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Most of The News All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community_ The Pilot Covers Brunswick County VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 55 6-paces today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, December 13, 1950 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY (1.50 PER YEA* Christmas Bond Sale Letters Go Out This Week Financial Support Asked To Follow Through On Tu berculosis Control Pro gram For Columbus Coun ty ACTIVE CASES ARE FOUND IN MASS CHECK Some Cases Under Obser vation And Will Require X-Ray Check In Regu lar Intervals In Future Letters went out this week fro mthe Brunswick County Tub erculosis Association to business firms in this area requesting that they purchase Christmas Seal Tuberculosis Bonds to help finance the tuberculosis control program in the county. The program, following on the heels of the mass X-ray survey conducted last Summer, will in clude continuation of health edu cation, case-finding, follow-ups to the survey, and rehabilitation. “People must be taught the facts about tuberculosis," Mrs. E. H. Arrington, bond sale chair man, said in emphasizing the education phase of the program. Before the X-ray survey, there lit commenting on the results, Mrs. Arrington pointed out that “tuberculosis is an insidious disease that creeps up on its victim without warning or symp toms.” This year the Tuberculosis As sociation, is asking citizens of the county to contribute generously during the Tuberculosis Bond Sale and Christmas Seal Sale so that follow-up treatment may be provided for those with active disease and those under obser vation. -ITKJ.O. n.ii.mgtuu act in ill lid letter that “again this year we are visiting you by mail to make it more convenient for the bus iness people.’’ She then adds: "ft takes only a moment to write a check and slip it in an envelope. If the envelope is addressed to the Brunswick County Tuber culosis Association, Southport, that brief moment may help save a life. Back this life-saving pro gram and acknowledge our Christinas Seal Bonds.” One of the principal reasons for support of the program, as sociation leaders emphasized, is that all of the active cases and also the cases under obser vation constitute a menace to the health of everybody unless they are treated and checked regular ly to determine their status. I BriefNtmi | Flasht* CHRISTMAS MUSIC The choir of Trinity Methodist church under the direction of Mrs. Dallas Pigott will present their Christmas program Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. AT PRESBYTERIAN The annual Christmas pageant of the Southport Presbyterian church will be held December 22, at 7:30 o’clock. The public is cordially invited. CAMELLIA INN OPEN The Camellia Inn, closed since the death of Mrs. Helen G. Bra gaw in an automobile-train col lision a month ago has been re opened, with Mrs. Lou Mallison, daughter of Mrs. Bragaw. in charge. The inn has always been popular among visitors to South port and Mrs. Mallison will en deavor to run it just as it was operated by her mother. MAIL POSITION OPEN Mrs. Ida M. Parker, postmaster at Shallotte, has announced that the United States Civil Service Commission will hold an exam ination in Wilmington on Janu ary 4, to fill the position of rural letter carrier from the Shallotte Office. Examination blanks may be obtained by prospective ap plicants for the portion from the post office In Shallotte or by writing the Civil Service Com mission in Washington 25, D. C. ON THE FKOSH TEAM Bobby Spencer and G. W. <Killer) Fisher, both stars on the Southport high school basket ball team last season, are making good on the freshman team at Campbell College, where they are now students. Bobby is playing at forward and Fisher is holding down at guard. In a game with the Campbell College varsity this week the freshmen lost by 4 points. Spencer w-ith 9 points was only one point behind the high scorer for his team. 1 Officials Of Brunswick Co-op OFFICERS—Shown above are fill except one of the directors of the Brunswick Electric Membership' Corporation, together with the attorney and manager of the co-operative. They are, left to right, seated, F. E. Lay, A. P. Henry, Sr., J. L. Robinson, president, John B. Ward, Sr., secretary; and standing, R. B. J Mallard, attorney, Dennis Anderson, C. D. Branch, vice president, C. D. Ray, N. C. White, D. L. Merce$ j W. A. Mintz, and Manager E. D. Bishop. E. H. Kirby was not present when this photograph was made— j —(Photo by Baldwin Studio.) Junior Class To Give Play Again To Benefit GYM Successful Production To Be Given Again Friday Night To Help Raise Funds For Building New Gymnasium Members of the junior class of Southport high school will pres ent their play, “Demon In The Dark’’ again Friday night at 8 o’clock, the proceeds to go to the gymnasium fund. The decision to present the play a second time is considered a good break in two respects, for in addition to raising