8 The Pilot Covers M griinswick County FIFTEEN NO Westroyei learned J l.n Leon Williamson, Son Kf Bun Williamson, Of Hickman's Cross Roads, Btfonored Yesterday fused to abandon kj gun before on. n RUSHING PLANE Killed In Solomon IsArea On November 1942; Received 1 Many Medals his sister, Mrs. Sherman ^Kger. seiving as sponsor, a ^Bjjver Escort Vessel, bearing ^^T^ame of John Leon William a< launched at the Orange, Shipbuilding Division of '^ Consolidated Steel Corpora yesterday afternoon in honor pong Williamson of Waccatownship. The naming of vessel for the Brunswick man came as a direct ref his valor in refusing to ^fcior. his gun in face of an ^fcimg Japanese torpedo plane, ^tincider.t climaxed a long reH of valorous service, beginHf with his enlistment in the K at Raleigh on July n, Ifieiv published Associated $ dispatches, last week, Bed him with being a resiii of Ash county. North Car% This was an error. He was e of Bun Williamson, of the bans Cross Roads comely on RFD from Ash, in rnsnick county. At its raemC services here in the spring Brunswick County Post Amir. Legion, presented the pari with a citation. Mowing his enlistment in the it st Raleigh. Williamson was ped to the USS San Francisi September. 1940. He served fettously on this vessel until ns killed in action. He di. tinguished himself at rl Harb?-Vc: December 7. I in the battie of Bougainville' fetruary 20, 1942, and in the He of Salmaua on March 10,1 1 Later he participated in the lure and defense of GuadalL island, including night suri sction against superior forhrough November 10, 1942. Ins commended for his exit conduct during this perHe was also engaged in ac- j vr.th enemy aircraft in the ie of Savao Island and was r. commended for outstand-1 conduct in the performance ir his heroism in the action November 12, 1942, in the con Island area, in which *as killed, he was awarded Navy Cross, post-humously, i the following citation: For extraordinary heroism igunner aboard the USS San! scsco during action against Japanese forces in the Sol- j 'Continued on Page Six) BriefNews Flashes B&DIX<, NEW HOME Bt' ar.d Mrs. Early Danford :;rg a new home in BoliBftey have a fine farm midbetween Bolivia and Route B*HXG IN FRANCE Hankins of Bolivia has sons who are not entirely ^Bjrjted by the war, although ^Btlie boys are in service. They, of their training in Engand are together now in Corbett is a Sgt. and his ^F*r. Roy, is a Pvt. 1-C. B^'Xs FROM OVERSEAS Bf-s Clemmons, son of Mrs. ^F*rir.e Clemmons, is at home 20 days furlough, having in the States on August after over two years in overB* tervice with the army. He ytport to Miami, Fla., at the ^Fhtion of his furlough. ^F**ie Cooker, Southport mah ^F operated the machine at the movie when not engaged in "dtes from Saipan, where | Hib.'." a Construction Engine- ; "*l>on, that he has seen a] B many Japs, mostly dead B of south* ^F^derstood to be the first ^Erlck girl to enlist in the B^' the week-end at her *re She is now stationB M? ar"p sPr'ngs, Va., with K :f"' AAP' Base Unit. The located 11 miles out of ^ ^rg ton, D q ] TH1 L 19 ' Escort Ve ^or Brunsu * ' Big Squeeze ___________________________________ ^ ? ? . -Ar^E~~ ENGLISH CHANNEL ~-'^7 B i ^fUMOGIS v OAKONMf IL%^j T Me Ji TOULOUSE 1 p^y tv SPAIN V/? is ... :l^A4k NEW YORK.?With another lnv i Mediterranean to the South coast of I that will squeeze the Germans in Fre now begin to close. Invasion was si Marseilles and Nice, with paratroops I ing the thrust, arrows show where on Paris, already liberated. Parents Hear F: | Who Is jap * Mr. And Mrs. D. A. Harvell j~ | Of Bolivia H?ar From | i i heir bon Lassfter Har- l_ veil Whom They Have Not Seen In Eight Years i A few days ago Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Harvell, of Bolivia, received a letter from their son, Lassiter Harvell, who has been a prisoner of war in a Japanese camp since right after Pearl Harbor. It is the first direct word that they have had from their son in three years. Harvell had served in the Navy for six years prior to Pearl j Harbor. His parents have not seen him in eight years. Notified! by the War Department soon I after Pearl Harbor that he was missing, they sought the aid of j the Red Cross and after a