Lumber In Big
Demand On Job
More Than Half - Million
Feet Of Lumber Used By
The Diamond Construc
tion Company On Docks
Project
In response to inquiries that
grew out of curosity, Ken and
Joe Stewart, superintendent of
construction and office manager
for tiie Diamond Construction
Company, stated yesterday that
on their Sunny Point job they
had bought about 500,000-feet of
lumber. Most of this was used for
concrete forms.
A still more interesting fact
is that of this half a million board
feet, practically all was in heavy
timbers and 3 inch planking. Had
it been used permantly the job
would have taken several million
feet. As things were, the material
was used over and over, some
of it around a dozen times.
With the forms for concrete
having to be built for 7,200 lineal
feet, much of this distance about
90-fcet wide, the form builders
would keep ahead of the $250,000
concrete mixer and behind the
mixer other workers were tearing
down forms as fast as the con
crete (hardenad, and moving the
material ahead for the form build
ers to use again.
A great deal of this lumber
will continue in use at St. Mary’s
Ga„ where the Diamond company'
will construct a dock, beginning
in September.
USE Dredge Gerig
Completes Project
Scheduled to finish her work
on the bar at Southport early
Thursday morning, the USE
Dredge Gerig will leave immed
iately thereafter for work at oth
er southern ports. During her
two weeks here the big vessel
worked day and night on the bar
just off Fort Caswell.
The Gerig is a 351-foot hopper
type vessel], commanded by Cap
tain James S. Midgett, a North
Carolina man. Self-propelled and
carrying her loads from channel
to sea where it is dispersed by
scattering, she loads 3000 cubic
yards of sand and mud in 30
minutes. On her trips to South
port she works only on the bar.
The 10 days work on the bar at
Southport every other year is
about the least required at major
harbor mouth on the Atlantic
Coast.
With her home port at Jack
sonville, Fla., she works all of the
coast from New Orleans to Bos
ton, stopping at major harbors
where needed. Usually the Army
Engineers have her schedules and
points for work laid out weeks
in advance. She has three crews
for day and night operations.
The men live aboard the vessell
and men not on duty are usually
visitors in towns near where they
are working.
Chief Engineer William Ft. Jen
kins is a Southport man and his
family resides here. There are
two other Southport men, Boat
swain Tom Fulwood and Launch
man Richmond Cumbee. Two oth
er Brunswick men are in the
crew, Dragtender Joe Singletary
and Deckhand Milton Vamum,
both of Supply.
Two Stills Are
Taken By Officers
Sheriff Elbert H. Gray and
Deputies Pike, Kalloway and
Thomas were on another still
hunt Tuesday and their activi
ties netted them two stills and
a quantity of mash and whiskey.
No operators were captured in
either instance.
In the Hill Swamp section near
Supply they descended upon a
150-gallon still which they de
stroyed along with 150-gallons of
mash and 5-gallons of whiskey.
Later on in the Freeland sec
tion they got a 100-gallon out
fit together with 200-gallons of
mash.
The more than a million tons
of corncobs used last year in
! factory operations and industrial
products returned $10 million to
farmers and rural cob grinders,
1 according to USDA.
GENERAL REPAIRS
Painting, Roofing, Asbestos Siding
I am in a position now to arrange to do your work
and give you 36-MONTHS TO PAY.
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GENERAL CONTRACTOR
PHONE 2632 SOUTHPORT, N. C.
BUFFET TABLE FROM THE TROPICS
Balmy spring days mean now’s
the time to get out your best
appointments and do some enter
taining. An outdoor buffet with a
tropical flavor is in order. And the
exotic islands of the south seas of
fer a wealth of ideas to dress up
./he ordinary buffet with an unus
ual touch.
An attractive table simply set
will suggest the idea of the ro
mance and charm of these islands.
Start off with a pineapple colored
table cloth and centerpiece of "Bird
of Paradise" flowers set in a large
clam shell with smaller shells and
green leaves intermingled at the
base. And what could be more in
keeping with this motif than a
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cable sec wich "South Seas” flatware
— Community’s newest look in
finest silverware. The simple flow
ing lines of "South Seas” with the
deeply sculptured scroll motif at
the base of each handle conveys
the grace and tranquil charm of
these islands.
And for your south seas menu
you might include a crisp cool
salad of avacado and pineapple,
jelly glazed ham, rice, hot biscuits
and carrot sticks served in shells,
and iced melon.
