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The Pilot Covers Brunswick County VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 20 THE STATE PORT PILOT _A Good Newspaper In A Good Community 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. (1, Wednesday, June 14, 1950 Most of The News All The Time PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY (1.50 PER YEA* Committees For Southport Club Named For 1950 President Announces Ap pointment Of Committee Members To Serve During Coming Club Year ONE COMMITTEE ALREADY AT WORK Finance Committee Active In Effort To Raise Funds With Which To Pay Club’s T.B. Accep tance Committees for the new W o - man's Club year, which begins in October, have been announced by Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., presi dent of the club. Some are beginn ing their work at once because of their duties. The finance committee, headed by Mrs. F. M. Burdette, is now at work on various plans to make the Woman’s Club share of the money repuired for the mass T. B. survey in August. This com mittee is composed of Mrs. L. T. Garner, Mrs. O. D. Hyatt, Mrs. Mac Robinson, Mrs. F. M. Nier nsee and Mrs. H. T. Sanders. Mrs. A. L. Lewis will be chair man of the American Citizenship department again for the coming year. Her committee will be Mrs. G. C. Kilpatrick and Mrs. W. S. Wells. Mrs. Dallas Pigitt is to be chair man of the American Home de partment, following Mrs. L. J. Hardee, last year's chairman. Her committee is composed of Mrs. C. G. Ruark, Mrs Davis Herring, Mrs. A. D. Harrelson, Mrs. H. T. St. George and Mrs. R. B. Thompson. Mrs. H. B. Smith will again be chairman of the art depart ment and will have as her com mittee Mrs. P. M. Messick, Mrs. I. B. Bussells and Mrs. A. E. Downing. The education department will be headed by Mrs. Christine Frink and she will be assisted by Mrs. Fred Willing and Mrs. G. W. McGlamery. Mrs. H. M. Baker is to be chairman of the international relations department and her committee is Mrs. G. C. Kil patrick and Mrs. W. G. Butler. The literature committee will have as its chairman again this year Miss Annie May Woodside, who will be assisted by Mrs. E. J. Hanson, Mrs. J. T. Denning and Mrs. J. W. Ruark. The music—department will be headed by Mrs. L. J. Hardee. Her committee will be Mrs. R. C. Daniel, Mrs. Bryant Potter, Mrs. Dallas Pigott and Mrs. H. C. Corlette. The public welfare department will be headed by Mrs. E. H. Arrington. Her committee is composed of Mrs. S. T. Bennett, Mrs. G. D. Robinson, Mrs. Charles Aldridge and Mrs. R. B. Thompson. Historian is to be Mrs. C. Ed. Taylor and yearbook chairman is Mrs. P. M. Messick. BrltfNtw t Flashtt ■ . ...... ... NEW SEATS Manager B. L. Furpless has just completed the job of replac ing all seats in the Amuzu theatre in Southport with plastic covered overstuffed opera chairs that will bring a new standard of comfort to his patrons. CANASTA BENEFIT Members of the Southport Woman,s Club will sponsor a canasta and bridge party to morrow (Thursday) evening at 8 o’clock in the Community Build ing. Funds derived from this cause will be used as that organizations portion of the cost of the mass tuberculosis survey for Brunswick county. SPECIAL SHOWS Having received a world pre mier release on “Bright Leaf”, Manager R. D. White, Jr., has worked out a special schedule to accommodate the large crowds expected to see this week-end feature. On Sunday there will be two shows, one at 4:30 o’clock, the other at 8:30 o’clock. There will be three shows Monday, at 5:30 o’clock. 7:30 o’clock and at S:30 o’clock. GRADUATES "IN LAW Ernest Parker, Jr., of Shallotte graduated in law at the Un iversity Of North Carolina dur ing the recent session. He will stand the bar examination in August. Also a certified public accountant, he is now doing pri vate accounting work at Chapel Hill and will open an office there for both law and accounting after he receives his license. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Parker of Shallotte and with his wife is now visiting his parents. Brunswick Boy Wins Hendrix Trophy CHAMP.—Southern Conference champion for the past two years in the 880-yard i run, Halstead Holden, son of Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Holden of Shallotte, is shown above re-j ceiving the Hendrix Trophy from the hands of Head Coach R. A. (Bob) Fetzer. This trophy is presented each year to the champion half-miler in conference meets. Holden graduated from the University of North Carolina this year and will leave shortly for a two-year tour of duty with the Navy. He is an ensign. He stands 6 feet 1 inches tall and I weighs 175 pounds.