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jhe Pilot (<o\era Brunswick County THE STATE PORT PILOT PL NO. SIXTEEN NO. 48 8-PAGES TODAY A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The New? / All The Time Southport, N. C? Wednesday. March 9, 1949 published every Wednesday $i.so per yea* :jUnty Citizens 0Li March On jeigh Thursday ^uate Plants And Equip l^nt Must Accompany I getter Teaching Person le|. Leaders Declare PROXIMATELY 50 persons attended u^dav Meeting Present | Clear-Cut Demonstra Ition Of Interest In Bet ter Education th Carolinians are fully of school needs and are L, to pay for better schools, hj was the opinion of those "attended a hearing before fii rt Appropriations and Edu j,- Committee of the General Bblv in Raleigh Thursday. |je Brunswick County delega some 50 strong, returned the conviction that school t and laymen alike are deep fconcerned about the kind of and equipment as well Uut the teaching personnel. Imports out of Raleigh told of appeal made by various ^esnien for the 5,000 demon on behalf of more ade school plants and larger lortumttes for the children to are themselves for life. These jrts were substantiated by the L. delegation. |Cne member of the group said i emphasis was placed upon ail-over needs rather than salary schedules. Jrhe passage of the 20 per : deficiency bill, providing re icuve pay for State employees, :d on the same day, but i action had been taken be i the meeting and was not a ni; of the meeting," this mem said. "That was not the <rer to the school problem I should not be interpreted as was pointed out the re ictive pay for teachers has ; to do with what the schedule will be during t next biennium and that the try schedule is not necessarily big issue in the Legislature The sentiment at the Raleigh hr.ng seemed to be that' ade jce facilities are as important ] salaries and that whatever cost, such finances as are Ksary must be provided," a mbus delegate reported. Sriif News Flasha pEFIT DANCE i square dance will be held on (arday night of this week at b American Legion Hut ill Shal k the proceeds to go to the King fund. IffEXD TOURNAMENT jimong the Southport people te attended the Southern Con kce Basketball Tournament in Warn last week-end were Mr. K Mrs. Fred Willing; Mr. and b- W, S. Wells and son, Billie; tee O'Brien, Robert Willis, fees Carr and H. T. Sanders. \ ALASKAN waters Lesley N. Johnson, USN, son of p L. N. Johnson of Southport, I so*" participating in the sub E, war games in Alaskan !? He is aboard the USS | an aircraft carrier with j| Pacific fleet. The Boxer is flagship of the striking and pdng force in the manuvers. F WGE ANCHOR I* huge ships anchor weighing r? than a thousand pounds was FjSht up by the shrimp net of Wa:n Clarence Varnum Tues fjolks on the waterfront de N it was the largest they p saw. it was donated to the *&Port Baptist church scrap * collection. display Art Department of the Woman's Club is spon a special program for P* 16th. At this time there L k a special art display of "tous -%/ri^ rmma IIJS paintings. Miss Emma r*r. art teacher at the New nVer high school, will be p speaker. '"KTB.VLL banquet Wch h. T. Sanders and mem l ';f 'he girls and boys basket ry ^uads will be honored at a p"'1 Tuesday evening at the Ffc'inity Building. This event I ?U1S sponsored by members L e parent-Teachers Associa i and tickets will be available lfrts fans and others inter en ii the athletic program of pWiooi. Second In County RUNNER-UP?The Brunswick county basketball team which showed the greatest improvement this year was the Southport sextet, who finished second to Leland in the Brunswick county tournament. Shown abovs, top row, left to right, Stedham, Helms, Coach Sanders, C. McRacken, R. McRacken, Arlington; seated: Rabon, Latitia Hick man, Garner, Ward, Arnold, Swan, Linda Hickman.? (Wilmington News Cut.) Another Hardee Trawler Ready To Be Launched The fifth big trawler built here I by Lewis Spaulding for Lewis I J. Hardee blossomed out Mon- i day under the name of Sea Girl. ! She is now ready for launching j and joining up for the production of fish with the Sea Boys, Sea Lady, Sea Pal and Sea Fighter. Mr. Hardee appears to have fancy for the use of the word "Sea" in the names of his boats, j Several years ago he built and | owned the Sea King, Sea Queen, | Sea Duke, Sea Prince and Sea I Princes. They were fine boats but Mr. Hftrdee elected to sell them in a lump and to build an other fleet that he thought would be more to his liking. This second fleet, Hardee said was almost too big for operations on this part of the coast. Get ting a good offer for the boats as they were, he sold the entire fleet and launched into