long investigation the organization advised them that they had learned i that he was a prisoner of war of j the Japanese. j While the letter, received ear- | ly this month, was welcome in I * that it indicated he is still alive, | it was dated July 3, 1943, and | if written on that date was 13 months in reaching the parents. | Mr. and Mrs. Harvell believe, T' that the letter was really written on July 3, 1944. They think that he may have inadvertently given the wrong date, or that his three years in the prison camp may have been such that he forgot ar what year it was when he wrote.1 tir He stated in the letter that he j ke was given plenty to eat and that I be the work he had to do was not sti too hard. A comparison of this no statement with things that have mi been written by other American prisoners of war of the Japanese su reveals them to be identical. The fii Japs evidently require all of their ga prisoners of war, when they are R( allowed to write home, to say or that they get plenty to eat, do wl not have to work too hard and Gi are treated fine. fi( Hook And Line ? Mullet Fishing ? Fish Put Up As Much Fight As Any Of The So-Called j II Game Fish That Delight j " Anglers; Dough Bait Is Used Something new in fishing with'-, hook and line has been going on at the Southport yacht basin for the past several days. Someone in the younger fraternity discovered that the basin was teem| ing with mullets. Hearing that | these fish would bite hooks bait- j wl jed with dough, several expert-I "S imented to determine whether: in | they would or not. The results were surprising. | to The mullets bit and were hauled ;se (ashore by the dozens. Not the(ar (least interesting fact discovered I al (Continued on Page 8) est; A Good ~ 8-PAGES TODAY ^ ssel i rick Hero } In France ST "^rr:iad section of the county. No le was arrested in this raid, lich was conducted by Chas. ay and Perry. Friday night the same two of:er3 made a better haul. They it a 100 gallon steam still, six illons of finished whiskey and ghl. hundred gallons of mash in e Marsh Branch section on the :ver Road. This haul netted L. (Continued on Page 8) lullets Moving ? Along The Coast ? v ar *st Wind Has Started Pro- wi ductive Commercial Fish- th ing All Along The Coast th Of Brunswick County th tr Stimulated by the east wind G< lich sprang up last Thursday, w ieptember" mullets began mov- ve g along the coast in the vicinity Shallotte Saturday. According many fishermen who were Ju en last Saturday, expectations jin e for good catches of the fish [ 1 through this week and for,^ (Continued on Page 8) r v I HE i News paper li Southport, N. C., Wedi )ay Marked By j Heavy Fines For Court Defendants i arge Docket And Major Cases Called For A Full Day's Work By Judge , And Solicitor Ruark Monday iNE DEFENDANT ( NOTES AN APPEAL ven Dozen Rather Important Cases Heard Monday And Several De- p fendants Failed To j Appear When Cas- t es Called r \ Monday's session of the Bruns- 0 ick County Recorder's court jj, as marked by Judge John Ward Iministering heavy fines to a r jmber of defendants. In contrast [ i the light dockets at previous p issions recently a large number j ' cases were waiting to be tried, j number of cases which were! h tiled at previous sessions and at j r hich the defendants failed to j >pear were again continued un- u I warrants could be served. Following is the record, taken ^ om the minutes, of the days ? oceedings: Mose Bannister, reckless opeition, drunken driving, six onths on roads, judgment sus- c :nded on payment of fine of '5.00 and costs. 1 Charles Albert Losen, no ope- I itors license and drunken drivg, six months on roads, judgent suspended on payment of >0.00 fine and costs. Neal Branwell, possession for lrpose of sale, six months on iads judgment suspended on lyment of fine of $75.00 and! ists. Defendent gave notice of! >peal to superior court, appeal ind fixed at $200.00. James Moore, accessory to afay, nol pros without cost to >unty. John W. Lewis, drunken drivg, six months on roads, judgent suspended on payment of (Continued on Page 2) 'ather Receives Unusual Surprise >n Who Had Not Been Heard From In Fifteen Months Walks In Unannounced On Sheriff Harrelson At Orton I. D. Harrelson, of