le pilot Covers 0SWick County ^SIXTEEN NO. 34 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The New* All The Time sday, October 26th, 1949 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY fl.50 PER YEAS yer Scouts Enter Wilds j)f Island Area , McNeill, Skipper Of wj!' -Charge Of Expedi jTo Bald Head Lation" WILL fjND OCTOBER 31st Will Leave Sou th port I Jriday. Nov. 4; H. T. L,er Will Arrange Transportation L th* first attempts to jixi map the complete ? area of Bald Head Is b yie mouth of the Cape t,. ?iil be made the week Vov. 4th by Explorer d the Cape Fear Area jc S. Peal of Chadbourn, camping and activities i has announced the ex sill be open to all Ex-j (gjDuts and units in the B McNeill of Whiteville, ?5/ the Whiteville Sea Ex Ljt. will be in charge of lotion. Captain H. T. f of Southport will be in rf arranging the necessary nation to the island. _ntion for the three-day L i? filed with the coun buarters in Wilmington fcay October 31, Peal said, tted out that the expedi Id be one of the most undertaken by the coun and cautioned explorer i undergo physical exam iefore making the trip. Explorer will be required his own clothing and : for the full stay. Only jood physical condition [rmitted to go . op is expected to leave Southport yacht basin I Friday, Nov. 4. They o the Coast Guard Area, be used as a camping ? area has been provid- 1 j council thpnngft th* of the commanding offj- | tie Oak Island Coast itation. include the complete and maping of the is turday, with a fellowship that night. There will fishing contest held dur free time with a prize for the largest fish pup will breaK up Sun pr.&ng on the tide. P" units are composed "a 14 years of age and Nps eligible for the ex- j i "111 come from the fol- 1 Munties: Pender, New; - Brunswick, Columbus, j Robeson, Scotland, and I pance trip under the , of Dick Auger, local Ntive, was made in Feb 10 determine the suitability "Pis?, weather conditions, j *&on, water facilities, and ?wtials. | " aade the trip with 40 ?Wts and adults. He poin ' ?t night that the island Ie ln every respect for, of venture." FUtktt ^TTE AWAY Shallotte football team Aynor, S. C., Friday Same with this strong ^Molina squad. tV SUPPER Romans Society of Chris ftice of Trinity Methoaist "ill serve a turkey sup the recreational building ? Thursday, November 17. (G TDIE Mrs. Malcolm Lewis 'o Durham Monday. Mr. 118 E. H. Arrington, who th( Brunswick Inn, own Lewis, are moving in "ASE HOME *1 Mrs. Roma Pigott, gently bought the E. H. house, are preparing >n this week. Incidently, Orrn was once owned by Mrs. M. M. Pigott, 4 0{ the Pigott boys. J*CVIVAL M. Baker will be out L ^'s week as guest min ? the Proctorville Baptist I. P. Hedgepeth who iummer visitor at Long j^Pa?>tor of the Proctor Week-End Parties Make Record Catch All Boats Report Good Result*, With Individual Record Going To Nine-Year Old Boy The Idle-On, Captain Hulan Watts, brought in the greatest catch of king mackerel ever land ed here Monday afternoon. Forty seven of the graceful, fighting fish were in the catch. They ran from 10 to 20 pounds in weight. By way of good measure the party also caught 3 large bar racuda. Mike Zefelis, restaurant opera tor in Wilmington, and his party made the catch. They had re gular Monday reservations of the Idle-On or Botfly all summer. A small boy, 9-year old Gary Poteet of Hickory, should be given top honors when it comes to troling for bluefish. The boy boated 127 bluefish Surday after noon, fishing from the Cadet of Captain Howard Victor. Gary, his 14-year old brother Tommy, their father Thomas Poteet, and Jessie Childress, all of Hickory, caught the grand total of 481 bluefish during the trip. "Tut", mate to Captain Vic tor on the Cadet, kept tally on Gary's catch. He was inspired to this task by the small size and fishing interest of his passenger. The fish caught by all of the party is probably worth several times the cost of the boat char ter. All boats out for bluefish have been and are still making ex traordinary catches. The Moja of Captain Civtor P. Lane report ed 28X large blues on one of its trips. The party was composed of P. R. Hall, J. H. Ashcraft, J. C. Elrod and N. W. Gilbert, all of Charlotte. The Botfly of