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I he Pilot Covers ]h inswick County fa; 'va SIXTEEN )0cior Winston Will Meet With Boards Friday 0 ;.lte Welfare Official Is , Coming For Joint Meetinn With Two Brunswick County Boards This Week VELF \RE OFFICERS 5 \ LARY THE ISSUE salary Of Superintendent n. Welfare Refused To o P->irl Rv r r?rr> DC * c*?v? j misiioners to a request from' county commission-! -ho meet with them to . matter of the welDr. Ellen Winston, ssioner of Public i d County Attorney 1 tte that she will be morning at 10 o'of county commisnotified accordingly j ohi >n that Dr. Win. no here. The board of j - also notified. It is ' mat the meeting will between the cornp'.d board of welfare, at issue is a dirotween the board of mssioners and board over the Welfare I M:- Maude Phelps. Two - of the board of cornMessrs. J. N. Sewell 1 Russ. have refused to i-.ty budget items for ; <>f Mrs. Phelps. P Bellamy approv- J y Government Com'|h"ted as saying that ijority of the board salary items Mrs.1 r. be paid. j. must be brought to e '.iemcnt before JuV M " Mrs. 3enton Dies A 4- f aIam/J UAmr\ m jLciaiiu uuiuc Leaves Her Husband, Four Daughters And Two Sons; Funeral Services Held Friday V: L i Benton. 41-year old' L v. (iieel at her home v;. S'iay. Funeral services Friday afternoon at Bethel Baptist church. I B in the family cerne-1 M. H. Hllburn and A ' Thorpe being in charge of the services. Benton is survived by " ' d. Dennis F Benton: : s, Lloyd and D. F. Benaughters, Mrs. James V c s Olive. Hope -and Pat-, Benton, all of Le\ number of brothers and ulso survive. : allbearcrs at the fu' Mi-. Benton were EmerKendall Benton, Jamton, Julius Benton, ' .n and Thurman Skip! i Brief News Flashes 'v-n v >0 STAMPS -:r L T. Yaskcll statth?t thr new automobile -nr.;:-. now on at his at other post offices county. rs cost $5.00 and all are required to have: rnmently displayed on, Bor windshields by July L I " AS With THE 30th sellers, of Supply ] the famous old Hick-i - :::oa, officially known forming one of the -'-"is for the 9th Army, mandy and later in t added to the lau1 >y the original Old j :v division, which distinct in the first world ' I it i! 1 > AI LO.VG BEACH 1 firs. E. F. Be-asley of,! .pending a week at," S Mr Eeii'.ey is editor,: t * Monroe Journal and of j ..." ,veek!y He io one of i i/".. '"dely known and able : C ?:edmor.t North Caro- 1 1 S^!CE FISH < r..c, Osborn of the Mill nmunity landed three : :!re? mouth bass while i -unday. The fish weighxater," 1-'i 2 a"f: a preity appearance. 1 NO. 9 An Ope DEAR FELLOW CITIZENS: As Chairman of the Brunsw WAR LOAN, I feel it my duty t. pressed in our efforts as we hat |>assed 18% of our assigned quot; Several factors doubtless ha ing our efforts individually. Ms busy with local problems just ended has led some of us to tl May I remind you with all sine Europe is over, we are yet facir of the war. Through our daily that great damage is being infl equipment. We have no power gallant men who have given all, efforts of all our citizens that \ ment essential to final victory, philosophy that he must be conq In addition to the urgent ne vice, I am profoundly interested local area. I '* >, o..* is to be found in no county than our slow progress to this |?oint ! become sufficiently aroused to tl May 1 urge you for the silk Loan office near you and pureh: financial ability. In doing so y exceedingly valuable and patriot! will be making an investment h hack to you with added profits a corned. Obey that patriotic impuls?, Youn I.eroy Mint/., Sleepy McNa His Parent Sort Cf Shallotts Couph And Member Of Famet Groupe Burdens the Mai With A Huge Letter GOT HIS EDUCATION IN MANY SCHOOL' Studied For A Week It Nearly 400 Different Schools In More Than Half The 48-States, Now In Germany While longer letters may hav seen written and received, ther ire abundant reasons to believ :hat one received last week b; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur P. McNall} ){ Shallotte, is the world's bigges jingle sheet letter, written in long land and mailed in regular man ler. The letter was written "Some .vhere in Germany" on the 29t: if April and the writer was Cp Donald H. (Sleepy) McNally. Th me sheet of heavy paper is 2 nches in width by 40 inches, i ength and, allowing for margir ibout two inches all around. Wit :he spacing of lines in proportio ;o the size of the sheet, ther ,vas ample space for the one thou sand and eight hundred word he letter contained. His parents are now cxpectin :o be permanent residents of Shal otte. Cpl. McNally was known t millions of American