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fhe Pilot Covers nrunsvvick County MfoitiO- FIFTEEN No. 3 Mrimswick Col produce Big "^ fSA 1943 Program, Fig. f| B^uce Enough Food To v^Kfeed Thousands More j jMfiehtinS Men' New Re<> -^ (1 rds Se^ For Second BtTAlL F'GL'RES f jml ; ARE RELEASED (rv FSA Farmer Has A ^ Garden And Added Greatly To Canned I fruit Produce; Oth- ( | er Figures ( Quoted - to hundred thirty small farmH, of COlumbus and Brunswick KjUes joined with other family operates in the Farm ^H^tr A mstration program yo'rth Cm- lina last year to! vKc;ce enough extra food to ^K; thousands more of our fightK'ren. production figures just f '^Eip:>l by the War Food Ad- ! -^Ejstration show. 1 E. Cailihan, County FSA j pervisor. and Miss Hazel Tay-I< t^Kr Associate FSA Supervisor, an- L ;ba: this week that the't ?. olonnoM thoirL It farmers ? ,s ;-g with the assistance of j r have set new records for the i ,i straight year in the prod-j I j of certain war-vital crops livestock. ( , figures show that the 13, ehabilitation borrowers who 1 ted farms both in 1942 and < in this state planted 16,903 f acres in crops in 1943 andjJ o market TO.9 percent more j > 105 2 percent more cattle | calves. 39." percent more 11 2f." percent more chickensiv >.S p'reent more eggs. > additional milk that these >s produced in 1943 is sufli-! o supply 6.344 fighting men ( lull year Hog production by me families went up en-1 c that the increase alone J meet the pork requirements 1 Continued on Page 2) * r jcr Spoke To , Roman's Club >ort Ladies Planning Baby Show This j ith, Good Report On j Of Spa Is I Ike last business meeting of Hlie Woman's Club for this club Hn: was hekl at the Public IJ- r Iran' May 3. with Mr. James j of Orton the guest speak- j | Hi: Mr Fcrger exhibited about j Hsfty specimens of broad leaved ( Iwrgreens. telling those present j I ? their proper care and cultiva- t lion. It was a most informative ] I talk and the Club appreciates the Ifedr.ess of Mr. Ferger. Mrs. a I Vitou announced her committee' f for the Baby Show to be held on j j I Kay 31. and reported $125.00 re- , teived as the result of the sale j ( I of cnppled children seals and j f 3 The Garden Department is1 < I taking plans for the Club's An- < I sua! show this month. i I Training School ! I Leads In Report!; J > I Fine Report Made By Col- ' i ored Citizens In Recent Red Cross Drive ^ . || The Brunswick county colored . 3 people did well in the recent Red ! 1 ; 55 War Fund Drive. Out- , 1 - effect was the BrunI ?ck County Training School at J southport, which raised $170.62. i I * full report from all centersi in . I ow available for I hLl'"1 tirne atU' F* l,u'>" ' ! 1 to show how each cclori lcontinued on page lour) I Brief New l I ^Flashes I llJ' RNs HtOM OFFICE 1 Outlaw, who has 'rcen I Pacific with Naval I a?? tne past V''ar and a half. ; borne on a :;(j <tay leave. He 9 ra.r S?n of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. 9 OWhw Of South,,ort. I THAN LSl'AL h, h S("Jlh!"',t soft, t?n team I' lhnr r,;t0f&rp ,>r<'n blanked 1 n I bia?/Lnwunl('- with the Oak 1 ter it,. S' Sun<Jay they did betI. :rlaj,r usu?l and managed to 11m . ,f'ur 'tins, to the ten ncor| * Oak Island. ] TH inty Farmers j Food Volume Closing Program \t Bolivia School Begins May 21st baccalaureate Service At Night On The TwentyFirst By The Rev. C. R. Taylor Preaching The, Sermon GRADUATION EXERCISE DN NIGHT OF MAY 22nd diplomas To Be Presented By Mr. Tucker, School I Has Had A Good Session Despite Handicaps Of War Time Commencement exercises at the Bolivia school begin on May 21j it 8:30 P. M? with the bacca-j aureate services, at which the [ ollowing programs will be given: Hymn, audience; Invocation, tev. J. C. Harmon; duet, "Be Still. My Soul", Esther Mae Evins and Laurice Hickman. Quaret, "Beneath The Cross Of Jel10 '? Tank Wolla T 5?rloo.. I 'u(iv r\ ?? ciuo, uiuviorj vicui' t nons, Jr., Esther Mae Evans and -aurice Hickman; Introduction, ?eon Lewis. Baccalaureate Sermon by Rev. 7. R. Taylor. Marshalls for the above events: ["roy Henry, chief; Vara Lee ' lore, Lillian Rabon, Bethea Dan- ; ord. Wilma Galloway: Mascots, . 