The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-24
cCA AWARD WILL
RI MADE TUESDAY

,,o,,bers of the Cape Fear di.
Me-. MT Of the U. S. Coast Guard
'isiT ,,,arv. who are volunteers Of the
a sas, Guard Temporary Reserve
Co -S receive the Coast Guard
VII ,,~itv Shield of Honor from
see4 +oin NJ. j. Ryan, District
CSp, Guard officer, Sixth, Naval
Coa .r;c+ at o'clock Tuesday
Dl' t. al meeting and seafood
i1s., or Al Hanson's lodge in Bruins
wick equity.
contain Chester H. Jones, Ma.
..nal director of the U. S. c G.
. .,riIia-v of Washington, will at.
hu d the ceremonies. He will be
l' a'@lGomoanied b. his aide, Lieut..
s eel Richard W. Cary.
We contain Ryan will be accom-
.anied by Mrs. Ryan and several
" se' his staff officers from Char
' " including Lieut.. L. A Han
~, ~ well known Wilmingtonian,
''.so is director Of the Auxiliary in
. s Sixth Naval district.
u,s+s will be the local officers
= the Cafe Fear Division of the
v G Auxiliary, which include
I;onr T E. Murrell, captain; 1t.
la = NJ. Goodwin, vice captain;
VI Cont (ig) Albert F. Perry, junior
cantain: Wilmington Flotilla, 1t
' Robert N. Williams, com.
lander We Ensign J. Walter Webb,
r , commander; CB., Garland F.
palmer Junior commander;
wrigbtsville Flotilla Ensign Du'
Brutz Poisson; commander; CB.,
Knight Davis, vice commander,
snd CD. Ed F Dudley, Junior com
mander.
The Coast Guard Security Shield
If Honor is presented to units Of
+bo Coast Guard Temporary Re
serve or to industrial concerns who
have contributed beyond the ordin
arv requirements of duty to safe
Guarding the vital port installa
fons of the United States and Of
unfolding at all times firm vigil
ance against any enemy sabotage
Or espionage.
The ceremonies here are being
hold near the sixth anniversary Of
+he U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
This organization was started by
the Coast Guard on June %, 1889
IN further the safe and efficien'
ooeration of the small boats o.
American waters through CO
ordinated training and watch pro
gram which became the leading
fraternity of the boat owners o.
this country.
When the war came, the peace
time members of the Auxiliary ant
thousands of additional boat own
ers answered the call to emergenc.
duty with their boats and enroll
ed in the Auxiliary. During the
battle of the Atlantic and through
cut the war in Europe, they devot
ed indispensable service in help
ing the Coast Guard to patro
American waters and during thu
critical times of 1942-'43, at thu
heighth of the submarine warfare
they were responsible for saving
many lives in rescue dashes.
The Cape Fear division of til,
Auxiliary is the first unit of thi
organzation to get into operation
in the Sixth Naval District. Thir
teen days after Pearl Harbor, tn
local division was ready to serve
1t was organized on Decembe
20, 1941, and throughout the bat
tie of the Atlantic and the remain
der of the war in Europe has earn
ed high praise from Coast Guar
headquarters for its vital duty Il
rescue and patrol work.
As announced recently, member
Of the Temporary Reserve ar
now on standby duty and are no
required to resume their patro
duties at present because of tn
changed situation in this area re
sulting from the victory in Europe
Approximately $4,000 enumera
tors are conducting the 1915 U. S
agriculture census which got unde