Most of The News All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 22 A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County V 6-pages today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, August 9, 1950 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAR Judge Williams Will Hold Court Here Next Month Sanford Jurist Scheduled To Preside Over Session Com mencing Monday, Septem ber 18 FIRST WEEK FOR CRIMINAL CASES Cancellation Of May Term May Result In Usual Num ber Of Cases For Trial At Fall Session Next Month SEPTEMBER COURT There will be two terms of Brunswick county Superior court during the month of September with Judge Clawson Williams of Sanford scheduled to preside. The first is a criminal term be ginning on Monday, September 4, the second, which will be for trial of civil cases, on Monday, Sept ember 18. The following were drawn by members of the board of county commissioners Monday for jury service during the first week: W. B. Clemmons, Vada King, Riley D. Clemmons, J. C. Robinson, Supply; Daniel C. Russ, W. G. Gurganus, S. T. Milliken, Minnie R. White, James M. McLamb, J. D. Evans, A. W. Bradsher, Shal lotte; Ora G. McKeithan, H. L. Willette, Norman Simmons, Willie Brown, Bolivia; Early B. Little, S. R. Evans, Freeland; Robert R. Hewett, H. V. Hood, Col. Earl I. Brown, Ellis Sellers, Joel Moore, Southport; Charlie P. Hughes, Lawrence Dunnigan, F. M. Smith, J. B. Ward, Sr. R. C. Piver, Day ton McLamb, J. B. Williamson, Ash; Harvey Lewis, Herman B. Long, W. S. McKeithan, H. C. Sharp, H. O. Peterson, Leland; W. E. Lewis, C. R. Sellers, Win nabow. The following were drawn to serve during the second week: Dennis R. Hewett, John Goodman Fulford, Janie Fulford, Jesse D. Holden. Supply; Rutherford Reg ister, Francis Smith, Mrs. Carl Andrews, Peter Hewett, ,J. W. Blanton, Raleigh Floyd, Shallotte; C. B. McDowell, L* S. Holden, Melvin Smith, E. W. Sellers, H. R. Lancaster, Bolivia; O. P. FormyDuval, L. C. Babson, Free land. Harry Robinson, Billie Price, D. W. Lewis, James S. Arnold, Southport; Fred Mintz, R. A. Ben nett, Jr., J. C. Stanaland, Char- j lis G. Russ, Ash; John T. Ganey, j Leland; Robert Sullivan, J. B. Potter. W. H. Tharpe, Winnabow; <2. S. Bordeaux, Navassa. j BritfNewt I Flashes UNDERGOES OPERATION Postmaster J. B. Russ under went an emergency operation for removal of his appendix Tuesday at Dosher Memorial Hospital. His condition is satisfactory. PASSES BAR EXAM Ray Walton, Ahs youth who took the State bar examination last week, was one of the suc cessful candidates. He will come to Southport this month to open an office for the practice of law. RESIGNS POSITION Miss Norma Oliver has resigned from her position as teaching supervisor to accept a position as field worker with the Georgia Education Association. Her suces sor has not been named. BOATWRIGHT DEATH Friends of the family in South- | port and at Long Beach were shocked at the news of the death of Russell Boatwright, only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Boatwright of Troy, in an airplane accident nea rthe South Carolina line on July 26. He was a frequent and j popular visitor at Long Beach. I FISHERMEN INJURED Harry Price and Richard Grif-1 fin, two members of the crew of the menhaden vessel Brunswick, are recovering satisfactorily from injuries sustained last Wednesday when the mast of the big boat broke and fell while a load of fish was being taken aboard. These men and others in the crew had a narrow escape from death. BRUNSON DEATH E. B. Brunson, formerly of Southport, died Monday night in the veterans hospital in Gulfport, Miss., following a lingering ill ness. His body is being returned i to Southport for burial, but de tails of funeral arrangements are not complete. Mrs. Brunson is the former Mrs. Elizabeth St. George Gilbert. » Barning Tobacco EARNING—Brunswick county farmermater of grading and marketing their cure s are busy this week trying to get the last ofd tobacco. Because of the late season farm their 1950 tobacco crop in the barn so that ters are considerably behind schedule with th hey can devote their full attention to theeir selling operations. A • n . 