The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-16
lIAURIN PHOTOS
ADVERTISE BEACH
,;neton Writer And Pho
lI''',aT nranher Works Hard
'0S'Gn On Publicity Job

onv particular section OF
" state t,, 70 oW1rightsville 1 Beach way
lad down h,ossnonsibility of Edmund
|tis the the fsrp sprpublicity agent for II, the e
| |icIauflln,.ib l,.bo is telling the world
tsort' W. mi'o natural advantages to
sout ;tped fpe at wrightsville Beach saei
|, snjoyeff of photographs and artl'
way ,,h1ie Oh atoms of national cir
alatlo'i snring of 1889 McLaurin
yeLa11faac, u aaction-type photographs to
| pecial a ae' . sllrf fishing story which
1pstrs3tea a aritten a tel subsequently pub,
b had in w sports Afield, national
|bhed III roa gazine), purchased an
OUTDOOR doorsive we, kodak; studied the
nexpe5nslcoff M NJ making good pictures
pethoos " forth to get the type IL
nd went ,.taas lpe he N needed. Being a fish
pstra.l0lh,iim 0himself, he felt that ne
en1an :,,s+ t. what type photographs
psn pew }us' Ss needed and proceeded a to
you'd a DE- hi his pictures with great
.Onp0sae+ a. t the time the State De-
.are. aa+ Al OF Of Conservation was
psrIisg'' arlina on s25o,ooo state adver-
sorAlDe campaign, and a represen-
Using u sat the department, after see
.at'T ,Tc1 " 'aurin's prints, promptly
ing Ms NOD the local mans mega
boftottsT tor use in the departments
t,as.+l,re. tvss ~, One of the same scenes
l'sts,i tsad in a state sponsored photo
snIssst nsssst won a special fishing award
,yT ,ri7e Of high rank,
pl1s' ~ the sprin gofl3ss, NAL niruc
ID wv nvpr the publicity work OF
tooA ,ow1v o . organized Wrightsvllle
as.oh ne Mo- Board Of Trade, and, work
Dssen l's on tbe principle that folks back
ns n.a w want to know what their
alaads a9ar are doing at Wrightsville
ns'ts' n'a.s while on vacation, made
Dsass sshots of visitors at the resort,
SID snd ss courtesy to them, sent
.sa;r snS, nicsures back to their home
.asn .l,sn nspers. In addition, McLaur-
u so"a aoaded tine state and national
.arsnapers ,a and magazines W t n
ls" asneral beach scenes that were
is isaerpnt from the ordinary run-of-
s. se.mill pictures usually sent by
ssorts, rs First quality in every re-
msct ,reS thew were quickly accepted
" wet editors everywhere, and sew
s.,1 we're given national release
,sro,oh the Central Press and AS
ucisted Press news services.
IN addition to the literature is
ued by the Department of Con-
,eration and Development, Nc
Ismins work, either pictorial or
literary. or both, have appeared
in Liberty: Saturday Evening
Post; Sports Afeld; The Car Own
er; Outdoor Life; Hunting Fish
jng; New Hanover Fishing Club
Annual Greensboro Daily News;
Charlotte Observer; Raleigh News
Observer; Boston Globe; N. Y.
Tines; Baltimore Sun; Washing
TN Times-Herald; Cincinnati
lmes.Star; Durham Herald Sun;
Thston.Salem Thursday; Shelby
Daily Star; Atlanta Journal; De-
roit Free Press; Ashatubula Bea-
unStar;; Wilmington Star News;
Philadelphia Inquirer; Los Angeles
Examiner; Kansas City Star; N.
Y Daily News; Life Magazine
Ahevlle Citizen-Times; High
Point Enterprise; Rocky M o u n
telegram; Richmond Times Dis
patch; Kinston Free Press; N. Y,
Sum- numerous other publications
MeLaurin maintains a scrapbook
Of each years work and whenever
possible adds to his collection as
bis work is published. Two pic