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The Pilot (*ners jninswick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community i Most of The New? All The Time N0-S1XTEEN N?"36 8.PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, December 8, 1948 ' ^bushed every Wednesday ji.so per yea? Jetball WSJ lake Spotlight Starting Tonight Cz-kedule Arranged For With Doublehead On Home And Basis For County jckoo'5 _ .ru?S WILL DO AC all refereeing , j?u As Drawn Up Will About Mid u Of February With Tourney Following h the opening games to l! Wednesday) the full county t ball schedule for the school * ? being announced. Both and girls teams play this j le As usual a tournament ted i? bX 411 teams to| f!n the winner among both; Z, and girls divisions, will i crangfd to wind up the sche-! series starting tonight sees I piaving Waccamaw with as" referee: at the same Southport will be taking on "X there with Grahl as refe Tuesday night, Dec. 14. ? plays Shallotte at Shal ,?ith Sanders as referee. The mng night. Wednesday. Dec K i5th, Waccamaw plays | na at Bolivia, with Sanders' tnsday night, Dec. 16, Boli ' jlays Leland at Leland and jniav Shallotte plays South / at Southport. The referee not been announced for these jsd comes to Southport on 21st with Grahl as je; Waccamaw goes to Shal on Decemebr 22nd, with San as referee. Mowing the holidays, Shal ! goes to Leland on January and Southport goes to Wac !* on January 7th. Bennett s at Waccamaw. _.:ama\v goes to Iceland on jary 11 and Bolivia com?? Southport the same night, Grahl refereeing at South On January 14th Shallotte Bolivia with Sanders re lesday, January 18. Bolivia to Waccamaw. with Bennett j ?ee. The same night South goes to Shallotte. On Jan 19th Leland plays at Bolivia Sanders as referee and on ry 20th Southport goes to I with Grahl calling the llotte plays Waccamaw on rv 21st at Waccamaw with tt as referee; Leland goes Shallotte on January 24th Sanders refereeing; Wac i' comes to Southport on ry 25th with Grahl referee on January 27th Southport to Bolivia. The month of Bary is wound up with Leland "Jig at Waccamaw and Bolivia itallotte on the 28th. ternary starts off with Wac aw at Bolivia on the first Shallotte bobs up at South on ground hog day. After Bolivia goes to Leland on niarv 3rd and Waccamaw to ^tte on February 4th. Leland to Southport oh February ternary 10 Shallotte plays and the schedule winds i>v Southport going to Wac on February 11th. " ws been agreed that the ** receipts of each game will 9lit 50-50 after expenses are out. I ritfNtw Flaihtt TO WASHINGTON Marion Frink will leave ? *st of the month for Wash >011. D. C., where she will be pwber of the office staff of k^S5man F. Ertle Carlyle. rj?1MAS FUNDS fiance sponsored at Shal ?is* week by the Shallotte ^ub, with the object of I to the Community Christ funds, netted the neat sum J'iOO, after all expenses were Club officials say the dance 1 success from every view Es IN GERMANY ^ and Mrs. G. E. Hubbard ^' ^ a cablegram from Ger Friday announcing the safe "f their son, Warrant Of , ^rge Egan Hubbard, and The young South ^^and his wife and three ?xpect to be in Germany t ne army of occupation for 1 two years. So This Is Why All These Hunting Stories The Rovin' Reporter Finally Came Up With A Gift Of A Bear Ham From Phelps Boys "When you want a bear ham, i just go to the Brunswick Cold Storage at Shallotte and get it.' It is there on cold storage for you." The above information was giv en the Rovin' Reporter of the State Port Pilot Saturday when he encountered Audie, Homer and Aldreth Phelps, sons of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Phelps, of the Juniper Creek section. The said reporter encountered the three Phelps boys as they were going home with a big buck deer. They did not offer any of the deer, but they are excused for that omission as the critter' had not been dressed and cut! up. Some inquiry elicted the infor-1 mation that the bear was the! same one that Aldreth chased; across the country one night last week when he came across it in! a cornfield. He aimed to kill it j with fcis pocket knife, but the: bear outran him. A resumption of the hunt next i morning resulted in the bear fal- J ling a victim to the gun of his i father. Father and sons are all [ good bear and deer hunters but the old man is loath to tell how many bears he has killed in his lifetime. The number, if it was known, might discourage the boys from trying to follow in his footsteps. It is a ham from this bear that is awaiting the Rovin' Reporter on cold storage for use whenever he chooses to go after it, and he is rather puzzled about when he is going to choose. In fact, he ap pears to have a sudden big gen erous streak. He is willing to div ide that bear ham at a big sup per with all and sundry news paper men among his friends. He has revealed in confidence that if somebody will only add some Brunswick county venison, some Brunswick