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Zt*? County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
NO.
^SIXTEEN NO. 49
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
6-PAGES TODAY ~
Most of The News
All The Time
Southport,v N. G., Wednesday, March 19th, 1947
51.50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Lrict Legion
Meeting Is Held
(jere On Friday
?,l County Post No.
American Legion Was
J. To Other Posts Of
[J District At Dinner
leeting
( TALLOW AY IS
Jven 'endorsement
Went On Record
Jng His Election As
ale Department Lorn
sander At June
Convention
.-k County Post No.
aerican Legion, was host
evening to legionnaires of
L Lesrion District at a din
'.L.j held at the Com
. Center building and at
J ,v representatives of eight
P absence of District Com
, joe Mann, of Whiteville,
)[ irott. of Southport. dis
-ce-comnnander, presided,
porthy among the impor
jjiness of the session was
sa:semer.t by the meeting
k Galloway, vice-command
|4e State Department, for
^ 0f state Commander at
&:e Convention to be held
# at Carolina Beach.
1 motion to have the meet
5 on record as endorsing
piiacy was made by Com
i: Louis F. Parker, of the
IfjivA-n Post. Seconds were
?v Commander Harry Min
f the Shallotte Post, and
1 B. Frink, Southport at
1 The motion was carried
Kosly and members pre
lomiseci their enthusiastic
it of Ray Galloway.
Icmmanders of the various
iif the district were called
ik a report of membership,
j sort pep-talk was given
a ratter of striving for
raar.fcers during the "Dusk
lr. membership drive now
jess.
br'F-ar.k Howard was call
irstrodi.es ISLy Gal
It; made the principal
Is.: the meeting. Among
! ppriate remarks which
? '.vas one stressing the
lir having the American
? antinue as a mighty or
t" which will fight to
^last for principals and
i which it believes to be
ffc
I ?rmk made a motion to
>'i; meeting go on record
R 'jat the proposed Vete
I Hospital be located some
? -the 7th Legion District.
Brief Newt
Flashes
is MUTHER
*?- Rappleyea. prominent
Orleans business man, visit
? rather here Sunday.
t TO DURHAM
1 E. Bell and son and
left Saturday for Dur
1 "here they expect to make
for some time owing
? ill health of Mrs. Bel!. Mr.
continue the operation
' torbershop here.
I.KT TWO STILLS
Sheriffs Pawnee Formy
*Daught Tripp and Mar
rai.led and captured
copper stills in Wac- 1
? township the past week.
amount of mash was
1 '"'I destroyed along with
?fits.
"SEs ITs WORK
?tog its work on the bar
ff-dav afternoon, the big U- 1
gineers dredge, Hoffman,
'?'?ay morning for work on '
pwhtad City Bar. Captain
"? Swair. and about 25 or 30
J"5 of the crew are Bruns
?"oty men. '
?
BK. TRAWLER
?*'" Mcrritt Moore is hav
' rMr.i| new shrimp trawler
Pf-*' in Florida. It will
l, "1' three months to con
f I** craft and ari addition
*'r. lo rig it. Captain Moore
j. *'U have it here and
?'* Arunpuig in July.
SviN station BURNS
bLl''ln? station known as
jr? a"(i located on Route
L ? Beil Swamp was de
i? ' ?y fire last week. It
hy Wendell Sellers
L s ly They are under
L,'^ lost most of their
Cr? goods The place
P '"longed to Mr. and
P finch.
Impressive Dedication
Of St. Phillips Organ
Presentation Made By John G. Bragaw,
Uncle Of Captain Churchill Bragaw,
In Whose Memory It Was Given
On the evening of February 9th, in St. Phillips'
church, Southport, an organ given by the Women's Auxil
iary of the parish as a memorial to the late Captain
Henry Churchill Bragaw was dedicated in a brief and
impressive service conducted by the Rector, the Rev.
Richard L. Sturgis.
Mrs. Frank M. Niernsie is.
President of the Auxiliary, and
Mrs. J. D. Smith is the organist.
