iSviost 01 The News I? AiJ The Time ? *Kl.THIRTEEN NO. 1 m lower SI >Wiomorroi Wo Be Hei v =f t,^Wge Number Of Out Off :H'0vB0 Attend Gala Event l^Kyhich Launches Flower1 w Program Bower show to be *< held on friday ? Departments Are Ad>'H|d And Indications Are j ir^Khat This Year's Event Will Be Most SueIf cessful Ever Un$2 dertaken program for the most am-' flower show ever undersign by members of the South^W Woman's Club gets under,' .H,- tomorrow < Thursday) night ; jHh a colorful ball in the flower-1 ^Becked Southport gymnasium, j Hv dance begins at 9:30 Hock and music will be furn-j Hp ! by Joe Leighton and his I ^Ho and recording orchestra, j band is scheduled to roll in jHly in the morning from Oak j ^ ge. where it is playing to-' Hn: and most of the day will j spent by the boys?and one -just sleeping and taking Hps easy. I Hteports of advance sale of| Hets indicate that there will I i full house, and many South t people who haven't attended I ^Hance in many years are plan-1 ^ g to attend just to enjoy the ! At and the atmosphere of' Is festive occasion. Friday morning the gymnasium 1 be cleared and turned over the house committee for the iter show, and by noon, when i judges are turned loose on i entries, the place will once k be transformed into a scene loveliness. [be annual flower shows sponpl by the woman's club have bed a wide reputation for I. iViilence. and this yert a mt promises to outstrip all of | 1 predecessors. iecause there was an indicaj of considerable interest on part of the men in last year's at there is a department for n only this year, and this and ,cr additions have helped cenattention upon Friday's actlies. iscuss Plans For Bookmobile ss Marjorie Beale, Of State Library Commission Was Visitor Here Tuesday To Discuss Library Expansion liss Mariorie Beale, of Ral I lor and secretary of Library Commission, ucsday for the purpose over plans for establif bookmobile service vlcK. tatives of the board of r the local library and ibrarian met with Miss heard a discussion y lead to service for of the county, but it inlikely that there will Ivantages gained for the Public Library as a plans brought here by of the bookmobile plan state funds will be pror this serivce provided be matched by the count brings on more talk, on final decision was ntinued on page 6) ouncement Of mmer School William Styron And >; W. R. Lingle Will ide Duties In PresidOvcr Summer Session 8 are being made for a 'eeks summer school ses0 begin next week in the Port High School building, lementary and high school :t be taught, under the [vision of Mrs W. R. Lingle Mrs William Styron. Classes a ** taught in the mornings ?n the school-week plan. 1 '-his will give many the op"Mty to make up work or courses for credit which [?UW not get in their schesl car. it is believed the (Continued on page 6) 1 TH 17 low Progi v Night W !d High Si Charles M, Tr Command Elected By Comrades At Succeed Crawfor< Com At a meeting of the Brunswick County Post No. 194, America Legion, held here Thursday nigh Charles M. Trott was electe commander for the next year. H succeeds Crawford L. Ruork. In discussing plans ror the le gion this year Trott says tha his chief aim will be to secur a healthy county-wide interes in the organization. He is work ing upon a plan for holding som meetings out in the county. Vice-Cbmmanders of the pos are W. G. Butler, L. T. Yaske: and S. B. Frink; J. D. Suttoi was appointed adjutant by Com mander Trott; J. J. Loughlin wa named service officer; J. D. Sut ton, guardianship officer; W. C Leinert, sergeant-at-arms; Jacl Potter, chaplain; R. C. St. Georg historian; W. S. Davis, athleti officer; C. C. Russ, child welfar officer; C. C. Cannon, American ism officer; J. D. Sutton, grav registration; J. D. Eriksen, em ployment officer; R. C. St. Geo rge, membership chairman; Pub District Youn Gathered / Galaxy Of Prominent Dem ocratic Leaders Were Oi The Program at Wrights ville Beach On