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Most of The New* All The Time $ VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 58 1 ■' ■— — THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County 6 paces today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, February 7, 1951 published every Wednesday $i.so per yeah Caswell Marine Laboratory Will Begin Operation Division Of Wake Forest College For Special- Study Cf Marine Life Will Be Established At Baptist As sembly TWO SUMMER TERMS WILL BE SCHEDULED All Work Will Be Extension Of Summer School Work Of Wake Forest Col lege; To Be Accredit ed Announcement has been re ceived here of plans to operate a biological marine laboratory at the Caswell Baptist Assembly this summer as a part of the Wake Forest summer school. Details were worked out under the direc tion of Dr. C. C. Bradbury, head of the department of biology, Wake Forest College. A year ago a movement was started to establish a marine bio logical laboratory on the grounds of Fort Caswell which had been purchased by the North Carolina State Baptist Convention. This area is now called the Caswell Baptist Assembly. All of the Bap tist colleges were included in the movement to establish a labora tory. The authorized representatives qf the North Carolina State Bap tist Convention set aside a build ing and repaired it for use as a marine laboratory. In July, 1950, the trustees of Wake Forest Col lege at Caswell. It is understood that all Baptist colleges in North Carolina have the privilege of participating jointly in the use of the facilities set aside for labora tory purposes. The Caswell Baptist Assembly is operated by the Baptist State Convention for the benefit of its constituency during the summers. The assembly dining hall or cafe teria will be available to the per sonnel and students working at the laboratory. Dormitory space will also be available. The cost of these accommodations will be Quite reasonaoie. i The area surrounding the lab oratory is particularly fine for biological work. On one side is an expensive coastal area. On two other' sides are shore lines, river and ocean. Across the mouth of the Cape Fear River is Smith Is land on which subtropical con diti'hs may be found. “fie building provided for the US''“of the laboratory will accom mdate twenty to thirty students ad is equipped with locker |<ace, darkroom accommodations pd toilet facilities. The building ft within a few feet of the wat ers edge. A large dock is only j short distance from the build ■ng. A boat with outboard motor 'viil be available for the u^e of » students under the. direction of the teaching personnel. Equip ment such as nets and other gear will be available. In addition oc casional trips on shrimping or menhaden boats will be taken to obtain laboratory material from deeper waters. TTie work of the summer school at the laboratory will be divided into two terms. The probable dates for 1951 are first term, June 11 — July 7; second term, July 9 — August 4. It will be possible for a stud-' ent to gain eight hours of sem ester credit by attending both terms, or a student may attend Continued On rage Four f BritfNemt | Flathtt BOLIVIA P. T. A. The Bolivia Parent-Teacher As sociation will meet tomorrow (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock. A full attendance of members is urged. LIONS DANCE Members of the Shallotte Lions Club will sponsor a St. Valentine Day dance next Wednesday night, February 14, at the Shallotte high school gym. SINGING CONVENTION It has been announced that there will be a singing convention at the Boone’s Neck Baptist church Sunday, February 11, be ginning at 2 p. m. The public is cordially invited to attend and join in the singing. A free-will offering will be taken for the benefit of the polio campaign. DAY OF PRAYER World Day of Prayer will be observed at a special service at Trinity Methodist church, South port, on Friday evening at 7 o’clock. A cordial invitation is extended to members of all denominations to join in this worship period. Two-Inch Snow Fell In Southport Saturday Freak Winter Weather Converts Area Into Fairyland Of Beauty Of Brief Duration Southport residents were treat ed to one of their infrequent ex periences with snow Saturday when residents of this section awakened to find the ground covered and the fleecy flakes still falling. Freakish weather conditions created when warm air from the ocean collided with a cold mass from ihe land resulted in snow along the coast of the two Car olinas, while only a short distance inland there was no sign of it. The same situation resulted in temperatures in this area being much above the predicted low for Saturday morning. Southport kids quickly started snowball fights and other typical winter sports, and during the day turned the streets and other open spaces into a playground for win tre sports. Snowmen sprung up