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fjgffjx TEEN NO. 37
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
pages today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, December 24th, 1947
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
fl.50 PER YEAS
mnity Tree
jeduled For
ffliristmas Eve
I neJ About Gaily De
E Tree Will Begin
ft O'clock And Will
j?ue Until 6:00
_f PROGRAMS
fcHURCHES SUNDAY
At Methodist Chur
fnd Candle-Lighting
LjCe At Presbyter.
Others Planned
_ in Christmas festiva
ls community will reach
ax on Christmas Eve when
Land the grown-ups ga
Lt! the lighted tree on
fjouse lawn for the Com
i fltristmas tree.
Ijdaus will be there, and
ported that he will have
B: for every boy and girl
crw'd.
e?rill be religious services
, churches later in the
^ At the 11 o'clock hour
|rj; be a Christmas Eve
i at St. Phillips Episcopal
and members of other
_..;ons are invited to at
IjKre will be Midnight Mass
Uj Heart Catholic church,
taer J. J. Mundell officiat
ed a cordial invitation has
late'oed to all who wish to
tion of the Christmas
within the churches of the
itjr began Sunday raorn
i both the Rev. Herbert
pastor of Southport
church, and the Rev. L.
pan. pastor of Trinity
st church, delivered their
is sermons. In the even
ibers of the choir of the
dmrch presented their an
(llnmas Cantata, "Song Of
Night." directed by
llWlas Piggott.
its in this presentation
Mrs. S. B. Frink, Mrs.
Cranmer, Mrs. H. T. St.
Mrs. Charles Aldridge,
*r Clemmons, Miss Lula
H. C. Corlette,
t J**Prevatte.- Mrs. G. E.
Mrs. L. D. Hayman,
"tara Weeks, Miss Lula
^Swann. Mrs. Dallas Pig
p R. Livingston, E. H. Ar
G. E Hubbard, Robert |
sad Robert Thompson. J
(tees M. Harper, Jr.. was
*
southport Presbyterian
today evening the Rev.
*? Waggette brought hisl
as message. Appropriate
as music was sung by |
' of the junior choir. At j
?elusion of the sermon j
? of the congregation par- 1
in a most impressive |
f*Mng ceremony. Christ- 1
were distributed to all
Present.
PnVjVcvi
Flatkit
REOPEN TUESDAY I
Brunswick county schools '
on Tuesday, Decern- j
45 NEW GARAGE
Cheers of Shallotte has j
?? completed and set up
18 in a new garage and fill- '
ut:on on Route 17, about:
east of Shallotte.
P>VES STATION
prow Russ young Shallotte
Btas recently done some ex
f remodeling of his service
? near Shallotte on Route
J^eral thousand dollars have
?Upended and the place has
? made very attractive.
P'-ETINU NEW HOME
? "id Mrs. Odell Blanton will
ft complete and move Into
Pve living quarters ad
? their store and garage
Jfty. The appearance of the
been greatly improved.
NEW HOME
Il""l Mrs. H. B. Usher of
r1* have recently built a
new home on the
?W east of McMilly Swamp.
I?*' hut for the Shallotte
?"?wkain Legion will be
B'Cfoss the road, just op
r home.
P 'Tide. nt
IT J* Frank Plaxco, Jr.,
Ij *r and Mrs. R. F. Plax
1. ir home from Fishburne
KVfchooi, Waynesboro, Vir
? iT the hol"lays' A news
fcu11? the schuol this week
t ?at the young Southport ,
r achieved first honor roll]
J1* the current month.
Down through the ages comes
the glorious Christmas story. In
this timeless, ageless season wc
greet our friends and neighbors
Brunswick Weed Acreage
Being Cut 27.52 Percent
Total Of 1537.1-Acre Re
duction In Brunswick
County Tobacco Crop In
Prospect For 1948 Sea
son
FARMERS MUST
GROW OTHER CROPS
Action Has Been Taken In
Effort To Avoid Over
production With Cor
responding Low
Prices
In keeping with all other to
bacco growing sections, the
Brunswick County AAA Office
has been given instructions to
radically cut the tobacco allot
ment for 1948. The reduction is
more than one fourth of the pre
vious quota. With 27.32 percent
of the acreage being taking off.