county squirrels, some Brunswick county shrimp, some Brunswick county fish and some Brunswick county oysters to provide a bit of varied menu, in addition to the Brunswick county bear ham, he will throw a big feed at Holden Beach or somewhere and invite some news paper folks down. Menhaden Boats Back Home For FallFishing Boats Returned Here Satur day From Beaufort Where They Have Been Fishing For Past Three Weeks FALL RUN OF FISH LOCATED MONDAY Prospect Is For Good Fish ing For As Long As Good Weather Continues; All Boat3 Working The Southport Museum was be gun last week, unpretentiously and unheralded, at a meeting of the Southport Woman's Club in the public library on Wednesday. Making its modest appearance in the form of one showcase in which a number of articles of in terest had been placed by mem bers of the Art Department of the club, the museum bids fair to grow into something which will be a credit to the town. Members of the club were ask ed by the president, Mrs. James M. Harper, to look over the in fant museum at the close of the business session. In the showcase were antique hatpins, sea-shells with interesting backgrounds, a portfolio of etchings, necklaces, a brass teapot, and a piece of the Rock of Gibralter. Club members immediately and eagerly volunteered information about interesting items which they could add to the collection, and before long numbers of loans and gifts were made to the new museum. Articles for display are being sought on two basis, as outright gifts or as loans for a period of time. Either plan is welcomed by the club and those interested in placing items in the museum can contact either Mrs. Harper or Mrs. H. B. Smith, chairman of the art department. It is hoped by those who have been instrumental in beginning the museum that it will soon outgrow it's present confines and become established as one of the showplaces of Southport and one of the things of which local citi zens can be proud. Two Programs Of Interest Sunday Organ Recital Will Be Play ed Sunday Evening At Southport Baptist Church; Dr. W. K. McGe? to Speak Sunday Morning Sunday night there will be an organ recital at the Southport Baptist church featuring Warren Hohl, organist at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Wilmington, at J the console of the new Consonata (organ. A special feature of the ! recital will be the playing of | some well-loved hymns and Christmas carols. I Dr. W. K. McGee, director of j the religious program of the Bap tist Hospital and Bowman Gray School of Medicine, will speak three times in this county next Sunday. He will be the guest speaker at the Southport Baptist church at the morning service and will speak at Lebanon ?hurch at 3 o'clock that afternoon. That night he will speak at the Mill Continued on page four New Residents Have Rare Chair Few people know it, but Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pancoast of Southport have a relie of nat ion-wide interest, a chair from the famous old frigate Consti tution better known as "Old Ironsides." They have had this old chair, formerly beloiifcnig" to one of the officers of Old Ironsides, for many years. Moving here from Philadelphia recently, the chair came with them, one of; their most prized possessions. Now owning a home in South port and residing here, Mr. Pancoast is with the Maritime Commission at the ship basin at Brunswick River. FCC Inspector Cuts Out Talk : Some Good Local Listening Going Off The Air As Re sult Of Restrictions Im | posed On Ship-To-Shore ? Communications ' Chit-chat from boat to boat and to spotter plane appears to have been cut out this week and folks who listen in on their radios and keep abreast of what is going on are the chief sufferers, if any. It just happens that a lot of boats with phones work out from I Southport. Some have powerful i sending and receiving outfits, j There seems to have been much | chatter that wasn't necessary and Continue on page 8.. Southport Has Holiday Lights Streets More Gaily Lighted This Year Than Ever Be fore In History; Home owners Are Interested Southport City employees have completed the work of stringing Chirstmas lights on the streets and the town is now pretty well lit up for annual visit of St. Nicholas. Mayor Hubert Livington says they are using several hundred more lights than last Christmas. In addition, nearly all of this year's lamps are of 25 watt pow er. Last year about all of the lamps were of only 10 watt pow er. In addition to the street light ing the town will light up the community building. It is under stood that lights will also be placed at St. James Methodist church, where the Southport col i ored people are to have their [ part of the Community Christ mas. Many of the Southport home owners have already planned their Christmas lighting-end de corating. Still more are now busy at this task. The prospects are for generous decorations, on all sides and by the middle of next week private