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Southeastern North Carolina
NEWS TIDBITS
★ ★ ★
BLADEN - BRUNSWICK - COLUMBUS - CRAVEN -
DUPLIN - ONSLOW - PENDER - ROEESON - SAMPSON
[_ __
moobe improved
SOUTHPORT, April 4—Solic
itor Clinton Moore was able, to
return to his home at Burgaw
Wednesday afternoon. He was
taken seriously ill and removed
to the J. Arthur Dosher Me
morial hospital Tuesday, while
attending court here. An im
portant civil case in which he
was interested had to be de
clared a mistrail and set for a
future hearing, following his ill
ness.
ANNOUNCES
LUMBERTON, April 4-Need
ham Chavis, farmer of Row
land, Route 2, announces that
he will be a candidate for nomi
nation in foe Democratic pri
mary, May 25, as constable of
Thompson township.
FISH FRY
SOUTHPORT, April 4 — The
Brunswick County Wildlife club
is planning a herring fish fry
on Town creek on Thursday
night, April 11. Members of the
club in the Town creek section
have guaranteed that they will
have plenty of fried fish for all
attending. James M. Harper is
president of the local club.
ARRIVES IN GERMANY
LUMBERTON, April 4—Pfc.
William Wilcox, son of Mrs.
Marie Kinlaw, Route 2, has ar
rived at the European Theatre
' Army Air Forces Reinforce
ment depot, and will soon be
assigned to a permanent station
, somewhere in Germany. Before
entering the service in July,
1945, he attended Lumberton
high school and was later em
ployed as a farmer.
NO FISH
SOUTHPORT, April 4—Judge
R. Hunt Parker, who presided
at this weeks term of court, is
a very patient man. Finishing
court this week he remained
over for a day in order to do
some pole and cork line fish
ing with Postmaster L. T. Yas
kell and W. B. Keziah. The re
sults were nill, the fish just
would not bite. For four awful
hours the judge patiently tried
to get them to see the error of
their ways. All he got was one
small ba?s. The postmaster •
drew a complete blank and
Keziah rated four small perch
that barely passed the game
warden’s inspection.
FILES
LUMBERTON, April 4—A. B.
Johnson of St. Pauls, who for
merly served two terms as
recorder of the St. Pauls dis
trict court, filed today as ft
candidate in the May 25 pri
mary for 1he Democratic nomi
nation. Clayton Ross of Buck
11 i
THE
Honored
■—
Dr. Floyd Johnson, Colum
bus county health officer for 25
years, who was honored Mon
day night by members of his
department with a dinner and
the presentation of a brief case.
lorn has been judge of the St.
Pauls court for several years.
FISHING SEASON
SOUTHPORT. April 4-County
Game Warden H. T. Bowmer
calls attention to the fact that
the closed season on fresh
water fishing goes on, for 40
days with the coming of Friday
midnight. The only streams left
open for fresh water in this
county during that time is Lock
woods Folly River below the
bridge at Supply, and Alligator
creek, near Wilmington.
TRANSFERRED
LUMBERTON, April 4—Sgt.
Leonard G. Davis, former em
employe of the Quen City Trail
ways company in Charlotte, has
notified his mother, Mrs. Grady
M. Davis, St. Pauls, that he has
been transferred from the 110th
station hospital in Vienna to
headquarters company of Gen
eral Mark W. Clark’s United
States forces in Austria. From
the Austrian capital he will be
discharged from the Army to
accept civilian employment
with USFA.
SURGEON LOCATES
SOUTHPORT, April 4 — Dr.
Wingate Swain of Fayetteville
has located at Shallotte for the
practice of medicine and sur
gery. He has offices in the rear
of the Shallotte Drug company.
Dr. Swain, recently completing
his intern work in a hospital,
after graduating from a medi
cal college, is no stranger to
Shallotte people. He was born
and spent practically all of his
life there. His father, W. L.
