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fe-PACiy today Southport. N. C., Wednesday, April 30th, 1947
$1.50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
t til Pilings
Indicate Need
for New Bridge
latins' F?r Permanent Pil
Will Be From 52
f?t To 55- Feet In
I ittyth Based On Test
L0R bridge
r SEARS COMPLETION
jL Progress Being Made
?jjj Fill For New Ap- j
proach To Alligator j
Creek Bridge f
~ (
I pilings that have been
L the Brunswick River
^ ghou- that the permanent
gs will have to range from
? Jo f?t in tength. With
, information available the
I ;> r.. ?.* ha Vine them
cferiest-n. Work will
I , as soon as
E| jdings mil other material
jpmi-'-iie the construction
, on the detour bridge that
g y used while the new one
(jjig built is being: pushed. It
ii h* ready for use in an
m t? ) weeks. The
L*xy bridge :s a very sub
I -.i' over it
Lj -are to move slowly and it
become necessary to limit
te 7re;ght of loads.
( t'?rth-r on from the
}??? - Rivt ? -c the E. W.
jir> ?:? ' "inpany has
Ktal.'v completely the fill at
Bp: - ? k Th.< fill involved
|i the on-.irse of the
p.. to ?et the new bridge on
i Kiaight course. Thousands of
ari loads of earth had to be
?hi a distance of two miles
m toped in the original
Lee of the stream, while a
U darnel, about four hundred
La in length, had to be cut out
fU irag lines.
trief New$
flathit
MRS TO MEET
Is regular first Thursday
of the Southport Lion's
Ots will be held tomorrow at
1 (dock at the Community
Jtite
FISH FRY
Sobers of Shallotte and Ash
tots American Legion, will be
Ps of Brunswick County Post
W. at a fish fry tomorrow
HBsiayi night at Rabon's
jta. Town Creek.
[U30N MEETING
regular monthly meeting
i Sailotte Post 247, American
fc- will be held at Shallotte
? Friday night at 8 o'
ta.
TO WILMINGTON
Scsuvler D. Stanaland, C. B.
| &?? been transfered from
; ection office in
M i . t the Marine In
W*n office, Wilmington. Stan
is a native of Brunswick
VISITS HERE
Goodwin, of Aruba,
f^'lar.d West Imiies, spent
*"y night with his wife's
J** Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lind.
, lg(**lwin was called to
r*silCrrj on account of the
r? Ql his father. A. C. Good
Sr.
?WWAY MEETING
, '? Highway Commissioner
. Bridger will hold his month
g on -1 hurray, May 8,
iughway office in Fay
?????? He will be in the office
-1 ???'clock and will
?' reiatin;; to road
ne:;ts in his district.
Report receipts
M Rt'Senbaum. County
tor tne Cancer Fund
reports that receipts to
1 A more com
?Wk 'm'1 wi" made next
Its,.,4 eantime Mrs.
Vp*p ,v ' <iil who have
H. ' a donation to do
Sis ? ?
^ aha'lottr 1, club %nu
* W r ! at lhe WlUlara'
% aijht UllfimS on Thurs
?fi " ^:s week. The even
to o'SnmMl wiU be?in at
*tcu> * ' w'th both square
roUmJ dancing being
H iron,3,,,"1? Program. Pro
V rj,f" . e will go to
^ 'fffraa^3 Clut' a!Cl t0 1116
OVERLAND VOYAGE
TRANSFERRED. ? Above is shown a picture of the
U. S. Navy liberty launch, formerly on the small boat
railway at the Section Base, as it was being transferred
by truck to Lake Waccamaw. The craft was given by
the Navy for the use of Sea Scouts in this distinct.
Auction Market Prospects
For This Section Bright
Heavy Purchases Of Pro
duce Seed Recommended
By Market Operators Re
ported
|
MARKET TO OPEN
SOMETIME IN MAY
Construction Of Market
Shed In Whiteville Com- |
pleted; 30 Buyers Ex
pected At Opening
Propects for a successful auc- J
tion market in Whiteville this'
season were encouraging today a3
a survey of the seed stores re
vealed that a large number of
farmers had purchased the variety
of seed recommended by the oper
ators of the market, according
to Walter H. Paramore, executive
secretary of the .Whiteville Mer
chants Association.
