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Most of The New* All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT VOL NO. SIXTEEN NO. 8 A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Southport, N. C., Wednesday, March 28, 1951 The Pilot Covers Brunswick County 6-PACES TODAY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY •1.50 PER YEAH Azaleas In Bloom BEAUTY—Visitors to the Annual Azalea Festival in Wilmington this week-end may expect to see the flowers at the peak of their beauty. The above scene is of Greenfield Park, but hundreds of festival guests are expected to visit Orton Plantation in Brunswick, which is now approaching the height of its beauty. rorts Authority Calling Special Meet In Raleigh Members Of State Group Will Confer In Raleigh This Week With Senator And Representative From Brunswick Director George W. Gillette of .he State Ports Authority calling i meeting of all members of the authority to be held in Raleigh this week to confer with Senator S. Bunn Frink and Representa tive Harry L. Mintz, Jr. According to the Consolidated Statues, 143-147 the following is the purpose of the SPA: “A to develop and improve the harbors Jr seaports at Wilmington, More lead City and Southport, North Carolina, and such , other places is they may deem feasible for .he more expeditious and efficient landling of waterborne commerce irom and to apy part, of the State of North Carolina and oth !f states and foreign countries.” When the SPA was first or ganized its letterhead bore the lames of Wilmington, Morehead Jity and Southport. Subsequently he name of Southport was drop >ed from the letterhead and all ictivities centered around Wil fiington and Morehead City. When interests at Southport wrote Colonel Gillette, asking ■vhere Southport would come in he official wrote back that the Southport folks would come in for overall benefits. With the State Port Authority aw annulling the Southport Port Authority; Senator Frink md Representative Mintz have ntroduced a bill creating a new Port Authority for Brunswick bounty, independent of the SPA. rhey are preparing to push the Jill through this week. The SPA s said to be fighting this bill. The meeting this week, it is .aid, will result in either the SPA loing for Southport what the luthority provides for, of it will eave Frink and Mintz continu ng their efforts for a Port Auth jrity for Southport and Bruns wick county. As things are now | t seems that the SPA has con trol over the navigable waters of ; Brunswick. Brief Newt Flasket ». 1,11...— mi- ... - J SERVICE HOUR The hour for the evening ser vice at Southport Presbyterian ihurch will be at 8 o’clock be ginning this Sunday evening, ac cording to the pastor, Dr. J. M. Waggett. VITH MILITARY 1POLICE Completing his processing at Port George G. Meade, Maryland, i,ouis K. Newton, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Newton, of Southport, las been assigned to the 522 | Military Police Company at Camp Pickett, Virginia. HOME DESTROYED The home of Mr. and Mrs. rohn Creech on the old River Poad near Southport was com pletely destroyed by fire about 5:30 o’clock Wednesday evening. Slothing was saved from the dazing structure, which appar sntly caught from a kerosene iurning refrigerator. Brunswick Looks To Festival Event * Wilmington Becomes Amu sement Capitol For North Carolina This Week With Gala Round Of Entertain ment PARADE SATURDAY BIG ATTRACTION Festival Ball And Annual Azalea Open Golf Tour nament Expected To Attract Thousands To This Area “Right on the nose!” Those are the words Wilming ton’s professional and lay gar deners and botanists are using to forecast the anticipated peak of the azalea blooming season in re lation to the dates of the annual Azalea Festival, March 29 - April 1. City Manager J. R. Benson said the profusion of azaleas in Green field Park is moving toward its innual beauty crest. The colorful dwarf varieties are coming into oloom and the larger types are expected to blossom the middle 3f this week. The dogwood and ■visteria wil lalso be out by the time of the Festival, he added, rhe City Parks and Recreation department recently completed planting 5,000 azaleas to enhance the floral beauty along the shores of Greenfield Lake. Orton plantation’s azaleas suf fered no damage from the Cold winter, Kenneth Sprunt, manager, reports. This year’s showing of azaleas should be the best ever presented, he added. The specta cular multi-colored dwarf varie ties are now offering a flood of color and the larger Indicas will follow for a maximum effect of beauty the last week-end in March. At Airlie estate, the Wilming ton area’s third large azalea gar den, W. C. Taylor, superinten dent, reported a good bloom of the Fortinia variety and some of the Japanese type. If weather