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The pilot Covers Brunswick County the state port pilot voi flO- SIXTEEN NO. 50 A Good Newspaper In A Good Community G-PAGES~TODAY ; I Most of The News | All The Time SouthDort. N. C.. Wednesday. March 26th, 1947 J1.50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDA1 |j[?A hpansion Program Being Made Reality [Ifctricity Is Being Made Available To Customers jB Various Sections Of Brunswick County nfflER SECTIONS marked FOR WORK immunities In Various Sections Of The County Have Been Designated For Early REA Service L < ide last fall that "S:;: <Auk Rural Electric itership Corporation would stable extension work in the counties it serves during B, are already showing signs laag made good. This paper a complete outline of work L ,i,:ne in Columbus and Bla j'tounties. but progress there ? Shi to be fully in keeping ,? ?bat ;s being done here in jgivick. i check-up with the map of wrk with Elliott Tripp at KEA office in Shallotte Sat jr revealed quite a number jninswick county projects. On e of them work of erecting s etc.. is already underway. jt $ are larked in red for attention. Among these pro i u* receiving attention, or s*i 'or early work, is a two j half mile line from Windy 1 in Lockwoods Folly town r with another two mile line fee Lancaster section of the township. 1 4 5 mile line will run out e Winnabow towards the it Another line will lead out ? Mill Creek church towards i row. A two-mile line will i from Longwood towards jtKtowr.. y longest stretch marked for V, construction will extend )? the Fort Caswell and Cas ri&ach road, near Southport, W t to the Magnolia Dairy, nf the River Road through lit a.: ! Pleasant Oaks Planta s- Clarendon Plantation. Mr. $ stated that they hoped to i e this project soon. 1 is understood that a 3 ?jk line will soon cross the pntay, presumably at Hold p Beach and proceed eastward Jh Lockwoods Folly Inlet, p line and the others already * will provide many miles continuous beach light and service. Brief News Flashes *>VE TO SOI THPORT I*. and Mrs. Sam T. Bennett k: moved from their old home f Hickman's Crossroads to to port. * LEAVE [Ate Carr Davis, who recently transferred from the USS ?*velt to the USS Midway, ?spending a 10-day leave here P ins parents, Mr. and Mrs. ' 3. Davis. STORM liability along the highway in F vicinity of Ash was danger *>' limited this morning about [?'clock as a snow flurry swept that section of the county, r large, feathery flakes melted ^soon as they hit the earth. si BSIDE Although small craft warnings * o?ing displayed here today, * high winds of the last 24 had subsided considerably '"rly this morning. Old timers jjjjwl that winds preva^ing Nwut yesterday and last W are the strongest they have * except during a storm. ^f-s BROTHER lofl!i Thomas Colons died at J?"1* at Myrtle Beach, S. C, ^ ay of last week after being L^'ming health for some time, r"' *'as held at Myrtle Beach Allowing day. Mr. Collins ' brother of G. W. Collins, ^ '"rabaw. He is survived by k 1 ' three sons and three Wtt?rs vKlT SUPPER W\''V1" be a benefit chicken ^ ''pper for the purpose of ^I 'lfids for the Southport 4, ' team tomorrow (Thurs W.r1""" at the Community it* Arrangements already IS wade to have a local V (??' lhe Eastern State Lea ' | season, and funds rea ^ rnm tomorrow night's t^,'" So toward outfitting Southport Native And Bride Arville And Gudborg Gudmundstottir Cottrell Former Southport Man Marries Icelandic Girl Arville Cottrell Settles Down To Married Life With Girl He Met While On Foreign Duty On the basis of any information available to The Pilot, Arville Cottrell, of Penns Grove, N. J., is the only Brunswick county ex-service man who has married a young lady who is a native of a foreign country in which he was stationed. His marriage to Gudbjorg Gud-* mundsdottir, whose Icelandic ; nickname is "Ubba," took place on February 22 at Elkton, Md., ' following her arrival here from Reyjavik, Iceland. They are now at home in their apartment in ! Penns Grove, N. J. Although she speaks English ! with a noticeable accent, the ash blonde, bluish gray eyed war bride is fast becoming Ameri ; canized. The broad scope and variety of life in America has j literally taken her breath away, she admits. Amid all the newness and con fusioh of her present adventure,! however, she still retains a few j momentoes of her former home- ? land including an Icelandic flag! and a large sheepskin rug. Sheep raising, she explains, is one of the big industries in Iceland. I The Cottrells met while Arvil was at a naval hospital in Ice- ! land as a Pharmacist's Mate ' Third Class. During his 14 months at the hospital, their friendship flowered into an * en gagement. Mrs. Cottrell is the daughter [ of a professor of languages in (Continued on Page Five) Build Temporarly Bridge At River i Traffic Over Brunswick Riv er On Highway Leading | Into Wilmington To Be Routed Over Temporary Structure State Highway engineers stat ! ed Friday that it may require nearly a month to build and put in operation the detour bridge i across the Brunswick river. Be cause of the extensive and heavy traffic, this bridge will have to be a rather substantial structure. Estimates were that it will take nearly a year to build the big 4-lane bridge that is to replace the present narrow steel struc ture. I The Alligator Creek bridge, a mile further towards Wilming ton. will not present any detour problem. The present bridge across this creek will be continu ed in operation while the new 4- lane bridge has been construct 'eti just, south of it. A consider able fill in Alligator Creek is be ing made to relocate the bridge. However, this change in location should bring joy to all concern ed. When the new bridge goes into use the motorist will have a perfectly straight stretch of road all across Eagles Island to the (Continued on Page Five; Private Wire For Broadcast Bill Wells, a rabid rooter for State College athletic teams, had a chance to see the Red Terror basketball boys in ac tion at Madison Square Garden as they triumphed over St. ?Johns College. He and Mrs. Welis were on vacation in New York at the time, and seeing his alma mater in a garden victory was u high s|>ot of the trip. Came Wednesday night and State's semi-final meeting with Kentucky, and Bill who had re turned home in the meantime, was most anxious to hear a broadcast of the contest. De spite the fact it was on the air from at least two North Caro lina stations, nothing would come, through in desperation. Finally Bill placed a telephone call for WGNI, in Wilmington and asked the score. This was reported to be tied at the moment. "Then plug me in on the telephone," said Bill. "I want to hear the rest of it." And for the next 74 minutes the local man was listening, long distance ? probably the only fan in town getting a play by play of the State-Kentucky contest. Introduces Bill Affecting Limits Bill Introduced In Senate Last Week By R. I. Mintz Provides For Special Ele ction For Extending Shal lotte City Limits i Senator R. I. Mintz introduced the expected bill providing- for the election that will determine whether or not residents of the ! town of Shallotte want an ex- j 1 tension of the town limits last j Friday. The bill provides that th?j, coun- j iy board of elections shall call an election within 90 days after the ratification of the act (this will probably bring the voting dayj sometime in July). The election; will affect only those living in the present town limits and in the area that it is proposed to annex. If a majcyity of the vot- j ers approve the measure the limits would be extended on and. after September 1, 1947. The measure has been referred to the committee on Counties, I Cities and Towns. ' ' Special Services At 2 Churches Before Easter Southport Baptist Church Will Observe Youth Week, With Young Mem bers Of Church Holding Positions Of Responsibil ity SERIES OF SERVICES FOR METHODISTS Pre-Easter Services At Both Churches Will Begin On Next Sunday And Will Be Concluded Easter Sunday Both the Southport Baptist ; church and Trinity Methodist I church will begin next Sunday a | series of pre-Easter services which will run through the fol ' lowing week. Youth Week will be observed I in the Southport Baptist church beginning with the Sunday morn ing service on March 30 and will continue through the Easter morning service. The young peo ple will be in charge of every activity of the church during the entire week. There will be a spe cial service each night during the week and on Wednesday night, April 2, the new Training Union officers will be installed. The young people taking office (for the week are: Youth Week 'Pastor, George Stephens; Asso ciate Pastor, Hubert Livingston; ] Sunday School Superintendent, Afton Smith, Jr.; Associate Sup I erintendent, Miss Victoria Lan caster; Sunday School .Secretary | Treasurer, Miss Ann McRackan; i church pianist, Miss Dolores Hew jett. Deacons for the week will be Claude Ford, Jr., chairman., Glenn j Jones, Jimmy Ratciiffe, Franto Mollycheck, Carl Brock and Jack Swan. Deaconesses will be Miss jThelma Sellers, Mrs. Hubert Liv ingston, Miss Gloria Lee Hewett | and Miss Rebecca McRackan. I Other officers will be church | clerk, Miss Patricia Adams; | church treasurer, Mrs. Rob?rt I Carson; B. T. U. director, Miss Maxine Dosher; B. T. U. secre tary, Miss Otelia Simmons; W. v Continued On Page 5) Special Meeting At Presbyterian Congregational Meeting Held At Southport Pres byterian Church