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6 paces today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, May 18,1949 published every Wednesday SlJO per year
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Nation's No.
|l Fish Product
, p^blTcTtionCarrTes
Ltd Story On This
* ^j Carried On
rth Carolina
"used
1N many FORMS
'l?^M*wi.khd
Of This Low
Fiih Are Now
Placed
h Carolina's menhaden
I? featured in an article
EL iaiue of the National
' Magazine oy Leonard
, member of the public
torial staff
, menhaden are caught
k Atlantic coast from
to,i southward, and in
i ,)f Mexico. Roy chose
.v Carolina Coastal area
"to on-the-spot study of
y fisheries.
B!ior. of the article in
?al Geographic means
tU Carolina's place in the
i industry will be made
? iSOO.OOO members of
Mr throughout the world
rit?? wilt be available
, in'nearly every muni
,1 and college library
ti SUtes.
, -Menhaden ? Uncle
p Cbmmerclal Fish," the
b two important rea
j the fish is so little
. it has nearly as many
js ? there are reducing
[nd it is too oily, mealy
r for human consumption,
nt? Roy: "More people
i contact with menhad
tt form than with any
i Hie thousands employ
* industry last year are
j tadfol compared with
who use menhaden
i
L h: ir. your Kitchen and ,
L 3 apt to contain men-]
|i The linoleum on your i
11 sffice floor, the var- !
Nut that decorate the
?al walls in your home
I ???proof garments
k been made with th*
I manufacturer* use oil
r?r their product.
I uilmal protein is lm
Mo the health of cattle,
I'M poultry, menhaden
led with their food, of*
I this fish indirectly to
5 table."
i artwing on the New
I coost discovered Indiana
len for fertiliser by
II fish in each corn hill.
He relates. Now practical
I of the fish is used as
Roy then traces the
the menhaden industry
* odonferous sun-proces
ethod on Rhode Island
j to the large, almost odor
on page four
?rliM.fi
r- PENALTY j
I faulty which will apply
^marketing of excess flue
kco during the 1949-50
; year will be 20-centa
[WATTS ILL I
iy Wends of Capt. Sam j
i '*111 regreat to learn 1
k a seriously ill in Staten j
1 S T. Capt. Watts suf
> severe heart attack on
J Hiv Tth. Latest Tcports j
| wsdition are that he i? [
f improved. |
climc
I'M Johnson, Brunswick ,
Mfc health officer, will!
11 pre-school clinic Fri
beginning at 9:30
' Waccamaw high school,
who have children
"iter school for the
next fall are urged
I Diem to this clinic.
SERVICE
S- will be made in the
[?orahip at St. Phluips
church for Sunday.
^Church will begin at
in the evening in
e usual 11 o'clock
iiately following the
[.service there will be a
meeting.
1 Sl'PPER
1 ?f Trinity Methodist
Jl> serving a benefit bar
fcTh*1 Fri<lay night at 7
P>8 will be prepared
"ry coais in an outdoor
of the work will be
men. However, it
^'?ted out that it will
l,' Permissible for wo
wcluse tickets for the
Postal Service For
Long Beach June 1st
Acting Postmaster J. B. Russ Has Been Notified That This
Service Will Commence Then
According to Acting Postmas-1
ter J. B. Russ of Southport, folks
who want to write to Long Beach I
may do so after June 1st, but he!
cautions that they should be care
ful and add "N. C." after the
name. Otherwise the letter, card
or parcel may wind up at Long
Beach, California, a beach with j
identically the same name as that
of the popular local resort.
The new post office at Long1
Beach is to open on June 1st. Its
service to the public will be only
temporary, lasting through June,
July and August the first year.
However, if the beach continues
to grow in keeping with expecta
tions, the office may open again
next summer to stay.
Continued operation is natural
ly dependent on the number of
winter residents in need of mail
service. Last winter several fami
lies became established for year
round residence. It is very likely
that next winter will see this
number increase. The office will
undoubtedly become a permanent
ina year or two.
