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:;>v: Most of the News All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT Mm A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County Volume No. 21 No. 17 12-PAGES TODAY SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1950 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Shallotte Visitor GREETINGS—Cleyon Evans, left, chairman of the Brunswick County Repub lican Executive Committee greets Republican Gubernatorial candidate Robert Gavin during his stop Monday morning at Shallotte. A good crowd of citizens turned out to hear the Republican standard-bearer speak. New Post-Office Quarters Slated Soon At Leland Mr. And Mrs. U. L. Rourk Enter Contract Agreement With Post Office Depart ment For New Building On Five Year Lease Postmaster General Arther E. Summerfield announced this week that a contract has been signed for the construction and rental to the Post Office Department of a new post office building inLe land. The successful bidders are U. L. Rourk and Margaret Rourk of Leland. Ground breaking and construction of the new post office is expected to be gin immediately, with completion due February 1, 1961. The rental agreement is for a term of five years with two 2-year renewal options. The new post office will be lo cated on the northwest side of Continued On Page 4 ' ! Brief Bite Of lnewsj BIRTHDAY CALENDAR Mrs. Tom Gilbert, president of the Southport Parent-Teachers Association, urges everyone inter ested in having his name on the birthday calendar to contact her j immediately. LELAND CARNIVAL The annual Halloween Carnival, sponsored by the Leland Parent Teachers Association, will be held Friday night, beginning at 5 o’clock with a chicken supper in the school cafeteria. The program in the auditorium will begin at 7:45 o’clock. HALLOWEEN AT WACCAMAW Halloween will be observed at Waccamaw high school on Mon day night, the program to begin | at 6 o’clock. There will be door j prizes, games, contests, cake walks and concessions in addion to a beatuy contest. A barbecue supper will be served in the lunch room, begining at 5 o’clock. MASQUERADE BALL It wil be spook-time Saturday night at the Community Building when the Southport Lions Club will sponsor a Halloween Masque rade dance. The main hall will be appropriately decorated and the band and doormen will be cost umed right along with the Hall oween dancers. Prizes for the best costumes wil be presented to the man andwoman with 4Jre most original and colorful cost ume. The band will be at full strength with several newmem tors and many new tunes. Bob Gavin Makes Talk At Shallotte Republican Candidate For* Governor Makes Brief Stop Monday Morning On Swing Through District Bob Gavin, the Republican can didate for Governor, and sever al other candidatesfor state office made a trip through Brunswick county Monday morning, stopping in Shallotte for a brief talk by the gubernatorial candidate. Also presented at this meeting were the candidates for county office. x The session at Shallotte came early in the morning of the day on which these men were making their rounds of the Seventh Con gressional District. In view of the fact that the Gavin Caravan was there at a few minutes after 9 o'clock, the turnout of citizens was remarkable. Their appearance marked the opening of the Gavin Headquart ers in Shallotte, and it will re main open until the General Election’on November 8. Cleyon Evans, chairman of the Brunswick County Republican Ex ecutive Committee, welcomed the visitors and introduced William E. Cobb, chairman of the State Executive Committee. Evans then presented the county candidates and Cobb introoduced the state tickets, winding up with Gavin. Gavin was one of eight GOP candidates for state office speak ing. He reinforced the. major at tack of the caravan, now rolling through the Seventh Congress ional district, for a vitalized two Continued On Page 4 Stanaland To Help Kennedy Brunswick County Farm; Leader Chairman Of “Far mers For Kennedy-John son Committee” Joe C. Stanaland of Ash has been named by Senator John F. | Kennedy, Democratic president ial nominee, as Brunswick Coun ty Chairman of the “Farmers For Kennedy-Johnson Committee.” Henry Gray Shelton, of Tar- j boro, state chairman of the Farm- I ers Committee, stated that Stan- | aland will work with the farm- j ers of his area in support of I Senator Kennedy and the Dem- j ocratic ticket. In announcing the appointment, ; Kcnndy said, “The Democratic ] farm platform is the strongest l pledge ever given to farmers of j America by any political party ! in history. I stand behind that j pledge, and I intend -to make \ good on it, beginning next Jan ] uary.” Pappy Stubbs Hits Trout Jack* Pot LeRoy Casey and party of Greenboro, fishing Sunday with Capt. Ray Stubs aboard