homes and places of business should be re splendent with lights decoration?. Members Asked To Improve Own Lots The matter of cleaning up the two Southport cemeteries was reduced to a basis of personal interest Wednesday when mem bers of the Woman's Club decid ed that the period from now un til Christmas will be used by members for cleaning up plots in which they have relatives and loved ones buried. After Christmas there are ten tative plans for one of the com mittees of the local organization to head a movement which will result in permanent improvements to both cemeteries. Annual Banquet For Basketball Personnel Heidi Major Richard Braunstein Of Shallotte Delivered Forceful Talk On Princip als Of Good Sportsman ship The annual sportsmanship ban quet for players, coaches and other school officials was held Wednesday in the Community Building at Southport, with Major Richard Braunstein of Shallotte making the principal talk. This event was orginally sche duled for Shallotte high school lunchroom, but when it develop ed that there were more than 150 guests in prospect, the scene of the banquet was shifted to the more spacious acommodation here. Principal H. C. Stone of Shal lotte turned the meeting over to H. T. Sanders, president of the Brunswick County Athletic Asso ciation. He in turn introduced the other principals of the schools. They introduced members of their | local school committee and other guests and the players from the various schools introduced them selves to the group. Miss Gasque, head of the music I department of Shallotte high! school, and three other member :j of the 8hV!otte faculty furnisher' a delightful musical interlude for the program. In his address Major Braun stein spoke of the value that scholastic competition plays in moulding character. He stressed the importance of learning to play hard but clean and learning the art of being a good loser. His talk was highlighted with, a re citation of a number of his in teresting experiences. Before the meeting adjourned the representatives of each 'school I sang their school song, and the final feature was "Good Night Ladies", sung by the entire group. Dodson Resigns As County Agent Resignation Becomes Effec tive January 1; Has Serv ed In This County Since May 10, 1921 County Agent J. E. Dodson, who came to this county in 1921 as head of the farm program, tendered his resignation Monday to members of the new board of county commissioners, to become effective January 1. Mr. Dodson gave poor health as his reason for resigning, and declared that after serving for 27 years in this same work he Continued on page four Advertise Your Climate Advises Visitor Monday Executive Vice-President Of Waccamaw Bank And Trust Company Is Well Pleased With Weather CITES CONTRAST NOTED LAST YEAR Indications Are That Mora And More People Are Be coming Interested In Climate Here "Advertise your climate down here in Brunswick county," said J. N. Coburn, executive vice president of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust company, in an in terview here Monday. Contining, the bank official said, "I came down here one day last winter and when I left Whiteville the ground and everything was cov ered with snow and ice. When I got here, only 58 miles from Whiteville, I found you had neith er snow or ice and everything was nice and warm." Mr. Coburn made these remarks Monday of this week, a day when the temperature was in the eighties with everything going around in shirtsleeves. Up to that time and also up to the present time, no killing frost had fallen anywhere in Brunswick county, and that was the th of Decem ber. The same day that Mr. Co burn was here and remarked on the local weather, the North Car olina Cooperative Extension De partment wrote Southport inter ests asking for information on the dates for the first killing frosts in Brunswick county. The aim behind this inquiry, they said, was the possibility or grow ing late tomatoes down here in Brunswick county. The average date for the first killing frost is November 22 and the Cooperative Extension workers have already been advised of this fact. Ten days ago the North Caro lina Wildfire Commission officials wrote a party here at Southport asking that he locate 15 acres of good land. It is proposed to Continued on page four Attractive New Store At Supply i J. M. Parker & Sons Are Opening New Store To morrow Business Has Been Greatly Expanded J. M. Parker and Sons of Sup ply began moving their old wood en building out of the way Mon day and tomorrow, (Thursday) they wiir have their formal open ing in their large new brick and cinder block building recently completed. The new building is just in the rear of where the old one stood. It will have an abundance of car parking space and the build ing itself is very attractive and conveniently arranged. A small room at one end will be used for car greasing in con nection with the sale of gas and oil. Back of