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ick County
H0.'S1XTEEN NO. 31
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
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Most of The News
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j>-PAGES today Southport, N. G., Wednesday, November 13th, 1946
J1.50 PER YEA? PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAJ
fishing Survey
king Planned
For This Area
Ration Into The Year
's ,md Possibilities Of
K May Bs
Conducted By State
id IMINARY FACTS
^ are being sought
^ Behind The Plan Is To
^courage The Sports
YLn To Come To Coast
At All Seasons Of
The Year
385-day survey of sports
' 0ff 'the coast of North
has been proposed, and
iminary facts are being as
tjed with the idea of making
stLdv to determine the year
E- possibilities for this busi
Ta this area.
Ler the plan, an outside
B?an would be hired to fish
$ consecutive days? weather
Hitting? and keep a log of
f ' fish were caught, where
t weather and tide condi
and other information per- i
jt to good fishing.
\> ins column. "Fish Lines." in !
" star-News Sunday Jack
S raised the question of'
Jj.er it will be either neces
Lor advisable to bring in out
^ Mermen for the work. The
^r.r.g is quoted from his col
%?
??s associate claims an ex
: fisherman should be brought
(mm Florida. She has prob
Kv -.ever fished with Capt. Hul
fatts. of Southport. who can
i f:sh a mile away; with
g.. who has caught more sail
I Cover; who last year brought
te Southeastern area; with
I Biily DeCover; who last
c brought seven sails to gaff
is coast; with Capt's. Gus
r* Eddy. Ames and the many
se skippers who know what
i be caught off this coast but
t live never been the recipient [
indirect aid in the publiciz-j
?pie fact.
Ik is true and this corner
112 opinion that the records
!i Fishing rodeo sponsored
12 South Eastern North Car
i beach association in a 60
i Kretch of water from New
i Met to the South Carolina
i daring the month of Sept
ic can go a long way to
il finishing at least a por- j
; cf that information.
?Catches have been made off
mast of New Hanover and
Bsvick counties that compare
nKy with catches made any
! s!mg the Atlantic coast." i
i
Brief Ntwt
Flashes
^CATION TRIP
and Mrs Landis G. Brown
'.ast we?k for a vacation trip
x<* York City.
fU WILL MEET
South port Parent-Teacher
ation will hold its regular;
water meeting on Thursday
in the school auditorium at
o'clock.
?other dies
Robert B. Thompson was
Monday morning of the ,
death of her brother, Joe .
Mr and Mrs. Thompson j
?aughter, Jean, left imme- 1
'J for Savanah, Ga.
RIVAL SERVICES I
* writs of revival services is j
Hwgress this week at Mt. !
** Baptist church, near Sup
? Preaching is conducted each
fc? at 7:30 o'clock, with the
Bob Carter in charge.
I'^wbcela I
kt?h Phelps, Jr., who is now
"teg on a government dredge
, Maracaibo, Venezuela, has
"k" his parents that he likes
' fine and that he expects
* working down there for
r three or four months.
tK-lHUMR WEDDING
? w?ldlng Of Tom Thumb"
' ? Presented by members of
Wraary grades of Bolivia
?school tomorrow (Thursday)
' o'clock. Proceeds from
'^"tertainmcnt will be used
Jfupmcnt for the new school
?r. jjJ "U.'IE
l! Murl?y M. Hood
hHr^l Jelks home
r1 Mr, p , Mrs- John W. Ful
haS accePted
k lr-'i v.iii 'ka lar?c "^chinery
^ traveling out of
he PUaJI W
NEW CHURCH
CLEANING ? The above scene shows citizens of the
Kingtown community as they worked recently to clean
up the grounds about the newly constructed New Britian
Baptist church. This new building is of concrete blocks
and is a great improvement over the old building which
it replaces.
