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Brunswick County
VOL. NO. SIXTEEN
NO. 37
6-pages today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, October 4, 1950
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Aprove Plans
To Span River
Near Northwest
Bridge Over Cape Fear Riv
er Between Elizabethtown
And Wilmington Approv
ed By Highway Commis
sion
BRIDGE WILLBE
INVld AV3N HV3N
Residents Of Upper Bruns
wick County Particularly
Interested In Construc
tion Of This New
Crossing
Governor Scott has approved
a special highway fund allocation
of $3,475,000 for half a dozen of
the state’s most critically needed
bridge projects, Highway Com
mission Chairman Henry W.
Jordan announced today.
The allocation, derived from
year-end highway surplus funds,
will cover projects in seven of
the Highway Commission’s ten
divisions in widely separated
areas of the state.
The projects and allocations
are as follows:
(1) Across the Yadkin River
on US 29 at the Rowan-David
son County line, to provide for
a dual lane crossing, $500,000.
(2) Across the French Broad
River on US 70 near Hot Springs
in Madison County, replacing an
inadequate structure, $200,000.
(3) Across Bogue Sound be
tween Morehead City and Atlantic
Beach in Carteret County, re
placing an inadequate structure,
$900,000.
(41 Across the Cape Fear Riv
er between Elizabethtown and
Wilmington in the vicinity of the
Bladen-Pender County line, a new
bridge, $1,000,000.
(5) Across the Yadkin River
on US 421 at the Forsyth-Yad
kin County line between Winston
Salem and Yadkinville, replacing
an inadequate structure, $400,000.
(6) Across the Catawba River
on NC 16 at the Mecklenburg
Gaston County line, replacing,
$475,000.
T,’ork on some of these projects
probably will begin next spring,
according to W. H. Rogers, Jr.,
State Highway Engineer. Rogers
said that the projects recommend
ed were discussed with A. L.
Hooper of the Bureau of Public
Roads who concurs in the choice
on behalf of the Federal Govern
ment. “They are the six most
critically needed major structur
es on the highway system in the
opinion of our highway and bridge
engineers,” he added. “Most of
the bridges being replaced carry
very heavy traffic and their con
struction will do much to clear
up dangerous and congested con
ditions in the areas they serve.”
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IN NEW YORK
Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Burdette
are on a vacation trip to New
York City.
AT ANTIOCH
The Annual Homecoming Day
celebration will be held at Anti
och Baptist church next Sunday.
This is an all day affair to which
all former members, pastors and
friends are cordially invited.
P. T. A. MEETING
The regular monthly meeting
of the Southport Parent-Teachers
Association will be held at 7:30
o'clock Thursday evening at the
high school auditorium. All pa
rents and patrons are urged to
attend.
SELLERS REUNION
The Sellers home-coming will
be held at Mt. Pisgah Baptist
church, Supply, the fourth Sun
day In October, beginning at 10
a. m. There will be an interesting
program. The public is invited,
and guests are urged to bring a
well-fill basket.
RECEIVES CITATION
Denard W. Roberts, son of
Mrs. Augusta Roberts, supervis
ing safety engineer, G. S.-12 Saf
ety Division, Provost Marshal
Section, Far Eash Command, has
received from Far East Com
mand a Citation of Merit in re
cognition of outstanding achieve
ment to the service.
TO HOLD REVIVAL
The Rev. H. M. Baker, who is
preaching this week at Chapel
Hill Baptist church at Shallotte,
will conduct a revival at Proctor
ville Baptist church in Robeson
county next week. Pastor of this
church is the Rev. I. P. Hedge
peth, who at the age of 94 is the
oldest active Baptist minister in
North Carolina.
Timber Practice
HARVEST—Each year when field crops have been
gathered and marketed, many Brunswick county farmers
turn their attention to cutting timber and pulpwood. Above
is a good example of proper timber harvest.
