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Most of The New* All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT VOL. NO. SIXTEEN No. 41 8 PAGES TODAY A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Southport, N. C., Wednesday, November 15,1950 The Pilot Covers Brunswick County PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAS 11 —. 1 Annual Session Of Membership Slated Nov. 24 Approximately $2,000.00 In Prizes To Be Given Away Among Those In Attend ance At Meeting GATHERING WILL BE AT OLD DOCK SCHOOL Representative Carlyle And R. S. Broderick To Be | Among Speakers; Direc tors To Be Chosen The manager and directors of the Brunswick Electric Member ship Corporation are now busy making final plans for the 11th annual membership meeting which will be held the day fol lowing Thanksgiving, November 24th., at the Old Dock High School Building, between White ville and Ash. J. L. Robinson, president of the corporation, said today that the meeting would open with registration of members at one p. m. Several hundred members of the local . REA Cooperative are expected to gather with their families, to vote on directors, and important matters pertain ing to the operations of the Co-op. Robinson further advised us that he expects several notables of North Carolina and Washing ton to take part in the pro gram. Addressing the group will be Representative F. Ertel Car lyle of Lumberton; R. S. Brod erick, acting regional {lead, Management Division, Rural Electrification Administra tion, Washington; and Gwyn B. Price, chairman of the North Carolina Rural Electrification Authority, from Raleigh. Over $2,000.00 worth of elec trical appliances will be awarded to lucky winners from among the members who attend the meeting. The electrical appliances are donated for this occasion by the many appliance dealers located in Columbus and Bruns wick counties. Most of the lar ger electrical prizes are . giv,ep through a dealer cooperative plan where several dealers handling the same line or make of ap pliances donated the unit to gether. Below is listed the prizes and names of electrical appliance dealers cooperating with the Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation in the undertaking: 1. 11.4 ft. General Electric Home Freezer valued at over $400.00 is donated by: Braxton Warren Company, Whiteville; Cook’s of Chadbourn, Chadbourn; Scott Motor Company, Fair Bluff; W. F. Cox & Company, Tabor City; Shallotte Hardware Co., Shallotte. 2. Crosley 9.5 cu. ft. refrigera Continued On Page Seven ! BritfNtut I Flmthtt IN NEW RESIDENCED Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hyatt, have completed and moved into their pretty new home near the old Southport cemetery. CHURCH ADDITION The congregation of the St. Phillips Episcopal church has started additions that will con siderably enlarge the structure. LIONS TO MEET The regular meeting of the Southport Lions Club will be held tomorrow (Thursday) at 1 o’ clock at the Community Build ing. BUILDING NEW HOME Mayor and Mrs. Hubert Livings ton have started constructed work on a nice seven-room brick resi dence on the former Mark Far gerson property. BUILDING BULKHEAD Southport city officials are having a 200-feet bulkhead con structed along the river between Mack’s Cafe and the Harrelson grocery1. The improvement to the waterfront at that point is very noticable. ATTEND CONVENTION Rev. and Mrs. H. M. Baker and Rev. and Mrs. R. K. Redwine are attending the Baptist State Con vention meeting in Durham this week. They expect to be back in Southport Thursday night. PULPIT EXCHANGE The Rev. William Ussery, pas tor of Friendship Baptist Church, will preach at the Southport Bap tist Church Sunday morning and Rev. H. M. Baker, pastor of tlia local church, will speak at Friend ship Church at that time. Employees Of Brunswick REA I Above is pictured the office force of the Brunswick Eiectric Membership Corporation at Shaliotte. Left to right, Hugh B. Cherry, electrification advisor; Mrs. Lena Hawes, assistant bookkeeper; Mrs. Mae M. Sanderson, bookkeeper; E. D. Bishop, manager; C. E. Tripp, assistant manager; Mrs. Elizabeth L. Willis, clerk; Mrs. Margaret A. Grooms, stenographer; and Robert A. Jones, Sr., staking engineer. Not available for the picture are Mrs. Doris F. Redwine, Cashier; and Mrs. Kate M. Frink, Clerk. Red Cross