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^ Pilot Covers jfunswick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time W SIXTEEN NO. 46 6-PAGES today Southport, N. C.. Wednesday, February 25th, 1948 hibumed every wednespa. ?ijo pek vea? 0 fanization Is tablished For ed Cross Drive .ng Meeting Here On jay Afternoon Atten i By Representatives cm Many Sections Of n?ity ,f TO BEGIN FIRST of march ( of Campaign This r Will Depend Upon fectiveness Of Com munity Organiza tions fining program for the -joss Fund Campaign was Sunday afternoon at the the Executive Secretary Brunswick County Chapter, jice P- Ruark, and a coun je organisation has been to conduct this year's Bision was led by Mrs. H. sards. Executive Secretary Wilmington Chapter, who _ out that not only is the 5 campaign a drive for "but it affords a splendid pnitv for volunteer workers rv the story of Red Cross p directly to the people. ! year's campaign will dif cm the drives of past years it the community organiza plan will be the principle for contacting the public. Mowing persons have been i to head the drive within own communities, and each ie assisted by other volun teers: Mrs. W.. J. McLamb. s Crossroads; Mrs. Jesse is. Grissettown: Mrs. L. ibson. Freeland; Mrs. Jesse Ash: Mrs. Boyd Robinson, >e Point: Mrs. Wingate i and Mrs. R. H. Holden, tte: Mrs. R. D. Sellers. Sup Its Foster Mlntz and R. K. jthan. Bolivia; Mrs. Floyd Leland: Mrs. Earl Gallo Lanvale: Mrs. Ward and A. P. Henry, Winnabow. J P. Cranmer. of South is general chairman for the k following persons uttei.'?tJ kwting here Sunday. Mrs. 1 Mintz. Bolivia: Mrs. J. D. k and Miss Pauline Sel (Supplv: Mrs. H. T. Mintz. (Mrs. W. E. Swain, Mrs. YV. tUmb. Mrs. R. H. Holden. (;:? Mrs. Floyd Jones and Bessie Mae Jones, Leland;) Edwards and Mrs. C. H. t Wilmington: Mrs. Ruark. JCranmer. Mrs. VV. G. Butler. | Marlon Frink. Mrs. D. J.j I Mrs. Dave Arthur, Mrs. i Arrington and Mrs. James ?rper. Jr. IritfNew t Flashes Etball hport high school teams wrneying to Waccamaw Fri hight to take on the lower kick county boys and girls, le same time the Bolivia and girls are meeting Shal at Shallotte. *>L SATURDAYS 1 Brunswick county schools WJ Saturday classes again *eek in an effort to make lost during recent post fents due to weather, ac ?? to announcement of Coun 'perintendent J. T. Denning. Modeling building Fusion remodeling of the P>r of the Southport branch Waccamaw Bank and I Company was started this 1 The whole interior will be and the two story brick k? will also be painted on Wsuie. AROl .Nl) THINGS 5 Willetts. winnabow saw Orator who has been work ' the Orton Woods for some ?ys he has been able to h<uul most of the bad wea roads in the woods by ^ his mill frequently. When around one location get * simply moves his mill to ^ nearby point and con 'his hauling and sawing. honor roll R Frank Plaxco. Jr.. son ?!<! Mrs. Robert F. Plax ?wthpijrt. was on the aca 'lst of distinguished stu . al f'ishburne Military 'Waynesboro, Va., for the of the current session, .yaxcu obtained an average ^ Per cent, which was the ?TaUe jn the Sophomore '"'J also placed on this ( outstanding scholastic . three of the four months test Work Progressing Well On Teacherage At Waccamaw School Officials And Patrons Are Keeping Up Payments On Teacherage At Waccamaw And Shallotte Rebuilding of the Waccamaw school teacherage, de stroyed by fire on December 21, 1947, is now actively underway with A. B. Warren, of Clinton, as active super visor. No date has been set as to when -the teacherage will be ready for occupancy, but Superintendent of Schools, J. T. Denning, says that the work will be pushed as rapidly as possible. In 1945 both the Shallotte and? Waccamaw schools borrowed $20, 000.00 from the State Literary Fund for the purpose of construct- j Ing suitable buildings as home! for the teachers while school was: in operation. The money was to, be paid back to the Literary Fund in 10 equal installments from each school. These obligations have been' met promptly each year. Both Waccamaw and Shallotte have > reduced their original indebted ness of $20,000.00 down to $14, 000.00 each. February payments from each school amounted to $2,640.00. Principal H. C. Stone of the Shallotte school and Prin- j cipal Martin Freeman of Wac-, camaw were both in town re-1 cently and made the above teach- j erage payments. In an interview yesterday Supt. { Denning was high in praise of the! patrons and faculty members of both districts for their prompt meeting of teacherage obligations. The Waccamaw payment came through in the face of visible hard luck. The teacherage which was destroyed by fire on December 21st was covered by insurance sufficient to rebuild, but mean while all rent revenue has stop ped until the new building can be occupied. In addition to rentals it is ne cessary to raise a portion of these i payments from various school i activities. Thus far there has been no