The organ was presented on
behalf of the Woman's Auxiliary
by John G. Bragaw of Washing
ton, an uncle of Captain Bragaw,
in the following words:
"If you should go to Ohio
Wesley an University on a certain
day in any year, and attend there
the ceremony of a certain fra
ternity upon that day, at a cer
tain period in the service two
members of the fraternity will
bring in, reverently, a sixteen
foot plank ? just an ordinary
plank, weather beaten, paint
stained. It is Billy's Plank, and
then one will stand and tell the
heroic story of that plank.
"He will tell you that in 1903
Billy McLaughlin, a student of
that college, went to Chicago to
spend the Christmas holidays with
his uncle, Dr. Frank Gunsaulus,
an eminent minister of that day.
On the afternoon of the 30th of
December. Billy knocked at the
study door and his Uncle Frank
bade him enter.
"What are you doing. Uncle
Frank? the lad asked. And Uncle
Frank said, I am writing my
sermon for next Sunday, Billy.
"What is your text?
"From the Gospel of John,
Billy? 'To this end was X born,
and for this cause came I into
the World.
"And Billy said, with the levity
(Continued on page 2)
Headquarters For Lay-Up
Basin Move To Brunswick
*
Quarterboat Moored Near
Brunswick Bridge Will
Serve As Headquarters
For Officials Of Ship
B*s;" ^
DREDGE COMPLETES
TASK OF DIGGING
About 700 Men Expected
To Be Employed At Basin
When All Ships Ar
~rive; Many Of Them
Local
A large number of the emplo
yees of the Maritime Commission,
until recently stationed at the
North Carolina Shipyard, have ]
been moved to the Brunswick !
River Lay-In-Basin. It is under-!
stood that all except a handful
of the workers at the shipyard |
will soon be over at the basin
yard. It was recently stated that'
about 700 men would be employ- i
ed there when the task of looking)
after the surplus ships reaches :
its peak.
Information this week is that
ships being brought into the basin j
hereafter will all be moved to the [
upper end, near the bridge and j
into the closest possible proximi
ty to the yard, a couple of hundr- j
ed yards below the gridge. The [
office and administration quart- j
ers will be at the yards and a
quarter boat was brought in last
week to serve as the headquart
ers.
The administration of the basin
work will be under Captain A. G.
Ford, of the Maritime Commissi- 1
on. With his family Captain Ford
has been residing in Brunswick
nearly a year. He stated to this J
newspaper some time ago that
iContinued on -Page Four)
Judge Thompson
Killed Sunday
Elizabeth City Jurist Was
Scheduled to Preside Over
March Term Of Superior
Court In Brunswick Coun
I ,y
ELIZABETH CITY. March 16
| ? Superior Court Judge Everett
Thompson was murdered tonight
by a shotgun flast fired through
the window of his living room
shortly after 9 o'clock by George
E. Pritchard, lawyer, who fatally
injured himself on the porch of
I Judge Thompson's home after the
J slaying.
Reports of the slaying reached
local police at 9:19 and Pritchard
'died in Albemarle Hospital at
9:40.
j Judge Thompson, who was re
laxed in an easy chair reading
j today's issue of The News and
Observer, was killed instantly
from the blast from the auto
matic shotgun. The top of his
- A\
Baseball Fans
Asked To Meet
A public meeting will be
held tomorrow (Thursday)
night at the City Hall at which
time plans will be perfected
for having a Southport team
entered in the Eastern State
League tith> summer.
Robert Johnson and William
Stevens represented Southport
at a meeting held in Wilming
ton last week, and the session
here tomorrow night is for the
purpose of lining up local sup
port for the venture.
It is re|>orted that the league
this year will be a nix-team af
fair, with other entries being
Wallace, Elizabethtown, Bladen
boro, Mason bo ro and White vllle.
It is stressed that tomorrow's
meeting is not to be limited to
prospective players, but an In
vitation is extended all interest
ed in seeing Southport have a
baseball team this summer.
Increase Made
In Juror Pay
Members Of Board Of Com
missioners Make Provis
ion For Increase At Re
gular Mid-Monthly Meet
ing Monday
An increase in the daily pay for
service on a Brunswick county
jury was authorized through act
ion of the board of county com
missioners at their regular mid
monthly meeting here Monday.
