JC pilot Oners
(?s,vick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
r^iXTEEN NO. 42
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of The New*
All The Time
6-PAGES today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, December 21, 1949
fUBLlSHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
f 1.50 PER YEAS
jgO Awarded
J/i oman Hurt
it Bus Station
U zel vvard Suggs Is
Settlement For In
fn Received When Bus
u Into Station Bench
fUTHRlE TODD
}s ALLOWED $3,000
? c Bus Lines, Inc.,
Defendant In Action;
.rents Recorded In
J Of Court's Of
fice Today
personal injury suits
:?e \V. B. & s. Bus
t.ave been settled for
tY $3,000. according to
,i, ,i Monday in the
Clerk of Superior Court
' , m WhitevUle.
ffs were Hazel Ward
was awarded $12,
, j[is. Guthrie Nealy
j-o was given $3,000.
..10 women were injured
.J4J. when a bus oper
;t defendant rolled
tie canopy of the old
5:;. Station and struck
,> on which they were
m behalf of Mrs.
! minor, was brought by
f friend. Mrs. Ida Ward.
vments were agreed
^-.parties to the action,
mroval was necessary in
l:. suit and the record
Ni.,:;e John J. Burney
?v figment in Wilming
judgment set forth that
i difficult to determine
r:r.ere was negligence o?
t. of the bus company,
found that the brake
:r ne of the wheels of
i .1 blown its rubber
the time the bus drivel
gjpted to stop the bus,
[ m a total loss of brake
fcivever. it was shown
re had been an inspection
brake cylinder the day |
ltd at that time the
:ere found to be in good
:r<!er and had given no
* cause for alarm prior
KCident.
fractures, fracture of
c femur, fracture of the j
fce. severe sprain of the .
w. and numerous bruises
sjeJ to the person of
Iggs.
T:<M received injuries of >
unous nature.
S::::s was waiting for a
Otv Bus to her home at
Mrs. Todd was wait
rr.ued of page tour)
riffjVtgj
Flashti
creek cantata
Creek Baptist church
*?it their annual Christ
totata Friday night at 8
public is cordially in
to attend. The Cantata is
I "Worship at the man
?tmas dance
hi Southport business men
?ranged for a free dance
I Community Building Fri
December 3, from 9
?dock. Virgil West and his
I furnish the music,
?nelson, one of the spon
I wt that there will
I charges for dancing, or
I u.;t a big free
fas Dance and the public
|wr\ said Mr. Harrelson.
perm birth
f the stork showed up at
J Memorial Hospital last
I little Alfred Earl
represented the thir
?teth in the family of Mr.
Ph. Robert Maggard of
? Twelve of the children
frtlAs party
ittnual Christmas party for
I?' and colored employees
I*11 families will be held
f~a Friday of this week.
f\ ago in the
I an old fashioned planta
r^tmas party the event
mto something that is
? "?Ward to each year.
|K,T|\<. good
? ? prior to
I TOkl spell speckled
I i to have been bit
I have ever
? BWwn h: h)tp at Hoijen
?L ay 8ne strings of the
KL ftsh were caught, ac
K5'0 Mr and Mrs. Bill
BL * winter is expected
CJ ? some of the best
E~?ut and rock fishing
? ' er. Beach and the rest
has ever had.
who visit you oil year around through these col
umns may pass this season partially unnoticed in favor of
kin and friends seen or heard from only at Christmas.
It is but fitting that loved ones gather with you upon
the day of Jesus' birth and that those far away who can
not come receive special remembrance. We can bear
your forgetting us for a little while for this cheer-laden
reason.
We wish to take advantage of the congregation of
your friends and- family members frOm other neighbor
hoods to extend, by them through you, a heaping measure
of yuletide good will to every nook and corner of America.
Our first interest is this community, but its welfare is
interlaced with the good of other communities. This city
and county have a just store of the Christian and humane
spirit that sustains man through daily life. They have
enough left over for export.
