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THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Brunswick County
VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 38
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Southport, N. C., Wednesday, October 18, 1950
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Baptists Meeting
Today At Chapel
Hill In Shallotte
First Day Session Of Bruns
wick Baptist Association
Underway At Shallotte
Church; Meeting Tomor
row At Mill Creek
REPORTS MADE ON
WORK DURING YEAR
Meetings Being Attended By
Outstanding Church Offi
cials For North Carolina
And Other Leaders
The twenty-seven Baptist
churches comprising the Bruns
wick Baptist Association are
meeting today and tomorrow to
review their work during the
past year, to listen to reports
from leaders and representatives
of the various institutions sup
ported by the Baptist of North
Carolina, and to formulate ob
jectives for the coming year.
Preliminary reports indicate
that the churches of the Associa
tion have made commendable ad
vances during the past year in
all phases of their work. Several
churches have made physical im
provements to their plants and
others are planning to enlarge or
build in the near future. A year
ago the churches were short of
pastors, but during the past year
several new pastors have assum
ed work in Brunswick County
and practically all of the church
es now have a pastor.
The first day’s session features
reports by various leaders in
Brunswick County, and represen
tatives from the Baptist Hospital,
the Baptist State Convention and
the Baptist Colleges of North
Carolina. Rev. Earle Bradley is
representing the Baptist State
Convention at this session of the
Association, and Dr. W. K. Mc
Gee is representing the hospital.
Rev. R. K. Redwine will bring a
report of the work of the Baptist
Assemblies at the meeting today
in Chapel Hill Church.
The second dayis meeting will
be at Mill Creek Church Thurs
day, and will feature reports on
the work of the orphanage, the
W. M. S. report and the reports
of the Associational officers. Rev.
B. E. Morris, pastor of the Grey
stone Baptist Church, Durham,
and chairman of the Committee
on Evangelism of the Baptist
State Convention, will speak at
Mill Creek on the evangelistic
campaign to be undertaken by all
Baptist churches East of the
Mississippi River in the spring of
1951.
Thursday night there will be a
meeting of the Youth Association
at Chapel Hill Church. This meet
ing begins with a picnic supper
aV six-thirty, and following the
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HALLOWE’EN CARNIVAL
The Annual Hallowe’en Carni
val sponsored by the Southport
Parent-Teachers Association will
be held on Friday, October 27,
beginning at 6 o’clock in the
auditorium.
COMMISSIONERS MEET
Members of the board of coun
ty commissioners' met here Mon
day, with most of the day being
spent in discussion of business
on which definite action was de
ferred. The W. Milliken land in
Northwest township was ordered
sold to Nancy I.oftin.
DIED IN FLODIRA
Mr. and Mrs. John Potter were
called to Key West, Fla., on Sat
urday by the death of Mr. Pot
ter’s brother, Roy Potter. Mr.
Potter resided here many years
ago. He also has a sister', Mrs.
Lulla Ruark, of Southport.
TURKEY SUPPER
The W. M. S. of the Southport
Baptist Church will serve a tur
key supper in the basement of
the church on Thursday night,
October 19, between the hours of
6:30 and 8:30 o’clock. Tickets will
be on sale late Monday afternoon.
No plates will be sent out unless
someone calls for them and
brings a plate for carrying them
out.
HOMECOMING DAY
Homecoming Day will be ob
served Sunday at New Hope
Presbyterian Church at Winna
bow. This will mark the 56th
Anniversary of this church. 'Wor
ship service will begin at 11
o’clock; communion will be held
at 12 o’clock; a picnic dinner will
be spread at 1 o’clock; and the
afternoon session will get under
way at 2 o’clock.
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Yam Queen Of 1950
Miss Aliece Hill, lovely 17-year-old Evergreen High School Junior
who lives at Boardman, is shown above as she was crowned 1950 Yam
Queen at the Carolinas Yam Festival in Tabor City last Friday night.
Representative F. Ertel Carlyle of Lumberton performed the coronation
ceremony.
Brunswick 4'H Boys
Make Good Showing
Five Boys From This County
Entered Calves At Junior
Dairy Cattle Show In Wil
mington Last Week And
All Did Well
SOUTHPORT BOY
GETS BLUE RIBBON
Four Others Win Red Rib
bons With Their Animals
And Marvin Bennett
Placed Third As Best
Herdsman
Five Brunswick 4-H Club boys
won their share of honors at the
first Southeastern Junior Dairy
Show held in Wilmington last
week reports County Agent A.