— (Cut Courtesy Star-News.) Brunswick Man Named As Head Of State Group Leroy Mintz Of Shallotte Is President Of Alumni; Wal lace Dickens Made First Vice President Leroy Mintz 38, of Shallotte, j Brunswick County, was elected president of the Waccanraw State College Club at their Spring meet ing held at Harry’s Anchorage. Mintz is Agricultural teacher at Shallotte High School. Wallace Dickens, class of ’43, of Whiteville was elected first vice prasident and Jack Council, class of ’47, second vice president. Dickens is associated with his brother, H. M., in the Whiteville Gas Company, and Council is as sociated with Council Tool Com pany, Wananish. Charles D. Raper, ’36, was ele cted as secretary. K. Clyde Council, class of '09, introduced Coach Beattie Feath ers, head football coach. In in troducing the speaker said that the first time he saw coach was on the State Football field when he took the opening kickoff and ran all the way for a touchdown. After that the great Tennessee squad couldn’t do anything with the State line and they had a real football game after that one run. So the young lad decided that State was too tough for him so the only thing to do was to join them;,, Council said. Coach Feathers discussed the athletic set-up at State College and the prospects for the next Continued on page four Several Cases Heard In Court More Than Usual Amount Of Interest In Weekly Session Of Recorder’s Court Here Monday Several cases of more than the usual interest were disposed of here in Recorder’s court Monday before Judge W. J. McLamb, with the following entries being made: Fred Thompson, assault, nol-pro ssed with leave. Charles A. Hutchinson and Wil liam J. Beolote, highway robbery, probable cause found and both defendants bound over to Super ior court under bonds of $2,500 each. George Thomas Clark, Jr., speeding, fined $15.00 and costs. Cursell Robinson, no operators license, fined $25.00 and costs. Robert Tharp, breaking and en tering and damage to property, trespass, twelve months on roads suspened on restitution for pro perty damage in the amount of $13.00 and be of good behavior and not go on the property of Mrs. Mary Tharp for a period of three years, and pay costs. Bennie Leamon, speeding, fined $15.00 and costs._ Arthur Trat, no operator's lic ense, fined $25.00 and costs. Lewis B. Johnson, possession, fined, $10.00 and costs. William Henry Best, drunk dri (Continued on page four) Baptist Boys Over At Caswell Assembly Royal Ambassadors Are In Session This Week as Sum mer Season Begins At Baptist Seaside Assembly Grounds IMPRESSED WITH HISTORIC IMPORTANCE Leaders Lined Up For Effec tive Week’s Work With Youths Representing Many Sections Of State The first weekly session at Ft. Caswell Baptist Assembly was off to a good start Monday when more than 150 Royal Ambassadors from all sections of North Caro lina congregated where once soldiers and sailors had prepared for war to sing' the praises of the Prince of Peace. Dr. R. K. Redwine, director of the Assembly, told these young men that they were making his tory as the first- group ever to convene for religious purposes on grounds hallowed by war since the days of the Civil War. The Royal Ambassador meeting will come to an end Saturday and will be followed next week by the first of two large Baptist Train ing Union programs to be held at Caswell this summer. Over the week-end there will be a special program dedicating the Caswell roperty as a religious retreat for the Baptist of North Carolina. Appearing on this special program will be Dr. F. O. Mixon, President of the Baptist State Convention, Dr. Casper C. Warren, pastor of Charlotte's First Baptist church and a soldier at Ft. Caswell in World War 1, and Alex Pasetli, former mis sionary of the Home Mission Board. Dr. Redwine and Bill Jackson, Royal Jackson. Royal Ambassador leader for North Carolina both expressed themeselves as being well satisfied with the camp open Continued on page tour Greensboro Man Writes To Friend Declares That He Misses Southport And Looks For ward To Time When He Can Return To Live Bob Wagoner Greenesboro man who acquired property here and lived in Southport for a number of years, is now missing the town very, much lie left South port on a visit to his oldhome in Greenesboro a little over two years and five months ago. His non-return is clue to