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I* pilot Covers Lunswick County w.. "fJP^ : THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The Newp J5 All The Time > 0. sixteen NO. s 6-p aces today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, June 1,1949 tubushed every Wednesday $im per ^ng Speaks ,Local Class ft Graduation ?ment Program At ff? t High School jf&ht Divided Into mo 33^0 TALK ^ High School Band fitted In Program; fecial Awards Are Delivered . Deiirnn^ superintendent L-nch county schools, Ambers of the graduat 1 o( southport high school Illncement exercises here C;." charging the seniors ? undertake anything to ao not (eel that you Tvour best." He coun ? that the young gra ^ some vocation or L which will contribute rl I hope that some of Renter the field of teach j added. M this brief address. presented diplomas flowing bovs and girla: jj Brendle, James Davis, ' sadcliff. William Law jjcrge Stanley; Maxine . iia Garner. Betty Jean nod Barabara Price. ^ awards went to Bar valedictorian: to Rich- j Ignil, as salutatorian and test athlete among the i ? m Kay Moore for greatest Lot during the year a ,-jk members of the fresh as and Linda Hickman. 4 athlete. jrofram opened with a pwty. which gave the a opportunity for an In ! mentation of their his i pqkecy and gifts. This fjistei bv Mrs. Herbert M. k k occlusion of this first [ i 4e program the South I jto and played two sel ?flr-ii ar. intermission. t for this year's seizor ? Anne Baker. daugtv Ik Rev. and Mrs. H. M. pi Tommy Sanders, son tor?: and Mrs. H. T. San teie McRacken was chief hO. *ith Rebecca McRack R Potter, Lena Ward and Fjher completing the 14* ritfNiws Flithts JARY DEGREE i Ivan Bennett, veteran U #7 chaplain and native of tt county, was honored ! by Wake Forest College } ke was conferred a D. D. I TO MEET 1 "pillar meeting of South' " m Oub will be held to 1 Thursday) at 1 o'clock ^ Community Building. Elec 1 officers for the coming 1? the most important item I VISITOR Roy Norton of the State Health was the guest f ??i Mrs. R. H. Holden of '? and Holden Beach one past week. Dr. Norton and Mrs. Holden were P3 ? Duke University at ** time. CONSTRI CTION T Jones, young Southport I started work on a cot lfor Miss Ruth Steelman of at Long Beach Mon- j TJUst week. Saturday, five | "" Miss Steelman moved j "re into a building all except for work on meeting pMder Edward Redwine [Stiallotte Post 247 Ameri t-oii states that business ^nce will come up for **? at the regular meeting Post at the Hut at S?al r^y night of this week. [ attfBdance of the rr.em | Wjed. PJ COPPER STILL py Sheriffs u. H. Granger V " Gland captured a large . ? and 400 gallons of i _Pr<"P&r?<l mash in the t_' lccannw township joining. The mash was Mati0 0111 an<i the operat L P* wind of the fact i**.',1?1 ha<1 been discovered L j.,, *Jtched the outfit L J ^ nlSht before mov rBt?ke it Observe Anniversary CELEBRATE.?Mr. and Mrs. R. Will Davis of South port who on Thursday observed their 63rd wedding anni versary. They are Brunswick county's oldest married couple. Brunswick Citizens Back Schools-Roads Organized Group* Continue To Go On Record In Favor Of Issue# Coming Up For Vote Saturday BOND RALLY HELD AT SHALLOTTE HIGH I District Highway Commissi oner Greeted By Show Of Enthusiasm In This County More than 300 people turned out for the road and school bond rally at the Shallotte school Fri day night, and while practically all of those in attendance were men, tWs is far from being in dicative they have a monopoly on the interest in next Saturdays road and school bond election. Every community in the county was strongly represented at the Friday meeting -It was presided over hy Dodson, former county agent, and. Odell William son. who' were selected some time ago "by Governor Scott as co-chairmen ( of the dozens of committees that the working in Brunswick in the interest of the bond election. Chairman Williamson called on the Rev. H. M. Baker as a first speaker, the Rev. Mr. Baker made a strong plea in favor of a heavy vote from Brunswick county peo ple irrespective of party. County Commissioner R. L. Rabon, chairman of the boaril, [and G. B. Ward, a member, like wise pleaded for a heavy vote. The county commissioners in a previous meeting had given the bond issue their official endorse ment. Rabon and Ward were followed by J. T. Denning, superintendent of schools for Brunswick county. Mr. Denning pointed out the need of both better schools and better roads, saying that they go to gether. He stressed the fact that thus far Brunswick county is far (Continued on page 2) Rodeo Booklets Now Going Out V Literature Being Distributed This Year By Southeastern North Carolina Beach As sociation