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Volume No. 18 No. 9 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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County Teachers I
Hear ECC Alumni
Secretary Talk
James W. Butler Suggests
Organization Of East
Carolina College Chapter
In Brunswick County
DEVOTIONAL BY
ANTIOCH PASTOR
First Session Of County
North Carolina Education
Association Chapter
Held; Coaches And
Principals Meet
James W. Butler, alumni secre
tary at East Carolina College,
was the principal speaker at a
county wide teachers meeting held
here Wednesday afternoon.
After talking about the chal
lenge presented to all teachers
at the beginning of a new school
year, Butler suggested that a
Brunswick County Chapter of the
East Carolina College Alumni As
sociation be formed, and he pledg
ed his full cooperation and sup
port of this project.
The meeting gave County Su
perintendent John G. Long his
first opportunity to talk to his
teachers and principals. He spoke
of the big job that the instruction
al forces face in Brunswick coun
ty, but expressed his confidence
in the organization into whose
hands these responsibilities have
been entrusted.
The Rev. Luther Hawkins, pas
tor of Antioih Baptist Church,
was in charge of the devotional.
He spoke of the grave responsi
bilities that fall upon the shoul
ders of a good teacher, and he
likened their work to that of the
Master and his teaching.
A welcome was extended the
group by Thomas C. Webb, prin
cipal of Southport high school.
A brief session of the Bruns
wick County Unit of the NCEA
was presided over by Mrs. Pearl
K. Hawkins of Bolivia, this year’s
president, and the various com
mittees of this organization met
to map plans for this year.
Principals and coaches met with
Superintendent Long for a short
session prior to adjournment to
take up plans for mapping an
orderly athletjc program for the
county this year.
Brief BUm Of
-NEWS-"
TERMINAL VISITORS
Maj. Wurth, Signal Officer from
USATTCA, is a visitor at Sunny
Point in connection with signal
matters.
RETURN TO SCHOOL
Misses Betty Jo Fulcher, Nell
Craven and Mary Willetts left
Tuesday to enter their junior year
at East Carolina College, Green
ville.
SPART VISITORS
Col. Matsko and Mr. O’Neill,
both from the Overseas Supply
Agency of New York, are visiting
SPART in connection with mili
tary aid program shipments.
BUSY SCHEDULE
Officials at Sunny Point an
nounce a fairly heavy shipping
schedule through the first of the
year. Names of vessels and exact
arrival dates are still not firm but
cargo commitments indicate that
personnel at Sunny Point will be
very busy during this period.
ABC STOREOPENS
The Southport ABC store is
expected to be open for business
beginning tomorrow (Thursday).
A van load of stock arrived here
yesterday to be placed on shelves
that have been erected during
the past few days. H. G. Ratcliffe
is manager, and the store is lo
cated in the former Gause build
ing.
ATTEND MEETING
SENCBA members joined with
other interested citizens in Wil
mington Tuesday night for a dis
cussion of plans for restoration
of Fort Fisher. Dr. C. C. Criten
den, director of the State De
partment of Archives and His
tory, attended. Also in attendance
were two Brunswick county citi
zens, Representative James C.
Bowman and County Superinten
dent John G. Long.
REVIVAL SERVICES
Revival services will begin at
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Sun
day evening at 7:30 o'clock with
the Rev. Alvin Boone, pastor of
Lucas Baptist Church, Laurens,
S. C., assisting the pastor, the
Rev. J. D. Hales, Jr. These serv
ices will continue throughout the
coming week' concluding on Sun
day, September 22- Prayer serv
ices are being held each evening
this week.
New Dentist Now
Practicing Here
Dr. C. A. Graham, Jr., Ha#
Completely Renovated The
Former Office# Of Dr. F.
M. Burdette And Installed
Dental Equipment
Dr. C. A. Graham, Jr., has
opened offices for the practice
of denistry in the building former
ly occupied toy the clinic of Dr.
F. M. Burdette on Moore street.
These quarters have been com
pletely renovated and new equip
ment has been installed.
Dr. Graham comes here from
Ramseur, his home town, where
he has been associated with his
father in the practice of denistry
for the past several years.
He is a graduate of Emory
University School of Denistry,
having received his degree in 1945.