Sunday As New Elders And Dea cons Are Named A congregational meeting was held in the Southport Presby terian church Sunday for the purpose of adding to the num ber of elders and deacons. Added to the group of elders were Joel Moore, D. J. Smith and Robert Marlowe. Added to the deaconate were James M. Wolfe and Jack Hickman. The junior choir of the church gave a beautiful rendition of the spiritual "Lord, I Want To Be A Christian," and the chorus "Into My Heart." Preaching services is held every Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock and Sabbath School at 10 o'clock each Sunday morning. Superior Court Convenes Civil Session Monday Judge Hubert E. Olive Is Named By Governor Cherry To Preside Over One-Week Term Of Court In Southport DIVORCES HEAD LIST OF CASES Judge Olive Comes Here As Replacement For Late Judge Everett Thomp son, Of Elizabeth City Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett received a notice this week from the office of Governor R. Gregg Cherry, in Raleigh, that Judge Hubert E. Olive has been named to preside over next week's term of Brunswick county Superior court for trial of civil cases. Judge Everett Thompson, who was originally scheduled to hold this term of court, was murder ed one week ago Sunday night as he sat in the living room of his home at Elizabeth City. Judge Olive will be his replace ment. Fifteen divorce cases are on the docket for trial, along with a considerable number of civil cases, some of them of more than the usual importance. It is un derstood that a judge to preside will be named in ample time for the scheduled opening. The jury list, as drawn by the commissioners some time ago, calls for the following men: M. | A. Sullivan, Winnabow; J. C. IPrivette, Supply; H. V. Britt, {Ash; W. R. Register, Shallotte; |c. C. Hewett, Shallotte; W. B. 'Grissett, Shallotte; J. W. Tharpe, Lgland; Peter Hewett, Shallotte; Leighton Leonard, Ash; C. S. jMilligan, Shallotte; C. N. Swan, [Southport; P. M. Cox, Bolivia,; M. G. Parker, Ash; P. D. Smith, 'Ash; Clyde Dixon, Supply; H. |T. Ward, Supply; D. E.' Long, I Supply; Woodus Mintz, Leland; j A. R. Mercer, Bolivia; Gaylord I Hewett, Supply; Eunice Varnum, Ash; J. B. Ludlum, Supply; J. B. jKirby, Ash; T. L. Tharp, Ash; Robert McLamb, Ash; Rifton E. ! Sellers, Supply; B. H. Pigott, I Shallotte; B. R. Bennett, Free lland; Neil Holden, Supply; E. |m. Little, Freeland. I Lions Members Enjoy Program : Standard Oil Movie "Meet North Carolina" Shown Here Last Wednesday Evening At Ladies Night Meeting Of Club | The technicolor movie tra [velogue "Meet North Carolina" i was shown to members of the Southport Lions Club and their guests last Wednesday evening as the feature attraction of a : ladies night program. j Following dinner, Mr. Brown, Standard Oil Company represen tative who is in charge of show ing the movie, made a few ap propriate introductory remarks, | then proceeded with the presen tation of the film. ! The local audience was thrilled by the hundreds of scenes cover ( Continued on page five) Our ROVING Reporter Our old friend, former post master L. T. Yaskell, who is. now in business in New Jersey and probably very homesick, will be tickled to death this week when he reads the State Port Pilot and learns that there are millions and millions of minnows in Fiddler's Drain. What's more, the spillway at the pond and various lakes are full of the biggest of big-mouth bass. We can hardly wait until we finish on this week's job, catch some minnows and go out for those bass. At Fayettevillc S. Sgt. James E. Hewett is in a very bad sort of a pickle and is calling on us for help. Now we have more Hewett's on our mailing list than there are peas in a pint, but we don't mind doing our best to get this one out of trouble. It seems that James and fellow soldiers at Ft. Bragg were sounding off. As his contribution to the fishing and hunting stories he told of D. L. Bowen and Harry Chad wick, of Shallotte, catching aj deer swimming a mile or so out| at sea last fall. The guys with j James were so unchristian that] they declined to believe his story I of the deer. Knowing that every- 1 thing that appears in The Pilot is perfectly truthful. James wrote j us this week and asked that we, j please, for Pete's sake, dig downi in our files, and send him a copy of the issue containing the deer! story. We have done just that. ! It is really surprising and at the same titne pleasing to us to note the great number of colored residents of Brunswick county take their county paper. The fact that they take the paper, read it and keep up with what goes on in the county speaks well for these citizenB. This past week we returned from a day's junket out in the country, bringing with us , (Continued on page 