Swain, who moved with his
family to Fayetteville several
years ago, was a pioneer in the
business development and
farming ol that section.
ARRIVES
LUMBERTON, April 4-Major
W. Joe Prevatt arrived in Lum
berton yesterday from Atlanta,
Georgia, after completing ser
vice at his last army station,
Thomasville, Georgia, where he
took part as post engineer in
turning over Finney General
hospital to the Veterans ad
ministration. Major Prevatt
plans to be here until Wednes
day, then make a trip to Rich
mond, Virginia and Minneapol
is, Minnesota.
BOBCAT
SOUTHPORT, April 4 - A
huge bobcat of a decidely
savage nature was killed on
Town Creek, near Winnabow a
few days ago. Junior Reeves,
well known hunter, fisherman
and farmer, acted as master of
ceremonies at the demise of the
cat. This is the second bobcat
to be killed in Brunswick in
a year. The other was slain
near Southport by a man
named Evans.
D. C. MCIVER, JR.
GIVEN CITATION
CHADBOURN, April 4—At dress
parade on March 23, Capt. Kennedy
awarded Comdr. D. C. Mclver, Jr-,
Executive Officer of the Naval R.
O. T. C. at the University of South
Carolina the following citation:
“The Commander in Chief, Unit
ed States Pacific Fleet, takes pleas
ure in commending Commander
DeWitt C. Mclver, Jr., United
States Navy for service as set forth
in the following:
“For exceptionally meritorious
conduct in the performance of out
standing service as first lieutenant
and damage control officer aboard
a United States cruiser from Octo
ber, 1943 to August, 1944. During
this time, in the Gilbert, Marshall,
Caroline, and Marianas Islands, he
performed his duties with outstand
ing skill. By his competience, initia
tive and leadership, he materially
assisted in the success of the above
operations. His great courage un
der fire and devotion to duty were
in keeping with the highest tradi
tions of the United States Naval
Service.”
“Commendation Ribbon author
ized
(signed) ,
C. W. Nimitz,
Fleet Admiral
U. S. Navy.
Comdr. Mclver is a son of Mrs.
D. C. Mclver and nephew of Mrs.
J. A. Brown of Chadbourn, N. C.
r r ajljItj. u i vi'i iuvxvx'ii.i.Mj ^ -*____
L'r. Floyd Johnson
Honored At Dinner
Columbus County Health
Officer Has Served 25
Years Continuously
WHITE VILLE, April 4. — In
recognition of 25 years of continu
ous service to Columbus county as
health officer, the personnel of the
county health office presented to
Dr. Floyd Johnson, Monday night,
a handsome brief case, and Dr. E.
B. Branch, head of the department
of oral hygiene for the State Health
Department, eulogized the services
to Columbus county health render
ed by Dr. Jonnson.
“Dr. Johnson has been in the
driver’s seat, and steered the ship
of health during a quarter of a cen
tury of tremendous progress”. Dr.
Branch said. “Columbus county
has made progress in health of
which every person should be proud
and tc Dr. Johnson and his faithful
j assistants go much of the credit.”
The testimonial was made at a
dinner held in the American Kitch
en for the personnel of the health
office, the county board of health
and the county board of commis
sioners. The occasion marked the
25th anniversary of the administra
tion of Dr. Johnson.
Prior to the dinner, the newly
appointed board of health met in
the office of the county superinten
dent of education and organized.
Elected chairman was James
Rogers, editor of The News Report
er. Other members of the board
are: J. M. Hough, county super
intendent of education; J. L. Robin
son, chairman of the county board
of commissioners; S. L. Fuller,
mayor of Whiteville; Dr. Guy
Bailey of Fair Bluff, Dr. J. B.
Bardin of Chadbourn, and Dr. G.
S. Cox of Tabor City. All members
were present, together with Dr.
Johnson, except Drs. Bardin and
Bailey.
