North Carolina Newspapers

!Iot Covers ick County FTEEN No. 4" 'lamped . >n Goods r Of OPA ove To Slash athing Costs To Seven Per- ( i e d Price ILL. PROFIT Clothing Will j ed On < ves 1 26.?Good news'] ions of families < and low-income s announcement ; veiling prices on i mufactured un- j priority system, j :he joint OPA- < slash the retail t to seven per- , lie time restore j g to the shelv- j f the nation's , egulations set same brackets , ir.ufacturer featured j .. 42 to June, 1943. All , iiits covered by the , :.s will be pre-ticket- , ljfacturer with offi- j \ prices printed on[ .11 still be varied price img on the quality! and workmanship, ices also determined i the retailer bought ,lu maker or through .".iw regulations, pric- , : : _ .- school dresses will ' <1 do to $3.45; men's .. >i -ii to $3.70; women's tegular sizes, $1.95 i : with extra sizes running J boys' wash suits, i .>2.70; infants' rompers, >2 10, and soon through . l.-t of essential clothing - ; : ill the family, i?A s District Director Theo: < Johnson explained that ...tclwndise in the low . a-pi ice brackets should . .es by early sum- -( : K. i ;t;oned all buyers to < nffieial OPA ceilinc < 0 ! : ver pay more. I Brief News Flashes ^ ! lists ILL iff at Dosher Memorial c 1 : s been working under ' :... lately as several of j have been ill. Local. f k- I. vl- been called into tem-l U the places of Missj . Miss Elizabeth:1 Miss Annie M. Newton ' : !Bessie Dosher. The ill- . ! : these nurses is especial- the hospital is full. ] I CURTIS BAY, MD. i o B. Brown, son of Mr. f Mis. Sani Brown, of Bolivia, s r. is now serving with the j is: Cu rd at Curtis Bay, Md. , r son. Jimmie, is in the j y and is stationed in Calif- , ia. 1 Jl'RNING HOME SOON i K. LeHue, S. K. 3-c, has ::: San Diego, Calif- ] -a. after nearly three years of | .riles his sister, Miss < ' LeHue, at Shallotte, that I j expects to reach home some , within the next month on uiri. He is the son of Mr. j ;M:s L. D. LeHue. t y ' IC'tLAXD SWn:d..:st C-c Arvil Cottrell ' unvi-i in Iceland, according Ls uncle, Capt. James B., I n. who received u telegram j 'a hini on Tuesday. on J I KLOL GH ; j J ; h L. Inman, son of , s 0. B Sellers of Supply and '-" r of Miss Maude Inman of imed home on Wed% i' :,0-day furlough aft?av:nv f,..c.n overseas for 3'A 15 H has been stationed in ? 1 ^tAI) MEETING ! *v- 0. H. Hinson, G. E. Hub- ? f-V J. B. Church, Mrs. 1 ^ ; on, and Mrs C. ' 1. J" ' nt to Wilmington to attend a meet- ' , " leth ats at which plans 1 - <l:scusn-.l for the second * 'I- Crusade for Christ. 1 j-fast k's news from Dos-I] d Hospital an an-: made of the birth 1 ** ' Mr. and Mrs. Oorlj' Hie name of the par- 1 l , been Mr. andd ' L. Anderson. '1 I . - tearby house, where they were b laken to a German captain ti who happened to be a doctor, their v (Continued on Page 4) n Change In System ' Of Aircraft Aid c Trained Coast Guard Crews Will Take Over Duties Of p Aiding Planes In Distress I c And Rescues At Sea b d It is understood that the Army v crash boats, based here for more than a year for the purpose of J salvaging planes and rescuing fly- _ srs downed at sea, will shortly give way to a new air-sea rescue , service of the Coast Guard. These | boats will be manned by Coast | Guardsmen, trained in the work I of rescue at sea. j The Army crash boats have; been manned by Army crews. j Under the new service, rescue boats will operate out of Charleston, Southport, Georgetown, S. C., Parris Island, S. C., Savannah, Ga., Brunswick, Ga., and Fernandina, Fla. Air-sea rpscue > planes will operate out of Charleston, Wilmington, Beaufort, N. C., and Saint Simons Island, Ga. ] TH1 Three Gray Bn Arel *" Sons Of Mr. And Mrs. E. | H. Gray Of Shallotte In Service Of Country ONE IN MARINES ONE IN ARMY Leon Gray Is Only Son In Navy First Class Petty Officer Leon B. Gray, serving as a radarman >n the Destroyer Escort Landing, las recently