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Brunswick County
Southport, N. ( Wednesday.
March 22th, 1950
V in.. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 3
8-PACxES TODAY
•UtJLISHED EVEHV WEL)NL3UA>
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Three Drowned
As Boat Turns
Over In Sound
Two Men And Small Boy
Are Drowned In Tragedy
Which Occurred Saturday
Afteroon Near Shaliotte
FATHER OF BOY
IS ONLv SURVIVOR
Party Of Four Was Return
ing To Shore From “Oys
terin.g” Trip; Double
Funeral Held Near
Shaliotte
Three persons were drowned
Saturday afternoon near Shaliotte
when a small boat in which they
were riding capsized. A forth oc
cupant of the boat narrowly es
caped.
The survivor was H. B. Rabon,
Sr. who was picked up by a
fisherman who at first mistook
him for a porpoise as he bobbed
up and down in the water.
The drowing victims were:
H. B. Rabon, Jr., four-year-old
son of the lone survivor.
Woodrow Evans Barefoot, 37, of
Supply.
Harold Fields, 35, of Wilming
ton.
The body of Fields had not been
recovered yesterday afternoon.
Barefoot was an uncle of the
four-year-old drowning victim.
The two Rabons, Barefoot and
Fields had been “oystering” and
were on their way to shore at
l>e time of the accident. Til
elder Rabon was unable to tell
his rescuers or his family just
what caused the boat to turn
over and plunge the quartet into
the water.
The former Hallsboro man wras
picked up by Johnny Williams
who came by in his boat and was
preparing to ram him when he
noticed that the water occupant
was a human instead of a por
poise. He carried him to shore and
sent for medical help.
The body of Barefoot, also a
former Hallsboro resident, was
found a short time later. There
was some sign of life when lie
was taken to shore, but resus
citation efforts were unsuccessful.
The Rabon boy was not located
until about 9 o’clock Saturday
night.
The body of the Wilmington
man was recovered Sunday about
11:30 a. m.
Rabon told his family he man
aged to hold himself and his son
up in the water long enough to
take off his boots. He said ex
haustion forced him to relinquish
his grip on the boy. He related
that he grabbed an oar and held
on to it until he reached an
oyster rock. It was there that
Williams found him.
Double funeral services for
Barefoot and his nephew were
conducted Monday afternoon at 3
o'clock from draper Hill Church
one mile east of Shaliotte by Rev.
Ira Britt and Rev. James Carroll.
Young Rabon is survived by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B.
Rabon; his maternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Bare
foot of Hallsboro; and his pater
nal grandmother, Mrs. Annie
Continued On Page Six
Brief Newt
Flathet
METHODIST MEETING
A meeting of all adult workers
in the various church schools and
youth programs of the Methodist
churches of Brunswick county
will be held Wednesday, March
29, at Trinity Me -hodist church
in Southport.
DEPUTY JAILER
Members of the board of county
commissioners in session here
Monday named Forney Hickman
deputy-jailer at a salary of $75.00
per month.
CHITICH MEETING
A congregational meeting' will
be held Friday night at 7:30
o clock at Antioch Baptist church.
Members and friends of the
church are urged to attend.
SCHEDILE HEARING
S. B. Frink has been advised
that a hearing has been scheduled
in Washington, D. C„ Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock for a dis
cussion of plans for the construc
tion of a mooring basin at Hold
en Beach to accommodate boats
owned by residents of that area
of Brunswick county. Conmess
man F. Ertel Carlyle plans to
attend.
Life Photographers Here
BEAU 1'aFUL—Orton Plantation gardens, located on the River Road 10 miles from
; Southport, are at the height of their season’s beauty. Photographers from Life Magazine
i are there today (Wednesday) working on a color photo story to be used next Spring.
Orton Gardens Now
At Season’s Height
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I Indica Azaleas Now In Full
Bloom And These With
Other Flowers Make Or
ton Showplace For Visitors
THRONGS EXPECTED
ON SUNDAY VISIT
Present Blooming Has Coim
Following Cold Spell And
Beauty Of Gardens Is
At Its Best
The gardens at Orton Plan
tation have reached the height of
■ their season’s beauty and visitors
this week will se a panorama of
brilliant color. The Indica azaleas,
a late-blooming variety which was
unhurt by recent cold weather, are
now in their glory.
