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THE STATE PORT PILOT
K0Hxteen no. 38 Tp^Ts ,r,n*v Newspaper In A Good Community _
^ __ Southport, N. C., Wednesday, November 23, 1949 published every Wednesday ji.so per yea*
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Most of The Nem
All The Time
Noted
lease
manufacture
]n This County
c;Ice~l939 Reaches
K To $3,000,000.00
^ for Income From
Jfactured Products
Rvalue added"
pr^ent Rate Of In
LjinBuildmP And lm"
dement Figures
Should Continue
Increase
gj.jnswick county not
... jateJ a? having manu
stries, a report is
? uWk by the United
Apartment of Commerce
? manv people some sur
^formation. The Depart
(jlvzed the report in the
g headlines:
( 0f Goods Produced by
f[unng Industries of
sic County Rises Sharply
t tear Period."
jomplete statement was as
"The value by manu
,< ?oods produced in man
j'ji Brunswick county
;?ed by approximately
# since before the war,
t mwrmation from C.
Persons. Regional Director
?? j Department of Com
Atlanta.
pjjsus Bureau report from
' cer-vis of Manufactures i
Hi. Persons said, that
j? value added by manu
0; goods produced by (
jeers of Brunswick '
?s J949.000 and that in '
ad increased to $3,806,
term "value added by'
sre" means the value of j
excess of the cost of {
and supplies, the Com- I
Department official ex- j
i
branches of Brunswick j
manufacturing industries i
?n correspondingly in i
year period, it was
ne number of establish
gaged in manufacturing
cahas increased from 19
ID 22 in 1947, the number
Res from 531 has in
from 531 to 730, and
I ind wages paid have in
!rw 5304,323 to $1,166,
hisj as the above report
ere is every indication
k next seven years may
ste of products increased
o&cturing in Brunswick
tag several times over
t now is.
Flash
wt
a
?t DANCE
spare dance for this week
KO building will be at
Piar time on Saturday
sponsorship of South
ws Club.
E LANDS
m Edwards and two
?5 of the U. S. Coast
M'Je a flying trip to
?rt Tuesday for a busi
feence at OaK Island
'iard Station. The landing
Plane in the river created
ab'- local excitement.
1 DENTIST
*? R. Collins, dentist, re
the State Board of
?s now working in the
school. From there he will
Bolivia. Shallottc and Wac
as he conducts a complete
?f dental care needed
and boys of school
Brunswick county.
tfrr sipper
'? sl'pp?r will be served
? evening, December 1, in
flpor* school lunch room
' t0 S o'clock. The pro
* he'P defray the ex
special Christmas din
ltle lunch room man
- Pian.s to serve the stu
" tore the Christmas holi
*>X STI UV
^ ^ light <>? mission study
1x^7 1,10,1 b-v the Misson
*? "f the Southport Bap
Ho,.5' "n Tuesday night,
an,if b'S"!n:llg at 6:30
p. J lnmng through until
basket supper
m the basement of
Kats' A" agc groups from
V Im linvited t0 at
*v a te?cher for
[about Chi an'J thc study
St,. rislian missions in
?f? "I the work in
fcica Sh?W71 'Junn& ?-he
Clearing Playground
ATHLETIC FIELD?Above is a view of the athletic field being cleared in Shallotte
as a playground for use by players of all ages. This playground will answer a long felt
need for recreational facilities.?(Cut Courtesy Wilmington News.)
Fishing Lady
Has Good Week
WithRockfish
When The Pilot carried a line
last week noting that thus far
nobody had reported catching a
rockfish in local waters this fall,
Mrs. F. Mollycheck must have
taken the remark to heart. Any
way, she started out to do some
thing about it.
One day this past week she
exhibited an 8-pound eight ounce
rockfish. She was able to stage
the exhibition despite the fact
that the hard-meuthed brute stag
ed an exhibition of its own and
resisted plenty before she got it
safely on the high engineers dock
in front of her home.
The next day her husband had
to journey up the Cape Fear river
looking after the navigation
lights It was in order, on her
0W1 part, that Mrs. Mollycheck i
should accompany him the mile j
and a hfclf to the old quarantine j
station. There he left her to do
her own fishing in peace, maroon
ed alone at the old station.
