|| I The Pilot Covers r.runswick (bounty m no. fourteen no Ihservers To Aid In Pilot Training I In This Area Observer Corps Is : t! To Be Diligent In Hiuii' Watches And In ^Reporting Passing Of All *lanes oi nd observers should keep on job Hjs Is Very Important Part i The Training of Fight.^Kr Pilots For Our Air Fighters to letters sent out ? the Wilmington Air Region I .^K.lquai tors the Aircraft Warn Service has been assigned the1 i extremely important task ' I assisting in the training of i ^ftt,: pilots. This, states ad-1 , ". letters, is a tremendous e l rails for the un ; cooperation of every den the AircraTt Warning . e-pecially in the Ground t will be the responsibility of ti'eur.d Observer Corps to see: each f ight is sighted and tiekly and accurately ^ tht Information Center. This ^ i -he Tntercent. Officer' il : I.iron Commander to! I position of their flights I tble them to determine j It win: :"give of accuracy the I are executing the orders I them The observers will I I, escbpially watchful atj I s A. Webster, Signal j ftps Ground Observer Officer, I to say m letters mailed I to all in charge of [.; i observer Corps: Four pilots will be new, flying [r new territory where serious hsequencies can result from the khtest miscalculations in their j Erse. These boys are the best has to offer. It is our [ponsihility to assist them bush their fledgling stage un| they sprout forth confident, |1 grown eagles capable of iashing the Axis buzzards from f skies . ? I ' Think before you pass -this I sponsibility off too lightly: If i were my son, how would I feel] he should come to harm be-1 use of my neglect? What could do to compensate for a plane j it by my indifference to duty? j t can not over emphasize the | portance of this task. Observ-1 l must watch twenty-four (24) urs a day, three hundred sixty's 11651 days a year until every nblance of enemy resistance i been smashed." o Negroes In Monday's Court sssion Held by Judge John Ward Was An All White Affair, So Far As Defendants Were Concerned Mondays session of the councourt was marked by the fact it not a single negro was callfor trial for any sort of ofise. it was strictly an affair r white men and white women. # following matters were handMax K. Myers (white) reckless eratior.. 60 days on roads or :e of $25 00 and costs, $10.00 of (Continued on page 7) Ration Pointers B and C gas coupons no longer pire ? Use them till they're w Then apply at the ration ?rd for a new book. Stove dealers must register tween Sept. 1 and 3. gasoline?a-6 coupons are valid through Nov. 21. All Lsolir.e coupons in the possession car owners must be endorsed th the owner's license number pf state of registration. sugar?Stamp No. 14 good for pounds through October, 'amps Nos. 15 and 16 are good >r olbs each for home canning upbses through October 31. ouscwives may apply to their ^ ration boards for more if tcessary. SHOES -Stamp No. 18 (1 pair) va'id through October 31. stoves Consumer purchases rationed stoves must be made 'i a certificate obtained at loJ War Price and Rationing Mrds. ^'eat etc. ? Red stamps X rj valid through October 2. Z ccir.cs valid September 5, and pp"* '-ahd through October 2. rKOCESSED FOODS ? Blue htnPSi.R' S' and T remain valid V hi September 20. V. V, and eIna Came va"d September 1 and *?!n valid through October 20. ... - ur 'jpzsr TH . 19 1 " ~ DAY IN ? I PIHS8F n a?r^" r^T ? Irf'r ' ???/* ? ->; -' ^Jjf^ THE SHRIMPING INDU5 with practically all local boat operating. Good catches are 1 are pleasing. Above view sho\ and at various tasks oi? one i keeps them in. Below, a nel bushels of shrimp is hoisted al elusion of a drag. Sunk In 13 th B Helena Proud American Cruiser! J Left Behind Her A Record That Few Any Warships Have Ever Equalled, And She Went l Down Fighting o: . ia SOUTHPORT SAILOR p AT HOME ON LEAVE s Bryant And Frank Potter u Were Among The Origi 1 ^ MomKpr? Of I " Hat v^icn _ Cruiser Which Sank 111 12 Jap Warships j1' During Her Last 13 Battles ,, 1 a A member of the crew of the Cruiser Helena from the clay when t, she was commissioned until she g,' went down in the battle of Kula, c seven weeks ago, Boatswain Mate v Bryant Potter is at home with ? his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. n Potter. He is on a 20-day leave, g at the end of which time he will S( report for duty on a new Cruiser, p His brother, Boatswain Mate ]( Frank Potter, is still somewhere | in the Pacific. He is understood!