Added to the beauty of the
! azaleas is an unusual show of
color from late-blooming varieties
of camellias. These flowers, plus
, the natural beauty of Orton gar
dens, create a veritable fairyland
1 for flower lovers who can visit
! there within the next few days.
Reports from Orton indicate
i that around 500 visitors saw the
gardens Sunday. If the weather
is good, this coming week-end
should bring the largest number
of guests of the Spring season.
Freakish weather this year has
j made it difficult to predict just
[when the azaleas would be at
their best. A few weeks ago it
appeared that this date would be
late in February, then came freez
ing temperatures which ruined
early blossoms.
Now nature is all set for her
i second big effort of the season,
j and the folks at Orton are pre
paring' for the peak rush of visit
ors.
(Photographer Is
Here For Races
John Hemmer, Photographer
For The State Advertising
Bureau, Is In Southport
For Pictures Of Motorboat
Races
With John Hemmer, photo
grapher for the State News Bu
reau, here today (Wednesday) for
the outboard races, it is planned
to also get some othef pictures
that will have news value and
which will afford publicity for this
section of North Carolina.
Last summer while the sale of
J Fort Caswell to the North Car- |
olina Baptists was still pending,
a picture made by Hemmer dur
ing war-time, seven years pre
(Continued on page six) 1
Mullet Goes On
One-Way Ride
A two-pound, 3-ounce roe mul
let took a one-way trip on the
Holden Beach ferry Wednesday
and paid high for the ride. Bill
Grady, store keeper »at Holden
Beach, says that Ferryman R.
B. Hewett took the fish home
to his family and that they
ate it.
Although the ferry is not such
a large one, the fish made the
mistake of thinking that it
could jump across, or that it
would just go along for the
ride. Whichever was the reason
the fish jumped high, wide
and handsome and landed
squarely on deck. The ferryman
lost no time in extending it a
welcome.
Follows Up On
Inspection Tour
Owner Of Clarendon Planta
tion Interested In Having
Historical Marker Placed
In That Locality
Following a story in this paper
two weeks ago relative to Wm.
Powell of the Department of
Archives investigating here to as
certain how many historical mark
kers were justified for Route 130
between Wilmington and South
port, Mrs. Cornelius Thomas of
Clarendon was in Raleigh last
week and conferred with Mr.
Powell relative to a proposed
marker at Clarendon Plantation.
Among new spots to be mark
ed, according to the tentative
inspection by Mr. Powell and W.
B. Keziah, were Clarendon, Old
Charleston, one or two additional
markers at Orton, Battery Lamb,
Prices Creek Lighthouse, Deep
water Point, the Old Indian Trail
Tree in Southport and Fort Cas
well. The Fort Caswell marker
will be at the junction of the
Caswell road with 130, northwest
of Southport.
In addition to the above plan
ned new markers, seven establish
ed markers that are now at the
junction of 130 with 74 and 76
will be moved down 130 to their
proper locations, as soon as the
remaining stretch of highway is
finished.
Mr. Powell is now examining
historical records with a view of
working out proper inscriptions
for the new markers. Mrs.
(Continued on Page Six)
enumerators In
| Exam Session'
j Here Wednesday
Forty-Three Persons Tool
Examinations For Twenty
Places On Corps Of Cen
sus Staff For This County
Forty-three Brunswick countj
people appeared here last Wed
nesday to take the examinatioi
I for census enumerators. Most ol
, these were men. District Census
Supervisor Arthur W. Williamsor
I stated that there will be aboul
j 20 jobs, all for one month, thr
ough April.
i All of the papers turned ir
! Wednesday will have to be grad
ed before the selection of the en
i umerators can be made, Supervi
sor Williamson stated. After the
papers are graded and the ap
pointment of the workers made
all who arc selected will have tc
[take a five-day course of training
here at the court house.
