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THE STATE PORT
VOE. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 29
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Brunswick County
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, August 1, 1951
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Vacation Bible
School Program
Almost Through
Summer Program For Chur
ches Of Brunswick Baptist
Association Will Be Con
cluded The First Week In
August
BAPTIST CHURCHES
ALL PARTICIPATED
The Rev. W. R. Morehead
Expresses Hope That
Meeting Of All Work
ers May Be Held At
Early Date
Vacation Bible Schools have
been completed in all of the
Brunswick Baptist Churches ex
cept two, and they are to be
completed at the end of the 3rd
week in August. The Farmers
Chapel church in the Maco sec
tion and the New Life church are
the last two to complete the list
of churches having schools.
The Rev. W. R. Morehead, field
worker, states that there has
been a grand attendance this
year and that the grades as a
whole are better this year than
last year’s reports. More local
workers took part this year in
the schools and more teaching
seems to have been put across to
the pupils. As the report totals
stand for the 25 schools already
held there have been over 1700
persons reached already. The to
tal should come to around 1800
at the close of that last two
schools that are being held.
Mrs. A. S. Knowles heads this
work as superintendent of all
Vacation Bible School work in
the Brunswick Baptist Associa
tion and she wishes to express
her appreciation for all those who
helped to make this program a
success in the association. A
State worker was used in six
schools this year, Miss Betsy
Watkins, Wadesboro, being the
summer worker for the associa
tion. Mrs. Tom Johnson, Mrs.
Lindsey Clemmons, Miss Thelma
Sellers, Mrs. Knowles, Mrs. Taft
Hewett, Odell Blanton, Quinda
Mae Hewett and others assisted
in churches where teachers and
principals were needed due to a
shortage of local help.
It is hoped that a very early
date there can be a get-together
of all the workers and princi
pals and teachers who worked in
these schools and have a fellow
ship and devotional pragram at
one of the churches in the coun
ty, with L. I. Morgan, secreta
ry of all Sunday school work in
the Baptist State Convention,
bringing a special message.
Brief Newt
FUshet
AT LONG BEACH
Among the visitors at Long
Beach this week are the Rev. and
Mrs. Russell Harrison and family
of Mt. Olive. The Rev. Mr. Harri
son is a former pastor of Trinity
Methodist church.
GETS SCHOLARSHIP
Tate Bennett, valedictorian of
the senior class at Waccamaw
high school this year, has been
notified by Wake Forest College
authorities that he has been aw
arded a $50 scholarship for his
freshman year. He plans to en
roll at the Baptist school in Sep
tember as a pre-medical student.
HONOR SOCIETY
Herbert Swain, member of the
rising junior class at N. C. State
College, was elected to member
ship in Scabard and Blade, hon
orary Military organization, on
his outstanding record during
his first two years of ROTC at
the College.
BOLIVIA P. T. A.
Mrs. Foster Mintz, president of
the Bolivia P. T. A., has an
nounced that the organization will
hold a special meeting Monday
night, August 6, in the school
lunch room. All members and all
patrons of the school who are in
terested in the work of the P. T.
A. are urged to attend. It is ex
pected that some important busi
ness will come up.
PLANS VACATION
Congressman C. B. Deane of
Rockingham and Long Beach, sta
tes he expects to be down early
this month and put in a bid for
some freshwater fishing while he
is at his home at Long Beach.
Congressman Deane, as is Con
gressman Ertel Carlyle, is oppos
ed to the duplication of new heavy
duty airfields by the Army and
Air Corps where existing fields
may be made to serve the pur
pose.
Band Members Had
Good Visit Here
Members Of Musical Organization Who Played For The
Fourth Of July Celebration Express Thanks
Mrs. Josie Easley, president of
the Southport Home Demonstra
tion Club, received the following
letter this week:
"We, the members of the 532nd
Air Force Band, Pope Air Force
Base, Fort Bragg, wish to state
our appreciation of the wonder
ful hospitality shown us on our
recent visit to your city.
"You can be sure that all of
us had a wonderful time and
were overwhelmed at the friend
liness aand good old Southern
hospitality which was afforded
us.
"We would especially like to
thank those who prepared the
wonderful meals we were served
day was something we can all
write home about.
"It is hoped that when suita
ble occasions occur in the fu
ture we may again be invited to
visit your city.
The letter was signed by W-O
Robert J. Dunn ajid every mem
ber of the band.
