The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
HOLLY RIDGE CAMP
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ice, is located between the store
OF {. c. Hines and the railroad
tracks.
The contractors who are building
the m p, Grannis, Higgins,
Thompson and McDevitt COM
pany, have opened offices in Viii.
mington in the building formerly
occupied by the A. and P. Tea
company store on Market street
between Front and Second streets.
1t is understood these offices are
only temporary and will be moved
to Holly Ridge as soon as office
buildings here are complete.
Meanwhile Onslow county as.
signed four county police officers
to full time duty there.
Another building is being erected
three-quarters of a mile south of
folly Ridge to serve the North
Carolina State Employment serv-
ice as an office. Still another time
checkers building is being erected
on the road which runs to Maple
Hill.
This road, it was learned yester-
day morning from Lieut.. Alden E.
Specs, will be closed after the
camp is built. During construction
it will be kept open for use but on
completion of construction it will
be closed to traffic and another
road will be built around the reser-
walton to join U. S. Highway II at
a point south of the reservation.
Wednesday afternoon Col. Mont
gomery, construction quartermas-
ter, conferred at Holly Ridge
with c. c. Hines, Capt. John Mel
son, state fisheries commissioner,
and four health officials relative
to sewerage disposal. An area along
the sound was toured in hope of
finding some point at which the
effluent from the sewerage dispos-
al system could be dimped.
After the conference it was de-
cided, due to the fact that large
number of oysters are taken from
that section Of the sound, that a
complete sewerage treatment plant
will be installed.
The effluent will be treated and
chlorinated before it is allowed to
go into streams which flow into
the sound, guaranteeing that nc
disease germs will come from the
sewerage plant into the sound.
A. C. L. Makes Progress
Forces of the ATLANTIC Coast Line
railroad company were making
speedy progress yesterday in the
construction of a so car storage
track.
Relative to passenger transpor.
tation from Wilmington to the
camp site here it was learned yes.
terday that the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad has agreed with army Of.
ficials to furnish What service is
needed as needed" but to date
there has been no conference rel
ative to any bus service.
Buses would find it difficult to
get to the camp site here while
construction is in progress due to
the increased traffic anticipated on
U. S. highway II, j. was pointed
out, but such service may be in
stituted for the convenience of sol.
diers after the camp is completed.
Between 300 and 4UO men were
at work yesterday morning on the
camp site and other workmen were
being employed by private parties
doing building in the town of Holly
Ridge.
Work has been begun on a drug
store to be erected by the Smith
Drug company, of New Bern, and
work is expected to begin shortly
on a theatre to be erected for j.
B. Jenkins, theatre operator of
Maysville and Trenton, and Leo
Arringer. Pulley Brothers Of Clin-
ton are also expected to erect a
cafe in the town. In addition the
grocery store and filling station
operated by c. c. Hines, which
contains the postoffice, is to be
moved back from the ro- , and a
modern filling station is to be
erected there.
Meanwhile, a committee appoint
ed by R. B. Page, chairman of the
executive committee of the Will
mington Defense Council, started
plans yesterday for the erection of
a recreational building to be used
by camp workers and soldiers here.
It is expected that the building
will be erected on the area behind
the city hall at Fourth and Prin-
cess streets.
H. R. Cavenaugh, member Of the