the con struction of the present group of j 54-footers. All five of the boats are just alike, powered alike with diesel engines, equipped with ship to shore phones and the best in fishing riggings. In addition to the above five Mr. Hardee has another big boat, the General Dauglas MacArthur. Building Boom Still Spreading ?? Reports Continue To Come j In Of Construction Of I New Residences And Of I Major Repairs To Old I Buildings A story in lost week's paper regarding a residence building boom being in progress at South port and Long Beach has result ed in indications of the same thing over most of Brunswick county, especially the coastal sec tion. At Holden Beach Blake Thomp- I son, High Point Realtor, is com pleting a new duplex house. Dr. D. G. McKeithan of Fayetteville has started work on a nice home at the same place. W. N. Peele, Chadbourn automobile dealer and Earl V. Womble of High Point are also building nice new resi dences at Holden Beach. David Ross of Freeland is the contractor for the Womble residence. At the Varnumtown commun Continued On Page Four | Varied Docket Tried In Court Variety Of Cases Disposed Of Here In Recorder's Court Wednesday Before Judge W. J, McLamb A variety of cases were dispos ed of here in Recorder's court Wednesday before Judge W. J. McLamb with the following dis position being made: Elwood Evans, Elmer Ramsey, Eddie Summerlen, assault with deadly weapon, continued. Eugene Davis, larregey, charge adjudged to be frivilous and mali cious, prosecuting witness taxed j with costs. I Earl Leo Bowen, disorderly con t Continued On Page Four Telephone Facilities Expanded For City Relief Promised For The! Overloaded Equipment In Southport With Complet ion Of Additional Equip ment , CAN TAKE CARE OF HUNDRED CUSTOMERS Additional Central Office Equipment Follows Out side Cable Construction On Line O. G. Bain, manager of the Wilmington District for the Southern Bell Telephone Co., an nouced yesterday that by April 1 new facilities will be available wihch will make it possible to add one hundred more customers to the Southport telephone service. Mr. Bain says that there are seventy-five applications now on file, and that these persons will be the first to be connected. Telephone company employees now are busy completing their job of installing additional cen tral office equipment. This follows a major project of installing addi tional outside cable during the fall and winter. Before this all facilities of the local office were filled to capacity. Bain says that while his com pany hopes to be able to give ser vice to custorilers at Caswell Beach and Long Beach, this pre sent expansion will not include bringing service to them right away. Farmers Advised To Treat Seed Sweet Potatoes Which Are To Be Used For Bedding '< Should Be Treated At I One Of Several Free! Places This month will see much bed ding of sweet potatoes for slips to be transplanted to the fields, according to County Agent A. S. Knowles, who says it is best to treat the seed potatoes before they are bedded. A number of diseases that damage this crop can be controlled by using Seme san Bel to treat the seed pota toes. Mr. Knowles said that the voca tional agricultirral teachers at Bolivia, Shallotte and Waccamaw and the negro vocational teacher at Brunswick County Training school in Southport will all be ready to started treating seed potatoes by the last of this week. It is also expected that some place in the Leland community will be set up ready to tract pot atoes by the first of next week, j The Tabor City sweet potato marketing association is furnish ing the material free and it will be distributed to the vocational teachers by the material Tree and I it will be distributed to the voca tional teachers by Mr. Knowles.' Mr. Knowles says that farmers j having 40 or more bushels ' that | they desire to have treated may: want to set up a treating barrel j at home to save hauling the1 potatoes. For the information of (these persons he states that the Semesan Bel is mixed for use at the rate of one pound to eacn seven and a half gallons of water. The potatoes are submerged in the solution for a period of one Continued On Page Four Herring Running In Town Greek Some reports of fairly large catches of herring have been coming from Town Creek and the first of April or sooner should see big runs on these fish. Some of the folks well versed in the taking of these fish say that the runs will come much earlier than usual this year. Town Creek, a year round cen ter of interest to sport fisher men, takes on new life when the herring runs get started. These fish arc taken in gill nets and hundreds of them are sometimes strung in the