From the Feb. 7th Wilmington (NC) Star News.
FEBRUARY 3, 1942--
Due to sugar shortages, area soft drink bottlers announced they would begin rationing their wares.
FEBRUARY 4, 1942--
The Virginia Dare, named for the first English child born in America (at the Lost Colony) became the third freighter launched by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington.
FEBRUARY 5, 1942--
The Plantation Club on Carolina Beach Road, south of Wilmington, had an ad telling of "dancing, swell food and jolly crowds. No cover. $1.50 minimum.
Well, Folks Had to Let Off a Little Steam. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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