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k fhe Pilot Covers M Brunswick County W>l no. fourteen "no Wartime Forest Wire Prevention Campaign Opens ^ ith Lumber And Other H Forest Products On The I High List Of Crucial War Material Efforts Are Be jn? Made To Prevent H Fires states in south m now cooperating j] Civic Organizations Are Hieing Urged To Do g Everything Possible In The Prevention Of I Forest Fires H < ]:> i iiution of the prime im-|( ..I lumber and other forH; products in the prosecution of 11 o war is the keynote of the : . Wartime Forest Fire Pre- } m Campaign which has open- , in eleven Southern States. With lumber high on the list H critical war materials, forest j i prevention assumes a greater ( H rtanc* tins year than at any)] i . in the Nation's history," 1 out State Forester J. S. i who is acting as co-'t imong State and Feder- I st personnel in bringing t : information before the I H Carolina public. i noiorn ivas timed to II ine >.i I:, with the Southland's i I ; forest fire danger period, f I: ling from October into the ( [ U. S. Department of Ag- ( (culture points out that last year Idi fires the South alone cost F? 000 1:1 damage ? to say I Lthmg of millions of man-hours ' | lal iverted from war prodbuon to put out fires. Besides Ee valuable wood and the mantiurs lost forever to the war efbit. .-moke palls from such fires J fear air fields cost several thouEnd hours of training of fledgelEg pilots. Fires in coastal areas Sdetl enemy submarine attacks E night by silhouetting ships, pie smoke palls also provided a , Eotective screen for underseas Marauders. ; Recognized import^je ^f^warline forest fire prevention, such 1 rganizations as 4-H Clubs, womn's and civic clubs, Chambers of bmnierce, railroads and forest idustries are helping personnel : the U. S. Forest Service and le North Carolina Division of orestry distributes educational r lContinued on page i) 0 ilow Progress With War Fund; Irs. Frink, Chairman For a llmtorl W a * Punrl Drive!*, Urges That Public Contribute Immediately In ? This Worthy Cause With- p out Waiting For Workers f To Call t E Cuntributions to the United War t 'ur t Drive appear to have been J ommg in regretfully slow, ac- * ordir.g to a report to this paper t esterday by Mrs. S. B. Frink, J hairman in Brunswick County. C Mrs. Frink has practically the v arae organization that worked f th her in the Red Cross drive, work that was carried through t (Continued on page 4) d Ration Pointers |\\ r BLl't STAMPS?(For canned, i rozen and certain dehydrated j Wsj Blue Stamps "X"-"Y"-"Z" -] pod until November 20. GREEN STAMPS ? "A"-"B"in War Ration Book No. ''' become valid Nov. 1 to Dec. | GASOLINE ? "A" book cou10:13 No. 6 good for three gallons and must last until Novem: & in North Carolina. . red STAMPS ? (For meat i )roducts, canned fish, most edioils and cheese) Brown "C"11 -"E"F" will be good to Oct0!jer ho. Brown "G" becomes valid 24 and expires December 4. rowij "H" becomes valid Oct. 31 j expires December 4. v . sHOES _ No. 18 Stamp in d , ar Ration Book One good any t No. i "Airplane" stamp in J jwtion Book No. 3 will be good f J,.1 f',r onc Pfir of shoes. t fr .AR Stamp No. 14 good v Ort v Pounds, is good through t 16' 3I' stamPs Nos. 15 and s v ? Wa[ Nation Book One now 1 ir!r' f?r ? Pounds of sugar each, an. US? 'n home canning. They c good through October 31. 5 Xo iuP X? 29 in Ration Book 2 1 fo becomes valid November c Ja.,i,r tlVf' Pounds of sugar until c ?1 "?r> 15' This stamP is mark- J oj ^u^ar It is on the last page t r. ?? TH J * . 