I [ fhe Pilot Covers ' I Brunswick County ^KLTNO. FOURTEEN NO Gregg Cherry Armistice Day Speaker At USO ^ t t. nding North CarolinH n Speaks At Legion \ Hlanquet On Anniversary 1918 Armistice ?RGE NUMBER OF GUESTS PRESENT Fest And Square Dan Follow To Bring To I Close Observance Of Holiday ^^ rmistice Day was observed on Krsday with a banquet at the ^^ 0 at which Gregg Cherry was principal speaker. The affair sod by the Brunswick American H ind was well attended. Charles Trott was eremony for the ocar.d under his able guidar.'i enjoyable evening uri Rev. R. S. Harrison, Methodist church pronthe invocation. This was ^Bo-.veJ by the introduction of a ^Jr.cer of those present including ^Byor John Erickson, E. D. BisS Sheriff C. P. Willetts, Post^ ster Wilbur Dosher. Jim Finch, Be Cause. C. Ed. Taylor, J. T. ?so:' Chief v\ llham Lucas, Thresher, Lt. S. B. ink am! Lt. Benway. I. \v. Ruark, local attorney, induced the speaker of the evep Major R. Gregg Cherry. V Clierry, who served with fa:. 1 Wildcat" Division durtfc last war, had as his cen1 theme the present war 'and ^ligations as citizens to the r. who are now giving their es for their country, le said: AVe may be definitely encour- \ eii. I believe, by the results of j recent four-power conference Moscow. They are a step in the right ectio.i They are concrete evid ce that we are beginning to vhat our postwar interna-1 nal responsibilities will be. North Carolina and the rest of nation snuuiu ""avoid at all sts a revival of the isolationism ::ch swept this country after the ist World War and kept it rtiall.v impotent and disumified until the Pearl Harbor attack. We refused to follow through r victory after the First World ar. and consequently we failed establish a working basis for a rmaner.t peace. We joined in a procession of c!s which led. they persuaded us believe, to a financial paradise, e engaged in a spurious silkirt prosperity which grew like 'alloon and burst like a bubble, ten we had to pull ourselves up our financial bootstraps. An sCim! public sentiment prevailwhich made it popular to be i isolationist. We were told that rinca WJ15 ?<>lf.Biiffipi<*nt onH '.11 lot the rest of the world go (.Continued on page 4) 1 Ration Pointers ???? I SUGAR?Book 4, stamp 29, I |j pounds, expires January 15. jASOLIXE?Coupon No. 8 ; A book good for three gal- j I SHOES?Coupon 18 in the fugar and coffee ration book valid for one pair of shoes has l"o expiration date. No. 1 airIplar.c stamp in Book 3 became H : November 1 for one pair I FOOD?Book 2, blue stamps Ha V and Z valid through Nov. H*" Brown stamps, book 3, H^au and fats, G, H, J, K, ex. I?:res December 4. Green 'tamps, book 4, processed H A B, C, expire DecernM FUEL oil ? New No. 1 I Wupoi;, Class 4 sheet, good for 110 gallons (1 unit), expires I January new No. 1 coupon, lass 5 sheet, good for 50 galAunitsi, expires January : "''v No. 1 coupon. Class 6 I good for 250 gallons (25 I re January 3. I 'IRES Inspections required w' A book holders every six Months of B holders every "Jr month:.; of C holders ev months. I ' (opiea of War Ra' Fto"ks One or Two can be I J? al rationing boards I "r -my purpose whatsoever. All " nI>s the two books have I ' xcept Stamp 18 in I "* One tor shoes, and blue and Z in Z in I , H" which may be used processed foods through I 20 OPA said the I 01 tl;e two books may be I W "uaWay u'hen the stamps I pired USCcl or have ex~ TH1 i. 30 I ' "STORE THO.' While those Irish potatoes are crowded with war materials? home a hundred pounds or so tribution Administration says, i on the ground, potatoes on top, In a basement or closet, a rac [ freezing), and in a dark place, on your menu all through the O'Daniel Leads [ In Week's Arrests State Highway Patrolman Provided Practically All Business For Mondays Session Of Judge Ward's j Court Speeding cases again took up j the major part of the time of AJ Judge John B. Ward in Record-j er's Court Monday. State High- j way Patrolman W. V. Daniel, Bi came forward again with the1 n largest number of citations, hav- j ing a total of 16. He was assist-j cu in iua*viii? wmc v/i mc aiicoio' by Rural