difficulty in providing the] payments. j First To File F. ERTEL CARLYLE, Solicitor for the 9th Judicial District, is a candidate for the Democratic nomination as Congressman from the 7th District, to succeed J. Bayard Clark. Mr. Carlyle paid his filing fee of $125.00 to the State Board of Elections yester day. Accept Bids For Paving Two Highways In County State Highway Commission Gives Approval To Bids Submitted By E. W. I Grannis Co., For Bruns wick Paving WORK EXPECTED TO BEGIN SOON Contracts Call For Grading, Surfacing And Erection Of Structures On Two Important Road Projects Bids submitted three weeks ago I by the E. W. Grannis Company.' of Fayetteville, to the Statfe j Highway Commission for the! Grissettown to Soldiers Bay road' and for the road from J. E. Kir-1 by's to the inland waterway at j Holden's Beach, were formally accepted this past week. Both grading and surfacing, | along with structures, are involv-j ed in the two projects. Contract-1 ors are usually allowed 20 days; in which to start highway pro- j jects after the formal acceptance1 of their bids. Going by this pro-j cedure, work should commence on both roads within the next three' weeks. It is understood that two j separate construction forces will be employed, one on each project.! Both stretches of road are about eight miles in length. At the same time that he an-: nounced the awarding of the con-,' tracts on these two projects,: Commissioner J. A. Bridger Stat-' ed that he was pleased with the acceptance of the bids on the ^ roads in the lower part of the county and made the statement, that the much needed road ini-1 provement in this county seemed | to be at last getting away to a J good start. Traffic Cases Tried In Court Trial Of Traffic Law Viola-I tors Took Up Most Of | Time In Recorder'? Court Here Wednesday Most of the time in Recorder's court here Wednesday was taken up with the trial of cases grow ing out of violations of traffic laws. The following disposition was made of these matters: Stanley Stykowski, speeding, $15.00 and costs. John Joseph Kelly, speeding, | $10.00 and costs. Mike Defolipp, speeding, costs. Samuel P. Hand, possession, (Continued on page four) Holding Fiddlers Convention Friday The Lcland Lions Club is staging its annual okl time Fiddlers Convention at the school auditorium in Leland Friday night of this week. The program will begin at 8 o'clock, and a fine list of prizes are being offered for the best performances on various instruments. Each ye^r the cJub sponsors this largely attended event, the proceeds going for a scholar ship to a student of the Leland high school. The public is in vited to attend. Tractor Schools Planned Friday Brunswick County Owners And Operators Urged To Attend One Of Two Scheduled Schools The two tractor maintenance schools to. be held in Brunswick county Friday of this week are very important to every owner and driver of farm or other trac tors, according- to County Agent J. E. Dodson who is interested in having all owners and drivers pre sent at one or the other of the schools. The first of the schools will be held at the Shallotte school at 10 a. nj. Friday. The second will be at the Winiiabow post office at 2 p. m. the same day. Both schools will be conducted by J. C. Ferguson, Agricultural' Engineering Extension Specialist' from State "College. He plans to' cover all angles of the care and j maintenance of the tractor, deal ing mainly with the following topics: General principles of internal combustion engines; fuel and car burator system; cooling system; lubrication; oil filters and air cleaners; ignition; operation, safe ty anil storage. "The schools," says Mr. Dod son, "are planned with the idea of reaching as many of the tract or owners and operators as pos sible. A good program of daily maintenance will add months, or even years, to the life of a trac tor and can substantially reduce the frequency of costly major overhauls." He added that Mr. Ferguson will have a display of air cleaners, oil filters, tractor (Continued on page four) i r-! ' I Colonel Gillette Speaker At Club | Here Thursday Executive Director of North Carolina Ports Authority Tells Local Audience Something Of Program SCOPE OF ACTIVITY IS STATE - WIDE Lion President Names Num ber Of New Committees To Work On Projects Affecting This Community Col. George Gillette executive secretary of the North Carolina Ports Authority, Southport Lions Club here last Thursday. | Col. Gillette emphasized the fact that l*is duties are state wide in scope, and that the agency which he heads does not exist merely for the promotion of the interest of the large ports of North Carolina. He pointed out that development of port facili ties with resulting increase in freight traffic and a lowering of freight rates all are things which work for the benefit of citizens throughout the state. Col. Gillette spoke of his long and continued interest in this sec-| tion and udged