Best Yet Hie Brunswick county direct ors including the Rev. L. D. Hay man, J. J. Loughlin, and Harry Mintz, director-at-large, attended the special meeting of SENCBA Thursday night. The main busi ness of this meeting was to hake allotments and distributions of the new fishing- rodeo booklets and materials setting up official stations and places where sports men may enter and register for the cash prizes being offered this year by the Southeastern beach Association. The growing Interest and in fluence of the SENCBA organi zation is far-reaching. Through several directors who are to at tend conventions and other gath erings as far away as New York City packages of rodeo books will be distributed. Hundreds will go out through the mails and business houses, filling stations, hotels and individuals, who will distribute these books. Consequ ently, with the attractive book let going out giving all sections of the area consideration, more and more people will learn this year about the fine places that heretofore have had but little ad vertising of this type. A representative appeared be fore the Directors to outline a radio program for presenting (Continued on Pag* 2) Fearless Gat Kills Big Snake A recent story in this paper told of the house cat of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Spencer de fending a tree frog from a large, but harmless, rat snake. Mrs. Ethel Hinson of Supply writes of another snake exper ience. Mrs. Hinson says that O. T. Hinson of the Royal Oak com munity was attracted by his old house cat fighting some thing at the edge of his yard. Investigating, he found the cat was engaged in a death battle with a rattlesnake that was ?bout 28-tnches in length. One of the old cat's kittens ? was standing by and making an assist by grabbing at the snake now and then. When the old cat finally emerged from the battle uninjured, the, dead snake was found to have 5 rattles and I a button. Music Recital Presented Here Audience Is Delighted With Varied Program Present ed Wednesday Evening In High School Auditorium The music students of Ben C. Stevenson were presented in re cital here Wednesday in a pro gram which offered a wide variety. Iincluded were piano and vocal solos and solos played by band members of their various instruments. The audience thoroughly enjoy ed the program, and everyone ap peared to be very favorably im pressed with the groundwork which has been laid for the music department of Southport school next year. The program was as follows: Piano solo, "Clair De Lun", Debussey, by Lena Ward; piano solo, "Dance of the Bears", Hines, by Norma Ann Harrelson, trom bone solo, Liebestraum, Liszt, by Bobby Spencer; mezzo soprano solo, "Carmena Waltz", Wilson, by Patricia Adams; piano solo, "Grand Valse", Chopin, by Mary Ann Loughlin; clarinet solo, "La Cinquintaine", Gabriel, by Bill (Continued on page 2} Young Baptists Plan Meeting Overnight Meeting of Bruns wick R. A. Organization Will Be Held At Mt. Pis gah The Brunswick Baptist young people will hold their annual over night camp at Mt. Pisgah Bap tist church near Supply Friday and. Saturday. Mrs. Dewey Robbins, young people?' leader will be in charge. Speakers for the camp will be Mrs. Alex Bogie, Rev. H. M. Baker Mrs. M. B. Robbins, Mrs. J. E. Gilbert, Rev. Carl Tally and Rev. W. R- Moorehead, Camp guest will be Rev. B. W. Jack son, State R. A. secretary, from Raleigh. All Baptist young people from nine years are invited to come to the camp, beginning F"day at 5 p m. and lasting until Satur day at 3 p. m. Camp theme will be "The Light of the World in Our Day." ^ Homecoming Day Plans Continue As Indefinite Enough Feature? Already Are Assured To Promise That June 10 Will Be A Day Long To Be Remem bered CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN IS BEING URGED Indications Are That War ship Will Be In Harbor For Occasion With Mili tary Band Also Here Mayor H. A. Livington is ask ing that Southport residents make an all-out effort to clean up their yards and vacant lots during the next week in order that this com munity may look its best for the visitors who are expected here for Homecoming Day on June 10. Mayor Livingston has made special arrangements for trash disposal during this period, and the full cooperation of all pro perty owners is solicited. Meanwhile, many of the plans for this gala event still are in the formative stage. Negotiations are now underway for having a warship, possibly of the light cruiser class, "here for the Home coming Day. This morning there was no final news on this develop ment. There also appears to be a good chance that a military band will be on hand to partici pate in the parade and to enter tain during the day, but thus far