jie Pilot Covers !
I flrunwick County
m^THIRTEEN ~Nol
ft. Caswe,
I U.S. Nav
IBaseAlU
* >fc~
I, Official Announcement [r
:rem Washington, D. CI
I yesterday Huts fcnd Tb||
B speculation K e g a r ding I "
InCHAsi price
B IS NOT REVEALED I
,i Does Not Include En- '
Krt 2600-Ac re Tract, But ,
H Only 300-Acre Improv- i
B ed Area In Seawall
H-:, \.,vy ivjurtment com7Vk.iv
negotiations of
months duratiog for the
ttlasc of historic Ft. Caswell
the Cwwell-Carolina CorpoI;
:s understood that the pur
- about 300-acres
K :.6e5..u,e tract, including
triWings ride the seawall
... nr tht other physical
IT.Wt
--overrents on the property.
not an
'-vos
received here yesB.;iv
that a definite decision
."beer, made by the navy de
use the Caswell
K;iv instead of erecting a
Hcibase at a site on the
R. jbove Southport. However,
the communication stated
this action was not yet ofno
news was released unofficial
announcement
c Washington. .
v.-.:.; the primary purpose of '
B-; government in acquiring Ft. *
K?dl is to use the buildings I
facilities for a section base C
Kr call craft, it is believed that ^E..
to use that property
v.a'.ion that other de- I
^ftcpnents in the matter of coast *
Hfc* may follow. It is known
site has been under con nii,-.
for certain phases of
^Bgcoel training, these develop^Bn
being i jjitingent t>por? the'
to locate the section base A
Caswell.
I .V announcement was made to
just when the navy will
tato its newly acquired lo^ ci;
Fort Caswell has 45 buildBp
en its unproved area, water _
with approved source of
^Rlj. electric power plant, sewfacilities.
phone cable connecand
a steel pier in good P
Burning Permits
Reauired Now v
a
W-i Law, Text For Which P
I It Hereby Quoted, Be- "
I ume Effective On First n
m Dav Of October
.
rest Warden Daw- c
^k tees wishes to call the at- lc
^k*" of landowners to the fact,
Htr the burning permit law be- u
^k effective on October 1. Per- p
Bi) qo not cost anything, he rr
out and only serve to help | v,
forestry organization protect' ei
Rf- soods from fire. a
I Permits may be secured from b
Hje of the following fire towers: n
*, Shallotte, Orton, Maco.
Reigel: or from any of the w
^ ?ty forest wardens. n
'til text of the law follows: s,
"SECnox 1. It shall be unlaw- E
B' 'or any persons, firm or cor- &
^BV;" ' start or cause to be ^
any fire or ignite any ma- ^
^B areas of woodtr.der
the protection of the b
forest Service or within
B" ttndred feet of any such pro- j,
| lOontinuea on page 4) f
Bolonel Thanks
Whport People
M ^?'?nel Nichols Expres.1
His Appreciation For
1 'fendly Welcome And
I "??pitality Shown His
Lu?P Davis Men
_ following letter from Lt.
! F Nichols, commanding
j the 94th Coast Artilery,
;^K^^rcra't, was written to
i flfe ' B Bussells, following
. ' visit of that outfit. The
k? of general interest:
Camp Davis, N. C?
1 September 30, 1941
! Be1"1 B Bussells,
rl' 'S*orth ('arolina.
^B -(v ^in Bussels:
S-fto"' 0f the First Bat"
k Coast Artillery, I wish
r ' opportunity to ex'
-SbtMUt aPPrec'ation for the
^Peratior, and the
II jc(a7I"taluy extended to us [
^ On Page Four) 1
TH1
27
11 Is Pu
y as Site c
jtted For,
NAVY P
_____ ___
$ : ?..'* >; S > '
V
k.-' <
.
: ' . . . :
'
; :
PURCHASED?Official
Washington yesterday of th
^aswell-Carolina Corporatio;
>ose of the navy in obtainin
ation of a section base thei
3runswick Is ,
Running
i - y *
tdvices Received Here On
Tuesday Night From Senator
Reynolds Indicates
Brunswick Site Being
Considered
TRONG FIGHT
ON FOR BASE
ender County Interests
Working Hard To Secure
Air Base That Will Involve
Large Expenditure
Although Pender county has reived
its efforts to secure the
rmy airport for bombers, the
rospects that Brunswick county
iav land the proiect seem to be
? * luch
brigtiter.