been spending a 30 lays furlough with his parents,Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Gray, of Shallotte. He received his basic training ii it Bainbridge, Md., and later at Virginia Beach. He has now been n the service for 20 months with nuch of that time being spent on ;onvoy duty. He was with the ; forces that invaded Normandy, j ind subsequently was at Pearl Harbor before coming home. He las now returned to New York to resume his duties. ? Mr. and Mrs. Gray have two >ther sons in service. Sgt. Elbert H. Gray is with the U. S. Marine'.A dorps. He was stationed at Par- s is Island, S. C., four and a half f< /ears, serving with the Military r Police. From there he was sent J Wilfred Englisi Germans; Libei Son Of Southport Couple j~ Was Captured With Two Other Medics And Held u_: ? A X lOUXICl CLIPPING FROM THE STARS AND STRIPES Unarmed Medics Captured And Held For 14 Hours Before Rescue By Buddies This week Miss Lois English, laughter of Mr: and Mrs. Scott 3. English, received a most incresting clipping from the "Stars ind Stripes" concerning her brother, Pfc. Wilfred English, who vas liberated after having been n enemy hands for 14 hours. Pfc. English is with a medical lid battalion in Belgium and the n the press dispatch occurred ecently. English has been in the i service over two years and went ' icross in October of last year. The clipping was sent by Pfc. rom Floyd to his sister, Mrs. Minnie Arnold of Southport, who j ( ?ivp it to Miss Enelish. It was! ,vritten by a Stars and Stripes' [Jnit Correspondent and the head-! ines stated: "Unarmed Medicsj ire Held Until G. I's Liberate} rhem." The clipping is quoted in f( :ull below: With 84th Inf. Div. ? Three d nedics of the 309th Bn. are still 0 alking about the 14 hours they o spent in enemy hands. They were w leld until American troops sur- .j -ounded the German position and iberated them. The group includ- S1 ;d Pfc. Phillip J. Spampimate, of 11 U)s Angels; Pfc. Wilfred Eng- a ish, of Southport; and Pfc. Nor- d nan Ditzler, of Pinegrove, Pa. The trio was returning to a d battalion aid station in an am- f< oulance when they ran into a w German road block near Marche, e Belgium. Jerry tanks and machine t< ?uns opened up on the ambulance, p rhev iumped out and ran into a j si EST; A Gooc 4-PAGES^TODAY others n The Service mm 5 Camp Lejeune, then to San 'rancisco, Calif. Homer Lyon Gray, S. 1-c, is a .viation Machinist and has been tationed at Glenview, Illionois, 3r t he past seven months. He eceived his basic training at acksonville, Fla. h Held By -ated By G. I's Postmaster Gets A Nice Big Fish Probably due to the fact that the official minnow catcher was busy and would not function, Postmaster L. T. Yaskell and Dr. L. C. Fergus sneaked off to their favorite fishing grounds yesterday afternoon with only seven minnows for- bait. They returned in about an hour with five large mouth bass as a reward for the seven minnows. The largest bass weighed exactly five and a half itounds, according to the official minnow catcher, who placed it on the scales himself. ^ity Cleans Out Fiddler's Drain )pening Of Drain Paves Way For Many Southporters To Grow Fine Gardens In The Swamp Garden Tract For the first time in three or jur years the main ditch of Fidlers Drain, on the eastern edge f Southport, has been cleared ut. This will result in about 50 rhite and colored Southport famies having fine gardens. Many mall drains or ditches run into le main one ana me gtuucuci* re supposed to keep these small rains opened. The swamp gardens along Fidlers Drain have long been noted or the fine vegetables produced dth very little labor or fertilizrs. In many of them the soil is jo soft and spongy to permit lowing. In such cases rakes and pades are resorted to. The soil eing very light, it is comparaively easy to prepare and cultiate a swamp garden, even where o plowing can be done. loal Arid Ice Co. Builds New Office The Southport Coal and Ice 'ompany has recently completed tie construction of a very attracive new office building at the lant. Formerly a corporation, the ompany was recently purchased y Lt. Commander M. R. Sauners, who is serving with the Nay. During his absence the plant i being managed by Mrs. Sauners and LeRoy Swain. IT COSTS MONEY to save your boy's life How much Is it worth to you?to hare blood plasma there? To get extra food to him, if he's a prisoner? Give more/ He needs your Sed Cross at his side. GIVE JSL GIVE MOW.'