Captain Basil Watts; Joy of Captain George Gregory; Kaibab of Cap tain James Arnold and various boats down here from Wilming ton have been reporting good catches. Sunday five or six Southport and Wilmington boats pulled out for the gulf stream. This was about the first of the long trips 1 Continued On Page Four Community Fair At Waccamaw Big Event Huge Throng Enjoys After- 1 noon And Evening Pro-! gram Which Was Filled - With Fun And Entertain- : ment For Everyone LARGE LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS! Contests Covered Wide] Range Events, Affording Opportunity For All To Enter Some Competi tion ASH, Approximately 1,000 per sons turned out Oct. 10 to enjoy the Waccamaw school fair. L *air RkiM and warm weather helped things along; as qn-look ers discussed agricultural topics, livestock, flowers, sewing, antiq ues, and school art and viewed the latest in farm machinery put on display by dealers from Wil>. mington. Tabor City and White ville. There were many and varied exhibits and contests with prizes and ribbons awarded to all win ners. The event closed In the school gym about nine o'clock in the evening. Winners of games conducted during the afternoon included P. iG. Evans, hog calling; Nina Lud jlum and Salley Britt, foot races; | Joe Smith and Joe Woodard, foot races. The oldest woman present was Mrs. R. A. Vereen while George B. Ward took that honor in the male division. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Bennett won the prize for being the couple present mar ried the longest (55 years). Most recently married were Mr. and "Mrs. Clyde Todd (one month). The largest family present was Continued On Page Four Bolivia School Plans Carnival I - ? ' Annual Hallowe'en Event Scheduled For Monday Night With Elaborate Plans Being Made The Bolivia school is busy now making plans for the Hallowe'en carnival next Monday night. Ef forts are being made to make this the most original entertain ment and exciting carnival in his tory. There will be halls of horror when the witches of the past will call forth from their secret haunts to thrill the daring and chill the less brave; there will be headless men chased by their ghostly wives; there will be zom bie spooks, and any mystery of the past that can be recalled by mediums in their secret seances. For the hungry there will be food at a nominal price. For the kids there has been arranged a very interesting fish pond with fascinating prizes. Arrangements have been made with an interesting fortune tell er to take care of the mysteries of the future. . A costume parade is being planned for prizes offered for the most original, most attractive and spookiest costumes. A baby contest is now in pro gress. The winner will receive an attractive prize. Bobbing for appies^and other entertaining games will be held in the various classrooms. Many other things are now be ing planned to make this an out standing event. Football Game Here Thursday Southport will play their sec ond home football game tomor row (Thursday) afternoon when the Wilmington J. V.'s come here on their first visit to Brunswick county. The Wildkittens have compiled an enviable record in contests with high school varsities in this section, and the charges of Coach Harry T. Sanders are sure to be in for a busy afternoon. In tb?ir first Season of foot ball the Southport boys have shown steady improvement, and with ' three games under their belts they are ready" "to tqriy out a more finished performance'' than in their last home appear ance. Crop Organized For Brunswick Rev. Earl Helms Of Antioch Baptist Church Named County Chairman Of Re lief Organization With the assistance of C. G. Bass, regional Crop representa tive, a local Crop chapter was established in Brunswick county at a special meeting last Monday night at Bolivia. Rev. Earl Helms, pastor of An tioch Baptist church, was elect ed chairman of the county or ganization. Rev. Taft Hewett, Soilder Bay church, Rev. E. C. Caudell, Zion Methodist church, and T. T. Ward, president of the Farm Bureau, were elected as vice-chairman of Crop. A. S. Knowles, H. L. Clemmons and T. O. Page were elected members of a special advisory committee. Rev. H. M. Baker was designated as publicity director