The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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VOL. NO. SIXTEEN
NO. 52
6-PAGES TODAY
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, Marhh 1, 1950
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Brunswick County Champions
CHAMPS—Southport high school boys won the coun
ty championship for the second straight year when they
defeated Leland in the finals of the recent Brunswick Coun
ty Basketball Tournament. Kneeling on the front row are
members of the starting five: Billy McDowell, Gene Russ,
Tommy Bowner, Bobby Spencer, G. W. Fisher; on the back
row are Danny Harrelson, Douglas Watts, Harold Spencer,
Billy Dosher, Robin Hood, and Elliott Hickman.— (Art
Newton Photo—Wilmington News Cut.)
Entries Coming
In For Marathon
Motorboat Race
Reports Frdm Myrtle Beach
Indicate That Expected
Entry List Of One Hun
dred Boats May Be Ex
ceeded
Interest in the March 22nd out
board motor marathon race from
Southport to Myrtle Beach, S. C.,
is increasing daily. Early expecta
tions a hundred boats being en
tered are being borne out by the
fact that 50 entries had been
received at Myrtle Beach up to
last Saturday.
With the 7'i h. p. classification
boats starting from Southport at
10 a. m. on the morning of March
22nd, boats of heavier classifi- 1
cations ' will get underway at
various intervals. The 22 h. p.
will be the last to leave, starting
from here at 1:30 p. m. Boats of |
all classifications must be of re- j
gular stock design and the j
motors must be regular stock
motors. No special racing type !
hulls will be allowed nor may j
reeved up motors be used.
Entry blanks may be obtained i
from the Anchor Hardware in
Wilmington and also from Pick- J
ards Sporting Goods store in Wil
mington. In Southport they may
be obtained from the office of
the State Port Pilot and at
Myrtle Beach from the Myrtle
Beach Outboard Motor Boat Club.
The following special dispatch
from H. T. Wilcox of Myrtle
Beach to this paper, under date
of February 25 outlines progress
of matters at that point up to
Saturday:
The race, to be held on the
inland waterway, will start at
Southport, and end at Socastee,
^S. C., where the Myrtle Beach
(Continued on page five)
Brief Newt
Flat het
■■ .i .,i ■
club musical
The annual Spring Musical of
the Southport Woman’s Club will
be presented Friday, March 10,
at Trinity Methodist church. The
public is invited.
JUDGE BURNEY COMING
Judge' John J. Burney will be
the principal speaker at Lay
mans Day services Sunday mor
ning at 11 o’clock at Trinity
Methodist church. The regular
communion service will be post
poned.
KEEP CALENDAR
R. D. White, Jr., has inaugu
rated a prize contest based upon
the program calendars which he
is distributing this week through
out the county. He urges each
recipient to retain his calendar
and to learn about the details of
the contest.
Pace Quickens In
Political Campaign
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Advertise Bids
On School Work
Bids are being sought by the
Brunswick County Board of
Education on the construction
of the following buildings: 4
classrooms at Leland; 4 class
rooms at Bolivia; 4 classrooms
at Waccamaw; completion of
the trades building at the
Brunswick County Training
School; gymnasium at Wacca
maw; gymnasium at Southport.
Bids will be opened at 2
o'clock March 23, 1950.
Superintendent J. T. Denning
is in Raleigh today trying to
get final approval on other pro
jects for school improvement in
the county. This includes a 6
classroom addition at Shallotte,
a 2-classroom addition at South
port and construction of a
building at Brunswick County
Training School.
Early Start In
Pepper Planting
Plants Being Grown At Farm
Near Town Growing Too
Large For This lime Of
Year; Beans Are Already
Planted
Among other early farming
activities in Brunswick county it
may be recorded that Joe Cochran
of Southport planted five acres of
snap beans on Friday. Cochran
also has five acres of land about
ready for the planting of bell
pepper, but is waiting just a little
longer owing to the still existing
danger of the plants being killed
by frost.
Everett H. Sheppard and his
brother, Irvin Sheppard of Shiloh,
N. J., are olso planting ten acres
in bell peppers at then’ farm on
the River Road, which has just
been designated as 130. They
have an acre or more in bell
pepper plants with the plants now
about two and three inches high.
Their extra plants after putting
out the ten acres on the farm and
five acres for Cochran, will be
shipped to New Jersey.
