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Most of The New* All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT ___A Good Newspaper In A Good Community_ The Pilot Covers Brunswick County VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 47 6-pages today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, December 27, 1950 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY (1.50 PER YEAR Judges Have Bad Time Reaching Their Decision General Excellence Of Des ecrations In Commercial Establishments And Homes Of Southport Make Judg ing Difficult Job DECORATIONS WERE UNUSUALLY GOOD Numerous Prizes Available Made It Possible To Give Recognition To Larger Group Than Usual Judges of the annual Woman’s Club outdoor decoration contest made their rounds on Christmas Eve and found that their task this year was a hard one be cause of the large number of at tractive decorations displayed by the citizens of Southport. Though winners were decided upon for the purpose of award ing the prizes which had been donated by the business firms of the town, the judges were eager to give honorable mention to a large number of persons whose decorations were outstanding. Winners and their prizes were as follows: Living tree: Miss Lettie Hick man, first, who received a cake plate donated by the Southport Trading Company for her at tractive all blue tree; Mrs. Albert Russ, second, who received a mixing bowl set from Leggett’s as prize for her twin trees; and Mrs. H. B. Smith, third, who received a subscription to the State Port Pilot for her living tree. Honorable mention was made of the white tree in the yard of the Baptist Church. Doorways: Mrs. R. C. Daniel, first, whose front door wreath won for her a box of candy from Watson’s; Mrs. L. J. Hardee, sec ond, who won a box of note paper with local scenes drawn by Art Newton, and given by his studio; and Mrs. Dan Harrelson, third, whose Santa Claus, stock ing and greens around her door way won for her a baking dish from Ruark’s. Honorable mentoin was made in this group of Mrs. C. G. Ruark’s doorway decorated like a huge Christmas package, the McGlamery’s blue and white doorway, the Basil Watts’ door way deeprated with greenery, Mrs. Tom Hickman’s all-green doorway, Mrs. W. F. Jones’ gr eenery doorway and the James Wolfe’s snowman doorway. House Decorations: Mrs. Floyd Dilsaver won first prize, a fruit cake from Dan Harrelson’s; the Roy Robinson’s won second prize, a platter and sugar and cream set from Harry Robinson’s; and the L. T. Garners won third place, with a box of candy from Creech's as their prize. Honorable mention was made of the house decorations at the homes of the Dallas Pigotts, the Kilpatricks, the Walter Lewis’ and the Harry Sells. In the commercial division the judges hesitated to judge the large window display at South port Trading Company in the same class as the attractive miniature scenes at the Elm Gift Shop and Art Newton Studios. They resolved their dilemma by awarding the Southport Trading Co. first place, with a vinegar jar from the Gift Shop as prize, for' window display With mer chandise. They awarded another first prize to Art Newton Studio, a towel set from Arrangton’s, fo rtheir miniature church scene, which was without merchandise. Honorable mention was made of the miniature scene in the window of the Elm Gift Shop. BritfNewt | Flash** NEW YEARS DANCE Virgil West will play for a New Years dance sponsored by the Southport Lions Club Sat urday night at the Community Building. BENEFIT DANCE Members of Shallotte Lions Club will sponsor a dance Mon day night at the Shallotte high school gymnasium. All funds from this event will go to the Blue Baby fund. BUSINESS AS USUAL All city and county offices re sumed regular business activities here today following a long week end. Next Monday will be ob served as a holiday, with the commissioners meeting being postponed until Tuesday, January 2. HAPPY NEW YEAH Advises Farmers Concerning Their PMA Obligations Chairman Leo Medlin Advis es Farmers To Keep Their Eye On Deadline For Vari ous Practices “A successful farming operation is a continuous process,” said Brunswick County PMA Chair man Leo Medlin this week as he reminded farmers to keep an eye on deadlines which affect the farm program. “January 15 is the final date for accepting performance re ports as a basis for making cash payments under the 1950 ACP”, said Chairman Medlin. “Another January deadline falls on the last day of the month, the final date for making application for new grower allotments,” he continued. “March 1 is the closing date for making applications for new grower peanut allotment,” advises the PMA chaimian. “There will be no quota this year on cotton production,” says Mr. Medlin, “and all farmers 6ot only have permission, but are being urged, to plant this crop during 1951.” The Brunswick PMA Chairman reminds farmers that storage loans on corn and soybeans are now available. Full in formation regarding participation