The Pilot Covers
grunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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NO. SIXTEEN NO. 2
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of The News
All The Time
6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, AprilJ7,1946
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Ijstrict Legion
I Auxiliary Meets
I In USO Building
?miliary Members Of
? Brunswick County Post
I >'o. 194 Hostess To Im
I j^rtani Meeting In South
? port Monday
OFFICIALS
ATTEND MEETING
(jeting Presided Over By
Hlfs, Annie Spears, Of
Whiteville, 7th District
Committee Woman
ISe annual meeting of the "th
J.; a . '.i l ican Legion Auxil
p was held at the USO club
iSouthpi-'it Monday, with mem
of the Auxiliary of Bruns
Cou: :y Post No. 194 hos
for the occasion.
meeting was called to or
^ Hy M: - Annie M. Spears, 7th
tsr'ct Committee Woman, who i
is: eJ over the meeting. The !
was by Father Howard.
? -a ::tg the advancement;
!c:I Mrs. David Garrish and
jar. ? Piner. then the pledge
i a:: - v.ce to the flag, led by
ts. J A:rhur Dosher. The pre
itiie to the constitution was re
v members of the Wil
t-. organization. Two - South
jrt'y ladies, Betty Corlette
fl Bar'-. .:a Weeks, led in sing
is :!w National Anthem. The
fcrrss of welcome was by Mrs.
: response was by a
nr. ir of the Elizabethtown
ct.
Tn-sict: i of business follow
i with minutes of the last
being read, a roll call,
t: -? units and the ap
of committees.
G?-> - were presented by Mrs.
[ Car: Seymour.
J!-v 0. S. Slaunwhite, presi
fet :h North Carolina De
ptr.er.t American Legion Aux
hrv ther. made the principal
tress. She was followed by Miss
lre!a A lams. department sec
Itary-treasurer.
After these a idiesses, there was
i ijuescon hour, which resolved
ts;: into a round-table discus^
ion. Next came committee re
Prts. and then there was silent
prer in memory of the dead.
the retirement of colors
fe meeting adjourned for lunch
it" at a local restaurant.
Representatives were in at
k". iar.ee from Raleigh, Elizabeth
b*T.. Fair Bluff. WhiteviUe, Wil
?ogton and Shallotte.
ftTATE
Brief Newt
Flashe$
UlMAYS DAY
Harry L. Mintz. Jr., will have
of a Layman's Day ser
fr- at Concord Methodist church,
W'y. at 11 o'clock Sunday,
tyril 21. A cordial invitation is
Bei'ied the public to attend.
" M. I. TO MEET
The Annual VV. M. U. meeting
* the Brunswick Baptist Asso
Sttion will be held Wednesday, I
'j-1' 24. at Mt. Olive Church, j
P? speakers will be Mrs. John
Wcaster and Miss Florence
life I
^dvy skrvices
Baxter Durham, of Raleigh, will
f it the Southport
^Ptist church Sunday morning
" 'ie 11 o'clock hour. In the
there will be a special
pkr service in charge of the
people.
*nv.u SERVICES
^ Rev. o. K. Ingram, pastor
? Sur.set Park Methodist church,
-fcington, will preach at Shal
ViUa?? Methodist church
t ight, April 22. There
of through Friday night he
J? holti services each night at
o'clock. The public is in
^ attend all these services.
^KRI ATIVE
^ Kess Miller Plaxco, daugh
~of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Plaxco
.Southport. recently was voted,
"lost 'harming girl in the j
??t body at Fassifern. She
r- at'.othet distinction when she
P runner-up for title of being
"? intellectual among the stu
bo'ly, |
^OOLM ASTERS MEET
IMjteting of the Brunswick
-'y "'nool masters Club was
^ n " uthport last night and
-"".ts were made for a
<'f the NCEA County
, p^'1 April 24 at 3:30 o'clock
V| i via At that time Plans
* perfected for a county
I . "' ''hers meeting on April
"(U!r, timC ar"' P'ace t0 ^ an"
BEAUTIFUL FRANKLIN SQUARE
BLOOMING ? Few spots in North Carolina are more beautiful than Franklin
Square, in Southport. During most of the winter months there was an interesting as
sortment of camellias in bloom, and more recently the park has been a riot of color
as azaleas reached their peak.
First Lady Was
Not Visitor At
Orton This Year
?
When the names of "Mrs.
Harry S. Truman" and "Mar
garet Truman" were signed in
the guest registry book at Or
ton on Saturday, March 30,
it seems that someone was
jumping the gun by a couple of
days on April Fool Day.
