I The Pilot Covers
I Brunswick County
B5l. NO. FOURTEEN i\
erley T. Vereen
eigel Wood Bosi
Died Last Thurs
pular oiid Widely Knowi
^ Lumberman Succumbs T<
injuries Sustained In Au
^ tomobile Accident Las
^ Wcek
as general supt.
OF RE1GEL PAPER CO
H2rted Lumbering Manj
HFears Ago With Wacca^Bmaw
Lumber Corporals
tion, Very CooperaWith
Small
I Land Owners
^B< T 'riley 1 Vereen, 54, Supt
^B : gel Paper Corporatioi
^B : in the Columbu;
.-...srital at Whiteville 01
^Br- right from injuries re
^Bi, automobile acciden
V in the company':
Lake Waccamav
Bolton
' was probably thi
^B: 1 aiberman in eithei
^B it Brunswick counties
- tii the Waccamav
^K::.bvr Corporation at Boltoi
and steadil]
^Bi.viJ up from a laborer tc
other positions o;
1 spunsibility. When th(
^Bv Paper Corporation boughi
^Be more than a hundred thousanc
II ;iv Waccamaw Lumbei
I s Mr. Vereen was
[ _ superintendent of al
L- Brunswick anil Co[
[;, the interests of tht
L.p, y which he represented
I: V-. ice-: was whole-heartedly
(operative with adjoining land
Lt.c:- Tlii small farmers and
Inber owi-.ei - in a wide area sur[sr-iing
the huge Reigel tract
Lr.e-1 long ago !Jiat they had a
a: friend in Perley Vereen, who
Esed the Reigel tract.
Funeral services were held SatMay
afternoon at the McKenzie
imeral Hour in Whitevjlle.
unal was at tlie cemetery at
ike Waccamaw.
He is survived by his widow,
rs. Annie Lee Vereen: his mothMis.
Rosa Vereen, of Freend:
one sister. Mrs. C. C. Gore,
Conway. S. C.; six brothers,
YY Waldo. Ester. I. B. Irkne.
of Freeland: J. J., of WhiteLle
and one half-brother, Rob
ireen. of Perry, Fla.
ill P. 0. Folks
Had A Big Rush
arious Post Offices In
Brunswick Had Double
The Usual Amount Of
Work; RFD Carriers Also
Up Against It
Brunswick postmasters hr.d hard
eg this Christmas, according
oil reports that have been re
_ me volume or ini'i
was double and in several
Bs: many times double that
.' .as had to be dealt v/ith
previous Christmas holidays.
Bin nearly all cases the officials
reported to have handled the
Hitra work without any extra help.
H* can easily lie understood, the
'i was a busy one for them
I4 they deserve the thanks of
patrons. This goes for the
^B'rers on the rural routes. aTso.
were up against things even
r thar. the post offices. Not
(lid they have much extra
j-;.. they had to make their trips
m extremely disgreeable weaand
in nearly all cases pints
V their routes were over dirt
that got in bad condition
the result of melting snow end
B
H At Southport Postmaster L. T.
"'well says that five times as
Bc'h mail was handled as in any
B-tvious y.an,. Mrs. Yaskell went
' of the post master
H regular clerks. In adB
btained another highs'
t?lue! helper in William Am(Continued
on page 4)
Ijation Pointers
i < 4NNED foods
(been dm-''e?."F" (Book 4)
expire January 20, 1944.
GASOUNE
I. coupons expire February
meats, fats
| (, ,yu Stamps
, 1^44^ exP're January 1,
g; I v SHOES
It nil ?' 1>( ,K?ok 1) valid indent:
' Plane Stamp No. 1
JUIt J) now valid.
.. sugar
'|f>ve L ~'J 180011 4) good for
gBa^ nds through January 15,
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22 Years In
;! All The Tir
Boatswain Mate Garfield Cli
J. Has Been Lucky In His As
Service At Caswell /
Farming 0
,; some z& years ago uarneia
j Clemmons. a young Brunswick
; county boy. enlisted in the army.
