Le Ph* Coxcrs
lrun$wiek ^ountV
kirteen no. t<
brw
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Escape From
Ling Vessel
liursday Night
I Torpedoed Off Caro1
Beach Was Clearly
Eble Here As It Burst
K Flames Following
1U
Is TOLD OF !
"HARROWINU lime.;
;,w Comrades Burned
Death. Saw Others
,?n; Many Tales Of
(eroism Are Recounted
..j0u over this quiot
"i.vme community Fri7..s
the tinal chapter of
:^:v that had unfolded
"iiiiK the very eyes of
c:Ze.s was written into
.>;> record of World War
'larked the end of an allaTcii
Kept by Southport's
5 :th. arrival here of J
s who had been aboard ,
z tar.jo: r torpedoed early |
I wains before off j
; !o Beeach. All night
I. flames from the striken .
clearly visible from here, i
55 at the skies: and so it; j
ri dread certainty that a j
was kept throughout the r
the men who would be J
[in by tescue boats.
( Iter- : i i been grim cause |
*: when eleven weary, oil- i
i seamen were landed at j
r?rr.:::ert ock. to be rush- j
icily to Dosher Memorial
a. for treatment At mid- (
in buoyed spirits sank ^
iter, another boat carao in r
ae body. T>it tiii fu'.lihm- ^
d the real ty of war "Sas
K until darkness wus :
itizens of the J
bw the bodies of more '
! . : men brought ashore
! coast quard boat.
'si young survivors, havtteved
expert medical at:
at the local hospital R
an.-.; slept off the worst
k and physical ex:r
t .1 countless stories of
e.-. s and matchless ,
t There was the little
t: . boy who surrend:ii
an over-crowd- r
etc-at. only to cling to the
f -e ship until he was the
teed man brought in to
fj'f There was the boonicf
Quartermaster who
M his mates to a life raft,
wiping them abroad as , 11
floundered about in ex- p
T There was the man who o
; h:s life jacket and de- li
- end it all the quick way, F
tnc example of his ii
! who was swimming f?r 2
an! finally reached
o
as the group of boys c
kidding as they had a c
rip of coffee atxiut what a
: -5 :f the boat were tor- i
- th< p. proceeded to do e
- else than what they'd o
' There were men, too, t;
:?k and blue whelps
! their eh st and abdomen Is
1 had served as human p
5 a* their strudy mates s
; 'nth mighty oars away ji
- burr.mg oil. And there u
memory that one lad /
erase from his mind of't
5 i?s bu 'lies standing high p
-w flaming ship, shouting
: "g to each other while ,
' i for the flames to .
(hem down from their J
"jS a story of horror and
'oi a mighty blast that sud"angctl
a safe and com''
sbip mto a flaming in- >
'fom which that only posncape
was into the oil
*ater about her. And for
! Uw men this avenue of
' * " shut off when the oil Ii
r surface of the ocean v
P fire. d
r :s a good story, and a J
f in the manner that f'
^ cituons met the first c
have faced since the d
yp" Early in the morning
'crse order to the local ti
bi stand by for the v
I" jt survivors here. A full c
yf?'c the men reached the i'
r 'LSs Elizabeth Murray, 8
n'-'^nt of Dosher Mem- *
L^P'tul, Business Manager b
Slhin and other members v
slaff had everything in
r "'uuued on page 6) t
L v ,
veary hours after being: t'oi
The above picture was made
'Star-Me%s Cut.)
Oil Men Of Di
Gather
den From Eight Counties
Of State Are Expected To
Gather At Cape Fear Hotel
On March 27th
:ONGRESSMAN CLARK
WILL BE SPEAKER
)istrict Includes Columbus,
Brunswick, Bladen, Duplin,
New Hanover, Pender,
Robeson And
Sampson
Oil men from this county will
neet with representatives of the
etroleum industry from seven
ther nearby counties at the
jncheon meeting of the N. C.
'etroleum Industries Committee
n Wilmington on Friday, March
7, at 12:30 p. m.
Hon. J. Bayard Clark, member
f Congress from the Seventh
longresional District, has acceptd
an invitation to be present
nd deliver the principal address,
"he Congressman can be expcctd
to discuss matters which arc
f peculiar interest to oil men at
his time.
Alonzo Squires, a blind law
tudent at the University of
forth Carolina, will also be prcent
and entertain the group with
mpersonations of National figres.
The producer of the Fred
illcn radio programs stated that
he show put on by Squires in
Jew York last fall was 33% bet(Continued
on page six)
Defense Count
Seeks A
iV. S. Wells Phoned This ^
Rationing Board Oj
For Br
W. S. Wells, chairman of the
trunswick County Council for Ciilian
Defense, is in Raleigh toay
at the request of Governor
. M. Broughton to attend a conerence
of Defense Council offiials
with the assistant national
irector.
