The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-10
City Briefs

from the U. S. Naval Academy,
Annapolis, Nd.
Announcement was made yester-
day of appointment Of Mrs. Louise
Ann Hanson to the position Of edu-
cational director Of James Walker
Memorial hospital.
Checks :otaling $28, 2S1 were sent
out yesterday by the New Han
over County Welfare department
for July payments to assist de-
pendent children, blind and aged
persons. John E. Walker, senior
accountant. announced.
Dredging Of a sand bar In the
Masonboro Inlet, opposite the
northern extension of Wrightsville
Beach. was scheduled to be start
ed yesterday by the Wilmington
District Corps Of Engineers.
For the firs1 time in several
years no new cases Of persons
charged with being drunk were
presented in Recorders Court yes
terday.
A change announced yesterday
by a spokesman for the Southern
Bel Telephone company places
E. Hornsby WATSON, Charlotte,
general commercial manager of
the company with offices in At
.anta.
Joseph F. Applewhite, Wrights-
vile Beach. is today serving as
the newly elected president OF the
Wrightsville Beach Lions club, fol
lowing his election Tuesday norm
ing at a meeting in Luna restau-
rant.
Other officers named were: F.
G. Beach, first vice-president; Roy
Sandlin. second vice-president;
Bruce H;nson, third vice-presi-
dent; Eugene E. King, secretary;
R. v. Whitehead, treasurer; Cecil
Robinson, lion :amer; F. M. Foy,
tail twister; and two directors, L.
T. Rogers and J. R. Robinson.
A civil service examination for
the position OF Research Analyst
~(survey) at Camp Lee, Virginia,
is now open, it was stated yester-
day by C. W. Martin, secretary
OF the Board of U. S. Civil Ser
vice Examiners at the local post
office. The position carries a sal
airy Of 4902 a year.
Plans for the entertainment OF
members Of the North Carolina
League of Municipalities at the
annual state convention at Wrights-
vile Beach next month were dis
cussed briefly a. the council meet
ing yesterday.
The Coast Guard Cutter Mendoza
is continuing its cruise in search
for an ice berg repeatedly adrift
in the Atlantic near Newfoundland
according to information received
from the Coast Guard offices in
Washington.
Leavy A.. Bennett, storekeeper.
third class, USN, son OF MI. n
Mrs. N. A. Bennett Of Post Office
Avenue, has been discharged from
treatment at the Naval Hospital,
Charleston, S. c. Bennett, who
entered Naval service Oct. 20,
l941, has returned to duty at the
Staff Headquarters, Sixth Naval
District, 8. c.
The 48 tires and IL tubes which
were seized from the French YES
sci, S. S. Sem, while in port here
in January, were sold at public
auction yesterday by U. S. Mar
shall Waiter Hatch. The goods
were seized because the ship had
no license TO export.
A 100-gallon whiskey still and
600 gallons Of sugar mash found
in the Kelly section Of Fender
county we're dynamited yesterday
by local alcoholic tax unit investi-
gators. Nc arrests were made.
Elwood Raymond Merritt, AS,
and Howard Ashley Norris, as,
both Of Tommyhawk, and James
Dudley Marshburn, StM3-c OF Will
mington, yesterday enlisted in
class VS. Of the inactive Naval re
serve, local officials reported.
Jimmy Whitlowe and Norton
Eckenrod of Martinsville, Va, and
formerly of Wilmington. are visit
ing Gene Warren OF 210 S. 10th
street.