The old scale of $2.00 N and $3.00
per day has been raised to $3.00
and $4.00. The higher rate is paid
where a man is given a summons
to appear at a court session for
jury duty. The lower rate is in
I order when a man is contacted
by a court order for special jury
duty after court is in session.
| The commissioners passed an
order that no telephone bills for
the sheriff nor his deputies will
be paid for by the county except
the phone in the office of the
sheriff at Me courthouse; and
only long distance calls made by
the sheriff or his dupities on busi
ness.
| O. P. Bellamy, former mem
ber of the board of county com
missioners, was reappointed to
the Brunswick County Welfare
Board.
The commissioners declared
that they could discover no just
ification for an adjustment in the
{amount of taxes due on the
I James Holmes estate.
The Hind grant of Mattie Al
len was ordered increased from
$11.00 monthly to $13.00; and for
James McMillan from $20.00
(Continued on page 4)
Leland Youth
Enlists In Army
Eleven applicants, including
three Army and two Navy veter
ans, were accepted for enlistment
in the Regular Army by the Wil
mington Army Recruiting Stat
ion during the week ending Mar
ch 8, it was announced this week
by Lt. Charles J. Markus, com
manding officer.
One applicant, David S. Hayes,
of Leland, was accepted from the
Brunswick County Area during
the above period. He entered the
Army for a period of 18 months,
unassigned.
The U. S. Army Recruiting
Station is located in Room 205
Post Office Building, Wilmington,
A recruiting Sgt. also visits
Southport every 2nd and 4th Sat
urday of each month, his head
quarters being in the post office.
Paper Company :
To Co-operate
In Fire Plan
International Paper Com
pany Reported To Be
Planning Establishment
Of Supplementary Gropp
WILL COOPERATE
WITH STATE SERVICE
I
Organization Would Assist
County Forest Warden
And His Forces In
Every Possible Way
With Work
Brunswick county forestry of- 1
ficials and timber owners who are 1
interested in better protection of
their lands from forest fires are
very much interested in the fact
that the International Paper Co.,
owners of large areas of woodland
in Brunswick, is considering set
ting up fire control headquarters
of their own in Brunswick county
in the very near future.
While the company plans a fire
control headquarters of its own,
with men, tractor, tractor plows,
road machines, etc., this does not
mean that they will work inde
pendently otv the county and stSte
fire prevention organization. On
the contrary, according to Lin
B. Zulick, district supervisor for
the company lands in Brunswick,
Columbus and Horry counties,
the paper company's fire control
headquarters will act in close co
operation with the state and coun
ty system. They will assist the
county and state organixation in
combatting fires at all time of I
need. I
Mr. Zulick says that in additi
on to the equipment, a foreman
and some ten men will be employ
ed the year-round. Their machin
ery will be similar to that of the
county and State, but larger and
more mobile, since it will be call
ed upon to go to all points in the
county and to points outside the
county when serious fire situat
ions arise. He says that the unit
will involve a large expenditure of
money on the part of the comp
any.
A graduate of the school of
forestry at the Univeristy of Cali
fornia 1940, Mr. Zulick entered
the Navy Reserves, serving with
the rank of Lieutenant until
January, 1946. Recently appoint
ed district supervisor for the -In
ternational Paper Company, he is
residing at 2733 A Jefferson St.,
(Continued ?n Page Four)
Bill Introduced
To Ask Funds
For Surveying
A Thorough Survey Of
Shrimping Grounds Off
Southport Would Be Au
thorized Through Pas
sage Of Legislation
BILL INTRODUCED
BY SENATOR MINTZ
Work Would Be Under Di
rection Of Commission ;
Would Benefit AH
Fishermen
i Senate Bill 310. introduced
| Monday by Senator R. I. Mintz,
(Would create a commission to
survey certain shrimping grounds
near the mouth of the Cape Fear
river and south of Frying Pan
Shoals. The measure would ap
propriate the sum of $50,000 to
(carry on the work of the com
; mission.
I Although only shrimping is
mentioned in this bill, it will re
ceive the wholehearted support
of both shrimpers and commerci
al fishermen, and all who are in
terested in the welfare of such
^orkrfrs. Calculated to search for
and charter offshore grounds
i where the shrimp trawlers may
operate, it will in the course of
such work find many bottoms
where food fish may also be found.
