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Most of The INew* All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community _ The Pilot Covers Brunswick County VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 49 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, January 10, 1951 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY (1.50 PER YEAR Receive Reports That Publicity Spreads Abroad Letter From Mrs. Mae Bam ber Reports General Usage Of Pictures And Publicity Resulting From Her Trip To Southport MORE COVERAGE COMING LATER Recent Visitor Will Return Home Early Next Month And Will Bear Messag es From Local Orga nizations Mrs. Mae Bamber, Councilor of Southport, England, will leave Tarrytown, N. Y., for her home in England on February 9. She reports that she has had a won derful visit to the United States and, apparently, Southport, North Carolina, gave her one of the most wonderful welcomes of any of the various Southports she Visited. English newspapers are still short on newsprint, which is still more or less rationed. Still, clip pings from the Southport, Eng land, visitor, sent to W. B. Keziah by Mrs. Bamber, indicate that the English newspapers have been and are still devoting a lot of space to Southport, North Car olina. One of the clippings showed a j big three-column cut, showing the Southport school and the stately oaks in front of it. The caption said that the picture looked a bit like Church town (England) but it was really Southport, North Carolina, U. S. A. The same paper and others carried the pic ture of Mrs. Bamber presenting the greetings of Mayor Fleet wood-Hesketh of Southport, Eng land, to Mayor Hubert Living ston and the Southport, North Carolina city aldermen. Mrs. Bamber says that the London Daily Dispatch, Manches ter Guardian, Liverpool Echo and all of the biggest and best papers in England have had stories about her visit to Southport, North Car olina, and the United States. Some of them have also carried the full story that appeared in the State Port Pilot about her visit to North Carolina and this Southport. On her return to Eng land she will assemble as many of these stories as she can and send them here. This paper and Mr. Keziah have received many letters and mes sages about the wonderful pub licity that came to Southport as the result of the visit of this fine English city official here. This publicity is far from being over. On her return to England the English papers will really get into full swing about the Southport, England, Councilwoman’s visit to the United States and the var ious Southports. In this connec tion it should be remember that school officials, ministers, city officials and organizations were to have written letters of greet ing to similar organizations for Mrs. Bamber to carry back with her and deliver. Such letters should be written now and mailed to Mrs. Bamber at 200, South Broadway, Tarrytown, N. Y., if she is to carry them home with her they must reach her before she leaves on February 9th. BrUfNtwt Flashtt ASH BOY 3HSSING Monday’s dispatches listing the war casualities in Korea placed Cop. Daniel H. Smith of Ash as being missing in action by the army. The young serviceman is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Smith of Route 1, Ash. He is understood to have been in the army over a year. WITNESS IN SUIT Dr. F. M. Burdette is in Bur gaw today as a witness in a damage suit brought by Graham Smith against Starling Hewett, both of Brunswick county. The Smith boy and a companion were injured several months ago when the motor scooter on which they were riding was struck by a truck said to have been owned by Mr. Hewett. GOOD FISH CATCH The Shoestring of Swan and Downing brought in 22 boxes of nice fish Monday morning. They were taken in the waters off Frying Pan lightship. It is un derstood that the whole price was eight cents per pound. The Shoe string is a 76-foot converted Coast Guard patrol boat. Another 110 footer is now being convert ed by Swan and Downing and both she and the Shoestring will leave for the Florida shrimping sometime this nioath. _ Bishop Peele Leaves Position February 15 Methodist Church Official Taking This Step Due To Poor Health Bishop William Walter Peele, administrative head of 465,000 Methodists in Virginia and North Carolina, an nounced today he will relinquish his duties February 15 be cause of ill health. Taking lull episcopal super-n vision of the two-state Richmond area will be Bishop Paul Neff Garber, Virginia-born head of the Geneva, Switzerland, area, and former dean of the Duke Univer sity Divinity School. Writing in the Virginia Metho dist Advocate, Bishop Peele said he would remain on the active list of bishops but would perform no official duties in connection with the Richmond are. The 69-year-old bishop suffer ed a third heart attack last Thanksgiving Day. He is due for complusory retirement because of age when the Southeastern Jur isdictional Conference of the Methodist Church meets in Roan oke in July, 1952. The same conference will select a permanent successor in the Richmond area, which embraces the Virginia and North Carolina Conferences. Bishop Peele, a native of Gib son, was assigned to the Rich mond area when he first was elected a bishop in 1938. An old associate of Bishop Peele’s in Durham, Bishop Garber has spent