people a 'Sleepy" McNally. It was no intil the beginning of his servic ,vith the Army, three years age :hat his full name became gen nully known. Brought up in th heatrc business, both of his pai ?nts and his three brothers a veil as himself being troopers, h las spent his whole life travelin :hrough the United States. A me of the f've McNally Entei :ainers he was, and is, "Sleepy McNally to the American peoph Among his many distinction s one which perhaps no othe \merican can claim. lie wa iducated in about 400 differen schools, finishing high schoc with honors, as did his three brc Jicrs, Pat, Ronald and Howarc rhc 400 schools which Sleep McNally attended are scattere i continued on page two> Work Has Begun Re-Paving No, li Main Highway Througl Brunswick Has Not Stoot Up Under Heavy Travel Work of repaying stretches c Route 17 at points between th Bel! Swamp highway and th south Carolina line was begu Monday by the Dickinson Cor 3traction company of Monroe Owing to the heavy militar and other traffic over it, Rout 17 has not held up as well a was originally expected. The r( paving became necessary. Th contract calls for the expenditur ot $103,356. The asphalt plant is locate near Shallotte and from tha point the contractor will be ah.' to work the stretch i.n. both direi tior.s. Cohtractors and the Stat (Continued on Page 4) IESTj A Good 4-PAGES TODAY" nLetter ick County Orive in tlie SEVENTH i? inform you that we have not pro1 anticipated, having so far barely v. ve served to some extent in retardwy of our people are exceedingly now. The European phase having liink the need not quite so urgent, erity that, although the fighting in lg probably the most critical period press ami news services we learn lifted u|>on our fighting forces and to restore life and its joys to the j , and it is only through the united ve can repair or replace the equip-1 Our enemy is one of such warped uercd and conquer him wc will, i-d from the angle of National ser- ^ and concerned with our county and a more loyal and patriotic citizenry j our own, BRUNSWICK. I attribute solely to the fact that we have not tie urgent need. c of your country to go tothc War ise bonds to the maximum of your ou will not only be rendering an 1c service to your country, but you >eyond comparison which will come it a time when it will be most welbuy your bonds today! n for Victory, Chairman Brunswick County. lly Writes s A Big Letter i Museum Folks Exploring Here -Mrs. Simpson And Four Boys Make Many Discoveries Among The i Birds, One Finds Poison | Oak Mrs. Roxie Collins Simpson of the Smithsonian Institute in e Washington, D. C., has been e spending several days here, ac-1 e companied by three Raleigh boys. y They have been studying birds, reptiles and insects. Mrs. Simp-t son is widely known throughout North Carolina through her many . years service with the State Museum in Raleigh. She left there | last year to accept a much more J h important post in Washington. I The boys here with Mrs. Simp-j e son aic Oscar Williams and Nor9 man McCulloch, both of Raleigh n and John Trott, Jr., of New , London, N. C., Douglas Jones of Southport is also a member of n the party. Among the discoveries c made by tne party young jonea i. collected a complete case of pois son oak for himself. He will probably be in retirement for a week g The paity visited Bald Head " and Battery Islands, Long Beach, 0 Orton Plantation and covered 3 much other territory around Southport. Their discoveries apc plied mainly to birds, of which ( (i they found a number of interest- j ing specimems that are not genp erally known throughout the .? state. | 3 :? s Planning Tours |From Camp Davis a Arrangements About Com-! r| pleted For Visits To Or-1 s| ton And Southport By k Men Just Back From 11 Battle i- _______ ' Sgt. and Mrs. Merton B. OSS' born and Pfc. Harvey Hayes, Jr., J of Camp Davis, spent Friday aft(ernoon here with W. B. Keziah. They were arranging for a series of health and educational tours for service men who are direct . from overseas and suffering bat-( [ tie fatigue. The men are all con- j valscents and arc patients only I 1 in the sense that the army wish-1 l'cs to sec that they have entirely J recovered and are in tip-top shapo when they are returned to duty I if Sgt. Osborn stated that ape proximately 30 men would make e the trips at a time. They will n come down the River read, visit i- Orton, its wonderful gardens, and other nearby places of historical y interest e From Orton they will come to s Southport, arriving here in the =- early afternoon and spending the ,o rest of the day here seeing ob e jects of interest, especially shrimp fishing operations at the packing d houses in the late afternoons, it It was promised the visitors' !e that at some of the shrimp pick-j ing housefc the colored workers ;fc would contribute greatly to the | (Continued on Page 4} [ News paper 1 Southoort, N. C., Legion Seeks |#SSB*^Wewy?i. >>*?