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Successor To Historic ‘Atlantic’ Arrives Here Monday
CHAGBOURN PLANS
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Merchants To Sponsor
Brightly Colored Street
Lights During Yule
CHADBOURN, Nov. 28 —
Brightly colored lights will dec
orate the main business section
of Chadbourn during the ap
proaching Christmas Season for
the first time since before t h e
war.
Local merchants are sponsor
ing the project this year through
the Retail Merchants committee
of the Chamber of commerce,
with assistance from Tide Wa
ter Power co. and the town
council. Handling details of the
promotion project are L. P.
Cook, chairman of the mer
chants committee and Wm. S.
Edmunds, executive secretary
cf the chamber.
Approximately a thousand
lights of various colors will be
strung diagonally across the
streets from Britts Hardware on
RR avenue to Brown street,
from there to Jolly’s stables and
from D. M. Carter and sons to
G. O. Boyette’s on First avenue,
for a total of four blocks.
Several local electricians have
agreed to contribute their labor
for hanging the lights. To date
these include Stack Turner,
Lacy Mercer, F. G. Nobles,
Gomery Strickland arid Charlie
Williams. ,
Present plans are to erect the
lights on Friday of this week
provided materials on order ar
rive by that time. They will re
main lighted until after New
Year’s.
Centerian Straightens
Bell Puzzle Out
MILLVILLE, N. J. (U.PJ —Mrs.
Jennie Bingham is oyer 100
years old and she didn t know
why the fire bell rang four
times at six o’clock every morn
ing.
When the question was
brought up, Fire Chief Tom
Corson was puzzled, too.
Mrs. Bingham snorted, “I
don’t see any sense in it. Why
don’t they make it ring six
times as it should.”
Chief Corson admitted it was
& rather silly arrangement. To
all puzzled Millville residents he
proclaimed, “The fire bell will
be rung six times at six o’clcok
from now on.”
The Flowers Bloom
In The Fall, Tra-la
ROCK ISLAND, 111. <U.R>—Vio
lets were blooming on the sunny
side of the street in Rock Island
a day before Hallowe’en.
Mrs. Russel E. Parker
thought her four-year-old son
was seeing things.
“Please, mother, can’t I pick
the little blue flowers”
“Why, Johnny,” she replied
“there aren’t any flowers like
that at this time of year.”
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FIREBOAT CREW—Looking out toward their 35-year-old fireboat, the “Atlantic,” are the crew members of the boat who
soon will be transferred to the P-76 fireboat, recently purchased by the city, after a six year hunt, from the U. S. Maritime Commis
sion in Charleston, S. C. The six regular crew members work on a two platoon shift with three men to each shift and one man having
a day off each week. These men are on duty 24 hours a day and answer an average of 35 calls a year. Shown above with their re
spective number of years’ service in the Wilmington fire department are: E. E. Casteen, 11; Captain Charles Register, 29; Eimer
Jones, 13; Chief J. Ludie Croom, 40; Harry Waters, 22; Lt. Alonzo Russ, 19; and Ralph Powell with 19 years’ service.
(Staff Photo by Maynard)
“ATLANTIC” COMMANDER—Captain Charles Register, above,
for 29 years a member of the Wilmington fire department and four
years Captain of the fireboat, “Atlantic,” is shown at his desk
making plans for the new and more modern P-76 fireboat. Captain
Register has served on the fireboat the entire 29 years service to
the department and since he has been in command of the vessel
he has pulled 15 bodies from the waters of the Cape Fear. He suc
ceeded Captain L. R. Frost, Sr., who became fire inspector in 1943.
Cape Fear Queen To Give
Way To More Modern Boat
By ROBERT MILLER
Star Staff Writer
The historic “Atlantic,” whose battles along Wilnr'ng
ton’s waterfront have been varied and many during the
past 35 years, will start down her last’mile Monday as the
queen of the Cape Fear when her successor arrives.