He was lucky as he was assigned
' to Fort Caswell, just a few scant
1 miles from his home. Fort Caswell
I was booked for abandonment by
j the army, however. A young Clenri
mons had been there only two
(years when he obtained a transIfer
to the Coast Guard. Again he
j was lucky. Oak Island, his new
[base of operations, was only half
'a mile from Kort Casweh. He has
i been an active member of the
Guardsmen at Oak Island for the
I past 20 years, and stilll is. At the
present time he is a Boatswain's
Mate, first class.
Several years ago when the
activities at Oak Island were not
so great as they are now Clemmons
bought a farm eight miles
out from South port and on RFD 1
from Bolivia. During his off-duty
hours he has devoted himself to
this farm, upon which his family
lives. He has made no great shakes
at becoming an extensive farmer
but he has built up his pace
until he has some very fertile land
and he takes a lot of pride in
what he and his family produces.
This past year his family, with
him assisting when he was on
leave, had some fine crops in the
way of corn, peanuts, potatoes
and cotton. They also raised a lot
of meat and still more chickens.
The Boatswain Mate and his fam
dll clStbl'I l Hid i. uicj1 iiiauc jiiui v
money raising chickens than anything
else. They are counting on
chickens as one of the main products
for the coming year.
Boatswain Mate and Mrs. Clemmons
have four daughters, the
j two younger ones still living at
I home. One daughter lives in
Florida. He considers the raising
of the girls as having been of
much more important than all of
the crops that he has labored at
when not on dutyat Oak Island.
Kudzu Is Good
Legume For N. C.
Helps To Reclaim Gullied
Lands And Is Used For
Grazing And For Hay
Kudzu is an excellent legume
for reclaiming gullied lands, for
grazing, for hay or soil improvement
in North Carolina, says
Enos C. Blaird, Extension agronomist
at N. C. State College.
Kudzu is usually started by
setting two or three year old
crowns, or rooted sections of the
vines. Seedlings may also be
grown iii a nursery. The crowns
should be set in late winter, before
the plants start growing.
"On gullied land, growers big
holes about 20 feet apart, 18 inches
square, and 15 inches deep. |
These holes are filled with a mixture
of soil, manure, and one
pound of superphosphate or complete
fertilizer. Two plants are
set in each holes," Blair says.
On cultivated land, he recommends
that furrows be run about |
15 feet apart, and that manure j
or fertilizer be applied in the.
furrow. The land is then ridged j
as for cotton and the plants set
5 to 6 feet apart, with about 500
plants per acre.
Row crops are grown between
the rows of kudzu for two or
(Continued on page 4)
[EST;
A Good
4-PAGES TODAY
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Service ft
ne Near Homej
emmons Of The Coast Guard 111
isignments For Duty; Long |er
ind Oak Island, Does
n The Side
I Car Overturns iu
('apt. Par her Hurt s0
:th
Traveling between Southport ,[!
|and his home at Shallotte, Capi
tain Morton Parker, of the dredge
j Henry Bacon, had a narrow escape
j when his car struck a slick place hi
on the pavement Sunday morning, th
The car went out of control, i loi
turned over and was badly dam-! Imaged.
Captain Parker suffered anjar
injured shoulder. i
The accident happened between I Rl
i Southport and Supply, at a point:Fl
where cars hail been entering the jWi
highway from a clay road, carry-|as
ing slick mud onto the pavement, j
Workroom Will f
Reopen Monday
Slight Change Made In 1
Hours; Women Urged To
Cooperate In This Red
Cross Volunteer Work I
1 Having been forced to remain i g.
closed the week following Christ|
mas because of bursted water
pipes, the Red Cross Surgical
| Dressings Workroom will reopen
IMnndav .TanilHJ'V 3.
The original schedule of Mon(day,
Wednesday, and Friday will
i be continued but the hours have ('_!
i been slightly changed.
Starting Monday, the room will
[open at 2:30 o'clock instead of
2:00 o'clock as formerly, and will
remain open until 5.00 o'clock. The
evening hours will remain the nl'
same, from 7:30 o'clock to 10:00
o'clock. J!?
j It is hoped that a good number
will respond to the urgent req- 80
uest that the dressings be made 1111
without delay. Poor attendance ',0
| throughout the summer and fall ml
have put the local workroom behind
schedule.
