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n, pilot Covers l^wick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community 6-PAGES TODAY" Most of The Newt All The Time Southnnrt. INJ. fl. Wf>rlru>w'flv Anril Qth. 1947 $1.50 PER YEA> PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAI IdResume Of luislation Is ! I Made By Mintz | bfisfi future Which Came RK Saturday KfECT BRUNSWICK ,, <ed Appropriation felertry Department, F l r Pay Increase KVer Bill Im portant I ^islation which I county and its; I passed dur- j I of the North, 1 Assembly which K a clow Saturday was WLtrAiy for The Pilot by i Mint*. r a : wore passed dur L?s? Included among following: A bill 1 . the salary of the sher *::: . put.es: the oyster . . Brunswick county j ,*?' ; ? vuhrg for an elec- j itter of extending, "irr.it* of the town of i ill providing that if ecu ?. bv the citizens of '^ve two years; a bill .-??e moiv.bers of the board ?;:e, for the City of ?Y. authority to dispose of f acquired through tax ^re a-. a private sale: a ' ;? f 1 >r an exchange of , . r: terms with Pen g-tv H bill validating the t ? : maps in the office 'ieeds; a bill pro '? - , special school bond t - the Uland school dis i hi', providing for a sur- , i shr.mping waters off the j k Caroiiria coast: a bill giv , c; irty commissioners the j r. julate load limits on rais. _ I [?? above bills, the first *re introduced by Represen i Odell Williamson, the I ;v Senator Mintz. The bill1 rj for a survey of shrimp tunds was not entirely k ::j form. ainc? it j pie-., it- i to include waters fcae North Carolina coast ?r just the coast of Bruns lie matter of appointing Lr of the board of educa i ;? vjjion was made for a i amber board, with a repre t? from each of the five k districts. Houston Rey ktf Lelar.d. and Foster Min M Bolivia, were appointed to H years cach: Henry Wil iCtetmued on page five) Irief Ntwt Flathtt * tt* ANNOUNCEMENT 1 L Thompson, veteran mem the board of Aldermen for &y of Southport, has an W that he will be a can is for re-election as alderman "in third ward. Btration places * registration books for the 3' Southport will be open "? following places during; Pmod prescribed in the of- j 1 announcement: First ward, touse: second ward, Kilpat ! Funeral Home; third ward, *rs Store. taxc. game fepurt will play Whitevillc j h lar.ei -? home field Sun- 1 fcr.oijn in the first game Eastern State League; There will be a spe * B & s. bus leaving here! *>.nevuie at 11:30 o'clock '-"re will be plenty of room' 'Pectators at a nominal "??trip rate. ^ SMALL CATCHES V"? trawlers operating out "uthport after sereval weeks' ^'?'jrable weather, are now ^ sn ail catches of both ' and (lsh. Boatmen say f'ir ' ? ry arc hardly mak ttf*nse. but all plan to - with expectations ? i rease in produc * ~ - is the weather gets lnd more settled. '?'OR MANUFACTURING . 'r owning and oper Eugene Smith who "M'vay between Supply and waS arrested Monday ^enff J G. White and De "* Martin Herring, Daught ? ] H Coleman. Pawnee and E. T. Walton. I '*~l -"'W for court under a v which was put up "aawna.-. Clay Smith. ORTON MANSION ATTRACTION ? Orton mansion is the center of attraction for guests who visit the famous Orton Gardens, which are now approaching the peak of their beauty. The above photograph is from the sound travelogue, "Meet North Carolina," pro duced by the N. C. Division of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. Grton Gardens Approach Peak Of Blooming Season S u d d en Appearance Of Spring Speeds Up Bloom ing Schedule Of Azaleas Which Had Been Held Back By Cold HUNDREDS VISITING FAMOUS GARDENS Greater Profusion Of Beau ty Than Ever Before Makes Orton Show Place Of Carolinas This week end should see the Orton Gardens reach the peak of their season's beauty, according' to Robert K. Godfrey, who says that several factors have con spired to make the gardens more beautiful than ever. For one thing, never before have the camellias been bloom ing in such profusion when the azaleas began to reach the height of their beauty. Unusually cold weather during the late winter held back these flowers, and warm weather of recent days have turned loose a pent up flood of beauty. For another, several important changes have been made in the gardens since last year, as per petual care and planning are largely responsible for the appeal which brings visitors back to Orton year after year. Godfrey estimates that with the succession of varieties among the azaleas, visitors to the gardens during the next three weeks may expcct to find a riot of beauty and color. Southport Man Presented Plan Unusual