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? sixteen NO. 3 6-PAGES today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, April 27, 1949 published every Wednesday fi^o per yea?
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^ $500 For
|e^ Fire Truck
Bjl|WHifSuPP?rt
' fait P"* 0n EnJ?y"
I venmg of Entertain
i Atj^g^_sch<>o1
igS^SFs MUSIC
l # Xble To Stump
L,\e Piano Player
? 14 Times, And
>' of It"
Questionable
-?It of stunts put on
'Jay night for the
J volunteer Fire Depart
hundred dollars were
i the fund for the pur
new fire truck. (
,,u famous throughout;
^'lina for his piano:
to raise money for
I- varch of Dimes drive.
1feature of the show.
,tfisted by Marion Tar
, irchie Thornhill. also
JjLue. All are with the
(jer.cn-ny.
b acted as master of
ciJ and did the job up
y. Tarrant assisted in
lucent ways and Jerry
^ the work, handling
F> machine in addition to
iao playing
, :.vo stunt called for
to put a dollar in the
nek kitty and to name a
iv waited Jerry to play.
H at know the tune he
out a dollar of his own
i the kitty and play a
BK uce for the one re
He had to chip in with
of his own money for
1 said he could not play,
i strongly suspected he
ftr- and paying for his
rier to help the fire
He claimed he did not
i tune of "Little Boy
isi other simple old tim
iteiewas playing in the
i i Times drive stunts two
kj ares were requested '
rtn??"tfay atH ne only'
pc on 37 of them. But I
te no ore objected at his |
rable to play a tune as ;
? mmpan} jot an extrai
to? time he claimed he;
imped.
cent of the $500.00 taken j
to the fire truck fund. A 1
Ri turned out for the ,
>1 everybody had a great 1
eluding Ball, Tarrant and
1 They spent the fokyiving
i and before leaving they
spresentative of this pap
they planned to come
:e time and try and help
jr.
i CTdit for the success of
?? is also due J. A. Woltz,
' Redwine and Charlie
?so served as auctioneers,
of other local people.
priifjVf*!
Flathti
TO MEET
new Brunswick county >
education will meet Mon- I
wmng at 7:30 o'clock in,
tee of the county super
S ADVANCE
*tee Monday, May 2, ad
phces at the Amuzu I
m Southport will ac*" |
' to 30-cents for adults and j
^ Jor children. I
oaighters
*th Annual Convention of i
Wi Carolina Branch of the I
tonal Order of King's i
*** will convene in Wil-1
?n Tuesday and Wednes- j
next week.
ON LM PROVING
[' Hoo<l. who suffered a
l ilwt attack about four
K has improved to the
J*tare he is now allowed
5> in bed at his home for
#,es each day.
to i', i ii.i>
1*4 Mrs. Floyd Dilsaver
material ;'or the con
f" of a new home on a
f they recently purchased
B Hart and adjoining a
** now being completed by
Ughtship
Ward and Mrs. M.
r5*'-' 'Irove to Morehead
l>^y to carry the for-1
1J^?'1 back to his station
It. Ft'rtng Pan Li8hlship'
1^4 this vessel in port at I
TrJ-11'' and had the un
" of being able to
*y had been aboard.
Popular Pianist
BENEFACTOR?Jerry Ball, versatile pianist, whose
"Stumping The Piano Player" stunt helped raise $500.00
for the Southport fire truck fund last Thursday.?(Wil
mington News Cut.)
Baptists Seeking To
Acquire Ft. Caswell
General Board Of Baptist |
State Convention Submits |
Priority Bid Following
Business Meeting Thurs
day
SEEK FACILITIES
FOR SUMMER WORK
Interest Has Been Shown By
Visits Here Of Several
Groups Representing
State Convention
North Carolina Baptists may
buy war-surplus Fort Caswell
near Southport for their Summer
Assembly. The priority bid on the
248-acre tract has been set at
$148,000.00.
