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Most of The New* All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good V UL NO. SIXTEEN NO. 46 6-pages TODAY Southport Newspaper In A Good Community uthport, N. C., Wednesday, December 20, 1950 The Pilot Covers Brunswick County PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY <1.50 PER YEAJI Much Business Before County Board Monday County Offices Will Close Friday Afternoon And Will Reopen For Business On Wednesday, Decent' ber 27 JURY LIST FOR JANUARY TERM Crawford Rourk Reappoint ed Veterans Service Offi cer; Sam Watts Reap pointed County Home Superintendent More than the usual amount of business, although much of it was routine, was transacted by the board of county commission ers, in session heer Monday. It was ordered that no timber be cut from lands heretofore foreclosed upon by the county for the settlement of taxes. It was further ordered that deeds be made out to the county for such lands. Timber that is presently cut on the John Frink estate lands may be sold, provided the money is applied to the taxes. No further timber cutting is author ized until approved by the board. The G. H. Corbett estate lands in Northwest township, heretofore foreclosed upon, are ordered con veyed to Rachael Corbett upon the payment of $260.19. Sam R. Watts was reappointed keeper of the county home for the year 1951 on the same terms as in 1950. It was ordered that the coun ty offices be closed Friday, Dec ember 22, at 5:00 o’clock and re main closed until Wednesday mor ning, Dec. 27, at 9 o’clock, for t}ie Christmas holidays. The county welfare officer and county auditor were ordered to meet with the board of county commissioners each first and third Mondays of each month. On motion of Commissioners H. O. Peterson, seconded by com missioner R. L. Rabon, Crawford L. Rourk was reappointed as Veterans Service .Officer. It was ordered that the Adam Stnith land in. Town Creek town ship be sold to R. M. Powell for the sum of $300.00. r For the one week term of miked Superior court convening on January 22, with Judge R. Hunt Parker presiding, the fol lowing ' men ‘and women were drawn to serve as jurors: Mrs. L. C. Reynolds, Mrs. Ber tha Graner, J. P. Swain, Bolivia. Jesse J. Johnson, Mrs. M. R. Saunders, Mrs. L. C. Arnold, Homer Sheri-ill, Charles F. Brown, MrS. Joel Moore, J. B. Church, B. H. Price, J. B. Cochran, Mrs. Clyde Newton, Mrs. Leslie Gam er, Mrs. H. W. Hood, all of Southport. Mrs. Edna Long, R. Z. Ganey, Mrs. James Love, S. L. Corbett, G. R. Innis, W. J. Martin, Leland. Herman L. White, D. A. Evans, J. A. Ward, Daggett Smith, James B. Purvis, Ash. Mrs. Liston Thomas, L. L. Thomas, W. A. Benton, Linny V. Stanley, Ivey High, J. I. Pigott, Rufus Sommersett, Mrs. Lennon McLamb, Shallotte. W. A. Caison, Joe McDonald, G. C. Gray, V. E. Galloway, J. B. Norris, C. H. Caison, George W. Continued On Page Four BrUfNtmt Flathtt LIONS TO MEET The regular meeting of the Southport Lions Club will be held tomorrow (Thursday) at 1 o’clock at the Community Building. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM The annual Christmas program at Mount Pisgah Baptist Church will be presented at 7 o’clock on December 23. The public is cor dially invited. TV MAKES APPEARANCE Mr. High of Highpoint owner of a cottage at Holden Beach, has installed a television set and is said to be getting fine recep tion most of the time. This set at Holden Beach is probably the first one to be put in operation in Brunswick county. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM The Supply Baptist Church and Methodist church will unite in a Christmas program at the Bap tist church on Sunday, Decem ber 24, at 7 p. m. The program will consist of a short Christmas play and carols. A similar pro gram was held at the Supply Methodist church last year and this will be the first program of this kind to be held in the new Baptist church. Everybody is in vited to attend. W Oman’s Missionary Society Attracts Men In Fact, Everybody Was Jumping Before Series Of Mascu line Visitors Ended Last Tuesday Night Members of the Woman’s Mis sionary Society of Southport Bap tist church are not sure how the finances of the building com mittee for