All mail will be handled through
the Southport office. In some
cases, according to available in
formation, full bags of mail may
be made up elsewhere and arrive
at Southport ready to go straight
on to the beach. In other cases
matter may arrive mixed with
i Southport mail and be bagged in J
the local office.
The W. B. & S. Bus Line, which
; carry the mail between Wilming
ton and Southport will extend the
service to Long Beach, a bus
j leaving here with both mail and
passengers for the beach soon
after the mjul truck arrives at
Southport in the morning and
again in the afternoon.
So far, neither the location of
the Long Beach post office nor
the name of postmaster have
'been announced. Several of the
residents of the beach are under
I stood to have applied for the job.
Homecoming Day To j
Be Observed June 10th
Veterans Organizations Join
ing With Southport Home
Demonstration Club In
Sponsoring This Event
FORMER SERVICE
MEN INVITED HERE
Effort Will Be Made To
Make This A Day For
Renewing Old Acqua
intances And For
Merry-Making
Invitations are being mailed to
many veterans of World Wars I and
II stationed In Southport and
Brunswick county, and also to
former residents of Southport
to attend a homecoming- day and
reunion sponsored toy the Bruns
wiek county veterans organizat
ions ^n4.-ths Southport Home
Demonstration Club, this event
to be held on Friday, June 10,
fefver^l* mrvte stars, govern
ment <nd military officials have
been invited to attend the home
coming.- Announcements concern
ing those, able to attend will be
made later, as soon as they have
h^ad tim# to reply.
One of the highlights of the
day will be the crowning of the
Community Beautification Queen,
climaxing the community beauti
fication drive which the local
home demonstration club has
been sponsoring for the past
year. Voting has commenced and
will be closed on June 4. The
candidate for Queen and their
sponsors are as follow: Gloria
Lee Hewett by Camellia Inn;
Pat Arrington by Watson's Pha
rmacy; Stuart Arrington by Ar
rigton's Department Store; Mary
Ann Loughlin by Harrelson's
Grocery; Catherine and Rebecca
McRackan by Southport Trading
Company; Janice Swan by Mack's
CWe and Amaretta Burr by Leg
gett's; Doris Swan, Dosher Mem
orial Hospital.
Other events of the day will be
music by a military band and
the high school band, field day
contests with prizes to be award
ed, good Southern cooking, danc
ing, baseball games and boat
rides. . .. _ -
All people planning to attend
the Homecoming Day are re
quested to notify Mr. Rourk gen
eral chairman, or Miss Swan,
secretary of the home demonstr
ation club.
Commissioners In
Session Monday
Routine Matters Disposed
Of Before Commissioners
In Quiet Se??ion
Members oT:he board ofcounty
commissioners disposed of mat^
ters of routine importance here
MTheayresignation of Cecil Ed
wards as Veterans Service Officer
was accepted, and in the absence
of any recommendation for a suc
cessor. no action as ^ke"
In a series of tax matters the
following action was take"V
Mariah Mallette Jud
dered conveyed to Sylvester Wad
dell upon completion of p y
of $317.65; the Stillie Ballar P
perty was ordered convened to
Ernest Ballard upon P^en^
*103.65; the Giles Nixo ^
was ordered conveye J20622;
Reaves upon payment o *
the refund due to Felton Garner
for sale of a piece of land for
which the county was unable
(Continued on Patf* *'
A teriffic blast Monday morn
ing about 8 o'clock made
Southport residents think that
plumbing fixtures were being
ripped from their places and
that foundations were crumb
ling from beneath the buildings.
While home owners were busy
tracing the source of the com
motion there was a second and
less severe blast, and this time
it was traced to dynamiting
operations in the Cape Fear
river.
An old channel marker which
recently has been replaced was
being removed, and the method
employed was the use of a
heavy dynamite charge about
the piling supporting the struc
ture. Persons who were looking
on at this operation report that
debris was blown several hun
dred feet in the air.
Jangled nerves were the only
casualties ashore.
Dawson Jones
Funeral Today
Former County Forest War
den Died Monday At His
Residence Of Sudden
Heart Attack
Dawson Jones, prominent resi
dent and businessman of the
Woodburn section, died suddenly
Monday afternoon of a heart at
tack suffered while he was at
home.
