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L The Pilot Covers Brunswick County t no. fourteen no. whirlwind Finish fi Planned To End I War Fund Drive ( porkers Throughout the | County Will Endeavor to J Establish a Better Show- L ing For Brunswick CounI ty Next Wednesday jt irunswick RESPONSE I M is VERY POOR ONE c disappointed At Present f showing But Still Deter- e I mined That Brunswick 1 Will Not Remain c Among The Laggards In Contributing d Still hopeful that Brunswick j, H,will be able to reach its H f.-pite the fact that it now | Kppears to be an impossible task. , Korkers in the United War Fundie stake a Whirlwind ir H esday, Dec-|r Bmbe:' Sth. according to Mrs. S.) B Frink. county chairman for L drive. i ) If So far Brunswick county has j LaJo an extremely poor showing I ' I- its support of the patriotic duty j J If aiding in this work and giving j L the cause. It is hoped that! I the united effort that will bel Cut forth Wednesday the present ( will change to the point) L it least gratifying, even], If the goal is not reached. * I All chairmen in charge of the Lori; in various sections of the County are urgently requested to f : in this whirlwind drive, electing such workers as are Lyailal from church circles, clubs I End auxiliaries, American Legion,j? Woman's Clubs, Daughters of Lmerica. Kings Daughters and | Eastern Star, as well as the pat- 1. Eiotically minded men and women I * [who can be found in every com- j piunity and who are willing to j Solicit donations. Let's make this j unve a success, and do it today," j [will be the watchword throughout Brunswick county. Three Southport ministers, i Rev. R. H Harrison, Rev. A. L. Brown and Rev Cecil Alligood are j sponsoring'litis special Whirlwind j Drive Mrs. Frink asks that min- c isters, teachers and leaders in the , various communities back up their c community chairmen in putting i the drive across. j | Word Quickly : Gets Around Here ; ^Intercommunication System I at Bolivia School Appears I to Be Extremely Valuable I For Keeping In Touch I With Everything Going I So far as is known, the Bolivia Hs:hool has the only two-way injM'-crcommunication system in Brunswick county. The system <*was installed two years ago at a B-ost of approximately $400.00 and ' Pnr.cipal Glenn Tucker and the teachers are all proud of it and pleased with It. S From the Principal's office any ; Bor all class rooms, the auditorium the agricultural building can - ? contacted. The machine is the as those used in public ad' 'iress systems and at the pressure l:-' a button instructions can be 1 'Slivered to any class room or an J Hii'iress made to audience in the I' (Continued on page 2) I Ration Pointers I bl'Cr.VR?Book 4. stamp 20, | - pounds, expires January 15. GASOLINE ? Coupon No. 8 I a A book good for three gal- ? ions. SHOES?Coupon 18 in the . I sugar and coffee ration book I va!id for one pair of shoes has t -to expiration date. No 1 air- f Plane stamps in Book 3 became t valid November 1 for one pair ' 1 I dices ] I FOOD?Blown stamps. Book ( meats and fats G. H, J. K, lxPlrc December 4, L and M I expnv January 1. Green stamps L wok 1, processed foods. A, B, : expire December 20. D, E, 11 ^B "in F valid December 1, expire I' I January 20 |; FTLL OIL New No. 1 1 I VftJ'10n- CasB 1 sheet, good for [ . pallors (l unit), expires j I n.: uar7 ncw No- 1 coupon, I in SS/c sheet, good for 50 gal- , ' units), expires January I br.n>w "s"? 1 coupon, Class 6 ; ?0do for 250 galolns (25 1 I 2'?' exP"c January 3. No. 1 I oirVU^?u Vdl1'1 November 30, ex- i I x? ! ,Hnuary 25. No. 3 valid j I ember :;o, expires February ,,, Inspections required I tmJ,. ??* holders every six "1 memtn8' of B holders every four W : of c holders every ;'| Wce months. TH1 32 OPA Rules Coi Christina; [lifts Of Food Baskets Are 1 But Ration Stamps Surrendered B RALEIGH, Nov. 29. ?Wartime e ood rationing restrictions this ii 'ear will not seriously hamper b he distribution of gift baskets of, ood to needy families by chari- v able groups, since the Raleigh g )ffice of Price Administration ti las worked out a simple system j or these groups to obtain ration- n d food, even though it will req- it lire ration points from the re- c lipients. s The procedure for obtaining ra- s ioned food was revealed today 1< ly Theodore S. Johnson, district j f' lirector of