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Vacation Diary (Editor’s Note: During the summer this will be a series of informal columns about what happens on the Soutli port waterfront, as seen through the eyes of a twelve year old boy.) BY ED TAYLOR HARPER Wednesday: X was not in South port today covering the news on the waterfront because I was in Whiteville helping my father pub lish the State Port Pilot. On the way to Whiteville it was pretty hot except for part of the way, when it rained a little. We saw sortie very good corn and we saw some that the stalks were burn ing. On the way to Whiteville on the old Makatoka road we were churning up the dust so fast that sometimes it spread over com plete field of corn. It was like dusting crops. As a matter of fact, we were. Thursday: Coach Bobby Spen cer did not show up at the ball diamond for Little League prac tice so we played screen ball and a few small practice games in stead. We went out to where we kep our bird dogs and found the two dogs stuck in a hole they had dug in the ground to keep cool. During the night when one dog was asleep the other dog came and got in the hole, too. When we went out there in the mor ning both dogs were stuck and we had to pull them out of the small opening. Last night Davy Herring got a new puppy, a ten weeks old Labrador retriever, and he has already taught her some tricks. He is going to call her Daisy. Friday: Tommy McGlamery and Dickie Aldridge were swimming off the ramp, and they had a red, toy tractor to play with. One of them would sit on the tractor and the other boy would push him down the ramp and into the water. They repeated this process several times until they decided to try something else. Tommy sat on the tractor and Dickie pushed him overboard. Both Tommy and th6 tractor turned a half-somersault and landed upside down in the wa ter. This past Monday I said the Swedish ship Thalatta was one of the funniest looking X had ever seen. Well, today I saw one of the strangest ships I have ever seen. It was the Amoco Texas. It had something that resembled walkways branching off of the superstructure to the edge of the ship. Late in the after noon a self-powered barge went down the waterway carrying de livery trucks. Bobby Spencer did not show up for Little League work-out, but we played some practice games while we were waiting. . Saturday: As there always is1 on summer week-ends, there was | a big crowd on the waterfront! today. The river was still and the speedboats could skim across the water extra fast. The boys swimming off the ramp had their rubber raft to jump on, and Tom my's little red tractor. It is the hottest day of the year and I am not doubting anybody's word who says it is. The tug Williston went by pulling a barge loaded with paper. On the side of the tug was a sign which read, “Observe Safe Boating Week.” I was practicing tennis over on the steps next door. I played with myself, and now I’m so bad I lost four straight to the steps. Sunday: The river was as smooth today as I have seen it recently, and the speedboats which come to Southport on week-ends could obtain more speed, as it always is on a sum mer Sunday, the ramp was busy HOT WEATHER l-SURE! But You Can Do Something LET US AIR CONDITION YOUR HOME Our Experts can give you an estimate today . . . For any size Remodeling Job—Heating, Plumbing. We Have The Material and Know-How TO SATISFY YOU ! Building Material — from Foundation to Roof. —Financing Up To 5 Years— -SEE US TODAY and SAVE $ $ $— SHALLOTTE LUMBER CO. SHALLOTTE, N. C. Day Phone PL 4-6271 — Nite PL 4-6272 or PL 4-6708 handling all of the boats. One of them, a white and blue fiber glass speedboat, had tail fins that resembled those of a ’58 Chevy. In the hall of the Metho dist Church are some pictures taken last week at the home coming picnic. I wish that you could see the different grins, smiles and expressions on the peo ple’s faces as they were picking up the food. Yesterday was the hottest day of the year up until then. Well it’s hard to believe, but today was hotter. On my grand mother’s front porch, in the shade, it was 98. And on the measuring devices in her backyard it was a hot 100. Monday: This year’s Little League team in Southport is not as hard-hitting as last year’s team, but it has better pitching. Little Mike Lee is back, Roland Clark has shifted from second base to pitching, and I am going to try to pitch again. Jesse How ard, who pitches for one of the Little League teams in Hamlet, is practicing with us this week. Seems like it gets hotter every day, but it couldn’t get very much hotter. Tuesday: There was an unusual ly large number of boats at the ramp today for a week day. I saw three men and a boy land a boat on Battery Island, and the boat just about drifted off the beach while they were looking around. It would have been a long swim home if it had got away. Boys were trying to keep cool by swimming off the dock There were some people skiing in the river, and one of them was Tommy Blake. I saw him jump out of the water and go flying through the air for what looked like 20 or 30 feet. Late in the afternoon a storm came up and it looked like rain, but it didn’t. Bible School At Pleasant Hill Church The Daily Vacation Bible School of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Shallotte was held from June 15th-19th, from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. The pastor of the Church, Rev. S. J. Moss, officiated as superintendent, Caston Stanley as principal, and Miss Mary Jane Robinson as secretary. The school was divided into four sections, beginners, primary, intermediate and juniors. The be ginners and primary classes were joined together and taught by Mrs. O. W. Morgan. The inter mediate class was taught by Miss Kathel Stanley and the juniors were taught by Mrs. M. K. Dubar. The theme for the week was “Why Should I Become a Mem ber of the Church”? Everyone enjoyed the school immensely a£ really hated to see the week come to an end. On Friday, day for the school’s closing, the students took a trip to Brookgreen Garden which was educational and recreational for all. Lunch was served at the garden, then on returning home, they stopped by “Atlantic Beach”. To climax these activities, a com mencement program was given at the church Friday night at 8 p. m. Perfect attendance certificates were awarded to the following: Donald Stanley, Gwendolyn Stan ley, Cassie Mae Stanley, Beulah Stanley, Pearson Dubar, Jr., My ra Unsula Dubar, Freddie Stan ley, Cora Stanley, Julia Holies, Daniel Moss, Dianne Stanley, Mc Liston Stanley, Joseph Stanley, Elton Stanley, Mrs. Carrina K Greene, Mrs. Alma Stanley, Mrs. Hattie Stanley, Herbert Stanley, Elbert Lee Stanley, Mrs. Cloxie Stanley, Howard Robinson, Evelyn Gause, Oneatha Gause, John Henry Gause, Betty Ann Stanley, Gary Stanley and Linwood Stan ley. Among the Witotos of north western Amazonia, a woman goes back to work the clay after she has had her bady. The father, however, rests for a week or more in his hammock, the Na tional Geographic Magazine says. Nm! 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