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Brunswick County
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14-PAGES today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, June 19, 1946
91.50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY,
Brunswick County Women
Entertain The District Club
Members At Meet Today
Line" Meeting Is Being
Held ln School Auditor
, m With Social Session
|n Community Building
ItaTE DEMONSTRATION
agent is_ present
iNumerous Important State
Officials In Attendance;
? Carl S. Ward Is
President Of 11th
District Clubs
The Brunswick county home
tasonstration club women are
-J-* a really big day in South
,t 'o. lay as they play hosts
tho club women of the 11th
strict, composed of New Han
le- Pender. Duplin and Bruns
r.cS counties. Something over 60
(tie ladies from New Hanover
[rrivsd early this morning and
?tie other counties in the district
j-e represented in force.
It is the first such event for
r; ert the Brunswick women have
'c hostesses here at home. Pre
cusly. however, they have been
stesses at meetings held at
it5;r points.
Sirs. Cail S Ward of Antioch
hub. midway between Bolivia and
j .-/iport. is president of the 11th
|^r:?. She is presiding over
s meeting. Recognizing the
? of having the club women
Jf- r the neighboring counties as
.fits of Brunswick county, Mrs.
fc: has spared no effort to
s making today's meeting a
jjtcKjs. Working jointly with her
L; been Miss Alene McLamb,
|fc Brunswick home demonstra
agent, and also the presi
de::? and the membership of all
c! tie Brunswick county clubs.
The principal address for to
day '.vis by Miss Ruth Current,
state home demonstration agent,
or. tie subject of, "Setting Our
Stakes
.Its. X W. Pierce, state fed
ent of home demon
taticn clubs, extended greetings
it tie uJstrict delegates, while of
?ca. veicomes to Brunswick
county were extended by J. E.
t ?r. Farm Agent, R. I. Mintz,
Swipe rt attorney, and Mrs. C.
Ec Taylor, president of South
port Woman's Club.
Hie meeting is being held at
e school building and from
tee the gathering adjourned at
to the Community Building,
i'^ere a big picnic style lunch
served before the reassemb
|=t tie school building where a
' leasing skit was offered by
|Bn?.vick women and musical
5 at the school building where a
by Miss Betty Corlette
5trs H. C. Corlett, of South
Brief Newt
Flashtt
WOVE TO WILMINGTON
Mr ar.rl Mrs. Earl I. Brown,
,r ar.<! children have moved to
R...r.u-.3ton from Southport. Mrs.
3: ar.d the children have
living for the past year with
;'r " her. Mrs. C. Ed Taylor.
to 1'RK \( h HERE
' ' K Witfcerspoon, pastor
Covenant- Andrews Presby
' church . I Wilmington, will
1 Sunday evening at 8
at southport Frcsbytcrian
1 A cordial invitation is
,J.'l the public to attend this
c rvicc.
Ilsirtl) HLRL
l-r- Vic'.or Rice of Amherst,
rtiS5 ? was given an honorary de
p? at State College last week.
r6 ls ar. outstanding writer and
P dean of the Massachusetts
F*8 College. Following the
i, B of the degree Dr. and
i - Wee came on to Southport
r - spent several days here with
|; - B. Busbell and Mr. and
f 5 H E Smith. Mrs. Rice is
( ";=; c! the Ute Capt. I B
r shs redded here for
I r.tcr ot years.
I^CATSCJiED Ur D r
I S Ba.rr.6S, supsrinton*
[ the Methodist Orphanage
1, -5- spent kit week here
I, ? daughter, Mrs. B. W.
I lf 'he Stuart House Mrs.
I ? ! Dr. Wells, who recent
[ ? ? - the Stuart House,
I ' - make their permanent
1 . 4t southport when Dr.
I .;; retires as, head of the De
r-,--~er.t 0f Botany at btate
? The Rev. Mr Barnes
I'."."; : Sus&y zsarsifig at
I"*--.' Jfctfcoiist cturch.
General Crops
Looking Good
Large Grain Yield Is Indi
cated, And Prospect Is
Good For Peanut And
Hay Crops In County
I "Best crop in 20 to 25 years,
: both in acreage and yield." That
I is the way that county farm of
ficials and many farmers de
scribe this years small grain crop
| in Brunswick. Most of the crop
is already in the barns. A few
grain growers have been delayed
in getting around into the fields
with their combines.