'ohnnie Johnson and June Faye i Vescott. ; Monday, May 22, at 8:30 P. >1., the Graduation Exercises i riU take place with the follow- I ng program being rendered: Salutatory, Lowell Mercer; I Hass History, Laurice Hickman; | ^lass Prophesy, Lucy Mae Selers; Piano Due, "Minute Valse" ly Chopin, Mary Lou Earp and Csther Mae Evans; Class poem, | )oris Barnes: Class Will, Marie j ] Skipper, Presentation of Diplonas, Mr. Tucker; Valedictory, (continued on page two) W. B. & S. Lines J Having Problems ^avy Passenger Traffic Taxing All The Available Facilities, Two New Buses Expected Pending the arrival of two icw buses, each said to be of orty passenger capacity, the W. ' J. & S. Bus Lines has been havntr ouite a problem in taking I. " ? ^ - * are of the transportation needs ' letween Southport and Wilming- ' on and Southport and Shal- 1 otte. t The company nas, or did have, ! ix buses. The smaller and oldest i eported to have gone completey on the blink the past week. Of he other five, two of the larg- ' ;st have to devote themselves al- ' nost entirely to the transporta- J ion of shipyard workers between Southport and Wilmington and ? Shallotte and Wilmington. This ' equires three round trips each 1 yer day and they frequently have ' :o make special trips between ' their regular schedules. The remaining buses have re- J jular schedules of two to three trips to Wilmington daily. Con- ' sidering the limited number of j machines available, the company fiaS been giving wonderful service. They are, of course, dc- > pendent on the Office of Defense ' transportation for additional fa- 1 cilities and it is a relief to the ' travelling public to know that 1 two new buses have been allowed ' and are expected to arrive short- 1 iy. j Miss Elvington Dies At Bolivia Aged And Highly Esteemed Maiden Lady Passes At Her Home After A Brief Illness Miss Sarah Elvington, aged and highly esteemed maiden lady of the Bolivia community, died at her home Monday afternoon after a short illness. She was a sister of the late Vol Elvington, well known throughout Brunswick county. Funeral services were conducted at the graveside in the Elvington cemetery yesterday afternoon at three o'clock, ReV. S. H. Coward of the Baptist church being in charge. Miss Elvington's nearest surviving relatives are six nephews and a sister-in-law, Mrs. V. A. Elvington, whi resides in Miami, Fla. - / ESTJ A Good 4-PAGES TODAY j .. _ v ' ' Jg|f ::;;ap: jjj?.i::.: jhm ^ JK fy&r -J *' . ?| |IM: The Coast Guard and Navy ,he above is a catch of only ( seven amber jack was made L\.imm<V T>om cllAolc hv hW r itviuj; x on ouviuo k/j ions from Washington. Wilso year to go for sailfish, ambe! Highway Patrol J Did Fine Work In Rounding Gang . ?r ? |i Four Men and One Woman J Bound Over To Superior j Court Monday As Result | Of Good Work Of High-i way Patrol \LL ARE BEING HELD * IN WILMINGTON JAIL r Gang Is Alleged To Have J Held Up And Robbed \ Place Formerly Operated By Charley Hatten r Near Navassa c g State Highway Patrolmen were ^ lere in considerable force Mon- f lay. The main objective being to! t ook after five prisoners whom hey rounded up last week and * lave since held in the Wilming- ? ;on jail for safe keeping. The oficers were Sgt. J. R. Smith, pa- 1 :rolmen J. L. Flowers, W. B. f tiddick and M. S. Parvin. Rural t Policeman O. W. Perry also a ormed part of the squad. t The prisoners were Kooert l,. Stevenson and his brother, David f Stevenson, both of Greensboro; Senry Fritz, of High Point; a 'Slick" Mesley, alias William F tfassey, of Wilmington and Al- c ce Sexton of