Souvenier Is Pre sented Sgt. Douglas Jones By Staff Officer Of Jap anese Army Stationed with the Army near Tokyo some months ago, Douglas Jones, of Southport, was work ing with some 300 'Japanese civilians engaged in post war reconstruction. To these men and the Americans in charge were assigned several well educated young Japanese, who served as interpreters. I Among these men working di rectly under Jones was Major Y. Horie, a former staff officer of General Kuribayashi, the famed defender of Iwo Jinfa, where the Americans met with such stub born resistance during the early stages of the invasion. Major .Horie, one of the young est staff officers of the general fs described by Jones as being very intelligent and a hard work jer. A good friendship sprang up I between them and before his re turn to the United States the local man was presented with a copy of the defense plan and de , scription of the barffle of Iwo Jima, being an actual copy of 'that used by the Japanese staff. The booklet, or brief, is in scribed: "To my Honorable Friend, Sgt. Jones, from Y. Horie, at Tachikawa, January ?T, 1947." A photograph showing the Major J (Continued on page five) Southport Boys Win Ball Game j Southport defeated Shallotte I here yesterday by a score of j 28 to 3 in the first scholastic baseball game played between j Brunswick county schools in j n?ore than ten years. The Southport boys showed ; the results of recent practice sessions under the direction of Coach A. C. Hollomau as they rolled up their one-sided score. Kadcliff and Stiller on the moinid for the locals held Shal I lotte under control. Following the game Coach Blakeitship, of Shallotte, declar ed that his charges were going ! to practice all this week and be ready for the return game which is to be played at Shal j lotte next Tuesday. Revaluation Of Property Ending Work Will Be Completed In Two Or Three Townships This Week, With Others Soon To Be Completed W. P. Jorgensen, who was ap pointed by the board of county commissioners to .supervise the revaluation of property in Bruns wick, stated Monday that the work will be completed in two or three o? the townships by the end of this week. The work is being done by three men in each township. They are being paid on an hourly basis. In .addition to individual problems in some townships, such as there jbeing large numbers of towns or ' beach lots and small tracts of land, each of which has to be visited and inspected, the town ship boards have had to work when weather and other things would permit. There has never been any liklihood that the work in all townships would end at the same time. From all reports and indica tions the 18 men who comprise I the six township boards have 1 been doing their work thoroughly. | Those who have been delayed by {various causes will furnish up I sometime during April and the 1 1947 property tax valuation will be made in accordance with their 'findings on the value of each piece of property. Bingo Party Next Thursday Night \ Members of the American Le gion Auxiliary of the Brunswick j County Post will sponsor a bingo 'party at the Community Center 'Building on next Thursday even ling, April 17. This party will be for the bene fit of the Brunswick County Hos pital and will go toward furnish ing the Legion Auxiliary room at the hospital. Refreshments will be on sale throughout the even ing, and many attractive prizes aje -bei. ng offered to bingo con testants. Dial Operator Only In Cases Of Emergency "Dial 'Operator' for assistance only in emergencies!" This urgent plea to the public was made today by O. G. Bain, Wilmington Manager of the Telephone Company. Mf. Bain also asked that telephone users place only those long distance calls which are of an emergency nature. Emergency calls are described generally as those In connectioif with a fire, serious accident, or illness, or any situation requiring the aid of the police or a doctor, or the service of municipal or other government authorities. Mr. Bain said that while local calls involving dial facilities are generally being completed satis jfactorily, the ?trike has impair ed service on local calls requir ing the assistance of an opera j tor, and long distance service. In view of this situation, ne requested telephone users not to dial "Operator" for assistance un less they experience difficulty in | completing an ' emergency call. Weekly Session Of Court Held I ? Cases Covering Variety Of Offenses Disposed Of Be fore Judge W. J. Mc I-amb In Court Here On Monday. Numerous cases were disposed of in Brunswick county Record er's court in an Easter Monday