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fl-e pilot Covers Brunswick County SN0eSlXTE^3Z NO. 41 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 8th, 1947 11.50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEPNESPAI Lk Appointed I IPi-osecutor For! I County Court ! I. prevatte Resigns Posi Imo T? He Was ramed By Board Of ?bounty Commissioners |Ust W?nth Lcitor salary p restored TO $120 L, Matters Of Routine Cness Disposed Of By IJeinbers Of Board At I Regular Meeting I Here Monday I. regular monthly meet Ike board of county com l?:;rs here Monday, J. W. I C Southport attorney, was J roeectltlng attorney ? iwick county Re Lj court, a position which , foi the past several I, the exception of the F f meeting the i Ler> of the new board nam- 1 tj Prevatte to this post at ' Ea.-y of $100 00 per month. I I ted a cut of $120.00.i r ahry that had been paid > I 1. and Mr. Prevatte i Ltd the appointment only I could be appointed I Kxooday Mr. Ruark was re I office, and at the bqr ' <120.00 per month.) Ic Smith was relieved of km of his tax valuation due I* : ss o: his home by fire. i S! George, custodian of P rroperty. was charged by eciaissioners with the re-! E: : r fixing the blame j i icy prisoner who wilfully' rr: a jail cell to which he and with having the li --.-'ssary repairs made a \i the court costs. i commissioners recommend jt ..-o highway commission ; i:t<r the road running from | ? Silliken's place to the j pltll Branch road. el". Daniels was put oil j |fc i't?nt list for Sl.VOO per ?? \ klcore was placed on the ' tlis: for $15.00 per month ?iris are available. Susie j t'fas placed on the same '? $9.00 when funds are li Jl Hewett was directed to ki survey of entry No. 4355, Sa of W. H. Sullivan, fa SCMays. ? ?- C. Daniel, Southport K. as authorized to ex : ? ~.e teeth for Ethel Sim i ir.ty home patient. *' December financial report I i::epted. Rogers, superintendent county home, was directed *? ? cow from the farm to r- F.jark at a figure agreed 1 V the commissioners. t"li? H:ll was refunded $7.22 lies collected in error. trie f Newt Flashes HERE ^ ' Mrs. J. A. Gilbert, of "? navi moved to South ' Mr. Gilbert plans to : i barbershop in the Pack lr' . which he recent-1 fcr.,?...; tr?m F. L. Lewis. ^ MEETING r'-guUr monthly meeting Southrxirt high school Par ^acher Association will be ' orr. ,-.v i Thursday) even ' '? ":30 o'clock in the high ^ auditorium. ^UASE I'VHSONAGE ' of the Southport Pres i " church have purchased ~ M. McEachern home for * a niarse. The new pastor 5s church. Rev. J. McPhail ^?'e- of Hartsville, Ga.. is ^ to arrive in a few days. ^ L\ F.vj.l ?"?eth Sprunt, manager of Plantation and son of the ' ^ was slightly hurt in a ? ?? acci'if :)' Monday after ! is n-derstood that he , h struck against k'^r" ?" "...zlc of his gun, in ?5 a cut. of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Phis, ^ ? and Miss Robbie n. of Mr. and Mrs. ??*"?? and Leah Phelps. ^i-uuyiiig uuiuc WlIma Phelps this spring. BUSINESS BUILDING I CHANGE ? Several years ago when he was serving! as postmaster at Shallotte, W. R. Holmes built the attrac- j tive building shown above for use as a postoffice. Upon : the return of his three sons from service, Mr. Holmes and the boys have opened a business In this building and operate what is known as Holmes Service. New Methodist Minister To Serve Shallotte Charge Former Army Chaplain Will Assume Duties At Shallotte With Union Ser vice Sunday Morning CHURCHES OF CHARGE WILL COME TOGETHER New Minister Served For Thirteen Years As An Army Chaplain, Retir ing With Rank Of Major Rev. Richard Braunstein has | been secured as pastor of the i Shallotte charge and will preach his first sermon Sunday. Rev. Braunstein is a former Army chaplain, having served for 13 years, and was recently releas- ! ed with the rank of Major. He at one time served as Post Chap lain at Fort Bragg. The Methodist churches of the SbaUntte charge. Sharon, Concord, Dixon's Chapel, Shallotte Village, Andrew's Chapel and Shallotte Camp will have a union service at 11 o'clock Sunday at Shallotte Camp