Pieces Of Automobiles, Wagons And The Like Equal One Tractor Numerous pieces of old auto mobiles, wagons and channel iron, plus a mechanical mind, add up to a tractor with 13 forward gears and capable of doing 30 to 35 miles per hour on the high way. Hard to believe ? It will be comparatively easy for Columbus County residents to check up on this bit of seeming unreality by| taking a peep at a queer piece of equipment that gt*s rolling in and out of Whiteville with John J L. Brown of the Western Prong community in the driver's seat, j Brown is a young World War veteran who served in the in-! fantry for 14 months and six days. Now he's back and using a mechanical mind to good advant age. The rear wheels of his tractor were taken from the first Ford Ferguson tractor ever sold in this; county. Two pieces of channel iron, with a lot of welding here and there, make the chassis. The front wheels came off a Model A Ford and the front axle was taken from an old two-horse wa-i gon. Before anybody gets confused, j here's where some of the other items originated: The two trans missions used to perform in Chevrolets, the steering wheel once guided a Plymouth, the seat filled a place in an old City Bus,! and various other items were found in the blacksmith shop. After these questions had been j asked. Brown piloted his invent-' ion on down the street with the nine-horsepower Wisconsin motor proving that the Army veteran has a thing of power if not of beauty. But of course there's a lot of good looking women who aren't the best wives. WELFARE DEPT. Ruth E. Patterson < Superintendent Publio Welfare Your Welfare Department in Brunswick does many things which we call services. In these services we may or may not spend any of your tax money. The largest service is in the field of child welfare. This is really a group of services which range all the way from giving work per mits to boys and girls under 18 years old to planning and carry ing out adoption of babies. Let me tell you about Julia Lawson. She was the daughter of a good farmer who had lost his wife several years before this. Julia came to us because she was pregnant and wanted help in making her plans. Mr. Lawson was able and willing to pay his daughter's expenses at a matern ity home in another part of the state. We helped her make her application, and later we helped her place her baby for adoption in another county where it would never be recognized. Here we spent 110 county funds at all but we helped a family through an embarrassing situa tion and saw to it that the child was placed in a good home where he was legally adopted and given his rightful place in life. Then there was Fred Moretz. He was a boy who had become such a nuisance in the neighbor hood for petty stealing that he was brought into Juvenile Court. Before the hearing the Juvenile Court judge asked the Welfare Department to make an investi gation of the home from which the boy came. The Juvenile Court works on the theory that a child | is a product of his home sur-1 roundings and is to be helped ra-; ther than blamed when he gets into trouble. Upon investigation we found that Fred and his little sister lived with their drunken father | y/ho was quite incapable of car big for them properly. Since their mother was dead the two children had no one to look out for them. When the case was heard in juvenile Court the judge asked the Welfare Department to find another home for the children. The Welfare Department found that the children had an aunt| Jiving in another part of the state who was most happy to have the children placed in her home. I I Before we could jmake this placement we wrote to the Wel fare Department of the county in which the aunt's home is locat ed. We asked the superintendent there to investigate the home of the aunt and to talk with her regarding the problems faced by these children. We received a very favorable report from this welfare office and the children were taken by the worker to their new home. We see here not only a service done within the county but also how various county welfare of fices cooperate in making the best plans possible for people who need such help. County Native Passes Tuesday Mrs. Sarah Stone Rourk Died Tuesday Morning At Myrtle Beach; Fu neral At Shallotte Thurs day Mrs. Sarah Stone Rourk, wid-1 ow of the late W. A. Rourk of | Shallotte, died Tuesday morning in the James Walker Memorial Hospital in Wilmington. Mrs. Rourk was a native and lifetime resident of Brunswick county, ex cept for the past two years. Dur ing this time she has made her home with her son. Dr. W. A. Rourk, at Myrtle Beach. Funeral services were conduct ed Thursday morning at II o'clock from the home of another son, Dr. M. H. Rourk in Shal lotte. Burial was in the family plot in the cemetery at Little River, S. C. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Victoria Swinson t>f Myrtle Beach and Mrs. R. B. Clark of Miami, Fla., one son, Dr. M. H. Rourk of Shallotte; one sister, Mrs. J. E. Bryan, Sr., Myrtle Beach; four brothers, R. R. and J. H. Stone of Wilmington and Dr. J. A. Stone and W. H. Stone, of Little River, S. C. One of Mrs. Rourk's sons, Dr. William A. Rourk, widely known Myrtle Beach physician, died only two months ago. i ROOFING MATERIAL Just Received?Carload GALVANIZED ROOFING See us for your Requirements. SMITH BUILDERS SUPPLY, Inc. Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, N. C. Don't DRIVE BY-DRIVE IN! You can make this a profitable stop in your travel aljout Brunswick County. Your business is always appre ciated, and you will find this a good place to do your trading. ENNIS LONG SERVICE STATION U. S. No. 17 Supply, N. G. CANNING SUPPLIES We have all of the things that you will need to bring your home canning equipment jp-to-date. Be provident .... CAN AT HOME AND SAVE ! R. GALLOWAY General Merchandise SUPPLY, N. G. Fashions Double-duty suit Is the cotton mauve shown above as pictured in the April issue of Good House keeping magazine. Wear the suit traveling; then separate it, mix with light tops, dark skirts. Green and blue. Sizes 10 to id; about IIS. A McKettrick Classic. Galey A Lord iridiscent cotton pin-check. John B. Drew Dies Suddenly Well - Known Resident Of Bethel Community Passes Suddenly At His Home Monday Morning John B. Drew, well known and respected citizen of the Bethel Baptist church community, died suddenly Monday. Mr. Drew was 68 years of age and was a life long resident of the Bethel com munity. Funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday at 4 o'clock from the Bethel Baptist Church. Rev. Ben nie Price conducted the services and burial was in the Bethel cemetery. Active pallbearers were N. H. Swain, R. K. Sellers, N. D. Price, G. W. Walton, Sam Watts and C. D. Price. Surviving is his widow, Mrs. Anna Lee Drew; one daughter, Mrs. Eloise Bozeman; two sons, R. I. Drew of Wilmington and J. B. Drew of Southport; two sisters, Mrs. Alva Burris of Lake land, Fla., and Mrs. Clara Drew of Southport; one brother, Char les Drew, of Southport. Local Baptists Complete B.T.U. Study Course For Southport Baptist Church Conducted Through July 19-23 With 35 Completing Work The Training Union of the Southport Baptist church held its annual study course during the week of July 19-23. The Junior Department studied "The Junior and His Church," taught by Miss Annie May Wood side; the Intermediate Depart ment studied "The Meaning of Church Membership," taught by Mrs. M. T. McRackan; and the Young Peoples Department stud ied "Training in Church Member ship," taught by E. J. Prevatte. Each evening at 6:15 o'clock members of the Women's Mssion ary Society served refreshments of sandwiches and drinks, and on Friday evening watermelon was also served. An average of about thirty-five young people of the church completed the course. Shallotte Man Writes A Friend W. A. Reynolds Writes Let ter To Rovin' Reporter From His New Home At Pahokee, Fla. The following letter from a former Shallotte man, W. A. Reynolds, who now resides at Pahokee, Fla., is too good to pass up. While it was intended for the Rovin' Reporter, it will be of interest to a lot of Brunswick county friends of Bill Reynolds. Accordingly, it is being published in full: ?i "Dear Bill: You will please find enclosed $3.00 for two years subscription to that line of chat ter, known as 'The Rovin' Re porter.' I got in such a habit of reading it that I can't do with out it. "Bill, this is a fine place to fish for size and flavor. Also for quantity, but it can't beat the Waccamaw river and its red breasts. I want you to call on my good friend, Bruce King, at King town (Freeland). He can show you what I mean about red breasts. "I am also enclosing for you a couple of flyrod bugs (Crickets) that have never failed me. They also work good from a boat, us ing a cane pole and plastic line. "I wish I was close enough to you to shake hands and say 'hel lo.' Also to maybe pass you a cigar, so that your trusty old pipe would have a rest. I am wondering if you got all of those gardens grubbed of their worms in time for the folks to plant their spring gardens ? "Raising fishing worms down here is quite an industry for the young folks and you should have some young fellow there in Brunswick county to set himself up in the business. Down here they sell 150 worms in a quart container for $1.00. One young fellow I know even has his worms shipped in from Alabama. It seems quite a profitable business. I "Was very sorry to read in the paper of the death of old Uncle Jim Lewis. While I did not know him as well as the South port people did, I can say that I never heard anything but nice words spoken of him. Regards? Bill Reynolds." -i MANY BOATS WORKING According to Lucian Fulford of Supply, the shrimping industry at the inland waterway ferry at Holden Beach now has about 50 boats, mo?t ,of them working. Three buying' houses operate at Holden Beach. They are the R. C. Fergus, Holden Beach Shrimp Company and the Fales house. Read The Want Ads Professor Is Beach B< ister Head Of Art Department At Winthrop College Likes Holden Beach As Ocean Playground Prof. JV. B. McDermot, head of the Art Department at Winthrop College, in Rock Hill, S. C., has been spending some time at Hol-i den Beach. The professor might] be termed a landlubber, and with1 that angle in mind, a newsman asked him this week relative to his reactions to the Brunswick county coastal playground. The professor was found to be especially interested in the fact' that local beaches face south, thereby being blessed by the con-j tinuous summer breezes sweeping in from the Atlantic. The wide, I gently sloping strands and gentle, surfs, without dangerous under- j tows, were also very intriguing to him. He stated postively that he was returning to Holden Beach as often as possible and to stay as long as he can. Quoting him directly, he said:i "Imagine yourself looking out on the cool blue Atlantic, finding yourself fanned by these ever re-, freshing breezes. Here at Holden Beach you find yourself on a long j j narrow island, with the sun rising on one end and setting on. the I other. You walk one of the finest, gentle Sioping beach strands that | I have ever seen. You are at the, seashore unspoiled, the one spot, I where a human can get next to himself. Certainly, we are coming1 j back." - Cancellation Of 4-H Events Made The 4-H Club Week August 23-28 has ben cancelled as has the 4-H Club Week Short Course, which was to have been held in? Raleigh during the same period. The cancellation, according to Mi?3 Corrine Gree, the Brunswick Agent, was made in the interest of safety during the polio epi demic. Miss Greene said she very much regretted to make this an nouncemtnt as the events had j READ THE WANT ADS come to mean so much to the boys and girls in this county and throughout the state. ? EXTENDS VACATION Coming to spend two weeks at Holden Beach, Gus Travis and family have stretched their vaca tion into a third week and are not plinning to leave until the end of this week. Mr. Travis is a widely known columnist on the Charlotte Observer. SPORT FISHING Oonilnuwl From , ing day a pany heav. ^ Blomer of Moortsviu, \,} blues and returned by I The Sunday party 05 . Vic Lance's Moja wu H. A. Matthews 0f w" Pines caught 81 blues eral. The following