27 Commander C Section Base 1 ..j" __________ w, U. S. Navy Inshore Patrol' Section Base Now Ranks Highest In The Sixth Naval District; Three Months Ago Was Lowest DYNAMIC LEADER GETS RESULTS After Forty-Four Years In Navy "The Skipper" Is Going Strong And Is Turning Out Real Navy Men Shortly after Commander j 3eorge T. Campbell reported for iuty as commanding officer at the U. S. Navy Inshore Patrol Section Base at Southport, a jroup of representative citizens from the town called to pay their respects and to offer their friendship and cooperation. In a very frank discussion with j lis visitors, Commander Campbell i ieclared that "We are the Phil- t ies; in other words, we are in ast place among the section bases I? n our district Give us a little f ime, however. We are all going j ;o work hard, and one of these j lays you are going to look at s ;he standings and you will find: r is leading the league." [j That was early in July and al-jt eadv that prediction has been i ulfilled. To one man belongs the' :redit. ! j He is Commander George T. f Campbell, USN, a genuine Mus-' Col. Kenneth I Killed In Ac . -lusband Of Southport Wo-| man And Commanding Officer Of Paratrooper Who Trained At Fort Bragg, Killed Friday I4RS. K1NSLER NOTIFIED BY WAR DEPARTMENT Tragic Death Of Outstanding Army Man A Distinct Shock to Relatives And Friends And Loss To The Nation Mrs. Kenneth H. Kinsler was lotified by the War Department n Sunday that her husband, Col. Cinsler, had been killed in action n the Southern Pacific area last Friday. It was barely a month go that the press and radio aclaimed Colonel Kinsler for his eadership for the paratropp reginent operating against the Jap.nese in the Markham Valley secion near Lae in New Guinea. General Douglas MacArthur witlessed the landing of Colonel finsler's regiment from a flying ortress and described it as a ruly wonderful scene. News Reel I lictures throughout the nation u;- o?ri loot Tiroob- chnw General Ilio aim iaok ?? v.w? .. lacArthur talking to Colonel Cinsler just before the landing of he Colonel's regiment in the tarkham valley. The news of the Lionel's death in action came idth tragic suddenness to his amily and his friends. No details have been received he manner in which he met his leath. He was born in Deep River, t owa, on June 22, 1901. He was ( ducated at the University of t owa and following his gradua- t ion there he was with the Bu- \ eau of Mines in Pittsburgh, Pa. .caving there, he enlisted in the t nfantry in 1926 as a Lieutenant, i Two years late he was m'arried to t (Continued on Page 2.) t Mrs. Finch Dies 1 i Suddenly Monday 1 Widely Known And Respec-1. ted Southport Lady Pas- I sed Suddenly At Home Of A Daughter Whom She Was Visiting Mrs. Annis Elizabeth Finch, 71, , vidow of the late B. P. Finch, ' lied suddenly of heart attack at he home of her daughter, Mrs. E. f. Skeritt, in Montgomery, Ala., .fonday night. She had gone here a short time ago for a visit vith Mr. and Mrs. Skeritt and he news of her death was a ' hock to her relatives and friends j lere. 1 A native of Zebulon in Wake 1 ounty, Mrs. Finch moved to < southport with her husband about 1 15-years ago. Mr. Finch, a splen- 1 lid farmer and tobacco planter, ' lied about a dozen years ago. i Since then Mrs. Finch had con- ] ;inued to reside in her home here, I (Continued on Page Two) ESL A Good 4-PAGES TODAY ampbell Ups fo 4.0 Rating COMMANDER CAMPBELL ;ang, which is the Navy's term :or a man who lifts himself from ;he ranks by his own boot-straps. Commander Campbell enlisted is an apprentice seaman at the ige of 13 and in his' rise to his jresent rank has handled every iob in the Navy or one comparible to it. When he speaks it is lot only with the authority of his jold braid but also with the auhenticity of 44 years experience n seamanship. When he first arrived at Southx>rt to assume command and ;azed on the quarters, personnel (Continued on Page Two) Kinsler Is tion In Pacific Pretty Miss Stone Works As Welder BOLIVIA, Oct. 24.?With her two brothers in service, Miss Catherine Stone, attractive daughter of Mr. and Mis. J. L. Stone, of Bolivia, is carrying on along the home front by working as a welder in the shipyard at Wilmington. Her father and two brothers, Jack and William Stone, worked in the shipyard with her until William joined the Navy and Jack entered the trade school at the Jacksonville, Fla., air base. Miss Stone had been at the yard several months before she took up welding. Small, neat and very attractive, she states that she liked her work very mucn and was thoroughly happy. She works, on the afternoon and early night shift. Drafted Soldier Made Quick Rise ion Of Mr. And Mrs. I. E. Reynolds, Of