pPilot Covers ^wick County NO .titration . Adds 85( To Coi x&ToFt * Previously Register '(STiuteJ By Work ""hkhbt TOTAI t;?io Rofori gf Some ? I Men On This List K, Be Properly ClasKti And Notified I n between thi ' id who had no I'' n Brunswic) listed for selectivi [ Monday at registratioi ttmHighout the county. 1tss than one-half thi K in the firs m just shy of th< other points in thi Es was Shal ri 224 > xt came Lelan< then Southport witl 128; Ash witi pwT BRIEFS Briers HOSPITAL H- ens of Suppl; H - Memorial Hospita I al patient. PATIENT I; V. Davis of Southpor I:.:at Dosher Memoria & Si-. Jay and Monday. BrSiilC AL PATIENT S. r..:.A Of Southpor s a patient at Dosher Me HHospital since last Wed H:.- surgical attention. IWK >l KOtui < Ward of Southport is I r, Dosher Memorial Hos :: surgical attention. [EAVES HOSPITAL Dula Smith of Ash was < i patient at Dosher Me Hispital Thursday througl HH ANN01'XCEMENT a:.. Mrs. Talmadge Var (Supply announce the birtl lighter at Dosher Menior Friday, February 13 judical patient I Huntley of Oak Islam Cari Station entered Dos fcenal Hospital as a mcd Ptet Sunday. s1u rn home k ar.il Mrs. I. B. Busselli filter. Miss Lois Jam Skippy Stiller and Mrs 1T Watson have returnee ifiwirg a week's trip t( patient Huntley, daughter o: ' His. A. E. Huntley o: ^entered Dosher Memor I'-al Sunday and is still f ' there. "HECK VICTIM H B. Cole of Caswcl t k.? _ ?was movca w ^PXeror.ai Hospital Tucs Conway, where he ha; I' ?s' s.- ce he was in ffer "In May With June"; Shalotte will stage "Thursday Evcn-< ng"; and Southport's production vill be "Of All Things". Prizes will be awarded to the days judged to be first and sec>nd best, and a prize also will jo to the boy or girl making the iest individual performance. Here tablish Office 'ermanent Office For Rationing Board Being Planned With Possibility Of Expanded Duties JOARD RATIONS RETREADS - AUTOS There Are Rumors That Many Other Items Soon Will Be Handled By Rationing Board A field representative of the office of the Federal Price Adminstration was in Southport Tuesiay for the purpose of establishing an office that will take care >f the expected expansion of the luties of the Brunswick county Rationing Board. A full time clerk, capable of ioing shorthand and typing, will je necessary, and a permanent jffice will be secured. This week the local rationing board was furnished information is a basis for rationing tire retreads during the month of Mar-u to. ; _ third ilnni fnr vJI. 11110 IO UIU uiuu * vvm ?u. which rationing orders have been received, others being new automobile tires and new automobiles. Leland Divides Twin Bill Here i 3oys Go Down In First Defeat Of Season Before County Team As Southport Wins 26-22 Leland, county champions upon he basis of pre-tournament play n the Brunswick scholastic bascetball league, was stopped for he first time this season last light when Southport boys outicored them 26-22. The game was one of the astest and most exciting played n the county this year, and the , risitors were not to be counted >ut until Southport staged a last luarter rally that put her into a i-point lead with minutes to go. (continued on page four) Laymen Will Preach Sunday Sunday, February 22nd., will be ibscrved throughout the Town >eck Methodist charge as laynan's day, with laymen filling he pulpits. J. E. Pugh of Wilmington will ireach at Zion at 11 a. m., and it Shiloh at 3 p. m., and Charljs )ushan, also of Wilmington, will ireach at Bolivia at 11 a. m., ind at Piney Grove at 3 p. m. t has been agreed that with the nstitution of War Time ail servces on the parish be held at he usual times, so that there be 10 confusion as to the hour. All men of the churches and lommunitics are asked not to niss the message of the laymen. years about all of the plantation residents turned out at the white church. As usual, Lieutenant liragaw l i ME d News paper Southport, N. C., We Assistant Clerk Superior Court GoesTo Hospital ^ M