Among other important maters
which he plans to take up
nth the state and national offiials
is the possibility for securig
additional equipment and
upplies for the Dosher Memorial
iospital. The matter of a possile
expansion also will be incstigated
by high authorities.
Wells phoned this newspaper
his afternoon to say that ho had
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gai..,,' -vj
|gg 11 \^Je
BSE
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SURVIVORS?Above a|
loast guard after bein<r pick
! upon payment of costs and a fine
of $25.00.
W. B. DuVal, white, was found
V.ot guilty of operating with improper
lights.
Eddie Bowman, white, pleaded
guilty to charges of drunk driving.
Given 6 months on the
roads, judgement was suspended
[upon payment of a fine of $50,
and costs. His driving license was
[revoked for 12 months,
i (Continued on page 6)
:il Chairman
id For Hospital
' """"n" Todav That State
jposed Twin Boards
unswick
asked permission to establish another
Rationing Board st some
other point in the county and
that this permission had been
denied by officials of the State
Rationing Board. These men
| stated that the draft registration
for Brunswick was being handled
by one board, hence it was their
| assumption that one Rationing
Board could serve the residents
of the county. It was pointed I
out, too, that the small quota of j
rationed commodities alloted j
! Brunswick indicated that the voljume
of business did not warrant
'an additional board.
It was suggested that it might
(.Continued on page 6)
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[ To Be Ashore A
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re shown several of the men
ed up from a life raft upon v
ced to abandon their torped
: at Dosher Memorial Ilospita!
strict To |
At Wilmington j
* ?
[Numerous Cases
Tried In Court
Fast Work Made Of Disposing
Of Several Cases
Monday Before Judge
Walter M. Stanaland
Although Monday's session of
Recorder's court was over by
1 mid-afternoon, numerous cases
were disposed of before Judge
Walter M. Stanaland.
The case against VV. A. Long
for destroying personal property
was nol pressed.
Similar action was taken in
'the matter against J. O. Smith
for assault and raising a disturbance
in a public place.
J Johnnie V. Lassiter, white, was
found guilty of possession and
[public drunkeness. Sentence of 30
'days on the roads was suspended
5 FOREST PI
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d News paper
louthport, N. G., Wedi
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landed here Friday by the
liich they had spent several
oed ship the night before.
1 just as the men arrived.?
-ty
Jim Finch Now
Air Raid Warden
Jim R. Finch, of Winna
bow, has assumed the duties of
Brunswick County Air Raid
Warden for the purpose of supervising
the. work of the plane
piano spotters in this county.
Dawson Jones, Brunswick
county forest warden, has been
serving: in this role, but he hits
been ordered to bed by his doctor
and is therefore tuiablo to
continue this work. Proper notice
has been given W. F. >.'lifer,
state air raid warden, of
this change.
It is the duty of the organization
under Mr. Finch to cooperate
with the Wilmington
Filter Center in warning of the
approach of enemy aircraft.
This change, in county wardens
will not result in any other
changes in personnel in the
spotting system.
Camellias Are
In Full Bloom
Word Comes From Orton
Plantation That Camellias
Are At Their Best;
Azaleas Expected To Be
Best For Easter
With the gorgeous camellias
and fragrant daphne now having
their day at Orton Planation gardens,
visitors are suddenly finding
themselves sitting in the
middle of the lap of spring, amid
an incomparable loveliness all
apart from war alarms.
One is reminded of the lines:
"The Kiss ot me sun ior parcion.
The song of the birds for mirth;
You are nearer God's House in a
garden,
Than anywhere else on earth."
It has recently been claimed
that the Orton camellias were
never before more lovely than
they are this spring. Along with
the unprecedented beauty of the
blooms this year, they have never
before been so abundant and
so perfect in coloring. Setting off
the present beauty arc hundreds
of the fragrant daphne shrubs,
with their own flowers, filling
the air with fragrance. Were a
blind man to be set down suddenly
at Orton today, he could
tell you without seeing that he
was in the midst of a wonderful
garden.
Many of the owners of the fa.(Continued
on page 6)
ElOTECTION V
P0R1
In A Good Com
lesday, March 18, 1942
Stan
r-?Forest
1
Organization Of j~
Defense Wardens In
This County |
Air Raid Wardens And
Special Defense Policemen
For Waccamaw,
Bolivia And Southport
School Districts
TRAINING IS NEXT
PHASE OF PROGRAM
No Reports Of Complete
Organization Have Been i S
n i r cl_i ! m.