After being engaged in private
practice for several years, he
served as a dentist in the U. S.
Army from 1952-54. He served
overseas in Austria, After his
discharge from the army, with the
rank of captain, he resumed prac
ticing with his father in Ram
seur.
The new dentist is married, his
wife being the former Miss Wy
lene Sanson of Griffin, Ga. They
have two sons, ages 9 and 7.
DR. C. A. GRAHAM, JR.
Dr. Grah'tam is a member of
the North Carolina Dental So
ciety and of the Third District
Dental Society. He is a 10-year
member of the Dions Club. The
Grahams are members of the
Methodist church.
Dr. Graham’s father served for
6 years as.a member of the State
[Board of Dental Examiners.
New Telephone
Numbers Given
New Directories Will Go In-1
to Use Sunday, After
Which New Prefix Will
Be Used In Making Calls
TIES IN WITH
FUTURE PROJECT
Telephone Company Man
ager Urges Subscribers
To Use All Digits In
Dialing Number
Southport next week will join
the growing list of areas being
converted to the nationwide tele
phone numbering system, for on
Sunday all telephone numbers will
get an office name and five digits.
J. L. Haselden, Manager for
Southern Bell, pointed out that
the new system will make for
more effective handling of long
distance calls. Most of the present
four digit numbers will simply
have added the prefix GLadstone
7, the new exchange name.
“It is also a step toward the
day when we can dial our own
long-distance calls without the aid
of an operator,” he said. “This
step, however, is some years off
for Southport.”
The new system will go into
effect exactly at 2:01 a. m. on
September 15.
Instead of one customary tele
phone directory, Southern Bell
this week delivered two. The ad
dition is the “Blue Book of Tele
phone Numbers” which will en
able customers to keep a personal
listing of frequently called num
bers. The “Blue Book” is designed
to save subscribers time in mak
ing both local and long-distance
calls.
After September 14, Haselden
urged telephone users to consult
the new directory now being de
livered in the area.
Haselden also reminded every
one to dial, all the letters and
digits of a number when making
a call.
“If you dial only part of a
number, you may get the wrong
party or no one at all,” he said.
Superior Court
Starts Monday
Judge Raymond Mallard To
Preside Over One-Week
Mixed Term; Criminal
Docket Not Outstanding
A one-week term of Brunswick
county Superior court for trial of
both criminal and civil cases will
convene here Monday, with Judge
Raymond Mallard of Tabor City
presiding.
Two cases of secret assault
highlight the docket. One of these
has Herbert Fulford charged with
shooting Johnnie Varnum one
night last winter while the latter
was seated in the living room of
his home near Holden Beach.
LeRoy Everett, colored, is
charged in a similar case of firing
into the home of John Peyton
of the Delco community, narrow
ly missing the man and his wife,
who also were watching television
at the home of the secret assault.
Haywood D. Platt will face
Continued On Page Hour
Eye Witness To
Tornado Visit
■Carl Watkins was standing
out in the road at Long
Beach, last (Wednesday mor
ning trying to get his aunt’s
automobile started when he
glanced down the bench in
time to see the roof of the
Long Beach pavilion sudden
ly sucked up into the air, car
ried across the road and de
posited on a vacant lot.
Five years ago he had a
similar experience when he
saw a waterspout come ashore
at Long Beach and batter the
Baucome building a short
distance away.
Paradoxically enough, Wat
kins is an insurance adjustor,
and much of his time for the
past three years has been
spent adjusting hurricane and
tornado losses.
Man Sought For
Fatal Stabbing
Eddie Reece, Captain Of
Shrimp Boat, Escapes Fol
lowing Altercation During
. Which Clara Miller Was
Fatally Injured
The Southport Police and
Brunswick County Sheriff’s De
partment were still searching to
day for Eddie Reece, Negro
shrimp boat captain, in connec
tion with the knife slaying of
Clara Miller, also Negro, in
Southport Sunday morning.
Southport Police Chief Louis
Clark said the incident occurred
in the woman’s home after an
arguement early Sunday morning.
Chief Clark reported that there
were to witnesses to the actual
crime, but that the woman’s son,
William Miller, who was sleeping
in the next room, rushed to the
kitchen on hearing sounds of com
bat and put Reece to flight with
a kitchen chair.