1 it •- " ~ ' ---— Air ratrol Unit Will Participate In Coast Flights About 20 Members Of The Whiteville Organization Will Take Part In Exercis es This Week End At Hol den’s Beach Doug Edwards, public informa tion officer of the Whiteville Civil A.ir Patrol, announced today that approximately 20 members of the flight will attend the Coast Patrol Exercises at Holden’s Beach this week-end. The program which begins at 3 p. m. Saturday includes mock subfarine look-out patrols in the flight’s airplane and a 140 Cessna furnished by B. L. Hinnant. Radio and telephone communica tions will be set up along the beach by Elisha Sellers, communi cations officers. Saturday night will be set aside for pleasure with a party tena tively scheduled. Sunday a mock missing aircraft search will be conducted. The flight will journey home Sunday afternoon. Senior and cadet members who have not already signed up for the exercise are asked to con tact Lt. B. L. Hinnant so that accommodations can be made for Ihem. Prospective members are also invited. Committees For Southport Lions President Roy Robinson Has Named Complete Commit tee Assignments To Serve During This Fiscal Year Roy Robinson, newly elected ^resident of the Southport Lions 31ub, recently announced the ap pointment of the following com mittees to serve during the pres ent fiscal year: Youth Work (boys an dgirls): W. R. Bomberger, Otto Hickman, J. B. Russ. Citizenship-Patriotism: M. R. Sanders, G. E. Hubbard, B. J. Hol den. Civic Improvement: Sam Ben nett, G. C. Kilpatrick, Dan Har t’elson. Community Betterment: E. H. Arrington, E. C. Blake, C. G. Ruark. Education: H. T. Sanders, J. T. Denning, Thomas St. George. Health-Welfare: F. M. Burdett, I. S. Loughlin, H. T. Bowmer. Safety: R. B. Thompson, Kirby Sullivan, A. J. Walton. Sight Conservation and Blind: Dwight McEwen, R. L. Thompson ind Price Furpless. Building committee: Roy Rob mson, S. T. Bennett, W. P. Jor gensen. United Nations: Charlie Trott. Greeter: J. A. Gilbert,—Agricul ture: A. J. Walton. Attendance: R. M. Willis, H. G. Lehew, C. R. Livingston. Constitution and By-Laws: D. C. Herring, B. L. Furpless and S. B. Frink. Convention: E. R. Weeks, Fel on Garner, Otto Hickman. Finance: Prince O'Brien, H. A. Livingston, G. D. Robinson. Lion Education: J. A. Gilbert, L. T. Garner, W. R. Bomberger. Membership: W. P. Jorgensen, 3. W. McGlammery, L. G. Brown! Program and Entertainment: J. U Harper, Paul Fodale, Charlie rrott._ Publicity L. D. HaymanTETcT Blake, G. C. Kilpatrick. Bulletin Editor: L. D. Hayman. Planning Board; L. D. Hayman, { I. J. Loughlin and L. J. Hardee, j County Schools To Open On August 31 - *-. rew vacancies c.xist in School Faculties As Open ing Of Fall Term Draws Near; Colored Schools Staffed INNOCULATIONS OF CHILDREN URGED Pre-School Opening Meet ings Arranged, With A County - Wide Teachers Meeting Set For August 30th SCHOOL OPENING Brunswick county school auth orities are now busy getting things lined up for the opening of the fall term on Thursday, August 31. Beginning on Thursday, August 18, the school principals will ob serve office hours daily from 8:30 o’clock in the morning to 2 o’clock in the afternoon. This is for the purpose of setting up necessary records and being available to discuss with parents any prob lems peculiar to the operation of the school. On Monday, August 21, an or ganization meeting for principals will be held at the office of the county superintendent in South port. There will be a county-wide teachers meeting in the auditor ium of Southport high school on Wednesday, August 30. J. T. Denning, county super intendent, urges parents of chil dren who plan to enter school for the first time this fall to have the youngsters innoculated for diphtheria, whooping cough and vaccinated for smallpox be fore school starts. Superintendent Denning reports that the faculty for both Leland and Waccamaw has been com pleted. At Bolivia two first grade teachers and a music teacher are needed. There is a vacancy in the music department at Southport. Shallotte needs