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New Coast Guard Boat WS’POW" mini I Hill II II M||||I|I|WPH|II|I ^ 95303 ARRIVES—This is the new Coast Guard patrol boat, which arrived at her new station in Southport last week. She is a 95 foot vessel and takes the place of the old 83-footer which has been based here for the past several years. The new patrol boat is in command of a commissioned officer and has a complement of 14 men. Her berth is in the Southport yacht basin in the same slip formerly occupied by her predecessor. Waterfront This week we had a letter from James Furpless, Raleigh business man whose home and heart still are in Southport. He had heard of an old fortification, Fort Hol mes, located on Bald Head Island, and he wanted us to find out more about it for him. He didn’t say whether it is supposed to be a Civil War fort or whether its use was for an earlier period— and it could be either. One of the reasons for the earliest fortifications in this area was to keep the pirates out of the Cape Fear River. Later, dur mg the period of the War Be tween the States, there were forts builts at several points near the mouth of the river to help strengthen Fort Fisher. We will try to find out into which class ification this falls. James also says that he is anxious to acquire a set of the Sprunt books and would like to get in touch with anyone who has one or more to sell. But back to the forts. It would seem to us that during the for thcoming celebration of the Civil War Centennial—arid we know full well that this Is not what it will be called—that the relocation, renaming and, perhaps the exca vation of some of these old fort ication along the Cape Fear would be of great interest to tourists—particularly to touring historians who will visit this area. This is a project in which many agencies could combine their efforts arid their own at tractions to make a concerted ef fort to bring visitors. For in stance, one of the fortifications at Fort Caswell is a Civil War fort, and is of the same type as the one at Fort Macon. It was des troyed by the Confederatetes when it was abandonded, but there is enough of it still stand ing to make it a central point of interest inside the assembly grounds during the coming sea son and thereafter. The next most important Civil War fort—and one which may have even more wartime signi ficicance—is Fort Anderson, lo cated at Brunswick Town. As a matter of fact, the excavation of this old town site has produced the very interesting by-product of an important Civil War historic site. Work already has been done here, and Dr. Lawrence Lee once told us that he would consider this to be the most logical Bruns wick county Civil War site to be highlighted during the centenial celebration. Then there is Battery Lamb, located inside the Sunny Point Army Terminal. We wouldn’t want to let our enthusiasm get out of bounds, but the thought oc curs to us that if there are visi ble remains of this old fortifi cation, it might be well to un cover it and make it a point of call for visitors to Sunny Point during coming months. Members of the Thomas Mann Thompson Chapter UDC, members of the Brunswick County His torical Society, a representative from the N. C. Baptist Assembly, the various civic organiations, the Southport Development Corpora tion and others mignt do well to get together to discuss what can be done to play up this phase of Garden Time By M. E. GARDNER Before taking up your pruning shears this winter, it might be a good idea to first ask yourself— Why am I pruning these plants ? If you can satisfactorily answer this question, it may mean the difference between doing a good job, a sloppy job or a good job of butchering. Wise pruning improves the gen eral appearance and neatness of a home landscape by: maintaning. as nearly as possible, the natural growth habits of the plants; cor recting damage caused by accid ental injury or ice breakage; con fining plants to a desired space, if necessary; stimulating the growth of flowers, fruits and foil age; and shaping plants to sorAe desired pattern. Remember that every plant has character repre sented by growth habit and leaf stem, bark and fruit color. An understanding of the fruit or flower bearing habits of the plant is essenial before one can prune intelligently. The spring blooming woody plants produce their flowers from buds already formed on wood produced in 1960 and remaining dormant over win ter. This is true of lilac, forsy thia, wisteria, weigelia and deut zia. The proper time to prune these plants is just after they bloom because early spring or late fall pruning would remove the bloom buds. The summer blooming plants, hybrid perpetual roses, crepe myr tle, etc., will produce their flowers on shoots produced early in 1961 and frequently referred to as the current season’s growth. Such plants require pruning in winter or early spring in order to pro duce strong new shoot growth. Now is a good time to prune your fruit trees and grapevines. Apples are borne on spurs produc our past during the coming mon ths. TIRE £ APPLIANCE CQ nan and chestnut street-wilmingtom. nl c-do mate ed wood usually two years old or older. Peaches are borne on wood one year old and grapes on new' growth which is produced on canes one year old. If you have some old neglected peach and apple trees, give them a good pruning this winter, spray them with winter strength lime sul phur and fertilize with 8-8-8 fer tilizer in the early spring. You may be agreeably surprised. Final Rites Held For Moses L. Ham Moses Lee Ham, 56, died at his home in Wilson, Saturday. He was the brother of Mrs. J. K. Bass of Winnabow in Bruns wick County. He had lived in Wilson for two months and had been a main tenance engineer for Imperial Tobacco Co., the past 14 years. He was a member of Lake City, S. C. Baptist Church. Final rites were conducted at Wilkerson Chapel in Greenville Monday at 3:30 p. m. by the Rev. LaRue Davis. Survivors include his wife. Mrs. Jewell Hart Ham; two sons,. SjSgt. Marvin Lee Ham of the Marine Corps. New River, Jack sonville and William Russell Ham of Central Islip, L. I., N. Y.; a daughter, Mrs. Daniel R. Hughes, Greenville; two step-daughters; Theresa and Betty Ham, both of the home; a brother, Richard Ham, Wilmington and a sister, Mrs. Bass of Winnabow. All the Japanese islands to gether add up to only 142,500' square miles, less than the area, of Montana, the National Geo graphic Magazine says. Yet they hold 94 million people—140 times Montana’s population. PEACOCK FUNERAL HOME 24-Hr.—AMBULANCE—24-Hr. SHALLOTTE, N. C. 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