everywhere to swell the population, tempor arily at least, and one group of j boys improvised a toboggan slide at the end of Rhett street that would frighten a veteran bob sledder to death just to look at it. No automobile accidents were reported as a result of the un usual weather, but two persons were injured in falls. Mrs. J. E. Carr sustained a broken wrist when she slipped and fell on her back porch Saturday night and Charlie Lee, janitor at Southport high school, suffered a bad sprain when he slipped and fell on his leg Sunday. The city forces took out the street scraper Saturday afternoon and converted it into a snow plow. It proved a very effective piece of equipment for this pur pose. The snow disappeared almost as quickly as it came, and by Mon day morning there was little evidence that two days before the town had been covered in white. Special Election For School District Asked Members Of Board Of Com missioners Ask Brunswick County Board Of Elections To Arrange For Special Election For Southport SEEK ADDITIONAL $15,000.00 FROM TAX Desire These Funds With Which To Supplement $25,500 Already Avail able For Gym Con struction Members of the board of county commissioners Monday approved a request made by a local citizens committee for a special election for the white voters of the South port school district to determine whether h special tax of 15-eente per hundred shall be levied to obtain supplementary funds for the construction of a gymnasium. The commissioners have asked the board of elections to call a special election for this purpose, and it is presumed that this will be done as soon as it can be de termined if this action is in con flict with the regular Southport city election. As matters now stand, a total of $25,500.00 is available for use for the construction of a gym nasium for Southport. The citi zens committee which has been investigating the matter has ob tained a low bid of $34,500 for the construction of a gymnasium 92 x 72 feet. This will allow for a playing court standard in every respect, measuring 50-feet in width by 80-feet in length. In addition, this building would take care of 500 spectators. If the special school tax is voted, the plan is to ask for a 15-cent rate for a period of five years, which would return an estimated $15,000 during that per iod. It is estimated that this amount, added to funds already available, will build the gymnas ium and the dressing rooms, but will not furnish heating facilities, nor will it be enough to provide plumbing and heating for the dressing rooms. Recently a contract was let for the construction of a building 50 x 80 feet at Waccamaw. This is the same size as other gymnas iums in Brunswick county, which feature a minimum sized playing court and facilities for no more than 300 spectators to be seated with comfort. Woman Officer Injured Monday Accident On U, S- Highway No. 17 Resulted From Driv er Falling Asleep At The Wheel Of Her Automobile Lt. Hazel Rebecca Horton, U. S.' N., of the Marine Air Corps, Cherry Point, was badly injured about the head at 4:30 a. m. Monday. Her new 1951 Stude baker car was damaged to the extent og $1,500 when it struck the bridge at Pine Grove, be tween Bolivia and Supply. L.t. Horton was taken to the James Walker Hospital in Wil mington and from there trans fered to the Marine Hospital at Cherry Point. Patrolman J. C. Taylor states that there was no ice or snow on the bridge or roadway. The of ficer was alone in her car and he credited the accident to her statement that she went to sleep at the wheel. I McRacken Farm Brings $38,000 The Thompson McRacken farm, sold last year to Seaford Blaylock of Thomasville, was sold again Monday under deed I of trust and was bid in by W. [ J. McLamb for $38,000.00. This | is less than the price it brought at the original sale. This farm is known as the LeHew place, and is located on the River Road east of Walden Creek. Sheriff F. L. Lewis own ed the place prior to selling to McRacken more than a dozen years ago. There are several, hundred acres of cleared "land, some valuable young growth timber and splendid natural facilities for pasturing cattle. More than 1,100-acres are included in the tract. Commissioners In Session Monday Matters Of Routine Business Taken Up Before Board In Regular Meeting Here On Monday The board of county commis sioners, Chairman ElRoy King, R. L. Babon, H. O. Peterson, were in regular first Monday ses sion Monday. The following busi ness was transacted: A delegation from Holden Beach met the commissioners and requested the body ask the State Highway Commission for grad ing and paving approximately three and a half miles of what is known as Holden Beach roads. Following up the action taken at a recent meeting, the ' clerk was requested to write District Highway Commissioner Wilbur Clark relative to a three-lane highway from Leland to Wilming ton on Routes 74 and 