North Carolina Newspapers

Most Of The News I Ah The Time M^TWE LVE. NO. 1 I Judge Essays J Prize Contest tfore Week-End Budging Must Be CompletAnd Winning Papers (({turned Respective I jchools Before Com ntncement Program iVM.VO ESSAYS WILL BE READ rjt And Second Place ^ Winners In Both Divis ions At Each School B Already Chosen -^ $100 prise essay con-n Why We Should Protect - forests Prom Fire" came to Ipril 15, and winfor each school were decides hy local judges last week, niarg essays from three of five schools have been turnto M:ss Annie May Woodand the county judges plan -r.eet Thursday night in her o select the first and sec j place winners in both the grammar grade llie county judges are Miss txesie. < ? R. Foulke, Jr., ^B C. Bragaw. L. T. Yaskell and ^Kcies M. Harper. Jr. a cash prize of $3.00 was I farced to each of the first place I - =nhn?| onnteet I I Foe's in uit.t "WW. L a pnje of $2.00 went to the Dtrs-up. In the county-wide first prize in each diviL. Kju be $15.00 in cash while Lrd piace winners will receive MM each. [special recognition will be given hi place winners in the school Ltests, for they will be asked f, read their winning papers L j feature of the commencefcr.t program. [I full list of winners, including Le county and local school chamfers, wiil be printed next week lie State Port Pilot. lev. J. R. Potts Receives Honor lamed Delegate To Gen- . eral Assembly Of Presbyterian Churches At Chat- | tanooga In May Rev. J. R. Potts pastor of lutbport Presbyterian church, r. A, D. P. Gilmore, pastor of * First Presbyterian church of Ihmr.gton. and Rev. R. M. fie, pastor of Winter Park wtyterian church, Wilmington, in been named delegates to the i nera! Assembly of the Presbyhar. church, which is to be held Chattanooga. Tenn., in May. Bus happened last week when r. Potts attmdprl thp snrinp' _ ? ?X o ^Bscr. of the Wilmington PresK'1 at Atkinson. / M: Potts was called upon on Hn different occasions for exH (Continued on page 4) Late War I Bulletins : tor.ts in Norway this week shrouded in mystery. Conreports leave usually well ^Btantd sources in the dark, are rumors of battle in places. The Germans conto land troops in the South * part of Norway, but find difficulty in landing big r-' and supplies. The English landed troops and are reto have contacted the Nor;Hhgian troops and retaken sev^Bj' cities. Hakaan is said to be | ?n Norwegian soil, but his ^P&rabouts are kept secret. %h Allied sources suspect *' the Norwegian campaign *1 he a cover for a blitzkrieg the Irw countries. The and Belgiums continue to *wate civilians from areas borGermany. Their armies ?pt at full strength and are Japan' -e have offered their for the protection of the East Indies in case the vg*Ms js attacked by GerE ' fh' .m colonies are imrich and contain- much We raw -. >torial Japan needs. r"t'-d States Secretary Hull j^Ptly warned the Japanese j'a-v ait'-mpt to meddle in of the Dutch colonies Kb!,ir"lu(1'cial to the cause B, ?wity j'acc and security in L^stirt Pacific area". B^ * Italian press has grown re out spoken in fd"Untl;?tion of the Allies. stvr of Econorrtic bluntly wanicd Italy if BL^'M to be treated as a dl- sh<- must act as a ncuB 'lJi " ported that Italy is iGogpKued on page 4) TH1 3 $ SAFETY POLICEMEN?Above ? Southport high school safet maintained a fine record of two years. Front row, left tc Simmons, Hugh Price, Jimi second row: Afton Smith, J Russ, Ralph Sellers. Wallace mie Ward, Joe Sam Lougl Phelps, Tom Gilbert; four Bobby Thorsen, Ralph Potte wood; fifth row: Harvey O dolDh Sellers and Charles J< Federal Expen Brunswi This Amount Spent In This < Through June 30, To B Federal expenditures ii $1,231,720 from March 4, ! cording to a report of expi week from Senator J. W. B Of this amount, repayable loans) amounted tb~$25l7937)'whi]e norf-| repayable loans totaled $979,783, according to the report. In addition, Federal Housing Administration loans and mortgages accepted for insurance amounted to $12,302; farm debt reductions to $8,123 ana project allotments under the Public Roads Administration to $90,810. Loans under