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^SIXTEEN NO. 11
6-pages today Southport, N. C.t Wednesday, June 25th, 1947
91.50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESOAI
J Artist
0 Exhibit
Paintings Here
1 . Thirtv Water Colors
If" Well? M. Sawyer Will
R Exhibited At US O
?gilding Tuesday After
V ? - i
Lder auspices of
KsCOPAL auxiliary
L And Mrs. Sawyer Are
im Frifnds. A* ?as"
I' || Beach And He
Has Consented To
Exhibit Work
[
L interesting exhibition of
y color paintings by Wells
f^rver is being arranged by
"lidies of the Auxiliary of
Pbllips Episcopal church next
Ly afternoon from 2 o'clock !
To'clock at the USO build- !
k
jj. , Mrs. Sawyer came to
cipor: as guests of Mr. and
? Harris Nelson, of Caswell '
a and it was through Mrs. '
good offices that Mr. J
Eur agreed to make a show- 1
F'cf aiwut thirty paintings
L direct from nature in
c. Italy. Egypt. India. Mexi
lBi m this country.
IKS the condition of his
:,'cessitated residence in
r climates, and he has con
5_ ; paint wherever he has i
^ tant one man exhibitions
is paintings have been spon
Iby the United States gov
Kit. by the Spanish Nation
Gallery of Modern Art in
tii The Friends of the Coun
Jlalaga. and by the Southern
Projects and American Fed
of Arts, which broadly
the country with exhibits
1b Spanish oils and water
1 In Mexico the University
iade a showing or pictures
I acted in that country.
North Carolina the Mint
it in Charlotte showed some
jot his oil and water colors.
|of his paintings have been
c in general exhibitions in
wintry and England, the
to Federation and the Clear
r Museum groups have re
(ily shown at Mint Gallery. I
rear Mr. Sawyer's "Feb- :
J Sunshine" is included in ;
group to be shown there,
is expected that Mr. Sawyer!
Site an informal talk about ,
at 4 o'clock on the af
of the exhibit.
?her offering will be taken, i
SriefNews
Flashes
rntNS TO WORK
Is. George Stephens has re
tier secretarial duties at
la* firm of Frink and Her
following a recent operation
rcnoval of her appendix.
BION MEETING
!?? regular monthly jneeting
[&? Shallottc Post. American
will be held next Wed- .
kjy night. July 2. in the
^ building instead of on
p Friday night. Commander
^7 L Mlntz urges a full at
pa-"'f ami is particularly an
1 all incoming and out
! officers to attend.
NPLETKS TRAINING
i '; Mace Bennett, of Ash,
^ of x A. Bennett, has com
recruit training at the
**' Training Center in San
? California, and has been
to second class in his
"?? He will be assigned either
'"fits of the fleet or to a ser
school for specialized train
I
^?USSITER ILL I
W Lassiter. bookkeeper and |
man fcr R. D. W'nite atj
We for many years, is 'B j
1 Baltimore hospital and will
an operation there. Dur
Itas absencc Miss Gladys
?as of Jonest-oro, home eco
*? teacher at the Shallotte
<l0'- is attending to bookkeep
ers at the White office.
VACATION i
Robert s sturtevant of Bos- 1
and Nashville. Tenn.,
known landscape ar- j
who has had charge of j
at urton gardens for i
a uccade, is spending
at the plantation. He j
l "^mpanied on this trip by
Pwy David and F.oger The
k ^ iiKr.g the c4n".p on the
u Ssuttrs.
DISTRICT OFFICERS
ELECTED ? Left above is Chas. M. Trott, of South
port, who was elected Commander of the 7th District,
American Legion. Harry L. Mintz, Supply merchant,
was elected vice-commander of the district.
Shallotte Residents Are
After Waterworks System
This Matter Will Be Up
For Discussion At Next
Meeting Of Board Of Al
dermen According To
Mayor Galloway
ADEQUATE WATER
SUPPLY AVAILABLE
Town's Leaders Also Look
ing To Plan Which Will
Provide Sewage Dispos
al Facilities For
Community
Many of the residents of Shal
lotte are becoming keenly anxious
for some sort of a water sys
tem that will provide better wa
ter for drinking and general pur
poses than is obtained from the
shallow private wells ,/iow in use.