The boy rushed to seek aid
from Chief Clark, and when they
returned they found the woman’s
body in the yard being watched
over by her daughter.
Clark summonsed the Sheriff’s
Department and State Highway
Patrol and commenced a search
for Reece which led from the lo
cal shrimp boat moorings to the
home of Sherwood Gore. Clark
said that Reece apparently had
visited the Gore house after the
slaying, but a search of the sur
rounding area by officers and
Southport auxiliary policemen
proved to be of no avail.
Meanwhile, Coroner G. C. Kil
patrick had summonsed a Coroner’s
jury which had pronounced the
woman dead at the scene of the
crime.
Chief Clark called for the help
of the SBX on Monday, and spe
cial Agent Frank Saterfield is
co-operating in the search for the
murderer. Clark said that he sus
pects the fugitive to still he in the
! (Continued on Page Four*
College Course
Will Be Taught
In This County
Graduate Course From East
Carolina College Will Be
Offered One Night Each
Week At Bolivia High
School
FIRST EFFORT IN
BRUNSWICK COUNTY
Will Present Opportunity
For Teachers Who Wish
To Renew Certificates,
Students Who Want
More Credits
County Superintendent John G.
Long has been advised that East
Carolina College is prepared to of
fer a graduate course this fall
that will be conducted in Bruns
wick county for the principle
benefit of Brunswick county resi
dents.
A meeting will be held Monday
afternoon at 3 o’clock at Bolivia
high school to work out the neces
sary details, and Superintendent
Long is anxious to have all in
terested persons attend.
The purpose of the course will
be to give teachers an oppor
tunity to renew their certificate
without the necessity of attending
summer school. The object of ask
ing for a graduate course is so
that teachers and others may
work toward a degree. Superin
tendent Long also points out that
students who are out of school
this fall may also take this
course.
This is the first time that ar
rangements have been worked out
to offer this service here in
Brunswick county. Heretofore,
when county teachers have par
ticipated in extension classes, it
has been necessary for them to
attend at some point outside the
county.
Students Work
During Snmmec
“Operation College Boy”
Ends - -t ou.iuy * unit
With Opening Of Schools
For Fall Term
Col. Frank T. Edson, terminal
commander, says that the employ
ment of students at Sunny Point
Army Terminal during the sum
mer vacation has accomplished
a great deal of success.
The program, Col. Edson said,
originated when he was approach
ed by personnel who were desirous
of 'placing their sons in gainful
employment during the summer
vacation. Quick consultation with
the Atlantic Terminal Co., head
ed by William S. Funderburg,
brought about a program that has
indeed proved beneficial in the
upkeep of certain SPART facili
ties.
During this period the group
was under the supervision of Tom
Webb, principal of the Southport
High School, and the work con
sisted of road repair, brush and
grass cutting, building mainten
ance, etc.
Col. Edson said this week “We
are vitally interested in the young
man who is possessed of the burn
ing ambition of higher education
and who has the determination
and courage to do something
about it.” The project worked
out so well that it is anticipated
that it will become an annual
means of getting certain phases
of the SPART job done.
Only bonafide students or pros
CoiHinued On Page Four!
Approve Bids On
Highway 87 Work
Approval has been given to
bids for highway work for Bruns
wick county received at the Aug
ust 27 letting. The project in
volved is for 6.17 miles of widen
ing and paving of highway No. 87
between Southport hnd Bell
Swamp.
Brown Paving Co. of Lexington
was successful bidder for the
roadway, $207,858.50. Columbus
Contractors of Whiteville got the
bid for structures at $36,763.98.
Will J. Widenhouse bid $15,940 for
moving the necessary buildings.
Three Sailfish
Added To Local
List For Season
Three Parties Brought In
One Of These Billfish
During Good Fishing That
Marked Past Week-End
Sailfish took the spotlight on
the sport fishing stage at South
port over the past week-end, with
three of these prized game fish
being taken by local boats on
Frying Pan shoals.
Capt. Basil Watts of the Idle
On II led off bn Saturday with
a 4-foot, 6-inch billfish landed by
H. C. Hammer, leader of the
party from Concord. They also
caught 1 dolphin, 1 bonito, 50
snapper, and 50 sea bass. This
was the fifth sailfish landed
aboard the Idle on II this season.