no specific musical organization has been designed. Plans for the parade are pro gressing, and Mrs. B. J. Holden has been informed that several local firms and organizations plan to enter floats. The matter of providing an abundance of food aeems to be well in hand, with the women of the community under the lead ership of the Southport Home Demonstration Club taking care of this important detail. The day's program will conclude in the even> ing wifli a dance at the Com munity Building, witt) music by Virgil West and .his orchestra from Wilmington. Commissioner Is Visitor Tq Club : ' ?' ? > ? ? ' District Highway Commissi oner Wilbur Glark Presen ted Road Bond Issue To Local Lions At a special luncheon meeting Thursday, the Lions Club heard District Highway Commissioner Wilbur Clark outline certain features of the good roads issue now before the people of the state. J. T. Denning spoke brief ly in the interest of enlarged school developments. Later in the day, Mr. Clark and T. T. Betts met with the planning board of the Lions Club, composed of the Rev. L. D. Hayman, J. T. Denning, J. J. Herring, exofficlo member. The purpose of this meeting was to acquaint the highway officials of the district with the work which this board is planning for South port and vicinity. Commissioner Clark and Mr. Betts were very considerate of the matters pre sented, and while no definite steps were asked or taken regarding (Continued on Pag? X) Speaker F. ERTEL CARLYLE, Congress man from the 7th district, was commencement speaker last night at Bolivia high school. Superior Court Term Adjourns On Thursday Numerous Actions Of Minor Interest And Importance Disposed Of Before Judge Stevens The May term of Brunswick J county Superior court ended Thursday without any cases of unusual interest or importance having been disposed of before Judge Henry L. Stevens. The monthly payments requir ed of Charlie Robbins, Jr., in a prior conviction were reduced by the court to $20,00 per month. Woodrow H. Jones and Warr en Goodman both were freed from parole restrictions. S. A. Shuping was found not guilty of reckless operation. Not a true bill was the action taken by the grand jury in the case against H. T. Warren for violating game laws and against Edward McPheraon for reckless operation. ' The case charging Robert J. McQuage ? with non-support was nol prossed with leave. The case against Jack Robin son for non^sugporty was continu ed when 'thle dependent Was not (Continued on page Two) Construction Of p Church Starts ? k Foundations Laid And Other Work Progressing on Sup ply Baptist Church With Lennel Hewett as the contractor, work has been started on the new Baptist church build ing at Supply. The foundations are all down and the walls are now going up rapirly. The structure will be of con cgrete blocks with stucco and bondix on the outside and will be plastered and bondexed on the inside. The building will have 10 Sunday school rooms, a pastor's study, library, baptistry and large assembly room. It will have a full size basement, with two rest rooms in addition to other as sembly rooms. The dimensions are 34 x 60 feet. Rev. Carl A. Talley, formerly of Kannapolis, is pastor of this and other churches in the Sup Continued On Page Four Our ROVING Reporter W. B. KEZIAH Mr. and Mrs. George W. Rap plyea who recently reconstructed one of Southport's oldest homes into a beautiful residence where they expect , to reside perman ently some day, are now in Cuba, where Mr. Rapplyea is npw doing some engineering work. This cou ple will add much to the life of Southport when they get home to stay. We had a beautiful scenic folder post card from them this week, conveying good wishes to everybody. With it a foregone conclusion that a big majority of Brunswick people who vote Saturday will vote yes .for better roads and better schools, it remains for everybody to go to the polls that day and cast his ballot. Not only that, they should see to it that each and every one of their neighbors who is registered should go and do likewise. Brunswick has everything to gain and no thing to lose by being solid in a big way for the road and school bonds. Mrs. M. R. Saunders, president of the Southport P. T. A., is de serving of much credit for one of the finest things that has hap pened to the Southport school in many years. This was the establishment of a music depart ment and the securing of Ben Stevenson as director. During his first year and out of absolutely raw material, Mr. Stevenson has laid the foundation for a real shcool band. Now with nearly 30 pieces and some of the members showing real musical talent, the ambition of Mr. Steveqson ?nd the hopes of the patrons of the school is for a crack outfit