The 9hallotte Ice Company has
a deep well, the piping being
about six inches and the water
in continuous flow. This water is
sparklingly clear and is said to
be as pure as water gets to be.
Mr. Bruton, owner of the ice
plant, lias, according to Mayor
Leon Galloway, indicated his will
ingness to erect a storage tank
and put in a water system for
the town if he has a guarantee
of enough water being used to
make the business pay.
Water obtained in this way
still leaves Shallotte with a gap
open where sewerage is concern
ed and it is understood that at
their meeting this month the
Mayor and Aldermen will make
a close study of all avenues
wherein they may be able to ob
tain both water and sewerage for
Shallotte.
11 ?
Large Trawler
Due To Arrive
i
Newly Constructed Craft j
Belonging To Captain 1
Merritt Moore Expected
To Arrive From Florida j
Southport's largest new shrimp |
trawler is due to arrive today |
from the yards in St. Augustine.
Fla.. where it has just been com
pleted. It is the Penny, a 62
footer, built for and according to
plans of Captain Merritt Moore,
Southport man who will operate
her. The Penny's overall is un
derstood to be larger than any
boat operating here this week,
although there arc several form
er servic boats /that exceed her
in length.
The "Sea Boy," a 53-footer,
built here for Louis J. Hardee on
his own yard, hit the water yes
terday morning. Her launching
(Continued On Page 5)
Dr. Wra. Crowe
Is Club Speaker
Wilmington Minister Urges
Loc^l Organization To
Take Action In Advertis
ing This Community
Dr. William Crowe, of Wil- 1
rmngton. was speaker at the reg- 1
ular meeting of the Southport
Lions Club here on Thursday. j
Dr. Crowe took this occasion
to point out for the benefit ofi
club members some of the at- :
tractions which Southport has to \
offer year-round visitors. He
counseled against taking steps to
rnaka this tbe usual type of
(Continued on page five)
,
Final Exercises
Friday Evening
? The two-weeks session of
Daily Vacation Bible School
will come to a close with ap
propriate commencement ex
ercises on Friday evening. This
program will hi* held in the
high school auditorium, at 8
o'clock, and parents, patrons
and friends are invited to at
tend.
The Rev. H. M. Baker, serv
ing as superintendent of the
session, reports that the en
rollment has reached 115 stu
dents, with a nave age daily
attendance of 97 or 98. The
Rev. Paul H. Fields and Dr.
j. ji, Waggette are cooperat
ing with the Rev. Mr. Baker
in supervising the activities of
the school.
Since the original line-up of
faculty was announced, Claude
Ford has started a class in
manual arts.
Much Activity On
Holden's Beach
Building Program Flourish
ing As Lot-Owners Begin
To Feel Urge For Own
ing Cottage At Bcach
A caller at the officc of this ;
paper Monday. Luther Holden, of,
Supply, was very much pleased,
at the progress being made m
building new homes at Holden s
Beach. In addition to the large i
number of buildings recently com- 1
pleted and those still in course
of construction there is every in- j
dication that the remainder of (
the year will double, home con- j
struction work ever done in one
year at the beach.
A lot of property owners are
just waiting for an case-up in
the cost of building supplies,
coupled with general lower con
struction costs, before they stait
homes.
The visitor was not prepared
to name off-hand ail who have
built cottages and homes this
year, or those who have such
work now going on. As best he
could recall. Mr. Kyle from Lum
( Continued On Page 5)
Better Travel
Helps Visitors
Howell# Point Is Having
Unusual N u m b e r Ot
Sportsmen Since Road lo
That Place Has Been Im
proved
The six or seven miles of- road
from the paved highway to
Howell's Point, about half of it
State maintained, is now in fair
condition. At least it can be
travelled, and Howell's Point is
much more accessable Uian it
was last year.
One result of this accessibility
is a very much increased num
ber of both local and up-state
sportsmen and commercial fish
ermen going to Howell's Point.
