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fcunsvtick County
NO.
SIXTEEN NO. 4
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Southport, N. C., Wednesday, May 4, 1949 published every Wednesday |i.so per yeab
0 s Club To!
_ent Bower
Show Tuesday
, rv^Tls Outstand
\ttraction Of Spring
?jjgoiSs EVENT
. Additions Made To
rd attractions 1 nis
fro Give Show
Vide Appeal
nr.uTTwo1113"'? Club
[ ?L ?"ill ?* held "!xt
L'at the Community Cen
*1 in Southport with
Pigott 83 general
This event is one of
JLndm? undertakings <
is looked forward 1
wLare the rules of this
:j| Entries will be ac
% 10 to 12 o'clock; all
lin* on registration and
? committees may make
rti# between 12 and 1
;; one Will be admitted
Riding between 1 and 3
1 "during which time the
inH make their decisions;
mL opens to the public at
2 prizes will be awarded
"dock; the tea will begin
a yclock.
bv school children
.-in bv 10 o'clock Tues
-jjements will be made
k children to attend the
jljca,- at the time designat
tle principal. If they at
other hour, they
St accompanied by one of
Ijcer.ts.
(Hits is a list of classi
b Adult Department:
s 1, perfection of bloom
u perfection of bloom,
lit t?t specimen of any
ojwt. by exhibition.
?I: Artistic arrangement:
Mtur? ib) living room,
small: ic) porch, (d)
, ie>~seas3flai.
^ ig) mantle: (h) bou
f in brass container; (j)
per container: (k) in sil
niner: 1) bed tray; (m)
able: in) dining table.
13: Shadow boxes, (holi
Bnei.
14: Potted plants. (non
s and flowering will be
ie same).
15: Party tables,
r Department: Class 1:
j? boxes, (gardens and
lin flat boxes or trays).
12: Shadow boxes, (each
iifflenter one box).
3: Artistic arrangement:
poe through 4th grade; 5th
1 through 7th grade; 8th
Srough 12th grade.
"4: Bird houses.
? 5: Miniature arrange
'must not be over 3 inch
16: Sea shell arrange
i": Posters.
?"""g is a list of Flower
' committees:
?ad Prizes?Mrs. J. M.
Station-Mrs. H. T. St.
Mrs Fred Willing, Mrs.
M Mrs. R. c. St. G?o
^7-Mrs. R. C. Daniel.
'-Mrs. G. D. Robinson,
Weeks, Mrs. Roy Rob
on page two)
Fluhti
^??I- OUN'IC
?rbara Adams, the coun
nwse. has announced
^f^school clinic will be held
sotithport school Friday
J ,.^a-v 6. beginning at 10
, * urges that all pre
, Wren attend, accompan
* s Parent,
HERE tonight
, ? 'nswick County Post
Lj, kgion and members
. 'me Demonstration Clubs
, -a? a meeting here to-'
iw oc'oc'< to lay plans
^ "om?-coming event in
' ?vent will be sponsored
or?anizations,
C.taT?lhe D?sher Mem*
t L L xiliarywi" sen'e
^?viav Salad suPP*r
?tog , evening from 6
I'u. Oc'ock, proceeds to
* sS*the sun porch
lK lhe Missionary
*sv, P?rt Baptist church
% K?y 13 urke-v supper on
h Tii. ' at ttle community
Nk (u?,r^?e<Js W'U go to
and equip
*^mary Department.
Building Progress
WORKING?Volunteer workers are shown above working on the winter camp
building at the Girl Scout Camp for the Cape FGear Area. This building is situated on
the banks overlooking the Pretty Pond in Brunswick County and now is nearing com
pletion.?(Star - News Cut.)
Development In
Disposal Of
Fort Caswell
Although the North Carolina
Baptists have had a clear road
to acquiring Fort Caswell for a
summer assembly ground, some
thing in the nature of Ridge
crest, it now appears that there
Is at least one other bidder for
the valuable property ten miles
from Southport.
Yesterday's Wilmington Even
ing News carried a story written
by Phill Wright, state news edit
or, stating that was in posession
of authentic information to the
effect that the North Carolina
State Health Department has
submitted a bid to the War As
setts Administration for the pur
chase of Fort Caswell. The plans,
if the property is acquired, is to
use it as a cancer research and
treatment center. The plans are
for the State to double its battle
against cancer this year.
