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J I ft# Pilot Covers ^ jjr[1ns\Mck County I r ^a7irrEEN=No!=a mJotle Boy fins Honors In far In Germany Mi Oscar D- Mintz Award- j RW. Bron/c Star Medal Heroic Service In I Hrr,,na' S I vow IN GERMANY Hth NINTH INFANTRY, ^ .Ot Mr. And Mrs. J. R. ^Rjiniz Has Seen Much H' jervice In Various Countries Abroad . l\ Mintz. son of I ^B R. Mintz of the community, has been1 ^B Bronze Star Medal . in France. H. Mintz with the ^B which is now in H Germany. The ^B.; ?-as made by Major Gen-1 : .cf. command- J ; Ninth Infan-J ^ rmswn. ^B. Mintz has received , awards, including the1 Defense Service RibEuropean, African ^B y East Campaign RibHe recently received the shJ ne says that ^ 'swir. Is that gained him this '' M II- were slight. I to being with the t; i:; Germany Sergeant: I.- the invasion of AfEgn November 8. 1942. He was1 [ the Tunisian and Sicilian j feaisns. prior to the invasion j Europe. I. and their baby daugh-: Barbara, whom he has never j I lire in Fayetteville. Jlard Grissett [Died On Sunday [is Prominent Resident Of Grissettown; Community |Vas Named For Family Card Grissett. 69 years old, & Grissettown section near Jotte, died at his home Sunitaght after a longf"peflod bg health. He was widely i n throughout Brunswick iTYiving are his widow, Mrs. tbeth Grissett of Shallotte; ! daughters, Mrs. J. S. ParMrs. G. R. Gore, and Miss (Continued on Page 4) Brief News Flashes I BRUNSWICK MAN lie Raleigh "News and Obw" and other state papers j t week reported the arrest of |; Paal Ganey for alleged violaB of the gas regulations. This i Ganey who was arrested is lie son of Mrs. Agnes Ganey trell of Leland. Her son has an ttcal name and also lives in fegh. He is in the bakery Cess while the Paul Ganey 'was arrested is a filling stat operator. J0.VG NAME p last week's issue, in an arP reporting the death of Mr. pies Childs, respected citizen [Northwest township, the paper pgh an error used the name Its son-in-law, Charles Harvel. P confusion in the use of the P is very much regretted by t Pilot. P SOUTH PORTER'S Warren Hewett, G. M. 1-c on l?stroyer Escort, is spending a P bys leave with his parents, P and Mrs. J. N. Hewett. He | f iten in the service for the: f" to? years and has been in P South Pacific most of the ^During his recent operations r?s met up with two other j report boys, Chief Irvin MarL ir'~ of Mrs. J. R. Marlow, l pwimond Swain, son of f1 D. Swain. rjf'Nf. THEIR .MOTHER L '' and Mrs. Irvin Martheir little daughter are P"?? several days here with: t (, ' " Marlowe, mother ofj t lef- He has been on a mine tj! 'a French waters for the F several months and is now E assig.'.ment to the amphir forces. ' K* ?** DRIVER PP W rlFle' son of Mrs. E jacobs of Rt 2 Ashi Of the historic 1st, Eheri m ?n which has recent-1 Metal j0*1 actir'n as a unit of, Vpy j ''a,'k W. Clark's 5th tee. Northern Italy. He w ne ?f the tanks. ] TH 3 O. P. Bellamy Board Of C Succeeds Stephen Mintz Who Resigned From The Board Of Commissioners To Enter Other Work LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR MISS AUTRY Board Had A Big Days Work Calling For Their Attention When They Met Here Monday The board of county commissioners had a full day Monday and work awaiting their attention required almost the entire day for disposal. One of the first matters to require attention was the election of a chairman of the board, Chairman Steven Mintz having resigned from the body two weeks ago. On the motion of A. P. Russ, seconded by J. N. Sowell, who was appointed to succeed Mr. Mintz on the board, O. P. Bellamy was elected chairman. Several resolutions were drawn up and approved by the commissioners during the day. Some of these resolutions appear elsewhere in this issue. The usual amount of tax and other matters were ueaiu tuiu uisposeu 01 anu lax Listers for the coming year were named for the various townships. Amos J. Walton, who was elected Register of Deeds in November presented his official bond in the sum of five thousand dollars. This bond was accepted and Mr. Walton was instructed to go ahead with his work. Until the books can be audited, which