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Brunswick Between Bookends I By A l Amt sen POOH NO MORE, by Rob ert Roark. Henry Holt & Co. 706 Rages. Available at Soutliport Public Library. One asks oneself when finishing this long, long literary effort "Why in the world did he write such a book?” The answer, un doubtedly, is "for several hundred thousand dollars”. Seems like mighty low pay for having put on the book market a manuscript which depends on sen sationalism and filthy words to get it read. It's a pity, too, because if one wades through the obsenities there is in it as always in Bob Ruark’s books, a lot of real good writing. Folks from, and inter ested in, Brunswick County will be proud that it’s when the EDITOR'S NOTE: Mrs. Arntsen is on vacation and the book review last week and this week were w ritten by members of (be staff of The State Port Pilot. author and former resident of Southport is calling on the ex periences of his early days along the Cape Fear he’s at his best. There are many passages which are worth reading, most of them nostalgic reminiscences, and one cannot help but feel sorrv for the man who went so far and so fast that he ceased to enjoy life. In seeking so vigorously for happiness it seems that Craig, as the central character is known, loses what prospects for happiness he possessed in the beginning. The novel gets its title from the driving urge that Craig Price experiences to leave the anony mous existance of a small-town boy and become a big-town big shot. Ruthless and cynical, he makes his way to the top, leav ing discarded on the way several women, business associates and whatever ethics he may have pos sessed earlier. Women don’t get much of a fair-shake from Ruark in any of his books, and the presently re viewed one is no exception. To him they're either prudes or prostitutes, and he disregards the possibility that in between there are “good” ones in whom there is a little bad, or “bad” ones with some good in them. In his “precautionary note” Ruark says: "It is customary to say that the characters in this book bear no resemblance to any one, living or dead. That would certainly be a lie, but working out just who is who is bound to be difficult.” Nevertheless, South port residents have probably read and re-read this book, torn be tween desire to be mentioned in such prominent work and the fear of being identified too frankly or too well. Local names abound, but we suspect that Ruark has con sciously put them all in the pot and has come up with a hodge podge of characteristics and names without real regard for identification. Too much of the book probably began life on the walls of the old Pavilion at the foot of Potts St., but much of it beans repeating. One welcomes the passages such as “Away off in the distant wood Craig knew that his pet bald eagle was sitting high in the rigging of a lightning-blasted tree-waiting, just waiting for-that old osprey to sieze onto a fish big enough to make it worth the eagle’s stealing time”. Or his description of the old house: “It was such a house. You could play underneath it when it rained. It was a house which was bulwarked staunchly by oaks, made beautifully fra grant by magnolia, rendered fer tile by pecans and grapes, belov ed by its flowers. It was the House on The Corner. It was my house. And it got sold up for six thousand lousy dollars. It got rented. It got rented to trash — If We Please You Tell Others. If Not Tell Us. Now is the time to buy your First Freezer and get your $20. Bonus from your Electric Co-op. No down payment, three falls to pay. H. J. HENSON & COMPANY Furniture & Appliances Phone PL 4-6712 Shallotte, N. C. poor white, and trash. It had their paw prints on the walls. The wiring hung in loops. It smelt like a nest of goats. The roof sagged and the porch was falling down. It was a poor house, a lonely house, a house that had been used and abused. It stank. The weed-choked grass was un mowed, the cement sidewalk cracked, the fig tree ruined, the garage a rotting wreck. Every thing in and around this house had been soiled and fouled by the dirty hands of other people, un worthy people, and in the process the only youth I care to recall was filthed. Sullier, perhaps, is a better, milder word." The last sentence in the book, in italics, perhaps is the saddest of all because it expresses the hopelessness of the life of Craig Price, the high and mighty. “How very rich he'd be, Craig suddenly thought, if he owned anything except the million dollars waiting for him in Switzerland.” One thing is certain: Bob Ruark is capable of writing a good book. One of these days h'e just might do it. This one isn’t it. Garden Time From the question box: “I have a good location for a hardy hydrangea. Can I set a plant this time of year?” Yes, if you can find one which has been grown in a container (nursery container grown stock). Try your local nurseryman or garden cen ter. From a lady in Eastern Caro lina: “I have read somewhere that Captan can be used for the control of bunch grape diseases. Is this true ? If so, can you help me? Captan, with Malathion and Methoxychlor, may be used ef fectively for the control of