funds for a worthy cause it will afford many Southport residents an op portunity to see one of the most ; clever amateur plays produced here in recent years. The play is a mystery-comedy and alternates laughter with thrills and chills.. It winds up with a surprise ending that, is sure to have each membeg of the audience guessing. The production is directed by Mrs. J. T. Denning, and the fol lowing comprise the cast: Duncan McTavish, Ed Hanson; Janet Mc Tavish, Bernice Phelps; Mary Mc Tavish, Latitia Hickman; Ethe lind Trevor, Mary Ann Loughlin; Bob Hildreth, Frankie Cox; Son dra Trevor, Elizabeth Lupton, Lizzie Scruggs, Stuart Arrington; Juniper Jenks, Gene Fulwood; Dido Davis, Patricia Adams; Deryk Vorse, Douglas Watts; Robin McTavish, Agnew Fulcher. Students will have tickets for sale during the next two days and all parents and patrons are urged to take advantage of this opportunity to enjoy good, clean entertainment and at the same time help raise the necessary funds for building the gym. [Numerous tases Tried In Court Judge W J, McLamb Had Busy Session Following Absence Session Last Monday Judge W. J. McLamb had a busy day Monday following a week during which there was no session. The following disposition was made of cases tried: Charles Bennett and Robert Marrett, negroes who made a temporary escape from the State Prison camp at Sliallotte, were each given 30 days extension of the sentence they were serving when they took leave from the camp. Heiyy James, another prisoner at the camp, drew an additional 30 days for damage to property at the prison camp. Theodore Graham, no operators license, $25.00 fine and costs. Robert Charles Russ, reckless operation, not guilty. | Leo Russ, improper auto reg I istration, costs. George H. Lanier, Jr., reckless | operation, not guilty. This was the case of the schoolboy school • bus driver who ran his bus into the rear of another Bolivia school bus Thursday. George R. Summer, speeding, fined $5.00 and costs. Nathaniel Brown, speeding, fined $5.00 and costs. Robert S. Foster, speeding, I fined $10.00 and costs. Frizzie Fields, operating auto I on left side of road, reckless j operation. Ordered to pay costs | and to make restitution for pi;o I Continued On Page Three Payments Begin To Come For Gym Fund - * r irst Check Arrives r rom Former High School Ath lete Now On Duty With Navy In Alaska COMMITTEE NOW SOLICITING FUNDS Mammoth Scrap Drive To Be Included As Part Of Plan Beginning ..This Week According To Chairman A former Southport high school basketball star, now stationed in Alaska in the U. S. Navy, sent in the first check for the gym -rmsium building1--fund, - according to the Rev. H. M. Baker, chair man of the fund raising com mittee. The donor is Franto Molly check, who stated that he realizes just how important it is to have a good, progressive athletic pro gram in any high school. A check with the building fund committee last night revaled that a total of $576.00 had been raised during the past week, this report coming from the seven members present. This coupled with pledges totaling $2,100.00 last week means that respectable progress has been made toward the goal of $10,000.00. “Our biggest enemy now is time,” said Mr. Baker last night. “We must get our resources to gether. right away or run the risk of having the entire program side-tracked by some national emergency order which will cause indefinite delay. And, too, if we are to have the gym in time for a tournament here this spring, we must get to building by Jan uary 1.” Mr. Baker also announced that one of the means by which an effort will be made to raise the necessary money will be a mam moth scrap drive. The chief item on the list will be scrap iron, but waste paper, rags, old tires and any other things for which there is a market will be collected in an effort to raise money. Having been informed of the decision to present the junior class play Friday night for the benefit of the gym fund, Mr. Baker said “We can count on those youngsters to do their part. The big thing now is to get their elders enlisted in this cause.” He said that each room in school has a change jar into which small contributions may be placed by the boys and girls. “One room already has more than $18.00”, he said. Santa Returns To Supply Store Mintz & Company Will Again Play Host To The Merry Gentleman Satur day Afternoon All reports reaching this paper point to the certainty that old Santa Claus will be the busiest man on earth this week and next. A lot of folks who have learned something of his schedules in! Bi unswick county are beginning j to wonder how he will make it. The latest report of a planned visit by Santa Claus in Bruns wick county was received last j Continued On Page Pour i Christmas Holidays Begin December 22 The office of County Super? intendent J. T. Denning has an nounced that all white and colored schools in the county will close on Friday, December / 22, for the Christmas holidays. They will reopen on Tuesday, January 2, 