JL pilot Covers
Ljjiswick County
Jr0OEW ~NOT
kthport
fronstriH
I Wort]
I McMillan, Of Wil. I
g-inn, Is Successful
Rf According To An
Lament From WashFjhaT
WORK here
ileliered Likely That I
Will I
jgjton
f^On Construction
At Southport
I,.. to a:: Associated
V ";:h appearing- in this
I . < WilmingF?%.
star Finley McMil|s
r.:"gton is one of the
I , iers on a gevf.
-.-tract for the constructs
wooden barges for use
I-i-i waterway,
lonximate dimension of
L;; ue 18x60 feet, and it
I'tKjsaiy for the successtvr
to make delivery at
pi Orleans or Mobile. It
L :,od that delivery of
fcc barge must be made
I# daw and the last within
Elm the date of the
I ;; t bidders and their
L McMillan, Wilmington,
pit 55.300. Thomas Martiny
Co. Inc.. Norfolk, Va..
HIS; Epsy Paving and
fed Co. Savannah, Ga.,
WfiSl
Iktv behind this story is
Ifecld be of interest to
r. and Brunswick county
K! W B. Keziah. secretary
| iek County Chamber
perce. learned several
t about the contract for
pari immediately wrote
dime commission ior
car?
iarcay these plans, totiSi
bid forms and other
it material arrived air
jeca: delivery. There was
fee to be lost even then,
nay was set as the deadt
receiving bids on the
eg that McMillan has
teg some barges of this
Kmcted at Southport for
I fw months, Keziah at
it" a long distance call
i Wilmington man telling
I the information in hand
it opportunity for securi
Ktk if the effort were
pcklySas
advised that he would
t on Sunday morning to
(government papers, and
a to fill the appointment.
? -.mediately interested,
*Wore he left that he
1 to go to Washington to
to the matter personally. '
to; word from the project
t today's paper. McMillan
ls Washington and thereto*!
not be contacted this
! W greatest local interis
the question of
'fte barges will be built
r s Wilmington. There is
?:" to hope that it will
southport. since there is
I"! and more labor rea>'The
fact that Mr.
t "ready is engaged in
* Jt Southport lends color
Sent
jj* the ease, there seems
' 10 believe that there
"4 immediately for all
^Tenters, since a 30_
''s set for delivery of
taT aftcr the contract
,7;" the contract to de' ;y
un'ts within the 1105
filled there will be
Page four)
^ Citizen
'Laid To Rest
Conducted
(r I. Afternoon For
^tiien RcsPect*
^ *niCf! for i'eter EichIth'il"1
at his home
h>m the Zion MethodIk
*on,ll|y afternoon at
"?; ? ' "r?.
? D(.y
his widow;
t ?;Mrs- C. H. Hare,
bj; Urray, Mrs. C. W.
* ?nlMrs Pcte Koen:
?* *- B. F? and J. A.
Irj. ?, Wilm'ngton; one
*0,os, n?ra Boslin, of
?rantl chi|dren and
It, Brand children.
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May Be Si
:tion Of $
ti Govermi
Late War
Bulletins
The trend of the news during
the past week from the
various theatres of war has
been both good and bad.
In the Philippines American
forces have been making a
brave stand against overwhelming
odds, and although the Japs
are being forced to pay heavily
for each gain they make, they
still are threatening the hold
this nation has on that Pacific
stronghold.
At Singapore, too, the British
have been forced to back up
before the Japanese in Malaya,
and although that great naval
base is not seriously threatened,
some uneasiness Is being felt
by allied sympathizers.
In a bright vein is the recent
success of the till ted States
fleet in taking care of several
Japanese naval vessels reported
to include at least one submarine,
a cruiser and at least two
(Continued On Page Four)
Highway Coi
Decide
New Steel Bridge Over Inland
Waterway Will Be
Located At Site Of Present
Crossing, According
To Report
ROAD TO BEACH TO
BE RESURFACED
This is In Lieu Of The Proposed
New Causeway
And Bridge Direct
From Southport To
Caswell
It was reliably reported here
this week that the State Highway
Commission is making plans
for the immediate construction of
a new bridge over the inland
waterway at the site of the
present pontoon draw bridge.
Estimated cost of the new
structure, which is to be of steel,
is $110,000.00, and in addition to
this work it is understood that
the highway commission will refVio
nrocont mad with the
OUIIOVC utv |/<vwv..?
idea of making it suitable for
heavy traffic. Estimated cost of
the resurfacing is $200,000.00.
