Beulaville And W allace
Guard Units Earn
High Score
Guradsmen crom Dublin Co.
scored one of the highest to
tal grades ever awarded an In
fantry unit of the North Caro
lina Natloaal Guard at Fort
Bragg last month. The unit.
Company A. is composed of u
nits at Wallace and BeulavOle.
* Captain John Carr, comman
ding Officer reported this week
the two combined units scored
96.67 to lead all other infantry
companies. "We do not know
for certain," said cant. Carr,
"whether the score is a re
cord in die state, but certain
ly few units in the past 16
years have scored higher. And
to my knowledge never have
men worked so nerd in a com
mon purpose or learned as much
in two weeks summer training
as did our men in June."
Official scores were receiv
ed last week from die division
headquarters in Raleigh, second
place in die Infantry's three
brigades was taken by a sis
ter unit of die same battalion,
Company C of Jacks on ville
Morehead city.
Both units are members of the
fifth battalion with headquar
ters in Kinston. They are com
manded by Lt. Col. Charles A.
Summerlin of Goldsboro. Said
Col. Summerlin this week "All
of us are extremely proud of
the record Wallace and Beula
ville compiled. The entire bat
talion, composed of men from
seven towns in Eastern Caro
lina, did outstandingly well from
the standpoint of training. Their
grades reflect it."
"The three line companies
finished in the top seven pla
ces and headquarters company
was close behind diem."
Individual members of the
company were informed of die
official grades during the week
end. It also amounted to ano
ther "first" for the Guard.
They began the first of their
back-to-back weekend drills.
I Hie 16 hour training period
is Saturday afternoon and night
and all day Sunday.
Cape, carr, together with the
commanding officer of theBeu
lavQle unit. Lt. Richard C.
White urged cooperation and un
derstanding on the part of fami
lies and employees. "We will
need the help of everyone. If we
are to reach the ultimate ob
jectives, high degree of train
ing, a readiness status not
known before In the Tarheel
Guard, and completion of com
plex and Advanced Training.
"We had no choice, explain
ed the commander, the decision
to do away with the conventional
weeknlght drill and drill from
10 weekends, one weekend each
month, was made by the divi
sion commander. They know
that It would be impossible to
complete the training required
during the two hours on Mon
day night.
"Thus we are drilling for
eight hours on Saturday and
eight hours on Sunday.'
The Saturday drill begins at
one p.m. and will end atlOiOO.
On Sundays training begins at
eight and continues until five
p.m.
The drills will be evenly di
vided between armory training
and field bivouacs. Company
sized problems, occasionally
employing the use of blank and
harmless ammunition and
simulated explosions, will be
conducted In a training site
five miles Northwest of Beu
laville on the Pink HOI High
way.
"Weknow," said capt.Carr,
"that this sometimes will be
an inconvenience to the em
ployee who hires a Guardsman.
Asking them to let him off for
a half aay on Saturday can be
a problem. But we have always
had the full and complete un
derstanding and cooperation
from almost all employers and
I hope we can again."
Young men desiring to join
either the Wallace or Beula
ville units are Invited to visit
Wom li Bushes
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Mr*. J. L. Sloan, bookkeeper at Wallace Hardware and
Machinery Company of Wallace, was formerly Eleanor Bradahaw.
daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. James Bradshaw of Route 1, Teachey,
She attended Wallace-Rose Hill High School and attended Miller
Mott Business College in Wilmington. Mrs. Sloan has been employ
ed in her present position since finishing school. She was mar
ried to Mr. Sloan in December 1963, and they live at Route 1,
Chinquapin.
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1 BY GEORGE ROUNDS
BOATS THAT FLY?
During World War n, a fly
ing boat was an ungainly, full
bellied airplane that could land
on water. But there have been
some changes made.
"Flying boats" a re now ply
ing the waters between New
York City and the New York
World's Fair on regular sche
duled runs at speeds up to 40
miles per hour. Most of the
time their hulls are completely
out of the water, riding on thin
aluminum "wings" under the
water.
I finally took the time to board
one of these hyrofoil boats, as
they are called, for a spin a
round the East River. I can
safely say they're like nothing
you've ever ridden in. The
them, either during the weekend
training or during the week.
Complete and detailed informa
tion Is available from either
1/Sgt. jasper Tull Brlnkley in
Wallace or S/Sgt. LeRoy J.
Kennedy in Beulaville.
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Aguafoil, as they've named
these boats, looks on the inside
much like a comfortable bus.
Wide windows afford a good
view of the shore as it streams
past, and the seats remind you
somewhat of an airliner's seat,
but there's no seat belt - at
least for now - no attractive
gal to bring you coffee, tea or
milk.
The pilot kicks over the 180
hp diesel and edges the white
and blue craft away from the
dock. As soon as he's clear,
he rams the throttle forward
and the engine begins to grab
hold. Within minutes the bob
bing from the waves disappe
ars and the nose of the boat
lifts out of the water followed
promptly by the stern. You're
airborne, in a sense. The Aqu
afoll really begins to pick up
speed. The hull is oft of the
water and the total wetted sur
face of the craft is cut by
97%. Drag is almost nil. At
about 35 mph the pilot cuts
back on the throttle and the
boat settles into a comfortable
These boats ride on under
water wings, lifting them out
of the water about 1 to S feet.
The wings, or foils, are cur
ved, with the widest part at
the outside edge. Thus, when
the boat roils slightly, the wide
portion of the foil dips deeper
into the water and lifts the
boat back onto an even keel.
The whole idea is much like
airplane wings that lift as they
move through the air.