Last night Senator R. R. ReynIds
wired W. B. Keziah of the
hamber of Commerce the fol>wing
with regard to the efforts:
"With further reference to my
Ire of recent date, I have* just
ersonally contacted War Departlent
regarding Airport for Brunswick
County. Have been advisi
that survey has been conducted
nd site is under sonsideration,
ut no definite decision has been
iade.''
The local organization has been
working along with other busiess
interests and individuals to
ecure this defense project for
irunswick. It is understood that
ome six million dollars will be
ivolved in the construction and
hat approximately eight thousnd
men and many planes will be
ased at the field.
One of the local contentions
i that not one cent of defense
unds has been spent in Brunswick
county and that the area
ould be used by many defense
'(Continued on page 4)
What Kind Of
This, We
Whew! If we can get time
out from wiping off the perspiration
we'd like to inquire
what kind of October weather
is this we are having?
The temperature for the past
three days in Southport has
shoved up past the 90 degree
mark?yesterday it was 91. This
is something unprecedented for
October in Brunswick, and nobody
around here can remember
the mercury ever going past 90
in October.
But even at that, Southport
has been faring much better
than some towns and cities of
the country?Richmond, Washington,
and New York reported
temperatures during the weekend
ranging up to 94 degrees,
and Philadelphia at 8 o'clock
E STi
A Goo
4 PAGES TODAY
lased By
Section
Southport
ROPERTY |
-U*' ';V
- ?'? v """'
. .
.
* ^
m&Mmk
announcement was made in
e sale of Ft. Caswell by the
n to the U. S. Navy. The purig
this property is for the lore.
Still In
r For Air Base
J 4
*
I
i Malcolm Frink
Has Close Call
Malcolm Frink, son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. B. Frink, was at
home yesterday afternoon from
the University of North Carolina
after attending the funeral
of William H. Sloan, Jr., in
Garland yesterday morning.
Young Sloan was drowned
Sunday afternoon in the Catawba
river when he and Frink
and another University student
were forced to abandon a motorboat
in which they were
riding after the craft had
caught fire. Young Sloan, ap
parently demoralized by the
apparent danger of their situation,
attempted to swim to
shore without removing his
clothing. He went down when
he was about half way.
Albert Arnold, a Southport
man was on shore and swam
toward the drowning youth, but
failed to reach him in time. He
dived several time in deep water
in an effort to recover the
body, but was unsuccessful.
Frink and the other youth
received painful burns before
being rescued.
Homecoming Day
At Antioch Sunday
Homecoming day will be observed
at Antioch Baptist church
on Sunday, October 12.
Former pastors, present and
former members and friends are
invited to attend this all-day session,
which is the second annual
homecoming day celebration.
One of the feature attractions
October Is
Just Ask You?
last night reported a temperature
of 94 in the downtown
area.
The weather prognosticaters
hadn't yet come forth with
their explanation of this phenomenal
weather. GenerallyBrunswick
county people may expect
some freezing weather
somewhere toward the end of
October, and if it happens this
year, there's got to be a drastic
change in the temperature from
what it is now.
Some people are freely predicting
that the hurricane which
is making up off the coast of
Florida now may bring an end
to the heat wave when the tail
end of it hits this section, if in
truth it does.
?
\TE
d News paper
Southport, N. C., We
Bus Drivers Hear
State Official
Talk On Safety
C. C. Brown, Equipment Engineer
For State School
Commission, Attended
Dinner Given Friday Foi
Drivers
YOUNGSTERS TOLD
OF RESPONSIBILITY
Open Forum Session Held
To Give Principals And
Drivers Opportunity to
Ask Questions
Wanted
School bus drivers of Brunswick
county were honored Fridaj
night at a dinner given in theii
honor at Shallotte high school
C. C. Brown, equipment engineei
for the department of educatioi
was principal speaker and other!
in attendance included the schoo
principals, members of the countj
board of education, the countj
superintendent of schools and th<
county mechanic.