OPA, in a statement j" vhich stressed that OPA was re- 11 uctant to require surrender of! c >oints from gift recipients, butj ound it necessary in order to I c :eep the rationing program on an P ven keel, without possible dis- f; uption by racketeers or black q narket operators. c "We were not confronted with p his problem last year," Johnson ' Bolivia School Laid To A ___________ *_ >oldier Who Went Over the I Hill at Orlando, Fla., Eighteen Months Ago Arrested at Myrtle Beach and Stolen Bonds and ' Stamps Found on Him JCHOOL LOST ONLY $4.00 IN THE ROBBERY deserter Was Arrested j When He Tried to Dis- ! pose of Stolen War Saving Stamps at the Myrtle Beach Post Office, Admitted the Robbery The robbery of the office of Principal ^Glenn Ticker of the j Bolivia school, and the'ransacking j if teacher's desks in the class ooms, was solved Tuesday night if last week with the arrest of .icwis Wiles Chapman, Jr., alias | toyce L. Chapman, Jr. The arrest j r cas made by the Chief of Police it Myrtle Beach, S. C., and Chapnan admitted the crime when ^ roods taken from the Bolivia ichool were found in his possesion and he was confronted with , vidence of his being a deserter * rom the army. Chapman, a native of Brockon, Mass., went over the hill at Jrlando, Fla., 18 months ago. Aftr Myrtle Beach officials, assisted >y Sheriff C. P. Willets and Prin sipal Tucker had definitely con- z iected him with the Bolivia rob- r >ery he was turned over to the s irmy to answer to the desertion t ihargpc. Among the things he stole from f he Bolivia school was $182.00 in t Var Bonds and War Saving t stamps. At Myrtle Beach, Tues- ? lay, following the crime, he cash- i td two of the stamp books at the ( lost office. Apparently getting I he money was so easy that he 1 vent back for more. This time t he postmaster was suspicious c (Continued On Page Fouri i ? Lieut. Morris On > Flying Fortress; Vocational A g r i c ultural ' Teacher at Shailotte Having an Interesting Time 1 of it As Pilot of Huge Air ( Battleships < Since he resigned as vocational { igrieulture teacher in the Shalotte school in the spring of 194211 .o enter the Army Air Force, ail treat many folks in the Shailotte iection are greatly interested in he exploits of Lt. Harold M.' Morris, who is piloting Flying, fortresses in the active theatres! j )f war. ! Lt. Morris is known to have nade one crash landing in which lis Flying Fortress, "Hawkeye" vas destroyed. It is understood that he also lost another plane, hot down in combat. He recently wrote Prof. H. C. Stone of the I Shailotte school that he was hav- I Ing a hot and happy time, was j i 'Giving the Germans hell." So far < tie has come through without a 1 scratch, but in the crash landing 1 In which he lost the Hawkeye he I only had enough gas left for a 1 minute of flying when he found a 1 place where he could bring the machine down. ' He has been flying the fort- 1 resses on bombing expeditions in- I to German-held Greece and into < Germany. He is a native of ' Douglasville, Ga. ESTi A Good 4-PAGES TODAY ticerning s Gift Baskets Permissible This Christmas Will Have To Be y Recipient xplained, "because major rationig of scarce food items did not egin until March, 1943." Briefly, here is the procedure' chich any charitable or civic: roup will follow in obtaining ra-j ioned foods for gift purposes: First, they should estimate the! eeded quantities of rationed' :ems, such as so many dozen I ans of vegetables. Having set up uch an estimate, they should preent those calculations to their ocal rationing board and apply or a certificate covering their Allowable inventory," exactly in he same manner as a food merhant opens a retail store. Rationing boards will issue oupons covering the anticipated urchases which may be made rom any wholesaler or retailer. 'he organization will then exhange their "inventory" ration ioints for the food items. (Continued on Page Four) Robbery Lttny Deserter Local Girl Is 1/tit 11/V?