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iBrun^vick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of The News
All The Time
?gf S1XTEEN
NO. 12
6-pages today Southport, N. CM Wednesday, July 2nd, 1947
51.50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEUNtSOAl
ftbacco Farmers
jte Next Week
| (Jew Program
Associates, Jnc- ls
fid World Markets
ASSESSMENT 1
CENTS PER ACRE
Will Spread Cost Of j
I^?,Stering Undertak.
' Among Those Who
Will Get Benefit
plan of Tobacco Associa- 1
and and develop new
for flue-cured tobacco
% placet squarely before '
' j? a referendum to be
jn Brunswick and all
counties in North and South
^a on July 1
? Ward of Longwood. presi
'0, the Brunswick County
K, Bureau, stated yesterday
jt election will be conduct
i voluntary poll-holders at
seventeen regular voting
in Brunswick county. A
? of farm leaders is being
i,, the county office at Sup
(Biglit to perfect plans for
_ diction.
?. doners will decide whe
thev will vote upon them
g an annual assessment of
jU per acre of tobacco acre
for the years of 1947-48-49.
two-thirtls or more of the
cc farmers vote in favor of
issessment plan, the money
?e collected on the warehouse
according to the method,
and regulations as determ
by the Board of Directors
So Tobacco Associates, Inc.
b the money is collected, it
Ik paid to the treasurer of
association and used along I
(tads from other sources
?Jte purpose of stimulating,
bpng, and expanding export
of flue-cured tobacco.
Hculties have been experien- 1
ifesome time in maintaining
outlets for flue-cured to- 1
Because of the situation j
? jr (wntries and the need '
i program to protest pro- j
t the farm organizations, i
ousemen, tobacco leaf ex- j
s, tankers, merchants, fer
nar.ufacturers and dealers, I
Ril as other farm and busi- i
leaders in flue-cured tobacco (
states took the Te- j
iWity of organizing the
Associates, Inc. The or- 1
on was financed the first
by tobacco farmers and al- 1
iterest making voluntary >
Stations.
* it is to the public in- 1
that the farmers engaged j
jwring flue-cured tobacco
Save an- opportunity and |
to get jointly in raising i
able and necessary funds i
Jwote export trade of flue- j
S tobacco, authority for the J
?ndum was approved by j
s?sson of North and South j
General Assemblies.
hitf Ntwt
Flathit
TO MEET
will be a regular meet- 1
t: 'j1* Southport Lion's Club
? USO building on Thursday
** o'clock.
PtND CONFERENCE
Rev. Herbert M. Baker j
E J Prevatte attended a
conference last Wednes-;
?d Thursday at Winston
o.
r and Mrs 3. E. Denning
laughter have moved in^?
| "Pstairs apartment at the
* Thompson home.
CONVENTION
will be a Singing Con
?J? at Getties church, near
?fete. on Sunday, July 13.
Public is cordially invited to
Dinner wffl be served on
Swiaids.
BIRB
Cooker, well known
IJw fisherman. and several
recently reported see
B'atpon Mnmng in the Cape
' nver between Southport
' ?aM Head island. The fish
*?*'-50 been reported seen in
15 ^Y3 of the river.
f^F f0R koi kth
I WUj offices and the
F Hall in Southport will re
I? closed on Friday and Sat
B*?to observance of the
< July. The local' post
al observe a holiday sche
? fntiay, and the South
-fcaach of the Waccamaw
?;? wast 'Co. will be closed
4ay.
SOUTHPORT BOAT BUILDER
WORKER ? One of the most energetic men in South
port, who refused to let the loss of both legs discourage
him in the matter of making his own living. Right now
he is proprietor of a successful boatworks.
Physical Handicap Fails
To Stop Southport Man
Having Lost Both Legs
When Child, He Proceed
ed To Obtain A Good
Education For Himself
USEFUL CITIZEN
OF HIS COMMUNITY
Operates Boat - Building
Works At Which He Per
forms Most Of The
Work Of Con
struction
Visitors to Southport who hap
pen down near the home of
Cratie Arnold frequently com
ment on the industry and re
sourcefulness of Mr. Arnold, who
usually is found busy at the
task of boat-building, this despite
the fact that he has only short
stubs to serve him as legs.
