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pilot Covers |||i??s,vick County THE STATE PORT ^XTEEN "NO. 17 A Good Newspaper In A Good Community lesday, July 30, 1947 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDA1 fl.M PER ^ ullh Check Is N-omniended By j Of Schools , 5uper'nten<^e^ L Urges Parents rS ke Careful Check * Children Of School REQUIRES SOME MEASURES nicdent Points To jilages Coming From ^(jitioning Children Emotionally For Job [ ,a interview Monday J. T. 2 superintendent of . for Brunswick county, , $T.e timely suggestions, t on the next session of *hich is to begin on r 4th. I dtiMren should have a i cficck up before they , to school. ' said Mr. Den Have your doctor to give i a careful examina ? tc iscovei any handicaps to ilwlth. or which may inter f Kth their studies. If such _r are discovered they i te corrected or reminded. m children should be vac pi against smallpox. There i beer, no cases of this dis ir Brunswick in a long time. I taere is always the possi Eof it and there is no need teg chances with a disease t" can be prevented. ?e children have not been _ ? against diphtheria I "toping cough, the law re tot this be done before (oter school. Where children * inoculated when they were I the treatment should be i again now. The parents Jfjeta certificate when they itteir children vaccinated. k the little boys and girls fare now preparing to enter I for the first time, the should begin to condition I (rationally. Begin to talk illy of their going, as if ? apect it to be a happy r sure to let them know p. are to be left at school J -a: after school is over they liwe to walk home or ride ? * without mother or dad. . child rides a bus, be ' aat he or she knows the f mi the number ' of the bit f New i Flashti IMG NEW HOME t ami Mrs. William Walker a nice new six-room on their property near Tooiason residence. ?Modeling store brick front is being eon to one of the small owned by R. D. White Bjjtajfte and the structure is otherwise remodeled. Vnne new building White of Shallotte has instruction work, on a ^Pt'*o-story brick building ad ??I th? Shallotte theatre. The is 32 x 45 feet. It is that the upper floor iwd for living quarters H fc lower as a store. ? ? ?JS *6 WRECKER Wmiamson Motor Co. at ^FJ'tte. has purchased a big B'W drive. 5-ton Navy wreck ?^Kk and added it to ? its f - service The machine is of lifting or pulling out wything that travels and Br5 '-he ditch or mixes in a better fishing in the gulf 1tf Southport and also at Points has been improving ^F&t'w past week, although arc still often hamper ?a-l weather. Both Capt. w'atts and Capt. Victor P ??* ^v? bc<;n making fine re" C/ '' etches during the past r :V'3 KJ^CONp boat Spauling, colored boat E* and h!S force jof colored making excellent pro Kr ttle second shrimp traw constructed here for K, ? 1 Hardee. Outfitting of E*> Boys, first boat to be tie Hardee yaM, is now |w gwetc and the craft will P* !r- a few dftyB. The ?<5>w? 18 ^ e?feciiUy J ^ Kzc+g craft. A COUPLE OF LIONS Several years ago B. L. Fur pless, manager of the Amuzu theatre, and Neils Jorgensen were visiting one of the South Caro lina beaches when they stumbled across a photographer who of fered his subjects the doubtful privilege of having their pictures taken while posing inside the cage with a live lion. Maybe it was because Breman thought it would help his stand ing with M-G-M distributors, or maybe he just had more nerve that day than usual, but he fol lowed in the footsteps of the late Daniel, of lion's den fame, and the above picture was taken. Come 1947 and the picture be gins to make good sense. At an election held by members of that body in May, Furpless was elect ed president of the Southport Lions Club for the coming year ? and what could be more logi cal than that the "Pappa Leo" of the local lions should have a picture showing him to be a lion of long standing ? Case Of Typhoid Fever Reported In Waccamaw ? - * **?*r County Health Nurse Lou H. Smith Busy Giving In noculations And Institut ing Other Preventive Measures RARE OCCURANCE OF THIS DISEASE Practically All Citizens Of Brunswick County Have Been Taking Regular Shots For Typhoid ______ Jeanette Stanley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Stanley, of Ash. is ill with typhoid fever, according to reports made Mon day to the office of Mrs. Lou Smith, county health nurse. This is one of the very few cases of this disease to be re ported in Brunswick, county in a long time. Before matters be- j came compulsory, Brunswick county was one of the first in North Carolina to begin vaccina tion against typhoid fever, diph theria, smallpox and other pre ventable diseases. With