JL pilot Covers Ljjiswick County Jr0OEW ~NOT kthport fronstriH I Wort] I McMillan, Of Wil. I g-inn, Is Successful Rf According To An Lament From WashFjhaT WORK here ileliered Likely That I Will I jgjton f^On Construction At Southport I,.. to a:: Associated V ";:h appearing- in this I . < WilmingF?%. star Finley McMil|s r.:"gton is one of the I , iers on a gevf. -.-tract for the constructs wooden barges for use I-i-i waterway, lonximate dimension of L;; ue 18x60 feet, and it I'tKjsaiy for the successtvr to make delivery at pi Orleans or Mobile. It L :,od that delivery of fcc barge must be made I# daw and the last within Elm the date of the I ;; t bidders and their L McMillan, Wilmington, pit 55.300. Thomas Martiny Co. Inc.. Norfolk, Va.. HIS; Epsy Paving and fed Co. Savannah, Ga., WfiSl Iktv behind this story is Ifecld be of interest to r. and Brunswick county K! W B. Keziah. secretary | iek County Chamber perce. learned several t about the contract for pari immediately wrote dime commission ior car? iarcay these plans, totiSi bid forms and other it material arrived air jeca: delivery. There was fee to be lost even then, nay was set as the deadt receiving bids on the eg that McMillan has teg some barges of this Kmcted at Southport for I fw months, Keziah at it" a long distance call i Wilmington man telling I the information in hand it opportunity for securi Ktk if the effort were pcklySas advised that he would t on Sunday morning to (government papers, and a to fill the appointment. ? -.mediately interested, *Wore he left that he 1 to go to Washington to to the matter personally. ' to; word from the project t today's paper. McMillan ls Washington and thereto*! not be contacted this ! W greatest local interis the question of 'fte barges will be built r s Wilmington. There is ?:" to hope that it will southport. since there is I"! and more labor rea>'The fact that Mr. t "ready is engaged in * Jt Southport lends color Sent jj* the ease, there seems ' 10 believe that there "4 immediately for all ^Tenters, since a 30_ ''s set for delivery of taT aftcr the contract ,7;" the contract to de' ;y un'ts within the 1105 filled there will be Page four) ^ Citizen 'Laid To Rest Conducted (r I. Afternoon For ^tiien RcsPect* ^ *niCf! for i'eter EichIth'il"1 at his home h>m the Zion MethodIk *on,ll|y afternoon at "?; ? ' "r?. ? D(.y his widow; t ?;Mrs- C. H. Hare, bj; Urray, Mrs. C. W. * ?nlMrs Pcte Koen: ?* *- B. F? and J. A. Irj. ?, Wilm'ngton; one *0,os, n?ra Boslin, of ?rantl chi|dren and It, Brand children. * 0n pagc Four) L . I TH1 V 39 May Be Si :tion Of $ ti Govermi Late War Bulletins The trend of the news during the past week from the various theatres of war has been both good and bad. In the Philippines American forces have been making a brave stand against overwhelming odds, and although the Japs are being forced to pay heavily for each gain they make, they still are threatening the hold this nation has on that Pacific stronghold. At Singapore, too, the British have been forced to back up before the Japanese in Malaya, and although that great naval base is not seriously threatened, some uneasiness Is being felt by allied sympathizers. In a bright vein is the recent success of the till ted States fleet in taking care of several Japanese naval vessels reported to include at least one submarine, a cruiser and at least two (Continued On Page Four) Highway Coi Decide New Steel Bridge Over Inland Waterway Will Be Located At Site Of Present Crossing, According To Report ROAD TO BEACH TO BE RESURFACED This is In Lieu Of The Proposed New Causeway And Bridge Direct From Southport To Caswell It was reliably reported here this week that the State Highway Commission is making plans for the immediate construction of a new bridge over the inland waterway at the site of the present pontoon draw bridge. Estimated cost of the new structure, which is to be of steel, is $110,000.00, and in addition to this work it is understood that the highway commission will refVio nrocont mad with the OUIIOVC utv |/d News paper Southport, N. C., We Meeting Is Set Tomorrow Nite To Start Class Mrs. L. C. Fergus, K. N., who volunteered to teach the course to train nurses' aids for the American Re.d Cross, has called a meeting for tomorrow (Thursday) evening in the Brunswick county courthouse for the purpose of organizing a class In home