HK, ?! ^h^H^H M. B. Watkins, for the past eight years assistant clerk of Superior Court, left today for the Veterans Hospital in Fayetteville. The court official is suffering a reoccurance of an attack of facial paralysis which he suffered several years ago. Last week he was the victim of a sudden stroke while driving alone on the highway between Southport and his home and was injured when his car left the highway and went into a ditch. Since then his condition has failed to show any improvement, and the necessary arrangements were made to get him in the Fayetteville hospital where he may receive the very best attention possible. Mrs. Lucy White In Draft Office Resigns Position She Has Held In Office Of County Agent For Several Years To Assume Duties With Eelective Service Mrs. Lucy Watts White of Southport has resigned her position as treasurer of the Brunswick county Agriculture Adjustment Administration and has accepted a position as clerk in the office of the Brunswick County Selective Service Board. During her years of service at the office of County Agent J. E. Dodson Mrs. White served well the various farm committees with which she was associated. Her place will be taken by Mrs. Katharine Russ of Shallottc. Funeral Sunday Mr. Clemmons Prominent Farmer Of Near Supply Died At His Home Friday Following Illness Of Several Weeks F. T. Clemmons, prominent farmer of the Supply community, died at his home Friday morning following an extended illness, wn c 7fi vpflrs of ape and was well known throughout the county Besides his widow, Mrs. Ida Clemmons, of Supply, he is survived by two brothers, Lockwood Clemmons, of Myrtle Beach, S. C., and Dunbar Clemmons, Bolivia. Funeral services were conduct(Conttnued On Page Four) Impressive Fai For Bragaw a Loula's Chapel, the registration mccca for the thousands of tourists who visit Orton Plantation, was the scene of a most impressive service Sunday morning when the white and colored employees gathered for the morning worship. It turned into a farewell service for Lieutenant Churchill Bragaw who reported for service at a camp in Alabama today. Although the colored employees of the plantation have a church of their own, it is the regular custom for a number of them to gather each Sunday morning at the Manor church. Last Sunday with the departure bf Lieutenant Bragaw who has been manager of the nlnntntinn fnr the nast three P0R1 [n A Good Con dnesday, February 18, March Est Set I As Deadline Of < Red Cross Drive i _ ? Organization Complete In Number Of Communities In Brunswick And Workers Have Begun Solicitations i QUOTA FOR THIS I COUNTY $1,500.00 i f Persons Are Urged To Volunteer Their Donations t And Not To Wait Un- v til Contacted 1 I With March 1 set as the date j for having returns for the Red s Cross War Relief Drive complet- t ed, S. B. Frink, county chairman, c has received notice of the local 1 organization completed by a num- j ber of the community chairmen J recently named by him. s These workers are to start immediately on their job of help- t ing to raise the quota of $1500.00 ] that has been assigned Brunswick ( county. 1 At Bolivia Foster Mintz is i chairman, and to serve him will t be Mrs. George Cannon, Mrs. J. < D. Johnson, Mrs. W. A. Kopp t and Kenneth McKeithan. i At Supply Mrs. Lottie Jane 1 Tripp is chairman, and on her l committee are Mrs. M. M. King, 1 Mrs. Lee Clemmons, Mrs. J. J. ) I Hawes and Mrs. Leon Galloway. At Town Creek Rev. Walter I Pavy is chairman of the commit- j tee which includes Mrs. Chas. K. 1 Woodbury, Mrs. Carrie Tharpc, ; Mrs. Martin B. Bobbins, Mrs. E. W. Taylor and Miss Elizabeth , Henry. At Leland Mrs. L. H. Reynolds is chairman. With her will be Mrs. H. O. Peterson, Mrs. Herbert Brew, Mrs. Bessie S. Marks and U. L. Rourk. Mrs. J. E. Dodson, chairman for the Exum community, will 1 have serving with her the following ladies: Mrs. Loft Mintz, Mrs. Jesse Purvis, Mrs. L. C. Brown and Mrs. Dave Bennett. Grapplers Have 1 Full