a music teacher, commercial, history and fifth and sixth grade teacher. All colored schools of the county have been fully staffed. Mr. Denning reports that pro gress is being made on all build ing projects despite shortages of some critical materials. Chief among these have been metal lathes for pouring concrete floors. Negro Is Killed In Acme Wreck Oscar Boyd Injured Fatally When Car Overturns On Highway 87; His Compan ion Escapes Injury Oscar Boyd, 31-year-old Negro of the East Arcadia section of Columbus County, was injured fatally Saturday night about 8:45 o’clock when his 1936 Ford con vertible turned over on a curve five miles west of Acme on High way 87. According to the investigation of Patrolman W. B. Richardson and Coroner Hugh Nance, Boyd’s car hit the shoulder of the road way and overturned after he had attempted to get the vehicle in driving position on the hard-sur face.____ Boyd died enroute to a Wilm ington hospital. The victim’s companion, Cor nelius Boyd, was not injured. Shallotte Boys Off For Gamp A large group of young men from the Shallotte area depart ed from Whiteville Saturday for a two weeks period of training with the National Guard unit at Camp Stuart, Georgia. The Shallotte outfit is a part of the 725th Automatic Weapons Battalion and Captain John Burns is the commanding of ficer. There has been no report thus far of any call to active duty for the Brunswick county boys, but several units of the Nation al Guard in other sections of the United States have been called up. Included in the Shallotte out fit are several veterans of World War II with a long re cord of overseas service. Visiting Hours To Be Observed Officials Of Dosher Memor ial Hospital Urge Public To Cooperate In Following Visiting Schedule In order that congestion and confusion at Dosher Memorial Hospital may be cut to a mini mum, Business Manager J. J. Loughlin is calling attention to visiting hours, the schedule for which will be enforced. Continued On Page Four ! No Draft Quota Received „Yet For Brunswick Clerk On Duty Each Day From 9 Until 1 O’Clock In Same Offices Formerly Occupied By Selective Service In Southport ELIGIBLE YOUTHS URGED TO REGISTER Chairman Reports That Old Records Still Have Not Been Delivered Nor Has Furniture Arrived For Office Dan Harrelson, chairman of the Brunswick County Selective Ser vice Board, said yesterday that thus far no draft quota has been assigned fo rthis county to fill. (The office has been set up in the same quarters formerly oc cupied by the Selective Service Board and are located upstairs over the Southport Building and Loan office. Mrs. Alease A. Wehrle is serv ing as clerk and is on duty each morning from 9 o’clock until 1 o’clock. The office will be closed all day on Thursday, August 17, in order that she may attend a conference for all local board clerks in this district in Wilming ton. Thus far no equipment has been delivered to the office nor have records of the local Selective Ser vice Board been returned. These, according to Chairman Harrelson, are expected any day. Commissioners In Regular Session Members Of County Body , Held Regular First Mon day Meeting With Rou tine Matters Up For Con sideration Members of the board of coun ty commissioners held their reg ular session here Monday, but little business of any importance came before them. Included on the list wereTthree road matters. One was in Shal lotte township and was the route leading from Ermon Williams place to Gause Landing, a dis tance of 2.25 miles; a second also was in Shallotte township and was the road running from the Bay road to Saucepan river, known as the Hewett road, a distance of .5-miles; and a third was located in Smithville township and is the route from Gause beach to the Swain settlement, a distance of 5 miles. The commissioners approved each of these requests and passed them along to the State Highway Commission with the request that they be taken over and placed in all-weather condition. S. I. Mintz appeared before the board and had the valuation of a piece of land he owns placed at $780.00 for 1950. .Fishing