The pilot Overs 0runs*v'c k County THE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time lit. ^SIXTEEN NO. 27 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, October 8th, 1947 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEA* u. A. Making kjS For Annual Ljjowe'en Party j,v Night Meeting fcoted Largely To Mat I nf Perfecting Orga feation For^arnival lr DENNING IS |T p.-T. A. SPEAKER I Qt- Grade Mothers An fLced At Meeting And KT I Will Be In Char I ie Of Carnival Events I. ti,e business meeting of 1 high school Parent I lion Thursday r , ivere laid for the f e'en Carnival, LjViil held on Friday F 1, in the Com ?-? Buikill'.g f ; . program for the I ief but inspiring CTV j. T. Denning, superin f . .. Is for Brunswick f. His talk centered about of the school, the I her and the child, f >w the best re L _ lines of education r. . -s iv bo Achieved only L a:, four are working in L | t Potter entertained 1 th thre% vocal se L-j Her accompanist was [.tees M Harper, Jr. r ... ? Mothers, which L i.-.r. iu"ce?i at the meeting, [ isis of committees tiic various activities |i wi 11 be incorporated in \ ? Hallowe'en Carnival, k j;e as follow: r _ i ; o : Airs. Frances L Mrs. Orvill Willis, in t: Fish Pond. t. grade Mrs. Frederick L Mrs larles Hewett. Mrs. IXi-j-.ve. m charge of grab F Mrs. P.. F. Plaxco, | Mrs. W. R. p-T-'-r. Mrs. J. B. Cochran, p. of country store, t .ijJe: Mrs. R. B. pan Mis. T. M. McKeith |i: ? ' Wolfe and Mrs. | charge of Fish P . Mrs Charles Wil ls V - C. .V. Hewett, Mrs. I charge of the l-s stand. P - Mrs. R. C. Daniel. F Oberjohan. Mrs. L. in charge of cold r p.*-. grade : Mrs. Glenn P'" x-rs Alex Bogie, Mrs. R~ Kir.caWe, in charge of IP" | grade: Mrs. J. G. "? Otto Hickman. Mrs. II A" .: Mrs. Connie Lup - charge of raffle and sand fc :ra>: Mrs. Lee Hewett. Harrelson, in charge of *> S'Ald. Mrs. George Flsh ^ Thompson McRacken, lorth Ward, in charge of ":t ca: y and peanuts. tifath grade: Mrs. C. E. e" i-i's Richard Brindle, ! Alfred N'evvton, in charge of P? game. frith grade: Mrs. A. B. j? Mrs. Charles Swann, Mrs. Arr.oi'!. in charge of voting ** for king and queen of 1 anuval. IriefNew* Flathtt ? Hon sipper tewrs of the Auxiliary of snailotte American Legion ' sponsoring a picnic sup 4" Shallotte Point Sunday af ba, beg:rning at 4:30 o'clock. Srices sent the Whiteville tobacco market's season average soaring upward last week and today the official figures reveal ed that 30,122,590 pounds had been sold for $13,785,629.49 and $44. 77 per hundred pounds. Dave S. Neilson, supervisor of sales and executive secretary of the Merchants Aaoociatioa^ salu the market would continue to op erate this week with two sets of buyers and a selling allotment of 3,600 piles per day. Mr. Neilson said the marketing rush had slackened sufficiently to insure all farmers an immediate sale for the remainder of their crop. Because of other commitments, sales have been discontinued at t Con tinned on Page Four) Sun Tdkes Toll Of Pair In Beach Away from Southport for a year and a half, former postmas ter L. T. Yaskell had not for gotten the fine old-fashioned cus tom of going barefooted on the beach while fishing. But he evidently had forgotten there was such a thing as sun burn. Out on Bald Head Island beach Saturday, he and Postmas ter Wilber Dosher discarded their shoes and were otherwise care less of the sun. Sunday Mr. Dosher was suffer ing from a bad case of sunburn. Mr. Yaskell was in even worse condition. His feet are so badly blistered and swollen he was un able to wear shoes or walk. His face was also badly sunburned. Farmers Busy Saving Their Big Hay Crop Weather During Past Weak Proved To Be Ideal For Task Long Delayed By Heavy Rains During Sep tember STILL TOO WET TO DIG PEANUTS Farmers Continue To Be Busy As Preparations Are Made For Seeding Un usually Large Small Grain Crop Hundreds of stacks of curing hay grew up in the fields of Brunswick county the past week to await the hay bailing ma chine or loose storage in barns and other outbuildings. The week has been perfect for hay making and the time had arrived when hay had to be saved or lost al together. County Agent J. E. Dodson stated a week ago that the crop had been damaged, but that there was a big crop and ten days of good weather would enable the farmers to save most of it. So far little of the peanut crop has been dug, the ground having been too wet. This part of the hay crop is not yet harvested. Last week was devoted mostly to the saving of lespedeza, pea vine and hay from various grass es. Peanuts are now being dug and their vines will add to the fine hay crop that has already been harvested. The job of saving the hay crop has not been the only task that has confronted