Dr. Roy Norton of Raleigh,
director of the health department
is quoted as saying that he and
members of his board will come
to Fort Caswell soon to preview
the prospects of the place and its
potentialities as a cancer center.
Dr. Norton is quoted as saying
that his department registered a
bid with the WAA prior to the'
deadline, and that it is under
second priority effecting war
surplus property.
He stated that on the planned
visit to Fort Caswell, if it is
found that the place is not suit
able for the purpose this bid can
be withdrawn.
j Apparently the North Carolina
j Baptists and the State Health
Board are bidding for Fort Cas
well under the same priority. The
price to the Baptists under the
priority is $148,000.
It seems that Southport people
will welcome the acquistion of
the property by either the Bap
tists or the State Board of Heal
th.
Trio Convicted
Of Violations
Three Men Draw Heavy
Fines Upon Conviction Of
Hunting Deer At Night
With Flashlight
Arrested some weeks ago by
Game Protectors H. T. Bowmer
and Tommy Hines, Fred Cum bee,
Robert Clemmons and Everett |
Clemmons, were tried separately
in Recorders court the pas 'eek. |
All were found guilty of ill. sit
ing deer at night with a flagh
light and each was sentenced to
pay a fine of $100.00 and costs.
From this judgment all three
took appeals to Superior court,
i Willie Gause, no operators
license, fined $25.00 and costs.
James Russie Hill, no opera
Continued on pag* two
Scout Camp Building
Getting In Good Shape
Donations Of Free Labor
And Materials Speed Up!
Work On Permanent
Camp Building
SOME BRUNSWICK
CITIZENS HELP
Felton Garner Makes Impor
tant Contribution And
Grimes Willetts Shows
Interest By Giving
Help
The winter lodge of the Girl
j Scouts of the Cape Fear Area
J is now getting In final shape,
thanks to the work-without-pay
efforts of carpenters and others
of the Wilmington labor unions.
J It ifl hoped to have the building
all completed by the last of May.
Started three weeks ago, the
construction has gone forward
rather slowly, until a few days
ago there was no electric current
for saws and other tools. Added
to that the men could only give
their time on Saturdays, their day
off from the regular work at
which, they earn the living for
themselves and families.
Last Saturday a group of Wil
mington women fixed up a big
picnic dinner, brought it down
and served it to the carpenters.
As one of these ladies put it:
"It sorta makes a lump come in
your throat to see those men
work so hard for the children on
their 'fishin' day."
Practically all of the building |
material and other things for
the development of the camp has
come from Wilmington business
interests. The list of contributors
has- been likened to a telephone
directory. Outside of Wilmington
(Continued on page 2)
Election Board
Will Meet Here
Arrangements Will Be Made
Made To Conduct Special
Road Bond Election On
June 3rd
I The Brunswick county election
board is scheduled to meet here,
j at the court house at 2 o'clock
| Thursday afternoon to set in mot
lion the machinery for Governor
j Scott's two hundred million dol
lar road bond election on June
3rd.
Chairman G. C. McKeithan of
the board states that all of the
I registerars and judges who serv
j ed in the beer and wine election
(early in the year will serve in
the road bond election.
Refering to the probability of
a beer and wine election at South
port, Mr. McKeithan stated that
the law will not permit the hold
ing of this election until 60 days
after the road band election.
That will make the last of Aug
ust the earliest possible date for
a beer election.
Glass B Game
Scheduled Here
Southport plays Atlantic high
school here tomorrow (Thurs
day) afternoon in a Class B
State Championship game which
will decide who is to meet Wal
lace for the District 2 title.
Only one game will be played,
and arrangements were made to
pay the traveling expenses of
the Atlantic team in order that
local fans would have an oppor
tunity to see their boys in
action.
Southport won tneir group
championship last Wednesday
afternoon with a 9 to 6 victory
over Camp Lejeune in Wilming
ton. reviously eathteam had
won one game, but in the de
ciding encounter the Southport
boys proved too strong over the
nine-inning route,
Atlantic won the group 2 title
without a loss. Their star pitch
er is Rose, who has won 4
games in championship play,
three of them shutouts.