of at least Continued on page four Seven Persons Lose Lives In Worst Auto Accident In History Of Brunswick Poppy Sales Created Interest Saturday Members Of Shallotte American Legion Auxiliary Staged Contest For Queen The little red crepe paper poppy, symbolic of so much that is near to the hearts of all Aremicans, was proudly display ed on the lapels and shoulders of Brunswick County citizens on Saturday, May 28, National Poppy Day. According to Mrs. E. H. Red wine, president of the Shallotte unit of the American Legion Auxiliary, the finest public sup port on record was given the little memorial poppies during Saturday sales. The Shallotte Auxiliary alone grossed $91.66 on poppy sales. The poppies were purchased from hospitalized disabled war veterans, thus giving them a small income they eagerly antici pate each year. The entire net proceeds of the sale will go into a Rehabilitation Fund to be used in this county for assistance to disabled veterans and their fami lies. The American Legion posts in Brunswick have been active in this field for many years, and now the Women's Auxiliaries will be substantially augmenting' the Legion programs with their poppy receipts. Much of the credit for the success of the poppy sale goes to the Poppy Committee composed of Mrs. James Bellamy, chair man, with Mrs. Charlie Arnold and Mrs. R. H. Holden, members. These women were assisted in their program by some twenty odd attractive young high-school girls who carried out the actual selling campaign. The committee was high in its praise of the interest and untiring efforts of these young ladies. The exciting climax of the en tire poppy program was the crowning of Miss Winifred Regis ter, Shallotte Point, as the 1949 Poppy Queen, in a simple but impressive ceremony at the Shal lotte Legion Hut on Saturday night. The pretty, fair-haired (Continued on pag? a) Devastating Hail Storm Hits County Mackeral And Blues Return Sport fishing: has been pick ing tip again, with both blue fish and 8panish mackerel showing up in greatly increas ed number and size. Sunday the 'Idle-On" with J. R. Bland and a party from Raleigh aboard, made a fine catch. Out at the same time with C. A. Brewer and a party from Siler City, the' "Botfly* 'also made a fine report. Together yte two boat* todlf 240 large blues and mackerel. ' The present run of bluefish and mackerel, now getting heavier daily, Is said to be formed of the fish tfiat stay on this part of the coast all summer. The runs of a month or more ago were of fish that use this as the first striking point on the j coast, afterwards moving esat I ward. Southport Man Takes Own Life Clarence M. Crapon Died Saturday Morning of Self inflicted Bullet Wound In Heart; Interment In New Bern Clarence M. Crapon, well-known Southport citizen died Saturday morning of a self-inflicted pistol wound in the chest He was 72 years of age. Mr. Crapon had been in a state of deep despondency since the death of his wife four years ago, during recent months his own health had been very poor. Sat urday morning he was able to get up from his bed and attend to the business of purchasing his day's supply of ice. His sister, Mrs. Agusta Roberts, and a neigh bor, Mrs. Annie K. Vitou, were Continued On Page Four Attempt Made To Burn Store Harrelson's Store At Long Beach Wai Set Afire By Unknown Arsonist Satur day Morning An attempt was made at 4 o' clock Saturday morning to de stroy the concrete block building at Long Beach redently purchas ad by Dan Harrelson and In which a grocery store and the Long Beach post office are sche duled to open today. The building is of concrete but has a wooden floor and fixtures. ! Goods for the store had not been put in at the time of the attempt ed burning. Mr. and Mrs. Callendar New ton of Charlotte have a summer 'Continued on pug? 3) Huge Hail Stone* Ruin Crop* Along A Streak Of Bruns wick County Beginning At Head Of Bell Swamp HIGHWAY TRAFFIC BECOMES DANGEROUS I Ice Drifted Beside The R*?d | And Still Wat Visible The Following Morning Starting near the farm' of Mrs. Edwin Taylor near the head of Bell Swamp ,a small section of Brunswick county experienced the worst hail storm of recent years Thursday afternoon. With a considerable fringe in which some damage was also done, the worst of the storm ap parently traveled from Mrs. Tay lor's place down Bell Swamp. Crops on the Taylor farm ar? said to have been 95 per cent destroyed. A similar loss was suf fered on the farms of G. T. Reid, X. S. Willetts and Earl Earp. Others suffered minor loss. For 20 minutes, according to Mr. Earp, the hail literally thun dered down, leaving drifts of the stones 18 inches deep and 5 inches on the level. Much of the drifted hail remained through