>r 1? r j v r w i/viv | Miss Virginia McKeithan, 21 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McKeithan, of the Bethel church community, near Southport, was killed in an automobile wreck in New York, J Monday, according to word received by relatives. No details are available. The young lady, who was well esteemed, worked with the NYA in Southport until several months ago when she obtained a position in a store in Wilmington. It is understood she has been working ia Mov York for the past two months. The body is being sent home and will be interred at Bethel church. Io Aid Farmers IVith Tax Returns ?one Deputy of Internal Revenue Department Has Several Appointments to Assist Farmers and Others With Tax Returns Raymond D. Christman, chief one deputy of the internal reve-! me department in Wilmington i tates that he has submitted to I he bureau a recommendation iroposmg an income tax itinerary or the benefit of those who failed o or were not required to file cntative income tax returns on Jeptember 15. The itinerary, which s yet tentative, calls for Mr. Christman to be in Southport on December 1 and that he will be ocated on that day at the couny tax office. On December 2 he ixpects to be in Shallotte, then on December 10 will be at the farm igents' office in Supply. "The special purpose of this tinerary," says Mr, Christman, "is to assist farmers with their eturns as they arc required to lie these returns not later than December 15 and to pay whatever ,ax is found to be due." The deputy urges all farmers o arrange their records covering ncome and operating expenses and o prepare a rough statement in >rder that as many taxpayers as >ossible may be taken care of durng these dys. British Soldiers To Be On Parade >ack Company of British Antiaircraft Soldiers From Camp Davis To Parade in Honor of Lord Halifax in Wilmington CAMP DAVIS, N. C. ?As a 'itting climax to their six-months' ?ur of the United States, British inti-aircraft soldiers now stationid here will parade in nearby iVilmington, in honor of Lord fialifax, British Ambassador to his country, on the afternoon, of December 3, it was announced lere today. Lord Halifax, who will motor to Wilmington from Raleigh early that morning, will review the troops from a vantage point in the :ity center. Early in the day he ivill inspect construction work at (Continued On Page Fous* VTE 1 News paper I Southport, N. C., W STAFF SERGEANT HARRY E. WILLIAMS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Williams, of Shallotte, with the Army Air Corps, is now serving overseas as ground mechanic. He enlisted in August, 1942, received his final training at MacDill Field, Fla., and has been overseas for several months. H. L. Dosher Dies Veterans Hospital Veteran of First World War and Widely Known Citizen of Southport Passes After Long Illness, in Fayetteville Hospital The News of the death of Harry L. Dosher in the Veterans hosin Favetteville. last Friday ftic ... - morning, was received here and elsewhere in Brunswick county with regret. Mr. Dosher was a lifelong resident of Southport, a veteran of World War I and was generally known and esteemed. He had been suffering with tuberculosis for over four years and was only recently taken to the hospital in the hope that treatment might improve his condition. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church here Monday j afternoon at three o'clock with Rev. A. L. Brown and Rev. Cecil Alligood in charge. Interment was made in Northwood cemetery. Mr. Dosher is survived !.y his widow, Alta Wescott Dosher, of Southport; one daughter, Dorothy Dosher Hardee, Morgan City, La.; two sons, Harry Leighton Dosher, (Continued on page 4) Joseph C. Lewis Died At Shallotte Aged and Widely Connectj ed Resident of Brunswick County Passes at Home I of Daughter in the Shalj lotte Community Joseph C. Lewis, 82, widely known and esteemed resident or Brunswick county, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Rose Davis, at Shallotte on Sunday afternoon. His death came as a result of the infirmities of age. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Davis, with whom he has made his home, and six sons. The sons are A. M. Lewis, of Wilmington; S. W. Lewis, Raleigh Lewis and Roger, of Supply; James S. Lewis, ofg Shallotte and G. K. Lewis, of Wi'nnabow. A large number of grand children and several great-grand-children also survive. (continued on page two) W. B. XEZLtH In hope that he might find that there existed a possibility of obtaining a new school bus or two, Principal Glenn Tucker of the Bolivia school attended the Southeastern District N. C. E. A meeting at Fayettcvillc. What he learned was that there were nc new buses in sight for either