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Most Of The News All The Time VOL. NO. SIXTEEN THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County No. 28 6-pages today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, November 5, 1952 published everi Wednesday *i.so per yea£ Opening Of Bids Tomorrow First Step In Project Bids For Dredging Dock Area At Sunny Point Will Be Opened By U.S. Army Engineers In Wilmington Office DREDGING CONTRACTS TO BE LET FRIDAY Much Interest Being Shown This Phase Of Work As Owners Believe More Work To Come Later By W. B. KEZIAH With bids on dredging 18 mil lion cubic yards of mud to be opened at the Engineers office tomorrow (Thursday) the num ber of dredges to be employed on this phase of the Army Aummu nition Depot project will largely depend on the contracting firm. However, the schedule of op erations call for this 18 million cubic yards to be moved by the last of October, 1953. That gives 11 months from the time of the bid opening. The largest dredg es in use move only about seven hundred and fifty thousand cu bic yards per month. At least three dredges will be needed to complete the contract within the specified time. Five firms, possibly more, will have bids in tomorrow. Following the opening of the bids the con tracts are expected to be awar ded the next day, Friday.' There is every reason to think that the firm receiving the contract will carry on its operations will all possible speed, in the hope of get ting other contracts here. The 18 million cubic yards will all come from just around the docks. Information has it that other big dredging contracts for work between the installation and the sea will be let in the spring. With his machinery already here the successful bidder on tomor row’s letting will wish to have the present job progressed to the point where he can enter bids on the new work in the spring and start immediately on the second contracting—if he gets it. Moving dredging equipment is a costly undertaking. The con tractor whose bid is accepted to morrow will have a big advan tage over other firms in the bid ding for additional work next spring. His outfit will be here (Continued On Page Five) I Brief ffewt Flathet SOUTHPORT PTA The regular meeting of the Southport Parent-Teachers Asso ciation will be held Thursday ev ening at 7:30 o’clock in the high school auditorium. A skit from the junior class play will be presented. PICTURE TO BE SHOWN Rev. J. T. Tolar has announc ed that a movie with a true-to life portrayal of the rescue of an American airman shot down in New Guinea during the war will be shown at Southport Bap tist Church Sunday night follow ing the regular church service. NOW STATIONED HERE Just returned from fighting in Korea, Lt., R. P. Bothwell has been sent on to Southport with the Air-Sea Rescue outfit. His friend, Lt. W. E. Silver, also just back from Korea, is spending a few days here with him. SHALLOTTE PTA The Shallotte Parent-Teacher Association will meet Monday ev ening in the high school audi torium at which time E. C. Sexton, superintendent of public welfare, will be the guest speak er. All parents and friends of the school are urged to attend. REVIVAL MEETING Beginning Sunday evening, No vember 9, at 7:45 o’clock, and continuing each evening through Friday. November 14 at the same hour, there will be held a series of revival services at Be thel Methodist Church, Bolivia. A concluding service will be held on Snday evening, November 16, at 7:45. Preaching will be by the pastor, the Rev. C. L. War ren. The public is cordially in vited to attend these services. Brunswick REA Loveliness Miss Jackie Leonard (center) of Shallotte was a picture of lond liveliness as she posed for this photograph after she won the title of Miss Brunswick REA at the annual meeting of the Bruns wick Electric Membership Corporation in Whiteville last Friday. On the left is Miss Janet Watts of Tabor City, who placed second, and on the right is Miss Barla Mae Gore of Bolivia. They received $40, $25, and $10.. respectively.