current and completed programs include: n iotir*n Tainan op for poration, $18,206; Land Bank Commissioner, $54,705; Emergency Crop and Feed, $80,406; Rural Rehabilitation, $15,316; Rural Electrification Administation, (Brunswick County's part). $58,667; Home Owners Loan Cor(Continued on page 4) County Council Elects Officers Mrs. L. H. Reynolds, Of Leland, Elected President, Succeeding Mrs. George H. Cannon, Of Bolivia The final meeting of the Brunswick County Parent Teacher Council was held at the Bolivia school on April 12th. ( The following officers were elected: Mrs. L. H. Reynolds, Leland, president; Mrs. C. Ed Taylor, Southport, vice-president; A. J. Walton, Waccamaw, secretary; Mrs. Plaxco, Southport, treasurer. Retiring officers are: Mrs. Geo. Cannon, president; Mrs. E. H. Cranmer, vice-president; Mrs. J. (Continued on page 4) Weekly Fishin: Planned I yr? n ?"" - Southport will have regular summer fishing excursions from Charlotte this spring, summer and fall beginning on Saturday, May 1st. Thereafter on each Saturday afternoon, through September and possibly October and November, regular runs will be made. Transportation will be by coach. Four meals at Southport, rooms, boat and all legitimate expenses will be taken care of by the promoters of the tours of excursions. Each man and woman making the trip will know in advance the exact cost of making the trip. Following .supper here at 6 o'clock Sunday afternoons the bus will return to Charlotte. The entire thing will be managed on the plans usually followed by the big tourists agencies. E ST J A Goo< 4-PAGES TODAY J PATROL '*~^r ** C hm * ire shown members of the y patrol, a group that has performance during the past , right: W. A. Russ, Herbert -nie Smith, Jimmie Dosher; r., John Carr Davis, Jimmie Moore, Jr.; third row ^ Jim win, Koscoe Rogers, Kalpn th row: Charles Hickman, r, J. C. Miller, Thomas Fulutlaw, Johnie Simmons, Ruihnson. iditures In ck $1,231,720 bounty From March 4, 1933, , 1939, According ailey l Brunswick county totaled 1933, to June 30, 1939, acenditures received here last iailey. Familiar Name, Familiar Place A local newsman boarded the Morning Star Monday night and grinned with appreciation when he noted her home port was Wilmington. She is the beautiful 85-foot motor-sailor of E. E. Du Pont of Wilmington Delaware, and is in command of Captain B. Moberg and a crew of ten men. Among the five other yachts here tonight the Agawam, 110 foot cruiser of Robert Barbour of New Jersey, arrived after dark from sea, and is anchored in the harbor. She is ii% command of Captain J. Hawkins and also has a crew of ten men. Mr. Barbour is a brother of Senator Warren Barbour, widely known New Jersey Senator. ; Cancer Control Program Ending Final Two Weeks Of Drive Gets Underway With A Committee Appointed To J Solicit Funds For Southport Mrs. L. C. Fergus, county chairman of the drive now in progress for funds for cancer control, announces that the final two weeks I of the campaign are here, i The Woman's Field Army is | (Continued on page 4.) g Excursion *rom Charlotte Southport got the nod for the terminal of the trips partly because qt nearness to Charlotte and partly because of the extra good fishing to be found here. The coach will carry 48 passengers and it is expected that a minimum of not less than 25 men and women will make each trip. Additional transportation will be available at such times when the number in the party exceeds the capacity of the coach. Mr. Hunt of Charlotte, one of the promotors, spent the weekend here with W. B. Keziah of the Brunswick Chamber of Commerce,, arranging for meals, rooms and boats. Plans at the Charlotte fend have already been gone over and one of the large hotels there will handle the sale of tickets. VTE 1 I News paper Ir Southport, N. G., Wedn( Leland Youth S Fatally Hurt By Automobile Milton Lee Stewart, 10- M Year#-Of-Age, Was Hit By Car Driven By W. L. Hobbs, Jr., Of AcmeDelco, Monday ' \* CORONER'S INOUEST TONIGHT AT" LELAND Ic Reported That Boy Was 1 Watching Train Pass and Stepped Into Path Of Oncoming Machine Milton