This will take 1537.1 acres
from the Brunswick county tob
acco acreage allotment. For ad
justments ther?- ar? -only 27.2
acres. It appears that serious
consideration will have to be
given to other crops and products
during the year.
Applications, according . to sec
retary J. J. Hawes, for new tob
acco grower allotments for 1948
may be filled at any time prior
to February 1, 1948. Community
Committeemen will be furnished
information for requirements for
eligibility of applicant, but ap
plications must be filed at county
AAA office.
Baptist Quintet
Wins First Game
j
Tommie Bowmer Led Scor
ing For Local Entry In
Wilmington Church Lea
gue In First Engagement
The Southport Baptist church
basket ball team, with its entry
in the Wilmington Church Lea
gue, came off victorious Thurs
day night in Its initial game. The
opponent was St. Paul's Lutheran
church and the local boys won
with a score of 41 to 33.
This was one of the regular
scheduled tournament games, all
of which are played at the Wil
mington YMCA. High scorer in
the game was Tommie Bowmer.
Other Southporters playing were
Billy Barber, G. W. Fisher, Rich
ard Brendle, Gene Fullwood,
Douglas Watts, Sam Newton.
Danny Harrelson, Roger Ward and
Elliott Hickman.
Rev. H. M. Baker, pastor of
the Southport Baptist church, is
much pleased at the initial show
ing of his charges in the tourna
ment. Games are played at the
YMCA Tuesday and Thursday
nights and Saturday afternoons.
The next game in which the
Southport boys will figure will be
on Saturday, December 27. Hie
opponent at that time will be
St. James Episcopal church.
Banks Will plose
Thursday, Friday
Both the Waocamaw Bank
and Trust Company at South
port and Shallottr will be clos
ed Thursday and Friday as
Christmas holidays.
The two institutions will re
open Saturday -morning and con
tinue with the iiHual schedule.
ON HUNTING TRIP
Sheriff Porter Davis and his
son, Porter Davis. Jr., were the
guests of Clerk of Court Sam T.
Bennett on a squirrel hunting trip
here Thursday. They had fair
luck. -
These Fellows
Can't Find Home
For the past ten days or
more. Hall Hinson and William
Holmes, Jr., of Shallotte, have
not known just where they
would find their home when
they ended their day's work.
They are brothers-in-law and
live in the same house. Recent
ly It was decided to move the
bouse, families and all, more
than a quarter of a mile through
town to a new location. ,
A Chad bourn house-moving
outfit hitched on to the build
ing and has slowly but steadily
been getting It across town
chimneys, families and all, in
cluding the cat being compara
tively undisturbed.
Traffic Counts
Feature Court
Majority Of Cases Brought
Before Judge W. J. Mc
Lamb Resulted From
Some Infraction Of Traf
fic Regulations
Oricjf more last week traffic
county filled the major portion of
the docket brought before Judge
W. J. McLamb for trial in Bruns
wick county Recorder's 'court.
The following disposition of cases
resulted:
Joseph Boroglle, speeding, fi'n
ed $5.00 and costs.
William J. Brown, speeding,
fined $5.00 and costs.
John Shepard, speeding, re
quired to pay costs.
Alexander Reaves, speeding,
continued to December 31st.
Edward Hubert, receiving stolen
property, waives prelimary hear
ing, bound to Superior court un
der $250.00 bond.
Preston Washington, reckless
operation, fined $25.00 and costs,
fine remitted.
James Ivan Stone, speeding,
fined $25.00 and costs.
Joseph King Dean, speeding, re
quired to pay costs.
Lewis Beckett, speeding, re
quired to pay costs.
Charles Edward Graffrath,
speeding, continued.
Peggy Tedder, possession, con
tinued.
H. W. Ambrose, possession, con
tinued. t
Eugene Strickland, larceny, sent
to Superior court under $400.00
bond.