in this program is available at the office in Supply. Southport Man Dies Saturday William Edwin Dasher, Re spected Citizen Of This Community, Laid To Rest Following Funeral Services Sunday William Edwin Dosher, retired Southport business man and one of the better known residents of the -city, died here in the Dosher Memorial Hospital Saturday fol lowing an illness of three weeks. Mr. Dosher was 79 years old. For a time Mr. Dosher owned and operated the Watson Phar macy, having to dispose of this business when his ‘son, Rufus Dosher, was forced to retire from active management owing to ill health. Prior to that time Mr. Dosher had owned and operated a mercantile business. He served Southport as a city alderman and in various other capacities in civic and fraternal organizations. For many years he was a faith ful member of Trinity Methodjst church. Surviving him is his widow, : Mrs. Nellie Galloway Dosher; one ; son, Dr. William E. Dosher of ; Wilmington, and one daughter, j Mrs. S. H. Veazey of Wilming- j ton. Funeral services were conduct ed from Trinity Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Burial followed in the Ncrthwood cemetery. Rev. Norwood Jones, pastor of Trinity Methodist ohurch, was assisted with the ser vices by Bishop Thomas H. Wright of Wilmington. Active pallbearers were Arthur Dosher, W. L. Styron, R. T. Woodside, Walter Thompson, John Eriksen, Harold Aldredge. Honor ary pallbearers were, Price Fur pless, H. T. St. George, J. B. Church, Thomas Fullwood, Edwin Dosher, Robert Thompson, W. S. Wells, Dr. Landis Brown, Dr. F. M. Burdette, C. N. Swan, C. R. Livingston, H. B. Smith, Col. Earl I. Brown, Paul Fodale, Roy Rob inson, E. H. Arrington, J. M. Harper, Dr. Roy C.. Daniel, G. W. McGlammery, Shallotte Lions Club Hav^ Christmas Party . Organization Helps Spread Christmas Chser Over A Wide Area With Gifts For Needy Families ANNUAL EVENT IS GROWING ANNUALLY Santa Claus Made Trip Through Several Com munities Friday After noon Giving Out His Presents The Shallotte Lions Chib gave a wonderful Christmas to white and colored children of Shallotte and Lockwoods Folly township as far as they could reach Friday afternoon. Three hundred and fifty bags - of fruit, nuts and candy were distributed, along with many bushels of lose apples, oranges, candy, bubble gum, etc. Saturday morning the organiza tion concluded its generous ac tivities by sending out 24 nice baskets to needy families. ■ LeRoy Mintz is president of the Lions Club and A. S. Know les is chairman of the program committee. Dr. R. H. Holden was chairman of the basket committee and he was assisted by Dr. M. H. Rourk and Clyde Lassiter. Elliott Tripp served as chairman of the tree committee and his assistants were M. L. Galloway and James Bellamy. The event started in the early afternoon, with James Bellamy providing a truck to carry Santa Claus and his gifts for the chil dren. The truck went up Route 17 to Supply, Santa handing out something in the way of candy, fruit or nuts to all whom he saw. From Supply the truck went down through the Mt. Pisgah sec tion, coming back into Route 17 at the Woodrow Russ place. Going on down through Shal lotte on No. 17 the truck went all of the way to the South Car olina line, Santa handing out something right and left. Tour ists travelling Route 17 were much amused and pleased at Santa’s antics and his throwing them apples and oranges as they passed the truck. They waved, yelled and blew their horns at the old fellow. The return to Shallotte was made through sections most ly populated by colored people. At 7:30 o’clock the committee in charge of the Christmas tree at the Camp Church yard found Santa an able assistant. He did the major part of the passing out of the 350 big bags of fruit, Continued On Page Four Christmas Party Held At Orton Employees Join In Annual Holiday Event At Orton Plantation, Recalling Old Southern Traditions Orton Plantation had its reg ular old time Plantation Christ mas Party for employees Friday afternoon. Owing to lowering temperatures in the evening the event was staged early and throughout the afternoon. As usual Mr. and Mrs. J. Lawrence Sprunt and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sprunt were hosts, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Hyatt, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Bogie and others. The employees, white and colored, had the usual fine program of games and outdoor sports. All of the more than a hundred employees and their families received presents and a big, cafeteria style, dinner was served during the late afternoon. Continued On Page Four Dairy Project Near Southport Seafood Blalock ,who purchased the Thompson McRackan farm on Walden Creek last summer, is ready to start construction on a modern milking barn that will take care of up to 30 cows. Mr. Blalock has a herd of 18 milkers on his farm at Thomas ville. Since his removal to Bruns wick county the milking and looking after the Thcmasville farm has been done by one of his brothers. It is understood that Mr. Blalock will bring the entire herd here after his milking barn is completed. The new dairyman for this sec tion has been devoting much of his time to pasturage-, etc., since he moved here from Thomasvil!