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sixteen NO. 37 6-PAGE s today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, November 16, 1949 published every Wednesday ii.so per yeai
irunswick REA Sets 10th Anniversary Meeting
dmen Present
t For Use At
j Scout Camp
Of Shallotte Camp
'Made Presentation
H ?d Charge Of Erect
? Pole At Camp
house will
BE HELD AT CAMP
Evidences Of Interest
Cooperation On Part
[Citizens In Bruns
wick County
tadmen of the World of
[e ?ave recently presented
scouts of the Cape Fear
kautiful American Flag
45 foot steel flagpole,
. ?lth ropes, pulleys and
plaque, for use at the
or.p at Pretty Pond,
p thing about this pre
is that none of the j
? the camp contacted j
icdaen. They called and
:ev. the Woodmen, could ;
> donation.
Ltouts ?ill shortly have,
^ for the reception of
9?; and their introduction
Pretty Pond camp. This
be featured by the I
il the World in full
"ingle and all. They will
sarge of the first flag
it Camp Pretty Pond,
committee in charge of
s composed of W. M.
I B. Bennett, H. R.
[/Verne Hewett, Murrell
H. Bennett and M.
all of the WOW Camp
SkaUotte. George Walter,
Supervisor of the WOW,
m camp with the above
e and helped then clear
aid erect the flagpole,
iidenclt H. Holden of
!fs. the general camp
Camp Pretty Pond,
officials are very grate
Woodmen for their.
icr.bution to the camp
?
txr appreciated contribu
:: Camp Pretty Pond was
isratly by J. B. Atkinson,
bal?w. He donated 50 or
*ige bushes to go around
Ei building. He was offer
k. he said, to show in the
ny that he was able, his
atwn of having the camp
wick county. "His spirit,"
fa Holden, "is surely
Eg that money could not
IrUfNemt
Flatht*
510 MEET
Southport Lions Club will
&er regular meeting tomor* j
'Thursday) at the Commu
tUding.
*al SERVICE
?Kk'g revival service will
K Bolivia Baptist church
>? evening. November 21, at
*k. The Rev. Leon Barnes
tabethtown will be guest
Ur
'Ward cleaning
fx benefit of those in
^ in the Prospect Ceme
ksre wm be a working to
grounds on Thanks
oorning. Everybody is in
to come and bring lunch as
r *H1 be served later on
'itch grounds and services
* kid in the church.
tr- nominated
j*5 Bellamy. A. W. Bradsher
C- Gore have been nomin-j
tor county soil conservation
'?scr and the necessary
tr' kave been forwarded to ;
f31? office in Raleigh by I
'jore, district supervisor.;
pttion will be held during
H* December 5-10.
FMtyTunic i
t E'la Atdridge, Public
J" *irse, announces that the j
clinic for Southport,
a&'i Leland area wiU be
' : ? Health Department |
f 10 S-'Uthpcri on the 3rd
i "? ea,;r. month. The hours
i,"! 9 to 11 a. M. Dr. j
lr," "'n will be present at
, Mr.. Aldridge urges1
i "Wren who have not
agajnst diphtheria i
"cough be brought!
if1/1 H*allh Department]
rom 9 to 4 o'clock and
' r?ia S.Jo to 12 noon- i
Local Coon Hunters
Find Profitable Sale
I Two Southport Men Have Been Engaged In Favorite Sport
For Benefit Of State Department
During the past month Herbert
Rogers and Ed Jones of South
port have each made over a
hundred dollars catching coons
alive. The animals are sold to the
State Wildlife Commission for
use in restocking areas where
they have become extinct.
Five dollars are paid for each
coon, regardless of age or sex. In
one night the boys took ten of
the animals, making $25.00 each
for being out only about three
hours. They carry the live coons
home in sacks.
Hunting is done with dogs in
the usual manner, but after the
animals are treed the dogs are |
taken out of circulation. The ]
coohs are either shaken from
trees into a net or they are pull
ed from hollow logs and holes
by hand. This results in consid
erable damage from scratches and
bites when the boys chance to
be slow in their movements.
As against 40 coons taken alive
the dogs got a very poor break,
only being' able to jump in and
kill three before they could be
captured. Hunting the animals
only at night the boys say they
expect to take over a hundred
alive before the hunting season
closes.