Busy Helping Soldiers With Messages Chapter Chairman Describes How Delay May Occasion ally Occur And Advises Citizens To Use Red Cross Contacts “Your GI has been in the Kor ean fighting. You had been wor ried for his letters had stopped coming recently. Today, as next of kin, you received a dispatch from the military saying he was badly wounded two weeks ago, but now is in a hospital in Japan, condition satisfactory. “Why the delayed report, you ask, and how can you get more details in a hurry?” Answers to both questions were offered this week by Rev. L. D. Hayman, Brunswick County Red Cross chairman, who has been approach ed by a number of families with queries like these, and appeals for help in reaching wounded GIs. "Several factors,” he pointed out, “account for reporting de lays by the military authorities. For instance, proper care of the wounded, particularly in the more serious cases, often involves fre quent transfers from one hospital to another, not only in Korea, but to Japan as well, and some (Continued on page Two) County Paving Progress Report State Highway Commission Reports Completion Of Another 5.7 Miles Of Pav ing In Brunswick The State Highway Commis sion has paved another 5.7 miles of secondary road in Brunswick County under the $200,000,000 bond issue program. The following projects were completed during October: Hard-surfacing from junction of NC 130 north of Southport along Old River Road to South port and connections to school, Continued On Page Two i 11th Year Is Among Best In REA Co-op _ ■ - ■ ■ ■ ■ Bishop Issues Statement Tel ling Of 20 Percent Growth In Expansion And Usage This Past Year DEFINITE PLANS FOR EXPANSION Construction Of Modern Of fice Building Among Pro jected Improvements For REA Organiz ation BY E. D BISHOP (Manager Brunswick REA) We are now in our eleventh year of operations. In fact, Dec j ember 18, 1950 will be our 11th I anniversary of electric service to the rural areas. This 11th year of operations has been outstanding in the his tory of the cooperative as it' rep resents an increase of 20% in expansion and usage over the en tire previous ten years. Under our expansion program we have constructed over 200 miles of ad ditional distribution line, and have connected more than 1000 j new consumers, within this year’s operations. We have, ‘definite plans to continue expansion until every rural home is receiving electric service - and the present pace will continue unless, it is I curtailed by scarcity of materials on account of the national emer gency. We have definite plans for stepping up the efficiency of our | operations. We are taking ad I vantage of scientific development j and engineering to modernize j our plant facilities for maximum I efficiency of operations. During the month of May we had in stalled a two-way radio communi : cations system which provides the I means of communication between our office and our construction I and maintenance trucks and 1 crews in the field. This facility has speeded up our field opera i tions and maintenance problems ; and has saved many miles of I (Continued On Page Eight) l W. B. KEZIAH Our ROVING Reporter For the past couple of years parental pride, a very pardonable quality in some cases, has caus ed Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Holden to be away from Shallotte most of the fall, winter and springtime Saturdays. Their son Halstead Holden, was one of the members of the bright and shining Uni versity track team members, win ning half a bushel of medals at his specialty, the half mile race. Now a full fledged Ensign in the Navy of Mr. Wisker’s, Hal stead's days of running are over and his parents stay at home on Saturdays. The way is still open to them. In our opinion, both Southport and Waceamaw school patrons should do something in the mat ter of giving their boys and girls a real school gymnasium. The I funds for the difference between bond issue will provide for only rather modest frame buildings, 50 x 80 feet. This will not al low adequate seating space in addition to the playing area. A 50 x 80-foot building will not take care of present needs, let alone future expansion. The only way in which either school can get a substantial building with adequate space is to put up funds for the diffeernce between what they are going to get and what they really need. We have