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VOL. NO. SIXTEEN No. 37
6-PAGES TODAY
, Wednesday, January 7, 1953
Southport, N. C.,
PUBLISHED EVER'! WEDNESDAY
Southport Woman In Hollywood
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TIME-OUT—Members of the company take time out
during the filming of ‘Ruby Gentry" to discuss one of
their many technical problems. Jennifer Jones, star of
the moVie which has its setting in the Carolina Tidewater
area, is shown seated with her rifle across her lap. Stand
ing behind her is Mrs. Lou Mailison of Southport, who
served as dialogue coach. The man standing to the left
of the^camera is King Vidor, one of the film industry’s
outgtanding"directors. The picture on the right shows Mrs.
Mailison telling Jennifer Jones what she thinks of Cali
fornia fishing, as the two laugh af two small perch they
_-have managed to catch. Bill Edwards, wardrobe man,
gets in on the fun.
I Flash*$
GAVE SO BASKETS
John C. Johnson of the Bolivia
Lions Club reports that the tur
key shoots in November and De
cember provided the organization
with funds for 30 Christmas bas
kets and other good things foi
needy families of the communi
ty.
TRAILER COURT
Roscoe Bellamy of Little Riv
er. S. C., has purchased a tract
of land on Route 130 in the
eastern part of Southport. He
is now clearing the land prepar
atory to constructing a filling
station and trailer court that
will accommodate a large num
ber of trailers.
RESIGNS FROM BOARD
Dan Harrelson, chair man 01
the local selective service boarc
for the past two years, has re
signed his position stating tha
business pressure does not per
mit his continuing with the du
ties of the office. The other twc
members of the board are Huberl
Livingston of Southport and V. B
King of Waccamaw township.
SHALLOTTE PTA
The Shallotte PTA will hole
its January meeting at the higl
school auditorium Monday nighi
at 7:30 o'clock. Mr. Peterson
recreational director of the Wil
mington high school, will be th<
guest speaker. The “B” Bant
under direction of W. W. Jaco
bus will furnish music and oth
erwise take part in the progran
of the evening. All members o:
the PTA and interested patron:
of the school are urged to bi
I Postpone Date
j For Band Bay
Conflict With Music Contest
At Duke University Caus
es Change In Plans For
Shallotte Event; New
Date March 7
Due to a music contest at
puke University on February
28, the date originally set for
the Shallotte Band Day program,
the date for that event has been
moved up to March 7, according
to Director W. W. Jacobus of
the Shallotte High School Band.
Mr. Jacobus announces that
Fairmont High School Bon 1 has
accepted an invitation to partic
ipate in the day's events. This
visiting band, as well as the half
dozen other bands that are ex
pected to participate, can be de
pended on for much in the way
of enlivening the occasion.
The Shriners’ Drum Corps of
! Wilmington has also accepted
, j an invitation for the Band Day.
[This Drum Corps, under the di
' rection of Robert Bur-man, is
credited with being one of the
' finest in the State for precise
drilling, - .snappy marching, and
i colorful uniforms.
The Band Day committee at
Shallotte has been extremely
busy, putting forth every effort,
even this far in advance to make
the event the biggest affair ever
held in Brunswick County. The
II expectations are to have a large
[ ! number of other high school
! bands, in addition to Shallotte's
j own, from this State and South
j Carolina.
■ j The 100 or more members of
I j Shallotte’s “A” and “B” bands
• j are already getting in top train
• J ing form and are giving assur
i j ance of something interesting in
• j playing and morching.
i [ Director Jacobus states that
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“Ruby Gentry” Has
Carolina Setting
Southport Woman Spent Five Weeks In Hollywood
During Filming To Coach Jennifer Jones
Southport citizens are eagerly
awaiting the North Carolina pre
mier next week of “Ruby Gen
try”, a movie which not only has
its setting in this area but for
which Mrs. Lou Mall,son of
Southport served as dialogue
coach for the star and gave tech
nical advice in order to keep the
story natural and true to life.