is expected to be done some time this week, the retiring offiical, W. S. Wells, continues in charge of all matters handled prior to Monday. It is understood that Register of Deeds Walton will continue with his present office help, Miss Eloise St. George, until Christmas, when Mrs. Lucy Anderson Avant will oe appointed acting deputy Register of Deeds during the absence of Miss Evelyn Autry. Miss Autry had tendered her! resignation as Deputy Register of. Deeds, as she had enlisted in the: WAVES. Instead of accepting this nation the board of commis-' sioners, with Mr. Walton heartily approving, appointed her as depu-1 ty for another two years period1 and will give her a leave of absence for the time she is in service. Three Girls Go To The WAVES Three Prominent Young Brunswick Girls Have Been Accepted For The Service Miss Evelyn Autry, deputy register of deeds for the past two years, resigned her position last) week to enlist in the WAVES. She ! is continuing her work until Saturday and will leave on the 13th to report at Hunter College in New York. Miss Catherine Willetts of Winnabow enlisted in the WAVES at' the same time with Miss Autry and will leave with her Monday I for Hunter College. Miss Mary Hinson, Whiteville girl who has been nursing at the J. Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital for the past year, has also enlisted in the WAVES. She left Monday to report for service. Ten Colored Men Enter The Service Another And Larger Group Leaving Today For Their Preinduction Examination At Bragg Ten Brunswick county colored men, who have already passed their examinations, were sent to Fort Bragg yesterday to be inducted into the service. Their names and addresses were as follows: Wesley Delores Brown, South-J port; William Lewis, Longwood; | Freddie Elmer, Southport; John I Oliver King, Shallotte; James, Elmer Stanley, Shallotte; James Edward Brown, Leland; Aexanderj Willis, Jr., Navassa; Loftin McLeasie Beamy, Shaotte; Jerry My Beatty and Cinton Sincair Davis' Winnabow. | This morning twenty-three j more colored men were called up i and sent to Fort Bragg for their pre-induction physical examina- j tion. These men were as follows: j John Edward Green, Winnabow;' Morton Hardee, Shallotte; Alexander Edge, Winnabow; Alex-j ander Davis, Leland; Pressie: Gause, Shallotte; Gaston Burney, Supply; Rossie Cal Johnson, Sup-, (Continued on Page Four) ESL A Gooc 4-PAGES TODAY Chairman Commissioners t Town Creek Boys Meet In Italy Pvt. Luther Lewis, Winnabow boy, has been in Southport this week visiting; his sister, Mrs. S. E. Wescott. Serving overseas for the past two years and one month, i he was last stationed in Italy. While in Italy he unexpectedly met up with his brother, Pvt. Edmond lewis, whom he had not seen in over two years. As the boys grew up in Town Creek Township they hardly expected to meet each other over there. Xmas Packages For Soldiers Post And Auxiliary Of The American Legion Staging rx_: c? d ?i r? wnvc A ui m acneigc5 i ui Servicemen In Hospitals The Brunswick County Post 194, American Legion, and the Legion Auxiliary are joining in the drive for Christmas packages to service men who are in the hospitals. There are said to be half a million such men and the plans are to have all gifts ready by December 10th. Mrs. Eva Wolfe, president of the Auxiliary, is making efforts to see that creditable Number of gifts go from Brunswick county to the hospitals where service men are being treated. She points out that all gift boxes must be received by the Legion and Auxiliary by/ December 10th. This is to pefmit delivery to the hospitals in time for presentation at Christmas. In order to make it convenient for the donors of packages, she has arrangeu for them to be received at various points in the county, at which places they will be collected on the 10th. These receiving points are as follows: Thomasboro, Bobby Somfnersett; Grissettown, Lewlyn Hewett; Leland, Post Office; Southport, State Port Pilot office; Winnabow, Lacy Dawkins; Bolivia, The Cash Store; Supply, Floyd Kirby; Shallotte, A. B. Willis; Ash, Rowland Simmons; and Longwood, Rice Gwyn. Suggested