«' in the late summer. Shrimpers Head Back To Florida Southport Fishermen Not Very Enthusiastic Over Prospect Of Spending The Winter Away From Home I Prom interviews with a number of Southport shrimpers while they are home for CJrristmas, it ap pears that they are pot in as big a hurry to get to Key West as they were at about this time last year. Leaving here a month ago or longer, the Southport boats are now strung out from Fernandia to St. Augustine, Fla. They have done fairly well, but nothing much to acclaim. The general idea seems to be that the shrimp ing at the above points is about over for the present. Original plans were for about all of the boats to go on and reach Key West early in Jan uary. They will probably all go on, but the boatmen wish they (Continued on page 4) l"" Construction To Begin Next* Week On New Factory Southport Fisheries, Inc., Will Begin Construction Work On New Plant Lo cated On Inland Water way Near Bridge WILL BE READY FOR SPRING FISHING Surplus Navy Minesweepers Will Be Used As Trawlers And Two Are Ready To Start This Spring With much of the material now on the ground, actual construction will begin Tuesday, January 2, on the menhaden factory of the Southport Fisheries, Inc. The plant is on the Intracoastal Waterway just west of the State Highway drawbridge leading to Caswell Beach and Long Beach. Sam S. Tolar of Rocky Mount is president of the corporation. W. R. McAuley, a former resi dent of Southport, now of Rocky Mount, is vice-president with W. S. Wells of Southport as a second vice-president. L. W. Keister of Albany, N. Y., is secretary-treas urer. Mr. Wells said this moring that the building would be completed, the machinery installed and the boats working with the begin ning of the spring fishing sea son. Two 138-foot surplus Navy mine sweepers have been pur chased by the corporation and they are now being converted into fishing craft. The Brunswick Navigation Company, in business here for many years, has three of this type of fishing vessels and they have been found to be ideal for the work. Announcement Of Carrier Position Vacancy In Rural Mail Car rier Job At Shallotte Will Be Filled By Competetive Examination The United States- Civil Service Commission has announced an ex amination to fill the position of rural carrier at Shallotte, the date of examination to be stated on admission cards mailed to ap plicants after the closing date for receipt of applications. The ex amination will be held at Wil mngton. Receipt of applications will close on January 4, 1951. On a standard daily route of 30 miles, the salary of a rural car rier is $2,758, ' with $20.00 per year additional for each mile or major fraction in excess thereof. Salaries on shorter routes or routes with less frequent service are proportionately less. Rural carriers whose services are satisfactory receive regular promotions. All rural carriers must furnish and maintain, at their own ex pense, sufficient vehicle equip ment for the prompt handling of the mails. They are allowed an equipment maintenence of the daily mile on the basis of the daily mileage scheduled (this amounts to $732.00 per year for a 30-mile route,) The examination will be open Continued On Page Four Our ROVING Reporter In the court proceedings pub lished on December 13, it was stated that James B. Purvis was fined $100.00 and costs for drunk en driving. James B. Purvis of Ash writes us and wants it known that he is not the man refered to in the item. Matters like this sometimes happen. The minutes of the court do not give the ad dress of defendants, merely the names. It often happens that one person gets community credit for something done by someone of the same name living in another community. It is becoming rather difficult to get announcements of engage ments in this paper and for a very good reason. Along with the bonafide announcements that are sent in, it often happens that! others are sent in as a joke. Sometimes the jokers go so far as to sign the name of some oth er person. There are laws against the forging of names and also against the use of the mails to damage or injure anyone. The Pilot does not care to be a party to wilfully hurt anyone. For that reason it has to be known de finitely who says so before the publication of an announcement saying that Johnny Smith and Susie Swift are engaged. Sending her subscription to The Pilot from Germany, where she is with her husband, a Sgt. in the Army, Mrs. Selina Owens writes that the misses the folks in her home county of Brunswick and that she really enjoys the paper when she gets it. When her husband retires from the army she hopes to have a home some where near Holden Beach. In some ways her stay