FLYING TRIP
Mrs. F. J. Williams left Wil
mington Friday to fly to Orange,
Texas, where she will join her
husband, who is stationed there.
Assembly Line
Methods Used
Packing Plants
Volume Of Plants Makes It
Necessary To Devise Some
Quick Plan For Handling
Thousands Of Tomato
Plants
WORK PROVIDED
FOR MANY HELPERS
Plant Production Now Is At
The Peak With Growth
Threatening To Get Out
Of Control
All of this week and through
part of next the only tomato
plant packing assembly line in
the world will be operating at
the Everett H. Sheppard tomato
plant farm on the River Road. The
assembly line is Mr. Sheppard's
own idea. He says he has heard
other tomato plant growers talk
about the possibility of such lines,
but that no one has ever before
devised one.
The line is simplicity itself. An
endless belt 12 inches wide is
operated by an electric motor.
The belt extends for fifty feet
with small tables to accomodate
about a dozen operators on each
side. As the baskets full of un
packed plants are brought in from
the fields in trucks they are
dumped at the head of the line.
As fast as he or she can pick
up the bunches of 25 plants the
worker places them on the belt,
root end pointing forward. The
belt carries them by the workers
who snatch them off cover the
roots with wet moss and wrap them
in kraft paper. They are quickly
replaced on the belt and move on
to the end of the line where other
workers snatch them off and pack
them in the baskets.
Each basket holds 400 plants.
On their first day Monday, the
dozen workers packed and aver
age of 4 baskets per minute. In
one instance when they were tim
ed without their knowlege they
packed- -a basket in eight seconds
flat.
Commenting on the line, Mr.
Sheppard said to a newsman: "I
am satisfied that we can pack
over a hundred thousand plants
per hour just as soon aS the
workers get used to it."
Starting out without the slight
(Continued on Page 2)
Benefit Program
Set For Band
Variety Concert Will be Giv
en Monday Night At
Southport Baptist Church
A musical program for the
benefit of the Southport high
school band will be given on
Monday evening at Southport
Baptist church beginning at 8
o'clock.
The program will present a
variety of musical numbers, in
cluding two marches by the band,
"Activity" and "Mutual".
Two instrumental solos will
feature Elliot Hickman playing
j "Evening Star" on the trumpet;
jand Bertram Burris playing "The
Lost Chord" on the saxaphone.
There will be two vocal num
bers. Gloria Hewett Hewett will
(Continued on page Two}
Our
ROVING
Reporter
W. B. KEZIAH
The fact that 25 or more far
mers made the pasture tour with
County Agent A. S. Knowles on
a rainy day speaks pretty loud
ly for the interest of our farm
ers in permanent pasturage for
cows and hogs. The rain failed
to dampen the spirits of anybody
in the party. From Winnabow
they went to the farm and dairy
of D. R. Johnson, inspected his
fine pastures and then proceed
ed to Gilbert Reid's. Hiere they
apparently learned a great deal,
and continued to learn as they
went on to the "pastures of Ken
ny Lewi9 and thence to Fred
Lesh. The county agent says
that there will be more of these
pasture tours. He hopes that
every farmer in the county will
be able to get a good idea of how
livestock can be raised more
cheaply with the aid of plenty
of permanent pastures.
Although he moved from i
Brunswick to New Britain, Oonn., j
about 18 years ago, Eddie J.
I Stanland has not forgotten his
home county. Sending in a two
year subscription to the State
Port Pilot this week Eddie wrote
that he enjoys the paper very
much and thought it is a real
credit to Brunswick county. He
is a native of Shallotte town
ship but lived in Southport for
several years before going to
Connecticut. He is a son of Sher
iff Stanland, who was killed in
the discharge of his duties about
30 years ago.
To all appearance this spring
is bringing in several times the
number of bluefish that either
our commercial or sport fisher
men remember as having appear
ed In the spring. They are not
only more numerous, they aver
age several ounce more in weight.
The size and the unprecedented
number seems to point to great
sport at trolling for blues this
year. It also Indicates much
money for the commercial fish
(Continued at paga (Our).