gifts are based on a poll of hospital patients and inI elude handkerchiefs, olive drab j socks, ties and scarfs, toothbrushes, pen and pencil sets, : checker and cribbage boards, pokj er chips, stationery, cigarette j ngniers ana castes, suiuiei s uuca[ les and belts, shaving kits, pipes, zipper bags, shoe shining kits, hair brushes and billfolds. It is very important that each package must have a list of contents on the outside. If the package does not have the list of contents on the outside, it will have to be opened at the hospital before presentation. Tax Listers Are Selected Work Of Listing Taxes To Begin January 1st And Continue Through The Month Tax Listers for 1945 were appointed Monday by the Board of County Commissioners. Preparations are being made for them to begin their work the first of January. According to law, ail listing must be done during that month. The Listers are to be paid 54.50 per day, with mileage for necessary trips to Southport for materials and for meetings with the commissioners, if such become necessary. Helpers for these Tax Listers, for the purpose of taking the Farm Census, are also allowed. The wages to be paid for these helpers has not been stated. The Listers appointed Monday were as follows: North West township, M. B. Chinnis, Leland; Town Creek township, L. J. McKeithan, Bolivia; Smithville, Mrs. Lillian Caison, Southport; Lockwoods Folly, {Continued on page 2) Orton Featured In New Calendar The first "Calendar of the South," an artistic publication designed by the Dietz Press, Inc., of Richmond, Va., has made its appearance. It covers 13 southern states and Orton Plantation in Brunswick county is featured by a handsome photograph. \ . J. JViiPiwiii.i>P-giiH.iii \TE 1 News paper Southport, N. G., Wt The Final Bati JoilsElDOaF^Jli ^0100NV*) V* A C "1N >O^BELG^P? V 'I* Sk amcnnm 0yv I ^ |MO?itl flV CriNAi^b^ FRANCE 6 h !Ll "The only sensible eoi to the bitter end west of tin has told war cone- ponden; of this map is the size and lie said the crossing the Rh operation." It was pointed i or have been blasted by bo tions of the key Rhine bridj The French 1st army mor Rhine bank after the Be If (2) has taken Sarrebourg U. S. Third strikes up the pushes below Metz and ( meet the drive on Coloy : Geilenkirchen. Mintz Takes Ovei The County Home ] Former Chairman Of Boar< Of Commissioners Takei Charge Of Brunswicl County Home i Stephen Mintz, until two week J ago chairman of the board o j county commissioners, took charg of the Brunswick County Horn on Friday. He succeeds Benni Price, who has operated the horn | for the past two years. Mr. ant j Mrs. Price have moved back t I their farm in the Bethel churcJ j community. For some time Mr. Price ha ' been serving as keeper of th Ihome on a monthly basis. Th , board of commissioners ha J made repeated efforts to secur ja permanent keeper. Mr. Mint resigned last week as a membe of the board of commissioners am announced he would accept th care of the home, at the sam (Continued on Page 2) W. B. KEZIAH Around Bolivia Friday, one o our regular places of call, cir cumstances made us think w must be in Shallotte. We had ti write subscription receipts for th paper so fast that we did no have time to ride Mrs. Feltoi Garner's unridden young saddl horse. We may forget othe things but we are not forgettinj that it is our opinion that "Star1 will turn out to be about th best saddle horse in the county Last winter there was consider able dissatisfaction with the pric es on both hogs and eggs. I was said that the number o brood sows and laying hens wouli be reduced. To go around th country now there is no indica tion that these threats of reduc tion were ever put into effect Great flocks of fine looking hen may be seen almost everywher and large numbers of hogs ma; be seen on pasture by the side o the highways. It is not hard b guess that the fattening pens <u also well stocked with hogs. PORr In A Good Co jdnesday, December 6, :le - Eisenhower ? } - GERMANY <?N ti llsislte^^KOMtEtt ^Wgm :J|||||| RHINE * ^) ^ tSBPI ^|p|||luiMOUSE I cm arse for Germany is to fight 2 Rhine." General Eisenhower ,s. Shown in the