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VOL. NO. SIXTEEN
NO. 47
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Southport, N. C., Wednesday, April 23, 1952
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United Forces
Meeting Draws
Heated Comment
Educational Leaders Hear
Candidates For House Of
Representatives Define
Stand On School Matters
MINTZ SAYS ONLY ONE
VACANCY ON BOARD
Points Out That Three Of
Present Board Named For
Four Years And Leland
Man Without Opposi
tion For Job
A county-wide meeting of tne
Brunswick County United Forces
for Education Monday night at
Bolivia was enlivened by a spirit
ed verbal clash between Harry
L. Mintz and Odell Williamson,
two of the three candidates for
the Democratic nomination for
the House of Representatives.
The meeting had been called
to give the education forces an
opportunity to sound out the po
sition of the prospective legisla
tors with regard to the program
being sponsored by the organiza
tion.
The meeting was called to or
der by the vice president, Mrs.
G. C. iMcKeithan, and after a
report had been made of the
stand on educational matters ta
ken by the gubernatorial candi
dates and the condidates for lieu
tenant-governor, Mintz, who rep
resented Brunswick County in
the last session of the General
Assembly, took the floor.
He pointed to a list of five
objectives of the United Forces
for Education which had been
written on the board and declar
ed that if he goes to Raleigh he
Will support every one of them.
He declared that he was pleas
ed that the make-up of the Brun
swick County Board of Educa
tion will remain virtually as it is
for another two years, since three
of the present members were ap
pointed by him for four-year
terms and the representative
from another of the school dis
tricts is without opposition in
the coming primary election.
Thc-men on for four-year terms
are Thomas St. George of South
port, Dr. M. H. Rourk of Shall
otte and , Kenny Lewis of Bo
livia. Herbert Long of Leland is
without opposition in the prima
ry
Odell Williamson, who repre
sented Brunswick in the House
in 1947 and again .in 1949, then
stated his position as favoring
the program of United Forces
for Education, and pointed out
that as a member of the 1949
session he had been able to bring
to Brunswick County $250,000 to
spend for schools, plus an oppor
tunity to vote on a bond issue
Which brought in $178,000 more.
Williamson took this opportu
nity to detail some of his other
activities in the legislature for
the betterment of Brunswick
County, and made an open bid
for support of his general pro
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Brief Newt
Flathet
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RESIGNS POST
John W. Stanley resigned last
night as member of the Bruns
wick County Board of Education
for the Waccamaw district.
MAYOR AWAY
Mayor H. W. Hood is in Green
ville for a two weeks rest at th*
home of his son-in-law and dau
ghter, Mr. and Mrs. Roy McKei
than. City Attorney Davis Her
ring is serving as Mayor pro-tem
ATTEND FEDERATION
Mrs. E. H[. Arrington, presi
dent of the Southport Woman'!
Club, and Mrs. J. M. Harper, Jr.
left this morning for Winston
Salem where they will attend th(
State Federation meeting thii
week.
FIRE CALLS
Calls for the Southport Fir<
Department may be made dur
ing business hours to the Citj
Hall. There is a buzzer systeir
connected with the siren. Afte;
business hours calls should b<
made to the phone listed as th<
Southport Fire Department.
GOING TO NEWFOUNDLAND
Allen- Stanley, Jr., John W
White, Redy Hewett, George He
wett and John E. Robinson o
Shallotte and Supply are said t
be leaving on April 28th fo
Newfoundland, where they wi:
work for the next two years a
members of the crew of U. £
Army Engineers dredge Henr
Eacon. Other Brunswick boys ar
said to be joining up for th
same work aboard the Bacon an
other dredges.
To Play At Shallotte
BENEFIT—Jerry Ball, Charlotte man who has play
ed for dozens of benefit performances all over North Car
olina, will present his famous “Musiquiz” show at Shal
lotte on Thursday, April 24, under the auspices of Shal
lotte Business and Professional Woman’s Club.
