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ENGELHARD HOME CLUB HAS
FIRST MEETING OF NEW YEAR

Eighteen attended the first
meeting of the new year Monday
night of last week when the Engel-
hard Home Club met at the home of
Mrs. Luke Neal, the new president,
Mrs. Earl Berry presiding. Scrip
ture was read, and prayer by Mrs.
Retta Neal. Song, 90 Master Let
Me Walk With Thee" was sung
by group with Mrs. Jessie Harris
at the piano. A new member was
added, Mrs. Allen Burrus. Miss
Mildred Spencer was a visitor.
Community project for the year
was discussed; (still working on
improving the Community Build
ing) club decided to buy chairs
first, So as usual the ever present
problem was "lack of funds" A
supper to raise money, on Satur-
day night, Jan. 16, in the Com
munity Building is planned. A COM
mittee was appointed to make
plans, menu etc. Announcements
Family night supper, Monday night
Feb. 1st., $50 pm. Community
Building. Each member to bring
Their family and a cover dish.
County Council meeting Swan
Quarter, Jan. %, urging all club
officers to attend.
Old and new officers were asked
to make up hostess lists and prof.
ect leaders to fill out year books
before March meeting.
Miss Nelba Howell, the new
Home Agent gave a demonstration.
Chocolate cake, roasted pecans,
Christmas candy, hot coffee and
cocoa were served by the hostesses.
Mrs. Luke Neal and Mrs. Retta
Neal to the following-Mis S
Howell, Miss Mildred Spencer,
Mrs. Earl Berry, Mrs. Mollie
0'Neal, Mrs. Sherman Williams,
Mrs. Glenn Jarvis, Mrs. Stella Will
liams, Miss jamie Mann, Mrs. Guy
Gibbs, Mrs. jamie Spencer, Mrs.
Susie Jarvis, Miss Matte Berry,
Mrs. Vernon Balance, Mrs. Jimmie
Gibbs, Miss Bettye Berry, Mrs.
Jessie Harris, Mrs. Allen Bur1us,
Mrs. Max Hodges, Mrs. Clydia
Berry.
Sick members absent were Mrs.
Wesley Balance (new Secretary,
Mrs. Fred Berry, Mrs. Viola Nc
Kinney and Mrs. Guelda Berry.
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MRS. HARRIS HOSTESS TO
THE SOULE LADIES AID

The Ladies Aid of Soule Metho-
dist church met at the home of
Mrs. Earl Harris Saturday after
noon, Mrs. Ruel Caravan, presi-
dent giving devotion.
AS this was the beginning and
i'm some respects the ending dues,
birthday boxes and various other
offerings were made. The annual
opening of the birthday box" was
held. This offering is for the build
ing fund.
A happy social hour was enjoyed
by Mrs. Ruel Caravan, Mrs. H.
J. MCGEE, Mrs. Viola Cahoon, Mrs.
Macon Creole, Mrs. Gilbert Ca
hoon, Mrs. J. Harry Swindell, Mrs.
John H. Swindell, Mrs. J. E. Bon
ner, Mrs. J. A. Lee, Mrs. U. B.
Fisher, Mrs. Robert Bundy, Mrs.
Earl Harris, Linda Cahoon.
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beth City, Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Will
liams asd family, Mrs. Ben Mid
yette and sons, B. G. and Anthony
of Engelhard, Mr.. and Mrs. Pres
ton Lewis and Dianna, Lonnie
Spencer, Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow
Spencer and son Dale, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbur Lewis and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Leslie Lewis all of Fair
field, Rt 1. The Honoree and Mr..
Lewis; Mrs. Lewis was presented
gifts and wished "Many Returns
of the Day..
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MRS. SvvINDELL HOSTESS
TO FORK" HOME CLUB

The Swindell's Fork Home Club
met at the home of Mrs. John H.
Swindell Friday, Mrs. Otis Earl
Sadler, presiding.
Coward, Ever Onward" was the
opening song of the New Year,
followed by the devotion by Mrs.
Swindell.
New books were distributed and
the project of the New Year" not
only planned but begun-"Caring
for the Soule Cemetery" is their
key project for the year. After the
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PAGE THREE

business session the meeting was
turned over to Miss Media Howell,
the Home Agent. Her demonstra-
ton was Patterns Alterations
Laying and Cutting"
A social hour followed. Attend
ing were Mrs. Otis Earl Sadler,
Mrs. Gervis Sadler, Mrs. J. E. Bon
ner, Mrs. ]. A. Lee, Mrs Macon
Creole, Mrs. ]. Harry Swindell,
Mrs. Hal MCGEE, Mrs. Viola Ca
hoon, Mrs. Jay Boomer, Mrs.
Claude Bonner, Miss Media Howell,
Mrs. H. B. Willis, Mrs. Marvin
Swindell, Mrs. John H. Swindell,
Miss Mildred Spencer, a visitor.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SURPRISE
FOR MRS. ERNEST LEWIS