here or there, anywhere in North Cariolina. Mr. Tucker, the only representative from Brunswick at thii meeting, summed up the situatior by remarking, "Well, I guess ali of our schools will have to gel along with their old buses as bcsl they can." Captain Charley A. Rourk, foi many years either conductor 01 engineer on the W. B. & S. rail road, during its earlier and mor< profitable days, migrated fron Southport to Orlando, Fla., sonu fifteen years ago. For the pas four years his health was not s( good but he has finally recoverec - Y P0R1 n A Good Con ednesday, December 1 All Rural Mail Patrons Urged To Stamp Mail Cooperation Asked By Postoffice Department Of Rural Patrons In Christmas Rush IMPORTANT IN SECURING SERVICE Christmas Rush Makes I More Careful Attention To Stamping Mail Necessary The following instructions released Nov. 2 by the First Assistant Postmaster General is passed on by Postmaster L. T. Yaskell who urges mail patrons on Rural : to please co - operate with the postoffice department to the fullest in this matter so that the best service possible during the holiday rush may be rendered. The new instructions follow: "In order to facilitate the collection and dispatch of mail matter on rural routes all first and third class mail matter (letters, post cards, greeting cards) deposited in rural letter boxes for collection by the carrier should have stamps affixed at the proper rate of postage." "Postmasters at offices from which rural service originates are requested to see that rural carriers are provided with stamp supplies sufficient to accomplish this objective." "Both postmasters and rural carriers should advise patrons so far as practical of the desirability of their cooperation to the end that mail be handled as expeditiously as possible." Due to the very great increase in the volume of mail handled, and due to shortage of help in many post offices it is almost impossible to dispatch all of the mail the same day received if the carriers are required to stamp it after returning from their routes. This is particularly true during the holiday rush when the volume of mailing is multiplied many times. Please stamp all letters, post cards, and greeting cards before mailing. All rural carriers have with them a supply of all denominations of stamps (including air mail), postal cards and stamped envelopes. They will be glad to supply all rural patrons so that they may stamp the mail before depositing in mail boxes for collection by carriers. Mrs. Arnold Claimed by Death Highly Respected Southport Woman Died at Her Home Here Monday, Funeral Services Yesterday Afternoon Mrs. Margaret Arnold, well and highly esteemed Southport re'sident, died at her home here Monday afternoon following a lingering illness. She was the wife of J. A. Arnold and was in her seventy first year. , Surviving is the husband, a son, Clifton Arnold and a daughter, Mrs. Robert Maultsby, of Southport. Four grand children and one great-grand-child also survive, along with the following brothers and sisters: Joe Arnold, ' (Continued on page 4) i WING Reporter . and returned to North Carolina. He is now looking after Bill , Kopp's store in Bolivia, while Bill i is engaged in the more active work of shipbuilding. Captain . Charley stated the other day that ! he wished his friends would call i on him and talk over old times. ! County Agent Colon Mintz, ol Wayne County, accompanied by his family, spent Thanksgiving i week with his mother, Mrs. H. L i Mintz. at Shatlotte, and with Mrs I Mintz's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J : E. Dodson at Ash. t From observation, no actual information being available, it is - concluded that the vocational ag: ricultural work at the Shallottc high school is showing splendic 5 results. A visit to the Reynolds 1 Blacksmith Shop at Shallottc oi : any time after school hours wil t always reveal three or four mem> bcrs of the class hard at work 1 ' (Continued on page 11 r piL lmunity St, 1943 BALD HEA1 !.' ; "*L.r | j PEHHHHhHkl BOTANIST'S PARADISE? Head Island showing some tures of the island, among house and the palm trees this island that Botanist Ni ideal place to study both ve; I Botanist-Snak< Visits Ba I ^?????? /V^ze' Rulings For J Dei erred Workers ! I | As a result of recent rulings | all deferments of farmers and : farm labor will be