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fce pilot Covers ??swick County THE STATE PORT PILOT so. SIXTEEN NO. 32 A Good Newspaper In A Good Community L__ Most of The New* All The Time 6-PAGES today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, October 12, 1949 fUBUSHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAB iotte Wins j Encounter Southport Touchdown Aft/r ?_ Of Victory , football Game j County Schools Dampen spirit rCZd With Spir >&?? T?. filched Te.? j .. interceptions which ^rted into a pa'r * Mown runs brought %rs sr? ~ ig^jrz s 4 VZd at Shallotte and Jlf two Brunswick fff scoreless first per ?hich both teams ap 15 "?nc for weakness defense, Southport f?r first touchdown 1 second quarter. The J was a pass from ?L spencer, who made ?Vthe l-yard line and i ' ,he end zone stand ^Sort attempted to ,;e extra point, only to jjfdl the scoring in the plough just before L shallotte appeared to p r.arsh with two suc ks downs following the L came back after the L.ej the second touch- , U-u: g'-ving up posses ^ tail. Ward returned - s own 35-yard line. L; .9 five yards in two t Bowmer made it a ' going for eighty Russ . " i.n. then McDowell I t his left gained 15 another first down^ scked the line for 3 on the next play a Suss to Spencer, who i: Ward, carried from; 3J?var<t line down It :t took Bowmer two j cmck over the second I once more the kick f 01 , n was blocked. | Shallotte score fol \ aciange of puts. Russ, jtem mid-field, rolled the a Shallotte ten, where araed. On first down r kicked to their own 45 t ? : on the following ti-v snaied a Southpoit !.vn 40 and set sail. helped him on his r.? crossed the goal for Shallotte score. The at Itxk for point was block late in the tourth quar Shallotte got their sec ^ The home team had a! were gaining ground "Her intercepted on the f 12-yard line. Two run 5 carried the ball to mid fc" Hoiden. Shallotte end, P second pay-off inter ring the catch on his stripe, he dashed the to pay dirt and a tie r'?i the teams lined up the extra point, Shal "M the line for the f three yards that gave point and the ball game. ?ly a couple of minutes Southport put on a ft *as a race with the the final whistle blew ? were trying a pass N* the Shallotte 10-yard 'McDowell just missed the end zone. ^Ti- was played on a : Jnd rain fell during the ?a?ed On Page Four 'iifNewi Nashtt O.CB *Wing of the Southport I ^ which was postponed ( * Thursday will be held I * it 1 o'clock in the Building. I fcfTl SIPPER i ?flxtti supper will be ser- 1 '"l= Community Building ft October 20, from 5.30 [ o'clock, the proceeds | benefit of the Sac p Catholic church. j K OFFICE HO V RS I jobte, ease work-1 1J* Brunswick County ; I^PWtment. will observe ! l?*?s at the American i IT* in Shallotte each J* morning, beginning ??- These hours will be I :* same time that the i I Pirtment clinic is in I Testing For Shrimp SAMPLE ? Donnie St. George is shown standing be side the try-net which has just hoisted aboard the trawler Penny. These small nets afe taken up at regular intervals to determine whether there are -shrimp in the vicinity and to give an idea of what to expect when the big net is hauled in. ? (Wilmington News Cut.) Poultry Show And Sale Is Big Success Liberal Cash Prizes Award- j ed Winners In Poultry Show Sponsored By Shal lotte Lions Club SALE RESULTED IN GOOD PRICES Project Made Possible Thru Sears, Roebuck Founda tion Which Furnished Day-Old Chicks The 4-H Club poultry project made possible by the Sears Roe buck Foundation and sponsored by Shallotte Lions Club wound up this year with a show and sale at Shallotte Saturday. With more than a hundred persons attending this sale and engaging in brisk bidding for the 144 New Mamp shire pullets, the project proved to be a fine success in every way. Both County Agent A. S. Knowles and Miss Corrine Green, the home agent, have done val uable work among the 4-H club boys and girls this year, their efforts with these young people probably being highlighted with the poultry project. Both were very active in the concluding show and sale. In this they were assist ed by C. J. Maulpin and W. G. Andrews Extension Poultry Spec ialist at Shallotte and Miss Hes ter Donally of the Wilmington Sears store. Mr. Maulpin and Mr. Andrews served as judges at the show. The sum of $100.00 was award ed in prizes; $14.00 for blue rib bon pens; $9.00 for red, and $5.00 for white. These prizes were awarded as follows: Louis Bryson Hickman, Bolivia, Bobby Roach, Supply, and Ethel Purvis, Leland, $14.00 each; Ed ward Rabon, Winnabow, Donald Lennon, Leland, and James Ben ton, Leland, $9.00 each; Carolyn Holden, Supply, Hugh Danford, Bolivia, Charles Benton, Leland, Mary Frances Lee Shallotte Estha Osborne, Shallotte and Ramona Continued On Page Six Boys Gathering Cones For Seed Proceeds From Project Will j Be Used To