Twenty or more good rowboat
arid outboards are kept there and
others are brought in and out on
trailers by people who like to go
anywhere to fish and take the
xnear.s with tfcerr..
(Continued On Page 5)
Two Southport
Men Named On
Shrimp Board
Will Be Two Of Five Men
Acting In An Advisory
Capacity In Conducting
Survey Of Waters Off
Coast
ATTEMPTING TO
LOCATE GROUNDS
W. S. Wells And L. J. Har
dee Both Have Had Prac
tical Experience In
Shrimp Business
It is understood that South
port will have two men on the
5-man commitfse that is to look
after the shrimp survey work
along the North Carolina coast.
This week both W. S. Wells and
Louis J. Hardee have had letters
from Director R. Bruce Etheridge
of tile Department of Conserva
tion and Development, asking if
they would serve on the commit
tee.
Both of these shrimp producers
and dealers have indicated they
are accepting the appointments.
Both are exceptionally well quali
fied to serve, and the fact that
Brunswick county is getting two
of the five committeemen is
indicative of the importance of
the shrimping industry on this
part of the coast.
The work of surveying, ac
cording to all information, will
begin the first of July at the
South Carolina line, working on
here and up the coast. Much of
the work wfil be done directly
out from Southport with a large
boat being used. In addition to
locating shrimping grounds
where boats may operate with
out destroying nets on obstruc
tions, the boat will be equipped
to chart all good fishing areas
and leave them marked for the
guidance of fishermen.
Vonnie Hickman
Dies In Wreck
Wilmington Man Was Na
tive Of Brunswick And
Was Member Of Promi
nent Family Of This
County
Vonnie A. Hickman, 27-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Hickman of the Milt Creek com
munity, was killed in a motor
cycle accident in New Hanover
county Friday at noon. Reared in
Brunswick county, he had. been
living in Wilmington for the
past several years and was en
gaged in business there.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday morning at 11 o'clock
at Sunset Park Baptist church
in Wilmington, Rev. G. C. Lewis
officiating at the services. Fol
lowing this the remains were
brought back to Brunswick coun
ty and interred in the Hickman
famfly cemetery, a mile south of
Mill Creek church.
In addition to his parents Mr.
Hickman is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Margaret L. Hick- j
man; two daughters, Joan and;
Agnes; three sisters, Mrs. Mild- j
red Vereen, ,of Freeland; Mrs. j
Hazel Willetts and Mrs. Eliza- 1
(Continued on page five) I
Good Luck For
Fishing Party
Game fishing, whether salt wa
fer or fresh water, is always at
its best during the first two
quarters of the moon. With the
moon changing Wednesday of
last week and the first quarter
coming along, Captain T. H.
Watts and his boat, the Idle On,
broke the jinx of the proceeding
two weeks by bringing in a nice
catch Friday.
The party was from Durham,
headed by L. C. Bailey. They got
10 amberjack, 8 dolphin, 5 bonita
and 2 barracuda, all of good
size.
Production Of
Shrimp Halted
Here For Week
*
Boats Caught Hundreds Of
Pounds Of Very Small
Shrimp Monday; Will
Give Time For These To
Pass By
BOATMEN AND
, DEALERS AGREE
A
Taking Shrimp Of This
Size Recognized As Be
ing Very Destructive;
Is Also Unprofitable
The only general tie-up that
the Southport seafood industry
has ever had began Tuesday
morning and is due to last a week
or longer, depending on condi
tions. It is not a strike in the
true ? sense of the word. Instead
it is a cooperative action on the
part of all boat owners and op
erators, in the interest of protect
ing undersize shrimp.
One dealer reported that Mon
day's catch was comprised of
shrimp so small that they ran
better than 100-to a pound. Not
only is there no demand for
shrimp of this size, but a pro
hibitive labor costs is entailed in
(Continued on page 4)
Suffer Damage
From Hail Storm
Freakish Weather Hits In
At Least Two Sections Of
Brunswick, And Causing
Heavy Crop Loss
At least two sections of Bruns
wick county suffered rather se
vere hail and storm damage to
crops Thursday afternoon. With
the hail was considerable wind
and a very heavy rain.