^^MORES &. J \TE 1 1 News paper Ii Southport, N. G., V\ Brunswick Solon Introduces Bill For Teacherage i Would Permit The Building of Teacherage For The Schools At Shallotte And Ash EARLY PASSAGE OF BILL SEEMS TO EE EXPECTED Has Received A Favarable Report From The House Where It Has Already Passed Second Reading A bill introduced by Representative J. W. Ruark last week should provide for teacherages at both the Waccumaw and Shallotte schools.. As introduced by the [Brunswick Representative on Feb. j 26 and the subsequent attention given it is as follows: "Providing for the issuance of notes of Brunswick County for teacherages and for the payment of the principaland interest of said notes." (Would provide that any notes issued by the county | between March 1, 1945, and ^ March 1, 1947, for teacher-ages at Waccamaw and Shallotte shall be j subject to provision that all rents received from the teacherages shall be applied solely to the pay- ^ ment of principal and interest on the notes, and that upon written demand of the State Board of Education the county commissioners shall levy a special countywide tax for the payment of the notes and interest.) To Finance. Feb. 22, reported e favorably by House Committee; j Feb 23, passed 2nd reading in!1 House. j It Many New Boats k Ready For Season * IT Many New Brunswick Boats J e, To Take Part In The a Shrimp Fishing Industry !g This Year, Two .New] Houses In Prospect <? ' fit F A new 48-foot eshrimp trawler, I ^ being built by Robert Jones for; Paul Fodale, will soon be ready . si for launching. The craft presents; a nice appearance. With the heavy 11, duty-diesel engine that is to be a installed she should be one of the most creditable additions to the[c; local shrimp trawling fleet. This year should see about !ji twice as many Brunswick boats [ operating at Southport as during li any previous years. This can be p taken as certain when capacity is considered. Folks at Shallotte, li Lockwoods Folly Inlet and South- p port all have a considerable number of large new boats with more li to be completed or bought before p chWmnin{T crota urnll nnrlpr wall A 1 x?o e-wlot of these new additions to the s: fishing fleets are heavy duty n craft which will be able to go fi out and fish in weather that usually forces the smaller boats to ti remain in port. o Along with the heavy increase p in the number of Brunswick! beats there seem to be certain fi jindications that two new houses j ji wdl be buying and shipping o shipping shrimp from Southport this year. It is stated on pretty fi [good authority that Herman Stan- o land, and Thomas and Eustace j (Continued on Page 2) W. ]). KEZLAli I I During the past week we did p a lot of roving but instead of the ci W. B. & S. on the Atlantic Coast b Line. !ei Travel during these war times s< is not to be undertaken lightly, especially not for long distance. The reason for this is that, many is thousands of service men are b moving about , wherever duty q calls them. Many thousands of a wives and other relatives are al- n so moving here and there. The w vast transportation resources of f< i thp cnuntrv are sorely taxed to fi handle the essential travel and ir the thinking man or woman does tl not undertake a long journey un- tl less it is essential. |n Several persons in New York, vv however, wanted to discuss cer- w tain matters with us, and it was n better that we go to New York w than that they should come to, T us, They were key men in im-i I I P0R1 i A Good Coir Wednesday, February Z Gov. Cherry La ;.;; ^?