session before Judge W. J. Mc iLamb. i The following disposition was | (Continued on Page Five) Our ROVING Reporter W, B. gui This past Friday and Saturday we missed out again on those 1 trips to Leland and Shallotte. Folks who know more fhan we do about what it means to be sick said we had the flu. We thought we only had an extra bad cold and there certainly was something extra about it, whe ther it was the flu or a cold. As we invariably spend most of our time on our feet, sick or well, we were carrying our troubles around Southport, instead of Shallotte, Saturday. Along about noon, Clerk of Court Sam Ben nett, seeing the fix we were in, asked if the fish would bite. We got back in three hours and he had 19 goggle-eyes while we only had 17. Despite the disparity in numbers we contend that mine were bigger than his. To make up for going fiahing when we were sick we gave our .flail to County Facing Year Of Great Home Repairing . Repair And Modernization Work Will Require Ex penditure Of Estimated $215,000 This Year In Brunswick DOES NOT INCLUDE NEW BUILDING Easing Up On Materials Means That The Building Program Will Reach Boom Proportions Brunswick county's home own ers will spend an estimated $21$, 000 on repair and modernization work during 1947. At lease a third and probably more than half of all dwellings in the county will be improved or repaired this year, according to estimates released recently fol lowing a survey. "Increased sup plies of building materials and easing of restrictions should make possible a record volume of home modernization throughout the country," said F. B. Ortrtian, chairman of the Council's Resi dential Construction Committee. The county's 3,634 single-fam ily homes will account for most 1 expenditures, the srtudy revealed. Painting is the most often want ed improvement, with about a third of all owners planning to redecorate home exteriors or some room of the interior. At least one out of every 16 dwellings needs carpentry repairs, and large numbers will have water pipes repaired, bathrooms tiled or showers installed during the year, according to the report. As evidence of the increase in building supplies, Ortman pointed out that floor and wall tile vol ume is expected to hit an all time high this year. "Stepped-up production of materials means that the construction industry can both build record numbers of houses and do the repair work neglected during the war," he said. Home repair expenditures in the county are part of a $54,480, 000 modernization program being undertaken in North Carolina this year, according to the study. P.-T. A. Meeting Final Of Year Election Of Officers Is Im portant Item Of Business On Program For Meeting Tomorrow Night The Southport high school Par ent-Teachers Association will hold its final meeting of the school year on Thursday night ofj thia week, and one of the most| i important items of business will be the election of officers for ( next year. | The nominating committee is ! comprised of the Rev. H. M. | Baker, Mrs. M. R. Sanders and ! Mrs. Carlton Price. | Another important matter, which must be disposed of is the] paying of the balance due on the new electric refrigerator which J | recently was installed for use in' the lunch room at the high I ' school. | All members of the local or- ' aganization are urged to be pre- j 'sent for this final meeting. the Methodist and Presbyterian preachers with a rain check onl what we catch this week to go ' to the other preachers. Hubert L. Holmes, clerk to the board of aldermen at Shal- ; lotte, advised us Monday that up , to that time not a single candi-j date had filed for either Mayor j or Alderman at Shallotte. How- [ ever, just a few minutes later Mayor Leon Galloway gave this reporter two very good cigars. That is taken as a sign that he [ intends running to succeed him- j self. When one comes to think of it, Mayor Galloway's adminis tration has witnessed a lot of development at Shallotte. Hiis week we had a letter from E. S. Cains, of the widely known James Heddon's Sons, manufac ( Continued on Page Five) Former Army Chaplain To Hold Revival At Antioch The Reverend Amos F. Ledbetter Will! Preach During Revival Which Begins On April 20th v Rev. E. W. Wowd, pastor olt Antioch Baptist church, has an nounced that a revival meeting will be held at Antioch, begin ning on April 20 and extending through April 30, with services each night at 7:30 o'clock. For the revival meeting the Evangelist will be Rev. Amos F. Ledbetter, of Piedmont, Ala. The Rev. Mr. Ledbetter is a former Chaplain in the U. S. Army, hav ing served in the European