4) Southport Citizens Turning Attention To May Election Of Aldermen And Mayor Issue Of The Pilot Returns From Trip Around World Newspaper Finally Caught Up With Sgt. Pittman While He Was On Duty In China A copy of the December 18, i 1946, issue of this paper is back j in this office after being on a ! three-months saga around the j world. Coming back with it is a Chinese newspaper, which may be in good condition and may not be. No one in the of fice can read it. Writing W, B. Keziah, of i the Pilot office, W. A. Rey- j nolds, of Shallotte. gives some of the travels of this copy of ] the paper. Mr. Reynolds said: | "Friend Bill: ? You have no doubt heard of the shot heard around the world ? Well, here is a copy of The State Port Pilot that has traveled around the world and brought back with it a Chinese friend in the shape of a Chinese newspaper. The story goes something like this ? The copy of the paper was mailed from the office to Master Sgt. Ernest C. Pittman USMC.y Hq. Co. (Co. Officer) Hq. Bn., First Marine Division, FMF., cjo Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California. "Going first to California, the paper chased the t.eet around and finally caught up with Sgt. Pittman in Chi<ia. There, after being much read, it was used along with the Chinese newspaper to wrap up souvenirs to send back to the Sgt's. home at Shallotte. Com ing back by way of New York both papers arrived here this week and this reminds me to send you $1.50 for the renewal of Sgt. Pittman's subscription." Sgt. Pittman has left China since the paper caught up with him. He is now in Tunisia, re building railroads. His next stop from there will be some where in France. There is no way for the office to know where a copy of the paper will reach him after it leaves San Francisco, or how long it takes. One thing is certain however, the copies that reach him are all eagerly read. Housing Facilities Is Big Need In Area Of Basin Superintendent A. G. Ford Lists This As Major Need For Progress of Project In This County Capt. A. G. Ford, Superintendent of the huge Mari time Commission ship lay-in basin at the Brunswick River bridge, sees a great need of housing facilities for the employees of the basin in Brunswick county. In a general discussion this week, he stated to this paper: * "Homes for Reserve Fleet employees are badly needed here in Brunswick county." Captain Ford was able to se cure a home for himself and fam ily at nearby Woodburn about a year ago. A few of the 260 men now working in the basin, where they have the care of the ships as they are brought in. are resi dents of the community. Others live at various distances, driving to and from work each day. It is the policy of the Maritime Commission and of Superintend ent Ford to employ all possible labor living near the basin. With many more men to be added to the workers as the basin fills up with ships, the need for a con siderable number of nearby homes will become urgent. At present calls for ships to enter the European relief trade is causing more vessels to leave the basin than are entering. This is thought to be only a 'tempor ary movement and the basin still has nearly a hundred of the big freighters on hand. "We expect ships to start coming in here in large numbers this summer," said the superintendent. The need of more men will in crease with the increase in the number of the ships. The basin has a capacity of 500 freighters and a circumstance pointing to its being used to its full capacity may be found in the fact that ail 18,000 ton floating steel drydock will be added to the basin equip .ment in five or six months. This (Continued on Page Five) Southport Beats Greene Champs The Southport high school basketball team, Brunswick county champions, dei>ated the vLsiting Maury high school cagers here Friday night by a score of 29-37. The latter team Is champion of tireene county. The visitors held a com manding half-time advantage .with a score of 14 to five, but by the end of the third quar ter Southport had made it a tie ball game at 21 to 21, and when the final whistle blew the locals held their two-point vic tory margin. Mollytfceck hit the basket for 11 points to lead the locals, with Stiller close ' behind with 9 points. High man for the game was Holloman, brother of the Southport principal, who racked up IS point* for the Greene county champs. 