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Mflie Pilot Covers Brunswick County MjjME NINE NO. 16 Ajjvia Finals Concluded Last MFriday Evening ual Class Day ExercisB> Were Held Thursday Bjght In The Form Of A lay let Showing Funeral .' Kf Class Of 1936 C JOHNSON MAKES HIS FAREWELL TALK nripal Announces That e Will Not Return Next Bear To Bolivia; Med1 A GlV ills Ana fi* ? en To Outstanding Seniors ursday night. May 14, the j lating class of Bolivia high i gave their annual class Ises. The program portrayed ' lying of the class of 1936. Lou Robinson was the sick suffering from the dread e, lessons. Dotridge Willets he doctor, Inez Tharpe, the and Edith Bergeman, the r. Carl Galloway gave the >cy of the class and Geraltobbins and Quinton Leoning a duet. class died and its funeral eld. Jesse Lewis read the nd the class history. The losed the programme with iv night. May 15, the graexercises were given, e Willetts opened with the on. Edith Sowell gave a then Mrs. Early Danford, O. Overcash and O. C. sang a trio. They were inied by Mrs. George pianist and J. O. Overolinist. Lewis, president of the ;lass, presented to Lila in, president of the Juni, the mantle of senioriry Lou Robinson and Lewis sang a duet, "I Se True." The diplomas ards were given. Mr. made a talk about the inued on page five) e Bits I f Big News Events Of State, and World-Wide st During Past Week pecial Session With North Carolina's un- < employment insurance enabl- 1 act definitely ruled out of i the picture by the Federalj government there was renewed interest on Capitol Hill on Tuesday in the possibility of a special session of the General Assembly and in some quarters it was predicted that Governor Ehringhaus would call the Legislature this sum- i mer. hi The Spot ON THE SPOT Dr. Francis E: Townsend, a small town doctor who became powerful enough to give Congressmen "the jitters" over his S200-a-month old-age pen-1 sion scheme, flushed and twisted nervously Tuesday . as House investigators read a letter in which he said "it is1 fun" to see the Legislators squirm. The little, grey-hair-) ed physician also wrote Robert E. Clements, his former chief lieutenant, that "you and I have the world by the tail on a downhill pull" and added that there would be a "hatful of money" for those who stood by the movement. ?? om Mix Hurt A dust-laden gale swept in from the northwest Tuesday, flattened the menagerie tent1 of the Tom Mix circus, injured the former screen star and [ three of his assistants and left hurriedly emptied animal cages a mass of wreckage, j ot A Candidate '"ormer President Herbert over in a prepared statement oed in Chicago Monday re- ( ding the .republican presidenI campaign said: "It should be dent by this time that I am (Continued on page 6) THE ?^?????? 6-PAGES TOD State Superintem At Shallot . x^^L p ^whhkii iv CLYDE A. ERWIN //aye Until M Complete County Agent J. E. Dodsoi i Has Sent Out Work Sheets To Township Com mitteemen For Farmer To Sign ABOUT 75 PER CENT SIGN-UP REPORTEE County Agent Gives List O T 1_ ! J ownsnip ^/UiiiimiLc&uav Who Have The Work Sheets And Will Assist Farmers ! . ! Announcement was made thi week by County Agent J. E. Dod son that all sign-ups for the Sol Conservation program must b completed before May 30. For the convenience of Bruns wick county farmers who havi I not yet signed, work sheets weri j mailed this week to members o the various township committee! in order that they might assis men in their neighborhood witl the sign-up before it is too late Farmers may sign regardless o whether they were signers unde the old AAA program, accord ing to the county agent. Following is a list of the town ship committeemen: Northwest R. J. Peterson and E. M. Hick man; Town Creek, T. W. Svvaii and Frank Rabon; Lockwood: (Continued on Page t?* Biology Class Goes To Raleigh Students Of Biology Class At Waccamaw High School Spent Last Thursday And Friday Visiting State Capitol Last Thursday morning the Biology class of Waccamaw high school started for a sightseeing trip to Raleigh. The party went on J. R. Simmons' truck and had a nice ride to the Capital city. After reaching Raleigh about two o'clock the class visited the state penitentiary and the asylum. They rode by and noticed carefully several interesting buil dings whicn inciuueu Lilt uu^v. ent divisions of State College, St. Mary's College, and Shaw (Continued on Page Five) New Announcements Appear This Week Six candidates make their first formal announcement in today's paper. John B. Ward, former Brunswick county tax collector, makes his announcement for the Democratic nomination for