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Most of The News All The Time THE PORT PILOT VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 24 A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covetm Brunswick County 6-PAGES TODAY rr Southport, N. C., Wednesday, June 20, 1951 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY f 1.50 PER YEAS - Blueberry Harvest mmm. mm-f PICKING—The three girls in the foreground of the. above picture are Una Potter, Sylvia Floyd and Jackie Hewett, with several other Southport girls shown in the background busy picking blueberries at the Graham-Key farm near Southport. Right above is shown T. P. Key, Sr., and his son, T. P. Key, Jr., inspecting a bush loaded with ripe fruit. Right belowr is shown A. C. Ammon, manager of the Graham-Key half of the operation.— (Cuts Courtesy Wilmington News.) _ Farm Bureau Hits Operation Of OPS North Carolina Farm Bu reau Against Federal Re gulation On Ceilings For Raw Agricultural Com modities C. O. Bennett, President of the Brunswick County Farm Bureau, said today that the North Caro lina Farm Bureau is going all out with the American Farm Bu reau Federation against Title 4 of the Defense Production Act, which gives the Administration authority to place price ceilings on raw agricultural commodities. “This Act, unless renewed by Congress, is scheduled to expire June 30, and various farm or ganizations throughout the coun try have gone on record request ing Congress to eliminate Title 4,” he pointed out. Blasts Price Controls President Bennett said that de legates to the 4th Annual N. C. Farm Bureau Leadership Train ing School, June 12-13 in Raleigh, heard R. Flake Shaw, Executive Vice-President N. C. Farm Bur eau, and Roger W. Fleming, Sec retary-Treasurer, American Farm Bureau Federation, both voice oppositon to the present price control law now in existence as being “impractical, unworkable and grossly unfair to agricul lure. “Mr. Shaw, in his address,” Bennett said, “gave his views on the current Washington outlook and maintained that the whole price control program has be come a political issue with no ap parent regard for the plight of the farmer. Shaw made it clear that price con trols without wage controls are futile and all indications up to this time point to a definite con clusion that there is no concrete policy to control wages.” Stop Inflation Continued On Page Two Brl*f Ntut Flatht* lions to meet The regular meeting of the Southport Lions Club will be held tomorrow (Thursday) at 1:00 o'clock in the Community Build ing. ERECTING LINE Poles for the telephone line to the intracoastal waterway bridge for the Bell Telephone Company, are now being erected by a Greensboro contractor. ACCEPT ENLISTMENTS In Southport yesterday Sgt. Victor L. Cumbo, of the Army and An1 Force Recruting service, called attention to the fact that for the period June 15 to July 15 he will be able to accept en listment from men who have al ready received their pre-induction notice and who have been exam ined and passed. By enlisting during this period men will be able to choose the branch of the service they prefer. They will be volunteers—not draftees. Water-Spout At Long Beach Hits Seashore Grill Freak Wind Demolishes Cafe Building While Com pletely Missing Nearby Structures Saturday Af ternoon The Seashore Grill at Long' Beach*" was struck by a water spout which made a brief foray ashore at Long Beach Saturday afternoon, leaving the cafe buil ing dumped off its foundation and with a shattered interior. The freak wind reached into a row of buildings located on the north side of the highway at the popular resort and struck just the one place. A small shack standing at the rear of the building was undisturbed, and no other structure nearby was dam aged. The building was being operat ed by Carl Watkins, who was at the pavilion last sumineh He was away at the time the storm struck, but a Dosher boy and another man were inside. They report that they saw the funnel shaped waterspout headed in their direction and ran from the build ing before it was hit. It is estimated that it will be necessary to start from scratch rebuilding the place, with dam age estimated to be in the neigh borhood of $5,000.00. The waterspout is a common occurrence