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Brunswick County
VOL. NO. SIXTEEN
No. 17
6-PAGES TODAY
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, August 20, 1952
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Assembly Winds
Up Season With
Training Union
Activities At Baptist Assem
bly For This Season Will
Come To Close With This
Week’s Program For
Young People
PROGRAM SIMILAR
TO LAST WEEK’S
Activity Nears End Of Suo
cessful Season And Offi
cials Already Making
Plans For Next
Year
This second week of the Bap
tist Training Union at the Cas
well Assembly also marks the
end of the summer program. The
1952 season will be over on Au
gust 24th. For the next ten mon
ths most of the activity will con
sist in looking after the big pro
perty and getting it in order for
the 1953 season.
It is reported that following
the close of the program this
week gatherings of various sorts
may assemble and use the facili
ties during the fall months.
The season now closing has
been an extremely good one, ac
cording to all reports. All of the
weekly gatherings have been large
and the interest has been strong.
The attendants from all over the
State have found the shade and
cooling breezes of the Caswell
Assembly in Striking contrast
with the merciless heat that has
existed throughout the state dur
ing the summer. They found thi
ngs ideal for the spiritual work
and physical recreation that drew
them to the Caswell Assembly.
It is interesting to review the
1952 Assembly and note that with
several hundred present each
week, there has not been a single
report of accident, injury or ser
ious illness. It has been a mighty
fine year, according to numerous
Baptist ministers and other
church workers. Southport peo
ple will miss the good neighbors
they have had’at‘Caswell 'for the
past two months. A general re
gret is that activities of some
sort do not go on over there for
the full 12 months of the year.
Britf Ntwt
Flaakaa
LIONS TO MEET
The regular meeting of the
Southport Lions Club will be held
tomorrow (Thursday) at 1 o’clock
at the Masonic Building.
AT PRESBYTERIAN
There will be no preaching
service at Southport Presbyterian
church Sunday evening, August
24. Regular services will be re
sumed the following Sunday night,
August 31.
VISITING RELATIVES
Mr. and Mrs. D. Leon Henry
and son, Archibald, of Rocky
Mount, visited thief sister, Mrs.
Hattie Galloway, at Supply, and
other relatives at Winnabow the
past week.
FIRST JUROR
Phil King is the first Long Be
ach juror ever to be called at a
term of Superior court. His name
was called Monday to serve at
the civil term convening on Sep
tember 29.
TO GARDNER-WEBB
Misses Patricia Adams and La
titia Hickman, members of the
graduating class of 1952 at Sou
thport high school, have enrolled
in the freshman class at Gard
ner-Webb College at Boiling Spr
ings.
AT LONG BEACH
Mr. D. C. Chauble and wife
and Mr. Mizelle and wife and
daughters from the circulation
department of the Charlotte Ob
server from Charlotte are spend
ing a week at Long Beach at the
Ruark’s cottage.
PROSPECTING AROUND
D. T. Long a former resident
of Shallotte now of Conway, was
here the past week. He was ac
companied by Mrs. Vera Ander
son and Mrs. Nona Curry. Mr.
Long stated they were just pros
pecting around with a view of
locating here.
TRAINING VACATION
F. M. Wallace, drivers license
examiner for Southport and Shal
lotte, has announced that no ex
aminations will be held or li
censes issued at the above places
next week. He will be on vaca
tion. In case of emergency appli
cations for licnse can be made at
Whiteville or Wilmington. The of
fice will be operating at South
port as usual on Monday, Sept.
1, and at Shallotte on Sept. 2.
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Southport Cat Is
18 Years Old
This Animal May Set Some Kind Of Record For Feline
Longevity; Has Strange Reaction To Being Moved
Tom uause, veteran reporter on
the Wilmington Star, had a story
Sunday relative to a cat which
has lived beyond the usual span
alloted to felines. Mr. Gause pri
defully boasted that “Sis” owned
by Miss Lillie Groover of Wil
mington, was all of 17 years. That
is a long way in cats years, even
if they do have nine lives with
which to accumulate milestones.