1 New Oyster Bill By Williamson Bill Introduced By Senator R. I. Mintz Wiil Be With drawn And Effort Made To Pass New Measure The original oyster bill intro duced by Senator R. I. Mintz two weeks ago, a copy of which was published in this paper, will be withdrawn and Representative Odell Williamson has introduced a substitute bill. This bill sum med up briefly provides: The digging of oysters from October 15 through March lt>but does not limit the amount dug per day. It, however, prohibits the digging to ship outside the state or for sale to parties to be carried out of the state. It does not provide a liccnsc tax on dealers or eating places, but it is unlawful for dealers to buy or sell for the purpose of removing from the state. The same provisions apply to the taking of clams and if the bill passes it will be unlaw ful to take clams for the purpose of sale outside of North Carolina. I For several months demand for 'some sort of an oyster protection : bill has been brewing as a re sult of the public belief that the .oyster beds in this county were (Continued on page 4) May Discriminate Against Locals Legislation Now Pending Before South Carolina Assembly Would Ban Out-Of-State Boats Each year a number of Bruns-] wick county boats work atj shrimping at various points in. South Carolina during periods', when Ulfe production is off here.) Asserting that the boats front outj of state are bigger and better equipped and that the South Car-| olina boats cannot compete with' them, the South Carolina General Assembly is now considering various bills effecting out of state boats. Some of the bills now under consideration prescribe a tax of, various sums, running from, (Continued On Page S) ' Chas. M. Trott Is First To Announce Candidacy For Office Of Mayor; Oth?r Probable Candidates Mentioned MAYOR ERIKSEN MAY RUN AGAIN Schedule Made For Hold* ing Series Of Nominating Conventions Beginning Thursday April 17 With less than one month be tween now and the last of four nomination conventions at which the voters' will name their can didates for members of the board of aldermen and for mayor of Southport, citizens of this com munity are turning their atten tion to the matter of whom their candidates will be. Chas. M. Trott, local realtor, la the first to declare his candidacy for the office of mayor. W. S. Wells, local seafood dealer, has been mentioned as a possible candidate, and when contacted last night Mayor John Eriksen stated that he had not decided yet whether- or not he will be a candidate for reelection. The Southport Citizens Com mittee, headed by Chairman R. Will Davis, got together last week and mapped out plans for the nominating conventions, the mun icipal election and the opening of the registration books by duly appointed registrars in each ward. Voters of the first ward will meet in the , courthouse on the evening of Thursday, April 17, to nominate two candidates for the board of aldermen. On the following evening, Friday, April 18, voters of the second ward will name their two candidates lor aldermen. There will be a recess over the week end, with voters of the third ward meet ing on Monday, April 21, to nom inate two met; for aldermen from that ward. On Tuesday, April 22, all of the duly qualified voters of the city will meet in tlie courthouse for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Mayor. The registration books will be J opened on Saturday, April 12, and will remain open through (Saturday, April 26. Saturday, May 3, has been designated <is challenge day, and the municipal election will be held on Tuesday, May 6. j Registrar for tile first ward IS Mrs. Elskct St. George; for ths second Ward, Mrs. Fred Dosher, Jr.; for the third ward, Mrs, Delphia Oberjohan. Lengthy Session Of Court Held Most Of Day Monday Con turned By Judge W. J. MtLatnb Hearing Cases In Brunswick County Re corder's Court The Monday session of the Re corders court was featured by the tfhie consumed in trying some seven cases against Wil mington white women a?d Allien Baker, taxicab operator of that city. The cases were worked up by Rural Policeman O. W. Perry and convictions were secured In all cases. All got off with .the payment of light fines and the payment of costs, with probation in other instances. The docket shows the following entlrics for the day: Stockley Chandler, improper lights, fined $10.00 and costs, fine remitted. VV. C. Jones, public drunken ness, continued to April 7th. Jimmy B. Heath, speeding, fined $10.00 and costs, fine re mitted. Winnifred E. Lcsh, improper lights, no tail lights, adjudged that he pay costs. Manuel E. King, speeding, fin ed $5.00 and costs. Thurston Sommersct, no op erators or chaffcurs license, no license plate, adjudged that h? pay costs; one half of costa re mitted. J. W. Bullard, speeding, fiued $10.00 and costs, fine remitted, J. M. Mclntyrc, breaking and entering, continued to July 14. Alden Baker, carrying conceal ed weapon, fined $25.CU and costs. Alden Baker, f. & a., six months on the roads, suspended on payment of costs and on con dition that he do not violate any of the laws of N. C. for a perio4 (Continued on page five)