ftr^EN NO- 15 s-pages TODAY SouthpoVt, N. C.. Wednesday , July 16, 1947 '$1.50 per yla, ^lishld lveky weune^,
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Most of The News
All The Time
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A Good Newspaper
In
A Good Community
The pilot Covers
^nsvvick County
,il Conservation
rogram Here !s
Without Leader
Mintz Resigns As
? vationUt, Effective
C?rut Leaving This
S v.?-_
^To?TinWp?rogress
? ? Being Made To
Services Of Quali
fied To Carry On
Program In Bruns
wick
- v Mintz. of Shallotte, has
j4 s,>il Conservationist !
W^w.ck county, some time
^ resignation effective as
Jalv 1st
announcement of his resig
' iv;ls made earlier, as it
a successor could be;
L. immediately Thus far no'
?r.h the required technical
ha3 become available.
^ Lower Cape Fear Soil Con
B[wn District. which Mr. |
,3 has served since the or- 1
nation in 1W4. has a con- '
prsist in each of the four'
r.l i? all of these counties
badly handicapped dur-|
.me war period by various;
ps It was only at about the '
? -cr of the present year
rmtuv's could really be
, ike a showing. During
( ? ? i some of the accom- j
s , ;s Brunswick county
R -eluded the laying of 12,
I feet of drainage tile and
? ; if 72.000 cubic yards
r ? : iuc operations. ,
U ::: the opejations this
a- Jus beer the laying out of '
rte.o plans for operations on
S far: .- Of this number 75
i practices, established pas
is. etc.
lie *nr? h is two phases. Un
r > i i of engineering
ms ;he work of drainage, em
ir; tile i itches, open ditches,
tils ar. i terracing. Under veg
ur. cuios the planning fof
r , i u -tunc, vcikl
iuiij fnrestry.
I is hoped that a fully quali
< soil conservationist for
rw:ck county to replace Mr.
rz will be secured shortly,
tavh farmers who need as- j
luce are being looked after
nil as possible by County Su
nao: G. T. Reid, of Winna
" Mr. Mintz himself and;
prc? Agent J. E. Dodson are !
Koerating in ai) possible ways ]
^ applications from farmers ;
b' Jr* made through them will
1 tewi over to the new Con- 1
htiortist as soon as he is ap- ,
(red.
hiefNiWi
Flashes
Gl'XXERS school
ter Smith son of Mr. and
* M- E. Smith, of Leland,
* serving as a seaman, first
a the Navy, has been sent
jte Advanced Gunners school
Washington, D. C., for a course
l"struct;r)ns. He entered the
f"* in July. 1943.
IkBIING visitors
i* party of nine deaf people
^ Dallas. Charlotte, Gastonia
Belmont, chaperoned by Mr.
Mrs. Sam Brown, of Bel
!? have returned to their
" after a week's visit with
sm Pierce, at Shallotte. They
f fishing parties
Mr. Pierce, who is also deaf.
M-.VIN
^(lowing an operation in the
Nal in Charlotte and several
Nta as a patient at South
p. George Whatley is able to
P about or crutches and should
We to walk normally as soon
''aces arc removed. He had
an injury to his hip.
fj'RKi) i\ WRECK
l*isses ptt an i Norma Mintz.
I *?tt?maw township, and
S oung Shallotte
P""8 man. w< re all injured in
l^eck near Piney Grove Bap
f charch Thursday night. Al
rf lhru injuries were , not
P*" all had to sppnd sonic
P m D< M orlal fiospi
Ruvr
httof, . ' ,arPnce Simmons,
*as i the Mary clark when
s k ost in a storm off Hat
, Winter, came in this
few with a new 85 foot
*e nh??rnE>iete with ^'P t0
% ? t 'athommeter, range
4ese| f boat has a 20?-h
?s '?r Its Power. The Sim
's t0 r Went on to George
fer the present.
