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(ie Pilot Covers unswick County V. SIXTEEN " NOT ers Organize Farm Bureau This County Organization StarIt's Way At Meett Shallotte Last T NEXT NESDAY AT OLIVIA SCHOOL iliation Farm Buleration, Staging ship Campaign >ut very interested inswick county farmhe school building* at esday night of last \" lh,:e they heard Flake ! s t.ny-Treasurer of the Jj, Carolina Farm Bureau, iv hi-r organization is iTf the benefit of farmers ( >lina and through tion. About half the 7 : . lir.a counties have .zations and are re^ the American Farm ,j Kt aeration. Biunswick ;.:ie with the forma-i 1 of a organization after L-; Mi Shaw. 1 ; -'.ty organization was ..., ; wing Mr. Shaw's add. ::: yanizution has the t-.r.r.t fficers to serve until becomes thoroughly l-.:zo Fred Lesh, of Bolivia, president; Ernest f Shallotte, vice-presJohn D. Johnson, of! a etary-treasurer. All -at the above meet-; \ joined the organiza-1 S iKtpirj, with the plans to I .conization spread to k: i tiie county, a meet-1 i a.. . held at the school tBolivia, VVednesdayj p: October 17. at 7:30. At ; . 1 campaign drive to Ki r.;s in all parts of id.will be launchel. All r.t:> ar : others interested. 0 car. \ -sibly attend the Boe :, should make it a | f' to be there. . t;:;y Aeerit J. E. Dodson is. rt '..rested in the organizac : .r.ti _ out the power that ta.- b: l r.e throughout the fx Sates and its rapid, st. ir. North Carolina. He ct.;: that the Brunswick tv.y F i Bureau will become fee. re for great good among : s ar.-; all residents of tw.ik. Brief News Flashes . TO HAVE BAZAAR *' rif Trinity Methodist a:e p-mning their annual E i- h will be held 011 ' - In connection with, <r oyster supper will I avnoi nce birth and Mrs. Earl I. j announce the birth of a t;: Elizabeth Anne, 011 at the Dosher Memorial j Mrs Brown is the ltt' Miss Anna Taylor. attending college the young Brunswick t pieviously mentioned as , go this year are, j TH1 ' I 29 Recommendati* For Southpot *? Recommendations Made j\ Last Week For A $95,000 Post Office Building At Southport As Part Of Building Program m BETTER FACILITIES ? ARE BADLY NEEDED irr . J ur Difficulty Of Receiving av And Discharging Mail j co And Inadequate Quar- of ters Make Facilities | inl Necessary Here i w< As part of the Public Building Ai Administrators program for pub- | an lie buildings, recommendations ho were made last week for 29 new t st< post offices in North Carolina, sei each building costing $95,000. Southport is one of the towns I covered by the recommendations J for such a building. _ In addition to the $95,000 || buildings a still larger list of North Carolina towns are recommended to receive $85,000 each Ol for new buildings. Four other North Carolina towns and cities are recommended for buildings at costs ranging from $150,000 to $310,000, this last one being at Goldsboro. The need of a new building at w Southport has been felt for a ho long time. Additional space for ne handling the mails, including box th: and lobby facilities for the pa- de trons, is needed. The present wc building is leased by the Post ha Office Department and its loca-1 he tion is such that difficult back- tei ing must be made by trucks in < order to load and discharge mail, ho In addition to the difficulty of Se backing in. the mail truck is a H( ui uaiigcx, cs^ctiauy l*_> ; i . the numerous children who fre-! ho quent the street crossing at mail! Ci, time. btl an Southport is the only post of- j cj? fice in Brunswick with a rating, cs that permits ownership by the' government. In other cases the ! bo postmasters have to secure their ! ab own quarters. I pc r'e I. D. Harrelscn |? Died Saturday * J by Was Formerly Extremely! th A c t i ve In Brunswick | nij County Public Life; Bur- i he ial Saturday pa I H< Although it was known that he jj,. had been in gradually failing 0f, health for a number of years, j,j, Brunswick county people were rei shocked to learn Friday morning1 ty that I. D. (Sheriff) Harrelson j tj,i had died in the J. Arthur Dosher co Memorial hospital the previous va night. He had been seriously ill I ho for only four days proceeding his death. ' , i m< In his younger days Mr. Har-! his relson was justly deemed one of j jj( the most active figures in Bruns- no wick county. Of a pleasing na- ^ ture, keenly interested in all that i re went on and anxious to play his | an part in the advancement of the j county, he served one term as wJ County Commissioner and one term as Sheriff. Later he served for about fifteen years as Deputy U. S. Marshall, with his office in ~*e Wilmington. j ^ In recent years he has con- j H( tinued his interest, though being j an less active on account of his an health. For the past several years he has operated a country store and filling station on Orton _ Plantation, where he was held in I high esteem by all residents of v the surrounding community and throughout the county. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at three o'clock from Lebanon Baptist church, ? 1 near Winnabow. Burial took place in the cemetery meie upside the body of his wife, who died about fifteen years ago. Active pall bearers at the funeral were all from Orton Plants- in tion or the immediate neighbor- of hood. They were Alex Bogie, hij James Ferger, John Robbins, on (Continued on Page 4) , M High Award To Mack Harrelson ccv? ? ? Ini) Staff Sgt., Former Long-1 m< wood Man, Receives One 00 Of Nation's Highest lal Awards For Action In1 Italy ^ wi Staff Sergeant Mack I. Harrclson, son of Mrs. Don Harrelson, ot J fj/i of Wilmington, formerly of Long-1 wood, was recently awarded the h? Silver Star for gallantry in ac- Sa tion. The citation which ac-1 thi companied the medal reads as Mi follows: .of (Continued on Page Four) J % t"" Anderson, daughter) * .Vts M. D. Anderson, j ~ 1 Bievard College; ' Mis--; Frances Lesh and <.f Bolivia at E. C. ^ a Omnvillc. NOT IN SERVICE last weeks paper it was that Eddie and Burris -.4- h i served as sergeants r"-? the war. This was acso far as Sgt. Eddie Boze-1 h was (oi cerned. He served ' d still serving there 'sergeant and has a good ?-V reto; Burris Bozeman IKi has no ser * record "AlOK IN L.NGINE.ERS it'v r' Swan, vit present fe ,.ln rula in charge of j Drfflge Lyman, has Promoted to the rank of li' j_" 1,16 Army Engineers. He cr. the service 15 ctar Previously served ^ of "a'ions dredges and j I; He was train-1 tL ' Belvoir. Va.: Ft. Dut t ir;<J Ft Mifflin. Pa. | ^ so!: of capt. S. N. j ?,uthP?rt and Mrs.! '! i,..~ -heir lour children also est; A Good 6-PAGES TODAl an Is Made t Post Office larland Beck Is Out Under Bond Marland Beck, Winnabow white an arrested last week on a arge of shooting James Mintz the leg with a shotgun, was imediately, released from jail ider a $300.00 bond and is now waiting a faring in the Rerder's court when the condition Mintz will permit his appear-: % as a witness. Mintz, after receiving the >unds, was treated in the J. -thur Dosher Memorial hospital ,d subsequently went to the me of a brother. It is under3od that his wounds are not so rious. ury Holds Lewis I i Holden Slaying [ ?:? i i nly Two Witnesses Heard . At Coroner's Inquest Last Night To Fix Cause Of 1 Death Of Willie H. Hoi- 1 den A jury empanelled by Coroner . E. Bell met at the court use last night, heard two witsses and rendered a verdict at Willie H. Holden met his 1 ath as the result of shotgun j >unds, the weapon being in the nds of George Lewis, who was Id without bond for the next! rm of superior court. j j The shooting took place at the j me of Holden Saturday night,1 ptember 29, at about midnight, i p >lden died within an hour and j wis was arrested about an 1 ur and a half later by Deputy eriff Odell Blanton. Blanton d Mrs. Holden, wife of the, tin man. were the only witness-1 b heard at the inquest. j b Lewis and Holden were neigh- q rs and brother-in-laws, living ] out a mile apart in Lockwoods p illy township. Each had mar-: b id a daughter of I. A. Hewett,'t ill known citizen of the same; t mmunity. o In effect, the testimony of \t ;puty Sheriff Blanton was that r was called to the Holden home c Mr. Hewett, father-in-law of 1 e two men shortly after mid- d ?ht. The deputy had retired, | 1< ' got up, dressed and accom-i1 nied Mr. Hewett back to the! )lden home, where he found r it Holden was dead. Starting | J to search for Lewis, he met ^ r n on the road nearby and ar-, t 5ted him. Lewis told the depu- a he did not kill Holden. Fur- t er testimony from the deputy t nsisted of what he was told by i( rious parties at the Holden s me. ? 