Help Purchase I Equipment For Bolivia | Shop The vocational education shop I at the Bolivia school needs new J equipment and the teacher of this department, J. M. King, is not dis- 1 posed to sit around griping at ! the patrons for not providing the I money for this equipment. Mr. King is marshaling his boys and i9 proposing to put them to work gathering pine cones for the State Forestry department. These cones will be used for the purpose of growing pine tree seedlings, j The Bolivia boys arc making, arrangements to . ascertain the j location of all nearby lunibering crews. They propose to follow I these crews into the woods and gather the cones from the pine trees as they are felled. They have a good market at the county forest fire warden's office right I there in Bolivia. New Ferry Works Holden Beach The State Highway Commis sion has placed a new ferry in service at Holden Beach. It is about the same size as the old one that has been d cine vali ant work for years. One added point is that it has a railroad off space for pedestrians. They formerly had to stand around I anywhere they could find space between cars. Naturally, the folks at Holden Beach and those who come and go would prefer something fas- | ter than a ferry. They will pro- j bably get that something in the ] way of a bridge in good time. I Meanwhile the growing impor tance of the beach made better service necessary while waiting | on the bridge. Music Teacher Assumes Duties " Miss L. A. Potter Has Accep ted Position Of Public School Music Teacher In| Southport School Music in the Southport high j school sponsored by the Parent Teacher Association, had an auspi- 1 cious beginning last year and some good foundation work was! laid for both vocal and instru- [ mental music. In music, as in many other things that require training and I ability, the teacher must know the material that he or she must work with. The last year instruc tor did not return this year and it was not until ten days ago that the Pa it-Teacher Associa tion was able to secure a quali field instructor in muisc to take his place. The new teacher of music is Miss L. A. Potter of West One onta, New York. Miss Potter is a graduate of the New York State Teachers College in public school music. Since her graduation she has had several years experience teaching music and is accomplish ed at piano teaching, at several stringed instruments and at near ly all of the instruments used in a school band. She has directed bands, orches tra's and choruses. In an inter view Monday night, Miss Potter said, "It is essential for the stu dent in music to know the ele mentary things about the subject of their study. Likewise the teach er most know something of the student and his or her abilities.'*" She said that in the beginning she wished to hear each student and be able to form an idea of still hidden talent that may be developed by training along any special lines. "We must realize," she said, "that it is as essential to lay a good foundation for music. Good time for all instruments is neces sary. Good attacks are very es sential to produce a good band. Sometimes band members do not -Continued On Page six Association To Meet Wednesday And Thursday Two-Day Session Of Brunt wick Baptist Association Convenes Wednesday At Sabbath Home Church THURSDAY SESSION SET FOR LELAND Outstanding Program Has Been Arranged For This Year Featuring One Evening Session The annual meeting of the Brunswick Baptist Association will be held at Sabath Home church near Holden's Beach, and the Thursday meeting will be at Leland church. Representatives from all the institutions and agencies of the Baptist Conven tion will be present for both days. A new feature this year will be a night session the first night for the young people of the as sociation. Bill Jackson, State Royal Ambassador leader, will be the main speaker that might. Dr. R. K. Redwine, director of the Caswell Assembly, will be one of the speakers this year and will be one of the speakers this year and will outline plans for use of the Caswell property. Another feature of this year's program will be an inspirational message by Dr. Ralph McClain, former missionary in China and now pas tor of the First Baptist Church in Lumberton. Dr. M. A. Huggins, secretary of the State Convention, ^ will present the program and progress throughout N. C. this j year. Advance reports indicate con siderable progress having been made by the Brunswick churches the past year. Rev. H. B. Bennett will preach the annual sermon on Wednesday and Rev. Taft Hewett will preach Thursday The Rev. H. M. Baker is mod- 1 erator and John Jenrette clerk of the association. Institute Suit For $100,000.00 Atlantic Coast Line Named In Big Suit Which Seeks To Recover Damages For Personal Injuries Represented by Frink and Her ring of Southport and John