over the ocean, be Continued On Page Two Red Cross Work Still Goes On Rev. L. D. Hayman, Chair man Of Brunswick Coun ty Chapter, Points Out That Calls Receive Prompt Attention . Tlie Brunswick County Chapter of the American Red Cross is too small and inadequacy sup ported to maintain a paid sec retary. The work is being' carried along on a voluntary basis by Mrs. Clyde Newton and Chair man L. D. Hayman. Now pastor of the Methodist church at Carolina Beach, the Rev. Mr. Hayman still carries on by making regular trips to Brunswick weekly and oftener when there are calls. Mrs. New tek! at her home in Southport at tends to all minor matters and keps Chairman Hayman advised of the cases he should attend to personally. In a communication this week, the Rev. Mr. Hayman requested that all Brunswick county mat ters in which the Red Cross can assist be called to the attention of Mrs. Newton or direct to him at Carolina Beach. They will res pond to all worthy calls, whether they are made in person or by telephone. Mr. Hayman’s phone is 2657, Carolina Beach. Mrs. Newton’s phone in Southport is r Harvest Of Large Crop Of Berries Requires Daily Labor Of Many Pickers And Packers From South port Area OWNERS PLEASED WITH PRODUCTION Consider Results To Be Sat isfactory And Will Con tinue To Expand Ac reage In Cuitivation Two easterners and a western man have proved to their own satisfaction that sub-marginal Brunswick county lands are ideal for the growth of blueberries. And while these “outsiders,” T. P. Key, Sr., of Mooresvilie, N. J„ and T. P. Key, Jr., of Palmyra, N. J., and M. B. Gra ham of Decora, Iowa, have been demonstrating their knowledge of the crop there has been ever growing interest on the part of native Brunswick residents. P. Key, Sr., has been grow ing blueberries for something lit. two decades. He has a large berry farm in New Jersey and until a few years ago he owned and operated a berry farm at Long Creek in Pender county. Cjie came down to Brunswick about six years ago, found what he knew was suitable hard pan soil, and accordingly sold out in Pender. With his son and Mr. Graham, 200 acres of land wore purchased two miles out of South port, at the junction of the Cas well road with Route 130. alf of the 200 acre tract was purchased by the elder Mr Key. The other half by Mr. Graham and T. P. Key, Jr., his son-in-law. An open ditch, need ed for drainage, separated the two farms. The land had to be clear ed and draining tile put in at nmny points. ‘'With the plants safely in the ground on a limited part of the acreage on both farms, there was still the prospect of having to spend much money and wait ab out three years before the bush es began to yield their crop of beautiful blueberries. "The wait was not an idle one, the bushes had to be cultivated, fertilized and pinned each year. There was also the matter of spraying against their becoming infected with disease.. During the two or three years of additional waiting for the first crop, a house for the manager of the farm had to be built. Along with it, a barn for tools. A pack ing house had to be built and each year saw a few more keres on which the bushes were put out. T. P. Key, Sr., now has 25 ac (Continued on page five; i Factory Owners Deliver Boat The Charlotte T, Navy mine sweeper which has been con verted into a modern menha den boat, arrived here Sunday with a crew including the high brass of the Southport Fisher ies, Inc., aboard. Among the crew was Sam Toltar, for whose wife the craft is named, and W. R. McAuley, botii of Rocky Mount and both of whom are interested in the new factory. The Charlotte T. is nicajy fitted out with all modern cre vices and is one of the ablest vessels to be put into menha den fishing operations in tl Is section. Until the new fae b ry is ready for work this be at will fish for the Sanders f. c tory. W. B. KUZ1AJ1 Ojur ROVING Reporter For last week’s paper we’fcjT a handout, left on the desk, (re garding the Southport Presbyter ian girls beating the Vvilmm^tou YWCA at soft ball. The -sqo; e was 30 to 8. Knowing that the Wilmington girls were soroctl#ng in the order of being chomps,Iwe asked Ramona Williamson and Una Potter who composed their team, and how they nle and how they came to win. -We oily had 8 