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THE STATE PORT PILOT
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SIXTEEN NO. 20 6-PAGES TODAY
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of The News
All The Time
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, August 25th, 1948 fUBUSHED EVERY WEDNESDAY flJO PER YEAft
Mai Survey
jjves Picture
Of High Costs
? From Recent Re
on 132 General
ittls In North Caro
This Trend
ifR memorial
^bout average
Patient Per Day
.Than Doubled For
j Institution Dur
Jj 7-Year Period
-oWim of keeping North;
u hospital ledgers free of j
, j, the face of a con tin- |
' ja cost of operation is
t increasingly difficult.1
tv Laycock. of Asheboro, j
of the Council on Pub- ]
, .1. . 1
)I IUC vv??
on of the North Caro-;
Utl] Association, reveal- i
j statement which cites i
i compiled bv trustees of
jcjcwment in a study of
hospitals in the Car
0jv covers an eleven-year
(Biing with 1947. During
ggiod hospital operating
0 more than 100 per cent.
Lrerage per patient per day
ujjing newborn, increased
biin 1937 to $7.96 in
I, rje of $4 40 during the
Ljrs. But in the same1
Ue average daUy hospital;
from paying patients,
L only $3.06?from $5.05
f to $8.11 in 1947.
Lnd is reflected in Bruns
Jjunty. where the average
|je; per day cost at Dosh
jsjrial Hospital rose from
tlNO to $7.83 in 1947, an
D of $4 62 per patient per
lis made more meaningful
jcce at what has happen- j
lS? amount in excess of j
ceh was paid by full pay
?
r the Carolinas hospitals
H per day an average of
itxcess of cost from the
jlfuil pay patient, but in
C excess amounted to only
a 90 per cent decrease,
i as caused this situation
Ibwtors say it's the same
lit has happened to the
p tauehold budget?higher
Iftir everything the hospital
t i increased salaries to
the hospital employs.
IB are continuing upward.
ST the average of ' 118
^ spent only $1.41 per pa
?day for salaries, but in
Ik average of 132 hospitals
I# per patient per day. In
tees consumed 38.2 per
* the daily per capita cost.,
If it consumed 48.1 per
t ^2 employees were needed
f Br each patient hospitaliz
I- 1947. 1.5 employees per
B i?re needed. This increase
JjW to the trend to shorter
?? aours and shorter work
kt
the patient's daily raw
* *as 81 cents. This has
N t# $1.63 in 1947,' a rise
cent.
patient nursing cost in
Btttuea un Page Six)
Nathts
* MEETING
* ill be an important
*'the Brunswick County
' American Legion,
??|iOR hall at 8 o'clock
W wetting.
J. Burney has ad
?f Court Sam T. Ben
u, term of court
. :? open here on Mon
ger s, will convene as
wi" necessitate all
' ? remaining open for
^that day.
tOMIXG
k ,Se Examir>er N. S.
06 at Southport Mon
*!>'lnurPose of testing
' 'I: neW Permits- He
his appointment
^recently when
I anottler appointment
It, Jr an examiner on
J**1* meet
Ww ?f tt,c Young Peo
* AsJL?f "le Brunswick
*,TTnl,t"0n wiu ^ held
'4*k rnini' beS'nning at
St. p Ml11 Creek BaP"
tffj. . r,m'n>T.t speakers
r the program and
*11! ** served on
of f,jll attendance of
) Ur'S Peoples groups
BEAUTY QUEEN
WINNER?Miss Rose Marie Holden, left, won the
Beauty Contest sponsored by the Shallotte Post, Ameri
can Legion, which came to a close Saturday night. Miss
Ramona McLamb, right, was second place winner.
Rose Marie Holden
Named Legion Queen
Daughter Of Dr. And Mrs.
R. H. Holden Winner In
Spirited Contest With
Twenty Other Attractive
Young Ladies
RAMONA McLAMB
IN SECOND PLACE
Dance On Saturday Night
Brought To Successful
Close Contest To De
termine Beauty
Queen
Miss Rose Marie Holden was
winner of the beauty contest spon
sored by members of the Shallotte
Post No. 247, American Legion,
which came to a close with a
dance Saturday night at Shallotte
high school gymnasium.
Miss Holden was closely press
ed by Miss Ramona McLarnb, who
won second place honors in the
spirited contest which saw these
two attractive young ladies
emerge victorirJus over a group
of a score of Brunswick county's
most attractive girls.
To the winner goes the honor
of representing the Shallotte Post
at the American Legion Conven
tion in Asheville next month,
where she will have all of her ex
penses paid.