But Miss Harriet Richards of
Southport can go the Groover cat
one better. Inherited from her sis
ter, the late Mrs. R. B. Bronson,
who died last year, Miss Richard
has a cat "Peggy” that is over
18 years old. Peggy will be 19
come next Mother’s Day.
Peggy was born in Arlington,
Va., on Mother’s Day, 1934. When
just a month old she was given
to Mrs. Bronson. For eight years
Peggy never left the Bronson
home in Arlington. Then the fam
ily sold out there and bought a
home in Southport.
The furniture, of course, was
moved here in a van. Peggy made
the trip in the car. It was her
nrst automobile ride ana it rngn
tened her so that the family
thought she had gone crazy.
Her fright continued after the
family reached here and she es
caped and got on the roof of
the new home. From there she
got into the attic in some way.
For three weeks the family
made futile efforts to get her
out. Food and water were placed
on the roof for her and after sev
eral days she was driven by her
hunger to emerge from the attic
to eat. After 21 days she was
captured on the roof while eat
ing.
Kept in the house, it took her
some time to become accustomed
to her new surroundings. Once she
got the lay of things it was the
house for her. At rare intervals
she goes into the yard of the
Bronson home but never leaves
the yard.
Now well on the way towards
her 19th birthday, Peggy seems
perfectly contented. However, she
has lost her hearing. When the
call for chow is made it has to
be made in sign language.
Sailfish Caught
Past Two Days
Monday Party Aboard Idle
On Landed 6-ft 8-in. Sail
And Another Party On
The Joan Caught Second
Fish Tuesday
PLENTY OF FISH
SEEN OFF-SHORE
Both Parties Fishing On The
Shoals And Those Mak
ing Trips To The Gulf
Stream Have Had
Good Success
Big news in fishing this week
is the landing of two large sail
fish by parties fishing aboard
boats fishing out of Southport.
The first was taken Monday
by C. Whitaker of Carboro
while out on the Idle-On. His
fish was 6 ft. 8 % in. long and
weighed 41 lbs. The party also
had seven amberjack, one of
Which weighed 50 pounds, 2 bar
racuda, 6 mackerel and 5 blue
fish.
Yesterday Clyde E. Helmes of
Monroe caught an even larger
sail while out with Capt. George
Gregory aboard the Joan. His
fish was 7 ft. 1% inches long
and weighed 44% pounds. The
party all from Monroe, also had
75 bluefish which ran from 2 to
3 pounds each and 1 barracuda.
Another good Monday catch
was reported by the Patricia,
with Mr. and Mrs. iMcAdoo Thig
pen and daughter, of Burling
ton. They had 10 king macker
el, 15 Spanish mackerel and 4
bonita.
The Monday trip for the Bot
fly with a party from Columbia
netted 3 big king mackerel, 15
Spanish mackerel and 67 big
bluefish.
Not all of the week’s fishing
news came from outside trips.
For one thing, local anglers
were trying hard to catch the
first tarpon of the season, and
on Monday Bill Styron had a
brief skirmish with one that got
away.
Trout fishing over in the same
(Continued on Page Two)
Bethel Property
May Be Bypassed
Latest Information Indicates
That Church And Most
Of Homes In That Com
munity Will Fall Outside
Government Area
Bethel Church, its cemetery and
most of the people who form the
community two miles north of
Southport will escape upset and
the loss of their homes, accord
ing to recent information. The
W. S. Jones farm is said to be
the only one in the area that
will be taken by the government
by the Sunny Point facility.
The information that they are
to retain their homes and will
not have to move is being re
ceived with relief by the folks
around Bethel. Many others not
living there are also welcoming
the information. It means that
the graveyard and church will
not be disturbed. Heretofore all
information has been to the ef
fect that the church would have
to be moved to some other area.
Strange Specimen
Caught In Trawl
The Wiley Wells trawler
brought in an unusual catch
Saturday in the shape of a
I huge Jewfish. It had a girth of
59-inches and was 6 feet and 8
inches in length. Estimates of
its weight ran from 250 to 300
pounds.