the board of county commissioners. G. C. Lewis and J. W. Nelson also announce for this office. W. Claude Gore, member of the Brunswick county board of education, announces today his intention to seek the nomination for reelection. John G. Caison has entered the race for the Democratic nomination for coroner. The only state candidate to announce today is W. Kerr Scott, who seeks the Democratic nomiation for Secretary of the State Department of Agriculture. Auxiliary. The first of the two programs will begin at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and the evening performance at 8 o'clock, s In addition to the lecture by the noted explorer there will j be a full-length feature picture and a comedy on the 8 screen. Mr. Ronne, the lecturer, made a number of friends in e Southport when the Bear of 2 Oakland stopped here on her f way South. 9 j Form Club For rj Sandy Grahan - R. O. Johnson Is Name Chairman Of Veterar Club For Support of Car 1 didacy Of Sandy Grahar In Brunswick County Meeting Saturday Night Announcement has been mac iof the organization of a veterar , club for the support of the gul | ernatorial candidacy of Sand Graham in Brunswick county. I O. Johnson has been named a ( chairman of this club, i A meeting of this organizatio . will be held Saturday night a , 8 o'clock in the Shallotte hig school auditorium. Special speak (ers will be present at that tim< , ^ including S. B. Frink, count L' manager of the Graham carr , ipaign. R. C. St. George, com ., mander of the Brunswick Count I Post Number 194, American Le gion, also is expected to be pres ent. Liquidation To Be Completed Sooi i Raleigh, May 18.?Gurney F Hood, state bank commissionei said today depositors of the de funct Bank of Southport ha - - A- .? At.a! been paid 42 per cent ui unci ' claims. The bank failed Febru , ary 2, 1933. j "As required by the William: act of 1935," Hood said, "th( balance of assets was turnei lover to us recently, and we hop j to complete liquidation of thi i bank within the next two o: three months." Final Meeting Of Leland 4-H Clul I The Leland Junior 4-H clul I held its last meeting for th< year Tuesday. May 19. Miss Mar ion Smith met with the club an< gave some useful material to tx used this summer. She outline( some plans and projects whicl I are very interesting. Member .hope many girls will take ad vantage of these projects. The; I have enjoyed their work in thi club this year and are looking {forward to the summer's work. STA1 A Good News AY Southport, ]> lent Speaker te Commencement Clyde A. Erwin, State Sup erintendent Of Public In struction, Will Delive Commencement Addres At Shallotte Thursday CLASS DAY PROGRAM BEING HELD TONIGH' Baccalaureate Sermon Wa Preached Sunday Afternoon By Dr. F. S. Love, Of Wilmington; Finals Come To Close Tomorrow Clyde A. Erwin. state superii tendent of public instruction, wi deliver the commencement a< dress Thursday night to membei of the graduating class at Sha lotte high school. The appearance of Superintei dent Erwin in this county wi mark the first commencemei (Continued on page 5.) ay 30th To Farm Sign- / * 1 BENEFIT LECTURE THURSDAY NIGHT s Finn Ronne, member of Commander Richard E. Byrd's South Pole expedition, will de. liver two illustrated lectures Thursday at the Amuzu thea-1 tre. Proceeds will go to the * I Brunswick County Hospital i ne rvcv. n. iuuiuhuh, 9' pastor of St. Phillips Epis2 j copal church here, returned j Saturday to Southport from e Edenton where he attended e I last week the convention of r the East Diocese of the EpisI copal church. The trip to Edenton was made in the parson's boat, Josephine Marshall. With him f were Mrs. Marshall and Parker Howey, and the three j j brought back interesting res ports of their trip. Outstand j ing among these tales was 1 j one of a strange preaching i service held last Sunday i night at Tar Landing. i According to the Rev. Mr. s Marshall's story, the gas sup ply was running low Sunday f i afternoon when the boat e reached the dock at Tar Land* ing. The water near the dock was shallow, he said, so that repo paper In A Go 4. C., Wednesday, May i Candidate t??" HBhb I Jm&jj i- | 1_ Chas. E. Cause,?Promi 11 nent Southport citizen, wh 11 has announced his candi dacy for the Brunswic ~ county board of educatior School Finals In ? Progress Now Al Southport Higl Annual Class Day Exercise Held Last Night As Ser iors Presented "Pirates Gold" And Other Fee tures TO HOLD GRADUAT1NC EXERCISES TONIGH' Grammar Grades Operett Presented Friday Night; Glee Club .Concert On Monday Night And Baccalaureate Ser, ; Mon Sunday The graduating exercises s