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Most of The News All The Time THE STATE A Good Newspaper VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 8 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N PORT PILOT A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County Wednesday, October 10, 1951 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAH Small Increase In Enrollment For Brunswick Greatest Increase Is Noted In High School Figures, Which Are Up From 940 To 1,021 This Year CONFUSION HAS CUT ATTENDANCE Failure Of Some Facilities For Colored School To Be Completed !Iar Hurt Attendance In That Department Fnrollment figures by Supt. of Schools J. T. Denning and cover ing the first month of the 3951 school session shows a good in crease in enrollment over the same month in 1950. In 1950 the total high school enrollment in the county was 940 in Septem ber, in ^September 1951 it am ounted to 1021. In 1950 the elementary enroll ment was 3985; in September 1951 the enrollment in the ele mentary grades was 3977, a small drop, said to be largely due to new buildings and consolida tion of colored schools, resulting in a few colored school children not immediately getting their bearings as to where they were to go. In 1950 Waccamaw had 144 high school enrollees in Septem ber and 525 elementary enrollees. September 1951 showed 138 in the high school and 518 in the elementary department, or a drop in both departments. The total enrollment for 1950 in Wacca maw was 669 as against 656 for this year. Shallotte, largest consolidated school in the county, has had a gain of one high school student, for September 1951. The high school enrollment there last year was 244 and this year it is 245. A loss was sustained in the gra mmer grades, the attendance there dropping from 872 to 835. The total attendance there last year was 111... and this year it dropped to 1080. In its high school department Bolivia had a gain from 95 to 100. An equal gain is noted in the elementary enroll ment, where the 1950 figures stand at 348 against 361 for this year. The total Bolivia enrollment was 453 last year and is 461 this year. Southport lost in High school and gained in elementary enroll ment. For 1950 the high school had a showing of 107 students. This year it is 104. Last year the elementary enrollment was 277. This year it is 292. The to tal enrollment for September last jyear was 384. This September ft was 396. (Leland’s high school enrollment las increased from 77 in 195C o 86 in 1951. The elementary nrollment there increased by on Continued on Page Five I_ BritfNtmt Flathtt AT NEW HOPE Homecoming Day will be ob served at New Hope Presbyterian Church on Sunday, October 21. This will mark the 57th anniver sary of this church and all for mer members and friends are urged to attend. HOMECOMING DAY Mrs. Lee Kye of the program committee has announced that Home Coming Services will be held at the Town Creek Baptist Church next Sunday, October 14, beginning at 10 o’clock. All day services will be held, featured at noon with a picnic lunch to which the public is cor dially invited to attend, as well as to the rest of the service. RETURNED BODY A . dispatch from Washington says that the body of Private Alton B. Tolar, killed in Korea several months ago, is being re turned to the United States. The family in Southport has not yet been notified as to when it will arrive. Private Tolar was the husband of Mrs. Patsy W. Tolar of Southport. Two small children also survive. ENTERS CONTEST The Shallotte Woman’s Club, a recently organized and energet ic group of local women, has se lected Miss Sylvia Sermons, senior in the Shallotte school, to contest for the title of "Yam Queen" at the Tabor City Yarn festival this week. Miss Sermons is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Sermons of Supply. Her father, has been an employee of the U. S. Army Engineers office in Wilmington for many years. ' Boats Remain At Dock IDLE—Southport shrimp boats remain idle this week as workers continue to re fuse to go out until a satisfactory upward adjustment in prices has been made. Re ports from boats which have worked off the Brunswick county coast during the past week indicate that there are a good many shrimp.