Brunswick Farmers
Attend Dairy Meet
State College Extension Spec
ialist Spoke Monday Night
Before Group Interested
In Starting Dairy
IMPORTANCE OF
GOOD FEED NOTED
Specialist Rich Is Spending
Several Days This Week
Visiting Farms Of Men
Interested In This
Work
Around 75 interested farmers
attended the dairy meeting at the
Bolivia school Monday night with
R R. Rich, State College Ex-1
tension Specialist Principal Speak
er. County Agent A. S. Knowles,
and others also made short talks, i
Illustrating his subject with)
movies, Mr. Rich demonstration I
on the deevlopment ' of small
dairy herds and how dairymen I
I make improvements by keeping'
records which enabling them to
get rid of non-productive cows. I
He also illustrated dairy barns,
showing how grade A milk pays
better and the necessity of having
i good barns, regardless of how
small, if grade A milk is to be
produced.
County Agent Knowles spoke
on the necessity of pasture and
general feeding requirements for
the dairy cow. Good feed is es
sential for profitable production,
he said.
| Among the farmers present who
were making plans to get cows
j were Adrain Willetts, Hugh Dan
ford, Ephraim Danford, Earl
| Earp, all of Bolivia and Winna
bow communities; Claude Gore,
[ James Bellamy and Robert Mc
Lamb of Shallotte.
j Others present and very much
interested but without definite
plans were Roy and Layton
Swain, Quincey Atkinson, Elwood
Ballard, Alvin Clemmons, Jack
Caton, Goley Lewis, Burean Sel
lers, Clude Little and Ernest Gil
bert.
Mr. Rich is a native of Pender
county. Since Monday night, in
company with County Agent
Knowles he has been making per
sonal visits to a number of farms
whose owners are interested in
dairy production.
Benjamin Bennett
Funeral Friday
j Well-Known Citizen O f
j Hickman's Cross Roads
I Community Died Wednes
day Following Stroke
I
| Benjamin Bennett. 83, died at]
| his home near Hickman's Cross
? roads, Wednesday afternoon fol
lowing a stroke. Mr. Bennett was
J the last of six brothers, all wide
ly known in Shallotte and Wac
camaw townships. They were Ire
dell. Gaston, George A., Puttnam
and R. A. Bennett all preceded
I him to the grave by several years.
| Mr. Bennett is survived by his
i widow, Mrs. Maggie Bennett; five
i sons, M. V. Bennett, E. L. Ben
j nett, H. C. Bennett and H. C:
. Bennett, of Wilmington and Clerk
! of Court Sam T. Bennett of
Southport; two daughters, Mrs.
L. C. Norris and Mrs. J. B.
Smith, of Shallotte. A large num
ber of grand children and several
great-grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held from
the late residence Friday morning
at 11 o'clock, Rev. E. B. Fisher
' of Trinity Methodist church in
(Continued on pag* 3)
Familiar Faces (
In Life Magazine
Last week's issue of Life
Magazine carried a feature
story of Robert C. Ruark, who
has gained a wide reputation
since the war as a newspaper
columnist. The young Navy vet
eran is well known in South
port, where he recently pur
chased the old home of his late
grandfather, Captain Hawley
Adkins. Although Ruark devot
ed a full column to a report
of this transaction and care
fully denied that sentiment
made him do it, purchase of the
old home indicates more than
a passing interest in the town
Where he spent a good part of
his boyhood.
Many Brunswick county read
ers do ot know Bob Ruark, but
a lot of them recognized the
fellow in the full page cigarette
advertisement facing his write
1 up. This was Raymond Crutch
field, genial partner in the op
eration of Crutchfield's Ware
house in Whiteville.
Seven Persons
Hurt In Wreck
Five Waccamaw High School
School Teachers And Two
Bus Driver# Injured Thurs
day Afternoon In Accident
On Highway No. 130
Five teachers at Waccamaw
high school and two school bus
drivers were injured Thursday
afternoon when the automobile in
which they were returning from
a trip to Shallotte overturned at
Wet Ash Swamp.
Five of the wreck victims still
are patients at Dosher Memorial
Hospital in Southport. These in
clude Miss Linda Wilson, driver
of the car, Miss Mary Ann Fus
sell. Miss Judith Gosnell, Miss
Doris Hamerick and Charles King,
son of Mr. and Mrs. EIRoy King.
Miss Patricia Mintz and Ros
coe Warren were given first-aid
treatment and were allowed to
leave the hospital Thursday night.
According to Patrilman C. M.
Cummins who investigated the
accident the car driven by Miss
Wilson pulled out to pass another
vehicle, and when it did the right
front wheel ran off the pave
ment. The uneven surface caused
the car to go out of control,
finally plunging down the em
bankment and overturning. The
vehicle was demolished.
Planting Feed
For Wild Game
Winter Grain Crop Going In
On Orton Turkey Refuge
With Idea Of Supplement
ing Natural Feeding
Fifteen acres of rye and other
winter feeds are now being plan
ted on the Orton Wild Turkey
Refuse near the river road. The1
rye is intended to provide winter
and spring feed for the turkeys
and to pave the way for spring
planting of summer and fall crops
for the birds.