Southport W ill Play
At Shallotte Friday
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First Game Of Season Be
tween These Brunswick
County Rivals Promises
Plenty Of Action
BOTH TEAMS LOST
GAME LAST WEEK
Loris Eleven Defeated Shal
lotte While Elizabethtown
Squad Repelled South
port Invasion Friday
Southport and Shallotte will
meet Friday afternoon in a high
played on the SC
school football contest to be play
ed on the latter’s home field.
These two teams pick up their
rivalry where it left off last sea
son, with one victory each. The
Shallotte boys will be going af
ter their second victory of the
season, having earned a split in
their first two games. Southport
lost the only game they have
played thus far.
Shallotte dropped a decision to
a strong Loris high squad Fri
day afternoon by a score of 27
to 0. The Brunswick county boys
gave a good account of them
selves during the first half, and
trailed by only ^even points at
intermission.
In the third period the visitors
began to pound out the yardage
which led to their second score,
and the final two markets were
set up with pass interceptions
which came from a desperate at
tempt by Shallotte to score.
Wafford odd was the chief offen
sive threat for the winners, while
Gray and Bellamy led the Shal
lotte attack.
Southport journeyed to Eliza
bethtown Friday night for their
first game of the season, and with
five men in the starting line-up
who never had played in a game
before, the Brunswick county lads
gave a good account of them
selves before losing by a score
of 28-7.
After a scoreless first quarter,
Elizabethtown pounded out two
touchdowns in the second period.
Then instead of being demoralized
the scrappy Southport eleven
fought back and had a red-hot
offensive push going on when the
whistle blew for intermission.
Continued On Page Two
Fatal Wreck In
County Monday
Willie Jackson, Colored, Of
Summerville, S. C-, Killed
In Accident Near Shallotte
Monday Morning
A pie-dawn accident at Me
Milly Swamp bridge near Shal
lotte Monday claimed the life of
one man and resulted in the
serious injury of three others.
Willie Jackson, 35-year-old Ne
gro from Summerville, S. C., was
instantly killed when an auto
mobile driven by Norris M.
Thomas, also of Summerville,
crashed into the concrete abut
ment of the bridge. Thomas sus
tained a creaslied pelvis; James
Dukes, two broken legs and his
wife, Irene Dukes, a broken leg.
The injured were brought to
Dosher Memorial Hospital.
An investigation was made by
Highway Patrolmen J. C. Pierce
and R. S. Constante. Thomas ad
mitted that he fell asleep at the
wheel, resulting in the collision,
and he faces charges of man
slaughter.
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Hayman Handles
Red Gross Work
The Rev. L. D. Hayman, chair
man of the Brunswick County
Chapter, American Red Cross,
reports that there is an in
creasing number of calls for
Red Cross service in connection
with the armed forces and he
wishes to let it he known that
matters wihch are to be handl
ed through this agency should
be taken up with him.
His residence is the Methodist
parsonage in Southport and his
telephone number of 2931.
During the period of World
War II and immediately follow
ing the Red Cross maintained.
the office of an executive sec
retary. Now it is necessary for
all activities of the organiza
tion to be handled on a volun
teer basis.
Forest Warden
Attends School
D. L. Mercer Will Attend Six
Day Training School In
Fire Control Work At
Hoffman Forest This
Month
D. L. Mercer, Brunswick
County forest warden, will attend
a six-day training school in for
est fire control work the second
week in October.
The school is being conducted
by the North Carolina Depart
ment of Conservation and De
velopment and will establish its
head-quarters at the North Caro
lina State College forestry stud
ents’ camp on the Hofmann For
est which lies in Jones and Onslow
counties. Two weeks of the school
will be held for the Division of
Forestry wardens from all six
district in the eastern part of the
state, but Mr. Mercer has been
assigned to the second week.
In addition to the county war
den, members of the District Of
fice in Whiteville will also attend
the meeting. District Ranger D.
L. McQueen will attend the first
week of the meeting, and Dis
trict Forester Joe Herlevich, and
Assistant District Forester Green
will attend the second week as
instructors.
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Leroy Stanley Gets
Special Training
"The Navy Recruiting Service
extends its congratulations to Le
roy Stanley for being selected
to attend a 14 weeks naval en
gineman school at Great Lakes,
Illinois. This could easily be a
forward step toward a very suc
cessful for the Southport boy”
says C. L. Talbert, Navy Recruit
er.