At Grissettown, below Shal
lotte, Willard" Redwine had sev
eral acres of tobacco about wiped
out and corn badly damaged.
Just across the highway from
the Willard Redwine tobacco the
fields belonging to his father, W.
H. Redwine, were not touched.
Martin Watts, Harry Chadwick
and James Bellamy, all of the
same community, had their crops
badly damaged.
Fifteen miles away in the
Holden's Beach community the
hail struck again. In thi? section
Gus Holden, Dennis Hewett, C.
L Hewett, Horace Hewett and
Ben Hewett all had their tobacco
about ruined and other growers
had theirs damaged.
Our
ROVING
Reporter
W. B. gEtUB
[ State Highway, Commissioner
J. A. Bridger writes us this week,
that on his next trip to Bruns
wick he will have things arrang
ed so that he can go fishing with
| us. We are not certain just how (
good a fisherman he is. Still, in
order to avoid breaking the fish- j
ing law by taking more than the
day's limit wc often find it ne- '
cessary to take a companion ;
who is dumber than we are. Mr. i
[ Bridger should be able to get J
very close to a days limit when :
he .'come s down here to wet a
Jind" in the Brunswick county '
I waters.
Last Saturday we did a little'
I more rambling than usual, even !
i for Saturday. Got up at 3 a. m.
and wrote letters until 6:30. Had
| breakfast, then wrote some more
until 7:35 when we left on the
I bus for Shallotte. Called on every
body there and was picked up by |
W? A Reynolds and W A. Jr., j
who brought us back to Supply.
Saw everybody ther# was,
just waiting for the bus on home
when we caught a ride up Route
17 to Bolivia, stopping enroute
to see Cova Clemmons and also
at the Sellers Garage. Saw every- (
body at Bolivia, including Foster
Mintz, Charley Rourk, Bill Kopp
and Douglas Hawes. Visited the
Bolivia school lunch room on
invitation of Prof. O. C. Burton
Went from there on up Route 17
to Bell Swamp, passing a fine
field of corn belonging to' Fred
Lesh enroute. Turned towards
home at Bell Swamp and late in
the afternoon found myself help
ing the family of Layton Swain
to plant a two acre field of sweet
potatoes/ Got home at last and
had to write this Rovin' Repor
ter and some other things before
going to bed.
Last week someone at Shallotte
was telling us of Janet Faye
Tripp playing baseball with the
Shallotte small boys. At the same
time someone else was telling us
of Mary Sana. Tt.pp k?.vjr.g" a
(Continued On page 6)
Sailfish Beginning To
Show Up Off Southport
Gulf Stream Fishing Parties AH Set For Good Result*
From Trips For Next Few Months
Sailfish are beginning to
show up off Southport. Several
have been sighted and some of
them have shown enough in
terest in trailing lures to fol
low them, but without actual
ly striking. Captain Victor P.
Lance, of the Moja, with long
experience in blue marlin fish
ing, "also feels sure he has seen
one or two of these royal
fighters during the pas't few
weeks.
The more settled weather
that should come with this sea
son of the year should put the
sails to striking and some of
the boat operators say that
they will be missing a guess
if they do not find a blue mar
lin playground somewhere off
Southport this summer or fall.
Apparently the nearest ap
proach to any party getting a
sail during the past week was
when a big fellow approached
the Moja, which was under
charter to Dr. T. V. Schuma
cher, Dr. D. A. White, Dr. W.
H. Thiele and Dr. P. W. Moore,
all of Fayetteville. The fish
just swam along behind one
of the lures, nosing it, finally
deciding it was not hungry.
This party has the boat under
charter for four trips this
summer. Their Friday trip net
ted them 12 large bonita, 2
Spanish mackerel and 1 dolphin.
They lost one barracuda.
The proceeding day another
party out on the Moja with
Captain Lance took 18 large
bonita, 3 Spanish mackerel and
one bluefish. This party was
from scattered points, composed
of Wm. A. Salmon and J. P.
Exiim, of Durham; R. B. Wil
liamson, Bluefield, W. Va.;
Howard A. Penton, Wilmington,
D. W. Humber, High Point;
John W. Hicks, Cincinnati,
Ohio; C. O. Messenger, Rich
mond, Va.