Flashes POMPANO Trachinelut corolinut (Linnotut) FISH FLASHES When thinking of pompano, most people conjure up visitors of low lights, soft music and a garnished platter on which re poses—according to epicures— the world’s supreme sea delicacy, broiled pompano. ; However, when a fisherman thinks of the pompano he en visions a flashing adversary which ranks high on the list of admir able game fish. In addition to its culinary and fighting qualities, the pompano is one of the most beautiful fish in existance. Its trim, racey build, coupled with a powerful body provide speed and endurance in an abundance to delight the sporting angler. j Especially on light tackle, the pompano—when compared pound for pound—is the equal of any game fish anywhere in the world. While usually caught in the surf on light - -surfcasting—tackle,—the. pompano also provides plenty of sport for bait casters using arti fical lures around piers and pilings. | NAMES . . . Generally speak j ing, the pompano is usually call ed by its proper name, but, like ! so many other fish, it comes in j for its share of misnomers such | as: butterfish, Carolina pompano, i cobblefish, crevalle, cobbler, pam I pano and permit. The last name ! is definitely another species of | fish. CHARACTERISTICS . . . Like j all members of the crevalle fam | ily, the pompano is a perfect ex ample of nature’s pattern for streamlining, with its bullet-like [head and powerful tail. It has ' a bluish-gray metallic cast along j its back, shading into a golden [Orange below. | The pectoral and anal fins are j light orange, shaded with blue. ■ Often this fish is confused with | the permit, also a member of the ! pompano tribe. However, the pom pano does not reach the size of the permit and, in addition, has more rays on its dorsal and anal fins. The pompano is also frequently confused with the jack crevalle ! which can always can always be distinguished by the dark spot on its gill cover, a marking which is lacking on the true pompano. RANGE . . . The pompano is found in the Atlantic Ocean from Brazil to Cape Cod, but only the young are found at the extreme ranges. It is most plentiful from -Lie—Carolinas—to— Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico. A good many are caught off the Brunswick County Coast. Continued On Page Fou* Southport Boys Are Marathon Swimmers Richie Dosher And Coopie Bi To Fort Caswi A couple of Southport young sters who had heard of plans for a marathon swim from the Cas well pier to the docks in South port by two members of the staff at the Baptist Assembly decided Friday to do a little long distance swimming of their own and made the trip from the Arnold dock to Caswell. The boys were Richie Dosher, age 15, and Coopie Burris, age 17. Young Dosher decided ahead of time to make the try, and on last Wednesday he made a trial across the river from Southport to Battery Island. This distance was a little over one mile, which is about one-half the trip to Cas well. In discussing his experience, the young Southport swimmer re ported that it took about 45 minutes to do the job, and that there was little difference in the time required to swim to the island and to the fort. He said that he had figured that the tide might help him and his partner irris Swam From Arnold Dock ill Pier Friday | on their Caswell trip, but that with the effect of the inland waterway current and the eddies at the river bend “the tide seem ed to be running ever which way”. Young Dosher reported that he was not particularly tired out from his long swim, and that Burris did not appear to be. He said that he used an overhand stroke and that he did not hove | to rest by floating at any time [during the swim. These two youngsters are just two of the Southport boys who have become expert swimmers by going in off the docks down at the river. While there have been [few cases of drowning reported, this definitely is no place for a poor swimmer, and through con stant practice several of the boys have become pretty good. Hoyle Dosher, brother of Richie, was a member of the swimming team at the University of