KISS FOR A QUEEN
Pretty, petit(j Alice' Geraldine Maxwell, of Raeford, 19-year-old
senior at the Baker-Thompson Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
in Lumberton, receives a congratulatory osculation from Kay Kyser
after being crowned "Miss N. C. Student Nurse of 1017." Winner
over 35 other entries in a state-wide contest conducted by the Good
Health Association and the State Nurses' Association, Miss Maxwell
is now enjoying a week's vacation, with all expenses paid, at the
Edgewater Hotel, Wrightsville Beach, as guest of the Southeaster#
Ncrth Carolina Beach Association. The title also brought her a
complete beach wardrobe given by the Raleigh Merchants Associa
tion.
September 4th Set As Date
Opening County Schools
C*>"n/y S"o?ririten{Jent J. T.
Denning Reports That
Some Vacancies Still Ex
ist In Various Faculties
HOLLAND MANNING
LELAND PRINCIPAL
W. R. Teachey Has Been
Named To Succeed Mr.
Denning As Principal
Of Waccamaw
School
September 4 ha,s been definite- 1
ly set for the opening of all
Brunswick county schools accord- j
ing to County Superintendent J. !
T. Denning, who stated that every
thing appeared to be shaping up i
fine for the season. The Wacca- '
maw schcol stiil has a shortage !
of four teachers, and other school j
are short one or two. Part of j
this shortage may be attributed
to the change in principles and I
the fact that the rew principle }
at Waccamaw has not yet had |
time to adjust himself.
W. R. Teachey, a University j
of North Carolina graduate whose
home is in Duplin county, has !
taken over the duties at Wacca- j
maw, succeding Mr. Denning who j
became superintendent of schools 1
on July 1.
Holland Manning of Harnett j
county, a graduate of Atlantic
Christian College, has taken over
at the Leland school, succeding
principle King, who resigned. Mr.
Manning is a school man of sev
eral years experience. |
Elwood Mintz, who became Vet- j
erans Fram Training instructor
at the Shallotte school late in the
spring, has resigned his position, j
His duties were under the Voca- J
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Plenty Of New
Automobiles Here
This Was Only Temporary,
However, As Tug And
Barge Continued South
ward After Brief Stop
over Saturday Afternoon
Probably forming the most val
uable single-carrier load that has
ever docked at Southport. the
tug Evelyn from Norfork put in
here Saturday afternoon, towing
the barge C. G. Ellis with 120
new Ford automobiles on her deck.
The Fords were finished at the
Norfork plant of the Ford Motor
Company and were consigned to
a dealer in Jacksonville. Fla.
All of the cars were on the deck
of the huge barge, and despite
their large number they formed
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Brunswick 'Gator
Straffing Victim
They have turned to hunting
alligators by airplane, and Cas
well Beach at Southport was
probably the scene of the first
exploit of the nature in North
Carolina.
Tnis week a plane from Wil
mington, with three occupants
whose names wen' not known,
were flying low over some
semi-fresh water in the rear
of the beach. Spotting an alli
gator lying on the bank, and
having a rifle with them, they
turned around and came hack
for a straffing run.
Feeling fairly certain they had
got their 'gaitor, they landed
on the beach and a short over
land hike revealed that one of
their bullets had struck a vital
murk. The alligator was dead.
They also found an alligator's
nest in which there was 21
eggs, just ready to hatch.
The 'gaitor was dragged over
land, loaded aboard the plane
and hauled off by the triump
hant hunters.
Barkley Tomlhi
Has New Trawler
Has Returned Here With
Large, Modern Boat That
Features Some Of Very
Latest Equipment
A big addition to the South
port shrimping fleet was the ar
rival here this week of the Elean
or Marie, a new 60-foot trawler
owned and operated by Captain
Barkley Tomlin. In audition to
being one of the largest, this
boat is also one of the best built
and best equipped trawlers on
the coast. ,
Built for Captain Tomlin in
New Jersey and used for flound
er and other fishing on the east
coast this spring before coming
home, the Eleanor Marie is con
structed on lines much different
from that of the other local traw
lers. being more along the order
of a Banks Trawler."