been away from our favorite fishing hole for quite a while. Anxious as to the future, we asked Alex Bogie the other day regarding boats being avail able. "There is mine," said Alex, “you and Sam Bennett can have it any time.” This is very gratifying news to us. The last Continued on page tour New Methodist Minister Here The Rev. Norwood L. Jones filled the pulpit at Trinity Methodist church at both the morning and evening service Sunday in his first appearance before members of his new congregation. At the evening hour the members of the Bap tist congregation came over to the Methodist church to hear the new minister. The Rev. Mr. Jones is mar ried and has one son, a"£e 26 months. This is his first pas torate, but he has been in the service of the Wesleyan Foun dation at AuburtV, Alabama. He , is a graduate of D(jike Dignity School and of High Point Col lege, ’ :i I'his is moving day for the two ministers involved in the change which brings the Rev. Mr. Jones here..! and sends the Rev, L. D. , jHayman tq Car olina Beach. i "sc '3 October Prize List Impressive SENCBA Fishing Radeo Winners During That Per iod Prove That This Is Best Month Of Year For Fishing South Eastern North Carolina j Beach Association has announced October prize winners in the Fifth Annual Fishing Rodeo and outstanding catches for the best fishing in the area proved con clusively that October is the best all around fishing month of the year. Notable entries were Mrs. Alma Moody of Wilmington, with her fifteen pound seven ounce king mackerel caught off the "Joan ju”; red drum entries of Mrs. Charles Wiggins of Richlands, weighing forty-one pounds caught at Bear Inlet, and Bill Gulledge’s close second of forty-pounds caught at Topsail Beach; pom pano entry of five pounds eight ounches landed by A. P. Faulkner of Wilmington; rockfish by David Blackman of Carolina Beach weighing seventeen pounds two ounces; a rodeo record breaker by Earl A. Smith, of Fayette ville, with his sheepshead weigh ing eleven pounds four ounces; a flounder of Howard Shaw of Bear Creek, swinging the scales at nine pounds thirteen ounces. The judges will decide the best Continued On Page Four Hickman Child Dies Of Burns Bolivia Child Died In Dosher Memorial Hospital After Sustaining Fatal Burns On Saturday Lila Joan Hickman, 10-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bryson Hickman, was fatally burned Saturday afternoon when her dress caught fire as she was standing in front of the fireplace. She was brought to Dosher Mem orial Hospital where her death Continued on page two Another Group Goes Into Army At Ft. Bragg Brunswick County Men De parted November 3 For induction Center; Many „ Have Volunteered Since § July BOTH ARMY AND NAVY GET VOLUNTEERS Selective Service Board Re ports That Another' Group Will Go For Pre-Induc tion Examination Soon The Brunswick County Selec tive Service office in Southport reports that the following men were inducted into the Army November 3: | White: Robert Lee Spencer, • Albert G. Young, Camie Mintz, C&orge Congleton, Jr., Dillon L. ‘Gancy, Jr., T .eland; Warren H. “Reynolds, Wabon Thomas, Shal tjotte; Ernest E. Beck, Longwood; ["Cecil J. Davis, John S. Brown, Supply; Vincent W. Simmons, [ffrL Wampee, S. C. f* Colored: Ralph L. Waddell, | Slferman Merrick, Alonza Hooper, L§land; Howard Bryant, Bolivia; [Earnest L. Walker, Longwood; ®mry J. Gore, Supply; Robert iW Moore, Jr., Charlie Swain, Tiithport. fhe following have enlisted ce July 1950: JShite: John D. Ballard, Har *D. Child, Thomas M. Ellis, bert E. McKeithan, Homer B. adwick, Stephen B. Clemmons, j^iugh Medlin, Leland; Char pf, Cottle, Winnabow; Thomas Stanley^ Charles O. Hickman, bert L. Enlow, Tommy Bow p*, James H. Ratcliffe, James :i Snpiith, George G. Stanley, P Southport; Clyde L. Clern Siis, Carl D. Andrews, Grover iNorris, Tom Hewett, Jr., Floyd W Cenimons, Gerald J. Robinson, Tbdvanion Meares, Willie R. ISon, Roy D. Hewett, James A. Sbbihs, Supply; Walter W. hley, Hobson Meares, Jame3 Gray, McKee C. Pigott, Shal •tte; Erdon M. Coleman, Daniel . Smith, Archie C. Allen, Will iam R. Warren. Edward W. Continued On Page Two Varied Docket Heard Monday Judge W. J. McLamb Heard Light Docket During Re gular Weekly Session Of Recorder’s Court The following cases were dis posed of before Judge W. J. Mc Lamb here in Recorder’s court Monday: Robert Keplowitz, speeding, fined $10.00 and costs. V. A. Randall, no operators license, fined $26.00 and costs. 