* to have only recently been dis-) charged from a hospital after re- ^ ceiving treatment for exposure, endured during the ten days that he and 160 other men from the sunken Helena were marooned on a Japanese occupied island. *" The boat in which Bryant left the doomed vessel was picked up three hours after the sinking. Frank was not so fortunate. With 161 other men, in an unstated number of boats, he landed on a Japanese held island. All had to play hide and seek with the ti Japs for ten days until American 0 warships learned of their plight y and went in, with guns blazing, i to take them off. ji Neither Bryant or Frank re p ceived a scratch during the h Helena's last battle, nor in any a of the other 13 engagements in f which she participated. Frank's f (Continued On Page Four' n Was With Boys S In Guadalcanal' h Pharmacist Roy Griffin, Of v Navy, Assigned To Duty 0 With The Marines, With h Boys Who Made Initial f Attack Of Japs f v Pharmacist Roy Griffin, of Mon- r roe, serving in the Navy and as- ^ signed to the Marines, spent yes-;v terday here, along with Mrs. Grif- 0 fin, who is a sister of Coroner W. E. Bell. v Serving sixteen years in the f Marines, he had retired and was a recalled two years ago. After v some months in Iceland he was J (Continued On Page Four* EST A Goo< ' S-PAGES TODAY )AY OUT i ? i -v 11' K>-:--^^vi ^Hk i H^Vwa j^^Hm.'HB;:' 1TPY ic nnw in full SWillC s and many from up state jeing made and the prices vs shrimpers mending nets of the days when weather ; with its catch of several loard a trawler at the conattle Not Unlucky Vill Foreclose On City Tax Payers Delinquint Tax Collector Joe oughlin of Southport has mailed ut final and definite notice to considerable1 number of City Tax ayers. Unless they pay up before eptember 8th they will find leir property being advertised nder foreclosure proceedings. "This" says the tax collector, means they must pay now or ley will either lose their properf outright or find themselves assssed with the additional cost of re advertising, in the event that iey wait and pay up before the ctual sale." Inquiry reveals that the propery to be foreclosed upon includes ome homes. In other cases vaant and unimproved lots are inolved. In all cases, the city taks the position that practically all ix payers have been and are laking good money. There is nc ood reason wny uiey snuum n?< ettle now and, if they fail to ay, they must be prepared to >se their property. )hrimp Trawler Damaged In Fire "iremen Found It Necessary To Chop Hole In Hull And Flood ,And Sink Craft To Prevent Total Destruction Along With New Engine A large shrimp boat belonging o Harry Varnum of Supply anc perated by one of his nephews /as badly damaged by fire here "hursday afternoon. The craft hac list been overhauled and equiped with a brand new seventeer undred dollar engine, which war iso considerably damaged. Ir act, the engine was only savec rom complete destruction by firenen cutting a hole in the boat "his allowed it to flood and sini /ith only the pilot house being estroyed. The craft had just arrived her< o begin the seasons shrimping L member of the crew is said t( lave been cleaning the carburetei f the engine while another mar /as getting supper on a nearbj il stove. The stove is said t< ave become overheated, the lames getting to the loose oi rom the carbureter. The crafl /as raised next day, temporary epairs were made to the hole thai ad been chopped and the hul /as towed back to Supply for ar verhauling. Saturday morning the firemer /ere again called to the water ront, this time in response to ar farm from the Brunswick Na