The dance Saturday night
brought to a successful conclusion
a contest in which there had
been a tremendous amount of
interest. One of the big reasons
for this enthusiasm was the fact
that all profits from the contest
and the dance went to the build
Ijig fund of the legion hut, which
already is under construction. An
other reason for the widespread
interest was because members of
the Shallotte Lions Club cooperat
ed with the Legion post to make
these events successful.
Good Fishing Is
Still The Rule
I
Parties Report Good Catch
es From Local Boats
While Fishing Off South
port During Past Week
Dr. J. R. Morrison of States
viUe made the prize catch of
the week among parties going
out from Southport when he re
1 turned to port Monday afternoon
with a 7-ft. 1-in. sailfish he had
caught while fishing aboard the
Botfly of which Basil Watts is
skipper.
This was the third sail of the
season for Southport, but for Dr.
Morrison it was a new experience
and a new thrill. Watts, who is
on his own for the first time this
season as a party boat skipper,
also got a big kick out of the
catch, since it was his first sail
fish.
The Botfly, with Basil Watts
skipper, reported the following:
Monday, with Dr. Harrison of
Charlotte and Dr. Morrison of
Statesville, 16 blues, 6 bonita, 2
king mackerel and 2 dolphin;
Tuesday, Rev. C. E. McCarn and
party of Wilmington, 107 blues
and mackerel; Wednesday, Dr.
Morrison, wife and daughter of
Statesville, caught 45 blues and
mackerel; Chris Rongatis and
party of -Wilmington caught 200
blue, mackerel and trout on
Thursday; Dr. Morrison and fam
ily and Dr. Kemp Neal of Myrtle
Beach were out again Friday and
caught 30 blues, 2 baracuda, 1
|dolphin and 2 bonita; the Sat
urday trip had Herman Goetz and
'party of Greensboro who caught
[64 blues and mackerel, 1 amber
(Continued on fage Six; i
New Formula For
Dinner Invitation
If you ladies want to know a
new method for getting your
husband to take you out for
dinner you might try the meth
od which Mrs. Tommy Garner
used last week.
She was busy preparing a
good, hot meal for husband
when some of hfer preparations
called for a trip to the vege
table bin of her refrigerator.
She opened the drawer, looked
in?then screamed shrilly. There
looking her in the eye and with
his head protruding above the
top-most vegetables was a
snake.
As mentioned before, the lady
of the house gave out the
alarm, which quickly brought
the man of the house to her res
cue. The snake was dispatched,
and order /vas restored. The
only trouble was that Rusty in
sisted that she was in such an
emotional state that further
culinary efforts were 'definitely
out of the question, and that
the only cure was to be taken
out for dinner!
Busy Session
Before Judge
Wednesday Brought Num
erous Cases Before Judge
W. J. McLamb For Trial
In Recorder's Court
Apparently Brunswick county
people cannot stand prosperity,
because Wednesday was another
busy day in Brunswick county Re
corder's court.
Armond Caison and Alma
Smith were tried for fornication
and adultery. Caison was found
guilty and was given 12 months
on the roads. Notice of appeal
was given and bond was set at
$500.00. The Smith woman was
given 12 months in the penal In
stitution, judgment suspended up
on payment of costs and a fine
of $50.00. The fine was remitted.
Donnie June Stone pleaded
guilty to charges of drunk driv
ing. He was fined $100.00 and his
driving license revoked for 12
months.
Ronold Lane Dede pleaded guil
ty to the same offense and the
judgment was that his license be
revoked for 12 months and a fine
of $100.00.
Raymond Murrell was found
guilty of possession for the pur
pose of sale. Given 30 days on
the roads, judgment was suspend
ed upon payment of a fine of
$100.00 and costs.
James White, Jr., pleaded guil
ty to charges of using profane
language. Judgement of 30 days
on the roads was suspended upon
payment of costs, the defendant
to remain of good behavior for
one year.
Bobby Tolson was charged with
drunk driving, transporting, op
erating with improper license and
without operator's license. He was
acquitted on the first cpunt and
convicted on the other three. Sen
tence of 30 days on the roads was
suspended upon payment of costs
and a fine of $25.00.