The picture opens Sunday at
the Bailey Theatre in Wilming
ton and at the Ambassador The
atre in Raleigh. Manager R. D.
White of the Shallotte theatre
has it booked for its first week
and will show it for two days,
Thursday and Friday, January
15-16.
Jennifer Jones, who stars in
;/R'jb.v Gentry”, a melodrama ab
out the .tempest.uous life of a
swamp girl in the Tidewater
country of North Carolina,, dis
covered first hand that Southern
hospitality is more than just a
phrase. To get the proper “feel
ing” for the role and to learn
the accent of the people of the
locale of the story Miss Jones
spent four days in Southport.
Using her real name of Phylis
Isley, the star registered at the
Camellia Inn., the sort of place
she was supposed to live in in
“Ruby Gentry". So far as Miss
Jones could tell no one suspect
ed her real identity. She was
accepted as a member of the
family of Mrs. Lou Mallison,
owner-operator of the Inn, and
was treated by the neighbors and
residents of Southport as just
I another member of the commun
| ity.
It was not until Miss Jones
asked Mrs. Mallison to accom
pany her to Hollywood to act as
a dialogue coach that the star
learned her identity had been
Commissioners In
Session Monday
Board Recommends Salary
Increase For Two Offi
cers; Sheriff Asks For
Two More Paid Deputies
| Tile board of county commis
| sinners was in session Monday
and on motion made by Commis
sioner Leo Medlin, seconded by
Commissioner R. L. Rabon, it was
ordered that in view of the
! rapid depletion of funds availa
ble for the purpose, no further
; certification for indigent hospital
' ization be made, other than those
currently active on the Welfare
Department rolls.
On a motion by R. L. Rabon,
seconded by Leo Medlin and be
ing duly carried, it was request
ed that Representative Odell
Williamson introduce a bill to
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known all the time. “Everyone
just made it a point to respect
my desire for anonymity," ex
plained Miss Jones. “I had al
ways heaid of Southern hospi
tality but this was the first time
X had really experienced it'.
Mrs. Mallison first joined Miss
Jones for two weeks in New
York, then went to Hollywood
for live weeks while the picture
was being made. After the first
few days out there she was guest
at the Selznick home (Jennifer
Jones is the wife of movie exec
utive David Selznick). The South
port woman describes her trip
as “something unbelievable that
happened to me. I had a won
derful time, but now it’s over—
like a dream.”
While in Hollywood she met
Joseph Cotten, whose father once
lived in Southport. He and Mrs.
Cotten are close friends of Jen
nifer Jones and the two stars
have appeared together in sever
al movies. Mrs. Mallison also
had lunch with Cec:i B. De
Mille, a distant cousin.
The results of Jennifer Jones’
careful preparation for her role
of Ruby Gentry in the Bernhard
Vidor production are very much
in evidence when she speaks
within the soft, mellifluous tones
of the tidewater folk.
As a wild, uninhibited girl
from the swamplands of the Tide
water country in North Caroli
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Williamson Goes
Back To Raleigh
To Legislature
I Brunswick County Represen
tative Expresses Desire To
Bring Harmony Into Poli
tical Ranks Of Brunswick
REAFFIRMS INTEREST
IN TAX MEASURE
Declares That He Intends
To Introduce Bill Provid
ing For Collection Of
Sales Tax By Whole
saler
Representative Odell William
son left Tuesday morning for
Raleigh for the opening session
of the North Carolina Legislature
to which he was elected in No
vember. This will be the third
term in the lower Hbuse of the
North Carolina General Assem
bly for Williamson, who repre
sented Brunswick in sessions of
1947 and 1949.
Before departing for Raleigh
Representative Williamson ex
pressed some concern over re
ports of disunity within the
ranks of the citizens in Bruns
wick. "I am going to do what
X can to cure this feeling,"'he
declared Monday, ‘‘‘and it will be
my purpose to see to. it that any
legislation that I introduce will
be as beneficial for the losers
as it will for the winners.