These are just a few ideas, with
a little imagination and ingenuity,
you can think up a lot more for a
unique buffet from the south sea*
A Virus Causes
Canine Distemper
Ed. Note: Because a number of
local people lost valuable pet and
hunting dogs recently due to dis
temper a Qualified veterinarian was
asked to prepare an article giving
dog owners information and advice
on the disease.
Canine distemper is an acute,
highly contagious, fever produc
ing disease primarily of young
dogs. Although humans can not
“catch” distemper, our influenza
is very similar in many respects,
Distemper is found wherever
there are dogs and occurs at
all times of the year, being more
| prevelent in early spring and
winter.
The virus of Carre’ is the cause
! of distemper. Weak, run down
dogs are more susceptible to
' the virus. Worms, overheating,
poor ventilation, unbalanced diet,
and lack of exercise all are
predisposing factors to distemper
and play a major role in the
outcome of the disease. To ac
i curately diagnose distemper re
quires the services of a qualified
veterinarian and one should be
ost Comfort
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consulted immediately if the dis
ease is suspected.
Symptoms
Coughing, lack of appetite, de
pression, and running of the
eyes and nose are all early
symptoms. So many well meaning
dog owners see their dog miss a
meal or two and think it is
worms. Very likely the pup has
worms but he may also have a
fever, and giving him a worm
pill with fever is frequently fatal.
Treatment of distemper in the
early stages is unusually suc
cessful, but if delayed, recovery
is doubtful. In spite of the best
treatment, nervous symptoms
such as fits, chorea, (jerking of
a group of muscles or leg) and
convulsions commonly follow dis
temper in the young dog. So,
“an ounce of prevention is worth
all the cure’’ in regard to dis
temper. The much improved pre
sent day distemper vaccination
does not give dogs the disease but
prevents it in most vases.
Treatment
In general, puppies should be
immunized against distemper a
bout three months of age ant
up until this time all possible
precautions should be taken to
prevent contact with any sick
dog.
Swine Program
At Fair Arena
When the housewife turns
thumbs down to fat cuts of
pork, what’s the fanner going to
do?
Grow leaner hogs, say the ex
perts; and research is showing
how it can be done. A special
all-day swine program on the
final day of Farm and Home
Week will stress this and other
new developments in swine pro
duction, according to Dr. E. R.
Barrick, head, animal husbandry
section at State College.
The swine day program will
be held at the State Fair Arena,
Thursday, June 23, while farm
wives are attending the 29th
annual meeting of the State
Federation of Home Demonstra
tion Clubs in Reynolds Coliseum
Morning discussion will take
place at the Swine Farm, where
Barrick will lead an inspection
tour of the college’s swine breed
ang and nutrition research work.
After a luncheon in the Fail
Arena, A. T. Lassiter, director
of public relations, Shen Valley
Packing Company of Timbervilk
Va.; will lead discussions of the
following subjects:
What do we mean by meat
type hogs ? Why are we shifting
to this type? How do they look
at market time? What are the
advantages of their carcasses?
PTA Expecting 400
At Greensboro Meet
Around 400 delegates are ex
pected to attend the annual sum
mer institute of the North Caro
lina Congress of Parents and
Teachers in Greensboro June 20
23, Mrs. John W. Crawford, state
PTA president reports.
Miss Dema Zennedy, field con
sultant of the National congress
of Parents and Teachers will lead
director of the Institute will be
a number of conferences and the
Miss Blanche B. Haley, field se
cretary of the state congress.
Sessions wall be in Elliott hall at
Woman’s college.
A pre-institute session of the
state board of managers will be
held in Weil dormitory, June 20,
at 9 a. m.
Read The Want Ads.
CD Raises To 7 Days
J
Emergency Food Need
The modern homemaker of the
atom age is returning to the
pi Evident ways of her grand
mother, who laid aside ample
stores to tide her family over
tinies of blizzards, bad roads or
crop failure.
The danger today is the threat
of attack and the silent and
invisible peril of radioactive dust
in rural distri Is downwind from
cities blasted by the H-bomb. It
has forced the Federal Civil
Defense Administration to raise
to seven days the recommended
home emergency food supply.
TO TEST THE “shopab’ility”
of its emergency food list,
FCIA went along with Mrs.
Henry Lee, wife of a railroad
switchman in Battle Creek,
Mich., when she shopped for a
seven-day emergency “pantry”
for her family of three.
Mrs. Lee ruled out those items
on the list which she knew her
husband and 10-month-old daugh
ter wouldn't eat, and marked
down quantities based pn her
weekly shopping experience.