Greensboro. A11 ii 'our men and the woman, who t s understood to be the wife of r )ne of the Stevensons, were i xiund over to superior court by <J iudge Ward, $2,500 justified I x>nd being asked of each. They t vere returned to the Wilmington jail for safe keeping until their h trials came up. ? The gang is charged with hav- f ing held up and robbed the former Charlie Hattem roadhouse at " ffavassa on the night of April 20. The place is now in charge if Clyde Kennedy, from whom they took $785.00. In their getivijpy fhorn Navassa they wrecked" their car, which Sgt. Smith states was worth $1,400. The wo(Continued on page 2) Commencement At Waccamaw Program Embraces Part Of Three Days At Waccamaw School At Ash, 1 Says Principal Denning 1 I Principal J. T. Denning of the 1 Waccamaw school, at Ash, has 1 announced that commencement i exercises will begin at 8:30 P. M. Friday, May 19. At this time i the Senior Class will present "On IJ Parade." 1 Sunday afternoon, May 21, at J 3:30, Rev. Dr. Crowe, pastor of 1 the First Presbyterian Church, of i Wilmington, will deliver the bac- ! calaureate sermon, in the school i auditorium. i Tuesday evening, May 23, at 1 8:30, Rev. J. R. Kennedy, pastor (Continued on Page 4) m News paper Ii Southport, N. C., We One Oj Sr JHjrjj ^Hgg? tSyf Hk| ' |ra | - ?| S ' "" * * ' boys who patrol off the co >ne of the many kinds of hi} i in pre-war days, early in Bob Wilson, outdoor edit* 11 is shown in the center o r jack, wahoo, dolphin, ban National Hosp To Be Ob 01NteWJftt? *" iospital Auxiliary Urging! Special Local Observance Hospital Officials Will j Welcome Visitors And, Serve Refreshments Friday , of. this week, May 12, 3 National Hospital Day. and the lay on which the American leople may show their appreciaion to the institutions in 'which hey and their loved ones have ought relief from suffering. At the J. Arthur Dosher Men o r i a 1 hospital, Brunswick ( ounty's hospital, Mrs. Thomas It. George, superintendent and , ler staff are making special eforts to receive visitors and ex- ' end courtesies of the day. The ' isiting hours will be from 3 to i' P. M. During this time re- ' reshments will be served the vistors and every effort will be 1 iut forward to show them how he hospital work is carried on ,nd how iortunate this county is o have a first rate institution j or the care of the sick and aflicted. 1 inart from the courtesies 11 ~ re being planned by the hoslital staff, Mrs. H. B. Smith, 1 hairman of the hospital auxil- i iry has made plans for citizens ' o show their appreciation in a i naterial way. She urges all vis- ] tors, and also those who are I inable to visit the hospital on i lospital Day, to make contribu- ! ions of money or useful things. Echoing the sentiments of the i lospital staff, Mrs. Smith said, 'It is our aim to have a checrul place for the convalescing < (Continued on Page 2) W. B. KEZLAII Postmaster Wilbur Dosher, of iVilmington, Postmaster and Mrs. L. T. Yaskell of Southport spent j he week-end on Bald Head Is- j and. They spent Saturday night j vith Mr. and Mrs. Gene Lewis in their cottage. It was raining Sunday morning and at three o'clock Wilbur jot up to close a window. While performing this operation he looked outside and saw a beautiful woman, arrayed in a gown if shimmering emerald green. She was coming out of the ocean and calling. Owing to the wind and waves Wilbur was unable to distinguish what she said. He called Yaskell, telling him that the ghost of Theodesia Burr i P0R1 i A Good Com dnesday, Wednesday, f Many Kinds .fair vBI KM ya B1 v K: . ^mMBL- B ast of Brunswick may be ii ; game fish in the waters April. The fish are only a >r of the Washington Timesf the picture. He came to I 1 - J ~il? ?? Kw?- fruma 1'acuaa ami umw uie Sc....