“I plan to return to my home
each week-end during the ses
s:on,” he continued, “and I shall
welcome suggestions from my
fellow citizens regarding legis
lation in which they are inter
ested.
“On the state level I plan to
support legislation which will
help place the financial burden
of initial purchase of school bus
es upon the State and not on
the county. This will help our
local situation now.
"Also on a state level I plan
to intrduce legislation which will
transfer collection of sales tax
from the retailer to the whole
saler. I do not know how far
this measure will get, but I
promised to introduce it and I am
going to—and will do all I can
to insure its passage.”
Philippino Is
County Visitor
Commander Provincial Con
stabulary In Caribe, P. I.,
Spent Week - End With
War-Time Friend, Attor
ney J. C. Bowman
Col Jose P. Rueda, provincial
commander of the Philippine
Constabulary for the Province of
Caribe, P. I., and credited with
bringing law and order to the
province, spent the week-end at
Holden’s Beach, the guest of At
torney and Mrs. J. C. Bowman.
Col. Rueda and Attorney Bow
man met while the local man
was in the service and was sta
tioned in the Philippine Islands,
where a friendship sprouted up
between them.
Col. Rueda still bears scars
from Japanese torture while he
was held a prisoner in Manila.
He was held a prisoner for weeks
and was tortured day by day,
but he never would talk and was
finally released.
Following the war he was sent
to a command in the western
part of the U. S. for training.
This training happened to be in
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Reporter
Brunswick’s biggest story of
1952 has been a continuation
from 1951, the unfolding of Sun
ny Point plans and the construc
tion schedule. 1953 has appeared
with these plans beginning to
materialize into a year of real
construction that will continue
into 1954. After that will come
operations and on a bigger scale
than the average resident of the
county or State is grasping. For
the work that has given Bruns
wick its biggest story of several
years to come, we nominate Col.
R. C. Brown of the District En
gineers office as having been
the Man of the Year for jBruns
wick.
We had almost forgotten that
Thursday was New Veals Day
until dinner time came. Then we
found a disli of Hop’n Joan, am
| other things. Hop’in John, in
case you do not know it, is
hog jowl and pear. The dish ac
quired its name on the coast a
good many years ago when an
old coastal man named John
took dinner with a friend on New
Year’s Day. Chief on the bill of
fare was a bid dish of hog jowl
and peas, when the guest sat
down with his host the host re
marked, "Hop in, John and help
yourself.” Ever since that first
feast of hog jowl and peas it
has been known along the coast
as Hop’in John. We learned this
several years ago while having
a New Year dinner with the late
Franto Mollycheek of Southport
and Charleston. The belief in
having hog jowl and peas for
good luck with the New Year
dinner is almost as old as the
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Dream Results In
Letter Exchange
Shallotte Man Writes To World War I Captain And
Receives Warm Letter In Reply
Back in World War I Henry
D. Williams of Shallotte served in
the 119th Infantry under the
command of Capt. T. A. Wright,
Jr.; they went up against the
Hindenburg line and were to
gether at other places in Ger
many and France.
The war ended and they re
turned to f.he United States and
went their separate ways. Re
cently Henry had a dream about
his old commander who was from
Knoxville, Tenn.
On the spur of the moment and
hoping that the letter would
reach the old commander whom
he had not seen or heard from
in 35 years, the Shallotte man
wrote Captain Wright just be
fore Christmas.
As may be imagined Mr. Wil
liams was highly gratified when
He received an immediate reply
from his former officer, now
Attorney Wright, who is 58.
His letter stated that he was
highlv gratified to hear from his
Did comrade, recalling the days
n Beaumont, France, and other
places, when he was 21 years
Did and Henry was 25. He stated
that if he is ever in this part
)f the country he will make it
i point to Ipok up the local man
ind renew old associations and
nemories.
Henry is now 60 against the
captain’s 58. The renewal of
'ontact between the two was
itterly unexpected. The local
nan just recalled that his war
lime skipper lived in Knoxville,
ind with memories of the old
lays he lost no time following
lis dream in writing to him.