— (Wilmington News Cut.) Bunting Permit Law In Effect Since October 1 Burning Permits May Be Obtained From Various Forestry Officials In Every Section Of The County On behalf of the 430,703 acres of timber and forest lands in Brunswick county, D. L. Mercer, county forest ranger, takes this opportunity to remind the tim ber-conscious citizens of Bruns wick county that their assistance and cooperation will again be needed to assist the Forest Ser vice organization in protecting the ever growing timber crop from forest fires. "Please remember the" summer drought, the scarcity of water in the swamps and the fall fire season coming in October 1,” says Mercer. “These things con tribute to making it more dan gerous than ever to be careless with fire. “If you have to burn rubbish or brush, first secure the area to be burned, notify your neigh bor and ask his help if needed, check for high winds and wind directions, secure a burning per mit from your nearest fire war den, and burn only in the late afternoons. And last, but not least, recheck. Mop up your fire be sure it is safe before you leave it, and if you have a for est problem of any kind, call your County Forest Ranger, or Farm Forester T. S. Rhyne, of Whiteville. Let’s keep our coun ty green!” The following is a copy of Chapter 14-139 of the 1943 Gen eral Statutes of North Carolina providing that: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to start or cause to be started any fire or ignite any material, in-- any of the areas of the woodlands un der the protection of the State Forest Service or within five hun dred feet of any such protected area, between the first day of February and the first day of June, inclusive, or between the first day of October and the 30th day of November, inclusive, in any year, without first obtaining from the State Forester, or one of his duly authorized agents a permit to set out fire or ignite any material in such above men tioned protected areas: no charge shall be made for the granting of said permit. Section II. This * (Continued on page 4) Recover Funds Stolen From Home While she was away from the house early last week, $96 in Sunday School funds that were in the care of Mrs. Marie Phelps of the Ash community, was stol en from her home. Mrs. Phelps is secretary of the Soldier Bay Baptist Church Sunday school. Mrs. Phelps reported the theft to law enforcement officers and Deputy Sheriff Charles Skipper, assisted by Horace Shaw, identi fication officer for Columbus County, did some quick and ef ficient work on the case. They recovered the sum of $46 from a brother of Mrs. Phelps. He admitted taking the money and Mrs. Phelps declined to prose cute him, saying he would make good the remaining $50 that was taken. Sheriff E. V. Leonard states that the brother has returned to his home in Oklahoma City, Ok lahoma. No warrant was issued for him and his name is there I fore not on record. Inspector General Of Third Army Headquarters At Fort McPherson, Ga., Will Visit Shallotte Unit PUBLIC INVITED TO BE PRESENT Upon Outcome Of Inspec tion Depends Decision On Continuation Of Shal lotte Unit For An other Year The annual Federal inspection of Battery "A”, 725th AAA Bn, North. Carolina. National Guard at Shallotte, will be conducted Mon day night, October 15 at the drill hall at the County Garage at Shallotte. The Inspector Gener al of the Third Army Headquar ters at Fort McPherson, Ga., will be the inspecting officer. The results of this inspection, accord ing to Captain John K. Burns, will decide whether or not the unit will receive recognition for another year. Captain Burns says that the attendance of all members at this meeting is com pulsory. _ He added that the in spection formation is an interest ing ceremony and that the pub lic is invited to attend. In relation to the unit at Shal lotte, a fact not previously men tioned is that the Brunswick or ganization won the silver loving cup for operating the best unit mess hall at Camp Stewart dur ing the summer training period. This cup was presented by Col. Kenneth M. Corbett, group com mander, at the regular army drill on Monday night, September 17. Sergeant Wilbur C. Hewett of Supply; Sgt. Huey P. Hewett of Supply; Sgt. Harold L. Bellamy of Hickman’s Cross Roads, and Col. Henry H. Hewett of Shall otte are the mess personnel de serving credit for winning the cup. Variety Skits Entertain PTA _ Chas. M. Trott Named Head Of Committee To Organ ize Safety Patrol For Southport School The October meeting of the Southport Parent-Teacher Asso ciation was held Tuesday night in the school auditorium. The 'president, Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., named the committees for the coming year. These are; Hospitality: Mrs. E. G. Malli son, Mrs. E. W. McGlamery, Mrs. Jack Hughes and Mrs. Charlie Lester. Attendance; Miss Ann McRac ken. Membership: Mrs. Otto Hick man. Lunchroom: Mrs. J. J. Lough lin, Mrs. Ed Newton, Mrs. WaD ter Aldridge and Mrs. W. G. Wells. Grounds: J. T. Turner, James Ford, Mrs. D. E. Wells and Mrs. (Jack Keith. | Program: Mrs. Dave Herring, j Mrs. J. T. Denning, Mrs. Robert ; Willis, Mrs. W P. Jorgensen and ; Mrs. L. J. Hardee. It was announced that the room representatives would have charge of the Hallowe'en carni val and that Mrs. F. M. Burdette, Jr., would serve as chairman of these resprsentatives. Discussion was held concerning Continued on Page Five Air Force Busy Sf! On Buildings Were -h A work crew of Air Fore personnel has been busy durir the past week making repai and improvements in the t'om-'| munity building and the Ft.'