this room is a stor age room for seed and feed. The main room of the building has a large space devoted to gen eral merchandise and hardware, all conveniently arranged for I buyers. In the west end of the i building is a modern self-service Continued on page four Our ROVING Reporter w. B. KEZIAB In line with our often repeat ed argument that Brunswick county has the mildest elimate in North Carolina, an argument that is supported by the fact that the average year-round temperature is 62.4, Willie Cooker of South port came around this week and reported that he gathered ripe tomatoes and butter beans from his vines on December 3rd. Incid ently we were all about Bruns wick county this past week and saw patches of green butter beans and many other green gar den and field crops that always fall victim to frost, when there is frost. A few days ago we met up with one of the most interesting hobbies we have seen in a long time. This was the tropical fish collection of Joe Verzeal of La land. Mr. Verzeal, a trained J nurseryman, grows 50 acres in bulbs and plants and has 10 acr es in his nursery at Eastbrook. His hobby for the past twelve or fifteen years has been his tropi cal fish and he is really justified in his pride in the collection, i Keeping them in glass tanks, I most of which he constructed j himself, Mr. Verzeal has thous ands of the interesting little tro pical fish and snails, over 50 dif ferent varieties. Some of the lit tle fish are beautiful while others are attractive for their hideous ness. Some day when we can get photographs and have more thim we plan to try for an interesting feature story on Mr. Verzeal's fish collection. It is probably no cxageration Continued on page 3 New Commissioners Get Down To Business With Several Changes Made Time For Hog-Killing USEFUL?Farmers of this county have good reason to be thankful for the services of the Brunswick Cold Storage Plant at Shallotte, without whose services it would have been practically impossible to carry on normal fall hog killing activities during the unusually warm weather so far this year. Southport Museum Is Establish ed By Club Board Members Seeking Boat W. S. Welis and Lewis J. Hardee, chairman and member of the North Carolina Shrimp Survey Commission, are in Flor ida this week in quest of a suitable boat that will enable them to carry on the shrimp survey along the North Carolina coast. Fifty thousand dollars was al located for this work at the last session of the legislature. After some search a boat be longing to the government and land at Woods Hole, Mass., was located and brought to South-.. port. After being brought here it was rejected as unsuitable. Since then nothing. has been done to carry on the survey. Chairman Wells recently stat ed that just as soon as a suit able boat could be secured the work would be started and car ried on until finished. Woodburn Man Dies Saturday Joseph E. Mintz Died Sat-1 urday In Bullock Clinic In Wilmington, Funeral Ser vices Monday Joseph E. Mintz, 54, resident of! the Woodburn community at Le land and veteran of the first world war, died in the Bullock Clinic in Wilmington Saturday evening. Funeral services were conduct ed from the Woodburn Presby terian church Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services were in charge of the Rev. J. D. With row. Burial followed in the Wood burn cemetery. Mr. Mintz is survived by his wife, Eunince W. Mintz; one daughter, Miss B?ttie Mintz of Washington, D. C.; two brothers D. M. and D. E. Mintz, both of Leland; two sisters, Mrs. M. L. Douglas and Mrs. M. S. Ganey both of Leland. Those serving as active pall bearers were J. N. Gainey, M. L. Douglas, Jf., T. B. Gainey, Joseph Spencer, L. D. Pearce, and J. M. Hines. Honorary pallbearers: Mac F. Jones, R.' C. Holmes, Roy Mar tin, R. V. Williams, Ranthy Gan ey, L. A. King, K. B. Dresser, R. G. Ennis, W. L. Paden, D. L. Ganey, J. M. Williams. Crab Factory Being Planned] Reported That Morehead City Interests Plan To Es tablish Crab Meat Proces sing Plant At Holden Beach Reliable sources report that Morehead City interests have se | cured a 20 year lease on a tract of land on the inland waterway at Holden Beach and that they plan to build a crab meat factory (Continued on Page 8) , Latest Project'Of Local Wo men's Organization Has Humble Beginning With Exhibits Contained In Sin * gle Show Case EXHIBITS SOUGHT FOR NEW VENTURE Articles Of Historical Inter est Needed And May Be Either Donated Ov,*_ right Or Loaned The Plaxco, Brunswick, Nick erson and Gifford, four crack boats of the Brunswick Naviga tion Company after operating out of Beaufort for the past three weeks came home Saturday and Monday they waded in on the schools of menhaden now moving down the coast. Monday the fish were found about off Carolina Beach and they are said to be everywhere above there. Tuesday they were somewhat nearer. The end of the week should see the most ad vanced schools directly