Orton, iown to everybody in Bruns-. i ick county, as "Sheriff", re-' ived the most pleasing surprise his life on Sunday night. His n, Ed Harrelson, radioman 1-C th the Navy, had not been ard from in 15 months and the ther was naturally worried. " This worry vanished Sunday j ght when the radioman walked i on his father, unheralded and! lannounced.. Ed's explanation of the long I ence was that for the fifteen; onths he has been stationed on tl ie of the loneliest of lonely is- P nds comprising the Iceland |w oup. He describes the place as D e coldest spot on earth, with si it a living thing to be seen and Ik: ry little to hear. When he was relieved, with or- 01 rs to return to the States, he f1 is too busy with preparations i's id too excited to write or wire i81 (Continued on Page 8) 'ai IV. B. KEZLAH R. H. Maultsby of Bolivia is | si id to be growing considerable1 a alian Rye Grass this year and | a e crop is credited with being jh [usually fine. County Agent it )dson and this department of p e Pilot are planning to run it ound and call on Mr. Maultsby si ithin the next few days, with e object of finding out someing about the adaptability of t< e crop to Brunswick county. A t< ip is also being planned to the si irrand grain farms in North p est township sometime in the id ry near future. ja c: Delmas Phelps of Supply was s stified last week in complain- [ tl g rather bitterly of the cruelty if< own by some one who shot a si ig in the eye, blinding it, and h vho left it to suffer by the road i i n A Good Con nesday, August 30th, 1 Miss Annie W< Head Brunsw s Re-Elected At Annual Meeting Of Executive Committee In Office Of Executive Secretary HEMBERS-AT-LARGE REPRESENT SECTIONS Committee Chairmen Are Given For The Coming Year; Some New Appointments The annual meeting of the Srunswick County chapter of the American Red Cross was held in | he office of the Executive Secetary, Mrs. Grace Ruark, on Vednesday afternoon. Election of fficers for the coining year was leld. Miss Annie May Woodside was e-elected chairman of the couny chapter. She has held this iosition for several years. Mrs. Yank Niernsee was elected vicehairman. Mrs. D. I. Watson, who as been serving for several nonths as secretary and treas- ;rer, was elected to that office. t Mino momhorc-fif-lortro u'oro on. lointed to serve on the executive r ommittee to represent various 1 arts of the county. These ladies /ill speak for their sections at J he meetings of the executive I ommittee and will be the ones Brunswick Get Nation-^ _ | Fisherman Gets An Unusual Fish ZZZ r Captain Preston Stone of Hatteras, hero operating his boat with the shrimp fleet, ( caught an unusual fish in his net Friday. None of the fishermen who have seen it have been able to identify it, other than to say that it is a tropi- 11 cal specimen. [ r The fish weighs siightiy c less than a pound, is shaped j like a croaker except that it ! \ has a long flat head which is 1; thickly studded with small ! t stones. In color it is a deep jti red, greatly resembling a red snapper. The fish is being v kept in the ice house at the {c W. S. Wells fish house. 11 I s [ames B.Andrews* Killed In Action S c ir. And Mrs. Dal H. An-'J Hr#?ws. Of Ash. Notified 'd That Their Son In The e Marine Corps Was Re-jtl cently Killed In Action o Pfc. James B. Andrews with \e Marine Corps in the South g acific, was recently reported tl ounded in action. His father, t( al H. Andrews, of Ash, has nee been notified that he was d ined. w Young Andrews was 22 years T f age and was a graduate of y le Waccamaw school at Ash, It i understood that he had been :rving in the Marines since soon fter his graduation from school. 