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Waccamaw Grid Clubs Fared Well Against Outside Foes By JIGGS POWERS (Waccamaw AA Publicist) The Waccamaw Athletic Asso ciation’s six football teams fared fairly good against outside com petition, on an overall basis dur ing the 1961 season, which has just closed. A check on the records of the Class AA clubs in the loop show- | ed that they won 16 games over outside foes, lost 11 and tied one. Altogether, the WAA teams i scored a total of 588 points against out-of-conference compe tition, while their non-league foes counted 389. All told, WAA grid outfits j [ii OKLAHOMA The Capitol building at Oklahoma City is remarkable for two reasons. (1) because it has no dome and (2) it is built right over a huge petroleum pool. Oil is pumped from di rectly underneath the building. The State Historical Build ing is nearby and houses Indian archives second only to ticularly interesting to visit, and oil derricks can be seen those in the Smithsonian Institution. Oklahoma City is par crowding the domeless Capitol. OBEY THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS. DRIVE CAREFULLY. PROTECT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN. Compliments Of BRUNSWICK ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION SERVING BRUNSWICK, COLUMBUS, ROBESON and BLADEN COUNTIES “Community Owned ... Community Built.., Community Builders” * Students—Clip this Ad for your scrapbook. tallied some 1,006 points and gave up 813 to competition. Elizabethtown’s champion Yel low Jackets, with an unbeaten, untied and unscored-on regular season, had much to do with the good average compiled by the WAA gridders against outside foes. The Jackets had a 5-0 mark against such competition and a 10-0 season record before losing to Morehead City, 12-7 in a regional playoff. Tabor City’s runners-up had a 3-1 mark against outside foes, Chadbourn’s Panthers had a 4-1 mark; Bladenboro was 1-3, Whiteville was 1-4; and Shallotte was 2-2 and a tie. Point-wise, ETown tallied 16S points to none for non-loopers; Chadboum was 159-43; Tabor City, 66-13; Shallotte, 80-66; Whiteville, 71-144; and Bladen boro, 43-123. Overall, including its post-sea son playoff, Champion Elizabeth town rackgd up 311 points to 12 for its opposition; Runner-up Ta bor City had 127 to 52 for its opponents; and other WAA clubs did thus against opposition: Whiteville, 151-209; Chadboum, 217-112; Bladenboro, 88-297; and Shallotte, 112-130. Riley D. Clemmons SUPPLY—Riley Davis Clem mons, 60, died at his home here Wedhesday morning after a short illness. A native of Brunswick County, he was a member of Prospect Baptist Church, from which final rites were held Thursday at 3 p. m. by the Revs. Leon McKeith an, Harry Lackey and Odell Blanton, with burial in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ruby Clemmons; a daughter, Mrs. Albert Parker of Supply; a broth er, Elwood Clemmons of Bolivia; a sister, Mrs. Pphelia Smith, Wil mington; a half-sister, Mrs. Alvie Lewis of Bolivia; and two grand children. Active pallbearers were Stew ard and Earnest Clemmons, Fred Parker, J. D. Milligan, Harlee Sellers and Alton Hewett. As early as A.D. 80, oysters were exported from the Thames estuary to Rome. The historian Sallust commented, “The poor Britons, there is some good in them after all—they produce an! oyster.” Brunswick Between Bookends By Eugene Fallon THE DRAM TREE. By Hamilton Cochran. The Bobbs-Merrill Co., New Yory. 286 pp. Here’s a strictly-fictional ac count of Blockade-running during the War Between the States. Cal culated to give no one brain strain, Dram Tree is, in this re viewer's opinion, a short beer, brewed in Philadelphia. The author is somewhat on the prolific side—what with some ten novels behind him and innumer able magazine stories, some of which made the Saturday Eve ning Post big league. All of this unfortunately proves that Amer icans love second-rate literature, X fear. In dedicatory the author strikes a wistful—almost poetic—note, with the following message for “Clare and Bob Taylor”: “Who live not far from where the Dram Tree used to be.” With this commendable effort, Cochran relaxes, and no more wistful or poetic notes are achiev ed in the book. If the book is, indeed, a palpa ble “potboiler” its lone recom mendation to readers in this lo cale is that the pot boils along in the Cape Fear River; its steam obscuring, at times, that delight ful saline settlement known as Smithville. And there was, of course, a dram tree. Like that tree which grew in Brooklyn, a sentimental marker, and a silent witness