This training will begin on
i March 27 and the workers will
take the field immediately at the
conclusion. The job must be com
pleted between April 1st and May
(Continued on page six)
Committee Named
To Inaugurate
Cemetery Work
li^he Report is Filed
1. coxtunendutions For
'Sctii'ii? Up Permanent Cr
g,.a'zat’m Have Br.n Fol
io .vedl
Pj- AN TO RAISE
FJNJ5V IMMEDIATELY
However, J-onrj Hangs Plan
Is To Set Up Program Of
Perpetual Care For Two
Cemeteries
A report has been received
from the committee appointed by
Southport Lions Club to study
j the matter of providing a way
| to care for and to keep in good ;
| order the two cemteries of South- 1
’port for the white population,
j; The committee after thorough
i investigation of the way other ;
' towns- provide for this cause, and !
after conferences with lofcal citi- ,
jzens, grrived at the decision to 1
j propose the organization of a.!
i group of people from the sedvral
|churches and civic clubs of South- !
fport. This matter was presented
to these organizations, and met
with hearty cooperation. Pastors
and club presidents were request- j
fc i.o appoint a competent re- j
presentat.ive from each of these
groups, and in the case of the
city government and the Lions
Club to appoint two members.
This was done, and the follow
ing were certified: Baptist church, !
Mrs. George Whatley; Methodist;
church, Capt. J. I. Davis: Pres-1
byterian church James Wolfe; j
Episcopal church, Mrs. F. M. I
Niernsee; Holiness church, Homer
McKeithan; Catholic church, Mrs.
Wiley Wells; City of Southport,!
G. E. Hubbard and J. A. Gilbert; ]
Woman's Club, Mrs. Louis Har
dee; Lions Club, L. J. Hardee
and L. D. Hayman; legal counsel,
Davis Herring.
This group met on March 15th
r and formerly organized with the
following officers: L. D. Hayman,
president; G. E. Hubbard, vice
(Continued on Page Six)
Election Board
Upset Reported
—
j Dewey Anderson Named To
Brunswick County Board
And David Ross Left Off
By State Group
Dewey Anderson, farmer and
lumberman of the Hickmans
Crossroads community, was nam
ed Saturday as a member of the
Brunswick county Board of Elec
tions along with Robert Milliken
and L. C. Babson.
This action by the State Board
of Elections ignored the recom
mendation of the Brunswick
County Democratic Executive
Committee which had placed the
name of David Ross at the top
of the list. Both Milliken and
Anderson were included on the
list, but in that order. Babson
(Continued on Page Sixi
Our
ROVING
Reporter
The following is lifted from
Bill Sharpe’s “From Manteo to
Murphy” column in the Greens
! boro Daily News and other pap
ers, he wrote: “Down in extreme
Southeastern North Carolina, the
mainland and heacn communities
got together in a modest promo
tional campaign, chippirig in for
the development of the area. Bill
Keziah, who for many years has
labored in that faraway vineyard,
often with no compensation ex
cept his unremitting enthusiasm
and the gratifying of his suspic
ion that there was nothing west
of Cape Fear, will do the actual
work. They didn't organize a
Chamber of Commerce. They’re
just going to call it Bill Keziah,
and let it go at that.”
The outboard motor boat race
next Wednesday should result in
a lot of mutual good will and in
terest between inhabitants of
Horry County, S. C*, on the one
side and Brunswick on the other.
With a coast line that offers much
. in common by reason of the
southward facing' beach strands,
! not bothered by either storms or
| eresi.n, Brunswick and Horry have
I much in common, even if they
\ are in different states. For a good
j.rcany years hundreds of Horry
county folks have been coming
to Brunswick for the big game
sport fishing that Frying Pan
Shoals' offers in the spring and
fall. The boat race will help fur
ther to stimulate interest.
Five flags have flown over this
area, according to George Rap
plyea of Southport. Settled vari
ously by the Spanish and British,
it was claimed by both countries.
Then the Pirates took over and
they knew no flag but the Skull
and Bones. Then came the Ameri
can Flag to reign forever except
for the one interlude when the
flag of the Confederacy waved
supreme.
We have not been keeping up
witlj the highway grading in
Continued On Page Four
Outboard Motorboat Races
Begin This Morning Fram
Southport - Myrtle Beach
Yacht Puts In Here
After Stormy Time
Three Yeung New Englanders Happy To Bo In Foit Fol-j
lowing Battle With Stormy Seas
The little 50-foot schooner
Hibedder put in at Southport i
Monday afternoon after a stormy
two-weeks passage up from
Miami. Bound for their home
port at Providence, Rhode Island,
the crew of three were unhesitat
ing in declaring that there has
been some bad weather down ;
south. In fact, they believe it is
still down there, but none of them
wish to go back right now to
mafee sure. j
The Hibidder is owned by Ed
win J. Butler of Providence and
Bryce Hall of Riverside, R. I.