Wilmington Man Here To
Discuss Landing Field
I
President Of Air Progress,
Inc., Is Interested In De
velopment Of Facilities
At Southport
BIG APPROPRIATION
IS NOW AVAILABLE
Carl Dunn Discusses The
Prospect For Landing
Strip Of Small Air
port Somewhere
Near Town
Without knowing where he was
going to find a landing spot and
with his contacts here knowing
even less regarding the matter,
Carl Dunn, president of Wilming
ton Air Progress, Inc., called up
friends here Friday to advise he
was coming down to have a lunch
of Southport shrimp and to talk
over whether or not some sort of
a landing field for planes could
be established here.
The Federal government has
made an allocation of $110,000
for a field at Southport. To get
this Southport must meet certain
requirements that it apparently is
unable to meet. Still, Mr. Dunn
came down to see if ways and
means cannot be found to see the
town can at least construct a
simple landing strip to serve for
the time being.
Following a conference with Dr.
L. C. Fergus and others interest
ed in the inauguration of some
sort of aviation facilities here,
Mr. Dunn stated he would im
mediately take things up with
the CAA and ascertain just what
can be done under the existing
conditions. As soon as he gets a
reply he will contact the city of
ficials and report.
For his trip down here Friday
he landed on a small strip of
dredged material from the inland
waterway. Aided by a stiff wind
that was blowing he was able to
take off on his return journey
with less than a hundred-yard
run by his plane.
Miller Hotel Is
Being Repaired
Paul Arnold, Kentucky
Man, Purchased Property
First Of Year And Is
Getting Ready To Re
Open Business
The old Miller Hotel building,
purchased several months ago by
Paul Arnold, of Kentucky, has
undergone extensive inside altera
tions, repairs and painting. New
furniture and furnishings have
been installed throughout the
building and it is biding fair to
be an attractive and serviceable
addition to the town.
Mr. Arnold stated Monday that
he hopes to be open for business
in a couple of more weeks. He
has spent a great deal in putting
the place in order and if the busi
ness justifies he plans to increase
his facilities along with the need.
His place is to be known as Arn
old's Cafe and he will have a
complete dining arid lunch room
in addition to rooms for rent up
stairs.
I The outlook is for Southport
being a great deal better fixed to
feed and care for visitors an
other year. In addition to the
Arnold Cafe, Charlie Williams
has been remodelling the old E.
R. Outlaw building and plans to
open a lunch room there in an
other week or two.
Fred Ashbum, who operated
the pavillion at Long Beach dur
ing the summer, is reported to
have rented the Dosher building
adjoining the Amuzu theatre. It
Js understood he plant to opto i
I cafe there ?t an early date.
Misses Out On
Big Meat Hunt
His neighbors say that it is
a rare thing for It. J. Formy
duval to miss a deer hunt, but :
that he made the biggest mis
take of the season one day re
cently when he passed up a
drive made in his section.
He was asked to meet the
party making this hunt, but
with threatening weather in
prospect, the Waccama w town
ship man decided that he would
just sleep this one out.
Imagine his chagrin, then,
when he learned that not only
did the hunt result in the bag
ging of a fine, eight-point buck, j
but that the hunters also man
aged to kill a couple of nice, :
fat wild hogs. And this at the '
very height of the pork fa
mine!
County Native
Preaches Sermon
Rev. William C. Rourk Cal
led From Home At Safety
Harbor, Fla., To Preach
Dedicatory Sermon At
Ellerbe
[ Rev. William C. Rourk, Bruns
wick county native, visited rela-l
tives here last week while on a
trip to North Carolina from his
home in Safety Harbor, Fia.. Rev. |
Rourk had been invited to come I
back to Ellerbe to dedicate the i
newly completed brick Presby
terian church which was begun
while he was pastor there in
1922.
It is interesting to note that i
while the Rev. Mr. Rourk was
serving as pastor at Ellerbe he
founded another Presbyterian
church out in the country known:
as Rourk's chapel. From a start
of one family, this church now !
has a membership of 123, and ;
plans are being made to erect a j
brick church for the use of that
congregation.
The Rev. Mr. Rourk said that
he is not sure, but that he believes
that he is the only native of
Brunswick county who is now a
Presbyterian preacher.