The P-76 recently was purchased by the city as gov
ernment surplus property from the U. S. Maritime Com
mission in Charleston, S. C., after a six year hunt. She will
be commissioned immediately after she has been fully
equipped with fire fighting material.
With a 141/2 foot beam and 50 feet in length, the “At
lantic” will bow out to a more powerful boat which has a
21 foot beam and is 64 feet, eight inches in length. The P-76,
with a draft of six or seven feet of water, is equipped with
a 225 horsepower diesel engine, a ship to shore radio, and
lifeboats.
Yet, the history of the “Atlantic” will forever remain
in the hearts of Port City citizens and the six firemen who
nave SKipperea ner down
through the years.
Captain Jim Arnold, a South
port fisherman, built the “At
lantic” from a converted shrimp
boat in 1911 and the vessel was
put into service in 1912.
“I put my ‘soul’ and tnr very
best pine and oak timbers avail
able into the ‘Atlantic’,” the vet
eran shipbuilder said.
Immediately upon arrival i
the “Atlantic” to her station at
the foot of Chestnut street,
the fire chief appointed four men
to serve as crew members. The
men were transferred from the
firehouses to the fireboat because
they had lived mostly on the
sound and had a lot of expire
nce in the various operations of
boats. Also, the members said
they enjoyed the atmosphere and
felt at home while serving aboard
the fireboat, which was assigned
Its Not Too Late If You Act Now!
You Can Enjoy The Miracle
Of Gas In Your Home This Winter
PROPANE — BUTANE GAS
PORT CITY GAS & APPLIANCE CORP.
_ Opposite Shipyard
duty from Josey’s fertilizer plant
to the shipyard.
At the present time Chief
Croom has Captain cnaries Reg
ister as commander of the “At
lantic,” with six men forming
a two platoon shift.
Captain Register has been on
the water for 37 years and with
U. S. licenses to operate boats
along with 29 years of service in
the fire department. He has com
manded the vessel for the past
four years.
Captain J. H. Litgen, former
skipper in charge of the “Atlan
tic,” originated the two-platoon
system of working the water shift
in 1919 and an additional two
men were added to the former
four man crew.
The six man department work
three to a shift, at two shifts each
day with one fireman having a
day off each week.
The “Atlantic” is on duty 24
hours a day. It has answered 36
bell and telephone alarms since
January, including trips scouting
the Cape Fear for drowned per
sons.
Carrying 1,000 feet of hose, the
“Atlantic’s” powerful pumps can
shoot a stream of water from
the waterfront. to Fifth avenue,
and the crew members re
called the time when the pumps
shot water from the station over
the top of the Murchison build
ing on Front street.
The ship as reported by Cap
tain Register has been deteriorat
ing for the past five years, bi
the apparatus and pumps are still
considered in top condition. Once
the old vessel proved to be one
of the faster boats on the Cape
iFear when it made the two mile
FIREBOAT ATLANTIC—North Carolina’s only fireboat, the
“Atlantic,” is shown in the middle of the Cape Fear river ready
to pull into its battle station at the foot of Grace street. Standing
on the deck of the 35-year-old fireboat are Lt. Alonzo Russ and
Chief J. Ludie Croom. Captain Charles Register is shown inside
the cabin. The boat will be replaced by the P-76, recently purchased
at Charleston, S. C. The “Atlantic” was built in 1911.
trip to the shipyard in 14 minutes
flat.
The battle-scarred “Atlantic”
answered an average of 35
alarms each year. One of the
most dramajc calls it answered
was during the war when an oil
tanker, the “Oleney,” limped in
to port with a jagged hole in
her bottom. Then a secret, crew
man of the tanker told Captain
Register that the tanker had
rammeo a German submarine
not so far iff shore Defore she
put in at the mouth of the Cape
Fear river.
One of the departments of the
“Oleney’ was flooded and the
“Atlantia1 pumped wateo out of
the hold for 10 1-2 hours before
repairmen could go down and
mend the damage.
