The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
VOL. NO. SIXTEEN
NO. 11
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Southport, N. C., Wednesday, May 17, 1950
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Vocational Show
Successful Event
Friday Evening
Exhibits From Several De
partments Give Evidence
Of Good Work Performed
At Waccamaw School This
Year
ADULTS TAKE
PART IN SHOW
Ladies Of Home Making
Classes Have Fashion Show
And Exhibit Fancy
Work; Vet’s Work
Shown
On Friday night the home eco
nomics, agriculture and commer
cial departments and veterans of
Waccamaw high school displayed
various articles and handicrafts
which they had made this year.
The program was as follows:
Welcome, C. M. Long, Jr; de
votional, Virginia Evans; an
nouncements, W. C. Stephenson;
introduction of speaker, J. T.
Denning; speaker, James M. Har
per, Jr.
Fashion show: (High school
home economics) speaker, Dietrich
Russ; high school fashion show
winners: 1st, Lucille McCumbee
(cotton) school dress; 2nd, Lois
Phelps, (cotton plaid) school
dress; 3rd, Carrie Neal Evans,
(blue waffle pique and eyelet
trim) street dress; high school
prize won by Blondell King for
her exhibit, book ends given by
Mrs. Wilma Baker.
History of Freeland Class, Mrs.
Irene Tysinger.
Flower show winners:
A. Wild Flowers: 1st, Mrs. Ada
Lee Inman; 2nd, Mrs. Marie Sim
mons; 3rd, Mrs. Smithie King.
B. Potted Plant: 1st. Mrs. Hazel
Babson; 2nd, Mrs. Lura Simmons;
3rd, Mrs. Lee King.
C. Cutf lowers (large arrange
ment): 1st. Mrs. Annie Mae King;
2nd, Mrs. Annie Mae King; 3rd,
Mrs. Annie Mae King.
D. Cutflowers (small arrange
ment) 1st, Mrs. Ada Lee Inman;
tod, Mrs. Jewell Williams; 3rd,
Mrs. Lee King.
Sewing exhibit:
E Crocheting (small pieces):
1st, Mrs. Annie Mae King; 2nd,
Mrs. Annie Mae King; 3rd, Mrs.
Jewell Williams.
Crocheting (large pieces: Mrs.
Jewell Williams.
F. Crocheting bed spreads; 1st,
Mi». Ora Mae King; 2nd, Mrs.
Ottilia King; 3rd, Mrs. Ada Lee
Imran.
G. Pom-Pom Hugs: 1st, Mrs.
Lira Simmons. 2nd, Mrs. Baker's
Christmas gift from Freeland
cfiss, 3rd, Mrs. Bertha King.
H. Embroidered scarfs: 1st,
ftrs. Lura Simmons, 2nd, Mrs.
tura Simmons, 3rd, Mrs. Lee
png.
; I. High School exhibit: 1st,
Blandeli King, 2nd, Genevie
Mintz, 3rd, Carrie Neal Evans.
J. Quilts: 1st, Mrs. Myrtle
King, 2nd, Mrs. Florence Babson.
K. Needlepoint: (one entry)
Mrs. Lee King.
L. Handicraft: 1st, 2nd, and
3rd, Lillian Watts,
M. Hobbies: 1st, Lillian Watts,
2nd, Lillian Watts, 3rd, Lillian
Watts.
N. Adult Fashion Show: 1st,
Mrs. Ora Mae King and Ida Lee
King, (mother and daughter
dresses) 2nd, Mrs. Smithie King,
(evening dress) 3rd, Mrs. Maggie
Smith, (street dress).
Veterans exhibit: A. Lamps:
1st, Grady Herring, 2nd, Dexter
Hughes, 3rd, Stacy King.
B. Coffee Tables: 1st, Rex
Main, 2nd, Paul Harmon, 3rd,
Romon Babson.
C. Foot stools:. 1st, Ed Sim
mons, 2nd, Roscoe Inman, 3rd,
William Benton.
D. Deck: 1st, Alton Bennett,
2nd, Homer Russ, 3rd, Stacy
King.