Thea tre during World War II. The song services will be under the direction of Mrs. J. Bryson Hickman. ! In Southport this week Rev. j Mr. Dowd stated that everyone is ! invited to attend this evangelistic meeting and hear each stirring message. Regular Sunday services at Antioch church is with Sunday school at 10 o'clock; morning worship at 11 o'clock; Baptist Training Union at 6:30 o'clock; evening worship at 7:30 o'clock. Special Musical Programs j Feature Easter Week-End ' t This Thief Had Expensive Taste Some ham-cater hit the smoke home of Lonnie Evans, in Waecamaw township, pretty hard Saturday night. Whoever it wan should have some choice eating for the next several months unless the officers catch up with them and they are put where the fore is more limited. The report from Lonnie is that they made away with 18 extra fine hams and 18 shoul der*. They left him and his family only two hams and one shoulder to last until the next hog killing time. The loss is really a heavy one? a claim that will be ob vious to anybody who has ever tried to buy 18- hums and 18 shoulders. Shallotte Girls | Play Softball Working Out Daily With Idea Of Playing Regular Scheduled Games With Other Schools I With its greatest year in bas ket ball just closed and its girls team having won the seven county championship under the directorship of Prof. H. H. Blak enship, the Shallotte high school girls have started out on some thing rather new in Brunswick county. They have organized a girls softball team and now have a large squad out for practice. Their expectations are to play other girls team, here and there, on any terms. I Mr. Blakenship stated yester- ! day that the Shallotte girls are showing a lot of interest in this game and that he sincerely hopes their spirit will spread to other schools in the county. It is a nice clean sport as well adapted to being played by girls as boys. The Shallotte girls will wear white shorts in all games played [this season, as the little time re maining before school closes does not permit of much consideration being given to the matter of uni forms. In the matter of games the girls are anxious to secure dates as early as possible with teams both inside and outside the coun ty, anywhere in a reasonable dis tance and either here or there. Any team wishing a game should get in touch with H. H. Blaken ship, Shallotte. A number of the basket ball girls who have been out for the practice sessions have been show ing about as much aptitude for softball as they had for basket I ball. With the players not yet (Continued on Page Four) | W.M.U. Meeting At Antioch Tuesday The annual meeting of Wom an's Missionary Union of Bruns wick Baptist Association will be held at Antioch church Tuesday, April 15th, at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Foy J. Farmer, state president, and Miss Vivian Nowell, mission ary from Nigeria, Africa, will be ?the guest speakers. All pastors [and others interested in W. M. U. 'work are urged to attend. Easter Morning Ushered In I With Usual Pre-Dawn Singing About The City j By Colored Citizens PERFECT WEATHER . PREVAILED SUNDAY Choirs At Various Churches Presented Beautiful Pro grams Of Easter Music As Part Of Celebra tion With ideal weather prevailing throughout the week end, Easter Sunday was a time for joyous celebration on the part of citizens of South port. As is the annual custom in this community, center of Interest during the observance of Easter once more were the various churches and their special pro grams. A week, of revival services at Trinity Methodist church came to a fitting climax at the Sunday morning hour with a full congre gation in attendance to hear the pastor, the Rev. Paul H. Fields. Special music for this service was the rendition of "The Cherubim Song," by the octet and "The Holy City" as a soprano solo by Miss Ann Fields, daughter of the pastor. The evening service saw the presentation of the Easter canta ta, "Eastertide" by the dhurch choir under the direction of Mrs. R. X. Mint 2 ancj Mrs. D. M. Pig gott, with Mrs. Mintz at the organ. Soloists were Mrs. H. C. Corlette, Mrs. Piggott, Robert Willing and E. H. Arlington. At Southport Presbyterian church for the Sunday evening service there was special Easter music by the church choir and an appropriate message on the Eas tertide by the pastor, Dr. J. M. Waggett. Climaxing a week of special services in the Baptist church, the adult choir at the Sunday evening service sang the cantata "Crown Him King All Glorious" under the direction of Mrs. R. C. Daniel. Decorations for the oc casion were in' charge of Mra Lewis