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pilot Covers gfUiiswick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time 6-pages today Southport, N. C., Wednesday. January 30th, 1946 $1.50 PER YLAj PUBLISHED EVERY WEUNEbUAl failed Study Of Conditions By Grand Jury ik v Report Submitted f.' Members Of That Lv To Judge John J. Buroey At Conclusion Of Investigations Last Week commendations FOR IMPROVEMENTS embers Of Body Visited <h00ls And All Other public Institutions And Buildings In This County . tju. exclusion of their work ' ist week, members of the - vu < county grand jury sub Jed the following detailed re ;M Juo-re John J. Burney: superior C out t <;ite of North Carolina Brunswick County To the honorable John J. Burr.ev. presiding judge: ffe the grand jury for the v term. 1946, of Brunswick :v Superior court convened ' :e; to submit the following on: ?e the grand jury as a body J to express our gratitude for help rendered us by the hon cle John J. Burney. presiding it and the able Solicitor, iion L. Moore. He also wish to express our 0 sympathy and convey our ;;;i of sorrow to his honor ?e recent death of his next of Reports or. county buildings Vaccamaw high school: 1. Top ?s repair (Roof). 2. Comple ! of wiring (Electric). 3. Plas ms and painting needed. 4. Ad ::.il room needed for twelth de. Vaccamaw i Colored): (Little : 1. Toilets should be mov and floored. 2. Porch floors aired 3. A pump should be to provide a water supply. . of checked for leaks and re Mi ongwood colored): Recom 1 that a suitable building be ? rv-o-ihle as old btrtlHjnp' :o! be profitably repaired. Pmv Grove (colored): Recom . ser.eral repairs of building equipment. .ear Grove (colored): 1. Re : porch flooring. 2. Check roof leaks. 3. Repair plaster. ?Bolivia high school: 1. Repair ? i. Provide sanitary drinking rains and a disposal of waste Kr from fountains. 3. Plaster ? be repaired. 4. Water sys 1 or pump should be put in per operating condition with l?e i. Posts or columns should repaired in front of building, leek and repair of wiring in Srcltural building. 7. Urinals toys lavatory should be check ?-"'i repaired. 8. Screens plac home ec. room. 9. Need to room for twelth grade. feUotte high school: It is *?fy that at least two addi das.-; rooms be provided 1&46-47 term. This is in to provide room . for a grade. School is now us ? agriculture building for a Rry Need for a library is E is the school will begin agriculture again upon of the teacher. wwiasboro or No. 5 (colored): ^"nien | school be enlarged by ?Confnuea on Four? brief Newi Flashes ?toCTK HOME G. Wilson, Southport who has been serving in the , ^;,c- is one of the high-point P men now enroute back to ! Coiled Slates with enough ^ to make him eligible for H.; left Pearl Harbor January 10. aboard the S. S. Victory. HOME Ul3v Hew^t. T-5. of Bolivia, ^'Jrning t- the United States the u. S. S. Windham *? Ho left Pearl Harbor on| 15th and is now due in * Francisco. K)K HOME r?! Hewett, of Shal t'o.*1;'' h'' hcen serving in -acitK;. . HS ,|ue t0 arrive at , ^ ^ s > on January 23rd, * ;"ar' Harbor. He came ?hdarti the U. S. S. Sea ^N'N<. HOME 5 I ? Parker, of Winnabow, by Pfe<rl Harbor on Jan- J enroute back to the; States He sailed aboard ( , ^ S- Benevolence and was | J^l ' ve in s?n Francisco PERFORMS VALUABLE SERVICE SAM T. BENNETT DILLON L GANEY Political Pot Beginning To Boil In Brunswick County Ex-Sheriff Dillon L. Ganey And Rural Policeman O. W. Perry Both Announce Candidacy For Sheriff SAM T. BENNETT TO RUN FOR CLERK John Caison Announces His Candidacy For Office Of Coroner As Fourth Man To Enter This Week Politics in Brunswick county moved into high gear this week with the announcement of four new candidates for nomination on the Democratic ticket. A contest already has develop ed in the sheriff's race, with the announcement of Dillon L. Ganey, former sheriff, and O. W. Perry, rural policeman and former depu ty ty serving under Ganey. Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett has announced his intention to seek again nomination and elec tion to the office which he now fills. John G. Caison has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for coroner, a posi tion to which he was elected four years ago. Following his election he entered the Coast Guard, re signing from his county office in favor of W. E. Bell. The only other candidate to make announcement is Boyd Rob inson, whose announcement for Hie Democratic nomination for county cpmmissioner was publish ed last week. _____ ? ? ? All Must Get Burning Permits County Forest Warden Dor man Mercer Urges Coop eration Of All Land-Own ers, Particularly Duding Windy Months On and after February 1st, through the months of February and March, all persons burning off woods, new grounds, fields, etc., must have a permit for such work. To fail to secure the per mit subjects them to arrest and prosecution for starting even a small fire that is kept under con trol. The above is according to the North Carolina laws and is aim ed to help reduce the number of destructive forest fires that sweep this county and other sections of the state during the windy and often dry months of February and March. County Forest Warden Dorman Mercer, in addition to appealing to the general public for all pos sible cooperation in preventing and checking forest fores, is call ing attention to the law on burn ing, which he and the rangers are compelled to enforce. He is publishing a list of conveniently located points where permits may be obtained, providing such burn ing is not regarded as a menance to nearby woodlands. Begin Movement For Fire Truck At a meeting of members of the Southport Volunteer Fire De partment last night plans were discussed for the purchase of a new fir^ truck for the city. A committee of four was nam ed to investigate the possibility of obtaining a new truck and to raise funds for its purchase. These men are Ormond Leggett, Henry Rob inson, Ed Marlow and Harold Ald ridge. Unusual Variety Of Game Bagged Herbert Rogers, Edgar Jones, Bertram Burris and Bertram Burris, Jr., went coon hunting one night last week. They brought in two large ooons, three o'possums, one rabbit and one large wild billygoat. The gixat was a really wild one, belonging to no one and living the life of a hermit in the deep woods. His hide was prime, likewise his flesh. Lengthy Session Before Recorder Busy Day In Recorder's Court Here Monday A# Cases Had Piled Up An Extra Week While Su perior Court Was In Ses sion Monday brought an unusually big lot of business to the Bruns wick county Recorders court, and Judge John B. Ward and Solicitor ! J. W. Ruark found themselves faced with having to put in the entire day with the handling of j cases. The minute docket shows the following matters as having been called: J. W. Hewett, Jr., John Norris, Monroe Norris and Edgar Mun cey, larceny, continued to Febru ary 4th. R. H. Maultsby, Jr., worthless check, restitution having been made, judgment suspended on payment of costs. Murdic Watts, non support, nol pros. Johnnie Norris, Monroe Norris, Jr., Edgar Muncey, destroying property, continued to February 4th. Theodore Babson, alias Bear Babson, larceny, bound over to superior court under $300.00 bond. William Thomas McNeil, as sault, nol pros. Bergie Dyson, no operators li cense, judgment suspended on pay jment of costs. j Herman H. Summersett, no operators license, continued to February 11th. i Hinson Johnson, improper lights, judgment suspended on payment of $10.00 fine and costs J. F. Gore, reckless operation, (Continued on Page 2) No Plans Made | To Keep USO Nobody Showed Up At Special Meeting Of Board Of Aldermen Fri day Night To Suggest Means for Retaining Club No individual nor representative of any interested group appeared I at the special meeting: of the Southport board of aldermen Fri day night to offer plans for the retention and continued operation of the USO building. j City officials say that this leaves them with no other alter native than to contact represen tatives of the Federal Works Ad ministration and report their in ability to continue as club spon sor. According to plans outlined by representatives of this govern ment agency when they were here recently the building and contents probably will be offered I for sale. North West Township Gets Another Industry Smith - Douglas Fertilizer Company Will Erect Big Manufacturing Plant At Navassa In Time For Use Next Season PLANT WILL BE OF UNUSUAL TYPE Plane Hangars Will Be Used For Manufacturing Unit Building And For Huge Storage Ware house North West township will have an additional fertilizer factory in operation in time for the 1947 fer tilizer production. The Smith Douglas company, which was at one time reported to be planning to buy the Dow Chemical com pany plant in New Hanover, will start construction on a huge new factory and storage house at Navassa in two or three weeks. The construction cost is said to be approximately $250,000, and ( the structure will be the only one : of its kindw in the world. It will be built of three Army Air Corps metal hangers fabricated into one