shaded area location of the battleground, ine would "amount to a naval aut that Rhine bridges can be mbeis. Small stars show loca jes. On the fighting front (1) es northward along the west ort Gap coup. The U. S. 7th and aims at Strasbourg. The Moseile toward Koblenz, and 4) bitter counter-offensives ne and the advance from - Local Worker Is !i Elected Officer 1 Mrs. Maude Phelps, Brunss wick County Welfare Ofi ficer, Elected Secretarj Of 17th District s Mrs. Maude Phelps, Brunswici f County Welfare worker, wai e | elected secretary of the South e' eastern Welfare Group, composec e of 17 counties, at the conferenci e in Clinton Friday. The other dis . trict officers elected were Mrs Martha Taylor, of Bladen county 0 president; Mrs. J. F. Koonce, 01 h Jones county, vice-president. More than 200 persons interest rl e\A > r? nr ontivnlv ont'OO-pd in miH ^ ?? ? ? r? e lie welfare work attended the con e ference. Among those from Bruns d; wick, were Mrs. Fred Smith e' county nurse; George C. Swaii z [ and A. P. Henry of the welfar( rjboard; O. P. Bellamy and A. P d Russ of the board of county com' e missioners and R. C. St. George e county auditor. (continued on page two) JVING Reporter fi LeRoy Mintz, soil conservation-list in Brunswick county for the e Lower Cape Fear District, has ? been asking what contacts the e | paper has with the forest fire tj wardens of the county. He gave i it as his opinion that the woods e j crop was by far the greatest r [ crop grown in Brunswick county I! He went further and declared " | that every fire warden in the e| county should make reports oi '. fires and of incidents relatives tc ! the woods crop to this paper - The wardens, he said, should use -jthe paper as their best contact t with the public and instill in the f minds of that public a greatei d I realization of the value of the e woods crop. Perhaps she did it unconscious;. j Iy, nevertheless, Mrs. J. V. Chads wick, of Shallotte Village Point e paid a fine tribute to the friendf' ship of two men who grew uf f! together and have been serving j their country. One iii the Arm) el the other in the Navy. ' (Continued on page 2) 3W' ~ - -ft? r pii mmunity T944 Pfc. Norwood Killed In A. This Hunter Had Pretty Fair Luck Seven beautiful black and blue bill ducks were killed on one of the lakes at Long Beach Monday morning by Clyde Newton... He fired only two shots to make the bag. Credit for retrlving all of the birds goes to "Andy," the pretty three-year-old Springer Spaniel owned by Clyde. Andy does not mind ice or cold. He swam in the lake again and again until he had brought the last bird to shore and his master. Mrs. Skipper Dies At Leland Well Known Elderly'Northwest Township Lady Passed At Her Home Neai Leland Last Week Mrs. Winnie D. Skipper, wif< of C. R. Skipper, died at hei home near Leland Tuesday 0( last week. She was 73 years 01 age ana wtts uigmy coiccmcu *the community in which she re sided. Burial was in the Nelson ceme tery Thursday, with Rev. Waltei Phelps and Rev. S. I. Mintz ii charge of the services. Active pallbearers were Wil lie White, Luie Ganey, Thurmai Skipper, Dan Mintz, D. L. Hick man and Harvey nowery. Honorary pallbearers were E L. Ganey, S. N. Mintz, J. R. Gan ey, A. W. Benton" Dr. L. C. Fer gus, W. M. Mintz and C. O. Gan ey. She is survived by her husbanc I C. R. Skipper; two sons, Jerr; Skipper and Dillard Skipper; fou daughters. Mrs. DeLila Ganej Mrs. Cornelia Williams and Mis Celia Skipper, all of Leland, on brother, J. T. White; 24 grandchil dren and seven great-grandchil , dren. Captain Burris Seriously Hurl ; Caught In Set Screw Or Fly Wheel To Engine O) ' His Boat And Suffer j Serious Injuries : His clothing caught in a se screw on the fly wheel of th engine of his shrimp boat, Cap i tain Fred Burris, veteran South II port fisherman, was seriously in jjured last week. He is now a pati - ! onf in thA J Arthur Dosher Mem orial hospital. Captain Burris was in the ca - bin of his boat' starting the en , gine. When the engine fired, som i loose part of his heavy clothin) i caught in the rapidly revolvinj . wheel. He was dragged to th floor and is said to have