Johnny Anderson was charged
with permitting the above named
defendant to breaft the above
laws. The charge as to drunk
driving was dropped, but he was
found guilty on other counts and
his sentence of 30 days on the
roads was suspended upon pay
.fContinued on page 2)
Redwine Named
Head Of Young
Democrat Club
Successful Meeting Held
Friday Evening At Shal
lotte. With New Officers
Being Elected
| SCHEDULE OF
MEETINGS DRAWN
Organization Plans To Take
An Active Part In Politi
cal Affairs In Fall
Election
Edward H. Redwine was elect
ed president of the Brunswick
County Young Democrats Club at
a meeting Friday night at Shal
lotte high school. He succeeds
Odell Williamson, who asked that
his name not be considered in fill
ing this office.
Mrs. Myrtle Boyd was elected
vice-president of the group, suc
ceeding Miss Marion Frink; and
Cecil Edwards was elected secre
tary, succeeding Harry L. Mintz,
who also declined to be a can
didate for reelection.
The following: were named to
the executive committee: James
D. Bellamy, Frederick Mint?, Ar
thur Sue, Marion Frink, Dalton
Simmons, Douglas Hawes and
Norman Bellamy.
This was an enthusiastic meet
ling with many of the party can
didates in the November election
(present. These men were given
an opportunity to speak before the
group, and each laid special em
phasis upon the importance of
having an active organization of
young Democrats in the county.
Plans were made for holding
an oyster roast for the Young
Democrats on Saturday evening,
October 2, at Shallotte Point.
James Bellamy, Odell Williamson
and Gafford Hewett were placed
in charge of arrangements.
A schedule of meetings to be
held at various points about the
county during the next month al
so was drawn up. This is as fol
lows: South port at the court
hotise, August 31 at 8 o'clock;
Waccamaw high school, Septem
ber 7 at 8 o'clock; Bolivia high
school, September 14, at &. o'clock;
Leland high school, September 21
at 8 o'clock.
Intruder Causes
Midnight Alarm
Prowler Heard In Home Of
Mr. And Mrs. J. T. Den
ning Monday Night But
Made Good His Escape
There was plenty of excitement
on the postofflce block in South
port about midnight Monday when
Mrs. J. T. Denning heard a prow
ler in one of the back rooms of
her home.
Mr. Denning, who was upstairs
asleep at the time, got his shot
gun and took up a guard post at
the front of the residence, one
of the neighbors was contacted by
telephone and was assigned the
back fence area and Chief of
Police Otto Hickman was called.
Upon the arrival of the police
officer a thorough search of the
Denning yard and those of ad
joining neighbors failed to reveal
any trace of the intruder, who
apparently had made his escape
through a window at the rear of
the house.
Egg Shaped Like
A Tobacco Worm
An egg Shaped like a tobacco
worm is the latest production in
the odd-egg derby in this area.
XV. C. Smith of the Ash com
munity in Brunswick Count}'
brought such an item to \Vhite
vtlle Friday and left the oddity
for public inspection.
Explanation: Mr. Smith opin
ed that perhaps the hen had
consumed so may tobacco
worms from the crop in front
of his home that she Just de
cided to produce a duplicate.
County's Tobacco
Warehouses Sell
20 Million Pounds
Whiteville Take* Leading
Position By Auctioning
11,634,7:0 Pounds In
First 14 Days
Twenty million pounds of to
bacco went through the warehous
es of Columbus. County's four auc
tion markets during the first 14
days of operation this year and
approximately 11 million dollars
was paid to growers of the gold
en leaf.
A roundup of figures for the
21 warehouses showed a composite
average of $55.63 for the season
to date.
Whiteville, with its nine ware
houses and three sets of buyers,
set the pace with total sales of
11,634,718 pounds for an average
price of $55.84.
The local market ran 3,482,662
pounds ahead of the volume for
the first 14 days of the 1947 sea
son.
Supervisor of Sales Dave S.
Neilson reported 4,232,350 pounds
for the five days ending on Fri
day.
Small Grain Will
Earn Payments
Encouragement For Farm
ers Of This County To
Plant These Crops Either
For Harvest Or For
Grazing
Establishing a winter cover
crop from seedings of rye, wheat,
oats barley or a mixture of these
crops during the fall of 1948 will
be a recognized conservation prac
tice for payment in 1949, accord
ing to J. J. Hawes, secretary of
the Brunswick County Agricul
tural Conservation Association
this week.
A payment of $2.00 per acre
will be made for seeding wheat
or rye or a mixture of these
crops and a paybient of $1.50 per
acre will be made for seeding oats
or barley or a small grain mix
ture containing either of these
crops.
Seeding must be completed and
a report of acreage filed in the
office of the county committee
by November 1. Prior approval of
this practice must be obtained
from the county committee. In
terested growers should make im
mediate request for this prior ap
proval so funds may be set up
for 1949 payment.