Bill Rosenholm of Providence is
on the trip as cook and crew.
The three men left Miami early
in March and elected to take 1
the sea route instead of following !
the waterway.
March 6 they weer two days ;
off the coast of Florida and ran .
into a blow. The wind took away
their mainsail, jib and staysail; i
their little auxiliary engine went
out of commission through a
broken rod that could not be re
paired.
For all of a day and night
the Hibidder drifted, the men too
seasick to go topside. “Besides,”
said Butler, the captain, “we
would have been swept overboard
in thosev seas of we had gone on
deck.”
"We were out so far and seas
as they were, there was nothing
we could do but remain below,
nurse our seasickness and let the
boat take care of herself, a job
for which she proved equal.”
The seasickness finally eased
up after 24 hours. The seas also
calmed down temporarily. During
the lull the boys broke out their
second set of sails and rigged up.
They had hardly done so before
the winds came up again and for
four days the little boat and boys
fought their way in towards the
Georgia coast. They finally made
it at Darboy Sound, Ga.
Visitors at the office of thie
paper Monday night, the three
men said they had plenty of food
Continued On Paee Six
Three County Roads
Included In Letting!
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Pays Taxes With
Roosevelt Dimes
Eight hundred Roosevelt dimes,
all neatly wrapped in packages
of $5.00 each, went to pay the
taxes of R. P. Robinson of
Lockwoods Folly township this
year. Counting the 800 dimes
formed quite a task for Tax
Collector Edward Redwine and
his assistant, Mrs. Ressie What
ley.
There were nothing but Roose
velt dimes in the whole lot. Mr.
Robinson, who runs a store near
Holden Beach, had not bothered
about dimes of other issues
that he received in trade, but
when a Roosevelt dimes came in
he dropped it into a special
box for use in paying his taxes.
Need Of Houses
Girl Scouts Of Cape Fear Ar
ea Now Have Facilities Of
Winter Lodge For Use As
Dining Hall In Summer
The Girl Scouts of the Cape
Fear Area hope to begin their
summer encampment at Camp
Pretty Pond on June 18th, but
they are badly in need of ad
ditional small buildings for sleep
ing- Quarters if they are to ac
commodate more than 50 girls
each week.
To take care of the several
hundred Girl Scouts in the area,
and give each of them a week’s
vacation, considerable more than
50 will have to be taken care of
each week. The winter lodge will
serve as a dining loom, kitchen
and office. The large room in this
building is now used both as a
hall and for sleeping quarters.
The pressing need seems to be
for small buildings that will sleep
from four to ten girls. Two such
buildings are now being built with
volunteer labor and with most
of the material having "been do
nated. The girls could easily use
the material with which to con
struct eight or ten of the small
buildings for the camp. They are
badly needed and donations of all
kinds are very much welcomed,
whether it be money, lumber or
building material.
Working for several years in
alll ways that they could, the
Girl Scouts of the Cape Fear
Rrea through a succession of
trading managed to buy the 60
acre Pretty Pond and about that
much more surrounding land. Ac
quiring the land exhausted about
all of their resourses except that
of of friendship.
Wilmington people and a few
Continued On Page Six
Biggest Project Is Letting
Surfacing Of Road From
Grissettown To Seaside,1
Part Of Bond Project j
NO. 17 RESURFACING
ALSO UP FOR LETTING1,
Third Portion of Work Is Lo
cated In Northwest Town
ship And Is In Conjunc
tion With Columbus
Three Brunswick county pro
jects are among those being' ad
vertised by the State Highway
and Public Works Commission for
contract letting early in April.
Bids will be opened in Raleigh
on March 30 and 31.
One project calls for the paving
of 10 miles from the junction of
US 74 and 76 near Brunswick
River to the junction of NC 303
at Bell Swamp.
