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The Pi'0' Covers Brunswick County NO. 9 THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community _ Most of The News All The Time 14-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, June 5th, 1946 $1.50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY ass In Charge jjf Post Office As Of June 1st b Russ, Recently Dis ced From U. S. Nav j Reserve, Named Act " Postmaster Succeed g L T. Yaskell ,cKELL GAVE up POSITION IN MARCH Served As Officer In l7v,| Reserve During X Rising To Rank Of Lt- (jg). From Coxswain B Russ. who recently re ;/t0 his home here follow .w and one-half years duty .17 savy. has been sworn in tctins postmaster for the r; p.istoffice and entered . .b, duties of that office c;:y Jur.e I. ?e office of Postmaster has lej vacant since the depar . May I of L. T. Yaskell. signed that position to go | :?-:ness with members of Xr.jy in ^"ew Jersey. -e-,v acting-postmaster is a::ve of Southport and is the of Mrs J H. Russ and the , )[- Russ. He is well known the county. ts enUsteii in the Navy on ic.tier 1. 1942. and was given n if coxswain in recog K of his small boat experi g He advanced to BM 2-c I iter to BM 1-c and was for chief when he was missioned an Ensign on July BH He was promoted to lank of Lieutenant (jg) on brary 1 of this year. y~; his period of service k saw much action in the ::i amphibious craft tie greater part of the war. i navels carried him to Aus lia. New Guinea and New far. at iM an LST before he s given a commission and re ned to the United States. t v i period of refresher ?CS a Air.fhibiiJtW VMItfile, ?r R.s- was again assigned iST and once more headed | w '-he Pacific. This time he I it Pearl Harbor, Ulithi, I te an : on to Yokahama be ! heading for home ? still a.': ar. LST. b went to Seattle for ki March, and Russ was ?ei On April 28 of this r te received his discharge at CP Shelton. Va. Brief Newt Flashes PAPER SHORTAGE ! to the critical shortage In I apply of newsprint. The ? is torwd to come out with il tour-page issues. The pub i will do everything pos ? to give coverage to news Uportsuicf and to regular ad It is ho|x<d that the tis will b<' (Kitient, and that 11 publication may be re I at an early date. KESS TRIP * Pearce Cranmer and Mrs. ? Arlington are spending this ; w New York City on a trip. ('HTKR IMPROVES ' and MYS. a. J. Walton and visited their daughter in Va? over the week end ! -"1 that her condition con 8 to impravc. meeting ftc Highway Commissioner A- Bridge "will hold his , " " ''hly meeting in Fay l1, 0 tomorrow ( Thursday ) at ;,ate Highway office and will '' to rcccivc delegations re road matters. / WtEACHER f; Herbert Baker, who is |' v pastor of Southport Bap j*urch, moved his family ,ast week from Coats. He at both the morning and n? services Sunday, and at P'cning worship hour had [ ' *?'"??? from other churchcs PutUport. ttOUf) Whites here have received in ?*'ns to the graduation ex f* ^ be held at the United P jhwl Academy to<lay I from w. R. St. r Of Mr. and Mrs. W. I who is a member f' equating class. This | ?an was born in South spent his early life EligiL !e Candidates File For Second Primary Race John G. White Will Be Op ] posed By Dillon L. Ganey For Democratic Nomina tion For Sheriff Once More SECOND PRIMARY DATE IS JUNE 22 | W. J. McLamb Will Be Op posed For Recorder By Jesse A. Purvis; Two Commissioners Places To Be Filled All Democratic calculates elig ible for a second primary race filed with David Ross before the deadline, and it now appears that there will be plenty of interest in contests which have gotten un derway during the past week. John G. White, who was high in a four-way race for the Demo cratic nomination for sheriff, will be opposed by Dillon L. Ganey, W. J. McLamb, high man in an other four-cornered contest, will have opposition from Jesse A. Pur/is for the nomination as judge of Recorders court. Four men will be running for two places on the Democratic ticket for county commissioner. R. O. Lewis was the only candi date for this office to obtain a clear majority, and in the second primary S. I. Mintz and L. C. j Tripp will have opposition fromj M. B. Chennis and J. N. Sowell, | the fourth and fifth high men. John L. Stone has filed for a run-off race against Henry Wil liams in the preferential vote for member 'of the board of educa tion. Nurseryman To i Hold Convention James Ferger, Of Orton j Plantation, Is President Of North Carolina Nurs erymen Association | The North Carolina Association ! of Nurserymen is to hold its an- j nual summer recreational conven tion at Wrightsville Beach June 20-21st. For the first time in the history of the association j Brunswick county man, James Ferger of Orton Plantation, is president