Think how mony distant hearts you may fill with a
joyous holiday feeling if you give unto your Christmas
guests to carry back to their home towns this, our special
wish:
Churches Of City
Observes Christmas
Choir Of Trinity Methodist
Church Presented "Child
Of Bethlehem" Before Ap
preciative Audience Sun
day
BAPTISTS WILL
SING FRIDAY NIGHT
Presbyterians Will Have
Christmas Program Same
Evening; Christmas Eve
Program At St.
Phillips
The choir of Trinity Methodist
church presented their annual
Christmas cantata Sunday night
before a large and appreciative
audience.
The music this season was
"Child of Bethlehem" and the pro
gram was under the direction of
Mrs. Dallas Pigott. The choir
spent weeks in preparation, and
their efforts were rewarded by a
flawless rendition of a delightful
musical story of the birth of
Christ.
Tonight the Christmas pro
grams continue with the children's
exercise at Southport Baptist
church. On Friday evening the
choir of the Southport Baptist
church will present their cantata.
On the same evening the Christ
mas program will be presented at
Southport Presbyterian church.
On Christmas Eve there will be
a midnight service at St. Phil
lips Episcopal church in South
port, beginning at 11 o'clock.
First 1950 Baby
May Win Prize
Sterling Silver Cup Goes To
First Baby Born Under
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Plan In North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL ? Twenty-five
tons of bouncing babyhood, or
over 7,500 babies, arrived in
North Carolina from January
through November of 1949, under
family memberships of Hospital
Saving, the nonprofit Blue Cross
Blue Shield hospital' and surgi
cal prepayment program. This is
an average of some 600 babies
a month.
Something new, however, has
been added by Hospital Saving
to its maternity program for
1950. A sterling silver cup will
be presented the first baby born
in a North Carolina hospital after
midnight, December 31, under a
combination Blue Cross-Blue
Shield membership.
The baby will be given the title
of "Blue Cross-Blue Shield Baby
of 1950."
Arrangements for the selection
of this "baby of the year" are
being made through the 182
North Carolina member-hospitals
and clinics of the Association.
Mr. J. J. Loughlin, Jr. mana
ger of the Dosher Memorial
Hospital in Southport, has been
advised of the sterling silver cup
award and will cooperate in
(Continued On Page Four)
School Holidays
Commence Friday
The schools of Brunswick coun
ty will close Friday for the
Christmas holidays and will not
resume classes until Tuesday,
January 3. This schedule applies
to both white and colored schools,
j The board of county commis
/ sioners voted Monday for a holi
| day for all county offices extend
' ing from Friday until Tuesday j
morning. This means that all of- j
fices in the courthouse will close J
at the end of Thursday's business
and will not reopen until Tues
day, December 27.
| No schedule for the postoffice
the bank nor the offices of the
city officials has been announced.
However, as a rule the city fol
lows a schedule similar to that
observed by the county.
Traffic Cases
Aired In Court
i
? ? ?
! Long Docket Monday Was
Crowded With Numerous
Traffic Violations, Most
Of Them Of Minor Impor
tance
A long list of cases were dis
posed of here in Recorder's court
Monday, but many of them were
for minor traffic violations and
the defendants waived appear
ance. The following judgments
were made:
John Thomas Butler, speeding,
adjudged to pay costs.
Henry Bryant, resisting officer,
continued.
Jack Caton, reckless operation,
fined $25.00 and costs.
Ed V. Merritis, speeding, fined
$10.00 and costs.
Ernest Edward Lewis, larceny
and escape from jail, no operator's
license, eight ? months on the
roads.
Carl VV. Peterson, speeding,
( capias and continued.
Eunice Davis, no lights on
bicycle, continued.
James V. Hewett, operating
automobile unlawfully on public
highway, continued.
Eva Mae Bennett, improper
operation of automobile on public
highway, not guilty.
William E. Britt, possession, fin
ed $10.00 and costs.
Charles M. Tunnell, speeding,
nol prossed with leave.
Fason W. Avant, speeding, con
tinued.
Walter C. Herrines, speeding,
fined $5.00 and costs.
Harry Bryant, equipment for
manufacturing and possession,
continued.
Thomas Malone, speeding, con
tinued.
Agnes Belford, speeding, con
tinued.