^ lital Day (served Friday USO Featuring Nat. Music Week National Music Week Be- 1 ing Featured This Week With Splendid Music Programs At USO National Music Week is be-1 ing observed by featuring special I music throughout this week at ! the local USO Club, Josiah T.j, Gibson, director, said yesterday. "National Music Week" having] been inaugurated in 1924, the movement was broadened in 1940 into National and Inter-American j Music Week," Director Gibson explained. USO has placed spec- j ial emphasis on the use of music for programs as it is the univer- ' sal language which gives unity1 both in war and peace. I Mrs. Vernon C. Avery of Wilmington sang songs of World War II to a large audience of service men and community people at the Vesper program - c>..?j?.. K.nn d vr in. lcioi. kjunuaj av u.vw & . .... mediately following Mrs. Avery's singing a very fine song fest ivas held with the use of comic song slides. Mrs. Dallas Piggott played the piano accompaniment both for Mrs. Avery and the song fest in a very versatile manner. Ship Fitter First Class Stephen M. Gancina from New York and . Jersey City especially enjoyed the Vespers program and added considerable humor to the oc- ' (Continued on page 2) I, WING Reporter! ?~~~""* r was outside, for him to come and see her. Yaskell turned over from left to right and remarked that when Captain John Smith showed up he would take a peek. Mrs.j Yaskell and Mrs. Lewis were not so unresponsive, however, both came to the window and watch-: ed the ghost flitting from the ocean to sand dunes and back, i They allege they heard her calling. Once they also thought they, heard her wailing, but this is believed to have been Postmaster I Yaskell snoring in the back room. It was worth it to be in Supply and ShaUotte Saturday when the rains came. Farmers had worked for a month, preparing their | (Continued on Page 4) i r Pit imunity May If), 1944 1 - ' j I X 4 (v* J f > *&$$***< KQ^Kj **** * - M^k [ *'. p* iterested iu knowing.that underneath. This take of few of those caught on Herald, and four companSouthport several times a fish out on f rying . ran All Day Session In County Court Mondays Session Called for Work On Part Of Both Solicitor And Judge, Sixteen Cases Called During Day Judge John B. Ward and Prosecuting Attorney, J. W. Ruark, had a full days work in Recorders Court Monday. While some cases were continued and others transferred to superior court, it was not done without work. The cases moved to superior court all had to go through routine. The Minute Docket shows the following business up during the day: Robert L. Stevenson, robbery, jury trial demanded by prosecuting attorney and case automatically transferred to superior court. ! Daniel H. Stevenson, robbery, jury trial demanded by prosecuting attorney and case automatically transferred to superior court. Alice Sexton, robbery, jury trial demanded by prosecuting attorney and case automatically transferred to superior court. William Massey, robbery, jury trial demanded by prosecuting attorney and case automatically transferred to superior court. TT f?1.1.?., <,,n, triol ncmjr r xiu>, i uuun j, juij *.???*? demanded by prosecuting attor(Co..tlnu?d on page 41 Maultsby Service Being Held Today Burial Of Prominent Bolivia Lady Who Died Monday Being Held In Fam-ily Cemetery Today Mrs. Daisy Bright Maultsby, ivife of R. H. Maultsby of Bolivia, died in the J. Arthur Doshsr Memorial hospital Monday night at 11:45. She was 64 years old and her death followed an extended illness. Funeral services are being held today at the Bolivia Baptist church with the Rev. Woodrow Robbins in charge. Burial is in the Maultsby cemetery, near the home. Mrs'. Maultsby is survived by her husband, R. H. Maultsby; a son, W. A. Kopp, by a former marriage; two other sons, Robert Maultsby of Southport and Rustic Maultsby of Bolivia; a daughter, Mrs. W. J. Harris of Bolivia. Five brothers also survive. They are C. A. Rourk, Bolivia; Joseph C. Rourk and