and this adds to the local interest in the gathering. Headquarters for the conven tion will be at the Ocean Ter race Hotel. For the most part the program calls for outdoor I activities, with tours arranged to i the plant of the North Carolina Shipbuilding company and to Greenfield. Fishing, boating and surf bathing will also be includ ed. At this gathering a meeting will be held by the North Caro j Jina chapter of the A. A. N, to (Continued on Page 2) Southport Lady Is State Officer j A two-day meeting of the j Daughters of America, and auxil J iary of the Junior Order, United 1 American Mechanics, was held in iMay in Raleigh anil was attended jby a delegation of Brunswick j county representatives. j The Ft. Johnson Council rc ! ceived state-wide recognition through the election to a state j office of Mrs. Delphia Oberjoha- 1 an. She is the newjy elected j -State Inside Sentinel. In addition to Mrs. Oberjohaan, ' the local chapter was represent ed at the State meeting by Mrs. Viena Leggett Shallotte Man Has Boat Stolen Gene Russ, Shallotte man, man, would like to know who stole his 22-foot speed boat one night recently. As a matter of fact, he has a pretty strong suspicion that he already knows, and some drastic action will be taken in the matter un less the boat is returned soon. The craft was painted sea green, botton green, sides white and mahogany inside. It was taken from its mooring in the Shallotte river at the bridge on R9Ute 17. Mr. Russ values the craft at $500.00. I . . Southport Boy Is Graduated Irving Reynolds Graduated Last Week From North Carolina School For Deaf At Morganton; Attained High Honors Mrs. Daniel R. Clemmons and son, Mrs. Glenn Trunnell and children and Mrs. W. E. Mc keithan went to Morganton last week where they attended the graduation exercises at North Carolina School for the Deaf, where Irving Reynolds was a graduate. In addition to receiving a di ploma, Irving was awarded the Samuel Huffman prize for ex emplifying to an exceptional de gree the beauty of the Christian life. He also made the third highest scholastic average of his class. The graduating class was greatly honored in having presi dent Elstod of Gallaudet College make the commencement address. Gallaudet College in Washington, D. C., is the only college for the deaf in the United States. Prominent Supply Resident Passes Captain H. T. Varnum Died Monday Morning At Hos pital In Wilmington; Fu neral Services Being Held Today Captain H. T. Varnum, one of the best known fishermen and shrimpers of lower Lockwoods Folly township, died in the James Walker Memorial hospital Mon day morning at 11:30 o'clock. Burial is scheduled to be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Holden cemetery. The funeral services are being held at Sabath Home Baptist church, with Rev. Tom Johnson officiating. Mr. Varnum was superintendent of the Sunday School at Sabath Home for the past four years. Besides his wife Captain Varn um is survived by two sons. Tal madgc Varnum and Courtland Varnuni. Supply; four daughters, Mrs. Wilson Lancaster, Mrs. .S. P. Phelps, Miss Virginia Varnum, and Mrs. Ardell Buterbough, As ceoki Mills, Penn.; two brothers, W. H. Varnum, and Jessie Varn um, Supply, and three sisters, Mrs. J. H. Nance, Supply, Mrs. Thomas Franks, Fernandina, Fla., and Mrs. S. Peterson, Fernan dina, Fla. Active pallbearers are J. J. ^Continued on page 2) Second Primary Opponents RUNNING ? W. J. McLamb, left, was high man in the First Primary Election in the race for Democratic nomination for Judge of Recorder's Court. On the right is Jesse A. Purvis, who was second high man in this race and who has called for a Second Primary. Miss Hilda Kir by Is Graduate Nurse Miss Hilda Kirby, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kirby, of Supply, graduated in May from the Charlotte Memorial Hospital as a graduate nurse. The grad uation exercises, which were held in Myers Park Presbyterian church, were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Kirby. Miss Kirby is a graduate of Shallotte high school, and follow ing one year in college, elected to go into training. She is the only daughter of this priminent Bsunswick "county couple, who al so have one son, Floyd Kirby, Jr. Memorial Day Is Duly Observed S. D. Stanaland, Who Re cently Was Made Cap tain Of The Port Of Wil mington, Made Appropri ate Remarks On Occasion S. D. Stanaland, CBM, USCG, Waccamaw township man with about 20 years of service with 1 the Coast Guard, was recently made Captain of the Port of Wilmington. He has his office in the cus tom house at Wilmington and Memorial Day was appropriately observed there last week at the custom house dock. Mr. Stana land made the opening address. Military personnel attending the ceremonies