— (Photo by Baldwin Studio of Whiteville.) Shallotte Blond Contest Winner Miss Jackie Leonard Adjud ged Loveliest Girl In Ru ral Communities Served By Co-Op CROWNING FEATURE MEMBERSHIP MEET Five Thousand Members Of Brunswick Rural Electric Membership Corpora tion Heard David S. Weaver Speak Approximately 5,000 people crowded the north wing of Moore’s Warehouse in Whiteville Friday afternoon as the Bruns wick Electric Membership Cor poration reelected its board of di rectors, heard an address by Di rector David S. Weaver of the North Carolina Extension Service, and picked a blond Shallotte girl ts Miss Brunswick REA. Selection of Jackie Leonard as Miss Brunswick REA. and the drawing of numbers for $2,500 worth of merchandise prizes were final features of the 14th annual meeting. The crowd remained un til the last. Miss Leonard, a sparkling beau ty who may have missed numer ous titles by never having been entered in competition, was the unanimous selection of judges and a vast majority of the crowd. Runner-up spot went to Janet Watts of Tabor and third place was taken by Barla Mae Gore of Bolivia. Ten community winners were finalists. The three girls received $40, $25 and $10, respectively. Continued bn page four Receive News Of Boy’s Death The Army has notified Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Muny of Bolivia, Route 1, that their son, William A. Muney, has died from wounds received in action in Korea. No further de tails have been received. He was serving as a private, first class. It is understoood that the young man entered service early last year. He had been a student in the Bolivia High school prior to entering the service. Jerry Ball Show Has Big Crowd Variety Program Offered At Shallotte For Benefit Of Shallotte High School Band Some five hundred patrons and friends of the Shallotte school turned out Thursday, night for the Jerry Ball benefit show for the Shallotte High School Band. I The band itself participated in [ the entertainment and did itself j proud in the celebration with the ! Standard Esso Oil men in pro j viding entertainment. I With Archie Thornhill, person ! nel Manager of the Standard Es j so, as master of ceremonies, Ball put on his famous Esso Music Quiz and other features. Some (Continued On Page Five) W . B. KEZIAH Our ROVING Reporter Both “Mack's” and the City Restaurant were crowded the oth er morning with parties intent on getting breakfast and then mak ing off on their fishing trip. Breakfast was served to a party of six at the City Restaurant. Entirely disregarding the more or less noisy tables around them the four men and two ladies bowed their heads while one of the men asked a blessing. “First time in 17 years we have noted a fishing party that was not in too much of a hurry to ask a blessing,” we remarked to Libby Caster, waiter for the party. “First time I ever did see a party ask a blessing,” was the reply. Gus Travis, funnyman colum nist for the Charlotte Observer, has found a new cure-all. Several days ago Gus was fishing at Southport aboard the Bessie Ray with a party from High Point. One of the High Pointer’s was not disposed to do any fishing. He had rheumatism and had just come along for the ride. However, while he was holding a rod to relieve Gus a sizeable minnow took hold. In the excitement that followed the High Point man com pletely lost all of his rheumatism. J. C. Gore who left Brunswick county 30 years ago and has since made his home in Peters burg, Va., spent part of the past week here. A railroader up there in Petersburg, he stated to us that he had never lost his love for his old home county and he hopes to return to Brunswick in the near future. In fact, he was prospecting during his trip here. Among those who have recently bought property from Phil King at Long Beach witej theob hY at Long Beach with the object of building are, Dr. George L. Kreu ger of Charlotte; R. A. Hedrick, Statesville and T. C. Frazier, R. t Continued on page 4) Baptist Pastors Arrange Meeting The regular monthly meeting of the Brunswick Baptist pas tors will be held at the Sup ply Baptist Church on Monday evening, November 17 at 7:30 o’clock for their regular con ference, with a supper being ser ved at the Supply church. It is asked that every