Policeman W. D. Evans. State Highway Patrolman R. C. Pridgen made 2 arrests and 1 Policeman Evans had one, in ad- Pal dition to the 16 citations made =a by O'Daniel. The minutes of the da' court show the following cases ing and their disposal: JE. P. Carland, Jr., speeding, ing $20.00 and costs. ! ly Chaddie Simmons, possession, bee 60 days in roads or fine of $25.001 twi and costs, $15.00 of fine remitted.! pai C. D. Ingold, speeding, 60 days tha on roads, sentence suspended on j pri payment of fine of $10.00 and set costs. ' C. E. Hallway, speeding, $20.00 ter and costs. fac Morman Sloan, operating motor set vehicle after revocation of license, wa 90 days on roads or fine of $50.- dif 00 and costs. scti Isaiah Jordan, speeding, $20.00 the and costs. his Johnnie Coffee, speeding, 60 Wa days on roads or fine of $15.00 to and costs. spl John W. Smith, allowing person no\ to operate automobile without a citi drivers license, judgment suspend- oiu ed on payment of costs, costs re- no\ (Continued On Page Four' ! I file Little Work At > pn Meeting Of Board Z Board Of Commissioners ^ j a_I? oA - J naa vniy ixuuiuic mm we Tax Matters To Handle me At Their Mid - Month wit Meeting Here Monday Of agi This Week for 1 The board of county commis- Ws sioners had very little work ex- Pe< cept routine tax matters to come she up at their mid-monh meeting here the Monday. All of the commissioners were present. Some time was taken up with a ifj report of the attorney concerning Wilmington. Brunswick and Southern tax matters. A donation of ten dollars was. made to the Caswell Training vn School. The board ordered that fore-! closure action be taken against the Peterson, Formy Duval and Zeiblin land, known as the L. B. (Continued On Page Four# All Restrictions ^ Are Not Removed W1 j?' Dimout Regulations Only | gc] Suspended So Permanent j ^ej Installations For Control-jdei led Lighting Should Be In f i Readiness thf am Pursuant to an order of the ST* Commanding General. Eastern De- 1 fense Command and First Army fed date 27 October, 1943, the dim- j do out of all Atlantic Coastal Areas H. terminated as of 0001 EWT, 1 November. 1943. j' In some instances, accounts of|"?J this announcement have been mis- J leading in that they indicated that Ph (Continued on Page FourJ | EST. A Goo 4-PAGES TODAY SE POTATOES easy to get?and while com it is your patriotic duty, ai of spuds and store them foi you can store potatoes in yc , then covering with straw p :k that is airy, not too dam , will prove a money-saver i winter. ? 'rincipal Stat School Dil Scheduled Hearing O Charges Against Wac camaw School Principa Was Not Held LL DIFFERENCES NOW AMICABLY SETTLE! g Crowd From Wacca naw Here Monday Night For Hearing Which Was Not Held, Resignation Announced More than a hundred interested Irons of the Wacca maw schoc thered in the court house Mon y night for the scheduled hear : of charges against Principa S. Staton. There was no hear Instead, after a wait of near four hours, understood to hav :n taken up in consultation be ten attorneys and interested rties. it was briefly announced it Mr. Staton had resigned th ncipalship of the Waccamav lool. This apparently ended the mat in a manner entirely satis :tory to the patrons of th lool and all concerned. Ther s undoubtedly strong points o ference between patrons am tool officials on one side am i principal on the other. Witl resignation the minds of th iccamaw folks turned agaii harmonous support of thei endid school. "The trouble i; v over," said one prominen izen of Waccamaw. "the ies community discusses it fron tr r?n fhr* hotter if will be." io charges were ever actual); :d against Principal Staton. Th< ching force was in no way in ved. The difference with thi ncipal became so acute that hi s asked to resign. On his fail ; to do this the Board of Educa n ordered the school closei nporarily last week for in itigations. For three days then re no sessions. Then arrange nts were made for a re-openinj Ji a hearing of the charge: linst the principals schedulei Monday night of this week, t was understood that thi iccamaw school committee ex :ts