The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
Port City Items

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Four enlistments were received
today for the U. S. Naval Re-
serves VS. inactive program by
recruiting officers at the Navy
offices in the Custom-house.
Those enlisting and their classifi-
cations are Alonzo J. Walton, as,
and James L. Williams, as, both
from Wilmington, Claude E.
Stapleton, GEM, Jacksonville,
and Raymond L. Kirk, as,
Wrightsville.
Only SAL boxes of Girl Scout
cookies are left from the 10, 900
ordered for the Girl Scout cookie
sale, according to Mrs. Helen
Jones, executive secretary. Any
one wanting to order more cookies
can do so by contracting Girl Scout
headquarters in the Tide Water
building.
1t. Comd.,. John H. Wilson, an
nounced yesterday that due to 1t.
Comd., P. F. Gaffney giving his
fire prevention demonstration on
Thursday night, May 8, aboard the
P. c. 776, there will not be a
meeting of the Organized surface
division No. 6-29 on Tuesday night,
May 6.
Dale Spencer, director, Whining
ton, College center reported yes
terday the school will end studies
June 10 for summer vacation.
Glasses will conclude on Friday
June 6, and examinations will be
held June $40.
The Wilmington Public library
yesterday went on its Summer
schedule of hours with it's opening
set at 9 a. M. and closing at Z
p. m. each day of the week except
Sunday.
It was decided in a meeting OF
restaurant owners at .Wrightsville
Beach that a course for food hand.
lers will get underway at the re.
sort town May 8. On Friday the
owners will turn in a list of per
sonnet who wish to participate IN
the free courses offered by the
North Carolina department of pub
lie instruction.
Tickets for the Policeman's Bail,
to be held May 81 at Lumina, with
Jimmy Dorsey on the band stand.
are on sale now, and a be OBJ
tanned from any policeman and
headquarters, patrolman J a c X
Moore, dance chairman, announced
today.
Roses are now in bloom in
Greenfield park and on the plazas
of Third, Fifth and Market streets.
These bushes were planted as a
part of the city park improve.
ment program.
j. Oattley Lee. assistant execu'
tive of Boy Scouts in Fayetteville,
will officiate in the position Of
executive for the Cape Fear Coun'
Gil, following the departure Of
CORTLAND Baker, present execu-
tive, who will leave May 5. Lee
will be in charge of the office until
the arrival of Ray sweazey, who
will take over the office on May
80, it was announced today.
Unassigned members of the Of
ficers Reserve Corps of the Army
of the United States will attend
a meeting of the 322nd ORC or.
g~anization May 5 at 7:3o O'Clock
in the Postoffice building, Room 8,
for the purpose of being assigned
to staff units which will be or
gained. The group is composed Of
active reservists in New Hanover,
brunswick, P e n d e r, Columbus
counties.
Members of the Junior Order in
the 18th District will meet in
Wilmington May IA at 8 o'clock
for the organizations annual coua'
Gil meeting. L. B. Scarborough,
Rocky Mount, state councillor;
walter Crissman, High Point, vice
councillor; and F. G. shearin, Scot
land Neck, state secretary, will be
nresent in addition to local and dis
trict officers.
Doug King, executive OF Negro
Scouting in the Cape Fear Council
announced yesterday that the cour'
of honor for the Wilmington dis
|trict would be leld tonight at 3 p
m. in the st. Luke church, Sew
enth and Church streets. A trophy
will be awarded the troop with the
best attendance al The event, klnl
added.
Leonard w. Barrett, assistan
state service officer for the Nortf
Carolina Veterans Administration
said Yesterday that his office woule
be closed Decoration Day, May 80
in accordance VITA a notice re
ceived from headquarters. Also
beginning May 1, office hours viii
be changed from 8 a. m. s p. m
Ito $3.50 a. m. = 4:30 p. m, to com
ply with the summer schedule.
The Blanton Sunday school class
of the First Baptict church vii
meet tonight at 7:30 in the church
it was announced last night.
Should We Let Well Enough
Alone" will be the subject tonlgn
of Rabbi Pier Jacobs at Tempo
Israel. Rabbi Jacobs said that tn
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