A woman named Diane Ritchie who works for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Chattanooga, Tennessee was seeking information and photos of St. Lawrence for an article that she wanted to publish. One of her responsibilities with the Chattanooga Times is producing a tabloid about character of education which is distributed to all of their school children. (Approx. 45,000 students, K-12).

December's character trait was "Caring". In the tabloid they chosen to do a story about Lanier Phillips and the care he received from the St. Lawrence community during The Disaster of The Truxton and The Pollux in February 1942.

She heard the story about the disaster of the Truxton and Pollux on NPR Radio a few months ago and was taken by it. She thought the generosity of St. Lawrence shaped Mr. Phillip's future so positively. She added it will be a great character teaching tool for their students.

She found this web site about St. Lawrence and wanted to use some info and she was seeking a photo of Mr. Phillips also. I sent her the photo that it is enclosed in the preceding article. She was impressed by our hometown and the generosity and hospitality that St. Lawrence displayed during this dreadful disaster.