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VOL. NO. SIXTEEN
NO. 9
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Southport, N.
PORT PILOT
A Good Community
Wednesday, October 17, 1951
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
$1.50 PER YEAS
Conducts Survey
Of School Needs
For Federal Aid
Superintendent J. T. Den
ning Plans To Get Facts
Ready In Case Federal
Aid Is Made Available
BARDEN BILL MAY
PROVIDE RELIEF
North Carolina Congressman
Advises Southport Man
That He Hopes To Help
Aleviate Bad Con
ditions
County Supt. of Schools J. T.
Denning launched an extensive
survey of Brunswick 1 County
schools Monday. The object is
to determine the condition of
each unit and thus be prepared
for possible Federal aid for main
tenance and operation.
The provisions were designed
by Congressman Graham A. Bar
den of North Carolina. The aim
is to take care of schools in areas
overtaxed by floods of defense
workers.
Two provisions of the bill are
of especial local interest and a
summary of these provisions are:
“(1) In determining whether
they are eligible for Federal Aid,
it would allow schools to count
children whose parents are di
rectly connected with defense in
stallations, as well as other new
residents.
“(2) It would allow the Federal
commissioners of education to an
ticipate the need for aid as a de
fense area is building up, and
giant money for maintenance and
operation — or, if need be, for
new buildings — in advance in
stead of waiting until the emer
gency arises and then trying to
catch up.”
In a letter written Saturday to
W. B. Keziah, Congressman Bar
den stated that he wanted to be
of every possible help here and
elsewhere in critical defense areas.
He stated he expected his bill to
come up for handling Monday of
this week and that he believed he
would obtain passage of the mea
sure.
He further advised that ]pe
would write and outline a possible
course of local action when and
if the bill passes.
It appears practically certain
that as a result of National de
fense activities in this county at
least some of the schools will
need such aid. Southport, .espe
cially, appears likely to be in a
critical defense area. If that oc
curs Federal aid will undoubtedly
be badly needed. School facilities
are already heavily taxed and
planning must be done now with
out waiting for development of
an emergency.
Some of the other schools un
its may also shortly begin to
find themselves crowded for
school room space and the need
of additional teachers. The sur
vey will afford a better under
standing of conditions in each
school.
Britf Ntat
Fluthtt
ATTENDING CONVENTION
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Trott,
Mrs. Viena Leggett, J. E. Oli
ver and Crawford Rourk, left
Sunday for Miami, Fla., where
they are attending the Ameri
can Legion Convention.
GUARD PRESIDENT
Corporal Lynch of Southport,
Patrolman Lynch of Shallotte,
and Patrolman Jones of Leland
were among the officers from
this area called to Winston-Sa
lem Monday as guards for Pres
ident Harry S. Truman. Six
other officers from this area
were also in attendance.
DIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Dr. Wiley Grist, prominent
Ocean Drive, S. C., druggist and
brother of the late Mrs. Helen
Bragaw of Southport, died at his
home Friday, following a long
illness. He was a native of Wash
ington, N. C„ and had visited in
Southport on a number of occa
sions.
LIONS CLUB
The regular meeting of the
Southport Lions Club will be
held tomori'ow (Thursday) in the
recreation room of St. Philip’s
Episcopal Church. Yesterday the
board of directors met with rep
resentatives of the Pythagoras
lodge and worked out terms of
an agreement to use the first
floor of the Army and Navy
building for meetings for an in
definite period. The Lions pro
pose to equip a kitchen and pro
vide dishes and silverware so
that meals may be served there
Trinity Methodist Church
SITE—The above picture of Trinity Methodist Church
is from a pen drawing by Art Newton. This is the familiar
scene of homecoming day visitors who will attend special
services Sunday.
Homecoming Day
Planned Sunday
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Trinity Methodist Church
Holding First Homecom
ing Day Program Of Re
cent Years Here This
Week
PICNIC DINNER
AT NOON HOUR
General Invitation Has Been
Extended To All Former
Members And Pastors
To Be Present For
Celebration
Homecoming Day will be ob
served at Trinity Methodist chur
ch in Southport Sunday with a
program of special interest to
friends and former members. In
vitations have gone out to many
of these people, and an enjoyable
reunion is in prospect.