Judging by the present size of
the plants they will be blooming
and bearing peppers before the
Jersey climate will permit of Lhen
going into the fields up there.
Mr. Sheppard is now using a
bulldozer to clear land that will
go into watermelons this year
and be added to iiis tomato plant
growing acreage next year. He
will plant about 50 acres in
tomato seed this year and will
ship the plants by truck and van
to farms in New Jersey.
Announcement Of Sheriff
Walter M. Stanaland For
State Senate And George
B. Ward For Recorder
Made Today
HOT RACE LOOMS
FOR EACH OFFICE
S. B. Frink Already Out For
Senate And Odell Willi
amson Third Prospect;
McLamb May Run
Again
Political highlights of the week
for Brunswick county include the
announcement of Sheriff Walter
M. Stanaland for the State Sen
ate and Commissioner George B.
Ward for Judge of Recorder’s
court.
Entry of Sheriff Stanaland in
the Senate race means that S.
B. Frink will have at least one
opponent, and there still is a
strong suspicion that Represen
tative Odell Williamson will make
it a three-man race. While no
announcement has been received
from him thus far, it is belived
that W. J. McLamb intends to
again be a candidate for judge of
Recorder’s court.
Mr. Ward said Tuesday that
he appreciates the support given
him as a member of the board
of county commissioners. “It was
an honor to have the people
nominate and elect me to the first
public office I ever sought,” he
declared. “I feel that I can ren
der greater service to the citi
zens of my county in the office
of Judge of Recorder’s court,
and that is why I am making
the race.”
In making his announcement
Sheriff Stanaland declared. “I am
not running just for the purpose
of letting the people see my pic
ture in the newspaper. Neither
am I running just to have my
(Continued on page five)
Miss Parkhill
Dies Saturday
Highly Respected Elderly
Citizen Died At Dosher
Memorial Hospital Follow
ing Illness Of One Month
Miss Margaret Parkhill of
Southport died in the Dosher
Memorial Hospital Saturday at
midnight. She would have been
92 years of age had she lived
until the 30th day of next Au
gust. Despite her advanced years
she was active and did all of her
own cooking and housework until
about a month preceeding her
death.
A native of Brownsville, Pa.,
Miss Parkhill came to Southport
about 30 years ago to visit her
lifetime friend, Mrs. Annie O.
Robbinson at the Robbins Nest.
(Continued of page four)
Art Newton To
Head Red Cross
Drive In County
Arthur E. Newton will serve
as general chairman of the Red
Cross Fund drive in Brunswick
county this year and will take
personal charge of solicitation of
funds in Southport.
The organization which was
announced this week includes
Rev. Janies Carroll, Shallotte,
Hickmans Crossroads and Village
Point; Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Long, Longwood, Grissettown and
Ash; Mrs. Floyd Kirby, Supply,
Sharon, Varnumtown; Ike Vereen,
Exum.
Chairman will be named for
Freeland, Winnabow, Bolivia and
Leland.
Wilmington Club
Honors Bragaw
Churchill Bragaw Has Island
In Beautiful Greenfield
Lake Named In His Honor
Preceeding the war Churchill
Bragaw of Southport and Orton
Plantation played an important
part in carrying on the Greenfield
Park Project at Wilmington. The
(Continued on page five>
W. B. KEZIAH
Our
ROVING
They have no Girl Scouts troop
of their own, no one in their
community having taken the
leadership in the formation of
such an organization for them.
But on a recent Saturday five
Mill Creek teen-age girls decided
they wanted to visit Camp Pretty
Pond, owned and operated by the
Girl Scouts of the Cape Fear
Area. They could not get a con
veyance to take then on the
round trip of about twelve miles
but so strong was their will to
go they set out to walk and
walk they did, both ways. Mrs.
Roderick Holden, general camp
chairman, invited the somewhat
weary travelers and they became
thg first Brunswick county visi
tors to eat at the camp. They
had a wonderful time and told
Mrs. Holden that they hoped
some one would organize a troop
at Mill Creek. The gills were
Hattie Willetts, Mary Jo Swain,
Clara Lee Willetts, Barley Mae
Gore and Faye Ann Willetts.