In a brief and informal talldirected
to the young bus driven
Mr. Brown sought to impresi
them with their tremendous re
sponsibility. He told them thai
North Carolina transports mori
school children more miles eacl
year than any other state in thi
union. There are 4,900 schoo
buses in operation, he said, car
rying 355,000 children to school
and 85-perccnt of these vehicle
are being driven by student driv
era. t
"You are a hand-picked group,'
he told the young boy and gir
drivers. Your school principals
your neighbors and others havi
said by their act of naming yoi
as a bus driver that you are thi
best person in your community
for this job. Your very presenci
here tonight is a result of theij
fine vote of confidence in you.
"You will never have a mori
responsible job in your life thai
the one you now hold, regardles;
of whether you become leader
in your church your school o!
in your government. The safety o
the boys and girls who ride witl
you to and from school each daj
should be your first and las
consideration. Your job require
constant viligance.
"I want to call your attentioi
to the fact that while Nortl
Carolina is transporting more chil
dren more miles to school witl
greater safety than is shown bi
the record of any other state, yoi
are operating your buses on high
ways of a state that has one o
the worst fatality records in thi
United States. I warn you, there
fore, that you must not only lool
out for yourself, but must to
constantly on the alert for thi
mistakes of the other fellow."
During the open forum sessioi
which followed Mr. Brown sue
ceeded jn clearing up numerou
problems that have been preplex
ing the principals and the drivers
I oufc r^nvorninnr
UU TV ?J UVTVI lllllg
Returning Men
Selectees Who Have Com
pleted Twelve Monthi
Training Automatically
In Enlisted Reserve Corp:
The War Department has au
thorized the discharge of certaii
men in the armed forces and th
relief of others from active fed
eral service, General J. Van ?
Metts, State Director of Selectiv
Service, pointed out today. "Thes
men are now returning to thei
homes," Director Metts said, "an:
in their interest I wish to clar
ify their position under the Selec
tive Training and Service Act o
1940."
Men inducted through Selectiv
Service, who have served their 1
months and are released fror
active service, are transferred b;
the Army to the Enlisted Re
serve Corps. Yet, the Directo
pointed out, a man discharged fo
some specific reason prior to com
pletion of his twelve months' serv
ice, being separated from any mil
itary organization, is subject t
reclassification under the Selectiv
Training and Service Act.
Men who enlisted in the Arm;
of the United States subsequen
to September 15, 1940, for on
year's service with the Nations
Guard are definitely discharge
from the military service at th
expiration of their terms of enlist
meht, the Director said. Thes
men are subject to registratio
and classification under the Selec
tive Training and Service Acl
But under War Department regu
lations they are priviledged t
enlist promptly in the Enliste
Reserve Corps or in the Nations
{Continued on page 4)
P0R1
In A Good Con
dnesday, October 8, 19
POl
i
1
i H
^i*
r V \
r ' nBKKMK9H|r
>
l
f
f
% I
HBI
I^8
Ei i?y
>
MPgB
3
i LANDMARKS?Two pi;
3 shown above. The top photo
! in 1725. The lower picture s
s mer home. This tree is a con
r
j Visiting Troops
I Stage Thrilling
; SearchlightShow
t
3
Five silvery fingers raked
i the sky over Southport Tuesl
day night for an enemy plane
- which wasn't there, and Southl
port citizens looked on in
/ amazement at a glorius display
j of Uncle Sam's elaborate pre
parations for keeping enemy
f bombers from these shores.
e The Second Battalion of the
- 94th Coast Artilcry was in
t town ,and five giant search3
lights and an anti-aircraft gun
e were set up on tne garrison i
grounds where four-score years !
x ago cannon were mounted to |
. defend Ft. Johnston. But never
s in all the war-torn history of
. this section was there a more
colorful display from fighting
equipment.
The beams reared upward for
what appeared to be a distance
of several hundred feet, and
. there was frank skepticism
I when the men in charge said
that tho lights' rays were
traveling as much as six miles.
Near the close of the two-hour
practice period, however, doubts
were dispelled when the five
5 lights converged on old Bald
Head tower on Smith Island
n and showed it standing there
0 as plain as day. It was the first
time in many a year that local
1 citizens had seen anything of
e the old lighthouse at night,
e and was the only time in hisr
tory when the tower was plainj
ly visible from Southport after
.. nightfall.
,. The searchlight session over,
f the men soon were at play. A
dance in their honor was being
held at the Army-Navy Club
2 building, and during the evening
n practically every one of the
more than 400 men dropped by,
_ most of them to linger.