Orders for pepper plants run
into the hundreds of thousands,
( according to one report, and far
mers purchased seed for cucum
bers, beans, squash, corn, okra
and other truck crops including
egg plants.
Operators of the market Includ
ing N. B. Chesnutt and J. H.
Parker have arranged to have a
bout 30 buyers here when the
market opens sometime in May,
the date to be announce later.
Construction of the market shed
: and loading platform in the
Pecan Grove on Commerce and
Lee streets has been completed,
according to J. H. Leder. pre
sident of the Whiteville Indust
rial Development Corporation, and
everything is in readiness for the
market opening from this stan
J point.
j Adverse weather conditions have
Retarded the planting of the truck
crops in this area this season but
it is believed that if the weather
continues favorable from now un
til the market is open, that there
will be a very favorable crop.
Sole purpose of the market,
according to J:- H. Parker, the
manager, is to see that the grow
ers get the highest possible mar
ket price for any commodity that
they sell on this auction produce
market.
Winnabow Boy
- College Editor
I
Bill Robbins, Winnabow
Junior, To Serve As Edi
tor Of Wake Forest Stu
| dent Magazine Next Year
Editors and business managers
?of the three Wake Forest stud
ent publications for next year
were anounced last week by Herb
1 Appenzeller, Newark, N. J. jun
ior, who is the retiring president
of the Publications Board.
| Bill Robbins, Winnabow junior,
! who served as editor of Old Gold
and Black this year, was named
editor of The Student, college
literary magazine. Grady Patter
son, Jr., Wake Forest junior, is
the new business manager for the
magazine.
Bynum Shaw, Wilmington jun
| (Continued on Page Four J
Wells Leaving
For Washington
W. S. Welte, Southport Sea- j
food dealer, is leaving tomor
row (Thursday) for Wash
ington, D. C., where he will
serve as one of the 12 North
Carolina delegates to the Na
tional Rivers and Harbors
Conference on Friday and
Saturday of this week.
His appointment came from
Governor R. Gregg Oierry,
and this is the first time in
recent years that Brunswick
county has furnished a re
presentative for this meeting.
Wells stated this week that
he has been requested by of
ficials of the SENCBA to
present their case in favor of
deepening and jettying Mason
bo ro Inlet, near Wrightsville
Beach.
Brunswick Boy
Gets Recognition
Neil Thomas Exhibits Paint
ings At International
House In New Orleans
Last Week
Neil Thomas, talented young
Brunswick county artist, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Thomas,
of Clarendon Plantation, gave an
exhibition of his painting at the
International House in New Or
leans Monday.
The exhibition was made upon
invitation from the International
House and- admission was by invi
tation only. Most of the paintings
shown were done while young
Thomas was studying art at the
National University of Mexico
City, following his graduation
with honors from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
During the war he served as an
| officer in the Navy, spending
three years of the time in the
Pacific.
i In addition to the current ex
hibit in New Orleans his work as
an artist has received wide re
cognition. Time Magazine has
carried a full length photograph
cf him and he has otherwise re
ceived high praise for his work.
Among the titles of the pic
! tures exhibited in New Orleans
'were: Approach to High Altar,
i St. Ann, St. John. Woman Before
Cathedral Goldleaf, Aztec Re
mains. San Francisco, Archives
I court, Discarded Altar Rail,
Plant and Stone Arabesque, Car
inal Mark, Scaled Entrance, Jux
- taposition, Janus, Nude, Deserted
? Nave, Park Figure, Cathedral
Celebration, Neptune Confirmed
Asylum, Worship , in Gold and
Stone, Pink Door, Red Lava Far
! cade Two Arees. Out of Rock,
And' See, Nigh Light. Mermaid
| Fountain, Five Candies. Saints
1 and Seraphim, Holy Water, Cor
tcz, Tile, Mother Taking Child.
Business Firms
Adopt Summer
Trading Plan
Merchants And Business
Men Of Shallotte Follow
Lead Of Supply Citizens
In Observing Half-Holi
day
THURSLi * Y IS SET
AS HALF-HOLIDAY
Program Designed To Give
Merchants And Clerks
Some Time Off During
The Summer Months
Proprietors of eighteen Shal
lotte stores, recognizing that their
employees should have a half hol
iday each week, and some of them
having a pers'onal desire to
occasionally go fishing, have
agreed among themselves to close
each Thursday at one o'clock dur
ing the summer months. The plan
goes into effect tomorrow, Thurs
day, May 1st.
