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t.t Pilot Covers ??s?ick County THE STATE PORT SIXTEEN NO. 39 A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The N em All The Time 6-pages today Southport, N. CM Wednesday, November 30, 1949 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY fl.50 PER YEA! ; dion Will (j,je Leaders PMA Program ueeniber 15 Farmers ,Vote For Community L entatives In Produc ed Marketing Ad oration Program ?i ?0 NAME 'OUNTY delegates GrowerT~ Will Vote ^Against Marketing At Same Time And riaces administer such nat ' programs as Agricul MservaUon. price supports, , allotments, and market in Brunswick county C.The ballot box, tradition ary of democracy, will December 15 farmers in the $ agricultural communi ?? choosing neighbors Mds to represent them as ?iv Production and Mar " \dmmistration f armer teemen for the coming w will also choose a tTtrom each community to j... convention which will .y three-man county PMA for 1950. jirendum committee will be 0f the polling place I community where farmers is their ballots from 8 b 5 p. m. on December 15. ! pjwers will vote for or i Marketing quotas at the Use and place. iwrson is eligible to vote | "office who is an owner, :: tenant or sharecropper pi that is participating in ipm administered during sast calendar year through Bty and community PMA tees." says Elroy King pre Eity committee chairman, r.- participation of farmers r committeemen elections of the best methods of ?ating their support of the Diwnittee system of local ration . rational farm a* tne chairman points rtitf Ntwt Flat hit iTO MEET regular meeting of the Kt Lions Club will be held o?" (Thursday) at 1 o'clock Community Building. SrPPER ?n supper for the bentfit i Christmas party at the |K high school lunchroom e served Thursday evening, E? at 5 o'clock. F MEETING Methodist Youth Fellow sb-district meeting will be Monday, December 4, at ? Methodist church, South Everyone will bring a picnic tOUS PAGEANT | Christmas pageant "Good j p of Great Joy" will be i PW on Friday evening, Dec* 1 23, at 8 o'clock by the j I people of Southport Pres pt church. pciE SUPPER prar.der Edward Redwine I Hat at the regular meet ly the Shallotte Post Ameri Mfon Friday night of this I i barbecue supper will be f to all members and their I who are present. U meeting f 'egular monthly meeting of ISouthport Parent-Teacher I ?? be held Thurs lRemng. The program will I? 1 o'clock in order not plict with the evangelistic f5 at Trinity Methodist N* Sl'PPER f 5'*?ply Baptist church con r1'" will stage a barbecue r Saturday evening, Decem l ' 5 to 8 o'clock. The [7 go to the building I '<lr the new church that 1 "legation now has under j Barbecue with all of l^'figs will be served. | SALE t ?imeu 0f st. Phillips 1 church are planning ICtir_ Ua' Christmas sale at I Bui'ding on Fri l^mber 2, at 3 o'clock. Rmn CaR(iy an<* Christmas Ej? 0D sale- There will I party beginning at ?k, which everyone is! ? Luther L. Ward Has Long Carrier Record 4 " j As Rural Letter Carrier Has Served People Of His Com munity for Period Of 33 Years Luther L. Ward, the big, genial i mail carrier on Route 1 from Ash I has quite a record to look back I on. He has been carrying the mail at Ash for 33 years and 1 says he plans to go ahead for three years more before he asks J for retirement. Mr. Ward's route is 49.55 miles in length and he serves 255 1 rural boxes daily. He leaves the | Ash post office at 9 each day and is due to return at 3:30 to 4:00 p. m. Inquiry brought out an inter j esting fact. Mr. Ward has served | under 4 postmasters. He began I his duties on August 14, 1916, I I under Postmaster L. M. Todd. 1 I After several years Postmaster I ; Todd was succeeded by Mrs. L. I | M. Babson. In turn Mrs. Babson | was succeeded by Lonnie Evans j and Mr. Evans gave way to the present official, J. R. Simmons. Cars not being so generally in use and roads not permitting de pendable travel, Mr. Ward car ried the mail for several years using a horse and buggy. When conditions became such as to per mit the use of a car he retired his horse and turned to a car. Originally there was two routes out from Ash. Mr. Ward had No. 1 and the late Jessie Purvis had Route *2. In 1937 Mr. Purvis retired from the service and the two routes were consolidated, Mr. Ward getting the appointment for both. In addition to his mail duties Mr. Purvis looks after a small farm. This year he grew nearly five acres in tobacco in addition to other crops. Hotlden Beach Ferry Gets 24-Hour Service Advice Received During The Past Week From High way Commissioner Wilbur Clark Assures Improved Service HOPE EXPRESSED FOR LATER WORK Commissioner Has Been Re quested To Consider Using Northeast River