this case developing at Ash, it is understood that Mrs. Smith will spend much of this week in that section, vaccinating against any possible spread of the disease, and also endeavoring to learn the source of this case. | Southport Girl Off For School Miss Evelyn Autry Resigns As Deputy Register Of Deeds And Will Go To Stenographic School ? | Miss Evelyn Autry, deputy re- 1 gister of deeds for Brunswick county, has resigned her position and will leave Friday for Cleve land, Ohio, where she will take a stenotyping course in a busi ness college. Miss Autry began work In the office as typist during the period when W. S. Wells was register of deeds. As a result of her abil ity she was made deputy regis ter of deeds, continuing in this position with Amos J. Walton when Mr. Walton was made re gister of deed; during the leave of ahsence of Mr. Wells, who en listed in the Navy. Asking for a leave of absence shortly after Mr. Walton was again named register of deeds in the regular election. Miss Autry served with the \ WAVES for fourteen months and received an honorable discharge. She then re sumed her active duties aa deputy register of deeds and has con tinued in that position until this ! week when she resigned to enter ; school. : | Register of Deeds Walton 1 stated Monday that Miss Lula : Maria Swan would begin work la (Coatfiiuaa Cra Page S) Doughton May Vacation Here Congressman R. L. Dough i ton, of Sparta, dean of North Carolina Congressmen, may come to Southport soon for a month of rest and relaxation. This information came this week from Congressmen J. Bayard Clark In a letter to At- ' torney S. B. Frlnk. Mr. Clark stated that ne had recommend ed Southport to Congressman Doughton, because he felt the Western North Carolina man would like it here. Congress man Clark added tfcit he want ed to, and probably would, come here himself during the same period with Mr. Dough4on. I Mr. Frtak and W. B. Keziah have written Congressman Doughton, Inviting him to spend the ? month at Southport and advising him of pleasing and quiet surrounding that he will I find here. Federal Office Credits O'Brien Famed Law Enforcement Agency Gives Full Credit To Southport Banker For Help In Apprehending j Criminal I The F. B. I. is giving Princc O'Brien, cashier of the Wacca maw Bank and Trust Co., full credit for the assistance in captur i ing T. B. Howard, alias John Leonard Boyer, ~ Jr., for check I flashing. Boyer, who appeared at South port under the name of T. B. j Howard, deposited a check for | $1,200 in the local bank. The check being drawn on a Jackson i ville. Fla., bank. Be'fore this check could be cleared through the regular banking channels Howard attempted to withdraw $800.00 by ' presenting, a check on the bank | where his $1,200 check had been deposited. O'Brien refused to | cash this $900.00 check and How ard or Boyer hurriedly left town. ; Three hours after he departed (Continued On Page 51 | Legion Meeting Here Thursday Commander Ormond Leggett I and Adjutant Crawford Rourk of ; the Brunswick County Post Am- j erican Legion, are urging a large , attendance of Legion members at , the Legion hall, Thursday night 1 of this week. I They state that matters of vital importance arc to be dis cueged. The meeting will be held .at 8 o'clock. P.afrastumants Will U served. ;i ?* . Plans Election For Committee On Soil Program Meeting Held Monday Be tween Soil Conservation District Supervisor Ried And Farm Leaders COMMITTEE TO HEAD PROGRAM Chairman Of Committee Will Be Representative On District Board ; Election In Decem ber G. T. Reid, Brunswick Soil Conservation District Supervisor, announces that there will be a county-wide election in December of this year to name three men for a County Soil Conservation Committee. The chairman of this committee will represent the county on the District Board of Supervisors. Mr. Ried met with the heads of several agricultural agenciea in the county at Supply Monday and selected a seven-man com mittee to conduct the election. Men named on this committee are : Layton Swain,' Winnabow; Bailey Russ, Shallotte; Charlie Harvell, Leland; B. A. Russ, Longwood; John Brown, Bolivia; ' Dalton Simmons, Ash; Earl 1 Thompson, Supply. It will b?r the duty of this com I mittee to see that candidates | are nominated and that the elec I tion is conducted in accordance ! with the rules, during the period I from December 1-6. Big Amber jack Much Discussed Aycock Brown Says That He Doesn't Mind Where Record Fish Was Caught, As Long As Was Off The Carolina Coast If) this time U is .pretty gerl-' eraily conceded that the 51% pound amberjack taken recently by a party fishing out of More head City was