the Southport gym nasium are coming along, but they enjoy their meetings more when they are scheduled on the same night the gym forces are meeting at the church. Take last Tuesday, for instance. The WMU was in session when in walked Brother E. C. Blake. He picked himself out a chair and sat down, then looked about. This meeting, thought he, was drawing better than the last one. Then the awful truth dawned upon him, and he made a hasty departure to locate the room in which his own committee was meeting. The next to check it was Brother Robert Willis, back again to the room where the original committee meeting was held. He never made a chiar—the sight of that many women frightened him off before he crossed the thres hold. Next to come was a committee member who shall be nameless, of for no other reason than to cover up his startled expletive when he found himself in a room full of ladies. They say that it sounded sort of like he was in voking the Lord's blessing upon the gathering. And then there was Brother Dan Harrelson, a man who should know his way about the Baptist church. He was following simple directions when he, too, Durst in upon Missionary Society members, only to back away for another attempt to find his fellow work ers. W. B. Keziah, usually a handy man with the fair sex, reported in and was settling down for the^ business at hand when he decided that the odds were against him. He beat a hasty retreat. All in all, there were five men at the committee meeting and every one made a pop call upon the ladies before he found the right assembly room. Really, one of the most interesting meetings of the year, agree members of the missionary group. Improvements Made On Local Yacht Basin _ * Expenditures Totaling More That $30,000.00 Have Re sulted In Valuable, Perma nent Improvements WORK DONE WITH NO COST TO CITY Seafood Dealers Have Un derwritten Expense Of Project; Facilities For Visiting Yachts Also Included Improvement costing more than $30,000.00 recently have been completed at the yacht basin in Southport, and included among the new facilities are provisions I for a marina and slips for berth ing .visiting yachts. These improvements include a total of 29 slips for local boats located along a bulkhead extend ing 768-feet from the < inland waterway,,to the street\ passing north of the basin. Also included are catwalks between each pair of slips, ,and a catwalk along the length of the bulkhead. A 20-foot right of way for use as a' street has been provided in order to render each slip easily acces sible. The improvements were made with creosote timbers and piling, with cypress decking being used for the catwalk. The only incom pleted portion is the erection of final improvements on the marina area, and plans are to make this both attractive and serviceable. One of the most unusual things about the project is that it has been completed without costing the City of Southport one cent. It came about ‘ as a result of the cooperation of a group of seafood dealers and boatmen who pur chased the necessary land and put up the funds with which to pay for the improvements. These improvements were made possible through the cooperation of several seafood dealers, who purchased the land adjoining the basin and deeded it to the city. These same parties then advanced the money necessary to make the improvements. The actual Continued on page four Brief Session Of Court Held Monday Session Of Bruns wick County Recorder’s Court Adjourned Before Noon With Only Few Cas es Settled A brief session of Brunswick county Recorder’s court was held Monday, with the day’s activiti es being over before noon. The following cases were disposed of: Wesley Brown, attempted lar ceny, 90 days on roads, suspend ed on payment of cost and de fendant to be of good behavior for two years. Wesley Brown, possession and assault, six months on roads, uspended on payment of a fine of $50.00 and costs and defend ant placed on good behavior for two years. Dexter Holland, drunk driving, fined $100.00 and costs, recom mended that license be revoked for one year. Ralph G. Goley, possession, fin ed $10.00 and costs. King D. Hill, no operator’s license, fined $25.00 and costs. Damage Suit Is Instituted Here A civil action asking $50,000 damages from Price Furpless, Southport businessman, has been filed with Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett by attorneys representing Joe Cochran, Southport seafood dealer and truck grower. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff suffered permanent in jury when he was struck by an automobile operated by the defendant on May 27, 1950, that since that time the plain tiff has endured great agony as a result of the fracture of both legs; that he has been put to great expense; and that as a result of the accident he has been unable to persue his regular gainful occupation. Cochran is represented by the firm of Varsar, McIntyre & Henry of Lumberton and the plaintiff hopes to be able to try the action during the Jan ' uary term. Brunswick Boys Get Settlement Four Freeland Youths Who Were Badly Hurt In Acci dent Last Summer Receive Payment From Insurance Company Four Brunswick county boys injured in a wreck at Lumberton last August as they were return ing from a Boy Scout meeting in the western part of the state, have been paid for the injuries they sustained out of insurance libality on the truck in which they were riding. The truck was owned by J. A. Davis, understood to be of Mt. Olive. It was operated by Cecil Dale Jolly and Queed H. Weiler of the same place. The driver of the truck at the time of the wreck is said to have been Jolly Continued On Page Two oanta Receives Royal Welcome Large Crowd On Hand In Shallotte Saturday After noon To Witness Arrival Of North Pole Visitor Santa Claus gave the grown ups as well as the children, a thrill at Shallotte Saturday af ternoon. Santa was met at Holden Beach by Odell Williamson of the Williamson Motor Company. Transferring the red-garbed and he-whiskered old gent to his plane Williamson flew him to and all over Shallotte, with Santa count ing houses and waving to every body just below him. At times both the grinning pilot and Santa could be plainly seen. After circling the town several times, the plane landed at the airport, near the State Prison Camp. Santa was met there by several cars, three of which for med an escort into town. State Highway Patrolman J. C. Continued On Page Two Sanders Name! President For New Conference Chadbourn Is Columbus County Member; Along With Elizabethtown, Sh&l lotte, Southport; Sanders, Shope Officers OTHER SCHOOLS INVITED TO JOIN Objective Is To Facilitate Scheduling Various Athle tic Events During. Season BY JIGGS POWERS (News Reporter Sports lgdltorj SHALLOTTE — Officials of four schools in ColumbU^ Bladen, and Brunswick Counties met here Thursday night and formed a new athletic organiza tion which will be called the Southeastern Class A Conference. Elizabethtown High School is the Bladen institution tljat is; a member of the new circuit, Chad bourn is the Columbus school in the loop, and Brunswick County furnishes two members—Shallotte and Southport. H. T. Sanders, principal and coach of the Southport school, was elected as president of the new league, with N. H. Shope— the Elizabethtown principal—be ing chosen as executive secretary. Primary objective of the or ganization was to enable member schools, which are among the smaller Class A institutions in this area, to keep regular eleven man football instead of dropping it in favor of six-man because of inability to secure opponents in the 11-man game. Many schools have made the above switch in recent years because they could not book a satisfactory number of games for their sche dules. The Southeastern Confer ence will, however, operate in all three of the major sports—foot ball, basketball, and baseball, The circuit will officially begin operation with the football season of 1951. Plans of the Southeastern Coju ference, at present, call ‘for JtA teams to play ea.cu,, pthei? twice* in football next season. By doing so, the schools will be assured of at least fe-gafne * sqth-gdftlett Ad dition of at least two* or three outside tilts will' Enable them to preserve their status among other 11-man grid clubs of this section. Operation of the conference will Continued On Page Four •’ ' 1 s Brothers Given Freedom On Bail LeHue Brothers Of Near1 Shallotte Released From