nursing. Both the course in home nursing and for nurses' aids will be conducted under the auspices of the Brunswick County Chapter, American Bed Cross. All those who are interested, reI gardless of where they may live, should attend this meeting, which will be largely for the purpose of explaining the course. New Bridge To Be Built Over Brunswick River District Engineers Ask For Objections To Proposal To Erect A New And Broader Span This Side Of Wilmington TO MAKE HIGHWAY NUMBER 17 SAFER iULIKilOi Such deserters are forever in(Continued on page 4) Designated ror Registration ; Act requires the registration of i men between the ages of 18 and 64, inclusive. It subjects only those who have passed their 20th birthday, but not yet reached 45 to active service. Those between, 18 and 19, and 45 and 64, inclusive, arc liable for noncombatant work. They will be registered later. Not all eligibles between 20 and 44, inclusive, will be required to registed under today's order. THOSE EXEMPT The 17,500,000 men between the ages of 21 and 35 who registered on the first call issued on October i (Continued Oil Page 4) E ST, A Goc 4 PAGES TODAY ite For 265,000 ent Barges | AT SOUTHPORTI Spar BBimK 3 ' ^.'v |s Bf* JHBft* Rev. Maurice Fitzgerald of the Paulist Fathers is conducting a j Mission at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Southport this week. Services will continue through Saturday, beginning at 7:30 o'clock each evening. Timission s About Span * 1 Inheritance For Former Resident Officials in Los Angeles, California, last week querried the local Chamber of Commerce in an effort to locate relatives of Lottie McNally, who as a widow, Lottie Smith, married Captain Edward >1. Gaul at Southport on April 26th, 1901. Her first husband was a John Smith and she was 29-years of age at the time of her second mari riage to Captain Gaul, according to records in the court house here. There aw numerous John Smith's in the marriage records of this count}', but none of them are listed as having married a Lottie McNally. It is supposed here that she was reared clseI where and married a John j Smith in some other count}-, I afterwards coming here and I marrying Captain Gaul. It is understood that there is an estate to be settled with her relatives, if they can be found. The local organization will bo glad of any information regarding Lottie McNally-Smlth-Gaul. Desertion Is Serious Offense Men Who Desert From U. S. Armed Force Voluntarily Relinquish Rights Of Citizenship General J. Van B. Metis, State Director of Selective Service, announced today that under the provisions of Federal law (RS 1996 and 1998; Sec. 1, Act of August 22. 1912 (37 Stat. 356) 8 USC 11; 34 USC 1200), all persons who desert the military service in time of war are deemed to have voluntarily relinquished and forfeited their rights of citizenship, as well as their rights to become Hearing Scheduled At Request Of State Highway Commission, who Plans Improvement A modern, wider highway bridge to replace the present narrow structure over the Brunswick river on If. S. Highway 17 three miles west of Wilmington has been proposed by the state highway department, it was revealed last week. Building of the. new bridge is a part of the state highway department's present program of highway widening and modernization over the state. When completed, the new bridge will materially facilitate the flow of traffic on U. S. 17, one of the chief transportation links between Wilmington and the south and west. Since the beginning Of the defense program, the highway has been under constant use by a heavy flow of traffic, day and night. Application for a permit to replace the present river bridge and to build a temporary bridge, 35 feet up stream from the present bridge, has been filed with the U. S. District Engineer office here. According to the plans submitted by the state highway department, the new bridge will have a fixed span with a horizontal clearance of 44 feet and a vertical clearance of 8.3 feet above mean low water in the river. The temporary bridge will be a fixed span structure with a horizontal clearance of 15.5 feet and a vertical clearance of 8.3 feet, above mean low water. A public hearing, for the purpose of receiving criticism and suggestions concerning the construction of the two bridges, from the standpoint of navigation, will be conducted