ftr^EN NO- 15 s-pages TODAY SouthpoVt, N. C.. Wednesday , July 16, 1947 '$1.50 per yla, ^lishld lveky weune^, * '?! Most of The News All The Time * 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 (Continued on page 4) 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 (Continuiu on page *) I 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 Continue on page 8.. I Big Crowd At j Drainage Plan Mass Meeting j Dodson, Marlowe And i Wychc Discuss Proposal To Build Spillway Near Little River 1 ? r-? ^ 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 ( Continued on page *) 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 i ? ? A 11 Brunswick Adds Affirmative Vote Weed Question * 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 I (Continued on Page Four I 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. (Continued on Page Fourj 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. V ' 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 ~ ; 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." I . * " 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 Continue on page 8.. 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 (Continueu <-o Page 4)