I dr
Thomas R. Phelps83
Dies At Freeland ~
Well Known Citizen Of
Waccamaw Town ship
Passed Sunday After An ^
Extended Illness, Burial fo1
At New Life Church vj(
wi
T. R. Phelps, sixty-five year old un
resident of Freeland, died at his Tg)
home there Sunday morning after
an extended illness. Burial was in
the cemetery of New Life Church th(
Monday afternoon. The services ]or
were held by Rev. Woodrow Rob- a
bins and Rev. M. L. Mintz.
Mr. Phelps was a splendid cit- . '
izen, active in the public life of W{
his community and county. His q.
passing brought sorrow to many
in Brunswick.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Core Simmons Phelps; five chil- 1
dren, Mrs. Dovie Bowen, cf Wil- a
mington, Mrs. W. E. Jacobs, of m(
Nakina, W. Austin Phelps, of ha
Freeland, Mrs. Lester Edwards, of Pe
Bolivia and Mrs. John Bredimus, an
of Freeland; four brothers. J. F. ho
Phelps, of Lake Wales, Fla., C. Ch
A. Phelps, of Port St. Joe, Fla., an
W. W. and R. C. Phelps, of Ash; an
two sisters, Mrs. W. C. Burney, of Ye
Wananish and Miss P. I. Phelps, op
of Ash; and seven grandchildren, br
HE
News paper
Southport, N. C., V
7uel Shortage
Last Week
In Southpoi
Vith Some Of The Com]
anies Having Failed 1
Make Deliveries In Thr<
Weeks Situation Wi
Acute
The day before Christmas fouj
outhport experiencing a serio
erosene and fuel oil shortaj
he Standard Oil company, whi
ipplies the major part of . tl
ical needs, had not made a de
sry in three weeks. During th
me the Texas Company had se
:veral loads of 600 gallons eac
o had the Richfield people. Hoi
,'er rationing regulations preve
lese and other oil companies fro
slivering to any save their o
jstomers.
The Texas and Richfield peop
ipplied the general public so loi
s their supplies held out, wh!
as mostly for just a few hou
iter delivery was made.
The major part of the consur
g public had not been able
;t either fuel oil or kerosene
larly two weeks and with tl
were weather the situation w;
wte.
The Standard Oil Company do
>t personally make deliver!
;re. The local dealers are su
ied by an agent, in Wilmingto
ith his not having made ar
diveries in three weeks and wii
le situation acute on Friday se
al local agencies made direct d
ands to the oil companies.
The Standard Oil Company we:
'er the head of their dealer wl
as not making local deliveric
hen he was appealed to, Mori
n Divine, district manager f<
e company, rushed in a traili
nk car with 3,200 gallons, R. 1
hite, Standard dealer at Sha
tte also sent a load. Tile Ricl
3ld and Texas Companies, whit
id previously been doing whi
ey could, each sent in a tan
ad. Late Friday afternoon tl
iblic was advised that fuel c
id kerosene was available i
eir stores and filling station
sceivetl at the Southport Ice ar
lei Company's plant, the stu
as delivered to retail points ju:
i rapidly as possible.
Among those instrumental i
itting the much needed con
odlty here were Wiley Well
ayor John D. Eriksen, the Soutl
irt ice and fuel company an
hers. The Standard acted quid
(Continued on Page H'owcf
"op Dressing
For Small Graii
tould Be Put On Soon Am
Should Be Secured A
Once
Farmers should make arrangt
:nts immediately for securin
e nitrogen witn wnicn u> 10
ess their small grain, says D
R. Collins, in charge of Exter
>n work in agronomy at Stat
illege.
"Small grains should receiv
Dm 16 to 32 pounds of actus
trogen per acre, depending o
lether the grain follows a cove
op. This may be derived froi
0 to 200 pounds of nitrate c
da, 50 to 100 pounds of an
onium nitrate, or 40 to 8
unds of uramon," the agronc
st points out.
This top dressing can best b
t out with a combination see
ill and fertilizer distributor. 1
e nitrogen is applied at th
me time lespedeza is sown i
(continued on page two)
U. S.(
Many of the men from the arm
services have requested th
JO to locate sleeping facilitie
r their wives in Southport an
rinity during New Years. Thi
11 be one of the bigest opport
ities for the local people t
ider a personal service for thes
rvice men and their wive:
my of the wives and friends o
3 service men will have travele
ig distances in order to spen
brief visit here.