Richard Bardeaux, speeding,
judgment continued to January
3rd.
Lucille M. Fitzpatrick, reckless
Continued On ^dge Four
Southport Boy
Likes Duty As
Driver For Navy
W. A. Russ Has Achieved
Rating And Has Been
Making Good As Petty
Officer In U. S. Navy
W. A. Russ, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Russ of South-,
port, is at home on a 30 day
leave from the Navy Submarine
| tender Harold W. Gilmore, now
at Key West, Fla. With two or
three years in the Navy young
Russ entered the divers school in
[ Washington and is now a Metal
smith, 2nd class. His specialty is
welding under water.
The Harold W. Gilmore is 625
feet in length, carries 40 officers
and 900 men. The local man is
one of 30 divers aboard. Incident
lly, this big Navy submarine ten
der got the Navy "E" for
efficiency in its work with the
fleet.
Young Russ contends that the
diving work is fun. It may be to
him, but there are plenty of peo
ple who will disagree with him.
He and other divers have regular
Navy scale of pay, depending on
their rating. In addition they get
a mimimum bonus of $5.00 per
hour when working under water,
salvaging or making repairs. This
bonus increases deepnding on the
depth to which they are sent. In
salvaging they use torches to cut
up metal in about the same way
it is cut while working on the
surface. All sorts of welding re
pairs are also made under water.
Continued on page four
S. L. Purvis Will
Head Brunswick
PMA Committee
Served Lp.st Year As Vice
Chairman Of Production
And Marketing Group In
This County And Was Suc
cessful Candidate
TWO NEW MEMBERS
NAMED TO COMMITTEE
Brunswick Farmers Endorse
Continuation Of Market
ing Quotas On Cotton
Along With State
And South
As a result of Thursday's elec
tion for the 1950 program, S. L.
Purvis of Town Creek township
has been named chairman for the
Brunswick PMA Committee. Mr.
Purvis served as vice-chairman
during the 1949 program year.
With him on the county commit
tee is John B. Ward, Jr., and Leo
F. Medlin. M. Gordon Mooney is
first alternate and Jack King is
second alternate.
Community committeemen were
also elected in the six communi
ties and are listed below. The
first named in each case is the
chairman, the second vice-chair
man the thrid regular member
and others are alternate members.
Lock woods Folly: A. Rosemond
Mooney, Wm. R. (Billy) Brown,
Edwin Clemmons, Robert Hawes
and Dennis Hewett.
Northwest: Fitzugh L. Medlin,
G. Blaine Skipper, C. D. Skipper,
Homer Chadwick and D. Clark.
Smithville: Jack C. Crouch,
Carl S. Ward, Clarence Lennon,
Shelby McKeithan and Garfield
Clemmons.
Shallotte: Albert R. Russ, A.
J. Walton, Jr., Norman Grissett,
Herbert Russ and A. W. Brad
shaw.
Town Creek: Roy G. Sellers,
Thomas E. Roban, R. Clifton Wes
cott, Elbert Knox and William
P. Gore.
Waccamaw: Lonnie Evans,
Thurston Hughes, M. Kirby King,
Sinclair C. Gore and G. Mizelle
Smith.
Brunswick county farmers add
ed an overwhelming endorsement
to continuation of the marketing
quota plan for cotton production.
I The vote was 92 in favor of
'.marketing quotas with only one
I opposed. The vote in North Car
olina and throughout the cotton
I producing region of the South
jwas strongly in favor of continu
| lng quotas.
Schedule Work
On Yacht Basin
Local Interests Advised By
Army Engineers That Pro
ject Will Begin Next
Week
Col. H. R. Cole, U. S. Army
Engineer for the Wilmington Dis
trict, has announced that it is
expected to commence mainten
ance work on the Southport Boat
Basin on or about Dec. 27th. He
states that dredging work will be
in progress for about ten days.
During this period the cooper
ation of all boatmen is desired in
keeping the basin clear of boats.