Jorgenson Will
Be City Auditor
Popular Brunswick County
Official Submits Resigna
tion To Board Of Com
missioners And Will Go
With City
NO SUCCESSOR IS
NAMED FOR OFFICE
Other Matters Before Com
missioners Monday Were
Of Routine Impor
tance
W. P. Jorgensen has resigned
his position as Brunswick coun
ty auditor and has accepted ap
pointment as Auditor for the City
of Southport. This change will
be affected as quickly a§ suita
ble replacement can be secured
for Mr. Jorgensen and an audit
can be made of the records of
both offices.
Jorgensen has been associated
with the business management of
the county for several years. He
served as tax collector, as tax
supervisor and since the sudden
death of R. C. St. George several
years ago has filled the office
of auditor.
With the city he replaces the
late E. R. Weeks, whose sudden
death occurred on Saturday.
With little business confronting
them at their regular meeting on
Monday, the board of county
commissioners took recess at. 2:30
o’clock out of respect to the late
E. R. Weeks, City Clerk of Sou
thport, whose funeral was held
at 3 o'clock.
On motion of Commissioner, H.
O. Peterson, seconded by Com
missioner R. L. Rabon and duly
carried, it was ordered that a road
in Shallotte township, known as
the Hale Beach road, one-half
mile in length, be approved for
the State to take over and put
in all-weather condition. The said
runs from Route 17 to Hughes
store to foot of Hale Beach
causeway.
It was ordered that County At
torney S. B. Frink be instructed
to meet with the attorneys for
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
at an early date for the purpose
of settling differences between
Brunswick county and the At
lantic Coast Line.
Jerry Ball Will
Be At Shallotte
Residents Of That Commun
ity Looking Forward With
Great Interest To Thurs
day Night
Reports from Shallotte state
. that a large crowd is expected at
the school auditorium there
Thursday night at 8 o’clock when
Jerry Ball of the Standard Oil
Company will put on his famous
Musiquiz Show, assisted by Ar
. chie Thornhill and Marion Tar
. rant.
f The show is being sponsored
) by the Shallotte Business and
r Professional Woman's Club and
1 all of the proceeds go to the
s high school band, safety patrol
. and for playground improvement.
/ Mr. Ball and his co-workers do
e not even get a cent for expenses,
e They put on a wonderful show,
1 but the receipts all go to the
( Continued on page Five >
Southport Man
Gets Nice Drum
I,. A. Galloway, one of the
more patient hand line fisher
men of this community, was
rewarded for his efforts last
Thursday afternoon when he
pulled an 8-pound drum up on
the government dock. This was
the first good catch made by a
local fisherman this spring in
the river.
Mr. Galloway was using sand
fiddlers for bait, and was af
ter sheephead. He says that he
quickly realized that he had a
good sized fish on his line and
when he saw how large it was
he was more surprised than
ever that it had not managed
to flop off his line.
Lengthy Session
Of Court Held
Cases Piled Up For Past
Two Weeks Came Before
Judge W. J. McLamb In
Recorder’s Court Here On
Monday
Monday was a busy day for
Judge W. J. McLamb, as cases
which had piled up during the
past two weeks were disposed of.
rhe following judgments were
tendered:
Charles N. Hanna, failing to
yield right of way, nol pros with
leave.
William . A. Scoggins, failing
to give road signal, nol pros
with leave.
Miles L. Wilkins, failure to
dim lights, costs.
Franklin R. Roberts, speeding,
fined $10 and casts.
Herbert Parker, allowing stock
to run at large, nol pros with
leave.
Anson Nelson, assault with
deadly weapon, nol pros with
leave.
Calvin Cole, public drunken
ess, 30 days on roads, suspended
on payment of costs.
Duncan Durden, public drunk
enness, 30 days, suspended on
payment of costs.
Walter Johnson, reckless oper
ation, fined $25 and costs.