the next day.' During the worst of the storm operators of cars on the upper end of the bell Swamp Road and for a short distance along Routs 17 were forced to stop their machines. One car skidded into the ditch, but with (Continued on Pag* I) wX&sx^ Gets New Buses Operations Of Local Bus Company Will Be Greatly Expanded By Addition Of New Equipment Hubert Livingston, manager of the W. B. * S. Bus Lines, and Roma Plggot are on their way home from Pueblo, Colorado, driving two 29-pasenger buses that are to be added to the com pany's transportation facilities. Both machines are said to be practically new and were bought uP by the local concern when they were found available for PUI^?ddition to the two machin es now enroute here for "?[J??*; two new Beck buses, Identical with three already in use here, are to be delivered from the fac troy in Michigan by the first of July. This will make seven mod ern buses, aU in first class shape. Two ex-school buses now emergencies and a run to White ville will be sold Before leaving for Colorado Mr. Livingston stated that Uie two buses now being brought in would greatly relieve existing ?h?rtAge of facilities. The two additional machines that are to arrive the same Ume allow facilities for service to Caswell Beach, Long Beach and Holden Beach, If need ed. Four Brunswick Con Young People 'nc'j; Among Victim# Of Morning Crash Saturday THREE SERIOUSLY HURT IN WRECjfc Wreck Occurred On U. S> No. 17 East Of Shallot^ When Two Cart Ram med Head-On As One Made Left Turn 4 , Four young people from Brun*-] wick county who had traveled all night from Washington, D. C., ? to spend the holiday weekend, at their homes were killed Sat urday morning within sight of; their destination in an automobile. crash which claimed the lives of; seven persons. The Brunswick county dead were Roland Edwin Gray, 24;. Mrs. Bertram Gray, 22, and Ujf daughter, Gloria, eight months; old; and Miss Earline AtklnSpj^,. 21. Vitctims in the sccond car were Norman Houston, 35; Mit. Katie Gaylord Houston, 50; and Mrs. Eva G. Sawyer; aU of Pap tego. Critically Injuried patients who were removed from the scene of, the wrcck to Doshcr Memofisi Hospital Include Miss Madeline Robinson, 25; and Bertram Gray. 21; of Brunswick county; and Donald Rose, of Pungo. News of this Memorial week end tragedy quickly swept over the width and breadth of the Ian* and earned the grim distinction of being the worst holiday ac cident toll In the nation. It was by far the worst highway accid ent In the history of Brunswick county and brings to' 12 the total of persona killed during May ip highway mishaps. The Grays and Miss Robinson ? and Ul" Atkinson are Brunswick county young peopW *1*? h,v" been working in the Nation'? capitol. The holiday week-end'?af forded them an opportunity. to come to their respective homes for a visit, and the accident se cured Just as the driver qt the Gray car turned left across t^e path of the other machine car as he attempted to leave the highway to travel to his home. _ * Just who was at the wheel at the time of the accident has not been determined, since all occH>* ants of the 1836 model Ford were thrown free by the force of em{ pact. Norman Houston was found dead at the wheel of the o??r car, a 1M9 Ford. Because of the critical cau4lj tion of survivors it has been ljn? possible to get a reconstructed; picture of Just what happened. However. It appears that thy. Gray machine attempted to ma??; its turn at a point where v^l bility is restricted to a few hun dred feet because of a sharp* grade, and the oncoming car driv en by Houston ployed Into the Bide of the former vehicle, hit ting it on the right. A heavy rain fell during the early morning hours, and It is possible that tMU, too, affected visibility. Of the local victima, Roland Edwin Gray was a veteran of the World War n, more recently enw ployed by the F. B. L in Wa*j ington. Funeral rites for him held Monday e/terno? * Chapel Hill church at Sha.lolte, Rev. H. B. Bennett and Rev. L, F. Britt officiating. The Shal r-nNTINUED ON PAGE Tide Table Following la the tide taMe for Southport during the neMt week. These hour* are approxi mately correct and were tim Islied The SUte Port PUof th rough the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association High Tide . Low TM? Thursday, May 29, 8:40 A. M. 0:54 A. M. 7:10 P. M. 12:52 P. M." Friday, May 27 7:27 A. M. 1:87 A. My 7:50 P. M. 1:80 P. M. Saturday, May 28, 8:05 A. M. 2:18 A. 8:28 P. M. 2:00 Sunday, May 29, 8:45 A. M. 2:50 A. tL 9:09 P. M. 2:49 P. M, Monday, May 80, > 9:28 A. M. 8:40 A. M. 9:51 P. M. 3:83 P. tL Tuesday, May 81, -A 10:15 A. M. 4:24 A. 10:88 P. M. 4:20 P. Wednesday, June 1, 11.-08 A. M. 5:11 A. 11:80 P. M. 5:12 P.