Bill Wells at whose house it
was handled says it was the
first one ever brought in here.
Other fishermen say that the
Jewfish is seldom found any
where north of Florida. Its
presence off Southport may
have been due to the exces
■ sively hot weather of the sum
mer. Its presence may also
be taken as an indication of
more warm weather to come
this fall.
The Jewfish is said to be ra
ted high for their food quali
ties. The Wells Brothers say
that Jewfish meat is worth 75
cents per pound. Most of the
crewmen on the boats of the
Wells fleet are Key West Ne
groes. The fish was no stranger
to them and they made short
shift of dressing it into some
thing like sides of bacon for
boxing and shipping north.
Tax Collector
Is Checked Out
Final Report On Tax Collec
tor Ed Redwine Shows
His Funds To Be 58-Cents
Over After Three Years
In Office
The Brunswick county tax
books were formally turned over
to Jack Brown the new tax col
lector Monday. Mr. Brown was
appointed collector three weeks
ago following the resignation of
Edward Redwine. Mr. Redwine
was appointed mail carrier on
Route 1 from Shallotte and en
tered on that duty on the 4th of
August.
Following the usual custom, Mr.
Brown could not begin his duties
until Redwine was cleared by an
audit of his books and accounts.
As a general audit of county of
fices was made two months ago
it was only necessary to check
for the period since then. How
ever, the auditors were busy else
where and could only get here
this week to check for the short
period since the Juner audit.
Their final examination of the
Redwine books revealed that dur
ing the three and a half years he
has been tax collector there has
been a difference of only 58 cents
between his books and what the
auditors found. This 58 cents was
in Redwine’s favor, instead of be
ing a deficiency. He had banked
to the credit of the county that
much more than he had collected.
The auditors gave the 58 cents
to the new collector as a slush
fund.
Teachers List
For Shallotte
School Given
Principal Henry C. Stone
Makes Announcement Of
Faculty Members To Ser
ve During Coming Term
PRINCIPAL URGES
HELP OF PARENTS
Everything Being Placed In
Readiness For Opening
Of School Next Wed
nesday Morning
Principal Henry C. Stone has
announced the list of faculty
members for Shallotte high
school, which opens for its fall
term next Wednesday.
Principal Stone wishes to re
mind parents of students < enter
ing the first grade for the first
time this fall to bring a copy of
their birth certificate, t igether
with a card showing the; r have
been immunized against certain
contagious diseases. In lieu of
this latter evidence, a letter from
the parents should give permis
sion for the county nurse to give
all necessary immunizatiohs.
Following is a complete list of
faculty members:
Mrs. Katherine R. White, Mrs.
Wanda Elledge Gore, Miss Iberia
McCarley, Miss Frances Gallo
way, Mrs. Ottice H. Russ, Miss
Carrie Lee Ward, Mrs. Fiances
B. Stone, Mrs. Clara Mae Russ,
Mrs. Lillian Hewett, Mrs. Ruth
Galloway.
Mrs. Muzette Arnold, Mrs. Dor
othy S. Sellers, Miss Brightie
Holden, Miss Macye Weeks, Mrs.
Louise FormyDuval; Mrs. Gelene
Russ, Mrs. Beatrice Sabastan,
Mrs. Katheryn C. Mintz, Mrs.
David Carmichael, Miss Mildred
Cherry, James Edward Carter,
Robert High Sellers, 'Mrs. Tilda
Amette Nance, Mrs. Carolyn S.
Kirby, piano and violin.
High School
Henry C. Stone, David Carmi
chael, Mrs. Kate Mae McKeith
an, Mrs. Margaret W. Russ, Mrs.
Edna W. Russ, Miss Flora Jean
Collins, Mrs. Homer Eugene
Nance, Miss Clelon McLaurin, Le
Roy Mintz, Walter J. Ragan.
Inquest Urdered
In Boy’s Death
Hearing Scheduled Thurs
day Night Following Sun
day Tragedy On U. S. No.