to get a new principal ii >rt order and that the work o ! school will continue. (rs. 0. P. Holder Dies At Supply ell Known And Highl] Esteemed Resident O: Supply Community Die: After A Very Extendec Illness; Funeral Thurs day SUPPLY, Nov. 16. ? Mrs. Re :ca Ann Holden, 72, wife of 0 Holden, died at her home hen dncsday, after a long illness, n addition to the husband, sir survived by two daughters. Mrs B. Sermons and Mrs. Dewe; lcrs and four sons, Edgar Hoi ), Merchison Holden, Neil Hoi l and Merdic Holden. Vlso surviving arc three bro irs, YV. B. Phelps, B. W. Phelps 1 L. H. Phelps and sevei indchildrcn. funeral services were conduct from the residence at two o' ck Thursday afternoon. Revs F. Brinson and T. S. John l were in charge. Burial was ii t family cemetery near th nc. ictive pallbearers were: Home elps, Elbert Phelps, Walte (Continued on Page Four; ATE d News paper Southport, N. C., W ! AT HOME 1 merclal storage facilities are id your opportunity, to take f winter use. The Food Dismr backyard by putting straw irotected by a layer of earth, ip, not too warm (but never and a guarantee of potatoes on Resigns ference Ended f - No Rationing Of Pins For Her ) In connection with her clothj ing work in the Home Demonstration clubs, Home Agent "j Elizabeth Norfleet has learned I an interesting fact concernery i to Mrs. Corrine Parker of the Village Point community, near ! ShaUotte. Mrs. Parker is now 71 years j of age and during her useful i life she has never bought but _ oije paper of pins. The purchase .. was made many years ago when ,1 she was married at a very ear ly age. She is still using a number of lhat first and only pure chase of pins. , j Used Pasture For v A Landing Field " Flying Here From Fort Ben^ ei ning And Not Finding A ^ Landing Field Major Gen< lj eral Miley Used Dairj ;j j Pasture As Landing Strij: I e I Flying here from Fort Benning !! Ga., on Saturday, Major Genera r W. M. Miley was unable to fin< s a landing field, Southport beinj II one of the few places of its siz< s! which does not have even emer 1lgency facilities for such visitors 1 Nothing daunted, the Major Gen nrol rtrriarpH his Dilot to Set th( ? ? ? B plane clown in the pasture of th< . I Magnolia Dairy, two miles fron q ! town. e | From this point both the land .! ing and the subsequent take of: . | were made without incident, j I Major General Miley was a verj . J close friend of Colonel Kennetl ei H. Kinsler, commander of a para . troop regiment in the Pacific un r (Continued on page 41 ...... .?....1 >V. B. KEZIAH r f After 20 years of service to the s government Postmaster S. P 1 Cox, of BoliVia, has tendered hi.< . resignation. He is still looking after the job, pending the ap pointment of a successor. The of fice is a 4th Class one and Mr i. Cox has given able service. His t resignation was in order that he might devote himself to othei e work. ' Since the annual Methodist V Conference at Rocky Mount, Rev " J. C. Harmon has been named tc serve the Town Creek Circuit Rev. Mr, Harmon had charge ol * this circuit for two years, five anc ^ six years ago. Therefore he does not come to the work as e stranger. The churches in th< charge arc Zion, at Town Creek i. Bethel, at Bolivia; Pincy Grov< - and Shiloh, both of these las ii named places being in Towi o Creek township. Rural mail carrier Kenneth Mc rjKeithan, whose run goes out fron r I Bolivia, hit upon a good time fo: jhis annual two weeks vacation P0R1 In A Good Con ednesday, November 17 War Fund Drive Being Continued In Brunswick I Mrs. Frink, Chairman, Advises That, Quota Not J Having Been Reached, j Campaign Will Continue, | Urges Increased Activity DRIVE WAS TO ' END NOVEMBER 18 County Has Failed So Far ; To Back Up United War Fund Drive Mrs. S. B. Frink, chairman of the United War Fund Drive for Brunswick County, has been noti- fied that as the goal of the drive has not been reached the work of securing contributions will be continued until the full quota is obtained. The drive was originally scheduled to close Thursday of this week, November 18th. With the drive to continue throughout the nation until the quota is obained, Mrs. Frink is redoubling her efforts and is urging all her workers to do likewise. She again wishes to impress on the , public the importance of making j liberal donations at the earliest ~ possible moment. The conclusion of the drive is dependent on how soon and how liberally the public responds with donations. _?