pastor who can be present with his wife, be sure to notify Rev. D. T. Tolar, of Southport, in order that pla ces at the table may be’ re served for athose attending. Prize Winners For Membership Meet Announced List Of Valuable Electrical Prizes Donated By Mer chants In Area Served By Brunswick Electric Mem bership Corporation ' Forty-two prizes worth over I $2400.00 were awarded to mem | bers of Brunswick Electric Mem bership Corporation last Friday in j Whiteville, during the annual membership meeting. The prizes were donated for the occasion by the appliance dealers listed below along with the winners. The lucky members winning the prizes were: Monroe Sibbett of R. 2, Clark ton, won the 11.3 ft. G. K. Freez er, valued at $429.95, which was donated by Shallotte Hardware | Co., Shallotte; Braxton-Warren Co., Whiteville, W. F. Cox Co,, Tabor City, Scully’s of Delco, and Scott Motor Co., Fair Bluff. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Marlowe, Ash, won the Kelvinator Range, valued at $299.95, which was do nated by Prince Bros. Furniture Reeds Jeweler, Chadboum Supply Co., and Mac’s Home Supprjr'Co., Leland. J. J. Arnold, Supply, won the International Harvester Refriger ator, valued at $264.95, which was donated by Marks Truck and Tractor Co., Whiteville; Jack Pait Furniture Co., Chadbourn. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Little, Box 162, Freeland, won the Frigidaire I Electric Ironer, valued at $252.75, and was donated by Schulken j Hardware, Whiteville, Willetts Mo tor Co., Bolivia; McGougan Elec tric Co., Tabor City, Fountain Bros., Wilmington, Ellis Meares & Son, Fair Bluff, Sutton Coun cil Furniture Co., Wilmington. LeRoy Hooks, R. 2, Leland, won the Westinghouse Electric Clothes Dryer, valued at $235.55, which was donated by Cook’s of White ville and Chadbourn. Mr. and Mrs. Anson Babson, Freeland, won the Ace Washer, and valued at $139.95, which was donated by Ellis Meares Hard ware Co., Whiteville. Clarence Smith, Ash, won the Enterprise Electric Water Heat er, valued at $129.95, and donat ed by J. T. McKenzie & Co., Whi teville. Archie Williams, R. 1, Box 69, Nakina, Charles W. Nobles, R. 2, Box 95, Chadbourn, Mrs. Lillia Norris, R. 1, Box 52, Tabor City, (Continued On Page Five) Mrs. M. H. Rourk To Head Drive Shailotte Civic Leader Ac cepts Chairmanship For 1953 March Of Dimes In Brunswick County Mrs. M. H. Rourk of Shailotte will direct the 1953 March of Dimes campaign in Brunswick County, it was announced today by Thad Eure, state chairman of the March of Dimes. Other county campaign ap pointments will be announced in the near future by the new di rector, Mr. Eure said. The 1953 March of Dimes di rector has been actively asso ciated with the March of Dimes for the past your years. Mrs. Rourk is well known for her ■civic work in Brunswick Coun ty The State Chairman reported that Brunswick County has re ceived $7,674.18 in excess of the total amount contributed by the citizens of Brunswick County Brunswick County had a total of since 1948. During the period 21 cases of polio, according to the records of the State Board of Health. Three cases of polio have been reported from Bruns wick County by the State Board of Health so far this year. Soil Service To Consolidate The Supervisor Job District Office In Whiteville Will Be Abolished With Area Office Being Estab lished In Lumberton COUNTY SET - UP IS UNDISTURBED Area Conservationists Will Be Concentrateing Upon Management Pro blems The Soil Conservation Service has announced that an area of fice has been set up in Lum berton to serve 12 counties in Southeastern North Carolina. This is in line with a recently an nounced policy of the service. Dr. Robert M. Salter, chief of the ■ Soil Conservation Service, stated: “The purpose of the current change in the SCS organization is to increase efficiency in pro viding technical help to Soil Con servation districts and to get 'more conservation work applied on the land faster. “By eliminating the ‘District Conservationist’ job and estab lishing instead, ‘Area Conserva tionists,’ we are cutting down on supervision and putting more men on the land to help farmers