These changes are being made
with the idea of affording better
and more reliable transportation
facilities for Caswell Section
Base. Original surveys and estimates
were for a new causeway
and bridge directly from Southport
to the base, but investigation
showed the cost of this pro(Oontlnuea
on page 4)
First Aid Class
To Be Taught
Accredited Course To Be
Offered In Southport and
All Interested May Take
Course
A course in first aid will be
taught locally under the sponsorship
of the Brunswick County
Defense Council according to announcement
this week by W. S.
Wells, chairman.
Among those who plan to take
the course are WPA _ foremen
and time keepers, and other interested
persons are urged to at(Continued
on page 4)
Febuary 16th
As Day t
W A SIII N CTON ? President
Roosevelt, mustering: the nation's
manpower for "final and complete"
defeat of the Axis, today
ordered men between the ages of
20 and 44, inclusive, to register
on February 16 for active military
duty.
The order, issued under the
amended Selective Service Act
will create a new reservoir of
10,000,000 men from which fighting
forces can be drawn for the
Army, Navy and Marine Corps.
Inductions wil lbe covered by
the rapidity with which the draftees
can be equipped and housed.
ITic revised Selective Service
A.TE
>d News paper
Southport, N. C., We
Meeting Is Set
Tomorrow Nite
To Start Class
Mrs. L. C. Fergus, K. N., who
volunteered to teach the course
to train nurses' aids for the
American Re.d Cross, has called
a meeting for tomorrow
(Thursday) evening in the
Brunswick county courthouse
for the purpose of organizing a
class In home nursing.
Both the course in home nursing
and for nurses' aids will be
conducted under the auspices
of the Brunswick County Chapter,
American Bed Cross. All
those who are interested, reI
gardless of where they may
live, should attend this meeting,
which will be largely for
the purpose of explaining the
course.
New Bridge To
Be Built Over
Brunswick River
District Engineers Ask For
Objections To Proposal
To Erect A New And
Broader Span This Side
Of Wilmington
TO MAKE HIGHWAY
NUMBER 17 SAFER
iULIKilOi
Such deserters are forever in(Continued
on page 4)
Designated
ror Registration
; Act requires the registration of
i men between the ages of 18 and
64, inclusive. It subjects only
those who have passed their 20th
birthday, but not yet reached 45
to active service. Those between,
18 and 19, and 45 and 64, inclusive,
arc liable for noncombatant
work. They will be registered
later.
Not all eligibles between 20 and
44, inclusive, will be required to
registed under today's order.
THOSE EXEMPT
The 17,500,000 men between the
ages of 21 and 35 who registered
on the first call issued on October
i (Continued Oil Page 4)
E ST,
A Goc
4 PAGES TODAY
ite For
265,000
ent Barges
| AT SOUTHPORTI
Spar
BBimK 3 ' ^.'v |s
Bf* JHBft*
Rev. Maurice Fitzgerald of the
Paulist Fathers is conducting a
j Mission at the Sacred Heart Catholic
Church in Southport this
week. Services will continue
through Saturday, beginning at
7:30 o'clock each evening.
Timission
s About Span
*
1 Inheritance For
Former Resident
Officials in Los Angeles, California,
last week querried the
local Chamber of Commerce in
an effort to locate relatives of
Lottie McNally, who as a widow,
Lottie Smith, married Captain
Edward >1. Gaul at Southport
on April 26th, 1901. Her
first husband was a John Smith
and she was 29-years of age
at the time of her second mari
riage to Captain Gaul, according
to records in the court house
here.
There aw numerous John
Smith's in the marriage records
of this count}', but none of them
are listed as having married a
Lottie McNally. It is supposed
here that she was reared clseI
where and married a John
j Smith in some other count}-,
I afterwards coming here and
I marrying Captain Gaul. It is
understood that there is an
estate to be settled with her
relatives, if they can be found.
The local organization will bo
glad of any information regarding
Lottie McNally-Smlth-Gaul.
Desertion Is
Serious Offense
Men Who Desert From U.
S. Armed Force Voluntarily
Relinquish Rights
Of Citizenship
General J. Van B. Metis, State
Director of Selective Service, announced
today that under the provisions
of Federal law (RS 1996
and 1998; Sec. 1, Act of August
22. 1912 (37 Stat. 356) 8 USC 11;
34 USC 1200), all persons who
desert the military service in time
of war are deemed to have voluntarily
relinquished and forfeited
their rights of citizenship, as
well as their rights to become
Hearing Scheduled At Request
Of State Highway
Commission, who Plans
Improvement
A modern, wider highway
bridge to replace the present narrow
structure over the Brunswick
river on If. S. Highway 17 three
miles west of Wilmington has
been proposed by the state highway
department, it was revealed
last week.
