Most of The New*
All The Time
VOL. NO. SIXTEEN
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community_
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, July 4, 1951
The Pilot Govern
Brunswick County
6-PAGES TODAY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
$1.50 PER YEAS
Anniversary Of
Missionary Work
In This County
Sunday Marked Third An
niversary Of Arrival Of
The Rev. W. R. Moore
head In County To Head
This Work
MUCH PROGRESS
IS REPORTED
Outstanding Gains Have
Been Made In Vacation
Bible School Program
In Brunswick Asso
ciation
This past Sunday was a red
letter day for the Rev. W. R.
Morehead, Associational Mission
ary for the Brunswick Baptist
churches, and Mrs. Morehead, for
it was the third anniversary of
their coming to Brunswick Asso
ciation to take up their work
for the association.
Much change has been made
since that day in 1948, when the
Moreheads moved into the El
more residence near Bolivia. The
association has seen some chang
es made during this period of
time in their Vocation Bible
school work in the churches. The
association jumped from 61st
place in the state rating to first
place. There are more fields to
day that are formed as church
fields, and more unity - than- has
ever been reported in the asso
ciation's history. The associa
tion has gone almost all-out in
building new edifices; attendance
has been on the up-grade for the
last two years; and cooperative
giving has seen an increase of
over $2,000 as compared to pre
vious years.
More young people are tak
ing the lead in the church ser
vices and in the associational
work than in earlier years. The
work of the associational pro
gram was begun under the lea
dership of the Rev. H. M. Ba
ker, former pastor of the South
port Baptist church, and the Ex
ecutive Committee of Brunswick
Association, during the early part
of 1947, when the first work was
begun under the leadership of
the Rev. George White, filed
worker. The Rev. Mr. Moore
head’s work has been very in
teresting and he has found plen
ty to do and keeps busy in do
and keeps busy doing the “Mas
ter’s work” in His vineyard. He
has made over fifteen hundred
personal visits into the homes,
over two hundred and fifty hos
pital visits, held over three hun
dred individual conferences, held
over forty Vacation Bible Schools
and taught over twenty-eight
different study books, reached
over five thousand persons dur
ing his total teaching period,
visited over two hundred and
fifty church fields for services
of some nature or other, held
over seventy-five associational
meetings, traveled over one hun
dred thousand miles to meet
these engagements.
The miderator, Rev. H. T.
Hewett, urges that every church
give their support to the cause
of this program, and that every
church include in their church
budget some set amount to help
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NEW PRINCIPAL
B. M. Crawford, a former
principal, has been elected to
fill that post again this fall at
Waccamaw High School. He was
principal at the school from 1929
through 1936. For the past sev
eral years he has been principal
of Piney Gx-ove school in Samp
son county.
TO LITTLETON
Prof. W. S. Stevenson, who re
signed as principal of the Wac
camaw school at the end of the
spring session, will leave about
July 10 for Littleton, where he
has been elected head of the
Littleton schools. Mrs. Stephen
son will teach in the primary de
partment at Littleton. The cou
ple have been with the Wacca
maw school for the past three
years.
RIPE MELONS
Despite his own recent state
ment that this year's crop of
watermelons would not be coming
on until the 8th of July, Robert
McRackan brought in a good
sized truck load of his favorite
Walden Creek product Monday.
Mr. McRackan has 50 acres in
the melons, he says. He planted
so as to have a continuous crop
all through the summer and well
into September. Last year he
sold melons from the first of July
through September.
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PROGRAM
Fourth Of July Celebration
Southport, N. C.
BAND MUSIC ..11-12 O’Clock
_In Front of Garrison Building—(Pope Field Air Force Band),
LUNCH . 12-1:30 O’Clock
In Community Buildmg—(Served by Southport Home Demonstration
Club, Proceeds Benefit Hospital Fund.)
PLATFORM PROGRAM . 1:30 O’Clock
Master of Ceremonies .. W. R. Dosher
Music . Air Force Band
Crowning of Queen . Congressman F. Ertel Carlyle
Music .l. Air Force Band
Introduction of Speaker .. Hon. S. Bun Frink
Patriotic Address ... Congressman F. Ertel Carlyle
Music .... Air Force Band
SPECIAL EVENTS . 2:30 O’Clock
Bag Race
Three-Legged Race
Greasy Pig
Greasy Pole
MOTOR BOAT RACES . 4:00 O’Clock
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1st.—Event for 5-hp. Motors
2nd.—Event for 7’/2-hp. Motors
3rd.—Event for 10-hp. Motors
4th.—Event Open Handicap.