When he came back two hours
later the fisherwoman showed him
a 4-pound 13 ounce black drum.
While they are alright for eating
purposes, black drum are worth
a dime a dozen from the sports
man.
But Mrs. Mollycheck had some
thing else to show for her time.
To the view of the waiting boat
crew consisting of her husband
and Connie Lupton she held up
a 12-pound fourteen-ounce rock-,
fish.
And for good measure she
reached down to the dock again
and lifted up another rockfish
weighing 18-pounds one ounce.
How she caught those two
fighting fish and got them on the
dock is something hard to be
lieve. However, it was a feminine
feat as there was no male in
miles.
Brief Session
Of Court Monday
Several Cases Disposed Of
Before Court Adjourned
Prior To Usual Noon Re
cess; Several Cases Con
tinued
Although several cases were
disposed of here Monday, Record
er's court officials had completed
their work before noon. The fol
lowing entries were made:
Elbert A. Kirby, failure to give
proper hand signal, continued.
Vernon Wescctt, public drunk
ness, continued.
Charles Cohen, speeding, con
tinued.
Lester H. Wiggins, speeding,
capias.
Ray Elder McKoy, speeding,
fined $10.00 and costs.
James Darl Williams, operating
auto on left side of highway,
costs.
Harless Watkins, possession,
fined $10.00 and costs, ten days
stay.
Lloyd Kennith Hardee, posses
sion, fined $10.00 and costs.
Edward K. Scott, speeding, fin
ed $10.00 and costs.
Ralph L. WaddeH. speeding,
fined $10.00 and costs.
Roy Ottaway, assault, cintinued.
Willie Lee Bryant, assault with
deadly weapon, continued.
Faustin J. Williams, speeding,
capias and continued.
Ray W. Hill, speeding, fined
$50.00 and costs and recommend
ed that liccnse be suspended.
Lennox Gore, possession, con
I Continued on page four
State Convention
Confirms Caswell
Plans Now Going Forward
Toward Getting Every
thing In Readiness for Use
As Assembly Next Sum
mer
REPAIR WORK TO
BE MADE GRADUALLY
'
.
| The Improvements Will Be
| Made As Buildings Are
Needed For Use In Sum
mer Assembly
Program
The action of the Baptist State
Convention last week in approv
ing the purchase the General
Board had made of the Ft. Cas
well property for an assembly
site marks a milestone along the
road to making Southport and
| Brunswick county a mecca for the
650,000 Baptists in Worth Caro
lina. . ./
The convention is not undertak
ing an immediate rehabilitation
of this entire property and pre
sent plans contemplate repairing
and adapting only the buildings
deemed necessary for the opera
tion of a successful summer pro
gram next year. As the work
developes and expansion becomes j
necessary the present facilities
will be entirely utilized and others
added, but the current improve
ments will be limited strictly to
the minimum necessary for next
summer's occupancy.
The Caswell AssemDiy property
will bring to Eastern North Car
olina religious, educational and
recreational opportunities similar
to those that have existed in the
Western part of the State for
many years at Ridgecrest, Mon
treat and Lake Junaluska. The
summer programs of the Assem
bly are designed to mimister to
the needs of all ages in the Bap
tist church and feature special
conferences for these groups
(There will be Royal Ambassador
and Girl's .Auxiliary camps for
Juniors and Intermediates. There
will be Y. W. A. and B. T. U.
weeks for the young people. If
last summer's pattern is follow
ed there will be special weeks
(for pastors, educational directors,
choir leaders and evangelistic ser
vices for all ages. The religious
program is not limited to Baptists
and guests from all churches
will find a welcome at these
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
Mrs. McKeithan
? Buried Sunday
Prominent Resident Of Town
Creek Community Died
Friday; Funeral Services
From Zion Church
Mrs. Ada W. McKeithan,
prominent resident of the Town
Creek community, died at her
[home Friday morning. Mrs. Mc
Keithan was 64 years of age and
was the wife of W. S. McKeithan.
Funeral services were held Sun
;day afternoon from Zion Metho
|dist church with Rev. R. H.
Caudill officiating. Burial was in
the cemetery at Zion.