0 Mrs. Holden, wife of the dead j v in. testified that Lewis brought ( r ) wife and small child to the j a )lden home late on the af ter- ( on of the 29th. He left them ere and went to Shallotte. He f mained there until a late hour d the Holden family and ^ wis' wife and baby had retired, f ten he returned. Holden answered his call Mrs. g ilden's testimony continued J wis asked hiin if his wife and f by were there and received an firmative answer. Lewis asked' ilden to tell them to come out ' d Holden said he would not d Lewis then used very bad ? (Continued on Page Six) ^ .hurchesToHave * Joint Revival -otestant Churches In Southport To Have Union Revival Services In 1 he School Auditorium The four Protestant churches ffouthport will have a series union revival services at tb? eh school auditorium beginnine Sunday. October 21. The Rev^ E Tyson of Dover has been cured to conduct the meetings d he comes to Southport very jhly recommended. 'The series of meetings j ntinue for two weeks, with the ^ ening services being held each rht at. 7:30 o'clock. Plans foi irning services have not been mpletcd and will be aimounced c er. a Rev. A. L. Brown, pastor ot c Southport Baptist Church, r U have charge of the music, j r s plan is to combine the choirs; c the four churches. In addi-11 ,n to singing by the choir, it is,? peii to have some fine congre-1 c tional singing. To prepare for i, e music for the meetings, Rev. j s p. Brown has calied a meeting t members of the choirs in the i c (Continued on Page Four) !h P0R1 n A Good Coir Wednesday, October 10 employment" JEig^Cr' , i\... ,i:^J ! to S( hree members of Congress-f at the White House to dis-j News paper I [ Southport, N. G., Discuss "Full I [ aB^Mk I ,' I I fH ': 1 l WASHINGTON, D. C.?T ailed on President Truman uss the "Full Employment" rress last week. Photo shows 'atman (D) Texas, Presic leorge E. Outland, (D) C; danasco (D) of Alabama. Vlany Are Not Discharges . "wenty Discharges Recorded By Register Of Deeds In Past Seven Days; Book Filling Fast T IS IMPORTANT' THAT PAPERS BE RECORDED 4o Charges Made For Recording Papers That Will Form Permanent Record Of Service The filing of discharge papers iy men and women who have ieen in the service is not reluired by law, through practicaly all who are receiving their iapers are recognizing the value hat lies in a permanent record ieing kept. They are bringing heir discharge papers to theffice of Register of Deeds imr?e Wnltnn anrl ha vine" thpm ecorded in the books that the ounty provides for the purpose. I "his safeguards the holders of ischarges from the possibility of 3ss and may prove of value to1 hem at some time in the future. Books are kept In which to ecord discharges from the Army, j tarines, Coast Guard and Navy. j Jo charge is made for recording; he papers but in the event a: , certified copy is desired for] heir own use by the holders of he papers a charge of 50 cents1 5 made for the copy. Mr. Walton aid Monday that, he hopes that i 11 who have been discharged j rill bring their papers to him for ccording as soon as possible fter receiving them. The following discharges have ieen recorded since October 1st.! Jext "week the Pilot plans to be;in reviewing the list of all who! lave recorded their discharge j lapers this year. WILLIAM R. SELLERS?T. | igt. Medical Battalion; Enlisted lugust 1940; Served in Northern j France, Rhineland, Ardennes, Cenral Europe; Home, Southport; lonorably discharged at Fort Sragg, Sept. 29, 1945. Good Conluct Medal, American Defense dedal. Eamct Campaign Medal villi four bronze stars. RALPH E. EVANS?Home,: jhallotte. Served with Co. A.j I82th Engineers from June, 1943. i Continued on Page Pour) i W. B. KEZIAH A few days ago a Brunswick ailor stated lie had lost his dishargc papers and, "What am I o do about it?" Of course, he j an eet a copy from the Navy department after going tlirough . lot of red tape. A few years | rom now and there will be more ed tape than there is now in the, natter of getting copies of dis- | harge papers. For one thing hey will want to know that the nan who is now getting disharge papers is the same felow who is applying for a copy 1 ome years from now. lire best hing for men and women disharged from the service is to ave their papers recorded at the L bill they introduced in Con! left to right: Rep. Wright lent Truman, seated, Rep. alifornia, and Rep. Carter V v Recording he From Service f, j is jai Got His Limit ju On First Hunt til m jar On a deer drive last week, the ' SI first day of the open season, I si Pearl Jones of Waccamaw town-1 ship shot and killed two fine el bucks, thus getting his full sea- j son limit of two deer the first1 ^ day of the season. ! p. One of the. animals shot by Jones was an eight prong and the other had only one snag. Several other hunters were in the! party and three other deer were . shot at and missed. ! J'L: | ol White Purchases ? Shallotte Show ?