in Europe Is like a vacation, but she misses ler parents, her two sons and all of the relatives and friends back "lere in Brunswick. Her oldest Ion, Homer, is in college in Con necticut, Kenneth is in Alomo Gordo, New Mexico. Sgt. and Mrs. Owens have a 10-months old son I Continued on page tour Radio System Has Helped REA Service Installation Of Two-Way Communications During 1950 Has Helped Overcome Lack Of Telephone Service During 1950, the Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation installed a Motorola two-way radio system at their Shallotte office. This system operates on a frequency of 153.71 megacycles on the FM band. Immediately the time on all service interruptions was cut more than fifty percent. During the short period of service since in stallation the system has saved many hours of line outage, many miles of truck travel, as well as a great saving in man-hours. The installation of the two radio system, receiving and send ing sets, in the manager’s car and the maintainance trucks enables them to keep in constant touch with the office. Advantages of the system in elude the ability of the manager or his assistant to move crews from one location to another without personally contacting the crew; communication from truck to truck during actual maintain ance work; ability to get on the scene faster after report of trou ble; an dthe decrease in the ope rating expense of the trucks by cutting their mileage by fifty per cent. The radio system, completely installed, represents an investment of $9000. The radio tower ana antenna reach toward the sky for a total of 235 feet. The tower and trans mitter were installed on the high ground behind the cooperative’s office building in Shallotte and can be seen for several miles around Brunswick County. Fund Being Raised To Help Blue Baby Coach Sanders Receives Gift Coach H. T. Sanders, who dou bles in the role of principal of Southport high school, received a surprise Christmas present last week when he was handed a check for fifty dollars as an expression of appreciation from parents and patrons in appreciation of his work with the football squad this fall. “I would like to express my sincere thanks to my friends for thsi gift”, said Coach San ders. “Aside from the practical value of their present, I am doubly grateful for their thoughtfulness.” An undermaned squad in its second season of football made a good showing for Southport high school this year against several larger schools. The team held victories over Halls boro and Shallotte and man aged to get a draw with the Wilmington JV’s. It lost to Elizabethtown, Burgaw, Shal lotte and Wilmington JV's. Advises Fanners On Pest Control County Agent A. S. Knowles Gives Information On How To Control Insects Which Destroy Grain County Agent A. S. Knowles states that a number of farmers are interested in controlling in sects in their stored grain. This can be done, he says, by the use of Dowfume 75. This treating ma terial consists of three parts of Ethylene Dichloride and one part of Carbon Tetrachloride by volume. The doseage required for an effective insect kill will vary with the tightness of the bin, the type of grain, the volume of grain in volved, and the temperature. Corn requires a slightly higher doseage than wheat. The temperature of grain should be above 60-degrees. In general bins with 500 to 1500 bushels require 6 gallons of Dow fume 75 per 1000 bushels of grain. Bins with 1500 to 3000 bushels use 5 galolns of the mixture to the thousand bushels. Where there are more than 3000 bushels the mixture should be used at the rate of four and a half Continued on page four Three Tobacco Meets Scheduled Tobacco Extension Specialist Will Spend Next Thursday In This County To Help F armers For January 4, 1951, three im portant tobacco production meet ings will be held in the county, reports County Agent A. S. Knowles. There meetings will be held -at Bolivia, Shallotte and YVaccamaw. Mr. Knowles points out that these three meeting points do not cover the entire county, but it was necessary to schedule these places as Exten sion Tobacco Specialist S. N. Hawks is able to spend only one day in the county. Mr. Hawks will show slides and discuss production practices. To Continued On Page Fouc Brunswick County Citizens Undertake To Raise Money Necessary For Operation For Young Shirley Ray Hewett COLORED CHURCH FIRST DONORS Concerted Drive Now In Pro gress With Object Of Raising Funds Neces sary To Send Child To Hospital About a year ago it was dis covered that Shirly Ray Hewett, 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hewett of Lock woods Folly township, was a Blue Baby. The board of health and board of welfare were both ask ed to investigate. Dr. Floyd Johnson, health of ficer for the county, reported to this paper that the report was correct. Mrs. Frances Coble, wel fare officer at the time, made the report. Both added that the parents and the little girl her self did not want an