Most of The New* All The Time VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 34 THE STATE PORT PILOT A_Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, September 5, 1951 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAR County Teachers For Fall Term Listed Below Complete List Of Faculty Members For White Con solidated Schools Of This County Given By Super intendent ADDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE Importance Of Haring All Eligible Register And At tend Regularly Stressed By Superintendent A list of all teachers in the five white consolidated schools in Brunswick was announced this week by J. T. Denning, county superintendent of schools. With the opening last Wednesday, no complete attendance figures are available at the present time, but Superintendent Denning states that reports indicate that enroll ment was good. The complete teacher list fol lows: Waccamaw High School De partment—B. M. Crawford, prin cipal; Willie Mae Spivey, Hyton W. Babson, A. H. Braswell, N. A. Morrison, Murial Ward Ben nett. Waccamaw, Grammar Grades— Hugh Stout, Zelma R. Hewett, Mildred M. Lewis, Claire Thatch er Evans, Mary Saleby, Myrle H. Evans, Mary Lillian Watts, Elsie Avant Dodson, Daisy Rob ertson Erwin, Lila W. B. Shay, George W. Crawford, Edna Earle Platt, Louise L. Mercer, Louise K. Walton, Hortense McEachern, Doris W. Ward. Shallotte, Grammar Grades— ment—Henry C. Stone, principal; Margaret Rurr, Edna W. Russ, Katie McKenzie McKeithan, Mar tha Boswell, Mary Lunn Smith, Anne Fouche, David Carmichael, LeRoy Mintz, Clelon McLaurin. Shallotte, Grammar Ggades— rtutn tsiackman, Muzette Arnold, Robert H. Sellers, Catheryn C. Mintz, Joyce Dean Carmichael, Mildred E. -Cherry, Doris A. Fair cloth, Gelene C. Russ, Beatrice B. Babson, Louise B. Formyduval Macye Weeks, Brightie Gertha Holden, Ibera McCarley, Ruth W. Galloway, Lillian C. Hewett, Cla ra M. Russ, Carrie Lee Ward, Wanda Elledge, Ottice Holden Russ, Louise Holcombe, Frances E. Galloway, Vernie Hewett, Fra nces B, Stone, Katherine R. White, Dorothy Clontz. Southport, High School—Harry T. Sanders; Verna T. Denning, McD. Williams, Martina Caden head. Southport, Grammar Grade— Ann McRackan, Ruth Robinson Hood, Mae Parker, Muriel Davis Lennon, Annie Russ Weeks, Lu £ile S. Williamson, Thelma S. Wil ts, Mahy Lee Norment. Leland, High School—Holland Manning; Jack M. Holton, Nell Webster Fryer, Clara M. Stron, Irene S, Manning, Veneta A. Geedy. Leland, Grammar Grades—Ma mie C. Coker, Mamie L. McFar land, Madge W. Smith, Mrs. Ted L. Benton, Gertrude Knox Gallo way, Mildred Grace Taylor, Ma ry S. Austin, Mildred Sauls Te nuta, Mildred B. Naylor, Alverta Robbins, Margaret Biggs, Estelle Caudill. Bolivia, High School Depart ment John Louis Johnson; Al mon Erwin Mercer, Carrol Wade Mobley, Jean B. Mobley, Johnny M. King. Bolivia, Grammar Grades — Reba B. Rourk, Rose Graham Johnson, Pearl C. McNeil, Anna Mary McDowell, Ora G. McKei than, Zura Edna Barris, Alice Lesh, Anne Elizabeth Merritt, El izabeth A. Horne, Sarah S. Tur ner, Sara Joy Russ. _ * irhfNtw, Flashit P.-T. A. MEETING The first meeting of the year for the Southport Parent-Teacher Association will be held on Thurs day evening at 7:30 o’clock in the high school auditorium. SISTER DIES Mrs. Abbie L. Hewett, a na tive of Brunswick county, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs Robert N. Johnson, in Wilming ton, Saturday morning. Mrs Hewett was a sister of Dar Leonard and Mrs. F. W. Pigott of the Shallotte Village Point community. "correction The write-up contained in last week's issue of The Pilot regard ing a point birthday celebration of Roseman Mooney and James Brown was a false report and apparently was sent in by some person who sought to use the newspaper as a medium for play ing a practical Joke. Southport Men Save Fisherman j Cooperation Between Pilot Hall Waters And Captain j Monroe Potter Saves Man Off Wrightsville Hall Walters, pilot for the Brunswick Navigation Company, and Monroe Potter, skipper of the Wolfpack, Southport shrimp boat, are credited with saving one man from drowning and the recovery of the body of another off Wrightsville Beach Saturday. Matthew M. Walton, a Wil mington printer, and Rudolph. B. Martin, a fishing companion, were off Wrightsville in an out board motor boat. The