The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-10
BUSINESS LEADERS
LAUD EXTENSION
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the move, he SAID. Wilmington !.
now in it's best financial Condition
and is better prepared to provide
facilities to the new areas than ev.
er before. The citizens in the are.
owners, are almost 100 per cent IN.
owners are themselves in the best
financial condition in years, he
added, and are well able 10 nav
the additional tax
There is no unity of purpose !,
Wilmington, Mr.. McCaig said, and
this extension question has divided
the people of the community flo,
years. We have an opportunity Of
unifying the community and we can
now 60 ahead.
If the move is not made now.
the future of Wilmington will be
adversely affected, he concluded.
Frederick Willetts, prominent
Wilmington property owner, speak.
ing after Mr.. McCaig, told mem.
bers of the club, II am 100 per
cent behind the extension of the
city limits"
Mr.. Willetts, who said he had pre-.
viously been opposed to extension,
predicted that the area between
Oleander and Winter Park would
be equally built up within the next
five years and that further exten.
sion would be necessary so that
connection would be made with
Winter Park, which he termed "a
community which is crying for
help.
He explained to Rotarians that
he had opposed a bill introduced
to the legislature just before the
past one on the grounds that it
endangered city finances. Opposi.
ton to another plan had been be.
cause of his belief that it was in.
adequate.
Mr.. Willetts said that he saw a
bright future for Wilmington with
the extension of it's limits playing
an important part.
Another factor in tn i S develop.
ment, he said, is that eve have
young men with ideas, money and
the Will to 60, and the older men
of the community have given them
the go signal.
Asked for comment, DR.. J. T.
Hoggard said that he felt the ne.
cessity for getting the leadership
of men outside the city back in
the community.
Earlier in the meeting, Charlie
Harrington read a resolution from
the American Legion requesting
that the Veterans Administration
be allowed to take over the aban.
doned Army hospital at Fort Fish
err for the accommodation Of veter.
ans needing treatment. Rotarians
unanimously voted endorsement of
the resolution.
Walter J. Cartier reminded mem.
bers that this is National Fire Pre-.
vention week and said that Chief
Lud.e Groom had urded all citisens
to take active precautions against
fire.
A Junior Chamber of Commerce
non-partisan, Get Out and Vote
reminder was read. Registration
for the balloting on the city limits
extension plan will take place o.
tober IS, 20 and 81, it was said.
A letter from a Canadian Rota.
rian was read thanking John Muck
ton for inviting his nephew,
Netherland Marine stationed at
Camp Davis, to his home.
President Thomas Lilly told
members that Tom Warren, presi-
dent of Rotary International will be
in Charlotte November %, and
asked that a representative group
from the club go to the Charlotte
meeting.
1t was also announced that Gov.
ernor Ozmer Henry will attend the
Wilmington meeting next Tuesday
which will begin at IL a. m.
1t. Comdr. Lennox Cooper was
welcomed back to the club before
the program began.
Guests of the club were Henr,
Emorey, j. Fred Rippy, Jr., Eli
Grant, Philadelphia Rotarian, A
Gallagher, of the New York Cit,
club, and Junior Rotarians for tn,
month of October, David Banner
man and John Hobbs, Wildcat co
captains.