The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
_A Good Newspaper In A Good Community_
Most of The New*
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VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 10
6-PAGES TODAY
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, May 10, 1950
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Pasture Tour
Covers County
In Single Day
Interesting Tour Of Inspec
tion Began On Thursday
Morning At Johnson Dairy
Farm Near Winnabow
MANY PASTURES
DOING NICELY
Traveling Group Had Oppor
tunity To See Progress Be
ing Made With Dairy
And Beef Cattle
The Brunswick pasture tour,
arranged for last Thursday by
County Agent A. S. Knowles, with
all other agricultural agencies
cooperating, was a distinct suc
cess, despite the fact that the date
fell on a time when all farmers
were unusually busy. Rains which
fell only the day before, partly
breaking a long dry spell, made
it almost absolutely necessary
for about all of the tobacco grow
ers to be busy with their trans
planting the day of the tour. A
bout 100 turned out for a part
if not all of the day.
Leading the tour was District
Agent C. M. Brickhouse, R. R.
Rich, extension dairy specialist,
Mr. Knowles; H. F. Kizer, soil
conservationist, and the various
vocational agricultural teachers in
the schools. Assembling at the
D. R. Johnson Dairy Farms at
Winnabow at 9:30 o’clock the
crowd of nearly a hundred at that
time, got some real views of the
results of pasture planting and
care of livestock. The Johnson
herd of dairy cows and calves,
largest in Brunswick, has the feed
cost reduced to a minimum by
careful, year-round planting of
pasture. Better conditioned ani
mals could hardly be found. *
m vxuuerL rteiu s mat »Lup al
ter leaving the dairy, a good il
lustration of the value of pasture
for hogs was found. Three brood
sows, each with large Utters of
pigs, have been fat and thriving
on half-feed since the first of the
year. This means that they have
been getting only half the usual
ration out of the feed bag and
that they get the rest out of the
small but beautiful crimson clo
ver and fescue pasture. Mr, Gil
bert said that his pigs were lit
erally weaned on crimson clover.
He has had 43 head on the small
pasture since Christmas.
At the R. S. Willetts farm the
party visited a 4-acre pasture on
which 17 pigs and 3 cows have
made their home without feed
since the first of February. This
pasture was planted for the first
time last fall.
The Mercer brothers at Bolivia
had one of the best stands of
ladine clover and fescue seen dur
ing the day. Planted on half of an
eight-acre rye grass pasture last
fall, the half a dozen fat cows
and yearlings pastured on it had
not made a dent in the visible
food supply. The animals have had
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Brief Newt
Flashes
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REELECT FACULTY
Principal Henry C. Stone and
all of the members of the pres
ent faculty of Shallotte high
school were reelected at a meet
ing of the school board last
night.
BOLIVIA PROGRAM
A music recital presenting the
students of Miss Agnes Potter
will be held at Bolivia Monday
evening, May 15. Class night pro
gram will be next Friday.
ATTEND CONFERENCE
The Rev. and Mrs. L. D. Hay
man, Col. Plarl I. Brown, Miss
Annie M. Newton and Miss Susie
Newton are attending the district
conference of the Methodist
church today at Barnesville.
BACCALCREATE SERMON
The Rev. Jerry Newbold, Pres
byterian minister, will preach the
baccalaureate sermon Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock in the
Southport high school auditorium.
He is a former pastor of South
port Presbyterian church and
former member of the high school
faculty.
CORRECTION
In listing the names of the
Graham committee for Bruns
wick county last week Mac F.
Jones of Leland was named as
precinct chairman. This was an
error on the part of this news
paper. In a conversation prior to
publication Mr. Jones declared
that he does not intend to take
any active part in the IT. S.
Senator's race and that his posi
tion as merchant imposes upon
his an obligation for neutrality.
Political Opponents
!
CANDIDATES—Here are six of the men who are candidates for nomination on the
Democrat ticket in the Primary Election on May 27. Left to right they are, above:
Harry L. Mintz, Jr., for House of Representatives; George B. Ward, for Judge of Recor
der s Court; Ed V. Leonard, for sheriff. Below : Tom T. Ward, for House of Representa
tives; J^W. Ruark, for Judge of Recorder’s Court; O. W. Perry, for sheriff.
First Shipment
Of Plants Going
North Tomorrow
Everett Sheppard Farms Are
Sending First 1950 Toma
to Plants North Tomorrow
Afternoon
The first truck load of Bruns
wick-grown tomato plants of the
season will be shipped out tomor
row (Thursday) from the Everett
H. Sheppard plant farm. The
shipping this year is later than
was planned for and the crop is
said to be spotted due to dry
weather that prevented germa
tion of seed. The cold also got a
good many plants.