<91 ? ) Inaugurating an emergency Tiulpw< urged farmers and pulpvrood work chief of the WPB Pulpwood Produ Goodman, assistant director of the ? * U. S., state and industry repres* Small Cases In ( Court Monday Variety Of Offenses, Many Defendants Get Off With Payment Of Costs In Re-1 corders Court Twenty cases came up ueiuiu j utlge John Ward at the Record-. is court here on Monday. There | -as a wide variety of offenses, j ut no stiff penalties were imosed. The report show the foliwing cases: Lee Andrew Taft and William aft, larceny, continued to March 9th Francis McDonald Hollis, ?ckless operation, continued to larch 19 th. Churles McKoy, latceny, six lcnths in jail, judgment suspendd on payment of fine of 550.00 nd costs and defendant to be of ood behavior for two years. George Marshall, drunken drivlg, six months, judgment -stta- ended on payment of fine of 1 ne of 550.00 and costs. C. W. Blackmail, failing to stop ign, capias and continued. C. W. Blackman, no operators cense or registration card, capiasi 5 nd continued. Oscar Nelson, improper brakes, apias and continued. J. L. Stone, improper license, [ Jdgment on payment of costs. J John Bellamy, no operators cense, judgment suspended on ^ ayment of costs. S. G. Sandlin, no operators T cense, judgment suspended on tl ayment of costs. sl Charlie Ganey, no operators u cense, judgment suspended on ayment of costs. jd' Alex Porter, possessing whiskey j till, six months on roads, judg- di tent suspended on payment of a'fl ine of $100.00 and costs. j0i Robert Bruce Hawes, no regis- gj ration card and no state license x n trailer, judgment suspended on tt ayment of costs. {la Joseph Mozine Frink, operating or hire without proper license, %v .idgment suspended on payment1 Sj f costs. fj John Henry Johnson, no chauf- sl sura license, judgment suspended 0: n payment of costs. j ti Lewis Manage, improper lights, o: (Continued on Page Four} ? t a li >VING Reporter j 1" ortant things. Not all of them |d iuld spare the time for the trip, 11 ut we could, so we became list- iv 1 in what might be termed es-' pi jntial travel. : tl Folks will tell you how hard it H 1 to travel these days. You had! S etter believe it. We saw and, tf uietly sympathized with liter- j 01 lly hundreds of men and women, j S lost of the men being in service, IM ho were undergoing practically M irced travel. AVe had a Pullman C om Rocky Mount on the outgolg trip and one was offered on F le return, but it was declined on fi ie grounds that service men ci eeded it more than we did. We 'ere satisfied to take pot luck A 'ith the service men who could ot get reservations, because there | F 'ere not enough to go around.; n hey had to travel in day coach-! d; (Continued on page 4} |p P1I lmunity 7,1945 unches N. C. Pulp ; -M: ' :,: ::: :'V', :;i# ; aod production campaign in.Nortl era to cut pulpwood for war. Wit ction Branch, who asked for the j N. C. Extension Service, who act? rntatives in Raleigh. North Carolic bounty Chair: Red Cross P Eleanor Niernsee Promoted To Capt. News has been received here of the promotion of Lt. Eleanor Niernsee of the Army Nurses Corps to Captain. She is now in the Philippines with the 118th general hosplfcll. Captain Niernsee has been in the service for about 4 \'i years. Three of these years have been overseas. She was in Australia for some time before being transferred to New Guinea. Her transfer to the Philippines came as our troops invaded Leyte. iVaccamaw Headed The Lis! ponsored The Purchase O Three Field Ambulance During Recent War Bon< Drive; Bolivia Stood Sec ond A report just released by th far Finance Division of th reasury Department shows tha te schools of North Carolini :ood fifth among the states i) te sale of war bonds and stamp