Mrs. Ernest Lewis was given a
family surprise dinner on Sunday
at her home near Fairfield honor
ing her list birthday.
A noon day meal was enjoyed
buffet style served from the dining
room table laden with delicious
Hyde County food, after she was
greeted by Happy Birthday dear
Grandmother" by the children.
Guests included Mr.. and Mrs.
Erdis Lewis and children of Eliza
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The lazier a man is, the more
he plans to do tomorrow.
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SARAH JANE JACKSON, 81,
OF OCRACOKE DIES

Mrs. Sarah Jane Jackson, age "a,
died on November 25th after sew
eral years of failing health. Mrs.
jackson was the daughter of the
late Elizabeth Howard and Fora
babel Gaskins, she was born on
November IL, 1876 at Ocracoke and
made her home here all Of" her life.
Mrs. jackson was first married to
Edward Spencer, there are four
children surviving from this mar
riage, Mrs. Helen Robinson and
Mrs. Annie Bunting of Ocean City,
Maryland, Mrs. Name Styron and
Robert w. Spencer of Ocra-
coke. After the death of Mr.. Spen-
Ger she married the late Frank
jackson. She is also survived by
two brothers, George Gaskins, Bux-
ton and Grover Cleveland Gaskins,
Ocracoke, twenty-five grandchil-
dren, forty great grandchildren and
one great-great grandson.
Funeral services were held in the
Ocracoke Methodist Church at 200
pm. November 26th by the Rever-
end w. w. Clarke, burial followed
in the Community Cemetery.
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SCRANTON PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Macon Moore and
children, Phyllis, Vance, Rodney,
Alton and Dalton of Wilmington
visited Mrs. Moore's father and
uncle, Hiram and Neatus Bridg-
man. Other guests were the Edsel
Bridgmans of Hampton, Va.
Mrs. Winnie Griffin is recupera-
ting at home after being patient
in the Pungo Hospital in Bel
haven.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Alcox,
Misses Diana Hodges of Washing
ton were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. R. Alcox.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bell Of
Baltimore, Nd, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Carlos Gibbs and the Russell
Bells.
Mrs. Lora Williams, Mrs. Lewis
Justice and Sonny of Henderson
visited Mrs. Ernest Morris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edsel Bridgman,
Haywood Larie and Sammie OF
Hampton visited Mrs. Annie Silver
thorne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merret Bridgman
of Newport visited Mrs. ]. B.
Bridgman and Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sell Bell.
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sTUMPY POINT PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Thurston Midyette,
and Randy visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell Jordan, and other relatives
in Norfolk.
C. E. Payne and ALI Hooper were
business visitors in Engelhard
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jervis, and Will
bur Payne of Norfolk visited Mr..
and Mrs. C. E. Payne Thanksgiv-
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Bell, Sandra
and Bert, Mrs. J. E. Zachary,
Jackie, Johnny, and Hal of Nor
folk; Capt. and Mrs. M. l. Hooper,
Irving, and Bill of Washington D.
c., visited Mrs. Florine Hooper,
and other relatives, the Glenn
Twifords, and Horace Hoopers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billy vestal of
Winston-Salem visited Mr.. Glenn
Twiford Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Ruth H. Hooper and son,
Lennon, Jr., visited here Thanks
giving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles knight,
and family attended the funeral of
Rommie Knight in Manteo Monday.
The Thanksgiving Day Dinner
was quite success here. 1t is an
ANIMAL affair and both young and
old gathered for the dinner and
festival conversation.
David Midyette, young son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Midyette has
been a patient in a Washington
Hospital since Thursday of last
week.
Commander and Mrs. X. w. Wise
of Washington, Bob, and Cliff, are
visiting Mrs. Dewey Wise.
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[r. and Mrs. z. S. Williams.