1951. Including- f Christmas Day, this will give the children and teachers seven - days without classroom duties. Also of practical interest in ‘ connection with the holidaj/ season is the fact that tm contingency pay checks for eligible teachers have been mailed out by the county office in time for use, for Christmas shopping. Longwood Citizen Fattening Steers Rice Gwynn, Jr., Has Added Beef Cattle Program To His Extensive Farm Ope rations And Is Feeding 48 Steers A good illustration of the value of permanent pasture and general feeding can be found in the 48 Hereford steers owned and now being fattened by Rice Gwynn of Longwood. Buying the steers 45 days ago, they averaged 450 pounds each and are now aver aging 550 pounds. They are just getting set where they will put on real growth. Mr. Gwynn says that his ex pectations and all indications are that the herd will average 1000 pounds each at slaughtering time in the late spring. He bought them in Virginia through the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. The Longwood man has 60 acres in permanent pasture and plans to put in more another (Continued on page three) ! —^ 1 ■ Tax Listers For Brunswick Named By Commissioners New Board Met Here Mon day To Transact Import ant Business Deferred At First Meeting PREVATTE AGAIN COUNTY ATTORNEY Sullivan Also Reappointed Td Post Of Solicitor Of Recorder’s Court By Board -ir In their first regular session following the organization meet ing on December 4, the board of county commissioners had a num ber of matters to attend to Mon j day of this week. Highlighting the day's activities was the appointing of tax lis | ters, county attorney and solicitor of the Recorder’s Court. E. J. Prevatte was reappointed county attorney, the motion for his selection being made by Com missioner R. L. Rabon. Commis sioner R. L. Rabon. Commissioner H. O. Peterson put the name of Attorney Davis Herring in nomi nation, chairman King casting the deciding vote in favor of Pre vatte. On a motion of Commissioner Peterson Kirby Sullivan was ,ap ppinted solicitor of the Recorder s court for the two year term. On motion of Commissioner Peterson, Register of Deeds Amos J. Walton was made custodian of county property. County Attorney Prevatte re ported that in accordance with prior instructions, he had filed claims with the receivers for the R. & S. Amusement company for taxes due the county of Bruns wick. Tax listers were selected for the six townships, the work to commence on January 2 and con tinue through the month. A salary of $7.00 per day and 5 .cents mileage is to be paid the ta^ listers. The assistants will receive $3.50 per day. The follow ing were appointed as listers: Northwest township, Lonnie Ganey; Town Creek, E. O. Rabon; Smithville, Mrs. Lillian Caison; Lockwoods Folly, Bedford Lud lum; Shallotte, R. O. Lewis, Wac camaw, David Ross. The salary of Charles Brown, night watchman at the jail, was fixed at $60.00 per month. Two White Men Held In Shooting LeHew Brothers’ Operators Of Service Station Near Shallotte, Held Pending Outcome Of Injuries Sus tained By Henry Woodard Leamon and Keefer LeHew, operators of a lunch room and filling station on Route 17, two miles north of Shallotte, are be ing held in jail without bail pend ing the outcome of injuries sus tained by Henry Woodard Satur day night at 9 o’clock. Woodard is In the Dosher Memorial Hospital here with a rifle bullet in his stomach. The shot was fired by one of the Le Hew brothers, according to Sher iff E. V. Leonard. Woodard's condition Is said to be serious. The LeHew’s admitted the Continued on page four Our ROVING Reporter The drive now in progress for ten thousand dollars to complete the needed sum for a modern school gym is not an undertaking that effects just the parents of I school children in the district. It | is a matter for everybody who lives or owns property in the school district, regardless of whether they may have children. Illustrative of the ■ right idea, early one morning this week a nice lady who has no children in school awoke a member of the soliciting committee to tell him that she wanted to give $100.00 to the gymnasium fund. The needed sum will be raised. The construction work will start soon. And it will start all the sooner if the folks, whose duty it is to help, will make their donations right now. Ted McEachern, son of Mr. and | Mrs. Ned McEachern of Walnut j Cove, recently was presented I with the first God and Country Medal ever awarded in Stokes ! county. Ted lived in Southport ! for three years and received much of his Scout training here. The medal is a joint award of the Boy Scouts of America and the National Protestant church committee. In addition to being the first Stokes county boy to receive it, Ted is also the first. Eagle Scout in the history of Stokes county. The business office of The Charlotte Observer pulls some thing different on us every now and then when they write us a small check. If any other busi ness or individual follows the same