igation Comp'anys boat, th< ohn M. Morehead. A fire origin (Continued on page i) ATE i News paper Ii Southport, N. G., We I United War Fund Meet Wednesday! To Layout Plans I 'Officials Of Drive To Meet i At Court House, Interested Citizens Of Town And County Asked To Attend COMMITTEES NAMED TO MAKE THE DRIVE ! Mrs. S. B. Frink Heads The Drive, Assisted By An I Able Body Of Workers Who Will See That We Go Over Top Mrs. S. B. Frink, chairrpan of I the United War Fund Drive, has <} announced that there will be a ' 1 meeting of the various officials in, s charge of the drive, at the court jj house next .Wednesday, Sept. 8th, [ a at 8:00 p. m. At this meeting ii plans for the work will be out- j r lined. i Interested people frpm through- t i out the county are invited to at- j | tend this meeting. The Field Representative from Winston - Salem c will be present. The Committee in charge of I the United War Fund work is as { I follows: Mrs. S. B. Frink, chair- j son, Joe Verzaal and Floyd Kir- ( man; R. F. Plaxco, Henry C. ( Stone, H. Foster Mintz, J. E. Dod- j by, executive committee; L. T. ^ Yaskell, treasurer; E. J. Prevatte, j budget; L. C. Fergus, initial gifts; Charles Trott, commerce and industry; Mrs. Thelma Willis, gen- ' eral canvas; Butler Thompson, 1 aitrirov and nnnta W R K&7.ifth. I | publicity. Third War Loan September Ninth Brunswick Has Only A Relatively Small Quota Of Bonds To Buy, Compared With Neighboring Counties North Carolina has a Th^tl j War Loan quota of 145 million I dollars, more than doubling the 162 million dollar quota in the secj ond drive, last April. The drive will get underway on September : 9th and extend through the 30th. R. F. Plaxco, county chairman, j says: I The Brunswick county quota, j for this third drive is $103,000, a j considerable increase over the j April quota. However, Brunswick j has the lowest quota of any i county in the 6th Region, comj posed of Bladen, Brunswick, Coi lumbus, Cumberland, New HanI over, Pender and Robeson couni ties. i The neighboring county of Co, lumbus has a quota of one mil. lion, one hundred and ninty-four . thousand dollars. On the east New [ Hanover county is expected to buy , , bonds for the grand total of six , million and fifty-three thousand ' ; dollars. | In relation to the quotas of , other North Carolina counties the quota of $103,000 in bonds for ' n/\nofifllfac Q oh Q llpn OT> OI UHOWi^n wunoukuitvu ? to Brunswick county. The quota should not be reached only after long and laborous effort, it should be met at the start. Brunswick, if the people are backing the boys on the fighting fronts as they should back them, should buy its full quota of Third Loan Bonds at (Continued on page 4) [ Gets Dozen Pounds At Just Two Casts i ; Using his light freshwater 1 tackle, equipped with a plug, post- i , master L. T. Yaskell caught two I s 6-pound largemouth bass, one i 1 afternoon this past week. He was fishing in one of the old meteoric 1 i holes or lakes near Orton Pond.! I i His fishing companion, Claude' i Winston, of Raleigh, got a five j' I pounder. With the coming of 'i cooler weather the bass are ex-, i . pected to begin taking artificial j ; lures much better than they did r during the hot days. ; Another Pants Kept It ) Last April Price Furpless, pro-, i minent local citizen, went to Wil-!, 1 mington and bought a new suit.! t At the same time he bought aj , contrasting pair of pants, t When he got home Mr. Price 1 didn't like the pants to the suit i because they had firtished themj' without cuffs. He put the suitj l pants away and started wearing' - the odd pants. l In June his son, Lanier Furp less went to town and also bought ; a new suit. When he got them: - home he found that the pants andj jcoat didn't match so he returned - - POR' i A Good Com idnesday, September 1 Officer Receives New Dimout Rules For This County i Chief Of Police Hickman Has Received Copy Of New Dimout Regulations That Effect All of Brunswick County SEVERAL COUNTIES J AFFECTED BY RULING , ' , Residences Or Commercial