Southport Gets
Cage Tournament
Southport Lidns
Will Buy Seats
Directors of Southport Lions
Club voted last night to pur
chase bleacher seats for one
side of the basketball court in
the new high school gymnasi
um at a cost of $240. It is es
timated that they will seat
from 180 to 200 spectators.
It will be necessary to ex
tend seating arrangements to
include the other three sides of
the court before tournament
time next month, but this pro
ject undertaken by the Lions
Club is a good beginning, and
it is expected that the seats
will be ready for use before
next Tuesday night, when
Southport plays its first home
game.
President J. A. Gilbert wish
es to remind Southport citizens
that the local club has a sup
ply of six dozen brooms on
hand that they are selling as
a club project. This is good
merchandise, manufactured by
a firm employing blind labor
in Guilford County. Any one
wishing to purchase a broom
may have one delivered at his
door by phoning 3121 and pla
cing an order.
Puppet Show Is
Coming Soon To
County Schools
“Little Jack” Will Appear
In Free Shows At Several
Brunswick County Schools
Beginning Next Wednes
day
A 3-day program by the Little
Jack Show, sponsored by the
Brunswick County Board of
Health and dealing with better
dental care of school children,
has been announced by County
Superintendent of Schools J. T.
Denning.
The program will be given at
all white and colored schools in
which high school grades are
taught. Beginning Wednesday of
next week the schedule is as fol
lows:
January 14, Southport School
at 9 a. m.; Brunswick County
Training School, 11 a. m.; Bolivia
School, 2 p. m.
January 15, Leland School, 9
a. m.; Lincoln School, 11 a. m.;
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Serious Counts
Tried In Court
Breaking, Entering And Lar
ceny Charges Brought
Against Five Different
Defendants Here Monday
Breaking and entering and lar
ceny, constituted the chief grist
for the Recorder’s Court mill
Monday, with five such cases
coming up. In two instances the
defendants were bound over to
Superior court and three other
defendants were placed on pro
bation. The following resume of
the days events was taken from
the minute book:
Lester Sharpen, reckless oper
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Annual Championship Event
Will Be Staged In New
High School Gymnasium
February 18 Through 21
PRE-TOURNAMENT PLAY
BEGINS THIS WEEK
Schedule Calls For Two
Games Each Week For
County Teams With
Tournament Pairings
At Stake
With all schools represented the
coaches of the Brunswick Coun
ty high schools met here Mon
day afternoon to perfect arrange
ments for the annual high school
basketball tournament and pre
tournament play. Frederick H.
McClure, coach of the Bolivia
high school, was named chair
man.
It was decided that this year’s
tournament games will come to
Southport beginning February 18,
and continuing through Februa
ry 21.
It was decided that only cer
tified officials wouljl be used both
for the tournament and pre tour
nament schedules. For the tour
nament A. C. Dawson and Andy
Appanitis were again selected.
They have officiated in Bruns
wick tournaments for a number
of years and their work has
been generally pleasing.
Gate charges will be 35 and 60
cents for the tournament. This
will go to the expense of the
meet with the remainder being
divided equally among the five
schools. Gold basketballs and
sterling silver basketballs have
been ordered for the champions,
runners-up and consolation priz
es.
For the official conference
games to be played between now
and the tournament it was plann
ed to obtain certified officials
from Wilmington for all schools
with the possible exception of
Waccamaw. That school being
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Clark Has No
Word On Road
State Highway Commission
er Wilbur H. Clark Was
Here With District Engin
eer Whitfield To Attend
Funeral Of H. W. Hood
So far as Highway Commis
sioner Wilbur Clark knows, the
Federal Government has not yet
made any approaches to the State
Highway Commission regarding
the roads that undoubtedly be
needed to serve Sunny Point.
That matter will probably
come up in due time, Mr. Clark
thought, when asked about the
matter while here the past week.