Saturday Nifc.'a CONGRESSMAN CLARK AMONG THE SPEAKER! National Committeewoman Miss Mary G. Croom, Among Those Present; Southport Is Well Represented Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Mintz, Mi and Mrs. E. J. Prevatte and Mi and Mrs. S. B. Frink of South port reprsented Brunswick coun ty at the meeting of seventh dis trict Young Democrats at th Ocean Terrace Hotel at Wrights vilip Beach Saturday night. Ralph Gardner, president of th Y. D. C. for the State, and soi of former Governor O. Max Gar dner of Charlotte was present. Congressman J. Bayard Clart seventh district representative i: Congress, was present and spok sharing the speaking honors wit.' Dr. Ralph McDonald, of Chape Hill, former gubernatorial candi date and now a member of th University of North Carolin; faculty. The banquet was held in th Ocean Terrace Hotel dining hal at 6:00 p. m. and a dance fol lowed at 9 o'clock. N. C. Bird Club Holds Meeting Members Visited Points O Interest In Brunswick, In eluding Orton Plantation Battery And Bald Heai Islands Some 24 of the members of th North Carolina Bird Club, con ing from Raleigh, Greensbori Durham, Charlotte and othe points, spent Friday and Satui day on a tour of Orton Plants tion, Battery Island and Bal Head Island. The heron rookcr on Battery Island was of especi; interest to all in the way c birds. Churchill Bragaw of Orton an Charles Matthews of Bald Hca Island were with the party dui ing the tour. Most of the part was composed of ladies and, i addition to the birds, Bald Hea Island and Orton proved most ir triguing spots. Mrs. Charlott Hiiton Green of Raleigh, who ha charmed bird lovers with featui stories on birds and bird life, wa with the party. Harry Davis, curator of th North Carolina State Museui also vTsited the island and Ortoi as did several parties of youn college folks, over the week en< E STj A Goc 6-PAGES TODAY "am Starts fith Dance zhool Gym ott Named | er Legion Post Thursday Night Meeting To 1 L. Rourk As Post mander * .? n I t I ' d 8;' 1" ^ J t |H e HH t ^I| a k t I s r WL jH|fl e #"f\w e e CHAS. M. TROTT ,. I licity officers: L. T. Yaskcll, Lesi-1 ter Davis and J. D. Eriksen. ig Democrats \t Wrightsville sic. i Crazy Fish Tries ^ To Get Caught In the vernacular of the < seaports, if a sailor remains I too long in tropical countries 5 and goes goofy upstairs, his friends describe him as: "He l? missed too many boats." Out at Orton pond, yesterday, a 5-pound big mouth bass went literally goofy, from the standards set by other fish. But, it didn't miss anything. The story, as told by Churchill Bragaw, is that Alex " Beogie was casting and was slowly reeling in his plug. The moment it was only two or e three feet from the boat, "" *- I ? ? on fhtt tf'ir. I- "i rum iutin up uii iuv board the big bass came surge ing upward and on, like a torpedo," reported Brag-aw. " the waters literally boiled and exploded as the fish struck the plug. The force of the '? charge brought it on, crashing n up against the side of the e boat." h I Two Days Needed e To Try Docket Recorder's Court Was Held Over In An Extra Day's Session This Week, With Final Judgment Yesterday P. M. > It required two days this week for Judge Waiter M. Stanaland f and his Recorder's court coli leagues to dispose of the docket, i, Edward Reigler, white, was J found guilty on charges of public drunkenness. His sentence of 30-days on the roads was sue spended upon payment of costs and a fine of $20.00. Daniel Long, white, was charg,r ed with drunk driving. He was called and failed, and capias ist. sued. * (j Russ Harrison, white, was y found guilty of reckless operail tion and was given 30 days on ,f the roads. Judgment was suspended upon payment of costs, d a fine of $25.00 and make rcstid tution. The fine was to be rc.. mitted. Notice of appeal was y given and bond was set at $100. n Walter Lee, colored, was found guilty of reckless operation and c was given 6 months on