most of the past six year? in turbulent post-war, Eu rope as chief of the 13-nation Geneva area. He was honored by the pro Communist Polish government for his fostering of Polish-American Blue Baby Fund Is At Half-Way Mark To Date Practically All Re sponse To This Financial Need Has Come From The Immediate Shallotte Sec tion COUNTY-WIDE AID ASKED FOR CASE Arrangements Have Been Made For Admission Of Shallotte Girl To Balti more Hospital The half-way mark of the needed sum for the Blue Baby operation for Shirley Ray Hew ett, 10-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hewett of Lock woods Folly township, was almost reached Sunday, according to Dr. R. H. Holden of Shallotte, trea surer for the fund. Almost the entire response to this case of urgent need has been coming from the immediate Shallotte area. The case is one for county-wide interest and help. It is povided out that the respon ses in the way of donations com ing in this week may mean the life or death of the little ten year old white girl, whose par ents are unable to help her. Following is a list of all don ations to-date: Norman Bellamy for Sabbath Home Baptist Sunday schol $53. 87. The Shallotte high school, tea chers and students, raised and turned in $80.00 towards the fund and it is stated they have not concluded their efforts. Henry Hickman turned in $30. 00 donated by individuals of the Hickman’s Cross Roads and Cal abash sections. Previously reported in this paper has been the $250.00 from the Woman's Club of the Chapel Hill Baptist church at Shallotte; the $21.01 from the Cedar Grove, Negro, Baptist church; $3.00 from B. G. Lewis of Winnabow; $2.00 | from an anonymous doner in Wil Continued On rage Four Twin Stills Are Captured Friday Sheriff E. V, Leonard And Deputies Found Two 600 Gallon Outfits And 1200 Gallons Of Mash Twin whiskey stills, set up side by side, were siezed Friday by Sheriff E. V. Leonard and De puty Charlie Skipper. Each of the outfits was of 600-gallon cap acity and 1200 gallons of mash was taken and destroyed at the same time. The outfits were found on the farm of former deputy sheriff Gus Bland, according to Sheriff Leo nard. The farm is located in low er Shallotte township. The still had been watched by the officers for some time in the hope of getting the operators a long with it. The operators ap pear to have been doing some watching on their own and re mained away until the patience of the officers was exhausted and they decided to move in and take the outfits. Shallotte Man Writes Of War In a letter written in Korea the first of last week Lt. Ruffin Redwine, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Redwine of Shallotte, stated that the stench from the enemy unburied dead was so terrible that a man just could not stand it. The young Brunswick officer has been assigned to a front line infantry observation post and knows something of what he wrote. He says the Chinese appear to utterly disregard all sanitary rules and the burial of their dead, of which there has been plenty. Lt. Redwine is not a tender foot in the war game. He was a prisoner of war in Germany for about two years, liberated by the Russians from a prison camp in time to join with them on the march on Berlin. Service Officer Ready To Serve Message Directed To New Members Of Armed For ces Calls Attention To Help Available Through Veterans Administration •The North Carolina Veterans Commission is endeavoring to put into the hands of all men leaving for service some timely informa tion. This is in the form being distributed by draft boards and service officers. Crawford L. Rourk, service of ficer for Brunswick county, is aiding in the distribution. As the letters contain some general in formation, a copy of one is being appended below: “Service to one’s country should be regarded as a real honor, but usually it is not until later in life that you fully appreciate the privilege which was yours. “Leaving your family is a hard job, but you must face the real facts as they are, and make all preparation necessary to take care of your family while you are gone. “There is an organization in our State known as the North Carolina VETERANS COMMIS SION. In nearly every county there is a County Veterans Ser vice Officer who has an office at j the County Seat and who is paid j by such County and this State, j While you are away serving your j country, your County Veterans I Service Officer and your District and State Service Officers ol your NCVC will help your wife or parents. They will gladly as sist them with problems regard ing Family Allowances, etc., when the time comes. They will also help to secure marriage certifi cates, birth certificates, or any other document that is needed. In emergencies, the Service Officer will be glad to assist your fami ly in contacting you. Farm Population Increases During Past Two Years The Census Shows 1,471,048 North Carolinians Now Living On Farm Tracts Of Three Acres Or More 48,000 GAIN SHOWN BY STATE SUMMARY Six And One-Half Million Acres Now Devoted To Harvested Crops And Haying Purposes North Carolina’s farm popula tion, including all persons living on farm tracts of three or more acres, is listed at 1,471,048 in a summary of the 1950 Farm Cen- . sus now being distributed by the State Department of Agriculture. This represents a gain of 48,000 during the past