The places agreeing to observe
this half holiday are the Shal
lotte Trading Company, Coastal
Drug Company, Cheers Service
Station, Stone and Hewett Gar
age, R. D. White Garage, Coast
Road Service Station, W. M.
Hewett, Luther White, Earl's
Quick Lunch, King's Electrical
Sales Co., Williamson Motor
Company, Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Company, Reynolds and
Reynolds, R. E. Bellamy and
Sons, Russ Furniture Company,
Shallotte Soda Shop and Cafe,
D. C. Andrews and Holmes Serv
ice.
A spokesman for these busi
ness houses stated that it was
hoped that the general public will
recognize the good cause back
of the summer-time half holiday
on each Thursday. "Our business
people appreciate the patronage
they receive from the public", he
said. "We also appreciate the
loyalty of our employees and
(Continued On Page 5)
Recover Body
From Waterway
1 Buddy . And Weston Brown
Discover Body Of Man
Who Fell Overboard
From Barge Near Cas
well Bridge Last Wednes
day
't
A hearse from the Kilpatrick
j Funeral Home left Monday after
Inoon for Philadelphia, Pa., carry
ling the body of Thomas J. Gil
' martin, 18-year old Pennsylvania
j man who was drowned in the
; Inland Waterway just west of the
Caswell , bridge last Wednesday
afternoon.
[ Gilmartin was employed as a
I deck hand on the tug Sue H.,
owned by the J. H. Coppage
| Diesel Corporation. The tug had
| a number of barges in tow and
! was proceeding to Norfolk for
? loading. Young Gilmartin was
| sent back to the tow late Wed
nesday evening, just before reach
ling the bridge, to place lanterns
on each barge.
| The lights came, on promptly
on the barge nearest the tug and
| after several minutes wait the
crew became alarmed when no
lights appeared on the others.
An investigation revealed that
the young man was missing and
(Continued on page five)
Officers Crack
- Down On Stills
Sheriff John White's office has
been cracking down on whiskey
makers during the past few weeks
In addition to the big still seized in i
North West township Friday, De
puty Sheriff Pawnee Formyduval
made a singlehanded raid on one
in Waccamaw township Wednes
day. His take consisted of a 100
gailon outfit and some mash.
On Sunday Sheriff White and
Deputies Formyduval and Daught
Tripp made another raid in Wac
camaw, getting a 100-gallon still
about 100-gallons of mash.
Auxiliary Names
Complete Slate
New Officers
Mrs. Robert Carson Will
Serve As President Of
Dosher Memorial Hospit
al Auxiliary During Com
ing Year
PLAN OBSERVANCE
OF HOSPITAL DAY
Sunday, May 11th, Is Day i
When Patrons And Fri- I
ends Are Particularly
Urged To Visit Local
Institi^tion
The J. Arthur Dosher Memor
ial Hospital Auxiliary met Tues
day night, at the home of Mrs. :
C. Ed. Taylor. Ater the reading!
of the minutes and their approval
the nominating committee made
their report and the following
were chosen to serve as officers
during the ensuing year: Presid
ent- Mrs. Robert Carson; Vice
President- Mrs. C. Ed. Taylor;
secretary, Mrs. G. M. Stephens;
treasurer, Miss Lottie Mae New
ton; membership committee, Miss
Annie Zue Newton, Mrs. Ida Pot
ter Watson; ways and means
committee, Mrs. F. M. Niernsee,
Mrs. H. B. Smith, Mrs. Clayton
Hickman, Mrs. Evelyn H. Gilbert,
Mrs. Bryant Potter and Miss
Annie St. George; sub-chairman
for the ways and means Com
mittee are: Mrs. Jesse Purvis,
Ash, Mrs. Charles Russ, Shallotte,
Mrs. Boyd Robinson, Shallotte,
Mrs. Foster Mintz, Bolivia, Mrs.