He was born near Southport,
first attended school at Buck's
Bay; then came to Southport
I Academy; attended Southport
j Presbyterian school; moved with
,his family to Wilmington where
he continued in school; was a stu
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Dr. Rourk Back
In This County
|
Native Of Shallotte Returns
To Home Community
From Myrtle Beach To
Resume Practice of Medi
cine
Fred Mintz of the Coastal Drug
company at Shallotte, Is now
constructing and addition to the
office formerly used by Dr. J. W.
Hayes. He 6tates that Dr. Hen
derson Rourk, native of Shaildtte
and formerly engaged in the prac
tice of medicine and surgery
i there, will return this week from
? Myrtle Beach and resume practice
at Shallotte.
Dr. Rourk, a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Rourk, of
Shallotte, practiced medicine in
| Wilmington for some time and
was then located in Shailotte un
j til he decided to move to Myrtle
Bcach eight years ago. He has
bulit up a, thriving practica Ja.
| (Continued on Page Four)
Annual Meeting
Of Production
Credit Group
Wilmington Production
Credit Association Will
Hold Annual Meeting At
Bolivia On November 22
CREDIT ORGANIZATION ,
SERVES 3 COUNTIES 1
One Director Will Be Elec
ted To Serve During The
Coming Year; Reports
Will Be Submitted
The annual meeting of the 1
stockholders of the Wilmington!
Production Credit Association will
be held at Bolivia high school on
Friday, November 22nd, at 2:30
o'clock in the afternoon, accord
ing to an announcement made by
H. B. Rivenbark, secretary-treas
urer of the association.
In addition to hearing the re
port on the year's operations, and
electing one director for the com
ing year, members will be given
a special report on the progress
made by the association in mem- .
ber-ownership.
The Wilmington Association, '
which makes short-term agricul
tural loans to farmers in Bruns
wick, New Hanover and Pender
Counties, is steadily broadening
its credit services, and we expect
an unusually large attendance of
members and visitors. Ladies are
especially invited," Secretary Ri
venbark said.
Ask Legislators
To Present Bill
i
Board Of Aldermen Seek !
Authorization For Dis
posing Of Phillip Allen
Property Acquired By
Tax Foreclosure
A special meeting of the South
port board of aldermen was held
last week for the purpose of pass- ?
ing a resolution asking Senator- ?
elent R ,1. Mintz and Reprwn'j
tive-elect Odell Williamson to in
troduce a bill making it legal for
the city to dispose of the Phillip
Allen land acquired through tax
foreclosure by private sale. Fol
lowing is the text of the resolu
tion:
"It appearing to the board that
heretofore the City of Southport
has attempted to convey to E. G.
Mallison and W. T. Ottoway a
certain part of a certain tract of
land known as the Phillip Allen
lands, acquired by the City of
Southport through tax fore
closure: and
"It further appearing to the
board that the City of Southport
did not have legal authority to
convey said land and in order td
validate said deed for said land,
it is necessary that a special act
of the Legislature of North Caro
lina be enacted, authorizing and
empowering the City of Southport
to convey said land.
"Now, therefore, upon motion
of R. T. Thompson and duly se
conded by C. D. Herring and the
same being duly carried, the
Board of Aldermen of the City of
Southport respectfully request the
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Recorder's Court
Session Today
Owing to th> fact that Armis
tice Day came on Monday the
regular weekly session of the
Brunswick County Recorders
court is fceing he'.a today. All
cases coming up 'iuring the past
two weeks were docketed for
trial today, instead of Monday.
There is a sizabte number of
cases being heard as there was
no session last week.
No Arrests Yet
In Robbery Of
Leland Office
Robbers Broke Into The U. :
L. Rourk Store And Post-'
office At Leland, Stealing
Cash And Goods From
Store j
THIEVES ENTER
LELAND SCHOOL'
Missed Valuable Haul At
School Because Principal
Had Removed Receipts
Of Local Program
Thus far no arrests have been'
made in connection with the rob
bery of the Leland postoffice, the
U. L. Rourk store and the Leland
high school building at Leland
last week.
The FBI will probably be en
gaged in the investigation as the
postoffice is Federal property. ,
This made the second time in
two years when the Leland post
office and Rourk store have been
the victims of robbers. Two or
three men are understood to be
serving terms in the Federal pris
on for the first robbery.
