The f5runsU pilot Covers ,ick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time Kiiu 0UTM N0- 3 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 ' * ' 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.