i Buildings Must Have 1 Lights Shaded. Or j Controlled Otherwise Chief of Police O. E. Hickman las received from Col. William S. |' 3ritchard of the War Department ' i copy of the new regulations j 1 ;overning dim-outs in the coastal j' ireas. The enforcement of the law I' s under Chief Hickman and I' nembers of the Auxiliary Police, 11 n addition to other officers j1 hroughout the county, and ad-1! oining counties. I * The dim-out area embraces allr >f New Hanover, Brunswick, Cur- ( ituck, Dare and Carteret counies; all of Ocracoke Island; that i )art of Onslow and Pender coun- i ;ies lying east of United States < lighway No. 17 from the Jones 1 iounty line to Jacksonville and | jast of North Carolina Highway < Mo. 53 from Jacksonville to Long- ( dew Drawbridge at the Pender- ; Bladen county line; thence with i 3ender County line to the junc- i .ion of the Pender-Columbus Brunswick county lines, excluding. ' however, the area within the town imits of Jacksonville, Burgaw ind Long Creek. Within the prescribed dim-out ireas artificial lighting on vehi;les, in residences, commercial juiidings, or in any otherwise manner, may be used only in the following manner. On vehicles: upper half of lens jf headlights must be obscured by jpaque material and motor vehi:les operated during the nights must be on depressed beams or iim lights only, throughout the Jim out zone. Motor vehicles must not be parked with lights towards the sea. Residences or commercial buildings must have lights shaded or otherwise controlled, either at the source of the light or at the open-1 ing of such building, in such manner that the source of light shall not be visible from any point outside of said building. Ail lights or reflections there from visible from the sea shall be blacked out so that they cannot be seen from any angle from the sea. The use of lights on advertising signs is not permitted anywhere in the open. A11 other exterior lights must be permanently shielded to not permit of their being visible at a distance of more than 50 feet. It is a misdemeanor to violate any of the provisions of the dim out, punishable by a fine or imprisonment, or both, in the dis- ' cretion of the court. Agent Urging Fall Gardens County Home Agent Urging The Planting And i Care Of Fall Gardens By Home Owners Miss Elizabeth Norfleet, Brunswick County Home Demonstration Agent, is preparing to launch her fall gardening campaign. Pointing out the fact that the Victory Garden effort, in the spring, did not turn out so well, owing to unfavorable weather, Miss Norfleet thinks that this should encourage, rather than discourage. There is no doubt that garden products may be sorely needed to supplement rationed foodstuffs! this winter and spring. Likewise, with the soil and climate, there are no doubts but what fall and winter gardens can easily be grown. Urging all householders to make (Couttnuxd on page 41 Story, In Tbe Family them on his next trip to the city and bought another suit. Last Sunday Mr. Price, wanting to dress up a bit for church, took out his never-worn pants and found that he had been given pants which didn't match. When he went back to the store they said they had the correct pants which he should have been given in the first place. They had been given to someone else by mistake. The wandering pants were produced and, as you've already guessed, they were the ones Lanier had been given back in June, j r pii imunity ^1943 PUBUS Gov. Appoints Labor Board Officials Named For Work Or F i g h a Program In Brunswick County; Penalty On Shirkers From Work Governor J. M. Broughton has! appointed members of the Labor! Mobilization Board, a board whose | Juty it will be to assist the chairman, J. W. Ruark, to see that loafers find gainful employment within the next few days. Else Jiey will be charged with being guilty of a misdemeanor and be subject to a fine or imprisonment,; >r both. The board for this county, as lamed by the Governor, is as folows: Charles M. Trott, Southjort; Foster Mintz, Bolivia; Chares