S. Knowles. The boys entered
their calves in the grade class as
they did not have registered
calves old enough to be eligible.
This is the first such show that
any of the boys had taken part
in. The show was planned only
a few weeks ago and in view of
the time the boys have been
working with their calves in fit
ting them for the show, they
have done a remarkable job, ac
cording to County Agent Know
les.
Marvin Bennett, son of R. B.
Bennett of near Thomasboro, won
third place in herdsmanship out
of the eighty-five boys and girls
taking part in the show. The
boys winning first and second
place were from Cumberland
County and they had taken part
at three shows this year before
the one in Wilmington. This
award was made for keeping the
calf stall clean, the calf fed and
watered and in general good man
agement practices while at the
show. Marvin’s calf was the first
to arrive at the show.
The calves shown by the Bruns
wick 4-H boys compared very
favorable to the better calves
shown in their class. David
Swain of Southport, had his calf
placed in the blue ribbon group
composed of four calves and won
$12.00. Bobby Swain and Joe
Price of Southport, Marvin Ben
nett of Shallotte 4-H Club, and
Donald Secrest of Bolivia 4-H
Club all had their calves placed
in the Red ribbon group and won
$10.00 each. In all the boys won
$57.00 in prizes, but even more
important was the experience and
information attained.
Most of these Brunswick boys
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Auction Sale
On Wednesday
Arnold Cafe And Hotel Will
Be Sold At Public Auction
Next Week; Valuable
Shallotte Property Also
Offered
Arnold Hotel and Cafe will be
offered for sale at public auction
he,re next Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock, the sale being
conducted by Gleen M. Tucker,
Carolina Beach Realtor, formerly
principal at Bolivia and Leland,
and the Clark-Mendenhall Auc
tion Co. of High Point and Win
ston-Salem.
The hotel property formerly
was owned and operated by the
Millers, then the Davis family
and is a landmark In this com
munity. Since it was acquired
four years ago by Paul Arnold,
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Handy Jack Saves
Injured Driver
It was a lucky thing for the
driver of a dump truck that he
turned his vehicle over right in
front of the Ennis Long Service
Station last Tuesday morning,
or otherwise he would have
perished in the accident.
A dump truck driven by Sam
my Long was traveling west
on U. S. No. 17 when the
vehicle went out of control and
overturned. When the wreck
age came to a stop the driver
was pinned underneath the cab
with only his head protruding.
It was obvious that he was in
the late stages of strangulation
when attendants of the Long
Service Station hustled out
with a roller jack and quickly
lifted the weight from his neck.
He was rushed to Dosher Me
morial Hospital in Southport
for treatment, but an examina
tion revealed that his injuries
were not serious.
State Alumni To
Hear Pop Taylor
Executive Director Of N. C.
State College General Al
umni Association Will Be
At Lake Waccamaw Meet
ing
H. W. (Pop) Taylor, executive
director of the North Carolina
State College General Alumni
Association, will be the principal
speaker at a meeting of the Wac
camaw State College Club at
Harry’s Anchorage at Lake Wac
camaw on Tuesday, October 24.
Taylor, a native of Duplin
County, was educated at State
College, where he received his
B. S. degree in 1926 and his mas
ter's degree a year later. Prior
to becoming head of the college's
Alumni Association in 1942, he
worked on the staff of the North
Carolina Agricultural Extension
Service and was connected with
the Agricultural Adjustment Ad
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Contractor Will
Construct Span
Salisbury Man Reports That
Delay In Connection With
Walden Creek Bridge Has
Been Caused By Highway
Order
The contractor who bid on the
Walden Creek bridge project
' hasn’t skipped his contract,
j J. Ray Wilson of Salisbury re
j ported last week that he plans to
start work on the bridge, and
two other jobs tied with it in
the same contract, the week after
next.
Some Southport residents had
expressed fear that Contractor
Wilson had given up the contract
because he could not build the
bridge for the price quoted in
his bid.
The paving contractor finished
his work on N. C. 130, the road
I on which the Walden Creek
j bridge is located, about two
j months ago.
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Thirty Thousand
Attend Big Yam
Event In Tabor
Town Thronged With Visit
ors During Three Days Of
Third Annual Carolinas
Yam Festival Last Week
MISS ALIECE HILL IS
CROWNED YAM QUEEN
Chairman A. C. Edwards Of
Yam Festival Committee
Is Praised For Outstan
ding Job During
Program
TABOR CITY, Oct. 16—The
third annual Carolinas Yam Fes
tival, most successful in tha his
tory of Tabor City’s special pro
motions, closed Saturday night
after an estimated 30,000 people
had thronged the sweet potato
capital for three days.