Bridge Over Waterway The Holden Beach Ferry is now operating around the clerk, 24 hours per day and parties visiting the beach or being de tained there at night need no longer have fear of being unable to get back to the mainland un til next day. State Highway Commissioner Wilbur Clark from his office in "F*ayett<fvuie'*NYnade thfc announce ment of 24 hour service this past week. The improvement is under stood to be a permanent, to apply until the much sought bridge is built to replace the ferry. There is no definite assur ance of when the bridge will be built, but construction is slated for whenever conditions will war rant. Two letters, one irom Luther S. Holden to Commissioner Clark and the rgply, have been re leased by the highway official for publication. Both are given below and may present at better general understanding of the exis ting situation. Supply November 21, 1949 "Hon. A Wilbur Clark State Highway and Public Works Commission Fayette ville. North Carolina Dear Mr. Clark: I want to personally thank you for the fine courtesy and atten tion you gave the delegation from Brunswick county at the hearing, Tuesday, November 15th. Though a series of unavoidable circum stances we are sorry we had to be late and appreciate you waiting for us. "Mr. Clark, we have gone to the highway commission many times in the past asking that some consideratiori be given to our county and I want to tell you, in all sincerity, that never be fore, in any administration, have we been treated with such re ( Continued on page five) Rourks Purchase I Lewis Business Modern Home, Store And Cafe Changes Hands In Important Business Deal During Past Week Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Rourk of Bolivia have purchased the f. D. Lewis store, home and cafe in Bolivia and are taking over the management this week. Mr. Lewis stated to a newsman that he plans to visit his brother in Texas and if he likeu things there he may move to that State to- make his home. The store, cafe and home are all moTTern and the business places enjoy a good patronage. Theq adjoin the Blue and White tour ist court owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Johnson. A grade A establishment, the cafe gets a great deal of patronage from tourists in addition to the local business. Mr. and Mrs. Rourk were in Florida over the week-end and their definite plans could not be learned. However, it is understood that Mr. Rourk will operate the I Continued on page Duck Season Is J Nown In Force I The duck season opened Tues day at noon, and while several hunters were out trying their luck on opening day, no unusual bags were reported. The limit on ducks remains at 4 per day this season, but the limit on geese has been doubled, so that it now is legal to kill 2 in one day. This probably will be of small local importance, as ! few of these migratory birds are killed in Brunswick each year. Observers report that recent cold spells have sent large flights of ducks and geese southward along the Atlantic flyway. Baptists Will j Attend Meeting I County- Wide Baptist Train ing Union Program Will Be Held December 9th At Mt. Pisgah Church The associational-wide meeting of the Baptist Training Unions will be held at the Mt. Pisgah Baptist church on the evening of December 9th at 7:30 o'clock and all of the churches are ask ed to be represented at this meet ing. All churches not having an Training Union organization are to be the guests at this meeting and each church is asked to have a good representation from their various departments. A well-rounded program has been arranged and Claude F. Gaddy of the Christian Education Council of the State Baptist Con ( Continued on page five) New Legion Post Plans Building Newly Organized Town Creek Post Has Named ed Committee To Investi gate Possibility Of Erect ing Legion Hut Adjutant Douglas Hawes of the Town Creek Post 445, American Legion, at Bolivia, says that it has been definitely decided to build a hut and a committee has already been named for the pur pose. Mercer Brothers at Bolivia have offered a site for the hut on Route 17. If their proposition is taken up they will give a deed with the reservation that the land shall revert to them should the Legion ever decide to abandon use of the place. The committee as appointed Friday night to look after the building of the hut is composed of Jackson B. Potter, D. L. Mer cer, S. H. Hjlburn, Jr., J. V. Gore, Ed Mercer, C. S. Ward, Jr., and D. H. Hawes. The Town Creek Post was or ganized a few months ago. It new has 42 enthusiastic members and prospects for growth are excellent. Tht following are now serving as officers: R. K. McKeithan, Commander; Dorman L. Mercer, first vice commander; Winfred