church, in Shallotte. Immediately following the morning service a dinner will be served in the high school gym. Members and friends are cordial ly invited to come and participate in this service and fellowship j hour. Wilmington Man Named In Suit William DeCover Defend ant In Suit Asking More Than $15,000 Total Dam ages Following Auto Ac cident Three civil suits asking for a ! total of more than fifteen thou sand dollars in damages have j been filed in Superior court by the law firm of Frink and Herr ing, representing Grover R. Gore, Lena Mae Gore and Harold Lynn Gore. The defendant is William DeCover. Wilmington fishing boat operator. It is alleged in the complaint that on December 27. 1946, the said Grover R. Gore was driving his pick-up truck at a speed of' about 20 miles per hour, when the defendant DeCover, driving a 1 Wjntiac at a speed of 60 miles 1 per hour, struck the said truck from behind knocking it a dis tance of 150 feet. | The plaintiff, Grover R. Gore, j was allegedly knocked against , the steering wheel of the truck, ! ! sustaining injuries to his chest and bruises and dislocation of hisj nervous system. For his personal1 injuries and damage to his truck | he asks the sum of $2,600 and such other compensation as the ! court may award. Growing out of the same acci dent Lena Mae Gore, wife of Grover R. Gore, is asking dam-) I ages in the sum of ten thousand I dollars and such other relief as the court may award. It is al leged that when the truck was struck by the DeCo>er car she 'sustained injuries to her right hip. left arm and back and ner vous system, and that her right hip was dislocated. Harold Lynn Gore, by his next friend, his mother Lena Mae Gore, is asking for three thous ! and dollars damages and such i other relief as the court may award. In the said accident in | which the truck wherein he was i riding was struck he sustained 1 injuries to his left hip, and his [ lower spin&l column was frac I tur?d. , Rockfish Takes Jones To Ride Dawson J ones, Leland furn' ture man, this week reiK?r^d a fishing adventure in which he and Mrs. Jones were the lead *???. fishing in a small boat on Town Creek, with Mr>. Jones was in the stem, pad dling. The old man was doing the casting. Following one of his casts he snagged a 19 pound rockfisto. At the time he didn't know either the ? ffa nor the fact that two of the hooks were fastened in tJii hard, boney breast of the fish, giving it pulling power about Iqual to a mule in harness. The fish pulled the boat this | awav and that -away, Mr. Jones dividing his time between strog eling with his rod and reel and yelling to his wife to hold the I boat in midstream. ,<^he did well," he said, un til that fish broke water near I the boat and she saw it. The | next thing I kn?y my end of , the boat went high a.?i dry on the bank, so did the fish. Mw. Jones and her end of the^1 sunk. She was still paddling. Edward Redwine Becomes Partner ed One-Half Interest In Growing Business a new year business change, SS^o?hifSnds ?t the county, was the purchase nf a half interest in the Shallotte ' tr. s?<,p - r is iiryrsa- ? i took charge of tb. Sod. Shop and Cafe directly after Ms discharg^ fr^ 0thJr and in Redwine he secured capable, energetic tho Shallotte business. During l? a half under his man agement the ^tUDrug^rn] changed3 its name to the Soda changed into much n.dero and is now doing a good busi n?With a large local patronage (Continued on page_2> Government Man Back At Home f??.y Tog"S'"hP?rl T? Live ?,7t as a deck hand on' SUr,U5fe u a. Army Engineers one of the u- 2 1P16. Ar-i dredges. Sep SoUthport. re ,thUr, Sty with the rank of, Urtd recently ^ hand h iCaP^H steadily, became a first climbed stead y, eafter serv mate in 1924 ana ^ m0 ed3 in tha cancies in which there being serve until 1940 1 a captain could serv ^ ^ and promoti . captain that pericd. in 194?' hi. retirement Captain | (Continued on P??? 2} Annual Infantile Paralysis Fund Drive Underway Mrs. E. J. Prevatte, Chair man Of The County Chapter, Heads Drive To Raise Money With Which To Combat Disease MONEY SPENT IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY In Addition To Help Being Given To Victims Living In Brunswick, Arrange ments Made To Care For Future The 1947 March of Dimes drive for Infantile Paralysis will start on January 15th and end on Jan uary 30th, with Mrs. E. J. Pre vatte general chairman of Bruns wick county and Mrs. James Harper treasurer. The drive this year is very im portant, in that last year there occurred the worst epidemic in many years. Some of the funds put asice for research work had to be used to pay for treatment for persons afflicted with in fantile paralysis. So little is known about the disease that a fund large enough to carry on the research work should be held in reserve. , There have been eight cases of infantile paralysis reported in Brunswick county within the past few years. Mrs. Lou Smith, coun ty health nurse, has investigated these cases, and found that two were in need of medical attention and hospitalization. Bills were paid this week in the amount of $610.00 for the treatment of two patients in Brunswick county. Five hundred and forty six dol lars was also sent to James Wal ker hospital, in Wilmington, to pay Brunswick county's part in establishing a center there for the treatment of infantile paralysis. This unit has been formed at James Walker Hospital so that the persons afflicted in this sec tion of the State can be taken td a hospital in a very short time. I Heretofore, patients have had to ' go more than two hundred mile? for treatment. A permanent chapter has been formed in Brunswick county to I carry on the work. The members j of the executive committee have | authority to guarantee the hos- j pital bills, and if necessary, pay( ambulance service for the patients (Continued on page 2) Light Docket In Court Here Monday Was Light Day For Judge W. J. McLamb And Solicitor E. J. Pre vatte In Recorder's Court A very small docket of only j six cases greeted Judge W. J. | McLamb and Solicitor E. J. Pre- j vatte at the opening of the Re- 1 corder's Court here Monday. As shown by the minute book, I the following matters were handl ed before adjournment at noon: Norwood Lee, reckless opera- j tion, four months . on the roads, i suspended on payment of a fine i of $25.00 and costs. Alexander Credele, Jr., allow ( Continued on Page 2) Outlines Plan For All-Weather Fishing Here Charlotte Man Contacts W. B. Keziah Relative To New Idea That Is Design ed To Guarantee Some Sport f ? ? ? TOURS FOR UP-STATE FISHERMEN PLANNED Arrangements Would Be Made T.*> Carry Sports men Freshwater Fish ing When Weather Bad Outside Interested in a news story ap pearing in various state and out of-state newspapers regarding Town Creek and otherfresh water fishing spots in Brunswick, R. K. Harris, of Charlotte, has written W. B. Keziah, of Southport, with the idea of combining salt water and fresh water fishing trips in a way that promises less dis appointment to sportsmen from a distance. Mr. Harris' idea is that tours can be arranged from Charlotte and other points of greater dis tance. Instead of the sportsmen just coming in for the day and facing the possibility of not be ing able to get out on account of bad weather, they should come for about three days. If the weather is too bad for outside fishing they can turn to the fresh water lakes in the county. The trips, he says, should be arranged with the definite idea of the sportsmen having a day at both freshwater and salt wa ter fishing. They can adapt them selves to whatever weather con ditions may be prevailing during the time they are down on the coast. The Charlotte man is so cer tain that the tours for fishermen idea will be popular that he says he will arrange for and bring such parties in from, Charlotte and other points if the local man will look into' the matter of the visitors being able to get ac commodations, as well as boats and guides, at either Southport or Shallotte Point. Restricted Area Near Ship Basin Authorities Move To Stop Unauthorized Small Boat Travel Through Area Used For Storing Ships The Brunswick river ship lay-in basin was last week