Having lost both legs following
an -attack ot infantile paralysis
while a very small child, he edu
cated himself by getting to and
from school in a small wagon,
with a couple of faithful goats
as the motive power. Finishing
school he went on and studied
telegraphy. Mastering that he
held a post with one of the rail
roads as a dispatcher until he
got homesick for Southport and
the sea.
Coming from a long line of
seafaring folks, he returned to
Southport and * became engineer
on one of the first powered pilot
boats. During a fire at sea this
boat was destroyed, Mr. Arnold
and the others aboard being res
cued after he had performed an
act of heroism, despite the fact
that he was handicapped.
After some years with the
Cape Fear Pilots he acquired a
shrimp trawler and for many
seasons was one of the most ef
ficient producers In the shrimp
ing business, also engaging in
the party boat business and
carrying hundreds of sportsmen
out on fishing trips.
Four or five years ago he be
came tired of shrimping and the
party boat business. Selling his
boats he turned to boat con
struction, building all types of
craft from rowboats on up to 50
( Continued on page 4)
Dr. Goodman
In Wilmington
Resigns Position As Instruc
tor At Duke University
School Of Medicine To
Begin Practice
Resigning his position as in
structor in the Duke University
School of Medicine, Dr. E. G.
Goodman will return to Wilming
ton to practice internal medicine,
allergy and hematology beginning
July 1.
A native North Carolinian, Dr.
Goodman was graduated from Le
land high school, received the B.
S. degree in medicine from the
University of North Carolina and
the degree of Doctor of Medicine
from Duke University He in
terned at the Doctor's Hospital,
Washington, D. C., the North
Carolina Sanatorium, Highland
Hospital, Asheville, and has been
a member of the Duke Hospital
staff since 1940. He holds' mem
bership in the Durham-Orange
County Medical Society, the North
Carolina Medical Society, the
Southern Medical Association and
the National Board of Medical
Examiners.
Dr. Goodman and his wife, the
former Elizabeth Tanner Zuide
ma, of Battlesboro, together with
their two children, Edward and
Joe, *rrived ia Br-iaswick last
(Continued on J?age *)
I
Shrimp Commission
To Organize Soon
I
I Members of the live-man
commission appointed by R.
Bruce Ethridge to Nupervlse the
shrimping survey to be con
ducted off the coast of North
Carolina will meet Monday in
Raleigh for the purpose of
completing their preliminary
plans for this work and to or
Two Smith port men, W. S.
Wells and L. J. Hardee, are
members of this board. In ad
dition there will be Dick Burn
j ett, Wilmington; German Hol
land, Beaufort; and Garland
Fulcher, of Bayboro.
Numerous Cases
Before Recorder
Unusually Large Crowd In
Attendance At Monday
Session Of Brunswick
County Recorder's Court
j There was a regular court
(Monday crowd in Southport for
this week's session of Brunswick
county Superior court, and a
large number of cases were dis
posed of by Judge W. J. Mc
Lamb before court adjourned a
j short time after the noon re
| cess. The following disposition of
cases resulted:
j Howard Grubb, speeding, fined
$5.00 and costs.
| Alex Lewis, drunk on highway,
| fined $10.00 and costs.
I Walter Forney, unlawful park
ing on highway, fined $10.00 and
' costs.
j John H. Robinson, transporting,
fined $10.00 and costs.
| David Robinson, no operator's
license, fined $10.00 and costs.
Sheltort Corbett, drunk driving,
J nol prossed at instance of ar
resting officer and solicitor.
| Harvey Lowery, assault, nol
; prossed with leave.
Ray H. Queen, reckless opera
tion. fined $110.00 and costs,
$100.00 of fine remitted on con
dition that he make restitution
to Alex Daniel in the amount
of $100.00 for property damage.
Roney Brooks, possession, con
tinued to July 14th.