Lee Stewart, 10-year- e* old son of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan tr W. Stewart, of Leland, was fatal- Bl ly injured late Monday afternoon ar when he was struck by an auto- th mobile driven by W. L. Hobbs, | ta Jr., of Delco, while walking on th the highway near his home. He died a short time after he w was brought to James Walker al Memorial hospital in Wilmington. sc An inquest into tne aeath will le be held at Ganey's Store at w Woodburn Wednesday night at ui 8 o'clock. Hobbs is being held pi under bond pending the outcome st of the inquest. fi' State highway patrolmen who A investigated the accident said that te it occurred about 5:15 o'clock, Ct about one-fourth mile west of ^ Leland station, on highway 74 and 76. Sheriff Dillon Ganey said the th boy was standing beside the highway watching a passing train P1 and, apparently not hearing the car, walked out on the road in oi the path of the approaching au- ei tomobile. SI A jury was impanelled by Cor- ai oner John G. Caison at the hos- nr pital Monday night to view the body. gi The boy is survived by his ai parents; two sisters, Sarah and w Kathleen Stewart, both of Leland. hi Funeral services were held tl from the New Hope Baptist in church Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 n o'clock with the Rev. H S. a' Strickland officiating. Interment al followed in the Chinnis cemetery. ir Hurries Thru * Heavy Docket I Numerous Cases Disposed f Of Before Judge Walter Sta[naland Here In Re- . corder's Court Monday ^ In Recorder's court here Monday Lawrence Batson, white, pleaded guilty to charges of violating the speed law. Judgment was suspended upon payment of a fine of $25.00 and costs. -A Jasper T. Butler, white, plead- >r ed guilty to charges of drunk 1 driving. Judgment was suspend- ei ed upon payment of costs and a fine of $50.00. His driver's a licenses was revoked for 90 days, tl Andrew E. Baer, wnue, pieaaea n guilty to charges of driving with p improper license and judgment T was suspended upon payment of costs. - b William Mosley, colored, plead- o ed guilty to charges of drunk c driving. Judgment was suspend- t< ed upon payment of the costs, d a fine of $50.00 his driver's li- i cense to be revoked for 90 days. V David Deloch, white, pleaded t guilty to charges of drunk driving. Judgment was suspended up- L on payment of a fine of $50.00, F the costs of the case and his S license revoked for 6 months. ti Henrietta Atkinson, colored, ii (Continued on page 4) Art Exhibit To 1 Feature Show Wilmington Artists Plan- . ning.. An Exhibit Of P Southport Scenes During * The Coming Flower Show An interesting feature of :the Woman's Club FJower Show on May 10th will be the exhibition w of around 30 oil paintings and sketches of scenes in the Southport area. Most of these paintings are the work of Claude Howell, well known young Wilmington artist, who recently won D a prize of $200.00 for one of his e< paintings in 'state-wide compe- ai tition at Chapel HilL T It is understood that Henry di McMillan and other Wilmington artists will also exhibit specimens pi of their work at the show. This A is a purely friendly gesture, since p: no prizes are being offered for M this form of exhibit. vi The art' division of the show is under the direction of Mrs. ni Prince O'Brien. It is hoped that M residents of Southport will place hi exhibits in the show. This is a new feature of the show and a: should create, a great deal of in- e< teres t. 1 P0R1 i A Good Coir ssday, April 24th, 194 ichool Exhibit Is Big Success Its First Year i fas Held At Bolivia School And Attracted Entries From All The Schools In The County i fAS EXHIBITION. NOT A CONTEST lea Is To Hold Another Event Next Year And To Judge Entries In Competition With Others The first county wide school diibit of Friday, April 12, at- i acted hundreds of visitors to 1 alivia from all over the county, i id thp auditorium was filled i tat evening for the annual reci- 1 ,tion-declamation contest despite I te heavy rain fall about dark. Every school in the county was ell represented in the exhibit < id