stream on the afternoons and nights when the law permits fishing. Sometimes there are said to be as many as 50 fish frys held in a single night, parties com ing from many miles, catching their fish and having a big fry somewhere along the banks of the stream. Service Officer Now At Shallotte New Headquarters For This Work Will Be Located In New American Legion Hut At Shallotte Cecil Edwards, Brunswick county service officer, has mov ed his office from the Agricul tural building at Supply to the new hut of the Shallotte Post American Legion, a mile west of Shallotte. This move was in accordance with the agreement with the board of county commissioners when they restored to appropria tion for the work at a meeting two weeks ago. With his office at the Shallotte quarters of the American Legion, Mr. Edwards will spend each Continued On Page Four Name Committee Chairman For Club Next Year i | President Ut bouthport Wo man's CiuD Appoints de partment Heads l o Serve | i?ej;t Year jFJLi. CQivLvil i' i'EES i o oE /tWrtuUNCED i Club iweiiioers Hear Miss | nam i dUviojn Di&cucs legislation lending 1is iO.'c <~urr?nt tiouy Mrs. J. M. Harper, Jr:, presi dent of the Souuiport Woi.ian s Club has named the tollowing de partment heads for next year: American Citizenship Depart ment, Mrs. A. L. Lewis; Ameri can Home Department, Mrs. L. J. Hardee; Art Department, Mrs. H. B. Smith; Education Department, [Mrs. H. W. Hood; International Relations Department, Mrs. W. G. Butler; Literature Department, Miss Annie May WoodsiOe; Music Department, Mrs. Dallas Pigott; Public Welfare Department, Mrs. Pearce Cranmer; Finance Com mittee, Mrs. E. H. Arrington. Chairman of these committees will announce a list 01 their com mittee members at the next meet ing of the club. The following library trustees were named: Mrs. C. Ed Taylor, Mrs. Jessie Harper, Mrs. M. R. Sanders, Miss Annie May Wood side and the club president. Mrs. Tommy Garner was elect ed to membership in the club. The program which was in charge of Mrs. Joe Young, Chair man of the Public Welfare De partment, featured a talk by Miss Ruth Patterson, welfare superint endent of Brunswick county. The speaker delt with welfare pro blems on a National, State and county level and discussed legisla tion now pending before the National congress and before the State Legislature which would ex tend disability benefits to eligible persons between 16 and 65 years of age. Civil Term Will Convene April 4 Judge W. C. Harris Will Preside Over Ons-Week Term For Trial Of Civil Actions Only A one week term of Brunswick county Superior court for trial of civil cases is scheduled to con vene here on Monday, April 4, with Judge W. C. Harris of Ral eigh presiding. According to Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett no cases of unusual interest are scheduled for trial. The following names have been drawn for jury service: Mrs. Clara B. King, Mrs. Cecil King, Otis McArthur, Preeland. Brady Hewett, Mrs. S. L. Kir by, James Hendy Galloway, Mrs. G. R. Hewett, Mrs. Janie Fulford, Stafford Hewett and Homer H. Phelps, Supply. P. L. Swain, Mrs. Prince O'Brien, Mrs. Eskett St. George, Southport. J. C. Gore, Mrs. Rub Holden, D. E. Hewett, Mrs. Mittie Gray, Mrs. A. B. Hale, C. S. Milliken, H. F. Milliken, C. R. Tatum, Shallotte. S. J. Wilson, B. C. Piver, R. 1. Long, L. B. Smith, Mrs. Elsie M. Avant Dodson, J. S. Millike, Ash. Mrs. Lloyd Bordeaux, Mathew j Continued On Page Four Our ROVING Reporter W. B. KEZIAH Writing us from Lumberton Attorney G. Butler Thompson makes a demand for more fishing stuff in this column. He says J that he gets an awful headache if he does not get to go fishing at least twice a week. We do I not know whether to believe him I or not, but it is a well known fact that "Allah does not deduct from man's alloted span the | hours he spends at fishing." Mr. Thompson also says he caught a?. 2-pound goggle-eye while fishing | in Lake Waccamaw couple of j weeks ago. Either the fish or the | story was a whooper. Should you doubt that advertis ing in this paper is far reaching, we might point out that this week a couple came to Southport from several hundred miles away. They are to maktf their permanent home here and they had not been here ten minutes before the gen tleman produced a wallet that contained clippings of advertise ments of lumber and builders sup plies. He is buying from adver tisers in this paper. Last week it was mentioned in this paper that Benjamin Swain, Southport colored fisherman, had butchered a 504 pound hog. That so far as we know, was the larg est hog ever killed by a South port man. Hogs have to be kept out of the city limits and Ben and a great many other