The North Carolina Shipbuilder from Wilmington, North Carolina • Page 7

THE NORTH CAROLINA SHIPBUILDER Page 7 November 1, 1943 Munds, supervisor of nurses in the association, reports that her The "Old Inspector" Airs His Views Three Win Bonds For Suggestions R. Johnson Receives $50 Award For New Jig Proposed R. L. Johnson, 87272, of the Sheet yMetal department, was top old fellow continued, "I know you're going to pull the old saw about the finest ships in the world being built right here. Well, to be honest, I'd say they're about half as good as you think they are and about twice as good as I think they are.

Right there you should have your answer as to the functions of the Inspection office. You're here to build the ships and you see their good points. We're here to inspect present staff consists of twoi county nurses who care for white and Negro patients, six white city district nurses, two Negro city district nurses, one nurse in the maternity clinic and four nurses in the venereal disease clinic maintained by the county Board of Health. In 1942, the ten field nurses made 17,000 home visits, 712 visits to clinics, 1,145 visits to schools, 14,827 inspections of school children, 9,508 innoculations for prevention of disease. CHILD CARE CLINIC HAS LONG SERVICE RECORD The Sorosis Child Care Clinic has been in operation for 25 years as a project of the Wil mington branch of the North Carolina borosis.

Its services are free in needy pre-natal cases with children ud to three years. A doctor and nurse are in at tendance at each examination, and are able to prescribe diets to correct physical deficiencies Milk and baby foods are also provided. Plans have been made to open a clinic in Taylor Homes in the near future. KENNEDY HOME CARING FOR MANY AGED LADIES When the Catherine Kennedy Home was established nearly 50 years ago, the stewards of Grace Methodist church were the custodians of its funds. Later, the organization was taken over by a board of directors.

For a number of years, the organization did much of the charity work in Wilmington. The Home accepts, for life, ladies over 60 who have no one to care for them. The entrance fee is $300 and at present there are 30 residents. The two buildings of the Home are now old and in a state of disrepair. Through the funds provided through the Commun ity Chest, the physical plant will be renovated.

Marriages Corporal Page Shamburger, of Nashville, U. S. Army Air Corps, and Miss Elise Tru-love, receptionist of the First Aid station, the First Presby terian church in Wilmington on October 9. NEVER KNOW Two London charwomen were discussing the inconveniences of the blackout. "But it's a neces sary evil," said the proverbial Mrs.

MalaproD. "Else were likely to be blasted into mater nitv." "Tis so," said her companion the worst of it is, we'ed never know who done it." In the first 12 months of World War only 376,000 troops were transported to overseas battlefields. In the first 12 months of this war Allied vessels carried nearly 900,000 troops. By C. E.

SHIMP Principal Machinery Inspector, Machinery Department. "So the Shipbuilder wants to know about the Maritime In spection office; wants an article on how we work with the yard. Umm, a mighty lot has been said on the subject both ways since I've been down here. The old Inspector scratched his head and continued, "I've aged so rapidly these last two years I can't rightly recollect the whole story of my stay down TLhen' to0. I Fl? addled by a shipyard fellow voluntarily asKing lor anyxmng from us.

Seems down here that only God loves an Inspector aiiu even lie am i wiioi jiuuui call ardent aoout it. riowsom-ever, 111 put on my thinking cap and fetch out a memory or two." The old fellow lifted his feet on the desk, bummed a cigar and began. "Us boys came down here with the fine idea of being Dutch Uncles to these Shipbuilders, but it seerm like we've stayed on in the capacity of a poor relative with a big appetite. Your bosses ain't 11 1 never auuweu we was jw.eyaus exactly, but they kmda edges around us sometimes I ke they thought something smelled aw ful bad. Things are steadily improv ing all the time though Why fust along I nigh went crazy.