The commissioner referred to
the fact that it is supposed to
require about two years con
struction on the facility before
it can be in the operation stage.
That will allow plenty of time
in which to plan and build any
needed roads.
The present widening of Route
130 to 22 feet for half the way
from Southport to Supply is in
accordance with present and past
needs,, the commissioner said.
The widening of the r ight of way
to 150 feet is simply in antic
ipation of possible future needs.
It is supposed that along
with the other painstakingly
worked out plans for the facili
C Continued On Page Five)
Babson Elected
To Head County
PMA Committee
Freeland Farmer Will Head
Farm Program In Bruns
wick County During Com
ing Year
TOWNSHIP MEN
ALSO ELECTED
This Organization Has Mul
tiple Duties In Connection
With Administration Ctf
County Farm Pro
gram
Lester C. Babson of Freeland,
was elected Chairman of the
Brunswick County Production &
Marketing Administration Com
mittee at the annual convention
at the agriculture building in.
Supply.
Elected as vice chairman of'
the county committee was G.
Rutherford Holden and as reg
ular member G. Martin Bennett.
The two alternates are J. Mar
vin Bennett and W. T. Sellers.
The committeemen were elect
ed to administer the agricultural
program, loan program for born,"/
soybeans, wheat and cotton ac
reage allotments, marketing quo
tas and other assignments in
1953.
All of those committeemen are
farmers. They are paid for only
the few days they actually serve.
The following men were named
to township committees:
Northwest: Durwood T. Clark,
chairman; Rufus L. Steward, vice
chairman; George H. Skipper, re
gular member; Charles D. Sykes,
1st alternate; Burke H. Tillman,
2nd alternate.
Town Creek: Bennie J. Mills,
chairman; Oscar C. Burton, vice •
chairman; Wm. P. Gore, regular
member; W. Everett Lewis, 1st
alternate; Sherwood G. Johnson,'
2nd alternate.
Smithville: Lawrence P. Rich
ardson, chairman; F. Herbert
Swain, vice chairman; T. Clar
ence Lennon, regular member;
Willie Clemmons, 1st alternate;
Jack C. Crouch, 2nd alternate.
Lockwoods Sony: Garland G.
Clemmons, chairman; Henry C.
Williams, vice chairman; Floyd
W. Hewett, regular member; Al
bert M. Hewett, 1st alternate;
A. Rosemond Mooney, 2nd al
ternate.
Shallotte: George D. Smith,
Big Equipment
Comes By Barge
Huge Dragline Being Un
loaded Today And Will
Be Ready To Go To Work
On Sunny Point Job
The C. S. Poole Construction
Company, Inc., received another
huge dragline by barge yester
day afternoon. The machine came
in fully assembled and Rufus
Malloy, foreman for the Poole
Company, said they expect to
run it off the barge, get it to
the scene of operations and start'
it to dragging by about nopn to
day.
It joins up with a 66-ton job
that has been cutting dikes for
the past three weeks. This first
machine has a capacity of One
and a half cubic yards at a
scoop. The machine coining in
today dips up two and a half
cubic yards. The machine al
ready operating is the largest
that ever worked in Brunswick
up until today.
Malloy said this morning that
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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, December 25
2:48 a. m. 9:08 a, m.
3:11 p. m. 9:24 p. m.
Friday, December 26
3:50 a. m. 10:11 a. m.
4:10 p. m. 10:19 p. m.
Saturday, December 27
4:47 a. m. 11:08 a. m.
5:04 p. m. 11:10 p. m.
Sunday, December 28
5:41 a. m. 12:02 a. mf,
5:58 p. m. 12:01 p. m:
Monday, December 29
6:31 a. m. 0:00 a. m.
6:48 p. m. 12:50 p. m.
Tuesday, December 30
7:17 a. m. 0:48 a. m.
7:34 p. m. 1:35 p. m:
Wednesday, December 31
8:00 a. m. 1:32 a. m.
8:17 p. m. 2:16 p. m.