There will be the usual Sunday
morning program, with Sunday
School at 10 o’clock followed by
Worship service at the 11 o’clock
hour. The sermon will be deliver
ed by the pastor, the Rev. Nor
wood L. Jones.
At the noon hour a picnic din
ner will be spread on tables un
der the live oaks on the grounds
about the church building.
Among the prepartions that
have been made for this occasion
has been the compilation of a
church history, a copy of which
will be provided for each person
attending the Sunday celebration.
Various committees have been
at work for several weeks, and
there is every prospect that Sun
day will be a day, long to be re
membered by members of Trin
ity Methodist church and their
friends.
Officers Contact
Is Made Better
Radio - Telephone Helps
Sheriff E, V. Leonard To
Lick Problem Presented
By Lack Of Telephones
Brunswick law enforcement of
ficers are expecting to maintain
better coverage of the county
with the installation of walkie
talkies and regular phones. The
first tryout of this instrument
was made yesterday.
Present set up is for Sheriff
E. V. Leonard to have a phone
in his car, using the same wave
length as that of the Sheriff of
New Hanover county. He is
able to contact the State High
way patrol* through the New Han
over office.
The sheriff and two of his dep
uties, Charles Skipper and Alex
Williams, will have walkie-talk
ies. These machines have only
a limited range of 15 miles or
a little over. Anywhere within
that distance the walkie-talkies
make contact with each other
and when information from ei
ther of the deputies reaches tire
sheriff, or when he personally
finds it advisable to cal! the
State Patrol, he can quickly get
to them through the New Han
over sheriff's office.
Tire two deputies cannot call
New Hanover or anywhere ex
cept to each other or to the
sheriff. Tire machines are said
to have worked perfectly yes
terday when they were tried out
from various parts of the county.
Homecoming Day
At New Hope
Homecoming Day will be cel
ebrated at New Hope Presby
terian Church at Winnabow on
Sunday, with an all day pro
gram being planned.
Following Sunday School and
preaching services during the
morning there will be a boun
tiful picnic lunch spread on
tables in the grove during the
noon hour.
It is the usual custom to
gather again during the af
ternoon for a period of reminis
cing and for reading historical
reports compiled by members
of the congregation and friends
of the church.
This will mark the 57th anni
versary of the founding of New
Hope, and all members, form
er members, pastors and for
mer pastors are urged to at
tend.
Hunting Season
Opened Monday
Deer Hunters Took To The
Woods For First Time
This Week With Squirrel
Hunters Also Busy
The season for squirrel, deer
and bear opened Monday and
early sports indicate that hunters
are finding game rather plenti
ful Some fine hunting is ex
pected during the season.
Squirrels, according to Game
Protector H. T. Bowmer, may
be hunted from October 15 to
January 1. The daily bag limit
is 8, and 100 for the season.
The deer season, males with
antlers only, is also from Octo
ber 15 to January 1. The bag
limit is one in a day, two for a
season.
Bear have a daily limit of two,
season two. The open season
started Monday and extends
through January 1.
1 he raccoon and o’possum sea
son, with dogs and guns, like
wise opened Monday and will ex
tend through February 15. There
is no bag limit or restriction.
The open season on quail does
not begin until November 22 and
it will extend through January
31. Tlie wild turkey season, gob
blers only, begins and ends the
same time as the quail season.
Only one wild turkey gobbler is
allowed per day, two for the sea
son.
Hunters are urged to cooper
ate with the game protectors by
respecting daily and season bag
limits. Failure to do this may
lesult in trouble and expense
Woodrow Jones of Leland and
other hunters whose names have
not been obtained, found them
selves in trouble in Pender coun
ty last week. They were caught
hunting squirrel before the sea
son opened. Jones paid a fine
and costs of $100.00 and lost a
valuable pump gun and pistol via
the confiscation route. He was
charged with hunting out of sea
son, with having no license, with
using unplugged gun and having
oyer the limit in possession. One
of his companions, Ivory Tillman
°st * /un and paid a fine of
about $50.00. A third man es
caped the officers for the time
being by jumping into the river
and escaping.