to the tears with which travelers leaving Wilmington, Southport and way stations, passed from beloved territory. So fainthearted did this separation make them, indeed, that it became imperative to take a dram from the cup (or barrel) that (supposedly) cheer ed. Thus the name. The story begins with an un believedly uncouth hero called Jeff Ryall, sailing up the Cape Fear on a freighter named BRUNSWICK. The Brunswick sails serenely past Brunswick County, to dock at Wilmington. But on-and-off, Jeff is in-and-out of Smithville. Jeff wears out sev eral ships in this shifting-process, but does very little tp aid the cause of the Confederacy. It grieves me to state that Jeff Ryall’s mentality is none of the best, and even his true patriotism is questionable, as witness the following quote: His “Uncle Roger" (a Cape Fear Pilot) is astounded when Jefferson makes known his desire to join the Cape Fear Light In fantry. Roger remonstrates with Jeff, telling him he is a “sea faring soul, by birth and tradi tion”. Roger counsels the Navy. : Says jittery Jeff: “I want to wear one of those handsome (Army) uniforms.” But Uncle Roger wins out, and Jeff sails to amorous adventure with Carolina belles, one after the other, and prolonged bouts with the drams—be they under a tree or over a hotel table. If all Confederate fighting men were like Jefferson Ryall, the wonder is not that the South went down to defeat, but rather that it fought on for four bloody years. The writing .is less than sen sational, and smacks strongly of the Rover Boys fallen from grace. If you like much ribaldry and small doses of history, The Dram Tree will be meat and drink for you. Its choice of locale saves the novel from being one of the worst published in 1961. Available at the Southport Pub lic Library. Modem Industry Taking To Caves Twentieth-century industry is going back to the cave. The new caverns bear no re lation to the old dark and dank holes in which early man manu factured Stone Age tools. Equip ped with air conditioning, day light-simulating electricity, and such amenities as soft-drink dis pensers, they promise an efficient, though claustrophobic, way of work. Underground facilities for mili tary production and civilian de fense were developed by most of the nations involved in World War II, says the National Geo graphic Society. Germany, on the verge of de feat, had almost finished a giant jet-plane factory under a pine forest near Munich. Now, new war threats, pressure for space, and high maintenance costs have accelerated a world-wide move ment. Sweden Led Way Neutral Sweden, which led even the combatants in blasting out mountain hideaways, has created since the war the most elaborate system of subterranean structures known to exist. The huge granite burrows hold private industries with thousands of workmen, as well as military installations, bomb shelters, nu clear-power stations, and public Christmas Shoppers MANY RELIGIOUS GIFT IDEAS Bibles-Placques-Picture-Gift Books BIBLE BOOK STORE 219 N. FRONT ST. WILMINGTON, N. C. utility centers. Some of the empty space designed for emergencies is now being leased for parking, auto exhibits, and other peace time purposes. Sweden’s underground manufac turers produce aircraft, engineer ing equipment, and precision tools. They explain that they have chosen their quarters for economy and efficiency as well as protec tion. With modern drilling equip ment, Swedish engineers have found that carving a plant from rock costs little more, sometimes less, than building a surface fac tory. There is no upkeep for ex terior painting, repairs, and win dow washing, and winter-fuel savings are considerable because of the deep interior’s constant temperature of 50 to 60 degrees. In the Kansas City area, a number of manufacturers of as sorted goods have either drilled caves for themselves or rented space prepared by tnterprising underground realtors. FOR BETTER BUILDING MATERIAL Point • Brick • Cement • Nails Siding • Windows • Doors Moulding • Roofing • Lumber • Sheetrock SEE OUR COMPLETE BUILDING LINE AND COMPARE OUR PRICES. CALL SUPPLY, N. C. CL 3-6290 J. NL Parker & Sons SUPPLY, N. C. "I finished my shopping early Thanks to WACCAMAW’S WAC-O-MATIC SAVINGS PLAN” ■ Ask about the Wac-o-matic savings plan today. It's so easy and so convenient to have at Christmas time. < x. No Waiting Period Tour savings at Vutana starts earning immediately. 2. 30 Bonus Days out of Every 90 Deposits made by tbe 10th of each month earn from the 1st. Interest is paid quarterly. 3. 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