E. Over all winners in eVteran
group, money given by Walter
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Brief Newt
Flathtt
LAUNCHES NEW BOAT
A new shrimp trawler, the
Beulah, was launched in Florida
this past week for Bill Wells. The
craft is identical with the
Claudia J., the Wolfpack and
other boats belonging to Mr.
Wells.
BALL GAME SUNDAY
Manager Blackie Webb has an
nounced that his ball club will
take on Winter Park here Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. Al
though their efforts have been
confined mostly to practice, it is
said that Southport now has the
best town team in years.
i
Three Candidates
RUNNING—Three more candidates in the May Primary Election are C. A. Mont
gomery, Leland, candidate for board of commissioners; M. R. Tripp, Shallotte, candi
date for sheriff; ElRoy King, Waccamaw, candidate for county commissioner.
Sport Fishing
Locally Is Good
As The Weather
The only thing wrong with
sport fishing at Southport during
the past week has been the
weather, and on days when
parties could go out results have
been good.
The period just preceeding the
recent rough weather saw blue
fishing reach its probable high
point of the spring season.
Credit for the biggest catch
of the week goes to Jake Lackey
and party from Myrtle Beach,
fishing from the Idle On of Cap
tain Hulan Watts. Fishing only
half a day the party of six
brought in 711 large bluefish
j that filled six large family size
I wash tubs heaping full. Another
| Myrtle Beach party headed by
R. E. L. Brown brought in 678
bluefish from a trip out aboard
the same boat.
The Moja, Captain Victor
Lance, brought in from 162 to
400 blues each trip.
Captain James Arnold with the
Kiabab and its parties had
similar luck every day. A very
notable catch aboard this boat
was made by Mr. and Mrs. George
Gould of Massachussetts. The
couple used flyrods and boated
175 bluefish in two hours. This
is the first time that fishing
for bluefish with this equipment
was ever attempted on this part
of the coast.
The Botfly of Captain Basil
Watts and the Joy of Captain
George Gregory gave their parties
daily entertainment and profit
with the blues. The same can be
said with numerous visiting boats
from other points. The week-end
rushes to go fishing have been
such that several shrimp boats
have been pressed into service
to carry parties. It is advisable
that parties try to come more
on week days and thereby be
able to get suitable boats.
Finals Program
Set For Bolivia
Graduation Exercises In Pro
gress At Bolivia With Sev
eral Programs Scheduled
For This Week
The commencement exercises
for Bolivia high school will begin
on Friday night at 8 o’clock,
when the senior class presents
"Gypsies For A Day”, a one-act
play which tells of a gypsy cam
ping ground and of the "Klan
Future", which are preparing to
leave the old gypsy clan and from
a new clan of their own. In it is
the wedding of their princess to
a prince from the great “Klan
Future”.
On Sunday night at 8 o’clock
the bacculauriatte sermon will be
brought by Rev. G. W. Crutch
field, pastor of the Tabor City
Methodist Church, Tabor City.
The eighth grade graduation
will be at 10 o'clock on Monday
morning. Perfect attendance cer
tificates will be presented to all
students who have a perfect at
tendance for (the year of 1949-50.
The high school graduation
exercises will be on Monday
night. May 22nd, at 8 o’clock.
C. C. Burriss, president of Win
gate College, Wingate, will be the
speaker. Glenn Tucker, former
principal, of Carolina Beach, will
be the special guest. The pre
sentation of mcdails and awards
will be given along with the dip
lomas. J. T. Denning, county sup
erintendent, will present the dip
lomas and Talmadge Page, prin
cipal, will present the medals and
Continued On Page Four
Candidates Receive
Church Questionaire
Committee Representing Al
lied Church League Pre
pares And Distributes List
Of Questions This Week
ASKING STAND ON
VARIOUS ISSUES
S. Bunn Frink Replies To
Questionnaire With Letter
Seeking Fuller Informa
tion On Movement
Fuel was added to the political
flame in Brunswick county this
week when a committee appoint
ed by the Allied Church League
prepared and circulated to all
candidates a questionaire con
cerning their stand on several
issues.