boat capsized and both men were thrown into the water. Walters, flying the company’s plane in search of fish, spotted the men directly after their boat over turned. He flew low and threw life preservers to both of them. With his radio he called Potter, who was shrimping on the Wolf pack. The boat reached the ^ scene within 10 minutes and res- • cued Martin. ( Walton was found floating, ] wrapped in the life preserver that ■ had been thrown him by Wal- ] ters from the plane. He was unconscious, however, and all ef- ' forts to revive him on the boat ; and at the hospital where he : was rushed, failed. But for the quick spotting of 1 the men by Walters and the equ- : ally quick response from the ' fishing vessel it is said that both men would have undoubtedly been lost. Violence Marks County Labor Day Variety Of Trouble Includes Drownings, Murder, Rape And Death In Traffic Ac cident » LARGE CROWDS VISIT BEACHES Members Of Sheriff’s De partment And Of High way Patrol Kept Busy During Week-End The Labor Lay week-end was one of the most hectic periods in the recent history of Bruns wick county, with two men lost in water accidents; one rescue being made through the combin ed efforts of a local plane and shrimp boat and the body of an other victim of this same acci dent being recovered; one mur der case; one rape case; and one fatal highway accident. Claude W. Yates, of Cerro Gordo, was drowned Monday in Lockwoods Folly river at Var num's store, when he fell over board from a shrimp boat. Charles Wirtz, resident of Shall otte Point, was lost overboard while fishing from a small boat near his home Tuesday, his death being attributed to heart attack. Pilot Hall Waters and Captain Monroe Potter figured in the rescue of Rudolph B. Martin from the ocean waters off Wrights ville Monday after the small boat in which he and a compan ion had been fishing capsized. The body of Matthew M. Walton was recovered, but efforts to revive him proved fruitless. Coachman Bozeman died Sat urday after he had been stabbed by Henry Leonard in a fight near Grissettown, and Sheriff Ed V. Leonard and his deputies brought the knife -wielder in ear ly Sunday morning. Good work by Deputy Sheriff Charlie Skipper resulted in the arrest of Richard V. Owens, Wil mington white man charged with criminally assaulting a 13-year old child of the northwest section Saturday night. He was assist ed by Patrolman J. C. Taylor and the Wilmington police. The fatal accident occurred on Monday night near Navassa when Claudy Bryant lost control of his speeding car. The accident was investigated by Patrolman Tay lor, who reported that Bryant died at the scene of the acci dent of head and chest injur ies. Leland Resident Passes Sunday Morris S. Gainey, Member Of Prominent Family Of This County, Died Sunday At His Home Morris S. Gainey, prominent resident of the Leland communi ty, died at his residence Sunday afternoon. He was 73 years old and had been in failing health for some time. He was a native of Columbus county but had resided in the Leland community for many years. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Edell Ganey. four sons S. Ganey, Jr., Wilmington, A. H. and Joe N., of Leland and Thal ley Gainey of the U. S. Army, stationed at Fort Bragg; five daughters, Mrs. Sam Pierson, of Augusta, Ga., Mrs. Grover Shel ly of Columbia, S. C„ Mrs. S. A. Sue and Mrs. Mildred Ganey of Leland and Mrs. Ben Cherry of Wilmington. Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon from the Le Continued On Page Four Local Shrimpers Now On Strike Southport shrimp boats re mained at their berths at the Southport yacht basin for the second consecutive day this morning as boatmen continued their strike for higher pay for their catch. It was reported Tuesday that the shrimpers are asking $10 per bushel for their shrimp, and while prices have been high thus far this season, this would represent an increase. Decision to go on strike fol lowed good catches by all boats which were in operation on Monday. Thus far the strike has been conducted on a peace ful basis, and it is expected that an early settlement will be reached. White Man Held On Rape Count Wilmington Resident Charg ed With Criminal Assault Upon 13-Year-Old Child In Leland Section Charged with rape of a 13 year-old girl of near the Phoenix