Several of the men from th
my, Navy and C o ast Guar
:re taken to private homes fo
iristmas dinner by the local pec
i. Several soldiers who ha
iristmas dinner with Mr. an
rs. C. G. Ruark said that the
d a delicious dinner and th
)st enjoyable time since the
d been in the service. Othe
ople who came to the USO Clu
d took, service men to thei
mes for Christmas dinner wer
lief-of-Police Otto E. Hickma
d retired Sergeant Wayne Leir
t. New Year's Eve and Ne\
:ar's Day will present anothe
portunity for local people t
ing some happiness to othe
FORI
In A Good Conn
Wednesday, December 29,
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I War This Week 1
li
:h
it The major occur.)nee of (he
j, week in the Atlantic was the ^
sinking of the great German !
jl battle wagon, Seharnhorst, by j
it British warships protecting a
convoy on the Murmansk route.
,('l The British suffered only minor c
damage to two of their warships j t
3, and the convby suffered no dam- 11
age. In addition to the Scharn- 1
in horst other German warships '
l-1 are reported to have sustained [I
s. heavy damage. 1,100 German 6
i- sailors and officers were lust in *
id the sinking of the Scharnhorst. s
i- The engagement occurred Sun- :1
| day night.
* * * I
a
General Dwight D. Eisen- L
] hower, Commander-in-Chief of i
I the Allied Second Front armies, ,
J | predicted Monday that 1944 '
i would see the complete defeat
j of Germany. To a group of (
d j newspaper correspondents he
t | said, "We will win the Euro|>ean
| war in 1944. The only thing
I needed," he added, "is for every ' I
>_ man and woman, ail the way |
g from the front lines to the re- |
,p motest hamlets in our two eoun- j
r tries, to do his or her full du- I
i- ty.?
;e * * *
Iu accordance with the or- 0
e ders of President Roosevelt, who v
il was seeking to avoid the gen- a
n! eral railroad strike that has s
:r been threatening, the Army took ! (
n over the railroads of the United ')}
if States Monday night. The measi
ure was taken when it appeared b
0 that a strike which was being (_
i. called by railway brotherhoods e
was threatening to stop the flow e
e of weapons and equipment to the c
d armed forces. The experience is I r
if not a new one for the railroads, t
e Utey were taken over by the n
n government in the first world c
(Continued on Page Four) c
t
). News l
i-1 service men.
e | Approximately 450 soldiers and | "
s j 150 men of the Navy and Coast I.
d ! Guard were present for the Christ- j
s | mas Eve formal dance. Warrant j'
Officer Marell M. Chamblee who I
o was in charge of the arrangements
e for the dance and full course din- ?
3. ner said that the men of the
if 232nd AAA SL BN had a very
d enjoyable time. Christmas carols ,
d were sung by the entire body at j I
the intermission of the dance. I
e j Many of the local ladies were pred
l sent as dancing partners and hosrjtesses.
At 10:30 P. M. Chaplain 1(
| Lansford gave a brief prayer and c
d' gave thanks. Fried chicken, potad
j to salad, peas and coffee were j,
y I served. Among those present were te
| Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Wal- o
y|ter V. Uhler, Commanding Officer 11(
rjof the 232nd AAA SL BN, Lieut-|p
b! enant Hatfield , Captain and Mrs.
r j Claude C. Cannon, Lieutenant and t
e;Mrs. S. B. "Bunn" Frink, Mrs. C. c
n Ed Taylor, Mrs. J. W. Ruark, Mr. s
i- and Mrs. Prince O'Brien, Mayor o
v and Mrs. John D. Erickson, Rev. E
r Russell Harrison, Rev. Alligood s
o and Miss Elizabeth Pridgen. h
ir (Continued on page 2) C
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imunity
,~1943 publjsi
HAPPY NEW YEA
Gas Rationing I
Consumption
?__???? *
Harder To (Jet c
New A utomobiles
Because of the reduced supply
if new (1942) automobiles, eligilility
requirements for these cars
lave been tightened by OPA to i
educe the number of applicants. | '
Jnder the new rule an applicant's;
(resent car must have been driven b
iO.OOO miles (previously 40,000) tj
lefore it can be considered un- p
lerviceable by local boards, sales- p
nen are ineligible for new cars, a
ind local boards are requested to
ssue a purchase permit only to ?
n applicant showing an imncdiate
need. * p
I ' a
Veterans Wear . :
Service Buttons I
D
4 n
iuttons Will Be Distributed
To Veteran's Of World f<
War II To Indicate Ser- f<
vice With The Armed ?