On Sunday, Capt. Walter Lew
is boated the fourth sailfish taken
aboard his John Ellen thus far
this season. John Fryer of Char
lotte hooked and landed the 3-foot
specimen. The party also caught
4 kingfish and 5 Spanish mack
erel.
Capt. Boyd Moore, skipper of
the private boat Gander, com
pleted the three day string of bill
fish catches on Monday when a
member of his party, M. R. Gar
rison of Pinehurst, landed a 4
foot 2-inch sailfish.
Though the sailfish taken re
cently have been small, their pre
, sence in force may prbve to be
I a great help to the local charter
boats before the advent of the
kingfish-bluefish fall season.
Inshore parties during the past
week also reported having good
catches. R. E. L. Brown and par
ty of Myrtle Beach fished aboard
the Idle On II on Sunday, catch
ing 147 bluefish and Spanish
mackerel.
The Beth of Capt. Glen Trun
nell fished M. R. Newton and
party of Gastonia on Saturday.
The catch included 180 bluefish
and Spanish mackerel.
The Sunday party on the Beth,
Will Siebert and group from Wil
mington, caught 95 bluefish and
Spanish mackerel.
The Saturday party on the Idle
On III of Capt. H. A. Schmidt,
M. R. Freeman and group of
Greensboro, caught 6 kingfish, 2
amberjack, 2 dolphin, 4 bonito,
and 50 snapper.
The Sunday party with Capt.
Schmidt, M. R. Tweet and group
from Charlotte, caught 200 blue
fish and Spanish mackerel.
Capt. Fred Fulford of the Da
vis Bros. V fished O. G. Litiker
and party from Charlotte Satur
day. The catch included 78 blue
fish and Spanish mackerel.
The Sunday trip of the Davis
Bros. V, with M. R. Jackson and
party from Sumter, S. C., netted
5 kingfish and 57 bluefish.
The Monday trip aboard Capt.
Lewis’ John Ellen was chartered
by H. L. Williams and party from
Gastonia. The catch included 6
kingfish, 3 dolphin, 4 barracuda,
and 13 bluefish and Spanish mack
erel.
TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HARPER
On September 15, 1937, the City of Southport had declared
open warfare on the local sandspur crop. A general cleanup and
anti-weed movement was afoot about town. Trinity Methodist
Church was having a revival, and there was a county-wide Gar
den Contest underway. Vegetable garden.
The “Ray Stubbs,” sport fishing boat owned by Capt. James
Arnold, had jus returned from Little River. This craft Was
named after a Charlotte fishing enthusiast. The Honky Tonk
was advertising Big Apple, Square, and Round Dancing every
Friday night, and G. W. Bunker, jn a One Minute Interview,
said, “It will be a good thing if we can land that nautical school
for Southport.”
Five years later, on September
a war. Ennis Week, Sergeant,
Solomon Island campaign, Reg
resigned to enter the Navy,
draft business was for real—d
County farmers were raising
bees, Southport women were
Red Gross, and there had
railroad at Bolton.
bee i
16, 1942, everybody was having
USMC, had just taken part in the
ster of Deeds W. S. Wells had
d The Pilot announced that the
aft dodgers would be punished,
an unusual number of honey
liaking surgical dressings for the
a derailment on the A. C. L.
September 17, 1947, and the
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Col. Frank Edson
To Be Transferred
Commanding Officer At
Sunny Point Will Be
Transferred; Lt. Col. W.
F. Murphy Receives No
tice Of Overseas Assign
ment
Official notice was received at
Sunny Point Army Terminal last
week of the impending transfer
of Col. Frank T. Edson, com
manding officer, and of Lt. Col.
Wm. F. Murphy, executive officer.
Col. Edson, who assumed his
present duties on October 1, 1956,
will report for duty at Ft. Eustis,
Va. He will be succeeded at Sunny
Point by Col. Jonas Heiss, trans
portation officer for the First
Army. This change will become
effective ‘October 1.
Lt. Col. Murphy, who has been
executive officer for the past two
years, has received overseas orders
that will take him to Germany
for a tour of duty. No announce
ment has been made regarding
his successor.