According to Bob Wheeler of,
?Continued oa pnge a/
Production Of
Local Talent
Show Going On
"Laff It Off" Will Be Presen
ted At Two Performances
In Southport High School
Auditorium Next Week
CAST INCLUDES
MANY AGE GROUPS
Play Will Be Presented Un
der Joint Sponsorship Of
Fire Department And
American Legion Post
"Laff it Off", and all-local
talent show, will be given at the
high school auditorium on Nov
ember 24-25 under the joint aus
pices of the Fire Department
and American Legion.
"Laff it Off" features news
paper headlines brought to life.
Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public, as
portrayed by Capt. Roy Robin
son and Mrs. J. W. Ruark, will
sit in their home with their chil
dren, Charlie Trott, Jr., and
Norma Harrelson, and read the
newspapers. As they read the
various features are acted by
others on the stage.
The children's story page with
Cousin Katy will feature children
from the grade school. They sing
and play games during this
scene. The tiny tots entered in
the contest for children under
six being sponsored in connection
with "Laff it Off" will be intro
duced each night with the win
ners crowned hdng and queen
and. prince and princess. The
prizes will be awarded Friday.
The frontier day celebration
has Gene Autry, played by Char
les Trott, as master of cere
monies; Mrs. Ormond Leggett as
Judy Conova, the Queen of the
Qzarks; Bert Holden as Jack)
Continued On Page Four
Union Service
Set For Bolivia
Sunrise Service Will Be Ob
served On Thanksgiving
Morning With Members
Of All Denominations Tak
ing Part
There will be a union Sunday
Service at the Bolivia Baptist
church next Thursday morning
with the Methodist and, Presby
terian churches and taking part
on the program. The program will
consist of a regular service and
will have special music and ren
dentions from several church
groups in the section.
The program will be as fol
lows: Hymn singing by the con
gregation with Leon McKeithan
directing; Invocation by the Rev. i
Earl Helms, pastor of the Antioch
Baptist church; solo by Mrs. E.
M. Danford of the Bethel Metho
dist church; "Why Thanksgiving
Anyway" by Rev. W. R. Moore
(Contlnued on page %t
SHALLOTTE LIONS
PROMOTERS?These are some of the members of the Shallotte Lions Club who
are sponsoring the community playground project. Another program of current interest
in the Annual Christmas Party. These members are, left to right: E. H. Kirby, R. D.
White, Sr., Clyde Lassiter, Talmadge Sellers, Bert Frink, Odell Williamson, J. E. Cooke,
Elliott Tripp, Dr. R. H. Holden, Leon Galloway, and G. C. McKeithan.? (Cut Courtesy
Wilmington News.)
Getting Ready For
Bridge Construction
Police Chief Is
Poor Deer Shot j
I
Chief of Police Jack Hickman
of Southport may never gain
fame as a shooting cop, parti
cularly when news of a Satur
day morning hunting trip is
generally known.
By his own admission, the
local law enforcement officer
shot six times at a deer which
refused to be. turned back and
countinued on a quartering
course in the direction of the
futile ftisilade.. f7 * iw.
Hickman, who has killed a cou
, pie of jdeer before, admitted that ?
?maybe he ' opened fire a little
too soon, but said that then
the last two rounds from his
pump gun j were fired the buck
was well witbin range. But he
and his partners, came home
enpty-handed.
State Convention
Meets In Raleigh
Session Is Of Unusual Inter
est To Brunswick Because
Of Decisions Pertaining To
Caswell Property
The Baptist State Convention
is meeting in Raleigh this week
with delegates from almost three
thousand churches represented at
the meeting.
Outside of the reports on all
phases of the Baptist work in
North Carolina, two reports are of
(Continued on page 2?
Our
ROVING
W. B. KEZIAH
Recently in company with Prin
cipal Henry Stone, we went over
the new playground area donated
to the Shallotte school by Dr.
M. H. Rourk. Dr. Rourk tied no j
strings to the donation. It was |
an outright gift to the young
people of the school district. This
was not the first Rourk gift to
the Shallotte school. Dr. Rourk's
father, the late W. A. Rourk,
and his brother, G. T. Rourk,
both gave liberally in land, money
and time. The son of one of these |
pioneers and nephew of the other j
is merely carrying on the family
tradition. The grounds donated i
by Dr. Rourk recently are not
in use this year. They have been
leveled off and so\vn in grass to'
fo/m a sod. Another year and the
youth of the Shallotte school
will have a beautiful and useful
playgroup for baseball, football
and other sports.