The ride is uncommonly
smooth. We tore through some
nasty currents, eddies, and
chops in the Aquafoil without
as much as a tremor. Conven
tional boats going through the
same water were throttled way
back or taking a beating. The
strange feeling comes when
the pilot throws the wheel over
and the boat starts to turn.
Most boats bank into the turn.
These start to bank to the out
side before the extra lift of the
wide part of the foil brings
them back to a vertical posi
tion. The lean isn't great, but
it's slightly unsettling the first
time around.
I asked the obvious question
about striking underwater ob
jects at 35 mph with those thin,
knife-like foils. The manager
of the operation told me he'd
had one Aquafoil run into a
mudflat at full tilt. To be sure,
it shook up the passenger a lit
tle, but the boat was pulled
off and continued her run nor
mally. The big problem is hea
vy beams and togs in the wat
er. Some are just too big to cut
through and hard to shake off.
A crewman aids the pilot in
spotting these floatir.j mena
ces, but they haven't always
been able to avoid th .m. Still,
no damage has been done.
Part of the durability of
these boats lies in the fact that
the vulnerable hull is comple
tely out of the water at speed.
A lot of it has to do with the
fact thay they're total alumin
um boats, though. The foils
are high-strength aluminum
while the hulls are thick alu
minum sheet. Aluminum was
a natural choice f or these
boats, since the designer want
ed his boats light, strong, and
virtually maintenance free. So
marine aluminum is used thro
ughout .
The people at American Hy
drofoils, who are running these
water taxis to the Fair, are
looking to the future with an
eye toward setting up regular
communter runs. The boats
will carry 22 people and have
been given the okay by the
the Coast Guard for passenger
carrying. If this comes to pass,
yours truly will certainly be
tliinking seriously about going
to work in a flyngi boat. It'll
be the only way to travel.
. Rwb w All,_ iiivilot
Social Security j
BY: Jmn P. Trraplr
District Manager
Are you losing social securi
ty benefits? The Social Secur
ity Administration believes that
some people are - that is, some
people over 65 who have never
applied for benefits because
they are still working.
But, you don't have to retire
completely to get social securi
ty benefits. Many people earn- -
ing more than $1200 a year
may still receive some bene
fits, especially those with ear
ned incomes below $3600 a
year.
Here is how the social secur
ity retirement test works. If
your yearly earnings are less
than $1200, you will receive all
of your yearly benefits. When
your earnings go over $1200,
benefits must be withheld. If
your earnings are no more
than $1700, one dollar in bene
fits is withheld for every two
dollars of earnings above $1200.
All earnings, whether or not
covered by social security
must be counted. Unearned in
come, which includes interest,
dividends, and pensions, is not
counted.
If your yearly earnings go
over $1700, one dollar in bene
fits must be witheld for each
dollar of earnings over $1700.
Thus, if your yearly earnings
are $2500, the deduction on the
first $1700 is $250 and the de
duction on the remaining earn
ings is $800 (the amount of
earnings over $1700.) By add
ing the two amounts we arrive
at a total deduction of $1050.
A worker's earnings deter
mine the deduction made from
his and his eligible dependents'
yerrly benefits. A retired work
er entitled to a monthly bene
fit of $90 would receive very
little in benefits if he earned
$2500 a year. But if his wife
were 65 and they were eligible
for monthly benefits of $90 and
$45 on his account, they could
still receive $570 in combined
yearly benefits with that a
mount of earnings from work.
There is one exception to the
basic retirement test: no mat
ter how much you earn in a
year, you will get your social
security benefits for any mon
Incidentally, hydrofoil boats
are nothing new. Alexander
Graham Bell designed and
built one in 1920 that would do
70 mph, but nothing further
ever came of it. The Euro
peans are going strong on hy
drofoil designs, and the Rus
sians are now running hydro
foil river boats that carry 300
or more passengers.
Stick around. Maybe your
next boat will have wings.
th in which you neither earn
more than $100 as an employee,
nor render subatantial services
in self-employment.
Another important fact to re
member: the "retirement
test" does not apply to benefi
ciaries aged 72 or over. Begin
ning with the month you are 72
you can receive all of your
monthly benefits regardless of
how much you earn.
If you are now 65 or over,
you should inquire immediately
about your social security ben
efits. A claim for social secur
ity benefits can be retroactve
for only 12 monhts, and mon
thly benefits not claimed with
in that period are lost forever.
Your local social security of
fice at 311 East Walnut Street
in Goldsboro has free booklets
explaining the social security
"retirement test" in detail.
Write, phone, or visit the dis
trict office for your copy and
for any other informtaion a
bout social security.
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Deaths ?1
MRS. LVU J. HOWARD J
SEVEN SPRINGS ? Mr*.
Lula Jarman Howard. <2. of
Seven Spring!, Route 1 died
Tuesday. She was a member
of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints, Albert- .
son Chapel.
Funeral services were held
at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday at
the home with Elders of the
church officiating. Burial was
in the family cemetery near
Potter's Hill.
Survivors include her hus
band, Tommy Howard; a son,
Ernest W. of Dudley, RL 2;
two daughters, Mrs. Corbett
Lanier of Mount OUve, RL 1
and Mrs. Henry Blizzard of
Deep Run. Rt. 1; three grand
children; two brothers, Johnny
Jarman of Rose Hill and Robie
Jarman of Jacksonville; three
sisters, Mrs. Coy Taylor of
Beulaville, Rt. 2, Mrs. Corace ]
Taylor of Pink Hill. Rt. 2 and
Mrs. Oscar Sanderson of Deep 1
Run, Rt. X
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