made a re stricted area. It is a new order of things, in keeping with present] and future use of that part of the Brunswick river from the highway bridge to where it emp ties into the Cape Fear, a dis tance of four miles. According to the orders issued last week, all privately owned boats must keep out of the basin waters unless they have proper authorization. With the number of ships al ready in the basin and still larger number to be there as the work of dredging the basin and bring ing them in progresses, it was necessary to take all protective Continued on page two Our ROVING Reporter W. B. KEZ1AH We are frequently asked " if ( The State Port Pilot goes to states outside of North Carolina.1 It most certainly does. A rainy! day check of our mailing list this j week revealed that fairly large ! numbers of the paper go to New! York, California, Ohio, Illinois, i i Louisiana, Georgia, Virginia. In | addition there arc from two to , fifteen subscribers in each of the ; following states: New Hampshire, ! Michigan, Maryland, Kentucky, 1 New Jersey, Mississippi, Oregon, j District of Columbia, Texas, Alas- ^ ka, Delaware. Indiana, Colorado, . Minnesota, Washington, Tenn- j essee, West ' Virginia. Alabama, Pennsylvania, and Florida. South j Carolina has a large number of copies, many go to various points overseas and we just haven't got space or time to list all of the North Carolina towns to which your home county paper makes its regular weekly visits. For some years before the war we often had parties of artists at Southport. Intrigued with the. photographic and painting possi-j bilities along the coast these ar tists often came from as far as Missouri and California. Usually around when they were was Ar thur E. Newton, local boy who liked to sketch with pencil and often turned to water colors. Without training he did remark ably well. The war came along and Arthur's ambitions and ef forts to become an artist had to be put in the background while he was in service. Getting out a year ago he straightway re-en rolled in the Central Academy of Commercial Arts, in Cincinnati; Ohio. With two full years of | studies behind him and another full year to go, Arthur came home to visit his aunt, Mrs. D. E. Arthur, and his sister, Mrs. Walter Lewis, during the holi days. Together we pleasantly re- , | called the many times when ar-( : tists visited Southport, visits which may have instilled in him the ambition to become one hlm-i I ^Continued On Fage 5) Visiting Home County After Thirty-Two Years In Navyj Chief Gunners Mate, Gilbert P. Hewett, Left Home When 17- Years Of Age And Is Back On First Visit Since Leaving home and enlisting in the Coast Guard with his parents consent at the age of 17, and thereafter spending 32 years in the Navy as a Gun ner's Mate and Chief Gunner's Mate, without once returning to his native county of Brunswick is the unusual experience of Gilbert P. Hewett, now a resi dent of San Francisco, Cali fornia. With hi^ wife he is row visiting his brother and sister, Hiram Hewett and Mrs. Rosa Lee Stanley, at Shallotte. With his 32-years of duty be hind him the retired service man now looks hardly more than in his early" thirties. In an interview Saturday he stated he spent only the first year in the Coast Guard, going from there to the Navy and there after it was that branch of the service for him. As Chief Gunner's Mate he was serving on the battleship West Virginia when that ship was lost with others in the Japaneses attack on Pearl Har bor. Rescued, but badly injured, he was hospitalized and spent several months in various hos- ' i pit&ls, finally' being discharged on account of disability and length of service. He has now entirely recovered from his in juries. His mother died in 1921, while he was in Novia Scotia and unable to return home. His father died a year and a half ago while fie was still in a Cali fornia hospital recovering from his Pearl Harbor injuries. By some chance his long service with the Navy never brought him to points from where he could get home on leave for a visit since 1913. ' He never saw his