Homecoming Day
At Mt. Pisgah
Homecoming and Harvest Day
services will be held at the Mt.
Pisgah Baptist Church on Sun
day, October 28. Sunday school
will begin at 10 o’clock with the
Rev. J. H. Barnes, retired Bap
tist minister of Fayetteville, de
livering the morning message.
All day services will be held,
featured with dinner served on
the grounds.
The public has a special invi
tation along with any group of
singers who wish to come as the
afternoon will feature music from
all visiting choirs and singers.
Brunswick Unit
Of Development
Council Meets
--
Meeting Being Held This
Evening At Brunswick
County Court House To
Discuss Plans And Finan
cing
There will be a meeting of the
Brunswick county unit of the
Eastern North Carolina Develop
ment Council tonight at 7:30
o’clock in the courthouse, South
port.
H. W. Hood, who has been el
ectel chairman of the local group
and who represents' Brunswick
county on the executive comffljt
tee of the council, has asked for
a meeting of representative cit
izens from all sections.
The purpose of the meeting 'is
two-lod. One is to learn just
what projects the various citi
zens have in mind for their own
locality. It is hoped that ,by
bringing out these ideas in open
discussion some worthwhile pro
posal may be developed.
The second reason of the meet
ing is to discuss plans for rais
ing the $1,539 which has been
set as Brunswick county’s share
of the first year’s operation ,of
this organization. I
“The industrial expansion wl/ich
we shall be seeking is definitely
big league’,’. declared OhairiUsb
Hood, "and if we are to make
any headway we must be able
to engage the services of a good
man and be ready to give full
financial support to his promo
tional efforts.’’
Bolivia Resident
Dies Thursday
John T. Clemmons Died At
Home Following Lengthy
Illness; Funeral Services
Friday Afternoon
John T. Clemmons, 82-year
old resident of the Bolivia com
munity, died at his home early
Thursday morning. He had been
in ill health for a long time.
Funeral services were held at
2 o’clock Friday afternoon at
Prospect Baptist church near
Supply. The services were in
charge of Rev. W. R. Morehead
and Rev. Fred Johnson. Burial
was in the Prospect cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were J.
C. Milliken, Chancey Atkinson,
Aldridge Phelps, Delmas Phelps,
Lawrence Richardson and Lee
(Continued on page 4)
Annual Poultry
Sale And Show
Held Saturday
Four Blue Ribbon Winners
Chosen By Judges During
Brunswick County 4-H
Club Event Held In Shal
lotte
HIGH PRICE WAS
$3.50 FOR EACH
County Agent A. S. Knowles
Declares That This Was
Best Show In Series
That Have Been
Conducted
Three Brunswick county boys
and one girl had blue ribbon pens
of New Hampshire Red pullets n
exhibit at the Annual 4-H Poul
try Show and sale at Shallotte
Saturday in what County Agent
A. S. Knowles describes as the
best event of its kind held thus
far in this county.
The top winners were Glenn
Stanley, Southport; Barbara
Mintz, Ash; Ilerschule Summers,
Iceland; and Bridgers Sabiston,
Jr., Shallotte. During the sale
the top price paid for these birds
was $3.50 each.
Johnie Johnson of Bolivia show
ed a pen of £ed ribbon winners.
The following showed pullets in
the white ribbon class; Ellis Gore,
Ash; Avis Sellers and Julia Ann
Bellamy, Supply; and Betty Jane
.Gilbert, Bolivia.
County Agent Knowles was as
sisted at the sale by W. G. An
drews and T. B. Morris, extension
specialists from State College.
Edward H. Redwine of Shallotte
once more served as auctioneer
for the event.