Henry Gore, public drunken
ness, fined $5 and costs.
C. D. Bullard, allowing minor
to break glass on highway, cost.
Craven Davis, larceny, held for
Superior Court under bond of
$500.
Melvin R. Godwin, non-support,
six months in jail, assigned to
roads, suspended on condition
that defendant help his wife by
helping her farm and pay $10
per month upon court costs un
til the amount of $61.15 has been
paid. Defendant is to report to
the court each third Monday in
each month and show that he
is complying with this order.
Thomas Earl Gilbert, speeding,
ordered to pay costs.
William Smith, possession, fin
ed $10 and costs.
William Alonzo Roach, speed
ing, fined $10 and costs.
Allen Snow, overloading, or
dered to pay costs.
George Holmes, overloading, or
(Contiued on Page Two)
Red Cross Fund
Drive Receipts
Total $956.41
A. S. Knowles, Chairman Of
Drive This Year, Submits
Final Report To Treasurer
Of County Chapter
SHALLOTTE LED
ALL COMMUNITIES
However, Chairman Know
les Expresses Apprecia
tion For General Ef
forts Throughout .
County
A. S. Knowles, chairman of
the Red Cross fund drive for
Brunswick county, reports a to
tal collection of $956.41 on the
basis of returns completed at a
chapter meeting at Bolivia Mon
day night.
“I wish to take this means to
express my deep appreciation for
the splendid cooperation given
this program by volunteer work
ers throughout the county,” said
Chairman Knowles.
The breakdown shows that col
lections from Shallotte communi
ty totaled $352.l‘4 to lead all oth
er sections. In Southport the to
tal was $342.90 for a close sec
ond. Leland reported $153.75;
Waccamaw a total of $77.45 and
Bolivia a total of $30.17.
The Southport committee in
cluded: Mesdames L. W. Keister,
Chairman; E. H. Arrington, Rob
ert Thompson, D. E. Arthur, G.
W. McGlamery, Joel Moore, H.
T. St. George, Worth Ward, W.
L. Styron, H. A. Sells, W. M.
Wells, M. A. Barnett, Fred Wil
ling, L. T. Garner, Roy Robin
son, A. G. Trunnell, W. C. Webb,
E. C. Blake and Miss Annie Mae
Woodside.
Waccamaw Helps
With Clothing
Drive Is Being Conducted
Through School For Nat
ional Children’s C4otM«*g
Crusade
A Save-the-Children “Bundle
Day” drive to collect serviceable,
used clothing was launched in the
Waccamaw school on Friday,
Principal B. M. Crawford an
nounced today.
The drive, which is part of the
tenth National Children’s Cloth
ing Crusade conducted under the
auspices of a national committee
of school superintendents, will
last for 10 days. Clothing obtain
ed will be distributed in isolated
areas of the United States and
in seven European countries.
Two million pounds of wearable
clothing has been set as the na
tional goal. Last year in the Nin
th National Children’s Crusade,
nearly three million pupils took
part in 813 bundle days in some
40 states and raised a total of
1,300,000 pounds.
Clothing collected by the Fed
eration is distributed abroad for
the relief of needy children in
Austria, Finland, France, Greece,
Germany and Italy. Save the
Children Federation representa
tives in Europe report that clo
thing needs are particularly ac
cute in Greece, parts of Italy,
and among the refugees in Aus
tria and Germany. At the start
of the year, there were four mil
lion refugee children in these two
countries alone.
• In America clothing is dis
tributed in low-income rural areas
of eight Southern and Mid-West
ern States and on the Navajo
(Continued On Page 2)
Deceased
Edward R. Weeks
Dies Suddenly
Here Saturday
Popular Auditor Of City Of
Southport Had Been Pa
tient In Hospital, But
News Of Death Came As
Shock
Edward Rudolph Weeks died
early Saturday morning; at Do
sher Memorial Hospital where he
had been a patient for the past
two weeks. Although he had
been under observation and had
been receiving treatment for a
heart condition, news of his
death came as a shock to this
community.