were Col. George W. Gillette, District Engineer; Lt. Henry C. Bost, USNR, ? Post Di rector; Lt. Margaret L. Mar shall, USNR, Chief Gunner Adam M. Powlas, USNR; Chief Ma chinest, Malcolm Hall, Coast Guard; Chief Quartermaster R. E. Duckett, USNR; Chief M. M. B. E. Boyce, USN; Chief CST. J. G. Paradise, USN; and Chief B. M. Warden Lewis, Coast Guard. Marine Loses Arm In Wreck Marine Sergeant Fullerton Sustained Serious Injury In Auto-Truck Crash On U. S. Highway No. 17 Following three days treatment in the J. Arthur Dosher hospital, Master Sgt. C. P. Fullerton of the Marine Corps was removed to the Marine hospital at Camp Lejeune last week. He lost an arm and was otherwise injured in an automobile-truck crash on highway No. 17, between Supply and Shallotte, one night last week. The sergeant was driving the car and was accompanied by Mrs. Fullerton and three other persons. Meeting a large transport truck with a loaded trailer, he crashed into the rear wheel of the truck and then into the front of the ( loaded trailer. His car, a Hud son Teraplane, was completely demolished and it was considered remarkable that no other occu pants were seriously injured. When Rural Policeman W. D, Evans arrived on the scene a short time after the accident he found the sergeants arm lying in the middle of the highway. It had been completely severed, near the shoulder. The truck and trailer were Continued on page two Rogers Resigns As Principal Of Southport School Southport And Shallotte High Schools Closed Sat ? urday For Summer Vaca tion; Were Last Two Schools In County To End Term OTHER PRINCIPALS PLAN TO RETURN County Superintendent Of Schools Expects That Teacher Shortage Will Be Even More Acute This Year Miss Annie May Woodside, su perintendent of Brunswick coun ty schools, stated yesterday that G. O. Rogers has resigned as principal of Southport high school, but that as matters now stand the heads of all other schools in the county will return next year. All Brunswick county schools have closed for their 1945-46 ses sion, with Southport and Shal lotte winding up the list Satur day. Bolivia closed on Friday of last week; Leland on Wednesday; and Waccamaw on Saturday, May 25. Miss Woodside declared that already it is apparent that there will be a serious teacher short age this year, and she predicts that it will be even harder to fill vacancies than it was last year. Principals who Will be back next year include O. C. Burton, Bolivia; Glenn Tucker, Leland; Henry C. Stone, Shallotte; and J. T. Denning, Waccamaw. Bennett Heads Food Program Chairman Of Brunswick County AAA Committee Will Manage Emergency Food Program For Bruns ^-wick C. O. Bennett, chairman of the Brunswick County AAA Commit tee, has been designated as Emergency Food Program Man ager for Brunswick county and will help to speed the job of supplying food under President Truman's emergency famine relief program, in an effort to reduce the terrible suffering caused by enemy invasion and drought in Europe and Asia. Mr. Bennett will enlist the co operation of the Brunswick Coun ty USDA Council in coordinating the program and organizing the food conservation measures re commended by the President's fa mine emergency committee. Local food conservation mea sures are now being worked out and every man, woman, and child in Brunswick county is request ed to voluntarily conserve food daily, especially bread, fats, and oils, in order to make more avail able for shipment into destitute areas. Bakers, food distributors, home makers, hotels, dining cars, re-> staurants, institutions, and all public feeding industries are re quested to adopt conservation and economical use of those items of food. Continued on page two Our ROVING *- Reporter ?w. B. KEIL1H j Wc are sticking our neck out .to say that we believe that Mr. j and Mrs. Will Davis, of South | port, have been married longer than any other couple living in Brunswick county. They celebrat ed their 60th wedding anniversary on Sunday, May 26th. If there is another couple who has been married that long or longer, we would certainly like to have their names and addresses. As a mat ter of fact, we would like to have the names and addresses of all Brunswick county couplcs who have been married as long as 50 years. If you know of any coup les married 50 years or more, write and give us their names, ages and the length of time they have been married. Also give the number of children and grandchildren, if any. While on this subject we won der what community lays claim to having the oldest white man or woman, the oldest colored mar. ?or woman? If you have anyone in your community whom you think has attained a "ripe old age" sit down and write us about them. Give their age, say wheth er they are white or