________ |Plane Crashes, Pilot Is Killed I; Airplane Crash Here Sunday Afternoon Fatal To Young Rocky Mount Native Attached to Army Air Base Flight Officer Walter E. Brown, of Rocky Mount, was killed here Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock when the Thunderbolt plane which; he was piloting crashed and ex-j ploded on the point of an island t across the river from Southport. He was serving at the Wilmington Army Air Base and his plane, with three others, was engaged in a routine flight over I Southport. Eyewitnesses to the crash of the machine state that I all four planes climbed climbed | high and swiftly to a point direct' | ly over the town. There the lead plane dived, as did the second ma- , chine, piloted by Officer Brown. ^ ' (Continued on Page Four) ? ; Made Big Crop ! Sweet Potatoes ? Crop Was Not In The Least Injured By Last Weeks Cold Spell Owing To j Ground Still Being Warm ! And Dry, Growers Busy Storing E The cold weather last week had no effect on the Brunswick sweet r I potato crop, outside of killing the , i vines. The potatoes themselves in!] the dry and still warm ground , - were not in the least injured, ac(Continued on Page Pour> I WING Reporter f : | He had the time coming to him ^ . and when his car went haywire, !' and required confinement in an j automobile hospita}, he elected to - take his vacation in preferrence to trying to hire another machine. J. . O. Murrell substituted for him j while his car was getting mech> anical treatment. r When State Highway Patrolmen W. V. O'Danicl and R. C. ^! Pridgen, assisted by Rural PoliceI man W. D. Evans, recaptured ( J' Burris Bozeman near Shallotte one j night recently, O'Danicl relieved i ' Bozeman of a .38 calibre revolver ] i and considerable ammunition. Boze man, who had been an inmate of ; s the Whitcville prison camp had L been sent up from this county < 1, for larcency. He had escaped from j !! tlie prison camp a few days be- | ;, fore the officers rounded him up. ! t' With farmers busy with digging j l their sweet potato crop since the < cold snap of early last week, ] - County Agent J. E. Dodson has , j come across and admitted that < r there is a surprisingly good yield. < (continued on page two} r pil imunity f 1943 PUBUSH Top Prices Fixe< On Thanks] Maximum Prices Given For Turkeys, Live, Dress The State OPA this week fixed lig iollars-and-cents ceiling prices on 57 that Thanksgiving and Christmas turkey, and, according to the lo- lig :al war price and rationing board,' ce: the prices are approximately the! lig same as were allowed on turkeys J47 luring he same period last year, lig Following are the top prices 54 which both retailers and farmers may charge .for turkeys during po November and December, accord- m, ing to Mrs. Grace Baldwin, local . 0. P. A. Price clerk: Young turkeys?Live, 45 cents 0,1 light weight, " 43 cents medium; 42 cents heavy. Dressed, 53 cents wl light weight, 51 cents medium, 49 m cents heavy. Drawn, 63 cents | wi Long Beach Fis Made Great I 0 N Home Agents Appointments The schedule of meetings of g, Home Demonstration Clubs to be held the week beginning Friday is as follows, according to the announcement of Miss Elizabeth W Norfleet: 1 TTViHav Rnfinp's Neck. WiUl Mrs. Sidney Hewett; Saturday, office at Supply; Monday, Grissettown, with Mrs. Lizzie Grissett; Tuesday, Lockwoods Folly, with L< dfl Mrs. Raleigh Dixon; Wednesday, Cape Fear, with Miss Thelma McRackan; and Thursday, Thanks- m giving day, no appointments. th November Is * Mailing Month 2 Christmas Cards to Soldiers PJ3 Overseas Require Envelopes And Three Cents Postage, Department Ur- Sc ges That Cards And Parcels Be Mailed In Novem- fit ber ea . tu Delivery of the annual flood of|Fi Christmas gifts and cards on time, | ly, always a serious