During the past few years the
Potato Farmers I
Plan Meetings
To Study Crop
Cork Disease Presents Seri
ous Threat To Continued
Production Of Yams On
i Large Scale In Thi3 State
GROWERS MEETING
AT SHALLOTTE
County Agent A. S. Knowles
Has Arranged Helpful De
monstration Of Control
Methods For Yam
Disease
A county-wide sweet potato
meeting is being held at Shal
lotte high school on Monday,
March 6, at 7:30 o’clock for the
purpose of discussing with sweet j
potato farmers the serious pro- I
blem of cork disease, A. S. Know- j
les, county agent, announced to- j
day. This disease has spread to j
every section of the state during !
the last three years.
■ Sources of cork disease-free J
yams have been narrowed down j
to only a few producers in the j
state. The disease is caused by a
Virus, and is tranmitted from the j
.root to all the sprouts and vines j
coming from an affected potato.
It is believed that Brunswick
county farmers may have a bet
ter source of seed that are cork
free than in many other sections
of. the state. This meeting is de
signed to teach farmers how to
identify the disease and give oth
er information about the growing
of the best possible crop, says
County Agent Knowles.
Henry M. Covington, extension
Jaorticultured specialist, will as
sist with the meeting and show
'slides of the cork disease as well
as other important diseases of
sweet potatoes. In addition to
diseases, he will show with slid
es the best methods employed in
producing the best possible crop.
The N. C. Department of Agri
culture will send an inspection to
the meeting to assist farmers in
rgetting first-hand information on
I the cork disease by cutting a
sample. Each farmer is asked to
Trrirfg 20 potatoes to the meeting
to learn more about the disease.
Two community meetings will
be held as a follow-up to the
county-wide meeting. These will
be held at Bolivia school on Tues
Continued On Page Five
Routine Session
Of Court Held
Judge W. J. McLamb And
Other Recorder’s Court
Officials Completed Their
Work Before Noon Mon
day
A brief but busy session of
Brunswick county Recorder’s
court was held here Monday with
the following entries being made
by Judge W. J. McLamb:
Julian C. Hooks, worthless
check, 30 days on loads, suspend
ed on payment of costs and mak
ing restitution to Odell William
son in the amount of $10.00.
Luther Harrelson, assault with
deadly weapon, nol prossed at re
quest of prosecuting attorney.
Roger Davis, assault with dead
ly weapon, 60 days on roads.
(Continued on page five)
matter of raffling off things and
getting people to take a chance
on this and 'that has become all
too common. The schools and
churches and various organiza
tions all put up something for
the public to take a chance on.
Many children who are called
upon to help out see the chance
of making spending money for
themselves and they run little
lotteries of their own without
having a prize ready or intend
ing to get one. The past winter
in a church raffle we paid 25
cents for a chance at a 12-pound
turkey. The ticket we received
was No. 330 and at the time we
bought it the raffle still had 3
weeks to run. Recent rulings by
the Post Office Department about
such things makes it dangerous
for newspapers to publish any
thing about events in which
games of chance figure. For this
leason and for the undoubtedly
harmful effects of having chil-1
hren engage in rackets, we are I
personally not paying either chil- I
Continued On Page Four
Coast Guard Craft In
Successful Rescue Try
Eighty-Three-Footer Based In Southport Worked In Co
Operation With PBY To Aid Helpless Trawler
Performing various duties here
and called out frequently to the
aid of shipping, C. G. 83435, Skip
per E. L,. Austin, came through
last week with an especially good
demonstratjpn of its usefulness in
life saving and the protection of
property at this point on the
coast.
The Vagabond, as mall trawler,
put out from Wrightsville thr
ough Masonboro Inlet, carrying a
crew of six men. Their intention
was to engage in blackfishing
and to return to port that night.
That night and the next morning
came ahd the boat -and men had
not been heard from.
Small boat warnings were up
and relatives of the men in Wil
mington were alarmed. They noti
fied Oak Island Guard Station
near Fort Caswell. The station,
in turn notified Austin and the
83435 put out immediately to
search the area where the boat
was supposed to be.
On Frying Pan Shoals the
wind was northwest, varrying
from 38 to 45 miles per hour.
Seas were very rough and visi
bility was limited as fairly good
sized boats could easily be hidden
for minutes by being in troughs
in the sea. The Coast Guard boat
radioed Norfolk of the condition
and one of the PBY flying boats
was dispatched from there to as
sist in the search.