parents again after their giving consent to his join ing the Coast Guard. The bro ther and sister whom he is now visiting had not seen him in 32 years. Despite the fact that he went into the service at a very early age, the former Chief Gunner is extremely well educated. He writes a fine hand and was alert and quick to respond to all inquiries. From a newsman's standpoint he was the ideal man to encounter for an inter ' view. Local Fishermen Join Union I And Seeking New Members Record Trout Is Caught By Rourk The largest gray trout that anybody in this neighborhood has caught with rod and reel, was brought in Friday night by Crawford Rourk, one of the caretekera at Fort CasweJL Coming off duty at midnight, Mr. Rourk was coming home ward along the Caswell road and the combination of beauti ful moonlight and water was too much for him. He stopped his car, rigged up his light casting rod and offered the ocean and all that it contained a Mae West. Ills fourth cast brought results. He found him self in for a battle royal. After several minutes he dragged ashore a 27-inch trout that hud a girth of 17-inches and weigh ed 9 >4 -pounds. Aged Resident Passes At Home Thomas R. Peadrick Is Laid To Rest Sunday After noon; Was 93-Years-Of Age And Lifelong Resi dent Of City Thomas R. Peadrick, 93 year old lifelong resident of South port, died at his home here Fri day. Despite his advanced age, Mr. Peadrick was in good health and fairly active until a few months ago. He was a retired carpenter and contractor. He is survived by two sons and two daughters, ' Capt. Tom C Peadrick, of Southport, and June Peadrick, whose address is un known; Mrs. Cleatie West, of Phoenix, Arizona, and Mrs. Leola Davison of New York. A num ber of grandchildren and great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Kiipatrick Funeral home. Rev. H. M. Baker, of the Southport Baptist church, was in charge of the services. Burial followed in [ the old Southport cemetery. P?!l bearers were Joel Moore, j Fred Spencer, Robert Woodside, Robert St. George, Gus McNeil, W. F. Jones and Sgt. Leinert Waccamaw Bank Gives Dividend One Dollar Per Share On Common Stock Outstand- j ing Declared On Friday I Night J. E. Cook and Prince O'Brien of the Waccamaw Bank in Shallotte and Southport ' an nounced today that the di rectors' of the bank in a regu lar meeting on Friday, January 3, declared a dividend of $1 per share on the 20,000 shares of common stock outstanding. The (Continued on page 2) ! Chapter Of International Fishermen And Allied Workers Formed Here | With Twenty-Five Char-j j ter Members IS AFFILIATED WITH THE CIO Union Organizer Here On Saturday For Purpose Completing Plans For Organizing Locally An organizer for the Interna tional Fishermen and Allied Workers of America was In Southport Saturday and laid plans for organizing fishermen and shrimpers of this area into a local, chapter of this union, which is a! CIO affiliate. Twenty-five charter members were signed up and application was made for a charter, which is expected to be delivered at an other meeting later this month. A definite announcement of that gathering will be made later. Tsmporary officers for the local chapter are John Potter, Jr., president; Orville Willis, vice president; Dan Lewis, treasurer; i and Hulan Watts, secretary. It _js reported that the membership has now reached approximately 35 in number. The union was represented at the meeting by J. E. Greenhouse, who explained that membership is opened to all boatmen and dock workers, including the shrimp pickers. The temporary officers are ac cepting applications for member- ! ship from all eligible persons in this area pending the next meet ing. Bids On Bridges Due Saturday Chairman of State Highway Commission Hopeful That Bids Will Be Low Enough To Permit Acceptance Contracts may. or they may| not be, let for the building of I new bridges across the Brunswick ' river and Alligator creek next Saturday. Bids for the two undertakings have been asked for by the State Highway Commission and they will be opAied on the above date. If the bids are within reason the contracts will likely be awarded and work started when materials become available and full plans are worked out. The Federal government will have to approve the low bids, since Loth structures are on U. S. highways 17-74 and ! 