She has a 135-h.p. diesel engine.
Her pilot house equipment in
cludes the latest and most modern
in a range finder, fathometer,
ship to shore phone, etc. It is
the only Southport trawler that
has the ship to shore phone.
Six 100-foot nets are included
among the fishing equipment.
The average trawler has two nets.
Captain Tomlin came to South
port about ten years ago and
established residence here. He was
then owner and operator of the
Maude and Mable, a big boat that
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I Big Crowd At j
Drainage Plan
Mass Meeting
j Dodson, Marlowe And
i Wychc Discuss Proposal
To Build Spillway Near
Little River
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Farmers Must ??dcnCe Of
To P??n^ '%w To
A"?o?a D?i?V? ln
This Section
Approximately 200 interested
farmers and business people at
tended a meeting at the Wacca
maw School Saturiiy afternoon at
which the progress in promoting
flood control in the Waccamaw
River area was discussed by J.
E. Dodson, Brunswick county
farm agent, B. A. Marlowe of
Old Dbck, and Henry Wyche,
assistant vice president of the
Waccamaw Bank.
Mr. Dodson outlined the need
for relieve from flood damage at
the Brunswick county meeting,
and Mr. Marlowe reviewed, the
history of the river at the Old
Dock meeting. Mr. Marlowe, in
stressing the point that the river
ran has been almost completely
stopped by logs and tree tops,
said one time within his memory
that a steam boat traveled the
river all the way to Lake Wac
camaw.
"Now," Mr. Marlowe continued,
"it would be impossible to make
the trip in a canoe without carry
ing it most of the way."
Mr. Wyche outlined the steps
that had been taken to date to
wards obtaining information to
present at a hearing before thi
U. S. Army Engineers at an un
announced date in the hear future.
This information, according to
Wyche will attempt to show (he
money loss to farmers directly
attributable to flo ded conditions.
The loss figure must exceed the
annual cost t h ?
and spill-way.
All the speakers emphasize !
that the proposal Was not to
drain the river completely, but
only to divert flood water into
the ocean near Little River. The
consensus of opinion of the uu
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Seek Permission
To Build Dock
Holdcn Beach Shrimp Com
pany Wishes To Erect
Wharf Along Margin Of
Inland Waterway
The HoJdcn Beach Shrimp Co.,
Supply, has made application fov
a permit to construct a mai'gin:i'.
wharf 500 feet long, with shore
connection at east end, along th -
north side of the Atlantic In
tracoastal Waterway, about 200
feet west of the Holden Beach
Ferry.
Plans showing the proposed
work may be seen at the post
office at Supply.
Parties having any objections
to this work from the standpoint
of navigation should notify the
U. S? Army Engineers, Wilming
ton. Objections to the proposed
work, if any, will be received at
that office until 21 July.
Our
Shailotte and Soutliport have
j a bunch of likely looTtiuji youm.'
i sters from S to 12 years of ajro
j who are showing a keen interest
I and some real ability in baseball.
'.Give them four ?ir five years' to
j put on some growth and the two
places will have some rer.l young
sportsmen from which to form
j town ball teams for Shallot : :
and Southport. So far this ver ?
the Southport lads have won
; three games, but SliallnLtc has
i been jret t ins better with cacit
I game. They 'meet here again to
| morrow (Thursday) afternoon.
I According to all appearances.
I Brunswick county has produced
I more water mellons this- year
I than wss ever before grown in
| the county, and they are fine
; flavored. Our farmer friends who
have to wrestle in the hot to
I bacco fields, and those at the to
bacco curing barns, have their
j labors lightened by being able to
turn to ail the told water ntellon
thai they may wan;.