17, Near Shallotte
Coroner John G. Caison has
called an inquest for Thursday
night at 7:30 o’clock to investigate
the death of Dill James Robinson,
12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Robinson of the Supply
community. The lad was instant
ly killed Sunday when struck by
a bus from LaGrange Carrying
Negroes to a beach resort in So
uth Carolina.
The accident occurred on Route
17 two and one-half miles north
of Shallotte. The bus was being
operated by John F. Rouse, La
Grange Negro, who is said to be
the owner of the bus line. Rouse
was arrested by Patrolman R. H.
Constante and is being held un
der a $1,000 bond for the in
quest.
The boy was riding his bicycle
on the pavement when the bus
approached from the rear. Rouse
alleges that the boy was weaving
along on the pavement and went
too far out just as the vehicle
was about to pass him. Constante
(Continued on Page Two)
Late Harvest
EARNING—Here it is almost the first of September and scenes like the one
above taken in Waccanaaw Township are not uncommon in any section of Brunswick
county. Ordinarily, harvesting tobacco would have been completed, but a freakish sea
son has made tobacco much later than usual, with the result that most of the atten
tion of farmers in his section still is centered upon saving their crop rather than upon
getting it to market.
New Principals
For Two Schools
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Zoning Meeting
Is Held Monday
Leigh Wilson of the N. C. Lea
gue of Municipalities met Monday
night with members of the board
of aldermen, members of the zon
ing committee and interested cit
izens who had come to discuss
proposals for zoning the area ly
ing within the city limits.
The zoning project has been in
progress for several weeks, and
for the past three weeks a map
showing the proposed designation
of land use has been posted in
the window of the Northrop buil
ding on Moore street. This map
now is at the city hall, as is the
[ordinance which will govern this
program if it is adopted.
Members of the zoning commit
tee will meet again on Tuesday
night to consider any changes pro
posed in the plan before submit
ting their recommendations to the
board of aldermen concerning
adoption of the zoning ordinance.
Local Principal
To See Students
Friday Set Aside For Talk
ing Over Matters Pertain
ing To Schedule With
High School Students
Principal H. T. Sanders asks
that prospective high school stu
dents at Southport meet him at
the school Friday morning to iron
out any difficulties which may
appear in the proposed schedule.
In order that students of the
various grades may be there at
the same time Principal Sanders
is asking the seniors to report at
9 o’clock; juniors at 10 o’clock;
sophomores at 11 o’clock and
freshmen at 12 o’clock.
The faculty for this year has
been completed, with only one
change. Mrs. Mary Louise Han
(Continued on Page Two)
W. a KKZIAH
i
Our
ROVING
Reporter
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Tydings of”
Atlanta are here this week. Mr.
Tydings, with the Internal Re
venue Department, will retire the
first of the year and the couple
plan to move to Southport and
build a nice home on some prop
erty they own. They were ac
companied on this trip by two
ladies and Mr. Tydings introduc
ed them to us simply as “Two
rich, eligible widows.” The lack of
names often leaves a newspaper
man without anything to go by.
As we have frequently said, our
greatest trouble as a newspaper
man is that we frequently -come
into contact with people who are
dumber than we are.
Frequently coincidences come
quickly. One day this week we
were busy writing and Mr. Cro
»
inartie of the Savannah Real Es
tate Board came in to ask about
scuppernong grapes and where he
could get full information as to
planting and culture. He wants to
plant them at his home in Geor
gia. We thought that State Col
lege was about the best source of
information and so advised him
to write the folks there. Mr. Cro
martie had not been out of this
office twenty minutes before Pro
fessor Adolphus Mitchell, who
looks after grape and other cul
tures at State College, came in.
By that time Mr. Cromartie had
completely disappeared but later
on in the day we were able to
definitely tell him who to write
to about grapes.
County Agent A. S. Knowles
(Continued on page four)
Bruce H. Hill Comes To
Brunswick As ' Principal
At Bolivia; A. G, Green
Will Head Waccamaw
School
PRINCIPALS HOLD
MEETING TUESDAY
County - Wide Teachers
Meeting Being Scheduled
In Southport Next
Tuesday
Brunyw’if’K. county schools open
for their fail term next Wednes
day morning with new principals
in charge at Waccamaw and Bo
livia.