Col. Edson succeeded Col. Wm.
A. McAleer last fall as command
COL. FRANK T. EDSON
ing officer at Sunny Point. Col.
Murphy, a veteran on the Sunny
Point staff, came here on Oc
tober, 1955, as a replacement for
Lt. Col. Gregg McLeod.
Reject Suggestion
On Name Change
Army Worms Are
Causing Damage
Farmers are discovering
they have armies of worms
marching through their fields
lately, reports A. S. Knowles,
county agent. Soybeans seem
to be the favorite food for
these pests.
Wherever they are found,
they should be checked at
once. It is likely that several
colors may be found in the
same field, but they are still
the fall, armyworm and can
be controlled very easily. The
county agent advises using a
spray or dust. “Materials to
use may include DDT, TDE,
Toxephene, or malathion,” he
says. “When spraying use
an emulsion as it works bet
ter through the nozzels.”
Nutritionist To
Visit Schools
Miss York Kiker Will Make
Series Of Talks To Stu
dents About Importance
Of Eating Good Food
Miss York Kiker, of the N. C.
Department of Agriculture, Ra
leigh, will spend next week in
Brunswick County visiting the
various schools in the interest of
better nutrition.
One big need in North Carolina
is to increase the use of whole
some foods, particularly milk.
Miss Kiker, a home economist by
profession, works as dairy mar
keting specialist and devotes a
great deal of her time to the
school age group, elementary
through high school. This service
is extended to help establish prop
er eating habits while children
are in their most formative years.
Miss Kiker works directly with
the school children of all races,
and presents an illustrated talk
designed to create a desire on the
part of both children and teachers
to increase their consumption of
milk, and other foods, to amounts
adequate for optimum, health.
Teachers are encouraged to follow
up this program with classroom
activities in order to help make
practical and interesting applica
tion of their health lessons. Em
phasis is placed on participation
in the lunchroom and special milk
programs for they are so closely
allied with what is taught through
the testbooks. The relationship of
nutrition to education and disci
pline is quite close.
Teachers and children should be
notified in advance about the na
ture of the meeting and the time.
Invite lunchroom workers and
parents to come if possible. As a
group thinks and talks together
about “Foods for Fun and Fit
ness”, and then action is taken,
muoh benefit can be derived.
Parents are urged to attend.
The schedule calls for Miss
Kiker to be at Southport on Mon
day, Shallotte on Tuesday,' Wac
camaw on Wednesday, Bolivia on
Thursday and at Leiand on Fri
day. v
A schedule of appearances at
the Negro schools is being pre
pare*
War Department Says That
It Will Not Be Consistant
With Policy To Name
Sunny Point Army Ter
minal For W. B. Keziah
SENATOR SCOTT
RECEIVES NOTICE
This Information Relayed To
Mrs. Florence Townsend,
Who Made The Sugges
tion That Local Man
Receive Honor
Mrs. Florence B. Townsend, who
several months ago made the sug
gestion that the Sunny Point
Army Terminal be named in honor
of the late W. B. Keziah, has
received notification from Sena
tor W. Kerr Scott that the Army
has turned down this request.
Mrs. Townsend has been asso
ciated with the Sunny Point pro
ject from the time the Real Es
tate Broad began to acquire land
for the site, and she had intimate
knowledge of the interest and ef
forts of Mr. Keziah in and for the
project. It was because of this
that she made her suggestion for
| the name change.
She followed up this suggestion
with a request for help from va
rious public officials and military
leaders, and in Senator Scott, who
was a close friend of Mr. Keziah,
she found a staunch ally. His
letter, which is printed below, ex
presses his disappointment that
this effort to honor Mr. Keziah
failed:
Scott Letter
“August 28, 1957
“Mrs. Florence B. Townsend,
“21 Terrace Walk,
“Wilmington, North Carolina
“Dear Mrs. Townsend:
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Foreign Group
Here On Visit
Brunskick County Health
Department Host Friday
To Graduate Group From
University Of North Caro
lina
Graduate students from 13
foreigh countries visited the
Brunswick County Health Depart
ment Friday for a first-hand im
pression of public health prob
lems and' how they are handled
in rural North Carolina.