and ranchers apply conservation ■measures. There will be approx imately 200 fewer Area Conser vationists than the old District Conservationists. “Since Area Conservationists will now be concentrating on management problems, they can supervise more work units than before, under the District Conser vationist set-up. Relations with the governing boards of Soil Con servation Districts will be largely bandied by Work Unit Conserva tionists as part of their major job which is to help farmers and ranchers get conservation work on the land.” As a result of this reorganiza tion, the district office in White ville has been closed and the work in the five counties of the Lower Cape Fear Soil Conserva tion District will be handled through the Lumberton office. W. O. Lambreth, former Dis trict Conservationist in the Neuse River Soil Conservation District at Raleigh, will head the new area office located in the post office building in Lumberton. Lambeth will direct the Soil Con servation activities in Moore, Lee, (Coutinued on Rage 4) Extreme Caution Reduces Danger Information Provided From DuPont Industries Help Reduce Fears From In stallation At Sunny Point Folks who look upon the pend ing government Sunny Point in stallation at Southport as being dangerous because of the explo sive nature of the commodity that will be handled should take heart. The story of safety, as told in a booklet just issued by the E. I. DuPont De Nemours and Com pany, Inc., starts off with the very gratifying information: “The Du Pont Company’s employees Continued on Page Five Incomplete Unofficial Election Returns PRECINCTS Hoods Creek . Leland . Town Creek ... Bolivia . Southport No. Southport No. Mosquito . Shallotte . Secession . Shingletree . Supply . Prying Pan .... Grissettown .... Longwood . Ash . Waccamaw . Exum . TOTALS . 137 398 324 166 255 361 34 173 144 150 114 217 157 A ft O W 32 198 324 286 145 119 51 2921 1841 177| 2001 1371 180 86 [ 1361 205; 2771 93! 176! 176! 76 i d o tn X a M 141; 28 4051 118 231j 341 191! 275 94 79 44 168 163 304 402 43 152 167 121| 173 206! 135 58| 177 89| 131 197; 285 83 186 I eg J 139 402 247 163 281 394 j 32: 169 137! 172 111 I 192 59 83 204 90 76 <3 e 3 x> o OS 31 134 247 302 115 85 53 300 189 160 192 154 179' 138 280j 177 j 761 d o X eg si to d 2 133; 132 392; 358 311 312 177' 180 298 289 404 397 41 37 141 1401 1551 158[ 125 119: 199 202' 54 85 202 86 53 88 j 198! 107 323 174 274 396 36 140 150 118 197 52 81 417| 147 138 177 132 194! 280 85! 171 to d o J 1451 37] 32 262 299 110 74 45 177 172] 177 181 171 115 219 280 99 66 44 175 139 179' 133! 2871 172 o X 1> > 0> 30 112 216 283 100 230 71 331 42 40 126 179 1731 212 177 132: 179! 129 267' 1671 56 65 $ o X d H 180 167 51 187 287 180 76 i 299012844 j 2712 j 2028]3014 2812;2574!2592 j2608:213212008!197411000 j1118 Elected President * November Fishing Should Be Good Valuable Bird Dogs On Loose When a man keeps three fine bird dogs penned up all sum mer, then loses them all a few days before the quail season opens, that’s tough luck. If you doubt it, just ask Rice Gwyn, Longwood business man. Mr. Gwyn recently described his dogs as the best he ever owned at one time. One he rai sed and trained, another was given him last season by a friend in South Carolina, and a third was purchased by his fa ther for a big price and given him last year. Monday the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brown came over from next door and saw the dogs. She decided they would enjoy being out — and she was right. They took off for parts unknown, and noth ing has been seen of them since. All three are pointers: One male liner and white; one fe male, lemon and white; one fe male, black and white. Either Mr. Gwyn or Mr. Brown will appreciate any information whi ch may lead to their recovery. Shallotte Now Has Policeman J. M. Hewett, Jr., Employed For Purpose Of Giving Added Protection To Citi zens Of That Community The town of Shallotte now has a full-time police officer, J. M. (Continued on Page 4) First Reports For This Mon th Indicate That Sport Fishermen Appear To Be In For More Good Sport KING MACKEREL ARE BITING GOOD Weather Interfered