Adding to the small grain crop,
with much of it now growing on
! the same land from which the
I grain has been harvested, is a
I splendid lespedeza crop now get
ting into its stride at growing.
The county agent says that
I Brunswick farmers have unusual
ly good prospects for a big hay
and seed crop from the lespedeza.
Not the least of the many
thriving crops now growing in
; Brunswick and calculated to pro
duce both feed and seed is the
! large acreage in peanuts. This
j crop never looked finer nor was
under better cultivation during
| a month of June than it is now.
Mrs. Smith Will
Continue Serving
As Health Nurse
- ? -
i Members Of Board Of Com
missioners In Session
Here Monday Handled
[ Several Matters Of Im
portance
FIRE PROGRAM TO
BE CONTINUED
Commissioners Approve Ap
j propriation Of $780 For
Employment Of Assis
tant Farm Agent In
County
Mrs. Lou H. Smith has been
I appointed public health nurse for
j Brunswick county for 1946-47 in
continuation of her long service
| in this capacity.
The appointment was made
Monday by members of the board
| of county commissioners, who
[heard and approved her report for
t the final quarter of the fiscal
year now drawing to a close.
I The commissioners praised the
I fine work that has been done
by Mrs. Smith.
The commissioners instructed
County Auditor R. C. St. George
i to include in his 1946-47 budget
Ithe sum of $780.00 for the coun
ty's share of the salary for an
assistant county agent. This ac
tion was taken with the under
standing that no increase in the
I present tax rate will be neces
i sary.
The commissioners also approv
ed county participation in the
Forest Protection program dur
(Ccntinued on page 4)
Second Primary Election
Scheduled For Saturday
White Vs Ganey For Sher
iff; McLamb Vs. Purvis
For 'Recorder, With
Mintz, Tripp, , 'Cheqnis
And Sowell For Commis
sioner
RUN-OFF FOR TWO
TOWNSHIP POSTS
Shortage Of Ballots At
Time Of First Primary
Puts Township Con
stable Candidates In
Second Race
Democratic voters of Bruns
wick county will go to the polls
again Saturday to make their
final choice for candidates to re
present them on their party ticket
in the November election.
John G. White, high man in
the four-man race for the nomina
tion for sheriff, will be opposed
by Dillon L. Ganey.
Willie Joe McLamb, who led
another four-man racc for the
nomination as judge of Recorder's
court, will be opposed by Jesse
A. Purvis.
S. I. Mintz and L. C. Tripp,
two of the three high men for
[members of the board of county
commissioners, will be opposed
by M. B. Chinnis and J. N.
Sowell.
Henry Williams, high man in
the race for member of the board
of education, will be opposed by
John Stone.
Because the supply of ballots
for their contests ran short in
j the first primary, U. H. Grainger
is running again against Martin
Herring for the nomination as
constable for Shallottc township;
and in Smithville Archie Johnson
lis making the race a second time
I against Richmond Kulwood.
I This action was ordered by the
chairman of the State Board, of
Elections after the case had been
appealed to him.
Big Fire Loss
Last Wednesday
i .
Buildings On Stone And
Orrell Property Opposite
Wilmington Destroyed In
Spectacular Blaze
With the loss said to run be
tween $33,000 and $43,000 Bruns
wick county had a spectacular
fire Wednesday when portions of
the Stone Towing Company and
I Dallas Orrell property on the
! south bank of the Cape fear was
1 destroyed.
i The Stone company is said to
ihave been the heaviest loser with
destruction of buildings and ma
terial, including a great quarttity
of tar and oils. The billowing
black smoke could be seen for
miles and attracted the attention
of thousands of people, including
hundreds trorr. fcrvryswick who
i (Continued oo i)
Record Rainfall
Over Week-End
Southport and vicinity was ;
flooded Friday night and Sat- j
urday morning by an unprece
dented downpour that saw 7.85
inches rainfall during a 24-hour
period. During the following I
24-hour period conditions wer<^ '
further agrevated by an addi
tional 1.28-inches of rain.
Streets were flooded as storm ,
sewers were unable to carry off
the torrents, and several bad
wash-outs occured in the dirt
streets of the town. At one
point the highway leading from
Southport served as a dam
which backed water up for sev
eral hundred feet, and a pump |
was in operation during the
first part of the week in an ef- j
fort to carry off the water.