76, and al so to request action on a traffic circle where U. S. 17 enters 74 and 76. It was directed that the high way commission be asked to grade and put in an all-weather condition a strip of road, approx imately a half a mile in length, in Smithville township, intersec ting highway 130. A delegation appeared before the board and asked that the commissioners go on record as approving a bond election for Smithville township, for the pur pose of voting a special tax to supplement funds with which to build a gym for the Southport high school. This applies to white voters of the township only. Fav orable action was taken by un anamous consent. By motion of H. O. Peterson, seconded by R. L. Rabon, it was ordered that Henry Hickman and Ray H. Walton go to Raleigh on February 10 as Brunswick dele gates to the Jackson Day Din ner. Ordered that Lots in the City of Southport be sold to Rosa Clemmons upon payment of two hundred dollars down and forty dollars per month until the sum of $400.00 has been paid in. By motion of H. O. Peterson, seconded by ElRoy King, chair man, being duly carried it was recommended by the board that the State Highway Commission erect a stop light at the inter section of highway 130 and 17 in Shallotte. Last Rites Held Friday For Auto Inspection Lanes One Measure Is Killed 39 To 0 And Another Is Buried By Vote Of 38 To 2 SUB-COMMITTEE TO STUDY SAFETY PLAN Royster Proposes Series Of Traffic Courts To Avoid Long Waits In Inferior Courts The ghost of inspection lanes was interred Friday, at least for the next biennium, by the House Public Roads Committee in Ra leigh. That the General Assembly will not approve any major inspection program for the next two years was evident when the House com mittee voted to kill one inspection bill by a unanimous 39 to 0 amd an other measure by 38 to 2. Legislators expressed concern over the mounting death toll on the highways by setting 1'p a sub-committee of five to study proposed laws relating to road safety. It was apparent that highway safety was one thing and an inspection lane program quite an other. The lawmakers were quite frank in admitting that to them the two were not synonymous. Captain L. R. Fisher, head of the Highway Safety Division, said he hated to see the inspection measures killed. “There’s no doubt in my mind,” he said, “that either one of them would have saved at least 100 lives during the first year of operation.” Fisher was skeptical about the value of State Highway Patrol checks, taking the view that some type of testing equipment is nec essary to find mechanical faults. The memory of motor vehicle owners having to replace an $18 windshield and wait in line for hours because a half-inch long crack apeared in one corner was too vivid, however, for the solons who had to pass on the proposals. Continued On Page Four J Sheriff Forces Capture Still Another Large Outfit De stroyed By Raiding Offi cers In Lockwoods Folly Township Last Week Another twin-whiskey still was capture this week in Lockwoods Folly township. Sheriff E. V. Leonard states that it was found within half a mile of where an other like outfit was captured and destroyed three weeks ago. With the stills, 1200 gallons of mash was taken and destroyed. The presence of a large number of sugar sacks indicated that the outfits did a thriving business prior to the visit of the officers. Making the raid were Sheriff E. V. Leonard and Deputies John Stone and Charles Skipper. Two or three white men are said to have been at the still when the officers approached. They were warned by some one and fled. The officers say they were seen as they ran but that they, the of ficers, are unable to make an ar rest as' they cannot swear they were engaged in the operation of the outfits. Snow Covers Southport WINTER—Residents of Southport were surprised Saturday morning to find the ground covered with snow, with the flakes still falling. Left above is the view which greeted Photographer Art Newton when he looked out from his shop across the square at the corner of Moore and Howe Streets and before there had been any early morning traffic. Later he made a trip to the waterfront and found that the docks were covered and the boats were tied up. Left below is the snow man in the front yard of the Denning residence on Bay Street and at the right is a beautiful winter scene of Trinity Methodist Church.