* j1 Large Sum Said To Be In- ol volved In Purchase Of New Building Fixtures 01 And Good Will p< A real estate and building deal of considerable importance was in consumated at Shallotte last j m week when R. D. White, auto- j cc mobile and oil and gas dealer, | purchased the new Shallotte thea- oj tre building and lot from Ken pi Benson, owner of the Benson J cc road shows. The amount involved has not ( been stated. The building is a \ brand new one with a seating | capacity of over six hundred. A small amount of interior work on' the structure remains to be [ finished and new seats have not ? yet ariived, but regular shows | were started in the building two i weeks ago. Mr. White states that he plans; to make the building just as nice and comfortable to picture lovers (j| as possible. Real efforts will be j c put forward to have a public-1 c( pleasing selection of pictures.i r< With a fine, thickly settled, farm- j c; ing area from which to draw [ patronage, along with Shallotte j b; residents, the show apparently1 pi nas a line iuiure. Mr. Benson came to Shallotte a: about four years ago with one hi Continued on page two c< Si rii A tl WING 1 Reporter N ? court house. If they lose thej original-or it becomes destroyed j tl they will be able to turn to the 'J books. \ tt A dozen or more boats of the a vaiious shrimping fleets brought;? in catches ranging from 50 bu- jw sheis to upwards of 60, Monday, rr. All other boats also made fine j a catches. Winds and rough seasial prevented some of the smaller boats from operating yesterday, I bl but most of them stuck it out Ilc and made good catches. Except for bad spots here and U there on their routes , Brun&- ] wick county school buses are new!a (Continued on page 2) 0 ' PI] imunity 171945 3olivia Boy Found In ]a Vill Assist Veteran In Securing Benefit Mrs. Grace P. Ruark, Execi ve Secretary of the Red Croa iminds Pilot readers that th merican Red Cross has bee ssignated by the government t ;t as one of the agencies t isist veterans with governmer inefits and services availabi ir veterans. Mrs. Ruark ha ist returned from a claims ir itute and is ready and willin i assist in this work. She ma : contacted at her office i outhpoit. deven Cases Heard Monda] /eeks Accumulation O Cases Disposed Of B; Judge And Solicitor Be fore Ndon Monday Eleven cases were called for :aring before Judge John 1 rard in the Recorders Cout onday morning. One defendar .iled to appear and a capias wa sued for his arrest. Judge War id Solicitor J. W. Ruark dis >sed of the following cases i ist a little over an hours time C. M. Furman, reckless opera on, judgment suspended on paj ent of a fine of $25.00 and cost id making restitution to th tate of North Carolina in th im of $25.00. D. H. Hickman, reckless of ation, nol pros. Frederick Baldwin, imprope akes, judgment suspended o lyment of costs. C. S. Pridgen, speeding, jud? ient suspended on payment of ne of $10.00 and costs. James Kelly Jernigan. speedinj idgment suspended on paymer r a flhe of $15.00 and costs. Daniel Hobbs, retailing, judf ient suspended on payment of ne of 425.00 and costs. Ralph Bullard, no operators c lauffeurs license, continued. J. H. Gales, reckless operatioi idgment on payment of a fir ' $25.00 and costs, fine remittei Herbert Parker, abandoning ca l highway, no operators licens registiation, judgment sui mded on payment of costs. Jessie Scarborough, drunk drii g, judgment suspended on paj ient of a fine of. $50.00 an >sts. Clarence E. Holmes, reckles Deration, judgment suspended o lyment of a fine of $25.00 an >sts. Calabash Church Is Consecrate< ishop Wright Conduct Consecration Service An Confirms Class At Lowe Brunswick Church Dr. 1 ho mas H. Wright W? msecrated Bishop of East Can 11a on last Friday at St. Jann hurch in Wilmington. He sui >eds Bishop Thomas Darst, ivh . signed after many years in th; ipacity. The