Harry E. Rourk, Wilmington; W. C. Rourk, Safety Harbor, Florida; Crawford L. Rourk, Southport; one sister, Mrs. J. C. Pigott, Wilmington, and six grand-children. Active pallbearers at the services today are Jessie Knox and Carl Galloway, Leland; Garland Maultsby, Jacksonville; Horace Savage, George Savage and Billie Rourk of Wilmington. (Continued on Page 2) ot " iHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Sport Fisherme GoToSt . * Shallotte School . c Presented Story America At WarF Junior Class of Brunswicks 1 Largest School Gave Int ere sting Program On Wartime Last Friday Morning REPORT THE PROGRAM THEY RENDERED n r Program Relative to The ? War Shallotte Students 11 Turn About And Write Report 1 Friday morning a section of s the Junior Class of the Shallotte b High School presented a program b concerning rationing and ceiling prices. 'Hie public and the student body were invited. Following ;he exercises two of the students. Lois Sellers and Barbara ^ Floyd, turned reporters and wrote , this paper the following interest- ? ing account of the event: v "In nrenaration for the pro- y, gram the class was divided into j* two sections. One section made posters to be used by the speakers on the program, the other F section typed off the speeches; jj while the rest were assigned the ? task of making talks. The pro- ,, gran was under the direction of Mrs Eustace Russ. The parts were assigned to the various stu- v dents by Louis Sellers. The speakers were L. V. Wal- g ton, who explained the purpose e of the program and closed the j program; Emma Mae Hawes, who < explained the unnecessary cost of World War I; Ophelia Bellamy who listed the nine facts the Con- Jj gress of 1942 found out about 1 inflation resulting from World ' War I; Lou Ellen Hewett, who showed how the danger of infla- % tion and disaster of World War f II are twice as big as before; 0 Lucille Milliken, who explained c (Continued on Page Four} J u r Body Of Seaman Found On RiverI Young Sailor Had Gone J Swimming From Anchored Tug And Current Proved Too Strong For Him The body of Charles Brock ' Lloyd, 17 year old seaman aboard a tug of the Tar Transportation company, of Norfolk, Va., was found on the bank of the Cape Fear River, opposite the Quarentine Station, Thursday. He had been missing from the tug for v five days, after going in bathing \ while the vessel was anchored in 1: the river. r The body was entirely nude * when found and there were no >' marks to indicate violence. Cor- t oner W. E. Bell viewed the re- ^ mains and after an autopsey by Dr. L. C. Fergus, and the find- j3 ing that the deceased came to j ' his death by drowning, it was i] decided that no inquest was necessary. I.loyd was a resident of Quin- v cy, Mass., to which point the 1 body was shipped for burial. The. P tug; had reported his being miss- c ing after going in smimming, r leaving all of his clothes on the v vessel. The transportation com- y pany ordered the body shipped 1 home. 1 c Day Is Set For h Concerted Actions V Monday Is Named Day For I Delivery To Schools Of Clothing For Russians Monday has been designated as the day on which Brunswick , county citizens will send to the various schools their donations of clothing for the Russians, according to Miss Annie Mae Woodside, county supt. of schools.! All schools in the county will! participate in the current cam-: E paign which is sponsored by the f State Department of Education,'t the NCEA, and the state P.-T.A. s Congress. j f 'Seventy million men, women t and children were stripped of.t their clothes by the Nazi invaders of Russia", says Miss Wood- c side. "They call for help through j this campaign which Brunswick t county students are putting on. * They need clothing, especially 1 warm outer clothing and shoes. We hope that everyone who can ^ (Continued on Page 2) """ - J*Most Of The News || Ail The Time j $1.50 PER YEA* {? ?