The group was in charge of Dr.
Cameron, associate professor of
Public Health at the University
of North Carolina. Included in the
i group were representatives from
India, Nepal, Ceylon, Afghanistan,
Iran, Egypt and French West
Africa.
They are planning to spent one
year at the University persuing
i their studies of public health, and
i this trip to Eastern North Caro
lina was for the purpose of per
mitting them to get some field
experience. ■ They also spent one
day at the New Hanover Health
Department.
Mrs. Ella Aldridge and Miss
Annie Lou Davis, Brunswick
county nurses, led their discussion
and answered their questions.
They were welcomed to South
Iport by Mayor E. B. Tomlinson,
: and as’ part of their local enter
| tainment they were taken on a
; conducted tour of Sunny Point.
Markets Remain
Open For Border
Belt Weed Sales
Columbus County Tobacco
Markets Continue To
Handle Large Volume Of
Sales This Week
PRICE REMAINS
ABOVE LAST YEAR
F armers Still Concerned
Over Loss Of Revenue
Resulting From Reduc
tion Of Crop Acre
age This Year
The tobacco market story for
the Border and South Carolina
markets began drawing to a
close last week with one North
Carolina market — Fayetteville,
and six of the South Carolina
markets closing.
This week will see two of the
remaining Palmetto markets
close, along with Clarkton in
neighboring Bladen county.
Indications for the Columbus
markets are that they are still
ahead of the game as predicted
at the start of the season. In
Whiteville, the 2,433,715 pounds
selling for $14,416,175 is still way
ahead of the 37V2 percent cut
estimates. Volume is down about
16 Vi percent, and income about
10 percent. A price that is still
$4,31 ahead of last year’s aver
age is responsible.
Fair Bluff wound up the Labor
Day week sales with 6,804,388
pounds for the season for a
$58.77 average. Chad'bourn has
8,141,702 pounds for $59.83. Ta
bor City had 7,675,586 for $60.61
average. Whiteville’s average ac
cording to USDA figures is
$59.24.
The only South Carolina mar
kets now open are Lake City and
Timmonsville, which will close at
the end of this week, and Mul
lins. Fayetteville closed Friday,
the first of the Border markets
to end sales.
Whiteville ran its 15th million
pounds or better day last* Thurs
day then dropped about 200,000
pounds in volume as leaf all over
the market lightened.
Mayor Tomlinson
Is Lions Speaker
Southport Mayor Makes
Progress Report On Sev
eral Projects And Out
lines Some New Objec
tives
Mayor Eugene B. Tomlinson
was the speaker at the regular
meeting of the Southport Lions
Club Thursday night and gave a
report of some of the projects
that have been carried out by the
present city administration.
Mayor Tomlinson mentioned es
pecially the beautification aijds
elean-up plans. He reported that
more than one hundred palm
trees have been planted in Soutfi
port, and he thanked the citizens,
for their help in caring for and
watering these plants.
He mentioned the importance
of keeping the city clean and ex
plained a new type of trash con
tainer that is being introduced'
for use in the city, j
Mayor Tomlinson stated that'
the Powell Bill funds this year
will be used to open up and im
prove streets in the older section
of Southport. He also spoke of
the additional parking area on
the waterfront, and explained
plans for providing for this need.
Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
for Southport during the next
week. These hours are ap
proximately correct and were
furnished The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot’s Association
High Tide
Low XIdr
Thursday, September 12,
9:30 A. M. 3:29 A. M.
9:42 P. M. 3:48 P. M.
Friday, September 13,
10.05 A. M. 4:04 A. M.
10:15 P. M. 4:28 P. M.
Saturday, September 14,
10:45 A. M. 4:41 A. M,
10:55 P. M. 5:n p m
Sunday, September 15,
11:34 A. M. 5:24 A. M.
11:46 P. M. 6:02 P. M.
Monday, September 16,
0:00 A. M. 6:16 A. M.
12:31 P. M. 7:01 P. M.
Tuesday, September 17,
12:48 A. M. 7:17 a. M.
1: 35 P. M. 8:06 P. M.
Wednesday, September 18,
2:00 A. M. 8:25 A. M.
2:42 P. M. 9:13 P. M.