O’Quinn Seeking
Freedom On Bail
Brunswick County Man Be
ing Held For Fatal Shoot
ing Of Wife Is Appearing
At Habeas Corpus Hear
ing Today
HIS STATEMENT
CHANGES PICTURE
Defendant Claims That The
Death Weapon Was In
Hands Of Wife At The
Moment That Fatal
Bullet Fired
A Habeas Corpus hearing is
scheduled before Judge Walter J.
Bone in the courthouse at Wil
mington this morning at 9:30
o’clock for J. G. "Pat” O’Quinn,
charged with having shot and
killed his wife, Mrs. Ruby Dell
O’Quinn, on the afternoon of June
25, this year.
Judge Bone issued the writ for
the hearing on July 25. O’Quinn
was taken to Wilmington for the
hearing by Sheriff E. V. Leonard
and a deputy. The coroner’s jury
which investigated the death of
Mrs. O’Quinn had ordered O'Quinn
held for the grand jury without
bail. Prink and Herring appeared
for O’Quinn at the Tuesday Ha
beas Corpus hearing. They will al
so represent him at the trial.
All indications are that O’Quinn
will attempt to show at his trial
that the gun was actually in the
hands of the deceased when she
met her death.
A heretofore unknown matter
brought out at the Habeas Cor
pus hearing is that there appears
to have been an eyewitness. At
least a third party was in the
room when the shooting occurred.
In a sworn statement, used at
the Habeas Corpus hearing
O’Quinn states that Louie Wilson
was with him discussing O’Quinn’s
reentering the seafood business
when Mrs. O’Quinn entered the
room in a very angry frame of
mind. Mrs. O’Quinn stated, so the
sworn statement asserts, that she
was damned if she was not going
to straighten things out, that she
was going to have Gus Bland’s
baby and neither her husband or
any other s. of b. was going to
stop her. She allegedly said she
was going to “make O’Quinn’s
blood run red all over Calabash
before the day was over.”
She, the statement says, walk
ed over to a chest of drawers
and picked up the gun, cursing
violently as she did so. The state
ment says that O’Quinn seized her
and began struggling with her
and that the gun was fired.
Mrs. O’Quinn, allegedly dropped
the gun on the floor and ran out
Continued On Page Four
Mission Week
At Ft. Caswell
Women From All Parts Of
North Carolina Attending
Session At Seaside Assem
bly This Week
This is Mission WWeek at the
Caswell Baptist Assembly with a
large number of women from all
parts of the state attending. The
State Intermediate G. A. Camp is
also in session and the school for
preachers will continue through
August 10.
This is the 5th weekof the as
sembly and there will be three
more big weeks, embracing the
period through August 26th. It is
said to be very probable that at
the end of the regular summer
schedule on August 26 activities
may continue for a short time lon
ger with various gatherings mak
ing use of the facilities.
Southport has benefitted greatly
by the operations at Caswell this
year. The weekly events have
been drawing large numbers of a
fine class of people to the town.
Begins Work On
Tourist Court
Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett
has started construction work on
a small but modern tourist court
adjoining his residence fronting on
Franklin Square. The place is cal
culated to accommodate about 20
people. Each room will have pri
vate bath and the best in furni
ture will be used.
F. W. Spencer, local builder, has
the contract. He started work yes
terday and the job is supposed to
be finished by the first of Septem
ber. The place has been named
Franklin Square Court.
National Guard
Members Return
Brunswick County Men Re
port Interesting Experien
ces While In Camp In
Georgia
The Shallotte unit of the Na
tional Guard are home from their
two weeks of training at Camp
Stewart, and are settling down
to the hard work that is always
plentiful during tobacco season in
this part of the country.
This does not mean that they
did not have plenty of work at
Camp Stewart. Some days activ
ities in training started before 2
a. m., and lasted all day under
the broiling sun. Captain John
Burns reports that no untoward
happenings marred the trip, with
the exception of the death, near
Shallotte, of the mother of Cpl.
Henry Hampton Hewett. He was
returned home.
Battery “A” as the guard is
designated, resumed its armory
training Monday night of this
week at 8 o’clock. Visitors are
invited to all of these weekly
workouts and all of the enlistees
are urged to be present. The
company plans carrying on over
night maneuvers during one or
two week-ends during the coming
fall and winter months.
Good food and fellowship will
be the high spots in these week
ends, although training will not
Continued On Page Four
Blowout Causes
Wreck Injuries
Early Morning Wreck On
Highway No. 17 Near
Jackies Creek Friday
Results In Injuries To
Six Men
When a tire blew out, six
men, all living between South
port and Supply, were more or
less seriously injured Friday mor
ning at 7:43 a. m. The truck
overturned, throwing the men
on the highway.