Martin L. Nelson, non support,
nol prossed with leave.
Roscoe Galloway, assault with
(Continued on page four)
New Officers
Are Installed
i
D. B. Garrish Installed As j
New Worshipful Master |
Of Pythagoras Lodge At |
Ceremony Last Tuesday j
Evening f
New officers for Pythogorasj
Lodge have been elected and were
installed at the regular meeting
last Tuesday night.
D. B. Garrish is the new Wor
shipful Master; W. L. Styron is'
Senior Warden; W. L. Aldridge j
is Junior Warden; A. D. Harrel
son is Senior Deacon; O. C. Bru- 1
ton is Junior Deacon; R. C. St. j
George is treasurer; Wm. Mc- J
Do well is secretary; W. P. Jor
gensen and H. L. Mlntz, Jr., arc
Stewards; and E. F. Gore ia
Tyler..
Whiteville Fire
Truck Damaged
On Way To Ash
Swipes Car Parked On
Highway One Mile From
Scene Of Burning Teach
ery
TWO-STORY COUNTY
BUILDING DESTROYED
Personal Possessions Of 18
Brunswick Teachers Lost
In $40,000 Blaze
The Whiteville fire truck, driv
en by Police Chief Bill Ferrell,
was damaged early Sunday night
in a wreck which occurred as it
raced toward Ash in Brunswick
County in an unsuccessful effort
to save the two-story teachery
there.
The truck swiped an automo
bile parked on the surface of the
highway, ripping the right side
of the truck and tearing out the
left side of the car. The accident
took place one mile from Ash.
Chief Ferrell was blinded by
the lights of an approaching au
tomobile and did hot see the
parked vehicle which had no
flares or lights to indicate its
presence. Fender and body dam
age was received by the truck,
but neither Chief Ferrell nor Fire
Chief Archie Rushing yvas in
jured.
The teachery at Ash, norm
ally occupied by 18 men and wom
en teachers, was completely de
stroyed after the blaze had been
battled for two hours. Most of
the teachers had left on Christ
mas vacations, but all possessions
left behind were lost.
Rev. and Mrs. Ed Ulrich, son
and daughter-in-law of Rev. and
Mrs. E. Evans Ulrich of Lake
Waccamaw, were at the teachery
when the fire broke out and lost
nearly all of their personal feffects
and other property in the build
ing.
DIES IN FIRE
Working for a cresoting plant
in New Jersey, Emanuel Brown,
formerly of Leland. was burned
to death Sunday when fire de
stroyed a railroad box car in
which he and three other men
and a woman were making their
home. Roy Gainey, said to be
from Wilmington, also died in
the fire. The other three are all
in the hospital suffering from
burns.
$209.00 Total
Is Foreseen In
Seal Sale Drive
Lagging Returns Indicate
Failure In Effort To
Reach Goal For War On
Tuberculosis
MRS. FRANCES YOUNG
IS HEADING DRIVE
Urges Those Who Have Not
Yet Mailed In Check Or
Money For Their Seals
To Do So Now So
Report May Be
Made
A Christmas Seal Sale total ot
$200.00 was seen today as the
annual campaign to raise funds
for the battle with tuberculosis
approached the scheduled close on
Dec. 24.
"Of course, there's no way of
knowing how much will be re
ported by schools, by the Seal
Sale Committee of the Negro
people or how many letters will
be returned in the mail," Seal
Chairman Mrs. Frances Young
said in releasing the estimate.
"However, approximately $200
appears to be a fair guess, based
on returns to date."
The chairman said that would
represent an Increase over the
total collection by individual com
munities last year, but that the
amount would be inadequate for
the proposed program.
"Personally and on behalf of
the committee, I want to express
my appreciation to all those who
have contributed," Mrs. Young said.
"If the final figure is higher
than I can reasonably expect at
the moment, I shall be greatly
pleased. We do want to urge that
those who expect to purchase the
seals to do so at once so that we
may make a report to .the State
Association as soon as possible. If
you intend to send In a check,
please place it in the mails at
once."