Card Friday1 Popular Wrestlers to Match Wits And Skill In Wilmington Friday Night With Full Card t WILMINGTON ? An all-star wrestling card will be presented in Thalian Hall in Wilmington, N. C., Friday night, February 20, it was announced recently by Bert Causey, promoter. Phillip Olfascn, the Swedish angel, will meet Dick Lever, the Tennessee House Painter, in the main event, a match that is expected to attract unusual attention. Abe Yourist, of Akron, whose popularity here is unquestioned, will battle Nick Carter, Peru, in the semi-final which in itself will be one of the best matches offered here. The semi final go should be a clean, scientific affair with the (Continued On Page Four) Sutton Resigns Hospital Job J. D. Sutton, who has served for several years as business manager of the Dosher Memorial Hosjpital .tendered his resignation to | members of the board of trustees | of the hospital at a meeting of I that body here Monday night. No announcement was made regarding his successor. ^ ewell Service t Orton Chapel, led in tlic services. Joining him were his mother, Mrs. Helen Bragaw; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Fergcr. Miss Emma Lou Harrelson, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Bogie and Miss Isabelle Whitchurst, ' a teacher in the Wilmington ' schools. ( Many of the colored cm- 1 ployces of the plantation spoke a few words expressing the genuine affection of the colored J people to Lieutenant Bragaw. All of them joined in singing and many were visibly moved. Lieutenant Bragaw is the t oldest son of the late Colonel t Bragaw, commander of the j North Carolina State Militia for ? many years. Since finishing at State College he has been in 5 charge at Orton. He is si'-oeed- 1 ed there by Jim Ferger, also a i graduate of State College and t recently of Chapel Hill. * 1 r pil lmunity 1942 PUBLISI LJSO Hut Intet 'Home Away There Are Many Things Ol Community Building L Water! (BY GEORGE O. BUTLER) 1 Already the Federal Commun- c ty building at Southport has t >roven that it will fulfill admir- t tbly the role for which it was j ntended?a "home away from lome" for the service men. e Much has been written about c he attractive white structure ? vhich commands a view of the r larbor in justapostion to historic ( rt. Johnson. This week your re- i >orter decided to tackle the aslignment from a human-interest 1 ingle, hoping to point out some j >f the salient features of the j J. S. O. center which will make i t a focal point of entertainment c or our service. men and visting t >eamen from friendly nations. Service men from Oak Island, i he coast guard station; Ft. 1 3ragg, Ft. Caswell, Camp Gordon, i la and visiting Dutch seamen i lave already signed the visitors'! w oster In the center and no doubt j i :he roster will assume a more i josmopolitan atmosphere. with 11 die names of far-away places1 < ningled with names of more! i ocal flavor, as the community < juilding continues to fulfill its 1 leartening mission in these trou- I ilous times. 1 This week is "open house" for 1 die club and Tuesday, Wednesday i md Thursday were set aside for < the reception of school children, i idults and negroes respectively. Io Obliterate Helpful T< * Dwight McEwen Will Head I County Wide Committee To Remove All Signs' Helpful To Enemy Aircraft IMMEDIATE PLANS TO REMOVE THEM 3uty Of Committee Is To Locate And Report Presence And To Check Job After It Is Completed Dwight McEwen, Southport attorney, has been appointed by W. 3. Wells of the Brunswick County Defense Council, to take charge )f a county-wide program to lo:ate and to obliterate all signs that will serve as markers for jnemy aircraft. McEwen has named a representative citizen from each comraunty to serve with him on his comiiittec. The first duty of these workers will be to locate these signs and to report them to Wells. He in turn will report them io district headquarters and a < WPA crew will be sent to have :hem obliterated. Final