Another event, Captain Regis
ter recalled, was Dec. 8, 1941, one
day after the bombing of Pearl
Harbor, when a tanker put in
port on fire with thousands of
barrels of oil aboard.
Before the flames reached the
oil, the crew of the “Atlantic”
had the blaze extinguished. This
feat took exactly 45 minutes.
Also, said the genial Captain,
“in the past years we have re
covered a numDer or Doaies irom
the Cape Fear and I, command
ing the Atlantic, have found 15
bodies in the last several years.”
The Atlantic is painted red and
carries a hose pointed skyward.
Those were the only means of id
entification to the other vessels
along the waterfront when she an
swered calls. Yet, she maintained
the right-of-way and command
ed the respect of other vessels
when reporting for duty.
The Atlantic has done her duty,
said Captain Register. The av
erage life span of such a ship is
25 years, but we have manned
this old vessel for 35 years.
“It is just like losing a dog or
moving from your house,” said
Captain Register, “but things
have changed since the Atlan
tic was built and we feel she
is not fully qualified to protect
Wilm'ngton’s port.”
The members of the Atlantic
crew added they were glad to
get a new boat that was well
equipped to combat fires along
the waterfront.
KNOWS HIS WINES
ST. LOUIS <U.R) William Fsich
er, wine steward at the Hotel
Jefferson, was the only one of
100 contestants who could ident
fy all 13 wines presented in a
wine-tasting contest. His nearest
competitor coul d name only
nine.
The amoeba has no eyes, but
its entire body is sensitive to
light.
Jacksonville Kiwanis
Present Minstrel
JACKSONVILLE, Nox. 28—The
Jacksonville Kiwanis club, Rev.
Carl B. Craig, president, Tues
day and Wednesday evenings
presented its 1947 Minstrel with
Billy Arthur as interlocutor.
The end men were Turner
Shaw, George Buchanan, Dean
Sullivan, Rod Jones, G. E. Maul
tsby and Albert Ellis. The mem
bers of the Minstrel Chorus
were Robert Kalet, W. D. Star
ling, Lonnie Reavis, W. R. Page,
Tom Gresham, Weston Willis,
Deane Taylor, Morris Miller,
Harvey Boney, Harry Potte,r
M. Trachtlenberg, Ramon As
ikew, Wesley Conkling, Steve Ste
stefanou, Bruce Downey, R.
E. Smith, Joyner Lewis, Syd
Fishel, Fred Harmon, Carl Ven
ters, Jack Koonce, Gort Wilbur,
Maurice Margolis and George
McDonald.
Two genuine ovations were
accorded by the large audiences
to Billy Arthur for his singing
of specialty numbers and bal
lads and to the glee club from
Camp LeJeune directed by Gort
Wilbur.
Young Convict Dies
From Dynamite Blast
RALEIGH, Nov. 28. — (ff) —
Clarence Lyerly, 29-year-old con
vict who was a native of Wash
ington, D. C., was killed instant
ly early this afternoon in a pri
son quarry cave-in near Frank
lin, according to state prison of
ficials.
Lyerly was drilling holes in
anticipation of setting up some
dynamite sticks, prison officials
said.
No other convict was injured,
according to the prison state
ment.
The dead man was sentenced
last June in Cumberland Superi
or Court to six to eight years
for participating in an armed
robbery.
GETS PROMOTION
AUGUSTA, Ga., Nov. 28—Sgt.
Alchron L. Rhodes, Sneads Ferry,
N. C., was one of 16 enlisted men
at Oliver General Hospital re
cently to recieve a promotion to
the rank of Staff Sergeant upon
successfully passing the medical
department examination for pro
motion. He has been in the serv
ice five years and has been sta
tioned at this hospital for a year.
During the war he served in
England, France and Belgium
with the 194th General Hospital.