the roads. This judgment was suspended upe! on condition that the defendant is pay costs and restitution, includ e ing the doctor and hospital bill .8 of the prosecuting witness, in the amount of $150.00. The defendle ant's licenses was revoked for 6 n months. i, R. H. Wilson, white, entered g I a plea of guilty to charges of 1. J (Continued on page 6) ..... \ ' BhI jjf, WjfeiTairt&fr; \TE 1 ?d News paper Ii Southport, N. C., Wet Faculty Members I Re-Elected For" New School Year List Includes Old Teachers Who Have Been Asked To Return To Bolivia, Waccamaw, South port And Shallotte SOME INDECISION ABOUT LELAND No Announcement has Been 1 Made Regarding Selection Of Faculty Members To Fill Vacancies A list of teachers who were re-elected at four of the five consolidated schools of the county has been announced. A complete list from Leland was not available. Others are listed below: j Southport: W. R. Lingle, I principal, Doris Mae Butler, Nora * B. Stephenson, Bertha M. Colvin, ! Marjorie Welborn, Mrs. Ruth R. Hood, Mrs. Minnette. Lingle, Mrs. Thelma S. Willis, Pattie Perry, Louise C. Asbury. Shallotte: H. C. Stone, principal, Marion H. Gatlin, Mrs. Edna W. Russ, Ida F. Creech, Corinne I. Greene, Gertrude Aileen Williams, Mrs. Mae Home Russ, Mrs. Frances Stone, Mrs. Cathryn Mintz, Mrs. S. T. Russ, Clar- ^ ice Swain, Ethel Ruth Griffin, n Annie F. Russ, Maude E. McAl- bi lister, Anne Catherine Spruill, tl Betty Blair, susie i\.aie leacncy, |-> Brightie Gertna Holden, Ottice R.' Holden, Zona McSwain, Katherine R. White, Gay Battle, Mary Eliz- ' abeth Taylor, Viola Virginia 1 Fritts. * " Waccamaw: H. D. Epting, ^ principal, B. B. Parrish, Leroy g Mintz, James E. Joyner, Mrs. Nelle McKeithan, Mrs. Zelma R. Hewett, Louise Adams, Mary Eure Lilley, Mrs. Louise K. Wal- B ton, Sara Eunice Huff, Jeanette Dillard, Mrs. Wilma Morgan Ray. .1 Bolivia: Glenn M. Tucker, prin- lr : cipal, Mrs. Blanche S. Tucker, O] i Marie E. Hammond, Norman A. i Chadwick, Neil Albert Rosser, sc (called to army), Johnnie M. { King, Benjamin R. Page, Martha ' J. Robinson, Mary Ellen Gibbs, a Jane L. Greenlee, Frances E. Galloway, Daisy Belle Maultsby, Mary Mattalene McRee, Bertha Reid, Mary E. Bright. Combines Are I Placed In Use * Emphasis Upon Growth Of j Small Grain Results In | Purchase Of Harvesting Machines Illustrating the rapid gain in acreage sown in small grain, six jy Brunswick county farmers have bought new combines since the first of the current year. The purchase of the machines is not confined to any one section. The farmers who bought them are: W1. C. Gore, Shallotte; H. L. u Clemmons, Supply; R. H. Maults- tl by, Bolivia; J. R. Simmons, Ash: B Dave Bennett, Ash, and M. O. tl Nelson, Leland. $ All of the above are new h machines, adding to several already owned and operated in var- lc ious sections of Brunswick. Coun- F ty Agent J. E. Dodson anticipates a that another year will see the f< cultivation of small grain under- ci going a still more marked in- ir crease in acreage. Opening Orton Public T< With the opening of the Orton Plantation pond for fish- i ing, Brunswick county becomes j much more attractive to sportsmen from dozens of states and throughout North Carolina. It 1 is doubtful if there is another i body of water anywhere in the state that is so well stocked with game fish as is the huge Orton pond, or lake. Just as farm lands have dif- ; ferent production capacities, so have lakes and streams ] capacity for so much and no more fish. Experts in wildlife ' have figured it out .that the I waters of this pond have about twice as much organic matter 1 and fish food properties as has the average body of water. The pond, or lake, was constructed more than a hundred years ago to supply fresh water to the rice fields; it has never washed away, been drained nor i fished by other than the private owners and an occasional i friend. Liberally stocked with j the choicest game fish many P0R1 ti A