Continued on page four
w. B. KEZIAH
Our
Reporter
This week we had a memo
from Jerry Ball, popular Stan
dard Oil Company special repre
sentative of Charlotte. To us
Jerry is a fine fishing companion
and we intend to have him down
for a day of it soon. To South
port people he is remebered as
the grand fellow who helped out
more than $600.00 in the fire
truck fund. Right now he is
helping out by playing the piano
for various benefits up state. His
memo? We are printing it here,
just as it was: "Dear Bill:
Thought you'd enjoy reading at
tached (newspaper clipping teii
ing of his playing for T. B. pat
ients). It was a good thing, but
pitiful in a way. They are run
ning me almoci to death playing
the piano, but I like it. Your
Christmas box will be on the way
tomorrow. Hope you enjoy it.
My very best wishes for a very
Merry Christmas. Sincerely,
Jerry."
Our friend Clarence Leirnon
has been married about four years
and is now building his family
a nice cinder block and stucco
home on his farm near Supply.
It is a very attractive building.
If any one doubts there is a
Santa Claus they should have
seen things at the Shallotte Trad
ing Company when Santa made
his appearance there Saturday.
Yes, Sir, a lot of folks know
that there is a Santa Claus.
Hundreds of his young friends
and a whole lot of old ones
shook hands with Santa Claus and
now know all about him.
Ormand Leggett, secretary of
the Southport Volunteer Fire De
partment, is a great admirer of
Jerry Ball. For months the local
man has been asking us when we
would have Jerry down here
again. Come to think of It, as we
would rather like to have Jerry
down for a fishing trip, and as
the Fire Department is in need
of hose and 'chemicals for gas
fires, Jerry may take this squib
Continued On Page Four
Santa's Late Arrival
At Shallotte Explained
At Least, Rovin' Reporter Comes Up With Story That One
Of Reindeer Had To Be Shod By Iky Reynolds
Santa Claus in person delight
ed hundreds of old and young
at the Shallotte Trading Com
pany in Shallotte Saturday. Hob
son Kirby's invitation to see,
shake hands with and talk to
Santa was taken very generally.
The 1949 Christmas visit of St.
Nichols to Shallotte was a big
success in every way.
Word from Mr. Kirby this week
was to the effect that just be
fore Santa bade him goodbye, he
remarked that it had made him
very happy to see so many nice
boys and girls again.
Santa plans to return to the
Shallotte Trading Company in
1950, according to Mr. Kirby. In
fact, Santa plans to make the
Kirby store a regular stopping
point each Christmas.
On this trip to the Shallotte
Trading Company Santa Claus
was half an hour late, for some
reason that nobody could explain.
R. L. Phelps of Supply, one of
Santa's other friends, kept asking
the representative of this paper
what made him so late? It was
so unusual for him to be late.
Being personally worried about
it, the paper's representative
hunted around and finally found
out that Blitzen, one of Santa's
Reindeer, had lost a shoe on the
hurried trip from the North Pole.
Santa, who loves animals as well
as every little boy and girl, had
taken Blitzen to the Ikey Rey
nolds blacksmith shop and was
having Ikey to shoe him and
have him in readiness to continue
the trip as soon as hegot through
at the Shallotte Trading Com
pany.
Shallotte Lions Are
Having Christmas Tree
Club Sponsoring t
Lighting Contest
The Southport Woman's Club
| will sponsor the Christmas
Lighting Contest again this
year, with prizes being offered
in the following divisions: Door
way decorations, decorations for
the entire house, most original
decorations, most attractive liv
ing Christmas tree and best
entry among the commercial
houses.
The contest is being arranged
under the American Home De
partment of the club with Mrs.
L. J. Hardee chairman. She re
ports that a nice group of prizes
have been assembled. '
Judges will make their rounds
on Christmas Eve between the
hours of 8 and 10 o'clock, and
all persons who wish to have
efforts judged should have their
decorations lighted at that time.
Southport Wins
Leland Contest
Boys Win Slow Contest Af
ter Opening Thriller Which
Ended In 31-31 Tie Score
Southport high school basket
ball teams tied one game and
won another from visiting Leland
squads Monday night in the local
gym
The Southport girls were in the
driver's" seat all the way during
the first contest until just a
couple of minutes before the final
whistle. The Leland lassies wiped
out a 4-point lead and went ahead
by a margin of three points of
their own. Then a foul shot and
field goal during the waning sec
onds by Catherine McRackan tied
the count at 31-31, and Southport,
which had won two previous
games in county play, was happy
to settle for a draw.