colored. Give the number of children and grand children, if any. Give any of the most interesting things about these old people. R. B. Babbington. Jr., and some friends from Gastonia, have been spending some days at Howell's Point where Mr. Bab bington owns a home and some property. He tells us that -he may undertake the development of a sizeable tract of property down on the Point. The biggest hitch seems to be the matter of roads. Howell's Point offers some of the finest fishing and hunting of any section of the county. At the same time it is about the (Continued on pag? Sfe Oak Island Back On Old Schedule Soon As Possible ? ' m ? Deer Destroying Freeland Crop Coming on top of the bears destroying all manner of crops in the Freeland and Exum sec tions last year, M. B. Russ, of Exum, is not a bit pleased at the way deer are proving an obstacle to his farming. Mr. Russ has about 8-acres of soy beans and peas in a back field and two or three deer m!xy be seen browsing merrily in this field day and nigfit. It is against the law to shoot deer at this season of the year. All the same some of these animals are going to find thcmselvps peppered with buck shot if they persist in destroy ing the crop, says .Mr. Rusk. Commissioners In Session Monday Variety Of Business Mat ters Disposed Of Before Board At Regular First Of-Month Meeting This Week A couple of road matters, , a couple of appointments and the disposition of a couple of cases of dependency comprised the chief business before the board of coun ty commissioners at their regu lar first of the month meeting here Monday. ? C. L. Lynch was appointed constable for Northwest township to fill a vacancy which now ex ist 3 and U. H. Grainger was given a similar appointment for Waccamaw township. The commissioners approved petitions for the improvement of the road running from the color ed church on the Village Point road to Gause Landing and the road from Wesley Evan's to the Foot Cumbee place on Highway No. 17. Mrs. Mary Bennett Hewett was placed on the inability list until February, 1947. The board approved payment of the sum of $16.00 to Emma Lee Clemmons for the support of her child. The commissioners directed that a quitclaim deed be given from the county to Davis C. Herring for the property listed - in the name of the I. B. Bussels estate. Members of the board directed that the county attorney deliver to Mrs. Gertie Phelps a deed for the J. L. Phelps estate which the county held by virtue of a fore closure. Total payment for this deed was set at $300.00. Five Cases In Court Monday Judge John B. Ward And Court Officials Disposed Of Matters Before Court Early In Day Monday Although five cases were dis posed of here Monday in Bruns wick county Recorder's court. Judge John B. Ward and other court officials made short work of the docket and were through before noon. The following disposition was made of the cases: John I. Robinson, trespass, thir ty days on roads, judgment sus pended on payment of costs. Miliford C. Mintz, speeding, judgment suspended on payment of costs. Henderson Shaw, no chauffers license, judgment suspended on payment of costs. R. S. Willetta, Jr., restating ar ( continued on page two) Congressman Clark Advised Local Seafood Dealer Last Week That Present Move Is Of Temporary Nature TRANSITION TO PEACETIME STATUS Treasury Department Has Been Reminded Of The Strategic Location Of Oak Island Station The Oak Island Coast Guard Station will get back into opera tion on its full-crew pre-war basis just as soon as possible, according to a telephone conserv ation and following up telegrams between Congressman J. Bayard Clark and W. S. Wells, local sea food dealer, this week. Following the announcement that the station was now on a two-man care-taker status and that there was no rescue or aid work possible, the boatmen, espe cially the commercial fishing in terests,. were very much disturb ed. Mr.' Wells promptly got in touch with Congressman Clark by long distance telephone. He was assured that the present status was only temporary. Following this telephone con tact with the Congressman the following telegram was received by Mr. Wells Saturday: "Coast Guard advises Oak Is land Caretaker Status temporary in shift over from Navy to "freas ury. Reductions necessary in re verting to peace-time status. Just as soon as necessary personnel shifts can be made station will be operated on prewar basis. Am urgiging utmost speed. "J. Bayard Clark." Russ Boy Will View Bomb Test W. A. Russ, Jr.,- Will Be Member Of Crew Of Flagship When Atomic Bomb Tests Are Held This Month In Pacific | At least one Brunswick coun , ty boy, W. A. Russ, Jr., of jSouthport, will get a good look [see at the Atomic bomb tests that are to be made at Bikini