Good Cor inesday, May 28th, IS DECEASED < IT w - M i , ; --. H. M. SHANNON 'uneral Held For Leading Citizen1 [ubert M. Shannon Died At Dosher Memorial Hospital Friday Afternoon Following Extended Illness; Funeral Sunday Hubert M. Shannon, prominit citizen of Southport, died riday afternoon at Dosher Melorial Hospital where he had ?en in a critical condition for le past 10 days. He was 53ears of age. Mr. Shannon was one of the itstanding citizens of Southport, iking an active interest in the usiness, civic, religious and polical affairs of the community. :e was traffic manager of the Wilmington, Brunswick and outhern Railroad, chairman of le Brunswick County Port Comlission, chairman of the Brunsick County Selective Service oard, member of the board of irectors of the Southport Buildig and Loan Association and sly recently retired as chairman f the Brunswick County Welire Board. A member of the Catholic lith, he was largely instrumentI in securing the erection of a lurch of that, denomination in outhport. Mr. Shannon was an unusually ell informed man, and his coun;1 was frequently sought by perms who were formulating plans lat would materially affect this immunity. The deceased is survived by Is widow, six sons, John H., (Continued on page 6) leport Is Made On Poppy Sales Irs. S. B. Frink, Chairman Of Poppy Day Committee. Rennri* Enr.nnrao'iner Response Here Mrs. S. B. Frink, chairman of le poppy sales conynittce for le Legion Auxiliary of the mnswick County Post, reports le collection of approximately 27.50 from-.Poppy Day activities ere Saturday. Assisting Mrs. Frink with the ical campaign were' Mrs. E. J. revatte, Miss May Bell Reynolds I nd Miss Dorothy Creech and the blowing younger girls of the cmmunity: Doris Corlette, Willa Barnette, Libby O'Brien, x (Continued on page six) Pond To } Bring Sports years ago, the waters, which cover 1,300 acres, are literally alive with fish. A year or so ago a colored woman dragged an 11-pound big mouth bass from the waters of the pond with nothing more elaborate in the way of tackle than a cane fishing pole. Such a fish, if it had been taken with rod and reel and properly entered, would have won hundreds of dollars in prizes from fishing clubs throughout the United States. This 11-pounder was not just an exceptiofial fish. The Orton pond holds many more just as big and bigger. It is predicted that the waters of this Brunswick county body of water will produce the biggest bass taken in North Carolina this year. Restrictions covering the fishing are the same as prevail for freshwater angling throughout North Carolina, with added safeguards. No private boats may be placed in the pond, no (Continued on page 6) r pil nmunity )41 PUBLISl Carr Is Named Selective! * Southport Insurance Man Appointed To Fill Vacancy Created By Death Of H. M. Shannon, Former Chairman PRICE FURPLESS IS NEW CHAIRMAN Changes Are Also Made In Advisory Board For Registrants Of Which Miss Woodside Is Head James E. Carr, Southport insurance man and secretary of Southport Building and Loan Association, has been appointed to the Brunswick County Selective Service Board, replacing the late H. M. Shannon, former chairman. Yesterday the board members met for the purpose of reorganizing the new board, and Price Furpless was named as the new chairman. J. J. Loughlin, Jr., was made secretary of the body. Miss Annie May Woodside, county superintendent of schools, who also heads the Brunswick County Advisory Board for Registrants, announces that E. J. Rural Electrif Program * Child Is Bitten By Rattlesnake ????? Babara Ann, the year and one-half old daughter of Deputy Sheriff and Sirs. Drew Long of Shallotte, was bitten on the hand by a large rattlesnake, Monday. The child was rushed to Dr. Pinkerton at Shallotte, who administered first aid and brought her on to the hospital here for emergency treatment. Her condition is reported as satisfactory. The mother of the child had gone to