continues favorable, he added, the Indicas will round out Airlie’s beauty during the period of the Festival. Fisherman Are Ready To Start Menhaden Interests Are Waiting The First Signs Of Fish To Get Started With Operations Where they are not usually ready to start operations until May local menhaden producing interests are now already scout ing around for fish. Planes have been out looking for the product this past week and the informa tion is that the boats will go as soon as anything shows up. Carteret county fishing inter ests are sending their boats southward to Florida this week. Some of these boats are stopping at Southport to recruit or take on full crews. It is an annual cus tom for boats in the more east ern part of the state and also for those on the Chesapeake Bay to Continued On Page Four April Term Has Been Cancelled According to notice received by Clerk of Superior Court Sam T. Bennett, the April term of Brunswick county Superior court for the trial of civil cases has been cancelled. Wit nesses and litigants who were due to appear here next Mon day need not come, the clerk says. It is understood that the term was cancelled by reason of the fact that there was little of im portance to come up and be cause of other judiciary con flicts. Judge William I. Hal stead was slated to have pre sided. The May term of criminal court, at 'which some civil cases may also be heard, is scheduled to open on May 21st. It is un derstood that Judge R. Hunt Parker of Roanoake Rapids will preside at this term. Observance Of Easter Simple Citizens Of Southport Look Back Upon Week-End As Period Of Religious Signi ficance And Great Beauty njAa i ji;k Easter in Southport was a day filled with beauty and music as the weather and the man-made plans for its observance were in full harmony^ As is the traditional custom, residents of the community were awakened Sunday morning by the music of the colored singers as they traveled about the streets singing their songs of the re surection. This portion of the day’s cele bration ended a short time be fore sunrise, at which time the choir gathered on the garrison to provide the musical background foi Southport’s community sun rise service. The Rev. John Law rence of Wilmington brought the message, and every member of the large gathering felt that they had started Easter Sunday with great inspiration. At the 11 o’clock hour the worship services featured special Easter music. At the Episcopal church guest soloist was Paul Pettinger, Jr., music director at Southport high school. At the Methodist church the choir ren dered a program of special Eas ter music in lieu of their annual cantata. In the evening the members of the Baptist church choir, under the direction of Mr. Pettinger and Mrs. R. C. Daniel presented “Sunrise Over Calvary’’. This was a beautiful story in song, and the choir gave a delightful per formance. Members of the choir include, sopranos: Mrs. Lunda F. Jones Mrs. E. C. Blake, Mrs. Sam Watts, Mrs. H. M. Baker, Mrs. Clinton Bellamy, Mrs. Amaretta Burr, Mrs. John Swan, Mrs. Ivan Ludlum, Mrs. George Whatley, Mrs. Susie Carson, Mrs. H. A. Continued on page four Health Officer Speaker Before Southport Club HEALTH OFFICER Dr. Floyd Johnson Makes Report Of Findings In Mass Survey Conducted In Brunswick County Last Year TELLS OF ACTIVE CASES TREATED Health Official Expresses Appreciation For Assist ance Given Program By Southport Club And Other Organiza tions Dr. Floyd Johnson, health of ficer for Brunswick county, made public for the first time on Wed nesday afternoon at a meeting of the Southport Woman’s Club the final statistics on the Mass X-Ray survey which took place in August of last year. The meeting was in the home of Mrs. Joel Moore. Emphasising the fact that the figures could not be revealed until follow-up pictures of suspects could be made, Dr. Johnson gave the fol lowing report. A total of 6,379 persons were X-rayed during the 10 days that the mobile units were in the county. Of these, 280 were asked to return for larger X-ray. Of these suspects 14 persons were found to have active tuberculosis Three of these are in early stag es of the disease, six have pro gressed beyond this point and two were diagnosed as being in the advanced stages. Only one of these cases has been admitted to the state San atorium at McCain, but the oth ers are being cared for in homes where complete isolation can be secured. An additional result of the "sur vey was that around 60 persons were found to have condition other than tuberculosis which heed ea attention. These results were turned over to their physicians to supplement their findings. Dr. Johnson commended the club for its active participation in the survey along with the oth er clubs in the county which made the survey possible. He