Nevertheless Mr. Sheppard ex
pects to produce as many plants
as last year since he has a large
acreage.
The first Georgia-grown plants
of the season reached Princeton,
N. J., last Thursday. Grokers in
Georgia are said to have met with
some of the same trouble that
occurred here this year. They got
their share of the weather. Al
though a week ahead of South
port, they are also late in shipp
ing.
The somewhat different climate
between this and southern Georgia
does not make any material dif
ference in shipping time. From
both Georgia and Southport the
shipping time has to depend on
when the New Jersey weather!
will permit the plants going into |
the open fields. Last year, many
of the local plants grew to over
size before the New Jersey grow
ers could take and use them. The
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Early Menhaden
Fishing Is Good
Despite High Winds And
Heavy Seas Monday Morn
ing Menhaden Boats Had
Good Catch Before Com
ing In
Although stiff gales sprang up
suddenly along most of the North
Carolina coast, doing some dam
age at some points, four of the
big menhaden boats of the Bruns
wick Navigation Company made
good catches during the morning
hours Monday. They are said to
have taken close to half a million
fish despite the winds and seas.
Another boat is reported to
have had a little trouble with its
purse boats and to have come in
early in the morning without a
catch. It suffered no damage.
Good catches are reported on
all trips of the boats since tire
factory started up a week ago.
Members of boat crews say that
there appears to be a great many
small fish and that they are get
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Henry Hickman Is
Democrat Chairman'
Faithless Mule
Kicks Her Master
County Commissioner Bennie
C. Williams was kicked in' the
chest Sunday afternoon by a
young mule he purchased this
spring, and was brought to
Dosher Memorial Hospital in
Southport. He was dismissed
Tuesday.
Mr. Bennie thinks that maybe
he is being punished for get
ting rid of old Mike, his mule
he had worked for more than
30 years. The two of them
had stuck together for more
than a quarter of a century
until the press of work made
it necessary to replace his
faithful services on the farm
this spring. Right now the coun
ty commissioner does not think
his new mule will be with him
for 30 years.
Annual Exhibit
For Waccamaw
Vocational Night Will Be Ob
served Friday With Vari
ed Program At Waccamaw
High School
Vocational workers and stu
dents will bring their work to a
climax when they present their
annual vocational night, May 12,
at 8 o’clock. Exhibits, speakers,
music and prizes will high light
the evening.
The program will have three
divisions. The first part will be
in the auditorium with James M.
Harper, Jr., and J. T. Denning as
platform guests.
The second part of the program
will feature a fashion show with
adult and high school students
participating. All exhibits will
have been judged before the pro
gram begins, and winners will be
announced after the fashion show.
The third part of the. program
will consist of visiting the vari
ous exhibit halls.
The high school agricultural
students will have several objects
on display from their manual
arts class such as book ends,
lamps, coffee tables, desks, tables,
footstools etc—under the super
vision of their instructor, Martin
F. Baker. The veterans will also
have on display many objects
which they have made similar to
the high school boys along with
such items as brooders, pig feed
ers and cedar chests. The vete
rans are supervised by Walter
Harper, H. B. Parker. De Leslie
Continued On Page Five
Hickmans Crossroads Man!
Elected To Replace D. B. j
Frink As Chairman Of!
Democrat Executive Com
mittee Saturday
GROUP ATTENDING
STATE CONVENTION!
Brunswick County Has Good
Delegatibn In Raleigh To
day (Thursday) Atten
ding State Meeting
Henry Hickman, Hickmans
Crossroads farmer, was elected I
chairman of the Brunswick Coun
ty Democratic Executive Com
mittee succeeding D. B. Frink
who had held the post for four
years.
Mrs. M. C. Gore of Longwood
was elected vice-chairman and
D. L. Ganey of Leland was elect
ed secretary.
Upon motion of S. B. Frink,
seconded by E. J. Prevatte, it
was decided to allow all Demo
crats ingood standing who at
tend the State Convention in Ra
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Annual Flower
Show Scheduled
By Club Women
Outstanding Spring Event
Will Be Held On Next
Tuesday Afternoon At
Community Building At
3:30 O’Clock
STUDENT ART
EXHIBIT ADDED
Mrs. Davis Herring .Will
Serve As General Secretary
Of Show; List Of Clas
sifications An
nounced
The annual spring flower show
sponsored by the Southport Wo
man’s Club will be held on Tues
day, May 16, according to Mrs.