At a general board meeting of
the Baptist State Convention at
First Baptist Church in Greens
boro Thursday the group em
powered the executive committee,
of which the Rev. Orion Mlxon
of Raleigh is chairman, to act on
the matter.'
Baptists throughout the State
will be given an opportunity to
approve or disfavor the resort
site purchase.
The state convention at present
is holding a four-year lease with
option to buy at Seaside, a resort
near Carolina Beach. The price
is $93,335 for the 25-acre tract
containing 24 buildings. This is
the second year of the lease.
Facilities at the two resort
sites were discussed by M. A.
Huggins of Raleigh, general sec
retary of the state convention. He
said the Ft. Caswell area em
braces 65 permanent buildings.
Seaside will be used this sum
mer from June through August.
The property will provide ac
comodations for 1,000 persons and
facilities for the training school
and other religious activities.
It has been known for some
time that the Baptists are inter
ested in the Caswell property,
and about two months ago the ex
ecutive committee of the Baptist
State Convention met at South
port to inspect the buildings and
grounds. This group was greatly i
pleased with what they saw, and
two weeks later a meeting of the
General Board of the State Con
vention met here and forty re
presentative leaders from all
sections of North Carolina spent
the day inspecting the property
and discussing the business at
tending its purchase.
At both meetings there was a
great show of enthusiasm, and
Baptist leaders have spent much
thought in determining how to
(Continued of page four)
Former Resident
Dies In Texas
Rangwald O. Johnson Died
Last Week At Home Of
His Daughter in Pasadena,
Texas
Rangwald O. Johnson, for many
years a resident of Southport,
died last week at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Frank D. Wea
ver, in Pasadena, Texas. Mr.
Johnson was 57 years of age and
was a veteran of the first world
war.
I Surviving him are h's daugh
ters, Mrs. Weaver and Mrs. Geo
rge Rountree. Jr., of Wilmington;
his mother, Mrs. Britta Johnson,
of Brooklyn, N. Y., and two sist
ers, Mrs'. S. M. Prouty of Brook
I lyn and Mrs. Frank W. Brown of
J Winston-Salem.
i The remains were taken to
I Brooklyn, N. Y., where funeral
services and burial were held.
Attempting To
Wind Up Drive
Tommy Garner, chairman of
the Brunswick county Cancer
Fund Drive, stated last night
that all of the community chair
men whom he has talked to this
week appear to be doing well.
The drive is supposed to close
on May 1st. Mr. Garner hopes
to have Brunswick over the top
on that date. To this end he is
urging continued activities
through the week by the com
munity chairman and all others
interested.
Community chairmen are W.
H. Thornton, Navassa; W. G.
Adams, Leland; Mrs. Belton
Ward, Winnabow; Foster Mintz,
Bolivia; J. J. Hawes, Supply;
Dr. R. H. Holden, Shallotte;
W. J. McLamb, Waccamaw; Dr.
Robert Willis, Southport and
Bill Hyatt, Orton community.
Another Long
Court Session
Wednesday Was A Busy
Day Of Brunswick County
Recorder's Court Officials
With Big Docket Tried
Wednesday was another busy
day for Brunswick county Re
corder's court officials as a big
docket was cleared. The follow
ing entries were made;
Moris E. Danford, speeding,
fined $10.00 and costs.
Lemuel Lester Lowe, reckless
operation, continued.
James Robert White, public
drunkness, fined $15.00 and costs.
Dewey Herbert Bridgers, Jr.,
speeding, fined $15.00 and costs.
James Albert Brother, poses
Ion, fined $10.00 and costs.
Jesse Grissett, reckless opera
tion, no operators license, fined
$25.00 and costs.
B. M. Cox, assault with deadly
weapon, continued.
H. T. Warren, violating game
law, continued.
Horace Earl Ivey, driving
drunk, motion for jury trial.
Woodrow Rhodes, public drunk
ness, continued.