Captain Hulan Watts with
his Idle On has also been hav
ing fine luck on several recent
trips out. However, only one of
'his parties have been contact
ed. That one composed of L. C.
Bailey and three other Durham
sportsmen caught 8 dolphin, 5
bonita, 10 amberjack and 2
barracuda on their trip Satur
day.
Lunch Room All Set For
Operation At Bolivia
Cane Pole Good
For Nice Bass
j
Fishing with a cane pole,
cork, hook and line in Orton |
Pond test Friday, Clarence j
Jones, colored employee of the
plantation, foimd himself hook
ed to a bass that |>ut up a mil
battle and often threatened to i
break the frail tackle he was j
using.
After a long time, a very '
long time It seemed to Clarence,
the fish was worked alongside
the boat and lifted aboard by
hand. Placed on the scales it
bore dawn to an even eight
pounds. That was a fish that
would have delighted the heart
of the flyrod fishermen or the
plug casters.
'
Another Trained >
Man For Orton
Bill Hyatt, Graduate Of
University Of Florida,
Will Supervise Produc
tion Of Plants
A valuable addition to Or
ton the past week was Bill Hy
att, graduate of the University,
of Florida with a masters degree
in Agriculture. Mr. Hyatt is now'
superintendent of the Orton 1
Nursery and a part of his duties j
will be the supervision of plant '
production.
Mr. Hyatt spent his last sum- 1
mcr vacation at Orton, working 1
among the plants. In addition to
his University training Jie comes
back with a fine personal know
ledge of the particular work he
has.
The work of starting this
year's plant production started at
the plantation Monday when a
large force of workers began with
the task of setting thousands of
azalea plants. These plants, which
are very small, go under cold
frames for the first year. Start- 1
ing camellia plants will also be
gin immediately. About one hund
red thousand of the camellia
plants will be started this sum
mer.
The coming of Mr. Hyatt
brings no changes among the
personnel of the Orton workers,
the huge nursery simply gets a
trained, and capable superinten- !
dent.
Famous Author
Writes Of Cancer
The July issue of The Ladies
Home Journal, which will be on
the news stands about 26 June,
will contain an article written
by Gretta Palmer and entitled "I
Had Cancer." It is the life story
of Mary Roberts Rinehart. and
it closcs with a description of
her illness and cure.
Mrs. Rinehart states: "There is
nothing for the modern woman
to fair about most cases o i can
cer. Nothing except delay:"
Principal O. C. Bruton Re
ports That All Obliga
tions Have Been Paid
And That Small Balance
In Treasury
DISTRICT CLUB
IS RESPONSIBLE
Organization Took Leader
ship And Was Given Sup
port Of People In Time
And Money
Bolivia School District Club,
an organization with aim* some
thing like those of the P. T. A.,
but said to bring the school pa
trons into even closer relations
with the school, held its June
meeting at Bolivia last night.
At this meeting Principle 0|
C. Burton of the school was able
to announce with pride that all j
obligations Incurred in remodell
ing an old building and convert- j
ing it into a lunch room, as well ;
as for equipping and operating
during the past school term,
have been paid.
The lunch room fund now has |
a well equipped building and 1
1100.00 in cash with which to1
start out with at the opening of
the school.
Members of the District Club I
did, all of the work of ceiling, .
changing doors, windows and
painting the "interior of the old j
building for the lunch room. I
Much of the lumber and material :
was also contributed by members
of the club.
With funds raised by various'
means a large electric refrigera
tor, with capacity of 63-cubic
feet, was purchased and install
ed. A large heavy-duty gas stove !
for cooking, tanks and sinks took
$600.00 more; and then there wasj
the matter ? of getting supplies, |
etc., and being able to supply the
children with good, hot lunches
at the non-profit rate of 20
cents per meal.
(Continued On Page 6)
Ash Youth Made
Company Cook
Pfc. Tony Baines Is Serving
With Eighth Army Now
On Occupation Duty In
Osaka, Japan
Private First Class Tony
Baines. of Ash, has one of the
key jobs in the Army of Occu
pation. "Recently attached to the
2fth Quarter Master Company of
the 25th Infantry (Tropic Light
ning) Division, commanded by
Major General Charles L. Mul
lins. Jr., Pfc. Baines has been
given the job of cook for the
company.