Tuesday For First Time During Past Week; Good Days Now In Prospect The weather man stepped in Tuesday for his first interrup tion in a week of sport fishing activities in this area. Parties continued to make good catches daily, with the chief prize being more and larger king mackerel. One of the best of these catch es came in Monday when a par ty fishing aboard the John-Ellen with Captain Walter Lewis caught 50 of these fish ranging in size from 10 to 22 pounds. S. E. Coletrane of Guilford headed this group. A Monday party fishing aboard the Idle-On, II, with Captain Hoyle Dosher caught 12 king mackerel, 16 bonita and 5 amber jack. W. W. Barnes headed the party, which was from Kanapo lis. A Charlotte party fishing Mon day aboard the Bessie-Ray with Captain Ray Stubbs the same day caught 102 bluefish. A fourth Monday party brought 111 bluefish while fishing aboard the Davis Brothers with Captain Fred Fulford. James Beale of McCain headed the party. On a Sunday trip the Botfly, Captain Leon McKeithan, brought in 15 amberjack, 6 king mack erel, 22 bonita and 47 bluefish. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cook of Apex headed the group. The Patricia, Captain David Adams, came in Sunday with 150 bluefish. The party was headed by Mr. Nelson of Long Beach. Eisenhower Is Only Republican Ahead In County Brunswick Follows Nation In Giving Majority To The Republican Candi ate, Who Holds Comman ding Electorial Vote WILLIAMSON - KOPP CONTEST IS CLOSE Democrat Candidate Has Lead Of 136 Votes On Basis Of Complete Un official Count This Morning Democrat candidates swept all county offices in the General Eisenhower Election Tuesday ....'o' Election Tuesday but there ap pears to be a strong possibility that Brunswick county followed." the balance of the Nation in giv ing a majority to Dwight D. Eis enhower for president. With a 5,000,000 popular vote lead and a commanding lead ot. 431 to 100 in the electorial. votes, General Eisenhower has been named to head the executive’ branch of the government after; serving for so many' years as a leader in its military affairs. Al though the vote from only 7 of the 17 precincts was available this morning, that total shows Eisen*; hower leading in Brunswick 1118 to 1060 for Adlai Stevenson. In the county race chief inter-, est centered in the contest be tween Odll Williamson and W. A. Kopp for House of Representa tives. On the basis of the unoffi cial count Williamson won by a vote of 136 votes. The next closest contest was between W. J. McLamb and Cecil Robbins for judge of Recorders court. Here the margin is 202 on the basis of complete but unof ficial returns. > In other contests for county offices the returns from Shallotte and Exum precincts are missing, but it shows Amos J. Walton with 684 votes to the good over Raleigh Babson. Returns from the fifteen out of seventeen precincts show the following vote for county commis sioner, with all Democrats showr ing a commanding lead: R. L. Ra bon, 2574; Elroy King, 2592; Le« Medlin, 2608; W. W. Knox, 2132} Herman Long, 2008; Edgar L, Holden, 1974. H. H. Hewette, who was with-* out opposition for the post of co unty surveyor, thus becomes the only successful Republican can didate on the county ticket. Four Wilmington Negroes Arrested Officers Work Fast To Cap ture Men Wanted For Robbery And Theft Of Auto At Shallotte Four Wilmington Negroes wfere lodged in jail here Monday and are now awaiting a hearing in Recorder’s Court next week. The charge is breaking and entering against James E. Johnson and Robert Lee Watson. A second (Continued On Page Five) Tidfe 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, November 6 10:55 a. m. 4:28 a. m. 11:18 p. m. 5:14 p. m. Friday, November' 7 11:40 a. m. . 5:13 a. m. 0:99 p. m. 6:01 p. m. Saturday, November 8 0:11. a. m. 6:03 a. m. 12:27 p. m. 6:52 p. ro. Sunday, November 9 1:00 a. m. 6:58 a, m." 1:16 p. m. 7:44 p. rrh,; Monday, November 10 1:56 a. m. 7:57 a. m. 2:07 p. m. 8:37 p. m. Tuesday, November 11 2:50 a. m. 8:55 a. m. 3:00 p. m. 9:28 p. m. Wednesday, November 12 3:42 a. m. 9:53 a. m. 3:50 p. m. 10:16 p. m.
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