the fact that both his father and mother are in very feeble health. His father has now been in the hospital for over two years__ Writing a friend in Southport, Bob says he went to visit his parents, expecting to be' gone only three days and that the time has now run to nearly two Continued On Page Four Crop Prospects Unusually Bright Farm crops in Bninswicfc’ | county now show the best-pros pects they have shown at this • stage in several years, and bar ring' unfavorable natural . con ditions this area is headed for a bountiful harvest. Tobacco, which was off to a late starL in many sections be cause of a scarcity of plants, has reached the growing stage, and some of the early plantings will be ready for their first cropping this week. The corn crop looks particular ly good, and thus far there have been just enough enough showers to keep the fields green and growing. Southport Man Bleeds To Death Johnnie Swain, Local Negro, Found Dead Sunday Morn ing Apparently The Vic tim Of Cut On Forearm; Investigation Continues Johnnie Swain, 28-year old Southport negro, was found dead Sunday morning at about 5 o'clock. His death evidently re sulted from loss of blood from a cut on his right forearm. The artery had not been cut and he had apparently bled slowly to (Continued on page five.* i Club Women To Present Flower Show At Bolivia Annual Event Will Be Stag ed In Bolivia High School Gymnasium On Friday Af ternoon Of This Week ENTRIES MUST BE IN BEFORE 2:30 Summer County Council Meeting Will Be Held In High School Auditorium While Show Is Being Judged The Annual Brunswick County Home Demonstration Club Flow |er Show will be held at Bolivia “gymnasium on Friday afternoon iat 3 o'clock. All entries must be in by 2:30 p. m. A sweepstake prize will be given to the club having the most entres. Flowers must be grown by ex ihibitor, and it is urged that en tries be classified by the follow ing list: Class 1: Perfection of bloom • (one species). Class II: Artistic arrangement ’la) miniature, (b) 'living room, (c) wild flower (this class is for arrangement instead of collec tion), (d) mantel, (e) bed tray, (f) coffee table, (g) dining table. Class III: Potted plants (a) blooming, (b) non-blooming. The summer County Council will meet at 3 o’clock in the Ischool auditorum while the flow ers are being judged. There are several important things to be taken up at this meeting and headers are especially anxious that each club be well represent ed. After the council meeting a social hour will be held and prizes awarded. Caswell Assembly Site Of Meeting / - Announcement Made of Sun day School Assembly Pro gram During Month Of August At Caswell And At Fruitland The Sunday school department >f the Baptist State Convention, L. L. Morgan, secretary, has an nounced that the two annual as semblies will be held at Fruit land, near Hendersonville, July 31 August 5, and at Caswell, near Southport, August 7-12. There are 2,899 Sunday schools in, the state with a membership of 53,904. A challenging program is being planned and a good at tendance is expected. Among the speakers will be Dr. Phil Elliott, President of Gardner Webb Junior College at Boiling Springs; J. N. Barnette, Superin tendent of Sunday school for Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville, Tennessee; A. V. Wash burn, Superintendent of Teacher Training, Southern Baptist Con vention, Nashville, Tennessee; Sibley Burnette, Associate Vaca tion Bible School worker, Nash ville, Tennessee; Dr. J. L. Corzine, Sunday School Secretary, Colum bia, South Carolina. Other speakers and conference leaders will be: L. L. Morgan, Raleigh; D. P. Brooks, Lexington; Mrs. Myra S. Motley, Raleigh; Miss May Bomar, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Mrs. C. R. Hin ton, Greenville, South Carolina; Continued On Page Four W. B. KEZIAH Our ROVING Reporter A beautiful picture of South port girls in a jeep on Long Beach was used in the Raleigh News and Observer and other papers on June 4th and credited to Carolina Beach. Both girls and the beautiful stretch of beach in the background were easily re cognizable. The picture was made 3 years ago by Pete Knight, Wil mington photographer. Although it is credited to Carolina Beach it is a beautiful illustration of a bit of the 13-mile stretch of Long Beach strand. Judge and Mrs. Frank Arm strong are back at their summer home—at—keng—Beach.