that citizens ofi this community work in coop- ] eration with his office. Lion President B. L. Furpless announced the appointment of j the following committees: New Industries and Port Development, Charles M. Trott, chairman: Fel ton Garner, Malcolm Lewis, E. H. Arrington and M. R. Sanders. Cleanup committee: J. A. Gil bert, chairman; J. B. Russ, Otto Hickman and Mrs. Helen Bragaw. Committee for Stury of Oyster and Clam Culture: Rev. L. D. Hayman, chairman; R. B. Bron son and George Whatley. Art committee: B. J. Holden, chairman; J. T. Denning, Dr. F. M. Burdette, Mrs. E. H. Arring ton, Mrs. G. E. Hubbard, Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr. Winnabow Man Dies Wednesday George T. Hickman Had Been In III Health For Some Time; Funeral Ser vices Held Friday George Thomas Hickman, wide ly known and respected farmer of the Winnabow section, died at his home last Wednesday after-1 noon. He had been in ill health j for a long time. Funeral services were held Fri-' day afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Mill Creek Baptist church, with which he had held lifelon? membership. The services were In charge of the Rev. C. E. Brinson, Rev. D. D. Lewis, and Rev. Ste phen Mintz. Burial was in the cemetery at the church. Active pallbearers were G. C. Hickman, Ernest McCall, Jr., Earl McCall, Kyle McCall, Guy Willetts and Eddie Hickman. Surviving the deceased is his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Hickman, of Winnabow; two daughters, Mrs. H. L. Willetts of Bolivia and Mrs. R. S. Willetts of Winnabow; five sons, T. O. Hickman of Enfield, Floyd Hickman of Winnabow, D. L. Hickman of Wilmington, and (Continued on page four) From Town Creek ROCKFISH?D. L. Justice of I I Wilmington is shown holding a 22% -pound rockfish which he caught last week from the waters of Tcwn Creek, long recognized | as being the best place in this | section to try for stripers.--(Star News Cut.) Jury List For Civil Term Of Court In March Judge Q. K. Nimocks Will Preside Over One-Week Term Scheduled To Con vene Here On Monday, March 29th | A one-week term of Brunswick county Superior Court for trial of I civil cases will convene here on ?Monday, March 29, with Judge Q. K. Nimocks, of Fayetteville, pre siding. Chief interest in cases on the court calendar is centered in the Holmes will case, which has been set as the first to be called for trial. The following list of jurors has been drawn for the term: Hercules Stanley, W. A. Ben ton, Douglas H. Hawes, J. O. Hewett, F. W. Milliken, Emma J. Pigott, Lloyd E. Evans, Shal lotte; M. J. Jones, Vance C. Nor ris, Ash; Mrs. L. C. Arnold, Mrs. James E. Pinner, Mrs. Robert St. George, Malcolm Lewis, Ida M. Watson, A. D. Harrelson, W. E. Stanley, Wiley Wells, Mrs. C. N. J Swan, Mrs. A. T. McKeithan. Southport; J. V. Hewett, Enoch Clemmons, P. C. Woodard. Mrs. Isiah Fulford, G. R. Hewett, Ethel Galloway, O. G. Hewett, Supply; Herbert Hewett, R. H. Maultsby, Taylor Willetts, Bolivia; P. E. Brady, P. D. FormyDuval, Roy McKeithan, Freeland; Mrs. Car rie A. Raftery, Mrs. Vera Peter son, Mrs. W. G. Adams, Leland; Nellie Creech, Winnabow. Our ROVING Reporter ?XV. B. KEZIAH The paper is just as interested in having a good coverage of bas ketball games played by Shallotte,' Waccamaw, Leland and Bolivia as in those played by Southport. j The Southport books are always readily available for writing a re port on games in which the local teams participate. Playing Wac camaw at Waccamaw this week 1 a report on those games will be accessible. In the case of other. games played outside of South-; port and In which Southport is not participating, we have no way of getting the results unless some one is kind enough to send it. It is suggested that in the case of all home games some one at j the school where it is played j should send us the results imme diately afterwards. Many of the beautiful camellia bushes about Southport and in J Franklin Park are now in bloom. Some of these early blooming] flowers have been just a little bit damaged by the cold. No buds appear to have been killed, how ever, and the bushes that bloom later should present some very beautiful flowers. Azaleas do not appear to have been hurt at all by the cold and a few weeks from now will see these plants presenting some strikingly beau tiful blossoms. Orton gardens and nursery, said to have the world's greatest collection of camellias, has had its plants damaged very little, only the February blooming bushes having their flowers dam aged. From now on through March and April a parade of the beautiful in camellias and azaleas will be presented itself at Orton every day. The need of the Waccamaw River drainage canal to the ocean has been mentioned frequently in this paper. It will take care of I Continued on page five) Nineteenth Birthday For Seventy-Six Year Old Man Relatives And Friends Of D. E. Stanaland Planning Birthday Celebration Sunday The sons and