The questionaire asked the fol
lowing seven questions:
1. Do you favor the sale of
alcoholic beverages in Brunswick
County ? In Southport ?
2. Would you favor a State
referendum on all alcoholic bever
ages?
! 3. Would you favor increasing
the pay of Brunswick law en
forcement officers to enable them
to live and work above fear
and bribery and command the
respect of our citizens ?
4. Will you, to the best of your
ability, strive to perform your
duties of office with no regard
to creed or color, party affiliation,
fear or favor ?
5. Do you have a constructive
plan for Brunswick County
1 Schools so that they may be run
without political interference ?
6. Are you willing to avail
yourself of all possible help to
know more about your office and
its duties, such as the help offer
ed by the Institute of Govern
ment at Chapel Hill?
7. Are you willing to cooperate
with the Allied Church League
and other groups toward the
promotion of better government
and citizenship ?
Reaction to the questionaire
ranged all the way from speedy
and complete compliance with the
request for the information; and
angry resentment against the
Allied Church League for invad
ing the field of politics.
Taking a position at neither
extreme, S. Bunn Frink, South
port attorney and candidate for
the Democrat nomination for
State Senate, wrote the following
letter to the Rev. H. M. Baker,
chairman of the committee, send
ing along a copy to this news
paper with a request that it be
published:
Continued On Page Two
New Principal
Goes To Bolivia
Principal Talmadge Page
Has Resigned To Accept
Position At Windsor;
Charles B, Honeycutt To
Bolivia
Talmadge O. Page, principal
for the past two years at Bo
livia high sehol, has resigned to
accept a similar position at Wind
sor.
He will be succeeded as head of
the Bolivia school by Charles B.
Honeycutt, who served this year
as principal at Swansboro. He has
had considerable experience as
head of various high schools in
eastern North Carolina.
The new school man is a grad
uate of University of North Car
olina and has his masters degree
from the Duke University. He
served for three years during the
late World War as a member of
the U. S. Marine Corps.
Tomato Plants
Moving North
Huge 14-wheel moving vans
are carrying half a million
tomato plants to New Jersey
from Southport each day. The
crop of plants will be just a
little larger than last year as
cold and then dry weather cut
down on the production expect
ed from the increased acreage.
The Sunday rains materially
helped the plants, according to
E. H. Sheppard, the grower.
The plants are coming along
a little later this year than
they did last season, but the
same situation is true of other
plant-producting sections and
New Jersey farmers once more
are pleased with the Bruns
wick county product.
Recorder Holds
Brief Session
• Few Cases Disposed Of Here
Monday Before Judge W.
J. McLamb And Other
Court Officials
With plenty of work ' to be
done it appears that Brunswick
county citizens are too busy to
get into trouble. At any rate,
IJudge W. J. McLamb presided
j over his second consecutive short
j session of Recorder’s court here
| Monday with the following re
! suits:
L. W. Chancey, Jr., speeding,
fined $15.00 and costs.
Edward W. McClure, speeding,
fined $15.00 and costs.
Lester Sharpe, assault, held for
Superior court under $400.00 bond.
Wesley Smith, Jr., no drivers
license, fined $25.00 and costs.
Hugh L. Ellis, reckless ope
ration personal injury, $25.00 fine
and cost.
Joe John Bowling, drunk driv
ing, fined $100.00 and costs, no
tice of appeal given.
Guy Phillips To
Be Graduation
Speaker Here
Graduation Exercises Set For
Friday Night At Southport
High School With Noted
Educator On Program
FORMER TEACHER
PREACHED SUNDAY
The Rev. Jerry Newbold,
Former Southport Teacher
And Pastor, Delivered
Baccalaureate Sermon
Sunday
* Commencement exercises at
Southport school Regain Sunday
with the baccalaureate sermon de
livered by the Rev. Jerry New
bold, a former pastor. of "South
port Presbyterian church and a
former teacher at the high school.
Tonight the eighth grade grad
uation exercises are being held,
With a full program honoring
the rising high school freshmen.
Class night exercises will be
held Thursday evening when the
seniors will present “The Senior
Merry-Go-Round”.