Mr.. and Mrs. z. S. Williams.
Murray Spencer returned to
Wilmington, Delaware on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Spencer
spent the holidays in New Bern,
and Arapahoe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Rond-
thaler, and Miss Grace Keeney are
back home after several days in
Raleigh, and Durham.
MIR. and Mrs. Jack Willis left on
Sunday for Williamson, where Mr..
Willis will hunt for deer: Doward
Brugh went with them for several
days of deer hunting also.
Billy Eley of East Carolina
College was home with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Eley for
several days this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Williams
of Norfolk and their daughter,
Miss Patsy Williams Of Virginia
Beach, spent Thanksgiving week
end in their Ocracoke home.
Mrs. Doward Brugh and children
left on Sunday for Norfolk, Vir-
ginia, where they will remain
through December.
The annual turkey dinner en-
joyed by the members of the Wom-
ans Society of Christian Service
will be held on Tuesday night, De-
cember 9Th at 700 pm. at the
church recreation hall.
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sLADesMLLE PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Keith Dunbar had
as their guests Thanksgiving Bobby
Ralph of Sunbury; Ann Overman,
Suffolk; Jack Cullifer of Colerain;
Carolyn Marshall, Engelhard; Mr..
and Mrs. Gilbert Richards, Mrs.
Richards, Misses Annette and Mar
garet Richards; on Friday Mrs.
Bernard Hollowell and Sue of Bay
boro; Mrs. Marshall Hallowell of
Aurora; Rev. Garland Bland and
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ocRAcoKE PERSONALS


zaar and food sale sponsored by
the Woman's Society of Christian
Service was postponed from Sat
urday, November 26th to Saturday,
December 3rd. There will be many
interesting items for sale includ-
ing lamps, costume jewelry, aprons,
potted plants, corsages, candy,
cards, wrapping paper, ribbon,
cakes, pies, assorted homemade
pickles, and preserves.
Chief Archie Wahab who was
recently transferred from the Hat
teras Inlet Coast Guard Station,
where he was in charge, to the
command of an SO footer based at
Cape May, New Jersey, spent the
week end here with his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norton H"m'1t"r
of Richmond, Virginia, are spend
ing a week in their Ocracoke home.
While here, they are enjoying surf
fishing.
Mrs. Nancy Wampler of Ports
mouth, Virginia, spent the week
end here with her sisters and
brother, Miss BERTHE Gaskill, Mrs.
Elisha Garrish, Mrs. Rhoda Styron,
aind Mr.. Robert Gaskill.
DR.. William B. Faircloth, A.
v. Rose, and son, Jeff, of Zanes-
vile, Ohio, are here for week of
hunting with Captain Charlie Will
liams.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Wahab Howard
spent the holidays with their
daughter, Betty Helen, in Scotland
Neck.
Joe Ben Garrish, who recently
completed his basic training at the
Coast Guard Receiving Center,
Cape May, New Jersey, has been
assigned for duty at the local sta
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. John bearing and
daughter, Laurie, visited relatives
in Chapel Hill for the holidays.
Ensign Dallas X. Williams spent
the week end here with Mrs. Will
liams and the children.
Horace Gaskins and Mil
lard Williams of Norfolk were here
for several days during the week.
At the Island Inn during the
week were: Mr.. and Mrs. c. p.
Walker, and party from Ephreta,
Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Walsh, and
family of Silver Spring, Mary
land and Eric J. Schmidt Of
Crosse lie, Michigan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Neafie Scar
borough are spending several
weeks visiting friends and relatives
in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and
Ohio.
Mrs. Lena Bragg is a patient at
Albemarle Hospital, E liz b h
City. She was accompanied there
by her granddaughter, Mrs. Junius
Austin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lum Gaskill have
taken their oldest son, James Bar
rie, to Norfolk for medical atten-
ton.
Out of town guests here to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. Sarah
Jane Jackson were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Waters, Ocean City, Mary
land; Mr.. and Mrs. George Gas
kins, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Gaskins,
and children of Buxton, and Mrs.
Helen Robinson of Ocean City,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Wahab of
Virginia Beach were the holiday
guests of Mr.. Wahab's sister and
brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Ma
thanie Jackson.
Mrs. Ruby Garrish and Mrs. Will
ma Williams left on Sunday for
a visit with their brother, Wal
ter Austin, in Wilmington, Della
ware.
Larry Williams, of Virginia
Beach, Virginia, spent the Thanks
giving holidays with his parents,
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P.T.A. TO. SPONSOR GAME
TOURNAMENT in BELHAVEN

The P.T.A. of the John A. Will
kinson School will sponsor game
tournament at the Community Cen
ter in Belhaven on Tuesday eve.
ming, Dec. 6 at 8 o'clock. There
will be table prizes in each game
played; also turkev will be given
away as a door prize.
Mrs. Jesse Taylor asks your sup
port of this project. Tickets are
now on sale at 81 per person. Re-
freshments will be served by the
P.T.A. members.
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NEW MINISTER AT
SCRANTON CHURCH OF CHRIST