BAND CONCERT .. 6:30 to 7:30 O’Clock
STREET DANCE .. 8:00 O’Clock—’Till
Holiday Crowd
To Help Hospital
Patrolman Is
Stationed Here
One of 39 State Highway
Patrolmen who have recently
received promotions, Corporal
C. H. Lynch, was transferred
here from Jacksonville on Ju
ly 1. He has already entered
on his duties. His promotion
and transfer to Southport was
announced the past week by
Commander J. R. Smith.
Corporal Lynch has been sta
tioned at Jacksonville for 10
years. It is understood that
his duties at Southport will in
clude the patrol of Caswell and
Long Beaches and Route 130.
Shallotte Post
Sponsor Beauty
Miss Marion Anderson Dau
ghter Of Mr. And Mrs.
M. D. Anderson, Entered
In State Beauty Pageant
Now in Raleigh where she is
employed in the Allied Chemical
and Dye Corporation, Miss Mar
ion Anderson has been entered
by Shallotte American Legion
Post No. 247, to compete for the
title “Miss North Carolina” at
the convention in Burlington on
July 20-21.
Miss Anderson is 23 years old
Continued On Page Two
Varied Entertainment Ex
pected To Attract Huge
Crowd To Southport For
Holiday Festivities
CLUB WOMEN TO
SERVE MEALS
President Of Hospital Aux
iliary Urges All Residents
To Help Raise Build
ing Funds
Hundreds of Brunswick county
residents and visitors to beach
es in this area are joining today
in an old fashioned celebration
of the Fourth of J.uly. The pro
gram includes all the customary
features, from patriotic address
by Congressman F. Ertel Car
lyle to a greasy pig race.
Plans for the program were
worked out by members of the
Southport Home Demonstration
Club, who hope to be able to
raise the sum of $500.00 for the
Dosher Memorial Hospital build
ing fund through the sale of food
and refreshments and the pro
ceeds of a street dance this ev
ening.
Already a tidy sum has been
realized from the "Queen of the
Fourth" contest, which was won
by Miss Gloria Hewett after a
spirited race with 10 of South
port’s most attractive and pop
ular young ladies. She was spon
sored by Art Newton’s Studio.
Mrs. H. R. Smith, president of
the Hospital Auxiliary, is very
apprciative of today’s efforts and
of the splendid spirit with which
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Approve First
Funds For Jdb
At Sunny Pont
Funds totaling $1,640,000
have been allocated by the Ar
med Service Committee of the
House of Representatives for
work on the proposed Army
Ammunition loading depot
which is to be located at Sun
ny Point in Brunswick county.
Spokesmen for the commit
tee said that this amount was
requested for this year by the
Budget Bureau and does not
represent a cut from the pro
posed expenditure of $22,805,
000. Officials stated that if
the Budget Bureau finds that
it can spend more than the re
quested amount in this year a
request for further funds may
be made of the committee.
Congressman F. Ertel Car
lyle, who was a visitor in
Southport Tuesday, says that
he anticipates no obstacle for
this project. ‘This amoum ap
pears to be the requirement
for getting the project iunder
i way,” he explained. “It defi
nitely does not represent a
cut of the original estimate,
and as the work progresses,
more money will be made ava
iable to carry on.
“This entire area is inf for a
new period of expansion and
development,” predicted; Con
gressman Carlyle, who! tame
down with his wife and jfiaugh
ter to spend last night at their
cottage at Long Beach.
Shallotte Unit
National Guard
Now In Training
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Men Of Shallotte Outfit At j
Camp Stewart, Ga., For
Two Weeks Intensive
Training Program
CONDITIONS OF
BATTLE SIMULATED
Portion Of Period Will Be
Spent Under Cbmbat Con
ditions On Reservation
At Camp Stewar
In command of Captain John
K. Bums and Lieutenants David
B. Carmichael and Kemp Holden,
the Shallotte unit of the North
Carolina National Guard left Sun
day morning for ' Camp Stewart,
Georgia. The battery is schedul
ed for two weeks of intensive
target practice and field train
ing, from July 8th through July
22nd.
During this training the gun
section will fire at towed sleeve
aerial targets and remote con
trolled airplane targets with the
3 40-mm antiaircraft guns and
the two multiple mount .50 cali
bre machine guns that are as
signed to the unit.
For three days the battery will
be in maneuvers under combat
conditions on the Camp Stewart
reservation. During this time
radio communications, battle ra
tions, sleeping in pup tents and
camouflaging of positions will be
the order of the day.
The camp period scheduled is
strenuous and will leave no time
for blues or boredom. However,
veterans of previous camps have
found the training period a wel
come change from normal activi
ties and they call it a vacation
with pay.
Captain Bums and Lieutenant
Holden have both recently re
turned from a 4-months stay at
the Artillery School of the U. S.