It was generally known that
the deceased had been suffering
from a heart condition, and this
necessitated his slowing down
from his normal activities during
recent years. However, news of
his death came as a shock to
friends throughout the county.
For a number of years Mr.
Jones served as both game pro
tector and the first county forest
warden under the State coopera
tive program. Later he gave up
the game protector duties and
helped to establish a sound for
estry program in Brunswick.
Several years ago he retired
from these duties and since that
time has devoted himself to the
development of a business in
which he was engaged at Wood
burn with his son, and to buying
activities for a hardwood lumber
company.
Surviving him are his widow, the
former Miss Bessie Pauline Ganey;
one son, Mack F. Jones, of
Woodburn; two daughters, Mrs.
M. Eugene Bullard of Wilmington
and Mrs. W. W. Lewis, of Lorain,
Ohio; two brothers, C. McD. Jones
and Earnest P. Jones of Wilming
ton; three sisters, Mrs. J. B.
Coley, Mrs. W. F. Watson and
Mrs. Gurney Pittman, all of Wil
mington.
Funeral services were conducted
this morning from the chapel of
Andrews mortuary by his pastor,
the Rev. J. D. Withrow. Interment
followed in Oakdale cemetery.
Active pallbearers were; C. C.
Robbins, W. C. Smith, J. T.
Paden, O. W. Watters, Jr., and
A. H. Ganey. Honorary pallbear
ers were: J- Lawrence Sprunt,
Keneth Sprunt, Peter Brown Ruf
fin, W. R. Dosher, George Clark,
S. Bunn Frink, James M. Harper,
jr., Gilbert Reid, W. C. McCor
(Continued on page 2)
Monday Morning
Blast In River
Williamson And
Dodson Named
Bond Chairmen
Representative And Former
County Agent Are Serving
As Co-Chairmen For
Brunswick County In Bond
Drive
VOTE SCHEDULED
FOR JUNE 4TH
Voters Will Have Oppor
tunity To Cast Ballot For
Or Against Sale Of
Bonds For Improve
ments <
Representative Odell Williamson
of Shallotte and J. E. Dodson of
Exum, recently retired county
agent, have accepted cochairman
ship of Brunswick County's Com
mittee for Better Schools and
Roads, it was announced this
week by John Marshall, executive
secretary of Better Schools and
Roads, Inc.
Williamson and Dodson will
spearhead a county drive for
voters' support of the Better
Schools and* Roads program,
which faces its biggest test on
June 4 when the people of North
Carolina will vote on the issuance
of bonds for school and road
building.
The appointment of the two
Brunswick county men and their
acceptances as leaders of the local
effort marks the beginning of a
state-wide program to inform all
Tar Heels of the need for better
schools and roads and to impress
upon all voters the significance of
the June 4 bond election for the
economic and social life of North
Carolina.
By their acceptance of co-chafr
manship Williamson and Dodson
also became director in the non
profit, non-partisan citizens' or
ganization Better Schools and
Roads, Inc.
The co-chairmen said their first
job would be to encourage regis
tration of voters fo rthe election.
In this connection, however, they
pointed out that no sp^eial regis
tration is required. Any citizen
(Continued on page 2)
Numerous Cases
Heard In Court
Traffic Violations Take Up
Most Of Day In Recorder's
Court Here Wednesday
I
Most of the cases tried in
Brunswick county Recorder's
court here Wednesday before
Judge W. J. McLamb grew out
of traffic violations, with the fol
lowing disposition being made:
Coy Thurman Neal, speeding,
nol prossed at request of pro
secuting attorney.
John Norman Moore, speeding,
continued.
Floyd Holt Martin, speeding, i
fined $10.00 and costs.
Bettie Howell, no operator's
license, fined $25.00 and costs.
Etheridge Utley Gurganuous,
speeding, continued.
Arthur W. Feldman, speeding,
capias issued.
T. H. Sampley, public drunk
ness and possession, capias issued.
Louise D. Murden, public drunk
ness, fined $10.00 and costs.