two years. The state’s total land area in farms also showed an increase— from 20,932,229 acres in 1948 to 21,231,935 acres in 1950. The Farm Census summary gives county and state totals on a wide range of agricultural statistics, including land utiliza tion, livestock inventories and acreage figures for the principal crops. The livestock figures rep resent listings as of January 1, 1950, while crop acreages are re ported on the basis of 1949 plant ings. The information was collected by tax listers in the various counties and compiled by the Statistics Division of the State Department of Agriculture under the supervision of Frank Parker, chief statistician, and John Rich ardson, State Farm Census Direc tor. Copies of the 1950 Farm Cen sus summary may be obtained from the Statistics Division, N. C. Department of Agriculture, Raleigh, N. C. Separate tabula tions of statistics for most of the individual counties have previous ly been published. Tax listers now are collecting information for the 1951 Farm Southport Will Use Gymnasium Examination By Competent Officials Results In Decis ion To Use Building For Limited Crowds For the balance of this winter and spring and with the hope that the new Southport high school gymnasium can be con structed and ready for use by next fall, the school board has again leased from the Pythagoras Lodge the old gymnasium and it will be used for the blance of this year with certain restrictions. . At the December 20th meeting, the Board of Education accomp anied by Leslie N. Boney, archi tect of Wilmington, inspected the gymnasium to determine its con dition with respect to further use. Following a thorough inspection, Mr. Boney pronounced the build ing o. k. for all spectators who could find room around the play ing floor and with not more than 150 spectators to be allowed even ly distributed in the balcony. This will permit normal at tendance of spectators at the bas ket ball games, but the building, especially the balcony, cannot be Continued On Page Two Four Buddies Still Together Pour Shallotte boys who en listed in the Coast Guard and lejt on December 27 are still as a. unit at the same place, accord ing to messages received by par ents at Shallotte during the past week. The four boys are James Kalian Bessent, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Andrews, Carl Edgar Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pink Wilson, Eldridge Stanley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Amosn Stanley, and Manlon Nelson, son of Mr. and Mts. Webb Nelson. The boys are now all at Almeda, California, in training with the Coast Guard. The par ents of all are said to have heard from them during the past week. Southport Man . Made Chairman On Wild Life S. B. Frink Heads This Im portant Senate Committee In Addition To Holding Other Important Assign ments The State’s Tenth Senatorial District fared exceptionally well in committee assignments last week as Senator Junius K. Powell of Columbus was named chair man of the Public Roads Com mittee and Senator S. Bunn Prink of Brunswick was appoint ed chairman of the Wild Life Committee. Senator Frink’s assignments, in addition to the Wild Life chairmanship, include Rules, Public Roads, Judiciary I, Manu facturing, Labor and Commerce, Finance, Election Laws, and Com mercial Fisheries. He is vice chairman of the Election Laws Committee. Senator Powell, now serving his second term in the Senate after serving an in-between term in the House, was assigned to eight other important committees in ad dition to his Public Roads chair manship. These include the all ^voortmt Appropriations, Kdu E&ion arid Rules, The others are tonservation ana Development, (Judiciary H, Employment Secur ity .University Trustees, and Public Utilities. The score of the State Senators from the Tenth District in com mittee assignments is believed to be among the best ever chalked up by solons from this area. Wilmington Man Dies Saturday M. G. Newcomer Accident ally Killed Saturday When He Slipped And His Head Struck Sawmill Planer M. G. Newcomer, 43-year old white resident of Wilmington, who has been employed by the Bolivia Lumber Company at Bo livia for a short time, was ac cidently killed Saturday when he slipped and fell, striking his head against a planner at the mill. He was alone at the time of the accident, his body being found 45 minutes later. Coroner John G. Caison made an investigation of the circumstances but did not Continued On Page Two Our ROVING Reporter A little more of the same sort of mild weather that has pre vailed during the past week and building beach homes will really get underway. In fact, such op erations are already underway. Two or three nice homes are now under construction at Long Beach and at Holden Beach the remodel ing of several homes is under way. December was a bad month for any beach property owner to be building. That month, the cold est of any December on record.