There was considerable dam
age to local crops, but it is
understood that the heaviest
rain was confined to this -im
mediate area and that the
principal agricultural sections
of Brunswick county were un
affected.
Kerosene Odor
Is Objectionable
I
County Agent Warms Far
mers Who Use Oil Burn
ing Curing Systems To
Exercise Precautions
Against Furnacc Smok
Couiity Agent Dodson has beeni
j receiving reports that tobacco !
| buyers were complaining because j
of the fact that in sonic cases. 1
after tobacco was redried, there 1
was a slight odor of kerosene. !
This results from lack of atten- j
tion to oil burners used in cur- :
jng. Its effect on tobacco is veryj
j undesirable. Growers who are in
| terested in producing a superior
quality of the weed, and who use
oil burners, should exercise care.
Mr. Dodson says that by keep
ling the oil curing units clean and
[free as possible from carbon ac
! cumulations, by keeping wicks
trimmed and properly adjusted
danger from cil odors can be
minimized.
Home-made outfits should re
ceive an especially careful check
ing over before they are used for
curing tobacco.
Mr. Dodson points out that as
a whole there is no objection to I
the oil burning tobacco curing j
systems. As a rule they are very
serviceable and efficient How- [
j ever, as already stated, care j
should be taken that they are not
operated in a manner that will
'give the redried tobacco the ob
I j$ctios?bi& odor o? keroeece.
Freezer-Locker
Service Planned
|
i
Waccamaw Township Man
Is Making Arrangements
For Erection Of Cold
Storage And Freezer
Locker At Shallotte
Definite plans have been laid
for a cold storage plant to serve
Brunswick county end to be
built at Shallotte as soon as pos
sible. The company will be known
as the Brunswick Cold Storage
company and Jessie Purvis, Wac
camaw township farmer and busi
ness man, is now actively engag
ed in arranging all details pre
limary to organizing and building.
Several other well-known Shal
lotte citizens are actively interes
ted along with Mr. Purvis.
The plans call for a main build
ing 35X52 feet with an L 35X25
feet. The building will be of con
crete blocks and will contain a
large locker room with 350-lock
ers, a salt meat room, office, work
space and room for the picking
of chickens, lard rendering and
storage.
The most encouraging factor
in the plans is that Mr. Purvis
already has 30,000 ' board feet of
cork. At the present time, and
with no relief promised until
1949, cork is an unobtainable
product.
It is essential in the construct
ion of freezer lockers. Some time
ago Wallace Cold Storage, in
Duplin county, built a frezer lock
er that is still idle because of
their impossibility to obtaining
(Continued on Page Four)
? - .
To Plant Many
Sweet Potatoes
i
i
Yam Production Has Be
come Favorite Cash Crop
With Farmers In Many
| Sections Of Brunswick
County
I The work made much easier by
the rains, sweet potato planting
will be one of the major efforts
| on many farms in Brunswick
county during the next week.
, With tobacco and other crops
unusually well cultivated and free
from grass when the ( rains came,
most farmers have time to turn
1 from these growing crops and
plant potatoes, according to
? County Agent Dodson and Soil
Conservationist LeRoy Mintz.
In the lower part of the county
L. C. Brown and Bernice Russ
are each putting out ten acres in
j the potatoes. T. T. Ward and
J many others are also planting
? large acreages. In Town Creek
township the Hickman's, Dan
ford's and others are also plant
ing potatoes heavily. J. T. 'Hick
man and his son usually make
sweet potatoes a main crop on
their splendid farm near Mill
Creek church, between Southport
and Wilmington.
Near Southport Thompson and
Robert McRackan are usually the
largest potato growers. They
have not been interviewed on the
subject, but with conditions in
regard to sweet potatoes what
they are it is assumed that they
jare also planting heavily this
I year.
Our
ROVING
- Reporter
W. B. KEZL4H
Harry H. Simmons, Southport
boy, is now on two or three .
months of ice patrol aboard the j
Coast Guard cutter Pontchar
train. The ship has been at New
foundland for some time and the
low country boy describes that
country as nothing but rocky
hills. He'd rather be at South
port any time.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Chestnut
have moved into their new com
bination residence, store and
garage at Supply and are now
doing business there. They will
have a. very attractive place
when work on the grounds is
completed. They are located
right near Lockwoods Folly river.