single in-line structure 500-feet long and with an interior ceiling of 45-feet. The Sitiith-Douglas company | purchased the hangers from the Reconstruction Finance Corpora tion, after they had been built under Air Corps specifications for! use in the Pacific. They recently became surplus material. In addition to the manufactur ing plant the new Brunswick county industry will have storage space for twenty-five thousand tons of fertilizer. It will be locat ed on the Cape Fear river near the plant of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company and in addition to river shipping it will have service from both the Seaboard Air Line and the Atlantic Coast Line railroads. A spur track to connect the plant with the rail roads is already being built. Typewriters Are Badly Needed Principal Of Leland School Again Takes To Unusual Advertising To Solve Bot tle-Neck In His School Program Glenn M. Tucker, principal of the Leland school, is having much trouble in his efforts to obtain typewriters for the use of the pupils who are enrolled in the business class at Leland. While serving as principal at Bolivia, Mr. Tucker attracted na tion-wide attention for his novel and effective method of advertis ing for teachers/' His advertise ment at that time was made into real news and editorial matter by various publications. Now, in his efforts to obtain typewriters, he is apparently run ning up against the same trouble (Continued on P&qe ?? Shallotte Man Gets Suspended Sentence Here D. T. Long Given Two Years On Roads, Senten ce Suspended Upon Con dition Defendant Leave The County For Five Years PLEA OF GUILTY OFFERED BY LONG Other Matters Of Routine Importance Were Dispos ed Of Before Judge Burney Last Week From the standpoint of public interest, the most outstanding criminal case heard in Superior court las week was that of State vs. D. T. Long, a prominent citi zen of Shallotte, who was charg ed with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. The would-be victim was Chandler Rourk, prominent citizen of the same community. Mr. Long was charged with hav ing shot twice at Rourk, the wea pon being a shotgun. Mr. Rourk, being in motion at the time, was not hit. Following the giving of the State's evidence, the law firm of Frink and Herring tendered a plea of guilty in behalf of Long. Judge Burney imposed a sen tence of two years on the roads on the defendant, this sentence being suspended upon condition that the defendant leave Bruns ( Continued or .?age aix) Contracts For Two County Jobs Contracts Let For Widening Of Bridges Over Alliga tor Creek And Brunswick River Let Last Week By Highway Department The V. P. Loftis company of Charlotte was last week awarded the contract for building the Brunswick River and Alligator Creek bridges, the contract price, as announced by the State High way Commission, being $187,426. 15. Both bridges are on Route 74 and 17 in Brunswick county, near Wilmington. For constructing approaches to these bridges, surfacing and other road work in Brunswick the E. W. Grannis company, of Fayette ville, was given a contract for $84,135.00. In its announcement of the letting of various contracts no mention was made of the Jackies Creek bridge by the State High way Commission. This bridge is regarded as the most dangerous in Brunswick county by reason of its narrowness. More than a (Continued on Page Six) Our ROVING Reporter A letter this week from Capt-i ain Victor P. Lance of the sport fishing cruiser Moja advises that he is at the Lighthouse Dock at Stuart, Florida. He is getting ready to be back at Southport early in the spring and has been talking Southport fishing to a lot of sportsmen down that way. He thinks there will be plenty doing in sport fishing at Southport this year. The Moja's business cards read "Southport, N. C., and Stuart, Fla." Something must be wrong down in Waccamaw township. It is not within our memory that a term of criminal court has been held here without our good friend J. H. Milliken showing up as a spec- , tator. He did not show up last ! j week and the inference ? is that ! ; he must have been sick. Squire J. B. Atkinson, of Bolivia, is also a regular attendant at court and his record of several years stand ing was not broken last week. He was right here while court was going on. I' In their report to Judge John j ' J. Burney, the Brunswick County J j Grand Jury, sworn in to serve 12 j months, went into a lot of things that are usually not noticed but which should be noticed. The 1946 Grand Jury not only noticed things, they went into them