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It was one of those bright balmy April days in Wilmington, a time which in later years would become famous as Azalea Festival season.
The champagne bottle, gaudily festooned with official ribbons, caught the sun glints as the teenage girl from Fayetteville carefully grasped it and waited for her big moment.
Then at a signal, Jean Huske gave the bottle a hearty push toward the bulky wall of metal that loomed in front of her.
With a stupendous shattering, the bottle exploded. A photographer caught the very second when the great cloud of foam hung in the air and the ship was properly christened.
And so 65 years ago began the short and ultimately tragic career of the SS Robert Rowan, a World WarII Liberty ship bearing the name of Fayetteville’s most illustrious Patriot leader of the War of Independence.
If the vessel’s end would be tragic, its launching was an appropriately festive moment.
It was April 8, 1943, and the crowd at the launching platform in busy N.C. Shipbuilding Co. included several dozen of Fayetteville’s leading citizens.
The list counted the mayor, officials of the chamber of commerce, ladies from the Robert Rowan chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the commanding general of Fort Bragg and U.S. Rep. Bayard Clark, a Democrat from Fayetteville.
And then there was the bevy of young women taking the day off from school, designated as maids-of-honor for Miss Huske.
All were from old Fayetteville families. Miss Huske and her two younger sisters, Rosalie and Pat, were children of William O. Huske, a World War I veteran who was a champion of river improvement efforts for the Cape Fear.
Others were Betty London Wooten, Anna Parker Sutton, Kate Sutton and Lizzle Dell Sutton.

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“I think it’s the kind of thing that’s catching,” coach Roy Williams said. “Every day I talk about moving yourself and moving the ball intelligently.”
Lawson seems to have few lingering problems from the sprained left ankle that sidelined him for six games in February. In a 108-77 victory against Arkansas, Lawson scored 19 points on 6-for-9 shooting with seven assists.
“He’s just a huge asset for this team,” forward Marcus Ginyard said. “Obviously, with him at 100 percent, this team runs a lot better.”
Roy Hibbert found himself in foul trouble in Georgetown’s last two losses. The 7-foot-2-inch center fouled out of the Hoyas’ upset loss to Davidson, playing only 16 minutes and scoring six points. Hibbert, a senior, was also limited in the Big East championship game loss to Pittsburgh, when he picked up four fouls. … Stephen Curry was at it again. One game after dropping 40—30 in the second half—on Gonzaga, the Davidson guard scored 25 of his 30 in the second half to overcome a 17-point deficit against Georgetown. He scored 18 of Davidson’s final 22. … Davidson extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 24 games. … In the crowd for the Davidson-Georgetown game were three former NBA players watching their sons. Dell Curry, Patrick Ewing Sr., whose son Patrick Jr. plays for Georgetown, and Doc Rivers, whose son Jeremiah plays for Georgetown. Former Davidson coach Lefty Driesell and Heat coach Pat Riley also attended.

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