for Crop in Brunswick county. L. J. McKeith an was elected secretary-treas urer. Present at the organizing meet ing and acting as advisors were: i Herbert Johnson, W. A. Maxwell, Carl Ward, M. B. Robbins, R. D. CONTINUED 4 Of Court Monday Most Of Cases Scheduled For Trial Continued, With Final Judgement In Only Four Matters On Docket Most of the cases scheduled for trial in Brunswick county Re corder's court here Monday were continued, with final judgement being rendered in only four cases. The following entries were made: Raymond D. Collins, speeding, fined $20.00 and costs. Harold Sandlin, speeding, con tinued. Ezra Johnson, reckless opera tion, fined $40.00 and costs. Ethel Stroud, possession, sapias. Carl Wm. Harrelson, reckless operation, capias. Robert Edwin Bass, driving on left side of highway, fined $10.00 and costs. W. E. Bellamy, drunken driv ing, no operators license, pos Oontinued On Pag* Four Routine Speaker PAT TAYLOR - > -X **? ? 1 M 1 11 ? s Lt. Governor Pat Taylor It County Speaker Farm Bureau Rally At Shal lotte Saturday Night Will Attended As State Offici al Brings Message Several hundred Brunswick county citizens, the majority of whom are mmebers of the Farm Bureau, attended a rally ot that organisation Saturday night at Shailotte school where Lt. Gov ernor 'Pat Taylor was 'the featur ed/ speaker. ~ The state official cited gains that have come to population en gaged in agricultural pursuits as a result of cooperative, effort through the channels of the Farm Bureau, and he declared that the program is one ? worthy of the support . of all farmers and busi ness firms who deal extensively with farmers. - , While no announcement has1 yet been made Of this year's membership total, word from leaders indicates that " the mark' ?tlU ia- below, last years enroll-1 "Safe $??? lng does not' eno im -jTiwuMrsfiip drive, .and those in change wlH JK't bo satisfied unt it the 3948 rWdrd fs pd&eetf. Of major interest in the Sat urday night' program was the awarding of several hundred dol lars worth 9f valuably prizes, in addition to cash pfizes paid win ners in a quiz contest. Funeral Rites Here Wednesday Miss Maggie We scott Died On Tuesday Of Last Week In Fayetteville And Body Returned Here For Burial Miss Maggie Wescott, 84-year old former resident of Southport, died last Tuesday in Fayette ville from heart trouble. She was bom in Southport and had spent all of her life here, previous to moving to Fayetteville. The body was brought here Wednesday and following ser vices at the Kilpatrick Funeral home at 3 o'clock, burial was (Continued on page 21 Lunch Rooms In All Except One County School Four White School* And Brunswick County Train ing School Receive Assis tance From Federal Gov ernment SURPLUS COMMODITIES MAKE THEM POSSIBLE Low Cost Meals Provided With Object Of Bringing Cost Within Reach Of Average Child The school lunch rooms of Brunswick county received $11, 358.00 during the school year 1948-49 In the form of surplus commodities, and $11,408.00 as food reinbursement or a total of $22,767.00. This means that the School patrons whose children ate in the school lunch room received a grand of their proportionate share of this amount of money. The Federal government is mak ing- it possible for school to fur nish hot lunches at a very small cost to the individual child. The schools that have lunch rooms this year are Bolivia, Le land, Shallotte, Southport and Brunswick County Training .school. The Parent Teacher As sociation has made it possible to Jiave these lunch rooms. The Shallotte roofn Was made possible through the local school committee. i "We have information that we Will receive more commodities this year than we have ever re ceived before, says J. T. Denning. We haye received this year to date 89 boxes of fresh pears, 79 bags of potatoes. We will receive within a few weeks 33 cases of honey, 235 cases of canned peach 's, one pound of butter for each <9iild fed in the lunch room, 235 bushels of fresh apples, 143 cases of canoed tomatoes, 210 bushels of fresh string beans, a large quantity of cheese, peanut butter, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, dry milk and many other products." School Holding Carnival Friday * , . . i Southport