County Agent J. E. Dodson
points out that these crops or
combinations of them are parti
cularly good for winter grazing,
and he reminds growers that ar
rangements for seeding these
grains should be made during the
latter part of September.
Our
ROVING
Reporter
W. B. KEZIAH
Most of this week's column will
be about the Rovin' Reporter, not
by him. That part of last week's
write-up about his cscape from
the hospital after only two days:
was a little premature, because on
Tuesday he was back again, and
before the item he had written
about his recovery was off the
press he was on the operating
table for the purpose of having
his appendix removed.
At first his friends thought that
it was unfortunate that his last
week's column reported that he
no longer was in the hospital
since many of his admirers un
doubtedly would like to know his
true condition. Soon, however, it
was discovered that the word had
made the rounds pretty well any
way, and flowers and gifts and
cards and letters began to flock
to his room.
It would be unfair to say of
him that the Rovin' Reporter is
a bad patient, because he is cheer
ful and appreciative and generous
to all with whom he has come
in contact while in the hospital. [
But it will be no injustice at all
to say that he is an impatient pa-1
tient, and that if wishing could
do it he already would be well
and back on his rounds.
For one thin?, he won't stay in
bed. That trouble started the
nijfht after his operation when the
nurses discovered him trying to
get up and get ready to go home.
He was a little out of his head
that time, but two days later he
was completely rational when
they found him up walking about
(Continued on page four) I
SOLO FLYERS
PILOTS?Miss Bess Miller Plaxco and her brother,
Frank Plaxco, Jr., both made their solo flights last week
after taking flight training during their summer vacation
at a Wilmington Flying Service?(Cut Courtesy Star
News.)
Brother And Sister Solo
During One Week
Obliging Mullet
Lands In Skiff
August mullets have appeared
along the coast and in the
creeks and bays in considerable
number during the past few
days, but few of them have
been as accommodating as a
large one caught last week by
Commander and Mrs. W. P..
Bomberger in front of their
home on Walden Creek.
It is haraly accurate to cred
it either the commander or his
wife with the catch, since the
mullet attended to all details.
Mrs. Bomberger went down to
the landing and simply found
the flouncing around in the wa
ter in the bottom of a skiff.
Her only plausible explanation
is that when they turned on
the porch light the night be
fore the mullet may have be
come excited and started to do
ing some ill-adVlsed jumping.
The light was out of range, but
not the boat; and he wound up
a self made captive.
Art Exhibit Is
Successful Event
Recent Painting* Of Arther
Edmund Newton Showfk
At Community Center
Building On Friday Af
ternoon And Evening
An art exhibit featuring the
work of Arthur E. Newton, young
Southport artist, was held Friday
afternoon and .evening at the
Community Center under auspices
of the Womans Society of Christ
ian Service of Trinity Methodist
church. A silver offering was
taken for the benefit of that or
ganization.
This was the second annual
event of its kind, and friends and
admirers of the local artist had
an opportunity to compare his re
cent paintings with those which
were exhibited last year.
Two things stood out in this
connection. One was the fact that
this year's work is more alive,
shows more action. The other was
the unobtrusive but successful
transition from water colors to
oil. This latter was demonstrated
by one piece of unusual excellence
Included in the exhibit. _
Added to the appeal of seeing
the works of a local artist was
the interest in seeing paintings
of familiar scenes and objects.
Many of the more than two dozen
pictures were entirely local in
subject matter.
Newton spent last year study
ing fine art in New York. This
year he expects the trend of his
training to be in the direction of
commercial art. 'Til want this so
I can be sure I can make a liv
Continued on page 2)
Frank Plaxco, Jr., Who
Wat Permitted To Make
His Solo Test On His
Birthday, Followed By
His Sister
ENTIRE FAMILY
LIKES FLYING
R. F. Plaxco, Sr., General
Manager Of Brunswick
Navigation Co., Uses
Flights As Aid In
Locating Fish
Miss Bess Miller Plaxco, at:
tractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. F. Plaxco, Sr., of Southport,
became the second member of her
family to. solo within a single
week when she went up by her
self on Saturday after only six
and one-half hours of flight train
ing.
On Monday of last week her
brother, Frank Plaxco, Jr., made
his solo test on his sixteenth
birthday and thus earned his stu
dent's permit.