both insects and diseases which attack the bunch grape. Materials should be mixed as follows: Captan (50 per cent wet table powder), three tablespoons; Methoxychlor (50 per cent wetta ble powder), three tablespoons; Malathion (25 per cent wettable powder), four tablespoons; water, one gallon. For 10 gallons of spray, use three ounces Captan, three ounces I Methoxychlor and five ounces Malathion. F or bunch grapes, spray every two weeks until two weeks before the grapes ripen. Spray thorough ly It is usually not neecssary to spray Muscadine grapes. How ever, if you wish to protect your plants from insects and diseases, the same materials and schedule may be used as given for bunch grapes. This same spray formulation is also effective for the control of insects and diseases which attack apples, peaches, raspberries and dewberries, blueberries and straw berries. In the mountains: For straw berries, spray at two-week inter vals until berries start to form. At this stage, drop out Metho xychlor and Malathion and spray with Captan alone, eight table spoons per gallon of water, until harvest time. After harvest, con tinue at two-week intervals using full schedule. In the mountains: For blue berries, spray at two-week inter vals until two weeks before har vest begins. After harvest, spray at two-week intervals until late August. A ROOM IN JUST 2 Hours with ROL-LATEX ROL-LAT£X INTERIOR LATEX Beautifies walls, ceilings. No paint odor; quick dry ing. Soap and water clean-up. $6r? GAL. Buy one get one FREE at your Maiu) Canfen AT HO EXTRA COST STOLE 702 N. 3rd St. Wilmington, N. C. SECOND PRIMARY ELECTION SATURDAY, JUNE 23 Polls Open 6:30 A. M.-Close 6:30 P. M. The Same Registrars and Regular Democratic Judges Will Serve. Issues to be decided at this election is the nomination of the Dem ocratic Candidate for Judge of Recorder's Court and Candidate for County Commissioner from Town Creek Township. ' There is also a contest for nomination of a Democratic Candidate for Constable for Northwest Township. There will be no Registration Prior to June 23rd. Yoting will take place at the same Precinct Polling Places used for the First Primary Election on May 23rd. BRUNSWICK COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS H. Foster Mintz, Chairman Water Wonderland At — BOILING SPRING LAKE PLAYGROUND FOR WATER SPORTS BRING YOUR FRIENDS""We are proud of Boiling Spring Lakes, and we want others to see what we are doing. When you have visitors from other sections of the State, we invite you to take them for a drive over our winding roads and across the big dam. Visit the Big Spring. We think that this may be a highlight of a visit to Brunswick County this summer. Let's let the world know what is going on here in Brunswick County. BOILING SPRING LAKE is one of the largest man-made lakes in South eastern North Carolina and its Song reaches make this an ideal body of water for motorboating and water skiing. In order to make the use of this water easy and convenient, a paved boat-ramp has been in stalled. Many visitors already have made use of these facilities, and we invite others to do so. PICNIC AREA""Sn the vicinity of the Fabulous Boiling Spring we have cleared out and have beautified a picnic and recreation area that is attracting large numbers of visitors. We have provided picnic tables, and barbecue ovens are available for those who wish to cook out. Best of all, however, is the opportunity to have a bountiful supply of cool, pure water for drinking or for cooking.. This comes from the Big Spring, whose reputation goes back to the days when Indians inhabited this region. If you have not made use of these facilities, you are invited to do so. GOLF COyRSE"“Construcfioii ©f the first nine holes of the 18-hole Championship Golf Course design for this resort area has been com pleted, and we are now waiting for the grass to grow and provide a suitable carpet of green for the greens and fairways. Work has begun on the Bailing Spring Lakes Country Clubhouse, and Open House on Labor Day weekend is the immediate objective. HOME BUILDING^Homes in Boiling Spring Lakes are of brick veneer and are all-electric. Eight of these homes have been completed, and other construction now is in progress. BOILING SPRING LAKES MOTEL""*Workmen are rapidly complet ing construction of the beautiful brick motel overlooking the big lake. We are particularly proud of this facility, for it will afford accommo dations for fishermen, golfers and property owners who wish to come down for a visit and a chance to look over their lot. It will provide a base of operations for many of these people when they bgin construc tion of their own home. OTHER PROJECTSThere are many other projects under considera tion. One of these is a beginning of the Shopping Center, with the ob ject of being able to provide some of the normal merchandising needs of our permanent residents and our visitors. There will be more about this and other projects later. Watch A City Develop From Its Beginning! Boiling ring Lakes A Division Of Reeves Broadcasting and Development Corporation Situated On Highway No. 87 SOUTHPORT, N. C.
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