Smyrna times., 1933-08-30
ca CAPTAIN
HAS H RECORD
]. A. Phillips Of VII
4 Line, Tells Experiences
: twenty-five Years
4 cu1FF INTEREST

-s.ns its fortunate we can /
I ssl1fl rsat we'd like to, for i We
q 4 Trai We 4 notion there'd be ten
7 I. many would-be sea cap
=. ! ships for them to com
~ y - has run il young men ;
N Iong IL before old man Noah
u Signal To cast off. For q
= Il lave a father a sea captain
become ! anything but q sea-
sin,self, is as unlikely as har-
III j crop Of watermelons
|, grass seed. So it was with
l+,ir j A. Phillips Of the vii
Ii1s His father, grandfather
grsat-grandfather captained
I'm ships. 1T never occur
- mo that I'd be anything else
captain" unused this quiet
ss,,ming man VINO for nearly
rtv.fye years has worn q cap
] inform. Il don't know how
did II but somehow they kept
II school until ! was fifteen
IN tbe little town of Leipsic,
aUsre, where was born. AZ
keen. though, I couldn't stand it
tber day and lit out for Phila-
bbia-and the same day became
49, hand on the old Wilson
u City Of Chester H. Every
sea captain must have a fund
stories that would make your
~ curl and he must tell them
a twinkle in his eye. Cap
Arthur" as he's affectionately
ed certainly can tell the stories
the twinkle in his eye makes
n wonder a little how much to
Hheve. At any rate, his first sew
wears had plenty of excite
ht, plenty Of hard work, and ap-
sntly a good bit Of fun too.
b know" smiled the captain,
4 the time I'd been quarter
tier on the Manhattan, got my
<Dts license on the 'Fidette', been
I hate On the ,Brandywine' and
lin Of Camden and then become
Etlief captain on the boat I first
Gfked on as a hand, I'd seen
ke a bit and sure learned a few
1gs. l guess l was lucky,
EMgh, for about the worse mess
ever got into was when I was
bading supplies on one Of the gov
znrent dredges. ! knew they had
\ et alligator but l didn't know
b made EN- So big. I had a
M Of eggs and l reckon that
gator decided he'd like some.
Aeve you me, there wasn't any
lment for / let 60 of those
= b in less than a solit second"
n s natural, we got talking about
nther." Weather, said Captain
Mlips, is what makes life in
A. sting and when you start sea
ng you've got to be prepared
al kinds Of it at any moment.
sure seen every variety of it.
worst fog l ever saw was
there on the Delaware when
hree days back in 1912, not so
4 as q dory could move. And
seen the wind blow too! re-
nOer the winter of 1918 when
BFok our Steamer City Of Phila-
MA down to Florida for the
On' we were moored to our
AZ Tampa and almost without
Eng the barometer began to
we had no desire to find
u. BOAT up in the center of town
e prepared to move out into
naroor and just as we cleared
PET, the first blast Of wind hit
llitsd the building On the bier
Up INTO the air and away she
\. I've seen it blow off
leras too-and what seaman
During the war, it didn't
/ much to be an officer on a
M crews were hard to get
" Al had to fall to and work.
'nsy were exciting days for all
a sea. The Wilson Line was
the "Montauk" On charter
nog Island but in Nav of 1918
~ ner to New York. We SAIL
az innocently as YOU
little knowing that tbe
Oeiore German sub had
tanker at the Delaware
~. n%aler and two other steam
es NJ h. III ne coast. When the
osgan coming home, VIZ used
~ = =. uo"n the river to meet in
Il u Transports. If YOU had j
= one Of them, You know
.s;!a msan. But Captain Phil
ssl, enlef interest Is III peonIe4 II, IL
=. wiiy TSily Passengers for wears on
wilson Line. Tts f,,r,,, ,s II |
ne continued, how tiroee
II 81" Not 50 many a Years Az ago
~ 4 I our captains saw a girl
m, II 4 young mans Ian. be'd
Kr;t., p Up and offer her a
III ara cutting On Sunday was a
sure I tioI' oSI'ald-playing and dane
q YET '.Cnets sos. for the hot place.
III vIts IIVneaow' : those big hats