Keceivea r rem onailotte
Or Leland
In order that the training
phase of the Civilian Defense
Program may be expecdited, a |
list has been prepared of all
available organizations perfected
in the various school districts of
the county for civilian safety.
In Southport the following
have been named to aid in air
raid warning: Neils Jorgenson,
James Harper and Jack Christ- [ <)
ian, Episcopal church; James
Carr, Harry Aldridge and Jerry ||
Doshcr, Presbyterian church; $
Rev. A. L. Brown, J. VV. Lan- ||
caster and C. R. Livington, Bap- II
tist church; Johnnie Swain, Bre- K
man Furpless and Mr. Wade, j
courthouse; Joe Spencer and Riv- I
ers Wcscott, fire station; Rev. R. Bj
S. Harrison, Paul Fodale and G. I
D. Robinson, Methodist church; I
j Rev. Howell, Israel Clcinmons
and Claude Morris. St. James
church; Elmer Davis, Fred Moore I
<<nri Herbert Brown, Mt. Carmel; I
James Clemmons ana uscar
Galloway, 1st Baptist.
Chief air raid wardens are Mike I
Thompson, Joe Lewis and Broth- I
er Fisher, all engineers at the I
Power Plant.
The following arc defense po- I
lice officers: H. T. Bowmcr, H
chief; George Whatley, P. M.
Cranmer, John R. Swain, A. L. C(
Brown, Ed Marlowe, Robert eg
Johnson, Ormand Leggett, Mon
roc Potter, D. I. Watson, James
M. Harper, T. H. Watts, Monroe ^
Barnhill, J. A. McNeill, J. S. ku
Olive, William, C. Holden, H. F.
Rogers, George Arnold, Ed
Weeks, Rivers Wcscott, Roy
Swain, A. E. Huntley, R. L.
Brcndlc.
Among the colored residents Tt
(Continued on page six)
Bowling Added
To Recreation T(
Provision Made To Have I
Navy And Coast Guard Fe
! Men Bowl Under Auspic- \
es Of Local USO Club
Free bowling for service men
on two nights each week is a feat- 1
urc of the. USO Club program lici
that has been announced for the ?0
next week by Captain Fridolf T. Qr;
Anderson, director. The following th(
activities have been scheduled: ^
Thursday, March 19th, 8:30 P. yei
M.: Motion picture "Happy Land- ^
ing" Sonja Henie and Don Anicche
plus Short Subjects; Friday, (
March 20th, 8:30 P. M.: Motion tui
picture, same program; Saturday, ani
March 21st, 8:00 P. M.: Social; coj
Sunday, March 22nd.: Morning tio
(Continued on page 6)
Farmers Should j
Peas to Remain
Owing to the nitrate of soda a
shortage farmers in Bruns- sh
wick County will find it profi- pc
table to allow their Austrian gs
winter peas to stand an extra ici
ten days or two weeks before be
they turn them in order that tu
they * might accumulate the to
maximum amount of nitrogen fo
I in the soil possible.
The present outlook for nit- th
I rate of soda to be applied to lis
I n-onnral ewtne iq alarmintr The til
bt'"-,u' r" ? "? c j
shortage is brought about by 01
the fact that manufacturing ea
plants within the borders of in
the United States have been lii
diverted from the manufacture w
of nitrate of soda to the manu- ri
facturc of nitrates for military w
uses. Nitrate of soda from pi
Chile has to be shipped from gi
\ .
PEEK ? ?
' PIL
munity
PUBLISH
KERL
ndustr
ACTING \\
^ it -
f<
Ebram Russ, above, of Sh;
junty Forest Warden during
t Warden Dawson Jones.
ihallotte Is R
For Half Rec
)tal
Receipts Reported ~
From School And Community
Committee Indicate
Generous Response
Of Community
}TAL $530.17 IS
FINALLY REPORTED '
iw Communities Have Not <
ret Turned In Their Re- 1
port But Additional
Funds Expected
?inal report of the War Re- i
; drive for the Brunswick 1
unty Chapter American Red '
ass has been held up pending l
! report of several community
iirmen, but a preliminary sur- 1
ir shows that Uie sum of 5530.17 '
3 been collected thus far. 1
3f this amount S242.12 was *
ned in from Shallottc school, (
i in addition the Shallotte '
f
nmittee in charge of colleens
from the community re- ,
(Continued on page 6) (
j
\llow Winter j ;
10 More Days
lile on much needed merchant <
ins npprlpfl fnr militarv nur- !
tses. Therefore, it & the obli- ?
ition of virtually every Anier- ^
in farmer to utilize legumes,
>th winter and summer, to be
rned as green manure crops
supply the needed nitrogen
r his soils. C
Austrian winter peas, one of j
ie greatest land-builders that
is been brought to this secan,
makes the greatest amit
of growth in March and
irly April unless seeded early s|the
fall. Through the use of hi
me and phosphates on fields <ji
here a good growth of Aust- ft
an winter has been turned, th
ill relieve the necessity of ap- tllying
nitrate of soda to our p;
:neral crops.