Denning Re-elected As
School Superintendent
By Board Of Education
Applicants
SETTLED?Left above is J. T. Denning who was re
elected Monday night as Superintendent of Brunswick
Countv Schools.. On the right is Henry C. Stone, pnncipal
of Shallotte high school, who also was an applicant for this
position.
Fire Truck Arrives i
In Southport Sunday
Shallotte And
Southport Vote
The city ? election in Southport
went according to schedule yes
terday as voters endorsed the
candidates nominated in the
convention here last month, but
in the neighboring town of Shal
lotte things were different.
Voters in the Shallotte election
erturned Roney W. Cheers the
winner over Leon Galloway and
E. D. Bishop in a spirited three
way race for mayor. Cheers
had 67 votes; Galloway had 51
votes; and Bishop 43 votes.
R. S. White led all other can
didates for town commissioner
with 126 votes; R. D. White,
Jr., was next with 92 votes;
W. M. Hewett had 88 votes;
H. L. Holmes had 84 votes; and
J. P. Russ wound up the win
ning five with 78 votes. Other
candidates and their votes were:
R. H. Holden, 65; W. Russ, 61;
Olen L. Cox, 54; L. C. Rourk,
46; Milton C. Murrell, 28; Eli
Kravitz, 24; Robert L. Cheers,
1?.
The new officers for Southport
are H. A. Livingston, mayor;
G. W. McGlamery and Ralph
Cataldo, first ward aldermen;
? J. A. Gilbert and Ormand Leg
get, second ward aldermen;
Fred Spencer and G. E. Hub
bard, third ward aldermen.
Governor Scott
Visits Friend
Week-End Rest Trip By
North Carolina Chief Exe
cutive Winds Up With
Visit With H. W. Hood
Paying an informal visit to
Southport Monday morning, Gov
ernor Kerr Scott, Mrs. Scott and
Secretary of State and Mrs. Thad
Eure, had lunch here with Mr.
and Mrs. H. W. Hood, an em
ployee with the bureau of weights
and measures of the Department
of Agriculture formerly headed
by the Governor, has been ill for
the past month. The visit by the
Governor and his party to South
port is understood to have been
for the purpose of seeing' Mr.
Hood.
The Governor and his party
arrived unheralded by yacht and
walked the four blocks from the
basin to the Hood home. During
the walk no one recognized either
the Governor of the Secretary
of State. They remained at the
Hood home for several hours and
had lunch there.
Mr. Hood is reported slowly re
covering from the second heart
attack sustained since last Sept
ember.
The Governor in discussing the
road and school bond issue de
clared that it is up to the voters
of Brunswick county to get busy
and help put this issue over in
the special election on June 4.
This will make it possible to get
(Continued on pagt Two;
Latest Improvements On
New Vehicle Make It Very
Desirable In Combating
FACILITIES FOR
OUT-OF-TOWN FIRES
Storage Tank Together With
Booster Pumps Mean That
Firemen Can Work
Beach And Other
Places
Southport's new Fire Truck,
product of American LaFrance
Foamlte Corporation, the dream
I of the boys of the Volunteer Fire
Department for a good many
years, arrived from the factory
in Elmira, New York, Sunday
afternoon. The machine is now
ready for service in Southport
and at nearby points where it
can be of use.
Delivery was made personally
by Bill Morgan, representative at
the district office of the Foamite
Corporation in Atlanta, Ga. Mr.
Morgan was accompanied by Roy
T. Rogers, delivery engineer. He
remained over through Monday,
instructing three of the firemen
in the proper use of the truck
with water from hydrants and
through draft.
The truck carries 350 gallons
of water in its tank with hose
for handling. If water is avail
able anywhere near the scene of
a fire the machine pumps 500
gallons per minute through re
gulation fire hose. It is planned
to have plenty of this hose avail
able in order to connect up with
the nearest available supply of
water when fires are beyond
(Continued on page 2)
Tentative Tax
Rate Set Monday
Commissioner* Set Rate At]
$1.55 And Authorize Ed
ward H. Redwine To Com
mence Collectinb Pre-Pay
ments
The tentative tax rate for
(Brunswick county for 1949 levy
has been set by the members of
the board of county commissioners
at $1.55, the same as the present
rate. This was done for the pur
pose of making possible collection
of pre-payments, and Tax Collec
tor Edward H. Redwine was auth
orized to attend to this business.