in detail, calling them to the at tention of the judge and the gen eral public. We believe the gen eral public will be interested in that report of the 1946 Grand Jury, printed elsewhere in this paper. With the entire school term having been a trying period for those charged with keeping the school buses in order and the children moved to and from school, it is not hard to imagine that last week was terrible. The entire five days during which the schools were kept open were cold, rainy and generally miserable. When the age of the school buses are taken into account and the muddy condition of country roads added up, it can readily be seen that the small force of me chanics at the county gaVage are deserving of praise for doing their bit towards helping keep the schools open. The bus drivers are also deserving. MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT LT. COL. T. J. TOBIASEN Southport Man Holds Important Army Post Hunting Season Closes Thursday The hunting season ends Thursday of this week. After that date only ooons and o'pos sums may be hunted. Such game is usually taken with dogs and without the use of guns. Apparently hunters have had little difficulty in obtaining shells for their sport afield this j season. In the fall suitable am munition appeared to be scarce, but a fairly plentiful supply appeared to come available as the season progressed. Disabled Vets Get Benefits 7 Increased Benefits For Men In This Group Are Ex plained By Contact Rep resentative In Wilming ton Increased benefits under Public ! Law 16 for disabled veterans in J Brunswick county were disclosed today by Robert S. Matthews, Jr., j Contact Representative in Wil mington for the U. S. Veterans j Administration. The Administrator of Veterans Affairs is now permitted to ap prove courses under this law, re- 1 lating to vocational rehabilitation j of service disabled, beyond the four year period fixed by existing j law. There is also extended from (Continued on page six) Legion Meeting Thursday Night The Brunswick County Post American Legion, No. 194, will hold its regular meeting at the Legion Hut here on Thursday night, January 31st, 7:30 p. m. Adjutant Crawford Rourk stat es that a cordial invitation is ex tended to all service men to at tend, regardless of whether or not they are members. The or ganization believes it can be of aid to all ex-service men. Re freshments and smokes will be served at this meeting. Browns Moving To Beulahville Sunday Was Last Service For Rev. A. L. Brown As Pastor Of Southport Bap | tist Church The Rev. A. L. Brown and family are moving from Southport this week to their new home at Beulahville, where he has accept ed a call as pastor of the Baptist church. Sunday evening other churches in Southport called off their ser vices in order that their members might join with members of the Baptist congregation in attending the farewell appearance of the Rev. Mr. Brown. Thus far the committee in charge of securing a replacement for the local pulpit has been un successful in securing a perman ent pastor. However, arrange ments have been made to have the pulpit filled for each service. > Lt. Col. T. J. Tobiassen De scribed as Important Con-j tributor To Advancement Of Aeronautical Devel opment During War HAS HELD SEVERAL RESPONSIBLE JOBS Is Son Of K.. Tobiassen Of Southport, And Was For merly With District Engineers Office In ? Wilmington Lt. Colonel T. J. Tobiassen of Southport has been an Important contributor to the advancement of aeronautical developments and the acceleration of Amori, Vr wartime production the Equip ment Laboratory, Air Technical Service Command, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, disclosed today. Lt. Colonel Tobiassen helped further expansion of the aircraft industry by compiling the rubber requirements report which became the basis for the establishment of the Army Air Forces priority | system in the procurement of rubber products for aircraft pro duction. In addition, he designed the Bill of Materials used by the Army Air Forces under Controll ed Material Plan which establish ed Army Air Forces aircraft re quirements. Production of Army Air Forces combat airplanes alone, under the Controlled Materials Plan, at the peak production year of 1944, was in excess of 90,000 airplanes. Col onel Tobiassen's efforts in the production program were made while he served as Chief of the Basic Data Unit, Requirements Branch, Production Division, at Wright Field. Called to duty January 8, 1942 1 as a First Lieutenant attached to the Industrial Planning