Rev. Cary Dannelly will begin
work as minister at Scranton Sun
day, Dec. a., preaching here first
and third Sundays in each month
and at West Belhaven Church of
Christ second and fourth Sun
days.
Rev. and Mrs. Dannelly are liv-
ing in Elizabeth City. They have
two sons, Timmey, Cary Gerie, a
daughter, Elizabeth.
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT

Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy (Pete)
Friend of Perrysburg, Ohio, an
nounce the birth of a son, Dale
Leon, on Sunday October 80. Mrs.
Friend is the former Miss Judy
Sparrow, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. T. Sparrow, Jr., of Win
steadville.
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HOMECOMING SUPPER AND
SALE AT BETHANY CH. SAT.

The W.S.C.S. of Bethany Church
at Gulrock will sponsor its annual
homecoming supper and sale Sat-
urday, Dec. Bird, beginning at 4 pm.
The public is invited.
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Mary of Swan Quarter; Mimi
Davenport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Dillon and
George Lupton were Friday visi-
tors in Belhaven.
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SPIRITUAL
 TRUTHS CLEANED FROM THE NEWS
Contributed By NOME GOSPEL HOME

CORYDON, Ind. - Quick ac. ton by group of Boy Scouts is credited with saving the life of Lee Pfund, basketball coach of Wheaton College. He was critically injured in an auto crash, and the Scouts, who were out on a hike, heard the crash and hastened to the scene. They applied first aid immediately. When the ambulances arrived, the police stated that Funds bleeding might have been fatal without the quick action of the Boy Scouts.
 How important it is to be equipped and ready to help where ever we can; ready for any emer- gency. Be Preared," the Scout motto, was put to practice when the Scouts appeared on the acci- dent scene. Here on this earthly scene below, we also see many wrecks, ones who know they need help. They really need our First Aid - with emphasis on the word FIRST" First things should be first, and how important to help to rescue those flor whom Christ died" Romans 14:15; l Cor. 8:11.
 Rescue the perishing, Care for the
 dying,
 Snatch them in pity from sin and
 the grave;
 Plead with them earnestly, Plead
 with them gently,
 Tell them of Jesus the mighty to
 save.
 Rescue the perishing, care for the
 dying;
 Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save. Paid Advertisement
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London Thief Gets Away With Half-MilliOn In
 Jewels from Sofia Loren

LONDON, R - Sophia Loren posted a $56,00O reward in Lon don tonight for recovery of jewel collection stolen from her bed room Saturday night.
 While Scotland Yard combed the underworld and watched seaports and airfields, the Italian movie queen disclosed that much of the collection, which she valued at a half million dollars, was un- insured.
 She told news conference she had intended to take out insur- ance coverage today.
 The chief clue was the discov- cry of her black and gold jewel case floating in the River Thames. It held two brooches, one with the name Sophia" in jewels and the other shaped like an orchid. Neither piece was of major value.
 The case was found about 20 miles from the scene of the rob- ibery - an English country man. sion where Miss Loren is living while she stars in a film, 'The Millionairess."
 Scotland Yard is working on two theories. One is that the case was flung from an ocean-bound ship. The other is that thieves had intended the case as decoy while they disposed of the gems some where in Britain.
 Detectives are looking for links with thefts from Gregory Peck re- gently, and from Lauren Bacall a year ago.
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Japanese Scientists Explore Barrow, Peninsula Area

FAIRBANKS Japanese scientists are in Barrow on two- week study mission in the Bar row, Nome and Kotzebue areas. They are part of Gilman group from Meiji University in Tokyo.
 Leader of the group at Barrow is Prof. Misawo Watanabe, and with him are Takashi Matsude and Teruzo Kali. The latter was with the Meiji crew which re- gently climbed both peaks of Mt. Mckinley just before the accident of the John Day party.
 While the trio is on the Arc tic Coast, other groups will be spending time in Southeastern Alaska and on the Alaska Penin- sula near Port Moller. Included in the total of 21 are three movie cameramen and two newspaper writers from the Tokyo Yomiuri, one of the "big three" of Japanese publications.
 Professor Watanabe said that the University of Alaska had been most cooperative in assisting the Meiji group, as had the state gov ernment in Juneau by making doc uments and other materials avail able to them.
 The Meiji expedition will end in early August after four months of study in Alaska The various members of the party, which are being rotated from Japan at in- tervals, will spend an average of eight weeks in Alaska.
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Moose Wranglers Tag
 Calves for Survival Study