76. Both bridges are near Wil mington. Bids for their construc tion have been called for twice previously. In etch case the scarcity of steel" and other build ing material brought bids that the highway commission said were out of reason. In a recent letter to this paper State High way Commissioner H. A. Graham ^Continued on page 2) Superior Court Convenes Here On January 20 Exchange Of Court Term* Will Bring Judge Claw son L. William#, Of San ford, Here For January Term JURY LIST FOR MIXED TERM DRAWN First Part Of Session Will Be Devoted To Trial Of Criminal Cases Ap pearing On Docket Governor R. Gregg Oierry ha* authorized an exchange in courts between Judge Clawson L. Wil liams and Judge C. E. Thompson, and this exchange will bring Judge Williams he-e to preside at the one week-mixed term of criminal and civil court, conven ing January 20. As usual, the first few days of court will be given over to the trial of criminal cases, of which there are about 25 awaiting dis position. The civil proceedings . will be confined mostly to di vorces and matters on the mo tlon docket. The board of county commis sioners recently drew the follow ing men to serve as jurors at this term of court: Fred Burris, F. D. Price, Mark Ferguson, W. S. Jones, Elton B. Hewett, W. C. Price, all of Southport; Jessie W. Kirby, Mal colm King, W. S. Roach, J. D. Rejnolds, Bobbie Davis, Supply? R. C. Piver, G. E. White, A. R. Inman, G. W. Cox, Hampton Leon ard, Ash. H. L. Johnson, W. A. Kopp, , Drew Spencer, David R. Johnson, Elwood Clemmons, J. Scott Brown, Bolivia; Dexter Raynor, D. W. L. Skipper, Leland; R. J. Sommersette, William Hewett, Furney W. Milligan, D. B. Hew ett, Eldridge Ludlum, T. A. Hold en, Warren W. Hewett, Shallotte. J. B. Gray, W. E. King, Alton Hughes, J. B. Babson, Freeland; C. H. Zeblein, Winnabow. Brunswick Man Is Convalescing Durant Canady Removed To Veterans Hospital At Fayetteville Following In juries In Auto Accident ' Durant Canady, young Wacca maw township ex-service mani who was seriously injured when his car turned over several timei on the highway curve at Odell Blanton's, in Supply, is now re ported as improving in the .Vete rans hospital in Fayetteville. For a time after the accident it was thought that his injuries might prove fatal. Sgt. and Mrs. Raleigh J. Cana dy, the former a brother .of the Injured man, are returning to Eg lin Field, Fla., today. Hiey came home on an emergency furlough for Sgt. Canady, following the injuries to his brother. The 3gt. has been serving Jn the army for 29-years and will retire in an other ten months. Mrs. Canady is also a Waccamaw township girl, being the daughter of Mrs. Maimic Mintz and the lat? Bar den Mintz. Brunswick Trio . Hurt In Wreck Mr. And Mr?. Grover Gore And Son Injured When Pick-Up Truck I* Hit By Automobile The pick-up truck belonging to Grover R. Gore, prominent young" Shallotte township farmer, w as struck from the rear by a Pon tiac car, allegedly driven by Billy De Cover, young Wilmington man, on the night of December 27th. The accident occurred near Gris settown and Mr. Gore, his wife and young son are said to have been seriously injured. It is claimed that Mr. Gore was operating his machine at about 20 miles per hour when the Dfc Cover machine approached from the rear at a high rate of speed, striking the Gore truck and hurl ing it for what some witnesses claim to have been 150-feet. Tfie most seriously injured of the oc cupants of the Gore car is said to have been Mrs. Gore, who is reported to have sustained a dis located hip, injured arm and back. Subsequently State Highway Patrolman C. J. Ferguson stated that a warrant charging reckless driving had been served agj^st DeCover In Wilmington and that the warrant w?3 returnable for trial here on Monday, January H in Recorder's court i
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