players who c<. id mi ke the trip, and we ha to p ay without a shortstop,” . \ p.u 10_ na. “Julia Smith pitched for! us and did a fine job. Barlfira Hewett did the catch.; ■. p.'Jvia Flynn was at first bas- i pitted 2nd base and Una Pot; w , J at 3rd. Iris lr.rbon, Kay IMoorc feud Alice Brown formed the o util aid.” Tiiey may start out our t girls basketball mat wen. of ial Coach H. F. Sanders v \ jla . start out with in the 1 he has tire making of best sextet he has hac The team should avera II is ;bou in }■ ul but the bat to bat the rs. ust V a couple of inches taller than those put out in past years. In the' prospective talent is Latillia Hickman, small but fast and re markably efficient at the basket; Julia Smith, tall and likely for center unless Trudy McNeil dis possesses her from that position; Trudy bids fair to be the tallest girl on the team; Stuart Arring ton is a veteran; Ramona Wil liamson and Una Potter both look look to be good bets for the team at this stage of things and there are several other hustlers.. With the full moon yesterday, it is recalled that after another night or two, when luna becomes belated in its appearance, it will be a good time for frog sticking for those who like frog sticking. We may be just as crazy in that respect as the next man. Out one night this week with a com panion, one of the first incidents resulted when wre stepped into an alligator hole, filling both boots with water and mud. Thereafter it was a rather hot job, labor continued On Page Four Mrs. Arrington Named President Of Woman’s Club I _ | New Head Of Southport Or ganization Inducted Into j Office At Meeting Last Tuesday Night [REPORT GIVEN * OF ACTIVITIES rKistorio*! Report Presented [ -By Mrs- C. Ed Taylor Outlining Some Interes , ting Projects Of Or ganization Mrs. E. H. Arlington was in stalled president of the Southport Woman's Club on Tuesday night at a meeting in the home of Mrs. L. J. Hardee. She succeeds Mrs. ! James H.-. Harper, Jr., who con ducted the- program. A history of the club from its inception in 1909 until the present was given by the club historian, I Mrs. C. Ed Taylor. She told ma [ n;,r amusing incidents in the club’s | past and brought to mind many of the former members who were active in the club in other years. The past presidents who were present were honored. These are Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. J. W. Ruark, Mrs. W. G. Butler, Mrs. A. K. Vitou and Mrs H. T. St. George. Mis. Harper gave a report of the State Convention, which she attended in Charlotte in May. Mrs. R. C. Daniel gave a report on the financial side of the club’s activities, speaking mainly of the library, the Penny Art Fund and I the Sallie Southall Cotton loan [ fund, to which the club contrib | utes each year. A resume of the year's work was given by Mrs. Harper. She spoke of the work done with the 'county-wide X-ray survey, the ’sponsorship of public library, the annual flower show, the Christ ,mas lighting contest and the “club’s work in the Christmas and .Easter seal sales. The club con ducts both these drives in the T , Continued On Page Two New Regulation On Enlistments Men Who Have Passed Physical But Who Have Not Yet Been Ordered To Report May Enlist In Any Branch Of Service Mrs. Elease Wehrle, the reg ular clerk of Local Board No. 10, is now back in the office after a two weeks’ vacation. According to Operations Bull etin No. 39, paragraph 1, of ref erence agreement, under which the Services agreed that no per son would be accepted for en listment after he has received or ders to report for pre-induction physical and mental examination ip temporarily rescinded for the period of 15 June through 15 July, 1951. This in effect allows recruit ing services to enlist any man up to the time he is ordered for induction. Any man who has already taken and passed the physical tests can now go into any branch of service of their choice provided they do this be fore July 15, 1951. ‘The Thing’ A telephone call from Congressman F. Ertel Car lyle in Washington, D. C., this afternoon reported that the Army is asking for cn appropriation of $22,805,000 for the construction of an ammunition loading depot at Sunny Point, located on the Cape Fear River above Southport. Sunny Point is located