duty of he committee members is to see f the signs in their respective :ommunities have been properly slotted out. When final word has seen given Wells that the work s complete an airplane will be 1 sent over to see if there are any ' tell-tale signs remaining. i Serving with McEwen are the ' tallowing citizens: R. L. Thompson, Southport; U. L. Rourk, Le- ' and; J. L. Henry, Winnabow; J. A Elmore, Bolivia; Floyd Kirby, 1 Supply; Hobson Kirby, Shallotte; 1 Commie Lewis, Grissettown-Hick- ( nans Crossroads-Thomasboro; J. 1 B. Ward, Longwood-Ash. ) Weeks Schedule For USO Hut Program Of Activities Is Announced By Director Following Meeting Of ! Executive Committee The following program for the JSO Hut in Southport for the 1 jurrent week was prepared by Captain Fridolf Anderson and I uembers of the executive commit (Continued On Page Four) 1 Early Planters May See Results ' A number of Brunswick grow:rs say that those who sowed heir tobacco plant beds early lave an abundance of plants up ind growing. Others who planted late are still waiting for their plants to weak out. They say their seed ire alright and at this distance he supply of plants promises to i jc ample. 1 Most Of The News All The Time $1.50 PER YEA! Meeting Called For Benefit Of Naval Relief 'reliminary Meeting Held At Caswell Section Base And Committee Named To Carry On Drive ;1T1ZENS INVITED TO MEET FRIDAY s A Task That Merits County-Wide Interest And Representatives From All Sections Invited Plans are being made for launihing a drive for funds for the s'avy Relief Society and a mass neeting of Brunswick county citzens has been called for Friday ivening of this week at 8 o'clock n the Federal Community Buildng (USO Hut) in Southport. At a preliminary meeting held ecently at Caswell Section Base, I. R. Raper, superintendent of >ublic welfare for Brunswick OT 1ED EVERY WEDNESDAY ided To Be ' From Home" Interest In The Federal ocated On Southport f ront rhese days were designed in orler that the young people, and >oth white and negro citizens of he community might have an op- * >ortunity to visit the building. Motion pictures will add to tho mtertainment of the visit- I >rs Thursday night at 8 o'clock, let for Friday at 8 p. m. is a neeting for navy relief, with Lt. Commander S. B. Haskell speak"g Capt. Fridolf Anderson and c drs. Anderson, of Cleveland, O., a 1 roung couple with previous ex- * ierience in operating U. S. O. f mits, arrived here last Friday as i lirector and co-director respec :ively of the building. Captain Anderson showed this 1 eporter through the building, J iuilt by the federal government J it a cost of approximately $23,000 < ilus some $6,000 for furnishings, j < V large reading room on one end (1 s likely to prove one of the I -nost popular features of the cen- I :er, for it is equipped with mod- ! itn, upholstered chairs, convcn-1, ent lamps and with a selection I >f popular magazines ranging 1 from The New Yorker and Flying,' hrough Esquire and The Ladies 1 Some Journal. Several hundred l! jooks which have been collected J, n the nation-wide Victory book j Jrive are expected to make their 1 ippearance on shelves of the ' (continued on page four) .? , Signs i 3 The Enemy j i Government lax jj Man Coming Here ! I i i It is announced by Raymond , D. Christman, United States i deputy collector of internal rev- ! nue that he will be in South- 1 port at the courthouse building 1 on February 23 for the purposo . of assisting income taxpayers in the pr?paration of their re- ' turns. From February 28 to March 16 he will be in his Wilmington office. Air. (hristma.ii emphasized < the necessity of all persons to examine their records of income very carefully and be prepared to file returns if liable. Making Plans ; For First Aid i Class Will Be Sponsored By j Local Red Cross Chapter , And Will Be For Interes- , ted Persons Of Commun- < ity A meeting has been called for J tomorrow (Thursday) evening at . ? * -i- - __i ? 