consecration was atlende y a number of Southport pc< Ic. Bishop Wright's first servic s Bishop was at St. James, bi is first confirmation service an wsecration of a church were c unday, October 7, when he cot acted the consecration of S ndrews Episcopal Church an ic confirmation of a class i (Continued on Page 6) region Plans A Big Affaii ew Organization Plannin Oyster Roast And Bi Meeting At Shallott Point Friday Now gaining new members i ic rate of better than one sy, the newly formed Post ( le American Legion, at Sha itte. will stage an oyster roai I the Garner Hotel at Shallotl oint on Friday night of th eek. Plans are underway I lake the affair a big event ar II ex-service men are urged I ttend. Following the oyster roast Lisiness session will be held. Th > be followed with a dance i le hotel. In addition to urgir le attendance of all ex-servii len the. 55 members cf the Pci re a!! requested to bring at lea ne friend for the gathering. .OT [ j1.5u per yea*7ubus? At Bataan Is I p Prison Camp ?? - / S Long Silence Broken With .. Word That Lassiter Harvell Has Been Found And i Liberated From Japanese g ; Prison n SURVIVED ILL FATED o BATAAN DEATH MARCH o i it Message To Parents States le He Is In Good Condition s And Will Soon Be On Way To U. S. And His Home y n J Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Harvell i were advised this week that their ! son, Lassiter Harvell, had been , found and liberated from a Jap' anese prison camp, that he was ; in good condition and would soon t be enroute back to the United * j States and home. Taken prisoner "'ich General f Wuinwright's command and sury viving the death march that followed, only one message from young Harvell to his parents has come through in the more than a three years that have elapsed j since he was taken prisoner. For I a long time after the fall of it Bataan the parents had nothing 3 ] to inspire hope. Then in the j; spring of 1944 they received a .. i single brief letter. It had been n 1 written more than a year prior .. J to its receipt. It simply stated ; that Lassiter was in a Japanese | prison camp and was well. " 4i 1- ?? i-i? g runner eiiuris un uie pan ui ie j the parents and also by the e American Red Cross failed to make contact. It is not known ' if their son received any of the "; messages sent him, but it is ' now evident that instead of send' ing off the once a month letter n | that prisoners of war are supI posed to be allowed to write [- home, the officials of the prison a camp destroyed them. ; When Japan surrendered, the [ ?.1 hopes of Mr. and Mrs. Harvell it! that their son was still alive and would be liberated, was kindled. !- Other men in camp after camp a were found and rescued. General WamwrigM was himself liberated | >r and is long since back at home. It was beginning to seem that no ti, more prisoners of war could be ie fcund, that the long missing Bo- j i. livia man was dead. ir The message announcing that ^ he has been liberated and is in 3" i good condition may indicate that J J at least a few more of the heroes 1 j of Bataan are also still alive. It 1 was the usual custom to keep r': considerable numbers of prisoners ! of war in the same camp. Since j is the message has just been re11 ceived it would seem ' probable I d ! that he was being held in some ! j remote prison camp, perhaps the | j last to be found and liberated. Since the official telegram an' nnnnrinp* thp lihpratinn nf Hnrvpll ' o ! 1, was received, the family has re-, I ceived a personal letter from him. j Among other things he stated j that he was imprisoned at a s i point from where he could see d the effects of the atomic bomb | r j that speeded up Japan's sur- j I render. He said he would be: home in two or three weeks. | ls , s Eisenhower Urges Successful Drive 'd Points Out That Only Half J- Victory ls Won; Nation- i al War Fund Still Has :?i Job To Do it | id, BY GENERAL EISENHOWER in | "War is a grim, cruel business, i- j a business justified only as a t-; means of sustaining the forces id of good against those of evil. '< "In the war just won the great j victory was due to the combined I efforts of all elements of all j ! United Nations operating as a unified whole. Equally impor- j i tant with the unity of the fightip j ing forces, has been that of the | home front, a factor which supI ported