Stanley, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George G. Stanley of Southport,
is a graduate of Southport high
school class of 1950. He enlisted
in the Navy this past June at
Wilmington and received his re
cruit training at the Naval train
ing center at Great Lakes, Illi
nois.
If things happen according to
plan, Stanley will have his broth
er, George Stanley, as a shipmate
soon, says the Wilmington re
cruiter.
Tabor City To
Stage Festival
For Three Days
Annual Yam Festival Will
Be Gala Three-Day Event
Beginning Thursday Of
Next Week And Running
Through Saturday
DIGNITARIES TO
APPEAR ON PROGRAM
Much Interest Centers About
Selection Of Yam Qusen
Who Will Receive Valu*
Prizes
TABOR CITY, Oct. 5--Pre
parations are virtually complete
for Tabor City’s third annual
Carolinas Yam Festival which
sponsors predict will be the most
spectacular event ever arranged
for the “sweet potato capital of
the world.” „»|j£
The program will open Thurs
day morning of next week and
continue for three days.
Representative F. Ertel Carlyle
of Lumberton, now completing
his first term in the Congress
of the United States, will be the
principal speaker on opening day.
The festival will get underway
Thursday morning at 10 a. m.
when a parade will form at
Civitan Field and traverse the
business district. Rev. P. C.
Gantt, . pastor of Mount Tabor
Baptist Church, will speak the
invocation at the stage on the
plaza near Rogers Auto Service.
Congressman Carlyle and other
notables will be presented after
a welcome address by Mayor W.
A. Williams at 11 o’clock.
A concert by the Columbus
County High School Band is sche
duled at 3 p. m.
Contests at 5 p. m. and a press
dinner will precede the floor
show, featuring Bubbles Becker
and the Spotlight Revue, at 8
o'clock in Garrell’s Warehouse,
tContinued on Page Flvej
New Navigation
Chart Complete
Coast And Geodetic Survey
Official Announces De
tailed Chart Accessible
For This Area
Nautical chart 426 covering
Cape Fear River from Cape Feat
to Wilmington, North Carolina,
has just been published, Rear Ad
miral R.F.A. Studds, Director,
Coast and Geodetic Survey, U. S.
Department of Commerce, an
nounced this week.
This chart provides detailed
coverage of the water approach
to the City of Wilmington. It is
comprised of two panels which
include the areas formerly shown
on charts 424 and 425. On the
larger panel are shown the off
shore area adjacent to Smith and
Oak Island and the Cape Fear
River from the Atlantic ocean to
Reaves Point. The adjoining pa
nel provides coverage of the Cape
Fear River from the north limit
of the first panel to Wilmington.
Charts 424 and 425 are canceled
by chart 426.
Hydrographic and topographic
survey by the Coast and Geodet
ic were used in the compilation
of the chart. Relief of the land
areas on either side of Cape Fear
River, south of Wilmington, is
shown by contours at 20-foot in
tervals, which corresponds to re
lief on adjoining panel. Details
(Continued on page f iv®J
Not Exactly News
Former County Agent J. E.
Dodson came by Saturday to tell
us that his plans for selling his
farm at Exum had been changed,
and that his son, Phil, will take
over and -will carry out the long
range program that has made
this an outstanding agricultural
operation. Cattle and chickens
will be the big crops, as they
have been in the past. Speaking
of chickens, Mr. Dodson is very
keen on the possibilities for de
veloping a broiler business in
this section. ‘‘I wish that all of
our folks would read the article
in a September issue of Collier’s
about what the people around
Gainesville, Ga., did,” he said.
“What they accomplished we can
do just as well here,” he con
tinued
We saw the last half of the
Shallotte-Loris football game Fri
day and all of the Southport
Elizabethtown game Friday night
and you may take it from us
that the Shallotte-Southport game
Friday afternoon should be well
worth seeing. Shallotte has the
greater manpower, but the South-1
1
port passing- attack is smoother.