Jail After Being Held Fol lowing Shooting Following a report from the j hospital that their victim will re cover, Keithel and Leamon LeHue of Lockwoods Folly township were released from jail Tuesday 1 under bonds of $1000 each. They had been held without bail since Saturday night, December 9, at which time they allegedly assaulted Henry Woodard with a shotgun and rifle, with intent to kill. Woodard was struck once in the stomach with a 22-calibre bullet. The shooting is understood to have been the outgrowth of drinking at the filling station j and lunch room owned and ope-1 Continues On Page Four r /ti&vu/Ch/u&tmaA May the season give you peace. City Takes On Holiday Look With Decorations Gold Weather Is Still Holding On Cold weather, the kind that folks in the county prefer to think couldn’t Happen here, has continued its grip upon the Southport area during the past week, with the low reading being reached on Monday when the mercury dipped to the 19 degree mark, second lowest of the season. Another unusual occurance in this connection was the appear ance of a slight snow flurry on Monday, the second of the year1. About the only salvation for local pride is the fact that fish ermen returning from the St. Augustine area of Florida to spend the Christmas holidays at home report that they “had to come home to thaw out’’. Apparently the cold has extend ed eVen farther South. Sheriff Forces Capture Still Unusually Well Nfade Cop per Outfit Taken In Raid Near Ash Postoffice Early Tuesday ; , . An uhusually well built 100 gallon cooper still; cap and worm was brought in Tuesday morning by Sheriff E. V. Leonard. It was captured early that morning from its location within three njiles of the Ash post office. ‘ 1 Assisting the sheriff in making the raid were deputies John Store and Charles Skipper. They had been watching the outfit almost nightly for the1 past two weeks. The operators appeared to be aware of when the watches were kept and they appeared and dis appeared only when none of the officers were around. Two hun dred and fifty gallons of mash was captured with the outfit. The sheriff says that he has information that connects two white men with the ownership of the outfit. It this information is from a source that proves willing to testify, arrests may be made today. Our ROVING Reporter At Shallotte Saturday it ap peared that J. E. Cooke, cashier of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company, was one of the most devoted admirers and fol lowers of Santa Claus. In addi tion to the ever-present small boys and girls, one only had to look for Santa to find Mr. Cooke. And he was smiling just as much as any of Santa’s youngest ad mirers. Having unlimited faith in the ability of Odell Williamson as a pilot did not keep us from feel ing shivers over the safety of the Saturday. That plane either went Satudday. That plane either went too doggoned low or trees, houses and electric light wires were too high. When ever the plane with its red garbed passen ger skimmed over such places and then zoomed straight up in the air our stomach sank the other way. There were others who felt the same way as we did. Our thanks to State Highway Sgt. J. H. Clarke for his sending Patrolman Taylor to Shallotte Saturday to escort Santa Claus up town from the airport and to afterwards assist in handling traffic. We knew that with it being Saturday and so near Christmas, every patrolman un der Sergeant Clark was badly needed elsewhere. Still and all, he sent down Patrolman Taylor and that officer, Sheriff E. V. Leon ard and two of his deputies, J. H. Stone and Charles Skipper, handled things in a very fine way. He will not come in on a plane Continued on page four Business Houses Lead The Way This Season With Numerous Attractive De corations Completed Early STREET LIGHTS ARE SWITCHED ON Woman’s Club Will Con tinue Practice Of Sponsor ing Decoration And Lighting Contest For Community Southport has taken oh a holi day look, with the business dis trict leading the way for the rest of the community in the matter of Christmas decorations. The street lights were switch ed on Thursday night, and the vari-colored bulbs add a gay touch to the main thoroughfares. Several unusually