Miss Plaxco a^d her brother are
spending their summer vacation
at their home at Long Beach, and
their interest in aviation no doubt
stems from the fact that their
father, general manager of the
Brunswick Navigation Co., makes
frequent flights in an effort to
spot schools of fish In order to
direct the'efforts of local men
haden fishing boats. Mr. Plaxco
has handled controls quite a bit
while making these trips, but thus
far has taken no formal flight
training.
Miss Plaxco is a student at
Mary Baldwin College and Frank
is a cadet at Fishburn Military
Academy. The Plaxcos have an
other son, John, age 9, who also
likes to fly; but thus far only
as a passenger.
Bid Received
On River Road
Towles - Cline Construction
Company Submitted Low
Bid On Paving 3.81-Mile?
Of River Road From
Southport End
One Brunswick county project
was included in the list for which
bids were received yesterday by
the State Highway and Public
Works Commission in Raleigh.
This calls for the grading and
surfacing of 3.81-miles from the
end of present surfacing of High
way No. 130 in Southport north
east to a junction with the River
Road at a point this side of the
dairy, thence along the present
route of the road to Walden
Creek.
The bidder for this job was
Towles-Cline Construction Co.,
whose bid is for the grading and
bituminous surfacing of this pro
ject, .
Registration For
Peace-Time Draft
To Start Monday
J. E. Carr, Member Of
World War II Selective
Service Board, I* Serving
A* Chairman Of New
Group
BOARD MEMBERS
MEET THIS WEEK
Instruction* And Fir?t Ship
ment Of Supplies Receiv
ed ; Some Essential*
Still Are Missing
Brunswick cpunty men 18
through 25 will have to answsr
15 simple questions when they
register for the peace-time draft
beginning August 30. These an
swers given on two sides of a
4x6 white card will become the
first item In their draft file.
Hie schedule for registration
according to age groups has not
been worked out by the Bruns
wick County Selective Service
Board, nils group met recently
and elected J. E. Carr, World War
I veteran and a member of the
board which t served Brunswick
county during World War II, as
chairman. Dan Harrelson, a World
War II veteran, la secretary while
the third member is Hubert A.
Livingston.
Mr. Carr stated yesterday that
all of the necessary supplies and
equipment for conducting the reg
istration have been received.
Furniture for an office arrived
Monday afternoon, but no authori
zation has yet been received for
office space.
In an executive order, Mr. Tru
man ordered deferments from the
draft for all Withers, all husbands,
key agricultural and factory
workers, veterans, conscientious
objectors and others.
All men 18 through 25, how
ever, must register on specified
age-group days between August
30 and September 18. Only those
19 through 25 will be drafted to *
serve 21 monCis In the armed
forces. The 18-year-olds can vol
unteer for a year's training and
escape being drafted later.
Following is a schedule of dates
on which registration of the men
of different ages takes place:
August 30, men who were born
in 1922; August 31 and Septem
ber 1, men born in 1923; Sept
ember 2-3, men born in 1924;
September 4-7, men born in 1925;
September 8-9, men born in 1926;
September 10-11, men born in
1027; September 13-14, men born
In 1928; September 15-16, men
born in 1929; September 17-18.
men born before September !
1930. Registration win continue
for all men as they reach their
18th birthday and they will
expected to register within fit?
days after reaching that age. ?>'
Unless there is some change in'1
plans all registration will be car
ried on at the Selective Service
Office in Southport. '
Each registrant, when he ap
pears on the designated day, will
be asked to answer these ques
tions printed on the white regie?
tration card:
1. Name ?
2. Place of residence?
3. Mailing address?
4. Name and address of person
who will always know where the
registrant is?
5. Date of birth?
(Continued on Page X)
Lions To Sponsor
Football Team
Southport Club Making
Plant To Raise Fund*
With Which To Outfit
Team To Represent Local
School
Members of the Southport Lion?
Club voted Thursday to sponsor a
football team at Southport high
school this year and started
things off by naming a commutes
to raise funds 'with which to
purchase necessary equipment
Lion H. T. Sanders, principal of
the school, expressed the opinion
that this will be a good move and
one that will stimulate Interest
in the local school. He agreed to
serve as coach of this new sport.
Included on the committee nam*
ed by acting-president B. L. Fur?
pless was Sanders, C. M. Trott,
H. A. Livingston, Paul Fodale and
R. M. Wills. Their first action wwfc
to decide to stage a minstrel
show, proceeds from which will
go toward outfitting a football
squad.
At the last meeting perfect at?
tendance awards were made to
Lions Price Furpless and B. L.
Fur pless for not missing a single
meeting during the past year at
club activity. >, y