by the Engineer office in the U. S. courthouse of the fMiatnmhnnsA VlPTP at 11 a. m. Oil Jan. 9. For accuracy of records all important facts and arguments should be submitted in writing, in advance to the Engincei office here, or handed in at the hearing. All interested persons are invited to attend. Boys And Girls Back To School College Students Have Returned To Their Respective Institutions Following Christmas Vacation The following girls and boys have returned to their respective colleges and universities after spending the Christmas holidays here with their parents: Misses Josephine Moore and Victoria Lancaster, Greensboro College; Miss Doris Corlette, Atlantic Christian College; Miss Wilma Barnctt, East Carolina Teachers College; Miss Marion Frink, Lenoir-Rhync; Miss Mary Dick Cannon, University of North Carolina; Harold Aldridge, Wake Forest College; Edward Taylor, Davidson College. Numerous other boys and girls from other communities in the county have returned to the various institutions for their college work. ? POR' In A Good Coi dnesday, January 7, 1( This Is Season For Making Fire Lanes On Farm Recent Rains Make This A Bad Time For Plowing Fields And Good Time For Building Fire Lanes LITTLE CARE NOW SAVES BIG WORRY Combination Of Plowed And Burned Fire Lanes Will Protect Timber Later In Year Following the recent rains that have filled the streams and soaked the lands there is, for the moment, very little danger from forest fires. Still that season of the year when winds and possible dry weather will bring real danger is near. Practically all Brunswick county land owners now regard their growing young timber as a real farm crop. Despite this realization of woods being a crop and its value, too few of the land owners arc disposed to put in the little work that is necessary to safeguard the crop from woods fires. This may be due to the fact that when the ground and woods are wet there is very little danger. When it is dry the farmers and land owners are too busy with other crops to put in the work that results in the difference between saving and loosing a valuable crop of woods product. County Forest Warden Dawson Jones was in town last night and UlIKUlg (lUUUL U1C Illipui v'l1ui the woods crop, he said that right now was the time when land owners ought to be using their tractors or other plows to cut fire lanes that will stand against dry weather and the windy days that are sure to come a little later when the farmers will be busier and cannot take time out for such work. | On most farms it is too wet to plow now, but for the purpose of constructing fire lanes in the woods plows can be used without darner: to the soil. Choice star ' of young timber, and in fact all young timber, should be protected as well as possible against the coming of dry and windy weather. While the woods are as damp as they are it is possible to triple the protection with only a moderate use of the plow and the burning off on additional space as backing to the plowed lane. With things as they now are, the decayed matter on the ground will bum slowly and without much danger of the fire getting away or doing damage to the trees in the comparatively narrow swatne mat should be burned. In spite of the lessened danger in burning such lanes during the damp weather, it is advisable, says Mr. Jones, to burn the lanes in the late afternoons and early nights. There is usually very little wind at such times and this greatly reduces the possible danger of the flames spreading. In addition, if it is possible to do so, it is always advisable to burn the lanes against the wind, even if the wind be ever so light. A fire going against the wind is much safer and it creates so little heat that it does no damage and can be extinguished easily when a sufficient area has been burned over to afford protection. The warden was very much sold on the need of the land owners realizing fully what a valuable crop they have in their woods and on the need of everything possible being done right now, under the present favorable conditions, to protect this woods crop against the time, a little later in the year, when it will be in great danger. New Postmaster Begins At Supply Miss Lottie Jane Frink Takes Over Duties Of Office From Douglas Hawes, Acting Postmaster The appointment of Miss Lottic Jane Frink as postmaster at Supply has recently