daughters of D. E. Stanaland of Ash are prepar ing to give him a big birthday party on February 29th. Mr. Stanaland is 76 years of age, but this will make his 19th birthday as he was born on leap year's February 29th. This fine old citizen of Wacca maw township has a wonderful record in the children reared by him and his first wife. To them 13 children were born, nine of whom are still living. Four child ren died while still young. Of the children still living, five' are boys and six girls. In addi tion to all being very successful, an interesting fact about the boys is that all except one are well over six feet in height. W. E. i Stanaland, who is farming in Waccamaw township, is 6 feet 3Vi inches; S. D. Stanaland, in the Coast Guard 20 years, is 6 feet 2 inches; H. E. Stanaland, who is doing construction work in Connecticut, is the short one of the boys. He is only 5 feet 11 inches; J. C. Stanaland, now at home and farming after several years at the Navy Yards, is 6 feet 3% inches; D. B. Stanaland, who is with the Connecticut Spe cialities Corp., in Bridgeport, Conn., is 6 feet 2 inches. Mr. Stanaland's daughters are Mrs. Madge Leonard of Ocean Drive, S. C., Mrs. Mable Long; Ash; Mrs. Pauline Ransom, Bla denboro, Mrs. Cleo Smith, Nakina. Mr. Stanaland's first wife, the mother of the 13 children, has been dead 10 years. He has re married but has no children by his second Wife. His 19th birthday for his 76th year to be celebrated Sunday, promises to be a great event for, his interesting family and the numerous friends and relatives of Brunswick. Boats Range Far Offshore To Open New Opportunities Southport Boy On Swim Team Hoyle Dosher, Soulh|?ort boy who is a student at the Univer sity of North Carolina, is ..a member of the varsity swim ming team and is expected to make the trip to Atlanta, Ga., this week-end where the Caro lina Blue Dolphins will meet University of Georgia and Emory College swimmers on successive days. Dosher was at home during the past week end and was bothered with an ear infection resulting from spending too much, time in the pool. How ever,- he thought he would be hack in shape for the two meets this week end. The Southport boy, whose early training came in swim ming from dock to dock along the local waterfront, is a sprint man and has quickly distin guished himself as a fine com petitor. Already he has been able to swim the Bowman Gray Memorial Pool at Carolina within two-tenths of a second of the existing record. Little Symphony Returning Soon Will Ulay Two Concerts For School Children, One At Shallotte, The Other At Bolivia Before leaving Southport with the Little Symphony Orchestra Wednesday Dr. Benjamin Swalin, the conductor, was asked regard ing the probable date of the re turn of the organization to play for the school children at the Bo livia and Shallotte schools. Dr. Swalin stated that the schedule thus far had been badly disrupted by weather and roads. However, the return to Brunswick county at some time during the present school session is definite. Commenting on the appearance at Southport, one of the players said he thought they were greet ed here by the best audience that they have met with so far on this tour. Dr. Swalin himself said: "I want to express my appre ciation to Mrs. E. H. Arrington and all of her co-workers for the (Continued on page four) Tobacco Plant Prospect Good Two Waccamaw Township Tobacco Farmers Here Monday Report That Lit tle Damage Has Resulted Thus Far J. C. Stanaland and Rice Gwynn, farmers and tobacco growers of Waccamaw township, expressed it as their opinion that the tobacco plant outlook in Brunswick is fine this year. Bar ring something not now foreseen, there will be plenty of plants in the county this year, they said when interviewed Monday. Mr. Stanaland said that it is possible that' here and there a grower put his seed bed on very low, pooriy drained ground. In (Continued on page 4) Southport Shrimp Trawlers Work Far Offshore To Bring In Large Catches Of Food Fish In Dead Of Winter GOOD OFF-SEASON RESULTS PROMISED Means That Owners And Operators Of Largest Trawlers May Look Forward To Year Round Activity When Southport and other Brunswick county fishermen and seafood producers began building or buying big heavy-duty shrimp boats the general idea was to have craft that would be sea worthy in heavy weather near shore. They wanted boats that could stand up and fish in rough weather and at the same time have a range offshore and along the coast far greater than that of the small boats formerly used. Increased shrimp production was the main idea behind the big boats. With that was more eco nomical operation through the use of diesel engines that burned low cost fuel. Apparently there was no serious idea until the past winter of using the big boats here for anything except shrimping. A few of them have at times gone to distant food fishing points and they have usually done well in