Mrs. McKeithan is survived "by
her husband. W. S. McKeithan;
| two sons, W. S. McKeithan, Jr.,
and E. H. McKeithan, both of |
I Wilmington; three sisters, Mrs. J. i
| D. Bellamy, and Mrs. J. L. Knox, j
both of Wilmington, Mrs. E. V.
Evans, Leland; her step mother.
Mrs. D. R. Walker, Leland; two
half-brothers, T. O. and L. F.
Walker, both of Wilmington.
Active pall bearers were E. O.
Evans, V. E. Walker, W. W. Bel
(Continued of page four)
Carefully Avoids
Hitting Big Deer
Felton Garner, Brunswick
county lumber man, had to put
on brakes in a hurry one day
recently from crashing into a
big buck which jumpped into
the highway in front of his car
on U. S. No. 17.
The average motorist would
have stepped on the gas in an
effort to make violent contact
with such a fine target, but
Garner already had learned his
lesson.
About a year ago he saw a
deer cross the highway just in
front of his new Buick. He
managed to hit and kill the
deer, bn* orettv soon he wa
sorry.' * '
The bill for repairing damage
ti his car amounted to $150.00.
Eye Clinic Held
In This County
Health Depatrment In Coop
eration With Dr. Ander-1
son Of Wilmington Con-;
ducted Examinations
The Brunswick County Health
Department held an eye clinic at
the Legion Hut in Shallotte
Thursday under the direction of
Dr. E. C. Anderson of Wilmington
and Miss Betty Barbrey, medical
social worker from the State
Commission for the blind of Mt.
Olive. Dr. Floyd Johnson, health
officer, Mrs. Ella Aldridge, Mrs.
Esther Robinson, public health
nurses, and Miss Ruth Patterson,
Superentendent of public welfare,
also assisted with the clinic.
Dr. Anderson examined 36
school children. Out of this num
ber 29 were fitted with glasses.
For children were referred for
surgery.
Methodists Will
Have Visitation
Evangelism Work
Nine Ministers Will B~ En
gaged In Three-Day Pro
gram Which Is to Bo Tried
For First Time In South
port
INTENSIVE WORK
BEGINS TUESDAY
Ministers And Laymen Will
Work Together In Effort
To Get In Touch With
Prospective Members
The Rev. L. D. Hayman, pastor
of Trinity Methodist church, has
announced the plans for the visit
ation evangelism program run
ning through the week of Novem
ber 27th to December 4th.
There are to be nine visiting
ministers and an equal number
of laymen in the field each day
through the intensive part of the
program which includes primarily j
visiting in homes of the com- j
munity and interviewing interest- ]
ed persons along church lines, j
Beginning with Tuesday evening, |
the evangelistic team will meet
at the church for supper at 5:30,
and at six o'clock the Rev. C. D.
Barclift will address the group j
around the table. Assignments
will then be made, instructions
given, and the work out in the
field for the next two hours will
be the feature.
Returning to the church at
7:45 o'clock the entire community
is invited to worship services and
sermon. The Rev. Ed Earnhardt,
former pastor of Trinity Metho
dist church, will be the preacher
each evening beginning Tuesday
and extending to the close of the
three-day visitation program. Mr.
Earnhardt will be remembered
here as one of the most loved
of the former pastors. He is now
stationed at Washington. Com
mittees for all phases of the pro- |
gram have been selected and j
everj'thing is shaping up nicely [
Continued On Page Four
Knowles Heard
By Local Lions
County Agent Outlines Som?
Opportunities Which Exist
For Further Agricultural
Expansion
County Agent A. S. Knowles
was the principal speaker at the
regular meeting of the Southport
Lions Club here Thursday as he
outlined some of the undevelop
ed possibilities of agriculture in
Brunswick county.
Mr. Knowles pointed to recent
significant agricultural develop
ment in the immediate Southport
area. One of these has been the
blueberry farm on the road to
Supply. Another has been the
Sheppard plant farm on the River
Road. Still another has been the
truck-growing project tried by the
Lindners on the old Dr. Dosher
place.
The county gent pointed out
that the field of agricultural de
velopment is vast, and that there
is good prospect of finding some
profitable use for every type of
land which may be found in
Brunswick county.