Place suitable for the taking of
shrimp and food fish and grounds
unsuitable for such work will be
revealed by the survey. Sport
fishermen will also come in for
benefit in that grounds unsuita
ble for trawling usually are rat
ed as the best for sport fishing
Told of the bill yesterday and
asked regarding his opinion of
its benefits, Lewis J. Hardee
who went to Louisiana and spent
several years in the successful
production of shrimp and seafood
after a similar survey had been
( Continued on Page 4)
Plan Two Plays
Sunday Evening
New nrioan Baptist Chu?-ch
Will Be Scene Of Two
J Dg,?w. P.lays Sponsor
ed By Missionary Society
The New Baptist church Wo
man's Missionary Society at Free
land, is staging two plays at the
| church Sunday night of this week
at 7:30 o'clock. The plays are
"Children of Lydia", with the
following persons taking part
Lois Babscn, AdaNeal Cox, Elbert
Cox, Bessie Lou Coleman, Walter
Cox, Edna Fae Simmons, and
Teddy Simmons.
The above play will be followed
by the giving of "How Home Mis
sions Came to Helen", with the
following persons participating:
Janice Inman, Smithie King,
Otelia King. Ada Lee Inman,
Myrtle King, Ethel I. Babson,
Laura Simmons, Ramon Babson,'
Rongwald Ross, Hazel Simmons,
Betty Joyce King, Jaunita Inman,
Katie Smith and Marie Inman.
I Mrs. Lura Simmons, recreation
al director, is directing these
plays. The public is cordially
invited
Our
ROVING
Reporter
W. B. IEZLAH
A lot of Brunswick county Boys
who are away from home would
be made very happy if their
mothers or other relatives did
like Mrs. Jas. I. Milliken, ol
Longwood. Her son, Otis Aaror
Milliken, F 2 c; is on the U. S. S.
Safeguard, in Alaska. Last week
!he wrote her a nice long letter
and one of the nice things he
said was: "I received the pack
age today with the book and
magazines you sent me. The State
Port Pilot was the thing I ap
preciated most of all. It was sc
nice to read about folks and
things that was happening back
home. Say. Mom, could you send
me The Pilot each week? I'd sure
enjoy it very much." "Please,"
said his mother, when sending us
the subscription for Otis, "start
the paper going to him just as
quick as possible. I am sorry 1
never thought of doing this be
fore."
A lot of the good folks ol
i Brunswick county just would not
miss getting this paper for any
thing. The knowledge that folks
get some pleasure and comfort
|as a result of the work he is
j doing goes far to make the task
i of a newspaper man easier and
| more pleasant. We stopped at
Mrs. McKinley Hewett's at Shal
jlotte Saturday and found that
jMrs. Hewett had the renewal of
Mrs. Olivia Russ waiting for us
jto make our call. Pinned to the
; bills was a note from Mrs. Russ,
'saying she was 75 years old
and that the weekly visit of the
j paper brought her a great deal
'of pleasure.
J Bob Garland of Cleveland,
lOhia, tops in the free lance
'photography business and anxious
to get some pictures of this sec
tion and New Hanover county for
| the Ladies Home Journal and
j other magazines, played into hard
jluck last week. His time, out
(Continued on Page Five)
Consolation Winners
...
CAGERS ? Above are members of the Shallotte high
school basketball squad, winners of the consolation con
test in this year's Brunswick County Tournament. Seated,
left to right, Cheers, Robinson, Frink, Stanley, Hewett,
Sellers. Second row : Darius Stanaland, Gore, Milliken,
Davey Stanaland, Tompkins and Coach Blankenship.
Working On Approaches
To Bridges In This County
Local Lions To
See State Movie
"Meet North Carolina," the
sound color travelog*? deplet
ing 800 scene* of North Caro
lina, will be shown at a special
dinner meeting of the South
port Lions Club at the Com
munity Building this evening.
Produced by the Standard
Oil company of New Jersey,
the North Carolina division of
the company is making the
film available to the local
group.