the Carol Lynn, made a spectacular catch of gray trout while bottom fish ing off Lockwoods Folly Inlets. One member of the party had landed a big king mackeral, which weighed 25-lbs, and there were a lot more of these fish pumping. However, when it appeared that would not strike, the partytumed their attendion to bottom fishing, with the trout haul resulting. These fish ranged from 1V2 -lbs in weight. In addition, the party caught a bunch of seabass and pigfish. Variety Events j Here Halloween Crowning Of Royalty, Cos tume Parade, Carnival, Promise Busy Friday Eve ning The Southport PTA will spon- ! sor it's annual carnival on Friday 1 night. The costume parade will be , held at 6:30 in the school aud- I itorium. Following are the var ious concessions and the persons in charge of each: lst-Miss Mary Lee Norment, teacher; Mis. Basil Watts, room representatives: fish pond 1st Mrs. Regingld Turner, teacher; Mrs. Dan Shannon, room representat ive: sweet shop and drinks 2nd Mrs. Robert Willis, teacher; Mrs. A. C. James, room representative, pie and cake and grab bags 2nd & 3rd- Mrs W. R. Lingle, teach er; Mrs. W. L. Styron room re presentatives; pony ride-hayride and bowling. 3rd Mrs. Lucille Willamson,, teacher; Mrs. R. L. Auston, room representative; sup er market. 4th Mrs. Annie Weeks, teacher; Mrs. Clinton Bellamy, room representative; costume parade. 4th & 5th-Mrs. Frank Lennon, teacher; Mrs. James Bar nes, room representative; doll raf fle. 5th-Mrs. Wm. Smith, teacher; Mrs. Leroy Price, room repre sentative; king and queen con test. 6th-Miss Gertrude Loughlin, teacher; Mrs. Frank Potter, room representative; pie & cake sale & fancy work. 6th & 7th-Mrs. Rachel McNiel, teacher; Mrs. Joe Wil hoth, room representative; 13 th month sale (white elephant). 8th-T. M. Lee, teacher; Mrs. Walter Lewis, room representat ive; basketball game & house of horrors. 9th-Mrs. Mark Owens, teacher; Mrs. Wm. Jenkins, room Continued On Page 4 Organization Of CAP Unit Here Thursday Night Officials Will Fly Hers From Charlotte And Will Make Return Trip After Meeting Tomorrow Night 1st Lt.. I. F. (Bud) Quist will pilot the plane that will land on the airstrip near Yaupon Beach tomorrow afternoon (Thursday) bringing Col. Donald Denton and Major E. Adams to Southport for tile purpose of organizing a Civil Air Patrol Squadron to serve the Southport-Long Beach areas and close up the last open gap in the CAP Network along the Atlantic Seaboard. Indications are that a large group of interested citizens will turn out for the meeting in the Courtroom t o become cfc^ter members of the new unit, ppl onel Denton hasreported through Lieutenant Quist that the latest •n equipment will be made avail able to the Southport Squadron and that most of the adminis trative details will be handled by the North Carolina CAP Head quarters until the Southport Unit becomes self-sustaining. After the meeting is over the three officers will place flares at the outer edges of the air-strip to guide them in their take-off and will return to Chariotte to report the local progress to the N. C. Headquarters for trans mission to Civil Air Patrol Gen eral Headsquarters in Washing ton, D. C. Shallotte Man Will Make Trip W. J. McLamb, Jr,, Wins All - Expense Trip For Himself And Wife To Mexico City In December W. J. McLamb, J.,of Shallotte has won an all-expense one week vacation for himself and his wife to Mexico City. The trip is sponsored by the Allis-Chalmers Company of which ; McLamb is a dealers. He is one of ten dealers from North Carol ina who won the trip. There are many other dealers throughtout the United States who will be making the same trip. The win ning dealers were judged on their sales increase over last year's sales. The trip has been scheduled for December 14. Mr. and Mrs. Mc Lamb will fly from Wilmington to Charlotte, where they will board the same plane with the other dealers throughout North Carolina. They will fly from Char lotte to New Orleans, and on into Mexico City. The week has been well plann ed. They /will arrive at the Hotel Reforma Intercontinental, where they will be given a “get acg uainted party” and all the ladies will be presented with a lovely bouquet of flowers. During the week they will be . visiting the “Pyramid of the Sun” larger than any of the pyramids at Cheops in Egypt. There will be Mexican fashion shows, cock fights, bull fights, firework dis played, visits to the open market places, a trip around the Floating Garden, the Cathedral of Mexico, the National place, the Pawn shop, the flowers markets, the Chapultepec castle and many Continued On Page 4 1 College Class INSTRUCTOR—Lt. Col. Johnnie D. Duffie not only was host to the off-campus college credit course class Monday night at Sunny Point, but he served as instructor for the evening as well. This course