Spokesmen for the 'Tabor City
Merchants Association said today
that the event had proved, so out
standingly excellent that plans
would be developed almost im
mediately for another festival
next yea”
The festival got underway with
an exciting program Thursday
when the exhibit hall was opened,
a parade was staged, and Re
presentative F. Ertel Carlyle
spoke to a large crowd on the
plaza here.
Miss Aliece Hill, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hill of
Boardman, was crowned Yam
Queen of 1950 at the beauty pag
i eant here Thursday night. The 17
year-old Evergreen High School
Junior was chosen from more
than 25 candidates in one of the
greatest display of pulchritude
ever witnessed here.
Miss Hill, winner of the Colum
bus County Dress Revue several
months ago, won out over Miss
Elsie Lewis, 20, of Fairmont who
took second place. The Yam
Queen was presented prizes valu
ed at several hundred dollars.
The runner-up, a Fairmont sec
retary, received a number of priz
es, including a Hamilton wrist
watch. )
Contests of various kinds were
held during the three days of the
festival. The winners will be an
nounced this week as soon as a
complete list is compiled.
The public relations dinner
Thursday night, bringing together
representatives of the North Car
olina Extension Service, news
paper men, representatives of the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company, and numerous other
dignitaries was one of the high
lights of the festival program.
A football game, dances, and
music by the Carolina Jubilee
Boys of Mullins were among the
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Will Start Work
On Regan Road
Highway Commission Will
Start Work Soon On Con
struction Of New Road
Leading To Bridge At
Pireway
The State Highway Commis
sion will start work soon on a
new road job in Brunswick Coun
ty.
The "project is a combined one
with Columbus County and will
be financed under the $200,000,
000 bond issue program. It calls
for grading, paving and structur
es on a county road from Pireway
crossing Brunswick - Columbus
County line to Regan.
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Prominent in the democratic rally held Friday at the Court House in Whiteville were these four party
stalwarts. Left to right, they are the Seventh District’s Congressman, F. Ertel Carlyle, Senate-nominee
Willis Smith, Columbus Senator Junius K. Powell, and W. Avery Thompson, chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee in Columbus. — Photo by Lawrence Wofford and cut by courtesy of Raleigh New3
and Observer.)
Another Sailfish Is
Added To Trophie
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Gymnasium Bids
Over Estimates
Bids opened for construction
j»f two gymnasiums last week
by the Brunswick County Board
of Education revealed the fact
that the cost will be about
$13,000.00 each above the
amount available. There was an
increase of about $4,000.00 each
above bids received several
months ago. Bid totals for each
gym amounted to about $38,
000.00.
With only $49,000.00 available
for construction of gymnasium
buildings at ffaccamaw
and at Southport, the board
met here Monday and decided
to divide this amount and make
it available for use for gym
nasium construction at each
school. This leaves the option
of erecting a frame structure,
or of patrons of the community
supplementing the funds to the
point where a gymnasium of
masonry may be built.
Services Held
For Physician
Dr. Wendell V, Jenrette
Died Tuesday Night At
Dosher Memorial Hospit- j
al; Funeral Thursday Af
ternoon
Dr. Wendell V. Jenrett, retired
U. S. Public Health official, died
last Tuesday night in Dosher Me
morial Hospital where he had
been a patient for several days,
i Dr. Jenrette, who was 58 years
Continued On Page Two
Not Exactlij News
Jerry Ball appeared on a pro
gram in Wilmington Thursday
j night, and used the trip as an
excuse to slip off down here to
Southport for a fishing trip with
James Arnold. They had no luck,
but that didn’t faze the petrole
um publicist. He wants to come
back early in November, taking
off a full week from his labors
“in order to be here on some of
those ‘good’ days you folks are
always telling me about.”
Jerry told us that on the pre
vious Sunday night he was in
New York and appeared on the
"Stop The Music” radio show.
They asked him a question—
duck soup for this guy who
spends about one-half his time
proving that he not only can id
entify tunes, but can play them.
He won an attractive piece of
furniture as his prize.