- V ;n May :a Again No\y 'oast Guard Removes Restrictions Barring Boats From Going Out Witll ' Sport Fishing Parties '' ISH ARE PLENTIFUL 1 i'?! THE BOATMEN CLAINJ ,] "hey Expect Good Patronage And Fine Fishing1 |{ Despite The Fact That Many Sportsmen Are In Service The Coast Guard has removed < estrictions on party boats, car- '* ying sport fishing parties to , ea, according to information i: hat has been received by this aper. Any regular party boat t charge of a licensed Captain t| lay go out with passengers. "his is with the distinct undertanding that the Captain wiH , if e responsible for the action df he parties he takes out. o , a. It is also understood that the oats shall return to port before Tt ark, provided there is no breakown or other unavoidable accent to delay them. Boats un- (f{ er 28 feet in length will not jjj e allowed to go to sea. This ) ,fi till not effect the party boat usiness as the average boat j 9 jngth is nearer 40 than 28 feet The information given this aper was to the effect that the bove permission to operate the jfi oats applied to the whole of Ml] he coast of Brunswick county to the South Carolina line.** >1 f I "here was no information as to frjj, vneiner or nui, uunu, luuiu te in a like manner along the ) louth Carolina coast. It is spumed that orders relative to the louth Carolina coast will haVk j j":,' o be issued by some other Coast | ?.i luard command. While hundreds of the sports- , if nen who usually get in their fish- I. ng from along the Brunswick :oast are now in service, arid ; K lundreds more are too busy tb ! K ;et away for a trip, it is ex*- i ? lected that there will be plenty j f? if patronage for the boats. Lb- t, al people who are acquainted f vith fishing and sport fishermen ; lelievc thet pp 'ties will swajm n just as soon as the news gets"ij(*| iround that fishing is allowed, 'j They also believe that the sports- -J. nen will find fish more abundant tjg han usual this year. 5ees Need Of | Good Hotel Here | teed Accommodations For & Sport Fishermen, Tour- | ists, And Waterway Plea- j sure Travel Through ' Ml Here ;1| Al Ward, whose father was ; ?jt' trith the Hotel Wilmington in Hp Vilmington for many years and I jjj iter in charge of Hotel Fair-, jrw aont at Fairmont, was here last fei . eek. Speaking from the experince gained through having prac-<*fljH ically been brought up in a hotel,. "j Jf] e said: ,1 "I hope to see a real up-to-date J'Bj portsman's club house and ho- |dH el here at Southport sometime n the next few years." 1 Mr. Ward went on to say that 1 1 he sport of fishing business here {wl /as undoubtedly due to grow In- ,](j| o large proportions and to be I icrmanent. A modern hotel will VtiJ ontribute to such growth and, r I eversing the thing, the growth I /ill assure the hotel of good' fjjjl ear-round patronage. We have he fishing for the sportsmen, \*J I hey won't mind paying for ac- j^'l ommodatlons and it is up to us . 'f 'I o provide such. I Apart from the necessity of a J otol from the sport fishing an- :-t I ;le, Mr. Ward pointed out that >> V I (Continued on page 4) I Soard Sends Off || Thirty-One Men jj| Colored Boys Left Monday ^ifl For Pre-induction Phy?! .# s i c a 1 Examinations At' ?1 Fort Bragg I The Local Selective Service 1Jpl loard sent 31 colored men to ,Afl 'ort Bragg Monday morning, for'taM heir pre-induction physical ex- ifatl .minations. Most of them arm boys and from their heal-vtj hy looks a good percentage at {fl I hem, apparently, would pass. |fl The list, with their home ad- {If I Iresses, is as follows: I Robert Lee Lewis, Elijah Sytrester Hewett, James Elmon j smith, Elton Henry Jackson and 9 I Davis Floyd, all of Southport. S I Henry Foust Slade, KeQf W iVashington Price and James Elsjjx] (Continued on page 2) ?j| j i \ / I
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