FORT RICHARDSON - Air borne moose wranglers of the Alaska State Department of Fish and Game will Timber up their lassos and mount-up in two U. S.. Army H-21 Helicopters this week for the first moose calf-tagging project of 1960
 More than 200 moose calves in the lower Susitna area and Mata- nuska Valley are expected to be ear tagged dcring the 10 day program, according to Eli Brick son, area Fish and Game manage ment biologist.
 By tagging the young moose we hope to gain valuable informa- tion about seasonal movement pat terms, annual calf survival and yearly 'kill' figures" Erickson said. Hunters who bag a tagged moose are required to return the tag to us with data concerning where and when he got the animal"
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JUNEAU AP CORRESPONDENT TRANSFERRED TO E. COAST

NEW YORK, lR = The appoint ment of William J. Tobin, Asso- ciated Press Correspondent at Ju- neau, as assistant chief of bureau at Baltimore, was announced to- day by Frank J. Starzel, general manager of the Associated Press.
 Ward T. Sims, night editor in the Seattle Bureau and veteran Legislative reporter, was ap- pointed by Starzel to succeed Tobin.
 Tobin, 32, went to Juneau in 1856 to open the bureau, the only full time wire service bureau in the capitol. He will leave for his new assignment June "A.
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ALEUTIAN COMBAT ENGINEER IS STILL AT
 WORK PREPARING DEFENSE FOR NEW THREAT

ANCHORAGE - To-day we are assembled in front of head quarters"
 Thus started the entry for May 29, 1943, in the diary of Japanese officer who lost his life in the last engagement of the Aleutian Cam paign on the Island of Attu.
 The text of the diary for that date is as follows:
 To-day we are assembled in front of headquarters. The field hospital took part too. The last assault is to be carried out All the patients in the hospital were made to commit suicide. Only 33 years of living and I am to die here. l have no regrets. Banzai to the Emperor.
 q am grateful that I have kept peace of my soul which Enkist be- slowed on me. Goodbye, Gaeko, my beloved wife, who loved me 70 the last. Until we meet again, grant you God speed, Miseka, who just became four years old, will grow up unhindered. I feel sorry for you, Fokiko, born February of this year and will never see your father"
 Shortly afterwards, 1000 Ban zai-dedicated Japanese stormed from the last line of defense to attack and die. The desperation- launched attack came very near to succeeding. The Japanese over Whelmed American outposts and swarmed up hill. They came under the cover of darkness and a SnoWStorTn.
 Their objective was the Amer ican beachhead at Massacre Bay beyond the ridge. All that stood between them and their goal was a contingent of road building GI Engineers.
 These managed to throw up an improvised breastworks of equip ment and supplies, including cases of dynamite, and laid down a whitening firepower. The Japanese first assault was broken and then the second and last assault of the Aleutian campaign came to a bit ter, crushing end.
 Within a few hours the Engin- eers were back at their task of building the road. Under combat conditions during the preceding IT days of battle, the Engineers had built more roads on the island
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than their Japanese counterparts had managed during the II months of their stay.
 Later the ridge where the attack was stopped was named, appro- priately enough, Engineer Hill" The entire Aleutian campaign of World War II has come to be known as the Engineers War, be- cause all the installations on the Chain had to be built from scratch under the constant men, ace of Japanese guns, together with handicaps imposed by gale like winds, rugged terrain and over-long supply lines.
 The campaign, for all the diff culties, was completed with vic tory for the U. S. within 12 months after it started. It began on June 3, 1942, when Japanese task force launched carrier-bombers to raid the U s. Navy base at Dutch Harbor. e-
 Before the war ended officially on VI Day, 1945, the Engineers had converted the treeless, wind swept primitive Chain into vir- tual fortress in one of the most re- markable construction feats in the history of war.
 Seventeen years later, with the war long since over and the situa- tion vastly changed, the successor of the Aleutian combat engineer is still at work in the Aleutians, updating the nations defenses in the face of new threats.
 Today the scene of greatest En- gineer activity is at Shemya Is- land, situated about 60 miles from Engineer Ridge on Attu. The U. s. Army Engineer District, Alaska, is supervising the construction of an experimental radar station at Shemya for the Alaskan Con- mand. The project is extensive, with contracts to date totaling more than $18,0OO,000.
 During the last six years, the District constructed an extension of the famous DEW1Line to loca- tions in the Aleutians Islands, to complete radar warning system against surprise attack.