the farmers this week. They are making prepara tions to plant an unusually large small grain crop and if the dry weather continues it is very live ly that this winter will see the Brunswick fields green with the biggest crop of small grain that has ever been seeded in. Ladies Night At Lions Club Shallotte Lions Enjoy Pro gram Presented For Their Amusement by Lion John son, Of Raleigh Ladies Night at the Anchor Hotel at Shallotte Point was a big event for the Shallotte Lions Club. A banquet dinner was serv ed to 29 Lions, their wives and to two other guests. Lion Henry R. Johnson, of Ra leigh, was the main speaker and he enlivened the occasion with impersonations, wit and humor. Prior to the dinner, E. D. Bish op, president of the club, an nounced the results of the White Cane Sale and memberships to State Association for the Blind. The Shallotte club quota had been set at $84.00. Lion Bishop presented the final tabulation, showing the total results to be $345.30. This showing is gratifying to the whole of the Shallotte sec tion, in addition to the member ship of the Lions Club. In a subsequent interview Lion Bishop stated that the Shallotte Lions Club, in addition to the White Cane Sale, has supplied funds for examination and has provided glasses for 22 of the | Shallotte school children. - Our ROVING YY. B. KEZIAH Our compliments of the wee-, ago to the Shallotte Lions Club for its especially nice showing in the White Cane Sale. One of the main functions of the nation al organization of Lions Clubs is to help the blind and those with bad eyesight who cannot help themselves. The Shallotte club, in its year of existence, has helped 22 school children who needed sight aid. Now it comes forward with about five times its quota towards aiding the blind. Last spring we were told it would take a year to complete the Brunswick River and Alliga tor Creek, bridges in this county near Wilmington. This summer the weather has been far from favorable for bridge work. Still, from the looks of the progress that has been made at the Bruns wick river, the bigger job will be done and the road opened in another five or six weeks. The Alligator Creek bridge will be a much smaller problem, and sub stantial progress has already been made on it. "We should have a full time Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce worker, a man em ployed to do nothing else but publicize this county and devote himself to helping people from other states who are interested in acquiring farms and home here.'" This was the opinion vol unteered by Odell Blanton, Sup ply business man, thi3 week. Mr. Blanton added. "I know it will take money and I am willing to j go just as far with that as any j other business man." Phil Wright, state news edi- j tor of the Wilmington News, isi becoming sort of impressed with| (Continued on page five) Fire Prevention Week Centers Attention On Cost Of Negligence This Week, October 5 Through 11, Has Been Set Aside As Period For Taking Special Safety Measures College Station Raleigh? If you value your life, your family, your home and your farm, be con stantly on the alert to the causes of fire and how to eliminate them says David S. Weaver, head of the agricultural engineering depart ment at State college. President Truman has set the week of October 5 to 11 as Fire Prevention Week this year, Mr. Weaver said. Never before in the t history of the country has fire j prevention been so important for! fire losses are currently running. 300 per cent over the 1937 figure ; According to figures assembled ! by the National Fire Prevention association, Mr. Weaver says a i fire breaks out in this country ; once every 20 seconds ? right i around the clock ? or, ,1700,000 I fires a year, at the present rate of i burning. About 11,000 Americans lose their lives by fire each year ? more than half of them women and children. There are about 600,000 build ing fires a year in the United States and half of these, are dwell ings. More than 700,000 grass, brush and rubbish fires were started in 1946, Forest service ex perts estimate that there may be 200,000 forest fires a year ? and 9 out of 10 of them are man-made. In a dally basis there are 1 650 building fires, 28 deaths by fires, 760 home fires, 140 store fires, 6 church fires, 6 school fires, and 3 hospital fires. The tragedy of it all, Mr. Wea ver said, is that 90 per cent of the fires which are costing this nation thousands of lives and hundreds of ?millions of dollars every year, can be prevented. Converted Mine-Sweeper Fishing For Menhaden Never Too Late To Catch Fish Who said it was getting late | for fishing? On November 2, 1941, four or five big sailflsh were brought ' in by the South port boats. Two of th