resi dents, who like to raise a hog or two, has to go a considerable (Continued on page five) County Comes Close To 3-Thousand Mark Final Report Of Director L. D. Hayman Of Brunswick Countv March Of Dimes Shows Unusual Work The Brunswick County Director of the March or Dimes, the Rev. L. D. Hayman, submitted his final report to the chapter chairman and treasurer this week showing a total collection of almost $3,000.00. This brought to a close .me* official campaign for the fund raising effort and the following figures were filed with officials of the county chapter: Bolivia, H. Foster Mintz direc tor, $300.00; colored citizens, A. C. Caviness director, $300.00; Le land, Mrs. M. F. Jones director, $441.55; ShaUotte, Mrs. M. H. Ruark director, $540.61; Southport, Mrs. E. J. Prevatte director, $503.08; Supply, Mrs. Floyd Kir by director, $272.21; Waccamaw Ash, W. C. Stephenson director, $339.50; Winnabow, Mrs. R. L. Sullivan director, $146.00; Home Demonstration Clubs Miss Cor inne Green director, $76.26; U. S. Coast Guard Station-Oak Island, Walter Lewis director, $63.00. Total $2082.21. Campaign Expenses: Travel, telephone, $30.93; stencils and ink, $1.00; stationery, $18.00I Total $49.93; Balance $2932. 28, less $63.00 reported by Coast Guard but not handled by direc tor, $63.00, net total to treasurer,! $2869.28. These figures include monies received from local directors as j above, and include receipts from schools, churches, Lions clubs, business houses, theatres, other clubs, individuals, coin collector jars and ? Government groups. Those interested may examine the cash slips and receipts now on file with the chapter chairman, the Rev. H. M. Baker, and finan cial statement filed with chapter treasurer, Mrs. J. M. Harper, Jr. Red Cross Roll Call Begins In Brunswick Cold Weather No Worry To Varnum When the temperature is down to freezing it is a whole colder than that to" the person out on the windswept ocean still cold bothers few, but whistling winds can really chill to the marrow. Allowing for the fact that Southport has a lot of tough fishermen in the matter of withstanding cold, it Is believed that Captain Kenwood Varnum, skipper of the Sea Boys, is about the Roughest. He has been immunized to cold or something. His regular working clothes, regardless of how cold it may be where the winds reach him, consist of a shirt, a union suit, a pair of shoes and a pair of sox. To conform to social de mands he also wears a pair of lightweight pants. Commissioners In Session Monday Report Includes Action Of Monday's Meeting And Also Some Details Of Last Session In March Several matters of road im provement were taken up by members of the board of county commissioners here Monday in a day which was devoted largely to routine business. The boaru approved the follow ing projects: Road leading from New Mope church in Town Creek via J. C. Jones and J. C. Maults by places, intersecting the main road at the Mills place; a section of road about 800-yards in length running from New Hope Road at the Bennett place intersect ing the Piney Grove road at Grab" Apple ford. At their last meeting the commissioners had taken similar act'on on a 2% mile stretch of road running from the Goley Lewis place east to Lewis Store. A road leading from Myrtle Head in Waccamaw town ship via S. R. Evans place, a dis tance of 1 mile. Mary Beaver was granted $8.00 toward expenses of medical treat-[ ment and a total of $40.00 was; added to the general relief fund at the request of the superint endent of public welfare. The board ordered the J. F. Anderson land which recently was foreclosed for taxes to be con- j veyed to Jesse Johnson and Victor i Bartels upon payment of $214.00.1 An adjustment was made in the valuation of the Kate Stana land estate in order that the heirs may pay their individual share of taxes due. D. S. Gore was relieved of $300.00 valuation for 1948 due to error in listing and similar action was taken for Mrs. Ora Continued on page four Dr. J. M. Waggette To Head This Drive For Funds For Support Of American Red Cross Program SOME COMMUNITY CHAIRMEN NAMED j Complete Organization Will Be Set Up In Effort To Carry Campaign To AH Sections Of County The annual Red Cross Roll -Call is now underway in Brunswick county with Dr. J. M. Waggette, chairman ot the Brunswick County Chapter, assuming active leadership of the fund-raising campaign. Dr. Waggette plans to use n county-wide organization to Carry the appeal for financial support to all of the citizens of the county. He points out that the Red Cross still performs many services for men in the armed forces and for members of their families. There should be parti cularly strong