The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-23
Port City Items

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The office Of the district repre-
sentative of the Naval Reserve
yesterday announced that eight
New Hanover High school stu
dents had enlisted in the VS.
Naval Reserve as apprentice sea-
linen. They are; Henry A. Mercer,
lCharles V. Parrish, Fritz D. Stel-
lies, Joseph C. Bridges, Jr., Ray
mond D. Gore, Jerome Shan,
James B. Kermon, and EdwinsS S.
Jordan.
Olson T. Hale, Cumberland
county white man, was yesterday
placed on two years probation and
fined 500 for admittedly operat-
ing an illegal liquor distillery in
Bladen county. The case was
heard in U. S. District court,
with Alton A. Lennon defending
Hale.
Attaches of hte Girl Scout Of
flee yesterday announced that
there would be a meeting of all
Senior Scouts on Thursday, 3:45
o. M, in the Girl Scouts office,
to discuss 'one day camp activi-
ties.
A camp training course will be
conducted Saturday night, for
camp leaders, and will be the last
session of the Scout Masters
Training course. The training will
consist of tent pitching, ditching.
map making, and other scouting
activities, Doug King, Negro di-
rector for Scouting in the Cape
Fear Council said yesterday.
Coast Guard recruiting officers
here yesterday reported Gilbert
Wayne Walker, of Chadbourn, has
enlisted in the United States Coast
Guard as an apprentice seaman
and will receive recruit training
at the c. CT. c. at Hayport, Fla.
Ballotting on applications and
initiation will feature the regular
injecting of the Wilmington Lodge
No. 532, of the B. P. o. Elks Thurs
day at 8:15 p. M, S. L. Schulken,
secretary, announced yesterday.
Fourteen temporary buildings in
sizes from TO- by 148' to 80 by
CO., will be sold in a surplus prop
erty sale at the local shipyard here
on Friday at 8 O'Clock, c. Leonard
Harton, disposal gaent, announc-
ed yesterday. AL materials will
be sold by sealed bids. The goods
may be inspected from 9 a. m.
until 8 p. m. daily until Friday, he
said.
j. F. Herring, seaman first
class, 18, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. M.
Herring of 10 West Drive, Lake
Forest, has enrolled at Fleet
Training center, Pearl Harbor, T..
H., for inspection in the mainten-
ance of electronics equipment.
Iterested North Carolinians may
secure information on the sealed
bid sale of 5000 used airplane
engins, valued at SAG, 900, 600 from
the Wilmington Customers Ser
vice center of the War Assets ad-
ministration, S. M. Seldom, man
ager said yesterday.
Selected samples Of electric
cable is now on display at the VIII
mington Customers Service
center of the War Assets admins
tration, and may be inspected
through May 5, it was announced
yesterday by S. M. Selden, man
ager, who said that some of the
coils of cable sell for as little as
nine cents, and up to go cents.
Plumbing fixtures, described as
the Swing type" are now being
inspected at the Maritime Com
mission North Carolina Shipyards.
Wilmingtno, and will be sold by
competitive bid in IA unbroken
lots, at the expiration of the in
spection period, it was announced
here by the Customers Service
Center of War Assets administra-
ton.
The Wilmington Druggist club
will be featured during a broad
cast over WMFD tonight at 8:15
o'clock in observance of National
Pharmacy week. w. T. Glass,
president of the Wilmington or
g~anization will appear on the pro-
gram.
Solicitor Clifton F. Moore was
the main speaker of the annual
YMCA Renewal and Membership
campign held in the local YMCA
Monday night, it was announced
today.
City Industrial Agent John H.
Farrell is expected to appear be-
fore an Interstate Commerce COM
mission hearing in Raleigh today
on a request by railways, Inc,
to operate buses into Wilmington.
Farrell has gone on record as
favoring the request Of the firm.
Preliminary plans for next Oc-
tobers fund raising campaign by
the Community Chest ERE dis
! cussed at a meeting o. the cam