Army at Fort Bliss, El Paso
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Brief Session
Of Court Held
Weekly Session Of Bruns
wick County Recorder’s
Court Concluded Before
Noon Monday
All business was disposed of
before noon Monday at the reg
ular weekly session of Bruns
wick County Recorder’s Court.
The following judgments result
ed:
Mildred Brooks, allowing mi
nor to operate car, ordered to
pay costs.
Frank Massik, speeding, fined
$10 and costs.
David Earl Britt, reckless op
eration, fined $25 and costs.
H. G. Arnold, affray, motion
for jury trial by State.
D. E. Dripp, affray and park
ing on highway, jury trial ask
ed by State. *
Leo Russ, public drunkenness,
fined $5.00 and costs.
James A. Trotter, drunken dri
ving, $100 and costs.
T. A. Hughes, public drunk
enness and assault, called and
failed, capias.
Around The World
FIGURING—Delmas J. Fulcher, Southport man who
has been employed by the U. S. Army Engineers for
several years; is shown studying a globe to see just how
far it is to Bangkok, Thailand, where he and his family
will spend the next two years in ECA work.—(Wilming
ton News Cut.)
August 2 Set As
Market Opening
Register has
FormsTFor OPS
Register of Deeds Amos J.
Walton decided this week that
evidently his office has been
chosen as a point of distribu
tion for OPS forms for mer
chants and business men of
Brunswick county. At any rate,
he has begun to receive sup
plies. of printed materials ne
cessary to carrying out thfs
price control program.
“I will be glad to handle
these forms,” said Mr. Walton
Tuesday, “but it will be im
possible for me to make de
livery throughout the county.
The best thing I know to do is
to let the people know that I
have the forms, and to tell
them that they can get them if
they will come to my office.”
Fulcher Family
Will Go Abroad
Delmas Fulcher Accepts
Post With Government Of
Thailand While On Leave
Of Absence From U. S.
Army Engineers
Mr. and Mrs. Delmas J. Ful
cher and their two children, Del
mas Fulcher, Jr. and Mary Susan
Fulcher, will leave the last of
July for Bangkok, Thailand. They
will make the trip by air.
Mr. Fulcher has recently ac
cepted an administrative post
with the Thailand Economic Co
operation Administration. Mr.
Fulcher is scheduled to report in
Washington on July 8 for a two
weeks training period before leav
ing for his new duties.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Fulcher are
natives of Southport, Mrs. Ful
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W. B. KKHAH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
In the column of servicemen,
elsewhere in this paper, there is
no intention to discriminate ag
ainst anybody, white or colored.
When information is received re
garding any of them, especially
the boys who have been in ser
vice for some time, those who
are overseas and those who vis
it their homes, space is found in
the column for mention of the
fact. Provided we hear of it.
Relatives should send us the de
tails of anything along the above
lines.
As a usual thing the hot
months of summer slow up home
construction in this area. This
year things are the other way.
June has been seeing a nice
upward trend in home building,
both in Southport and at the
nearby beaches. This trend is
bound to assume a faster pace.
A building contractor stated a
day or two ago and he knew a
lot of people who have home
building in mind. He said all of
them would start just as soon
as definite announcements are
made of the nearby defense pro
lect.
J. C. Pardee of Charlotte has
been here the past week. A
good many years ago, when the
W. B. & S. ran on its rails in
stead of rubber tires, Mr. Par
dee was here for a considerable
time, working for the W. B. &
S. Like the late H. M. Shan
non and a good many other
Southport citizens, Mr. Pardee
believed then, as he still believes,
that something is due to come
to North Carolina through the
mouth of the Cape Fear river.
Three truck loads of U. S.
Coast and Geodetic Survey men
worked in Southport for two
days last week. They are prob
ably still working in the area.
This organization is one of the
most valuable and at the same
time one of the least organized
of all government services. They
are the boys who make the land
and water charts that cover ev
ery portion of the United States.
In fact, their work is world-wide.
When anything is needed in
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Border Belt Opening Arran
gement Will Allow Some
-rarnlma Marf« To
Start July 30
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
BEGIN SALES JULY 19
Sales Time Will Be Five
Hours Daily Instead Of
Five And One-Half
Hours As Last Year
Columbus County tobacco mar
kets — Whiteville, Tabor City,
Chadbourn and Fair Bluff —
will begin the 1951 season on
Thursday, August 2.
Marketing of the flue - cured
crop will start on July 19 with
the opening of the Georgia-Flor
ida Belt.
The board of governors of the
Bright Belt Warehouse Associa
tion in a meeting Friday at Ral
eigh set the opening dates and
hours of sale for the various
flue-cured belts.
The governors fixed August 2
as opening date for South Caro
lona and North Carolina Border
Belt markets and fixed five
hours as the daily sales period
through August’ 31. However,
South Carolina markets which e
lect td do so and give notice of
their intention by July 3 may op
en on July 30 and sell four hours
per day through August 17.
