The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30

Sealed bids for the project OF
converting a United States Mari
time commission building at the
North Carolina shipyards, into a
Naval Reserve armory, will be re-
eeived until June 16 in the office
of construction, Charleston Naval
yard, Rear Admiral ]. ]. Manning,
chief of bureau, reported yester-
day.
The filming of a movie entitled
Wilmington, My Home Town" is
expected to begin Immediately,
according to City Manager J.. R.
Benson, A. B. Grist, theatre man
ager, and ]. H. Farrell, city in
dustrial agent.
A new series of radio programs,
designed and written for girls who
are interested in camping, and for
their parents, will begin tonight
at $50 o'clock over radio station
WMFD, it vas announced yester-
day by local girl scout officials.
Appearing in the 15-minute pro-
gram will be Beth Bond as Ellen,
Margaret Freeman as Betty Lou
and Lorraine Oppenheimer as the
mother. The girls will ask and
answer many questions pertaining
to the activities at summer camps.
Plans for the forthcoming North
Carolina League of Municipalities
convention, scheduled for Whining.
ton August 24-26, were today be-
ing shaped by members of City
council and two Raleigh league
officials. Mrs. Devatta Steed, ex'
ecutive secretary of the league,
and George Franklin, consultan'
attorney, arrived in Wilmington
today to study the coming event
Called at a special meeting in city
hall today were Mayor w. Ronald
Lane, and council members ]. E,
L. Wade and W. E. Yopp.
Applications for the first week
OF Girl Scout Day camp, to be
held at Greenvlle sound, JUNE
1927, have been closed, due tt
lack of adult leaders to supervise
camping activities, Mrs. Helen c
Jones, executive director, Cir
Scouting in Wilmington, said yes
terday.
After Monday the Wilmington
Rent Control office in the custom
house will be open from 9 a. m
until 4 p. M, Maurice Moore, are;
rent control director said yester
day. Former hours were from
to 5.
Maintenance and repairs to tn
drainage system of the Whining
ton Municipal golf links is progress
ing rapidly, with the cleaning o
: the reservoir completed, and ok
=, pipelines being extracted and re
placed where broken, Jesse Rey
nolds, director of City recrea
ton, said yesterday.
Jesse Reynolds, City recreation
director, yesterday urged that Wis
itors to Robert Strange play
ground, Eighth and Nun streets re
frain from t%respassing On the ella.
tennis courts without tennis shoes
and especially during or folloWin.
rain. Reynolds said that after tn
recent rainy spell, a party of bare
footed persons caused SIS damage
Ito the courts. All maintenance ant
repairs to these clay TENN
courts must be done by hand, AM
is a costly operation, Reynold
said.
4 The Navy reported y~esterda.
THAT Dalton W. King, fireman &c
son of A. D King, Sneads Ferry
f N. c., graduated from the Moto
Machinist school, Naval Training
Center, Great Lakes, Ill.
The Wilmington public library
city hall, will be closed today II
observance of Memorial day.
Herbert Simmons, 10, fireman
&c, United States Navy, and tn
son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Sim
mons, Bolton, is reported servin!
on the heavy cruiser USS Toledo
1participating in the round-the
World cruise.
A building permit for the con
~struction of a one-story dur!
store, valued at S 1000 was issuet
yesterday to w. W. Carol, b.
Gilbert Morton, building inspector
The building will be located a
1907 S. 18th street.
David J. Terrier, 10, son Of Mrs
William H. Terrier, Of Wallace
fihas been advanced to seaman hrs
class, at the Naval Air TRAINING
base, Pensacola, Fla, the Nav.
reported.
The Newn Hanover county 81
club council will meet Satur
day morning in the home agent
office in the customhouse at II
O'Clock with Nancy Ingram, as
sistant home agent, in charge
Council members are made up o
all officers in local All club
} throughout the county, Miss AM
mason, home demonstration agent
has announced.
All government offices In tn
United STATES customhouse viii
be, closed today in observance o
Memorial Day.
Charles Gregg, Wilmington, to
day enlisted in the local unit o
the Naval Reserve as a Steward
Mate first class, representative
of the unit here reported.
The Wilmington city hall ant
the New Hanover county court
house will be closed today in OBJ