*? >',3**il65?8h^$^^wiw Edward N. Scheiberling, nati Legion (right) advises Secretary Legion's determination to see that World War II. The Legion comma roar no longer in Europe there v many organizations and individu would have America retire again It is our duty, for the sake of fi this false and dangerous doctrim must be kept in restraint. This i same common sense that prevent tacking innocent victims. Buoys All Gone The Fishermen Want New Ones Fishermen Says Patrol Boats Made Practice Of I Isinfr Wreck Markers As " ? ? -o Targets For Rifles And Deck Guns ONLY TWO MARKERS STILL IN POSITION Others Were Shot Away, Pulled Up Or Destroyed In Natural Co/irse Of Events 5irCfc> Pla ? d Several Years Ago Several years ago following efforts of the Southport Civic club, Congressman J. Bayard Clark, assisted by Congressman Bonner, secured a Federal appropriation of $20,000.00 with which to make a survey of the Southport shrimp fishing grounds, locate sunken wrecks and other obstructions and siutably mark these locations. The appropriation was made to the Lighthouse Service with the Department of Commerce of the United States doing the work. About four months were required to complete the task and it is understood that only about $14,000.00 of the $20,000.00 appropriated was used. The primary purpose of the work was to mark the location of wrecks and obstructions in such a manner that the shrimp trawlers would not run over the spots with their nets, thereby having them torn to pieces. The useful result of having the wrecks marked for sport fishermen was also obtained. The markers served valuable purposes. Of the large number of mar kcrs placed, the shrimp boat operators now say that only two remain. Neither of these arc on u very vital spot as both arc located near the shoals and the Continued on page two W. B. KEZUH His idea is not a new one, we have heard of it before and profited by it. Still, our freshwater fisherman friend, C. W. Osbom, mentioned it the other day and it is well worth passing along to others who like to go fresh-water fishing. If you have goldfish and are planning to go fishing, it is we!!* worthwhile to take a lock and ree what the goldfish are doing. If they are lying quietly at the bottom of the bowl you might just as we!! defer your fishing trip. If the goldfish are feedifig or swimming about very actively the fish in your favorite fish hole will bite rviiv unci ^wu ouggcouvii utai will serve folks who do not have goldfish is to look at the calendar or almanac. If it is the day after any- of the moon cliatges the fish will not bite well. Nei P0R1 In A Good Coi Wednesday, June 13th, Lasting Peace I ^ . or,a; commander of the American of State Stettinius (left) of the a strong and lasting peace follows mder says: "Now that the cannons , 111 emerge from present obscurity als who seek a soft peace, who into the false shell of isolationism, iture generations, to warn against e. The forces of the axis powers ,s not a doctrine of hate, but the' ts the criminally insane from at' Fire Department Inherits Siren The air raid siren obtained for and used by the Civilian Defense in thoie days when it wax thought that alarms were necessary, has been turned over to the Southport Fire Department by the Civil- . kill Defense. It has already been mountj ed underneath on the tower under the fire bell. Should anybody hear the air raid ! siren in the future they may recognize it as being a fire I alarm. ?' o n Now Serving Un His Third Cruiser i Bryant Potter Reports For Duty On Cruiser Provi! dence; V/as On Helena Mr. and Mrs. John F. Potter have' received word that their son, Bryant, is now serving aboard the cruiser Providence which was commissioned in Biston, Mass., on May 16, 1945. He has been in the Navy over five years and in that time has served on three i cruisers, the Helena, the Houston and his present one, the Providence. The Helena was damaged at Pearl Harbor, but later took part in the battles of Cape Espernce, Second battle of Savo Island and Gudalcanal. She was sunk in the battle of Kuia Gulf in July 6, 1943. Bryant and his brother, Frank, also of Southport, were among the 900 survivors. Potter was assigned to the Houston in August of that year. She operated in Central