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I flew Realty Development Opened By McRae Firm SOUTH OLEANDER first Post-War Residential Suburb To Be Located Near Oleander Court Annou" cement of the opening of *1 Oleander, Wilmington’s first Mwrr residential development, McRae and company, b;'Uors v.as made yesterday by Morion, company president. Developed by the same company ,;.h developed Oleander and Magnolia Place, South Oleander irpadv boasts streets and side ‘ ik* One street, South Live Oak ?;a,.,'ay has been paved with 1)3nhalt'for * width of 20 feet and *Ej stance of 1.700 feet south, im mediately west of Oleander court artments. Four-foot concrete siMevvalks 1 me lets on both sides of (he street. ■South Oleander is within the ea to the east of Wilmington,” Morton said, "on the ^ way to ohtville Beach which George S. Simons, Jr., the city’s planning consultant from Florida, has said _‘ny times ‘is the only logical di jjc*i0n for the better residential sections of Wilmington to extend.’ ” ‘ Planting of trees and shrubs be t-.veen the street and sidewalks has al-eadv begun, Morton said, and p[re landscaping is planned. Morton also said that lot owners ;n'ttie row development will not be mailed on m pay any special assess ments, since his company has , -rir arrangements for all utilities and services. Tide Water Power company will install gas and el.fec . .... ijn.es by the time any home oojild be completed, he said, and a r, ;;hern Bell telepnone company -r; r r'Ti'ive has assured the company That telephone service v.-;;[ be available since installation rf ,1 rev cable into the area will be completed soon. 7.1 vy-ihree lots, 75 feet by 200 fee! are on sale at the present time; lots within and without the city limits are equally divided, Morton said. He added: CITY WATER ' Arrangements have been made with the City of Wilmington for water and sewerage services for those lots within the city limits. Water is assured for all lets, inside and out, and negotiations are underway for supplying sewerage service for the lots lying outside the city. Until such time as mu nicipal sewerage service is avail able for these lots, sewerage dis posal will be by individual septic ‘anks to meet the regulations of the State Board of Health.” The area now being opened up, Morton said, is known as "South Oleander, Section A,” and is com prised of 15 acres. The Hugh Mc Bae company, in addition, owns a 500-acre track adjoining the present development which will "be de veloped as fast as the growth of the c tv justifies it.” Building restrictions for the new area are $10,000 for the main resi dence, it was announced. Garage apartments will be allowed provid ed their construction is not com pleted prior to that of the main residence and .their design and construction "is in keeping with harmony of the main residence and other structures in the sub-divi sion.” Morton said. “The company is in close opera tion with the Federal Housing Authority, supplying them with maps, photographs and plans for the sub-division, thus facilitating BHA loans for home builders in the area," Morton concluded. “The three local building and loan as sociations have announced that the facilities of their organization are at the command of persons wishing to secure loans for building in this new sub-division. “Through the physical improve ments being made on what is al ready beautiful land and through the restrictions under which the lots will be sold, the company feels certain that this area will remain the most desirable residential sec tion of Wilmington. 1945TREP0rT TELLS ACTIVITIES ,..