Other action by the board at
their meeting here Monday in
cluded sale of the John Moore
property in Town Creek township
to Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Henry for
the sum of $284.60.
The fee for vaccinating dogs
this year has been set at $1.00
instead of 75-cents as previously
reported.
Notice also has been given that
all threshing machines operating
in the county which do threshing
off the farm of owner. The Re
gister of Deeds has been authori
zed to collect a fee of 50-cent for
each machine.
The amount of $10.00 has been
added to the monthly general re-j
lief fund. _
Decision Of Board Was U?
animoui Following Noh?
nation By St George WMh
Second By Mintz
LOCAL SCHOOL
BOARDS NAMED
Sam J. Frink Made Cha?
man Of Board Of Educ*-.
tion By Unanimous Ac
tion Of Fellow Mem
ber?
J. T. Denning was elected un
animously Monday night to serv?
for two more year? as superint
endent of Brunswick county
schools, a position which he ha?
held for the past blennium. The
motion was made by Thomas St..
George of Southport and waa se
conded by Foster Mlntz. No other'
name was placed in nomination- .
Prior to this action Sam J. j
Frink, representing the Shallotte
school district, had been elected
chairman, this action also being
by unanimous consent.
Edwin R. Milliken, Shallotte:
man, was elected by the board to
serve as county mechanic, a posi
tion which has been held for the
past several years by Erneat
Parker.
The board was unanimous lit
its decision to eliminate the ser
vices of special counsel for the
board of education, passing *
motion that this work be made a
part of the duties of the county
attorney and recommending that
this result in no increases In th*
salary of that official.
The following men were named
to the local school boards:
Leland: Robert , McDaugal,
Arthur Sue, Leo Kedlin, Robert
Bordeaux, H. W. Benton.
Bill via: G. K. Lewi?, a L. Wil
letts, R. K. McKeithsn.
Southport: Carl Ward, Jo?
Ramseur, James M. Harper, Jr. .
Shallotte: J. P. Russ, Dr. R. H.
Holden, Rev. Dennis Hewett,
Henry Hickman, N. B. Bellamy.
Waccamaw: El Roy King, Dave
Bennett, Corbett Coleman, Juse
Purvis, Irksene Vereen.
Respected Lady ?
Dies Suddenly
Mrs. Suian Carolina Willi
ams Died Suddenly Mo?
day Night At Home Nmt
Shallotte , *
Mrs. Susan Carolina Williaitu,
wife of County Commissioner EL
C. Williams, died suddenly at
here home near Shallotte Monday
night shortly after returning from
a club meeting. She was 61-year?
of age.
While Mrs. Williams had been
in falling health for a number of
years, she still was able to go
about her normal duties about
the home, and news of her death
came as a great shock to frienda
throughout the county.
Formerly she had lived for -a
number of years near Southort,
both while her husband served
as superintendent of the Brunswick
county home and later when they
made their home on their farm in
this community. A few years ago
the couple moved back to their
home place near Shallotte.
(Continued on Pig? 2)
Tide Table
Following U the tide table
for South port during the next
week. These hour? are ?.pproxl"
mately correct and were for??
lshed The State Fort FUit
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot'? Assodattoq.
High Tide Low TUa
Thursday, May 6,
0:42 A. M. 7:15 A. BL
1:19 P. M. 7:81 P. M,.
Friday, May 8,
1:4? A. M. 8:18 A. BL
2:27 P. M. 8:42 P. M.
Saturday, May 7,
2:52 A. M. 9:21 A. H*
3:82 P. M. 8:50 P. BL
Sunday, May 8
3:55 A. M. 10:19 A. BL
4:84 P. M. 10:58 P. ?L
Monday, May 9,
4:54 A. M. 11:12 A. BL
5:31 P. M. 11:50 P. K
Tuesday, May 10,
5:49 A. M. 12:04 A. BL
8:26 P. M. 0:00 P. BL
Wednesday, May 11,
8:43 A. BL 0:44 A. BL
7:18 P. BL 12:52 P. BL