Building of the. new bridge is
a part of the state highway department's
present program of
highway widening and modernization
over the state. When completed,
the new bridge will materially
facilitate the flow of traffic
on U. S. 17, one of the chief
transportation links between Wilmington
and the south and west.
Since the beginning Of the defense
program, the highway has
been under constant use by a
heavy flow of traffic, day and
night.
Application for a permit to replace
the present river bridge and
to build a temporary bridge, 35
feet up stream from the present
bridge, has been filed with the
U. S. District Engineer office
here.
According to the plans submitted
by the state highway department,
the new bridge will have a
fixed span with a horizontal clearance
of 44 feet and a vertical
clearance of 8.3 feet above mean
low water in the river.
The temporary bridge will be a
fixed span structure with a horizontal
clearance of 15.5 feet and
a vertical clearance of 8.3 feet,
above mean low water.
A public hearing, for the purpose
of receiving criticism and
suggestions concerning the construction
of the two bridges, from
the standpoint of navigation, will
be conducted by the Engineer office
in the U. S. courthouse of the
fMiatnmhnnsA VlPTP at 11 a. m. Oil
Jan. 9.
For accuracy of records all important
facts and arguments
should be submitted in writing, in
advance to the Engincei office
here, or handed in at the hearing.
All interested persons are invited
to attend.
Boys And Girls
Back To School
College Students Have Returned
To Their Respective
Institutions Following
Christmas Vacation
The following girls and boys
have returned to their respective
colleges and universities after
spending the Christmas holidays
here with their parents:
Misses Josephine Moore and
Victoria Lancaster, Greensboro
College; Miss Doris Corlette, Atlantic
Christian College; Miss Wilma
Barnctt, East Carolina Teachers
College; Miss Marion Frink,
Lenoir-Rhync; Miss Mary Dick
Cannon, University of North Carolina;
Harold Aldridge, Wake Forest
College; Edward Taylor,
Davidson College.
Numerous other boys and girls
from other communities in the
county have returned to the various
institutions for their college
work.
?
POR'
In A Good Coi
dnesday, January 7, 1(
This Is Season
For Making Fire
Lanes On Farm
Recent Rains Make This A
Bad Time For Plowing
Fields And Good Time
For Building Fire Lanes
LITTLE CARE NOW
SAVES BIG WORRY
Combination Of Plowed
And Burned Fire Lanes
Will Protect Timber
Later In Year
Following the recent rains that
have filled the streams and soaked
the lands there is, for the moment,
very little danger from forest
fires. Still that season of the
year when winds and possible dry
weather will bring real danger is
near.
Practically all Brunswick county
land owners now regard their
growing young timber as a real
farm crop. Despite this realization
of woods being a crop and its
value, too few of the land owners
arc disposed to put in the little
work that is necessary to safeguard
the crop from woods fires.
This may be due to the fact that
when the ground and woods are
wet there is very little danger.
When it is dry the farmers and
land owners are too busy with
other crops to put in the work
that results in the difference between
saving and loosing a valuable
crop of woods product.
County Forest Warden Dawson
Jones was in town last night and
UlIKUlg (lUUUL U1C Illipui v'l1ui
the woods crop, he said that right
now was the time when land
owners ought to be using their
tractors or other plows to cut fire
lanes that will stand against dry
weather and the windy days that
are sure to come a little later
when the farmers will be busier
and cannot take time out for
such work.
| On most farms it is too wet to
plow now, but for the purpose of
constructing fire lanes in the
woods plows can be used without
darner: to the soil. Choice star '
of young timber, and in fact all
young timber, should be protected
as well as possible against the
coming of dry and windy weather.
While the woods are as damp as
they are it is possible to triple the
protection with only a moderate
use of the plow and the burning
off on additional space as backing
to the plowed lane. With things
as they now are, the decayed
matter on the ground will bum
slowly and without much danger
of the fire getting away or doing
damage to the trees in the
comparatively narrow swatne mat
should be burned.
In spite of the lessened danger
in burning such lanes during the
damp weather, it is advisable, says
Mr. Jones, to burn the lanes in
the late afternoons and early
nights. There is usually very little
wind at such times and this greatly
reduces the possible danger of
the flames spreading.
In addition, if it is possible to
do so, it is always advisable to
burn the lanes against the wind,
even if the wind be ever so light.
A fire going against the wind is
much safer and it creates so
little heat that it does no damage
and can be extinguished easily
when a sufficient area has
been burned over to afford protection.
The warden was very much sold
on the need of the land owners
realizing fully what a valuable
crop they have in their woods
and on the need of everything
possible being done right now,
under the present favorable conditions,
to protect this woods crop
against the time, a little later in
the year, when it will be in great
danger.