Vander McAllister, carrying
concealed weaons, 60 days on the
roads, suspended on payment of
! a fine of $50.00 and costs and
(Continued on Page Four)
Installation Of
Officers Planned
State Commander Ray Gal
loway Will Attend Meet
ing On Next Wednesday
Night At Anchor Hotel
For Joint Ceremony
Harry Mintz, Jr., retiring com
mander of the Shallotte Post,
American Legion, announces that
! new officers for the Shallotte,
! Ash and Southport Posts will be
j installed at ceremonies to be
j held at the Anchor Hotel at
Shallotte Point next Wednesday
night, July 9th.
The installation will be in
charge of Ray Galloway, State
Commander of the American Le
gion. Naturally, the Brunswick
county Legion members and of
ficers of the three organizations
are very much pleased at this
coming appearance of Commander
Galloway, it is earnestly dasired
(Continued on Page
County Council
Holds Business
Meet At Supply
Winners Announced And
Prizes Awarded For Com- j
petition In Adult Cloth
ing, Children Clothing
And In Art
MAKE PLANS FOR
FALL F OPERATION
Meeting Attended By Two
Representatives Of Ex
tension Service Of N.
C. State College
The Brunswick County Council
held it's regular meeting Thurs
day at the office of the county ,
agent at Supply.
The president, Mrs. Robert Mc
Dougal, called the meeting to
order. Minutes were read and ap
proved. This was a business
meeting to discuss the next
county council meeting when the
hostess is to be the Winnabow
club. A report was read by Mrs.
Odell Evans on plans for the
Fall Federation Meeting to be
j held at Shallotte in October. Her
| report was accepted by the coun
cil. The following committee was
i appointed to be responsible for
j the Spring Flower Show: Mrs.
i W. W. Knox, Mrs. Thompson Mc
, Rackan and Mrs. J. E. Denning.
Mrs. Mary S. McAllister sub
mitted the names of persons
chosen to represent North Caro
lina at the National Federation
meeting which will be in Den
mark. Brunswick voted for Mrs.
Hubert Boney.
While the Cape Fear Club, hos
tess for the afternoon, served
punch and cookies the judges,
Mrs. McAllister and Miss Hunter,
from Raleigh, judged the display
of adult clothing, children cloth
! ing and art exhibits.
! Mrs. Alene Mintz awarded first
prizes to the following: Mrs.
[ Odell Evans, children clothing ;
Mrs. John Ramseur, art ex
hibits, and Miss Josie Reed, adult
clothing. The prizes were donat
ed -)W JtlS. Shallnttf ''VKdjng;. Cf'ti
and 'Mintz and -Co. ,
After refreshments, Mrs. Mc
Allister made an announcement
of Farm and Home week to be
| held in Raleigh in August, urging
I women to come.
Mrs. Hunter also gave a few
minutes talk to the council.
Harry Corlette
Dies Suddenly
Popular Southport Citizen
Died Early Friday Fol
lowing Illness Of Only A
Few Hours Duration
Harry C. Corlette, former
I Southp*rt City Alderman and
business man, died here at Dosh
er Memorial hospital Friday
morning after an illness of only
eight hours.
Mr. Corlette, who was 48-years
of age, was a lifelong resident of
Southport and was in good health
up until the time he was strick
en at 8 o'clock Thursday night.
Attending physicians prescribed
the cause of his death to spinal
meningitis. - j
The deceased, a highly esteem
ed resident of Southport, is sur
vived by his widow, Mrs. Rachel
Todd Corlette, assistant-cashier t
'at the local branch of the Wac-j
(Continued on Page Five)
Press Chairman
LESLIE 8. THOMPSON, pub
lisher of The News Reporter of
Whiteville, who was appointed
Saturday as chairman of the exe
cutive committee of the North
Carolina Press Association.
Coaches Release
East-West Teams
For Game Sunday
?