At any rate, a letter address
ed to Mrs. Truman by The Pilot
asking if the First Lady and
her daughter had indeed visit
ed Brunswick County drew the
following response from her pri
vate secretary:
"Mrs. Truman has asked me
to thank you for your letter.
She is sorry to disappoint you,
but she and her daughter have
not been anywhere in the vicini
ty of Southport, North Caro
lina, recently.
"Orton Gardens sounds like a
most attractive place and Mrs.
Truman appreciates your writ
ing to her about it."
The following was included as
a part of the letter of inquirey
addressed to Mrs. Truman:
"Let me say that if you did
not visit Orton Gardens last
week, I hope that you will be
able to do so one year when
azaleas are in full bloom. The
grounds are truly beautiful: and
we will be honored to have you
visit our section."
Local Citizens
Fooled By Story
James Smith Found Guilty
Of Obtaining Money Un
der False Pretense; Given
Two Years On Roads By
Recorder
Found guilty of obtaining
money under false pretense, James
Smith, Wilmington white man,
drew a sentence of two years on
the roads in the Recorder's court
Monday. He took an appeal ' to
Superior court and was held un
der a $750.00 justified bond.
The case was one in which
there is general public interest.
Smith is saiu to have been mak
ing regular trips to this county
over a period of several years. He
is reported to have covered the
county three times during the
present year. Each time he re
presented to sympathetic people
that his house had just burned
down and that all of his belong
ings were destroyed.
On such a round last week \
Chief of Police Otto Hickman no
ticed something amiss. The of
ficer started to question him and
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Church Dediction
Scheduled Sunday
On Sunday, April 28, the Boons
Neck Baptist Church will be dedi
cated.
The dedication sermon will be
preached at 11 o'clock by the Rev.
A. E. Fulmer, paster of Mt.
Pisgah Baptist church. Mr. Ful
mer will be assisted by the Rev. J
Z. G. Ray a former pastor of Mt. \
Pisgah.
The afternoon will be devoted
to singing, and the Harmony j
quartet from Elah Baptist church
will be present to sing.
Dinner will be spread on the
grounds, and everybody is cordi
ally invited to come and bring a
basket.
Look Magazine Tourist
Editor And Party Here
Brunswick County Probably j
Will Be Represented In
Picture Story Of Trip
Down Cape Fear From
Fayetteville
SHOTS TAKEN OF
POINTS OF INTEREST
Orton, Bald Head Island
And Fort Caswell Were
Much Photographed;
Franklin Squire
Photographed
Brunswick county probably will
have parts of a picture story as
j well as quite a number of indi- j
victual photographs appearing_ in
LOOK, nationally known pnoto- '
graphic magazine, in an early is
sue.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Helburn,
i the former Tourist Editor of
[ LOOK, and Harold Rhodenbaugh,
cameraman for the magazine,
spent from Saturday noon until
Monday night in the Southport
area. They drove down from
New York to Fayetteville and
from there came down the river
aboard Oscar Breece's yacht, the
Florida, their cars being sent
ahead to Southport.
On the trip down the river
pictures were made at Elizabeth
town and at various points on
the river, including the Cape
Fear locks. It was planned to
stop in Wilmington Saturday for
the day and to get farming
scenes at Hugh McRae's Pender
lea project. Otfing to the cloudy
weather on Saturday this feature
was postponed, the party driving
back to Wilmington and thence
to Penderlea Sunday, returning
he*e Monday morning.
In the Brunswick county pic
tures taken for LOOK were road
scenes on the River Road and
many pictures in the beautiful
Oiton Gardens. Pictures were
made of the famous old Bald
Head light on Bald Head island
and other island scenes. At Fort
Caswell some excellent shots
were made of the hot saltwater
swimming pools. Pictures were
also made of Caswell Beach with
Continued on page two
Aged Resident
Passes Sunday
j Mrs. Annie V. Marlowe
Died At Shallotte Follow
ing Long Period Of Ill
ness; Funeral Services
Tuesday
I
Mrs. Annie V. Marlowe, aged 1
i resident of Shallotte, died Sun
I day afternoon after a long period
of failing health.
She is survived by five daught
ers, Mrs. Evelyn Stanley, Shal
j lotte; Mrs. Blanche Garrett, Shal
j lotte; Mrs. Lunie Barnes, Jack
jsonville, Fla.; Mrs. Emelia Millig
I an, Chadbourn, and Mrs. Annie
Marshall, Wilmington; three sons,
j Willie Marlowe of Mayport, Fla.,
I Harvey Marlowe, Charleston, S. C.
j and Lonnie Marlowe of Shallotte.