In planning her shopping list,
she weighed the following sug
gestions by FCDA dietitians:
1. Ability to keep emergency
foods for a long time and in a
small space is more important
than a balanced diet. While a
family would only need to de-1
pend on the emergency food for
a week the canned foods should j
be good for a year's storage at
all temperatures above freezing. !
All other foods should require
rotation no oftener than every
three months.
2. Small containers, such as:
No, 2 cans, for all except very
large families are preferred so
that opened food would be eaten
in no more than two meals. High
calorie foods are desirable.
3. One gallon of water should
be the minimum for each adult
or child over two years for the
seven-day period. This allotment
on formulas or using evaporated
milk. Water is preferred to fruit
juices because it also can be
used for baby formulas and
cooking, as well as drinking.
IN SHOPPING, Mrs. Lee ruled
out pickles, tomato catsup and
similar condiments with the ex
ception of sugar, salt and pep
per as being space wasters and
unnecessary.
She did buy mayonnaise as a
less perishable butter substitute.
The following' foods are re
commended by FCDA for a sev
en-day emergency supply. Unless
otherwise noted, all cans are No.
2 size:
Canned juices: orange, grape
fruit, tcmato. lemon. Canned
fruits, grapefruit, peaches, pears,
fruit cocktail, pineapple, plums,
cherries. Canned Vegetables, to
matoes No. 1, corn, No. 1,
asparague, green beans No. 1,
pea3 No. 1, potato sticks.
Cereals and breads, date and
nut bread-canned, brown bread
canned, packaged cereals, crack
ers in tin. Milk, evaporated or
dried skim canned cream. Infant
foods, assorted strained fruit,
meat and vegetable soups, boxed
baby cereals.
Beverages, powdered tea, cof
fee, powdeved or syrup, chocolate
syrup, water. Canned soups, to
mato, mushroom, cream of chick
en, bean, vegetable. Canned
meats and fish, corned beef and
gravy, beef stew, chicken, ham,
luncheon meats, baked beans,
cheese in jar, or sealed package,
tuna, salmon.
Other foods, pickels in glass,
cookies in vacuum tin, packed
catsup or chili sauce, sugar, salt,
small box of pepper, vinegar,
mayonnaise or salad dressing,
molasses, spaghetti with tomato
sauce.
Miscellaneous, carton of safety
matches, hand soap, canned heat,
frying pan, sauce pans, candles,
can opener, paper plates, paper
cups, paper spoons, aluminum
foil.
Railroad Machinery
Being Moved Away
Nearing the finish of its rail
load building operations at Sun
ny Point, some of the equipment
ofthe T. F. Scholes, Inc., of Read
ing, Pa., has been leaving for
other jobs held by the company
at various points in the United
States.
Illustrating the fact, one of the
company’s cranes moved to a job
55-mi)es south of New York City
ten days ago. At the same time
another crane left for a job 55- j
miles north of Jacksonville, Fla.
Both are now working at the new
locations and the Scholes super
intendent in Kentucky is calling
for equipment to be sent there
Freeland Home
Lost By Fire
The home of Game Protector
and Mrs. Pawnee Formyduval, lo
cated on Route 130 at the New
Britian bridge crossing the Wac
camaw river, was completely de- i
stroyed by fire at about 4 o’clock
yesterday morning.
Nothing was saved from the1
building except a few pieces of,
furniture that neighbors were able
to remove from the burning build
ing. Both Mr. and Mrs. Formy
Duval were away, spending their
vacation at Canton in western
North Carolina.
Don't throw away that garnish
of fresh parsley on the meat
platter. “Revive” it with some
cold water and store in the re
frigerator for use another time.
Read 'The Wont Ad>
Brunswick Lady
Laid To Rest
Mis. Susie Anderson Jarrell, 29,
resident of the Antioch church
community, died Friday in Ra
leigh.
Funeral services were held here
at the graveside in Northwood
Cemetery Monday morning at 10
a. m., with Rev. Bennie Price of
ficiating. Pallbearers were R. P.
Richardson, Carl Ward, Taft
Lewis, Eugene Clemmons, Lofton
Lewis and Sherwood Johnson.
Mrs. Jarrell is survived by a
brother, William Anderson of
Holden Beach; two sisters, Mrs.
Golie Lewis and Mrs. John W.
Lewis, both of Bolivia.
North Carolina’s crop brought
in about S710 million in 1954 —
about 77 per cent of the state’s
cash farm income. This state
ranks third among all states in
income from crops.
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