At 5 p. m., two days after the
trawler was lost, the flying boat
radioed the Coast Guard boat that
it had sighted the trawler drift
ing helplessly, about 40 miles
east of Fort Fisher. The Flying
Boat descended to within 500 feet
of the trawler, made such invest
igation as she could at that dis
tance and immediately reported
to the 83435, which was then
some 20 miles away.
The 83435 made all speed and
arrived at the helpless trawler in
short order. Investigation reveal
ed that all six men aboard were
safe and uninjured. Efforts were
made to transfer them to the
83435 but this failed, owing to
rough seas an dthe fear that
some of the men would be wash
ed overboard by the waves that
somttimes completely covered the
small craft.
Finally, after much effort, a
hawser was gotten aboard the
trawler and word was flashed to
Oak Island that the little cutter
was towing the Vaggabond to
Southport. On the inbound trip
Continued On Page Five
Republicans Will
Hold Convention
Flowers Hit By
Sunday Freeze
A severe freeze Sunday night
spelled the finish of thousands
of buds and open flowers in
the Southport area as the ther
mometer dropped to an official
23-degrees. A check-up Monday
revealed the situation as rather
bad, especially With respect to
azaleas. . Many camellia buds
escaped and there will still be
a good snov/ing of azaleas.
About all should bloom during
the next three weeks unless
further cold occurs.
The damage was hardly un
expected. Advanced condition of
the flowers with winter weather
still a hazard had resulted in
about all flower growers realiz
ing the danger. The damage
was all the greater because of
the entire lack of winter weath
er preceeding the freeze. Some
flowers that usually have their
leaves killed by the first frost
in the fall were still decked
out in their last year's greenery
when the cold came. The bloom
ing season was not only much
advanced but all buds and
flowers were very tender.
Obligations Of
Farmers Noted
When Farmer Signs Up For
Agricultural Conservation
Program He Assumes Ob
ligation For Improvement
Of Soil
When a farmer signs up in the
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram he indicates he is going to
help build a better farm for him
self and a better land for all the
people, says S. L. Purvis, Chair
man of the Brunswick county
PMA Committee.
“It is a recognition of his re
sponsibility to help protect the
nation's soil and water resources.
It also signifies that he is coop
erating with the other farmers
in the program and that all of
them are working with all the
peoplt of the country to keep soil
from blowing and washing away
and to keep it productive. And
farmers who use the ACP to help
build a stronger agriculture thro
ugh conservation are the farmers
who are helping to provide a bet
ter living for all the people of
the country.”
Since the beginning of the pro
gram in 1936, says the chairman,
agricultural production has been
steadily climbing. Today total
agricultural production is between
30 and 40 percent more than it
was before the program. In 1949
the percapita consumption of food
was up 10 percent over the av
erage for the 1935-39 period. "The
farmers who have been carrying
out conservation practices under
the Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram have been helping to make
that possible.”
So much depends on agricul
ture that the Nation cannot af
ford to allow farmers to waste
the soil and water resources of
the country. Many nations re
quire certain conservation practic
(Continued on Page Five)
Brunswick County Republi
can Convention Will Be
Held Saturday, March 4,
At Supply With Big Atten
dance Expected
FREE BARBECUE
WILL BE SERVED
Convention Being Called To
Assemble At 12 O’Clock;
Will Decide Whether To
Enter May Primary
Republicans of Brunswick coun
ty will meet Saturday at noon
at Supply in their bi-ennial
county convention and a feature
of this year’s event will be a free
barbecue dinner to be served.
Thus far there has been no
definite word as to whether the
Republicans will nominate their
party ticket at the convention
or whether they wall decide to
enter the primary election in
May. From party leaders it has
been learned that the Republicans
do intend to put out a full slate
of officers, including a candidate
for State Senate and a candidate
for Congress.
W. A. Kopp is chairman and
Chas. M. Trott is secretary of
the Brunswick County Republican
executive committee.
The Republicans of the 8th
Congressional District are almost
certain to name a candidate Fri
day to run in opposition to the
Democratic nominee in May.
The district Republican con
vention is scheduled to be held
at the court house in Elizabeth
town Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock. According to chairman J.
