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
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Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, N. C.
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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.
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CANNING SUPPLIES
We have all of the things that you will
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General Merchandise
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Fashions
Double-duty suit Is the cotton
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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
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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 <jSy t
of Long Beach folks L.?
\V. W. Wallace. Hans 0.
and G. W. Bel! landed
and 16 macVeral. *
GENERAL STORE
We have made it a policy to develop
take care df the needs of our customers
our i
andise ranges from Groceries to Automobile"Ac?,"8?
ODELL BLANTON
General Merchandise
SUPPLY. N. C.
Long Beach Is Cool
BUY
AT
LONG BEACH
CHOICE LOTS
and
COTTAGES
FOR SALE
COTTAGES
FOR RENT
LONG BEACH
REALTY CO.
Charles Trott
Long Beach
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and
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i
VIRGIL
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July 31st
$1.00
Per Person
SEA
SHORE
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A Good Place To Eat
v ? ? ' ? ? ? t ? ? ? '
An East-West Beach
Facing South
LONG BEACH Enjoys Steady Southwest
Breezes Coining in from the Ocean. .. It is
Cool and it is Healthy!!
ENJOY YOUR VACATION AT
LONG BEACH!!
REG U L AS
BUS
SERVICE
Southport to
Long Beacl
Leave Southport?
8:35. A. M.
3:05 P. M.
8:00 P. M.
Leave Long Heach
9:00 A. M.
3:30 P. M.
11:00 P. M
Sunday-Only
Lv. Long Beach 5:
Leave Southport.':
W- B .&S
BUS LING
Where To Gttl
The THINGS)
YOU FORGO!
Meats
Groceries?
Ice, Milk Fis
Newspapers
Gasoline - Oh
Cottage Rentah/
Real Estate
Beach Wear
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STORE
Long Bead
long beach pavilion
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ROUND DANCE?TT SOUARED A N C E
JOE REAVES and BRUNSWICK COUNTY BOYS."" "VuN FoJTaLL
(Back Again For More Fun-Saturday Night, July 3ht)