D. Bellamy & Sons of Wilmington Miss Mary Lou Mintz of Wil mington has filed suit in the I Brunswick county Superior court, asking for damages in the sum of $100,000.00 from the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. In the suit filed this week Miss Mintz, who is 28 years old, al leges that in April, 1947, she was employed as a clerk in the office j of the auditor of freight receipts for the railroad at the main of- 1 fice in Wilmington. Serving in this capacity, she was sent to an I upper floor, reached by an iron circular stairway, to bring down certain records to the office. Des cending the stairway with these papers, she fell and sustained al legedly permanent and totally disabling injuries to her back. The suit Is said to be the larg ( Continued on pasre six) Honored PRICE FURLESS, who was honored at a party Tuesday eve ning at the recreation building of Southport Presbyterian church in honor of his fifty years service as elder. Crop Program Begins Monday For Brunswick The Rev. H. M. Baker Will Head Work In Brunswick County And Will Hold Or ganization Meeting Mon day ? At the request of C. G. Bass, regional CROP representative, the Rev. H. M. Baker is calling a meeting of representative Bruns wick county leaders at the Bolivia high school Monday night at 7:30 for the purpose of organizing a chapter in Brunswick county. The Christian Rural Overseas Program (Crop) is a program through which commodities are solicited from farm people on a community-wide basis and turned over to established church relief agencies of the individual donor's choice for distribution overseas to orphanages, institutions for the aged and ill, refugees and the hungry, irrespective of race and creed in Europe and Asia. In last year's drive over 2,392 carloads were collected in the United States for . distribution by CROP. To date contributions totaling $6,596,674.00 have been made. Mr. Bass plans to show movies of the work being done by CROP at the meeting next Monday night and to help the local leaders Continued On Page Four Capture Three Still s Thursday Three Men Also Taken In Three Raids Made By Deputies Sheriff In Day's Operations Deputy sheriffs captured three stills and three men Thursday. Officers in this raid were U. H. Granger, G. W. Bland and C. O. Blanton. They brought in William McDonald, Raleigh and Floyd Continued On Page Six Our ROVING Reporter \V. a KEZIAH When a fellow grows up with | fox hounds and acquires a lik- j ing for the animals, it is difficult j to break himself of the desire to I have a pack. Before coming to j Southport ten or more years ago J Dr. J. V. Davis, dental surgeon, always kept a pack of fine fox hounds at Concord. Hunting with them was his favorite sport and relaxation. Coming to Southport, his health was not so good but that did not cause him to lose his liking for the hounds and hunt. He has owned half a dozen good packs of hounds while re siding here and at the present time he has five young dogs. They are only nine months old but he says they run foxes better than any pack of the same age he ever saw. Mrs. F. Mollycheck, Southport's most consistent fisherwomen, does not know whether she was just careless or whether she should lose all of her faith in the sports manship of her fellow fishermen. She was fishing at. Caswell Beach a few days ago and some one either took her highly prized tackle box out of her car or pick ed it up from the ground where she placed it. In either case the box is gone and she would feel a great deal better of the person who has it would return it. "Fishermen By Calling," a booklet Issued by the Caterpillar Tractor Co.. Peoria, 111., makers of the Caterpillar Marine Engines, had a full page picture of the Lewis J. Hardee boats and Mr. Hardee last week. AH of the Har dee boats use the Caterpillar diesel engines, as do practically all of the other big boats of the Southport shrimp fishing fleet. Such engines have come to be re cognized as the power behind the big local fishing Industry. A story in this paper two weeks ago told of a resident of Bolton being held up at midnight by unidentified men who searched his car and then allowed him to proceed, the alleged holdup be ing between Free land and Dolton. Continued On Page Four Sport Fishing Has Been Good This Week Ail Parties Have Reported Unusually Good Catches; Skip pers Say Big Blues Are Plentiful Wise in the ways of all fish, in quest of which he has spent a lifetime, with more than 35 years of this work being in operations directly off Southport, Captain J. B. Church can be credited with being an authority on the pro ducts of the sea. Talking to him Sunday, he brought up a very interesting matter when he said: "I have never seen so many big blue fish off Southport as are now out there. They seem to be every where and they will average twice the size of the blues