Some tall stories are coming in
about the height of tobacco on
various farms. There is no doubt
that the weed is exceptionally
well advanced in growth for this
season of the year. Saturday
Odell Bennett was telling us that
E X. Vereen. of E.\um, had three
or four acres that was about j
three feet tall. Later on during:
the same day J L- Stone of Shal-,
lotte described his tobacco as
coining up almost to his shoul
ders.
Last ysir with matters center
ing around some preposterous
claims of Bob White, of Shal
lotte, there was quite some dis
cussion of who in Brunswick
county might hare the biggest
collards. Alderman Bob had .the
biggest ones, alright, but we
never could get ourself wedded to
the belief that he did the work
that resulted in their remarkable
growth. This week we were j
invited out ir.to snpther general
L. White, of Shallotte. They are
no relation of Bob, who now
seems to be out of the picture so
far as collards are concerned. Mr.
and Mrs. White have some really
pretty collards, growing on a lit
tle hillside garden. They are near
ly four feet across from leaf tip
to leaf tip.
It seems to us that there
Bhould bo some record of the
Brunswick county men who were
wounded or died ill service. At
this time there is no man or
woman in the county who knows
how many Brunswick men died
or how many were wounded. It
is all pure guesswork about such
things. This is to ask the next
Of kin or filend of every service
man who lost his life in the
war to sit down and write us a
record of the event. ? Give the
name, rank or rating, when and
how he died and the names of
his nearest relatives Something
of a like order will be appreciat
ed about a!! who were wounded
or who were held prisoners of
war. Advise ui of the name rat
ing, nature ol !h juries or ly^gth
of time hsld prisoner. Give the
names of the parents, if they are
living and state whether the per
son is white or colored.
While there is no question that
we have a lot of friends in the
county who can tell the biggest
sort of lies about the fish they
catch, we would like to have
honest-to-goodness truthful re
ports about big fish that anyone
takes anywhere m the county
Never mir.d telling us about the
,big jeliows that got iw&y.
Meat Shortage Continues
[ - -
LESS. ? Bad news for the housewife, and for the
j public in general, is that indications are that the beef
! shortage is due to grow more acute. Growers are hold
ling their stock off the market in the hope that O.P.A.
: will either be discontinued or will permit a rise in the
' price of cattle.
Funeral Rites
Are Held For
Harry Garrell
Popular Young Whiteville
Man Killed In Auto Acci
dent Late Friday After
noon Near Wilmington;
Was Veteran
FUNERAL SERVICES ?
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Garrell Enroute From Wil
mington To Long Beach
Where He Operate!
A Business At Time
Of Accident
Funeral services were held on
Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock
from the home of his parents on
N. Franklin street, for Harry
K. Garrell, 26, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Garrell, Sr. Mr. Gar
rell was killed almost instantly
late Friday afternoon, about 5
p. m., in a head on automobile
accident between the two river
J bridges just outside of Wilming
ton. ' '
It was said that a heavy rain
was falling at the time of the
accident between the 1941 Chev
rolet driven by Mr. Garrell and
the Pontiac driven by Ray Purs
ley of Wilmington. Mr. Garrell
suffered severe internal injuries
and died within 20 minutes after
reaching a Wilmington hospital.
Mr. Purslcy, although seriously
injured, is expected to recover.
[The front ends of both cars were
I completely demolished.
[ Mr. Garrell was said to be
i enroute from Wilmington to Long
(Beach, near Southport. He had
been to Wilmington to buy sup
plies for a pavilion he operated
(Continued on Page 4)
Gause Sentenced To Die
In Gas Chamber August
16 For Williamson Death
? - i
Another Light
Session Monday
Only Case* Of Minor Im
portance Disposed Of Be
fore Judge John B. Ward
In Recorder's Court Mon
day '
Monday of this week again
saw very little business for Judge
John B. Ward and Solicitor J.
W. Ruark in the Recorder's
! Court. All cases that were dis
j posed of were of trival nature
,and there were few of them. The
j docket shows the following cn-1
(tries for the days proceedings:
f Malcolm Frink, assault with
i deadly weapon, case continued to
| July 1.
I Cornelius Gore and Devine
[Gore, reckless operation and
damage to property,- nol pros as
to Davine Gore. Cornelius Gore
remanded to juvenile court.