problem, "will,ed be more than a problem this year lea ?it will be an impossibility?un-(no les Christmas mailings are made ta largely in November," Postmaster, inj General Frank C. Walker warned: ar today. j Tt "Transportation facilities are. en burdened to the limit with war wl materials and personnel, and the at Postal Service has sent more en than thirty-one thousand experi-!an snced employees into the Army; th and Navy," Mr. Walker said. "The ly jnly solution to the Christmas I tui problem is. MAIL IN NOVEM-1 BER. Mark your parcels, "DO NOT!at GPEN UNTIL CHRISTMAS.' thi rhat is the only way to avoid lot " s ?a.? a ? nintwn e TIqi*! Ufi jiappuiiiuneni. uu v^miownaa ~%*j i lot only for many civilians but al-1 lot jo for millions of members of thejru: irmed forces who are still in this da xmntry. "It is also the only way to V1 ivoid the possibility of a Christnas emergency in the transportation and postal services. If the 1 public will cooperate by mailing 1 heir Christmas parcels DURING NOVEMBER, we can handle a y small volume of light, last-minute I bailings, such as cards, up to' December 10?but we can do that tnd avoid an emergency only if November is really 'Christmas Hailing Month." (Continued on page 4) { ' iaP Lieutenant Lewis !* Home On Leave ^ ch pe Voung Southporter Who sai Has Been Piloting A p. Bomber In Sicily And fei Italy Now At His Home J?2 Here For Ten Days to Although she had been advised!1 )f his return to the United States. | Pn Mrs. Brady Lewis, of Southport, vas taken by surprise Thursday! light when her son, Lieutenant J Teddy Lewis, arrived at home on eVl t ten days leave. frt As pilot of a bomber, Lieut-\^-e ;nant Lewis participated in the jm< nvasion of Sicily and later on in'Pa he prc-invasion bombing of as Salerno and other points of the n|! Italian mainland. He came through n'l :vcrything without injury, but;"1' looks as if he has lost consider-!011 ible weight as a result of the ne' sxtreme activity in which he was vy sngaged. jacl (CoDUnuwd on page 4) ' ^ OT ED EVERY WEDNESDAY i By OPA giving Turkey Both Young And Old ed And Drawn ht weight, 59 cents medium, ( cents heavy. Old turkeys?Live, 43 cents :ht weight, 41 cents medium, 40 nts heavy. Dressed, 51 cents ;ht weight, 59 cents medium, cents heavy. Drawn, 60 cents ;ht weight, 57 cents medium, cents heavy. OPA classes turkeys under 18 unds as light, 18-22 pounds as 1 sdium, and over 22 pounds as avy. Tukeys less than one year i are classed as young turkeys. Prices to be paid for turkey by lolesalers, retailers, cafes, etc. ay be obtained from Mrs. Bald- s In. 1 t i hermen \ i daul Monday 1 etted Over Ten Tons Of 1 Huge Roe Mullets At 1 One Haul Monday, Many I More Got Away And ' Moved On Down Coast 1 I WAIN'S FISHERY MADE ; THE BIG CATCH Pklo PalrK MaHP By Any Shore Fishery In This Area In Great Many Years The P. L. Swain Fishery, on >ng Beach, struck it rich Moniy afternoon when a haul of over i.OOO pounds of roe mullets were ade at a single set. It was such job getting the net ashore with is catch and handling the fish ter the catch was made, the ihery could do nothing with any more tons of fish that were ifting along in the area where e catch was made. The fish that got away were rented moving on down the coast, any of them will probably fall ' the nets of fishermen at other lints between here and the iuth Carolina line. Roes from the ten ton catch of ih averaged close to a pound ch. The fish probably averaged 'o pounds and a half or more, sh or roe, alike, were all eager, bought by dealers who flockin as soon as reports of the tch got about There has been statement as to the price obined but the general understand% is that the fish averaged ound fifteen cents per pound, lis would mean a sizable dividd to each of the 9 or 10 men 10 shared in the catch. Coming what was thought to be the d of the shore fishing season, d not a very good season at at, the fishermen were naturalmuch elated at their good forne. It is expected that this fishery Long Beach and others along e coast, at Hoiaen's tseacn, snai-1 ,te, Gause Beach and Seaside I 11 be wide-awake and on the >kout