Parent - Teacher Aftsociation Making Ela borate Plans For Event This Year f Both young and old are e^ger* ly awaiting, 'festivities scheduled for Friday night when the An nual Halloween Carnival ? will be staged under the ausplcies of the Southport high school Parent Teachers Association. Included on the program will be the costume parade, which will be head at the school build ing beginning at 6:30 o'clock; the crowning of the King and l Queen, with due honor paid to | members of their court; the car nival proper which will be held I in the gymnasium. This will be ! the scene of fortune tellers ! booths, the various concessions and the place for thrills and chills. During the past few days great interest has centered in the con tests for King and Queen, for i (Continued on page 2) w. B. KEZ1AH Our ROVING Reporter Writing the paper that he is always interested in its weekly ; visits. Rev. H. B. Johnson of J Mount Airy says we are right on the beam in agitating the . 'matter of a hotel for Southport. j He says it would be a great as- j set to the town and a great con- | venience to the visiting putalic. The Rev. Mr. Johnson is also ' greatly -interested in development at our beaches, where he spends his summer vacations with Mrs. I Johnson and their son, Dr. Thor ! Johnson, conductor of the Cin cinnati! Symphony Orchestra. They plan to build a home at Caswell Beach this winter or in th? spring. Few places anywhere could be ' better lined up for economic de- 1 velopment than Fort Caswell, | Caswell Beach, Long Beach and Southport. In a way of speaking; they have mutal assets bound by a strong link. Southport is wide ly known as a sport fishing cen ter and ? 4s a. delightful place to live. Fort CaswvU it also J widely known, despite the fact that it has not been so much in the limelight in recent years. Caswell Beach, a part of the for mer military reservation, is still young in growth but destined to prove poular. We are sort of bet ting on some development start ing there this year, probably a fishing pier out in the ocean. Long Beach, comparatively young, has been recognized for several years as destined to become a great coastal playground. A real start to make it that has just began. All three of these fine coastal spots have ready access to Southport's fine fishing and they share in the widespread public knowledge of Southport. Owing to the short distance, Southport has access to every thing at Fort Caswell, Caswell Beach and Long Beach. The set up could not be more promising. Writing us this week Charles Parker, director of the State News Bureau, appeared pleased Continued On Page Four Shrimp For Dinner CHOW ? High Spot in a day's operations aboard a shrimp trawler is noonday chow, and even after handling the product all morning, a pan of steaming shrimp for lunch always is welcome. Pete Larson is shown doubling as chief aboard the Penny. (Cut Courtesy Wilmington News) Homecoming Day Is Held At New Hope Bag Big Buck / With Rifle Shot | Clint Bellamy and Guy Shuler had planned to go hunting the first day of the season, but something happened to their arrangements and they failed to Stake , connections with their party,, ??>,,? Tl}e pair .decided to try for squirrels instead, and started out for what . they believed to be t a good section. Suddenly there loomed ahead a large * buck, browsing along, apparent ly in no hurry.. . The .boys- grapbe^ . a>, high powered Hfle \hey were carry ing in their truck and blasted ,?w?y. Tlli ftrit sliit /didn't so i much as frighten the buck, but the second brought h\m doy/n. * The animal weighed 200-Ibs. David Watson Seriously Hurt Native Of Southport And Former School Principal Sustained Critical Injuries In Auto Accident Satur day Night David W. . Watson, native of Southport and a former principal of the local high school, is in critical condition at Rex Hospital in Raleigh as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile acci dent near that city Saturday night. Watson and his wife, the form er Jennie Cheatham Alston of Louisburg, were on their way to her mother's home from a foot ball game when their automobile ran off the road on a curve in ( the Crabtree Park area and ' plunged into the creek. Watson was pinned