jring the last war bond drive. The Brunswick county school id their part in this drive. Th 'accamaw school was especiall; atstanding with the sale of 55, nnd stnmD5 JU.UU 111 LM11UO u?m i hereby the Waccamaw youngs :rs sponsored three field ambu inces for service at the front. The Bolivia school stood secon ith the sale of $1,950.00, whicl xjnsored the purchase of on eld ambulance. The Lelan ;hool was credited with the sal f $1,165.00 worth of the securi es, which sponsored the purchas f one Jeep. The Southport schoc Md $633.45 worth of the bond nd stamps. Shallotte was no sted in the report. lYaccamaw Lady Died Thursday /Irs. W. D. Stanley Sue cumbs Following A Ver; Brief Illness At He Home In Waccamav Township Mrs. W. D. Stanley, 48, promi ent Waccamaw township womai ied at her home at Ash Thursda; lorning after a very brief ill ess. She was stricken only th revious afternoon. Surviving her are her husband tree sons, H. D. Stanley and J I. Stanley of Ash and H. I tanley of Wilmington; one brc iher, B. F. (Dick) Milligan, Jr f Ash; four sisters, Mrs. H. Dell; mith of Bladenboro, Mrs. J. K IcCimbee of Belmont, Mrs. C [. Milligan and Mrs. Sallie Mc umbee of Ash. Funeral services were hel riday afternoon at two o'cloc om the graveside in the Smit jmctery, near Asn. .T SABBATH HOME The Stamps-Baxter Happ: our will be at Sabbath Hom< ear Holden's Beach, on Satui ay night at 7:00 o'clock. Th ublic is invited to attend free. .OT [ $1.50 PER YEA* c'UBLlSHE wood Campaign 1 ?pp ^ i Carolina, Governor R. Gregg Cherry 20 h him Ae Curtis M. Hutchins, right, fa governor's cooperation, and John W. po d as chairman of the special meeting nf ia's goal is 450,000 cords by June 30. tic man Tells How s j SU 4oney Is Spent ; ? ! CQ " Mrs. Rosenbaum Gives Figures In Preparation Of i Red Cross War Fund Drive In March mj 4 w I to s we Americans posses, namely that J \ of "giving." The Red Cross has 33 . neither forced nor insisted aat any I time. They have only "asked" and1 _ "requested". Therefore, the Amer-! L e ican people have always grateful- * e ly responded with "Thou shalt .1 receive." It is a democratic priniciple defined in your own indivia dual communities and we hope 11 that this year you are aware of Si s it more than ever before. Contributions this year, and remember the Red Cross only asks for your help once a year, should e | be the largest ever made. Not YI because the county as a whole is " richer financially but because we M s- all want to show from our hearts be just how much we appreciate rii " what some of our men and worn- th en are'dying for. More than ever no c' before we need to bring more of loi It "home" to the men and women wi e in uniform and no method is bet- wl d ter than through the Red Cross. e We do not contribute "to" the co i- Red Cross but rather "through" th e the Red Cross. th 1 Please do not feel that because s some member of your family is t actively engaged in the war ef- ? fort your job is done. This is all the more reason for you to contribute a larger sum because it may be your very own relative or loweu one wno may oe m neeu. ? Many people have approached r me saying "We'd like to know where our money goes." So let _ me tell you: f To many citizens of the county the contributions they have made have been returned to (Continued on page 2) ;; New Hotel For y Shallotte Point e ; Construction Work Already (. Started On $35,000.00 Project At Shallotte Vil liage Point Near Shallotte a j Mr. Garner understood to be J from Lillington, is placing ma1. terial and has already started construction work on a hotel, pavilion and dining room at Shald | lotte Village Point. Information k | is to the effect that he will spend h! $35,000 on the undertaking. The location is a beautiful one and provides some wonderful local fishing from shore and by y: boat. \ | It is understood that Mr. Garn er plans to devote the hotel moste I ly to discharged