A. Maultsby of Whiteville and
Secretary Trott of Southport, a
candidate for Congress will be
nominated at this meeting.
The 8th district embraces Robe
son, Cumberland, Harnett, Bladen,
(Continued on Page Five)
Forester Urges
Extreme Caution
Current Dry Spell Makes It
Unusually Dangerous For
Wood Fires To Get Out Of
Control
It is a safe bet that nobody in
Brunswick county was any hap
pier to see the general rains
which fell over the county today
than County Forest Warden Dor
man Mercer and members of his
forestry organization.
Tuesday, February 28, is a date
that they long will remember as
one of the most hectic in re
cent years, for major fires were
burning in at least three sec
tions of Brunswick county.
One fire was centered in the
area east of highway 303 be
tween Moore creek and Allen
Creek; another was burning
around the Sawdust Trail inter
section near Southport and a
third was blazing down in the
county.
Even though rains today
brought temporary respite, Forest;
Warden Mercer cautions land
owners not to become careless
and begs them to do everything j
possible to protect the forests
during the dry and windy weeks
ahead.
Dedication Of
Scout Camp Is
Set For Sunday
Program Arranged At Girl
Scout Camp At Pretty
Pond This Sunday After
noon
WINTER LODGE
BUILDING COMPLETE
Shallotte Camp Woodmen
Of World Will Have Part
In Ceremony; Camp
Committee Will
Attend
The winter lodge at Camp Pret
ty Pond, owned by the Girl
Scouts of the Cape Fear Area,
will be formally dedicated with
appropriate ceremonies Sunday,
March 5th, The services will be
at 3 o’clock.
The pond or lake covers some
60 acres and Included with it is
considerable surrounding land. By
selling cookies and otherwise
raising money, the Girl Scouts
acquired the property nearly two
years ago. Since then most of
their activities have been towards
raising money and starting camp
construction.
With the winter lodge complet
ed, some work has already been
started on the camp infirmary.
This work will be followed in
turn by the construction of five
or six cabins for sleeping units.
Mrs. Roderick Holden of Wilmin
gton has been the general camp
construction chairman and she
has been ably assisted by her
husband.
The Sunday dedication servic
es will include the prestntatlon
of a flagpole and flag by the
Shallotte Camp Woodmen of the
World. Several selection will be
given by the junior high school
band from Wilmington. The mem
bers of the camp development
committee will be introduced by
Mrs. John H. Wilson, scout com
missioner. This committee is com
posed of Mrs. Holden, chairman,
N. A. Avera, Hal J. Love. R. H.
Holden, H. A. Marks and Mrs.
Continued On Page Five
Health Survey
Now Complete
Screening Of School Child*
ren By Health Department
Employees Has Been Com
pleted
Mrs, Ella Aldridge and Mrs,
Esther Robinson, public health
nurses, have completed the
screening of all Brunswick coun
ty school children. Some surgery
consisting of tonsilectomies al
ready have been done and others
will follow.
Due to the limited amount of
school funds, not all under
privileged children found with de
fects will be able to have them
corrected immediately. However
it is hoped to correct them in the
near future.
The health department is look
ing forward to having an eye
clinic on April 6th, with Dr.
Anderson from Wilmngton in
charge.
All communicable diseases con
sisting of measles, malaria, scar
let fever, smallpox, typhoid fever,
whooping cough and yellow fever
should be reported to the health
department immediately after the'
disease is first detected.
Parents are urged to bring'
all babies in to the health de
partment as soon as they be
come 6 months of age for their
routine immunization.
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, March 2,
6:13 A, M. 0:00 A. M.
6:36 P. M. 12:38 P. M.
Friday, March 3,
7:02 A. M. 0:52 A. M.
7:24 P. M. 1:23 P. M.
Saturday, March 4,
7:49 A. M. 1:40 A. M.
8:11 P. M, 2:06 P. M.
Sunday, March 5,
8:35 A. M. " 2:28 A. M.
8:59 P. M. 2:49 P. M.
Monday, March 6,
9:22 A, M. 3:16 A. M.
9:49 P. M. 3:32 P. M.
Tuesday, March 7,
10:10 A, M. 4:06 A. M.
10:41 P. M. 4:18 P. M.
Wednesday, March 8,
11:01 A. M. 4:58 A. M.
11:38 P. M. 5:07 P, M