rechecked j and worked out under new in struations _?mm_ the. office of | Brigader General J. Van B. i Metts. Under the new instructions farmers will be required to report every three months concerning their own activities j and that of labor which they I employ, where deferments apj p'yThe new system is expected ! to materially aid the work or | fight program. Those who obtain deferments in order to produce by farming, and those farmers who employ deferred farm labor must show what has been accomplished. Otherwise they they will be released to the . Slective Service Board to begin service. (J. S. 0. Schedule For Coming Week . -- J, Program Includes Dances, Movies, and Various Other Attractions For the Entertainment of Service Men Thursday ? Square Dance. Friday ? Movies. "In the Navy" with Abbott and Costello. Saturday ? Informal Dance. Sunday ? 9 a. m. Java Club. . 5 p. m. Sandwich and Coffee Hour ? Vespers. 9 p. m. MOvies. "I Live on Danger" with Jean Parker and Chester Morris. Monday ? Community Night Movie ? Same as Sunday. Tuesday ? Game Night. Wednesday ? Dance with Army Band music. Captain Church was guest speaker at the Java Club last Sunday morning and he gave a brief message to the men on "Self Respect," with a very interesting discussion from the service men present following his talk. Mayor Erickson and Rev. Mr. Alligood also helped to steer the discussion. Folloing the Sandwich and .Coffee Hour at 5 p. m. an excellent program of entertainment was ; provided by the Negro quartet , from the Brunswick County Training School of Southport and ! two excellent readings by Estcllc Swain of the school faculty Howell, science and music instruc. tor of the school, was in charge . of the program and announce, ments. The USO is financed by the Na tional War Fund and more thar i 50 percent of the contributions will be turned over to the USC ! for the entertainment of men ir I the service. Community people ! who have enjoyed the USO pro; grams and who wish to have e 1 share in this good work shouic . give their contributions to Mrs , Frinch, the chairman for this or(Continued on page i.) OT HED EVERY WEDNESDAY D ISLAND i P yAvj i Above are scenes of Bale of the more interesting feathem the Cape Fear Lightwhich abound there. It if. cholls writes of as being an getation and animal life. e Catcher - i Id Head Island Thinks Snakes Are Worth Their Weight in Gold to Farmers Through Destroying Rats and Mice and Other Vermin BOTANIST'S VIEW OF LOCAL ISLAND .Was ^harmed With Natural Growth on Frank Sherrill's Island, Coast Guardsmen Were Very Courteous Ten clays ago J. C. Nicholls, Jr., a Cornell University graduate in Botany, finished up his summertime task of catching live rattlesnakes in the western North Carolina and Tennessee mountains. Front that work he came directly to Southport with his main object being to get a brief personal view of the shrub and tree growth on Bald Head Island. As in the mountains, the snakes in this area have denned up for the winter, but Mr. Nicholls plans to return in the spring. ' Mr. Nichols says that snakes of all kinds do farmers a great deal of good by destroying millions of rats and mice each year. A five foot black snake, he said, ininhahiv eats a hundred or more| 'big rats in the course of each summer. Such snakes are worth their weight in gold to a farmer, and smart farmers know it. They often catch and place large snakes in their barns for the sole purpose of destroying rats. If every snake in the country were killed, rats and mice would cause a great deal more damage than they do. So no snakes should be harmed unless they arc poisonous J snakes. Mr. Nicholls described his visit to the island in this manner: "Now, only a few, alter being in the mountains, I find myself 'at the seaside, on Bald Head Island, with surf creaming lazily on the beach, and the dunes rising with their lovely slopes anct ; breaks almost like frozen waves and breakers of sand. Near the water there is always noise, j though it all blends into t. ! soothing symphony?the rhythmic 1 breaking of the surf on the sand the cries of the gulls and other ! shore birds, the sighing of the breeze in the brush at the edge of the dunes, and the tinkling ripple of notes of the little song birds At first only marsh grass i: and very small vines grow in the sterile sand, with