All county and city offices
were closed Monday afternoon in
respect for this deceased offi
cial.
The deceased was a native of
Southport and had spent his en
tire life here. For the past 15
years he had served as Auditor
of the City ' of Southport and
prior to that had been a mem
ber of the Board of Aldermen.
Mr. Weeks had been active in
the business, social, civic and
religious affairs of this commu
nity for many years. He was a
member of the Southport Lions
Club and was a member of the
Board of Stewards of Trinity
Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Annie Russ Weeks; two
daughters, Mrs. A. W. Detwiler
of Morton, Penna., and Mrs. Wil
Continued o* Page Five
Brunswick Girl
Helps With Play
Miss Verna Willetts Is Help
ing With Stage Properties
At Production This Week
At Meredith
RALEIGH.—Verna Willetts of
Winnabow is a member of the
production staff of the Meredith
College Little Theatre's spring
production, according to Play Di
rector Judith Mayes. The three
act murder mystery, “Ladies in
Retirement”, is scheduled for a
two-night run on Thursday and
Friday, April 24 and 25.
Miss Willetts, a sophomore at
Meredith, is on the stage prop
erties committee for the1 English
melodrama, which will feature pe
riod costumes and wigs. The sus
pense-filled plot deals with three
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l
W. B. KBZ1AH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
All reports indicate that the i
appearance of Jerry Ball of the
Esso Oil Company at the Shall
otte school tomorrow (Thursday)
night will draw a big crowd.
And it should. Jerry and his co
workers, Marion Tarrant and Ar
chie Thornhill, can be relied upon
to put on a mighty interesting
show. Adding to the interest
and drawing power of their coin
ing is that it is non-profit to
them. They do not get any k.nd
of percentage. All of the gross
proceeds goes to the Shallotte
Business and Professional Wom
an s Club and the money will be
used for Shallotte High School
band and for playground facili
ties. The folks who attend will
see every cent they spend go to
a very worthy cause, and they will
get their money's worth from
the show itself. We hope the
Thursday night visitors to our
neighboring town will get a big
hand.
The other day Boyd Lott, res
ident of Lockwoods Folly town
ship and a patron of the Shuil
otte school asked 11s if we thought
it would be possible to secure a
surplus Army or Navy bus for
the use of the Shallotte High
School Band. Specifically, Mr.
Lott wanted to know if might |
help to ask Congressman Carlyle
to try and get such a bus. Our
understanding of such things is
that the Department is sympa
thetic to having surplus facilities
go to the use of worthy public
organizations. If they have sur
plus buses, we belreve the War
(Continued on page four)
Walton And McLamb
Nominated Without
Any Opponent Filing
Colonel Bennett
To Become General
Brunswick County Man Will Get Promotion To This High
Rank As Chief Of Chaplains For U. S. Army
Colonel Ivan L,. Bennett, who
lias served in the Army as a
chaplain for the past 34 years
will become chief chaplain of
the Army in June of this year.
At that time he will be promoted
to the rank of 'Major General.
Colonel Bennett is a native of
Brunswick County and is the
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. H.
I. Bennett of Waccamaw town
ship. He saw his first military
service as a chaplain in World
War I and is now 60 years of
age.
Returning from service in Ja
pan a little over two years age
he was contemplating retiring bid
before he could put these plans
into effect the Korean trouble
broke out and he was recalled
by General Douglas McArthui
for active service with the forces
in Korea. He is a graduate oi
Wake Forest College and of the
Southern Baptist Seminary of
Louisville, Ky.
Before returning to Korea Col.
Bennett spent much of his time
in Southport and stated he was
seriously considering living here
after his retirement. Mrs. Ben
nett is a sister of Mrs. Sam T.
Bennett and the chaplain and
the Clerk of Court are first cous
ins.