Whiteville Leads Western
Team With 10 Players;
Masonboro Paces Eastern
Club With Like Number
GAME SLATED FOR
NEW PARK AT 3:30
Last Year's Game Drew
Large Attendance In Wil
mington; Officials Pre
dict Big Gats In
New Park ,
i The Eastern State All-Star
game will be played in the Me
'morial Stadium on Sunday af
ternoon at 3 o'clock with 36
players representing six semi
jtpro teams jn the league. Eighteen
players were selected by All
Star coaches in the league to
! represent the East and another
18 for the West. The league is
made up of Whiteville, Mason
boro, Southport, Bladenboro, Wal
lace and Elizabethtown.
The Western team will be
piloted by Coach Earl Brinkley
of the Whiteville Comets, as
sisted by Jiggs Powers of the
Eastern State League, and will
be seeking their second win over
.an all-star aggregation from the
Eastern half of the league. Frank
Manor, likable manager of the
Masonboro Ramblers, and Bob
Hursey, of the Wallace team, will
j be at the helm of the Eastern
(Continued On Page 5)
Deputies Capture
Big Copper Still
Deputy sheriffs Martin Herr
ing, S. C. Gore, Pawnee Formy
duval and J. H. Coleman captur
ed a 100-galIon still, made en
tirely of copper, in the woods a i
quarter of a mile from Calabash
this past week.
The still had evidently been
operated some weeks ago at the
latest. No beer or mash was
found and no watch was main
tained in the hope of capturing
the operators as they had evi- J
dently been lying low for some (
time.
Our
ROVING
Reporter
'-?! i.'i ,i a ?mr**
W. B. KE81A.J
I Viewed from the roadside, Fred
| Mintz of Shallotte has some
i mighty fine corn. The same can
| be said of a ''hole lot of other
Brunswick county farmers. As
; was remarked by County Agent
: Dodson this week, the Brunswick
crops of all sorts have been
making wonderful progress under
the stimulus of the present fine
[?growing season. Farmers have
nothing to complain of at this
| time, unless it is the heat. With
j plenty of moisture in the soil
j under the crops the heat is
| helping, instead of hurting.
| With blueberries being added
to the Brunswick county fawn
crops and prospects of outside
I interests becoming interested in
growing figs, wild beach plums,
scuppernong grapes and a lot of
j other things adapted to this gec
tica, the prospects JOtr fu&M
[fanning ia Brunswick . is ok
mighty good, at least to those
who will look.
Scattered over half a dozen |
northern states, this paper has a
number of subscribers who prob
ably never heard of Brunswick
[County untTl a year ago. They
are truckers and tomato plant
producers. Some have already ac
1 quired Brunswick county lands
and are getting set for trucking,
'plant producing, etc. They take
the paper purely to keep lip
| with things. Naturally, these fel
tlows have their eyes open widest
I at their own opportunities. Some
of them have frankly stated that
they have found a good thing
' and, for the moment at least,
'few of them are strongly dispos
' ed to ring the dinner bell to call
in others. As one of them said:
! "We, axe interested in our own
plane. Otter a In our part o I the
j (Continued on page five) j
Denning Assumes Duties
>
Of School Superintendent
Former Principal Of Waccamaw High School Succeed*
Miss Annie May Woodside In Office
J. E. Denning, former principal
of W&ccamaw high school, took
over1 the duties of county superin
tendent of schools yesterday, suc
ceeding Miss Annie May Wood
side who served the county in
this capacity during the past 12
years.
The new county superintendent
camc to Brunswick four years
ago rs principal at Waccamaw.
Prior to that time he had taught
at Rose Hill, later serving, as
principal at Rose Hill high
school. He is a graduate of At
lan'ic Christian College, Wilson,
and has taken graduate work at
both N. C. State and at the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
Miss Gertrude Loughlin, who
has served as office assistant to
Mist Woodside during the psuit
several years, has resigned this
post to accept a position as a
member of the faculty of the
Southport school during the next
school year. Her place in the
office will be filled by Mrs.
Pauline Clemmons, of Southport.