All border markets will oper
ate five hours a day beginning
August 20 and continuing throu
gh August 31.
The Eastern Belt opening was
set for August 21 and sales were
limited to five hours per day
through August 31.
The Middle Belt opening was
set for September 4 with mar
kets operating five hours per
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0 Quinn Being
Held For Jury
Brunswick County Man Or
dered Held Without Privi
lege Of Bond Following
Inquest Friday Night
At the formal inquest held in
the court house Friday night,
Pat O’Quinn was ordered held
without bond in the fatal shoot
ing of Mrs. O’Quinn at her home
at Calabash Monday of last
week.
The husband, who made little
effort to escape, and was found
asleep in a home 10 miles from
the scene of the killing op the
following day, will be tried at
the next term of Superior Court
which convenes in September. He
is represented by the law firm
of Frink and Herring.
There was no eyewitness to the
killing. All four of the witness
es testified that they heard
shots and screams and saw Mrs.
O’Quinn stagger from the house
and fall in the yard. A few sec
onds later, the witnesses said,
O'Quinn emerged from the house,
entered a car and drove off. The
four witnesses all live in close
proximity to the O'Quinn home.
They are Mrs. Josey Nance, Ken
neth Nance, Clifton Wilson and
Eddie Morse.
Three days before the killing,
O Quinn, just released from the
Federal prison at Petersburg, Va.
w here he was sent when con
victed of passing counterfeit
money, had sworn out a warrant
against Mrs. O’Quinn and Gus
Bland, a former deputy sherriff.
The warrant charged the couple
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Big Attendance
At Opening Of
SummerProgram
Request For Reservations
Indicate That Attendance
During First Week At
Caswell Will Set Record
B.T.U. DELEGATES
HERE FOR SESSION
Indications Also Point To
Big Attendance At Three
Phase Conference
Next Week
The Caswell Baptist Assembly
formally opened Monday and ap
parently has a record attendance.
As early as last Thursday, Dr.
R. K. Redwine, the director,
stated that around 800 requests
had been made for reservations.
Last year the attendance is said
to have reached nearly twice the
number of those applying for
reservations for the Baptist
Training Union week.
With the deadline for this
week’s issue of the paper coming
a little earlier than usual owing ■
to the 4th of July, no accurate
check could be made of the num
ber of registrants coming in
Monday and Tuesday. However,
the young people were still com
ing in late Tuesday afternoon
and it could be definitely said
that the number was exceeding
ail expectations..
Next week, July 9-15, is also
expected to bring out a large
gathering. Featuring this week
will be the Deacon’s Conference
and the event may have close
competition from the gathering of
the State Camp for Int. R. A.’s
and the Junior G. A. and R. A.
Camp for the Rocky Mount Di
vision.
The entire two months of-the
Assembly gives indications of be
ing largely attended, Dr. Redwine
says. The many interested visit
ors of the past few months have
been loud in their praise of the
beautiful shaded and, cool sea
side assembly grounds of the
North Carolina Baptists.
TO WINSTON-SALEM
Mr. and Mrs. N. G. (Shorty)
Parker, formerly of Shallotte,
more recently of Fayetteville,
have moved to 3686 Tech Blvd.,
in Winston-Salem. Mr. Parker has
been with the McLean Trucking
Company, Inc., for several years
and has been transferred to the
home office in Winston-Salem.
He is a brother of Ernest Parker
of Shallotte.
Commissioners In
Session Monday
Road Petitions Took Up
Major Portion Of Time
At Monday Session Of
County Board
Requests to the State High
way Commission for the taking
over of various roads occupied
the main attention of of the
board of county commissioners
while they were in session Mon
day.
The Commissioners approved
the State taking over and putting
in all-weather condition a section
of road in Waccamaw township,
approximately 5 miles in length
and running from Duncan’s Cross
Roads to Exum. Also a road in
Lockwoods Folly township, run
ning from Lucian Phelps’ to Hu
bert Brown’s, two miles in length.
Also in Lockwoods Folly town
ship a section of road 9 miles
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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 Fort Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot’s Association.
High Tide
Low TMe
Thursday, July 5
a. m. 2:38
P- m. 2:31
Friday, July 6
a. m. 3:i4
P- m. 307
Saturday, July 7
a. in. 3:49
P- m- 3:47
Sunday, July 8
a. m. 4:24
p. m. 4;28
Monday, July 9
a. m. 5:00
P- m. 5:12
Tuesday, July 10
a. m. 5:39
P- m. 6:02
Wednesday, July 11
a. m. 6:24
7:02
8:30
8:46
9:07
9:21
9:43
9:55
10:20
10:29
11:01
11:09
11:48
11:55
0:00
12:42 p. m.
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