The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29
City Briefs

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Of $40, 484, 745 in operating reve
nues since 1945, and a net income
Of S261, 1872 over 1915.
Eulaila Hewett, IA, of the Oak
hill section of New Hanover coun
tv and a member of the New Han
over High school Al club, will be
crowned the queen of health fol
the county at a All club rally te
be held sometime this fall, accord
ing to Miss Ann Mason, home
agent. Mary Alice Kerr, Is. o.
Castle Hayne, was named runner
up.
ALI nutrition leaders of the New
Hanover county Home Demon
stration clubs are to meet in the
office of Miss Ann Mason, home
agent, today at 10 a. m. to receive
training for the June lesson, Pre-
serving Vitamin C in preparing
meals"
John Wesley Barrett, StM &c,
non-veteran, yesterday enlisted IN
class VS. of the inactive Naval
reserve. local recruiting officials
reported.
A 10O-gallon steamer type whisky
still was destroyed Tuesday at
te-noon in the Willard section OF
Pender county, local Alcoholic
tax Unit investigators reported.
Assisting in the raid were Jack
Brown, Fender county sheriff, H.
A. Groom, Fender deputy sheriff.
A. R. Marley, constable of Duplin
county, and E. N. Plate, Lon Howe
and George Steptoe, local ATU
agents.
Sam Futrell brought a divorce
suit yesterday in New Hanover
county's Superior court against
Ruby B. Futrell of Maryland
county. She declared they were
married seven years ago and they
separated May 81, 1915.
A 3C0-gallon capacity illegal
whiskey distillery was destroyed
Monday in Fender county, it vas
learned yesterday. Jack Brown,
Fender county sheriff and H. A.
Groom, deputy, also of Peader
county; with A. R. Morley, CON
stable Of Duplin county and New
Hanover county Alcohol Tax Unit
agents made the raid.
The United States Coast Guard
recruiting station in Wilmington
will be closed for a three-day holi-
day in observance of Memorial
Day, beginning Thursday after
roon when recruiting officers will
GO to Norfolk on official business.
The office will open on Monday,
William Courier. SIN, &c. recruit
ing officer in charge said yester.
day.
Request tor reserve storekeep
efS for duty with the Navy in
Charleston on June l through June
80, to assist in the issuance OF
clothing to Naval Reservists, was
made yesterday by representa-
tives of the Naval Reserve IN Will
mington.
Robert Matthews, contact Off
Ger in charge of the Wilmington
Veterans Administration, return
ed to his office yesterday follow
ing oral examination il Winston
Salem at the VA regional office,
for the position of contact repre-
sentative.
Jesse Sellers, president of the
Wilmington Junior Chamber of
Commerce, will be a guest of
honor at the opening of the Port
O-Trade National Manufacturers
exposition il Long Beach, Calf,
while attending the National Jay
Gee convention June 9-15.
Otis F. Struthers, Jr., Southern
Butane Gas corporation, Winning
ton, is attending a meeting OF the
liquefied petroleum gas industry
i, Chicago, H., today through
Friday.
The first meeting Of the newly
organized Trade Group committee,
scheduled to be held June 3, will
study the request of W. L. Farm
er. chairman of the American Le-
gion state convention arrange
ments committee, to declare a
half holiday Monday, June 16, in
stead of the following Wednesday
in order to make it possible for
local merchants to attend the
mock invasion activities at the
Carolina Beach convention. Farm
err made the request to G. F. Hunt,
Jr., chairman of the group.
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A training program for automo-
bile service station operators will
begin in the Community Center
June 2, and continue through
June 6, it was announced yester-
day by P. Franklin Bell, assistant
secretary OF the Wilmington Cham
Der of Commerce. The classes are
under the direction of the Distribu-
tive Educational Service, Raleigh.
Students of New Hanover High
school who lack credits, failed dur
ing the regular session Of school
or who wish to take subjects which
they could otherwise not take be-
cause OF a full program, will be
offered Summer classes, with the
first term of a semester's work