in the wreckage fol lowing the accident, and Mrs. Watson, despite serious and pain ful injuries which she herself had suffered, went a considerable distance for help. Watson's injuries include two fractures of the left wrist, six broken ribs, two broken colar bones, internal and head injuries. He was placed under an oxygen j tent Saturday night and for a ! time little hope was held for his recovery. Later reports from Southport people who made the trip to Raleigh to learn of his condition indicate that he is holding his own and has a fifty fifty chance. Mrs. Watson sustained a bro ken shoulder and was badly bruised. Watson resigned his position as principal in March, 1947, to go with the F. B. I. and has served since that time as special agent. At present he is assigned the Cleveland office and the family was living at Berea, Ohio. They were in North Carolina for their annual vacation for the past few days. Mrs. Ida Potter Watson, mother of the accident victim, was noti fied Sunday morning of the criti Continued On Four Annual Celebration At Church Near Winnabow Drew Record Attendance For Thi? Year's Obser vance DR. WILLIAM CROWE PRINCIPAL SPEAKER Recreation Building It De dicated; Pageant By Mix Kate Johnson Presented During Afternoon - ? Sunday New Hopet Church, Winnabow, was a day filled with expressions of friendly greeting warm and glowing as the Octo ber weather which permitted the record-breaking gathering of4 members and former members and friends of the congregation to celebrate the church's fifty-] fifty anniversary and homecom ing. Registration of guests began at 10:30 a. m., and the program opened with a worship service in the church auditorium. Miss Patsy Ward of Winnabow was guest pianist, and Dr. J. M. Wag gett, pastor of the church, con ducted the opening exercises. The address of welcome was given by Charlie M. Taylor, the response by H. H. McKeithan of Florence, S. C., formerly of Win nabow. The speaker of the day, Rev. William Cdowe, Jr., D. D. pastor of First Presbyterian church, Wilmington, was intro duced by D. A. Johnson. Dr. Crowe delivered an inspiring and challenging address which was followed by the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. The noon recess was featured Continued Op#-Page Four Leland P. T. A. Plans Carnival Annual Hallowe'en Event Will Be Staged Friday Evening In High School Auditorium The Leland Parent-Teacher As sociation met Wednesday after noon in the school cafeteria. Fifty members were present at the meeting which was presided over by Mrs. Mac Jones. The devotion al was presented by Mrs. Forbes. Mrs. Mary Alice Morse's tenth grade class received the picture "Blue Boy" for having the great est number of parents present at the meeting. The third and fifth grade combination received $1.(J0 for the room count in the ele mentary grades. The group planned the Hallo ween program and party which is to be given at 7:30, October 28, in the Leland school auditor ium. Everyone is invited to attend. Geraldine Skipper will be master of ceremonies at the party, which will feature side shows and freaks of nature, as well as games and contests. The school Glee Club will also take part on the pro gram. After the business meeting Mrs.| W. E. Wessell and Mrs. G. R. Ennis, Jr. served delicious refresh menu. County Baptist : Association In Annual Meeting Successful Two-Day Session Highlighted By Presence Of Outstanding Church Leaders On Program YOUTH ASSOCIATION " FORMED FOR COUNTY Reports Indicate Encourag* ing Increase In Attendance At Both Sunday School ... And Church Services The meeting of the Brunswtclc Baptist Association last week at Sabath Home church and Leland church was marked by a record attendance for beth days and gratifying reports of progress in the work of all the Baptist churches the past year . Enrollment In the Sunday schools last year showed an in crease of 16.3 percent over the preceeding year while church membership rose 10.8 percent. The financial reports were incomplete, but those already in hand indi cated an upsurge in giving which resulted in greater improvements to the physical plants of the churches and wider interest in the missionary enterprises of the de nomination. The delegates to the Ass