custom, we do not know who or where they are. The Continued on page lour Santa Claus Will Be In Shallotte Saturday Mixup About Stnta’s Losing His Pants All Straight Now And The Old Gentleman Will Show Up Saturday Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock, | Odell Williamson of the William son Motor Company, will fly his plane to Wilmington to meet Santa Claus. From the airport in Wilmington Mr. Williamson will fly Santa on down to Shal lotte and the two will fly all over Shallotte to permit Santa to count all of the homes and thus be sure that none of them will be missed during any of his three visits. At 2:30 o’clock they land at the airport and an official car driven by Mayor Roney Cheers will escort Santa into town and turn him over to Hobson Kirby at the Shallotte Trading Com pany and Herman Register of the Shallotte Hardware Company. They will have someone to deliver an official address of welcome to Santa. In addition to the Mayor meet ing Santa at the airport, it is more than likely that the State Highway Commission will also have an officer or patrolman as an escort for him from the air port into town. The information is that the widely known visitor will be receiving his friends at the Shallotte Trading Company or the Shallotte Hardware Com pany from 3 to 6 o’clock this Saturday evening. Mr. Kirby of the Shallotte Trading Company and Mr. Register of the Shallotte | Hardware Company asked the paper to say that they want all of Santa’s friends to come to I Shallotte this Saturday and meet him in their stores. Straight from Santa himself, the paper has learned that fol lowing this weeks visit, Santa will come back to Shallotte Fri day evening, November 22. At that time he will appear at the Annual Christmas Party given by the Shallotte Lions Club. On this occasion he will hand out gifts from the Lions to the needy folks of Shallotte and the community. The Lions will have a big com munity Christmas tree and all of the fixings. President LeRoy Mintz of the Lion’s Club says that the members of his organiza tion are all inviting everybody to come and see Santa Friday night of next week. These two visits of Santa to Shallotte promise to be memor able. But that is not all, Saturday afternoon, December 23rd, the hard working Hobson Kirby and Sherman Register are to have Santa back at their stores dur ing the same hours that is to be there this week. Three visits of Santa to one town in eight days is a lot of visits, but both Mr. Kirby and Mr. Register say they had been told it will not inter fere with the old gentleman’s getting around to other places. Christmas Show Is Outstanding Event —-— -* -- Youth Being Held Following Inquest At an inquest held here in the court house Tuesday night the jury, empanneled by Coron er John G. Caison, returned the verdict that James McMillan of Lumberton came to his death on the afternoon of November 16 as the result of the careless and reckless operation of a car driven by Davis L. Williams of Hemmingway, S. C. Williams was ordered held for the grand jury at the January term of Superior court. Lee Francks, a passenger in the car with McMillan and who was also seriously injured, is still a patient in the Veterans Hospital in Fayetteville. The in quest has been postponed from time to time in the hope he could appear as a witness. Southport Boy Will Graduate Joel Moore, Jr., Is Member ! Of Graduating Class At The Citadel With Finals I Set For Saturday I CHARLESTON, S. C., Dec 11 ! —Veteran Student Joel L. Moore, of Southport, will be a candidate for the degree of bachelor of science in commerce at Com mencement Exercises at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, in Charleston, S. C., on December 16. I Mr. Moore entered The Citadel as a cadet September 13, 1943, but left the following June to enter the United State Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N. Y. He returned to The Citadel as a veteran student January 1, 1947. While at The Citadel, Mr. Moore was a member of the North Carolina-Citadel Club, the Veterans Council, Methodist Club, Yacht Club, and Intramurals. , Sixty-eight seniors are can didates for graduation at the end of the fall quarter. Pasture Damage May Be Serious County Agent A, S, Knowles Advises Farmers To Wait For A Reasonable Period Before Re-Seeding Ladino Damage to permanent pastures in Brunswick, especially to those planted this fall, appears to be rather extensive ,according to the investigations of County Agent A. S. Knowles. He states that the young ladino clover that was up was badly windburned or killed outright. The fescue survived without ser ious hurt, he says. Continued On Page Three Interesting Array Of Christ mas Decorations And Wrappings On Display Sunday Afternoon And Evening MANY PERSONS HAD EXHIBITS IN SHOW This Was Initial Effort Of Its Kind Undertaken In Southport And Was Pro nounced Outstanding Success The holiday season was appro priately ushered in on' Sunday by a , Christmas Show, sponsored by the Southport Garden