Looks like a good fracas shap
ing up between these two home
talent ball clubs. The game will
be played at Shallotte.
The pear trees on the Wallace
'Moore and Claude Moore places
up the River Road produced an
indifferent crop this season, but
now are loaded with blossoms.
These, of course, will never have
a chance;' but maybe this out-of
season blooming is an indication
that the trees are all set to put
on a crop next spring.
We heard this week that Mar
ion Frink is due to arrive in
New York Friday after a trans
Atlantic flight from Germany.
Two other recent returnees from
overseas tours are Louis and
Eloise Chapman, who were stat
ioned in London while he was
stationed there as a navy store
keeper.
The Brunswick county contin
gent who journeyed to South
Bend, Ind., for the Notre-Dame
Continued On Page Four
Evangelist
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JOHN I,. BRADY, evangelist of
Jacksonville, Fla., will hold a re
vival meeting at Bethel Baptist
church beginning Sunday evening
at 7:30 o’clock. The following
week he will be at Mt. Olive Bap
tist church. The Rev. Bennie
Price is pastor of both churches.
SENC Teachers
To Hear Editor
At Fayetteville
D. Hiden Ramsey Of Ashe
ville To Speak October 2;
Whiteville Principal Is
District Vice President
An outstanding trainer of
teachers and a school-minded
editor will be the two main
speakers when teachers of the
Southeastern District of the
North Carolina Education Assoc
iation gather at Fayetteville High
School, October 5, for their
twenty-eighth annual convention.
Guy B. Phillips, Dean of the
School of Education, University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
will address the ten o’clock gen
eral session on the subject “plan
ning Schools for National De
fense.”
D. Hiden Ramsey, vice-presi
dent of' the Asheville Citizen
Times Company, and vice-chair
man of the State Board of Educa
tion, will speak’ at the afternoon
general session. Editor Ramsey’s
topic will be "Cui Bono.”
E. C. Sipe, Clinton City Schools,
president of the Southeastern Dis
trict, will preside at the general
sessions. Other officers of the
district are M. G. Isley, White
ville Schools, vice-president; and
Mattie Belle Rogers, Fayetteville,
secretary.
The Southeastern District in
cludes the following thirteen
counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Co
lumbus, Cumberland, Duplin,
Hoke, Jones, New Hanover, On
slow, Pender, Robeson, Sampson,
and Scotland.
(Continued on page four/
Widows May Get
Pension Benefit
Crawford L. Rourk, Bruns
wick County Service Offi
cer> Tells Of Conditions
Governing Eligibility
Widows of veterans of World
War I whose income is $1000 or
less a year are entitled to a
pension of $42 a month from the
Federal Government, County Vet
(Continued on Page Five)
New Tourist Court Is
Outstanding Attraction
Mr. And Mrs. Dawson Lewis Have Constructed Beautiful
Establishment Near Intersection
One of the outstanding ad
ditions to the business accomo
dations of Brunswick county dur
ing this year is the Camellia
Court, which now is in full ope
ration at its strategic location on
U. S. 17 just off the junction
with Highways 74-76 near Bruns
wick river bridge.
This elaborate lay-out is one of
the most attartcive tourist courts
along U. S. No. 17 and was con
structed and is being operated by
Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Lewis.
The last of the four units was
completed during the second week
in August, and the new enter
prise has enjoyed good patronage
from the very beginning, even
when only the first of the units
was ready for occupancy.
The Camellia Court has four
units, each with four rooms and
four baths, giving a total of 16
rooms with bath. In addition
there is a modern grill which was
designed primarily to serve break
fast and dinner to overnight
guests, but which has enjoyed a
much greater patronage already.
The grounds about the build
ings are attractive, and the beau
tiful stucco finish presents an
unusually good impression to the
passing motorist; but it is not
until night comes and the in
genious indirect lighting sends up
its soft grow that the full beauty
can be appreciated. Even then,
it is necessary to go inside to
see what ,has been done to take
care of the comfort of the over
night guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are well
pleased with the public’s reaction
to their establishment .and even
during a dull time of year for a
business of this kind, they had
several capacity nights. When
asked when the tourist season
begins, Mr. Lewis promptly an
swered, “It started Monday. You
never saw such a change in the
traffic pattern.’’