we usually have here in the fall months." During the past several days the Southport sport fishing fleet has been backing up the claims of Captain Church. The parties that have been going out for blue fish have been pulling them In until they got tired. Even a small bluefish can put up a good fight and quickly tire a sportsman when they happen to be striking fast. Most of the parties that have been going out for them have been satisfied with half a day, or just a little more than that. The prospects are for continued good fishing. Instead or going south, the boatmen say that the fish are moving eastward to get on Frying Pan Shoals, one of the best places on the coast of North Carolina for them to be taken by trolling. Some of the parties and catches made in the last few days are being given below: Botfly, Captain Basil Watts, C. G. Vogel and party, Columbia, S. C., 150 big bluefish; Gorden Brewer, Chase City, Va., 140 big blues; half a dozen bluefish par ties on this boat have made about the same or larger catches than the above. Sunday the Botfly took a party of Duke hospital em ployees to the gulf. This party got 6 amberjack, 3 of them weighing 40-pounds each, 5 large bonita, 2 barracuda, 1 king mack erel and 30 blues. This party was composed of Dr. C. R. Tay lor, E. F. Whitfield, R. L. Evans, J. E. Jacobs, N. P. Phillips, John Boy, Earl Mangum, J. C. Gift, N. C. Lowery. The Joy of Captain George Gre gory has been devoting itself al most entirely to bluefish. Among her parties have been Jack Adams, M. G. Garrett and Clyde Yount of Hickory and Charlotte, they got 106 big bluefish; E. A. Sheffield, J. L. Sheffield and Boyce Gant of Star and Thomas ville, got 161 big blues in half a day aboard the Joy. Captain Victor P. Lance of the Moja reported a party composed of Mr. and Mrs. S. Hora, Juanita (Continued on page five) National Guard Unit Planned For County Fisherman Catches His Fishing Rig This week Robert Dlnkins, manager of the big Harverty Furniture Company, Columbia, S C. was using a brand new glass fishing rod, a brand new surf casting reel and a brand new nylon line. All this proper ty was worth more than $50.00 and it all belonged to C. C. Vegels, also of Columbia, when he is not at Southport on a fishing trip. The luckless sportsman was heartbroken when he dropped the entire outfit which belonged to a friend overboard. To the rescue came Basil Watts, skip per of the boat. He rigged up a grappling iron out of half a dozen squid hooks. Dragging with these, he brought up the line, hooked in the middle. Pul ling on one piece of the line Mr. Dinkins brought up the lost rod and reel. Pulling on the other piece of the line he brought up the two hooks and there was a two pound trout on each of them. Routine Session Of County Court Numerous Case# Disposed Of By Judge McLamb And Court Officials Before Ad journment Monday was a busy day for Judge W. J. McLamb and Re corder's court officials, but every thing was wound up before the middle of the afternoon, with the following entries being made: William McDonald, Floyd Mc Donald and Raleigh Varnum. manufacturing. William McDon aid and Raleigh Varnum pleaded guilty and each was given months on roads, suspended on condition that each pay a fine of $100.00 and be of good behavior. Floyd McDonald found not guilty. James Lee Powell, speeding, costs. John Shirly Lennon, speeding, fined $5.00 and costs. Gene Alton Hankins, reckless operation, continued. L. D. McLamb, tresspass, as sault with deadly weapon, public drunkness, motion for jury trial. Andrew J. Cheers, reckless op eration, continued. James L Walker, speeding, capias. Charles Duditsch, speeding, cap 13 Joseph N. Anderson, assault with deadly weapon, 90 days on roads suspended on payment or a fine of $25.00 and coste. Rumley Hill, assault with dead ly weapon, case adjudged frivi lious and malicious and Lee Gainey the prosecuting witness was tax- 1 ed with costs. J Dan Willetts, violating hunting law, not guilty. Sam Little, carnal knowledge of a minor, nol prossed. Henry Frederick Laser, allow ing unlicensed person to operat?. (Continued or jmgt ?*) Organizational Plant Now Underway With Member ship Opportunities Still Open FULL STRENGTH OUTFIT PLANNED Lieutenant John K. Burns Of Whiteville Slated To Serve As Commanding Officer Of This Organisation Brunswick county will shortly have a unit of the National Guard according to Talmadge Sellers of Shallotte. Orders for such a com pany have already been secured from General Metts and the mat ter of enlisting men is already underway, with 20 signed up prior to Saturday. Thirty men must be secured for Federal approval and pay for the membership. The pay will be based on rank and one hour of drill per week. It is planned to try for a full strength unit of 180 men, to be enlisted at Shallotte and throughout the county. The men may