Chaplain Bennett Is one of 10
brothers and sisters, seven of
whom still live in Brunswick
County. They are Mrs. Henry
Hewett, Mrs. Ernest Parker, Mrs.
E. V. Leonard, Mrs. Bruce Hawes
and Mrs. Bridgers Sabiston, the
Rev. H. B. Bennett of Shallotte
and Nelson Bennett of Ash. Two
sisters are Mrs. Henry Day of
Raleigh and Mrs. Fred Saunders
of Apex.
Voters Will Begin
Registering May 3
Umstead Here
Tuesday Morning
W. B. Umstead, candidate for
Governor, came to Southport
Tuesday morning for a hurried
trip about Southport, accom
panied by his manager, Sam.
T. Bennett, S. B. Frink and
W. B. Keziah. He visited prac
tically all places of business
and met a great number of
the Southport folks.
Still accompanied by Bennett
and Frink he left for a short
visit to other places in the
county that he could reach be
fore having to leave at 2:00
o’clock for Clinton, where he was
scheduled to speak at 3 o’clock
that afternoon. Already well
known throughout Brunswick,
Candidate Umstead made a fa
vorable impression on the ma
ny he met during the short
trip to the county.
Bird Club Holds
Week-end Meet
Week-End Session Draws
Visitors Here hrom All
Farts Of Worth Carolina
And South Carolina
The Friday through Sunday
meeting of the Carolina Bird
Club at Southport and the Bap
tist Assembly at Fort Caswell
was well attended, with about 100
members present from the two
Carolinas. In addition there were
several guests. The Bird Club en
braces both North and South
Carolina.
Arrangements had been made
for a considerable number of the
visitors to sleep at Caswell,
where the meetings were also
held. All meals were obtained at
Mack’s, the City Restaurant and
Quack’s in Southport. Many of
the members also found sleeping
acommodations in town and
went over to the Caswell head
quarters for the meetings.
The study of birds and search
for rare specimens was, as usual,
on a field trip, the main object
ive. Saturday morning before
breakfast the visitors could be
seen almost anywhere there were
trees or open ground, searching
for birds with glasses and, when
possible, taking pictures of what
they found. At 8:30 o’clock boats
carried them to Battery Island
just off Southport. The American
Egrett and Snowy Egrett colo
nies and various Heron colonies
on the island were objects of
much interest. The nests have
eggs but no young have hatched
thus far. Many of the adult birds,
especially the males, were away
from the rookery in quest of
food at the hour of the visit.
Returning to Southport for
( Continued on page Five )
Registration Books Will Be
Open On First Three Sat
urdays In All Precincts In
Brunswick
MAY 24 DESIGNATED
AS CHALLENGE DAY
Those In Doubt About Sta
tus Of Their Eligibility
Should Check With
Their Registrars
Registration books for the
May 31 primary will open on
May 3 and remain open the fol
lowing two Saturdays.
Robert Milliken, chairman
of the Board of Elections, re
minded that new voters, voters
who have moved from counties
and those who have moved from
one precinct to another may reg
ister either on May 3, May 10
or May 17.
Saturday, May 24, is challenge
day when the eligibility of a
registrant may be questioned by
any citizen who doubts that he
is qualified to participate in the
primary election.
Registrars will be at the poll
ing places on all five Saturdays
for the registering of voters, one
to receive challenges, and the fi
nal Saturday for the purpose
of conducting the primary elec
tion.
Two judges, one Democrat and
one Republican, join the regis
trar at the polls on the day of
( Continued On Page Five )
New Business
Opens Friday
Quality Superette Will Have
Week-End Opening Event
—Is First All-New Busi
ness Addition Since Sun
ny Point
Southport’s first all-new busi
ness growing out of the propos
ed Sunny Point installation, opens
Friday morning, when the Quali
ty Superette will open its doors.