The boys contest was a dreary
affair which ended with South
port winning a 16-8 decision.
Score at the end of the first
quarter was 1-1. When the whistle
sounded ending the first half the
count stood at 3-2 ? a basketball
score. Finally Southport began to
move, and moved into a comfort
able lead.
A total of only five field goals
were made during the contest.
Tommy Bowmer led the scoring
with 9 points, forrowed by Fisher
with 4. White led the Leland
scoring with 5 points.
Southport opened the season
Continued On Page Four
Former Local
Girl Navy Nurse
Miss Mary Norton, RN, has
been commissioned a Lt. (jg)
USN, (NC) and will be stationed
in Washington, D. C. Her nursing
career was started in Riverside
Hospital, Newport News, Va.,
where she graduated in the fall
class of 1944. She took the State
Board in October, 1944, and pass
ed with a grade of 86.7. She re
mained in that hospital until she
went to Dosher Memorial Hospital
where she carried on her profes
sion for a period of about 6
month, then returned home with
her parents. She went back to
Riverside Hospital as druggist
for the remainder of her time
until going in the Navy.
Miss Norton spent her childhood
in Southport, having graduated
from Southp?rt high school in
1939.
Continued On Pag* Four
?
Citizens Of Community Are
Assisting In Efforts To
Make This Year's Event
Most Outstanding Ever
Attempted
BASKETS FOR ALL
NEEDY FAMILIES
Plenty Of Fun And Excite
ment For Young And Old
Tomorrow (Thursday)
When Santa Claus
Comes To Town
The Shallotte Lions Club, with
the entire community interested
and helping, is planning its big
annual Community Christmas
Party and has the stage all set
for tomorrow (Thursday) night
at 6:30 o'clock.
The general committee com
posed of A. S. Knowles, C. N.
Rhinehart and G. C. McKeithfin,
stated this week that everything
is In readiness. Arrangements
have been made for Santa Claus
to parade up and down the high
way through town in the after
noon. He will be in a truck in I
which a record player is carried. I
Santa's helpers will distribute
i fruits and candies during this
parade.
During this time a Lion's Club
committee will distribute 26
Christmas baskets to needy
families whose names have been
secured by Mrs. C. N. Lassister.
Assembling around the tree at
Camp Ground church at 6:30
o'clock Santa Claus will distri
bute presents to all chidren at
the party.
In addition to the committees
already mentioned, the various
details of the big event are be
ing looked after by others ap
pointed by the Shallotte Lions
I Club. G. C. McKeithan of the
general committee says that all
of these helpers have been work
ing hard and that they really
have things in fine shape for a
wonderful Christmas event.
The tree committee is compos
ed of C. N. Rhinehardt. ' Eliott
Tripp and Talmadge Sellers. Four
persons compose the gift com
mittee. They are Woodrow Russ,
A. S. Knowles, John Garner and
Mihtz. Music for the occasion is
being looked after by LeRoy
Mintz, R. W. Cheers, Jr., and
H. C. Stone.
In the preparation of the boxes
for the needy the committee is
composed of M. L. Galloway,
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
Southport Lions
To Help Needy
Plans Perfected For Local
Organization To Assist In
Seeing That Unfortunate
Families Receive Christ
mas Gifts
J. T. Denning, county superint
endent of schools, reported to the
Southport Lions Club Thursday on
the health program which is be
ing conducted this year in the
schools through the cooperation
of the Brunswick cbunty health
department. ?
Mr. Denning said that a screen
ing process has been completed
in the consolidated schools, and
that a dentist has been working
in these schools to determine den
tal defects. A colored dentist will
complete the survey for the coun
ty during the spring term.