live anywhere within two hours drive of the armory, which presumally will be at Shal lotte. First Lt. John K. Burns of Whiteville is slated to be com manding officer and Second Lt. Talmadge Sellers of Shallotte is executive officer. The organiza tion will have one 40-hour per week Job with the pay $2, 980.00 per year, lite whole unit will bring around $36,000 into Bruns wick county annually. Lt. Burns or Lt. Sellers will be at the D. W. Holden store in Shallotte each Tuesday and Fri day nights for the purpose of en listing men. Lt. Sellers is ex pressing confidence that no obs tacle will arise to prevent the formation of the unit. Honor Drivers For Bus Lines I Dinner Party On Thursday Night Given In Honor Of W.B. &. S. Drivers In Re cognition Of Record Following a dinner given at Mack's Cafe Thursday night by manager Hubert Livingston, four of the W. B. & S. bus drivers received safety buttons as an award for safe driving. The a wards were presented by H. W. Marsh of the Safety and Engine ering Department of the Great American Indemity Company, which insures all vehicles of the local company. For over five yij rs as a driver on the Southport-Whiriington run, William Walker was '{warded a gold button. Herman M^d Ralph Phelps, with four years Y>f ser vice, un marred by accidentsv were each given broze buttons. H. Stephenson, with years, also de ceived a bronze safety button. \ ? Preceeding the awards Mr.' Marsh expressed the appreciation of his company for the especially fine record on the crowed Wil mington-South port runs. Since the W. B. 4 6. began operating buses (Continued From Page 8U) Lt. Governor To Address Farm Bureau Rally Big Round-Up Of Members Will Be Climaxed by Meet ing In Shallotte School Auditorium, October 22 VALUABLE PRIZES BEING OFFERED Only Farm Bureau Member* Will Be Eligible To Re ceive Awards; Farmers Urged To Join Highlighting the annual Farm Bureau membership drive, offici als and friends of the organiza tion are now busy with plans to stage a huge rally at the Shal lotte school auditorium on Sat urday, October 22, at 7 o'clock. Chief features of the event will be the address by Lieutenant Governor Pat Taylor of Wades boro and the awarding of more than $400.00 in cash prizes and valuable merchandise. While it is desired that there be a large attendance, it is point ed out that only Farm Bureau members will be eligible for the numerous prizes. All are now members and all who Join the or ganization before the contests actually start will be eligible to participate in the prize awards. Between now and the rally and also on the night of the rally up until the features begin, a list of 35 volunteer Farm Bureau membership workers will be solicting membership from all who arc eligible to join. Thesa volunteer workers are, Paul Brown, C. W. Harvcll, J. B. Pot ter, S. L. Purvis, G. K. Lewis, J. E. Gilbert, Carl Ward, Garfield Clemmons, F. ? Herbert Swain, Ralph Sellers, D. E. Simmons, Jake Tinga, A. L. Atkinson. J. B. Sermons, J. J. Hawes, Earl Thom pson, Mrs. Elwood Clemmons, J. E. Cooke, Herbert Russ, Cecil Hewett, F. M. Norris, Joe Wilson, Mrs. S. J. Frink, Ernest Stana land, G. Martin Bennett, Mrs. Raymond Smith, T. T. Ward, J. W. Stanley, Mayam W. Grissett, EIRoy King, C. O. Bennett, Sandy Stanley, L. f. Bs??on. William W^ Hewett. A full page advertisement in this issue gives further infor mation with regard to the prizes that are be awarded. Everyone is urged to attend the meeting regardless of whether he is a member. Community Fair Set Next Week Interesting Event Will Ba Staged Tuesday At Wac? camaw High School Last' ing From 2:30 O'Clock To 10 O'Clock Waccamaw township folks are staging a Community Fair and Veterans Livestock Show Tues day of next week, October 18thi The occasion will be at the Wac? camaw school, beginning at 2:30 p. m. and closing at 10:00 p. m. The exhibits will consist of farm products, handicrafts, oddities and antiques, flowers, cooking, needle* craft, hobby displays, art dis? plays, live animals, veterans liver stock. Prizes will be given for oldest man present, oldest woman pre* sent, largest family present, cou ple married longest, couple most recently married. A big list of atheletic contests have been prepared for which Continued on page four Tide Table I Following Is the tide table for Southport 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. High Tide Low Tide Thursday Oct IS, 11:41 A. M. 5:19 A. M. 11:51 P. M. 6:14 P. M. Friday Oct 14, 0:00 A. M. 6:12 A. M. 12:37 P. M. 7:12 P. M. Saturday Oct 15, 0:57 A. M. 7:17 A. M. 1:40 P. M. 8:16 P. >L Sunday Oct. 16, 2:07 A. M. 8:28 A. M. 2:45 P. M. 9:20 P. 3L Monday Oct. 17, 3:16 A. M. 9:3.. A. M. 8:49 P. M. 10:19 P. >L Tuesday Oct. 18, 4:21 A. M. 10:40 A. M. i 4:46 P. M. 11:12 P. M. \ Wednesday Oct 19, W:20 A. >L 11:38 A. M. \41 P. 51. 12:04 P. M. - I'.'VkL . : _ 1 _ ^