1 (Continued on Page 8) 1 WING Reporter j; j ide. Looking at the matter much fl s he did, it seems as if the per- tl m who did the shooting would ave shown a little more human-1 v y 'if he had killed the dog com- n letely, instead of just shooting E . in the eye and leaving it toi B nff er. j nr ia The plans of the county agent o ) speedily engage in a campaign ti ) encourage the planting of, n mall grain and Austrian Winter j eas, is, we believe, a timely un- J ertaking. There is 'no doubt of i< shortage in the Brunswick corn ]? rop, as a result of the recent torm. The hay crop is fine but, e lere will be need of much more[ sed than is being produced and g ived this summer. Folks who (s ave to buy feed during the com- ^ (Continued on Page Seven) ' r PiL imunity 944 3odside To ick Red Cross |! I I 1 h&v Pk M MISS WOOD SIDE hrough whom the Red Cross will; vork when special activities are i mdertaken in their communities, rhey are 'as follows: 1 Mrs. Rossie Holmes, Leland; [' frs. Hazel Purvis, Ash; Mrs.,: Foster Mintz, Bolivia; Mrs. Fred (Continued on Page 8) s Much v^ide Publicity 'ictures Released By State : Dept. Of Conservation And Development Show ' Many Brunswick Scenes YEW BOOKLET HAS 7 BRUNSWICK SCENES Dver Six Percent Of Pic- ] tures O.' County in Ser- i vice Man's Booklet < i Several Brunswick county pic- I ures, ' made six weeks ago, are 1 iow being printed in nationally ii irculated newspapers and maga-|l ines. In addition to independent' lewspapers carrying them, Wide j < Vorld Photographs, Inc., one of the j > irgest picture syndicates in the t Jnited States, is distributing i hem. i Since the State News Bureau ras first established, Brunswick \ ounty has stood high in the ? umber of local scenes in each is- i ue of "Variety Vacationland" < nd also in the number used in ewspaper3 and magazines. c Brunswick, once one of th fUBLlSHi Gets A Huge ( Man-Eater Shark A huge man-eater shark, 15 feet in length and as large around as a 300 pound man, was caught Saturday in the shrimp trawl of the Mary L., a shrimp boat owned by W. S. Wells and whose A captain is Capt. Walter Aldridge.5 There was nothing handy to weigh it with, but experts of piseatology say that it would have tipped the scales at well over half a ton. ; ^ Plan Now For ? Harvesting Fall Pulpwood Crop Now Is The Time To Start ia Planning For Fall Cut- j? ting Of Pulpwood s< ol FARMERS URGED TO e! BE THINKING OF CROP sl St Is Good Way To Occupy Time When Other Farm _ Chores Cannot Be Done ai Now is the time for farmers ti and owners of farm woodlands to M make plans for harvesting their w fall crops of pulpwooci, according el to Lendon Clemmons of the ,, DI Brunswick Victory Pulpwood Committee. bi "Even though your field crops a may not be out of the way yet, st it is a good idea to get your a] pulpwood trees marked early for e] fall thinning of your woodland,"; st Clemmons said, "Then you will r< be ready to start cutting as soonl as field crops are in. 1t< "Pulpwcod is a farm crop that m can be turned quickly into cash1 u; and harvested on days when you Vi can't work in the fields. There is tl a ready market for it now be \ e< cause of the tremendous war req-1 S? uirements for pulpwood products, n: "Farm woodlands normallyj b provide a good share of the farm income. Right now pulpwood is1 b me of the most important farm b\ crops because of the war reeds^ ci for pulpwood products. And it'B vas one of the most profitable1 al farm crops because it is not af-1 fc fected by drought or storms." j p< The committee pointed out that tt even an abrupt ending of the b< ,var in Europe will not halt the i tl lemand for pulpwood because so nany mills will need to build up f nventories for peace-time trade, j I "Most mills have little or no in- j rentories of pulpwood nowadays j is consumption has been exceed- j ng production since 1941," the :ommittee said. j "Finished paper stocks are low >r depleted, moreover, so that here will be a huge civilian denand for paper and paper products after the war. In addition, nany new uses for pulpwood fi^rp nrnrlnpfs havp hppn rlpvplnnpH lince Pearl Harbor and will no dt ioubt be turned to civilian uses." B (Continued on Page 8) m se ar Draw Jury List 2 For Civil Court w< . . Bl Commissioners Draw Jury- tu men To Serve At Week's in Term Of Civil Court Fol- sa lowing Criminal Term di m The Board of County Commis- ge doners drew a jury list Monday, til he body to serve at the one week Li ;erm of Superior civil court which Oi :onvenes here on September br L8th. This immediately follows the CI iriminal session which begins on ed donday, September 11. 