr.
Berg will return to Charlotte from
a tour of Florida with his glee
club in tlqie to make the Camden
engagement.
Coming from Charloi
Mr. Berg will be Moody
tenor. Mr. Chisholm, a student
Davidson, is one of ^Mr.« Ben
are beginning to
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Jones, plant manager
‘ established head-
announced the
ting staff,
nes H. El-
superinten-
D. dbwan, service
John W. Hash,
intendent; Law-
Jr., tochnicalsup-
luel G. Cfevws,
tiert G ‘"° rd T -
knd Mr. Crows are
are stationed at the Pilot Plant in
Waynesboro, Va., pfior to report-
ng in Camden during the next
months.
new local officialt,
?tion of Mr. Cooper,
service with
terayon oper-
ore being
the organization for
“Orion.” Mr. Cooper, who was
ransfefred from the Engineering
Department, is no stranger in
the start of coS-
ruary of last year
until June, hfe was control super
intendent on the local job.
For Mr. Steele, the Camden as
signment marks the return of a I
time pre-
■ived high
r. Chisholm
outstanding students. He has sung
the tenor solo role in the “Seven
Last Words” several time
viously and has received
praise for his voice. Mr,
has done solo work in many of
the Charlotte and Concord N. C.
churches.
Mias Marion Burgess, former
director of the Camden Choral
Society, will return to sing the
soprano^ solo parts in the perform-
musician and
a* soloist*!*
as a
wall
known in Camden, and many are
anticipation her singing, Mr.
Hutchins said.
In addition to the three solo
ists. an orchestra of 25 musicians
will be on hand to accompany the
chorus and soloisis. .The visiting
players will come from Florence,
i.
It Afrtofty Arriving In r
rrf
City
South Carolinian to his native
state. &e was born at George
town and ts a graduate of The
Citadel. Three of the group are
natives of Virginia. One came
from Illinois and ene from Dela
ware. * f- ■
Mr. Elliott, who is 39, was bom
at Blacksburg, Va., where he at
tended high school and studied
chemistry at the Virginia Poly
technic Institute. He was gradu
ated in 1932 with,a bachelor of
science degree and the following
year, he received* his master’s de
gree. In June of 1933, he was
employed by Du Pont at Waynes
boro ss s chemical operator, ad
vancing in successive steps until
i • •
- ^ . IMS, he was
In military servipe. Mr. Elliott is
marriad and has two daughter*
and a son.
A native
Cowan is mMIBI
of Crystal Lake Commercial High
and lows Stale College,
where he received the degree of
been
Of
stive of Aurora,* 111., Mr.
i is 46. He Is a graduate
stal Lake Commercial High
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