The graduation exercises will
follow on Friday evening with
Guy B. Phillips, head of the de
partment of education at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, de
livering the commencement ad
dress.
Catherine McRacken is valedic
torian and Rebecca McRacken is
saliitatorian.
County Agent
Has Bulletins
Information Bulletins For
Various Problems and
Blueprints For Farm Con
struction Included On List
A complete display of informa
tion bulletins have recently been
installed at the office of the
county agent in Supply. These
;-bulletins are free to farmers and
| cover almost every phase of
I farming.
To give some idea of the type
of information here are titles of
a few bulletins: “Curing Bright
Leaf Tobacco,” "Tobacco Insect
Control” (in plant bed and in
field); “Seedbed Preparation For
Pastures”, “Tobacco Barn Con
struction,” “Farm Machanization”,
“Drying Crops with a Tobacco
Barn”; “Raising Hogs,” “Growing
turkeys”, “Laying Flock Manage
ment"; "Cotton Production and
Cotton insect Conrtol”, and spray
“Information for Peaches and
Apples”.
Farmers can get almost every
kind of farm building blue print
free through the county agent's
office. A blue print list is main
j tained at the office and order of
! blue print can be made and de
livery of print in about three
days.
Farmers are urged to write or
visit the office for any informa
tion needed to improve the general
farming practices on the farm.
Special service of furnishing blue
prints on farm houses are being
carried on by the Extension Ser
vice in cooperation with FHA in
order to assist farmers with the
Farm Housing Program.
YV. B. KEZIAH
Writing from Treasurer Island,
California, William C. Tripp, S.
IN. USN., is very much apprecia
| five of the news that this paper
j brings him from home each
I week. He also mentions seeing
a lot of matter in sports magazi
nes about the fishing and things
down home. It is a long way to
Treasurer Island and his paper
does not reach him until Tuesday
mornings, but he is not com
plaining about that. They may
| not know each other but there
j are two boys from Brunswick
at Treasurer Island and both take
this paper. Tripp, whose home
is at Shallotte, and Carl Brock
of. Southport.
The North Carolina State News
Bureau is now streamlining ser
vice to hundreds of rod and gun
editors throughout the country
each Tuesday. This service carries
the latest on fishing conditions
and catches along the coast of
North Carolina. We are making
the effort to see that the coast
of Brunswick gets full represena
! tion. In carrying out this effort
we need reports on good catches
as soon as those catches arc
made. The folks in Brunswick
whowish to cooperate should
send us reports of good catches
just as soon as they are made.
Give name of the party or par
ties making the catch and kind
and size of the fish. These re
ports should be sent us immedi
ately after the catch is made.
News about fishing like fish is
stale when it is several days old.
Seems that Mrs. R. D. Cald
well of Lumberton and Long
Beach is quite a fisherwomen, at
least her husband recommended
her to us in the manner. The
Caldwell family were at their
summer home at Long Beach for
he wetek-end, fixing to move in
soon. We g-uess we will have to
take Mrs. Caldwell freshwater
fishing with us some time this
summer, to find out whether or
not her husband was telling the
truth.
Nothing has been heard yet a
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Caswell Beach And Long
Beach Consolidated In
Big Real Estate Deal
House And Family In
New Part Of Town
Mrs. Bertha McKeithan Home Jacked Up And Loaded On
Truck And Moved To New Location Saturday
When Mrs. Bertha McKeithan
learned that the house in which
she was living was due to be
wrecked she was greatly disturb
ed, and the situation was little
better when the owner informed
her that all he wanted to do
was clear the lot; that she could
have the house if she could get
it moved and could find some
where to place it.
But then a series of good
neighbor act is set in, and Sat
urday afternoon the house was
carried through the streets of
the town from the old location
next door to the Hubbard ser
vice station to a lot back of the
Presbyterian church.
Figuring in the chain of cir
cumstances which made it possible
were: One man who has paid the
bill for moving; two young mov
ing contractors who did a skill
ful job at no more than day
wages; a sawmill man who loan
ed the necessary heavy timbers
for completing the operation; a
truck owner who made a special
concession in the price of his
vehicle; and a Southport couple
who gave a building- lot.