The regular time for the
Lions to meet is Uiursday at
noon, but in order to be able
to obtain this fine feature for
this week's program, the meet
ing time was changed to Wed
nesday evening. Members are
inviting their wives and other
special guests for this meeting.
Three Men Die
Of Gas Fumes
Three White Men Asphxiat
ed Saturday Morning
When Fumes From Gaso
line Motor Filled Cabin
Of Boat
The unusual circumstance of
the 40-foot cabin cruiser, Rose
land II, nosing its way to the
banks of the inland waterway at
Calabash, on the lower Bruns
wick coast, caused two fishermen
to investigate Saturday morning.
They found that the engine of
the boat was still running and
that three dead men were aboard
the craft. Not a living thing was'
found.
The dead were Banks H. Fun
derburk, owner of the yacht and
prominent citizen of Charlotte,
where he owned and operated the
Funderburk Oil Company and
other interests. With him in the
cabin of the boat was John A.
Kessler, also of Charlotte. Both
men were fully dressed and each
was lying on his bunk.
The third man aboard was
Oscar T, Sewell, of Swansboro.
He was serving as captain and
was .found in the pilot house,
slumped over his seat.
Coroner W. E. Bell was
promptly notified and with other
officials he went to the scene
immediately to investigate. The
findings revealed a clear case of
all three men having met death
by carbon monoxide poisoning
from exhaust fumes escaping]
from the motor into the closed
cabin and pilot house of the boat.
Such poisoning brings on a quick
and overwhelming desire to sleep
(Continued on page 2)
New Ride Makes
Big Hit Locally
The Spitfire, Thrill - Ride
Which Closely Simulates
Feeling Of Flying In Real
Airplane, Featured By R
& S Shows
The Spitfire, something brand
new in riding dcvices that Jim
my Raftery brought to South
port this week as a part of the
R. & S. Amusements features, is
attracting a great deal of at
tention.
Patterned something after an
airplane, even to the wings,
twelve cars, each accommodating
two passengers, are carried
(Continued on page 4)
Trucks Hauling Clay From
State Prison Farm For
Use In Building Up Road
Preparatory To Surfacing
MATERIALS ARRIVE
FOR NEW BRIDGES
Big Projects In Northwest
Township Will Require
Many Months Before
Hazards Are Re
moved
Using a large fleet o? trucks
and digging the earth from the
; State Prison Farm lands a mile
| down River Road, the E. W. Gran
nis Construction Company, of
[ Fayetteville, is now making rapid
progress in constructing the ap
I proaches to the Alligator Creel,
land Brunswick River bridges,
| both of which bridge contracts
i were let to the V. P. Loftis Com
jpany, of Charlotte.
j Hie E. W. Grannis coiiiract
'calls for the sum of $91,123.53,
'theirs being the low bid for the
fill construction work at the
highway letting the first of Feb
ruary. For the two bridges the
V. P. Loftis Company gets the
I sum of $220,820.35, their being
the low bid at the same time the
contract for the fill approaches
was let.
In addition to the E. W. Gran
I nis Co. having started work on
the fills, the Loftis Company be
[gan placing material and equip
! ment at the Brunswick River
(bridge this last week for the pur
pose of building a detour bridge
that will handle the traffic while
the actual bridge is being built.
In view of the extremely heavy
traffic that will have to use the
temporary bridge, the detour is
.no small undertaking in itself,
j Both bridges have been rated
as dangerous for many years, ow
ing to their narrow width and
weakness that has resulted from
age and heavy duty. Built many
years ago, neither was ever ex
pected to have carry the heavy
I loads that came with modern
truck transportation.
The Brunswick piver Bridge,
much the largest of the two struc
tures, is just two hundred- yards
from the upper end of the big
ship lay-in-basin on the Bruns
wick River.
? ?
Patrolmen Make
Bus Inspection
Report Made By Investigat
ing Officers Praises Work
Of County Mechanic Ear
- nest Parker And Helpers j
A brief story appeared in this!
paper three weeks ago, stating
that all school buses in Bruns
wick had been inspected by the
Highway Patrol and given an O. |
K. as being in good order.
The inspection was made by I
Patrolmen C. J. Ferguson and R. I
E. Sherrill. Patrolman Ferguson I
was interviewed this week and i
came across -with an interesting j
confirmation. Relative to the
inspection made by him and Sher
rill, he said:
"The school buses in Bruns- j
wick county arc in better shape ]
than ever before. Our invesU-l
gation did not result in our turn-'
ing down a single machine as be- 1
ing unsafe. There were a few
minor adjustments to make, butj
brakes, lights and the really im-|
portant things were in excellent
shape. The Brunswick school
buses are in better shape now i
than were -those in any other
county where I ever checked."