Edward McPherson, reckless
operation, continued.
Archie Williams, reckless op
eration, no operators license as
sault, set for trial April 27.
David Hooper, Jr., posession,
transporting, set for trial April
2'Malcolm King, posession, fined
$15.00 and costs.
(Continued on page fiv*?
Livingston Is
Mayor Nominee
No Opposition Develops For
Present Mayor In Seeking
Nomination To Succeed
Himself
Hubert A. Livingston was re
nominated without opposition Fri
H?v ni-ht for the office of mayor
of the" City of Southport. The
name of no other candidate was
^ Livingston was appointed to this
'T^had served for thirteen years.
tSS- ,rr
Sne Mayor Livingston will be
j P continued On Page Four
REA Gets Large
Additional Grant
Congressman F. Ertel Carlyle
wired this newspaper Tuesday
that he has been advised by
the Rural Electrication Auth
ority in Washington that $225,
000.00 has been allocated to the
Brunswick Rural Electric Mem
bership Corporation of Shallotte.
This REA cooperative serves
Brunswick, Columbus and a por
tion of Robeson counties.
The funds approved for use
will be to improve existing
facilities and to expand con
struction of 210 miles of power
line which ?111 make electric
service available for 700 addi
tional rural consumers.
Survey Activity
Again Centering
In This Section
Shrimp Survey Boat Will Be
Operating In Area Off
Brunswick County Coast
During Next Few Weeks
NO. ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DISCOVERIES
Work Has Extended All Up
And Down Coast In Effort
To Determine Important
Facts About Shrimp
Following five or six weeks of
operations on the Northern part
of the State, the Shrimp Survey
boat Penny is now back and
working off Southport and below
here. The remainder of the work,
which will require about two
months, will be in this area.
Bill Ellison, who supervises the
work, stated this week that af
ter the actual surveying operat
ions are completed it will require
five or six months to analyze all
the finding and make a report in
concise form for the guidance of
the fishermen.
While no report has been issu
ed regarding discoveries if there
have been any, the fact that the
Southport area is receiving a
majority of the survey boats time
seems to point to the most im
portant possibilities being in this
vicinity.
Thus far the time has been
divided about equally between the
upper coast and Southport. Work
began here early in the year and
continued for several Ayeeks be
fore the boat went to the North
ern part of the coast.
The big shimp trawler Penny,
owned by Captain Merrit Moore
is operated by its regular crew
and Federal and State experts on
fish and shrimp are constantly
aboard during operations.
Plenty Of Men
Seeking Office
Mayor Leon Galloway Will
Be Opposed By E. D. Bish
op And Ronay W. Cheers
In Shallotte Election
With the close of the filing per
iod for the election on May 3,
fifteen men were found seeking
office in the town of Shallotte.
Only 6 out of the 15 can be elect
ed. The positions to be filled are
the office of Mayor and a board
of five aldermen.
For the job of Mayor Leon Gal
loway is offering for reelection,
and contesting him are Roney
(Continued on Page Five)
First Shipment
Of Plants Head
For New Jersey
Tomato Plants Produced By
Everett H. Sheppard On
His River Road Farm Be
ing Set Out Today At Shi
oh,N. J.
PLANTS CONSIDERED
UNUSUALLY GOOD j
Early Season Makes It Pos
sible To Get This Year's
Crop Off To Growing
Start During April
Sixteen days ahead of the time
they were scheduled for the first
deliveries, a full truck load of
Brunswick county grown tomato
plants left Tuesday for Shiloh,
N. J. Tomato farmers around
Shiloh will be setting out these
plants in their fields this morn
ing.
The 12 of May is usually con-|
sidered enough to put the plants |
in the,open fields in New Jersey.
Earlier planting has to face the
danger of frost. This year, how
ever, winter left New Jersey al
most as early as it left here. The
danger of frost is felt to be over
and as the plants are here and
ready, they began moving.