OT
ED EVERY WEDNESDAY
\NDED
tAT
v Pays
%
ARDEN |
allotte, is serving as Acting
the illness of County Foresponsible
i Cross Funds
"" _____
Benefit Cage
Game Tomorrow
A picked team of Southjwrt
ill-stars will mod a team comprised
of sailors and coast
guardsmen in a benefit baskettall
(fame tomorrow (Thurslay)
night in Southport high j
ichool gymnasium.
Net proceeds will be divid- |
d equally between the Navy |
[telief Society and the Brunsvick
County Chapter of the
Vmerican Red Cross.
Headiinors for the local lads
vill be David Watson, vcteraji
ollege star; Jack Brock, last
,'ear a member of the famed
ioldsboro all-stars; Robert
rhompson, D. I. Watson, Bill
sty roil and other former high j
school stars.
Ensign Loewith, one of the 1
smoothest performers in eastirn
collegiate ranks for three
rears while at New York University,
will lead the service
neu. Norwood of the coast
jui-rd, former star at Centenjary,
ajid other veteran play rs
will round out this team.
The game begins at 8:30 o':lock.
Collecting Now
fnv Navv Rnlipf
s Hi nut j iwiivt |
has. E. Gause Reports Favorable
Progress In Two
Phases Of County-Wide1
Program
Chas. E. Gause, upon whose
loulders most of the responsibity
for the Brunswick county
rive for Navy Relief Society
tnds seems to have fallen, says j
iat he is very well pleased with
ic results of two phases of his
rogram.
^Continued on page six), _
Most Of The News
Al] The Time
$1.50 PER YEAJR
iHERE
*
County
Facts Concerning
Forestry Income
J
In Two Counties
Interesting Summary Of
Timber Production For
This And Adjoining
County Prepared By
Spratt
FOREST PRODUCTS
IS BIG BUSINESS
This Area Is Ideally Situated
To Help North Carolina
Maintain Her
Place At Top Of
Production
By J. R. SPRATT,
Forest Inspector
Conservation in North Carolina
has been a topic of
frequent discussion during the
past several years. You have
heard and read much on this subject.
In this field, forest control
has no doubt been the outstanding
phase of the work discussed. I
fear that, in discussing our conservation
program and particular
ly forest fire control, that we
have been included to devote too
much time to historical facts rather
than to the facts at hand.
We have done this when we
might better have been thinking
of what we. as citizens and public
officials, arc doing or going to
do. j
We have heard talks, read articles,
seen pictures and heard
numerous discussions describing
terrible things that have happened,
painting a picture depicting
the awful and horrible things
that have happened from the beginning
to date. As a result, we
have begun to think that the
cause is lost and that we have
nothing left to protect. Our problems
in conservation and fire
control, like so many of our other
problems today, cannot be
solved by complaining and mourning
over what has happened and
trying, to place the responsibility
on someone else.
You are not responsible for
what happened decades and generations
ago but you may be responsible,
through the policies
which vou as a citizen arc heln
ing to shape in your county and [
state, for what may happen in 9
the next decade or generation. I
Therefore, lets forget the past I
and spend just a few minutes I
analzing our problem, or we J
might better say, lets take stock I
of what we have and what wc I
arc doing. 1
First, lgts ask ourselves these
questions. Does a problem exist?
If so. of what importance?
North Carolina is a state with
an area of 31,000,000 acres. Of
this. 18,000,000 is forest land or
approximately 60 percent. On
this 18 million acres, we have
some 43 Billion Bd. Ft. of timber.
These are large figures and
mean little unless you have some
(Continued on page 6)
Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
for Southport during the next
week. These hours are approtim^tely
correct and were furnished
The State Port 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. m.
1:10 p. m. 7:38 p. na.
Friday, December 26
1:44 a. m. 8:19 a. m.
2:06 p. m. 8:33 p. na.
Saturday, December 27
2:39 a. m. 9:16 a. m.
3:04 p. m. 9:24 p. rm.
o Oft
OUIlUlVJ , 17CVCUH" I
3:36 a. m. 10:08 a. m.
1:01 p. m. 10:11 p. &
Monday, December 29
4:30 a. m. 10:57 a. &
4:55 p. m. 10:57 p. ofc
Tuesday, December 30
5:19 a. m. 11:44 a. a
5:43 p. in. 11:43 p. Mb
Wednesday, December 31
6:01 a. m. ?
6:36 p. in. 12:30 p. mj
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