The patrolman went on to say
(Continued oo Page 4) j
Better Farming
Contest Is Being
Held In County
Better Fanning For Better
Living Contest Offers
Substantial Cash Prizes
To Entrants
COOK SERVING AS
COUNCIL CHAIRMAN
Entry Into Contest May Be
Made Any Time Befors
April 16; Urged That
Each Community Be
Represented
Better Farming for Better
Living has been launched in
Brunswick County, with J. E.
Cook, cashier of the Shallotte
branch of the Waccamaw Bank
& Trust Co., serving as chairman
of the Brunswick County Council
in charge of arrangements.
| Better Farming for Better
Living is a contest program in
which farm families in the area
may enroll not later than April
15th. The same principals and
practices that have been recom
mended by the State Agricultural
! Experiment Station and other
?agricultural agencies are embod
ied in this program. Farm fami
lies are urged to participate In
community activities, Home Dem
jonstration Clubs, Farmers Clubs,
'and Vocational Agriculture, Home
| Economics and 4-H Clubs for
.Children. They are also urged
to provide adequate amounts of
'farm produce, poultry, meat and
| vegetables to feed the family od
j a high nutritional level. Im
provements that will mean great*
er efficiency in the farmstead
are suggested and better care of
the farm land is urged by mak
ing a better farm plan that will
provide most efficient use of crop
land, pasture and woodland. One
phase of the program deals with
diversification that mky help to
j increase farm income and provide
'for income throughout the year.
! The council hopes to have en
tries represent..,, every com
Imunity in Brunswick county, and
j entry in the contest may be
, made thr.ujh County A?ent J.
jE. Dodson, Home Demonstration
I Agent Mrs. Alene Mintz, any one
jof the vocational agriculture
teachers or through either of
j the cashiers of the two banks
(Serving the county.
In each County participating
in the program County Councils
j made up of business, profession
jal, civic and agricultural leaders
of the County are in charge of
I the program. Councils have al
ready been organized in Pender,
Brunswick, Onslow, Duplin, Jones
and Lenoir Couties. Organization
meetings are scheduled to be
held in New Hanover, Bladen,
Columbus, Carteret, Craven, Pam
lico and Greene during the next
| two weeks.
In addition to local premiums
which are in charge of the Coun
ty Council; ?25.00 is being pro
vided in each county by the Tide
Water Power Company, which
is also supplying the project
booklets, and $75.00 is provided
;for winners in two regions and
$100.00 to the sweepstakes win
ner in the 13 County area. Neil
Bolton. Agricultural Agent of tha
.Tide Water Power Company, has
Ibeen assisting in the organiza
tion meetings of the County
j Councils and will work further
to help coordinate the program
| in the area.
Changes Made
In Power Rate
Changes Liberalize Charges
For Customers Who Use
Electric Power In Large
Quantities; Will Encour
age Greater Use
Adjustments in the power rates
for users in the City of South
port were made by the board of
aldermen at their meeting last
Thursday night with the result
that lower rates will be In effect
for the larger users of electric
power.
Of particular interest lo the
average citizen is the one-meter
rate which will be especially
practical for persons who use
electric stoves :?nd other similar
equipment. There is no change
in the rate in the lower bracket,
with the graduation being 12kw
(f 12c; the next 12kw is 8c; th?
next 21 kw ff 4c; the next 25kw
@ 3c; the next 175 kw U 2c; aM
over at l^c-rate.
The new set-up for commercial
users is 12kw Q' 12c; 12kw 9
8c; next 676 kw 4c, nevt 700
kw @ 3c; all over at 2c-rate.
A committee including repre
sentatives from the SouthM*
Woman's Club attended the
ing to register a protest
(Continued on pag?