beei , badly bruised about the side chest, head and shoulders. He wa jammed so tightly against th Continued on page four Only Had One Important Case Short Docket With Onlj One Serious Charge Foi Disposition In Court Here Monday Only four cases came up fo trial in the Recorders court Mon day. The most serious of thesi was one charging Jerman Evani . with assault with intent to kill > It was alleged that he fired up ) on an automobile occupied by an > other person. The court foun< . him guilty and sentenced him ti serve six months on the roads ) From this verdict the defendan ; took an appeal to superior cour . and the appeal bond was fixei I 'Continued on page 2) : Returns From South Pacific ; S. Sgt. D. I. Watson of South i port arrived home from Nev Guinea Monday. He has been ii > the South Pacific with the Ai: Force for the past 18 months. Hi will leave here on the 13th for i few days visit with his sister Mrs. Clarence Danford, at Biloxi Miss. Going from there he will re port in San Francisco on the 28tl for further assignment. Mrs. Wat son has been serving as assist 'r ant in the office of County Audi tor R. C. St. George during th absence of her husband. .ot f / $1.50 PER YEAh PUBLISH] IO. Brooks Is 1 ction In France _ Highly Regarded Young Shallotte Man Met His Death In Action Novem- ( ber 5th YOUNGEST OF NINE BOYS AND GIRLS Was Son Of Late George E. Brooks And Mrs. Stella Brooks; Full Details ( Not Received Pfc. Norwood O. Brooks, youngest son of the late George E. and Mrs, Stella Leonard I u Brooks, of Seaside, was killed in1 p action in France on November s 5th, according to a message re-, ceived by his mother from the j? War Department Thursday. De- J tails will come later from the u War Department. Brooks was a member of Company L, 15th Infantry, and ? friends and relatives at Shallotte g I received cards and letters from jj ; him writtep only two days be- j v 1 i fore he met his death. | p ' | Brooks graduated from the tl ' Shallotte high school with the h class of 1936 and attended pre- c paratory school and college for n about two and a half years, leav- a ing college to work at the North n E Carolina Shipyard in Wilmington. E He remained with this corpora- j i tion for about two and a half tl j years, leaving to enter service 1 p I in fho foil of 1<U3 |? He was a fine and promising b r young citizen whose popularity, a i was wide-spread. Expressions of s I regret at his death are heard on ' all sides. s " j Surviving are his mother, Mrs. d l! Stella Leonard Brooks; four bro- c " thers, Jim Brooks, of Wilmington; h ;John and Joe Brooks of Seaside i.] and George Brooks of the U. S. - Army; four sisters, Mrs. John, j - Furlough of Wilmington; Miss - Mary Brooks of Wilmington and Misses Zelda and Lula Brooks 1, who live at the home at Seaside. \ Trading Company' !; BujteNey Stock lV Shallotte Concern Loses No|c Time In Effort To Pur- l; chase Large Stock Of s New Spring Goods s ^ | Hobson Kirby and Guy Mc- I Keithan of the Shallotte Trading Company spent last week on the r 1 northern markets buying a large ? f I spring stock of goods for their j I s firm. They went a little early as s ]that gave them higher hopes of|h being able to get what they want- e t ed. v e Mr. Kirby said Saturday that li - they got practical'y all they ex pected to get and much they did t - not expect. At least, they got h -1 these things so far as buying goes, v -|He was not sure, and neither I were the wholesale houses and - manufacturers from whom the / -[purchases were made, that everye; thing would be delivered on time j at the end of winter. % Incidently the already large e place of business of the Shallotte t' ij Trading Company is to be en- C !, ] larged as soon as conditions \ E s | make material obtainable for 1 e! building. v a Farmers Warned ; To Buy Early5 Investigations Reveal That ? r Much Trouble May Lie g r Ahead In Making Deliv- c - cries iaiiil b Farmers may experience real ? r difficulties in obtaining an ade j quate supply of fertilizers for next ejyear unless they place their or9 ders early, according to an investigation that has just been -jcompleted by the Department