—At—least Mrs. Armstrong and the cook are back for the summer. Judge Armstrong will be there when ever his duties as judge of the 15th Judicial District will permit. In the recent primary election i Judge Armstrong emerged with the comfortable margin of 3000 votes over former Special Sup erior Court Judge Coggins, who was not renamed as a special judge by Governor W. Kerr Scott two years ago. Dr. C. Sylvester Green, mem her of the State Parks Com mittee, who has been spending the past ten days at Long Beach, is a very talented man. A fine preacher and educator he took ever as editor of the Durham Sun Journal papers a few years ago. Jn this work he was outstanding. But he elected to leave his news Paper work—in order to head -the Medical Extension work at the University of North Carolina, where he now is. His duties as a member of the State Parks Commission are only incidential to Continued On Page Four Mother Was A Senior GRADUATES—It is plain to see that young Terry Stevens is mighty proud of his mother, Mrs. Doris Hickman Stevens, who was a member of the graduating class at Southport High School this year. Several years ago Doris stoppel school to he married. Last fall when Terry was old enough to enter first grade, she decided that it would be a fine time for her to go back to school and finish her senior year. She did, and both she and Terry appear to be well pleased with the results. P.S.—He made his grade, too. Brunswick County To Get 17 Miles Paving Patrolmen Catch Two Highwaymen Charles A. Hutchinson and William Beloates, two young highway robbers, chose a poor place to stick up Ben T. Ethe ridge, their hitch hiking pas senger, Sunday morning near Shallotte and as a result were under arrest within one hour. Etheridge was put out of their stolen automobile near Shallotte about 7:30 o’clock, and as soon as the stickup men weer out of sight he came to the Chand ler Rourk station at Shallotte and contacted Patrolman J. C. Pierce. Patrolman Pierce got on the radio ban and contacted Sgt. A. H. Clark, Patrolman Char les Medlin, Patrolman R. H. Constance and Patrolman J. C. Taylor, and a road block was quickly set up near the inter section of U. S. No. 17 and U. S. No. 74. With one patrol car trailing the couple, they rode into the trap and were taken without resistance. They were given a preliminary hear ing here in Recorder's court Monday and each was bound over under bond of. $2,500.00. Halstead Holden To Enter Navy Shallotte Youth Attending Summer School At Univer sity Of North Carolina Prior To Going On Duty After graduating at the Uni versity of North Carolina two weeks ago, Halstead Holden, son of Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Holden of Shallotte and Holden Beach, re turned Monday for six weeks of further study. After that he will spend two years in the United States Navy in which lie holds the rank of ensign. A graduate of Durham high school, in which city the Holden family lived until three years ago, the young Brunswick county youth received his initial track training there. His specialty on the track was the 880-yard run and he went out during his first year at the University. For 1949 and 1950 he was the Southern Conference champion in' this event. This year he came1 through undefeated as a half- j miler in Conference competition. ■ This year and last year among, a dozen or more track trophies he received the Hendrix Trophy as the champion half-miler of the conference. He stands six feet four inches tall and weighs about 175 pounds. While the Navy is not especially noted for running it is generally believed that if his coming career | requires any sprinting he will be able to give a mighty good ac count of himself. Projects Call For Surfacing Holden Beach Road From Intersection Near W. Russ Station At Shallotte ROAD NORTHWEST OF SUPPLY NAMED Third Portion Of This Impor tant Letting Will Bring Surfacing Of River Road And New Bridges Two Brunswick county projects totaling more than 17 miles of paving were approved last week by the State Highway Commis sion and it is presumed that the successful bidders will begin work in the near future. The contracts cover the follow ing work: Bond project - 8.74 miles of grading and hard-surfacing: Part 1—from intersection of US 17 and NC 130 approximately 0.3 mile northwest of Supply north west 4.35 miles; Part 2 — from a point on US 17 approximately 0.9 mile northwest of Shallotte southeast to pavement on county road to Holden Beach. Towles-Cline Construction Co., Wilmington, $72,689.50. Distance 8.38 miles ot grading, paving and structures from a point approximately 1000 feet south of Walden Creek north to a point approximately 1000 feet north of Lilliput Creek. Roadway - Spotts & Co., New berry, S. S. — $111,777.80. Structures - Wilson Construc tion Co., Inc., Salisbury, $40,780. 