Shallotte Man
Will Auctioneer
?M Mi
Edward H .Redwine Re
cently Completed Train
ing Course For Auction
eers And Will Make This
His Work
Edward Redwine, 6ne of the
owners of the Shallotte Soda
Shop and Cafe and veteran of
World War n, is entering a new
field of business in which he will
be more or less a class by him
self.
Just recently completing a
course in auctioneering at a
school, the young Shallotte man
is now ready to engage in that
business anywhere in Brunswick
county and outside. Ready and
able, he says he will sell anything
and everything from household
furniture, farm lands, etc., to to
bacco on the markets.
So far as is known the county
has never before had a home
grown auctioneer, at least not a
professional one. In going into
this business Mr. Redwine enters
a field that appears to have prac
tically no local competition, and
he will be engaging in a work
where such service as he can
render is often needed.
W. B. KEZIAH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
r. is doubtful if any one in ,
Brunswick county hates rats
worse or is more fully aware of
the damage they do than Joel
Moore.- Southport business man.
For years he has been trapping
the rodents in his store and home;
and regardless of how many he]
kills tiley always seem to be as
plentiful aa ever. This inability!
to dispose of them is accounted
for by the fact that every timei
he kills one another moves in
from some neighboring premises
and they keep right on destroying]'
and damaging foodstuffs. Reading j
in this paper last week about the
proposed county-wide rat killing |
campaign that will be waged in
January, Mr. Moore came right
into this office and said to put
him down to buy three pounds of j
the government formula poison ,
that is to be used. One pound of
the stuff is ample for the aver
age farm or home premises, but
Mr. Moore means to poison and
keep on poisoning the rats, so
long as there is a rat left to
eat it.
We feel that the patrons of all
of the postoffices in Brunswick
county are Joining in a feeling
of appreciation for the splendid
service that the postoffice forces,
including the rural mail carriers,
have been giving in the matter of
delivering and sending off the
mail this year. Christmas is al
ways a very hard time for such
workers and it is very much to
their credit that none are ever
heard to complain over the extra
work they have to perform.
Miss Ruth Paterson is visiting
her sister in Berea, Kentucky,
this week. During the two months
Miss Paterson has been Welfare
Officer for Brunswick county she
has made a. fine impression on
Brunswick folks and the effect of
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Santa Never Saw So Many
Lights Before In County
More Homes Now Being Supplied With REA Power And
Christmas Lights Available For Decoration
According to folks from the
various communities who are in
a position to know, Santa Claus
never has come to Brunswick
county and found it so well light
ed as it is this year.
Working manfully in the face
of material shortages, the Bruns
wick Electric Membership Cor
poration which supplies most of
the farm homes in the county
with electric current, has greatly
broadened its field of service in
that quarter. In addition, the j
sister town of Shallotte has
street lighting for the first time
at Christmas. This has prompted
much outdoor and indoor brilliancy
there.
Travels through the county re
veal that a great many farm
homes have attractive Christmas
trees. Many farm homes that got
current for th$ first time just be
fore and during the early stages
of the war have never previously
been able to indulge in Christ
mas lights, owing to the shortage
of wiring. This year the folks
seem to have gon all out. Most
of them were able to get wiring
for decorations, and they are
using them.
An illustration of this is found
in the fact that all current avail
able to the REA and through it
' to its customers is being con
sumed. Shallotte, which is supplied
by the REA, got plenty of wir
ing and lamps for street lights,
but so great was the demand for
current in the county that only
half of these lamps were strung
up.
I The REA apparently felt that
until more current became avail
able it was only fair that the
farm homes should be able to get
their share this Christmas, in
stead of it all going to the towns.
From interviews with REA of
ficials several times during the
year, it appears that the outlook
for another year is very much
better. New transmission lines
are already planned and another
Christmas should see much more
power available than there is this
year.