Marcus G. Grissett improper
equipment, capias isseud.
Frankie Turner and Howard
Malpass, breaking and entering,
'Continued on page 2)
Student Protest
DEMONSTRATION ? Students of Shallotte high school are shown above in the
midst of their demonstration staged Tuesday in protest against the action taken Monday
night by the Shallotte District School Committee in refusing to re-elect Henry C. Stone
as principal. Mr. Stone, who is the only principal under whom most of the students
ever have gone to school, is very popular with the boys and girls. (Star-Ne\.3 Cut.)
Shallotte Students
Support School Head
Brunswick Man
Now In Canada
Last fall and winter the State
News Bureau put out a lot of
matter regarding John Fernside
of Exum and his bear hounds.
Stories and pictures were used
in newspapers and magazines
from coast to coast.
Fernside is reported to have
received several hundred letters
from all over the United States
and Canada, these letters com
ing from people who wished to
come to Brunswick county and
go bear hunting with him and
his dogs. Many of the letters
contained invitations for John
and the dogs to come to dis
tant States and participate in
bear hunting.
At the present time Fernside
and his hounds are in Canada,
taking part in a big bear hunt.
They have been there for about
eight days and it is understood
that the plans call for a two
weeks stay, hunting witK and
training dogs belonging to Can
adian hunters.
Waccamaw Has
Vocational Fair
Vocational Fair And Open
House Observed Friday
Evening With Many Par
ents And Patrons Attend
ing
On Friday the Waccamaw
high school presented, a Vocation
al Fair and held open house. The
fair presented exhibits of pro
jects carried on by the pupils in
each department. There will ex
hibits of projects presented by
the adult ladies classes sponsor
ed through the Home Economics
Department and also the Veter
ans Shop Classes display itms
that have made by the ex-GIs
during the year.
A feature of the program was
a Fashion Show by the Future
Homemakers of America and the
adult Ladies Classes.
Immediately following the pro
Continued On Page Four
Our
ROVING
Reporter
W. B. KEZIAH
Uncle Abe Hankins dropped
quitely out of the picture of
Southport life a few days ago.
He went so quickly that we heard
nothing of his passing until three
or four days afterward. Uncle
Abe was 90-years old, respected
and a familar figure as he went
around Southport with his gar
bage can to gather feed for his
pigs. Until recent years he looked
after a number of gardens and
lawns of his Southport white
folks. Age slowed him up and
stopped him from that, but he
continued to gather garbage
through the day that he died.
His last day and last trip, he had
been at the Grimes House, filled
his bucket and plodded home,
three quarters of a mile away.
The reports are that he arrived
home, put down his bucket, sat
down In a chair on his porch and
faded swiftly, and quietly away.
We shall miss the old negro.
About 10 months ago John
Marshall dropped in on us for a
short visit and to renew an old
time friendship dating irom when
he was on the Wilmington Morn
ing Star. Al G. Dickson and Miss
Betty Divine are the- only ones
who are still in the front office
since his time. When the war
came John went into the service
and spent two or three years
overseas. He came back as many
more men came with more or
less loose ends and uncertain
what he would do. He had one of
those tired feelings, the same as
many others. We had a letter
from John this week. He is now
Executive Secretary for "Better
Schools and Roads. Inc," the or
ganization that is backing Gov
ernor W. Kerr Scott in the drive
for better schools and for more
roads for the people of North:
(Continued On Page Four)
Demonstration Tuesday In
Protest Of Firing Of Prin
cipal Henry C. Stone'Fol
lowed By Petitioirs
MEETING SCHEDULED
FOR THIS MORNING
Local School Committee Met
Monday Night And Re
fussed To Reelect Prin
cipal, Setting Off
Row
Students and citizens of Shal
lotte were awaiting the next
devlopment today in a heated
controversy over the re-election
of Henry C. Stone as principal
of Shallotte high school.