E. Gause, Southport; Earnest 3ellamy, Shallotte: Levy Swain, Shallotte; John D. Eriksen, Southjort; J. E. Dodson, Supply; C. O. Bennett, Freeland; L. L. Hewett, Shallotte. Lee Clemmons, Supply; ] T. N. Sowed, Winnabow; Dawson' (ones, Leland; Rice Gwynn, Ash; Charles Lee, Southport. In announcing the appointments, Governor Broughton made t clear that this Board's first luty will be that of reporting to :he local representative of the U. 3. Employment Service the nam's and addresses of all able-bolied men in this county between ( 18 and 55 years of age who are | sot gainfully employed as much j is 35 hours per week. "If the unemployed person re- ( fuses to ' accept employment provided him by the service, or refuses any other gainful job of lisununueu on jrage ruur/ Board Begins ( Men Supplies Arrive For Loafer's Bench I Postmaster Wilbur Dosher ,of, Wilmington, who has probably; spent a good many of his loafing^ hours at Whittler's Park in Southport, has noted the plans to build concrete benches for the comfort j of the park patrons. This week, by parcel post pre-, paid, the Wilmington postmaster j sent the Southport postmaster, | who is very much after his own' kind, a five foot long white pine plank. The plank being addressed in care of Whittler's Park, the local post office force stuck one end of it in the mail drawer of; W. B. Keziah. Of course, the plank is to be used to whittle on.1 First Aid Courses Begin Sept. 13th flans hor hirst Aid Kea Cross Courses To Be Held At Shallotte And Waccamaw Beginning September Thirteenth i Miss Annie May Woodside, chairman of the Brunswick County Red Cross chapter, announces that there will be two classes taught in this county for first aid training starting on Sept. 13. Charles A. Mix, field representative for the Red Cross, will conduct the classes. Tentative plans include a class at the Waccamaw school in the afternoon of each day and a class at the Shallotte school in the evening. These classes will be primarily for instructor training so that a number of persons will become qualified to teach first aid later. However, others who are interested in having advanced first aid or refresher courses may enroll in these classes, too. Miss Woodside pointed out that these classes are a part of the Red Cross program of civilian defense and accident prevention which is being extended to every community in the county. "Not only is the First Aider trained to give emergency care before the doctor comes, but he is also trained to avoid accidents. First Aid not only saves lives and lessens injury; it also curtails economic loss to the nation and the in- j dividual," the Chairman said. "The skills and procedures of First Aid training are readily acquired and understood," Miss Woodside explained. "The course is full of interest and covers a variety of situations with which everyone has had acquaintance at some time or other. It includes emergency care of snake bite, wounds of various types, broken bones, poisoning, and asphyxla(Continued on page 4; 1 ,0T HED EVERY WEDNESDAY Schools Of Br Three 1 < Company Com. i{ Friends of Cadet Billy Bragaw, now undergoing his final period of training as a bomber pilot at the Naval Air Station, St. Louis, Mo., will be interested in knowing that he was appointed Company Commander of the Second Cadet Company on August 17th. In both Alabama and at Chapel Hill, where he had previous training, young Bragaw came through with the highest marks given any one in his class. It is understood he has about a month longer to train in St. Louis before graduating as a full flcdecd bomber nilot. falling X^ith Children Brunswick County Selective Service Board Has Received Orders To Begin Inducting Men With Children TAKE MEN NOT IN ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY Calling Of Fathers Has Been Deferred For Nearly A Year And Board Regrets Present Necessity As in the case of other Selective Service Boards throughout the United States, the Brunswick County Board has faced the necessity of calling married men with