J. L. Henry, Winnabow, Mrs. Lil
lian Milliken, Shalloette, Mrs.
Susie T. Zibelin, Winnabow and
(Continued On Page 5)
Increase Number
Of Men At Basin
1 Number Now Stands At
Some Over Three Hun
dred; Vessels Moving
Out As Well As Into
Basin
The Reserve Fleet personnel at
the Brunswick River Basin has
been increased by 52 new men,
: making a total of 323 at the pre
' sent time. Captain A. G. Ford,
! when interviewed this week, stat
| ed that the work was progressing
smoothly and that many more
ships are expected to be sent to
the basin for lay-up and preser
' vation in the near future.
! Recent heavy freight move
| ments, especially to foreign coun-'
! tries, has caused numerous with
. drawals of ships from the basin,
| (Continued on Page Four)
Our
ROVING
Reporter
W. B. KEZIAH
j Dr. J. V. Davis left this week]
! to spend a month at Yadkin ville
with relatives, especially his(
mother who is in her 91st year.
Before leaving Dr. Davis said he
expects to spend much of the
| time fishing on the Yadkin and j
I Pee Dee rivers. Dr. Davis came
I to Brunswick county six years '
ago because it appeared to be
I the best spot for year-round liv- 1
ing to be found anywhere. He
is still of that opinion. He re- 1
called before leaving that in three J
I of the six years he haa been '
here the sun shone every day,
this starting in February 1941.
He says that several times during (
his residence in Brunswick we
have not had more than five !
.days, during the period from
[ Thanksgiving through Easter,
when we have not had some sun-|
shine. Impressed with the local
'weather Dr. Davis has always
kept a daily record of it ?ince(
moving here.
A card received Sunday from j
Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Hauck, of i
Columbus, Ohio, advised that they!
were passing through Franklin- 1
ville in the Western part of North ,
Carolina, enroute to Florida.
Since they were passing through
our state they wrote to report
on it and again advise that they I
had a pleasant week in Bruns
wick county last summer. Mr. j
Hauck is a prominent attorney |
of Columbus.
Alex Yates, retired army Sgt.,
who was at Fort Caswell from
1917 through 1920, spent the
week-end here viewing old scenes, j
In an interview he stated that
he might be interested in re
turning to Southport to stay
some day. He was especially in
terested in our beaches and the
(Continued On Page 5)
Senator R. I. Mintz Will
Move Office To Port City
Prominent Southport Attorney Will Be Associated
With Firm Of Stevens & Burgwyn
Senator R. I. Mintz, Southport attorney, made an
nouncement here today of plans to close his law office in
Southport for the purpose of associating with the law
firm of Stevens & Burgwyn, of Wilmington. This change
will become effective May 1.
senator JVLiniz is a pruinincni*
member of the Brunswick county |
bar, and news of his decision to
practice law iji New Hanover ,
county came as a surprise to
friends and associates in South
port.
Having returned only recently
from Raleigh , where he repre
sented the 10th senatorial district
in the upper house of the North
Carolina General Assembly, Sena
tor Mintz has taken a leading rolej
in the political, fraternal and bus- !
incss affairs of his community j
during the past 16 years.
He returned to Brunswick
county in March, 1931, to com
plete the term of his late brother,
Mamilton Mintz, as register of
deeds. He served in this office
until August, 1939, when he pass
ed the State bar examination and
began the practice of law at
Southport.
Senator Mintz served for sever
al terms as president of the Young
Democrats Club for Brunswick
county; has served for several
terms as a member of the State
Democratic Executive Committee,
of which he still is a member; and
served for one term as chairman
of the Brunswick county Demo
cratic Executive Committee.
In August, 1941, Senator Mintz
went on active duty with the U.
(Continued on Page Five)
Brunswick County Post
To Sponsor Legion Nine
Recalls Job Of
Replacing Buoy1
Talking with Lt A. I*
Diggs,, of the tender Conifer,
last week an interesung bit
of information was learned
when the story of the Cape
Fear's wandering bell buoy
was brought up.
Briefly, the story is that
i around 25 years ago a bell
buoy anchored between Fort
Caswell and Bald Head Island
broke away from its moor
ing and went ringing its way
across the ocean, often creat
ing consternation among
ships navagatore when they
heard it at night. After near
ly a year of wandering the
buoy was captured off the
coast of Ireland, four thous
and miles from where it
broke lose. It was brought
back to Norfolk, unloaded
there and after being cleaned
up was brought on back to
the Cape Fear.