attractive dis plays already are up in the business houses, with the spirit of competition evident. Once more this year the South port Woman's Club will sponsor a lighting contest, and judges are expected toimatye. their rounds on Christmas Eve to select the win ners in the various classifications. Prizes will be awarded in foul classifications, doorway, house decorations, , living Christmas trees and for pommercial estab lishments. Ij - Already many college boys and girls are at home for the holi days, and on Friday the high schools of the county will suspend classes for a holiday period ex tending to Tuesday, January 2. County offices will close Friday afternoon and wiU not reopen un til Wednesday, December 27. The city officials will'‘follow the same schedule for their vacation period. On Saturday afternoon the Community Christmas tree will direct'the attention of both young and old to the garrison as carols are- Sung, Santa makes his ap pearance and gifts are passed out to the smaller tots. Following the distribution of I presents at the Community Tree, Santa will be driven in the fire truck to the Brunswick Training School. There he will again go through the distribution of candy and fruits to the colored children. During this visit to the colored school there will be singing and other activities. All churches are entering heartily in the event and the public is urged to turn out and help entertain Santa Claus at the Community tree and later at the colored school. Adding to the gaiety of the season will be a dance at the Community Building on Christ mas night. This will be annual dance given by the businessmen of the community, and the music will be furnished by Virgil West and his orchestra. College Girls And Boys Home Girls And Boys From Massa chusetts To Georgia Are Spending Holidays Here With Their Parents COLLEGE GIRLS The college students have re turned home for the holidays, bringing a new spirit of gaiety to the community. Among the holi day visitors are: Ann,. Rebecca and Catherine McRacken of Meredith College; Pat Arrington, University of North Carolina; Mary Lou Han sen, Womans College of the Uni versity of North Carolina. Robin Hood, East Carolina Teachers College; Herbert Swain, Continued on page two Methodist Choir Presents Annual Musical Program "On Wings Of Angel’s Song," Beautiful Christmas Cantata, Presented Sun day Evening At Church The choir of Trinity Methodist church, under the direction of Mrs. Dallas Pigott, presented “On Wings Of Angel Song”, a cantata by Irma B. Wilson, Sunday eve ning. It was generally conceded that this was one of the best Christ mas programs ever offered by this organization, and the church auditorium was filled to over flowing with church members and visitors from other congregations, come to hear the first outstand ing event in the holiday season. The program was as follows: “A Song Comes Winging”, Choir; “Up From Galilee” choir, men’s chorus and women’s chor us; “In Bethlehem’s Manger”, choir and Mr. Willing; “Shepherds Were Abiding in the Field”, choir; "The Angel of the Lord”, Men’s chorus and choir; “Good Tiding of Great Joy”, choir and Mrs. Corlette; “Unto‘You is Bprn a Savior”, Miss Galloway; “This Shall. Be a Sign Unto You”, Mr.' Arrington and choir; “Glo'ry ; to God in > the Highest”, Mrs.’ Cjor lette and .choir; “Peace bit-the Earth”, quartet and choir; “On Wings of Christmas Song”, ’ choir and Mrs. Corlette. The following participated in the program: Sopranos, Mrs. Charles Aldridge; Miss Stuart Arrington, Mrs. Louise Chapman, Mrs. Pauline Glemmohs, Mrs. Christine Frink, Miss Alberta Galloway, Mrs. Edwin Harrelson, Mrs. Walter Lewis, Miss Annie M. Newton and Miss Lula M. Swan. Altos: Miss Harriat Corlette, Mrs. H. C. Corlette, Mrs. D. C. Herring, Mrs. G. E. Hubbard and Mrs. J. H. Hughes Basses: E. H. Arrington, C. R. Livingston and A. E. Newton. Tenors: G. E. Hubbard, R. B. Thompson, Waters Thompson and Robert Willing. Director, Mrs. Dallas Pigott; Organist, Mrs. J. M. Harper, Jr. County Chapter Receives Funds National Foundation For In fantile Paralysis Has Sent Check To Local Organiza tion To Pay For Treatment A check for $625.00 to help pay for medical care of local polio pa tients has been