In addition to the store, post
office and school, several other
business places at Leland are re
ported to have been broken into
the same night. At the school a
considerable sum of money is
said to have been removed from
the office for safe-keeping only
the previous day. The thieves sc- ,
cured little or nothing there, ac
cording to Principal E. E. King.
Ready To Begin
Work On Plant
Brick Are On Hand And
Construction Work On
Cold Storage Plant At
Shallotte Slated To Start
Today
Brick have been coming in
and construction work on the new
Brunswick County Cold Storage
plant, at Shallotte, begins today,
according to Jesse Purvis, man
ager for the corporation.
The building is to be of brick,
47 x 70 feet in size and in addi
tion to the building lot the cor
poration has several acres of land
admirably adapted to pastures for
the grazing of stock and hogs. O.
O. Barnes, Shallotte contractors,
who is now completing the Wac
camaw Bank and Trust company
and Shallotte Drug store building,
has the contract for the construc
tioon of the building. He is un
derstood to hive promised that it
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Our
ROVING
Reporter
W. B.
Sooner or later, and perhaps
much sooner than the average
person thinks, the need of air- j
plane landing strips will be
strongly felt at several places in
Brunswick county. The construc
tion of such strips now will con
tribute greatly tp future develop
ment. They need not be elaborate |
affairs, just a couple of cross
strips on well . drained but fair
ly level and firm ground, on
which planes may land regardless
of wind direction. It might be a
good idea to locate such place?
now and to locate them on sites
where the landing: strip of today
will grow into tho small airfield
of tomorrow. Without knowing
all of the potential places, this
column would like to say that it
appears to it that Howell's Point,
Shallottc, Shallotte Point, Cause
Landing, Seaside and possibly
! Calabash, would all be materially
helped in development if small
landing fields were constructed
by the people interested in the
development of these pbccs.
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Uijlike , a . .greet ttaay service
men, Mt eUr Sgt ffckteigh J.
Canady, of Ash, was in no hurry
to get out of uniform when the
war ended. He has been in the
army for 19 years and has only
a year to go before he can step
out with pay under the 20-year
service retirement provisions.
Eight Of his ninteen years of ser
vice have been spent overseas, five
years during peace time and
three years during the war. He
is now stationed at Eglin Field,
Fla., and with Mrs. Canady he
is spending a 30-day furlough
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. Stacy Canady, at Ash.
According to reports the group
of fishermen who operate at
Brick Landing, near Cause Beach
and Seaside, have done well this
year, despite the fact that they
have not caught many mullets.
The run of spots has been fine
and large numbers of these fish
have been taken and sold or salt
ed. Their fishing point is known
as the Stanley, Gore and Hewett
Fishery. Clyde Stanley is said to
hive btcn the high man with
dtcbes this jtft x< but all have
.(6tatlm)?d Ott 6)
New Minister Assigned To
Trinity Methodist Church
Rev. Paul H. Fields, Former Army Chaplain, Will Come |
Here, Replacing The Rev. O. I. Hinson, Who
Is Retired From Active Duty
According to the list of announcements made at the
close of the Annual North Carolina Methodist Conference
last week, the Rev. Paul H. Fields will serve as minister
for Trinity Methodist church during the coming year.
The Rev. Mr. Fields succeeds
the Rev. O. I. Hinson, who was
retired by action of the con
ference officials. Howevei in a
letter to J. W. Huark, < .lalrman
of the board of stewards for
Trinity Methodist church, the
Rev. Mr. Hinson stated that he
has been asked to serve as min
ister for a church near Burling
ton. He plans to live at his home
in Durham with his daughter,
Miss Ellie Ford Hinson.
The new preacher for the
Southport charge is not exactly
a stranger here. In March, 1939,
he came to Southport to assist
the Rev. E. M. Hall with a re
vival service, and Mr. Fields made
a favorable and lasting impress
ion upon many local citizens dur
ing his visit.