Fire Destroys Teacherage
At Waccamaw Sunday Nite
May Buy License
In This County
During the month of January
Brunswick oounty automobile
owners who cannot conveniently
make trips to Whiteville or Wil
mington may obtain their 1948
automobile licenses from In
spector Lcnnon at the William
son Motor Company In Shal
lotte. ?
The inspector will be at the
above place each Wednesday
afternoon during- ike month, ac
cording to Patrolman Pierce.
.Hejuill mail licenses direct
from Raleigh after receiving the
orders. He may be seen from
12:80 to 5 o'clock each Wednes
day afternoon. 'j '
Four Meredith
Students Home
?\ ?
Brunswick County Students
Joined With Other Mem
bers Of Student Body In
Singing Carols
Four Meredith College students
returned to Brunswick county for
the Christmas holidays on Thurs
day. Their Christmas recess will
end on Friday, January 2; and
will be followed by semester
exams January 24-29; and spring
term registration on Feb. 2.
Brunswick students enrolled at
the college this year are Bethea
Danford, and Eloise Lancaster,
both of Bolivia; and Elba Raye
Hawes, Shallotte, and Ann Mc
Rackan, Southport.
The entire Meredith student
body of 600 students spent Wed
nesday evening singing carols
(Continued on page four)
Southport Man
Is Distributor
Local Firtn Headed By Har
ry Robinson Ha? Had Un
usual Yuck In Obtaining
Shipments Of Oil Stoves
This Fall
Doing business as Robinsons
Wholesale Hardware and Equip
ment Company .Harry Robinson,
as Eastern North Carolina dis
tributor for the American Stove
Company of Lorain, Ohio, has
really been doing big business re
cently in heaters.
As distributor for a product for
which there has been an especial
ly strong demand by reason of
Uie fact that the manufacturers,
could produce and supply when
others could not, Harry has re
ceived and sold three solid car
loads of the stoves within the last
30 days.
Starting in July he got Irregu
lar shipments. With the coming
of late November and early Dec
ember the demands for his stoves
mounted rapidly. In keeping with
this demand, the factory has
made good on deliveries and not
a day passes but what trucks
are here from near and distant
parts of the slate, getting all of
the stoves that can be allotted to
(Continued on page four)
*
Personal Belonging Of All
Teachers Using Building
Go Up In Flames As Fire
Spreads Rapidly In To
All Rooms
REPORT BUILDING
TO BE TOTAL LOSS
Building And Furniture I
Loss Covered By Insur
ance; No Plans Made
For Erection Of New
Teacherage
Fire which started in the base
mgnt of the build!"? ^rapletaJy
destroyed the teacherage at wae
camaw high school early 8unday
night. The total damage is esti
mated at about $40,000.00, about
two-thirds of which yas covered
by insurance.
The blaze was discovered about
six o'clock and /or the following]
!two hours volunteer fire fighters]
waged a losing battle which end- j
ed with the walls toppling over '
into the smouldering ruins of the
two-story brick veneer building.
At the time of the fire the
Rev. Edward Ulrich and wife,
both members of the Wacoamaw
school faculty, were in their
apartment and M. F. Baket, vo
cational agriculture teacher, also
was in the building. He was the
only person who succeeded In
salvaging anything from the
building, and while on his second
trip into the building for an arm
load of clother was injured and
later taken to the hospital for
treatment.
The teacherage ' was completed j
in 1944 and had proved of in
estimable value in keeping the]
Waccamaw faculty at full
strength, as it afforded a com
fortable, central home for teach
ers who served that school. In
cluded in its facilities was one
5-room apartment, one 3-room
apartment, 10 double bedrooms
with appropriate bathroom facili
ties, a living room, dining room
and kitchen for the teachers. The
building had a central heating
system.
Money for the construction of
the building was borrowed from
the State Literary Fund upon the
basis of paying back the principal
(Continued on page four)
Farmer Bellamy
Kills Big Hog
Former Member Of Board
Of Couhty Commissioners
Kills Prize Porker That
Tipped Scales At 755
Pounds
Former County Commissioner
O. P. Bellamy killed the grand
daddy of hogs last week, probably
the largest animal to go to the
butcher in Brunswick county this
year.