Shallotte, Sprang up From Rank Of Buck Private To First Lt. In Fourteen Months Drafted near the beginning of he war, Isaac T. Reynolds, son >f Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Reynolds, is he pride of his parents and of he Shallotte high school from vhich he graduated. He received no college educaion, he had no political pull to tid him in his climb. Called to he colors, he simply set himself ;o be a good soldier. In a very ihort time after donning the uni;'orm he won his sergeant's strip:s. In 14 months after becoming i soldier he was promoted to the ank of first lieutenant. This good soldier is not the (Continued on page 4) Many Defendants In Court Monday State Highway Patrolman W. V. O'Daniel Again Led Officers In Number Of Arrests For Judge Ward's Court State Highway Patrolman W. y. O'Daniel again led officers in producing defendants for the Recorders Court of Judge John B. Ward, Monday. He signed the xecution of eight warrants. Rural Policeman W. D. Evans, of iVaccamaw township, was second with four warrants. Rural Policenan O. W. Perry had two, Deputy Sheriff H. L. Willits and State Patrolman R. C. Pridgen (Continued on Page Four) V TE I News paper I: Southport, N. C., W Orton Described As Second In 10th Most Interesting Well Known North Carolina' Writer Places Brunswick) County Plantation As Second From Top In List I Of Ten Interesting Places) WRIGHT MEMORIAL TOOK FIRST HONORS The Birthplace Of Aviation In North Carolina Naturally Stood Out As Most Interesting Place In Whole State Recently Carl Goerch, publisher of The State and one of the best known men in North Carolina, asked R. C. Lawrence, who is famous for his knowledge of North Carolina, what he considered the ten most interesting places in this State. In an article in last weeks issue of The State Magazine Mr. Lawrence named his list and it should be a matter of pride to Brunswick people that in second place on his list was Brunswick's own Orton Plantation. The Wright Memorial at Kill Devil Hill claimed first place. Next in order was Orton, The State Capitol at Raleigh, the Tobacco Markets, Kannapolis, Pinei ?. rr.?VTl 1 lc riiil/a TTnivor. I ilUl Ql, IL'AbUC ATiliAiS, A/UftV w ******* sity and the Lake Lure country. An appropriate sketch of each place was given. Following is what Mr. Lawrence said in reference to Orton Plantation. ORTON PLANTATION "Let us now go to quite a different scene and proceed to the banks of the lower Cape Fear between Wilmington and Southport and pay a visit to famed Ortori Plantation, best known of all Colonial plantations, for here lived in regal state "King" Roger Moore, richest man in the Commonwealth, owning two hundred and I fifty slaves and dispensing a hos-j pitality in keeping with his wealth and social position. Hard by was Russelboro, once the Colonial capital of the state, and the ruins of St. Phillip church, within wfiose ancient walls are imbedded shells fired by British cannon during the Revolution and in its ancient churchyard rests Alfred Moore, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; Benjamin Smith, Governor of the state and early patron of thej University and other men famous in the life of the infant Commonwealth. Here occurred the first armed resistance to British authority in i America?two years prior to the! battle fought by the Regulators I on Alamance Creek, and several; months prior to the Boston Teaj Party, when the Patriots of Cape! Fear, under the leadership of' Hugh Waddell, John Ashe and! Cornelius Harnett marched upon) the residence of the royal Cover-j nor iryon mis was Deiore ms "place" had been constructed at New Bern), forced the resignation (Continued On Page Four; Applying Slowly For New Books Registration For New Ration Books Proceeding So Slow That Teachers Fear, A Last Minute Jam And That Some Applicants! May Not Get Books Registration for Ration Book 4 began in the schools of the county on Monday afternoon of this week. Applications for new books arc being received from 1:00 p. m. to 6:00 p. m. All applicants must bring their Ration Book No. 3 in order to register to receive Book 4. Teachers in the' various