Thomas Holden, improper
brakes, defendant to pay costs.
Eugene Pigott, operating trail
er on highway without brakes re
quired to pay costs.
Zion L. Hewett, speeding,
. thirty days on roads, judgment
| suspended on payment of costs
'and $10.00 fine.
Percy O'Biven, speeding, thirty
Iday3 on roads, judgment suspend
j erl on payment of a fine or $15.00
land costs.
Eddie Land, worthless check,
(continued to July 1.
Bennie Clemmons, non support,
I not guilty.
Judge Named To Preside
Over special Term Court
Judge Returns For
Another Fish Fry
Brunswick County citizens
who attended the (Jause trial
in Wilmington last week found
things hot. Judge R. Hunt
Parker, who presided, and Soli
I citor Clifton Moore found a
way to cool off.
The trial ended at 3:30
o'clock Thursday afternoon. At
4:30 o'clock Judge Parker, Soli
citor Moore, Clerk of Court
Sam T. Bennett and W. B.
! Kcziah were swatting horn
flies and catching fish at
Judge Parker's favorite fishing
hole in Brunswick count}-.
Their catch consisted of 9
goggle eyes, 3-grayheads, 1
bass, 1 carp, 1 flounder, 1 red
finn, 7 catfish, 1 garr, 1 turtle,
3 crabs and 2 or 3 wood ticks.
.Miss Hilda Muiler and Miss
Emma l/ou llarrelson a-sststod
in catching the fish. The party
had a fish fry that night with
R. L, Mintz also sitting in on
the eating and Attorney Joe
Ruark on the sidelines.
Mrs. Kate Mintz
Remarkable Lady
Despite Fact She Is 80
Years - Of - Age, Is Still
Able To Do Her Owni
Farm Work And Keep
Own House
Mrs. Kate Mintz. 80-year old!
resident of Waccamaw township. ,
is described by neighbors as being |
a very remarkable old lady.
Mrs. Mintz has lived alone for
the past 16-years. She is very
active for her age, has her own,
farm and does her own planting
and hoe work. She hires herl
plowing done, and that is about!
all she does not do herself. She
Keeps a large flock of chickens, I
raises her own hogs and cows. j
A friend of Mrs. Mintz, in de-'
scribing her, said that in all of
the years she had known her
she did not recall an occasion
when Mrs. Mints had ever hired |
her washing done. She do?3 ^1!
of her own house' vork.
Mrs. Mint 2 is the widow of
the late William Bryant Mintz,
to whom she was married 63- ,
years ago. Mr. Mintz died 29- \
years ago. leaving her with her ^
three youngest children still liv
ing at home. The couple had rais-j
ed 10 children. 9 of theni their
'own and one adopted. Eight are
still living.
In addition to her children, who
are now in homes of their own,
Its. Mir.tz has 39-gfar.dchil4ren
Si id Is great-grafldflfrldrek.
*
Judge Luther Hamilton Of
Morehea^jQity^has Been
Named By Governor
Cherry To Come Here
For Civil Term
SPECIAL TERM TO
CONVENE MONDAY
Chief Interest Will Be In '
Suit Of Fergus Vs Wells; |
Numerous Divorce Cas
es To Be Heard
Governor R. Gregg Cherry has
named Judge Luther Hamilton,
of Morehead City, to preside at
the special one-week term of Su- !
perior court, that is to convene !
here on June 24 for the trial of
civil cases only.
Several cases arc to be heard
at this term, but perhaps the
most outstanding is that of Fer-I
gus vs. Wells. In thia matter
Dr. L. C. Fergus is suing
Charles and Wiley Wells, who
operate a seafood business under
the name of the Wells Brothers,
for possession of the fish and
shrimp house they have been us
ing for the past several years.
The property is owned by the
city and had been under lease to
the Wells Brothers. While they
were still in possession of the
place it was leased by Dr. Fer
gus. Dr. Fergus is represented by!
Frink and Herring and the Wells j
Brothers have Clifton Moore, E. ;
I. Mintz and E. J. Prevatte asl
attorneys. The case came up for|
trial at the spring term of civil j
count and was continued when
Mr. Moore was taken ill.