And now the Bertha McKeithan
home, with all occupants intact,
has been set down in a new per
manent location.
New Superintendent
Of Welfare Named
New Factory Is
Now Underway
Originally scheduled to leave
Norfolk Monday and arrive here
yesterday, the floating men
haden plant of the Sanders
Products Corporation was de
layed to make additional ad
justments with its machinery.
According to J. L. Barr, who
has already arrived to train
the crew in the operation of
the plant, it will be here by
Thursday night.
Mr. Barr stated Tuesday
that the outfit left Norfolk
early this morning and is be
ing brought down by a tug
of the Sanders Towing Com
pany. The “Big Chief” a huge
menhaden boat, owned by Mr.
Sanders is coming down at the
same time with a load of equip
ment.
The factory will be in ope
ration by the first of next
week, according to Mr. Barr.
Forest Warden
Reports On Loss
County Forest Warden D. L.
Mercer Reports That April
Was Bad Month For For
est Fires
During the month of April, ac
cording to D. L. Mercer, County
Forest Warden of Brunswick
county, forest fires burned a total
of 11,606 acres resulting in dam
ages of $55,566.00 to young and
merchantable timber. All of the
fires were man caused and should
have never occured.
Men fougm. nres day and nighi,
in an effort to curb them before
they burned large areas. Because
of dry, windy weather, much ef
fort was lost and the fires were
allowed to run wild doing great
damage not only to the forest,
but to buildings, live stock and
game. Mr. Mercer urges the peo
ple of Brunswick county to please
be careful with fire. Don’t start
any fires that will burn into
wood or grass-land.
The recent local showers have
given temporary relief to the fire
situation but with a few days of
sunshine and wind, the condition
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Farmers Warned
Of Screw Worms
Unusually Warm Weather
During Winter Months
May Mean These Pests
Will Be Worse Than Last
Year
Although it was stated last fall
that the screw worms probably
would not infest this area again
in many years, recent reports by
entomologists indicate that the
flies that breed the forms sur
vived the unusually mild winter
and the worms are already getting
in their injurious work on cattle
and other livestock in various
counties in the State.
Last September and October re
sulted in some fifty thousand in
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Miss Sexton Of Wilmington
Named To Fill Vacancy
Created By Resignation Of
Former Miss Ruth Pater
son
COMMISSIONERS IN
REGULAR SESSION
Tentative Tax Rate Set And
E. H. Redwine Is Named
To Begin Collection Of
Pre-Payments
Members of the board of coun
ty commissioners in regular ses
sion here Monday elected Miss
Sexton of Wilmington as super
intendent of public welfare for
Brunswick county.
She succeeds the former Miss
Ruth Patterson, who resigned
several months ago to be married.
Since that time Miss Frances
Coble has been acting-superint
endent.
The new head of the depart
ment will assume her duties on
June 1.
Sam F. Watts was appointed
constable for Smithville township.
W. H. Brew was refunded
$57.00 which represented an over
payment on a piece of land he
recently purchased from the coun
ty
John B. Ward was allowed a
reduction of $320.00 in the valua
tion of property purchased from
U. H. Grainger.
The board aproved • the admis
sion of J. L. Gore as a hospital
patient.
The tentative tax rate for 1951
was set at $1.65 and E. H. Red
wine was authorized to begin col
lecting pre-payments.
Five acres of the Walter Robin
son property was ordered sold to
Zettie Fletcher for $97.19, to be
paid for at the rate of $25.00
per month.
Halstead Holden
Gets Track Win
Scores Another Victory For
UNC Track Team In Dual
Meet With Duke Univer
sity Saturday Afternoon In
Durham
Halstead Holden, son of Dr. and
Mrs. R. H. Holden, and one of the
bright stars of the University of
North Carolina track team, scor
ed his fourth consecutive victory
Saturday afternoon with a victory
in the half-mile event over Bul
lock of Duke University. His
points helped the Tar Heels to
a one-sided victory.