OBITUARIES
CHARLES INGLESBY
Funeral services for Charles
Inglesby, 75, Savannah who
died Thursday afternoon as a
result of a heart attack follow
ing an operation, will be con
ducted this afternoon at 3 o’clock
from the First Baptist church
Savannah. ,
Survivors include: One daugh
ter, Mrs. Frank K. Bruce, Wil
mington; and five sons, Charles
A. , John F., Henry F., Thomas
S., and Robert H., all of Savan
nah.
JOHN D. BIGFORD
Funeral service for John Daw
son Bigford, 80, who died Thurs
day night, at his home in East
Arcadia, will be held Saturday
at 11 a. m. in the Weyman Metho
dist church, six miles east of
Acme.
He was a native of Blac...i
county and was a prominent
merchant and farmer until his
retirement three years ago.
Surviving are his widow, three
sisters, Mrs. Edward Kelly, Wil
mington, Mrs. Ella Johnson,
Elizabethtown, and Mrs. C. A.
Almond, Kelly.
MRS. CLARA F. ROBERTS
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara
Fulton Roberts, 223 South Sec
ond street who died Thursday
morning at 10:30 in James Wal
ker Memorial hospital after a
long illness, will be conducted
from the chapel of Andrews Mor
tuary Saturday morning at 11
o’clock by the Rev. S. A. Fann.
Interment will take place in Mc
Kennon cemetery, Abbotsburg.
Mrs. Roberts was born in Ab
bottsburg, April 22, 1892, the
daughter of the late Ashford and
Catherine Thompson Smith and
has made her home in Wilming
ton for the past 40 years.
Surviving besides her husband,
Frank B. Roberts, are two
daughters, Mrs Raymond Horn
ing and Mrs. M. S. Szafranskn,
both of Wilmington. One sister,
Mrs. Ferry Godwin of Dunn: two
brothers, W. G. Smith of Ab
bottsburg, and Carl Smith, of
Bladenboro; seven grandchil
dren and several nieces and
nephews.
Active pallbearers will be
nephews.
CARL LEWIS KUHL
Funeral services for Carl
Lewis Kuhl, 72, who died Wednes
day afternoon in Portsmouth
Va., will be held Saturday morn
ing at 11 o’clock from Yopp Fun
eral Home. The Rev B.C.Reavis
will officiate and interment will
follow in Bellevue cemetery.
Mr. Kuhl was a veteran of the
Spanish-American war and is
survived by three daughters,
Mrs. Robert Young, Mrs. W. N.
Hoffler and Mrs. Carl Host, all of
Portsmouth, Va., one son, H. R.
Kuhl of Hopewell, Va.; 'e sister
Mrs. George Smith of Charlotte;
one brother, F. W. Kuhl of this
citv, and stepmother, Mrs H, R.
Kuhl.
Active pallbearers will be
Marion B. Jordan, J. M. Horne,
R. M. Kermon Jr., W. H. Seb
rall, F. H. Merritt, and R. L.
Fullwood
Honorary pallbearers will be
veterans of the Sp^nish-Ameri
can war.
THOMAS H. SKIPPER
Thomas H. Skipper of 1912
Church street, died in James
Walker Memorial hospital Friday
afternoon after a long illness. He
is survived by his widow Mrs.
Hazel Z. Skipper, one daughter,
Mrs. D. B. Robinson, Jr., one son,
Thomas H. Skipper, Jr., two sis
ters Mrs. T. L. Huggins of Wil
mington and Mrs. Harry Rickel
of New York City; four brothers,
Isaac and Joseph Skipper of New
York City, Irving of U. S. Navy
and Lawson Skipper of Wilming
ton.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later by Ward's Fun
eral home.
.. DANIEL GENE MAULTSBY ..
Funeral services for Daniel
Gene Maultsby, infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Maultsby, 2427
Monroe street, Sunset Park, who
died at 12 p. m. yesterday, will
be held today at 1 p. m. from the
graveside in Bellevue cemetery.
The Rev. R. J. Rasberry will of
ficiate.
The baby will remain at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Maultsby, 524 S. Front street,
until the funeral hour.