New Postmaster
Begins At Supply
Miss Lottie Jane Frink Takes
Over Duties Of Office
From Douglas Hawes,
Acting Postmaster
The appointment of Miss Lottic
Jane Frink as postmaster at
Supply has recently been confirmed
by the United States Senate
and she has taken over the
duties of that office.
She succeeds Douglas Hawes,
who was filling the position as
acting postmaster.
During the period that the latter
.served the postoffice was located
in the R. Galloway store
of Sunnlv. The office is now
"" r**? / - quartered
in a new building
fronting on U. S. Highway No.
17, that was especially constructed
for the purpose.
,0T
r ?
SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
S OF BOARD
m n
P
4am
iskell, left, has been named
rien, right, secretary of the
ationing Board. Applications
to purchase tires may be obiffice
of the Register of Deeds
ig For
bounty Begins
?L?
r pii
nmunity
942 PUBLi
MEMBER
n Br*, i
. ' ml
v Hk
OFFICIALS?L. T. Yj
chairman and Prince O'B
Brunswick County Tire R
for certificates with which
tained from a clerk in the c
in Southport.
Tire Rationir
This (
Soldier-Sailor
Brothers Meet
Unfortunately for this story
the names of the parties were
not learned, but the story' 's
vouched for as true.
One soldier at Fort Bragg
has been in the army for more
than a year and during that
time he has not seen his relatives.
Recently a younger brother
enlisted in the Navy and
was assigned to Fort Caswell.
This past Saturday night the
soldier came to Southport, saw
- sailer in uuiform c the street
and walked up behind him to
ask for Information. Tapping
the sailor on the shoulder he
gave his name, said he had a
brother at Fort Caswell and
asked if the sailor knew his
kinsman. The sailor turned
around and the soldier discovered
to his surprise that the
man he had tapped on the back
was the brother he was asking
about.
Seven Cases In
Recorder's Courf
Monday Saw A Number 01
Interesting Cases Triec
Before Judge Walter M
Stanaland
In Recorder's Court here Mon
day seven cases were heard bj
Judge Walter M. Stanaland.
Ruby Tilson, white, pleadec
guilty to charges of drunk driv
ing and speeding and was giver
30 days on, the roads. This judg
ment was suspended upon pay
ment of a fine of $50.00 and cost!
of the case, the defendant's driv
ing license to be suspended foi
12 months.
Laura Smith, white, was fount
not guilty of larceny and th<
costs of the case were taxet
against the prosecuting witness
Notice of appeal was given, ant
bond was set at $100.00.
The case against H. O. John
son, colored, and Robert Hawes
white, was nol prossed.
Sam Burris, white, was giver
8 months for transporting ant
possession. Judgment in this cast
was suspended upon payment ol
costs and a fine of $100.00. No
tice of appeal was given and bone
was set at $500.00.
(Continued on page 4)
If The Girls D<
Seems Its T
OH maids and gay young
widows?both varieties ? may
?complain all they want to
about their plight, but
waste. 110 more sympathy on
them. The men are here for the
asking?or accepting.
This is according to figures
contained in a recent census report
from the department of
commerce which shows that the
male population of Brunswick is
327 greater than the 8399 women.
This means, of course, that
there is a man for every woman,
with that many extras.
There arc other interesting
facts contained in the census
T? .
L. T. Yaskell Made Chairman
Of Local Group,
With Prince O'Brien
Named Secretary; J. A.
McNeill Tire Inspector
APPLICATIONS ARE
BEING RECEIVED
Tires And Tubes Available
To Limited Number Of
Users; Must First Have
Old Tires Retreaded
L. T. Yaskell has been named
chairman of the Brunswick County
Tire Rationing Board, with
Prince O'Brien secretary. Third
member of the board is James M.
Harper, Jr., and J. A. McNeill
has been named tire inspector.
Temporarily at least the local
board will have no office of its
own, but applications for tires and
tubes may be made at the office
of the Register of Deeds with a
clerk who is stationed there to attend
to these matters. The board
will go through all applications on
Friday of each week and successful
applicants will be notified that
they may secure certificates for
the purchase of the desired equipment.
The county's quota for January
. has been set at 9 new tires and
8 new tubes for passenger cars,
p motorcycles and light trucks and
| 26 new tires and 22 tubes for
trucks and buses.
As soon as the tire rationing
committee begin work, the procedure
for Brunswick firms and
f individuals, who think that they
are entitled to new tires and
I (Continued On Page Four)
: Beer Retailers
; Are Licensed
Total Of Thirty-One Retail
l Beer Dealers Are Licen;
sed In Brunswick County
1
RALEIGH, Jan 5?The State
I Department of Revenue has issued
retail beer licenses to 31 outlets
in Brunswick county.