F orces b
Veterans of World War II may w
,1-' * ' inrlinofino- Spr- ^
oidin lapci uuiiuno muibu??ie ice
with the Armed forces by Cl
pplying to the nearest Army intallation
in the Fourth Service J1
Jommand, except ports of em-J ;
arkation. .
It is preferred that application 1
e made through mail to the '
lommanding Officer of the near- .
st post, camp or station. Enlist- "
d men must send their discharge
ertificate, not a copy, with their
equest for a button, and the let- 01
er should be sent by registered
nail as maintaining the certifi- ^
ate is important to every disharged
man. Officers piust mail ?
wo true copies of their orders
eparating them from active duty, '
dotations will be made on the ,
ertificate or orders by the issuig
officer, stating that the req- ?'
lest for a lapel button has been
illed. Applicants may also apply a
ti person to the Commanding Offi- ai
er of the nearest Army installaion.
Honorably discharged officers, I
nlisted men, WACs, and mem- '
?ers of the Women's Army
(Continued on page 4)
?ostpone Auto |s
License Date
Owners of Vehicles will be al>wed
until January 31 to purhase
State Tags.
By virtue of a bill enacted into ni
iw by the North Caroina General p;
issembly at the 1943 session, ia
wners of motor vehicles are al- id
>wed until January 31, 1944, to N
urchase their license plates. ni
Representing an extension of t!
ime to the tune of 30 days by rr
omparison with the previous
tatute, which made the use of te
Id license plates unlawful after D
iecember 31, the state-wide rr.ea- re
ure is expected to prove very e:
elpful to motorists in North oi
"arolina.
OT |
rlED EVERY WEDNESDAY
ZL .
R
-las Cut
Nearly 40 pc.
:ix"*n ,x"''AsNu'>u?rPAs '
To Drive y c_vs 1
tong As War Lasts SaySj,
OPA i,
KDiToirs-NWTeT Thin U the
limit article lit the OI'A summary
jI the giisoline situation.
Rationing of gasoline, OPA reorts,
has already reduced gasone
consumption 39 percent over
ne nation (where rationing was
rimarily to save rubber) and 62
ercent in the critical eastern
rea where the program is intendd
to save both rubber and gaso- j
no. 1
OPA's rationing task in the
ice of growing military needs I
nd dwindling supplies has been
specially difficult. OPA was call- j
J upon to safeguard a minimum
f gasoline for everyone, so that
.nterica's geared- to-the- automoile
transportation system would
ot break down.
To do that, it became necessary
)r OPA to set certain standards
ir deciding what groups of motrists
needed the larger shares,
nd to complicate that, OPA has
een obliged to make curtailments
'ithout being able to disclose the
lilitary reasons which made such
urtailments necessary.
While most rationing boards
ave been careful in issuing gasone
coupons, OPA realizes that in
umbers of cases pressure has
een exerted on rationing boards v
>r one reason or another and too |
lany B and C coupons have been ;
sued. Much of the over-issuing, j
is well-known, has come from j
rroneous declarations of am- (
unts needed by applicants. I
Theft of coupons is another j
roblem, OPA admits. For ex- c
mple, in the 15-inonth period
ooimnn raHnninp* hftMn.
ooks representing more than
26,000,000 gallons of gasoline s
ave been stolen from rationing c
uards. However, large numbers a
E them have been recoverd. (
All of the factors have produced
series of situations in which the
ssignefi quotas of gasoline for
(Continued on page 4) s
Vant To Use Idle j
Acres For Grapes!