The accident occurred on Route
17 near Jackies Creek. The men
were on their way to Wilming
ton to work. Patrolman R. H.
Constante of Bolivia investigat
ed the wreck and reported the
injuries. He termed the wreck
an accident, resulting from the
tire blowing out. The injury list
includes:
Edward E. Ferguson, 50 years
old, was operating the truck. He
sustained cuts and bruises about
the face and head.
Elton Clemmons, 16 years old,
cuts on chin.
Johnnie Varnum, 52 years old,
back injuries.
Floyd Varnum, 44 years old,
injuries to left eye and face.
William Hewett, 52 years old,
Continued On Page Four
right shoulder injured.
Dotridge Clemmons, 56 years
Assistance For
Polio Patients
Still Available
Treasurer Of Brunswick
County Chapter Of Na
tional Foundation For In
fantile Paralysis Gives In
formation
CASES SHOULD BE
REPORTED QUICKLY
No Patients Need Go With
out Medical Care Due To
Lack of Private Funds
Says Chapter Offi
cial
Parents were urged this week
to get in touch with the Bruns
wick County Foundation for In
fantile paralysis at Southport as
soon as a case of polio has been
diagnosed by the family physi
cian.
Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr.,
treasurer of the National Founda
tion’s Brunswick Chapter, said
the chapter stands ready to pro
vide financial assistance for pa
tient care where needed, and
she emphasized that "no polio
patient need go without adequate
care for lack of funds.”
" Half the funds contributed
during the annual March of
Dimes remain with the Bruns
wick County Chapter for patient
care assistance,” Mrs. Harper
said. In emergencies these funds
may be used to supplement nar
tional epidemic funds providing
patient care in other localities.
The other 50 per cent is sent to
National Headquarters for re-’
search, professional education and
emergency epidemic aid the chap
ters whose own funds have been
exhausted by patient care re
quirements.”
Mrs. Harper also disclosed that
March of Dimes funds of the Na
tional Foundation are being ex
pended at an unprecedented rate.
“This is because there have
been so many major epidemics
of polio in the country in recent
years,” she explained. "Thous
ands of patients stricken in ior,
mer years still are receiving ~ as
sistance for care.”
Should local chapter funds be
exhausted, she added, the chap
ter will receive additional money
from the national epidemic aid
fund. The local chapter’s tel
ephone number is 2381, South
port.
County Court
In Brief Term
Little Business Disposed Of
Before Judge W. J. Mc
Lamb In Weekly Session
Of Recorder’s Court Mon
day
A brief session of Brunswick
County Recorder’s Court was held
Monday, with the following jjudg
ment resulting from cases dis
posed of before Judge W. J. Mc
Lamb.
Arthur G. Brown, no operators
license, possession, fined $25.00
and costs.
Robert Cameron Allen, improp
er auto equipment, not guilty.
Hosea Woodrow Russ, operating
j Continued from Page Four
Our
ROVING
Reporter
The Holden Beach folks "have
been finding their post office very
helpful in a lot of ways this sum
mer. For one thing it gives sta
bility to the place and sort of puts
it on the map. Shallotte and Sup
ply are about equal distance,
some eight miles, from Holden
Beach. Before the office was es
tablished some of the residents
got their mail at Supply and
some at Shallotte. Things were
rather confusing. For the present
at least the office is serving in
the same way as the office at
Long Beach. It will be open only
during 4 months of the summer.
It is located in the J. & K. store
and pavillion and Mrs. John Hol
den is the postmaster.
Southern Lockwoods Folly
township appears to have been
hit harder than other sections of
Brunswick county by the drjj
spell early in the summer. Soma
of the crops are not so good a$
those that are to be found else
where in the county. This is not!
so bad as it may sound. Most of i
the residents do a little farming
only as a side line. They are var
satile, applying themselves to
fishing, farming, carpentering
and whatever may come along. A
bad farming year does not seem
to effect them as much as it ef
fects other places where the folks
go all out for farming.
In the matter of the picnic for
Governor Scott, the Holden Beach
folks really went to town Friday
Brunswick county and there was
afternoon. It was probably one of
the best dinners ever spread in
more than an abundance of it.