children with great reluctance. Such men who are not engaged in essential industry were supposed to be taken several months ago. Here, as in other counties, Chairman Price Furpless and the members of the board, Messers J. E. Carr and Joe Loughlin, have de ferret! action as long as possible. This week they received definite order to begin the work of calling men who are not in defense or essential industries. The following statement was today issued by General J. Van B. Meets, State Director of Selective Service: "Recent directives from National Headquarters require the reclassification of pre-Pearl Harbor fathers without regard to their eligibility for a III-A classification. Such registrants who are employed in war production or in support of the war effort are in no danger of reclassification. Such registrants whose induction would result in "extreme hardship and privation" to a wife, parent, or child, may be deferred for dependency in Class II-D. All other registrants now classified in III-A on account of their family /status should not be surprised if they receive notice that they have been classified in Class 1-A. "The fact that a pre-Pearl Harbor father finds himself in Class 1-A does not necessarily mean that he will be inducted imme(Continued on Page Four) Samuel E. Phelps Died Thursday Widely Connected And Respected Citizen Of Bolivia And Supply Passed At Home Of Son After Very Brief Illness ; Samuel Edward Phelps, 78-years of age and widely known and respected throughout Brunswick county, died at the home of his son, Robert E. Phelps, at Bolivia, last Thursday, the death following upon a very short illness. Mr. Phelps had a large family. He is survived by his widow, (Continued on Page Four) r Most Of The News AJ] The Time $1.50 PER YEAR ???????^?? unswick "eachers Short i Bolivia, Leland And Waccamaw Each Have One Vacancy For Session BeI ginning Today TO FILL PLACES IN A WEEK OR TWO List Of Those Who Are To Preside Over Classrooms For 1943-'44 Session In Schools Of County At a meeting with the superintendent. Miss Annie Mae Woodside. Monday afternoon, principals of all schools in Brunswick reported themselves in readiness for the opening of the fail session of school. In three cases, at Bolivia. Waccamaw and Leland, the faculty was found to be one teacher short of being full. Principals of these schools are understood to be expected to have these vaccan- A? i cies filled in short order. The list of teachers at the Shallotte school was published in this paper two weeks ago. At the Monday meeting the other schools reported their teachers, i who are as follows: WACCAMAW SCHOOL jjj J. S. Staton, principal; Mrs. Katie McKeithan, mathmatics. J Conrad Curtis, science; Mrs. Marion Woody, English; Mrs. Kate Soles, home economics; LcRoy I Mintz, agriculture. Elementary grades: Mrs. Daisy jErvin, 8th; Mrs. R. L. Cumbee, 7th; Miss fethel Stephenson and Miss Willie Kephart, 6th; Miss 1 Mary Lillian Watts and Mrs. Louis Formy Duval, 5th; Mrs. Phil Dodson and Mrs. Hugh Autry, 4th; Mrs. M. L. Galloway and Mrs. Coy Muckle, 3rd; Mrs Carrie Lee Ward and Mrs. A. L. Walton, Jr.. 2nd; Mrs. Sarah D. Wright and Miss Edna Earl Whithley, 1st grade. j BOLIVIA SCHOOL Glenn -Tucker, principal: Miss , [j. M. King, vocational agriculture; V Mrs. Blanche S. Tucker, English and French; Miss Lillian Campfield, music, Miss Ruby Gay Murrell, Math. Elementary grades: Wm. Hill, 8th grade; Miss Luna Whitaker, i 7th; Miss Nellie Walker Mc- J Cracken, 6th; Miss Mary Ellen Gibbs, 5th; Miss Jane Greenlee, 14th; Mrs. Frances Holden, 3rd; j Miss Louise Johnson, 2nd; Miss Mattalene McRae and Miss Bertha Reid, 1st grade. LELAND SCHOOL . At Leland S. D. Wright is principal; Mrs. George W. Turner and Miss Thomas are in the high school. The elementary list is as follows: Mrs. Bessie P. Marks, Mrs. Madge W. Bpll, Miss Doris L. Green, Mrs. Margaret W. Martin, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Smith, Mrs, Eva Ramsaur Knox and Miss Gertrude Maultsby. SOUTHPORT SCHOOL T t?.U 1 Ifro W. rt. 1-