While on the subject of play
grounds, it should be said that
the Lion's Club is very active in
a youth center and playground
at Shallotte. For tins purpose
R. D. White, pioneer citizen of
the town, donated the free use
of a nice little tract of land,
conveniently situated. Taking this
land, the Lion's Club has had it
cleared and graded for the pur
pose of constructing a baseball
diamond, football field, tennis
courts, etc. Guy McKeithan of the
Lion's Club has been most ac
tive in this undertaking. This
community playground will differ
from that at' the school. It will
be for both young and old. The
Club plans to install floodlights
as soon as possible, according to
Mr. McKeithan and Leon Gallo
way, former mayor of Shallotte.
There are many thousands of
acres of land in Brunswick coun
ty on which deer hunters may
have their sport without going to
Pretty Pond, where the Girl
Scouts of the Cape F ?ar Area
have their camp. Hunting on the
camp area is bound to create un
easiness on the part of some of
Continued On Page Four
Work Of Widening And Re
placing Bridges At Three
Dangerous Points Expec
ted To Be Completed In
Eight Months
MATERIAL BEING
PLACED ON JOB
Jackies Creek, Town Creek
And Ball Swamp Are
Points Scheduled For
Improvements On
U. S. No. 17
Bridges at 'Jackies Creek,! Town
Creek and Bell Swamp are to be
completed in eight months, ac- j
cording to reports made this week 1
by State Highway Division En-1
gineer L. E. Whitfield from Com- j
missioner Clark's office in Fay
etteville.
All of these new bridges are
on Coastal Highway No. 17 and
Engineer Whitfield says that j
traffic will not be interrupted
during the construction period.
Traffic will simply be slowed |
down to ? takp. a detoui; around
the afestructioh. Only orle - detour j
will be, built? In other, cases the J
present bridges will remain in!
use while the new construction is
underway.
The Town Creek bridge, ac
cording to the engineer, will be
torn out completely and the ap
proach to it will be from another
angle.
The Jackies Creek bridge, to be
widened at its present location,
has been the scene of numerous
deaths during recent years. Many
other persons have been injured
their. All three of the bridges
to be replaced are dangerous,
because of their narrow width.
Varied Docket
Tried In Court
Wide Variety Of Offenses
Included On Docket Dis
posed Of Here Monday Be
fore Judge W. J. McLamb
A variety of cases were in
cluded on the Recorder's court
docket which was disposed of here
Monday before Judge \V. J. Mc
Lamb. The following entries were
made:
Herbert Clater, drunken driv
ing, damage to property, six
months on roads, suspended on
payment of a fine of $100.00 and
costs and make restitution to
Mrs. Elizabeth Fogleman for pro
perty damage and pay $15.00 for
damage to jail.
James L. Amick, reckless oper
ation, fined $25.00 and costs.
Willie James Lesh, improper
equipment, one-half costs.
John Bunny McKeithan, impro
per equipment, nol prosscd with
leave.
Joseph Carson Brooks, drunken
driving, fined $100.00 and costs.
Donald McRae Purseley, Jr.,
possession, fined $25.00 and costs.
Lonie James Evans, speeding,
not guilty.
Willard L. Tharp, speeding,
capias.
Gettie Bellamy, reckless opera
tion, no operators license, $35.00
fine and costs.
David Smith, operating bycicle
on highway at night without
(Continued on page 2)
Special Service
j At Presbyterian
Next Thursday
Thanksgiving Services Will
Be Held At 9 O'Clock In
Presbyterian Church With
Other Denominations Join
ing
Special Thanksgiving- union
worship services will be held this
year in the Southport Presbyter
ian church. The Rev. J. M. Wag
gett will be in charge, with the
pastors of the other churches
cooperating.
It will be recalled that the
Thanksgiving worship for 1947
was held in Trinty Methodist
church and last year the obser
vance was held in the Southport'
Baptist church with an added
feature the opening of that church
for worship after its construction.
These union services have proved,
popular in Southport and the
program this year will be inviting
to all who can attend.
The hour of service will be at
9 o'clock Thursday morning, Nov
ember 24th. Members of the var
ious church choirs will render
appropriate music, but any special
program will be directed by the!
pastor and his officials of the |
Presbyterian church as a com
mittee on arrangements.
A cordial invitation is extend-1
ed to everyone, especially visitors
in town, to attend these services. I
I
Methodists Will
Try Visitation
Plans Outlined For Three
Day Program Of Visita
tion Evangelism In South
port Latter Part Of No
vember
Trinity Mctho'dist Church will
observe a visitation evangelistic
week November 27th to December
4th, according to the Rev. L. D.