sand crab tracks land their holes among the slopes I'of eth dunes. Then low bushes ' with tuffs of cottony down on : their branch tips like little white clouds begin to appear in groups. :! Soon the dunes get higher and higher, and arc crowned with solid growths of very dwarf Yo ;pon, with its thick clusters of i bright red berries, and with taller > but equally dense and impenetra? blc masses of Myrica Gale, the i Bayberry from whose waxy grey : berries the incense-scented Boy berry candles of the Pilgrims were i made. Over these bushes clamber I vines with bright evergreen leav. es and purple berries. I "The winds from the ocean I (Continued on Page Four; 1 Most Of The New* All The Time $1.50 PER YEA! 1944 Auto Tags On Sale Now In Whiteville Purchase Of New Auto And , Truck License Plates Are Made Easier This Year. Only One Tag This Time BRANCH OFFICE TO HANDLE TAGS Have To Take Only Tim Money And Application Card Mailed You From Raleigh State license tags for automobiles and trucks for 1944 I again be sold in Whitevlla through the branch offioe of tko Carolina Motor club at Braxtonlo Auto Service. The new tags w? go on sale Wednesday, December 1st. The branch will be operated this year by Mrs. Gordon 0. Binson with Mrs. Annie B. Jordan aa assistant license clerk. According to Lee Braxton, proprietor of Braxton's Auto Servioe, buying the new licenses this yaar will not be so much trouble a* last year. He said: "Much less trouble this year will be experienced as old registration cards will not be require ed. This caused lots of trouble for the 1943 automobile license purchasers because tabs could not be issued without it. Many owners had not saved these registration cards although now with ration- < f ing the pocket registration eaflf will still be an important item." No tabs will be sold for IMft but only on cnew license plate will be issued for the rear of tike ear. There has been no change in the license fees, stated Mr. Bru? ton. |t| In explaining some changes in the license law, Mr. Braxton said, "old 1943 license plates are good until February 1st, 1944. This gives motorists two full months to purchase their 1944 plates. Then has always been many objections ' to the expiration date of North Carolina license for many reasons. It has not always been convenient s for motorists to buy their license in December, and this change j' ,j the license law will be welcome | by many North Carolina motorists. Now motorists will have < from December 1st until Feb- ( ruary 1st to purchase the license the license for the year 1944." All that is necessary this year to get new 1944 license plates is the fee, of course, which is shown ' on the application and also the usual application card which hi mailed from Raleigh as in former years. However, in the event of i delay in receiving these appllca- ' tion forms the applicant may bring title to the license bureau R and purchase license with the ' i Utle. ? ' i NEWS I j RRIFFS ! J; CORRECTION Since our story on the intercommunication system at Bolivia , j School was set up we have befen informed by W. R. Llngle, jjfincpial of Southport school, that' ne has recently installed a system of that kind in his school. So WO amend the story to the effect ? that there are two intercommunication systems in the county.' If there are more we'd like to know I about them. THE EDITORS , - jf IN WASHINGTON Mrs. Anna Butler Thompson |f and daughter, Mrs. Kenneth H. . Kinsler, are spending this week in Washington, D. C. HOME ON LEAVE i| Sergeant Joseph C. Lewis, who JfJ enlisted in the army before Pearl Bj Harbor, has been spending a fifteen days leave with his parents, ' Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Lewis i in the Boone's Neck community. , He is now stationed in Indiana. AT HOME FOR REST ' James Holmes who enlisted Jn the engineers branch of the army the day before Pearl Harbor has been spending the past three weeks with his parents, Mr. and { Mrs. W. R. Holmes, at ShalloUe. ? After serving six months In Ore f. army he was given a physioial g discharge and has been engqg- fp ed in defense work at the .Norfolk Navy Yard. ] / SPENDINF WEEK HERE Mr. and Mrs. Lewis J. Hardee and children, of Morgan City, La., ft are spending this week here; hav/ ing been called home by the dee . sj of Mrs. Hardee's father, Mr. cy Dosher. ? j 4 : '* M