Everet H. Sheppard, the pro
ducer, says that in all of his years
of tomato farming and tomato
plant growing he has never seen
finer plants than his crop this
year. Parties who have been down
from New Jersey to see his crop
say the same thing. Using good
laftd of his own this year it
appears that he will produce more
than three times as many plants
as he has produced in previous
years on the same acreage.
This year he has only 20 acres
in plants. Next year he will have
twice that much land available
and it is understood he will in
crease his acreage each year as
fast as he can clear land.
He has a strong demand for
his Brunswick-grown plants and
could sell millions more than he
produces. In addition to produc
ing plants here he has a beauti
ful tomato farm in New Jersey
and supplies it with plants grown
here. The balance of his plant
crop is sold to canneries for dis
tribution among their tomato far
mers.
Big Catches Of
Blues Continue
Parties Fishing Off South
port During Past Week |
Have Made Unusually j
Fine Catches For This Sea
son Of The Year
Literally hundreds of bluefish
have been caught during the past
week by parties working out from
Southport aboard the several
sport fishing boats. The fish were
all of good size and they struck
so fiercely that there was no
such a thing as a strike and
loss.
No attempt had been made to
keep a check on all of the boats,
but the following catches were
reported.
April 21: Dr. Guy Pigford, Dr.
R. T. Ronner, Harris Willis and
Prank Collier of Wilmington, 375
bluefish aboard Idle-On.
April 22: Fred E. Willis, Jake
Lackey, R. E. Brown, Frank
Phillips, Dewey Bell and Ralph
Vereen, of Myrtle Beach, 160
bluefish aboard Idle-On.
April 24: Franklin Bullock and
Continued on page four
Our
ROVING
Reporter
W. B. KEZIAH
When Captain Dan Early Wells
spotted and reported an ocean
full of bluefish around the light
ship two weeks ago, he was not
overshooting things. He described
them as being all of the way from
a point ten miles offshore to the
lightship, the biggest school he
had ever seen. During the past
week commercial and sport fish
ermen who have been out on the
shoals have been ready to agree
with Captain Wells. There arei
more fish than they have ever |
seen before. And they are big
fish.
By reason of the growing ten
dency on the part of sportsmen
to arrive here in the early morn
ing and to leave immediately on
their boats and leaving for home
just as soon as the boats return,
it has been increasingly difficult
to contact sport fishing parties
and learn names and the number
of fish caught. Saturday night
was an exception. Lloyd Trawick,
Sam Barrier, W. G. Melton and
R. F. Hartsell of Albemarle and
Otha Carter of New London spent
Saturday night here and went out
Sunday morning with Captain
James Arnold on the Kiabab. They
returned at one o'clock with 218
very large blues and a mighty
happy feeling.
Thanks to a lot of folks who
contributed in a. small way last
week, the fire truck fund had a
substantial upsurge. In addition
to this, interest was kindled
Continued On Pas* Four
Host Church
FILLED?Trinity Methodist Church was filled to com
fortable capacity Tuesday when the Wilmington District
Conference met in Southport.
Radio Communication
Aids In Forest Service
New Wrinkle In
Catching Shad
John Garner, proprietor of the
Anchor Hotel at Shallotte Point,
has developed a new wrinkle in
shad fishing in this area with
the discovery that these migra
tory fish may be caught in
numbers with rod and reel.
Word comes that Garner learn
ed the trick of catching shad
on a small, shiny spoon while
in Florida. Be that as it may,
the Brunswick county man has
been using this magic lure with
great success while operating
in the Cape Pear.
Last week when he pulled
alongside a dock to dispose of
some of his catch the buyer
wanted to see his net. When be
was informed that no net was
used he was so skeptical of the
source of the fish that he start
ed not to deal with Garner,
and would not until he had been
convinced that maybe the Shal
lotte hotel man might indeed
hold some magic over the shad.