approximately 10 pounds lighter than one taken by a party fishing with Captain Hu lan Watts several years ago on a trip from Southport. Aycock Brown, sports publicity man for the Mofehead City area, writes that he had no prior knowledge of the Southport fish and that it was not his purpose ; (Continued on Page H) i Caison Is Now Acting Coroner Coroner W. E. Bell Granted Leave Of Absence By Members Of Board Of County Commissioners At an adjourned meeting held this past week Coroner W. JS. Bell, now residing temporarily at Durham, because of the health of his wife, asked for a leave of absence, without pay. This re quest was granted. Since the work must be car ried on, a motion was made and passed naming John G. Cat arm to serve as Acting Coroner in place Contained on page 3 Re-Enlists CORPORAL ELMER JACOBS, Brunswick county boy who form erly was stationed In Adak, Alaska, has reenlisted In the U. S. Army Air Corps for a period of three years. He Is now sta tioned at Myrtle Beach. County Teachers Attend Meeting Miss Madge Wood and Miss Wilma Phelps Attended Conference Of Home Ec onomics Teachers Miss Madge Wood, vocational home economics teacher f rom Shallotte High School and . Miss Wilma Phelps who holds the same position at Waccamaw High School attended the annual voca tional home economics teachers' conferenpe for eastern North Car olina counties at East Carolina Teachers College from July 21 to July 25. Attending were 145 teachers in the public schools of the area. Mrs. Adelaide E. Bloxton, direct or of the department of home economics at the college and Miss Mabel Lacy of the East Caro lina faculty were in charge of the plans for the five day ses sion. A program centering around the Work of the home economics teacher in the public schools was presented. Topics considered in cluded home improvement, foods, clothing schools was presented. Topics considered included home improvement, foods, clothing and child development. Visual aids and new types <jf equipment suit able for home economics de partments were exhibited and demonstrated. Adult education' for home makers and the work of the future home-makers of Am erica were discussed. Two ' Apartment House Going Up M. H. Hart is constructing a nice . 8-room, two-story, two apartment house on the property he recently acquired on the river front, formerly belonging to the W. B. & S. railroad. The upper story of the building is on a level with the roadway. Mr. Hart stated some time Ago that he planned to construct sev eral small apartment houses or cabins on this property. He also owns some other very desirable nearby property on which he is said to be planning to build houses for rent. Our ROVING ' Reporter w. j. H Woodro\v Price, crack feature writer for the Raleigh News and j Observer, writes us that he -and j Lawrence Wofford, staff photo- j grapher for the same paper, will be here the last of this -week or next 'week. They are assigned to get a story and pictures on the shrimping industry, and If they j can they will put in an hour or two fishing with us. These "Visit ing Firemen" plan to go all of the way into the shrimping in dustry They will go out and spend a day on one of the traw lers, getting photographs and in side dope. Here about ten days ago and unable to get out on ac count of bad weather, they are very appreciative of the cour tesies shown them by BUI Wells, Paul Fodale and others. It is; only when the orop fails that former County ComteJeWenfr. O. P. Esllajr.y doss ' set j&tjg a fine water jttellteV. Ka&f I j one o'f the county's best farmers, Mr. Bellamy always has some thing to sell and he likewise al ways has appreciation of his friends. Not being a free lance worker like we are, Al G. Dickson, edi tor of the Wilmington News, found himself hog-tied with a conference one . day this past week. It happened on the very day and at the very hour when Al was supposed to be fishing with us and Sam Ragan, State News Editor of the News and Ob server of old man Joe Daniels and his associates. As we were Baying; Al didn'.t show up but : Sam "wa3 on the spot, accompan ied his better half. The day jhad not been picked by us? we | always have ah alibi of some, sort when, fish won't bite? the moon .Wis ehanging, a northeast "wind '.w&t Ut-vikg iiaptt taa lur3 it>t j; (ifcntianei on Page five) M. C. Gore, Longwood to I ba^co grower and farmer, had one of the most unusual tobac co barn fires on record this week. He had the tobacco in a tobacco barn burned, and the tobacco barn was in a barn. Neither the tobacco barn or the barn in which it stood was badly damaged, although some feed in th'e trig barn suffered damage from water. This is how it happened. Mr. Gore