late this month. Young Russ is stationed aboard the U. S. S. Fall River, which has been designated the flagship for the Navy task force that will control the target vessels. Nat urally, the flagship will be in the I foreground of all of the observ ing vessels when the bombs are i let lose on the targets. The Fall River left Pearl Harbor this week to take up her position in com mand of the task force. The testing of atomic bombs on the island of Bikini and upon obsolete and capturcd war and merchant ships is an event that the whole world is awaiting with tense interest. Included among the targets are such renowned vessels as the mighty carrier Saratoga. Scouts Camping On Bald Head Troop II, Greensboro Boy Scouts, is spending this week at Bald Head island. They arc in charge of Major Frank Causey, their scoutmaster. Major Causey was last at Southport in 1939. He has been in the army for the past four years. The boys will be on the island through Saturday. Those form ing the party in addition to Major Causey are, Brown Patterson, Bill Bledsoe, Robert Carson, Jimmy Wharton, Donald Gone, Jerry Goldstein, Tommy Darst and Earnest Brown. Business Building SALES GARAGE ? The Williamson Motor Co. build ing at Shallotte is now open for business and is one of the most attractive commercial establishments in Bruns wick County. Great Interest In Murder Case In New Hanover Trial Of Leon (Schooper) Gause For Fatal Shoot ing Of H. Jim Williamson Scheduled To Begin On Tuesday Of Next Week CASE REMOVED FROM COUNTY FOR TRIAL Judge R. Hunt Parker To Preside Over Trial, With R. I. Mintz Assisting Solicitor Moore In Prosecution There is unusual interest in the trial next week in New Hanover Superior court of Leon (Schooper) Gause, Brunswick county colored man, for the fatal shooting of H. Jim Williamson, Shallotta farmer. Gause was to have been tried here at the May term of Super-, ior court, but defense counsel asked that the case be removed to another county. They contend ed that a fair hearing could not be had in Brunswick. Superior court is now in sea? sion in Wilmington, but it is un derstood that the Brunswick county murder trial is not sche duled to come up until Tuesday of the second week. Judge R. Hunt Parker is pre siding over this term of court, and Solicitor Clifton L. Moore will be assisted by R. I. Mintz ad private prosecution. J. W. Ruark, of Southport, and Osmer Henry, of Lumberton, will defend Gause. Friends and neighbors contri buted a purse of more than one hundred dollars Saturday to the widow of the slain man in order to make it possible for her to leave her farm and attend the trial of the man accused of the murder of her l.usband. Since the death of Williamson, his wife has been carrying on the farm work for herself and her two small children, and her neighbors re cognized that it will work a hardship on her to be gone from farm n^xt week. Floyd Leases Shallotte Theatre ' Young Whiteville Business Man Leases Shallotte Theatre From R. D. White, Sr.; Will Make Changes Charles Floyd, of Whiteville, has leased the Shallotte theatre from R. D. White, Sr., and has assumed personal direction of this Brunswick county amuse ment business. Shallotte and other Brunswick people who know him, feel that it is a fine thing that Floyd has become interested in the town and the operation of the theatre. Although still a comparatively young man. Mr. Floyd has an un usually fine record for theatre management. He had a year as salesman for Paramount Picture*; one year as manager of the An derson chain of ' 10 theatres, of Mullins, S. C., and twelve years as manager of the Columbus and Madison Theatres in Whiteville. . Mr. Floyd took over the Shal lotte Theatre Monday. When seen yesterday he stated that he plan ned to Immediately add to the present seating capacity of 238 seats by installing 150 new cush ioned seats. He will also install (Continued on Page 2) Southport Nine Beats Hampstead Locals Take S To 1 Victory Behind Steady Hurling Of Hughes; Teams To Meet Here Sunday AfMr> noon Jack Hughes was right again Sunday afternoon and pitched Ms mates to a 5 to 1 victory over Hampstead in an Eastern League game played on the tatter's dia mond. The first 17 enemy batters went down in order, and the total damage off his delivery for tile afternoon was 5 hits for the New Hanover county boys. The Southport nine was In command of the situation frdpi the beginning, and were led in their attack by Manager Blackie Webb, who made three hits. This victory places Southport in the .500 class in the league standings- once more, with a re cord of five wins and five loses, not including the Biadenboro game played in Southport That contest was finished under protest and must be played off at. ? (Continued from ptfs twol