al so expressed appreciation for the fine cooperation which was de monstrated by the electric com panies and by the county agent. At the conclusion of the talk the members were served punch and assorted sandwiches and cakes with Easter decorations by the following hostesses. Mrs. C. G. Ruark, Mrs. R. C. Daniels, Mrs. A. D. Ruark and Mrs. A. L. Lewis. Brunswick Man Gets UN Post Col. Ivan L. Bennett Is Uni ted Nations Command Chaplain In Korea A Brunswick county man, Col. Ivan L. Bennett, is now serving as United Nations Command Chaplain in Korea. In addition to this post Colonel Bennett is also Far East Command Chaplain for the Army. During the first two or three years of occupation of Ja pan and during the war with the country, he was Chief of Chap lains for General Douglas Mac * (Continued of page four) Preacher THE REV. <H>RDON WEEK LY, pastor of Masonboro Baptist church, who is preaching each evening this week at Southport Baptist church as a part of the Simultaneous Revival of the Southern Baptist Convention. Red Cross Doing Much Work With County Problems Chairman Gives Picture Of Scope Of Services Being Rendered And A Sum mary Of Needs For Funds The Rev. L. D. Hayman, chair-* man of the Brunswick County Chapter, American Red Cross, and also, director for the current drive for funds, points out this week some of the services being rendered by the organization in Brunswick county and tells of the .'.eeds for money with which to continue to operate at top ef ficiency. In Brunswick county as of last July, there was less than $200 in the treasury when the work of rehabilitation and reorganization of the Red Cross Chapter was undertaken. In that time most of this local money has been spent for telegrams, travel expense in making investigations of cases and in organization work, getting the Chapter back as a going con cern. The estimates for work in the county was placed by the Area Representatives as six hun dred to nine hundred dollars, this was later scaled down to an exact figure of $650. A like a mount is asked for national needs. No one is paid a salary for Continued On Page Two Enjoy Visit To Oaks Plantation Seniors At Southport High School And Group From New Hanover Have Field Trip Through Courtesy Of Owner Through the courtesy of Har grove Bellamy, owner of Pleasant Oaks Plantation, and Joe Ram sauer, manager of the plantation, a group of New Hanover and Brunswick school boys had a de lightful outing last Thursday. Meeting at the plantation early in the morning, the boys had some instruction in wildlife, fish and game, under several game protectors and Wildlife Commis (Continued on page 2) W. B. KGZ1AK Our ROVING Reporter It usually falls to our lot to make the weekly trips to Shal lotte, getting news, subscriptions and advertising. About the mat ter of news, we would like to say that we always try to use whatever we get and we are glad to get it. We wish the readers of the paper at Shallotte and else where would pass out more in the way of newsmatter whenever they see us. Having it written out is alright but is not absolutely ne cessary. A word or two about anything really interesting will lead to our getting all of the de tails that may make interesting leading for some one or other. Among the readers of this paper are a whole lot of boys away in service. They look for some little item or story about their com munity every week. If you see us tell us of the things that will be interesting to them. If you do not see us write out the details and mail it along. i I Looking over old issues of the paper recently, it struck us that the most consistent advertiser we have had in a good many years is the King Electric Sales Com pany of Shaloltte. If they have missed an issue since they start ed in business it was not their fault. About the same thing can be said of Mintz and Company at Supply, the Shallotte Trading Company and a few others. Now getting the idea that regular ad vertising pays and is just about as good business as hiring a clerk to help, is the Shallotte Hardware Company, J. E. Hen son and Son, D. C. Andrew and others at Shallotte and J. M. Parker and Sons at Supply. We feel a sort of brotherly interest in these and other stores who ad vertise. In addition to advertis ing their own business they are advertising their community. During recent days we have Continued On Fage Four Goes From(Wet) Rags To Riches Driver Of Entry In Wednesday’s Outboard Motorboat Marathon Rescued By Millionaire Tom Yawkey Elmore Covil of Wilmington, piloting one of George Canady’s outfits in the 7% hp class, may not have traveled the fastest but he went the furtherest in the out board marathon race from South port to Socastee last Wednes day. Traveling first in his class he is reported to have had a bit of trouble