With a few built and used last
year, this year finds a . great
many cement blooh tobacco cur
ing barns being used for the
first time 'Recently a number of
growers owing such barns have
commented on how much better
the biork barns are in compari
son with the old lop or plank
barns. The curings are possibly
better, and cheaper, as the "barns
can lie made as near air tight
as desired. This factor ulso re
Fijlts in less fuel being needed.
It appears that the cement block
barns are on the farms to stay.
Three times within the past
two weeks someone from Wash
ington, D. C., hr<s come to this
effice or stopped us on the
street. Inv viablv they have said:
"I am from Washington. Captain
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CHAIRMAN
S. WELLS, chairman of the
Ik d in chaise of the survey of
the shrimping industry along the,
^f North Carolina, is in
W.' -h'ngton this week with other |
members of that group seeking
a nance frcy Federal authori- ;
ti'-3 in this project. L. J. Hardee
is another Southport man scrv- ?
ing- on the board.
F> i ? ? A 11
Brunswick Adds
Affirmative Vote
Weed Question
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Complete Returns Not Yet
Available, But Only A
Little Scattered Opposi
sition To The Assessment
Plan
OVERWHELMING VOTE
THROUGHOUT STATE
Tiron?r Support Indicates
Determination Of Wsed
Growers To Keep For
eign Trade Channels
Open For Export
. Brunswick county Saturday ;
other countics in North
and South Carolina by giving
overwhelming endorsement to the
tax assessment plan to provide
funds for the program of To-j
bacco Associates, Inc.
In Brunswick county the vote :
was 797 in favor of the 10-ccnt'
assessment and 4 against this
levy. This gave Brunswick a
99.5 percentage as compared j
with 09 percent for the State as
a whole. Brunswick county farm
leaders wcic much pleased with
this showing on the part of local
farmers.
In the slate at large barely
over one per cent of the vote cast !
was against the paying of the !
ten cents per acre assessment. It
is believed that Brunswick coun
ty is in line with the overwhelm- j
ing majority in other counties.
'JTie big affirmative vote means
that when selling their tobacco
on the warehouse floors the j
growers will pay over ten cents
on each acre of tobacco they
grew. This tax, a small amount
in itself when taken individually,
will provide ample funds for To
bacco Associates, Inc., to carry
on its fight to develop and hold
export markets for tobacco.
Either the export trade in to
bacco must be maintained .or the '
growers v. ill have to sell their
tobacco at a considerable loss.
Farmers Using Bank Credit
More Than Ever Before
Farmers Using Bank Credit
H. B. Wyche, V.-President
V/accamaw Sank & Trust
Company Makes Report
Reflecting the increased costs
of producing crops and the avail
ability of more farm equipment,
the volume of bank credit used
by North Carolina farmers is
currently higher than it was a
year ago, according to H. B.
Wyche, assistant vice president
of t'nc Waccamaw Bank, who
represents the North Carolina
Bankers Association as a mem
ber cf its committee on agri
culture.
"However, North Carolina farm
families are probably in the
strongest financial position that
they have ever been," Mr. Wyche
said. "Continuing high farm '? in
comes make it possible to finance
operations out of income and
when c.ed.'t is used, it is retired
when crops are sold."
Reporting c/ the results of a
third national survey of bank
H. B. WYCHE
lending made by the Agricultur
al Commission of the American
Bankers Association, Mr. VVyche
said that North Carolina farm
ers used only a fraction of the |
bank credit available to thom
( during 1046. However, the 207 ;
insured commercial banks which
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Orton Will Be Location
Of Wild Turkey Refuge
Young Deer Finds
Himself A Home
it it a far cry from lielng
forced ti> share your lunch l>ag
with your little brother nod
having; mitre, of your favorite
food than you can possibly
handle, but that is just the
position th-.it Tony, a buck
fawn on the I). II. Johnson
farm at Wimr.ibtw, now enjoys.