community near Leland, Saturday night, Richard V. Owens of Wil mington is being held in jail without the privilege of bond, watting a hearing in Recorder’s : Court next Monday. The attack is said to have oc curred at about 8 o’clock Sat urday night at the home, of the child. The parents are said to be separated and the mother was away from the home at the time. The 13-year-old girl was left at home with three young children in her charge. The mother reported the oc currence to the officers on her return home and within an hour State Highway Patrolman J. C. Taylor and Wilmington officers had arrested Owens at his home in Wilmington. He is also said to have served eight years in Virginia on a robbery charge. Wilmington Man Has Good Luck Tom Murrell And Members Of Week-End Fishing Par ty Found Mackerel To Be Plentiful Off Southport Coming down Saturday and making a final trip out for the mackerel Monday morning, Tom Murrell, Wilmington used car dealer, said he would be here ag ain today. With him on his Mon day morning trip were Roger W Hewlett and Taylor S. Murray of Wilmington and C. A. Taylor and Tommy Larsen of Dayton, Ohio. They went out early Monday morning and were back in be fore noon with 110 large mack erel. The fish were still biting like all get-out when the party called it a day and came in. Rea sons for quitting early: "We got all the fish we wanted. A wash tub full of them.’’ Mr. Murrell said that there were more mackerel here now than he has known to be here m a good many years. He has been fishing at Southport for 32 years and sort of knows what he was speaking about. The out look is for still more of the fish during the next two weeks and the blue fish should also move in (Continued on page 4) Johnson Family Here On Visit Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Johnson of itt. Airy and Winston-Salem and heir son, Dr. Thor Johnson, dl •ector of the Cincinnati, Ohio Symphony Orchestra, are spend ng a couple of days here and a£ Caswell Beach. Dr. Thor Johnson, often rated >ne of the three greatest native >om symphony conductors in the Jnited States, owns property at Caswell Beach and is now plan ting to build there before another lummer season. With his parents le has spent three summers at jong Beach and Caswell Beach, rhey missed out in coming last fear as they were touring Eu •ope. This past June they spent hree weeks in Finland and the low-approaching orchestra season breed them to make a short trip >f it this week. % The original plan for the John son beach home had an estimated :ost of $35,000. He is having new tians made now and hopes tlie instruction will not be nearly so sxpensive. In any case he hopes ;o have a new home at Caswell 3each by next summer. His par :nts plan to live here permanent y when the Rev. Dr. Johnson re sires from the ministry. -4 Cerro Gordo Man Killed In Tumble Off Shrimp Boat Claude W. Yates, 66, Is Vic tim Of Accident Ne*f Holden’s Beach In Brum wick '%■ Claude W. Yates, 66-year-oll State Highwayemplo yee of Cer :'o Gordo, Columbus County, died Monday in a fall from an anchor ed shrimping- boat near Varnunl’s Store in the Holden’s Beach sep :ion. Whether he suffered a heart At tack, causing him to fall, or .whe ther he accidently stumbled |wm .he ship and drowned wasi^riot learned. . ~ - Yates disappeared from the boat about noon, but his body was not recovered jfrom the wa ter until four hours , later. A. L. Griffin of Cerro feordo, bis brother-in-law ' and Griffin’s son-in-law had seen Yates about five minutes before he was miss ed. At that time there was no thing to indicate the impending tragedy. A Coast GUart cutter was oall (Continued oh page 4) Funeral Friday For Mrs. Holden Mrs. Elneta Fulford Holden Died Thursday At Her Home Near Supply Fol lowing Lengthy Illness Mrs. Elneta Fulford Holden, wife of John T. Holden, died at her home near Supply Thursday morning. She was 45 years old and had been in ill health for a long time. Funeral services were conduc ted Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Sabbath Home Baptist church, Rev. Matt Gore officiat (Continued on page 4) Market Now In Million Pound Per Day Class Average Prices Paid On Whitevile Market Ranged From $54.86 To $52.12 During That Period SEASON TOTAL HITS 19,038,194 Volume Of Drought-Damag ed Tobacco Has