New Moon tides on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of last week
were only fair for marsh hen
hunting, and so most of the hunt
ers will have to wait until the
next full moon for their first
chance to go gaming for the
marsh birds. Those who study
the water say that there may be
no suitable tides until the new
moon in November.
James Ballamy, one of Bruns
wick county's most progressive
young farmers, really believes in
pastures and livestock. He show
ed us a sales slip he received for
a May calf, and the total was
more thart $100.00. He had a Jan
uary calf that sold at an even
higher price per pound. Small
wonder that he plans to expand
his cattle program.
One problem that Southport
sports fans should begin to think
about now is what are we going
to use a baseball diamond next
spring. The new paving job on1
the old River Road cuts through
left field right behind third base.
Inere still is room for a football
field, and that will be marked off
right away for Southport's first
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Sports Fishing During Past
Week Has Continued Un
usually Good With Varied
Catches Reported
BLUEFISH STILL
STRIKING WELL
Parties Making Trip To Gulf
Stream Waters Report
Catching Tropical
Varieties
Another good week of fall fish
ing has seen parties from South
port making a killing on bluefish
and the addition of one nice
sailfish to the season’s already
impressive total.
The sail was a part of the out
standing catch that was made by
the Sunday party aboard the
Idle-On. In addition to the 6-ft.,
4-in. beauty, the catch included
3 amberjack which averaged
about 35-lbs; 1 dolphin, 3 bonita,
12 king mackerel and 125 blues.
The party included George Bost,
Lincolnton; Harold L. Teague and
J. S. Harren, Great Falls; ,and
Robert A. Sigmond, Hickory.
A Saturday afternoon party
aboard the same craft caught 211
blues. The fishermen were from
Wilmington and the party was
headed by W. F. Warrisk. This
was the second trip of the day
for Captain Hulan Watts, who
had caught 300 blues for another
Wilmington group before noon.
Captain Basil Watts aboard the
Botfly had 369 bluefish to show
for his Saturday trip. The group
included W. G. Clapp and father
and J. K. Bowling of Siler City.
George C. Jackson of Wilmington
headed the Sunday trip aboard
the Botfly and reported 370 blue
fish.
Captain Victor Lance and his
party aboard the Moja had 235
bluefish last Wednesday. The
group included W. G. Beasley,
Wallace; E. G. Chesnutt and
Davis Chesnutt, Warsaw; and
Joseph Rouse, Magnolia.
Another Lance trip during the
week-end netted 130 blues, 4 king
mackerel, 1 albocore, 1 amber
jack, 1 barracuda and 1 shark.
The fishermen were L. A. Mudge,
Fuquay Springs; M. N. Goodwin,
Joe Mills, Roy M. Cooke and Dr.
J. P. Elliott, Apex; and W. F.
Phillips, Pittaboro.
Four Brunswick
Students Enroll
Mars Hill Studentbody This
Fall Includes Four Bruns
wick County Boys And
Girls
Four students from Brunswick
County are enrolled at Mars Hill
College for the school year 1950
'51.
They are: Ramona Frink and
Grover Gore, Shallotte; Chester
Glenn Jones, Southport; Annie
Lois Phelps, Ash.
This semester 790 students are
enrolled with representatives
from 81 of the 100 North Car
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Farm Machinery
Demonstration Is
Set For County
Demonstration Of Latest
Equipment And Manner
In Which They Fit Into
Farm Program Will Be
Demonstrated Wednesday
The Brunswick County USDA
Council is sponsoring a farm
machinery demonstration at the
Elmore Willetts farm 2 miles
from Bell Swamp on highway No.
303 on Wednesday, October 25,
according to County Agent A. S.
Knowles.
Six farm implement dealers will
put on the demonstration begin
ning at 10 a. m. and lasting un
til 3 p. m. They will use the
various pieces of equipment
necessary in preparing land and
seeding a pasture.
The various agricultural work
ers have been making plans with
Elmore and Joseph Willetts for
several weeks on the proposed
demonstration. Eeach implement
dealer will be given an oppor
tunity to show how his equipment
fits into the pasture program.
Some of the equipment that will
be used includes tractor, bottom
plows, bush and bog disk, gang
disk and field cultivator for pull
ing in new ground. Other equip
ment will include section harrow,
fertilizer and lime spreader, cul
tipacker and seeder and ditcher.