-l Johnson building. Most of the changes have had to do wi$jj|S the plumbing facilities of both buildings and with the wip ing of the garrison building It has been reported that ei e of the crash boats is eXpeesitj to arrive here any day now, and that when it does the next contingent of Air force person nel will arrive here. It is anticipated that the fi nal full strength of the group here will be 63 men. Georgia Couple Will Build Here Wife Is Former Southport Girl Who Has Cherished Desire To Return Here To Live Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Tyd ings, of Atlanta, Ga., spent part of the past week here with Miss Annie Mae Woodside. The couple are preparing to build a ranch type home a short distance be yond the baseball park. Mr. Ty dings is with the Internal Rev enue Department in Atlanta and will retire the first of February 1953. The plans are to move to Southport then and make their permanent home. Mrs. Tydings is well known in Southport. She was born and Continued on Page Five Details Of Construction ■. ■ Program At Sunny Point Made Public On Tuesday 4-M Sale And 'Poultry • Show Set Saturday Teh Brunswick County Girls , And Boys Will Have Prize •New Hampshire Pullets ' On Display At Shallotte THIRD YEAR FOR % THIS ACTIVITY •* - Sale 'Of Prize Pullets Will Brunswick Citi \ Opportunity T o . _ lire Good Breed ing Stock feaV $-H 1 Club members will of their choicest New ijpikllets in the Third pullet' show and sale in .Saturday morning Cou A. S. Knowles and •jnhe Greene, Home ,tion ggent.' The 120 go oh display at 9:30. will start promptly at < project has a two-fold ■>. ft brings into the coun of tire best blood lines ffew' Hampshire breed, teaches 4-H club members to manage and grow out ptdLpts. The Sears, Roe Foakdatlon sponsored the t in cooperation with the On Service. The Founda givds $100* each year to be prizes for the boys and C&rying the projects. Judg es from N. C. State College will fitsPRx * the' pullets ami place them according to the classifi ( Continued on page Five ) Shallotte Will Play Southport Two Brunswick County Riv als Scheduled To Meet Here Friday Afternoon In First Of Two Games The Shallotte high school with a record of one victory and one defeat, and Southport standing with one loss and one tie, are to lay here Friday afternoon. Coach Harry Sanders says that the game will be called at 1:30 o’clock. Shallotte, playing Chadbourn two weeks ago, lost with a score of 46 to 0. Playing Wilmington Junior Varsity last Thursday, Coach Carmichael’s boys redeem ed their earlier defeat at the hands of Chadbourn by winning 6 to 0 from the JV’s. Southport lost to Elizabethtown two weeks ago by a score of 40 to 6. This showing was partly made up for Friday when Chad Continued on Page Five W. B. K£Z1AH Most people hate to have their names on court records. They hate still worse to have their names published in the paper as I the defendant in any sort of case, ■ either serious or trivial. This is I especiallyv so when the offense | was actually committed by some | other fellow with the same name. ] In the Recorder’s Court pro- j ceedings last week a report was given of Robert S. White being fined $25.00 and costs for driv ing without license. Saturday our friend Robert S. White of Shallotte approached us and ask ed if we could not correct the record about his driving without license. He declared he was not the man in question. A newspa per cannot change the court records but it can say that this or that fellow with the same name was not the man in ques tion when such is known to be a fact. The Shallotte Rob was not the man. ._ It would be rather interesting i to know just how Sunny Point came to get its name. It probao ly originated from the fact that ? the west bank of the river faces east. Still, that does not ans wer the question of who first called it Sunny Point. The first time we ever heard it called by that name was in 1941 when