5 O CIOCK in uie Illgu oeiiuoi auui- , torium of all persons interested i in taking a course in first aid 1 jnder the sponsorship of the Brunswick county chapter of the i American Red Cross. I Although the course has been < tiscussed with the idea of train- 1 ing men for various posts in the I Civilian Defense organization, women are also invited to be present at the meeting in order that the needs and demands for this type of training may be determined. Three Marriage License Issued During the past few days mar- I riage licenses have been issued to the following persons from the Dffice of the Brunswick county Register of Deeds: Miles Reed Livingston, of Wampee, S. C., to Miss Jessie Mac Russ of Shallotte; R. L. Bordeaux to Miss Agusta Bragdon, both of Lcland; C. VV. Osborne to Miss Theo Outlaw, both of Southport. Newsman Visits In Southport George O. Butler, reporter and wok review editor for the Grecnswro Dailv News, has been sDend ng several days here. He has jiven up his newspaper work for the duration of the war and will eave Friday for Ft. Jackson. Mr. Butler was with The Whiteidlle News Reporter for two years aeforc going to Grecaaboroi ? :ounty, was asked to servo as :hairman of the committee in iharpe of the drive for Navy Reief Society funds. Others in attendance at this irellminary meeting: included Thas. F Cause, S. B. Frink, Sam C. Bennett and Lt. Commander 3. B. Haskell. These men were lamed to serve with Mr. Raper on lis committee, and in addition the fallowing representative citizens were named: Mayor John D. Eriksen, J. J. Loughlin, J. E. Carr, VIrs. Maude Phelps, Mrs. Martin vtcCall, Judge VV. M. Stanaland, VIrs. Sam J. Frink, Mrs. J. A. Ftuss, Mrs. R. D. White, Mrs. S. T. Bennett, Mrs. L. C. Brown, Longwood. Mrs. J. E. Dodson, VIrs. J. J. Hawes, Mrs. C. P. iVilletts, Mrs. Dorman Mercer, P. Henry, Mrs. R. C. Holmes, Mrs. L. H. Reynolds, Mrs. W. L. Payden and Mrs. Agnes Hussy, Principal speaker at the Friday light meeting will be Lt. Com* nander Haskell, who will explain n detail the purpose for which he funds are being sought. The sponsors of this movement ire anxious to have a large numoer of citizens from out in tho :ounty in attendance at this gathering, for in addition to afford,ng the opportunity for participa' oe e M'Oi'ibwh!1'- rffnrt " will give them a chance to visit the recently-opened USO Hut and will make it possible for them to meet and to talk with the officers in charge of the Caswell SecLion Base. Routine Session > Of County Court Several Cases Heard Before Judge Walter M. Stanaland Here In Recorders Court Monday Of This Week In Recorder's court here Monday only three cases were disposed of before Judge Walter M. Stanaland. Of outstanding interest was tHc trial of Ernest Hewett, James newt: ll, oocraman new en. ami Drbic Hewett, white youths, for making an assault with a deadly weapon. Judgment in this matter was with held. William F. Mitchell, white, pleaded guilty to charge of drunken driving. Given 4 months on the roads, judgment was suspend-?d upon payment of costs and a fine of $50.00. His license was revoked for 12 months. James Lewis, colored, was charged with rape. His plea of ?:uilty to charges of assault upon i female was accepted and the defendant was given 30 days on the roads. Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are approximately correct and were fur I nished The State Port Pilot I through the courtesy of the 1 Cri'is Fear Pilot's Association. "Jgh Tide Low Tide TIDE TABLE Thursday, Deccmbe. 25 0:51 a. m. 7:16 a. in. 1:10 p. m. 7:38 p. Ok Friday, December 26 1:44 a. m. 8:19 a. m. 2:06 p. m. 8:33 p. m. Saturday, December 27 2:39 a. m. 9:16 a. m. 3:01 p. m. 9:24 p. m. Sunday, December 28 3:36 a. m. 10:08 a. m. 4:01 p. m. 10:11 p. ok Monday, December 28 4:30 a. m. 10:57 a. a 4:55 p. m. 10:57 p. a Tuesday, December 30 5:19 a. m. 11:44 a. m. 5:43 p. ui. 11:43 p. at Wednesday, December 31 6:01 a. in. ~ 6:26 p. m. 12:30 p. ? ?~ L - " - ft, j* Mt lifc..