has a huge con crete block barn with a cement floor. The structure is under stood to be 108 x 75 feet and is proportionately tall. This year, by the use of more con crete blocks, Mr. Gore partion ed off one corner of this big barn into a tobacco barn ? a barn within a barn. Barn Within A Bam Still Standing Despite Blaze If You Can Unravel This Building Maze You Will Dis cover An Unuaual Fire Story Curing In this barn last week the tobacco caught fire. It was still not completely dry, and outside o f the tobacco being destroyed, the curing barn and also the big barn, in which it stood were not damaged. Some feed in the larger barn is said to have been damaged by wa ter from- the farm waterworks system'.' "* Mr. Gore Is not alone In hav ing lost tobacco by fire dur ing the past week. In the same community, T. T. Ward, Clar fence Jenrette and Rice Gwynn all lost good bams full of to bacco. All contained a valu able lot of tobacco and this with the bams and curing sys tems, were total losses. Horace Johnson, of Bolivia, also lost a good barn full of tobacco dur ing the same time. Local Marine Railway Is Placed In Use Last Week Suggestion For Another Name Records of Brun.wlek coun ty contain many references to Pinch Cut Swamp, spanned now by Route 17 two or three miles west of Bolivia. Keeping the first letter of each word, the place is now known as Pbiey Grove Swamp. Inquiry of an old resident as to how come the original and rather intelligent name came to be bestowed on this swamp brought the response, "Well, you see, In the old days of slow travel to and from Wil mington folks fijtm lower always got hungry at about (he time they reached the swamp." Recorder Holds Lengthy Session Weekly Session Of Brunt wick County Recorder's Court Extended Well In to Late Afternoon The weekly session of Bruns wick county Recorder's court ex tended almost until nightfall as a lengthy docket kept Judge W. J. McLamb and Solicitor J. W. Ruark busy throughout the day. The following disposition was made of the cases: John Williams, drunk and dis orderly; continued. Clarence J. Brown, no chauf feurs license; $25.00 fine and costs, given four weeks to pay at $10.00 per week. N. R. Farmer, no chauffeurs license; $25.00 fine and costs. . Ralph Alexander, no chauffeurs license; $25.00 fine and costs. Arnie Godlin Robinson, im proper lights; ordered to pay costs. Henry F. Sons, operating truck and trailer with load in excess of that allowed by law; ordered to pay costs. Horace Sutton, no chauffeurs license; $25.00 fine and costs. Pink . Wilson, drunk and dis orderly in public place; fined (Continued On Page 5) Bus Company To Sponsor Tour Arrangements Being Made For Trip To See "Lost Colony" Pageant At Men teo Next Month Manager. Hubert Livingston, of the W. B. & S. Bus Lines. Inc.,' is arranging a bus tour to Manteo for the benefit of Bruns wick county folks who want - to see the Lost Colony play. The trip will be made on either August 9th Or the following week! end, the big 39-passenger bus j leaving here early Saturday \ morning and returning Sunday 1 night. Passengers from Supply, Shallotte and other points in the ! oounty, if they have made re-; servations, will be picked up at Supply. Stops wi}l also be made' at other points to pick up pas-| sengcrs who have made reserva tions. The bus company will make reservations at the hotels at Man teo for. all passengers. It is ne cessary for ail Brunswick folks who plan to - go on this tour to nuke ratervit iote v/iti. t&a bus. to aoon-as postifcle. j p W. S. Weill Was Able To Haul Out One Of Hi* Big Trawlers Last Week Af ter Completing Work On Equipment WILL BE ABLE TO SERVICE OTHERS Assembling Materials And Trained Operators For This Job Had Been In Progress For Many Months ! Bill Wells, local seafood dealer completed his new marine rail way Friday and just one hour and a half after the Job had been completed the Dixie Doodle, a 48-foot trawler, gilded up the rails and began to receive a bot ,?5if?odto' moved 'up without* | \Xnt"S TZt t? required to get her Into the cradle. Added to that was the fact that the crew ?P*raU"? railway was more or less new the work, certainly new to op erating this particular railway. Mr Wells started assembling the material In May ofjMt He was held up at variQug Umea by inability to secure material and qualified labor, including a diver He says it was a relief to I him when the first of his boats was pulled up for overhfull"gklUf bottom: In addition to taking care of the Wells ?