Cut Ave rage Prioe Below The Level For Last Year The Whiteville Tobacco Market last week sold 5,639,776 pounds of tobacco to bring its 1951 sea son total to 19,038,194. The market is now approxi mately four hundred thousand pounds ahead of the 1950 season for the same number of selling days. Figures for the five days last week were: Monday—1,176,796, $645,855.24, average $54.86, Tuesday—1,108,490, $597,115.42, average $53.86. Wednesday — 1,066,964, $557, 308.95, average $52.23. Thursday — 1,105,502, $576, 311.06, average $52.13. , Friday — 1,182,024, $617,309.03, average $53.08. It was the first week in which a million pounds or more were sold during each selling day. The market continues to lag behind 1950 in price average and there is little chance that it will catch up. The quality of leaf of ferings is improving but the •amount of drouth-damaged leaf placed on the market early in the season was too great to allow for a high average. Another five million - pound ■week is expected this week. Students Shaken In Bus Accident Waccamaw High School Students Escape Serious Injury Tuesday Whfen Auto Strikes Bus Head-On A Waccamaw school bus, just starting' out and only partial]^ loaded with students, was in a head-on collision with a car on the Longwood road yesterday morning. Some -of the children were shaken up but none serious ly injured. The bus wfus being operated by Ivon Long, 17 year old resident of Ash. He estimated the speed of' his machine it 20 miles per hour and said he was not sure how many students were aboard. Mrs. Annie Lpu Leonard, age 17, operator of the car that ran into the bus wa§ hospitalized, suf fering from lacerated lips and bruised knees. She was cited to appear in Recorder’s court next Monday and answer to a charge of reckless operation and with operating a car without a license, Patrolman L. W. Smith of Shal lotte investigated the wreck. He found that Mrs. Leonard was driving on the wrong side of the road when her car ran head-on into the school bus. She claimed (Continued on page 4) Our ROVING Reporter Congratulations are in. order to Dr. Richard K. Redwine for his very successful two-months series of conferences at the Caswell Baptist Assembly. Dr. Redwine’s report shows that the average weekly attendance for the eight weeks was 630 as against an av erage of 471 last year. Natural ly, the report does not cover all of the angles. The average of 630 during each of the 8 weeks means that a total of 5062 people spent a leisurely week or most of a week at Caswell. Part of the time they were engaged in church ac tivities and part of the time in recreation. The number does not include the thousands who drove around for a day or part of a day's visit. It can be said that the assembly drew several thou sand interested people to Bruns wick County this year and most of them went home even more in terested than they were before they came. A very unfortunate disagree ment among the patrons of the Negro Union School near Shal lott« led to the construction work on their new plant being held up for months. When the go-ahead signal finally came, the builders found themselves in the midst of a labor and material shortage. The result is that the 1951-52 session of school has opened without the building being avail able at the Union school, and they may not be available this session. The delay, as we see things, was a purely local matter. The patrons have no one but themselves to blame and they should govern themselves with patience in the assurance that they will have a fine school plant when the buildings are finally completed and turned over for use. The school authorities have done a fine thing in being able to offer Brunswick county school children insurance for the school year at a cost of only $1.25. Last year- under a like form of insur ance 140 school children were treated for various accidents. Last year the insurance people paid out $2,250 for hospital and Continued On Page Four Soldier Receives The Purple Heart Mrs. Patsy W. Tolar Receives High Award And Messages Of Condolence Following Death Of Husband Mrs. Patsy W. Tolar has received the Purple Heart Medal, awarded posthumously to her late husband, Pvt. Alton L. Tolar, who was killed in action in Korea on May 20, 1951. A leuer irom .secretary or uie* Army Frank Pace, Jr., said