Pacific waters until she was damaged by torpedoes off Formosa. Potter wears the good conduct medal, the American Theatre ribbon, American Defense ribbon, with one star, Asiatic Theatre 1 (Continued on Page 3) I WING Reporter ther will they bite well at any I time when an east wind is blowing. They seem to have quit making pocket knives for everybody, except G. I. Joe, two or three years ago. Somebody stole or we lost the list one we had So far we have expended six weeks trying to buy or steal another from some one who has a surplus of one or two. No soap, we . are still without a knife. A pocket knife is absolutely essentia! : for a normal fellow and doubly . essentia! if he does fishing sometimes. If the shortage in pocket ; knives keeps up much longer we : will have to offer a reward for information that will lead to the [identity of some one who has , one for sale. (Continued on Page 2) r pil nmunity ~1945~ Brunsw 7th M Sergeant Lewi Bronze Star [ Award Comes To Widow Of Young Supply Soldier Who Was Killed On Christmas Day, 1944 FITATION CAMF. WITH THE" MERITED AWARD Deceased Was First Reported As Being Missing In Action, Later Discovered To Have Been Killed A posthumous award of the Bronze Star medal has been sent by the War Department to Mrs. Joseph C. Lewis, of Supply. Her husband, Staff Sgt. Joseph C. ' Lewis, of the 120th Infantry Regiment, was reported missing in action in December, 1944. Subsequently the wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam W. Lewis, were advised that he was killed in action on Christmas day, 1944. Sgt. Lewis went overseas in January, 1944. He was a graduate of the Shullotte high school and a fine, up-standing young I fellow. His death is a great loss J to his family and to Brunswick | county. Accompanying the Bronze Star medal sent to his wife, Major General L. S. Hobbs forwarded the following citation to the wid! ow of Sgt. Lewis: | Former Soutt Called Dow All Schools Now I Have Principals O. C. Burton, Who Has Been Teaching At White Oak, Returns To Brunswick As Principal At Bolivia " u. k,. duiiuii, wiiu vvaa pi incipal of the Leland school two years ago and who left there to take charge of the White Oak school in Onslow county, has been elected principal of the Bolivia school. He succeeds Glenn M. Tucker, who taught there seven years and resigned at the close of the past session in order to lake over the principalship of the Leland school. During his year at Leland Mr. Burton made good demonstrating his ability as an educator. Feeling that the White Oak school [Offered better opportunities he went there for two years. With the selection of Mr. Burton for the Bolivia school all of the five white high schools of the | county now have principals. W. j R. Lingle will again be at Southport; Glenn Tucker at Leland; Henry C. Stone at Shallotte and J. T. Denning at Waccamaw. Automobile Laws Food For Courts AH Except One Of The Monday Cases !n Recorders Court Were For Traffic Violations Except for the breaking of tralfic laws of one sort or another. Brunswick folks appear to have been on pretty good bchavoir during the past week. With only one exception, all cases that came up before Judge John Ward and Solicitor Ruark Monday had to , do with traffic laws. The Minute Docket reveals that ' the following business was bird'led: xyi Henry Barefoot destroyed persona! property, judgment suspended on payment of costs and defendant placed or. good behavoir form one year. W. H. Shearin, drunker; driving and possession and transporting, continued to June 25th. Prince Welder, drunk on highway, (two cases) remanded to Justice of Peace. Jessie Williams, drunk driving (Continued on page 2) ,0T [ $1.50 PER Y1.A. PUBLISH 'ick Bell I ar Loai s Is Awarded Posthumously / ? '?; ! iPi : fllii ** i ' s. SERGEANT LEWIS AW ARD OF THE KRONE STAR MEDAL CITATION Staff Sgt. Joseph C. Lewis, .1400811."), 120th Infantry Regiment, United States Army, is awarded the Bronze Star Medal for Meritorious achievement and service from 14 June 1944 to 25 December 1944 in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Sgt. Lewis has performed his duties a3 a Mess Sergeant in an out(Continued on page 2i iport Visitor n Nazi Officer " U.S..S. Argo, Which Visited Here Last Year, Received Surrender Of Huge German U-Boat Off Cape Race CUTTER'S COMMANDER FROM SOUTHPORT, ME. Before He Figured In Con' spicuous Event Of The War, He Brought His Vessel To Southport, North Carolina Southport people wall remember a snappy United States Coast Guard cutter that put in at Southport about a year ago and remained for scverul days. The vessel was under the command of Lt. Charles Wtnslow, of | Southport, Maine. He and his officers and men of the Argo found Southport, to be a very friendly town and many of them made lasting personal friends here. I Among the places where Lt. Winslow and his men were entertained was at the home of Mrs. Helen Bragaw. 