received by the Brunswick County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, it was announced Mon day by Rev. H. M. Baker, Chap ter Chairman. The funds were provided by national headuarters of the March of Dimes organiza tion. Heavy polio incidence this year, following the worst epidemic in the nation’s history in 1949, has exhausted the local treasuries of many National Foundation Chap ters, the chairman declared. A late September rise in cases in dicates there will be more than 30.000 cases before the year is ended. Rev. Baker said, making 1950 the second highest polio year on record. Up to December 8, the Nation al Foundation had advanced $7,848,150.60 this year to Chap ters whose funds were depleted by both new and carry-over cases, Rev. Baker stated. Chap ters able to do so have been ask ed to contribute what they can for epidemic aid to Chapters in hard hit areas. At present the Brunswick County Chapter is providing Continued On Page Four Leo Medlin New PMA Chairman For Brunswick Northwest Township Farflrter Succeeds S. L. Purvis As Chairman Of Brunswick County Farmer Orgaitisf tion LONNIE EVANS IS NEW vice-chairm; Complete List Of Townsl Committee Members Ai nounced Following Last Thursday’s Balloting Leo F. Medlin of Leland M elected chairman of the Brui wick county Production and Ml keting Administration committ at the county convention held Supply on Friday. Elected as vice-chairman of t county committee was Loni Evans and as regular mmeber 1 Gordon Mooney. The two alt< nates are Grover R. Gore and Herbert Swain. These committeemen were ele ted to administer the Agricultur Conservation Program, loan piy grams for corn, soybeans, whe? and cotton acreage allotmeS marketing quotas, and other .. signments in 1951. All of these committeemen farmers. They are paid for 1 the few days they actually f Leo F. Medlin, the chairm.' the Brunswick county PMA mittee for 1951, operates acre farm located near west Station. On this farm ii . produces corn, peanuts, cotton, sweet potatoes, lespedeza, soy beans, and tobacco. The vice-chairman Lonnie Evans farm is located at Ash, where he produces corn, sweet potatoes, soybeans, tobacco, les pedeza and small grain. M. Gordon Mooney, the third member of the committee, owns and operates a farm at Supply* His farming operations are de voted to the production of corn, peanuts, soybeans, sweet potatoes, small grain and tobacco. The farms of the two alter nates tre located at Grissettowd i and Southport, respectively Air. J Gore is engaged in the production / of corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes and tobacco. Mr. Swaint produces’ corn, soybeans, sweet potatoelf tobacco and truck crops., The follownig men were named to thg township committees: Northwest: Durward Clark, chairman; Charlie Sykes, vice chairman: John Smith, member; L. L. Williams, 1st alternate; C. W. Harvell, 2nd alternate. ) Town Creek: R. Clifton Wes cott, chairman; Roy C, Sellers, vifce-chairman; Thomas E. Rapon, member; W. S. McKeithan, 1st alternate; B. J. Mills, 2nd alter nate. Smithville: Jack E. Grouctr, chairman; T. Clarence Lennon,' vice-chairman; Lawrence P. Rich ardson, member; Edgar Finch, 1st alternate; John D. Price, 2nd al ternate. Lockwoods Folly: Edgar Hol den, chairman; Garland Clem mons, vice-chairman; A. Rogg mond Mooney, member; Earl Thompson, 1st alternate; Oscar Gray, 2nd alternate. Shallotte: Albert R. Russ* chairman; Amos J. Walton, Jr., vice-chairman; William W. Hew-, ett, member; George Smith, 1st alternate; Earl Long, 2nd alter nate. Waccamaw: 'M. Kirby King, Freeland; Roy W. Hughes, vice chairman; Homer L. Russ, mem ber; S. C. Gore, 1st alternate. - 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 21, 5:48 A, M. 0:00 A. ML 6:02 P. M. 12:09 P. ML Friday, December 22, ' 6:31 A. M. 0:08 A. M. 6:45 P. M. 12:53 P. M. Saturday, December 23, 7:12 A. M. 0:48 A. M. 7:28 P. ML 1:35 P. M. Sunday, December 24, 7:51 A. M. 1:29 A. M. 8:07 P. M. 2:14 P. A{. Monday, December 25, 8:29 A. M. 2:08 A. M. 8:44 P. M. 2:53 P. M. Tuesday, December 26, 9:04 A. M. 2:47 A. M. 9:20 P. M. 3:30 P. M. Wednesday, December 27, 9:40 A. M. 3:25 A. M. 9:58 P. M. 4:06 P. M.
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