been confirmed by the United States Senate and she has taken over the duties of that office. She succeeds Douglas Hawes, who was filling the position as acting postmaster. During the period that the latter .served the postoffice was located in the R. Galloway store of Sunnlv. The office is now "" r**? / - quartered in a new building fronting on U. S. Highway No. 17, that was especially constructed for the purpose. ,0T r ? SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY S OF BOARD m n P 4am iskell, left, has been named rien, right, secretary of the ationing Board. Applications to purchase tires may be obiffice of the Register of Deeds ig For bounty Begins ?L? r pii nmunity 942 PUBLi MEMBER n Br*, i . ' ml v Hk OFFICIALS?L. T. Yj chairman and Prince O'B Brunswick County Tire R for certificates with which tained from a clerk in the c in Southport. Tire Rationir This ( Soldier-Sailor Brothers Meet Unfortunately for this story the names of the parties were not learned, but the story' 's vouched for as true. One soldier at Fort Bragg has been in the army for more than a year and during that time he has not seen his relatives. Recently a younger brother enlisted in the Navy and was assigned to Fort Caswell. This past Saturday night the soldier came to Southport, saw - sailer in uuiform c the street and walked up behind him to ask for Information. Tapping the sailor on the shoulder he gave his name, said he had a brother at Fort Caswell and asked if the sailor knew his kinsman. The sailor turned around and the soldier discovered to his surprise that the man he had tapped on the back was the brother he was asking about. Seven Cases In Recorder's Courf Monday Saw A Number 01 Interesting Cases Triec Before Judge Walter M Stanaland In Recorder's Court here Mon day seven cases were heard bj Judge Walter M. Stanaland. Ruby Tilson, white, pleadec guilty to charges of drunk driv ing and speeding and was giver 30 days on, the roads. This judg ment was suspended upon pay ment of a fine of $50.00 and cost! of the case, the defendant's driv ing license to be suspended foi 12 months. Laura Smith, white, was fount not guilty of larceny and th< costs of the case were taxet against the prosecuting witness Notice of appeal was given, ant bond was set at $100.00. The case against H. O. John son, colored, and Robert Hawes white, was nol prossed. Sam Burris, white, was giver 8 months for transporting ant possession. Judgment in this cast was suspended upon payment ol costs and a fine of $100.00. No tice of appeal was given and bone was set at $500.00. (Continued on page 4) If The Girls D< Seems Its T OH maids and gay young widows?both varieties ? may ?complain all they want to about their plight, but waste. 110 more sympathy on them. The men are here for the asking?or accepting. This is according to figures contained in a recent census report from the department of commerce which shows that the male population of Brunswick is 327 greater than the 8399 women. This means, of course, that there is a man for every woman, with that many extras. There arc other interesting facts contained in the census T? . L. T. Yaskell Made Chairman Of Local Group, With Prince O'Brien Named Secretary; J. A. McNeill Tire Inspector APPLICATIONS ARE BEING RECEIVED Tires And Tubes Available To Limited Number Of Users; Must First Have Old Tires Retreaded L. T. Yaskell has been named chairman of the Brunswick County Tire Rationing Board, with Prince O'Brien secretary. Third member of the board is James M. Harper, Jr., and J. A. McNeill has been named tire inspector. Temporarily at least the local board will have no office of its own, but applications for tires and tubes may be made at the office of the Register of Deeds with a clerk who is stationed there to attend to these matters. The board will go through all applications on Friday of each week and successful applicants will be notified that they may secure certificates for the purchase of the desired equipment. The county's quota for January . has been set at 9 new tires and 8 new tubes for passenger cars, p motorcycles and light trucks and | 26 new tires and 22 tubes for trucks and buses. As soon as the tire rationing committee begin work, the procedure for Brunswick firms and f individuals, who think that they are entitled to new tires and I (Continued On Page Four) : Beer Retailers ; Are Licensed Total Of Thirty-One Retail l Beer Dealers Are Licen; sed In Brunswick County 1 RALEIGH, Jan 5?The State I Department of Revenue has issued retail beer licenses to 31 outlets in Brunswick county. Figures compiled by the Brewers and North Carolina Beer Dis. tributors Committee, as of Decern 1 ber 31, disclosed that 4,822 retail > outlets have been licensed by the f state for the 1941-42 fiscal year. - It is probable that the number 1 will reach 5,000 before the tax year (for beer licenses) ends (continued on page four) in't Marry "heir Own Fault release. The total white population of the county is 11,326 of which all but 28 arc nativeborn. There are 5,792 negroes and 7 inhabitants of other races. The report shows that in this county ther; are 1,978 children below 5-years of age; 7,736 residents between the ages of 5 and 24 years of age; 6,640 inhabitants between the age3 of 24 and 64 years of age; and 771 persons over the age of 65. There are 8,612 residents over 21years of age. Rural farm population for ? ijrunswius is sci &\ v,^v% ? - - Most Of The News All The Time $1.50 PER YEAR Frozen Fillet And Shrimp To Be Packed Here United Shrimp Company Plans To Pack All Seafood Shipments In FivePound Cardboard Cartons CO-OPERATE WITH STORAGE HOUSES Will Be Able To Place Prepared Seafood On Market Near At Home And Open Up New Territory With Wilmington cold storage houses colaborating, neat 5-pound boxes of frozen fillet of fish are now being placed on the market by Lewis J. Hardee of Berwick, La., and Dallas Piggott of Southport. Operating under the firm name of United Shrimp Company, they plan to pack their products in neat, oiled cardboard boxes, freeze the whole thing and keep it on storage until distributed to the consumer. Both fish and shrimp will be packed in 5-pound boes. An initial shipment of 35,000 containers has already been received. The fish, each kind packed separately, are cleaned to the point of being ready for the frying pan, packed in the boxes and contents frozen and kept that way until distributed to the housewives. In this way fish can be kept as fresh as they were on the day they were taken from the water for a year or more. Due to no recent catches, no shrimp have been packed and frozen thus far, but the company expects to be able to stock up in la few days. Like the fish, the shrimp will be cleaned and packed in 5-pound boxes, frozen and stored in the cold storage houses in Wilmington until they are called for. As in the case of fish, the shrimp will keep in a perfectly fresh condition for many months. The frozen waxed cardlxard boxes can be transferred to kitchen refrigerators and kept for a considerable length of time after being removed in their hard-frozen condition from the cold storage places. This method of freezing and preserving seafood is new on this portion of the Atlantic coast. In ] Louisiana there are several score I eoofAnrl nrnHurnrfl who nack CTfiat quantities of fish and shrimp in these five-pound waxed boxes. Using this method they have built up a great business in interior Louisiana and adjoining states, saving much costly transportation (continued on page four) County Defense Meet At Bolivia Officials Of B r u n swick County Defense Council Held Meeting Last Night Representatives of the Brunswick County Defense Council met last night in Bolivia for the purpose of perfecting an emergency organization to function in case of emergency caused by any development of the war. Attending the meeting from Southport were W. S. Wells, chairman of the defense council; Chas. M. Tropp, county air raid warden; R. L. Brendle, WPA supervisor ;and Mayor John D. Eriksen. Sheriff Dillon L. Ganey land G. T. Reid also attended. 1 Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Fort Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide Low Tide TIDE TABLE Thursday, December 25 0:51 a. m. 7:16 a. rr. 1:10 p. m. 7:38 p. m. Friday, December 26 1:14 a. m. 8:19 a. m. O.Afl n ? Q-1Q n m v.VU J?? in 0?*w !' a? Saturday, December 27 2:39 a. ni. 9:16 a. m. 3:01 p. m. 9:21 p. m. Sunday, December 28 3:36 a. m. 10:08 a. m. 1:01 p. m. 10:11 p. m. Monday, December 28 4:30 a. m. 10:57 a. m, 1:55 p. m. 10:57 p. oh Tuesday, December 30 5:19 a. ni. 11:44 a. at 5:43 p. ni. 11:43 p. m. Wednesday, December 31 6:01 a. m. . 6:26 p. m. 12:30 p. flfr r' if > , - - - . . i . . MmM