The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-06
FILTER CENTER
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volunteers that they c o u d be
proud of the fact that they had
worked Ito guard their homes
and had been of vital aid in the
training OF fighter pilots at the
Wilmington Army Air base since
the Avs allowed the command at
the air base to keep constant check
on planes and pilots while in the
air.
TT is my personal opinion" Col.
Tigner continued, that the de-ac-
tivation order came because there
are hundreds of thousands OF CT
villains in the Avs, giving of their
time, while there are many other
vital war jobs which at this time
are vitality in need Of help.
Conservation of manpoWer was
a major reason for the move"
Pointing out that the victories
in Europe "had extended our rear
guard" the colonel warned the
Volunteers not to think "for one
minute that the Army has abandon
ed the defenses Of the East coast
II hope that you will be proud
of your associations in the filter
center,' he concluded.
Introduced by Col. Tiger, Mayor
Cameron told the group:
I'm behalf of the city and the
citizens of Wilmington, | want to
thank you for the wonderful work
YOU have done and the sacrifices
you have made to protect tn e
CITY,"
TT is kind of sad" the mayor
continued, Ito have an organlza-
ton of the sort you have built up
partially disbanded. I really think
that it is being done in the interests
of the manpower situation.
Declaring that the City of Will
mington always comes through
Mayor Cameron said:
Pm proud to be your mayor
and I'm proud to be citizen OF
Wilmington.
DEPRESSING for moment, he
told how he used to come down
town and 'know IS per cent of
the people,
I'VE thank you for your work
in helping to protect Wilmington"
he concluded.
IT think that it (the filter cen
teri has done more for Wilmington
than anything that has happened
here recently Postmaster Will
bur Dosher declared. THE cen
ter is the most democratic Or
ganization the city has ever had.
People from all walks of life meet
there and work there in COM
mon interest,"
Col. Tigner also introduced John
E. Hope, editor of the Star-News,
R. A. Dunlea, owner of Radio Sta
ton WMFD, Sheriff c. D a Vi d
Jones, commander of the citizens
defense corps, and 7. T. Hamilton,
principal of New Hanover High
school.
Awards signifying more than o.
900 hours of work in the filter
center were presented to Mrs.
Alice D. Peck and Mrs. Lester
Ware Preston by Col. Tigner with
the comment, II am very proud
of these two people,"
He also presented 1,00o-hour, 500
hour and 100-hour awards.
Major James Thomson, adju
tsnt of the WAR, was introduced
by Lieut.. Matjesko, public rela-
tions officer, and told the group
that the total awards made by the
information and filter center for
hours of service since it's installa-
ton were equal to 16 years OF
24-hour-a-day, seven days a.
week work by a single person.
without your cooperation, we
could have done nothing he de-
clared.
Lieut.. Matjesko also introduced |
the officers Of the WAR and the
enlisted personnel who have work.
ed With the volunteers.
Il would like to present to you
one Of the guiding lights of the
center and my right hand man.
Col. Tigner declared in introducing |
Mrs. Preston, chief supervisor of |
the center, with the comment that
she is "a person who is in the
hearts Of everyone and has been
a mother to both the military per-
sonnet and the volunteers
The meeting was concluded with
the serving of refreshments and
dancing.
Receiving awards from the colo
mel for 1000 hours of service were
Bessie Swart and Martha Pritch-
ard.
Five hundred hour awards went |
tc Janet Lutz, Margaret Robert
son, Shirley Gralnick, Margaret
McKeithan, Hazel Stefano, Louis |
Lanier, Clarice Rosenman, Jeanne
Griffin, Dorothy Covel ard Edith |
Martin.
Avs wings, for 100 hours of |
service, were presented to J o h n
Ormond, William DeLoatch, John
Verzaal, Gladys Carney, Beamon
Jackson, Mary Vaughan, Rose Ma
rie Woods, Mrs. J. G. Howe, Miri-
am Jones, Cynthia Johnson, Isabel
Geraldine Clifford, Lu
ellie Wenninger, Pat Howe, Myrtle
Engan, Blanche Murray, Rosalyn
English, F'urman Howell, Cynthia
Johnson, Norma Manot, Willard
Moss, Mary Elizabeth Padrick,
Doris Jenkins, Dorothy Mosby, Ju-
Ian Morton, William Corbett, Don
aid Davis, Cleo Paturis, A lice