10 days stay. Lupton Randall, allowing un licensed person to operate car, costs. 10 days stay. Daniel Rabon, violating gun law, motion for jury trial. J. B. Carlisle, no operators lic ense, not guilty. Willie McDowell, assault, nol prossed. Roney Carlisle, larceny, plead guilty and waived prelimary hearing. Held for Superior court under $1000 bond. Robert Ray Bass, drunk driv ing, public drunkness, pleaed guilty to public drunkness, 30 days in jail, suspended on pay ment of a fine of $25.00 and costs. \ Prince O. Hill, improper auto equipment, fined $25.00 and costs. Odell Johnson, no operators license, fined $25.00 and costs. Continued on page four Pilgrimage Begins MESSAGE—Mrs. Mae Bamber, councilwoman of Southport England, is shown receiving greetings from Mayor E. Fleetwood-Hasketh of her city to Mayor Hubert A. Livingston of Southport, North Carolina. Mrs. Bamber is a visitor here for several days.-(Wilmington News Cut.) English Visitor Is Due This Afternoon -* - Patrolman Will Escort Visitor Everything about the visit of Mrs. Mae Bamber to North Carolina and to Southport ap peared to be on schedule, ac cording to a message delivered last night to W. B. Keziah by Patrolman J. C. Taylor. It said: “Sgt. A. H. Clark met gray Chrysler sedan, New York State tag WE-52-77, on route 86 at Virginia line at 2:30, as scheduled by you. Under his escort Mrs. Mae Bamber ar rived in Raleigh at 4 p. m., as scheduled. Lieutenant Lewis will secort visitor from South port, England, to Southport, North Carolina, leaving Raleigh at 2 p. m. Wednesday. Patrol man J. C. Taylor at Leland will keep in contact and notify you of exact time of arrival.” Begin Working On Two Bridges Structures On River Road Now Under Construction I With Walden Creek Bridge Last On List Work on the Orton spillway bridge on Route 130 is new in progress. Both that bridge and the one across Lilliput Creek will be built before the Walden Creek bridge is started, accord ing to Mr. Ashworth, State High way Engineer. This indicates that the Walden Creek bridge may not be started until after Christmas, depending on how the weather may permit the carrying on of operations at j Lilliput and Orton pond. The | contract for all three structures was let early in June. A catwalk has been built at Walden Creek. The new bridge at that point will be a. rebuild i ing of the old one, or a use of | the same pilings. The road will be closed to vehicular traffic while the rebuilding is underway, Continued On Page Four Mrs. Mae Bamber, Member Of Council Of Southport England, Is Coming To Southport With Greetings From Mayor Of Her City TO BE ENTERTAINED WHILE IN SOUTHPORT Will Be Guest Of Southport Lions At Luncheon Tomor row And Will Be Hon ored At Woman’s Club Tea Later Mrs. Mae Bamber, a member of the Southport, England, city council .arrives here this after noon at about six o’clock. For this hands-across-the-sea visit from Southport to Southport rather extensive plans have been made by Southport City officials, Southport Lions Club and South port Woman’s Club members. Following her arrival at the Camelia Inn late this afternoon, Mrs. Bamber will be entertained at dinner by br. and Mrs. Fred Burdette. Thursday morning at 11 o'clock the visitor will be formerly received by the city of ficials at the Community Build ing. she will present to Mayor Hubert Livingston greetings and an invitation from Mayor Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh 6f South port, England. The Festival of Britain is to be held in England next year. The invitation accompanying the greeting is for Mayor Living ston to attend the Festival of British as a guest of the Eng lish Mayor. Mrs. Bamber writes that she is also bringing greet ings to the Chamber of Com merce or Board of Trade, which ever we have in Southport. The visitor from across the sea arrived in Raleigh last night and was to have come on to Southport early this morning. However, John Marshall, secre tary to Governor W. Kerr Scott, wrote W. B. Keziah regarding her meeting the Governor. Gra ham Joyner of radio station WPTF and Fred Fletcher of WRAL wrote, both extending in vitations for the visitor to broad cast from their stations. Accordingly, Keziah wrote Mrs. Bamber asking her to remain in Continued on page four Official General Election Returns House Clerk Sheriff Judge Commissioners N 4-> PS is o !h H a> £ £ V M o o U3 Sm S3 £ O a> J s cfl w CO £ O o js S3 W I b£ 3 £ O 10 V CU X o £ « (1) Sh £ <V 1-9 09 09 ,£ be 3 H. Creek. 