Court Solicitor
Will Enter Army
Monday Session May Be
Last For Some Time For
Solicitor Kirby Sullivan,
Who Is To Report For
Military Service
Judge W. J. McLamb and So
licitor Kirby Sullivan were able
to dispose of the docket by noon
at the Monday session of Recor
der’s Court. This may be Solic
itor Sullivan's last appearance as
prosecuting attorney in some
time. He is scheduled to leave
today for the Army.
The most interesting matter
coming up Monday was that in
which McKinley Ballard, North
west township Negro, appeared as
the defendant in two charges ef
assault with deadly weapon. In
one of the cases with McKin
ley’s brother, Harlee Ballard, as
the prosecuting witness, the
charge had the added clause of
assault with intent to kill. As
charges of assault with intent to
kill cannot be tried in Recorder’s
Court the defendant was bound
over to Southport court. Mc
Kinley was alleged to have shot
Harlee in the shoulder with a
shot gun.
In the second case against him
McKinley was found guilty of
having shot one Doc Neil with
the same shot gun. The shot
did not actually hit Neil but pas
(Continued on page 4)
W. B. KEZIAH
I
Our
ROVING
Reporter
Cecil—meaning Cecil Robbins
of Cecil’s Grill—says that he re
gards regular advertising in the
same light that he regards a reg
ular helper at his grill. It pays
to have both. The advertising
costs much less per week than
does the helper, but both earn
their pay. If advertising was dis
pensed with the helper or help
ers would also have to go in the
course of time. One of the mile
stones of all of the great business
houses and enterprises in the Un
ited States has been steady, per
sistent advertising.
Unhurriedly, evidently bound
for Bald Head Island, a long
string of wild geese floated over
the ball park Saturday afternoon
while Shallotte and Southport
high schools were battling for
football honors. The birds prob
ably came from the beautiful
Pleasant Oaks Plantation above
Orton. A good many years ago
a considerable flock of the wild
geese took up at Pleasant Oaks
and were protected by F. B. Ad
ams, the then owner, and the
manager, J. J. Ramsaur. Each
year the flock of birds has grown
bigger and bigger. When Har
grove Bellamy, the Wilmington
druggist, bought Pleasant Oaks
two years ago, he and Manager
Joe Ramsauer continued the prac
tice of protecting the geese. The
I visitors over the ball park Sat
urday were just flying around
from Pleasant Oaks. Had they
been enroute South they would
have been in a wedge and really
streaking it.
Sending The Pilot to her fa
ther, A. B. Denning at Fayette
ville, and to her son, Charles
Blake at the Georgia Military
Academy, Mrs. E. C. Blake of
Southport interrupted herself to
tell us how much she enjoyed
reading the Rovin’ Reporter col
umn. “It is the first thing I
read,” said Mrs. Blake. We are
afraid her tastes are somewhat
different from our own. After
grinding out the blamed thing on
the typewriter, we can always
count on the gremlins playing
hob with the stuff before it
comes out in the paper. That
Continued On Page Four
Brunswick Doctor
Hunts On Dry Land
Ur. h. G. Goodman Has Rewritten Script For Marsh Hen
Hunting With Special Dogs For Sport
t While other marsh hen hunters
consult tide tables and check
carefully on the rise and fall of
the tide to determine conditions
suitable for hunting, Dr. E. G.
Goodman of Lanvalle plans his
hunts to suit his own convenience.
The secret of this independence
is that the Brunswick county doc
tor has trained two bird dogs to
hunt this game in much the
same manner that other hunt
ers go out for quail, the only
major difference being that his
luck usually is much better.
Dr. Goodman has a pointer
named Jack who is just about an
expert in the matter of marsh
hen hunting. A younger dog, a
setter named Speck, is coming
along nicely, but still is a little
inclined to rout up birds out of
range of the gun.
The best part of the Goodman
system is that for the most part
it is a dry land expedition. The
only need for a boat is to reach
suitable high ground surrounded
by salt water and marsh. Once
he and his dogs are located, they
work the territory just as a hun
ter looks for quail under close
cover.
Does it work? Well, in four
trips this fall Dr. Goodman and
his companion have averaged 20
birds per hunt.