'I was working on the tend
er that unloaded the buoy at
Norfolk when it wa? brought
back there from Ireland," said
Lt. Diggs.
Numerous Cases
Heard In Court
All-Day Session Here Mon
day Before Judge W. J.
McLamb And Other Offi
cials In Recorder's Court
Monday was a busy day for
Judge W. J. McLamb and other
officials of the Brunswick county
(Recorder's court, and the follow
ing disposition was made of the
cases heard:
Louise Strayhorn, larceny, not
guilty.
Linwood Strayhorn, assault with
deadly weapon, not guilty.
Garland Rhodes, assault with
deadly weapon, 30 days on the
roads, suspended on condition that
the defendant be of good behav
ior for a period of two years and
pay a fine of $25.00 and costs.
Earl Sharplee, assault with
deadly weapon, 30 days on the
roads, suspended on condition that
the defendant be of good behav
ior for a perfod of two years and
pay a fine of $10.00 and costs.
Joseph P. Howard, vagrancy,
nol pros with leave.
!? Lester L. Smith, disposing of
(nortgaged property, continued to
May 12th.
Lester L. Smith, larceny by
trick, continue to May 12th
John Wesley McMillan, non!
support, continued to May 5th.
M. C. Moore, drunk driving,
continued to May 5th.
| George Langley, reckless oper
ation, fined $25.00 and costs.
James A. Gibson and William
Watts, destroying public property,
continued.
Walter Lee .Ganey, Walter I.
(Continued on ff *>
Decision Reached At Regu
lar Monthly Meeting On
Thursday Night; Thomp
son And Harper Are
Athletic Officers
NAME COMMITTEE
TO RAISE FUNDS
Post Goes On Record En
dorsing Trott For Post Of
District Commander
For Coming Year
Brunswick County Post No.
194, American Legion, will spon- j
sor a Junior Legion baseball team
this summer, and a committee (
Was named Thursday night to
raise funds to finance this pro-,
gram.
Appointed to serve on this com
mittee were Robert Thompson
Charles M. Trott, J. J- Loughlin,
j B Russ and James M. Harper, j
Thompson and Harper were nam- 1
ed athletic officers of the post j
and will have charge of coaching
the legion nine.
Notice has been forwarded to
the State Department of the plan
to enter a team from this post, |
and further details will be turn-i
ished next week.
Ormond Leggett, Southport |
businessman, was nominated or
the office of Commander of the
Brunswick County Post o. ?
American Legion, for the coming
year. A full slate of officers was
named by the nominating com
mittee in its report, and the.
election will be held at the next I
m The^ocal post went on record
as endorsing Chas. M. Trott for
the position of District Comman
der of the legion.
I chas. M. Trott, James M. Har
per Crawford Rourk and Jack
Potter were named as a com
mittee on arrangements for a
joint fish fry with the ShaUotte
and Ash legion posts.
Large Still Is
Taken Friday
Deputies Raid And Capture
Big Whiskey Manufac
turing Unit In Northwest
Township
Deputies from the office o/j
Sheriff John White raided and
captured a big steam 300-gal
ion whiskey making outfit in ;
Northwest township * r'd** 1
noon They failed to get the ope (
ators. but the haul was unusual
because of the amount of mater- j
ial taken and destroyed. |
Along with- the still being de
stroyed, 28 wooden barrels of
beer or mash were emptied. The
wooden barrels, all in good condi-,
tion and being a rather scarce
article, were stored for other
j ' |
officers participating in
(Continued on Fag* 4)
Committees !*er
Annual Flower
Show Appointed
Mrs. Helen G. Bragaw Will
Serve As General Chair
man Of This Event This
Spring
MAY 16 PET AS
I VTE FOR SHOW
Organizar on Set Up To Be
gin Perfecting All Plans
For This Outstanding
Undertaking
The anm il flower show spon
soned by t ? Southport Woman's
Club will 1 I eld on May 16 this
year, accoi g to Mrs. Helen G.