97: Leland. 1831 IT. Creek. 283! Bolivia. 166 Sprt. 1.i 251 Sprt. 2.!...[ 333 Mosquito.| 38 Supply.: 96 Secession.! 172 Shall otte. 223! Frying Pan...; 241 j Grissettown. , Shingletree ; Longwood.. . Ash. Waccamaw Exum TOTALS 103 200 95 194 75 83 46| 43 154: 259 851 51 27 135 57! 129; 43 81! 103: 94 203| 140| 54! 105 192 299 166 288 351 351 98; 171 2211 236 108; 198! 92 209, 82! 80! 43 44 154 261 64 37 28 138 54| 128 43| 82 H3| 98! 203; 140 95 j 54 184! 62 229: 243 135! 307 270! 78 347! 39 25 i 35 88: 146 167 59 220 131 234 52 98 92 19F 127 88! 102 197 221 82 j 142 69 72 102! 185 249; 150! 265! 324 i 26! 90 161; 203 j 203! 97 218! 90 j 196 85| 77! 47 60 210 286 78 43 35! 148! 651 145| 77! 90! 105! 99' 215! 142! 63 96[ 180! 248; 1471 2531 329; 27 i 84 161 195! 194! 941 216! 77! 1821 77| 63 97! 173 24 5 ( 154 240; 318: so! 831 168 199| 202[ 104! 2021 91| 215! 98! 82! 101 51 185! 53 269: 227 144 309 251! 91 330! 45 25, 40 86! 164 167 63 195! 1551 208 78| 91 90 180 112! 79' 951 184| 205 711 139| 641 671 46 i 43 44 j 44 177i 158 272i 274 67' 58 3fti 33 31 32 143: 148 56! 55 144| 147 64, 70 86' 92 117 128 1031 112 224! 210 147; 131 62! 70 2630 1984 1819 1808 No Changes Made In Election By Official Count S. B. Frink Leads All Other Candidates On Ballot Al though He Was Without Opposition For State Sen ate BENNETT GIVEN LARGE MAJORITY All Democrat Candidates Led Republican Oppon ents By Margin Of From 650 Votes To 1,250 Total Members of the Brunswick county board of elections met here Thursday to canvas the General Election vote cast last Tuesday in Brunswick county, but the outcome for the race for none of the offices was changer. The biggest victory margin was scored by Clerk of Court S. T. Bennett over Rivers Wescott, his Republican opponent. The Bennett vote was 2931 to 1683 for Wescott, a difference of 1248. Harry L. Mintz, Jr., scored a 1124-vote majority over his Re publican opponent, Chas. M. Trott, Mintz had 2833 votes to 1707 for Trott. W. J. McLamb polled 2721 votes, for Judge of Recorder's court as compared to 1908 for Cecil C. Robbins, his Republican opponent. The McLamb majority was 813. Ed V. Leonard held a 757 ' majority over H. L. Willetts in their race for Sheriff. Leonard had 2719 votes to 1962 for the Republican candidate. The narrowest margin lay be tween C. W. Knox, high Re publican candidate for county commissioner, and R. L. Rabon, low man of the three successful Democrats. There was a differ ence of only 639 votes, with Knox having 1984 to lead his party’s ticket. The Rabon vite Continued On Page Two Folder Requests Being Received Recent Information About Points Of Interest In This Area Being Widely Distri buted Since the first of October 133 requests for folders or other in formation about Brunswick coun ty have been received here. The fblders recently gotten out are filling a great need for some thing to answer direct inquiries; despite the fact that they were' designed mostly for spring and summer use. For the present the plan is to, use them only in response to; direct requests.. In a personal, letter this week E. Carl Sink,' formerly wjth the State ' News Bureau and more recently in charge <of all publicity for the “Unto These Hills” pageant of Western North Carolina, pointed out a number of valuable sources of use for the folders. Mr. Sink is now with the advertising division of the Tidewater Power Company in Wilmington. The folders have mostly to do with the sea and the vyonderful Brunswick county coast line. In fact, the title is: “Brunswick by the Sea!” 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, November 16, 1:04 A. M. 7:04 A. M. 1:40 P. M. 7:53 P. M. Friday, November 17, 2:07 A. M. 8:09 A. M. 2:37 P, M. 8:50 P. M. Saturday, November 18, 3:07 A. M. 9:13 A. M. 3:32 P. M. 9:43 P. M. Sunday, November 19, 4:01 A. M. 10:11 A. M. 4:23 P. M. 10:31 P. M. Monday, November 20, 4:53 A. M. 11:04 A. M. 5:09 P. M. 11:16 P. M. Tuesday, November 21, 5:37 A. M. 11:51 A. M. 5:53 P. M. 11:58 P. M. Wednesday, November 22, 6:20 A. M. 0:00 A. M. 6:34 P. M. 12:35 P. M.
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