Represent County
At Sencba Meet
Five Brunswick County Rep
resentatives Attended
Thursday Night Mseting
In Wilmington
The Southeastern North Caro
lina Beach Association, better
known as SENCBA, held its re
gular meeting in the Woodrow
Wilson Club Thursday evening
with a full representation present.
At the beginning of the session,
the credentials of H. A. Living
ston and L. D. Hayman of South
port; Harry Mintz of Supply and
Henry Stone of Shallotte were
presented and approved. These
were seated as members of the |
Board of Directors with the As
sociation. J. J. Loughland, had
already been seated as a member
of this group. Loughland and
Livingston represent the City of
Southport; Hayman the South
port Lions Club; Stone the Shal
lotte Lions Club; and Mintz is
representative at large for the
county of Brunswick.
Other representatives of Bruns
wick organizations will be seated
as fees are paid in and appoint
ments confirmed. Every organiza
tion in the Association as of this
(Continued on page flvej
Commissioners In
Wednesday Meet
Board Disposed Of Routine
Matters At Session Post
poned Because Of Easter
Monday
Members of the board of county
commissioners met here Wednes- ^
day and disposed of only a few
matters of routine importance.
It was ordered that taxes
against the Nettie Bland Estate J
be relieved since this property is ]
owned by Dosher Memorial Hos-'
pital, a division of the county and j
hence not subject to taxes.
The general relief fund was I
increased $5.00 per month.
W. T. Benton was relieved of |
$550.00 valuation on personal pro
perty due to error in listing-.
Dorothy Blalock was relieved
of $225.00 due to error in listing.
M. J. Thomas was permitted
to redeem his land from the
county for a sum totaling
$196.00.
Three Trucks Have Two
Way Communication Faci
lities With Control Station
At Riegel Tower
THESE FACILITIES
ANSWER LONG NEED
County Forest Warden Dor
man Mercer Thinks This
Marks Great Improve
ment In Facilities
County Forest Warden Dorman
Mercer was in Southport Monday
and demonstrated the two-way
radio communication system with
which his truck and two other
vehicles employed in the forest
service Brunswick county recently
have been equipped.
These sets are similar to those
in use by members of the State
Highway Patrol, although on an
other frequency, and the control
station is located in the Relfel
Tower at Bolton. Communication
is possible at all times between
the trucks and the tower, and
when they are within a radius
of fifteen miles, from truck to
truck.
"This is going to help us more
than anything we have done in a
long time", predicted the firest
warden Monday. "It used to be
that we'd be called to investigate
a fire and when we got there
many times we had to size it
up, then leave it burning while
we went tearing off to get some
men and equipment to bring it
under control. Now we can call
any time and the towerman
can get on the forest service tele
phone and quickly get the kind
of help we need."
Most of the communication is
done in code. This is not so much
for secrecy, but is done in the
interest of brevity. The forest ser
vice radio definitely is not for
the purpose of shooting the
breeze. Not only is the tower at
Bolton constantly on the alert
for messages from the three mo
bile units in Brunswick, but it
is powerful enough to pick up
messages from stations on the
same frequency all over the state.
Red Cross Must
Stop Services
-
The Executive Secretary Of
Brunswick County Chap
ter Reports That Lack Of
Response To Roll Call
Causes Trouble
Mrs. J. W. Ruark, executive
secretary of the Brunswick County
Chapter, American Red Cross, de
clared this week that most of the
regular functions of that or
ganization in this area will be
discontinued unless more funds
are added to the recent roll call
collections.
Mrs. Ruark, who assumed the
duties of executive secretary in
1943, says that apparently much
confusion exists regarding a salary
for this work. "I have not drawn
one cent of salary since June,
1948", she declared this week.
"I believe in the importance of
this work and have given, nay.
time to help keep it going. For
as long as funds were available,
provision was made to pay me
travel at the rate of 5-cents per
mile. The money is long since
gone, and I am still traveling,
but I cannot continue to go to
this much personal expense for a
cause in which the people of the
county appear to have such a
small interest.