' Music for the dance was furnr
ished by the 94th orchestra.
Arrangements had been made
,_ for Mrs. J. W. Ruark to serve as
i chief hostess for the occasion,
0 her assistants being Mrs. H. W.
e Hood, Mrs. H. C. Corlette, Mrs.
J. D. Sutton and Mrs. J. G.
y Christian. Mrs. C. W. Easley spent
^ most of yesterday afternoon pree
paring punch for about five hunL1
dred?it turned out not to be
d enough?and Mrs. G. E. Hubband
e and Mrs. A. T. McKeithan served.
_ If anybody's name has been omite
ted, its a shame, for the cooperan
tive effort on the part of the
,_ ladies conspired to make this a
^ most enjoyable occasion, and of!_
ficers in charge of the men were
0 highly appreciative of the local
j effort.
j J. J. Loughlin, Jr., was coordinator
of the program.
I
[PIL
y ,1
V
[?2? hHBFQ
11 HB9
^i>^Bg? J.* |riWB
' ^ ,*'
? r
Y- -V,
" ' \
? ? T
?__ / '
iices of interest for every i
is a view of old St. Phillips
hows the Indian trail tree i
stant source of interest to n
Brunswick Coi
Is Hit-Ai
Murray B. Robbins, Filling
Station Proprietor, Hit
And Fatally Injured By
Automobile
DIED FEW HOURS
LATER IN HOSPITAL
Coroner John G. Caison Empannels
Jury But Says
There Are No Clues
To Driver
Murray B. Ribbins, 54-year-old
resident of the Winnabow community,
was struck by a hit-andrun
driver early Sunday evening
as he was crossing the highway
from his Bell Swamp filling station
to his residence on the op
posite side of the road.
Robbin's body was discovered
about 250 feet down the highway
toward Bolivia, where it had either
been dragged by the car which
hit him or where he had been
flung by the force of impact.
He was rushed to James Walker
Memorial Hospital in Wilmington
where he died shortly after midnight.
The following jury was empanneled
by Coroner John G. Caison:
W. E. Bell, Joel L. Moore, Price
Furpless, A. E. Furr, R. L.
Thompson and J. Berg. Coroner
Caison said that only minor clues
were available for officers to work
on, and that nobody has been arrested
in connection with the
case.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at 3 o'clock from the
Mill Creek Baptist church with
the Rev. A. L. Brown of Southport,
officiating, assisted by the
(Continued on page 4)
Convict Proba
Little Rest I
Walter Stevens, Columbus
county negro serving an 8months
sentence on the roads
at State Prison Camp near
Shallotte, may have only a very
short vacation when his term
is up about the first of January.
Monday a warrant was issued
requesting the presence of Stevens
before Judge Walter M.
Stanaland of the Recorders
court in Southport on January
5th, 1942. The warrant charged
him with breaking into the
store of G. T. Ruark at Shallotte
last Tuesday night and
stealing therefrom a quantity of
cigarettes.
At the same time another
warrant was issued, charging
Stevens with breaking into the
store of D. C. Andrews at Shallotte
on the same night and
,0T
HED EVERY WEDNESDAY
~ ?i1
f .
' U
7? 1
* "*
,'fjl Jp^C"
. "3J E jKjk(
lew visitor to Southport are
i Church which was erected
a the side yard of the Cranaturalists.
unty Man
id-Run Victim
*
' -
Tropical Storm
Heads This Way
Small-craft storm warning
was received here this morning
and local seafaring men were
advised of a small tropical disturbance
that was centered near
Alma, Ga, last night and moving
east-northeastward.
This is the same storm which
tore its way across Florida and
through a part of Georgia,
leaving in its wake nine dead
and countless injured in addition
to large property damage.
While the gale was known to
be headed in this direction,
, there was not much uneasiness
locally since the rorce 01 me
blow was diminishing rapidly.
Negro Is Fast,
So Is Justice
Colored Employee Of Visiting
Circus Captured Sunday
Night After Running
Out Of Laced-Up Shoe;
Sentenced Monday
? I
Wallace Miller, colored employee
of the Shelby Circus, must have
| established some kind of record
for being fleet of foot Sunday
night when he ran right out of
his laced-up shoe while fleeing
from the Tom Hickman home into
which he had been caught peeping
a moment before.