a bean |iatch to pick beaas and the child followed her. The screams brought the mother who saw the reptile gliding away. The eyes of the child had turned green and her arm was badly swollen when she reached the doctor. Cotton Stamps Will Be Used Merchants Handling Cotton Products Asked To At-! tend Meeting At Office Of County Agent At Sup- j ply Monday Retail merchants of Brunswick county are notified of a meeting to be held in the office of County Agent J. E. Dodson at Supply Monday atternoon at 1:30 o'clock. These merchants, and clerks in their stores, are to hear an explanation of the "Cotton Stamp" plan which will go into effect in this county this year for farmers who are reducing their cotton acreage this year below their 1940 measured acreage. These stamps may be used by them to purchase . goods made of cotton from their local stores. However, in order to be eligible for this program, these farmers must sign up for the supplementary program before June 14. Jeter Appointed NYA Area Head Establishment Of Area Office In Wilmington Is Announced With Jeter As Director For Area Activities Establishment of an area office at Wilmington and the appointment of Harold Hubert Jeter of Wilmington as area director to coordinate the activities and program of the National Youth Administration in nine counties in this section composing Area four was anounced here yesterday by State Administrator John A. Lang. The area office, which will serve New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender, Columbus, Robeson, Bladen, Sampson, Duplin, and Onslow counties, will be located in the Wallace Building. Mr. Jeter will organize and, supervise the entire NYA pro(Continued on page 6) i s. f,, ~y 4 ,0T p *ED EVERY WEDNESDAY Member Of Bi Service Board ? A.1 I Lea c c ! 8 ma i SIusi w " A^m ?' m.jM K*' ? J1 H Bro I has I Bru the F^ for ^tion J. E. CARR devi pro) Prevatte local attorney, has been saili named a member of the board, com replacing J. E. Carr, who has neei been 'drafted' for duty on the M Selective Service Board. furt An effort has been made to of 1 secure associate members of the chu (Continued on page six) in wer for ication 5? Six Years Old ? hou During This Period Electric 30nl Power Has Been Brought carr For First Time To 2,000,- try' 000 American Farm wil' Families plai THIS COUNTY HAS > < BENEFITTED MUCH ers Bri REA Lines Now Lace Prac- Frl tically Every Section Of 80 This County And Oth- 'ntl ers Now Being wel Erected ^er to WASHINGTON?The start of F the seventh year of the Federal rural electrification program finds approximately 2 million Ameri- as can farm families enjoying cen- w0' tral station electric service?near- ra*' ly three times as many as had la ' it in 1935?the Department of def( Agriculture reported today. Since establishment of the Rural Electrification Administration on May 11, 1935, REA-financed power H lines alone have taken electricity to more than half a million farms. During the same period, private utilities, largely stimulated by the REA program, have m nprtpd ahout as manv addi- 1 tional farms. Harry Slattery, REA Adminis- . trator, pointed out that during the past year, REA activities 1 have been directed intensively toward measures to strengthen na- , tional defense. "REA was instrumental in getting electricity to Camp Shelby, Mississippi, larg- r1" est Army camp in the United ?