from James Hewett: “My cousin Howard Hewett passed away Monday Oct 6th in Vermont. His funeral will be Saturday in Texas.” Between 2014 and 2015 from his home in Jones Creek, TX, Howard actively wrote many articles for the Federal … read more
by Howard Hewett Being Staked Out on the Beach When I was very young, no more than two or three, my mother was a “Fisher Woman” extraordinaire. Mother and Clara Danner loved to surf fish on the beach in … read more
By Howard Hewett, November 2014 There is one story about my grandfather, Albert Walker Hewett, and my grandmother, Addie Jane Hewett, that occurred when my father Howard Curtis Hewett was around 12 years old and my Aunt Ethel Virginia Hewett … read more
by Howard Hewett, Submitted: November 2014 The Hewett-Lewis-Davis-Henniker families with the help of others started Federal Point Methodist Episcopal Church. The certification of the Federal Point Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was established by Bishop R. G. Waterhouse on November 23, … read more
The October-November “Pop-eyed” Mullet Run Submitted by: Howard Hewett, Jones Creek, TX – August 20, 2014 In late October early November, the fall Atlantic mullet run was a major food supply for the Hewett-Lewis family as far back as the … read more
Fishing off Fort Fisher in a Small Boat – in the 1940s and 50s Submitted: August 22, 2014 Text by: Howard Hewett – Growing up on Federal Point, NC Fairly close to Fort Fisher, there are some rocks (coquina) that … read more
Submitted by: Howard Hewett: August 24, 2014 The last six pictures below show our home at 833 S. Fort Fisher Blvd over the years. The house is still there today. My Dad, Curtis Hewett, built our family house in 1932. … read more
[Originally published in the July, 1996 FPHPS Newsletter – Sandy Jackson, editor] [Editor (1996): The following article on the Federal Point Methodist Church written by Jim Hardie originally appeared in the Wilmington News on February 23, 1956. I wish to … read more
By Elaine Henson The Breakers Hotel, Part II The Breakers Hotel opened for its second summer season under the management of Forrest Smith. An article in the Wilmington News Dispatch dated June 5, 1925, stated that he planned for the … read more
Darlene Bright, History Center Director The History Center recorded 43 visitors in November. We had 42 in attendance at the November meeting as well as 48 at the special Howard Hewett program on Nov. 2. The gift shop took in … read more