each classroom was packed i ith the work that had been done i r the children of the various j hools. There was in each grade , vel vivid evidence of talent. It 1 ould be difficult to say which lit of work or which single i ece of art was the most out- i anding, as there were in every j eld so many child masterpieces. ] lthough this was the first at impt of the sort in Brunswick lunty one would have thought lat it had been a yearly affair om the amount and quality of le different children's work. The exhibit consisted of disays by each elementary grade id each high school department : English, history, language, scilce, home economics (Southport, (lallotte, Bolivia) and vocational p-iculture and shop (Waccaiaw, Bolivia)i Brunswick county is just beinning the vocational subjects [id the exhibit did much to show hat really is possible for the >ys and girls of this county in lese fields. It is particularly nportant because this county is iral in most every aspect, bounds in natural resources and ffords a splendid area for farmig and forestry. . It is hoped that there will be n even grea ten. Ach oot_exhihi t ext year. -eland P.-T. A. . inds Year's Work few Officers Elected; Mrs. L. H. Reynolds Heard In Address; Final Study Course Held Monday Afternoon; Personals The Leland Parent Teacher .ssociation held the last meetlg of the year Monday, April 5. The devotional was conduct1 by the Rev. J. D. Withrow. After a report of the standing ommittees, Mrs. W. C. Biggs, le president, appointed the comlittee to audit the books, com osed of Messrs. J. D. Withrow, R. Garrett and Oosterwyck. Plans for enlarging the school uilding and adding Home Econmics to the curriculum were disussed and a committee appointed > investigate the possibilities uring the summer, composed of lesdames J. C. Chad wick. Joe 'erzaell, W. C. Biggs and Mr. r. L. Rourk. Mrs. L. H. Reynolds, county legislative chairman, spoke on 'ederal aid for schools in the outh and urged interested pa- , rons to write their Congressman i regard to Senate bill 1305, Mrs. J. D. Withrow, nominating hairman, theft submitted the fol>wing officers for next year, 'resident, Hugh Oosterwyck; vice resident, Mrs. J. C. Chadwick, ecretary, Mrs. Marvin Powell; nd Mrs. Jesse Knox was elected (Continued on page 4) *lew Officers For Auxiliary Irs. C. Ed Taylor Named To Succeed Mrs. J. Arthur Do>her As President Of Hospital Auxiliary The Woman's Auxiliary of the osher Memorial Hospital elect1 officers for the coming year t their regular April meeting, hese offices will assume their uties at the next meeting. Mrs. C. Ed Taylor was elected resident succeeding Mrs. J. rthur Dosher who has been resident for a number of years, irs. A. K. Vitou was elected ice-president. Mrs. R. W. Davis will be the ew secretary and Miss Lottie [ae Newton will continue witli er duties as treasurer. Changing its past custom, the uxiliary will meet from now on ich second . Wednesday _ of the _(Continued On Page 4) r pil imunity J PUBLISH Mrs Corlette Pi Assistant *Popular Bookkeeper of The Southport Branch Of Waccamaw Bank And Trust Company Given Recognition \SSISTANT TO PRINCE O'BRIEN Mrs. Corlette Is Native Of Wendell, Having Come To Southport As Member Of The School Faculty Mrs. H. C. Corlette, bookkeeper for the Southport branch of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Co. since that institution was purchased in December 1937, has been promoted to assistant cashier. Prince O'Brien Sr., is cashier. News of her promotion will be well received here, for Miss Ra;hel is one of Brunswick coun- . ty's most popular businesswomen. ? She combines to a remarkable 1 degree a pleasing personality and s unusual capability. Her duties at the bank have \ lot prevented her fulfilling her a role as mother and home-maker, t She has three daughters, Doris, 1 Betty Todd and Hariett. Doris, ? wno gjaauai.es tnis year irom i Several Road Underway Widening And Resurfacing G Sections At P Extensive repairs and im to hard surfaced highways county at the present time. * ( Shad Season ? Again Extended ' i A further extension of the shad and herring season will i allow local fishermen until May 1 to catch these fish, D. j Davis, state fisheries inspeclorT' ] said last week, . A previous announcement had 1 stated that the season would | be closed on April 20, but numerous petitions to the Depart- i ment of Conservation and De- ( velopment Influenced the autho- | rities to hold the season open, , Davis said. 1 . The season for fishing in in- < land waters was closed on ] April 1. i P.