I Nineteenth children and six great
j grandchildren also survive.
| Funeral services were held
j Tuesday afternoon at the grave
j side in the Bennett cemetery,
near Shallotte. Rev. H. B. Bennett
[had charge of the services.
Active pallbearers were Carl
Andrews, S. W. Garrett, William
Ganus, J. C. Gore, Laurence Stan
ley and E. V. Gore.
Editorial Brings
Unusual Results
It is always just a little
flattering to discover that some
one is actually reading our edi
torials, but this week we had
concrete evidence of at least
one person who read and was
influenced by one in The Pilot.
On Tuesday there was a let
ter in the mail addressed to j
The Editor. It explained that
the writer had read an editorial
last week regarding contribu
tions to the Cancer Control
Fund, and that she had been 'i
reminded of a dear friend whose I
death during the past year re
sulted from cancer. Enclosed
was a check for $10.00 which
the writer requested be applied
to the Brunswick county quota I
for tJlis campaign.
Goley Lewis Is
Growing Turkeys
Mill Creek Farmer Will Be
Able To Provide The j
Principal Attraction For
Many Thanksgiving And
Christmas Dinners
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Lewis
probably have the prettiest flocks
of young turkeys that are to be
found anywhere in Brunswick
county. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are
getting set to provide many a
Thanksgiving and Christmas day
dinner when the cool days of fall
and colder ones of winter roll
(Continued on Page 6)
Speaker
BOSS O. STEVENS
Wildlife Club |
Hears Stevens
I
Executive Secretary Of The !
North Carolina Wildlife
Federation Attended The
Meeting At Town Creek
] Thursday
Ross O. Stevens, executive
secretary of the North Carolina
Wildlife Federation, attended a
I meeting of the Brunswick County
Chapter Thursday night at Town
| Creek and declared that efforts of
, the organization to bring its
1 membership to the 30,000 mark
by June 1 have already advanced
for toward that objective.
Mr. Stevens was guest of hon
i or and principal speaker at an
I outdoor meeting and fish fry held
1 on the creek bank, and during
the course of the discussion which
followed his talk he answered
! many questions from sportsmen
[ of the section, principally deer
hunters. The secretary outlined
the objectives of the organization,
and pointed out how they will fit
in with filling the needs of hunt
ers of Brunswick county.
Stevens, cited the dire wildlife
situation in North Carolina by
comparing present resources with
(Continued On Page 5)
Prominent Man I
Dies In County
J. H. Bennett, Shallotte
Township Farmer, Died
At Home Of Son Wed
nesday Following Exten
ded Illness
J. H. Bennett, one of the best
known farmers and citizens of i
Shallotte township, died at his
home near Thomasboro last Wed
nesday. Mr. Bennett was 74
years old and had been in bad
health for the past two or three
years. He had been able to get
about his home and farm until
recently and the news of his
death came as a shock to friends
and relatives.
(Continued on Page 2)
TV. B. KEZIAH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
| We dropped in at the Winnabow
postoffice and the Rabon store!
Thursday, saw Mrs. Henry and I
Mr. Henry. Also Mrs. Rabon, who
was exhibiting her son of tender
years but pleasing manner. The
condescended to smile and shake
hands . . . From there it was just
a step over to the Bennett store,
where Mr. Bennett was reading
the paper.
On down to W. C. Savage, an
old time friend, who is nothing
like his name might indicate, we
stopped for a bit, and in addition
to Mr. Savage, we met a friend
who professed to be one of our
admirers. From friend Savage's
we went on down to R. L. Rabon's
place, or maybe it was one of R.
L. brothers. He was not at home,
but Mrs. Rabon was. Two or
three of her brothers, stocky
young fellows who have just been
released from the service, were
there.
Down at Town Creek, Solomon
Outlaw and his nephew, Robert
Burris, who has just returned
from service, were building them-j
selves a new garage and filling j
station. A little later we were thej
highly interested companion of j
these fellows on a fishing trip. \
Leaving there, we went over to 1
Frank Rabon's place. He was?
about his business somewhere, but
his daughter, Miss Lillian see's |
18 but you'd not think she was J
that age unless you found her to
be so pretty as to make you wish
she was keeping store. She was
very nice and we have pardoned
ourself for loafing around.
We should have mentioned that
for the 500-yard from Winnabow
to Town Creek three automobiles,
driven by Floyd Brittian, of
Bolivia; Dave Garish, of South
port and Odell Williamson, of
Shallotte, all stopped and tried
to give us a ride. For his effort
Dave nearly got run over by a
dozen cars that were directly be
hind him. We were getting a view
of the Town Creek scenery and
we walked on.