The new Bolivia principal is
Bruce H. Hill, who comes to
Brunswick from Topsail High
School in Pender county, where
he was principal from 1949 to
1952. He graduated from Tuscul
um College, Greenville, Tenn., in
1947 and later taught at Williams
and* Bolton high schools in Colum
bus county.
H. E. Green comes to Wacca
maw from Loris high school
where he served as principal last
year. Prior to that he had serv
ed at Hallsboro high school in
Columbus County for four years.
A meeting for principals was
held here Tuesday, and a county
wide teachers meeting has been
scheduled for Southport high
school next Tuesday morning at
10 o’clock.
J. T. Denning, county superin
tendent of schools, reported that
all faculty vacancies at Leland,
Bolivia and Southport have been
filled, but that Shallotte and
Waccamaw still have vacancies
which they expect to be able to
fill before school begsins next
week.
Superintendent Denning urges
parents to send their children of
eligible school age the very first
day, and to keep them going
regularly.
Light Session
Of Court Held
Attorney Janies C. Bowman
Prosecuted Docket Mon
day In Absence Of Solici
tor Ernest Parker, Jr.
Only a light docket was dis
posed of. here in Recorder’s Court
Monday, with Attorney James C.
Bowman prosecuting the doQket
in the absence of Solicitor Er
nest Parker, Jr. The following;
disposition was made of cases:
Raymond T. Simmons, public
drunkenness, carrying concealed j
weapons, motion as to non-suit
granted.
Charles David Black, speeding, !
fined $25 and costs.
James Fletcher Hewett, reck- I
less operation, ordered to pay $50
for property damage and to pay
costs.
Robert Bell Altman, Jr., speed
ing, fined $10 and costs.
Thally B. Gainey, non-support, I
ordered to pay $6 per week for j
the support of his minor child
and to pay necessary hospital
bill for said child, costs remitted.
Curtis B. Riddell, illegal park
ing, ordered to pay costs.
Will Harris, speeding, fined $10
and costs.
Tobacco Flows
Into Columbus
Market Towns
Indications Are That Leaf
Sales Will Continue At
High Level During Next
Four Weeks
Most of Columbus County’s 28
warehouses were filled with to
bacco today as the 1952 season
entered its third week.
Prospects were bright for near
capacity sales during the next
four weeks.
The pickup in volume- hit the
Whiteville market Friday when
920,500 pounds were auctioned for
$499,349.75. The average was
$55.08 per hundred.
During th$ first 10 sales days
Whiteville warehouses have sold
slightly more than- a half-million
pounds per day. The market to
taled, prior to today’s sales was
5,342,770.
Sales Supervisor Dave S. Neil
son reported that $2,786,904.57
have been paid out to growers,
making the season $55.04 per
hundred.
Reports from Chadbourn, Ta
bor City and Fair Bluff, indicate
that the county’s one-sale mar
kets are off to a good start, ex
cept for volume. Like White
ville, which has three sets of
buyers, they have had light sales
during the first 10 days.
Southport Girl
Drowns Friday
Miss Nadine Kincaide Is
Victim Of Accidental
Drowning Off Caswell
Beach While Fishing Fri
day Morning
Funeral services were held here
at the Southport Baptist Church
Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock
for Miss Nadine Kincaide, 16
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William C. Kincaide. Miss
Kincaide met a tragic death by
drowning at Caswell Beach near
the Oak Island Coast Guard
Station Friday morning.
The funeral services were in
charge of Rev. T. D. Toler, Jr.,
with Rev. Richard K. Redwine as
sisting. Burial was in the North
wood Cemetery with classmates
serving as pallbearers. Attractive
and popular, Miss Kincaide was
scheduled to graduate with the
class of 1952-53 at the local high
school.
Surviving are her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William C. Kincaide;
two sisters, Arline and Jeannine
Kincaide; two brothers, Russell
and David Kincaide, all of South
port.