schools are helping again with the registration. Reports indicate that registra-; tion was slow Monday and Tues-! (Continued On Page Four> < All Four Leona In Fighting I With their youngest son. Hiram Leonard, just overseas, Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Leonard, of Bolivia now have four sons in active service. The boys balanced things off as well as possible, two of them enlisting in the army and two in the navy. L. E. and Q. V. Leonard are both master mechanics in the Navy. They have now been serving six years, having enlisted three years before war was declared. When war broke they remained at their posts and have had several narrow escapes. The closest, probably was when the U. S. S. Arctus, on which both were i PORl n A Good Con ednesday, October 27, 1 T SAILOR.?This lad, and Navy the mightiest in all tl Brunswick county families, w (Jncle Sam's fighting forces. Change Policy For Operating Civilian Defense ? c r% 1 _i I INo More Surprise disckouis Or Air Raid Drills To Be! Held Under New Rules; Established For Civilian Defense DEFENSE FORCES TO BE KEPT INTACT President Issues Statement To Prevent Idea That Move Indicates Demobilization Of Civilian Defense According to Charles A. Trott, County Co-ordinator for Civilian Defense, there has be8n a change in policy for the operation of Civilian Defense in this region for the coming months. Following is a statement of policy of state directors in region four: 1. The protective forces of Ci- | vilian Defense should and must I be kept intact for the protection of our communities in the event of wide-spread sabotage, fires, or other community catastrophes during tne war. This is true irres- < pective of whether we ever have enemy air raids. If none of these ever occur, Civilian Defense will have been necessary and worthwhile as insurance against them. 2. To meet this need the protective forces of Civilian Defense . have been recruited, trained, and ; developed to a degree where they have already demonstrated that they can with continued practice and replacements meet these home front emergencies. 3. In view of this fact, and in view of the present situation on the war front, we have strongly recommended to the Army that no further surprise air raid drills or surprise blackouts be held in Region Four. However, local communities throughout the region, (Continued On Page Four; Rural Officer Gets Big Still Large Copper Outfit Raided And Captured By Rural Policeman Perry, Assisted By State Highway Patrolmen, Three Men Also Arrested LELAND, Oct. 25.?To Rural Policeman O. W. Perry goes the credit of the capture of the largest whiskey still that has been taken in Northwest Township in some time. The officer, however, (continued on page four) ird Boys Are "orces Of U. S. serving at the time, was torpedoed and sunk. The brothers were at sea for three days before they were rescued. They are understood to be on separate ships now. L. E.'s ship was one that took active part in the invasion of Sicily. Private W. C. Leonard has been in North Africa for several months. Both Mr. and Mrs. Leonard are naturally proud of the fact that they have given four sons to the service. They have three daughters, all of whom are married, so Mr. and Mrs. Leonard are living alone. r piL imunity [943 PUBUS HIS IS NAVY DAY thousands m >re like him, h le world. Navy Day has a sf ho have sons and brothers s Farm Federatk At Bolivia N< Aged Woman Dies When Lamp Upsets Nan Gordon, 85 years of age, rloath at hpf Wila UU11KU lu UWtM uv home here at 7:30 Monday night. She lived alone and a kerosene lamp is understood to have upset, spilling burning oil over her clothing. Unable to reach the door, she died in the flames on the floor before assistance could reach her. The Volunteer Fire Department extinguished the fire in the building after considerable damage was done. Nan was the widow of Frank Gordon who taught in the schools of Brunswick for half a century. Southport Boy Enters School * i John D. O'Daniel Left Monday For New York Where He Will Enter Merchant Marine Academy As Midshipman John D. O'Daniel, popular young Southport boy, left