At that time he was pastor of
the Methodist church at Rose
Hill. Later he was moved to
Roanoke Rapids, and from that
charge he went to Scotland Neck,
where he served until he entered
the U. S. Army as a chaplain.
The Rev. Mr. Fields was dis
charged from active service in
May of this year, and since that
time has conducted a number of
revivals and has been active
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HENRY C. STONE, principal
of Shallotte high school, was
elected president of the South
eastern North Carolina Education
Association in Wilmington.
Parents Hope To Have Son
loin Them In This Country
Another Big Black
Bear Bites Dust
Audie Phelps of the Supply
community does not get along
with bears. To properly reverse
things the bears do not get
along with Audie. Last week
he killed his second black bear
In two week's time, and it took
only one shot from his rifle to
do the business.
The bear weighed 350-pounds
and his paws may now be seen
at Barefoot'* garage, near Sup
ply. The bear killed two weeks
ago was of the same size and
was minus one of its feet,
Audie having caught it in a
steel trail last year.
District Dredge
Is Coming Here
Hoffman Is Scheduled To
Come To Southport Fol
lowing Work At More
head City; May Be De
layed
Gaptain John G. Swan and
several members of the crew of
the big hopper dredge, Hoffman,
now working on the harbor at
Morehead City, spent the weeRj
end and Armistice Day at their
homes in Southport. v
Captain Swan stated that the
Hoffman will finish up the More
head City Job next Wednesday.
Scheduled to come to Southport
then and begin work on the Cape
Fear river bar, she is now slated
to go to Wilmington and be tied
up at the Engineers yards until
funds for the local river project
become available.
For her around-the-clock work
the Hoffman has a crew of 55 j
men. Of these, according to I
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Young Shallotte
Citizen Injured
Edward H. Redwine Out Of
Danger Following Serious
Injury Last Wednesday
Night In Auto Accident
Making a sharp turn from the
Whiteville road into Route 17 at'
the Shallotte high school building:'
last Wednesday night, Edward
Redwine, manager of the Shallotte
Drug company and popular young
Brunswick citizen, was seriously
injured when he lost control of
his car.
I The machine, a 1941 DeSoto, is
said to have turned over four or (
:five times and to have come to
I rest a complete wreck. Mr. Red
wine was taken from the wreck
age, Apparently critically injured.
(Ocmtlmud oa ptg* 4)
I ?
Leon Lambro Has Been In
Direct Communication
With Parents Folowing
Long Period Of Silence
WAS IN ALBANIA
DURING THE WAR
Leon Lived In United States
For Several Years Before
Returning To Assist
Old Folks
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Lambro,'
who own and operate a country
store and filling station near
Shallotte on Route 17, are happy
over having received a letter
from their son, Leon Lambro. It
was the first direct word the
parents had from the missing son
in six years, although the Ala
bama mission in Tirana advised
them about a year ago that they
had located him and that ho was
living in Albania.
When they learned a year ago
that their son was still living,
Mr. and Mrs. Lambro sent him
money through the American
Consul to enable him to come to
the United States. Having lived
in this country when very young,
Leon is supposed to be a citizen
of the United States, but accord
ing to the letter recently receiv
ed it appears that his papers were
lost during the war that left
Albania one of the most un
happy and ravished countries,
during its earlier stages.
The letter recently received
indicated that the trouble over
pepers would be straightened out
and that Leon might shortly bo
able to rejoin his parents hero la
America.
The young man was brought
to America by his parents when
he was very young. Seven or
eight yea-s afterwards, when he
was 13-yjars old, he went back
to the old country to' aid in car
ing for his grandparents who
were very old. He was still there
when the war broke out and he
was drafted into military service.
His experiences thereafter are
not known by his parents, as let
etrs from his were all lost or
destroyed. Likewise, letters from
the parents also failed to reach
him. For about six years not a
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Collecting Gifts
? For Vets At Oteen
Ladies of the Auxiliary of the
Shailotte Post, American Legion,
arc engaged in a drive this week
to collect gifts for disabled vete
rans and their families at Otcen.
Mrs. John Garner and Mrs.
