The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

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BY PHIL WRIGHT
Carolina Beach, the swelling
resort by the sea this week forgot
its growing PAIN and drainage
problems in one of the most in
teresting' political broilings ever
to touch its shores.
But the N e Hanover county
board of commissioners re-
membered the resort at it's meet
ig last Monday and voted to rest
preliminary efforts, other than
condoning some assistance to the
flooded areas, in the hands of M.
H. Lander, erstWhile civil "a n d
independently engineer.
Next week Lander hopes to be
able to get to the resort and sit
on the banks of Heneka ditch and
gauge the fathoms he must 60 be-
fore water will flow into the new
ditch dug by the beach.
The New Hanover County
Board of Commissioners voted
unanimously for Lander to make
Investigations as to what is need
ca at the beach, and report back
to the body.
Meanwhile Mrs. Alice Strick-
land, town clerk reports that the
town is still in the perils of heavy
rainfall.
The fur is expected to start
flying after April IS, date set for
legal filing in the Town
of Wrightsville Beach's coming
election.
At Wrightsville, the residents
and legal holders are mailed their
copies of the ballots, and in turn
mail them back to the chairman
of elections, H. G. Carney.
Although ample time is given the
residents to make their decisions
and mail the ballots, some Won
dered if the Australian type ballot
would be better.
Not too concerned, though they
have been told that mailing the
ballots is about the only way
Wrightsville property can
be reached early in the season,
since they, as well as legal resi-
dents are given a chance to parti-
cipate.
Little Wilmington, thriving
metropolis of thousands of public
spirited residents, awoke Satur-
day morning to find itself without
its beloved Sheriff c. David
Jones.
Of large stature, a n d with a
bigger soul, Sheriff David Jones
had for the past Is years handled
New Hanover's hayward with a
humane hand, and all New Han
overians and friends scattered
| about the land bowed their heads
in mutual GRIEF at the passing Of
their friend.
Meanwhile little or no thought
had been given h e business OF
appointing a successor.
Marsden Bethany, county at
torney, grieved at the passing of
the Sheriff, said that the proce-
dure, as required by the state
statutes would be for Gordon Do
ran, now New Hanover county's
coroner, to 'hold over the duties
of the office until t e commits
sioners appoint another Sheriff"
Il assume the commissioners
will make the appointment at
their regular meeting Monday
Belamy said, although he did not
indicate any names of possible
appointees.
Bellamy explained that al
special called meeting for this or
n other emergency requires "a
hours notice to members OF the
board.
Two aspirants we're campaign
ing intellectually Cat least two)
for the job of police chief-Harry
Fales, and Hubert Hayes.
Hayes won. He is the man for
merly at the head of Wilmington's
plain clothes force, a former lieu
tenant in his department.
Officials and people close to
Fales, the city county criminolo-
gist, the man who was not recon-
mended by City Manager J.. R..
Benson, but may soon have to be
incorporated directly under. the
city government, say that it Is as
well that Fa1es was not appointed
as police chief.
Fales told me a week before
friends circulated a petition ask
ing the city council and manager,
to keep Fales in mind, that he
did not know whether he would
take the job if it was offered.
IT don't know what the work
ing conditions would be under the
new BILL" Fales said, indicating
that his theory of politics mixing
with the operation of a'police de-
partment, have not changed.
Fales has repeated his belief
that the job should not be tied
in with city politics, any more
than his present position can at
ford to be harnessed by similar
factions of the city Or county.
Do you know where you live?
Mrs. John Ward, publicity chair
man of the New Hanover county
cancer society, that is the North
Carolina Sorosis' part of the So
clety, does not know .ha address
of her cQrnsic al11h h011ca