Hospital Trustees
Active In Drive
--
Air Force Group
Has Gone Again
Having completed numerous
repairs and alterations to the
Community Building and the Ft.
Johnson building in Southport,
a work crew from the Air Force
Base at Shaw Field has depart
ed leaving only one man behind
as a caretaker.
Most of the work consisted
of plumbing additions and im
provement in the wiring.
It has been unofficially re
ported that the air-sea rescue
group expects the delivery of
one of their crash boats any
day now, and that when it ar
rives the personnel which will
be stationed here on a perman
ent basis will return.
Shrimp Boats Go
Back To Fishing
—
Strike Which Has Tied Up
Practically All Shrimping
Activities For Several
Weeks Came To End Sat
urday
Southport shrimp boat own*
ers were advised Saturday night
that the captains and crews
wanted their boats back. With
things standing as they have
been all along, most of the
boats went out Monday morning.
The few that failed to go were
reportedly held in only by the
bad weather conditions.
Bad weather prevented a try
in all of the shrimping area. It
was much too rough near the
shoals. From points where they
could work only a very small
catch was taken. In view of
the unprofitable catches it was
decided to come in, take on ice
and move to points along the
South Carolina coast. The fish
ing there is said to be better
and most of the boats are op
erating there.
Local Office To
Serve Up River
Southport Man Writes To
Request Congressman Car
lyle To Have Local Office
Designated For Sunny
Point Service
Southport will probably be
designated soon as the official
post office for Sunny Point, at
least until the time arrives when
it may be necessary to give the
Sunny Point Millitary installa
tion an office of its own.
Monday W. B. Keziah received
a letter from F. Ertel Carlyle
with reference to this matter. In
this letter the Congressman said:
“I am contacting the Post Of
fice Deparement and urging that
they designate Southport as the
official post office for Sunny
Point. I am anxious that South
port receive recognition for this
important development at Sunny
Point. It is only reasonable that
this recognition be given, because
of your nearness and the fact
that the majority of the person
nel and employees will make their
homes in Southport.”
Congressman Carlyle has been
in frequent contact with Mr.
Keziah relative to Sunny Point
since early in this year. He has
indicated that anticipates constr
uction work will start at an early
date.
Chairman E. J. Prevatte An
nounced Plans For Wag
ing Aggressive Campaign
For Building Funds Mon
day
TOTAL OF $3,021.93
ALREADY IN BANK
Medical Care Commission
Has Given Approval To
Proposition Of Provid
ing Matching Funds
For Cause
Members of the board of trus
tees of Dosher Memorial Hospi
tal discussed plans Monday night
for members of this group to take
an active role in the drive for
local funds for the hospital build
ing program.
Chairman E. J. Prevatte has
compiled a list of names of pros
pective donors, and these will be
divided among other members of
the board so that active solici
tation may be speeded up.
As matters now sLand there is
on deposit $3,021.93 toward the
goal of $10,000 which is to be
raised locally in an effort to qual
ify for grants totaling $90,000. It
is believed that with the sum
of $100,000 the Brunswick county
institution can be completely re
novated and modernized.
While it is recognized that much
progress has been made in con
nection with the drive which thus
far is not reflected in the total
on deposit, the object of getting
the men into the picture as ac
tive solicitors is to wind up the
local campaign as quickly as pos
sible in order that Brunswick
county can qualify for a grant
from the Medical Care Commis
sion. That body already has given
tentative approval to the local
project.
Commissioners In
Session Monday
County Home Farm Leased
To J. B. Cochran And
Everett H. Sheppard For
300.00 Per Year
At the regular meeting of the
county board of commissioners
here on Monday the county home
farm not including the home or
the five acres surrounding it,
was leased to J. B. Cochran of
Southport and Everett H. Shep
herd of Shiloh, N. J., for the
sum of $300.00 per year. Adver
tisement for the rental of this
property was published two weeks
ago and Shepherd and Cochran
were the highest bidders. It is
understood they may use the
30 acres for growing tomato
plants.
On motion of Commissioner H.