< "to big boats the railway wlU handle other boats needing railway ear vice. Boats up to 65-feet in length can easily be hauled c/at, painted or repaired In short order. Mullets Showing Up Along Coast Men At Little Beach Fish ery Reported Good Luc* With Operations During The Past Week Mullets being taken by rt>ore fisheries along the Bru^wic coast are said to be a little larger and fatter than thoae taken at this season of the year. | The largest catch reported so, far was one of 2,800-pounds made by Captain Willie Gurganus and his crew at Little Beach be tween Gause Landing and Shal lotte Point. During one week UUs fishery, which carries a large crew, caught 10,(^0 pounds of the fish Last Saturday morning a single catch of 900-pounds found & good retail market in Shal Big hauls of the fish may be expected by many of the "?herieJ along' the coast during August, September and early November according to a statement from one of the fishery operators. Artist Group Visit Island B *Gro op * ^ O 1 * W i 1 mi ngton Painters And Photograph ers For Week-End Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gwathmey.j Miss Peggy Polsson, Henry Mc Millan and ?? Claude Hbwell, Wil mington artists and photograph era, spent Sunday painting and photographing on Bald Head is land. ' !*?.' Mr rttier ilde Ten Families In Better Fanning Prize Contest Better Farming For Better Living Program Attracts Entries From Five Com munities In Thi* County HOPE TO RAISE LIVING STANDARD Cash Prises Being Offered For Practices Which Will Lead To Improvement In Conditions * Hie Better Farming For Bet ter Living program which Is be ing conducted in Brunswick coun-' ty has drawn a total of 10 en tries from 5 different communi ties. The contest, for which Substan tial cash prizes will be awarded winners, was inaugurated by the Tidewater Power Co., of Wil mington, and their agricultural agent, Neil Bolton, has over-all supervision of the program in this; county, as well as In the other nine co-operating counties In the territory served by that company. In Brunswick county the home agent, Mrs. Elwood Mintz, and" the county agent, J. E. Dodson, are taking an active interest J. . E. Cooke, cashier of the Wac camaw Bank A Trust Co., at Shallotte, Is chairman of the county committee, and special cash prizes have been provided. The object of the competition is, as the name implies, a pro gram designed to stimulate an interest in better living in the farm home. TTirough the medium of offering prizes for new ideas" and modern practices, the hope is to set a higher standard of living for all the citizens of the county. Hie following families havo_ entered this year's contest: Mr. and Mrs. G rover Gore, Mr. and" Mrs. W. M. Grissett and Mr. and. Mrs. James Bellamy, Shallotte;" Mr. and Mrs. Thompson McRack en, Southport; Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Bel'- j an! W- and Mrs. y*fc.ir B?n?.-jiy. W^mpee. tf. (J,, Mr. and Mra Carl Ward and Mr. and Mrs. Clarenoa Lennon, Bo livia; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Thomp son and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Clemmons, Supply. ? ? . Wildlife Group Appoints Jones Leland Man Named To Re present Brunswick At Meeting Called To For mulate Hunting Rules And Regulations The meeting called by Presi? dent E. J. Prevatte of the Bruns wick County Wildlife Club at Bolivia on Friday night had S good attendance of members and sportsmen. Dawson Jones of Leland was named as a delegate to 'attend the meeting .of the commission In Asheville on Monday of this week- He will obtain Information and will report at the next ing of the club at Bolivls At that time a county 01 zatlon will be set up and gatea will be named to attend ^ the Fayetteville meeting of the commission on the following Monday. At this meeting business concerning hunting and fishing seasons, bag limits, etc., will be brought up. In Order to have a satisfactory general representation of the county, new members for the club are being solicited prior to the Bolivia meeting. It is hoped Continued on page S Friday night, August 8. Approval Given To School Loan Brunswick County School* Borrow t $20,000.00 From State Literary Fund For Benefit Of Program A Joint mettlng of the board of county commissioners and board of education was held here Monday night. No business was transacted save that pertaining to schools, as approval was given the board of education accepting a loan of 120,000 00 from tie State literary Fund. . nils money is to be used in ad dition to the funds provided for in the budget, for carrying on with repairs and improvement during the coniing session of schools, of the county. County* Attorney R. I. Mint* says that this action Is being taken with the. ! understanding that there will be no increase in th* taitAtive U* rate ci *1-9 &t- the fsittt&t ftseal yea*. v i -