The United States Army serves
its men better food than any
other Army in the world, and its i
cooks are adequately trained for!
their jobs. The work that cook
ing entails is such that the cooks
are given one day on and one day1
off. In the 25th Quarter Master
Company the cooks are feeding
approximately 230 men at each
meal by balanced mer.ua The
stepped fa; the ?o?t part
.(Continued On Page 5) ,
Southport Will
Get Additional
Faculty Member
Miss Annie May Woodside
Also Has Been Advised
That At Least Six New
Buses Will Be Placed In
Use This Fall
FOUR PRINCIPALS
ALREADY ELECTED
Explanation Made Of Ac
credited Status Of Each
Consolidated School
Of County
Miss Annie May Woodside, su
perintendent of schools for
Brunswick county, has been noti
fied that Southport has been al
lotted one additional teacher for
the coming school term.
Miss Woodside also reports
that she has been assured by
the State Department that at
least 6 new buses will be placed
in service In Brunswick county
with the beginning of the school
term in September.
Miss Woodside says that recent
inquiries would indicate that there
is some confusion regarding the
standing of the consolidated
schools of this county. Both the
high school and elementary
school at Southport, Leland and
Bolivia, are on the accredited list,
and have enjoyed this rating for
several years. The high school
department at Waccamaw and at
Shallotte are on the accredited
list, but the elementary school at
each of these two places is not
on the approved list. This con
dition, Miss Woodside explains, it
due to overcrowded conditions,
not to teaching methods.
Miss Woodside reports that
thus far three of the five prin
cipals who headed schools la
this county last year have been
re-elected. They are Henry
Stone, Shallotte; O. C. Burton,
Bolivia; A. C. Holloman, South
port. J. E. Denning leaves his
post as principal at Waccamaw
to come here as superintendent
of schools for Brunswick county,
effective July 1. William Teachey,
formerly of Beulahville, has been
elected as his successor. E. E.
King, of Leland, resigned at the
end of the school year and thus
far there has been no announce
ment made of the election of his
successor.
Also In connection with school
affairs. Miss Woodside reports
that material for the erection of
a fence at the Brunswick county
school garage has arrived ani
this work is being done.
Quick Work Of
Several Cases
Numerous Cases Disposed
Of Before Judge W. J.
McLamb Monday, Al
though Court Session Las
ted Only One-Half Day
Although Monday's session of
Brunswick county Recorder's
court adjourned before noon, sev
eral cases were disposed of be
fore that time. TTie following dis
position was made:
Jim Bannister, breaking and
entering, probable cause found
and defendant held for Superior
court under bond of 1100.00.
J. P. Owens, Jr., reckless op
eration, fined $25.00 and costs,
$10.00 of fine remitted.
Benjamin B. Rogers, larceny of
automobile, continued to July
7th.
Walter W. Bostrowscr, larceny
of automobile, continued to July
7th.
Sambo West, drunk on high
way, 30 days on roads, suspwK
ed on condition that he be; pfc.
good behavior for two years and
pay costs.
Richard Waddell, drunk on
highway, 30 days, suspended on
condition that he pay costs and
jail fees amounting to $32.05.
Sam Weston, drunkon highway,
dismissed.
W. M. Hewett, drunk driving
and no operator's license, fined
$50.00 and costs, driver's license
revoked for one year.
David O. Newman, reckless op
eration, fined $50.00 and costs,
fine remitted oh condition that
he make restitution 'to H. E.
Leonard in the amount of $30.00.
George W. Leonard, stopping
on highway, not guilty.
Everet Lawson Watts. Jr..
reckless operation, fined $28.00
and costs.
Dr. Alton B. Edwards, speed
ing, fined $15.00 and costs,
i James Frederick Bryant, trana
porting, 12 months on the roads,
1 suspended on condition that de
i fendant pay a fine of $200.00
1 and cofct and be of good behavior
for a period of two years. Thick
1 confiscated.