in I part, "The medal is of slight in- I trinsic value, but rich within tradition for which Americans have so gallantly given their lives ever since the days of George Washington, whose pro file and coat of arms adorn the medal.” The accompanying certificate is signed by President Harry S. Truman. An earlier letter of condolence from Col. Peter W. Garland, To lar’s commanding officer, said: "I extend my most profound! sympathy to you on the loss of, your husband, Private Alton L. i Tolar, who died in the service \ of his country on May 20, 1951, I as a result of action against j enemy forces in ilie vicinity of Masogu-ri, South Korea. “At the time of his death his unit was attacking an ene my position and he was killed instantly by enemy small arms fire. His body was recovered and he was given a military bur ial with final religious services by a chaplain of his faith.” Brunswick County White Man Killed - Winnabow Man Heads Department . Jackson J. Taylor of Winna bow has been named chairman of the University of Richmond’s physics department. He received the post following the resignation of Dr. Reuben E. Alley, Jr., "who quit the universi ty td accept a research position. Taylor has been a member of the university’s physics teach ing staff since 1948. He gradu ated from the University in 1942 and in 1948 he received his M. S. degree from Cornell University. He taught there as an assistant in physics while'“working on his master’s degree. Commissioners In Session Tuesday Routine Matters Of Business Disposed Of By Board Members In Special Ses sion This Week With Monday being Labor Day the board of county commission ers. met yesterday in lieu of the regular first Monday. The bus iness of drawing a jury list for the October term of court and several minor matters were dis posed of. On motion of Commissioner R. X. Rabon and seconded by H. O. Peterson it was ordered that the State Highway Commission be asked to give Fannie Peck, of Town Creek township proper drainage to his property where damage is said to have been caused by work done by the highway commission. The commissioners approved the State Highway and Public Works Commission taking over and putting in all-weather condi tion a strip of road in Shallotte township known as the Bland, Gore and Bennettown Road, ap proximately three miles in length. It was ordered that Mrs. Alma Medlin be allowed to pay $100 today on the L. F. Medlin delin quent taxes and the balance to be paid on or before January 1, 1952. The jury list drawn for the October term of Civil Court was as follows: H. W. Brown, F. W. Spencer, Mrs. L. B. Caison, W. Herbert Swain, W. S. Wells, J. S. Aldrich, Lucille McRacken, Southport ;E. D. Bishop, C. D. Jenrette, W. Garland Varnum, Frederick Mintz, Odell William son, H. C. Stone, R. E. L. Gray, A. O. Cox, H. M. Fulwood, Jr. Shallotte. Harley B. Hickman, Ash; Les ter L. Edwards, Sr., J. D. Dan ford, Jr., Henry E. Gilbert, J. C. Creech, Jr., Bolivia; Clifford P. Clark, P. E. King, Edward D. Nobles, James Thompson, A. B. Croom, C. M. Lanis, G. F. Carf roll, L. W. Lane, C. B. Skipper, Leland; Carl Hewett, Bradly Hewett, I. B. Phelps, Charles Shimes Hewett, Supply; Walter C. Wilson, Freeland. Resident Of Grissettown Slain In Fight Late Sat urday Night; Henry Leon ard Held KNIFE WOUNDS CAUSE DEATH Leonard Being Held In The Brunswick County Jail Pending Outcome Of Coroner’s Inquest Friday Night Coachman Bozeman, a Bruns wick county white man, was stab bed to death near Grissettown about 11 o’clock Saturday night, and Henry Leonard is held in jail at Southport as his alleged assailant. Sheriff E. V. Leonard said newsmen Sunday night Bozeman died from loss of blood from a stab wound in the throat. The Brunswick coroner said Leonard claimed he stabbed Boze man following a fight in which Bozeman hit him on the head with a five-cell flashlight. He reported that Leonard has a bruise behind his left ear and that the flashlight he picked up as evidence had a flat end which flattened as if it had struck something. The body of the victim was taken to Meares Funeral Home in Whiteville. Besides the stab wound in the throat, Bozeman was cut on the right side, and had cuts and stabs on the back. The cause of the affray was not learned locally. Coroner Caison will conduct an inquest Friday night