Holden is Southern Conference
champion in the 880-race, and
will defend his title the last of
this month.
The four most recent track
meets in which he won all of the
880 yard races are as follows.
May 13, defeated Bullock, of
Duke at Durham.
May 6, at Georgia Tech, de
feated Bob Renshaw, intra-con
ference 880-yard track king, by
rounding the track in one minute
and 56 seconds.
April 29, against State College
at Raleigh, carried off first in
the 880 in two minutes and three
seconds. This race was run in a
driving hail and rainstorm.
April 22, defeated Camp
Lejeune on a new cinder path in
two minutes and eight seconds.
Middleton Interest In Long
Beach And Entire Prop
erty Formerly Belonging
To Caswell Involved
BIG DEVELOPMENT
PLANS IN MAKING
Income And Home Associa
tion Is Name Of New Con
cern Which Is Incorpo
rated In Two States
The Income and Home Asso
ciation, a bi-state corporation of
North and South Carolina, is
taking over the Middleton inter
ests on Long Beach and is also
acquiring Caswell Beach with its
2,300 acres and approximately
three miles of ocean beach lying
between Long Beach and the
North Carolina Baptist Seaside
Assembly grounds at Fort Cas
well.
All of the lands from the Bap
tist Seaside Assembly Grounds
from the ocean to the intracoastal
i waterway except the homes and
building lots now owned by pri
vate interests ar& included in the
merger, according to Frederick
McDonald.
The combined Long Beach and
Caswell lands will give the In
come and Home Association ap
proximately 15,000 acres of land
and the most beautiful unbroken
13-mile stretch of beach on the
North Carolina coast.
Engineer McDonald, consultant
engineer who announced the mer
| ger, is widely known for his
| successful engineering of a num
i ber of the major Florida de
velopments. He is now a resident
, of Charleston and for the past
j several weeks has been giving
1 his full time to the preliminaries
| to the Long Beach development.
The whole 13-mile stretch of
beach from the Baptist Assembly
grounds to Lockwoods Folly inlet
will be known as Long Beach.
, The Income and Home Asso
ciation is a Charleston, S. C„
management, organized to syndi
cate, operate and to win diversi
fied investments under the
guidance of an associated staff
of over 20 engineers, business and
technical men. E. F. Middleton,
Sr., president of the Carolina
Lands, Inc., present owners of
Long Beach, is president; Frede
rick H. McDonald is vice-presi
dent and E. F. Middleton, Jr.,
| secretary and treasurer.
Among the several directors
i yet to be announced, President
| Middleton stated he hoped to
have included R. W. Powell, of
Goldsboro and others who have
beep associated with him in the
ownership of Caswell Beach. Sev
eral other North Carolina men
are also slated for directors
positions with the organization.
Mr. McDonald states that the
plans are to redesign things to
form a single unified develop
ment for Long Beach to become
the best planned coastal develop
ment in the southeast. Five thou
sand acres will be planned for
the year-round residence of over
10,000 families, plus the seasonal
recreation population.
The City and Regional Planning
Department of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel 'Hill
has already been invited to join
with the IHA's technical staff
to make Long Beach a model
residental, economic and cultural
area. Dr. T. A. Parker, head of
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Tide Table
Following is the tide table
for Southport during the next
week. These hours aro approxi
mately correct anui were furn
ished The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot’s Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, May 18,
8:38 A. M. 2:50 A. M.
8:57 P. M. 2:41 P. M.
Friday, May 19,
9:12 A. M. 3:27 A. M.
9:32 P M. 3:17 P. M.
Saturday, May 20,
9:48 A. M. 4:05 A. M.
10:10 P. M. 3:55 P. M.
Sunday, May 21,
10:28 A. M. 4:45 A. M.
10:51 P. M. 4:37 P. M.
Monday, May 22,
11:17 A. M. 5:28 A. M.
11:39 P. M. 5:26 P. M.
Tuesday, May 23,
0:00 A. M. 6:16 A. M.
12:12 P. M. 6:23 P. M.
Wednesday, May 24,
0:33 A. M. 7:10 A. M.
1:14 P. M. 7:30 P. M.
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