—Photos by Art Newton.) Waccamaw Bank Directors Name Same Officials Dorothy Cooke Of Shallotte And Aubrey C. Johnson Clarkton Get Promotions K. Clyde Council; ~' Wananish manufacturer,, was,,rejected pres ident anti fchklrman of the board and Dr. R. C. Sadler, Whiteville physician,, was. reelected vice president and vice chairman of the board at an organization meeting of the Board ,of Directors of the Wappamaw Ban.k and Trust Company here Friday eve ning. President Council and Dr. Sad ler have served the hank as of ficers and directors since its or ganization in 1926. The directors announced two. promotions, one of them involving a Brunswick County branch of the bank. Dorothy Cooke was elevated to the position of assistant cashier in the Shallotte unit which is headed by Cashier J, E. Cooke and Aubrey C. Johnson was pro moted to assistant cashier at the Clarkton branch which has E. H. Munroe as cashier and Margaret P. Richardson as assistant cash ier. The directors reelected other officers as follows: Glenn F. Strole, dairyman and farmer of Chadbourn, as vice president and C. Lacy Tate of Chadbourn as executive vice pres ident. R. F. Clodfelter was re Continued On Page Four W. B. KEZIAH Our ROVING Reporter One of our friends writing from Winnabow gives the infor mation that it is goggleye biting time, that he would like to have us come and see him. And, "Please,” he said "bring some extra minnows to leave me. X can’t find any around here.’’ Wpuld you believe it, this inform ation came in on what is credit ed with having been one of the coldest days of the year. The fish certainly must be biting now, if they were then. Letters stating how much men in the service appreciate getting this paper are a daily occurance. One day this week we had a let ter from the sister of a young service man. She wrote stating where her brother is and how much the paper means to him. The very next day came a letter from the young man himself. He wrote that when he left one of his brothers subscribed for the paper to be sent to him. He ad ded his brother could not have given him anything that he would have appreciated more than the weekly visits of the paper. Shortly before Christmas Miss Susan Greenhill of Canada wrote us. She had heard much about the climate at Southport and wanted to get away from the Canadian winters. We assured her there is no place with a climate like that of the Brunswick coast. Only a total of 7 inches of snow had fallen here in the past 26 years. At Christmas Miss Green hill sent us . a Christmas card, showing her beautiful home, half buried in snow. On the card she wrote; “This is the kind of scenery I want to get away from.” Miss Greenhill has been here two weeks. Saturday mor ning when we looked out of the window and saw two inches of snow on the ground and more coming down, our first thought was of Miss Susan Greenhill.” Continued on page four Basketball Tournament Starts Next Wednesday Gets New Bonus From War Bonds When 3. 3. Arnold of Supply sold his place near Bolivia sev eral months ago he execpted the old house, and last week he was glad he did. While he and his son, Reid, were over there tearing away some old boards they panted ’ to use, a white envelope flatter^ ed down, ai)d the boy said “There’s a. War Bond, Dad”. “Now nr just bet it 'is,” Mr. Arnold replied, but he did have curiousity to pick it up.. He tore open the flap and was con siderably amazed to discover a ?50.00 bond issued in 1944, made payable to himself. “I guess I just overliked it,” he said. “I thought I had cashed all of mine in long ago.” Says Fertilizer Is Big Business Superintendent Of Armour Fertilizer Works Says That Big Volume Of Freight Moves Out Of Navassa Here on business Monday and commenting on a recent news story in this paper relative to the fertilizer and other industries at Navassa, O. D. Williams, sup erintendent of the Armour Fer tilizer Works, stated that in industry in the Navassa section of Brunswick is really pretty big. The story in question told of 66 solid car loads of fertilizers being sent out over the Atlantic Coast Line in just an ordionary shipping day for this season of the year. No figures were ob tainable at the time as to the shipments over the Seaboard Air Line, which also has yards at Navassa. Likewise, no figures were avai lable as to how much fertilizer went out by truck from the four big factories on the day in ques tion. Mr. Williams pointed out that a vast amount of fertilizer leaves Navassa by tractor-trucks and smaller trucks, in addition to that carried by the two railroads. He also pointed out that with factories in Cuba and Porto Ric co, the Armour & Company plant at Navassa prepares and ships some 20,000 tons of base material to the plants in those countries each year. Other factor ies also add to the export ship ments in ships. Material that forms fertilizer base is brought in by both ship and rail. A check on the number of solid cars in and out of Nav assa carrying fertilizer materials cresoeted timber and lumber, would reveal that the two rail roads do a big business at this part of Brunswick county. As Continued On Page Four Two Low Teams In Both The Girls And Boys Divisions Will Meet In Double-Head er To Determine Semi-Fi nalists BOLIVIA GYMNASIUM TOURNAMENT SITE Difficult To Establish Favo rites For This Year’s Event With Most Teams Almost Evenly Matched The Annual Brunswick County Basketball Tournament begins