Ernest Parker arc in charge of
the drive and they hope to have
a sizable collection of articles,
suitable for the veterans and their
families, ready for shipment by
the endiof the week. Anyone hkv
ing useful and suitable articles
which they wish to add to the
gilts fihouki .contact either of the
?bov? kdies.
Official Count
Fails To Upset
Earlier Result
Slight Change* Occur In
'total Number Of Votea
Received By Various Can
didates In Tuesday Elec?
tion ? -
WILLIAMSON HAS
11-VOTE MARGIN.
S. T. Bennet. Compiled The
Highest Vote Of Any
Candidate On Ticket;
Clark Had The Larg
est Majority
Although there were changes
made in the total number of
votes received by various candi
dates as a result of the official
canvass here Thursday and Fri
day, there was no upset in the
outcome of the General Election
of last Tuesday.
Odell Williamson, reported last
week to have been elected to the
House of Representatives over
Bonnie D. Phelps by a scant 3
vote majority, watched his leadf
climb to a more comfortable 11
vote majority as a result of the
official count.
The next closest call for one of
the successful Democratic candi
dates was M. B. Chinnis, who
held a 32-vote lead over A. P.
Russ. high man among the Repub
lican candidates for county com
missioner at the close of the can
vas.
Official figures continued to
show the contest between John O.
White and Charles W. Knox for
sheriff as being very close. White
wound up with a 52-vote victory.
Largest Democratic majority
was piled up by Congressman J.
Bayard Clark, who led H. E.
Rodgers by 291-votes in the final
tally.
Of the county candidates, Sam
T. Bennett rolled up the highest
majority, with a 283-vote ad
vantage over Wannis Bennett.
Coroner W. E. Bell finished
with a healthy 257-vote lead over
Odcll Blarton tn the race to suc
ceed himself.
W. J. finished 179
votes ahead of D. R. Johnson In
their race for Judge of Recorder's
court.
Following are the official fig
ures showing the total number of
votes for each candidate: Clerk,
S. T. Bennett 2425, Wannis Ben
nett 2142; Sheriff, John W. White
2333, Chas. W. Knox 2281; Re*
corder, W. J. McLamb 2352, D,
R. Johnson 2173; Coroner, W. Ei
Bell 2384, C. O. Blanton 2127 f
House, Williamson 2248, Bonnie
D. Phelps 2237; Commissioners,
S. I. Mlntz. 2313, M. B. Chlnnls
2267, R. O. Lewis, 2324, A. Ps
Russ 2235, R. H. Sellers 2230,
Bailey King 2149; Congress, J.
Bayard Clark 2383, H. E. Rodger#
2092.
Brunswick county voters oast
their ballots In favor of the con
stitutional amendment favoring
equal rights for women by a mar
gin of 1731 to 1082. Brunswick
also gave a favorable vote td
the second proposed amendment
to allow for the payment of cer
tain expenses Incurred by a nieni
ber of the Legislature. This vote
was 1351 to 1122.
Chairman Dave Ross stated
that no protest of any preclnCt
had been made by the Republican
party prior to the time of ad
journment of the board of elec
tions Friday, and that the ab
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Goes To Listen, -
Stays To Speak
> Harry L Mintz, Comman
der Of Shallotte Port,
American Legion, Pinch
Hits For Brother On Ar*
mistice Day
Harry L. Mintz, Jr., left his
'business at Supply early Monday
morning in order to have time to
!go home and dress before going
out to Shallotte high school to
hear his brother, Attorney R. T.
Mintz. deliver an Armistice day
addresa
When he walked into the school
Principal Henry Stone met him
and asked, "Are you planning to
make a speech here tikis morn
ing?.' Harry, who Is commander
of the Shallotte Post, American
Legion, told him that he had
come to listen, not to talk.
"Well, if there's going to be
any Armisticc day speech youll
have to make it," Principal Stone
informed him. "Your brother is
sick and won't be here."
With no more warning than
that the Shallotte Po?t Comman
der got up before . Brunswick
county's largest student body atjd
made an impressive talk which
featured patriotism and the wax?
'of the Legldn.