at the (Continued on page 4) Loans Available To FHA Farmers Time Now For Making Ap plication For Funds For Diversification Of Farm Operation Desiring to aid in diversifica tion of the farm program in ev ery possible way, the Farm Home Administration is now prepared to make adjustment loans to eli gible farmers who wish to start livestock projects, plant pastures, buy stock, etc. The loans, according to a rep resentative of the FHA who call ed at this office this week, are for the purpose of financing the seeding, liming, fertilizing and fencing of pasture land, plus the financing of the purchase of livestock to be placed in the pas tures. The livestock may be either beef or dairy type cows, sheep hogs or whatever is desired by the farmers. Included in the loan can be necessary farm ex pense funds, such as fertilizers, seeds and family living expenses, as may be necessary. The first year the maximum loan is $3,500 and may be in creased to $5,000 the second year, as needed to develop the pros pect’s interests. Five years are given for repayment and the se (Continued on Page Four) Friday Meeting Scheduled For Research Plan W. J. McLamb Temporary Chairman Of County Com mittee To Work Out Plans For Cooperation STAGE TO BE SET FOR REFERENDUM Farmers Will Be Told Of Proposal To Contribute $5 Per Ton On Feeds, Fertilizers There will be a county-wide meeting at Shallotte school audi torium on Friday evening at 7:30 p. m. for the purpose of explain ing the various aspects involved in the research program for agri culture, reports W. J. McLamb, temporary chairman of County Research Committee. Recently a group from Brunswick county at tended a district meeting in Lum berton where Mr. McLamb was appointed temporary chairman to call a county-wide meeting for September 7. Farmers will be interested in knowing more about the agricul tural research program of the State, because every farmer that buys feed or fertilizer will have the oppor tunity of taking part in a referendum that will be held at the usual polling places on No vember 3. Farmers will decide whether they will assess them selves 5 cents per ton on feed and fertilizer to aid iii the agricul tural research program. At the September 7 meeting at Shallotte a permanent chairman and research committee will be elected, says Mr. McLamb. This committee will attempt to inform all feed and fertilizer buyers about the importance of the re ferendum. A speaker from N. C. State College will appear on the program at Shallotte to- discuss the research program being car ried out and how it can be im proved to promote progress in ag riculture through aid of farmers to the Agricultural Foundation. The North Carolina State Gran« ge, North Carolina irarm Bureau, and the ' Agricultural Foundations, Inc., are charged with the re sponsibility of conducting the bal loting'. All persons who buy feeds and fertilizers, including hus bands . and wives, will be eligible to -tote. Shallotte Point Man Is Drowned Charles Wirtz, Retired Rail road Engineer, Rails From Boat While Trolling Out side Tuesday Morning Charles Wirtz, retired railroad engineer who has mp.de his home at Shallotte Point since his re tirement three years ago, was pronounced dead by a heart at tack after his body was recov ered from the water near the Shallotte river bar Tuesday mor ning. The deceased, who was 66 years of age, was fishing in a, small boat with outboard mo tor, with U. S. Deputy Marshall John Stephenson and his son, Cal, of Southern Pines. The par ty was trolling near the mouth of the river when suddently Mr. Wirtz stood up and pitched "head long from the boat. The other two men dived in after him in an effort to render assistance, but they required help from (Continued on page 4) 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, September 6 11:04 a. m. 4:42 a. m. 11:11 p. m. 5:27 p. m. Friday, September 7 12:01 a. m. 5:31 a. m. 0:00 p. m. 6:26 p. m. Saturday, September 8 0:09 a. m. 6:28 a. m. 1:05 p. m. 7:33 p. m. Sunday, September 9 1:16 a. ni. 7:36 a. ni. 2:17 p. m. 8:45 p. ni. Monday, September 10 2:29 a. m. 8:50 a. m. 3:28 p. m. 9:54 p. m. Tuesday, September 11 3:43 a. m. 12:02 a. m. 4:34 p. m. 11:56 p. m. Wednesday, September 12 4:50 a. m. 11:06 a. m. 5:34 p. m. 11:50 p. m. \

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