The hog, name of Happy, would
have been thre? years old next
April. Dressed out, he weighed
755 pounds. He was six feet In
length and stood thirty-seven in
ches in height. Four stands of
lard were rendered from his fat.
At the same time Mr. Bellamy
butchered another good sized hog,
Happy, Jr. This animal weighed
400-pounds. Two stands of lard
were obtained from this smaller
animal.
Motorists Asked .
To Prepare For .
Car Inspection
Motor Club President Ad
vise* Owners To Have
Repairs Made Before
Lanes Are Set Up
INSPECTION TO
BEGIN NEXT MONTH
First Station In This Are*
Will Be Located In Wil
mington; Only Short
Time Required For
This Service
"Wise motorists," says Cole
man W. Roberts, president of
the Carolina Motor Club, "will
begin examining their vehicles
now and make any repairs need
ed to pass the North Carolina
Motor Vehicles Mechanical In
spection which commences on
January 1, 1948."
The inspection law passed by
the 1947 General Assembly pro
vides that every North Carolina
motor vehicle must be inspected
once during 1948 and twice a
year thereafter.
"Motorists who have already
been reexamined for driving li
censes," says Mr. Roberts, "have
found out that the State means
business In its highway safety
program. We have every reason
to believe that the coming In
spection of motor vehicles will be
a fair one in every respect but
very exacting. Your Job is to see
that your motor vehicle is in
proper mechanical shape to pass
that examination."
Forty "safety lanes" will be
established throughout the State,
on the basis of motor vehicle
population. They will be moved
from place to place, and the time
and place of each station will be
publicized, making the service
easily available to you. A fee of
$1.00 will be charged during IMS
and 1949, and thereafter 76 cents
will be collected for each Inspec
tion.
All vehicle owners are urged to
take their cars or trucks to an
inspection station as soon as one
in a nearby area is operating.
Che inspection of each v*hirl<* *?'!
take a short tlnje? only about
five to ten minutes; and it is not
necessary that the car-owner ap
pear at the station. The vehicle
may be driven by any licensed op
erator.
College Students
Holiday Visitors
Social Life Of Community;
Promise* To Be Enliven
ed During Holiday Sea*
?on By Presence O#
Young Folk*
The social life of this com?
munity promises to be somewhat
enlivened , during the Christmas
season because of the presence
during the holidays of numerous
boys and girls who have been
away at college during the fall.
Home from Atlantic Christian
College are Miss Betty Todd
Corlette, Kenneth Stiller and
Franto Mollycheck; Miss Ann Mc
Racken is at home from Mere*
dtth; State College is represent
ed by Billie Wells. Claude Fool
and by Edward Taylor, the latter
a student in the Textile Engineer
ing School; Edmund Newton is
here from Art School In New
York for a holiday visit: Harold
Aldridge, pre-med student at
Wake Forest College, is also at
home; Frank Plaxco, Jr., student
at Fishburne Military Academy,
is visiting hhi parents; Kenneth
Klnsler, student at Porter Mili
tary Academy, is visiting his
grandmother for the holiday sea
son; Miss Pat Arrington, student
at Flora McDonald, is at home
for the holidays with her parents;
Miss Doris Stevens, student at
Kings Business College, is spend
ing Christmas vacation with her
parents; Miss Bess Miller Plaxoo,
student at Mary Baldwin Col
lege, is at home with her parents;
Miss VaJlle Lou Bryant, student
at a Fayetteville Business Col
lege is home for the holidays. -
County Offices To
Close Three Days
. *
County offices, with the excep
tion of the sheriff's department,
will go on a three-day holiday at
the close of business Wednesday.
AH of the employees of the
county will be off UM
two days following Christmas anf
will return to work Monday mora>
ing, Dec. 29.
COMPLETING NEW OAR AO*
Cova Clemmons. who sold out
his place on the highway east of
Supply some months ago. is com
pleting the work on a very sep?
vicabje new store and filling eta?
tion near tus old location.