A second project is part of the
$200,000,000 secondary road pro
gram which will reach top speed
during the late spring and sum
mer. It involves the hard-surfac
ing of 11.8 miles from Grissettown
to Seaside, from Village Point
Road toward Gause Landing and j
from Seaside to Jenny's Branch ,
church.
A third project is also a bond j
one and is combined with Colum- !
bus county. It involves the hard- j
surfacing of 5-7 miles from the '
Columbus county Line toward !
Phoenix via Northwest and from
Acme east to the Brunswick
county line.
Specifications were also adver
tised on 59 other highway pro
jects covering 696 miles of road
,way improvement throughout the
j state. The commission at its
monthly meeting to be held in
Greensboro on April 4 will review
low bids after which contracts
will be awarded.
Residents May
See Boats Pass
| Races Starting Today (Wed
nesday) In Soutrport Will
Send Boats Down Inland
Waterway
Most Brunswick people will re
ceive this issue of The Pilot be
fore noon today. As many of them
may want to see the boats racing
fr'om Southport to Myrtle Beach
along the inland waterway, some
thing as to the probable time
may interest them.
With the 7Vi* lip. class leaving I
Southport at 11:00 they should be j
passing Howell’s Point and Holden i
Beach between 11:30 and 12 j
o'clock. Polks at Shallotte Point j
will see them just a few minutes
later and they will be making
like time at Gause Landing, Sea
l Continued on page six)
First Event Begins At 11:00
O'Clock Whan TVs-hp.
Class Leaves For CO-Mila
Trip Down Inland Water
way
MANY ENTRIES
IN ALL CLASSES
Arrangements Completed To
Take Care Of Large Crowd
Of Spectators Expected
Here For Start Of
Racing Event
Everything is in readiness for
the First Annual Marathon Out
board Motorboat Races from
Southport to Myrtle Beach, the
first event of which is scheduled
to start at 11 o’clock this mor
ning.
The Community Building will
serve as a club house for entrants
and other guests. An information
booth has been set up there and
drivers wil • find the registration
booth also located in this build
ing. There is plenty of parking
area about the building, and law
enforcement officers and club
members will be on hand to assist
with parking problems.
The drivers will find several
points on the Southport water
front designated as launching
areas. Natural obstacles may
make it difficult to put the boats
in the water in the area imme
diately in front of the Commun
ity Building. However, there ia
one particularly good place for
launching on Bay street west of
the club house. There will be
guides on hand to show visitors
where this launching spot is lo
cated.
It is planned to start each of
the four classes in separate
groups. The first will be the 714
hp class, getting undeway at 11
o'clock. This starting time was
originally set at 10 o’clock, but
was delayed in order to make it
possible for all classes to finish
at closer to the same time.
Contestants are urged to lis
ten to the public address system
for times for starting the other
classes.
The races are sponsored by
the Outboard Motorboat Club ol
(Continued From Page Six)
PMA Committee
Holds Meetings
Schedule Of Meetings Being
Planned To Explain Ser
vices Of This Phase Of
Farm Program
A series of meetings will be
held in Brunswick county next
week the object being to discuss
better production practices in
growing tobacco. Slides will be
used to illustrate the talks on
tobacco, corn and other crops. All
meeting's will be held at 7:30
p. m.
Among' others who will speak
at these meetings S. L. Purvis,
chairman of the AAA committee,
will discuss how farmers can take
full advantage of the Production
(Continued or :>age six)
Tide Table
Following is the tide table
for Southport during the next
week. These hours are approxi
mately Correct anil were furn
ished The State Port PUot
through tlie courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot’s Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, March ‘23
10:39 A. M. 4:49 A.
11:06 P. M. 4:52 P.
Friday, March 24,
11:17 A. M. 5:32 A.
11:50 P. M. 5:33 P.
Saturday, March 25,
12:04 A. M. 6:20 A.
0:00 P. M. 6:23 P.
Sunday, March 26,
0:42 A. 31. 7:17 A.
1:64 I*. M. 7:22 P.
Monday, March 27,
1:42 A. M. 8:21 A.
2:11 P. M. 8:29 P.
Tuesday, March 28,
2:45 A. M. 9:24 A.
3:18 P. 31. 9:37 1*.
Wednesday, March 29,
3:47 A. M. 10:22 A.
4:19 P. M. 10:39 P.
M.
M.
M.
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