pursuit of fish instead of shrimp. No one until this year had endeavored to find out if food fish were to be found off the Brunswick coast, within the area in which these boats could operate. A few weeks ago with shrimp ing here at a standstill as it usually is for several weeks af ter December Captain Merritt Moore rigged up fishing trawls to replace the shrimping outfit on his Ijig 65-foot Penny. Lewis J. Hardee, local seafood producer, did the same with his 53-foot Seafighter. With this boat in charge of Captain Walker Lan caster and the Penny under Capt ain Moore leading the way, the (Continued on page four) New Post Office For Shallotte New Temporary Quarter* For Shallotte Po?t Office Completed; Other Facili ties Being Planned Pending the construction of a large trick building this summer, R. E. Bellamy and Sons of Shal lotte have erected a small struc ture near the river at Shallotte to serve as the temporary home of the Shallotte post office. Permanent quarters will be provided for the office in the new brick building and it is under stood that these quarters will be ready some time this year. ?> Mrs. Ernest Parker, the post master at Shallotte, stated to a newsman this week that she would move the office into the new temporary quarters by the first of March. Both the tem porary quarters and the perman ent home that is to be provided for the post office are more con venient to the main business part of town than the present post of fice building, according to state ments of several of the patrons of the office. Make Ready To Begin Shrimping Survey Monday William A. Ellison, Field Director For Survey Com mission, Arrived Here To Commence Work On Pro ject EXPECT RELIANCE TO ARRIVE FRIDAY Linen Thread Company To Furnish Netting Used In Experiment Free; I m portant Boon To This Operation William A. Ellison, field direct or for the commission appointed by Governor R. Gregg Cherry to conduct a survey of shrimp and fishing grounds off the North Carolina coast, has arrived here to begin work and word has been received that the "Reliance," 85 foot Glouster type schooner, will arrive here Friday. On the basis of these develop ments, W. S. Wells, chairman of the flveman commission appoint ed by the governor, said yester day that actual work on the sur vey will begin Monday. Another member of the commis sion i$ L. J. Hardee, Southport seafood dealer. The other three members are Richard Burnett," Wilmington, German Holland, Beaufort, and Garland Fulton, Oriental. The Linen Thread company, of Baltimore, according to a let-" ter received by Chairman Wells from John Hughes, manager of the company's net and twine di vision, will furnish all of the netting required for the survey. Wells said this could run into thousands of dollars. Field Director Ellison is a na tive of Bellhaven, N. C., and a. graduate of Yale and Duke uni versities. He recently returned from England, where he was as-, signed to demonstrate the fillet ing matches for the Atlantio Coast Fishing company. During World War II, Ellison did special magnet'c mine work for the U. S. Navy. The 85-foot schooner "Reli ance" has been furnished free of charge to the commission for the survey by the Woods Hole, Mass.. Oceanographic Institute and the United States Navy. This trawler is reported to have be tween $300,000 and $400,000 worth of the latest shrimping and fish ing charting equipment aboard. New Hope For Caswell Park Developments Last Week Give Reason For Think ing There Is Good Proi" pect For State Obtainin| Property Prospects of the State of North Carolina being able to obtain Fort Caswell as a part of the Mountain-Seashore park system are looming much brighter, ac cording to dispatches from Wash ington during the past week. Plans seem to be underway to allow several fortifications, in cluding Caswell, to be taken over by the states in which they are located. This past week Col. George Gillette of Wilmington and K. Clyde Council of Whiteville, both of whom are members of the Department of Conservation and Development and who have been named as a special committee to look into the Caswell park pro position, were in Southport. They visited the property and while not definitely committing themselves, both had a cheerful outlook over the matter. In an swer to a direct inquiry as to whether he thought the State would get Caswell, Mr. Council said, "I hope so." Oolonel Gillette was even more definite, he suid: "We will get it." Shallotte Man On Weed Market Edward Redwine Will Be With Hardy Brothers On Market In Mullins Next Season Edward Redwine, young Shal lotte auctioneer and one of the proprietors of the Shallotte Soda Shop and Cafe, will be with the Hardy Brothers tobacco ware houses in Mullins, S. C? next sea son. This firm operates three of the thirteen- warehouses at Mul lins and employs two auctioneer? each season. Since tobacco auctioneering goes on for only five days out (Continued on Pag? Four)