00. One project calls for surfacing the road from the juction at the W. Russ station at, Shallotte to a point of intersection with the Holden Beach road. Another part of this project calls for 4.35 miles of paving extending Northwest from the intersection of highway No. 130 and U. S. No. 17 at Supply. The remainder of the let ting calls for 8.38 miles of paving, and the necessary tinctures, to complete the River Road. Sport Fishing Awaits Weather Usually The Fishing Is Better Than The Weather With Both The Fishermen And The Boatmen Hoping For Better Days Sport fishing, while appearing good at all of the inside fishing points, has not been so hot for those who go out to the gulf streams or out on the shoals off Bald Head Island for blue fish, Spanish mackerel and the various big fellows that are taken on the gulf. The trouble at this time seems to be purely one of weather and too many parties wanting to go out on-week-ends. Spells of bad weather have been coming along each week-end. The parties eith er cannot get out or they meet with poor catches. Since more parties come in for the week-end (Continued of page four) Park Commission Meeting Is Held Here Yesterday Group Visited Long Beach And Discussed Plans For Use Of Valuable Coastal Area Being Offered For Seashore Park GROUP MEMBERS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC While No Definite Announ cement Came From Meet ing, Indications Point To Decision To Develop This Area A meeting- of some of the key figures of the State Parks com mittee at Southport and Long Beach yesterday resulted in con siderable encouragement that the Department of Conservation and Development will establish a State Seacoast Park at Long- Beach. A boat delay somewhere re sulted in about ten members of the committee, scheduled to come here from Fayetteville on the Oscar Breese yacht, not arriving. However, several key figures were here and their interest was un mistakable. Following lunch for them and several interested citi zens, they went to Long Beach, examined the property and after wards spent about two and a half hours going over maps and blue prints. That part of the official Con servation and Development party that arrived here was composed of Chas. S. Allen, chairman of the State Parks Committee for the Department of Conservation and Development; Tom Morse, Superintendent of State Parks; Dr. C. Sylvester Green of Chapel Hill and Mrs. Roland McCIam rock, Chapel Hill, both members of the board of Conservation and Development. Others in for the conference vvereDr. R. H. Holden Beach; E. F. Middleton, Jr., and Frederick McDonald of the In come and Home Association; Chas. Trott; Dr. D. M. Royal, Salemburg; Miss Ann McClam rock, Chapel Hill; W. B. Keziah, Southport and Phill Wright, Wil mington. Mrs. McClamrock, a forceful and influential figure with the Department of Conservation and Development, was evidently very much sold on the plans for the coastal park. So were chairman Allen, Supt. Morse and Dr. Green, They were all keyed for action. The eight or ten other members who were delayed by the boat trouble have already visited the park site at various times and Continued On Page Four Andrews Chapel W.S.C.S. Meeting Mrs. Jonnie Bell Smith Hos tess At Monthly Meeting Of Methodist Women’s Or ganization The Woman's Society of Chris tian Service of Andrews Chapel Methodist church at Hickman’s Crossroads met at the home of Mrs. Jonnie Bell Smith on last Tuesday evening. This month's program, “Why My Gift Is So Needed," was led by Mrs. Fred Hickman. Others taking part in the program were Mrs. Elrich Hickman, Mrs. Lea mon Hickman and Mrs. Mendel Norris. The devotional was giv en by Mrs. Leamon Hickman. A short business session fol Continued On Page Five 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, June 15, 7:38 A. M. 1:50 A. M. 8:02 P. M. 1:40 P. M. Friday, June 16, 8:18 A. M. 2:29 A. M. 8:38 P. M. 2:19 P, M. Saturday, June 17, 8:56 A. M. 3:07 A. M. 9:15 P. M. 2:57 P. M. Sunday, June 18, 9:34 A. M. 3:45 A. M. 9:52 P. M. 3:37 P. M. Monday, June 19, 10:14 A. M. 4:24 A. M. 10:33 P. M. 4:21 P. M. _Tuesday, June 20, 11:01 A. M. 5:04 A. M. 11:19 P. M. 5:09 P. M. Wednesday, June 21, 11:53 A. M. 5:48 A. M. 0:00 P. M. 6:05 P. M. * * *
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