Native Of Ash
To Witness Test
Melton Evans, Of Ash, Is I
Chief Paymaster Aboard i
Flagship For Bikini j
Atomic Bomb Test
In addition to W. A. Russ, :
South port boy who is serving on I
a task force flagship at the scene |
of the Atomic Bomb tests, Brun- 1
swick county has another man |
holding a responsible postion in i
the area that is now the center!
of world interest.
Melton Evans, of Ash, !3 chief
paymaster aboard the Mt. Mc
kinley, the flagship in charge of'
the whole force. According to Mrs. !
Evans, who lives at Ash with !
their young daughter, Iris, the
C. P. M. does not expect to get
home until after the bomb tests
at Bikini have been completed.
The radio dispatches each day ;
from Bikini to the United States'
are sent from aboard the Mtj
McKinley. He has been on th Lb
vessel for a number of years and
hs will have had 20-years of con-,
tiaccui service with tfie
ttu first of October,
Verdict Of Guilty Of Fir?t
Degree Murder Is Returp
ed By New Hanover
County Jury After Short
Deliberation
DEFENDANT GIVES
NOTICE OF APPEAL
Defense Counsel Sought To
Clear Cause Upon The
Grounds Of Insanity;
State Demanded The
i?eath Penalty
A New Hanover county jury
Thursday afternoon brought 111
a verdict of guilty of murder in
the first degree in the trial o t
Leon (Schooper) Cause, Brun
wick county negro who was being
tried for his life for the shotgun
killing of H. Jim Williamson,
Shallotte farmer, last February.
Judge R. Hunt Parker, presid
ing over the case after it had
been moved from Brunswick to
the neighboring county when
counsel for the defendant had
contended that a fair and impar
tial could not be held in this
county, promptly imposed the
death sentence upon Cause, set
ting August 16 as the date for
execution. Members of the de
fense counsel gave notice of ap
peal, and if this is perfected the
death date will automatically be
stayed.
Cause has already been carri
ed to Raleigh and is now an in
mate of death row at the state
prison. Although throughout the
course of his trial he maintain*
ed that he couldn't understand
what was going on, after hearing
the death sentence pronounced the
went on a hunger strike that
was still in progress for a time
after he reached the State Prison.
There was great public, inter
est in this case, which got under*
way last Tuesday in Wilmington*
The jury was completed the first
day "and the State put on two
witnesses. By the time court ad
journed Wednesday afternoon all
evidence had been heard and two
arguments had been made to the
jury. The verdict came in Thurs
day afternoon soon after court
convened following the noon rc
cess.
Solicitor Clifton L. Moore was
assisted in this case by R. I.
Mintz, Southport attorney, who
had been employed as private
prosecution. Their case presented
a chronological chain of event#'
beginning with the argument lata
in the afternoon between Cause
and Williamson, and leading up
to the shotgun blast that waa
fired through the window of the
Williamson home about 8 o'clock
that same evening.
Counsel for the State contend
ed that Williamson was the vic
tim of cold blooded murder, and
demanded the death penalty for
Gausc.
Cause wa3 defended by J. W.
Ruark, Southport attorney, and
Osmcr L. Henry, Lumbcrton at
torney. TJiey contended that their
[client was a man of low mentality
and that he was not responsible
for his actions. Dr. John Cran
(Continued on Faee Four J,
Storm Outside
Drives Craft In
Two-Masted Schooner Suf
fer# Damage To Her Rin
ging Saturday And Limps
In Here Under Motor
Power
The succcssion of ram squalls
Saturday developed into a -stiff
blow a short distance out to sea,
and Sunday morning the twb?'
masted schooncr "Sovcigin" cajn#
into Southport with her auxiliary
engine providing the power.
The boat was in command of
Capt. Harold Sklarew, who had
a crew of three assisting him on
the trim little craft.
Captain Sklarew reported that
at 3:30 o'clock Saturday morning
while they were 30 miles off and
below Cape Fear they wer?
struck by a swift and heavy
equal!. Almost before they were
aware . o! the proximity of the
blow their main boom had snap
ped Into, about four feet from
the mast. Their throat halvard
on the foregaff was also broken
and the forestaysail was blown
out
In addition to Captain Sklarew,
who is an ex-Coast Guard Re
serve man, the crew of the ship
was composed of one Army
[Transport Service man, one ex
,Navy man and an ex-Sea Scout.
The "Sovelgin" is registered oat
of Chicago, but all of the crew
members are residents of Ke#
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