After leaving Miss Rabon, we
counted boats at the landing in
front of her dad's place. In case
you'd like to know, there was 21
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Commissioners In
Session Monday
Throughout Day
i
: Unusual Amount Of Busi
ness Before The Board
At Their Regular Meet
ing For Second Monday
Of Month
JURY LIST FOR
MAY TERM DRAWN
Favorable Action Taken By i
Commissioners In Recom
mending Soldier Bay
Grissettown Road
For Improvements
Members of the board of coun- 1
ty commissioners had a busy ses- ;
sion here Monday, and included
in their business for the day was
(drawing a jury list for the term
of Superior court convening here
on May 20 for trial of criminal
cases.
The board by unanimous con
sent passed a resolution for a
recommendation to the State
Highway Commission for the
(grading and hard surfacing of
the road from Soldiers Bay to
Grissettown as soon as possible.
The commissioners declined to '
make an adjustment in the val- j
uation of property held by the i
N. C. Pulp and Paper Co., on !
(Continued On Fage 5)
Last Minute Developments
A/dd Interest To Primary
As Filing Date Closes
Candidate
Edward H. Redwine, young
1 Shallotte businessman, i/ one of
the two candidates seeking the
Democratic nomination for mem
ber of the House of Representa
tives in the May primary election.
Discuss Possibilities For
Shipping Shrimp By Air
Shorten Distance
To Bell Swamp
The distance from Bell
Swamp to Southport has re
cently been changed from 17
miles to 16-mlles, and thereby
hangs a tale.
The highway intersection, of
course, l? on II. S. No. 17, and
a few months ago when the
Highway Department put up a
nice, shiney new sign in front
of the Bobbins Service Station
motorists took one look at the
"17" and headed for Southport.
XJpon arrival here, they were |
somewhat chagrined to learn
that they had reached dead end,
and must turn around and drive
back for the main thorough
fare.
Reports of this confusion
reached the Highway Depart- j
merit heads, who decided that
about the best solution was to
arbitrarily change the mileage.
Propose Yacht
Race From Here
Newport, R. I., To South
port, Is Proposed As A
Desirable Course For Big I
Sailboat Owners
A New York man, an official
of the sailboat racing events that
were run between New York and
Burmuda before the war, will
come to Southport this summer,
and reliable information is that !
he wants to promote races from j
Newport, Rhode Island, to South
port as an annual event. In many;
ways, he says, the races from
Newport to Southport, around
Cape Hatteras, would be more in
teresting to the big sailboat own
ers than the New York to Bur
muda affairs.
It is understood that there is
no possibility of anything in the
way of such a race being staged ;
this year. However, the founda-j
tion for such events can be laid |
this summer. The next season may j
see Southport as the finishing i
point of a really big event that I
will attract world-wide attention, j
It is said that the New York \
to Florida races by sailing boats!
are too long. Many sailboat own- '
ers keep out of such events be
cause of the distance. A shorter
and less gruelling course is very
much desired and it is said that
from 'Newport to Southport will
exactly fill the bill for sailing
boat owners in the eastern sta
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Tennis Club To
Meet Thursday
There will be an important
meeting of the. Southnort Tennis
Club Thursday evening, right af- j
ter the first show, in the Build
ing and Loan office.
Preliminary inquirey has indi-,
eated that there is some hope of,
being able to surface one of the
courts this spring, and a definite
program toward this end will be
set up at the Thursday night
meeting. I
*
'Assistant Traffic Manager j
For Air Transport Corp
oration Has Written Lo
cal Interests Relative To
This Proposition
FLOWERS BEING
SHIPPED BY AIR
Seafood Shipments Would
Be Handled In Similar \
Manner, With Speedy
Delivery To All Set- ? ,
tions Of United
States
Fred Schroeder, assistant traf
fic manager for the Air Trans
port Corporation of New York,
has written local Interests relative
to the possibility of shipping
shrimp by air express. The cor
poration has recently been hand
ling heavy shipments of flowers
for Wilmington growers and Mr.
Schroeder is looking into the pos
sibility of the same service for
shrimp producers.
The company has a fleet of
"Sky- Vans," Douglas DC-3's and I
can fly to any field in the Unit- 1
ed States as a contract carrier, i
j They do not now fly on regular j
schedule but have a fleet of 15 i
of the big transports, with ten '
more soon to be delivered, and [
are able to do very rapid ship- 1
ping service on the shortest pos-I
sible notice.
W. B. Keziah , whom Mr. |
Schroeder contacted, says that
j he would like to get together with
(Continued on page 2)
Southport Wins
Over Tabor City
Locals Receive Needed Sup
port From Three Wil
mington High School
Stars And Win By Score
Of 10 To 5
Southport took revenange Sun- j
day for a humiliating defeat at
the hands of Tabor City one week
before by handing the Columbus
county boys a 10-5 drubbing on
their own field.