Significantly, Monday night
was one of their capacity occa
sions.
Community Fair To Be
Staged At Waccamaw
Receive Report
From Injured Son
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Enlow
have been advised their son,
Lloyd Robert Enlow, who was
wounded in action in the fight
ing in Korea early in September
is recovering at a base hospital
and that there is a good chance
that he soon will be evacuated
to the United States.
The letter was from their son,
although it had been written
for him by someone else. It
stated that he had sustained
shrapnel wounds in both arms
and both legs, but sounded a
cheerful not with regard to
his condition.
The Emow now live in Wil
mington, but lived in Southport
for seevral years and they were
living here when their son en
listed in the Army last January.
Commissioners In
Session Monday
Most Of Day Taken Up
With Discussion Of Tax
And Road Matters; Other
Routine Business Disposed
Of
A resolution setting forth ob
jections to re-routing the Funston
road to an intersection with U.
S. No. 17 at a point .5-miles
north of the present junction at
Winnabow post office was intro
duced by interested parties before
the board of county commission
ers here Monday and the board
went on record as unanimously
opposing this move.
Among the objections set out
were the fact that the new route
runs through an uninhabited area,
and will not serve any families
or public buildings, including
chudches; tha* it will require a
greater distance to the point of
junction; and the present road
would be abandoned if the new
route is followed. The board re
commended that the state high
way commission follow a straight
course from a point near the D.
R. Johnson farm to the present
point of intersection.
The Old Cornwallis road in
Town Creek township, a distance
of .7 miles, was approved for im
provement.
A load in Waccamaw township
running from the G. W. Cox place
to the Rembert Duncan place also
Continued On Page Two
James A. Robbins
At Great Lakes
James A. Robbins, seaman re
cruit, USN, son of Mrs. Vera
Robbins of Supply, is undergoing
recruit training at the world's
largest Naval Training Center.
Great Lakes, Illinois.
Recruit training is the sharp
break between civilian and Na
val life in which the new Navy
man learn the fundamental prin
ciples of the Naval service.
In the course of his training
the recruit taught seamanship,
Navy customs, terms, basic ord
nance, gunnery, signaling and
navigation.
Upon completion of his train
ing the recruit assigned either to
units of the Fleet or to a service
school for specialized training.
Annual Event Will Be Held
Friday And Saturday Of
Next Week And Is Expec
ted To Be Biggest Effort
Yet Made In This Direc
tion
SCHOOL OFFICIALS
WORK ON DETAILS
Several Features Of This Oc
casion Stamp Is As Genu
ine Agricultural Fair
For Community
Plans are being completed for
the annual Community Fair at
Waccamaw high school, which
will be staged on Friday and Sat
urday of next week.
From a modest beginning a few
years ago this event has deevlop
ed into an exhibit which bears
every resemblance to a benuine
agricultural fair, and this year
there are events in which every
member of the farm family may
compete.
The program on Friday begins
at 6 o’clock and closes at 10
o’clock. The Saturday schedule
starts at 10 o’clock and concludes
at 4 o’clock.
Following is a list of events
and entertainment features: v
Farm products—corn, six ears;
Irish potatoes, half peck; sweet
potatoes, half peck; 1 stalk cot
ton; 1 bunch peanuts; soy beans,
3 stalks; small grain, 1 quart;
garden exhibit, best variety; can
goods, 1 jar fruit, vegetables,
jelly, jam, pickles, relish; tobacco,
3 hands; onions, half dozen; eggs,
half dozen; butter, 1 pound;
collard, 1 plant.
Hand craft—chair bottom, cos
tume jewerly, ribbon pictures,
wood work, basketry, textile
painting.
Oddities and antiques—clothing,
guns, china and glass ware,
furniture, kitchen utensils, freaks.
Flowers—cultivated, wild, pott
ed, fern, single rose or dahlia.