Monday for New York, where he will enter the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point as a midshipman. Young St. George completed the course at the U. S. Merchant Marine School at Sheepshead Bay wpoUs a it) and was one af the top ten men in his class. As a result he was selected for further training at the Merchant Marine Academy. This course will last for 18 months, and upon its completion the Southport boy will hold his third mate license and will be a commissioned officer in the U. S. Naval Reserve. St. George is a graduate of Southport high school, where he was an outstanding student and leader in athletics and other activities. Last year he was a student at N. C. State College. His attraction for service on the sea probably was inherited from his grandfather, the late Captain Tommie St. George, who spent many years as a pilot for the Southport harbor. (J. S. 0. To Stage Hallow'en Party Organization Will Put On Very Appropriate Program For Saturday Night Entertainment Of Service Men In This Area Some of the best dressed witches of 1943 are scheduled to ride their brooms into the USO club next Saturday night, it was announced today by Josiah T. Gibson, director of the club. They'll bring with them a choice assortment of hobgoblins, spooks and other denizens of the witches' world who customarily prance into public view on all Hallowe'en Eve. The USO Hallowe'en party and dance this year will feature all the games and trimmings usually brought to mind on this date.; There will be apple bobbing, doughnut dunking, biting apples on a string, ducking in flour (Continued on Page fourj, * ' "V "" ' . - - * OT HED EVERY WEDNESDAY < k ] l l elp make the United States i jecial significance for many \ md friends in this branch of ? t mi Meeting ; c avember Fifth: i County And Home Agents Planning For Inspiration- t al Gathering At Bolivia f School Friday Of Next t Week , i BIG PICNIC SUPPER i AT FIVE O'CLOCK * . I Everybody In The County Invited To Join In The ' Singing And Recreat- 1 ional Activities; Dean Schaub Of State College to Make s Address t BOLIVIA, Oct. 25?Much in- i terest in centering on the Farm c Federation meeting which J. E. t Dodson, county agent for Bruns- t wick, and Miss Elizabeth Nor- f fleet, home agent, have scheduled v to be held here Friday, November t 5. < The meeting will be in the high I school gymnasium at five o'clock, a beginning with a picnic supper, at c which there will be plenty of i food, coffee and lemonade. After < supper there will be an old-time g community sing and inspirational address. Dean I. O. Schaub of j State College, is expected to ] make the address. The message x he will bring should be especially interesting. \ Mr. Dodson and Miss Norfleet e both hope that everybody in the s county who can do so will come, e bring supper, their families and f friends. Brunswick county music- < al artists are especially invited to turn out and help with the recreational features. The community is entering i tiri+H Mr TVidann and I u&ai UIJ ???< Miss Norfleet in the spirit that insures the affair will be a big occasion for all attending. In addition to the features already mentioned, there promises to be a big exhibit of canned goods, farm produce, milk, eggs, butter, relics, home nursing kits, medicine cabinets, winter gardens and other things that the farmers of Brunswicjt are capable of prod- 1 ucing. 1 - 1 Resigns Job As > Club HostessI Mrs. Ida A Marshall Tenders Resignation To Committee Of Management; , Farewell Party In Her , Honor Sunday Afternoon i ( Mrs. Ida A. Marshall, who has , been employed as a hostess at , the USO club since opening date , in December, 1941, has given up < her position to accept work near her daughter in Norfolk, Va. A special farewell party will be given in her honor at the USO club ] Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock, , and a cordial invitation is extend- ] cd to service men and citizens of the community. Mrs. Marshall is affectionately known as "Mon" by most of the ; Service men who frequent the i club, and she will be missed j greatly by the men of the Army, i Navy, and Coast Guard as she \ was a tireless worker who tried i to meet their every need. Many i of the men in this military area j have known "Mon" for the entire i two year period that the club has ' been in operation. She has gotten : rooms for their girl friends, ar- I ranged for their weddings in the ' USO Club or elsewhere, and found i comfortable places for them to 1 live in the community when they ] (continued on page two? |i ? 