down towards his destin ation and two other boats in his class passed him before he could get going again. Through some error the checked finish flag was not given him at Socastee, the end of the 60 mile race. Not getting the finish flag Covil thought that the crowd at Socastee was just another one of the big gatherings all along the route. He gunned his motor right on and never stopped until he ran out of gas twelve miles be low Georgetown, S. C., and 107 miles from the starting point at Southport. He established a record of a kind by going 107 miles on sev en and a half gallons of gas. It is said that after passing Socastee Covil missed the cheer ing crowds he had found during the earlier stage of his travel, but he thought himself so far ahead of other boats the crowd had not had time to gather. Tom Yawkey, owner of the Boston Red Sox, was cruising on his yacht near the South Island Plantation below Georgetown, where Covil ran out of gas. Yawkey spotted the luckless Covil, picked him up and took him to 'the home of the plantation manager where he was given a bath, some dry clothes, fed and entertained royally. It was rather far into the night before George Canady of the Sports Center in Wilmington was advised by the South Carolina State Highway Patrol that his man and boat were safe on the plantation. Mr. Canady has sent out a gen eral alarm, fearing an accident, for the missing Covil. Outboard Races Successful Event -----;—* Restaurant Has * Unusual Name Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Sanders have purchased the Hill Sea food place on the yacht basin and have opened "Quack’s Sea Shack”. There’s a story behind that name. When the Southport school principal was a little boy he acquired the nick-name "Quack”. Seems that in some kid game the embryo poets be gan to rhyme Sanders with the word ganders, and in their childhood confusion decided that it was geese and not ducks who say "quack, quack” and pro ceeded to shorten the Sanders ganders combination to just one "quack”. It stuck, and up around Kanapolis it followed him through a distinguished high school and college athletic career. And if all of this still is a little obscure, just remember that “Quack’s Sea Shack” isn’t as wacky as the name implies. Training School For Recreation Extension Service Sending Specialist To Brunswick To Instruct Leaders In Art Of Directing Pro grams There will be a recreation training school or workshop for leaders, both men and women, at the Bolivia high school gymnas ium on April 9, 10, and 11. The school will start each night at 7:30 o’clock reports Miss Corinne Greene, Home Demonstration A gent, and A. S. Knowles, County Agent. Mr. Powell of the State Recreation Commission in Ral eigh will be present to teach the recreation. Similar recreation schools are being held in several other coun ties throughout the state, but Brunswick county is the only one in the Southeastern part to have this opportunity. The extension agents point out that more good recreation is needed in every com munity of the countyr During this school period tl\ey would like to have from 60 to 80 men and women and older boys and girls present each night. They further stated that they would like those attending to go each night in order to get best results. The county and come agents have from time to time held re creation session for the 4-H club members and they are aware that more of it is needed in every community. Those invited to at tend the three nights are adults and older youth that would be willing to help teach recreation o others in their community. Good, wholesome, recreation can improve any community”, says County Agent Knowles. ‘‘It can provide better friendship and fel lowship among farm families. It will provide supervised intertain ment and recreation for youne ghds16 and younger b°ys and “There are few things that provide a medium of community growth as do good community recreation programs. It is a place that country people can get together for an hour of social development. The County and Continued On Pag© Fou( Large Field of Entries Brav ed Unfavorable Weather To Participate In Second Annual Racing Event FORTY-THREE BOATS COMPLETED COURSE Plans Already Being Discus sed For Staging The Race Again Next Year With Change Made In Day And Time Rain all morning last Wednes day delayed the scheduled start ing time from 10 a. m. to 12:20 p. m. for the Annual Outboard Motorboat Marathon from South port to Myrtle Beach, but failed to dampen either spectator inter est or the enthusiasm operators of the speedy little craft. Fifty-three entered and 43 of them went to finish the 60 miles course down the waterway to Socastee, near Myrtle Beach. The average time was two hours and 30 minutes. Jim Payne of Colum bia, S. C., using a 25 