Club, in the Community Building. This is the first time an event of this kind has been presented here. In green-decked surroundings attractive decorations were dis played, and a large Christmas tree which was decorated by Mrs. L. T. Garner and Mrs. G. E. Hubbard at the end of the room helped give the show a festive air. Candles largely provided light for the room. A large number of people came to view the efforts of those who entered displays. The show was open during the afternoon and then again after church on Sun day night. All the doorways were deco rated and visitors gleaned many ideas from the large variety of entrance decorations. Mrs. Roy Robinson arranged a large spray of snow-covered magnolia leaves and showered it with bells. Mrs. H. B. Smith had a delicate spray of silver against green and hung tree balls from each branch. The doorway arranged by Mrs. O. D Hyatt depicted a fireside scene and one arranged by Mrs. Ed. Harrelson was a brass tankard surrounded with pine cones and grasses. Mrs. Dallas sPigott and Continued On Page Four Patrolman Pierce Leaving County Popular Shallotte Officer Be ing Transferred To Lum berton After Three Years In Brunswick Brunswick county and especi ally the Shallotte area is sche duled to lose Patrolman J. C. Pierce this week. Patrolman Pierce has been stationed at Shallotte since September 2, 1947, and is being transferred to Lum berton. He is leaving Friday morning for his new station. Patrolman Pierce was assign ed to Shallotte and Patrolman J. C. Taylor was sent to Leland on the same date. They were the first officers to be given locations in Brunswick county. Two mon ths later Patrolman C. M. Cum mings was assigned to Bolivia. He has since resigned to enter private business. The transfer of Patrolman Pierce will leave only Patrolman Taylor of the original -rio of officers stationed in this Continued On Page Four Farmers Ready For PMA Vote This Thursday Final Appeal For All Eligi ble Persons To Cast Ballot Is Issued By PMA Chair man S. L. Purvis VOTING PLACE IN EACH COMMUNITY — This Represents Opportunity For Farmer To Say Who Shall Administer PMA Program A final call urging all eligible Brunswick County farmers to vote in the committee election to be held Thursday, December 14, was issued today by S. L. Purvis, chairman of the Brunswick County Production and Marketing Ad ministration. Voting will be by ballot at a polling place in each community and any farmer is eligible to vote who is an owner, operator, tenant or sharecropper on a farm that is participating in any program administered during the current calendar year by the county and community PMA committees. At each of these community elections, farmers will vote for three farmers to serve as a com munity committee during 1951 and a delegate to a county con vention where a county commit tee will be elected. These committeemen will ad minister the 1951 Agricultural. Conservation program which pro vides assistance to aid farmers in carrying out soil and water conservation practices on their farms. In addition they have responsibilities for price support programs, acreage allotments and marketing quotas and Federal Crop Insurance. Polls will be open from 9:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. County Farmers May Receive Help Brunswick County Designat ed As Area In Which Dis aster Loans Are Available During 1951 The Secretary of Agriculture has designated Brunswick Coun ty as an area in which Disaster Loans may be made for produc tion, harvesting and marketing expenses for the 1951 crop year. These loans will be administered by the Farmers Home Adminis tration. Disaster loans will be made only to farmers who suffered a substantial over-all production) loss during the 1950 crop year. Such loss must have resulted from damage to crops caused by excessive rains. County Supervisor ivey C. Brown and members of the Coun ty FHA Committee attended a district conference at Clinton at which J. B. Slack, State Director of the Farmers Home Adminis tration, discussed policy and pro cedure that will be followed in the making of disaster loans. Eligibility requirements were ex plained with emphasis on the fact that to be eligible for this type loan a farmer must have suffered a considerable over-all crop pro duction loss. “We are taking applications and making Farm and Home plans for Production and Sub sistence loans for the 1951 crop year,” says Brown. “We will be 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 Thursday, December 14, 0:00 A. M. 5:39 A. M. 12:14 P. M. 6:24 P. M. Friday, December 15, 0:39 A. M. 6:37 A. M. 1:07 P. M. 7:17 P. M. Saturday, December 16, 1:36 A. M. 7:38 A. M. 1:59 P. M. 8:09 P. M. Sunday, December 17, 2:31 A. M. 8:38 A. M. 2:51 P. M. 9:01 P. M. Monday, December 18, 3:25 A. M. 9:36 A. M. 3:40 P. M, 9:50 P. M. Tuesday, December 19, 4:15 A. M. 10:31 A. M. 4:29 P. M. 10:38 P. M. Wednesday, December 20 5:02 A. M. 11:22 A. M. 5:16 P. M. 11:24 P. M.
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