is being taught .this quarter in cooperation woth East Carolina College, where college credit is being given. John G. Long is in charge of the class, which is on Home-School-Community Relations. College Credit Course Class Is At Sunny Point Lt. Col. Johnnie D, Duffie, Who Is Student In This Off-Campus College Cred it Course, Was Instructor Monday Night The Home-School Community Relations Class (Educ. 334G) met at Sunny Point Monday evening at 7 o’clock with Lt. Col. Johnnie Duffie, commander, as the princi pal speaker. Col. Duffie spoke on “Public Relations as the Army See It” and “Public Relations at Sunny Point”. He also explained some details of the operation of Sunny Point After the class adjourned re freshments were served to those present, with Mrs. Duffie acting as hostess. Class To Offer Engine Training Organizational Meeting To Be Held Thursday Night At Marinology Building In Southport An organizational meeting for an adult class in marine engine training wil be held at Southport High School marineology building at 7:30 p. m. Thursday. The purpose of this meeting will be to detedmine the number of persons who are interested in classes of this nature and to get organized. Russell Swindell and Major Henry McGee, coodinators Continued On Page 4 TIME and TIDE There was a front page picture and a feature story about the late Capt. Tommie St. George in our edition of October 23, 1935. The career of this colorful member of the Cape Fear Pilots Asso ciation extended from the days of the sailing vessels to the modern era. W. Claude Gore had been named chairman of the Brunswick county board of education, succeeding U. L>. Rorrk, resigned. The first anniversary of the establishment of the CCC Camp at Southport was celebrated on the previous Saturday; Governor J. C. B. Eringhaus had ordered a special term of Superior Court; and Postmaster L. T. Yaskel] had been advised by the Adminis tration of Veteran's Affairs that burial flags were available through the post office for use of veterans who held an honor able discharge from service On another election year the Democratic nominee for governor appeared at a speaking engagement. The year was 1940, and the gubernatorial nominee was the late Governor J. M. Broughton. He was slated for a Friday night appearance at Shallotte, and on the following Monday night the late Wilkins P. Horton, the man Broughton defeated in the primary, was booked at Bolivia. The late H. M. Shannon had been named the first chairman of tire Brunswick County Selective Service Board, and his picture appeared on the front page of our October 23, edition. Plans were being perfected for the upcoming visit here of the Continued on Page h our Terry Sanford At Shallotte Monday Speaker TERRY SANFORD Library Books Get Additions Mrs. Phil King Announces Arrival Of Number Of Interesting New Volumes At Southport Public Lib rary More than 200 new hooks were added to the Southport Public Library for use of Brunswick Co unty residents last months, Mrs. Phillip King, librarian, announce ed this week. Amoung those of general inter est are: “Atlantic Hurricanes”, by Gordon Dunn; "Buccaneers & Pir ates of Our Coasts”, by Prank Stockton; "Lawson’s History of North Carolina”, first published in London in 1709,—“Blockade Runners of the Confederacy”, by Hamilton Cochran; “Dr. Shweitz er of Lambarene”, by Norman Cousins. Of particular interest to women readers are: “Live At Peace With Youth Nerves”, by Dr. Walter C. Alvarez; “The Seven Ages of Wo man”, by Dr. Elizabeth Parker; “Dr. Spock's Complete Book of Baby and Child Care”; “Simplifi ed Nursing”, by Margaret Le Baron; "Singer Sawing Book”; “All About House Plants”, by Montague Free; “Evergreens For Every State”, by Katharine M-P. Cloud; "The Easy Expert In Col lecting and Restoring American Antiques”; “The Art Of Chinese Cooking”, by Mimie Ouei; “The Best of All Cook Book,,; “The Sun and The Birth”, Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko. Young readers will enjoyed these new volumes: “How Things Work”, by Margaret Mann; “Boys Book of Magnetism”, by Ray mond Yates; “Jenny Lind Sang Here,” by Bernardine Kielty; “American’s National Capital”, by E. John Long; “The Ringling Bro Continued On Page £ Democratic Candidate For Governor Will Come To Brunswick For Evening I Engagement From Bur gaw Rally Terry Sanford, Democratic no minee for Governor, will make a j personal appearance in Brunswick county again before the General ! Election when he comes to Shall otte Monday night for a political address in the high school aud itorium. He will speak at 7:30 o’clock. Sanford will come to Brunswick principal attraction at a political rally. This will feature a barbe cue super to served at 5 p. m. on the courthouse square. A mot orcade will leave from there at 6 o’clock and will arrive at Shall