Everything is new. The build
ing has just been completed by
O. B. Hart and is located on the
waterfront where the old Lewis
Hardee boat shed formerly was
standing. The change from the
boat shed to the clean, new
building is a distinct improve
ment on the waterfront.
Fixtures, like the building, are
entirely new. They were purchas
ed from and installed complete by
the manufacturers in Charlotte.
They include every modern type
of display shelf for the keeping
of clean, fresh goods that are
readily accessible to the purchas
er. Air cooled display boxes for
fruits and vegetables and modern
refrigerators add to the facilities
for keeping everything fresh and
sanitary.
An up-to-date meat market
with Carlton Price in charge will
( Continued On Page Five )
Deadline For Filing Satur
day Afternoon Finds Wal
ton Getting Nomination
For Register Of Deeds,
McLamb For Recorder
THREE MEN ENTER
RACE FOR HOUSE
Big Field Of Candidates Al
so Files For County Com
missioner And For The
Board Of Education
Amos J. Walton and W. J.
McLamb are without opposition
in the coming Democratic Pri
mary Election, but spirited bat
tles loom in races for other of
fices as a result of last-minute
activity before Saturday’s filing
deadline.
Walton will carry his party’s
banner for the third consecutive
time as its candidate for Regis
ter of Deeds. He was elected to
this office in 1944 and again in
1948.
McLamb became the Democrat
ic nominee for the fourth conse
cutive time when no candidate
filed against him. Previously he
has served as Representative.
Chief interest centers in the
race for House of Representa
tives. Harry L. Mintz, who rep-.
resented Brunswick county at the
last session, is one of the candi
dates, and is opposed by Odell
Williamson, who has served at
two previous sessions., A. H.
(Lonnie) Ganey of Leland is the
third man to file for the Demo
cratic nomination.
All three members of the pres- •
ent board of county commission- '
ers filed for re-election. These are
ElRoy King, chairman, H. O. Pe
terson and R. L. Rabon. They will
have opposition from Leo Medlin,
PMA chairman, and Cyril O.
Thomas, both of Leland; Ronnie
Cheers, former mayor of Shal
lotte, and O. P. Bellamy of Hick
mans Crossroads, a former mem
ber of the board.
For the board of education
Herbert Long filed from the Le
land district; G. K. Lewis and
Layton Swain filed from Bolivia;
W. M. Stanaland and Dewey An
derson filed from Shallotte; and
Continued on Page Five
Funeral Monday
For Bolivia Man
B. M. Wilson, Elderly Resi
dent Of Bolivia, Died Sat
urday Night Following
Period Of Failing Health
B. M. Wilson, 81-year old resi
dent of Bolivia, where he has en
gaged in business for many years,
died Saturday night following a
period of failing health.
Mr. Wilson is survived by bis
wife, Mrs. Minnie Mercer Hinson
Wilson; four sons, H. T., C. W.,
W. A. Wilson of Wilmington andr
R. M. Wilson, Jr., of Freeport,
Texas.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at 2:30 p. m.
from the Bethel Methodist Chur
ch at Bolivia, by Rev. J. M. Car
roll and Rev C. B. Warren. Buri
Continued on Page Five
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, April 24
7:53 a. m. 1:53 p. m.
8:16 p. m. 1:53 p. m.
Friday, April 2a
8:36 a. m. 2:33 a. m.
8:59 p. m. 2:34 p. m.
Saturday, April 26
9:17 a. m. 3:16 a. m.
9:39 p. m. 3:15 p. m.
Sunday, April 27
9:59 a. m. 3:59 a. m.
10:21 p. m. 3:56 p. m.
Monday, April 28
10:42 a. m. 4:42 a. m.
11:03 p. m. 4:39 p. m.
Tuesday, April 29
11:29 a. m. 5:26 a. m.
11:46 p. m. 5:25 p. m.
Wednesday, April 30
0:00 a. m. 6:15 a. m.
12:31 p. m. 6:16 p. m.