^ just did not inspire thoughts bathing beaches. Now with tt] advent of normal weather season of the year the tho of beach homes is again cc to the forefront. We look lot of construction to staij along the Brunswick beacli| in the near future. Tobacco canvas is al™ problem for growers at tl? son of the year. This year seem to be worse than u Dealers say that it is scarce that'orders are slow in being fil led. A season or two in the open over the plant beds is about as much as the cover will stand and it will only stand that long if it is given a measure of care and attention, which it seldom gets. Tax Collector Edward Kedwine will be making his twice-a-year rounds next week, a custom that is carried out to permit the folks who seldom come to Southport the opportunity to pay their tax without too much inconvenience, trative of how it helps, most e men folks, especially among colored people in Northwest ship, work in the fertilizer jries. When the collector s his rounds most of the g is done by the women Sand the men do not have fve their work. As usual, 11 be going around with the lor next week. >metimes there are weird and Continued on page four Southport Youngster Gets Television Job Jimmie Moore Sterving As Model In Television Commer cial For Candy Company Some of these Southport people i who are spending the winter in i Florida while the men of the families are engaged in the shrimping business may hate to be away from their hometown, but not young Jimmie Moore. From last reports this young man was earning ten dollars per day performing in a television commercial for the Brock Candy Co., and Jimmie figures that’s pretty good pay for a boy just to eat and enjoy candy. This Southport youngster left home during the holidays with his family and after Christmas began school at Ft. Myers, Fla., from which point his father is operating his shrimp trawler. The first day of school a representa tive of the candy company came around looking for a typical American boy who could show just the proper enthusiasm for his product. Jimmie Moore tried out and got the job. He is the son of Capt. and Mrs. Meritt Moore, and this is n6t his first experience serving as a model for photographs for publi city and advertising. Two years ago he and other members of his family were the subject of an illustrated story in the Better Health Magazine, and at that time 6-year-old, freckled Jimmie stole the spotlight from his eld ers. Expects Permission To Begin Gymnasiums Gage Tournament Set For Bolivia The principals of the five white consolidated schools in Brunswick county have set the annual high school basketball tournament to be held at the Bolivia school gymnasium on Thursday and Saturday, Feb. 15, 16, 17th. The regular school season schedule, preceeding the tourn ament, ends on February 6th. Normally the tournament would have gone to either Southport or Waccamaw. Nei ther of these schools have ade quate gymnasium, the Wac camaw structure having been condemned two years ago and not being used this year except for practice. The Southport building, while not condemned, is limited as to the use that can be made of it. Recorder Judge Has Busy Time Extra Session Held On Last Wednesday Followed By Full Term Here On Mon day In Effort To Clear Docket Given a hearing Monday in the Recorder's court, probable cause was found against Leamon LeHue and Keefer LeHue and they were held for Superior court under bonds of $500.00 each. They were charged with assault with dead ly weapon with intent to kill. Operators of a small store on Route 17 near Shallotte, the young men were charged with shooting and seriously wounding Henry Woodard of the same com munity. Woodward was struck in the stomach by a 22-rifle bullet. He is recovering. Drunken drivers got mixed treatment at the Monday session. Two appeared before Judge Mc Lamb. W. H. Foxwarts, who was charged on one warrant with drunken driving, got the charge amended to reckless operation and he was fined $50.00 and cost. Luther Stanley, on the same charge, was not so fortunate. He was convicted and fined $100.00 and costs, and it was recommend ed his license be revoked for a year. Cecil Besdan and George Henry Davis were charged with escape from the State Prison Camp at Shallotte. Their escape was of short duration. Guards recaptur ed both within an hour after they got away. Tried Monday, each of them drew a four months sen tence on the roads, to be served when their present time is out. Alfred Otis Parker, a white man who is said to be a resident of Clinton, was tried for drunk ness and disorderly conduct and disorderly conduct and given 30 days in jail, suspended on condi tion that he leave Brunswick in 24-hours. Other cases disposed of Mon day were as fellow: Elmer Lewis, no operators lic ense, fined $25.00 and costs. H. F. Memory, public drunk ness, fined $10.00 and costs. Riley Ashley Powell, Jr., im proper equipment, costs. Tilman Davis, assault with deadly weapon, nol prossed at re quest of prosecuting attorney. An adjourned session of court was held on Wednesday, January 3, to clear up some cases left nver the preceeding day. At this1 session the following cases were disposed of: Charles W. Snapp, reckless op eration, 60 days on roads, sus Continued On Page Four Visit To Washington, D. C.t Last Week By County Sup erintendent J. T. Denning Expected To Result In Favorable Action TWO PROJECTS AV/AIT DECISION Waccamaw High School Is Ready To Begin Work On 50 x 80 - Foot Struc ture ; Southport Needs Funds Returning from Washington last week, County Superintendent J. T. Denning who went to the capitol with reference to con struction of the Waccamaw and Southport high school gymnasi ums, reported that everything was being cleared. Reamy Burton, head of N. P. A. building division, was almost certain that approval for the construction at both plac es would be given Immediately. The Waccamaw gymnasium plans call for a brick and cinder block structure 50 x 80-ft. For this structure $25,500.00 is in hand and $635.55 will be raised by the residents of the school district. For Southport the building will be 70 x 90-ft of brick and cinder block. For the local building $25,500.00 is in hand with $9,000. 