Some dogs barking on the
Covill farm nearby frightened
tile little fellow into a garden
enclosure from which he could
not escape, and when his
irnther and brother took off
without him, there arose the
matter of what to do about
young Tony. The Covills de
cided that the Johnsons, with
(heir herd of cow.*, were in bet
ter position than they were to
raise a deer, so an exchange
was made and Tony is now a
hrarder at the Johnson Dairy.
What's mnre, lie's a willing
guest, as he is given the run
of I he place, and even though
he o.t- tonally disappears for
several hours during the day
or night, he always shows up
again about milking time.
Dosher Funeral
Services Held
Final Rites Conducted At
' Trinity Methodist Church
With Interment Follow
ing At Northwood Ceme
tery
Funeral services for George
Rufus Dosher, young Southport
man ( whose death oceured on
Tuesday of last week at Western
North ' Carolina Sanitorium, were
conducted from Trinity Methodist
church at 5 o'clock Thursday af
ternoon. J
Four ministers took part in
the funeral rites. There were
Bi::hop Thomas C. Darst, Wil
mington; Rev. Russell S. Harri
son, Carey; Rev. Edgar B. Fish
er, Wilmington; and Rev. Paul
H. Fields, pastor of Trinity Meth
odist church.
Pallbearers were members of
Pythagoras Lodge, and Masonic
rites were conducted at the
graveside at Northwood ceme
tery. 4
The deceased was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Dosher, of
Southport. In addition to his par
ents, he is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Marion Smith Dosher: by
one brother, Dr. William S.
Dosher; and by one sister, Mrs.
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Cleveland Couple
May Settle Here
Mr. and Mrs. Fred EnglefriO'l.
of Cleveland, Ohio, are spending
some time in Southport and it is
understood that there is a pos
sibility of their making tlieir
home here.
As Janet Knglefried, Mrs. Kn
gelfried is well known to music
lovers the country over. She was
a singer in grand opera for many
years. It is understood that she
now plans to retire and settle
down at some point where the
climate and other factors are
agreeable. Both she and her
husband were very much pleased
when told of the mild winters
found here.
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' Arrangements Have Been
Completed To Set Aside
| 5,000 - Acre Tract For
Use As Protected Home
| For Turkeys
BREEDING STOCK
WILL SPREAD OUT
] Prediction Is Made That
| Within Few Years Wild
Turkeys Will Have Be
come Plentiful In
Many Sections Of
County
North Carolina's first and only
Wild Turkey Refuge is now as
| sured, as a lease was signed last
! week between (jffici ls <?f the
new game and lish sei iij';'aiui
J. L. Sprunt, of Orton, for a
tract of land that comprises
somewhere between four and five
thousand acres.
The tract lies between Orton
Pond and McKenzie Pond on
j Lilliput creek, and is situated a
I considerable distance back from
both the Bell Swamp highway
and the River Road. All, of it is
wooded, but areas will be clear
ed and planted in peas, lespedeza
and other things to supplement
the forest foods for the turkeys.
A survey made* some months
ago by Robert J. VVheelcr and
Wm. E. McC'onnaighey of the old
game and inland fisheries com
mission which originated the idea
of the refuse, established the fact
that 12-wild turkeys are already
on this tract. This gives a subs
tantial foundation with which to
start droves of the birds under
rigid protection. In addition, other
wild turkeys will be trapped in
the whaurries National Forest and
brought in. Both Wh?eler and
McConnaighey, are now with the
new North Carolina Wildlife Re
sources Commission.
Quil propogation will also be
given some attention on the re
fuge, but these birds will be al
lowed to go pretty much on their
own, outside of being given pro
tection. in common with all other
game. The quil do not roam far
and a refuge is not so practical
with them. On the other hand,
the wild turkeys, protected and
allowed to multiply, are expected
to spread out over much of
Brunswick and adjoining coun
ties. There is now no open sea
son on these birds and probably
will be none for several years.