Among the feature equipment
will be the field cultivator for
pulling stumps and the cultipack
er to be used in proper seeding
of grass and raking part in the
demonstration are S. L. Fuller,
the Case tractor dealer of White
ville; Dink Huggins, dealer of
Allis Chalmers of Chadbourn,
Cape Fear Motor Sales, the Ford
dealer, Marks Machinery Co., the
International dealer, R. F. Hall,
John Deere, dealer, and J. P.
Newton, the Massey-Harris dealer
all of Wilmington.
Harley Coleman
Passes At Ash
Funeral Services Conducted
Wednesday For Brunswick
Farmer Who Died Mon
day After Illness Of Four
Months
—
Harley Allen Coleman, 70, died
Monday at his residence at Ash,
Brunswick County, after an ill
ness of four months. He was en
gaged in farming.
Funeral services ■ were conduct
ed Wednesday at 3 p. m. from
New Britian Baptist Church by
Rev. Gaston Hester and Rev. An
son Smith of Ash. Burial follow
ed in the church cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Rosa Lee Coleman; three sons,
Ernest and Corbett of Ash and
Erndon of Odgen, Utah; three
daughters, Mrs. Gertie Babson,
Mrs. Erma Simmons and Miss
Etha Coleman, all of Ash; two
brothers, D. C. Coleman of Eliza
bethtown and L. K. Coleman of
Bladenboro; a sister, Mrs. Lola
Milliken of Ash; and 14 grand
children.
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Harmony Reigns
At Party Rally
In Whiteville
National Committeeman Jo
nathan Daniels Pledges
His Support To Willis
Smith In November Elec
tion
THOMPSON WELCOMES
LEADERS TO MEETING
Governor Scott Advocates
Approval Of Amendment
To Provide Better Pay
For State Legislators
Democrats of the Seventh Con
gressional District held the great
est “love feast” in the history
of district politics at the Court
House here Friday as they came
together as one big happy family
determined to roll over their
traditional Republican foe with
unprecedented majorities in the
election November 7.
Governor W. Kerr Scott, Sen
ator Frank Graham, Jonathan
Daniels, Senator-nominate Willis
Smith, Representative F. Ertel
Carlyle and other party spokes
men may have been on different
sides of the various political
fences in the primaries, but they
were in accord Friday on the
theme that the Democratic party
is the party of the people and
that they must march together
against a common enemy—the
GOP.
From National committeeman
Jonathan Daniels came a pledge
of support for Willis Smith and
a declaration that “the frontier
of freedom is the community.” '
Governor Scott unleashed the
full force of his dynamic person
ality in support of his “Go For
ward” program and sounded one
new note as he declared that
“the time has come to harness
the Cape Fear River and put it
to work for the people of this
area.”
Speaking of the . good roads
program, he said half of it would
be completed by January 1 next
| year, and added, amidst a burst
I of applause, that “the State bud
get is balanced.”
A cheering note for teachers
was struck when Scott said
“teachers will get the checks in
December which they ought to
have had last school term.”
The Governor said he had talk
ed with Representative Carlyle
regarding Congression support
for controlling the flood waters
of the Cape Fear and that Carlyle
had pledging his backing. Scott
went a step farther, however, and
indicated his interest in a power
project on the river.
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Routine Session
Of Court Monday
Regular Weekly Session Of
County Court Adjourned
Before Noon With Numer
ous Cases Settled
This week’s session of Bruns
wick county Recorder’s court was
out before noon, with the follow
ing cases being disposed of:
James Wesley Herring, speed
ing. The defendant waived ap
pearance and pleaded guilty. He
was fined $10.00 and costs.' Sim
ilar action resulted in an identical
charge against Charles Ray Her
ring.
Howard J. Collins was charged
with possession of whiskey. He
waived appearance and pleaded
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
Thursday, October 19
2:25 A. M. 8:32 A. M.
3:06 P. M. 9:22 P. M.
Friday, October 20,
3:30 A. M. 9:39 A. M.
4:05 P. M. 10:18 P. M.
Saturday, October 21,
4:28 A. M. 10:38 A. M.
4:58 P. M. 11:07 P. M.
Sunday, October 22,
5:21 A. M. 11:30 A. M.
5:45 P. M. 11:52 P. M.
Monday, October 223,
6:07 A. M. 0:00 A. M.
6:28 P. M. 12:16 P. M.
Tuesday, October 24,
6:50 A. M. 0:31 A. M.
7:07 P. M. 1:00 P. M.
Wednesday, October 25,
7:28 A. M. 1:10 A. M.
7:44 P. M. 1:40 P. M.
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