otte in time for his speaking en gagement there. E. J. Prevatte, chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee, urges as many Democrats as possible to attend the Burgaw rally and to join the caravan that will make its way back to Brunswick. “If you cannot make it to Bur gaw.” Prevatte said this week, “join our group at the Brunswick River Junction, at Winnabow, Bolivia or Supply. We want to let Terry Sanford know that we are backing him all the way. “I think we are in unusually favorable position, so far as the next governor is concerned,” Pre vatte added. "After all, we are one of the counties which gave San ford a majority in both the first and second primary elections.” Ernest E. Parker is in charge of arrangements for the speaking engagement at Shallotte, and he said this week that his big ob jective is to have the auditorium packed with loyal supporters. “I hope we can give Terry a con vincing majority on November 8”, he said, “and I want as many j people as possible to came out j to hear him. He is very convinc ing man.” Truckers Plan To Make Survey Eight-County Area Included In Industrial And Trans portation Study By N. C. Motor Carriers An extensive industrial and transportation survey project to cover eight Southeastern North Carolina counties has been ap proved by a committee repre senting local motor carrier inter ests and county commissioners ac cording to P. H. Swain, chairman of Brunswick County commission ers. The survey will take pla’e in New Hanover, Pender, Brunswick, Columbus, Bladen, Onslow, Samp son, and Duplin counties, Swain said. Continued On Page 4 Shallotte Town Council Talks About Library Mayor Roney Cheers And Other City Officials Learn Of Simple Steps Required To Obtain Public Library Facilities Mayor Roney Cheers of Shall otte on Thursday night appointed a committee to investigate pos sible sites suitable for use as a public library to serve that com munity. Appointment of Mrs. M. H. Rourk, the Rev. K. A. Phillips, Jr. and Thurston Mintz as the committee was made at a reg ular meeting of the town council,. '’allowing discussion of the need for a permanent library in Shal .otte. The discussion brought out the fact that Shallotte is visited two out of every three week by the Brunswick County Bookmobile but that the hour are inconvenient for working people ond for school teachers and pupils. It was stated that the town of Shallotte v.'ould be responsible for providing suit able quarters for the library, lights, heat and services of a librarian. Books would be fur nished, on a rotating basis, from the Southport Public Library System. Mayor Cheers "heartily en- - dorsed" the proposal for a per manent public library for Shail otte and requested thet members of the library committee report back to him personally as soon as they have found any building considered suitable for use. Guests at the meeting of the town council were Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the South* port Public Library, and Mrs. Phillip King, acting librarian. Loans Available For Storm Loss Farmers Home Administra tion Readv To Assist Far mers In Financing Their Needs Following Hurri cane Donna Farmers in Columbus and Brunswick counties who suff ered losses to Hurricane Don na may be eligible for pro duction emergency loans, T. D. Anderson, supervisor for Farmers Home administrat ion, announces. Loans may be made for the purchase of feed, seed, f e r t i 1 i z r, replacement of equipment and livestock; for other essential farm and home operation expense and for the replacement or re pair of buildings, fences, and drainage on farms that were damaged or destroyed by the hurricane. These counties were design ated for production emer gency loans because of da mage and losses to crops, dwellings, farm building, equip ment, livestock, pastures and timber as a result of the storm which struck on the night of Sept. 11. The Columbus FHA office is located in the Agricultural building on west Smith street, Whiteville, and the office is open from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. Monday through Friday. The Brunswick FHA office Continued On Page 4 Tide Table Following Is the tide table (or Southport during the next week. These hours are ap proximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. High Tide Uw Tide Thursday, October 27, 1:01 A. M. 7:13 a. M. 1:43 P. M. 8:02 A. M. Friday, October 28, 2:08 A. M. 8:21 A.M. 2:48 P. M. 9:05 p. M. Saturday, October 29, 3:13 A. M. 9:28 A. M. 3:50 P. M. 10:03 P. M. Sunday, October 30, 1:15 A. M. 10:29 A. M. 1:47 P. M. 10:57 P. M. Monday, October31, 5:11 A. M. 11:25 A. M. 5:39 P. M. 11:46 P. M. Tuesday, November 1, 3:03 A. M. . 3:29 P. M. 12:15 P. M. Wednesday, November 2, 8:50 A. M, 0:31 A. M. 7:13 P. M. 1:02 P. M.
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