I'd go to bed knowing the mam TT ii engines was on Hull 6, and the onoinoe Willi 9Q WoM in' uuf a ofora nncf nn Wov 1 gnH tHo Wamo ti.io wnnl finally go down with the launch- in or rn QViirtwav 7 SnpaVincr nf loiinliinye TM olwoiro lnV tho MMniny Sfor tr finH tho date, then figure backwards to get the present percentage of completion for my Progress re- nrt-Q Tlfw annnyantr nroc nnlv tolerable; but, as I said, that was in the days when things was tough. My source of infor- motinn nnirr io mn, KotfAT ru foiiAo faces, and when you get to with a dreamy look, I know fiompfViino'' innATino on thp ships. I tighten my belt and run right down, like a tardy ovwnrtiifoi. nin TVtAVinOr train. By the time I locate the trouble and yell to be dealt in vii tuc gallic, m.

usuaujr "iu with a Pair of treys against the shipyard four aces. "Now I ain't complaining, you boys are pretty good. Youve got the brains and the know- how'. For a relatively new yard your production is excellent. You really turn out the ships, rersonaiiy, i uunx some you build should be turned out to pasture, but that's just my opm- ion.

iNOW aon mierrupi, me trel will be offered in the Second act and the Piece Work Counters Glee club, under the direction of Pat Alderman, will be featured. Many new faces will have prominent places in the show and most of the old favorites will be on hand. The committee in charge of the production includes Louis E. Keith, general chairman; L. C.

LeGwin, program; Jimmy Gray and Joe Robinson, tickets; Frank Reissner, trans port at ion Kenny Neil, art designer; C. T. Lewis, publicity Charles Cornell, electrical effects, and Benny Johnson, ushers. As in the past, proceeds from Hi-Mate will ro to the Athletic association. 1 i prize winner in the October suggestion contest with his pro posal for a jig for flanging sheet metal, similar to a Lockformer machine, bringing him a $50 War bond.

There were two other bond winners and several received War Saving stamps for their ideas. Proposing a shaper attach ment for cutting and facing chocks, James Danion, 92094, of the Machine Shop, was award ed a $25 bond. The other went to Duke Amerson, 64381, of the Fitters, for an improved ventila tion hanger. Other awards were: J. W.

Lanier, 69292, Erectors $10 in stamps, No. 6822, adjustable snreader for light bulk heads. J. E. Blow, 91439, Plumbers $10 in stamps, No.

7052, sug gested additional flat bar rung to facilitate access to double bottoms in way of oil tight and water tight bulkheads. Lloyd M. Babson, 92091, Machine shop, $5 in stamps, No. 5443, vice for holding electrode holder while burning off threaded end. E.

J. Gravely, 85029, Electrical, $5 in stamps, No. 7050, suggested usable idea for improving the North Carolina Shipbuilder. L. M.

Beny, 64062, Fitters, $5 in stamps, No. 6824, suggested flange between frames 46 and 47 making section of vent trunk between frames 41 and 47 portable. G. E. Jacobs, 68244, and E.

M. Sears, 68104, both of the Shipwrights, jointly awarded $5 in stamps for sug gestion No. 6548, a new method for fastening steel spauls ribband. to Trading Centers Are Beini Shops To Bo Operated In Lake Forest And Maffitt Village Commercial establishments at Lake Forest and Maffitt Village, where several thousand employees of the North Carolina Shipbuilding company a housed, are now being opened. A full block of stores has been completed at Lake Forest and another in Maffitt Village, on Vance Street opposite the Vance building.

Each block will contain a grocery store, drug store, a bar ber shop, a beauty shop, and a laundry pickun station, in ad dition. the Maffitt Village build ing will contain a sub-postoffice and a Negro barber shop. The grocery store at Lake Forest will be operated by the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea company and the Maffitt Village grocery by Keid Urotners, a 10 cal concern. Opening of these establish ments is expected to be a great convenience to shipyard work ers in housing developments operated by the Housing Authority of the City of Wilming ton. A third commercial block lo cated on the Carolina Beach road opposite Maffitt Village is under construction and should be in operation by the end of I Opened if KILLED Pfc.