next Wednesday night at Bolivia, but not until the coaches meet this afternoon to make the pair ings will announcement be made regarding opponents for opening round games. The reason is that in the boys division four teams ended the sea son with identical records of 5 victories and 3-defeats. Only the Waccamaw boys, without a win thus far this season, know their standing in pre-tournament play, and they will meet one of the other four teams'in a game Wed nesday night in the opening twin bill. The Leland girls defeated Shal lotte last night to gain the top spot in the girls division with a record of 6 victories, 1 loss and 1 tie. The Shallotte lassies finish ed second with a 6-2 record. Neither of these sextets will play in opening round games, as Southport and Waccamaw are set to battle Wednesday night for the right to play in the quarter finals on Thursday. Southport girls still are after their first victory of the season while the Waccamaw girls wound up with a 3-5 record. Following an opening round Continued on page four Only Four Cases Settled Monday Numerous Actions Contin ued Until Next Week By Judge W. J, McLamb And Other Officials With a number of cases being continued or set for trial next Monday, February 12, only four cases were disposed of in Record ers Court this week. The minutes show the following cases were handled: Eugene Smith, assault, fined $5.00 and costs. Woodrow Edio Sullivan, reck less operation, fined $25.00 and costs. Adolphus Strang, non-support order to pay $5.00 per month to the support of his illegitimate child and to‘pay court costs. The defendant was put under $200.00 performace bond. I J. D. Harrelson, public drunk-1 ness, fined $10.00 and costs. [United Forces For Education Meeting Friday Civic Leaders From Many Varied Interests Will Meet At The Anchor Hotel For Dutch Supper at 7 O’Clock In Evening WILL DISCUSS MINIMUM GOALS Educational Leaders Believe It To Be Important For Citizens To Know About Some Critical Needs Preparation are under way to hold a county-wide meeting of the United Forces for Education at the Anchor Hotel at Shallotte Point at 7 o’clock Friday evening, it was announced by A. S. Know les, Brunswick chairman of the United Forces Monday. At this meetings local leaders of the United Forces will point out to the civic leaders that the recommendations of the Advisory Budget Commission for the sup port of public schools will result in a lower level of educational op portunity for the school children of North Carolina. Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, State Sup erintendent of Public Instruction the State Board of Education, and spokesmen for the United Forces have stated that the ap propriations recpmmended by the Budget Commission are insuffi cient to maintain the public schools of the state on the pre sent level. in a strong statement issued February 2, the State Board said, “Unless the General Assembly substantially increases the ap propriations recommended by the Advisory Budget Commission, the consequences will be a serious im pairment in the educational op portunities of the State’s child ren.” The United Forces for Educa tion, which for ten years has worked for better schools, in cludes: The North Carolina Con gress of Parents and Teachers, the North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs, the North Caro lina. Farm Bureau Federation, the North Carolina School Board Association, the North Carolina State Grange, and the North Car olina Education Association. Membership in the United Forces is well over 300,000. The united, Forces’ fourteen point program for public schools includes: enforcement of atten dance, health services, education for handicapped children, pur chase of school buses by the Continued On Page Two Blue Baby Will Go To Baltimore Word Received That Bruns wick County Blue Baby Can Get Operation After Period Of Observation Reports received Tuesday are to the effect that Principal Henry Stone , of the Shallotte school chairman of the Blue Baby fund and Dr. R. H. Holden, treasurer, have been notified to bring Shir ley Ray Hewett, 10-year-old Lockwoods Folly township girl, to the John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Friday of this week. It is understood that the little girl will be accompanied to Balti- * more by Dr. J. Carl Knox of Wilmington. No information is available as to the precise date 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 Thursdoy, February 8, P:39 A. M. 3:14 A. M. 9:56 P. M. 3:41 P. M. Friday, February 9, 10:21 A. M. 4:00 A. M. 10:40 P. M. 4:30 p. m. Saturday, February 10, 11:02 A. M. 4:43 a. M. 11:24 P. M. 5:03 P. M. Sunday, February 11, 11:43 A. M. 5:29 A. M. 0:00 P. M. 5:46 P. M. Monday, February 12, 0:09 A. M. 6:17 A. M. 12:25 P. M.' 6:32 P. M. Tuesday, February 13, 0:56 A. M. 7:10 A. M. 1:12 P. M. 7:21 P. M. Wednesday, February 14, 1:47 A. M. 8:08 A. M. 2:04 P. M. 8:15 P. M