Surviv^pg are the parents,
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Maultsby, and Mr. S. J.
Coker; brother, James Thomas
Maultsby; sister, Gloria Faye
Maultsby, all of this city.
EDWARD J. ROBESON
WAYNESVILLE, Nov. 27. — (^P)
—Funeral services for Edward J.
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Wilmington’s Largest Credit
Jewelers_
Robeson, 87, an educator in the
schools of North Carolina, Vir
ginia and Georgia for over a half
century, were conducted Fri
day at 11 a. m. in the First Metho
dist church. The Rev. R. L.
Young, pastor, officiated, as
sisted by the Rev. L. R. Akers of
Brysor. City. Robeson, who re
tired in 1936 after instructing
three generations of Haywood
county students, died Wednesday
morning after a lingering illness.
FRANK C. JONES
FAIRMONT, Nov. 23—Frank
Carr Jones, 42, Fairmont busi
ness man died unexpectedly Fri
day at 10 A. M., at a Lumberton
hospital where he was entered
as a patient the day before.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from Trinity Methodist
church of which he was a mem
ber Saturday at 3:30 P. M. by his
pastor the Rev. Daniel Lane.
Interment will be in Fairmont
cemetery.
Mr. Jones was the son of F. C.
Jones and the late Mrs. Maude
Pitman Jones. He was unmarried.
Surviving are his father, two
brothers, Wright O. and Gerald
Jones of Fairmont; one sister
Mrs. E. L. Faulconer of Greens
boro.
Husband Rules Roost,
Georgia Court Says
MACON, Ga. (U.R)—Judge A.
M. Anderson has ruled that
the man is the head of the rouse
under Georgia law.
The Bibb County Superior
Court jurist was hearing a case
in which George Davis, alias
George Ingram, was charged
with burglarizing the home ol
Rosa Mae Collins.
It was bought out that the
complainant was married and
lived in the house with her hus
band. So Davis’ attorney moved
that the charge of burglary be
quashed, since the woman’s
house actually belonged to her
husband.
Judge Anderson upheld the
don. The charge was re
duced to simply larceny of a ra
dio, which everybody agreed be
longed to the woman.
REALTY TRANSFER
G. C. Mclntire to M A »
bern, part of lot two m ' s*
Wilmington. ' 0CK 135,
J. W. Reaves to th
Hunter, tract in j/asonk?
township. ias°nborc
G. W. Williams to Arab n
Gore, tract of Gore estate m
Fear township.
Della Hardin Thush to A„.i ,
la Gore, tract 31-9 of G - °ei'
tate, Cape Fear township 4
. Arabedda Gore to Intern',,■
al Paper company, t; - ,
43A of Gore estate, Cape
township. pe Ffat
Hugh MacRae and comnan,
Louis C. Stone, lot six J'' 0
der. exs-'
L. W. Swinson to H F si
3K tract m CaP£ Fear'Sj
L. W. Swinson to Claudia »
Swinson, tract in Cape v
township.
L. W. Edens, to Nell B r
more, tract on River roarl o.1"'
Fear township.
Amont M. Bel! to Francis it
Moore, part of lots one and J'
block 145, Wilmington.
M. J. Evans to Hubert r
Cavenaugh, part of lot one bU
34, Wilmington.
E. Cooper Person. Jr t0 r
H. Berry, lot 20. block seven
W ilmington Beach.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
ISSUED
Nancy Pope Wright, 20. M,n.
ticello, Ark., and Robert Edward
Mitchell, 20, Rock island. Ill'
Mary Elizabeth Alderman, jj
and Robert S. Hufham, Jr . ^
both of Wilmington.
Lucille Alberta Sink, 15, 8n,j
Hubert W. McGee. 23. b o t"h
of Castle Hayne.
Ida Elizabetli Brown. ;o
Richlands, and Olen C. Pierce.
21, Wilmington.
The human eye can dis
tinguish about 100 million dif
ferent colors.
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