Plans were discussed for taking
care of the needy of the com
munity at Christmas were discus
sed and a fund was raised with i
which to provide baskets. This ef- !
fort will be in cooperation with'
other groups in Southport.
| Draw Jury List
I For Mixed Term
Superior Court
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle Of
Snow Hill Will Presid*
Over One-Week Term Con
vening Monday, January
23rd
OTHER BUSINESS
BY COMMISSIONERS
Members Of County Board
In Regular Session Mon
day With Most Of Busi
ness Routine
Members of the board of coun
ty commissioners in session here
Monday drew a jury list for ser
vice at the one week's term of
Brunswick county Superior court
which convenes Monday, January
23.
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle of Snow
Hill will preside over this session,
with criminal cases being up for
trial during the first part of the
week.
The following were drawn for
jury duty:
T. B. Edwards, Rachel Bennett,
L. T. Dutton, Walters Stocks,
Ash; Miss Daisy Smith, William
Hewett, W. L. Bellamy, Joseph P.
Parker, Graves R. Gore, L. L.
Thomas, Curtis Hewett, Jr., Boyd
Lott, W. I. Hewett, Luther Bel
lamy, Lawrence Leonard, J. . D.
Meares, Shallotte; Early L. He
wett, H. W. Kirby, Lacy Lan
caster, Bessie Lee Caison, Mur
dick P. Holden, A. B. Chesnut, .
Gordon Fulford, A. V. Holden,
Rob Cumbee, Orbie Sellers, Sup- '
ply; Willie C. Hewett, Drew Spen
cer, J. I. Johnson, John H. Brown, ]
Bolivia; W. S. Wells, Hans Ander- ?
son, Russell St. George, J. W, '
Hewett, Louella Ruark, C. N.
Swan, Luther H. Harrison, R. L. '
Phelps, C. C. Carr, Southport; .
H. W. Benton, G. G. Faircloth,
S. O. Craven, Mrs. Edna Long;
D. W. Padgett, Jessie J. Knox,
Dew Robinson, G. H. Skipper, F.
M. Hollis, Leland; D. RusseU
Johnson, Jr., Daniel R. Johnson,
Catherine Stone, E. A. Mills, Win?
nabow; A. Monroe Register, Ar
chie C. Pierce, Freeland.
Among other matters disposed
of by the commissioners Monday
was approval and recommendation
to the highway commission of a
half-mile stretch of roads run
ning from the A. L. Atkinson
place to the J. E. Caison home
in Town Creek. o
D. T. Brew was relived of
$1,000.00 valuation listed through
error in 1947.
The property foreclosed from
the Simon Small estate was or
dered sold to Mary Mallette. The)
Continued On Page Four
Christmas Pageant
At New Britian
Under the direction of Mrs.
Lillian Watts and Mrs. Lura Sim
mons, a play, "Path of The Star,"
will be presented at New Britian
Baptist church in Waccamaw
township on Christmas Eve be
ginning at 6:30 o'clock.
Characters in the play are, John
a boy of ten, Ramon Babson;
a Sheppard, the boy's father, Ed
Simmons; Sarah, his mother, Mrs.
Ed Simmons; Samuel, a play
mate, George Inman; Miriam, a,
girl of ten, Olive Evans; Ruth,
her sister, Betty Jane Babson;
Peter, a playmate of John, Lloyd
Inman; Daniel, another playmate,
John Martin Simmons.
The play is taken from the
time of the year of Christ's Birth
in Bethlehem of Judea.
Tide Table
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, December 22,
9:59 A. M. 3:22 A. M.
10:14 P. M. 4:09 P. M.
Friday, December 23,
10:45 A. M. 4:10 A. M.
11:02 P. M. 4:53 P. M.
Saturday, December 24,
11:31 A. M. 4:58 A. M.
11:51 P. M. 5:40 P. M.
Sunday, December 25,
0:00 A. M. 5:47 A. M.
12:14 P. M. 6:27 P. M.
Monday, December 29,
0:41 A. M. 6:39 A. M.
12:59 P. M. 7:14 P. M.
Tuesday, December 27,
1:31 A. M. 7:34 A. M.
1:47 P. M. 8:03 P. M.
Wednesday, December 28,
2:23 A. M. 8:33 A. M.
2:35 P. M. 8:54 P. M