Our
ROVING
Reporter
w. a KEZIAH
Checking on the REA milage
brings out an interesting fact.
Brunswick county with 460 miles
of REA lines has 2392 consumers
of current and Columbus county
with 593 miles has 2499 customers
using power and lights. Columbus
has always had the reputation of
being thickly settled. The way we
look at the above figures is that
they bear out that Brunswick
county is also filling up rapidly
with people.
Palmer Bellamy of the R. E.
Bellamy & Sons, builders supplies
firm at Shallotte, claims that
December stands out as indicative
of the building trend during the
following year. He says that he
sold more builders supplies in
December of last year than he
had ever before sold in any one
month. Building activities, as
every one knows, have been heavy
since last December. But we have
an idea if that guy keeps awake
and advertises he will sell more
builders supplies next month than
he has ever before sold in a |
single month.
C. E. Mintz of Leland must be
one of our fans. Mr. Mintz come
into the office Monday and allow
ed that his paper had shopped
coming and that he could not do
without the Rovin' Reporter. Some
inquiry of the up county man
revealed h'e was mightly interested
in- both coon and deer hunting
and has a couple of fine dogs
that have already been getting
much cxercise. He docs not look
with favor on the plan of Herbert
Rogers and Ed Jones of Southport
to catch coons alive. Knowing
something of the pugnacious
nature of live coons we are also
ready to lay off and leave it
to the other fellow to catch them
alive.
A personal leter received this
week from the owners of an in
dustry in New York State, stated
that they are definitely interest-1
ed in moving South and are con-1
sidering Southport. The inquiry'
Continued On Page Four
Brunswick Rural Electric
Membership Corporation
Plans Annual Meeting
In Brunswick REA News
The above panel shows: (Top) The Waccamaw High School at Ash.
where the 10th anniversary meeting of the Brunswick Electric Member
ship Corporation will be held Friday, Nov. 25, at 1 p. m.; (center) E. D.
Bishop, manager of the cooperative; and (bottom) the office staff of
the Brunswick REA, (left to right) Mrs. Detlaw Sanderson, Mrs. Eliza
beth L. Willis. Mrs. James Bellamy, Miss Ruby Gore, Mrs. Mazell Sabis
ton, and Mrs. Lena Hawes.
Tax Organization To
Remain For County
Sunday Morning j
Fire Burns Boat
Smokey Joe, a small shrimp
trawler owned by Joe Midgett
of Oriental, created excitement
all out of proportion to its size
shortly before noon Sunday.
The vessel was moored in the
basin and the crew was en
gaged in preparing lunch, using
a gasoline stove. The stove
flared up and set fire to the
beat. Both of the fire trucks
of the Southport fire depart
ment responded to the alarm
and so did about half the town
loks. The blaze was extinguish
ed with chemicals, but not un
til the inside of the craft had
been completely gutted and the
deck house burned off.
The hull of the craft was ap
parently little damaged and the
beat can be rebuilt.
Funeral Sunday
For Mrs. Willetts
Respected Wohnan Of Leba- i
non Church Community j
Died Friday In Wilming-|
ton Hospital
Mrs. Ethel Willetts, wife of
I. S. Willetts of the Lebanon
church community near Winna
bow, died in the James Walker
Memorial hospital Friday after
noon. She had been ill for a long
time.
Funeral services were held at
Lebanon Saturday afternoon at
3:30 o'clock, Rev. Woodrow Rob
bins officiating. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
Surviving, besides her husband,
are three sons, Lane and Julius
Willetts, both of Winnabow, and
Eugene Willetts, Georgetown, S.
C.; five daughters, Mrs. Myrtle
Sullivan, Leland, Mrs. Julia Ellen
Swain, Winnabow, Mrs. Ophelia
Continued On Page Six I
i County Commissioners Have
Named Edward H. Red
wine To Collect 1949 Levy
! And Books Have Been
Turned Over To Him
JORGENSEN IS
TAX SUPERVISOR
Commissioners In Meeting
I Here Monday Accepted
Report Of Collection
; Of 1948 Levy
By their action here Monday
I members of the board of county
commissioners placed their stamp
of approval upon the present tax
collecting organization and made
the appointments which will re
tain the present personnel through
another year.