Southport high school will t held tonight (Wednesday) in th ' auditorium. The commencement prograi _ has been in progress during th _ jpast week. Friday night the oj peretta "Cobbler of Fairyland, !was presented by students of th fourth and fifth grades. U (Continued on Page Six) j Health Report Of April Wor! Report Of County Nurs Mrs. Lou H. Smith, Indi e cates That Month O IS April Ws Period Of Bus '"I Activity For Her y. L The health report prepared b 18 Mrs. Lou H. Smith, county nurs covering her activities during th n month of April indicates tha 't she had a busy month. h | Eleven days were spent in th office, 15 were spent in the fielc Fourteen visits were made to th y six white schools; 8 visits wer '* made to 6 colored schools. Pre l" school clinics were held in th y j six white schools. !" Three doses of typhoid vaccin i were administered 708 children 1105 children were vaccinated fo Ismail pox; 12 babies were inno jculated against diphther'a. Re (Continued on Page Six) 1 ' Holds Unusual Mi Jj To Church Con ?- A TJ MarcViall RT PI] o od Community 20th, 1936 publish S. B. Frink Named I Of Demoi sisBrunswick County Democrats In Convention Satj urday Elected Popular Southport Attorney To Succeed L. C. Tripp JUDGE A. A. LENNON PRINCIPAL SPEAKER Summarizes Achievements Of National Administration During Past Three And Half Years And Urges Support S. B. Frink, popular Southport attorney, was elected Saturday | by Brunswick county Democrats to serve as chairman of their executive committee during the next two years. He succeeds L. C. Tripp, of Shallotte. i- Election of the officers of the . 01 executive committee was the | i [_ outstanding business transacted t i. at the county convention, which c l was held in the Shallotte school s '* 'auditorium. Miss Bertha Reid, of c Winnabow, was named vicechairman, succeeding Mrs, W. L. g Paden, and M. B. Watkins, of t . Winnabow, was named secre- g , tary, succeeding W. R. Holmes. ( I Principal speaker for the day g L! was Judge A. A. Lennon, of Wil- i mington, who briefly reviewed g ^ the work of the national admin-1 > Discuss Plans i OfShrim ; * r F NEXT SATURDAY IS a ANNUAL POPPY DAY Members of Auxiliary of the Brunswick County Post 194, \merican Legion, will sponsor innual Poppy Day sales here ^ Saturday, May 23. Mrs. J. E. Jarr will be in charge. These artificial flowers are , >e made by disabled veterans, le who make their living from their sales. Profit derived by n local chapters of the Auxiliary le is sent to Oteen to be used for the benefit of veterans suffering with tuberculosis. ie Local citizens are urged to 30operate with members of the t ! Auxiliary in this program for , c the benefit of disabled soldiers. !a t r {Beloved Woman C t Dies In County? y Mrs. Mary Kate Lennon j Died Sunday Morning At g Her Home In Supply; r >'| Funeral Services That 1 e Afternoon And Burial o Made In Family Cerae| tery |c Mrs. Mary Kate Lennon, be? loved elderly lady of Brunswick v _ e j county, died Sunday morning at I - her home near Supply. She was e 80 years of age. j The deceased was the widow e j of the late Frank P. Lennon, who ; i preceded her to the grave sevr J eral years ago. She was the dau- * - j ghter of the late Joseph and - j Mary Stanaland. Mrs. Lennon j (Continued on page 6) ieting On Way ivention In Edenton i nl i he was unable to go ashore .' vi until he had attracted the S? attention of the natives, who w immediately came out in small rowing skiffs. He told ! th them who he was and what ti he wanted, and learned that ki no gas was available in the hi village. However, one of the H natives volunteered to take cc his truck and drive about 10 N miles for the needed gasoline. Meanwhile, it was growing \ J late and it was apparent that \ the boat must lay over for the night at Tar Landing. Some of the natives suggested that the Rev. Mr. Mar- j of shall go ashore and hold ! N preaching service for them : r:< that night. He expressed a ' rr willingness to do so, but ad- j in ded that it hardly would be jh< worth while inasmuch as (Continued on page five) ol LOT ED EVERY WEDNESDAY Chairman F :ratic Committee 1 \. < C i , z^.v. s-. .^nsnp^^H S. B. FRINK h \ 3tration since March 4, 1933, in s (ringing about unprecedented :hanges which, he said, have re-, i: lulted in vastly improved econ- a imic conditions. \ After showing the good accom-'s dished through the banking laws, he NRA, the Agricultural pro- r ;ram, the Home Owners Loan r ' It! ! T Corporation, ana arter outlining i irospective good to come from I inemployment insurance and re- I fulation of finance, Judge Len- r (Continued on page 6.) ,'V I For Survey ping Grounds i ? 