Along with the big, well-filled
baskets and boxes that were
brought in from all sides filled
with the best of cooking, a truck
with a number of boys as attend
ants passed out all of the free
cold drinks that anybody cared
for. Perhaps the crowning con
tribution to the feast were the ef
forts of red-headed Mess Sgt.
Wilbur Hewett of the National
Guard at Shallotte and a couple
of assistants. The company’s field
kitchen was on hand and Sgt. He
wett and his helpers turned out a
surprising quantity and quality of
(Continued on page five)
Governor Is Visitor
Hg\ CHIEF—Speaking at the picnic at Holden Beach Friday afternoon Governor W.
Kerr Scott is shown standing at the amplifier. Seated left to right are District High
wjny Engineer L. E. Whitfield and Dr. Henry Jordan, chairman of the State Highway
Oflhmission. State Highway Commissioner Wilbur Clark is partly visible just behind
(llbvernor Scott.— (Cut courtesy Wilmington Star.)
iprive For Hospital
Funds To Continue
Lions Governor
Coming Thursday
District Governor Geo. T.
Rogers of Apex will be guest
of honor at the Ladies’ Night
program of the Southport Li
ons Club here tomorrow ev
ening, The program will begin
at 8 o’clock.
An interesting feature of this
meeting is the fact that Lion
J. T. Denning of the Southport
Club will be installed at this
meeting as Deputy District
Governor of Region 5. J. M.
King, of the Bolivia Club will
be inducted as Zone Chairman.
An invitation has been ex
tended members of other clubs
in the district, and indications
point to a large attendance at
the meeting.
Mrs. H. B. Smith, President
Of Dosher Memorial Hos
pital Auxiliary, Is Anxious
To Complete This Under
taking
CONDITIONS GOOD
FOR THIS DRIVE
With Tobacco Money In Cir
culation And With Shrimp
And Fish Being Caught
The Prospects
Improve
Mi’s. H. B. Smith, chairman of
the Dosher Memorial Hospital
Auxiliary which recently under
took the raising of $10,000 lo
cally in order that the hospital
might be eligible to receive about
$90,000 outside assistance, re
ports that the work is still going
on, slowly but encouragingly.
To date $1,000 has been donat
ed and deposited in the bank.
That represents onlyone-tenth of
the needed sum. However, says
Mrs. Smith, neither the town or
the county people have been ex
tensively solicited thus far.
The workers have been going
slowly knowing that at South
port and some other places the
fishing and shrimping has just
started up. The same thing has
applied with regard to the farm
ers. They have been busily en
gaged in producing a crop, and
thus far money has been scarce.
With the fishing and shrimp
ing now progressing, and with
the farmers marketing crops, it
is believed that the county is now
nearing the time when both the
county and town folks will re
spond generously to the needs of
their hospital. In addition to
what has already been paid in,
quite a number of folks have
pledged sums running to as much
as $1100.00 each.
It is being pointed oat that
the solicitors will be greatly help
ed if the folks who wish to con
tribute to the fund will mail or
send in their checks. This will
give the solicitors more time in
which to see other donors. Checks
can be mailed to Mrs. H. B.
Smith, Dosher Memorial Hospital
Auxiliary, Southport, or they can
be given to the several assistant
workers in various parts of the
county.
At Woodburn Mack Jones at
the Jones Furniture store will re
ceive donations as will Rev. J.
D. Withrow of the Presbyterian
Church. At Winnabow Mrs, Flo
rence Sullivan and Mrs. John
Henry are the workers.
At Bolivia Douglas Hawes is
in charge of the fund raising,
Continued on page four
Red Cross Asks
$150 As Aid To
Disaster Victims
County Called Upon To
Contribute To Emergency
Fund For Flood Sufferers
In Midwest
An intensive campaign to raise
$150 for victims of the flood dis
aster in the Midwest is now un
derway in Brunswick County, ad
vises the Rev. L. D. Hayman,
chapter chairman.
So many were made homeless
and will require emergency at
tention that contributors are ask
ed to send their checks or cur
rency to Red Cross Flood Re
lief, Southport, at once. The sit
uation is so critical and the time
so short that there will be no per
sonal solicitation, Chairman Hay
man said.
The chapter hopes to raise the
county’s minimum quota of $150
within the next three days.
Members of the executive com
mittee said $10, $5 and $1 con
tributions would be sufficient if
the citizenry of the county would
respond promptly.
Flood damage in four Midwest
states is estimated at more than
a billion dollars. However, Red
Cross, at the request of President
Truman is asked to raise only a
little more than five million for
the immediate relief of the vic
Continued On Page Four
Surrenders To
County Sheriff
Ronnie C. Hewett Gives
Self Up To Sheriff E. V.