"The work of the Red Cross
is not over in Brunswick," Mrs.
Ruark continued. "If you will go
over to my office you will find
(Continued on peg* five)
Methodist Hold
Conference Here
In Local Church
Between Two And Three
Hundred Persons Attend
Wilmington District Con
ference In Southport
VISITORS ENJOY
VARIED PROGRAM
Women Of Church Served
Ham And Seafood Dinner
At Noon Hour In Com
munity Building
The Wilmington District Con
ference met Tuesday in South
port with approximately 300 dele
gates and visitors in attendance
and at the close of the day it was
the unanimous opinion that this
had been one of the most orderly
sessions of its kind held in re
cent years.
Trinity Methodist church, tuck
ed away among the towering' live
oak trees, was scene of both the
morning and afternoon sessions,
and the crowd filled the auditor
ium to confortable capacity. The
noon day luncheon was served hy
the ladies of the church in the
Community Building overlooking
the Cape Fear and afforded visit?
ors an interesting contrast in set
ting.
District Superintendent C. D.
Barclift presided over the con
ference, which was opened at 9:30
o'clock with a welcome from J. T.
Denning, superintendent of schoaia
for Brunswick county.
During the morning program
delegates and visitors heard a dis
cussion of missions by the Rev.
Cyrus B. Dorsey of Lumberto?;
an appeal from the Rev. J. G.
Phillips of Durham, conference
secretary of the board of educa
tion and of youth work; and a
discussion on lay activities by
J. C. Willis of Elizabethtown.
The conference sermon was de
livered at 12 o'clock by the Rev.
Dennis Kinlaw of Faison, who
preached on the subject of "Evan
gelism". Prior to his sermon mem
bers of the loaal choir sang "The
Holy City1'.
During the lunch hour a ham
and seafood plate was served by
the ladies of the church, and a
bountiful repast was enjoyed by
everyone. Many of the visitors
spent a part of the one-hour re
cess walking about the town be
(Continued on page five)
Mrs. Ellis Dies
Here In Hospital '
Former Southport Resident
Had Been Living In Ra< ?
cent Years In Mill Creek '
Community ]
Mrs. Ida P. Ellis, 72-year-old
former resident of Southport, died
here In the Dosher Memorial Hoi- '
pital Saturday. She waa the wifs
of B. A.. Ellis and since the rf.
moval of the family she had been .
residing with her husband in tH<
Mill Creek community. The hus
band Is the only survivor. .1 ?
The remains were taken from
the Kllpatrick Undertaking Par
lor Sunday afternoon to the MQl t
Creek church, where services were
held by Rev. H. M. Baker, pas- '
tor of the Southport Baptist
church. Burial was in the Mill
Creek cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Willie
Johnson, Herbert Johnson, Sam
Watts, Roscoe Rogers, Dickie
McKelthan and P. C. Lanier;
honorary were, Tom Lewis, IsaMc
Willetts, George Willetts and
Etheridge Hickman.
Tide Table
Following is the Ude table
for South port during the next
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.
K.. M.
p. it';
High Tide Low TM0
Thursday April 28,
7:56 A. M. 1:58 A. M.
8:13 P. M. 2:00 P. M. .
Friday April 28,
8:30 A. M. 2:37 A.
8;48. P. M. 2:30 P.
Saturday April 30,
0:03 A. M. 3:16 A. W.
9:24 P. M. 3:10 J>.
Sunday May 1,
9:40 A. M. 3:55 A. M.
10:04 P. M. 3:48 P. ML,.
Monday May 2,
10:21 A. M. 4:37 A. M
10:50 P. M. 4:31 P. M,
Tuesday May 3,
11:12 A. M. 5:25 A. ti
ll A3 P. M. 5:22 P. Mr
Wednesday May 4,
0:00 A. M. 6:18 A. M.
12:12 P. M. 6:24 P. XL