Miss Woodside has announced
plans for going abroad this sum
I mer. Her plans are to leave the |
I latter part of this month for I
i Europe, attend the Baptist World j
| Alliance in Denmark early in j
August, then visit in Denmark I
land in Sweden.
Possibility That New
Yorkers May Want Island
Unusual Cucumber
Placed On Exhibit
Said to be exactly the same
in ta.ste as other varieties of
cucumbers, Mrs. M. L. White
of Sfcallotte has had on ex
hibit a couple of cucumbers
that are a little out of tile
usual.
They are of what is known
as the serpejit variety, prob
ably getting the name from the
length. One of the two shown
at the Roney Cheers garage In
Shallotte Saturday was 24-ln
ohes in length. The other was
20-inch cw. Both were about as
large around as the ordinary
cucumbers grown on the farm**
and in gardens.
Services Held
For J. A. Dosher
Elderly Resident Of South
port Laid To Rest At
Bethel Cemetery on Wed
nesday Afternoon Of
Last Week
John Arthur Dosher, 81-year
old lifetime resident of South
port, died at his home here last
week. Burial services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock
from Bethel Baptist church, the
Rev. H. M. Baker officiating.
The burial was in the Bethel
cemetery. ,
Mr. Dosher is survived by one
son and one daughter, Robert
Dosher and Miss Bessie Dosher,
both of Southport.
Active pallbearers were mem
bers of the Junior Order, United
American Mechanics, with which
the deceased had held member
ship for many years.
The honorary pallbearers were
Price Furples. Dr. L. G. Brown,
Kenwood Varnum, Homer Mc-'
Keithan, Calvin Wescott, W. H. I
McKeithan, Fletcher Danford.
Joel Moore, Fred Spencer, Willie
Dosher, Dr. R. C. Daniel and
Dr. F. M. Burdette.
Shrimp Showing
Size Increase
Test Made On Monday Toi
Determine Change Occur
ing In Size Of Product
Since Small Stuff Was
Taken Last Week
Based on the increase in size j
during the past week, shrimp
off Southport should be large |
enough for market by the first i
of next week, according to Dallas'
Pigott of the Colonial Shrimp ;
Company. He pointed out that 1
on ''Monday of last week the
catches brought in required 100- 1
shrimp to make a pound of the
headed product.
As against that this week onlyi
75 shrimp were required to make
the pound. Another week will get
the size to where only 50 will be .
required, and this will make a!
pretty fair product, although less
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' Indication Has Been Made
Of Possibility Of Interest
r ing Prominent New York
ers In Bald Head Island |
OWNER SHERRILL
WILL COOPERATE
Indicates That He Will Be
Happy To Make Island
Property Available To
Parties Wishing To
Develope
A move is underway to . in
terest New York people in buy
ing Bald Head Island and doing
something to develop it. The
owner, Frank O. Sherrill, of
Charlotte, with his huge Cafe
teria business and a multitude of
other interests that take up his
time, has indicated to a local
citizen that he will consider pro
positions regarding the place.
One New York prospect is the
I owner of Jeykell Island, off the
I coast of Georgia. This Georgia
property owner, a prominent
banker, is president of the Sports
man's Club, comprised of mil
I lionnaires and -with their club
j house on Jeykell Island. Recently
I the State, of Georgia has l^en
| endeavoring to have the island
condemned and bought in by the
State for use as a State Park.
| Should Georgia acquire Jeykell
Island there are reasons to be
lieve that the present owners may
I switch their interest to Bald
J Head Island, a property much
1 nearer to New York. A very
[prominent New York citizen, a
i lifelong friend of the owner of
i the Georgia property, wrote W.
I B. Keziah this week that he
| was contacting * this party re
I lative to the local island.
Another possible avenue of use
of the island also originates in
(Continued on Page Four)
Vessels Arrive
For Conversion
iTwo Navy Mine Sweepers^
Will Be Made Ready For
Operations As Part Of
The Menhaden Fleet
Hire This Year
Two Navy Mine Sweepers were
received by the Brunswick Navi
gation Company this past week
and will be converted into men
haden boats.