First suggestion of trouble
among the students developed
Tuesday morning after they had
learned that Principal Stone had
been fired at a Monday night
meeting of the Shallotte District
School committee. The drivers and
their substitutes met and voted
to strike. There followed a coun
cil with responsible citizens of the
Shallotte community, who advis
ed the students to continue their]
normal activities and promised]
that a meeting of the local school
board would be convened this
morning at 11 o'clock at which
time they would be given an op
portunity to present their case
for Mr. Stone to the school gov
erning body.
A short time following this
meeting there was a mass de
monstration on the part of the
students of the upper grades who
marched from their class rooms
and away from the campus
through the streets of the Town
of Shallotte. It was estimated that
several hundred students partici
pated, but there was no evidence
of disorder. Many of the boys and
girls bore banners calling for the
re-election of the only principal
who had served the school since
they entered the first grade.
The school buses departed fori
their respective destinations on j
schedule yesterday afternoon, but
for the most part were loaded
with children who were headed
home to carry their troubles to
their parents. During the day
student leaders had prepared and
distributed petitions requesting
that Mr. Stone be retained as
principal, and this morning these
scrolls came in covered with the
names of several hundred signers.
Continued On Page Four
Waccamaw Finals
Will Begin 27th
Class Night Exercises Will
Get Commencement Ex
ercises Underway; Bac
calaureate Sermon May
29
Commencement at the Wacca
may high school will begin on
May 27th with class night ex
ercises at 8 o'clock.
Hie Bacculureate sermon will
be preached by Rev. J. W. Line
burger of Fuquay Springs Sun
day afternoon, May 29, at 4 o'
clock.
Graduation exercises will take
place Tuesday night, May 31.
Eighteen students, 7 boys and 11
girls, from the high school grad
uation class. The address will be
made by Judge John J. Burney
of Wilmington.
Principal W. C. Stephenson
stated this week that he feels
the the Waccamaw school has
had a very successful year. Ex
cept for being effected by the
general delay in opening in the
fall things have moved smoothly
throughout the year.
Judge Stevens
Will Preside
Here Next Week!
Warsaw Jurist Will Hold
Court In Southport Be
ginning Monday; One
Week Mixed Term Is
Slated
Judge Henry L. Stevens of War
saw will preside over a one-week
mixed term of Brunswick county
Superior court which convenes
here Monday.
Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett
says that there appears to be little
chance that much time will be
available for trial of civil actions
as a pretty full criminal docket
has been set up.
A variety of cases appear on
this docket, including one case of
| murder. Many of these cases have
resulted from requests made at
Brunswick county Recorder's
court for jury trial, particularly
where the charge has grown out
of traffic violations.
County Farmers
Donating Plants
Hundreds Of Acres Of To
bacco Up State Have Been
Set Out During P^st Few
Days With Brunswick
Plants
For the past week Brunswick
county tobacco growers have been
sitting on top of the world, so
far as showing a good/neighbor
policy is converned. There own
fields already planted, they have
been turning millions of surplus
plants to growers of other sec
tions who lost their plantbeds
from blue mold or other plant
disease.
So far as can be learned, the
plants have been given freely and
gladly. In no Instance has it been
heard of a Brunswick grower
charging his needy neighbor for
his plants. On all sides it has
been a come and get them policy.
Following the principles of the
Golden Rule.
With the soil and climate that
it has, Brunswick farmers are
able to grow anykind of plants,
(Continued on Pag? XI
Redwine Named
Post Commander!
Brunswick County Tax Col
lector And Oversea* Vet
eran Elected Commander
Shallotte Post American
Legion
Edward H. Redwine, Brunswick
county tax collector, has been
elected commander of the Shal
lotte Post No. 247, American
Legion, succeeding Mitchell Mc
Coy.
Other officers elected were Dr.
R. H. Holden, 1st vice-comman
der; Harlee Hewett, 2nd vice-com
mander; Cecil C. Edwards, who
has the multple duties of adjut
ant, finance officer and post ser
vice officer; Harry L. Mintz, Jr.,
chaplain; D. B. Frink, sergeant
at arms.
These men will be inducted in
to office at the regular meeting
night on May 20 at the Legion
Hut, and all ex-service men, re
gardless of whether they are now
members of the American Legion,
are urged to attend.