or invalided sol(Continued on Page Four) vlost of The News All The Time j . i D EVERY WEDNESDAY ,ess Sugar For Home Canning Says OPA ast Year's Maximum Allowance Of 25 Pound* Reduced To 20 Pounds For 1945 iaximumIreduced TO TWENTY POUNDS pplication Must Be Made To Local Board RALEIGH, Feb. 28. ? Sugar r home canning this year, while t as much as i:i 1944, should ill be enough for all legitimate eds, District Director Theodore Johnson announced this week. Contrasted with last season'* iximum allowance of 25 pounds VARIED ACTIVITIES OF ^ AMERICAN RED CROSS ca |sh Brunswick County Quota j For Drive Is I tic $6,200.00 'ha W By MBS. M. M. BOStJNBAUM, on Co. Ch'm., Bed Cross War Fund Drive As previously reported, the su rsnrvfa tn Via roophorl hv tho RpH C6 W , Cross Chapter of Brunswick 80 i County is $6,200.00. In order to roach, and we hope, surpass, that to a nouut, every citizen worthy of ni ?,>fr..rr0 hiisiotii" uai Ar..^r:_?irr\-' should contribute something to c? this War Fund Drive which en, ablcs us, at home, to aid in keep- Pc [ I ing our uniformed men and wornj en at ease in mind as well as < I body all over the world. | z, f I Th<>re is still a nrivileee that RED STAMPS Q-5, R-5, S-5 . . . now valid . . . expire March 31. T-5, U-5, V-5. W-5, X-5 . . . now valid . . expire April 28. Y-5, Z-5, A-2, B-2, C-2, D-2'' . . . now valid . . . expire June 2. SEGAR Sugar Stamp No. 34 . . . good for five pounds . . . expires Feb. 28. Sugar Stamp No. 35 . . . good for five pounds . . . expires June 2. SHOES Airplane Stamps No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 now good. FEEL OIL Period 4 and 5 coupons from last season. Periods 1. 2. 3. 4 and 5 from this season . . all valid for 10 gallons each. GASOLINE A-14 coupons valid through March 21. * a & canning sugar per person, this ar's maximum allomtent wfll be pounds per person, with no mily receiving more than 160 unds, regardless of the number members. There will be no stamp in Rain Book Four good for canning gar this year, Johnson pointed t, as experience proved the 1044 in impractical. The canning gar stamp was misused by milins, he added, who used the sugthus obtained for table or king purposes rather than for nning. J The reason for tightening uft e OPA official said, is that our gar stocks at this time of year e lower than in years, while ilitary needs are greater. Cuban oduction is down, and domestic oduction cannot be increased beuse of manpower and machinery ortages. Johnson explained that applica>ns for canning sugar would ive to be made through local ar Price and Rationing Boards, I forms provided by OPA for e purposes. Dates for receiving ch applications will be annound shortly, as the canning sean nears. ? The applicant will be required state the amount of home canng she did last year, and the pwV- of quarts she expects to j n this season. The Board will ^ en issue coupons for 1 and 5 >und purchases of canning. In making application, the msewife will attach "Spare amp 13" from War Ration Book jur for each member of the mily named in the application, evidence that such persons aro tual holders of Book Four. I trother Takes Brother's Place upply Sailor Goes To Same" Ship And Same Job From Which His Brother Is Transferred For Shore Duty Carl Holden, won of Mr. and rs. A. V. Holden, of Supply, has en serving on the Aircraft Car:r Bellauwood in the Pacific for e past eighteen months. He is w at home on a 30 days furngh. At the end of this time he ill be assigned to duty si>meiiere on the coast. An interesting circumstance fn nnection with his transfer fronV. e Bellauwood is that his broer, Lindberg Holden, was asContinued oa page four i? Ration Pointers] PROCESSED FOODS BLUE STAMPS X-5, Y-5, Z-5 A-2, B-2 . . . ? ; now valid . . . expire March 31. C2-, D-2, E-2, F-2, G-2 , . . now valid . . . expire April 28. H-2, J-2, K-2, L-2, M-2 . . . now valid . . . expire June 2. MEATS AND FATS