operation. The parents, it was said, were not able to pay and did not care to have this done by friends of the little victim. With this attitude the matter drifted. But various doctors, in cluding one from John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, have seen the little girl and all,have stated that her death is just a matter of time unless she undergoes an operation. Confronted with this know ledge, the parents changed their minds. They have agreed to per mit the operation if ways and means can be found. Shirly Ray is also willing. This past week the first definite steps for ways and means got underway. Without their being asked for anything or in any way approached in the matter, the congregation of the Cedar Grove Negro Baptist church near where she lives turned in the first donation. This was in the sum of $21.01. The good colored people of this congregation said they wanted to raise and give more. This donation from the Negro citizens, the first one reported and being for a white child, re minded a lot of Shallotte and Lockwoods Folly white residents that black keys as well as white were needed when it came time to play The Star Spangled Ban ner. An organization was quickly formed to receive and handle Continues On Page Four Planting More Berry Acreage Blueberry Farm Near South port Being Enlarged Again This Season T. P. Key, Sr., of Mooretown, N. J., has been spending the past ten days here planting 16 ad ditional acres of blueberries of the Key and Graham blueberry farm. Starting the later part of the war the practice has been to put out additional acreage of new plants each year. It takes about three years for the berry bushes to begin producing and the yield per acre increases substantially each year after the start. Illustrative of this, last spring something over eight thousand dollars worth of berries were picked. B'or this year that pro duction should be more than doubled. Each year there will be Continued On Page Four Conference Held With Chairman Regarding Ferry Group Meeting Last Week With Division Highway Commissioner Is Assured That Survey Will Be Made Of Needs TO SERVE AS BASIS FOR FUTURE ACTION Commissioner Clark Says That Appropriate Action Will Follow Preliminary Survey Of Project Apparently the much sought ferry to connect lower New Han over with eastern Brunswick county came a step nearer reality last Friday when at a meeting at his office in Fayetteville Wilbur A. Clark, highway com missioner for this division told of Brunswick and New Hanover of ficials that a survey will be made to determine if it is feasible and practical to establish a ferry. The meeting was held in Fay etteville on the invitation of the commissioner. Commissioner Clark pointed out that the authorization for the survey was the first step towards obtaining the service. Future developments, he pointed out, will be governed by the re-, suits of the survey. He advised the gathering that it might re uire from three to four weeks before any developments from the study can be reported. Expressing his gratification at the promptness of Mr. Clark in authorizing the survey, one of the delegation said, “We were highly pleased at the cordial manner in which we were received. I think that his promptness in authoriz ing a survey is ample evidence that he is in full sympathy with that we are trying to do.” If the survey results in de termining officially the need of communications between the two counties, a ferry will undoubted ly be established to operate front a point near Ft Fisher to the Brunswick side, supposedly at or about Walden Creek. Bolivia Citizen Passes Monday David T. Bullard Died At Dosher Memorial Hospital Christmas Day; Funeral Services Tuesday David T. Bullard, 51, resident of Bolivia, died here Christmas Day in the Dosher Memorial Hos pital. fie had been ill for abput a week. Funeral and burial ser vices were held Tuesday after noon at 2:30 o’clock from the Antioch Baptist church, Rev. Taft Hewett officiating. Mr. Bullard is survived by his widow, Mrs. Bertha Ward Bull ard, Bolivia; three sons, Jesse Bullard, Wilmington; Elmer Bul lard, Leland, Cedie Bullard, Bo livia, and one daughter, Miss Gladys Esther Bullard of Bolivia. His mother, Mrs. Richard Bul lard of Bolivia also survives along with one mother, Shade Bullard of Little River, S. C. Active pallbearers were Horace Johnson, Bilie Moon, Foster! Mintz, Charles Knox, Delmas Reynolds and Douglas Hawes. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. Landis G. Brown, Dr. Wingate Swain, John A. Elmore, Mercer Cox, H. O. Reynolds, Manos Bowling, Arthur Reynolds and Lloyd McDonald. 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 28 10:17 A. M. 4:06 A. M. 10:38 P. M. 4:44 P. M. Friday, December 29, 10:58 A. M. 4:49 A. M. 11:25 P. M. 5:23 P. M. Saturday, December 30, 11:43 A. M. 5:38 A. M. 0:00 P. M. 6:08 P. M. Sunday, December 31, 0:16 A. M. 6:34 A. M. 12:34 P. M. 6:59 P. M. --
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