School exhibits are scheduled
as follows:
Cooking — cake, half layer;
Continued On Page Two
Six Brunswick
Girls In School
Meredith College Has Six
Students From Brunswick
County Enrolled For This
Semester
The estimated 600 students
which (Meredith College officials
predicted for the 1950-51 semes
ter just beginning has proven to
be exactly 612, including regular
and special (part-time) students,
according to official figures re
leased by Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh,
College Registrar. This is an in
crease of 56 over the 556 students
enrolled In 1949-50.
Among the record-breaking
student body are the following
students from Brunswick county:
Rebecca McRackan, Catherine
McRackan ami Ann McRackan,
all of Southport; Verna Arlene
Willetts, Winnabow; Ruth Gallo
way, Supply, and Crystal Stanley
Ash.
The student body represents 74
North Carolina counties, 13 other
states and the District of Colum
bia, and six foreign countries
and territories outside continental
United States, including China,
Cuba, Costa Rica, Hawaii, Puerto
Rico, and Palestine.
Tobacco Market
Season Here To
End On Friday
Tobacco Board Of Trade
Survey indicates Growers
Have Time To Finish Mar
keting Their Crop
AVERAGE UP TO THIS
DATE MORE THAN $56
Local Warehouse Floors To
Be Cleared Friday; Last
Year’s Volume Surpas
sed By Two Million
Pounds
The Whiteville tobacco market
will close Friday of this week.
Warehouse floors will be clear
ed as final sales of the season
are conducted.
Sales Supervisor Dave S. Neil
son announced that the Tobacco
Board of Trade had set the clos
| ing date after a survey which
indicated that this week would
provide ample opportunity for
growers to market the remainder
of their crop.
With last year’s volume record
already broken and a new all
time dollar record, Whiteville
heads into the final days of the
season with an average of $56.28
per hundred pounds.
The season figures are 31,411,
876 pounds for $17,680,106.00.
The market is now more than
six hundred thousand dollars
ahead of the top dollar record
set in 1946 when nearly thirty
three and one-half million pounds
of leaf was auctioned.
There is little hope that a new
volume record can be set, but
prospects are bright for surpass
ing last year’s total by over two
million pounds.
Approximately 1,100,000 pounds
were marked last week.
Social Security
Checks Larger
Manager Of Wilmington Of
fice Receives Word In
creased Sums To Go Into
Post Offices Today
Each of the 3711 social security
beneficiaries in this area will re
ceive a substantially larger in
surance check during the week of
October 1, according to N. A.
Avera, manager of the Wilming
ton office of the Social Security
Administration.
Throughout the country, the
September checks for old-age and
survivors insurance will go ir,
the mail on their usual schedule
the second day of the following
month, but the three million
beneficiaries who receive them
will find that the amounts have
been increased as authorized by
the recent amendments to the
Social Security Act.
The amendments, signed into
law by the President on August
28, provided that larger payments
should begin for the month of
September. “I have received
word" Avera said, “that the
checks are now all ready to go
into the post offices in the last
mail on October 2, at the Trea
sury Disbursing offices. This
.should mean that most bene
ficiaries will receive their new
larger payments on Tuesday,
October 3, or a day or two later
if they have normally been get
ting their checks on the 4th, 5th,
or 6th.”
Continued On Page Two
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, October 5,
1:52 A. M.' 8:08 A. M.
2:28 P. M. 9:05 P. M.
Friday, October 6,
2:58 A. M. 9:14 A. M.
3:28 P. M. 10:02 P. M.
Saturday, October 7, •
3:58 A. M. ' 10:15 A. M.
4:23 P. M. 10:55 P. M.
Sunday, October 8,
4:53 A. M. 11:12 A. M.
5:15 P. M. 11:42 P. M.
Monday. October 9,
5:44 A. M. 0:00 A. M.
6:06 P. M. 12:05 P. M
Tuesday, October 10,
6:34 A. M. 0:28 A. M.
6:54 P. M. 12:55 P. M.
Wednesday, October 11,
7:23 A. M. 1:12 A. M.
7:42 P. M. 1:44 P. At