22 The jury list for the criminal Bi erm was published in this paper de wo weeks. The following men is vere called for the civil term he jeginning on the 18th: W. E. Bellamy, O. T. Simmons, T 'esse D. Robinson, John Delmas j f lewett, G. A. Reeves, S. P. Sell:rs and M. L. Hewett. Supply: A. 3. Calander, H. B. Bennett, Coney Hewett, R. S. White, George i. Caison, Lacy Bennett, J. D. ^ deares, and Lawrence High, of jhallotte; Claude Moore, Robert dcRackan and John Eriksen, of (Continued on Page 8) Styron Promoted % In South Pacific Ith , th :ormer Pilot Receives Pro- nc motion In Active Theater Of War Where He Has Fi Been For Several Months be be With the outbreak of the war, lei Villiam Styron resigned from the af Vilmington - Cape Fear Pilots in Association and joined the Navy in is a Warrant Officer. He served n this capacity for some time, ai jeing stationed in the Norfolk ri (Continued on Page 8) - Most of The News All The Time ?D EVERY WEDNESDAY bounty Baptists Building Three Fine Churches ish And Antioch Now Have Brick Structures Under Construction, New Britian Plans To Build Soon >ENOMINATION WILL j EAD IN FINE CHURCHES lew Britian Church To Be Two Stories Tall With Church Auditorium On Second Floor, Class Rooms Below The congregation of New BHt,n Baptist church, in lower Wacimaw township, will start work >on on what is said will be one f the largest and finest church> in Brunswick county. The :ructure is to be of brick, two ;ories in height, with the audit:ium on the second floor and the iwer floor containing Sunday :hool class rooms. According to. iformation, the entrance to the jditorium will, resemoie the enancc to the J. Arthur Dosher [emorial hospital in Southport, I ith the stairway being even wid? Construction will begin soon, ifty thousand of the necessary rick have been secured. Another large brick church ia :ing built by the Baptists at sh. This church is also underood to be two stories in height ad, according to information giv l some time ago, it is a large. ;ructure with a number of class >oms. The members of Antioch church, m miles from Southport on the liddle Road to Bolivia, are now sing their splendid new brick sneer church building, although le structure is not yet complete 1. This church, also Baptist, is lid to be developing into the lost attractive church building in" runswick county. I So far as is known, the New ]J ritian church, the one being jilt at Ash, and the Antioch lurch w'Jl be the only brick aptist churches in Brunswick t the close of this year. Except ir the Catholic chapel at South- ^ : irt and the Chapel at Orton, ', lese three Baptist churches will ; the only ones in the county lat are not constructed of wood. 'omd. Studdert Receives Citation on-In-Law Of Mrs. Helen : Bragaw Commended And Receives Medal For His Meritorious Service In i South Pacific Lt.-Commander William Studirt, son-in-law of Mrs. Helen ragaw, has received a bronze edal and citation for meritorious rvice as a result of air strip id other construction work in e South Pacific. He is in charge a company of Seabees. An interesting incident in coniction with Comdr. Studdert's ork in the South Pacific is that i 3b Godfrey, formerly horticulirist at Orton, now a Lieutenaiif-J' the Navy, is stationed at the me place. Although they are in fferent organizations the Comander and the Lieutenant often :t together and talk over old mes back in the States. While :. Godfrey was horticulturist at rton, Commander Studdert's other-in-law, the late Captain turchill Bragaw, who was killl in action in Italy on January !, was manager of the famous runswick Plantation. Mrs. Stud:rt, who resides in New Bern, spending a few days here with :r mother. 1 'rink Given ; Extra Duties juthport Man Made Readjustment Officer For Wilmington Area, Is Assistant Captain Of Port Lt. S. B. Frink of Southport, ^ isistant Captain of the Port of 'ilmington, where he is serving ith the Coast Guard, has been , ade Readjustment Officer for le Wilmington Area of the SixNaval District, it was an>unced this week. The primary duty of Lieutenant rink will be to inform all mem:rs of the armed forces of the mefits to which they are entitd under legislative enactments 'ter leaving the service, includg telling them where to go for , formation and employment. All veterans in the Wilmington ea may be advised of their ghts under the Veterans Bill at (Continued on Page 8)