Douglas Fair banks Potter, formerly employed in the Personnel department of the yard, was fatally injured in an airplane accident near Pratt, Kansas, on October 4. Entering the Army Air Force about a year ago, he is one of the first of former North Carolina Shipbuilders to give his life for his country. At the time of his death he was a radio operator and aerial gunner of the 45th Bomber squadron. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

I. D. Potter, of Wilmington; five brothers and a sister. Shipbuilders Preparing To Contribute To Chest Campaign (Continued from page 5) ings supplied; 2,357 meals sup plied: 187 fuel orders given; 3.882 garments given; 2,006 prisoners visited; 2,252 lodgings eiven servicemen, and 116 per sons for whom temporary posi tions were found. TRAVELER'S AID FILLS MAJOR WAR-TIME ROLE Traveler's Aid, maintained in the Atlantic Coast Line station by Miss Julia Yopp and two part-time assistants, has handled 673 cases within the past several months services of food, lodging, loans for trans portation and the like.

In addition, information has been provided 14,409 men in the armed forces, 2,974 war production workers, 6,385 associated civil ians and 6,681 other civilians. Traveler's Aid has been operating here since 1913, serv ing Wilmington through two wars and the attendant booms in industrial activity. PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY The Wilmington Public Health Nursing association began to function in December, 1918, although since 1904 provisions have been made for the sick-poor of the community by interested organizations. Wilmington was the first city in the state to have a public health nurse. Miss Columbia Two All-Yard With preparations under way for two good shows the Shipyard Variety Jamboree and the annual edition of Hi-Mate November will offer plenty of aerossi-the-footlights entertainment for the yard's employees and their friends.

The first of the revues, the Jamboree, will be presented at Thalian Hall on November 8 and 9, and Hi-Mate will have its three-day run at New Hanover High school on November 16, 17 and 18. A. D. "Windy" Sellers will be Master of Ceremonies for. the Jamboree, proceeds from which will go to the Welders Athletic club and the Shipyard Ath the ships and we look for their bad points.

There's some both; but, working together, we make a pretty good team the yard and us Wre fighting Hitler, not each other and all due credit to you who build the ships to win the War. More Employees Join Army, Navy 3,856 Ex-Shipbuilder8 Are Serving In The Armed Forces mKr nf formo. Mnrth the 4,000 mark as 192 terminat ed during the Sept. 15-Oct. 15 period to enter the Army, Navy Qther fi hti fo In addition maify hae gone to sea tJ utiu mail siuui9 niuvui ui geveral the hel build U1USC BUanancailV ed.

the available records show that uary 15, iy, a total Of einyiuveea iciiiiiiiaicu ciitvi fiCfVKCS. omve umv nine more ve laid down thelr "VE T'oa DUHng the past 30-day pe f1' the Welders, with 71 men, ed the out of the yard camPs and Flt: I lei WCfC BCVUI1U Wltll UO 11U the Plumbers next with eleven The majority went i into the 11 .1 a LDrancn 01 service receivea ai least one man ana one young woman joined the WAVES ICapt. Roqer Williams Jg Renamed Officer Of "1 bnipOUlIaerS UOUnCll Pontnin Roirer Williams. president of the company, has been re-elected vice-president of the Shipbuilders' Council of America. Homer L.

Ferguson, chairman of the board, is a member of the organization's board of directors, ff. Gerrish Smith is president and C. C. TTnprr ia spcrpfftrv-trpnsurpr of tne Council. The Council was formerly known as the National Council of American Shipbuilders but the name was changed several months ago.

In addition, Captain Wil liams is serving on two special committees of the United States Chamber of Commerce. One is a special transportation group whose purpose is to propose a basic policy for the conversion of the country transport net work into a permanent system. The other committee will deal with the "utilization of war piaitts auu out pus jiupei. ijr SALES STORE NOTICES It is necessary to have an or der, signed by your Foreman or Assistant Foreman, for the purchase of locks, shields and gog- i gles at the Retail Sales store. A supply of ladies work saf ety shoes, ladies blue denim uniforms, ladies' khaki suits and ear defenders has been Shows Scheduled During November letic association.

Music will be furnished by the Melody Barons, an eleven-piece orchestra, and the cast of 40 will include Arizona Jim, the yodelmg cowboy, the Dixie Ramblers and the Three Tartt Sisters, with Mrs. Naomie Dickert as pianist. Rehearsals for Hi-Mate, which will again be under the direction of Larry Drin-ard, are in progress and, according to reports, this year's presentation will be even better than the previous ones. The First act will feature "The Gay Ninety Revue with several of the songs and dances of that colorful era being presented. A mammoth mins- the.