North Carolina in 1947. Gulf Stream Party Makes Good Catch Chaplain Bennett Serves In Korea Col. Ivan Bennett, Brunswick county native who served as chief of chaplains in the Pacific theatre during World War II, is back in the thick of present operations in Korea and in a radio communique from that region last week again was referred to as head of the chaplain corps. Col. and Mrs. Bennett went to Japan several months ago, and recently the colonel has been flying back and forth from Japan to the battle scene. In a letter to relatives in this county last week Mrs. Bennett leported that she will soon re turn to the United States since her husband's duties keep him away from home most of the time. Local Hospital Less Expensive Comparison of Figures From Dosher Memorial Hospital With Those Of National Survey Reveal Savings It cost general hospitals an average of $14.33 to take care of a patient fo rone day during 1949. This figure is up from the $13.09 it cost in 1948 and $11.09 in 1947. ,?ost per Patient Per day at Dosher Memorial Hospital was considerably below this figure According to J. j. Loughlin. Jr.', figUre for 1949 was 10,0 Thls was less than in 1948, when the figure was $934 per day. ' This announcement was made last week by the American Hos pital Association in its annual survey of aver 6,000 hospitals in the United States, for the year ending September 30, 1949. The survey is published in the June issue of “Hospitals”, official As sociation journal. The income of the nation’s general hospitals as a whole came nearer meeting costs of care provided than in 1948. Yet the income per patient in all hospitals was $2.59 a day less than it cost the average hospital to care for him, the survey shows. Patients in short term non profit hospitals paid $138,129,000 less than the hospitals’ expenses ' the American Hospital Associa- 1 tion reports. This deficit amount ed to $1.56 for each patient daily. Money to pay for this came from sources other than patients. Some of these sources were endowments, contributions, and payments by governments for care of people who couldn’t pay. Hospitals’ expenditures were up half a billion dollars in 1949 over, 1948, to a new high of $3,500, 000 (B), according to the Ame rican Hospital Association survey. Almost 18,000,000 (M) Ameri cans were hospital patients dur ing the year—one in eight, the1 survey shows. This was just a million more patients than in the previous year. Patients didn’t stay in general Continued On Page Four k _ Group Fishing Aboard Idle On Friday With Captain Hulan Watts Reported One Of Best Catches Of Season MACKEREL AND 3LUEFISH BITING Weather During Past Week Has Been Good With Mo ja Having Two Parties Out In Single Day A party fishing aboard the Idle On with Captain Hulan Watts Friday made the best catch of the season in Gulf Stream waters off Southport. The catch included two baracuda, one weighing 48 pounds; 3 dolphin, 3 amberjack, 8 bonita, 19 king mackerel and 30 Spanish mackerel. The party j included Hobert M. Yount and Bobby Yount and Rev. R. P. Sicing, Newton; and Jake Lacky and R. A. Bass, Myrtle Beach. The Saturday party aboard his craft had 1 sero, 7 baracuda, 1 dolphin, 5 king mackerel, 13 blue fish and 34 Spanish mackerel. They included W. E. and Rich Mingert, Dallas, Texas; Bill Richie and Vernon Avery, Concord. On Sunday a Charlotte party includ ing J. M. Vinson, Gus Kleto, Pete Demos, had 38 blues, 5 Spanish mackerel, 4 king mackerel, 3 bon ita and 1 amberjack. On Monday H. C. Carr and H. G. Carr, Jr., Clinton, A. L. Thomas, Winston Salem, John M. Efird and Colum bus Efird, Albemarle, caught 68 blues and mackerel. On Tuesday L. M. Boyd of Myrtle Beach made a trip by himself and caught 1 bonita and 23 blues. Captain Victor Lance of the Moja carried out parties both during the morning and during the afternoon Tuesday. The mor ning trip resulted in a catch of 99 mackerel, 5 blues and 3 cre valle. On the afternoon trip were Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Burdette, Joel Burdette, Freddie Burdette and Joe Burdette and Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Swain. No