R. C. Daniel, general chairman.
“We are expecting the usual
good showing of flowers by the
women of the town, and hope that
everyone will visit the show be
tween the hours of 3:30 and 5:30
o’clock,” said Mrs. Daniel in an
nouncing the rules governing the
exhibition.
The community club building
will be the scene of the show
and entries must be made be
tween the hours of 10 and 12
noon. The building will be closed
until 3:30 o'clock to the general
public with the exception that
the children from the local school
will visit the show with their
teachers at 1 o’clock.
There will be a tea at 4 o’clock
to which everyone is invited. The
children will have been served
when they visit the show earlier,
so will not be included in the
invitation for the later tea.
Mrs. Davis Herring will be sec
retary of the show. Mrs. Fred
Willing is in charge of regis
tration and will be assisted by
Mrs. Robert St. George, Mrs. P.
M. Messick and Mrs. Pearce
Cranmer.
Mrs. Lewis Hardee is in charge
of tables . and will be assisted by
. • (Continued on page fiv«>
Grammar Grade
Program Planned
Grammar Grade Commence
ment Planned Next Wed
nesday Evening At South
port High School Auditor
ium
Commencement exercises at the
Southport school starts off on
May 17 with the grammar grade
having commencement exercises.
The program will begin at 8
o’clock with a playlet, followed
by the regular exercises.
Joan Ramsauer is salutatorian;
Jacque Larsen, historian; Trudy
McNeil, prophet; Charles Blake,
lawyer; Lewis Hardee, poet;
Bobby Swain will deliver the ad
dress to the 7th grade and the
response will be by Ralph Molly
check; Joe Cochran is valedictor
ian.
The presentation of certificates
will be made by Miss Norma
Oliver and this will be followed
by the class singing a good-bye
song.
Ralph Mollyeheck is chief mar
shall for the event and will be
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VV. B. KEZIAH
Our
ROVING
Commenting on recent news
stories regarding old boats, Harry
Hayden of Wilmington told us
this week that he was trying to
get a list of all the old passenger
boats on the Cape Fear between
Southport and Wilmington. He
would like to know something
about the Enterprise and Spray
that ran about 1860. And there
are a great many others. Mr.
Hayden, a former newspaperman,
has a list of the Vanderbilt Line
boats running between Wilming
ton and Charleston. He is rather
interested in this column and says
that one thing about it that he
likes is that it is free-wheeling
and makes no attempt to be, what
it isn’t. In other words, it does
not try to run off hot news, just
easy going matter.
Charley Parker, head of the
State News Bureau, and John
Hemmer, chief photographer, had
an opportunity of getting personal
insight as to the possibilities of
some of the Brunswick beaches
while here yesterday. They got
both pictures and story material
that will afford the county valu
able publicity. For the next few
months one of the main activities
of the News Bureau will be the
publicizing of the coastal areas,
resorts and fishing centers. Ar
rangements have already been
made for sport fishing news to
go from Southport to the News
Bureau each week. At Raleigh it
will be syndicated to rod and gun
editors all over the country. It is
not intended that this publicity
aPPlv only to Soutliport. It is
desired to get and use reports of
good catches made anywhere
along the Brunswick coast. How
ever, reports of good catches
should be on their way to us the
day they are made, at least not
later than the following day.
Readers of fishing stories are not
interested in something several
days old. Please identify the
fisherman making the catch, their
full names and where they live,
fhe kind, size and number of the I
fish. J
Continued On Page Four
Photo Mission Made
By News Director
Charlie Parker And Johnnie Hemmer Of State News Bu
reau Visited Caswell And Local Beaches Yesterday
Unexpectedly detained in Ra->
leigh until 9 o’clock yesterday
morning and not reaching here
until just before 1:00, part of a
program arranged for Charles
Parker and John Hemmer of the
State News Bureau had to be
lopped off yesterday.
With school girls not available
for models Until the afternoon,
the plans had been to take the
newsmen to Shallofte and Holden
Beach in the morning and to
take pictures and get story data
at Fort Caswell and Long Beach
in the afternoon. The delay in
Raleigh knocked out the first
half of the program.
With North Carolina Baptists
to open their Seaside Assembly
at Fort Caswell within a month,
the Caswell pictures were of im
mediate importance. Hubert Liv
ingston, manager of the W.B. &
S. Bus Lines, donated its use
and personally drove his largest
passenger bus to carry the girls.