just above Walden Creek on the west bank of the Cape Fear river, and appar ently the project will be placed in the area on which a survey team was working for several weeks earlier this year. Congressman Carlyle stated that it was his un derstanding that the Army contemplated no training activities at this installation, and that no personnel would be involved other than a small operating force for maintenance. Congressman Carlyle also revealed that the Navy had asked for an appropriation of $3,898,000 for the construction of a Marine Corps Auxiliary Lending Field near Wilmington. However, he report ed that this was not necessarily a part of the same project. Fishing Parties Having Good Luck Glam Catches Gat By Foot A noise coming from the back porch last Friday night brought forth the man of the house with the purpose of putting a stop to the operations of ‘‘the prowler”, but when the light was switched on it was dis covered that the cause for com motion was a cat whose iore paw was firmly in the grip of a two-pound clam. Apparently the cat had come upon the bucket of clams at a moment when this unusually large specimen had opened its jaws for a breath of fresh air. No doubt the smell of nice, fresh clam already open tempt ed its feline appetite, but the stealthy swipe of its paw was neither quick nor clever enough to escape the hasty contraction of the powerful clam muscles. P. S. Once it had recov ered from the shock of surprise the cat clam-footed it away into the darkness and it was the following day before it was freed of its unnatural appen dage. Rudolph Mintz Opens Office Southport Man Who Has Been Member Of Stevens, Burgwin And Mintz Law Firm, Opens Office In In surance Building Rudolph I. Mintz, Register of Deeds for Brunswick county for several years until he resigned to study law, has withdrawn from the law firm of Stevens, Burg win and Mintz in Wilmington and has opened a law office of his own at 306 Insurance Building, Wilmington. Attorney Mintz, a son of Mrs. Mintz and the late H. L. Mintz of Shallotte, received his high school education at Southport, and afterwards entered State College, graduating as a civil en gineer. Following two or three years with the Westinghouse Electric Company, he was ap pointed register of deeds to suc ceed the late Hamilton Mintz, who died soon after being elected to the office. He served in this capacity for several years until he resigned to take up the study of law. Practicing law here at the beginning of World War II, he entered the service as a lieuten ant anu served for the dura tion in England, returning home with the rank of Lt.-Colonel. He resumed his law practice here and in 1947 he was elected State Senator from Brunswick. Soon after his service in the Legislature he joined the law firm of Stevens & Bergwin and moved his family to Wilmington. The former Brunswick man still retains his deep interest in his native county and both he and Mrs. Mintz have many relatives Continued On Page Two Sports Fishing Boats Have Been Having Consistent ly Good Results During Past Few Days MACKEREL AND BLUES BITING Steady Period Of Hot Sum mer Weather Expected To Bring Fishing To Its Season’s Peak Today is giving indications of being the start of a real good sport fishing period off South port. Good rains over the weekend apparently have checked the blu stering windy ' days and started hot and calm weather. For the past week sport fish ing boats and parties have been reporting catches of 80 to over 100 bluefish and Spanish mack erel when they could get out. On the Kiabab of Captain James Arnold an Albemarle party com posed of W. S. Melton, W. T. Coley, J. D. Page, Efird Whitley and Leroy Barfield reported a catch of 250 blues and mackerel for Saturday and Sunday. Dolphin are beginning to show up well out in the gulf. Barra cuda are also beginning to strike out there, according to the crew of the Idle-On. R. E. L. Brown and other Myrtle Beach folks are out today. The Botfly, scheduled to go to the gulf today, lost its reservation owing to sickness a mong the party. The Joy, Bessie Ray and other boats are stabbing at the blues and mackeral offshore today. All boat crews believe there will be plenty of both blues and macker al for the next week or two. Join ing them