00 to be raised locally. It is un derstood that the Southport fund raising committee has already had donations of $5,000.00 towards the $9,000.00 that must be raised locally. Insurance laws prohibit the building of a wooden structure of the size needed at Southport for public use and this fact forc es the Southport school district patrons to dig down in their pockets for nine thousand dollars of the sum needed here. Azaleas Appear To Be Undamaged Horticulturist At Orton Ex presses Opinion That Ex treme Early Cold Has Not Hurt These Flowers; Cam ellia Damage Serious It now appears that azaleas were not hurt at all by the un usual December weather. Here and there a bush may have been slightly damaged, for the time being, but no real damage was done, according to O. D. Hyatt of the Orton Plantation gardens. The present outlook for these flowers is that they will be just as numerous and just as lovely as ever. On the other hand camellias were rather badly injured, insofar as this year’s crop of buds are concerned. Many of the buds, well developed and with much tender growth when the sudden cold came, were killed and have drop ped from the bushes. The bushes themselves were not injured. The cold cut the crop of camellia blooms to the point where it will not be half that of a normal year. Small grain fields and per manent pastures with much ten der growth when the sudden cold came were injured somewhat but are now rapidly recovering. Against the apparent damage to both flowers and crops there is a strong belief that the sudden cold will prove to have been im mensely helpful. Many injurious insects were probably hurt worse than flowers and crops. To be ex act, they were killed outright by the cold and time and expense of combating them will not be so great as during a normal season on this part of the coast. How ever this should not be taken to mean that farmers should not be prepared for the fight against in sects this year. Chairman Gets Ready For Polio Drive In County Effort Will Be Concentrated In Period From January 15 To January 31, Says Mrs. Eli Krauitz BRUNSWICK COUNTY DEFICIT IN FINANCES Campaign To Be Directed Toward Obtaining Contri butions From All Fami lies In County The 1951 March of Dimes cam paign will begin on Monday, Jan uary 15, and will continue through the month of January, according to Mrs. Eli Kravitz, campaign chairman for the 1951 drive. The 1951 campaign will follow the pattern used in Bruns wick county in the March of Dimes drives the past few years with the major emphasis being placed in the schools. Mrs. Kravitz has cards for the ■ use of all the school children and the principals are cooperating with the various community lead ers to insure the success of this drive. The goal of the 1951 March of Dimes campaign for Brunswick ' county is $2500.00, and if there is no improvement in the polio situation this amount and more - will be needed in this county this ” year to take care of patients ’ still receiving teratment and any - new cases that may develope during the coming year. Assisting Mrs. Kravitz in this campaign are the following lead ers in several different sections: Bruce Edwards, Freeland; W. C. Stevenson, Ash; Mrs. M. H. Raurk, Shallotte; Foster Mintz, Bolivia; Mrs. R. L. Sullivan and; Mrs. A. P. Henry, Winnabow; Mrs. Mac Jones, Leland; H. M, Baker, Southport; Linden Clem mons, Supply; A. S. Knowles, Supply; Mrs. Sidney Hewett, Holden’s Beach. A. C. Caviness, will lead the campaign among the colored people through the schools and churches. According to the Rev. Mr. Baker, Chairman of the Bruns wick County Chapter of the Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, there have been only two new cases of polio in Bruns wick county reported in 1950, but the expenditures for these two new cases and the patients still receiving treatment who were stricken in years gone by have again exceeded the amount raised in last year’s campaign so that the local chapter has found it necessary to seek additional funds from the National Foundation. Mrs. Kravitz states that the campaign plans call for special efforts to be made by all the churches and civic organizations in the county to aid in this im portant matter, and that there will be iron lung containers placed in stratgic stores in every section of the county for the use of citizens in making' contribu tions to this drive. It is hoped that the citizens of Brunswick will not wait to be called upon for a contribution but will follow the example set by the men of the Oak Island Coast Guard station who have already set up a special container for the March of Dimes and are carrying out their part of this effort in ad vance of the official campaign dates. T Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours lire approxi mately correct ar.d 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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