1 J 1 Most Of The New# Ail The Time $1.50 PER YEAS Service Has Done jj Very Great Work \mong Women Cooperative Extension Wank In Agriculture And Hmm Economics Has Aided fal Widespread Improvemaat Of Farm Conditions VIRS. SMITH REVIEWS PART WOMEN PLAYED shows How OrganizatM* Has Helped Farm Women And Farm Folks In General; Plans Are To Reach All Homes By PAULINE SMITH, State College Extension Service The Home Demonstration Program in North Carolina was aunched by that great woman, 3r. Jane S. McKimmon, in No'ember, 1911, just thirty years igo. This was a movement of hisorical importance in North Chro* ina. I; This October Miss Ruth Cur* ent, State Home Demonstration tgent, and Dean I. O. Schaub of itate College, started another ihapter in Home Demonstration iistory with the launching of S >lan which can revitalize family , iving in rural North Carolina,?a Mobilization Drive to assist nine* y per cent of North Carolina arm families with some phase of he state Colleee Extension Serv ce program. It is part of a breed I lationai plan to help every famly make a contribution to the var effort, and to prepare for lost war planning and living. The primary objective of Extension work is to serve the farm leopie. This drive is an intensive if fort to serve better,?to give ivery family an opportunity to do ts every day work in a more cientific way. The plan is being sponsored by he Home Demonstration Council n ninety - eight North Carolina :ounties where there are enhusiastic plans to reach the last tome on the cart road, the last * i amily over the ridge, the last voman across the swamp. And he State Council of the North Carolina Federation of Horn* demonstration Clubs at its recent innual meeting at State Oollega ihose as its outstanding objeeivo I) 'or the coming year the expansion; jjl if the Home Demonstration Organization and its influence. 'i It In the plans to assist ninety ] ier cent of the farm families in i Horth Carolina four objectives ! . vill be kept before the people. i 1. Food ? Information which vill help the farm family to have idequate food to meet nutrition- 11 il needs, feed for the livestock,. }f ind a surplus of food and feed.! L or those who cannot produce it. Continued emphasis will be plac(Continued on Page Four) -r J wrwQ i I BRIEFS { FINISHES 3rd COURSE V Cadet Commander Billy Bragavs-K fcj las finished his third course in '?If Maval Aviation at St. Louis and JJ will arrive home Friday of thin ' week for a few days leave With J lis mother, Mrs. Helen Bragaw.From here he goes to Florida for lis final two months of training, jefore receiving his wings. IJ ? ? Cjtt REMODELLING STATION ' } Work commenced Monday fo- ? j modelling the bus station for tha 71 W. B. & S. Bus Lines, Inc. It in understood that two of the aeMr buses were examined and approved in Raleigh, Saturday. They <i should arrive and be placed in service today or tomorrow. One , [ ir two more will arrive next 1 | week. ij . . . ! SALVAGE CHAIRMAN H E. J. Prevatte, local attorney, fl has recently been appointed Industrial salvage chairman for J Brunswick County. SUNDAY SERVICES In the absence of Rev. A. L. "I Brown, who was in Bolton conducting a series of meetings, the Rev. Cecil Alligood was thh ? speaker at the evening service a; ! the Southport Baptist church o l A* Sunday. Special music waa rent pi 3red by Chief Reubin feooprider ? and Boatswain Bill McLean, ad- | companied at the piano by Mr^ Vg Cooprider. Following the service / " the young folks were invite^ the home of Misses Susie and la Thelnia Sellers where they enjoy- ' ed the regular Sunday evening fellowship hour. There were fifty f present and the hour was thor- ja1 aughly enjoyed by all. ? lit ...L'a i