The Shallotte Post meets twice
monthly, on the first and third
Friday night. The American Le
gion Auxiliary meets at the same
time. The Legion also sponsors
a square dance each Saturday |
evening at 8 o'clock at the Le-I
gion Hut.
Farmers Planning
Fall Tomato Cr<
For
imato trop
Brunswick
K. W. Ballentine Who Will
Provide Fall Market For
Thi? Purpose Attended
Meeting At Supply Friday
FARMERS ASSURED
MARKET FOR CROP
Seed Being Distributed For
Getting Plants Ready For ?
Use In Plenty Of Time
For Off Season
About 35 farmers interested
In growing fall crop tomatoes
gathered at the office of County
Agent A. S. Knowlea Friday
night and engaged in a discuas- [
Ion of methods of planting sod
cultivating. The matter of mark-;
etlng has already been taken care i
of by K. W. Ballentine of tfea
State Department of Agricultural
who is contracting for all of the.
fall-grown tomatoes that can b*'
produced.
Present at the meeting in ad- j
ditlon to the county agent and!
Mr. Ballentine were Frank Har- ?
rer, Henry Covingtoh,horticultural |
extension specialist; Dr. J. H.
Jenkins of the vegatable research'
laboratory In New Hanover |
county. These gave informatioa.
on the time of planting, cultl- ?
vating, etc. All of these gentle-]
men are aaid to be very much <
interested and if this year's ef- 't
fort proves a success they be-!
lieve that fall-grown tomatoes ?
will become a very valuable crop \
for the farmers of this area.
Approximately 100-acres of the,
fall tomatoes have been con
tracted for. The heaviest acre
age is said to be in the Supply!
Bolivia and Shallotte communit
ies. The tomatoes will be deliver-"
ed at Supply and paid for there ?
and it is planned to ultimately*
expand the marketing to IncludeI
a number of farm and truck ?
crops. I
The seed for the tomatoes are
now being delivered to the fart
mers who contracted to groy
an acreage. The instructions call .
for the seed to be planted around
the 15th of June. The seed should V
be planted in row*, two or three
lnchsa. aj?rt and'i should i bC 'shad
ed to'prevent the he*'?an ? front
killing the plants. Mr. Ballrttine
says that the plartts Should'to
large enough to set out about" the
first -week of August.' At that
time this section usually has
cloudy and sometfwies wet weat
her. The plant? should be able to
get a good start, t u ? ? 'r
In an interview-this'week-*r.
Ballentine said that the farmer?
who produce plants enough would
not be limited to 'tli? acre??
they contracted for. He has a Wg.
market lined up and vMll take all
that any contractor produces. ' ,
Menhaden Boat
Being Repaired
Broken Propeller Shaft Rej
ported To Be Sourse Of
Trouble Which Crippled
Vessel Last Wednesday
_____ i t
A broken propeller shaft1 is
credited with causing the troubl^
aboard the menhaden boat plaxi
co last Wednesday. The brealMhg
of the shaft caused the vessel
to take on water rapidly. ToWecJ
in to her dock at the factory^
the water was soon pumped out.
It is understood that the broksn
propeller shaft has been replawd
(Continued on page Zi
Tide Table
Following li the Ude table
for South port during the neJft
week. These hours are approxi
mately correct and were furn
ished The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Assodatto*.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, May 5,
Thursday, May 19,
1:12 A. M. 7:30 A. M.
1:45 P. M. 7:49 P. M.
Friday, May 20,
2:04 A. M. 8:2S A. M.
2:40 P. M. 8:43 P. M.
Saturday, May 21,
2:55 A. M. 9:15 A. fc'
3:33 P. M. 9:40 P. M.
Sunday, May 22, ?
3:45 A. M. 10:03 A. H
4:22 P. M. 10:35 P. Ml
Monday, May 23, led
4:33 A. M. 19:48 A. M.
5:06 P. M. 11:23 P. M.
Tuesday, May 24,
5:20 A. M. 11:31 A. ML
5:50 P. M. 0:00 P. M.
Wednesday, May 20,
9:04 A. M. 9:11 A. K
6:31 P. M. 12:13 P. 14