Others went in cars. On arrival
at Fort Caswell it was found
that the water, through some
error, had not been turned on in
the salt water bathing pools. This
prevented the taking of what
was rated as the most valuable
picture of the day.
Despite the inability to secure
bathing pool pictures a number
of photographs were made. Some
of them tnay be good.
From Caswell the party moved
down to the lower end of Long
Beach and quite a number of pic
tures were taken of the wild and
pictursque scenery of Folly Hills
around the Capel home. Both
Parker and Hemmer were greatly
impressed with trees and vege
tation growing down almost to
the water line at this point and
all along Long Beach.
Returning to Southport and
with a number of the girls again
posing, shots were taken of the
old Indian Trail tree in the yard
of Mrs. E. H. Cranmer. It is
believed that some of these pic
tures will make the picture
syndicates.
Construction Work
Begins On Schools
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Long Beach Has
Mail Service
The Long Beach post office,
established in 1949 to serve dur
ing three summer months of
June, July and August, was
formerly opened on May 1st
to take care of the greatly in
creased number of beach resi
dents and summer residents
who come in early.
Mrs. Ed Harrelson, named as
post master when the office
was established, resigned some
weeks ago, owing to the fact
that her small daughter need
ed her attention. With the open
ing of the office last week Guy
Shuler, merchant at Long
Beach, was named as acting
post master. Mr. Shuler has
the office in the rear of his
store.
Baptists Ready
With Program
Daily Vacation School Pro
grams Will Be In Opera
tion In Most Baptist Chur
ches During Next Few
Weeks
Plans were completed at the
vacation Bible School Clinic at the
Mount Olive church to work full
swing in the vast program for the
summer of Vacation Bible Schools
in every Baptist church in the
Brunswick Association.
Miss Betsy Watkins, senior at
Wingate Junior College, is schedul
ed to be the state-worker for the
field, having already eight weeks
work in her schedule outlined. This
year, as is forseen now and accord
ing to the schedule of Rev. W. R.
Moorehead, Associational Mission
ary, will find the schools beginning
ahead of last year’s. Three church
es, Shallotte, Mt. Olive, and Cool
Run, are to hold their schools in
May. Every church in the associa
tion is scheduled for a school, with
several colored schools also partici
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New Officers
Are Installed
Officers Of Shallotte Post
American Legion And
Shallotte Legion Auxiliary
Inducted
The recently elected officials
of the Shallotte Post American
Legion and the American Legion
Auxiliary were installed last week
in ceremonies presided over by
Harry L. Mintz, 10th District
American Legion Commander.
W. T. White, a veteran of
World War I, was installed as
Commander; Berrymon Hewett,
vice-commander; 1. B. Frink, 2nd
vice-commander and Cecil Ed
wards, secretary and treasurer.
The officers installed for the
Auxiliary were, Mrs. Ida Parker,
president; Mrs. M. H. Rourk,
vice-president; Mrs. Ruby Usher,
recording secretary and treasurer;
Miss Tensie Frye, corresponding
secretary; Miss Muzett Arnold,
Chaplain; W. T. Sellers, Sgt. at
Arms.
First Work On Board Of
Education Contract Begun
Begun Tuesday By Par
ham - Darr Construction
Company At Leland
SIX PROJECTS ON
TAP FOR START
Other Projects Must Wait
For Decision Regarding
Location Of Colored
School Before Work
May Be Started
Work began Tuesday on con
struction of a home economics
room, library and one class room
at Leland which is compliance
with the provisions of the general
contract iwth Parham-Darr Con
struction Company of High Point.
It is reported that other projects
may begin within the next- week.
This firm was low bidder for
erection of a home economics
room, 4 classrooms and 2 toilets
at Shallotte; home economics
room, one classroom and 2 toilets
at Waccamaw; home economics
room, library and classroom at
Bolivia; home economics room
and one classroom at Southport;
6 classrooms and heating at
Brunswick County Training
School.
The committee voted to hold
in abeyance the request for gym
nasium construction until con
tracts have been let for the class
room units. If bids on the colored
projects fall below estimates and
funds are left available, they may
be applied towards finishing the
gymnasiums at Southport and
Waccamaw.
Approval for starting work on
these projects was obtained last
Wednesday by County Superin
tendent J. T. Denning when he
appeared before the committee of
the State Board of Education.