off South port, according to some of the boats crews. If good weather holds until Christmas something of a record in the way of catches may be made by the boats of the local factory. The boats are said to be cap able of handling three million fish or more daily. If the fish continue to be as plentiful as they are now, the boats should be able to bring in good loads as long as the weather lasts. Hal Watters of the Pennington Flying Service, who has been with the local boats all summer spotting schools of fish from the air, is still out daily and is per forming a valuable service. Flying high he locates a school of fish, and promptly telephones the lo cation to the nearest boat that it not busy. Just as soon as he passes a school of fish to a ves sel he goes on to locate another school for one of the other boats. It is understood that there is a possibility of some of the news reel people coming here this week to film the work of the spotter plane and the boats at work at the fishing. Game Violators Tried In Court Frank Watson Convicted Of Killing Doe Deer, Appeal? To Superior Court; An other Hunting Case Tried Game law violations furnished defendants in two of the cases tried before Judge W. J. Mc Lamb here In Recorder's court Wednesday. The fallowing disposition was made: Joe Zoon, violating traffic law, nol prossed. Marvin L. Piver, reckless oper ation, continued. Manly Nelson, failure to dim lights, one-half costs. M. L. Etarling, public drunk ness, 30 days on roads, suspended on good behavior and payment Continued on page four R. L. Rabon Elected Chair man Of Incoming Board Of Which B C. William? And George B. Ward AJn? Other Members VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER DISCONTINUED Change Made In Superintend dent Of Brunswick Coun ty Home; No Action In ? Appointing County ' Attorney R. L. Rabon, Leland merchant; was elected chairman of the new board of county commissioner* Monday. Other member? of th? new body are B. C. William?, Shallotte farmer, and George B. Ward, Waccamaw farmer and sawmill man. The election of Mr. Rabon WM by one of the most Democratic methods possible. There appeared to be a stalemate in the matter of selecting the board chairman, ? when someone suggested that the three men draw straws for the place of honor. This was done, with Register of Deeds Amos J. Walton holding the straws, and Rabon low man among the commissioners in the balloting, became the head of the group. The board lost no time in. get ting down to work. They did postpone appointment of a county attorney and solicitor of Record er's court until a later meeting. The commissioners ordered that the Veterans Service office at Supply, which has been in opera tion for a little more than one year, be discountinued because ot insufficient funds. The board received the resigna tion of County Agent J. E. Dod son, effective January 1. The following persons were ap> pointed listtakers for the varlou* . tov.iuihipn: Northwest. J. T.^| 'M'n CreeV, Z O. Rte 1 bon; Smithville, Mrs. Lillian Ca! son; Lock woods Folly," Bed ford Ludlum; Shallotte, Henry D. Williams; Waccamaw, Robert Milliken. Sam Watts was appointed sup erintendent of the Brunswick county home, to relieve J. D, Price after thirty days or soddcr (Continued on page 4) (vi Capture Still In Smithville Illegal Manufacturing Unit Was Set Up And Goin|; When Officers Made Aji pearance On Monday It is very rare that officers locate stills in Smithville town? ship and a capture made Monday morning at nine o'clock may ba of more than usual interest. Tipped off that something un desirable was going on in the immediate neighborhood of old St. Phillips church at Orton, Deputy Sheriffs O. W. Perry and Charles Skipper descended on the place, capture John McKoy, col ored and a steam whisky outfit CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Waccamaw Bank . Gets Renovated Business Offices Of This la** stitution Have Been Mod ernized And Made Most Attractive J. N. Coburn, executive vice president of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company, spent All of Monday here looking over the improvements that have recently been made on the local branch of that bank. The Waccamaw Bank and Ttu*t Company, in addition to its main bank at Whiteville, has branches at Southport, Shallotte, Clarkton, Fairmont, Chadbourn, KenansVille, ? Tabor City, and Rose Hfll. All i of these branches and the main bank are in fine quarters and have the most up-to-date banking equipment. Here at Southport, Mr. Coburn said, the company has a tip-top force in Cashier Prince O'Brisp, < assistant.-Cashier Mrs. Racha?! J Corlette and Mrs. Ed. Harrsl son, the bookkeeper. The improve menta In the building, combined "f with the personnel, gives t)M - folks at Southport a banking %, vice that is not surprassed arty* ' where. Mr. Coburn said, "We are mak- * ing these improvements at South port to improve our banking <NV> - Continue on page 8..