-T. A. Closes t . TXT At Waccamaw; i Final Meeting Of Year ' Held Last Week And In- ' teresting Program Was 1 Presented The Waccamaw P.-T. A. met J in its last regular meeting of the year on Monday evening. The meeting opened with the members singing "America, The Beautiful," followed by the devotional ! conducted by Miss Dillard. The. Boy Scout movement which is being attempted at Waccamaw was the main feature of the business session. The committee reported that Jesse Purvis had been selected as scout mast- < er, with Bernard Brown as an ' assistant. The committee also se- i lected leaders in the various j communities to contact the boys < and enlist them to membership. Nominating committee compos- < ed of Mrs. Z. G. Ray, Bruce Ed- i wards and Leroy Mintz was ap- < pointed to select officers for the j association next year. The program committee gave a < very interesting miscellaneous i program: i Song: "He Loves Me Top," \ first grade; poem: Louise Sim- t mons; -"Quarrel Sang:" Lucille t McCumbee, Tarte Bennett. I (Continued on page 4) 1 Picking Garden Bald Head IsL Despite the fact that spring has scarcely been recognizable in some sections of the state, they are now. gathering a bountious crop of new garden peas from the two acre experimental plot on Bald Head island. A part of the crop is being shipped this week. Last week some beautiful heads of lettuce were brought over to Southport by employees on the island. The lettuce, as well as the garden peas and all other field crops in the experimental gardens, is excep OT [ [ED EVERY WEDNESDAY "omoted To Sei Cashier Here Jil V coi k ,1 - \ a schoc *A - tj- o'clcx ?*T-. * . .?)/,, paste w: ' * \:: chur laure MBS. H. C. COBLETTE town iouthport high school is frequent- ?.3^ y mistaken for Miss Rachel's * . lister. ^hoir Mrs. Corlette is a native of ? Vendell. She came to Southport . f is a member of the school facul- m*? y, met and married Harry Cor- exerc ette and has become one of ^f3^ iouthport's favorite adopted cit- * zens. , ?n ocloc ercisi TY | form rrojecus In Brunswick day schtx oing On In Three Separate f;unal _. his s resent Time jg ^ provements are being made a fa in three sections of the Monr( ter i Down at Thomasboro a highway" y :rew under W. R. McAuley startid at the South Carolina line m0rr ind is working back toward Shal- essa; otte resurfacing U. S. Highway w'll Vo. 17. It is not known how of 11 many miles are included in this project. At Bolivia is a highway crew f the of Charles Parker, and their work has con- ' iisted chiefly of widening U. S. Highway No. 17 at that point. \yil Later the entire road surface will be recoated. Over on the concrete link of -p LT. S. Highway No. 74 near Maco the WPA force is at work widen- H( ing the road by pouring a con- outg, crete strip beside the present 16- ern foot thoroughfare. The work being the carried on by relief workers Hea( runs to the Columbus county line ator where it abuts a similar project with carried on by a private contrac- witb tor. day Another recent paving job In pc Brunswick county was the sur- and facing of several hundred yards . across the causeway leading from A the inland waterway bridge to- ar0(J ward the ocean side. This gives brQu i completed hard-surfaced link from Southport to Ft! Caswell. Yorl< i ? _ have Bolivia Finals ;z A ... C_1 at.1 Are ocneauiea co,?J A Z cam< Supt. H. M. Roland, Of I here New Hanover County To ingte Deliver Graduating Ad- a w dress; B u 1 1 a r d Will with Preach mucl ed s Sunday evening, May 5, at 8 com; j'clock, Rev. G. W. Bullard, of Dow Wilmington, will preach the bac- pictc :alaureate sermon. The public ii Th nvited to