and sustained the spirits g of our fighting men during the g1 bil tw campaigning on alien soil. e! "Through bond purchases to i to provide the munitions of batI tie, through making available lt - life-giving blood plasma, through a i supporting the essential warI time services that give to the j.1 uniformed personnel a mental st i stimulus, the home folks have aste sured our fighting forces that js the nation solidly backed the t0 cause for which they fought. lc] Without that help the fine 0 achievement of our soldiers would not have been possible. a "But the military victory is js only half the total victory that it is necessary before the war puriit I noses of our neonie will hp com. S r - ' < ;e pletely realized. With actual comet tat service at: an end, many et thousands of our men must re(Continued on pa^e 2) Most of The News All The Time ! . dED EVERY WEDNESDAY ?m REA Expansion May Start Slow Says Dr. Bishop Labor And Material Deliveries Still A Serious Problem, 460 Miles of RightO-Way Involved In Expansion THE SMALL POJECTS MAY START UP SOON Found That Many War Workers Are Unwilling To Accept Employment At A Reduction Of Wages From Shipyards Dr. E. D. Bishop, manager of the REA, stated this week that the big expansion project of the REA in this county, Columbus, and Bladen, would be started when the present shakedown in labor becomes somewhat more settled. This may take several weeks. A total of 460 miles of new lines are involved in the expansion. Doctor Bishop stated that it may be possible to start some of the shorter projects in the near future and enlarge the undertaking as the work proceeded. A . great many of the lines will bt constructed in Brunswick ana an of the 460 miles have already been decided upon. In addition to the labor problem the matter of material deliveries is still serious and the prices are at a very high level. "Time is the foctor," stated Dr. Bishop, "that will constitute the healer in the big work." Dr. Bishop stated that a check up on the labor situation revealed that many men who were hardly ever paid more than $10.00 per week have been getting as high as $90.00 and $95.00 per week at shipyards and other war work. They now seem to scorn lesser pay and many of thern are Just sitting around waiting for some job that will bring them as much or very nearly as much as they received in their A war work. With this situation, he thinks, it. will t impossible to get oMlhary labor*for the cutting *nj of the rights of way in five or six months. Contrasting the interest of many men, both skilled and unskilled and including many ExService men, Dr. Bishop stated that he knew of several ex-ser- I vice men who have received their rliankoftvao anH rotlimhd hrtmA Many of these discarded their uniforms and went to work within a week at whatever jobs have -'jr been found available. Homecoming At New Hope Church Fifty-First Anniversary Of Founding Of Church Organization At Church Near Winnabow To Be Celebrated r New Hope Presbyterian church will celebrate the fifty first anniversary of the founding of thfe church organization on tiic 21st of October with a Homecoming Day. The full program has not yet been arranged but plans arc being made for quite an event. The church organization whs formed on October 19th, 51-years j ago. The Homecoming has been fixed for the Sunday nearest this I date. All former members of the church and residents of the community who have moved away are invited to return for the homecoming celebration. As f usual for such events a picnic dinner will be served on the grounds and it is expected to have, a number of former pastors of the church present and taking j ; part in the proceeding. ' | TO CONDUCT SERVICE The Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst will conduct the communion setvice at St. Philip's Church on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. . - J Ration Pointers i ; MEATS & FATS. Red Stamps: Al. Bl, CI, Dl. El . . . . nbw : valid .... expire October 31. Fl. Gl, HI. Jl, K1 . . . . now ' I valid .... expire November 30. LI. Ml. Nl, PI. Q1 . . . . now valid .... expire December 81. Rl. SI, Tl, Ul, VI . . . . now | valid .... expire January 31. t SUGAR: Sugar Stamp No. 38 $ now valid .... expires December 31. . SHOES:' Airplane Stamps No. f 1, No. i, No.-3-and No. i { now good. 'TV. i ..n?' * r'l