1/ iepresentative Of Coastal n Geodetic Survey Here On a Friday To Discuss With > Local People Plans For a Marking Snags And * Wrecks - 1 VORK WILL BEGIN * ABOUT 1ST OF JULY J Vork Of Locating And Re- \ moving Snags And Other p Objects From Shrimp- r ing Grounds Will r Save Big Loss Of Nets Annually j Benjamin H. Riggs, represenative of the Coastal Geodetic; Survey, Department of Commerce tnd the Lighthouse Service was j lere Friday for an informal neeting with local fishermen regarding the survey to be conduced of the local shrimping grounIs. This work probably will get mderway about July 1. Three >oats will be used, a Geodetic Survey boat, a tender from the ? lighthouse Service and a small r ocal boat. Five or six Southport s nen will be employed on the; t atter boat, and will be in charge t if Charlie Swann. The survey boat will be used a n locating the wrecks and other bstructions. The tender will n (Continued on Page 5.) ^ Rishnn Darst To 8 Visit Southport Vill Visit St. Phillips Epis- c copal Church Sunday Night, May 31st, When ~ Historic Sacramental Rite Of Confirmation To Be Celebrated The Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, ' Wilmington, will visit St. Philps church in Southport Sunday ight, May 31st, for his annual sitory in which the historic icramental rite of confirmation ill be celebrated. This rite has come down from le Jewish church into the Chris-; an churches and has been nown as "the laying on of ' inds" in which the gift of the oly Spirit was given as re- ' >rded in several places in the ' ew Testament. (Continued on l'a*e Five) 1 Region Meeting Friday Evening R C. St. George, commander ! the Brunswick County Post o. 194, American Legion, aniunces that the regular monthly eeting will be held Friday night l the Brunswick county court)use. A full attendance of veterans the county is urged. ? vlost Of The News All The Time $1.50 PER YEAR 'rize Winners Of Flower Show Are Announced uccessful Flower Show Held Last Wednesday In The Gymnasium Of The Army And Navy Club Building Here HOW SPONSORED BY WOMAN'S CLUB Complete List Of Winners In Various Classifications Announced By Mrs. Annie K. Vitou, Who Was General Chairman The annual flower show held ist Wednesday in the gymnasum of the Army and Navy club milding under the auspices of the Voman's Club was a complete uccess. Following is a list of winners n the various classifications as innounced by Mrs. Annie K. ntou, general chairman of the how: Artistic arrangement: White oses, Mrs. C. R. Livingston, red ibbon; pink roses, Mrs. J. A. )osher, blue ribbon; red roses, drs. H. B. Smith, blue ribbon. 1 -? r n r* D.inxlr hlllA ^arKspur, ivi.ro. \j. uuam, ^iuo ibbon; Ragged robin, Miss Mary Veeks, blue ribbon, Mrs. Annie C. Vitou, red ribbon; daisies, firs. H. B. Smith, blue ribbon. tarnations, Mr. Peterson, red ribon. Arrangement for dining room, firs. H. B. Smith, blue ribbon, Irs. J. A. Dosher, red ribbon. Lrrangement for living room, Irs. C. G. Ruark, blue ribbon; rtistic arrangement, creopsis, Irs. Claud Willing, blue ribbon; rtistic arrangement for porch. Id ward Taylor, blue ribbon; Miss t?rv w<v?j:s re,'. 1ibbon Perfection of bloom:' Rosea, Irs. J. W. Ruark, blue ribbon, Irs. J. E. Dodson, red ribbon, liss Mary Weeks, red ribbon. Potted plants; Begonias, Mrs. V. G. Butler, blue ribbon; other ilants, Mrs. C. G. Ruark, blue ibbon, Mrs. H. B. Smith, red ibbon. Finals Begin At Waccamaw High :irst Features Of Commencement Program To Be Held On Friday Afternoon; Graduating Exercises To Be Held Next Wednesday Night The annual commencement pro"T*Q TV) 11 hAirin Friday after loon at the Waccamaw high chool with the presentation of he operetta, "The Golden VVhisle," by members of the primary 'rades. This program will begin ,t 2 o'clock. At 3 o'clock that same afteroon grammar grade students nil present their operetta, "Panora." Pretty music and dancing nth a background of beautiful cenery will feature these prorams. On Sunday afternoon at 3:00 'clock the Rev. W. R. Hardesty, astor of the Shallotte Methodist liurch, will deliver the baccalau(Continued on page 5) Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide Low Tide Thursday, May 21 7:30 a. m. 1:56 a. m. 3:06 p. m. 1:57 p. m. j Friday, May 22 3:39 a. m. 2:47 a. m. 3:54 p. m. 2:47 p. m. Saturday, May 23 3:31 a. m. 3:34 a. m. 3:43 p. m. 3:36 p. m. Sunday, May 24 10:24 a. m. 4:22 a. m. 10:35 p. m. 4:25 p. m. Monday, May 25 11:17 a. m. 5:09 a. m. 11:27 p. m. 5:17 p. m. Tuesday, May 26 5:58 a. m. 12:12 p. m. 6:12 p. m. iVuHnMul'iv- \fav 27 0:18 a. m. 6:30 a. m. 1:03 p. m. 7:14 p. m.