support from citi zens who have relatives still in service, he says. Chiefly, however, he reminds the people that the American Red Cross is a peacetime organiz ation, and stands ready at all times to bring relief wherever disaster may strike. Already included in the county organization as community chair men are Mrs. Joe Young, re sidential, and Dan Harrelson, business, Southport; Mrs. J. E. Kirby, Supply; Mrs. Drew Long, Longwood; Mrs. Robert Williams, Shallotte Point; Mrs. Houston Reynolds and Mrs. Williams, Le land Mrs. Leo Medlin Northwest. The complete list of workers will be announced next week. Many Visitors Attend Opening Crowd Of About Four Hun dred Person* Attended Opening Of Legion Hut At Shallotte Friday More than 400 members of the American Legion and their friends attended the opening of the new home of the Shallotte Post Ameri can Legion at Shallotte Friday night. Nearly all posts in the surrounding counties were repre sented, according to Edward Red wine, a member of the Shallotte Post. Many favorable comments were heard on the splendid appear ances and facilities of the new building. Mixed with this was praise for the officials and in dividual members of the Shallotte Post for their efforts towards the construction of the building. By way of entertainment there was a free dance with refresh ments of hot coffee and cookies. Charles Trott, a member of the Brunswick Post at Southport, andi Mrs. R. H. Holden of Shallotte! won the contest. Broughton Dies After Just Two Months Of Term Former Governor Stricken With Heart Attack At Washington; Funeral I* Planned Tomorrow SUCCESSOR HAS NOT BEEN NAMED Many Brunswick County Citizens Hope To S;c For mer Senator W. B. Uin stead Named Senator J. Melville Broughton, 60, of North Carolina, died of a heart attack in Washington, D. C. Sunday just two months after taking office. The fortner North Carolina Goevrnor suffered an acute seizure and entered the naval, hospital at Bethesda, Md. early Sunday. morning. He died at 8:45 a. m. Broughton's friends said that; for three weeks his physical con dition has been poor. He had' been suffering from heart trou-! ble for some time. Broughton was eiecced to the. senate last fall after a heated primary contest in which he de-' feated the incumbent, William B. Umstead of Durham. Umstead; had been appointed to fill the un-. expired term of the late Sena tor Josiah Bailey. Broughton sworn in Dec. 31,; 1948, presided over the upper chamber two and a half houra last Friday. He was scheduled, to make his maiden speech today against a proposed rules change against the filibuster. Broughton's family said funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3 p. m. in the Tabernacle Baptist church at Raleigh, N. C. the sena tor's home. Broughton, a well known Baptist lay leader had taught Sunday school there. No announcement has been, made of a probable successor for Senoior Broughton, but '.."-.ere is a strong sentiment in Brunswick favoj:ig 'ormer Senator Wm. B. TThjrvJTifc' a number of etvV>r?*j, mcnts have been ' forwarded to Governor Kerr Scott, urging him to name Umstead to his old off ice. Some of this support haa tome from forces who strongly supported Broughton in the pri? mary election last year. Former Resident Dies In Virginia Mrs. Ethel Julia Hood Died Unexpectedly On Febru? ary 23, At Her Home la Beaconsdale, Va. Mrs. Ethel Julia Hood, 52 ,died unexpectedly February 23 at lier home, 20 Newport Ave., Beacons? dale, Va. She is survived by her husband, James R. Hood; two sons, J. R. Hood, Jr. of Newport News, and William C. Hood of Beaconsdale; two daughters, Miss Mary N. Hood and Miss Jane O. Hood, both of Beaconsdale; two sisters, Mrs. W. O. Baum of Norfolk and Mrs. C. W. Easley of South port, and a brother, W. T. Ott4 way of Brooklyn. Funeral services were held at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Hilton Village. The Rev. Paul H. Kratzig, rector, officiated. Burial was in the Lebanon Church Cemetery, Lee Hall. Active pallbearers were W. R. (Continued of page four) Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the ne*|, week. These hours are approxi mately correct and were furn ished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide Low Tide Thursday March 10, 3:44 A. M. 10:21 A. M. 4:12 P. M. 10:31 P. M. Friday March 11, 4:45 A. M. ' 11:17 A. M." 5:12 P. M. 11:81 P. M." .Saturday March 12, 5:45 A. M. 0:00 A. M. 6:08 P. M. 12:10 P. M. Sunday March 18, 6:87 A. M. 0:27 A. M. 7:04 P. M. 12:59 P. M. Monday March 14, 7:32 A. M. 1:20 A. M. 7:58 P. M. 1:46 P. M/ Tuesday March 15, 8:22 A. M. 2:11 A. M. 8:47 P. M. 2:32 P. M., Wednesday March 16, 9:11 A. M. 3:01 A. M. 9:39 P. M. 3:18 P. M.