Leonard Sunday Night;
Wanted On Charge Of
Rape
Sought by Brunswick officers
for 8 days on a warrant charging
him with raping a 12-year-old girl
of the Supply community, Ronnie
C. Hewett, 30-year-old Supply
married man, went quietly to the
home of Sheriff E. V. Leonard
and surrendered Sunday night.
The alleged attack was commit
ted Friday afternoon, July 20. He
wett disappeared the following
day shortly before the attack was
reported to the officers. When he
appeared at the home of the sher
iff he was accompanied by his fa
ther, R. C. Hewett, Sr., and an-!
uncle.
Clerk of Court S. T. Bennett
states that a hearing is scheduled
in Recorder’s Court for Monday,
August 4th. Meanwhile Hewett is
being held in jail without the pri
vilege of bond.
Governor Scott
Outlines Plan
For Expansion
Tells Audience At Picnic
Friday Afternoon That
Brunswick County Can
Become Another “Valley
Of The Nile”
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
ENJOYS OUTING
Residents Of Brunswick
County Joined By Many
Beach Visitors To Hon
or Distinguished
Visitor
Gov. W. Kerr Scott with a
group of State Highway officials
and other officials visited Holden
Beach on Friday for an old-fash
ioned picnic and beach outing.
Luther Holden, S. E. Holden
and Dr. R. H. Holden, for whose
family the beach is named, and
Richard Weaver, Whiteville at
torney, who assisted in arrang
ing for the visit, met the Gover
nor and his party at the ferry.
They accompanied them on a
tour of the island, pointing out
the filling in of Lockwood’s Folly
Inlet and the erosion of that end
of the beach, as well as other
spots of interest.
Brunswick county residents
turned out en masse, together
with a large number of the beach
visitors, to welcome Governor
Scott. A picnic dinner was serv
ed promptly at 5:30 o’clock.
Members of the Shallotte unit of
the National Guard were present
and brought their outdoor cook
ing equipment. They did an ex
cellent job of preparing the huge
quantities of fiSh, shrimp and
french fries consumed.
H. W. Hood, mayor of South
port, presiding as master of cere
monies, made an address of wel
come. He introduced Dr. T. C.
Johnson, Commissioner of Paroles,
a former Baptist minister, who
gave the invocation. Mr. Weaver,
who introduced the goVernor, and
other members of the official par
ty, were also presented to the
audience by Mr. Hood.
Members of the National Guard
Unit paraded by the speaker’s
stand. While standing at atten
tion before their Commander-in
Chief, they were commanded by
him for their aid in preparing the
delectable dinner, as well as their
efforts in the national defense.
The Governor expressed himself
as very pleased with the w ork of
the State Highway Department.
He told his listeners that they
should thank the people of the
State, especially Wilbur Clark,
Commissioner of the 3rd Highway
District, for their good roads. He
declared that Brunswick county
will get all the roads promised,
perhaps more.
He emphasized the need for
flood control throughout the
State. He estimated that it will
take $50,000,000 to harness the
Cape Fear, Yadkin, Haw and oth
er rivers.
“This should begin at the na
tional level,” he said, as he urged
his listeners to write to their Na
tional and State representatives
regarding the drainage and irri
gation problems of the county. |
Going further into the subject
of water development the goveil
nor declared that the folks of
New Hanover county were about
"dead” on the issue. He was, he
said, unable to see why the two
Brunswick legislators, last spring,
didn’t see where he, Scott, was
worth working with.
Citing Recreation as North Car
olina’s third largest industry, he
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
Thursday, August 3
7:30 a. m. 1:34 a. m.
7:45 p. m. 1:30 p. m.
Friday, August 3
8:08 a. m.
8:22 p. m.
2:11 a. m.
2:10 p. m.
Saturday, August 4
8:43 a. m.
8:56 p. m.
2:36 a. m.
2:48 p. m.
Sunday, August 5
9:18 a. m.
9:29 p. m.
3:20 a. m,
3:28 p. m.
9:55 a. m.
10:04 p. m.
Monday August 6
3:53 a. m.
4:08 p. m.
Tuesday, August 7
10:35 a. m.
10:43 p. m.
4:29 a. m.
4:51 p. m.
Wednesday, August 8
11:23 a. m.
11:28 p. m.
5:07 a. m.
5:41 p. m.