O. Peter, seconded by Commis
sioner R. L. Rabon, it was order
ed that the State Highway Com
mission take over and maintain
the stretch of road from the
store of Goley Lewis on Midway
to the Bolivia road, known as the
CCC road and about 3 7-10 of a
mile in length.
It was ordered that the clerk
to the board request that the
Shallotte and Southport Legion
posts recommend a suitable man
jointly to the board for chair
man of the county Civilian De
fense.
The superintendent of the coun
ty board of education supported
by the Parent-Teacher Associa
tion requested that the county
commissioners authorize a bond
issue in the amount of $15,000
for classroom improvements. The
board thereafter discussed the
(Continued on page 4)
Association To
Meet Wednesday
And Thursday
Annual Two - Day Session
Of Brunswick Baptist As
sociation Will Begin Next
Wednesday At Beulah
Church
SECOND DAY AT
SUPPLY CHURCH
Well-Rounded Program Has
Been Prepared For This
Occasion Including
Night Meeting For
Young People
The 53rd annual session of the
Brunswick Baptist Association
will be held next week, the first
day being held at the Beulah Bap
tist church on Wednesday, Octo
ber 24, and the second day on
Thursday at the Supply Baptist
church, and beginning each morn
ing at 10 o’clock.
A fine programhas been com
pleted for the meeting and a
large attendance is expected of
delegates and membrs of th as
sociation.
Representatives from the vari
ous organizations will make their
annual reports and representatives
of the different institutions will
be on hand to speak on their
behalf.
The election of officers is
scheduled on the second day and
all delegates are asked to be
present at both meetings. Rev. W.
T. Hewett, now on leave of ab
sence from his churches to enter
the Seminary for post graduate
work, has been the acting moder
ator since the resignation of Rev.
H. M. Baker who left the associ
ation to take up new work in the
Green River Association.
Rev. Jennie McLamb, pastor of
Beulah church, will bring the
sermon on the first day’s meet
ing and the Rev. Dennis Hewett
of Supply will bring the annual
sermon at the second day’s meet
ing at the Supply church.
( The annual Youth Hally Meet
I ing of the young people will be
held on the evening of the first
day and will convene at the Sup
ply Baptist church with John
Herbert Holden, moderator, in
charge of this special meeting. A
well-rounded program is being
completed for this important
night and every young person is
asked to be there.
Mrs. Maultsby
Laid To Rest
Native Of Brunswick Coun
ty Died Friday At Home
Of Her Daughter In Wil
mington
Mrs. Cora Gause Maultsby, na
tive of Brunswick and former
resident of the Winnabow com
munity, died Friday afternoon at
the home of her daughter Miss
Gertrude Maultsby, in Wilming
ton. Mrs. Maultsby was 85 years
of age and had been in ill health
for a long time.
Funeral service were held) at
New Hope Presbyterian Church
at Winnabow Sunday afternoon
at 3 o’clock. Dr. J. M. Waggett
of Southport and Rev. J. P.
Withrow of Leland, officiated.
Mrs. Maultsby is survived by
her husband, J. G. Maultsby;
three sons, J. E. Maultsby of
Jacksonville, J. B. Maultsby of
Wilmington and E. W. Maultsby,
of Winnabow; two daughters,
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 Fort Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot’s Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, October 18
9:57 a. m. 3:35 a. m.
10:12 p. m. 4:13 p. m.
Friday, October 19
10:36 a. m. 4:14 a. m.
10:51 p. m. 4:55 p. m.
Saturday, October 20
11:18 a. m. 4:55 a. m.
11:37 p. m. 5:40 p. in.
Sunday, October 21
0:00 a. m. 5:40 a. m.
12:05 p. ni. 6:30 p. m.
Monday, October 22
0:29 a. ni. 6:33 a. m.
12:55 p. rn. 7:26 p. m.
Tuesday, October 23
1:25 a. m. 7:31 a. m.
1:49 p. -m. 8:23 p. m.
Wednesday, October 24
2:24 a. m. 8:33 a. m.
2:44 p. m. 9:18 p. m.