Hayman, pastor.
Some weeks ago, the matter of
visitation evangelism was brought
to the attention of the official
board by the pastor who outlined
briefly the procedure in such a
program. The board took the mat
ter under consideration. At the
eevning services of this past Sun
day the pastor delivered an ad
dress on the subject before his
congregation. Later in the eve
ning, the official board compos
ed of thirty-six leaders of the
church aproved the plan and vot- j
ed to carry on revival services
as directed by the pastor. Ac
cordingly, the week of November
27th through Sunday, December
4th, was set apart for this work.
Briefly some plan of survey
will be undertaken previously in
order to determine just the scope
of the work needing attention.
Following, there will be several
ministers of experience in the field
of evangelism invited to assist in
the services. Outstanding pastors
of city and country churches will
be included. The plan as outlined
will place eight ministers and
an equal number of laymen on
the program, and several mem
bers of the local congregation
who will assist in the work.
In the services Sunday eve
ning Mr. Hayman outlined the
plan of operation and gave a
picture of results in his own ex
perience and that of others la
(Continued on Pag? 2)
Membership Will
Assemble At Ash
School Nov, 25th
Hundreds il .pected To
tend Meeting Which Will
Celebrate Decadie Of Set
vice To Rural Area*
SEVERAL ATTENDANCE
PRIZES TO BE GIVE#
Cooperative I? Now Serviritf
5,005 Customer* by Meani
Of 1084 Miles Of Line
In Four Counties
Plans are now in an advanced
stage of development for the tenth
anniversary meeting of the Bruns
wick Electric Membership Cor
poration in the auditorium of
Waccamaw High School at Ash dh
the afternoon of Friday, Nov. 25.
J. L. Robinson of Whiteville,
president of the corporation, said
this week the meeting would be
gin at 1 p. m. the day after
Thanksgiving and that a large
portion of the 5,000 membership
was expected to be in attendanci.
Representative F. Ertel Carina
of Lumberton will ' - among the
visiting notables and will address
the group.
The cooperative's spokesman
said all of the members served
by the Brunswick's 1084 miles
of lines were urged to be present
and thus become eligible for tKe
valuable attendance prizes whicK
will be awarded. These will con
sist of many electrical appliances.
The membership covers por
tions of Brunswick, Columbus,
Bladen and Robeson counties.
The Brunswick Electric Mem
bership Corporation'*! netwdrk
had its beginning on f c. 8, 198#
when a 35-mile line from Wli
mington to Shallotte .vas ener
gized. From that smal' oer* ng,
Brunswick has grown in.- the
elaborate picture whioh will be
emphasized at the 10th annivef-'
sary meeting, i
In 1939, a representative of tye
Rural Electric Administration
loked over the situation in Bruns
wick County and surrounding'
area, and suggested that if as
many as 300 consumers could
be signed up, it might be possible,
to secure a loan from the federal
government to finance an electric
distribution system. On the
strength of this advice, group|
meetings were held at Shallotfee,'
Bolivia and Waccamaw schools'
in Brunswick County and at!
Guideway School in Columbus
County. At these meetings con*-!
mittees were appointed to under-t
take a membership drive.
Upon completion of this effort,:
601 prospective members had
been signed and as a result thej
Brunswick Electric Membership
Corporation was organized. A1
charter was secured from tlw
State of North Carolina February
18. 1939. j
After the charter was obtained,
an application was presented
through the North Carolina Rural
Electric Authority to the REA in
Wasington for the first loan. The
application was processed and the
cooperative received an allocation
of 1171,000 to construct 211 miles
of line to serve the 601 members]
Shortly after construction o|
this contract got underway a sec J
ond loan in the amount of $95,00<j
(Continued On Page Four) i
Tide Table
Following Is the tide tabte
for Southport during the next
week. These hours are approxi
mately correct and were furn
ished The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, November 17,
4:57 A. M. 11:18 A. M.<
5:16 P. M. 11:34 P. M.
Friday, November 18,
5:55 A. M. 0:00 A. M.
6:10 P. M. 12:15 P. M.
Saturday, November 19,
6:48 A. M. 0:26 A. M.
7:06 P. M. 1:09 P.
Sunday, November 20,
7:41 A. M. 1:15 A.
7:56 P. M. 2:01 P. M.
Monday, November 21,
8:35 A. M. 2:05 A. M.|
8:49 P. M. 2:52 P. lit
Tuesday, November 22,
9:28 A. M. 2:53 A. M.
Wednesday, November 23.
10:21 A. M. 3:32 P.
10:35 P. M. 4:32 P IL
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