Star-News, Wilmington, N.C., Back Then column

Source: Star-News, Wilmington, N.自存倉C.Aug. 28--From the StarNews archives:70 years agoAug. 10, 1943: With German U-boats patrolling off our coast, the last thing the military wanted was to let the enemy get detailed information about landmarks and other features of the area coast. The Star reported that headquarters of the Eastern Defense Command banned civilian photography on large portions of the beach. In fact, the southeastern part was the only portion of the North Carolina coastline on which any photography was allowed. It also was illegal to take photographs from airplanes and illegal to make paintings or drawings of beach landmarks.50 years agoAug. 9, 1963: Racial barriers continued to fall at the StarNews as the paper was regularly runnning photos of black people in its pages, a practice that I had not seen until 1963. On this date, the Star ran a prominent story and photo on Miss Ezzell J. Johnson taking over as principal of Mary Washington Howe School. She succeeded George L. Talley, who had been named principal of Peabody School. Miss Johnson was a graduate of Williston High School, Elizabeth City State and the University of Pittsburgh. She had taught fourth grade at Peabody School.Aug. 9, 1963: Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, infant son of President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, died at a Boston pediatric hospital two days after his birth. The president was with his son at the time of death and Mrs. Kennedy remained hospitalized in a different facility. The child was born five weeks premature and died of respiratory distress. The Kennedys had lost another child, Arabella, who was stillborn. A funeral mass was held on August 10, 1963, in the private chapel of Cardinal Richard Cushing in Boston. Patrick initially was buried in Brookline, Mass. His body, and that of Arabella, were re-interred on Dec. 5, 1963, alongside their father at Arlington National Cemetery, according to "Grace and Power: The Private World of the Kennedy White House," by Sally Bedell Smith.(There are a lot of fascinating facts about the Kennedy gravesite. I did not realize that in 1967, when the current, more elaborate Kennedy gravesite was opened, the president's casket, along with the two children, were disinterred and moved to the new site. Robert Kennedy, Edward Kennedy and President Johnson were both at the unannounced event, which was held at night. La迷你倉新蒲崗er Robert Kennedy would be buried nearby, as would Jackie Kennedy. John F. Kennedy Jr. was cremated and his remains were scattered at sea off Martha's Vineyard after he died in a plane crash).Aug. 11, 1963: As local lovers of history and architecture know too well, there was a period in Wilmington's past when "tear it down" was favored over "preserve it." In fact, the so-called ubran renewal movement was in high gear in Wilmington and led to the loss of many prominent buildings.However, there was good news on this date as the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society announced a fundraising drive to save the historic Latimer House at Third and Orange streets and use it as the group's headquarters. The group needed to raise $20,000 to buy the house from Herbert Latimer, in whose family the house has been since it was built in 1852.The cost of the vacant building was $12,000 and another $8,000 was needed for renovation. N. Winfield Sapp Jr., the group's president, noted that little had been done to date to preserve historic homes in Wilmington and he hoped the efforts on the Latimer House would get the ball rolling.Aug. 10, 1963: Did you see any of these movies? Manor -- "PT109," with Cliff Robertson; Bailey -- "The Young Racers," with Mark Damon and Luana Anders. Crest -- "The Music Man," with Robert Preston, Shirley Jones and Buddy Hackett; Colony -- "A Ticklish Affair," with Shirley Jones and Gig Young; "Flipper," with Chuck Connors. At the drive-ins: Wrightsville Road -- "West Side Story," with Natalie Wood; Starway -- "The Black Zoo." Skyway -- "The Checkered Flag," and "Trigger Happy," with Maureen O'Hara.Aug. 12, 1963: Topping the record charts -- 1. "Fingertips," Little Steve Wonder; 2. "Candy Girl," Four Seasons. 3. "Blowing in the Wind," Peter Paul & Mary; 4. "Surf City," Jan and Dean. 5. "Wipe Out," The Sufaris; 6. "Easier Said Than Done," Essex; 7. "You're the Devil in Disguise," Elvis Presley; 8. "So Much in Love," Tymes; 9. Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport," Rolf Harris. 10. "Judy's Turn to Cry," Leslie Gore.Contact Scott Nunn at Scott.Nunn@StarNewsOnline.com or 1003 S. 17th St., Wilmington, N.C., 28402. See the Back Then archive at StarNewsOnline.com/backthen.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Star-News (Wilmington, N.C.) Visit the Star-News (Wilmington, N.C.) at .starnewsonline.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉出租