The local^ nine led by Jack
Hughes, who fanned 14 Tabor
City batters and allowed nine
well-scattered hits. Meanwhile,
Southport teed off against McKoy,
who administered the shutout of
the. previous week, and collected
15 hits.
The local nine was greatly j
strengthened by the addition of
three stars from Wilmington
high school team. One of these
'men, third baseman Hardison,
made four hits. Cheshire, another
Wilmington boy, was at shortstop
and played well afield and at
bat. The third Wilmington man
was Herman Vick, one of the best
high school players in the state.
He played first base.
All three have promised to come
back next Sunday when Southport
playes the league-leading Wallace
team on the local diamond. Mean
while, there has been a renewal of
interest in baseball here several
men who have not been playing
legularly are expected to work
? out with the team this week.
I (Continued on page 2)
Fourth Man Enters Raco
For Democratic Nomina
tion For Judge And For
Office Of Sheriff Satur<
day
KNOX FILES FOR
SHERIFF OFFICE
W. S. Wells Files As Tenth
Man Seeking Nomination
On Democratic Ticket
For Member Board
Of Commissioners
Their were some interesting
eleven ui hour developments in
connection with the filing of can
didates before Election Board
Chairman Dave Ross Saturday,
with unheralded changes show
ing up in both the Democrat and
Republican line-ups.
S. F. Williams, young North
west township veteran, filed a? a
fourth candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for sheriff.
Others who filed were O. W.
Perry, Dillon L. Ganey and John
G. White,
In a surprise move for the
Republicans, C. W. Knox, Boli
via businessman, filed as the
only opponent of Deputy Sheriff
H. L. Willetts for nomination to
this office. Dawson Lewis and
R. D. White, Jr., both of whom
were named as candidates for
the nomination at the convention
at Supply, did not file.
Ten men filed for the Democra
tic nomination as county com
missioner, with W. S. Wells, of
Southport-, the only candidate who
had not made previous announce
ment of his intentions. The list
includes O. P. Bellamy, and J.
N. Sowell members of the pre
sent board; Steve Mintz, Peter
Robinson, Boyd Robinson, Wrent
Mintz, Romey Lewis, L. C. Tripy
M. B. Chennis and W. S. Weil*
Seven candidates filed for the
',^"p ; "? the party ticket .
They included 'A. P. Russ, mem
ber of the present board; R. H.
Sellers, I. N. Fulford, Bailey King,
F. M. Norris and Thurman Skipper.
Edgar Holden and C. W. Knox
failed to file, although they had
been named as candidates by the
convention.
A fourth man filed for the
Democratic nomination as Judge
of Recorders court. He is Lonj
nie Gainey, who will be in the
race wiUi W. J. McLamb, J. W,
Stanley and Jesse A. Purvis, D?
R. Johnson is unopposed for th?
Republican nomination. f !
A warm contest is in prospect
between Odell Williamson and
Edward H. Redwine, two ydlhig
Shallotte business men and ser
vicemen, for the Democratic nom
ination as member of the House
of Representative. Regardless of
who is the winner, his opponent
in the general election will be
Bonnie Phelps, who is unopposed
for the Republican nomination.
There will be no primary race
for nomination for Clerk of Ct Irt
in either party, and the race nact
fall shapes up as a contest be
tween two men of the same name,
and from the same community.
Sam T. Bennett, incumbent, is
unopposed for the Democratic
nomination and Wanis Bennett
has no opponent for the Republi
can nomination.
R. I. Mintz, Southport at
torney, not only has no opponent
for the Democratic nomination as
State Senator, but will be with
C -itinued on page 2)
Legion Planning
Shallotte Dance
American Legion Pott And
Members Of Auxiliary At
Shallotte Are Planning
Square Dance May 1st
The Shallotte Post of the Am
erican Legion and the Post Aux
iliary are laying plans to hold ~a
jbig square dance Wednesday
night, May 1. Odell Williamson
has donated the use of his huge
new garage building for the oc
casion and the floor will be espe
cially treated.
Decision to hold the dance was
[reached at a' meeting of the Le
gion and Auxiliary last week. The
general purpose is to add to tha
funds that are being raised tor
| the purpose of building a new
| Legion and Auxiliary Hut. Th?
.Williamson, garage, with its larg?
I floor space, was gladly mad*
available for the purpose.
In addition to the dancing, r?>
freshments will be sold and every
effort will be made to see that
all who attend have a good time.
Full details of the program will
be announced later.