The North Carolina Shipbuilder from Wilmington, North Carolina • Page 5

April 1, 1944 THE NORTH CAROLINA SHIPBUILDER. Page 5 A (id MOVIES Thousands of shipbuilders watch a motion picture of our fighting men in action as another restricted film is shown here. The series of programs, given each Friday night at the lunch hour, was started in January with films released through the Industrial Service division of the Bureau of Public Relations of the War department. Among the 30-minute pictures exhibited have been "Kill or Be Killed," "Baptism of Fire," "War Communiques" and "Life and Death of Carrier Hornet." James D. Wynne, Safety Engineer of the Liberty Mutual Insurance company in the yard, loaned his projector and gave his services to help make the programs possible.

I -imii rThi tJF I I sir to 3 Eager to do their share in the -tff- ii ii Pi 4 Cash Suggestion Awards Adopted Will Not Involve Tax As Far As Winner Is Concerned Effective with the March awards, persons submitting acceptable ideas in the Suggestion system here will receive their awards in cash in lieu of War bonds, according to a recent ruling received from the U. S. Maritime commission. In addition, the award will not involve the federal withholding tax' is faf as 5 the recipient is concerned. The new arrangement means this: In the past, when an employee was awarded a bond, say one of $25 maturity denomination, at the time it was presented its monetary value was actually $18.75 and the withholding tax was later deducted from his or her pay, Now, in a case in which the prize is similar to the above, the winner will receive $25 in cash and no Withholding tax deduction will be made from his or her pay check.

This new system is expected to be an added incentive to employees to submit suggestions to the committee. 1 WOMEN PIPE COVERERS great assistance in helping the cases, the women have replaced selves good workers. In the Mrs. J. W.

Stephens, Mrs. M. L. Pipe Coverers department maintain production schedules. In many men going into the armed services and they have proved them picture, are Mrs.

N. S. Davis, Fountain, Mrs. L. T.

Presnell, Mrs. E. N. Soles, Mrs. M.

T. Chest nut, Mrs F. M. Ridge, Mrs. E.

P. Carswell, Mrs. A. Hines, Mrs. L.

C. Clayton, Mrs. E. C. Bat-son, Mrs.

B. C. Ward, Mrs. L. L.

Elliott, Mrs. M. Crawford, Mrs. R. M.

Watts, Mrs. M. L. Spencer, Mrs. J.

E. Stewart, Mrs. L. B. Gause, Mrs.

E. P. Bridges, Mrs. L. G.

Jackson, Mrs. B. S. Chadwick, ti- fin war effort, they have been of supervisor, Mrs. C.

B. Braswell, Merntt, Mrs. P. W. Mason, Mrs A.

M. Walker, Mrs. B. W. Mrs.

P. S. Johnson, Mrs. C. trimmed by hand.

The Ionic nies. The finest wood carvings are found in the dining room on the second floor. In colonial times it was customary to have the principal rooms upstairs. There are two side windows in the dining room. Fluted pilasters are at the end corners of the chimney.

Around the room is a solid wood wainscoat. In each niche is a single mahogany shelf, which was used either for serving or for service display. Those who have been privileg ed to inspect the interior of the splendid old residence, which Cornwallis commandeered while in Wilmington, by no violent stretch of imagination, can easily picture the comfort and lux ury in which he and his aides lived while there. A mental picture comes while passing through the house, with its quiet and peaceful atmosphere. One can then visualize for himself the DomD and dignity of the brilliantly garbed British offi i-' Ml- 1iujiii Tarawa Requiem To you, who lie within this coral sand We, who remain, pay tribute of a pledge That dying, thou shalt surely not Have died in vain.

That when again bright morning dyes the sky And waving fronds above shall touch the rain, We give you this that in those times We will remember. We lived and fought together, thou and we, And sought to keep the flickering torch, aglow That all our loved ones might forever know The blessed warmth exceeding flame The everlasting scourge of bondsman's chains Liberty and light. When we with loving hands laid back the earth That was for moments short to couch thy form We did not bid a last and sad farewell But only, "Rest ye well." Then with this humble, heartfelt epitaph That pays thy many virtues sad acclaim We marked this spot, and, murm'ring requiem, Moved on to Westward. By an Unknown Marine. selves "at home" in a splendid colonial residence occupied long before their coming by the own ers, and even after their de parture until the passing of the final individual owner a few years ago.

The Society of Colonial Dames intend to preserve the early work and to restore the original features where nineteenth century changes have been made. Old mantels will be installed where the first ones are miss ing. The carriage house in the rear court-yard will be converted into an assembly or exhibition building. In the basement, or old jail, will be a modern kitchen and waiting room. Behind the house the garden will be ter raced and planted in accordance with the structural beauty of the historic house.

The City of Wilmington has recently leased the building from the Colonial Dames and has remodeled and refurnished it as an officers club. It will be used for the duration of the war by officers stationed in this area. "The Cornwallis House" Here One Of Nation's Most Historic Structures Mrs. B. S.

Ivey, Miss A. E. Suggs, M. M. Todd.

Mrs. R. P. Gregory, Crosby, Mrs. C.

H. Fowler, Mrs. Domler and Mrs. A. B.

Walton. organization to completely restore the house to its orierinal condition. Necessarily, war interferences have temporarily porch columns resemble Jeffer son's home, Monticello. These re-placed square posts of an earlier date. The stairway and central hall are characteristic of 1750 in England and the colo-halted such plans, but it is the miraose to make them effective just as soon as conditions per mit.

It is rather a stranee coin cidence that this same residence was frequented by Federal officers near the end of the War Between the States. This happened after the fall of Fort Fisher, south of Wilmington, and a short time prior to the surrender of General Lee to General Grant. From the viewpoint of having been a place where British officers in the Revolution, and Federal officers in more recent days, were given rest and forced entertainment. the historic place is probably Mrs. E.

P. Padgett, Mrs. A. T. Mrs.

V. L. Hoyle, supervisor, T. B. Flynt," Mrs.

B. B. Herring, traditions and sentimental historical association justify the statement that, it should be better known among those who give attention to such relics of early Colonial days. Lord Charles Cornwallis was an interesting figure in British military circles. He is said' to have been a strange combination of gentleman and brute; of kindly soldier and ruthless despot.

History relates that he was in the Wilmington section several times during the Revolutionary war. Within several weeks after he and his forces left Wilmington in the spring of 1781, they were forced to surrender at Yorktown. Removal of many layers of paint throughout the interior, has shown the original -j deep grays, soft blues, greens, coffee and buffs which were typical of the eighteenth century. The original wide board floors of native pine are still intact. In the attic can be seen the hand hewn laths of various widths, Mrs.

Among the historic houses of the United States, many employees of our yard may be interested to know that there are probably none in better condition or of more attractive nature than a comfortable Colonial home, at the corner of Third and Market streets in Wilmington. This residence since Revolutionary War days has always been known as "The Cornwallis House," since it served as headquarters for the British forces when Wilmington was captured in April of 1781. The invaders were commanded by Lord Charles Cornwallis. Hence the designation which has been attached to the place for nearly, two centuries. Although quite near 200 years old, the residence is in a nprfpct.

state of preservation. Inspired with a desire to make this place an historical shrine, the North Carolina Society of Colonial Dames of America nnrchased the nrooertv recent and the massive beams cut and uneaualed in this country. Its cers, while they made them lv. It is the intention of the.