Bragaw, g al chairman of the
show.
At a m? lg of her committee
last week complete list of those
who will i elp with tue show this
year was arranged. Mrs. R. C.
Daniel wi serve as secretary of
the show.
The co ittee are as follows:
House-Mr M. M. Hood, Mrs. M.
R. Sande Mrs. Arthur Weeks,
Mrs. Da /is Herring and Mrs.
Worth Ward.
Registration-Mrs. Pearce Cran
mer, Mrs. R. C. St. George, Mrs.
Mary Bussells and Mrs. Prince
O'Brien.
Ptnoerr -nt ? Mrs. C. G. Ruark,
Mrs. e . Niernsee and Mrs.
D. ~ >1.
Prize;' Mrs. R. C. Daniel, Mrs.
G. C. J- lpatrick and Mrs. R. B.
Thompf n.
Door-Miss Margaret Parkhill
and Mrs. H. B. Hiatt.
Junior exhibits ( miniature gar
dens) -Mrs. Dallas Pigott, and Mrs.
Jessie Harper.
Shadow Boxes- Mrs. Lewis Har
dee, Mrs. Mcrritt Moore and Mrs.
Franci. Young.
Tp?- rs. H. T. St. George, Mrs.
<z Mrs. W. M. Walker,
Mrs. joel Moore, Mrs. Dan Har
relson, Mrs. J. J. Loughlin, Mrs.
E. H Arrington, Miss Susie New
ton, Mrs. D. E. Arthur, Mrs. E.
J. Prevatte, Mrs. Earl I. Brown,
Mrs. J. W. Ruark, Mrs. Landis
Brown, Mrs. H. B. Smith, Mrs. C.
Ed. Taylor, Mrs. R. L. Thompson,
Mrs. W. G. Butler, Mrs. G. Y.
Watson, Mrs. J. E. Carr, Mrs. H.
C. Corle.tte, Jr., Mrs. Harry
Weeks, Mrs. E. H. Cranmer, Mrs.
Fred Willing, Mrs. J. I. Davis,
Mrs. L. C. Fergus, Mr*. S. B.
Frink, Mrs. J. M. Harper, Jr.,
Mrs. Paul Messick, Mrs. A. L.
Lewis, Mrs. G. E. Hubbard, Mrs.
H. M. Baker, Mrs. Andrew Down
ing, Mrs. Robert Godfrey, Miss
Annie M. Newton, Mrs. Bryant
Potter and Mrs. Ormond Leggettl
Wife - Husband |
Die Within Month
Mrs. Pearlie Reynolds Died
On April 2, And Hus
band, L. P. Reynolds,
Died Nineteen Days Lat
er On April 21
Mrs. Pearlie Reynolds, 50-year
old resident, of Supply died April
2 after an illness of one week.
Funeral services were held at the
graveside by Rev. BriS9on of (Jib
son Avenue Baptist church, Wil
mington. *- .
Surviving arc her husband, L.
P. Reynolds, of Swannanoa, one
daughter, Mrs. Marvin Stanley,
Shallotte, one son, Qinton Reyn
olds and one step son, Edward
Reynolds, both of Supply, one
granddaughter, two brothers, J.
W. and Loyrd Royal, two sisters,
Mrs. M. G. Moony and Mrs. J.
(Continued on page 4)
Leland Youth
Receives Honor
Native Of This County Was
Member Of Crew Of USS
Philippine Sea In "Ope
ration High- Jump"
Dexter C. Lewis, seaman, second
class, USN, 18, son of Mrs. Bele
lah Lewis of Leland. who is serv
ing aboard the aircraft carrier
USS Philippine Sea, has been
made a charter member. in the
Order of the Penguin, an order
created by Rear Admiral Richard
E. Byrd especially for the 4,000
men of Task Force 68, who crosfr
ed the Antarctic circle while par
ticipating in "Operation High
jump".
The Philippine Sea, under Ui?
command of Capt. D. S. Cornwall,
USN, is the only aircraft carrier
to have penetrated below the An
tarctic Circle. Her mission with
"Operation Highjump" wan to
carry Rear Admiral Byrd, tech
nical commander of the expedition,
and six transport planes, witftta
easy flying distance of Little
\ (Continued on pags 4)
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