attend this and all ( jther exercises. ? Wednesday evening, May 8, at j~~" sight o'clock, class day exercises M| in the form of a playlet, "The J 3raduate's Seven Guides", will be jiven. Thursday evening, May 9, graiuation exercises will be held. w(6 Supt H. M. Roland of Wilmingxin will make the address. Roses Jr* vill again be used to form an * irchway for the seniors to march r?' jnder as they go down the aisle ' jo the stage. The senior class las twenty-five members. i Peas At IS; and This Week ;;; tionally good. With the gardening progress that has been made this spring under very adverse conditions, there is a general belief that 0:0 anything in the way of truck crops can be grown on the island. In addition to the gen- 1:0 eral run of spring and summer crops, there is every reason to expect that a variety of fall and winter crops, that can- ~:S not be produced elsewhere in the state, can be grown in the mild climate and luxurious soil of the island, -I ? tie Pilot Covers unswick County pg 11.50 PER YEAR cretary Of State Speaker For Southport d Eure Will Deliver >mmencement Address n Friday Night, May 3; accalaureate Sermon inday r. R. S. HARRISON TO PREACH SERMON ' I, sr Graduating Exercises 11 Be Run Off Next reek Beginning On Thursday Morning With 7th Grade mmencement exercises get rway at Southport high il Sunday morning at 11 V1 :k when Rev. R. S. Harrison, >r of Trinity Methodist I ch, will deliver the baccaate sermon. All churches In will dispense with their re morning service, and music be furnished by a community /. which will include members I ' each church. 10 o'clock Thursday momhe seventh grade graduation :ises will be held, the pro: to be patterned after that te high school. Thursday evening at 8 :k the annual class day ex;s will be presented in the of a one-act play, "The meni car. ad Eure, Secretary of Sate, be the principal speaker at graduation exercises on Frinight at 8 o'clock. Local r >1 authorities feel very for- , te in being able to secure lervices as a speaker, and it ' iticipated that he will have ! pacity crowd. incipal W. R. Llngle said lay that the first prize let- { n the elementary grade seein the Forestry Essay Conwould be read Thursday 4 ling, while the prize winning r for high school students be read Friday night as part ' 1 he finals program. tists Find fawn Charming mington Artists Were j| [ere Sunday And Henry IcMillan Is Spending J his Week In Southport . li' snry McMillan, one of the ^ Landing artists of southeastNorth Carolina, is spending V week at Southport and Bald f1 1 Island. Claude Howell, ere- II of some very merltious work the paint brush, was h^re McMillan Saturday and Sunir two or three years these 11 other artists have becn'tak- * > serious note of the immense irial Dossibilitles in and nd Southport. They have I ght many artists from Kan- l|l City, Washington and New I : to Southport. These visitors MB united in agreeing that this | I offered much more for the t brush than could be found fjfl he average established artist j1 I recent visiting artist who be- I > much impressed with things .19 was Olin Dowes, of Wash- I >n and New York. He spent I J9 eek-end here in company I Mr. Howell, who was very ra 1 pleased over the establish- I landing as an artist of his I lanion and the fact that Mr. 1 es also fell for the local ? trial possibilities. I irough the kindness of Mr. I Continued on page four) I 'idc Table I Following la the tide table I Southport during the next I ek. These hours are appie* ! I lately correct and were for* bed 11m State Port Piled I ough the courtesy of the 3 pe Fear Pilot's Ajioci?tl?e n pb Tide Low THr I TIDE TABLE I Thursday, April 25 9 01 a. m. 4:03 a. m. B 24 p. m. 4:14 p. m. I Friday, April 26 I 53 a. m. 4:50 a. m. I 16 p. m. 5:02 p. m. I Saturday, April 27 R 47 a. m. 5:40 a. m. I 5:57 p. m. ifl Sunday, April 28 I 9 a. m. 6:35 a. m.l I 42 p. m. 7:00 p. jn.1 IM .Monday, April 29 I 2 a. m. 7:85 a. m. 9 17 p. m. 8:08 p. m. Tuesday, April 30 I >7 a. m. 8:83 a. m. Cm 14 p. m. 9:08 p. m. I Wednesday, May I I 16 a. m. 9:25 a. pi. t9 12 p. m. 10:00 p. m. |B