The ships ' were sold by the
War Surplus Board under sealed
bids, one going on the bid of the
factory and the other under the
bid of Mrs. R. F. Plaxco, wife
of the superintendent of the com
pany. Without too much costly
overhauling they can be convert
ed into ships ideal' for commercial
r menhaden fishing purposes.
Somewhat smaller than the I
mine sweepers, the submarine
chasers used by the Navy in the
first World War, proved ? to be
fine menhaden boats when con
verted to such use. Quite a num
ber of the ex-subchasers have
operated at Southport during the
last two or three decades. Among
them was the Southport, the
number one boat of the fleet for
several years.
The jjune sweepers, owing to
their gretter eaj*c;ty aAd the
(Continued on paf* 4)
Says Prospects
Somewhat Better
For Extension
{Some Critical Material*
Now Eating Up, Say* E.
D. Bishop, Superintendent
Of Brunswick Electric
Membership Corporation
RIVER ROAD LINE
MAY START SOON
This Work Is Part Of 400
Mile Expansion Program
That Has Been Held
Back Because Of
Shortages
Interviewed Saturday regard
ing REA distribution lines, E. D.
Bishop, superintendent of the
Brunswick REA, stated that on
several construction projects they
do not yet have all of the ne
cessary items in the way of ma
terials. Four hundred miles of
distribution lines are on the con
struction program. This mileage
is embodied in a considerable
? number of projects In Brunswick,
Bladen and Columbus counties.
The superintendent appeared to
feel optimistic, as much a^ could
be expected, saying, "Prospects
for material deliveries on hard to
get items is now looking some
what brighter." He immediately
made a reservation to the above
statement by saying that even
the threatened coal strike could
effect plans and the manufacture
and delivery of materials.
In answer to a direct inquiry
regarding the line up the river
road, Mr. Bishop said: "Unless
another wrcnch gels thrown lft
to the machinery we believe we
l can let the contract on that pro- ?
Ijoct by September of this year.
( This river road power and light
j project has been among the "im
| mediate" meaning as soon an the
material could be obtained. Two
i years ago an official of the REA
t stated U>at various factors re
l suited In this being a prefwre.1
I project. The factors wer; that
: the right of way had been mad?
available together with awurancc
of hcD'7 use pf power.
Thp proposed project will run
from the Fort Caswell road to
Vard SouLhport, cutting across
through the woods from the Saw
dust filling station to a point
near th : Magnolia Dairy and
; thence up the river road to the
lower end of the Brunswick Rlvr
Ship Lay-in Basin,
i
WB&S Manager
Brings New Bus
>
Third Modern Safety Vehi
cle Since First Of Year
Delivered For Service In
This And Adjoining
Counties
Hubert Livingston, manager of
the W. B. & S. Bus Lines, Inc.,
went to Ohio last week and drove
home the third new passenger
bus that the company has pur
chased this year. All three are
| now In operation. ?
After using school bus type
vehicles for its first three or four
years, owing to Inability to get
real passenger buses, the W. B.
j Sc S. now has modern, comfort
able vehicles, able to take care
| of all demands in this section.
Seating capacity of the new ve
hicles ranges from 20 to 39 pas
sengers each.
In addition to six round tripe
daily between Southport and
Wilmington, with four on Sun
day, the buses of tis company
make one round trip to White
ville daily and four round trips
to the beach. Vehicles are also
available for special charter at
any time, to any point.
Lions Clean Up
Club Building
Regular Janitor Has Been
Employed; Club Seeks To
Purchase Used Piano For
The Building
A complete Job of cleaning up
the USO building has recently
1 been completed under tlw su
pervision cf Lion Secretary D. J.
j Smith, and arrangements have
been made for the employment
'of a regular janitor.
In order to encourage a more
general use of the facilities af
forded by the club, which was
| made available as a community
' building through the efforts of
the Lions, an effort is being made
to obtain a used piano.
The Lions also have made plans
for getting out some advertising
material designed to attract visit
ors^. particularly tourists and
fjfcerme n, hers for their vaca
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