h. p. Mer cury, made it under 2 hours to win in the 33 h. p. class. Preceding the start, spectators who braved the rain in cars or any sort of sheltered vantage point were treated to a water show never before seen here, last ing for about an hour and a half. As fast as the boats could be unloaded from trailers they took off for impromptu races and gyrations about the harbor. Seen prior to the start Presi dent Stanley Edgeworth of the Myrtle Beach Outboard Club which sponsors the event, was highly pleased. He pointed out that more than half the boats (Continued on page 2) R. Will Davis Passes Monday Respected Citizen Of Com munity Had Led Active Life; F uneral Services Conducted Tuesday After noon Following several years of failing health, Robert Wilson Davis, better known as “Uncle Will", died at his home here Mon day morning. Mr. Davis was 89 years of age and had led a very happily for 63 years before the first death occured in their fami ly. A son Clifford Davis, died a year ago, the first break in the family link during that time. During his many years it was a proud boast of Mr. Davis that, he never missed a county, state or national election and that he had never voted anything but the Democratic ticket. Surviving him is his widow, Mrs. Carolina Davis; two daugh ters, Mrs. Edna Bell and Mrs. J. E. Carr of Southport; two sons, Will Sellers Davis of Southport and Junius W. Davis of Edenton. Several grandchildren and great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock from Trinity Methodist church with Rev. Norwood Jones officia ting. Burial followed in the Nor thwood cemetery. Pallbearers were John B. Ward, W. p. Jorgensen, S. T. Bennett, Edwin Leonard, John Caison, Ed ward Redwine, Davis Herring, E. J. Prevatte and Rudolph Mintz. * Oyster Interests . Asked To Attend Meet In County Representative Harry Mints, Jr., Has Arranged jP©r A Commercial Fisheries Committee To Meet At Shallotte Friday Night, April 6 NAME MEMBERS OF EDUCATION BOARD Brunswick Representative Also Keenly Interested In Securing County-Wide Library Service Soon Representative Harry L. Mint*, Jr., has arranged for the Com mercial Fisheries Division of tJ«e Department of Conservation and' Development to meet with Bnjnff- - wick county citizens who are in-‘ terested in the oyster industry on Friday night, April 6, at 7:39 o’-* clock at Shallotte high school. "I certainly hope that the peo-i pie who are interested in our oyster situation will respond, be cause we are fortunate to have the committee meet with us,” says Representative Mintz. Representative Mintz has nam ed five members of the board of education in the omnibus bill, and in doing so followed the pre ferential vote of the people in the primary election last year. 1>he appointees are: H. M. Long, Leland, G. K. Lewis Bolivia: Thomas St. George, Southport: Dr. M. H. Rourk, Shallotte; A. B. Williams, Wac camaw. Lewis, St. George and Rourk are named for 4-year terms, Long and Williams for a period of 2-years. Last week Representative Mints introduced a bill authorizing the board of county commissioners to levy a tax of 2-cents on the hundred for a veteran service of ficer and 4-cents on the hundred for the forest protection program. This is not for the purpose of increasing the present tax rate, '’-’'tinued on page four Beach Visitors Spend Week-End Many Up - State Visitors Spent Part Of Holiday Week - End At One Of Brunswick County Beach es Caswell Beach, Holden Beacli and Long Beach all drew find crowds over the week-end. In ad* iition to the Easter Sunday Visit tors, scores of families who twit homes moved in for two or three days. They came both to spend the week-end at the beach, lppk after their property and to make arrangements for permantly op ening up a little later in the sea son. ' Fine, clear but chilly weatJteF greeted week-end vacationist^ Most looked on the weather afc aeing more invigorating than 'hilly. Despite the rather sharp vind, it certainly was not cold enough to be disagreeable. H It is expected from the nu|n aer of inquiries received thtTt nost of the homes will begin to fill up early in May and that -he beaches will all be going full alast by the first of June. The post office at Long Beach is due :o open June 1st. r-TiS 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, March 29, 0:30 A. M. 6:53 A. M. 12:49 P. M. 6:58 P. M. Friday, March 30, 1:38 A. M. 8:01 A. M. 2:00 P. M. 8:11 P. M. Saturday, March 31, 2:47 A. M. 9:08 A. M. 3:10 P. M. 9:23 P. M, Sunday, April 1, 3:52 A. M. 10:10 A. M. 4:16 P. M. 10:28 P. M. Monday, April 2, 4:52 A. M. 11:05 A. M. 5:13 P. M. 11:26 P. M. Tuesday, April 3, 5:45 A. M. 11:53 a. M. 6:05 P. M. 0:00 P. M. Wednesday, April 4, 6:33 A. M. 0:17 A. M, 6:52 P. M. 12:37 P. M.
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