( States, in record time and at a ? par substantial saving to the Government", he said. "Other Army camps have been served less 1 dramatically but no less bene- ear ficially. Electricity has been made r'P< available to hundreds of small factories and mines producing es- r sential defense materials?ram- ^ sa C. rods, gunpowder, airplane carburetors, and cinnabar?to men- ar0 tion 4 of more than 100' kinds ^ot of industrial establishments on rea REA lines. Meanwhile, by con- ln necting hundreds of thousands of additional farms and by advising farmers in the selection and oper(Continued on page 6) H Asks Permission r0 To Lay Cable 2 tt Brunswick Electric Mem- 0 bership Corporation Seeks H Permission To Lay Power Line Across Inland Canal Near Southport The Brunswick Electric Mem- 11 bership Corporation, Shallotte, has " made application for a permit to install a submarine power cable. U laid loosely on the bottom, crossing the Intracoastal Waterway at a point 225 feet west of the " highway drawbridge leading to 12 Fort Caswell. Plans showing the proposed work may be seen at this office 1; or at the office of the postmaster. Shallotte. 2: Anyone having any objections 2: to this work from the standpoint of navigation, or any person, firm 8i or association who may be op- 8i posed to such work should make their objections to Col. Earl I. 4: Brown at Wilmington before June 4, 1941. _ ? i I ?1 A - . Ll + - ' ,! Tie Pilot Covers runswick County $1.50 PER YEAR agaw Named >unty USO Head s Drive Planned iders Confer With Govrnor Broughton In Raliigh Thursday With Re;ard To Program Of Serice To Army-Navy Men iY CONSIDER AREA 'OR USO CLUBHOUSE 9 Is Organization To perate Nationwide Pror-am Of-.Service To Those In Defense Work t the request of Governor ughton, H. Churchill Bragaw agreed to serve as nswick County chairman of United States Organizations National Defense, Inc., a naal organization working to :lop and operate a nationwide p-am of service to soldiers, % urs, and defense workers in munlties where such help is led. ^ toreover, Governor Broughton her requested that the leaders the American Legion and the rches assist with the program this county. Mr. Bragaw it to Raleigh Thursday the purpose of conferring i* Governor Broughton about matter. he county is asked to raise a ta of $100 for the program, le North Carolina's quota is 4,000. Some 350 USO club ses are going to be built, le of them inside the 128 army 1 ips scattered over tne counbut a great many of them be built outside the camps, n order that full details of this n may be understood, Bragaw railing a meeting of civic leadand other citizens in the * inswick county courthouse on day evening of this week at 'clock. He, urges that everyone ;rested in the moral and social fare of any boy in the armed vice of the United States plan attend this meeting. 'resident Roosevelt, Secretary nson, Secretary Knox and A. Administrator McNutt have ed six great national agencies -king through a single co-opeive body to develop and opee a nation-wide program of vice to soldiers, sailors and ?nse workers in communities (Continued on page 6) rarns Farmers a i -ww About Harvest unty Agent J. E. Dodson Points Out That Great 1 Care Must Be Exercised In Harvest And Handling Of Small Grain i n order that Brunswick couni small grain production prom shall receive no set-back i year. County Agent J. E. ison is cautioning growers ut handling this year's harvSome of you will probably e your grain harvested too j ly before it has thoroughly ned, he says. "If you do, look for trouble, as it will go ough a head and become museven though you leave it in ks set so the air can pass und each sack. I would advise i to wait until the grain is dy to harvest, then leave it 5 sacks for a while, set so the I (Continued on page 6) I ride Table I | Following is the tide table I r Southport during the next I eek. These hours are appro- I mately correct and were fur- 1 shed The State Port Pilot I irough the courtesy of the B ipe Fear Pilot's Association. I igh Tide Low Tide I TIDE TABLE JI Thursday, May 15 fl 1:04 a. in. 4:56 a. in. 1:25 p. m. 5:11 p. m. fl Friday, May 16 I :59 a. ni. 5:49 a. m. fl p. m. 6:10 p. m. %fl Saturday, May 17 I 21 a. m. 6:47 a. m, I 1:57 p. m. 7:16 p. m. 3 Sunday, May 18 I 16 a. m. 7:46 a. m. I 53 p. m. 8:21 p. m. fl Monday, May 19 fl 12 a. m. 8:42 a. m. I 50 p. m. 9:20 p. m. fl Tuesday, .May 20 | 11 a. m. 9:32 a. m. I :46 p. m. 10:12 p. ra. I Wednesday, May 21 I 07 a. m. 10:18 a. m. I 87 p. m. 11:00 p. m. fl