The young drowning victim, her
sister, Arlene, Miss Doris Bogie
of Orton and some other young
people were on the beach near
Oak Island.They had a gill net
and were putting it in the water
with the intent of doing some
amateur fishing. Miss Kincaide
was walking backward pulling the
net into the ocean and reports
say that she was in water only
waist deep when she lost her
footing,- apparently from step
ping into a hole.
She was drowned before the
other young people could reach
her. The sea was calm and two
or three minutes after she sank
her sister, Arlene, found her body
drifting in to shore. She was
quickly carried to the beach and
efforts at artificial respiration be
gan. While these efforts were un
derway her father and other men
(Continued on Page Two)
School Insurance
Plan Continues
In This County
Program Similar To That
Carried Last Year Will
Insure Children Against
Accidents To, From Or At
School
1952 PAYMENTS
TOTALED $2,250.
New Provisions Added To
Coverage This Year To
Raise Limits To Be Paid
As Maximum Bene
fit Of Policy
!
It was announced Tuesday by
Superintendent J. T. Denning of
the Brunswick County school sys
tem that a school child accident
insurance program similar to that
carried last year will be offered
to the students of the Brunswick
schools this coming term.
Last year’s program proved to
be an outstanding success which
exceeded all expectations. It en
abled the school authorities to
see that every insured student
who sustained a school connected
injury received proper and ade
quate medical care. Many fam
ilies would not have been .able to
pay these bills and others were
relieved of the shock of unexpec
ted medical expense caused by
an accident. The insurance com
pany paid over $2,250.00 to cov
er the cost of medical treatment
rendered.
Mr. Denning explained that
while the board of education and
the schools themselves have no
legal liability in connection with
accidental injuries received by
children in the performance of
their normal school activities, this
has always been a matter of se
rious concern to school authori
ties. The accident insurance pro
gram greatly relieves an unfor
tunate situation for it assures ev
ery child who pays the small pre
mium involved of receiving com
plete medical care and hospital
ization.
A master policy 'will be issued
and held in the office of the su
perintendent. The cost of the in
surance is $1.25 per year per
child. Each student will be giv
en the opportunity to bring his
payment td school. When the
[payment is, received the student’s
name will be placed upon a list
of insureds filed with the poli
cy. The program has the sup
port of the PTA, school board,
the principals and the teachers,
but the most: enthusiastic praise
comes from those who were un
fortunate enough to sustain in
juries during the past year.
Mr. Denning further stated that
the coverage of the policy goes
into effect one hour before school
takes in. and insures the students
against any type of accident
that occurs while on the way to
school. The coverage remains in
force throughout the course of
the regular school day and goes
out of force one hour after being
dismissed. This gives complete
coverage of injuries sustained on
the way to school, in the school
building, on the school grounds
and on the way home from school.
Even though the general cov
erage of the policy terminates
one hour after the student is
dismissed, special provisions are
made for those who participate
in the school athletic program.
Any injury sustained while prac
ticing for or playing in a school
sponsored athletic contest (high
[school football excluded) is fully
insured. Also the athlete is pro
tected while traveling as a mem
ber of the athletic team if the
vehicle in which he is riding is
(Continued on Page Two)
Tide Table
Following is the tide Sable
for Southport during the next
week. These hours are approxi
mately correct and were furn
ished The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot’s Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, August 21
8:18 a. m. 2:13 a. m.
8:27 p. m. 2:21 p. m.
Friday, August 22
8:51 a. m. 2:46 a. m.
8:58 p. m. 2:57 p. m.
Saturday, August 23
9:23 a. m. 3:18 a. m.
9:27 p. m. 3:35 p. m.
Sunday, August 24
9:55 a. m. 3:50 a. m.
9:57 p. m. 4:14 p. m.
Monday, August 25
10:32 a. m. 4:23 a. m.
10:34 p. m. 4:55 p. m.
Tuesday, August 26
11:16 a. m. 4:59 a. m.
11:17 p. m. 5:43 p. m.
Wednesday, August 27
0:00 a. m. 5:43 a. m.
12:09 p. m. 6:39 p. m.
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