Bids for these projects were open
ed early in April, along with
those for construction of gymnas
iums at Southport and Wacca
maw. Bids were not received on
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Operetta Here
Friday Night
Students Of Elementary
Grades Of Southport High
School Will Present “Sun
ny Of Sunnyside”
On Friday evening at 8 o'clock
the elementary grades of South
port high school will present an
operetta, “Sunny of Sunny Side”.
The story of the plot is most
delightful: Sunny a lovable little
orphan is the prime favorite of
all. Returning from the hospital,
she finds her mates excited over
news that the wealthy Mrs. Ra
leigh is planning to adopt one
of the orphans. No one knows
who will be chosen, but each girl
hopes it will be herself. There is
plenty of humor as well as pathos
to complete the .stirring cycle of
her adventures.
The cast of characters is as
follows: — Billie, Janice Suggs:
Leila, Teresa Fullwood; Reddy,
John Sanders; Amos, Donald Bur
ris; Heck, Homer McKeithan;
Phil, Harry D. Sell; Pauline, Betty
McGlammary; Betty, Ann Baker;
Rosa, Mary Rose Fodale; Theo
dora, Doughlas Bogie; Leonara,
Bonnie Baker; Nan, Ann Brooks
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Hospital Day
Observance Is
Slated Friday
Friends Of Hospital Are In
vited To Visit County In
stitution On That Day;
Many Make Annual Prac
tice Of Sending Gift
HOSPITAL SUPPER
HELD LAST WEEK
Proceeds From This Event
And From Recent Solicita
tion Of Funds Go For
Purchase Of Laundry
Drier
National Hospital Day occurs
Friday of this week. On that
day, throughout this nation the
people who are appreciative of
what the hospitals have done
are given the opportunity to visit
their hospital and take with
them a useful gift. Both the
gift and the visit will be appre
I ciated.
At the Dosher Memorial Hos
pital the visiting hours on Hos
pital Day will be from 2:30 to
4:30 p. m. The folks who wish
to show their appreciation of the
local hospital and are unable to
visit it Friday can still show
their appreciation by sending
gifts may either be sent direct
to the hospital or left at the
office of this newspaper.
Apart from the fact that Fri
day will be Hospital Day and that
both visits and gifts of useful
things will be appreciated, it is
worthy of note here that the
Hospital Auxiliary has recently
been especially diligent in its ef
forts to provide the hospital with
needed things.
Recently Mrs. H. B. Smith,
president of the Hospital Auxi
liary, made inquiry of the hospital
officials and nurses as to what
was the most needed equipment
at this operation of the hospital.
The general agreement was that
the most pressing immediate need
was for a laundry dryer, to han
dle sheets, towels, pillow cases
land the hundred and one things
that must be constantly laundried.
It was also reported that a
dryer to fill the need would cost
$650.00. The Auxiliary got busy
at once. With cash donations
and a supper last week, the sum
of $531.00, almost five sixths of
the needed sum for the dryer has
already been raised. The plans
of the Auxiliary to buy the dryer
are certain to go through.
Ap.angle to the above mention
ed supper shows the general re
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Brief Session
Of Court Held
—
Only Four Cases Disposed Of
Before Judge W, J. Me
Lamb Here In Recorder’s
Court Monday
Only four cases were disposed
of before Judge W. J. McLamb
during a brief session of Record
er’s court here Monday with the
following entries being made .in
the minutes:
U. G. Williamson and Dolan
Norris, assault and general dis
turbance. Motion made for jury
trial, bond set at $200.00 each.
Charlie Harrison, possession and
public drunkness, fined $10.00 and
costs.
Samuel Malcolm Frink, reckless
operation, ordered to pay costs
and make restitution to Orvil
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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, May 11,
3:55 A. M. 10:06 A. M.
4:26 P. M. 10:36 P. M.
Friday, May 12,
4:43 A. M, 10:51 A, M.
5:12 P. M. 11:25 P. M.
Saturday. May 13,
5:28 A. M. 11:34 A. M.
5:55 P. M. 0:00 P. M.
Sunda5% May 14,
6:10 A. M. 0:11 A. M.
6:35 P. M. 12:14 P. M.
Monday, May 15,
6:50 A. M. 0:52 A. M.
7:12 P. M. 12:52 P. M,
Tuesday, May 16,
7:28 A. M. 1:33 A, M.
7:49 P. M. ' 1:29 P. M.
Wednesday, May 17,
8:03 A. M. 2:12 A. M.
8:24 P. M. 2:05 'jP. M.