'fhis week Mrs. Bragaw had a long and interesting personal letter from Lt. Winslow. He had just sailed i the Argo into his own home town ! of Southport, Maine. Along with his letter Lt. Winslow included clippings from | Maine ncwspapci'3 detailing the surrender of the huge German I cargo U-boat 231 on May 14. The surrender was made to the Argo J and pictures carried by the papers I on nn*4 A# floe ef r-VtAiIT/I T f I rxa ^c: i. vi u:v r ..livsvY wv. i (Continued on Page Four) Will Install New Legion Officers American Legion Pians Installation Of Its Ne?v Officers At Ceremonies On Friday Night The r.pm "i-Ifty Post American Legion No 191, will hold its inctallaticr. oi officers, elected at the meeting last week cr. F riday ! night at eight o'clock in the coni' munity building. Headed by Colonel Lar! I. | Brown, retired Army Engineer 1 who saw many years of service, the organisation has an able list j of officers to serve during the ' present year. They will be form,'aHy inducted at the meeting FriIday night. These officers are as j follows: (Continued on Page Four) Most of The News < All The Time ^ IED EVERY WEDNESDAY J I__ una in a Drive Tabulation Last Week Showed County Lagging Badly In The Patriotic Duty Of Buying War Bonds ONLY 18 PER CENT OF .QUOTA BOUGHT Shallotte People Taking The Lead In Trying To Stimulate Public Interest In 7th War Loan Something appears to have been radically wrong with the 7th War Loan Drive in Brunswick county. The average man in Biunswick has not been buying bonds. Less than a year ago it was announced that bank deposits In Brunswick county had * exceeded a million dollars for the first time in the history of the county. Added to the deposits in J Brunswick there must be a million or two more owned by Brunswick people and corporations in deposit in banks outside the county. To all that may be added a vast sum lying about the homes and in the pockets of citizens. The 7th War Loan Drive will b? over this month. Last Friday. June 7th, the total bond sales to that date in Region 7 was com- j piled. Brunswick county is in the above region, which also Includes Pender, Columbus, Cumberland, New Hanover, Onslow and Robeson counties. Following how all of the counties in Region 7 stood with the percentages of their quotas bought before June 7th: Pender was credited with having bought 32 per cent; Brunswick, 18 per cent: Cblumbus, 28 I per cent; Cumberland, 48 per | cent; New Hanover, 49 per cent; j Onslow, 54 per cent; Robeson, -80 per cent. , \ , Many well informed people believe that the failure of Brunswick people to buy bonds at the rate they should have bought them is due to just not having thought about the need of doing their part. This week business people ut Continued on page four Release Woodside , From POW Camp Nephew Of Southport Man Shot Down While Piloting His Bomber In January, 1944 Lt. William Woodside, pilot. ot B-17 bomber, has been liberated from a German prison camp and is expected to arrive home soon. He is a great nephew of R. T. , Woodside, of Southport, and is understood to have been a frequent visitor here. The ne\da. of his release has been confirnild by cablegram. , w l,t. Woodside received his commission and wings in April, 1943. In January, 1944, while piloting his bomber over enemy occupied Europe, he was shot down. For some lime unerwaras ae was listed as missing and his wife was presented the Air Medal in his behalf during the latter part of February of last year. ' ? ** | Ration Pointers | ________ PROCESSED FOODS: N2,' P3 Q2, R2, S2 . . expire June 30. I T2, U2, V2, W2, X2 T2, U2, V2, W2, X2 . . . expire July 31. Y2, 22. Al, Bl, CI . . . expire (August 31. Dl, El. Fl, Gl, HI . . . expire : September 30. 'MEATS & FATS: E2. F2, G2 IH2. J2 . . . expire June 30. K2, L2, M2, N2, P2 . . . expire iJuly 31. Q2, R2, S2, T2. U2 . . . expire August 31. V2, \V2, X2, Y2, 22 . . . expire I September 30. j SUGAR: Sugar Stump No. 36 r.ow valid . . . expires Aug; uet 31. *5 SHOES: Airplane Stamps No. ' 1, 2, ar.d 3 r.o-v valid FUEL OIL: Period 4 and 5 " (last season) and periods 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (this season) valid for . 10 gallons each. I GASOLINE: A-15 coupons good through June 21. A-16 coupons become ' J&te 22 for six gallons each.