Figures compiled by the Brewers
and North Carolina Beer Dis.
tributors Committee, as of Decern
1 ber 31, disclosed that 4,822 retail
> outlets have been licensed by the
f state for the 1941-42 fiscal year.
- It is probable that the number
1 will reach 5,000 before the tax
year (for beer licenses) ends
(continued on page four)
in't Marry
"heir Own Fault
release. The total white population
of the county is 11,326
of which all but 28 arc nativeborn.
There are 5,792 negroes
and 7 inhabitants of other races.
The report shows that in this
county ther; are 1,978 children
below 5-years of age; 7,736 residents
between the ages of 5 and
24 years of age; 6,640 inhabitants
between the age3 of 24 and
64 years of age; and 771 persons
over the age of 65. There
are 8,612 residents over 21years
of age.
Rural farm population for
? ijrunswius is sci &\ v,^v%
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Most Of The News
All The Time
$1.50 PER YEAR
Frozen Fillet
And Shrimp To
Be Packed Here
United Shrimp Company
Plans To Pack All Seafood
Shipments In FivePound
Cardboard Cartons
CO-OPERATE WITH
STORAGE HOUSES
Will Be Able To Place Prepared
Seafood On Market
Near At Home
And Open Up New
Territory
With Wilmington cold storage
houses colaborating, neat 5-pound
boxes of frozen fillet of fish are
now being placed on the market
by Lewis J. Hardee of Berwick,
La., and Dallas Piggott of Southport.
Operating under the firm
name of United Shrimp Company,
they plan to pack their products
in neat, oiled cardboard boxes,
freeze the whole thing and keep
it on storage until distributed to
the consumer.
Both fish and shrimp will be
packed in 5-pound boes. An initial
shipment of 35,000 containers
has already been received. The
fish, each kind packed separately,
are cleaned to the point of being
ready for the frying pan, packed
in the boxes and contents frozen
and kept that way until distributed
to the housewives. In this
way fish can be kept as fresh as
they were on the day they were
taken from the water for a year
or more.
Due to no recent catches, no
shrimp have been packed and
frozen thus far, but the company
expects to be able to stock up in
la few days. Like the fish, the
shrimp will be cleaned and packed
in 5-pound boxes, frozen and stored
in the cold storage houses in
Wilmington until they are called
for. As in the case of fish, the
shrimp will keep in a perfectly
fresh condition for many months.
The frozen waxed cardlxard
boxes can be transferred to kitchen
refrigerators and kept for a
considerable length of time after
being removed in their hard-frozen
condition from the cold storage
places.
This method of freezing and
preserving seafood is new on this
portion of the Atlantic coast. In
] Louisiana there are several score
I eoofAnrl nrnHurnrfl who nack CTfiat
quantities of fish and shrimp in
these five-pound waxed boxes.
Using this method they have built
up a great business in interior
Louisiana and adjoining states,
saving much costly transportation
(continued on page four)
County Defense
Meet At Bolivia
Officials Of B r u n swick
County Defense Council
Held Meeting Last Night
Representatives of the Brunswick
County Defense Council
met last night in Bolivia for the
purpose of perfecting an emergency
organization to function in
case of emergency caused by any
development of the war.
Attending the meeting from
Southport were W. S. Wells,
chairman of the defense council;
Chas. M. Tropp, county air raid
warden; R. L. Brendle, WPA supervisor
;and Mayor John D.
Eriksen. Sheriff Dillon L. Ganey
land G. T. Reid also attended.
1
Tide Table
Following is the tide table
for Southport during the next
week. These hours are approximately
correct and were furnished
The State Fort Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association.
High Tide Low Tide
TIDE TABLE
Thursday, December 25
0:51 a. m. 7:16 a. rr.
1:10 p. m. 7:38 p. m.
Friday, December 26
1:14 a. m. 8:19 a. m.
O.Afl n ? Q-1Q n m
v.VU J?? in 0?*w !' a?
Saturday, December 27
2:39 a. ni. 9:16 a. m.
3:01 p. m. 9:21 p. m.
Sunday, December 28
3:36 a. m. 10:08 a. m.
1:01 p. m. 10:11 p. m.
Monday, December 28
4:30 a. m. 10:57 a. m,
1:55 p. m. 10:57 p. oh
Tuesday, December 30
5:19 a. ni. 11:44 a. at
5:43 p. ni. 11:43 p. m.
Wednesday, December 31
6:01 a. m. .
6:26 p. m. 12:30 p. flfr r'
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