report of their luck was available. Captain Basil Watts caught~114 blues and mackerel Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Tempest, At lanta, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Anderson, Newberry, S. C.; and Mr and Mrs. Fred Goldston, Lake Waccamaw. On Saturday a Thomas party comprised of P. L. Gibson, J. F. Brewer, J. D. Heath, Winifred Armentrout made a good catch of blues and mackerel. The Sunday trip was with a Wilmington party comprised of Continued On Page Four Bible School At Oak Grove Church A Vacation Bible School will be held at Oak Grove Baptist church beginning Monday evening at 7:45 o'clock with Miss Dorothy Hewett of Ocean View church serving as principal. Commencement exer cises will be held on Sunday eve ning, August 20. The Rev. W. R. Moorehead, associational mission ary, will be a member of the faculty. Residents of the community are urged to send their children to this school. The Rev. Mack Gore is pastor at Oak Grove and W. R. Holden is superintendent of the Sunday school. Sunday School Convention At Fort Caswell Interesting Program In Pro gress This Week At Bap tist Seaside Assembly With Outstanding Leaders L. L. MORGAN IS HEADING PROGRAM Baptist Training Union Con vention Is Scheduled For Next Week In Final Week Of Summer Season This is Sunday school week at the Caswell Baptist Assembly with one of the most intresting pro grams of the season in progress. Directing the session this week is L. L. ,irorgan, Sunday school secretary of the North Carolina Baptist Convention. He is being assited by Mrs. Myra S. Motley and D. F. Brooks. Also among the conference leaders are J. N. Barnette, A. V. Washburn, and Rev. Sibley C. Burnett, representing the South ern Baptist Sundty School Board, Nashville, Tenn. The inspirational speaker is Dr. Phil L. Elliott, pre sident of Gardner-Webb College. The last conference of the I summer season is scheduled for next week when the Training Union members from all sections of North Carolina convene at Caswell. Already 400 reservations have been received and present in dications point to this being the largest crow'd of the season. The program will be under the leadership of Harvey Gibson of Raleigh, state director for the Baptist Training Union. There will be a staff of able leaders assisting. The inspirational speak er will be the Rev. Lowell Sode nian, pastor of First Baptist church, Clinton. Routine Session Of County Court Usual Variety Of Cases Dis posed Of Monday Before Judge W. J. McLamb In Recorders Court The two most interesting cases scheduled for trial in Brunswick county Recorders court Monday were continued. Howard Preston Hill faces charges of abduction and elop ment with Mrs. Cleo Hart, but trial was postponed until Septem ber 11. The defendant is free under bond of $500.00. William Ennis Roberts faces charges of seduction and con spiracy to commit abortion. Trial on these charges was contined until August 14. John Reynolds asked for a jury trial on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. George D. Edwards was found guilty of driving with improper brakes and was ordered to pay costs. Carl L. Walton, charged with public drunkenness, waived ap pearance and pleaded guilty. He was fined $10.00 and taxed with costs. William F. Skipper pleaded guilty to charges of reckless ope ration and driving after his li cense had been revoked. He was fined $50.00 and was taxed with costs. The case charging Roney Hewett with burning a house was Continued on page four 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 TIDE TABLE . Thursday, Aug. 10, 5:09 A. M. 11:20 A. M. 5:41 P. M. 0:00 P. M. Friday, Aug. 11, 6:02 A. »I. 0:13 A. M. 6:28 P. M. 12:09 P. M. Saturday, Aug. 12, 6:49 A. M. 0:57 A. M. 7:12 P. M. 12:54 P. M. Simday, Aug. 13, 7:33 A. M. 1:38 A. M. 7:54 P. M. 1:39 P. M. Monday, Aug. 14, 8:15 A. M. ' 2:16 A. M. 8:34 P. M. 2:23 P. M. Tuesday, Aug. 15, 8:56 A. M. 2:55 A. M. 9:14 P. M. 3:07 P. M. Wednesday, Aug. 16, 9:40 A. M. 3:34 A. M. 9:56 P. M. 3:53 P. JVL

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