Section, Production Division of the Ma terial Center ( now the Air Tech (Continued on Page Six) Annual Meeting Of Stockholders No Changes Made fn Offe rers Nor In Board Of Di rectors Of The Southport Building And Loan Asso ciation Friday ? The thirty-third stockholders meeting of the Southport Build- ' ing & Loan Association was held in its offices at 7:30 o'clock Fri day night. The reports cf President R. C. Daniel and Secretary-Treasurer J. E. Carr were read and showed the excellent condition of the ossacia tion. Total assets at the end of the year were $193,977.81, this being a gain of $21,900.00 over the previous year. A board of nine directors was elected for the year, these direc- j tors being the sam6 as served dur- ? ing year 1945. They are: Dr. R. ! C. Daniel, Chas. E. Gause, H. T. j St. George, Capt. J. B. Church, I W. P. Jorgensen, Price Furpless, ? S. B. Frink, Dr. L. C. Fergus ana! J. E. Carr. .At a meeting of the newly elected directors, immediately fol lowing stockholders meeting, Dr. R. C. Daniel was elected presi dent, Chas. E. Gause, vice-presi dent, S. B. Frink, attorney, J. E. Carr, secretary-treasurer. A detailed statement of condi tion of association will be found elsewhere in this issue. Oil Companies - Interested In Digging Basin Representative* Of Several Leading Oil Companies Met Here Last Week With New Jersey Man Who Is Planning Basin ELABORATE PLANS FOR THIS VENTURE If Oil Companies Make Funds Available For Im provement, Other Feat ure; Will Be Added Later E. G. Mallison, of Tenafly, N. J., one of several parties interest ed in the construction of a new yacht basin at Southport, spent last week here, meeting with re presentatives of several oil com panies who are seeking oil and gus concessions on the proposed basin. Mr. Mallisan stated that he ex pected work to begin on the basin by April I. The plans of New Jersey and New York interests for the basin is founded largely upon expectations for development of sport fishing at Southport, and on an expansion of yachting and small boating on the Inland Waterway. The basin will be a Bonnett's Creek, better known as Fiddler's Drain, in the eastern part of town. Its exact size has not been stated but it will have plenty room for expected business. In addition to slips and other moor ing facilities it will have a large dry dock, machine shop, ship chandlery shop, commissiary and pavilh'on. The grounds on the bluff to the east of the basin will be landscaped and made into atv attractive park, with driveways and shrubbery. Another corporation, separata from that which plans the basin, already has a site for a large brick club house for sportsmen. This corporation, in addition to the club house, will have modern Gulf Stream fishing cruisers avail, able for charter. It is their plan nublicize and do everything I Continued on page six) Sees Activity At Long Beach Owners Are Anticipating A Big Building Boom A* Soon As Material Be comes Available For Con struction Of Cottages E. F. Middle Ion, of Charleston, one of the owners of Long Beach, is spending this week in South port and at the beach. Seen Monday by a newsman, Mr. Middleton was very optimis tic over prospects of development at the beach. Just now prospects for a good sized hotel are good. A large skaUng rink and re freshment stand will also be con structed by Monroe interests. Hie. hotel is said to be being promoted by Greensboro interests. Regarding the building o < homes, despite the present inabil ity to buy building material Mr. (Continued on page six) Attends Funeral Of Mrs. D. N. Jones Mrs. John G. Caison was call ed to Marion, S. C., Sunday be cause of the death of her sister, Mrs. D. N. Jones. She was ac companied by Mr. Caison. Mrs. Jones was well known here. She was a native of South port and was ihe former Florence Bensel. David Watson Gets Discharge Southport Man Receives Separation Papers At Charleston; Served In Several Theatres In Navy Among the officers released to Inactive duty at the U. S. Navy Separation Center last week was Lt. David W. Watson, of South port, North Carolina. ? Lt. Watson was attached to an Army Unit in the Pacific, where he saw combat action In the in vasions of Eastern New Guint* and Leyte. He served aboard the U. S. S. Elizabeth L. Stanton in : the European theater where be participated in the occupation of ; North Africa. His last duty | at Sidney, Australia. He is en titled to wear the American Thea I ter, European - African - Middle j Eastern, Asiatic-Pacific, Philip - ! pine Liberation ribbons, and tHe | World War n Vctory Medal.