Hardee. Those taking part in the cantata were: Sopranos: Mrs. Bryant Potter, Mrs. Jack Swan, Mrs. Robert Carson, Mrs. G. M. Stephens, Mrs. Ivan Lud lum. Miss Betty Oliver, Mrs. H. A. Livingston, Mrs. W. F. Jones, Miss Dora Walton, Mrs. Jack Oliver, Miss Thelma Sellers and Mrs. C. E. Dosher; altos: Mrs. (Continued on Page Five) Pastors Meeting Monday Evening Pastor* Of Brunswick Bap tist Association Will Meet At Antioch Church For Regular Monthly Meeting The monthly Baptist Pastor's Conference will meet at the An tioch Baptist church on Monday evening, April 14, at 7:30 o'clock. All Pastors in the Brunswick Baptist Association are urged to attend this meeting, as several matters of business will corae up 'for discussion. I An inspirational address will ' be made by the Rev. E. W. Pate, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, in Wilmington. I .Supper will be served by the lAHt?n rf th? Missionary Commissioners In Regular Session Here This Week Much Time Taken Up In Discussion Of Matter* Pertaining To Operation Of Brunswick County Home RABIES INSPECTORS NAMED FOR YEAR Other Matters Of Routine Importance Disposed Of Before Board At Re gular First Monday Meeting A wrangle over business affair* in connection with the operation of the Brunswick county home took up a large part of the day Monday as members of the board of county commissioners met here In their regular first of the month meeting. During the course of discussion there were some heated exchange# between Commissioner S. I. Min t z, a former superintendent of the county home, and Roscoe Ro gers, who is serving now in that capacity. Chief result of the ar gument was an order by the board directing the county audi tor to have the monthly expendi tures of the county home since October 16, 1946, published In the county newspaper. The county auditor was also directed to make all necessary purchases tot the county home. Rabies Inspectors were appoint ed for each of the six townships. For Northwest, Geo. F. Ganey; Town Creek, G. B. Lewis; Smith ville, V. V. Fredere; Lockwood#. Folly, L. M. Clemmons; Shallotte, Warren Milliken; Waccamaw, La fayette Jones. An order was passed placing the valuation on the I. W. Skip per estate at $25.00 per year fof the years 1931 through 1946, with the provision that all unpaid tax es be without penalty or interest. I The late Mr. Skipper was killed in 1914 while in performance of his duties, and this action was taken by the board as their only means for making restitution to his late widow. Lydia Hodge was added to the blind grant list for $23.00 per month. The cost for peddler's license was set at $12.50 per rear for residents, $25.00 per year for non-residents. The board passed a resolution requesting the State Highway to surface the road running from U. S. No. 17 A the W. Ruga Cafe to Boones Neck, at Pen Swamp, at its earliest possible convenience. Four Brunswick Youths At Wake One Of These Students Is Studying Medicine, Two Are Law Students And One Is Taking Journalisifi Four Brunswick county stu dents are listed in the record breaking enrollment of 157f stu dents at Wake Forest College 'this spring. Winnabow is represented by __ George Hickman, freshman, a?4 * William Robbins, Junior. William Bennett, junior, hails from Shal lotte, and Harold Aldridge, junior, comes from Southport. ? Bennett is a member of the Euzelian Literary Society, Phi Delta Omega, prelegal fraternity, the International Relations Club, land the Student Political Union. Robbins 16 editor of Old Gold' and Black, student newspaper, 1 i listed in Who's Who among stu dents in American Colleges arid Universities, is secretary-treas^' urer of the Publications Board, and is a member of Eta Sigma Phi, Greek and Latin Fraternity. Robbins, Hickman, and Aldridge are veterans. I Bennett and Hickman are plan ning careers In law, Aldridge In I medicine, and Robbins in journal ism. Such professions as law, me dicine,' teaching, journalism and the ministry, have claimed the majority of Wake Forest grad uates, but a good many have gone Into business, dentistry, en gineering, etc. Wake Forest is the oldest and ; largest Baptist College in the | United States. During the past year approxtr Imately $15,000,000 has been add led to the college's resources, the 1 bulk of which consists of the Smith Reynolds Foundation Fund, valued at around $11,000,000. Thla fund is being donated on the condition the college be moved to Winston-Salem and that suffi cient funds be raised during the next five yea A to eccommod*? (Continued oa Page Five)
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