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
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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