it was purchased from the late C. Ed Taylor by Captain Churchill Bragaw, who was killed in Italy two years later. One day Capt. Bragaw told us he was buying Sunny Point and we had to ask him where it was located. Mr. Taylor had bought the land from R. B. Sorrensen, who moved west with his family. Mr. Sorren sen had a home on the river, owned the land and lived there for years. He was first engaged in sturgeon fishing and carried on with that until the fish about disappeared from the Cape Fear. The papers have had a great deal lately about Lynn Nesbitt, Raleigh newspaperman, having discovered that the Neuse was ; the widest river in North Caro-1 lina. And what df it when you : can wade the most of the way? : And how comes it that it took | Continued On Page Four Long Beach Folks Get Bad Mail Deal Winter Service To Patrons Of That Office Has Gone On Three-Days Per Week Schedule Long Beach residents appear to be very much in a spot—and not a very satisfactory one—in re gard to their mail, and they are appealing for Congressional as sistance. The post office there was first established to operate only four months, for the benefit of sum mer residents. During the past year the num ber of regular permanent resi dents has increased greatly with about 50 families being served by the office in winter. Recent ly the Post Office Department in Washington ordered year round mail service at the beach. After this order had been in effect for a week, the patrons were notified Friday that mail will go to the beach only on Mondays, Wednes days and Fridays. “In this case,”, says Phil King, permanent resident of the beach, ’’half a loaf is not better than none at all.” We get no letters, papers or telegrams from Friday mornings until late Monday mor nings and nothing on Tuesday or Friday either.” The Long Beach mail goes out through the Southport office. That being the case the South port post office folks are not authorized to hand it out here. The Long Beach mail must be put in a locked pouch when it arrives and kept there until it is sent to the Long Beach office to be distributed. The Long Beach folks are ap pealing to F. Ertel Carlyle to aid therft in securing the regular daily service. They are point ing out that in addition to the approximately 30 permanent fam ilies at the beach during the win ter months, quite a number of families of service men are now beginning to find homes there. Plaintiff Awarded $39,000 Damages --———,-* Hunting Trip Nets Big Fish Hall Waters, John and Frank Potter and Thomas St. George were among Southport hunters who braved the weather of last Thursday morning for a marsh hen hunting expedition to the marshes over on Cape Creek. They were rewarded for their efforts by the full limit of birds. An even more remarkable re sult, however, was an 814 lb. sheephead which fell victim to their aim. The big fish was in the tall grass feeding on bar nacles which normally are out of reach. They noticed the commotion of his jumping, and having" timed his appearance above the surface of the wa ter, one of the fellows let go with his shotgun. The fish was recovered for one of the priz ed results of the hunting trip. Recorder Court In Long Session Weekly Session Of Bruns wick County Recorder’s Court Took Up Full Day Monday Twenty-three cases were dis posed of here Monday before Judge W. J. McLamb in a ses sion of Recorder’s Court which lasted until dark. The following judgments were entered in the record: Woodrow H. Jones, improper auto registration, fined $10 and costs. Samuel Foster Oliver, reckless operation, not guilty. Burry Davis Smith, reckless operation, not guilty. Junior Dalton Myers, Jr., no operator’s license, transferred to juvenile court as defendant was under age. Curry Gordon Brooks, speed ing, $50 and costs. Rudolph Caison, reckless oper ation, fined $25 and costs. John Page, arson, no! pros with leave. Charles Parsons, speeding, fin ed $10 and costs. Edgar Dudley, public drunken ness, fined $18.50 and costs. Wesley Brown, public drunk enness, 30 days on roads, added to preVious sentences totaling 9 months on loads. McKinley Horne, arson, nol pros with leave. Elton D. Clemons, no operator’s license, fined $25 and costs. James Sexton Towns, posses sion, fined $10 and costs. Lucian M. Benton, speeding and j reckless operation, fined 025 and ' costs. (Continued on page 4) I Brunswick County Jury Ren ders Verdict Awarding This Amount To Miss Mary Lou Mintz In Trial Last Week DEFENSE GIVES NOTICE OF APPEAL Verdict Represents Increase Of $5,000 In Amount Al lowed By Jury At First Trial Of Case With the