E. Lesh, second vice-commander; Houghlas H. Hawes, adjutant and finance officer; C. S. Ward, Jr., service officer; Charles M. Taylor, sgt. at arms; R. S. Willetts, Jr. chap lain; Charles D. Bobbins, his torian. Christmas Mail Expected T6 Be At Record High Postmaster Bernice Russ Re commends Early Handling Of Greeting Cards And Gift Packages 150,000 PIECES OF MAIL HERE IN 194g December 5 Is Established As Date For Mailing All Christmas Packages To Distant States Postmaster Bernice Russ today opened the 1949 Yuletide season by issuing his annual ap peal for early mailing of Christ mas greeting cards and gift pack ages. The postmaster expects the greatest flood of Yuletide mail in local history. He predicted it would exceed "by a considerable margin" the record-breaking 1948 holiday season. "This year's deluge of Christ mas mail will strain post office facilities severely," he stated. "But we'll get everything deliver ed by Christmas, if the public co operates whole-heartedly." Christmas packages for dis tant States should be mailed by December 5, he declared. All Yuletide parcel post should be on its way by December 10. Christmas cards to friends and loved ones In other States should be deposited by December 15. Greetings for local delivery should click through the stamp cancellation machines at least a week before Christmas. Preparations to handle this Yuletide rush have already be gun. The post office is training (Continued on Page Five) Recorder Has Busy Session Variety Of Cases Disposed Of Here Monday Before Judge W. J. McLamb; One Hejfvy Sentence Lev-' ied Monday was another busy day for Brunswick county Recorder's court officials, with the following cases being disposed of: Maurice Richard George, pass ing stop sign, adjudged to pay costs. Graham Storms, reckless oper ation, no operators license, 30 day road sentence suspended on pay ment of costs and restitution for property damage. Early Roosevelt Gore, speeding, costs. James Russell Sellers, speed ing, capias. Maggie Brown, possession for sale, continued. Walter Haynes Bunting, reck less operation, continued. Woodrow Jones, speeding, not guilty. Richard E. Elderidge, speeding, capias. James Davis, possession and transporting, 90 days on roads, suspended on payment of costs and good behavior. Carl C. Turner, speeding, con tinued. Jerome Greenberger, speeding, Continued Oij Page Five Southport Gridders SQUAD ? This is the football squad which this fall gave Southport high school its first representation on the gridiron. Front row, left to right, Boice Spencer, Tommie Bowmer, Billy McDowell, Agnew Fulcher, Danny Harrelson, Albert Dosher, Bill Cran mer; second row, Eldridge McKeithan, Paul Arnold, G. W. Fisher, Gene Russ, Doug Watts, William Robbins, Merle Muncy; third row, Coach H. T. Sanders, Robin Hood, Darrell Fisher, Roger Ward, Billie Sanders, Bobby Spencer. ? (Art Newton Photo.) Board Of Education Receives School Bids Speckled Trout Being Caught A lot of the big speckled trout are now being caught along the inland waterway and at river mouths, according to reports. Luther S. Holden of Holden Beach reported Monday that many extra large ones' were being taken by sportsmen fishing at the ferry and docks on the waterway. Shecphead are also biting well. Mrs. F. Mollycheck caught five nice specimems fishing from one of the docks at Southport this week. Committeeman To Be Named Soon Soil Conservation District Supervisor Will Be Elec ted By Vote Of People From List Of Three Nominees Brunswick County farmers will be going to the polls next week from December 5th through Dec ember 10th to elect a soil con servation supervisor for the coun ty, according to W. C. Gore of Shallotte, chairman of the present board of supervisors. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes will serve for a period of three years be ginning January 1, 1950. Ballot boxes will be placed as (Continued on page fiv#> W. B. KEZtAH I Our ROVING Reporter We had not noticed that dun- j garees could be vastly becoming to young girls until we ran up with an even dozen of the said girls at the Harry Varnum store the other day. The dungarees looked alright and so did the girls. In winter time, at least, dungarees look good on girls. So do the more sedate slacks. But heaven help us from the fat wom an who tries to wear either. Now that we have completed our first round of the current tax collecting year with Tax Collec tor Edward Redwine, we recall without surprise that we never have seen our friend Harve Mil ligan of Waccamaw township on one of these first tax collecting rounds. Considering that this is a period of the year when very little acti vity may be expected at the beaches, we were rather surprised this week to see all that was go ing on at the Holdea Beach Ferry. Fishermen were not much in evi dence. It was a bad day for them, but there was plenty of people around and some of them were from a considerable distance. A mong folks we ran up with was C. A. Lewis, a member of the High Point city council for 18 years and one of the first builders of a home at Holden Beach. J. B. Dobson, with the State Depart ment of Revenue and a resident of High Point, was also there. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Grady seemed to be doing a thriving business in their store and cafe, despite the time of year. R. W. (Bob) Powell, of Golds boro when he is. not at his Cas well Beach at Southport, sends us a copy of a masterpiece, got ten out a few years ago by Bill Sharpe. It is entitled a Press Agent's Superlative Map of North Carolina. John G. Hemmer, Esq., collaborated with Bill in the pro duction. We have had stacks of these things in the years agone, but thanks, anyway, to Bob for sending us another one. Some friend of his in New Orleans sent Continued On Page Four I* ? Special Meeting Of Bruns wick County Board Of Education Held Friday With Bids Accepted For Improvements PASS RESOLUTION CONCERNING SUIT Inspector Praises Condition Of School Buses Serving Brunswick County; New Eiiies Added < t ? ' Members of tha Brunswick county board of education met Friday for the purpose of review ing bids for several improvement projects in connection With the Better School program, but there probably wil be more' general interest in an action taken by board members in connection with the Shallotte school row which has been smoldering since last spring. A motion was introduced and was passed unanimously to in form the judge of Superior court that "the Board of Education for Brunswick County has not auth orized any attorney to interpose any defense or take any appeal or file a.ny pleadings from any order issued by the judge of the Superior court in the two cases brought by J. P. RuSs and Den nis R. Hewett against the Board of Education of Brunswick Coun ty and the said Board will abide by any order issued in the said cases." Just what the significance of this motion is remains obscure, for the case now is out of the hands of the Superior court and has been carried up on appeal to the Supreme court, which will next be in session in May. Patrolman Clark, who has been inspecting condition of school buses in the district, reported that he had found the buses of Bruns wick county in the best condition of those of any other county in his district. Thus far this year eight new buses have been added, six by replacement and two by purchase. With regard to reception of bids for work on the various (Continued on Page Five) Revival Meeting Now In Progress Program Of Visitation Evan gelism Began Last Night At The Trinity Methodist Church Six visiting ministers and teams of laymen from Trinity Methodist church entered upon a three-day program of visitation evangelism Tuesday eevning, with this phase of the revival services being fol lowed at 7:45 o'clock by an in spirational message by the Rev. S. J. Starnes, pastor of the Meth odist church in Burlington. At 5:30 o'clock the visiting ministers and lay members of the visitation teams were served a fellowship supper in the recreation room of the church. Following the evening meal, the group met for a short time to formulate Continued On Page Five Menhaden Fleet Returns Home From Beaufort Annual Trip To Morehead City Area Results In No Catches For Local Boats; Will Operate From South port Base This year's menhaden fishing at Beaufort was a flop so far as the boats of the Brunswick Navi gation Co. was concerned. Fol lowing a trip and a three weeks Muut for the fish to ijhc*' all of the Southport boats returned I home Monday to work their own i waters. . j Usually the migrating fish show | up at Beaufort early in Novem ber and are off that point for about a month. This year with a big fleet there from all parts of the coast to welcome their ap pearance, the menhaden just did not show up and there now seems little prospect for them to show up this year. The officers and crews got tired of waiting and came home. According to Captain J. B. Church, veteran Southport men haden boat skipper, there are some fish off Southport now and more may show up later. The two or three weeks preceeding Christmas usually finds plenty of fish off Southport. Even if they do not have more fishing, the local fleet has had an exceptionally good year. The factory has processed over a hun dred million fish this year. In many previous years half that many would have been regarded as a good production. Clifford Davis Dies Suddenly Funeral Services Today At Trinity Methodist Church