for this or other such ns of the fish for the next ten ys or longer. LS.O. Plans For Jig Thanksgiving S.O. Club At Southport And Public Generally j Will Join In Providing ] Thanksgiving For Service j Men Away From Home t t Rev. Russell Harrison was guest eaker for the Java Club at 9:00 m. last Sunday morning when gave the service men a brief s d impressive message on the T sic of "Eternal Certainties." The 1: mbined choirs of the Methodist I urch sang for the regular Ves- c rs program which followed the i ndwich and coffee hour at 5.00 1 m. The < service men and their ninine escorts relaxed and en(em Fort Fisher was unable to f cp its regular scheduled engagc:nt because of Armistice Day rades; however, the band is now' sured they may continue to fur- t fh music for the Wednesday a ;ht informal dances that arc so ii sroughly enjoyed by both the li listed and commissioned person- I d personnel of the Army, Na- v and Coast Guard. A splendid c dition to the Wednesday night \ (Continued on page i) s i Most Of The News All The Time $1.50 PER YEAS ' Brunswick Man Chief Chaplain In Australia Colonel Ivan L. Bennett, Of Ash Community, Son Of Late H. I. Bennett, Now Chief Chaplain Of Arm? Forces In Australia SAYS THE SOLDIERS ATTEND CHURCH WELL Interesting Story From Down Under Concerning Native Of This County Who Is In The Far East The following press story from tomewhere in Australia will be of nuch interest to Brunswick Courtly people, among whom Col. BCn. lett was born and reared. He is he son of the late H. I. and Mrs. Sillie Bennett of Waccamaw .ownship and has ten brothers ind sisters living in this county: SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Nov. 14? Soldiers in the Southwest Pacific area attend church no re regularly than they did at iome, and men who've fought the Japs in the jungles of New Juinea are more religious than troops who've yet to go into commt, according to Colonel Ivan L. Bennett, chief chaplain of United States Army Forces in the Far East (Australia and New Guinea). General MacArthur's men attend church' services one and a half times a month on an average, Ool* >nel Bennett explains, Units moving toward the front have a steadily rising attendance at services, and after they are pulle j lor Ship and Field" which are ;l jsed by American soldiers and iailors everywhere. He studies the religious needs j >f the men and sees that the lecessary chaplains and church lupplies are available and propery distributed to satisfy those leeds. With the exception of three , i vears in the Philippines and his >resent assignment in this area. Colonel Bennett has lived and lerved all his life in the South. He vas born near Ash in Brunswick j f bounty, attended school in Winerville, N. C., and in 1916 gradlated from Wake Forest College. ,'n 1926 he received a law decree from the same college. He left Southern Seminary in (Continued on page 2) ~ , I NEWS | BRIEFS i HOME ON LEAVE Coxswain Dalton Brown, of the iavy, recently stationed in, j* 3anama, is spending a ten days i | eave with his parents, Mr. and itrs. Pat Parker at Bolivia. He las been in the Navy for the past | wo and a half years. ' n HOME WITH PARENTS Mrs. James Aldridgc and small on, Bobby Gene, of Kings port, , Tenn., have arrived at Bolivia to Ive with Mrs. Aldridge's parents, dr. and Mrs. P. M. Cox, for the luration of the war. Mr. Aldridgo s in the army and is stationed in Texas. J WAR BOND SALE There will be a War Bond sale ?t the Bolivia school on Friday ' light at 7:30. Craven Edwards and he Dixie Pioneers will be on hand I o entertain those who attend. f" I Sponsors have been chosen by uch of the high school grades ind the grade which sells the . nost bonds and stamps will win j, it Or that sponsor a $25.00 bond. HOME ON LEAVE Hubert L. Holmes, who is In he Navy and stationed at the a immunition depot in Charleston, s spending a ten days leave with lis parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. : I lolmcs at Shallotte. His brothera 'it rho are also in service are Har>ld, who is in Mississippi, and M Villiam Holmes, Jr., who is over? "ji, eaSi 4 i't; i a u