He was caught and turned over
(continued on page four)
bly Will Get _
between Terms
stealing therefrom an iron safe
containing approximately $100.
The safe was carried away,
broken into and the contents removed.
Deputy Sheriff M. C. Tripp
and other officers who investigated
the two robberies went to
the convict camp and arrested
Stevens. Practically all of the
money from the Andrews safe
was found hidden in his cell.
It was located in a small heater,
in the bedding of Stevens's
bunk and in his shoes.
Stevens was a trusty at the
camp, and it was understood
that he just felt a craving for
some cigarettes, etc, as well as
for some pocket change. So he
took a night off from the camp
and his fellow lodgers and really
got himself in trouble.
1 I
I
.
Most Of The News
All The Time
$1.50 PER YEAl - j
N Y A Project '
Brings Training
To Young Girls
Eighteen Young Brunswick
County Girls Being Given
Opportunity To Earn
While They Learn
MISS DOZIER IS
THE SUPERVISOR
Typing, Shortland, Bookkeeping
And English Are
Subjects Being Taught
In This Class
Eighteen girls representing a
number of communities of Brunswick
county arc now enrolled in
a NYA training class for which
Miss Margaret Dozicr is supervisor.
Recently when the work, which
is a 56,010.80 project, was stopped
county officials raised such a
fuss that NYA officials re-opened
the program which is destined to
give practical vocational training
to a score of young Brunswick
county lassies.
The girls arc required to put
in a minimum of 80 hours each
month in clerical work, which is
a part of their training in typewriting,
shorthand and bookkeeping.
Their practical experience is .
being gained in several county
and municipal offices where they
are supplying clerical assistance
that would not otherwise be available
for these offices.
In order that NYA student
service may be uninterrupted for
these offices, the month is divided
into two work periods, with one
set of girls working from the 18th
to the 4th, and another group
coining on the 4th and leaving on
the 17th.
Miss Dozier, the supervisor,
says that there is room for at
least three more students in the
course and is anxious to interview *
prospects this week. The pay is
$19.00 per month for the 80-hours
work.
The following girls are working
in the following offices: County
auditor: Marjorie Potter?Irene
Clemmons; Register of Deeds:
Madeline Robinson and Mavis
Watkins?Letha Arnold and Katharine
Willetts; Clerk of Court:
Evelyn Autrey?Arnett Stanaland;
County Superintendent of Schools:
Thelma Sellers?Elizabeth Henry;
Welfare: Doris Lewis?Ethel Willetts;
Board of Health: Eula May
Smith?Lcttic Sellers; Home Demonstration:
Othelia Outlaw and
Marjorie Jones?Evelyn Loughlin;
City Hall: Margaret Bartclls.
Former Resident
Passes Suddenly
T. H. Lindsey Died Suddenly
Friday Morning In
Wilmington Hotel; Former
Senator From Brunswick
Thomas H. unuscy, iormer r
State Senator from Brunswick
County and a resident of Durham
for a number of years, died in his
room at a Wilmington hotel Friday
of a heart attack.
Mr. Lindsey, who represented
the old Tenth District in the General
Assembly of 1931, was a
son of Mrs. John M. Lindsey ol|
Durham and the late Mr. Lindsey. |
He lived in Southport for 18 years ,
and was prominent there in |
church and civic affairs.
(Continued on page 4)
_______ ,
Tide Table
Following is the tide table
for Southport during the next
week. These hours are appro- [
vimately correct and were furnished
The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association.
High Tide Low Tide
TIDE TABLE
Thursday, October 9
9:41 a. m. 3:40 a. tn.
10:07 p. m. 4:13 p. m.
Friday, October 10
10:19 a. m. 4:10 a. m.
10:31 p. m. 4:31 p. m.
Saturday, October 11
11:02 a. m. 4:42 a. m.
11:40 p. m. 5:33 p. m.
Sunday, October 12
11:51 a. m. 5:23 a. m.
6:35 p. m.
Monday, October 13 '
0:36 a. m. 6:28 a. m.
12:47 p. m. 7:45 p. m.
Tuesday, October 14
1:17 a. m. 7:49 a. m.
1:49 p. m. 8:48 p. m.
Wednesday, October 13
2:11 a. m. 8:38 a. m.
2:33 p. m. 9:42 p. Ob
:J
'