For Mt. Airy Druggist Who Was Member Of Well-Known Local Family The body of Clifford W. Davis, Mt. Airy druggist, who was found dead in his bed Tuesday morning, is being brought to Southport this morning and will be buried here following services at Trinity Methodist church with the Rev. L. D. Hayman and other ministers officiating. Mr. Davis was 50 years of age and was unmarried. He went about his work as usual Monday, retired at 10 o'clock that night and was found dead next morning when someone went to his room to ascertain why he had not gone to breakfast. It Is understood here that a heart attack caused his death. The deceased leaves two bro thers, J. W. Davis of Edenton and W. S. Davis, Southport; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Bell and Mrs. J. E. Carr of Southport and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R, Will Davis, of Southport. Active pallbearers will be F. L. Willing, A. D. Harrelson, Lanier Furpless, Richard B r e n d 1 e, Thomas St. George, Sam T. Ben neta, Gus McNeil and Waters Thompson. Honorary pallbearers will bei H. T. St. George, E. R. Weeks, I R. M. Willis, George Whatley, I Continued On Page Five REA Membership' Meeting Is Held In This County Chairman Of Rural Electric Authority Looks Forward. To Extension Of Tele phone Service To Rural Areas BISHOP SUMMARIZES WORK OF TEN YEARS Congressman Praises M?m< bership Of Cooperative * For Its Great Demon* stration Of Grass Roots Democracy "Let there be light!" North Carolina will not be con tent until every farm home haa the opportunity of electric aer? vice. This was the central thought advanced Friday at the tenth U niversary meeting of the Bruae wick Electric Membership Cor poration by Gwyn B. Price, chair man of the North Carolina Rural Electric Authority, and Repre sentative F. Ertel Carlyle of Lum. berton before an REA audience which packed the auditorium of Waccamaw High Schol in Bruns wick County. Both speakers went beyond this vision of the future. Price lie* clared he looked forward to tits extension of rural telephone Mr vice on a scale comparable to that attained by rural electriflea tion, and Carlyle looked ahead to the day when television would enable farm families to leant better ways of doing things by watching the great experts de monstrate. The meeting opened about 1:48 o'clock Friday afternoon. R. B. Mallard of Tabor City, legal counsel to the Brunswick cooperative, read the minutes at the 1948 annual meeting which were approved as read. The re Ports of J. L. Robinson, president, and W. M. Hewett, treasurer, were then read and accepted a a Information. E. D. Bishop, who has bees manager of the cooperative since ?Its formation in IB*, rave ? summary of progress during tM 10 years of operation and de clared -"our. job-is not done -uatil the last rural .home in oue^operl ting ?rea shall hrfve been servtdr Price anH Carlyle echoed thjs sentiment later in the program Citing the 17 to 20 per cent unserved homes as an objective; Representative Carlyle asserted that a "good-sized task still re* mains." He then added: "You WlB readily recognize that this is a more difficult Job thsn the onfl which existed previously. For, al? ready you have gone throgghi rich territory, and now you 1 to develop ways and means te go into the leaner territory wttf# there are less members bm mile." ~ Both speakers struck a noU.oj' ferver, almost pulpit-like in tone; in emphasizing their enthusiast for giving rural North Caroltts the conveniences long enjoyed ibj urban areas. The REA chairman, speakkjs first, reviewed the North Carollnj record, pointing out that the SUb had moved from a few thoussK electrified homes in 1935 to 2 S, 000 at the present time. The pre sent figure is nearly 80 per cent of the total of 287,000 farm unlti In the State. By reason of thll achievement, North CaroUni ranks second only to Texas li the percentage of homes do* served by electric lines. Price envisioned a follow through on a four-point progran Continued On Page Five^' Tide Table Following Is th? tide ?4 for South port during the week. These hours arc approxi mately correct aad were furn ished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of tke Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide Low TM? Thursday, December 1, 4:50 A. M. 11:05 A. B*. 5:04 P. M. , 11:14 P. M Friday, December t, ' ' 5:84 A M. 11:52 A. M. 5:48 P. M. 11:57 P. M. Saturday, December 8, 8:17 A. M. 0:00 A. M. 8:80 P. M. 12:87 P.' J^ Sunday, December 4, J 8:57 A. M. 0:88 A. Hf." 7:18 P. M. 1:21 P. H. Monday, December 5, 7:88 A. M. 1:18 A. K 7:58 P. M. 2:02 P. Tuesday, December 6, dr? 8:18 A. M. 1:87 A. M. 8:80 P. M. 2:42 P. M. Wednesday, December 7,?t 8:55 A. ?L 2:35 A. M 8:00 P. M. 8:22 P. K.