When an open season becomes
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Installation Of
Legion Officers
State Commander Ray Gal
loway Attended Joint Cere
?nony At Anchor Hotel
Last Wednesday Evening
Ray Galloway, Commander of
j the North Carolina Department,
American Region, was guest of
honor at a joint installation of
officers for the three Brunswirk
county Legion Posts at a ilinner
meeting last Wednesday evening
! at the Anchor Hotef.
i Commar/er Galloway gave a
brirf but stirring message for
the benefit of the legionnaires
and their wives, and the new of
ficers were inducted into service
with impressive ceremony.
District Commander Chas. M.
Trott, of Southport. served as
toast master for the occasion.
Major Richard Braunstein, chap
lain of the Shallotte Post, ajso
jhad a part la the program.
Mrs. Smith Makes
Report Of First
Six Months Work
Semi r Annual Report Of
- Work Done In Various
Fields Made By County
Nurse To Board Of Com
missioners
COUNTY NURSE
tiAS MANY DUTIES
Much Of The Activity In
Which She Has Been En
gaged Haj To Do With
Preventing Illnesses
Following is the .semi annual
report of public health work for
first half of 1947 as submitted
by Mrs. Lou H. Smith, County
Health Nurse, to members of the
Board of County Commissioners:
"3vC people visited Health Of
fice either for typhoid, diph
theria, smallpox or whooping
cough shots and advice on other
Public Health problems;
337 homes visited to instruct
or advise parents;
35 school visits to hold clinics
or inspect children;
28 visits to hospital to check
oil county patients;
6 visits to county home, either
to see patients or advise keeper;
20 consultations with various
county officials:
15 consultations with . various
doctors about patients:
"Eighteen county clinics con
ducted for purpose of inspecting
pre-school children or giving pre
ventative shots;
A clinics visited out-of-county,
2 in State Sanatorium and , 2 in
Wilmington;
241 pre-school children were
inspected ami given shots;
12 children and 1 adult were
taken to eye clinics.
"Ten T. B. contacts were taken
to T. B. clinics for checking;
3 county T. B. cases arc in
state sanatoiium at present;
1 county T. B. case died ill
Sanatorium this year;
i 1 new patient was entered In
sr latorium.
?"Thrsc hurd: : <\r [> ~ ;
pic were given smallpox vaccine;
700 people were given typhoid
shots;
j 301 babies were immuned
against diphtheria and whooping
cough:
$6.00 were collected for toxoid.
S7.50 were spent for stamps,
cards and P. O. Box rent.
1,138 miles were driven in
county work.
9 trips were made' outside of
county to visit clinics, doctors or
hospitals."
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State Professor
Collecting Wood
Specimens Of Brunswick
County Trees And Shrub
bery Being Collected For
Class Demonstrations
A lot of specimens from the
trees and shrubbery in Bruns
wick county will be used to Il
lustrate lessons *in forestry at
North Carolina State College
next fall and winter. Professor
Fox, of the Department of Bot
any, is spending all of this week
in the county collecting speci
mens from various trees and ?
shrubs and packing them away
against the fall school days.
In his collecting work Profess-'
or Fox is being assisted by Dr.
B. W. Wells, of Southport. Dr.
Wells is th? head of the Depart
i mcnt of Botany at Slate College.
When he retires from State Col
lege in two 'or three years he
plans, to make his permanent
home here. Meanwhile he and
Mrs. Wells make their summer
ihome at the old Stuart House,
which they own. Prof, and Mrs.
Fox are guests at this home
while the professor is collecting
' specimens.
Sunday, with Mrs. Wells and
Mrs. Fox, the day was spent on
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Improvement In
Size Of Shrimp
Few Jumbo* Shrimp Show
Up In Catches Brought
In Monday And Tuesday;
Boats Arc Making Good
Haul*
The past week has brought out
a noticeable improvement in the
quality of the shrimp being tak
en off Southport. The improve
ment was especially noticeable
Monday and Tuesday with very
few fhrimp taken of a sire not
desirable for the market.
Of especial interest to botfc
buyers a/id boatmen this weoft
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