0
oil In Eastern North Carolina
Well-Suited For
Growing Grapes On A (
Large Scale I
If a project now being plan- \
ed by officials of the State De- \
irtment of Agriculture, mater- i
ilizes, thousands of acres of
lie, cut-over land in Eastern
orth Carolina will within the
ext few years be reclaimed in c
le production of grapes for com- t
lercial use. f
Fred E. Miller, director of the- j
ist farms division of the State S
department of Agriculture, said f
:cently that the muscadine grape I
cperimental work being carried j
1 at the Coastal Plains Experi- v
.(Continued On Page pour} t
Most Of The News
All The Time
?i|
$1.50 PER YEA*
Southport Was
Wei! Dressed
For Christmas
Only A Comparative Few
Participated But The
Quality Was Well Up To
Standard
MUNICIPAL LIGHTS
WERE EFFECTIVE
Prizes Were Offered By
Woman's Club And Rewarded
The Efforts Of
Those Who Decorated
With only a fraction of the
usual outdoor decorations, the
contest sponsored by the Woman's
Club for living Christmas
trees and outdoor decorations was
judged Christmas night.
First prize for Christmas tree
went to Mrs. H. W. Hood. Her
tree was exceptionally large and
well decorated. Mrs. C. G. Ruark
won second prize with her all blu*
tree and Mrs. S. B. Frink's tr s
won third prize.
In the house decorations, Pfc.
Edward Taylor won first prize
with a blue and red wreath which
encircled the doorway. Mrs. Merle
Hood won second prize. The windows
at the front of her house
ar* urith hlue lights
were jsuiiuuhuvu ? ?.. .? ????
and they formed a lovely frame
for the picture of Christmas joy
inside. Mrs. Hulan Watts was
third prize winner in this catagory
with her doorway which was linei
with lights.
Mamie Frink won the prize
imong the colored people for her
tree.
Prizes for tile contest were
ionated by Orton Nursery, LegLett's,
Watson's, Ruark's Store,
and Lancaster's.
Hie most spectacular decorations
in Southport during the
loliday season wgre the ones put
jp by city aiuV county officials,
"he commup'tn -bee in front of _ i
the court house, so ably decorated " '"l
iy electrician Harry Aldredge and
lis helpers was a joy to the whole
town. Mr. Aldridge also decorated
the fire house very attractively
with lights around the doorway
ind a star in the arch.
? The window display made by
vorkers in the county tax office
were exceptionally effective and j
leautiful. Each window had in it
i huge "V" made of colored J
ights.
Although there were not so
nany individual displays this year,
Southport citizens had a taste of fi
he beauty of Christmas lights. fj
Those who did participate spent
i great deal of time to have their
tomes express their holiday hap>incss.
I
NEWS j I
BOIEES 1
uniLii u
' !l
home from college
Among the young South porters i
vho have ?een at home from col- 1
ege for the holidays are: Joel I
doore, Citadel, Charleston, S. C.,
disses Marion Frink and Josephne
Moore, University of N. C., at
Chapel Hill; Marie Moore, W. C.
J. N. C., Greensboro. Miss Bess
diller Plaxc'o, Fassifern at Henlersonville.
CONTEST CLOSES
The knitting contest between
lervice wives and Southport lalies
will close on New Year's Eve,
mnounces Mrs, C. Ed Taylor, Red
>oss Production chairman.
WATCH NIGHT SERVICE
There will be a watch night
;ervice at Trinity Methodist 11
:hurch on New Year's Eve start- #]
ng at 10:30 o'clock. A special
vorship service has been arranged
>y the pastor, Rev. R. S. Harrilon,
and refreshments will be servr
1
JEGIN TAX LISTING MONDAY \
County Tax Collector William
forgensen has been placing the
ax listing books and other sup- 4?i
dies with the tax listers of the *y
various township this week. The
vork of tax listing begins next '2
veek and continues through the ('
nonth of January.
schools reopened i
The White and colored schools 1
if the county reopened today aft:r
being suspended since the 22nd
or the Christmas holidays. Miss j *
Vnnie Mae Woodside, Supt. of
Schools, stated yesterday that so
ar as she knew all teachers were
>ack at work. There are no re>orts
of illness that may interfere
vith the work in any of the
ichools.