of -[Agronomy at State College. j I The investigation shows that 3 fertilizer plants are handicapped i.1 by labor shortages, shortages of t material and box cars, t Last year some farmers waited i until the last minute to buy their ! fertilizer and then had it deliverjed on time without the inconvenience of storing it during the winter. Records show that growers are not buying nearly so much fertilizer early as last year and . the situation is becoming more t alarming every day. i . The latest information shows r that quantities of chemical nit> rogen may be about 100,000 tons j. of nitrogen short of the July 1 estimate. Production of super, phosphate for July, August, and . September was disappointing be3 cause military requirements were . taking a good portion of the sul. phuric acid supplies. Potash prod. uction appears adequate but there} 5 is J shortage of box cars fori (Continued on Page 2) Most of The News All The Time ED EVERY WEDNE5D4* Lagging Behind 6th Drive Quota In Bond Sales )nly About Two Thirds Qf County's Quota In 6H? War Bond Drive Ifo* Been Purchased :hairman urges renewed efforts Juota Is $87,000.00, A#4 Only $57,000.0 Has Bee* Bought To Date According to a statement mad* lis week by Chairman R. F. 'laxco, Brunswick county is ati# hurt about one third of its quote f 587,000.00 in tne tstn war Bond rive. The drive is to continue ntil the sixteenth of December, nd a total of $30,000.00 remain* 3 be bought. In the 5th Bond Drive jth* ounty is understood to have one over the top with its quob* i less than two weeks. Two reeks have elasped since ib* resent drive started and the fact iiat only two thirds of the goal as been reached appears to indlr ate that Brunswick folks SCO ot backing up the boys oversea* s strongly as they were three lonths ago. Both Chairman Plaxco and 'rince O'Brien, who is one # I he most active workers, are /ex* ressing confidence that th* ounty will go well over the top efore the drive ends, sua, uiey re a little disappointed at <Uw low progress now being madeAll workers interested in fflf ale of the bonds are urged tp reouble their efforts and put ounty over the top before tfcg olidays come. \nother Killing In Northweit ^egro Road House U Northwest Township f? Scene Of Fatal Shooting Sunday Night The second killing i.v Kortk-^; rest township in two weeks o?ured Sunday night when Dougis Ballard is alleged to have hot James Edwards. Ballard is aid to be middle aged and Jen:ins was comparatively young loth are negroes. Coroner W. E. Bell went to lake an investigation Monday, norning in company with Rural 'oliceman Dillon Ganey. Ballard urrendered to them and is being leld for an inquest which is slal?j d for Thursday night of this , reek at the Evans store at Le-. and. From information obtained ? . j he Coroner it appears that Jen-;;ins and Ballard had a fight two* reeks ago. Ballard is credited? (Continued on Page 2) Hiss Cannon Goes , To Active ServiceMiss Catherine Cannon, daugher of Mr. and Mrs. George H. lannon, who formerly resided at tolivia, has been called for acive service with the WAC, ihl chich she enlisted some tlnjeV go. \ A graduate of the Bolivia high chool, Miss Canon starred with he Bolivia-Champion, basketball earn during her last two yean, afterwards she attended a busiess college and has since been mployed by the Atlantic Coast ,ine in Wilmington. She will "be iven her basic training at Fort igglethrope, after which she will e assigned to one of the Army eneral hospitals. Ration Pointers | | PROCESSED FOODS Blue A-8 through B-2 (Book 4) now valid at 10 points" each. Good indefinitely. MEATS AND FATS Red A-8 through S-5 (Boole 4) now valid at 10 points each for use with tokens. Good indefinitely. Vf <" *** 1 SUGAR Sugar stamps No. 30, 31, i 32, 33, and 34 good indefinitely for five pounds each. CANNING SUGAR Stamp No. 40 good for five' pounds canning sugar until' February 28, 1945. SHOES |i. Airplane stamps No. l,?2j*. and 3 valid indefinitely, rj "" FUEL OIL Period 4 and 5 coupons t from last year and Period, ,1^ coupons for this season now, valid. I . , GASOLINE A-13 coupons valid through December 21. 'duty , V '