Launching of the S.S. Reuben Tipton on April 20, 1945. It was the 211th ship completed by the NC Shipbuilding Company. Pictured left to right are Joseph E. Lykes, president of Lykes Bros.; Miss Mathilde Conway Farrell, neice of Mrs. Tipton; Miss...
Launching of the SS Abner Nash, hull 41, on November 15, 1942, at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington, NC. The sponsor was Mrs. J. Lawrence Sprunt. Pictured left to right are Roger Williams, president of the North Carolina...
Launching party of the S.S. Stella Lykes on Feb. 17, 1945. It was the 202nd ship completed by the NC Shipbuilding Company. Pictured left to right are Thomas Bartles, representing the Lykes brothers; Mrs. P.A. Wilson; Mr. W.H. Blakeman; Mrs. Shaw,...
The launching part of the U.S.S. Adirondack took place Jan. 13, 1945. Pictured left to right are Mr. P.F. Halsey; Mrs. Harry T. Johnson; Mr. E.L. White; Mrs. L.B. Grainger; W.S. McMahon; Mrs. J. Chadbourne and Mrs. E.L. White, sponsor.
Launching party for the S.S. Santa Barbara on Jan. 24, 1946. Pictured left to right are Phillip B. Iglehart, vice president of Grace Line, Inc.; Arthur C. Diehl, vice president of Naco Fertilizer Co.; Mr. Alan Corey, Jr.; Godfrey MacDonald,...
Launching of the SS James Sprunt, hull 64, on February 2, 1943, at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington, NC. The ship was sponsored by Miss Charlotte Sprunt. Pictured left to right are: J. Lawrence Sprunt, uncle of sponsor;...
Hall family, Pharmacists, pharmacies, Oakdale Cemetery
Dr. James Malcolm Hall at his drug store on 5th and Castle Streets, which he owned and operated since 1901. Mr. Hall, otherwise known as "Doc Hall," and "The Mayor of Drypond," (for his active role in civic matters), was born in Sampson County,...
Oak trees, hung with Spanish moss.
By 1910, Pembroke Jones (1858-1919) had acquired considerable acreage on the north shore of Bradley Creek. Jones was a wealthy man, who married Sadie Wharton Green (1859-1943). He named his property, "Airlie,"...
By 1910, Pembroke Jones (1858-1919) had acquired considerable acreage on the north shore of Bradley Creek. Jones was a wealthy man, who married Sadie Wharton Green (1859-1943). He named his property, "Airlie," after an English estate of the same...
By 1910, Pembroke Jones (1858-1919) had acquired considerable acreage on the north shore of Bradley Creek. Jones was a wealthy man, who married Sadie Wharton Green (1859-1943). He named his property, "Airlie," after an English estate of the same...
By 1910, Pembroke Jones (1858-1919) had acquired considerable acreage on the north shore of Bradley Creek. Jones was a wealthy man, who married Sadie Wharton Green (1859-1943). He named his property, "Airlie," after an English estate of the same...
By 1910, Pembroke Jones (1858-1919) had acquired considerable acreage on the north shore of Bradley Creek. Jones was a wealthy man, who married Sadie Wharton Green (1859-1943). He named his property, "Airlie," after an English estate of the same...
By 1910, Pembroke Jones (1858-1919) had acquired considerable acreage on the north shore of Bradley Creek. Jones was a wealthy man, who married Sadie Wharton Green (1859-1943). He named his property, "Airlie," after an English estate of the same...
A large gathering turned out for the launching of the U.S.S. Ottawa. Pictured left to right are Col. William S. Pritchard; Lt. Col. H.E. Willett; Brig. Gen. Henry C. Coburn; Miss Mary Pritchard; Mrs. Coburn; Mr. MacMillan; Mrs. MacMillan; Mrs....
The launching of the S.S. Red Gauntlet took place May 5, 1945. It was the 199th ship completed by the NC Shipbuilding Company. It was the 213th ship completed by the NC Shipbuilding Company. Pictured left to right are P.F. Halsey; Mrs. Sidney...
Launching of the S.S. Eugene Lykes on June 8, 1945. It was the 217th ship completed by the NC Shipbuilding Company. Pictured left to right are Eugene Lykes, son of sponsor; Mrs. Paul A. Wilson; P.F. Halsey; Mrs. Halsey; Ferderick E. Lykes,...
Launching party of the S.S. Dick Lykes took place Aug. 20, 1945. Pictured left to right are Miss Mason Mallory; Lt. Col. Charles Lykes, son of Mrs. J.M. Lykes; Miss Mary Jo Johnson; Mr. P.F. Halsey, vice president and general manager of NC...
Preparing to christen the S.S. Santa Maria. Pictured left to right are Mrs. Robert Blake, daughter of sponsor; Mr. Godfrey Macdonald; Mrs. Arthur C. Diehl, sponsor; Mr. W.S. McMahon; Mr. Arthur C. Diehl; Mrs. Jackson Balch, daughter of sponsor;...
Launching of the SS George Davis at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company located in Wilmington, NC. Pictured left to right are Thomas W. Davis, ACL; two unknown people; Mrs. Sidney J. MacMillan; Mrs. Thomas W. Davis; an unknown person; Mr. S.P....