in this belief are the men of the menhaden fleets. Cap tain J. B. Church of one of the menhaden boats stated this morning that there are lot of bluefish and mackeral everywhe re along the coast. Traffic Cases Tried In Court Monday Session Of Record er’s Court Devoted To Trial Of Cases Growing Out Of Traffic Violations Most of the cases disposed of before Judge W. J. McLamb here in Recorder’s Court Monday grew out of violations of traffic regu lations, with the rollowing judg ments resulting: Frank Reaves, reckless opera tion, fined $15 and costs. Ernest Fowler, public drunken ness, fined $25 and costs, ten days stay. King Willie Moore, improper brakes, ordered to pay costs. James C. James, Jr., no oper ators license, remided to juve nile court as defendant was found to be under 16 years of age. George B. Wallace, speeding, fined $25 and costs. O. B. Reaves, public drunken ness, fined $10 and costs. Lois Griffin, assault with dead ly weapon, nol prossed with leave. Billy W. Thompson, reckless op Continued On Page Two Fourth Of July Celebration Is Being Planned Outstanding Speaker Being Obtained For This Occas ion With Military Band Also Objective Of Com mittee GREAT INTEREST IN BOAT RACES Home Demonstration Club Women Launch Contest For Selection Of “Queen Of The Fourth” Girl Although there is no definite announcement possible this week regarding the identity of the . principal speaker for the Fourth - of July celebration in Southport, Mayor H. H. Hood stated Mon day “that we are after a fellow who is capable of delivering one of those old time patriotic speech es that we usually associate with this occasion.” A contact also has been made with military authorities regard ing the use of a military band for this occasion. Thus far no unit has been assigned, but fol lowing the appearance of the band from Jackson here for Homecoming Day two years ago, sponsors of that event received such enthusiastic letters of ap preciation for the courtesies shown band members that it is anticipated that little trouble will be experienced obtaining the services of a musical organiza tion. Plans for the outboard motor • race are progressing nicely and it is expected that this all-Brun swick county event will attract hundreds of spectators for the afternoon program. Announce ment will be made next week regarding classifications and pri zes. However, it has been em phasized that an effort will be made to offer an event for mo tors of all sizes, racing either in their own class or with a han dicap. j Already the women of the I Southport Home Demonstration Club are busy pushing the con test to select a “Queen of the Fourth”, who will preside over Continued On Page Two Commissioners In Session Monday Representatives Of County School Board Association Ask Commissioners To Sell Bonds To Pay For Furniture Members of the board of coun ty commissioners in session here Monday heard an appeal from a group representing the Brunswick County. Association of School Committeemen to permit the sale of $15,000 in bonds to provide for equipping the home econom ics department of the consoli dated schools. Representatives of the Brun swick county board of educa tion also were present and pro posed that the bonds be repaid from the school fund over a pe riod of years without the neces sity of raising the tax rate. The commissioners expressed a reluctance to sell any more bonds while county finances still are in their present condition, but agreed to keep the matter under advisement since it is a matter of grave importance to have the Continued On Page Tw» Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These ltours are approxi mately correct and were furn ished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Capo Fear Pilot’s Association. High Tide Low Tide Thursday, June 21 9:22 a. m. 3:22 a. m. 9:58 p. m. 3::24 p. m. Friday, June 22 10:20 a. m. 4:13 a. m. 10:51 p. m. 4:18 p. m. Saturday, June 23 11:18 a. m. 5.04 a. m. 11:45 p. m. 5.14 p. m. Sunday, June 24 0:00 a. m. 5.55 a. m. 12:14 p. m. 6:12 p. m. Monday, June 25 0:37 a. m. 6:47 a. m. 1:11 p. m. 7:12 p. m. Tuesday, June 26 1:29 a. m. 7:40 a. m. 2'-6 p. m. 8:13 p. m. Wednesday, June 27 2:22 a. m. 8:32 a. nx, 3:02 p. m. 9:14 p. m.
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