case bitterly contest ed at every step, the civil suit brought by Miss Mary Lou Mintz against the Atlantic Coast Line came to an end Friday after noon at 5 o’clock, the jury award ed Miss Mintz the sum of $38, 000.00. This was $5,000.00 more than the sum awarded her by anoth er Brunswick jury in September, 1950. At that time the verdict was for $34,000.00. As in the first case, the railroad promptly gave notice of an appeal to the Supreme Court. Miss Mintz had been employ ed in the office of the railroad for several years. For the spring of 1947, according to evidence in troduced at the trial, she was ordered to go up an allegedly dangerous stairway at the office and bring down certain records. Executing these orders, it is al leged that she slipped and fell on the stairway, sustaining per manent and painful injury to her hip. The railroad appealed from the first verdict awarding her $34, 000.00. Reviewing the case the Supreme Court ordered a new Continued on page four Man Arrested In Attempted Burning Nearby residents discovered that one side of the store build ing of Ivy High of Calabash was on fire Tuesday night of last week. Quick work extinguished the flames that apparently star ted after gasoline was thrown on the building. Sheriff Leonard secured blood hounds from the State prison at Burgaw. The animals followed a hot trail to the home of John Page, who lived some distance away. No one was at home and the dogs, after being balked at the door are said to have picked up another scent. This led them to where the Page car had ap- j parently been parked. Unable to follow the trail any further, j the dogs lay down. Sheriff Leonard and Deputy : Drew Long secured warrants for Page and his brother-in-law Me- i Kinley Horne, who lives with him. Armed with these warrants they located the pair at Tabor | City and arrested them. Page was released on a bond of $1900. Horne is still being held. Estimated That Construc tion Will Require IS to 18 Months For Complet ion Say Army Engineers WILL INCLUDE VAST FACILITIES Will Afford Employment To 1,800 Civilian Personnel And 50 Army Officers At Peak Of Activity Final action is expected today on the Military Bill that among other things will provide for im mediate construction of the Sun ny Point ammunition depot on the river about four miles above Southport. Some of the land embraced in what the Govern ment will take over runs to with in about two miles of the South port city limits, it has been re ported. The committee on Tuesday re leased information showing that the loading depot will employ 1,800 civilian workers and 50 Ar my officers at the peak of its activity. It will include 10 buil dings, three cement docks capa ble of carrying two ships each, and vast rail and storage facili ties. The three piers, according to the committee, will be located 3,000 feet apart. Necessary rail and fire resist ant structures to handle 90,00® long tons of cargo each month also are included in the proposed depot. The buildings include: (1) A 5,592-square foot office and emergency first aid struc ture; (2) A 306 square-foot guard building; (3) A 6,250-square-foot build ing for officers’ quarters and fire station. (4) A 3,979 square foot cafe teria building; (5) A 13,824 square-foot post engineers’ building; (7) A 3,880 square-foot auto motive repair building; (8) A 16,388 square-foot loco motive engine house; (9) A 6,000 square-foot build ing for rail crew and employees. (10) A 3,000 square-foot car ter shop; In addition storage space for 600 carloads of ammunition will (Continued on page 4) Supply Citizen Dies Saturday George William Reaves Dies In Dosher Memorial Hos pital Following Brief Ill ness 111 for only a short time, George William Reaves, highly respected farmer of the Supply community, died in the Dosl&r Memorial Hospital Saturday af ternoon. Mr. Reeves was 57 years old. Funeral services were conduc ted from the Sharon Methodist Church at Supply Monday after noon at 2 o’clock. The services were in chaige of the Rev. C. E. Reaves. Burial followed in ( Continued on page r ive ) 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 I.ow Tide Thursday, October 11 4:39 a. m. 10:54 a. m. 5:14 p. m. 11:26 p. m. Friday, October 13 5:36 a. m. 11:49 a. m. 6:05 p. m. 0:00 p. m. Saturday, October 13 6:26 a. m. 0:12 a. m. 6:52 p. m. 12:39 p. m. Sunday, October 14 7:14 a. m. 0:57 a. m. 7:35 p. m. 1:25 p. m. Monday, October 15 7:57 a. m. 1:88 a. m. 8:16 p. m. 2:09 p. m. Tuesday, October 16 8:38 a. m. 2:17 a. m. 8:55 p. m. 2:51 p. m. Wednesday, October 17 9:18 a, m. 2:56 a. m. 9:33 p. ni. 3:32 p. m.