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The North Carolina Shipbuilder
Published by the North Caro
lina Shipbuilding Company, Wil
mington, North Carolina, in the
interest of the employees.
Editor
PAUL A. WILSON
Assistant Editors
AL. G. DICKSON
C. T. LEWIS
MRS. C. K. MARSHALL
Art Editor
R. F. BAREFOOT
Vol. 4 January 1, 1946 No. 5
ROLL OF HONOR
The following former
employees of the Company
gave their lives for their
country while serving in the
Armed Forces and Merchant
Marine during World war II:
PFC. DOUGLAS F. POTTER
Wilmington
FRANK L. JOHNSON, JR.
Wilmington
SGT. LLOYD E. DALE
Watha
PFC. WILLIAM H. MAYERS
Acme
LT. WILLIAM F. PRITCHARD
Wilmington
S 2c OWEN C. FILLYAW
Wilmington
PVT. KENNETH TANT
Middlesex
S 2c THOMAS C. CLARKE
Wilmington
LT. HAROLD L. PATTERSON
Kannapolis
PFC. NORWOOD 0. BROOKS
Wilmington
PFC. MALCOLM D. RILEY
Efland
PVT. SAMUEL G. HATCH
Wilmington
S 1c ELLON E. DAVENPORT
Dover
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SGT. AMOS DOBSON, JR.
Lynchburg, Va.
PVT. ALFRED L. BALDWIN
Wilmington
PFC. ARTHUR W. JACKSON
Wilmington
LYNWOOD A. CORBETT.
Atkinson
LT. ROBERT V. MERCER
Bladenboro
LT. BRUCE C. BOBBINS
Bostic
SGT. H. S. HARRELSON
Cerro Gordo
MOMM 1c EDWIN H. AVANT
Whiteville
LT. CHARLES B. BOYD
Wilmington
PVT. HENRY T. POUND
Gaston, S. C.
PVT. JAMES C. HUDSON
Tryon
SGT. FOREST WADSWORTH
Clarkton
PFC. RAY C. WORLEY
Barnard, N. C.
PVT. HERMAN E. TYSON
Wilmington
CPL. JACK G. PARDY
Madison, S. D.
PAUL T. PITTMAN
Rocky Mount
PFC. EDWARD F. CLINE
Wilmington
CPL. JOHN W. PERRY
Raleigh
CAPT. A. P. (BYNG) FARRAR
Chapel Hill
THE NORTH CAROLINA SHIPBUILDER
Two Years Ago
Tnrninf? back the calendar two
years to Janury, 1944, we
find ...
ranked first among
the three in the country building
C-2 type ships with the delivery
of four during January, accord
ing to the monthly report on
ship production released by tne
U. S. Maritime commission. The
124 merchant shins delivered by
the commission's yards during
the month swelled the total ton-
nntre to 26.625.262 Dut into serv
ice since Pearl Harbor and in
creased the size of the Victory
fleet to 2,775 ships.
Two emDlovees S. M. Nock,
of the Steam Engineers, and a
L. Britt, of the Fitters re
ceived srold medals from the Lib
erty Mutual Insurance company
for saving the lives 01 two iei
low workers here.
The nomilation of Maffitt Vil
lage had increased from an esti
mated 800 on January 1, 194,3, to
approximately 15,000 on January
1, 1944, thus giving it strong
claim to being North Carolina's
fastest growing community.
Five War bonds were awarded
emDlovees who presented ac
ceptable ideas in the Suggestion
contest in January. Joe V. JMoyd,
of the ShiD Carpenters, topped
the list with a suggestion that
brought him a $50 bond.
Plav in the eierht-club ShiD
yard basketball league opened
January 18 and, during the early
sanies, the Erectors took the
lead. Departments represented
were Electricians, fiece worK
Counters, Welders, Mam Office,
Erectors. Layoff and ohm
wrierhts. There was also an Inde
pendent club with employees
from other units.
The euv who takes Dart in
horse-Dlav is usually associated
with the wrong end use your
head.
BALLAST
r.Vmrlie Enfield to applicant:
"What caused you to terminate
your last employment.'
Arm ipflTit.r "illness.
Charlie: "What kind of ill-
An'nlinant: "Mv boss said
every time he looked at me it
made him sick.
As we went to press, many
nmnlnvop were makine New
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Voar's resolutions. Dlans and
hopes. We overheard a few of
them and herewixn pass mem
nr f n vnn.
Mrs. ThomDson, in Mr. Ven-
dig's office: "I expect to save
my money and spend my hus
r,ar.Vs in 1946." Note Mr.
Thompson says there's nothing
new about that.
Paul Hancock. Time Study: "1
shall be a model young man
throughout the year."
Sal Serio and Carl Spain,
Electrical deDartment. resolved
to trade pastimes with Bill Eken
and Bill Fenley, also Electri
cians. They say they might as
well since the first two can't
shoot anything but blackbirds
and the other two catch oniy
minnows.
Monk Harris declares he s go
ing on a milk diet.
Dick Burnett expects to catch
more and more larger coons.
Russell Burney isn't going
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swimminer m the Brunswick
river anv more until summer.
Rosie Rosenberger hopes, by
the middle of the year, that he
can beat anyone in the yard play
iner checkers.
Bill Barfield has high hopes of
ioinincr the Hit Darade.
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Georce Griffin and , Jimmy
Blow report no trips planned for
the bier citv.
Hucrh Bell is not making any
hunting resolutions. He is still
jealous of Dick Burnett's latest
exnloit.
Jonathan Earl Pratt only
his wife calls him that of the
January 1, 1946
Treasurer's Office promises to
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stop telling those corney joKes
we've had to listen to for the
past four years.
Bob Collier resolves that he
isn't going to worry any more
about his waist line than he does
about the hair on his head.
Mariorie Franks resolves to
"stick tight to the Employment
office from now on.
Jean Jones. Auditing: 'I
promise not to take any more
pictures in the yard."
J. B. Sellers, Timekeeping: "i
hope to keep my name and pic
ture out of the papers during
1946."
Laura Zibelin wishes it were
Leap year.
Georsre Beverly is expecting
great results from his chickens.
Henrv EarD promises to stop
telling fish tales during 1946.
Kennv Neill expects to be
voted the best looking foreman
in the yard after they see his pic
ture . . . Chief Kennell says
Kenny doesn't have a chance . . .
Jesse Sellar's friends all say, "U,
Yeah!"
Letters To The Editor
APPRECIATES
SHIPBUILDER
To the Editor:
Since I've arrived overseas, I
wonder if it's still possible for
you to send me The Shipbuilder ?
The DaDers were really swell
to get and if you can send them
to, me here I would appreciate
it a lot. Thanks for your kind
ness in the past; it was good to
know how things were going at
the yard.
Sincerely,
H. Everett Marion,
RM 3c,
Cincpac, Flag Allow
ance Box No. 12, FPO,
San Francisco, Calif.