^tt®ndfncs to activities of the Wilmington Young Men’s Christian association totaled 214,002 for 1945 the annual report of that organia tion revealed, including religious, physical and general activities. A total of 648 religious sessions were attended by 23,542 persons; I L „P™yS1Cal education sessions by 64,227; 365 general activities ses sions by 104,480. A total of 21 755 service men used facilities of’the organiation. Religious work activities includ ed personal interviews 2 737- Bible classes 3,641; Hi-Y, 4,862; Lenten talks, 215; Yoke Fellows’ band 3 - ,6809j, N®sbit court Sunday school, 1,363; church services by staff 7 018, and definite conversions, 17. ’ Gym classes were attended by 50,280; games in gym, 11,682; com munity physical education service, 2,039; taught to swim, 182 and taught life saving, 26. Lobby attendance, 61,200; clubs, 647; outings and socials; 703; special events, 5,549; committee meetings, 1686; forums, 267; groups using building (non-members) 8, 591; doromitory bed nights, 25,837. , Service men used 5,154’ dormi tory bed nights; 10,050 used social rooms, 4,800 were furnished station ary and 1,751 were found rooms in private homes. vThe membership as of Dec. 31 included 457 boys; 775 in the senior division, including 94 complimen tary memberships to veterans; 104 in the health club and 63 resident members. MERCHANT FLEET MAKES BIG GAINS WASHINGTON, Jan. 26-(TP) - The United States Merchant fleet came out of the war, an official tabulation showed today, with more than half the ships and near ly two-third's the gross tonnage among all non-Axis nations. The United States Maritime commission counted 5,529 ships of 1,600 gross tons or more as of last September. Their total ton nage was 40,080,002. That was four times as many vessels and five times as much tonnage as the United States had in 1939. The commission omitted ships on the preat Lakes and In land waterways. For the 25 non-Axis countries having merchant fleets at the war’s close. The commission listed 10, 175 ships of 65,859,204 gross tons. Britain ranked second to the United States with 2,347 ships of 14,842,805 tons. Next in line were Norway and The Netherlands. The maritime commission said the United States lost 743 vessels of 1,000 or more gross tons during the war, 604 because of direct en emy action. ELECTED PRESIDENT SPARTANBURG, S. C., Jan. 26— (TP)—G. H. Milliken, of New York, today was the new president of the Pacolet Manufacturing com pany, textile firm which operates plants here and in Gainesville and New Holland, Ga., named at a stockholders’ meeting yesterday, Milliken succeeds David W. An derson, who announced his retire ment after 50 years’ service with the company. The highest mountain peak in South America is at Aconcagua, Argentina, and has an elevation of 22,834 feet. ROOM AND BOARD By Gene Ahern 5/ •JUNIOR., X HAN/E A ^ T rj 1114* T \a/oi if T^kit f STuMmau^ 1 S^PAUUN^PO^ TUF^r^AM'r-uicp^cJ^1^ I FIFTY "TOWSAND-NO, V WFALTHV aa?wEF m^YERY V Rot EVEN FER. A \ WEALTHY MAN 'MADE \ BOXCAR FULL OF V BEANS/ FANCY THAT/ /fJr 1?HE CHIEF WILL PAY THE JUDGE 4 5000, IF HE. CAN SWING THE DEAL BEACH THESPIANS TO OFFER COMEDY The Carolina Beach Parent Teachers’ association will present the play, “Bound to Marry,” in the school auditorium Friday night. Proceeds from the play will go to the purchase of playground equipment for the Carolina Beach schools. The Carolina Beach P.-T.A. already this term has pur chased furniture for the teachers’ room and has equipped the school cafeteria. Mrs. John Kelly is president of the association. Other officers are Mrs. J. H. Fussell, vice-president; Mrs. J. M. Thomas, secretary; and Mrs. Luther Bunch, treasurer. Mrs. Ennis Dawson, one of the teachers in the school, is in charge of the play. In the cast are Jimmy Longworth, Mrs. Cliff Lewis, Mrs. Donald Dick, Robert Lamb, Mrs. Kitty Caviness, Miss Marie Wil liams, Mrs. Martin, and Marttin Fields. *Loyalty To Christ” Theme Of Scout Talk Discussion of “Loyalty to Christ” by Frederick M. Hintze, Jr., as sistant scoutmaster Troop 36, Boy Scouts of America, highlighted ac tivities of that group Friday night in the basement of the Sunset Park Baptist church. William Turner was awarded an “honor rating” and also an Honuor Scout badke by Hintze following an inspection of the troop for neatness and knowledge of scouting. Donald Lee, scribe, opened the meeting with a schripture reading. The Finns take a hot steam bath and follow it with a snow rub down. * ■ ■ ■ Arnirtr !«• Pmlnw ITnami* U. S. Army Group | [ojp^^191-1 HORIZONTAL 56 Make over 1,6 Depicted is VERTICAL insigne of 1 Rub out U. S. 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