Edward H. Redwine, who re
cently was appointed to collect
the 1949 levy, was instructed to
proceed wh collections and the
tax books and other necessary
data for completing this work
were ordered delivered into his
keeping.
This followed acceptance by the
board of Redwine's report of his
collections on the 1948 levy. This
included cash collections amount
ing to $173,885.24; land sale
certificates totaling $22,772.43;
Continued On Pdge Four
Mrs. Galloway
Passes Monday
Prominent Resident Of Boli
via Community Died Mon
day Following Extended
Period Of III Health
Mr. A. M. Galloway, 66, widow
of the late F. E. Galloway chair
man of the board of education
during the school consolidation
period in Brunswick county, died
at her home near Bolivia early
Monday morning. She had been
in bad health for a long time.
Funeral services were held
(Continued on Pige SUO
Congressman F. Etrel
lyle Slated To Be Principal
Speaker At Meeting F?i?
day Afternoon At Wacca*
maw School
LARGE GATHERING
IS ANTICIPATE?
State REA Administrator
Also Will Attend Meeting j
Interesting Program
Being Planned
The annua! meeting of tka
Brunswick Rural Electric Mem
bership Corporation will be h?M
Friday afternoon at Waccamaw
school in Brunswick county, naA
this year the meeting will have
special significance in that it
marks the 10th anniversary at
the organization.
The organization has 5,005 cus
tomers in Brunswick, Columbus
and a small area of both Blafea
and Robeson counties. By cus
tomers is meant households tf
business places using the RBA
current. J. L. Robinson of Whiter
ville, president of the association,
stated this week that a large por
tion of the membership and th?t
is understood to include the fami
lies, are expected to be present
when the meeting at one o'clock.
Congressman F. Ertel Carlyl?
of Lumberton will be among seve
ral outstanding notables preseafk
and he will make an address.
The program for this 10th arutf
versary of the founding of t)M
Brunswick REA organization ir
intended to take up the en Use
afternoon. It will include regular
business, reports of officers,
election of directors, entertain
ment and addresses by Gwya
Price, Chairman of the North
Carolina Rural ' Electrification
Authority, and other REA repr?
sentatives.
Manager E. D, Bishop said tkta
week that the REA construction
program wiH <**>Unue until the
. Continued On Page Four
Good Progress
With Guard Unit
Encouraging Result* Are Ob
tained In Formation Of
National Guard Unit In
Brunswick County
A report from Lt. John Kj
Burns of Battery A 725th (AW)i
Bn. North Carolina Nation*!
Guard, shows over 50 men en-J
listed and sworn in. The unit hi*
asked for Federal Recognition
Friday, November 25, using
Shallotte American Legion
as an armory building.
Lt. Burns states that all m?m4
bers are asked to be present. Xll
members who are also member^
of the Naval Reserve or Armyj
Enlisted Reserves, or other uq)tM
are asked to report this fact tq
him as soon as possible in o?4eil
that he may secure their
charge from such reserve UJiltsj
All ex-service men are asked *td
take along copies of their
charges in order that their ser4
vices may be verified in their ?iw
listment records. -j, j
The Shallotte section, says Lq
Burns, has done justice, with '4hq
help of the surrounding c&hW
munities and the American Le4
Continued On Page Four-' J
Tide Taltli
Following Is the tide
for Southport during; the neit
week. These hour* are approxi
mately correct and were furn
ished The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of tU?.
Cape Fear Pilot's Association.
High Tide Low I*|
Thursday, November 24,
11:13 A. M. 4:32 A. If.
11:30 P. M. 5:25 P. M.
Friday, November 25,
0:00 A. M. 5:26 A. M.
12:05 P. M. 6:17 P. ML
Saturday, November 26,
0:26 A. M. 6:21 A. M.
12:57 P. M. 7:0? P. Sif.,
Sunday, November 27,
1:23 A. M. 7:20 A. M.
1:49 P. M. 8:02 P. M.
Monday, November 28,
2:18 A. M. 8:51 A. M.
2:38 P. M. 854 P. 5t
Tuesday, November 29,
3:11 A. M. 9:19 A. M.
3:28 P. M. :43 P. M.
Wednesday, November 30,
4:02 A. M. 10:15 A. B
4j17 f. at io p. a