Prior to Dr. Branch's address
following the d;nner, Dr. Johnson
reviewed briefly his 25 years ol
service and expressed his gratitude
for continuous cooperation. He then
introduced the members of his staff
in the county health office and
other guests present. As a climax
to the dinner, Mrs. Johnson cut and
served an anniversary cake.
Dr. Bai din’s address, delivered
in plain, down-to-earth, sometimes
humorous style, emphasized mile
posts of progress in the develop
ment of health. He pointed to the
relative absence of typhoid fever,
malaria and diptlieria now as com
pared with annual epidemics of
these disease a few years back.
Success in controlling and practi
cally stamping out thes» diseases
has resulted from a program of
DROWSED MAN'S
BODY RECOVERED
IN LUMBER RIVER
TABOR CITY, April 4—The body
of Benjamin Tillman Butler, 39,
who was drowned in the Lumber
river near Nichols, S. C., Satur
day afternoon while fishing alone,
was recovered Thursday morning
around 8 o’clock near the scene of
the accident. The cause of the
drowning has not been ascertained.
Surviving are his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Butler, Nichols,
Route 2; three sisters, Mrs. Melton
Brown and Mrs. D. R. Jackson,
Nichols, and Mrs. W. H. McDonald,
Dillon; and three brothers, Scho
field Butler, R. J. Butler and J. D.
Butler, all of Nichols.
The body will remain at the Jes
sup Inman Funeral home until Fri
day afternoon when it will be car
ried to the home of his brother-in
law, M. R. Brown, Nichols, for fun
eral services which will be held
in the Riverside cemetery.
GRANT
WINSTON-SALEM. April 4.—UP)
—Announcement of an $11,275
grant to the Bowman Gray School
of Medicine from the National
Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
to support a research study of
virus infections has been announc
ed here by Dr. C. C. Carpenter,
dean of the school.
The first railroad locomotive in
Chicago arrived there in 1848
delivered by a sailing vessel. _
health education, he told his audi
ence.
Emphasizing the value of educa
tion in proper nutrition, he declar
ed that to be the greatest im
mediate problem faced by health
authorities.
“It's just as easy to feed a child
well-balanced diet as to feed one tc
a hog or a cow’’, ne said as he
pointed out the great improvemenl
in hogs and cattle attained or
Columbus county farms.
“When we begin to lay as much
stress upon a balanced diet foi
children as we do upon a balanced
diet for our animals, we’ll be get
ting somewhere’’, he continued.
Present for the dinner were: Dr
and Mrs. Johnson, Dr. Branch, Dr
G. S. Cox, Mr. and Mrs. C. C
Wingfield, Miss Elizabeth Pratt
Miss Mary Floyd, Mrs. JuanitE
Garland, Miss Gertrude Ward, Mr
and Mrs. J. M. Sauls, J. M. Hough
J. L. Robinson, S. L. Fuller, J'uc
Hooks, W. B. Hobbs, Manley Full
er, Arthur Williamson and Jame:
Rogers _
FAIR BLlj WAN 1
RECEIA DEGREE
Graduates In Virginia;
Made Member Of Hono
rary Fraternity
CHADBOURN, April 4 — Gordon
Lee Townsend, son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. G. Townsend of Fair Bluff, North
Carolina received his Doctor’s Deg
ree in Dentistry from the Medical
College of Richmond, Virginia dur
ing the exercises held at The Mos
que Theatre, Friday, March 22, at
8:00 p.m.
During his stay in Richmond, Dr.
Townsend has made the Dean s
honor list every semester. His re
cord throughout has been one ot
high scholastic achievement.
Upon his graduation, he was
made a member of the honorarj
; dental fraternity, Omicron Kappa
. Upsilon.
He was also asked to intern ir
the Medical College of Virginia hos
pital of Richmond, Virginia an
opportunity offered to only two in
the graduating class.
Rev R J- Womble and Mrs.
Wamble together with Mrs. Lucy
Legallois of 108 W. Lancaster Road,
Richmond, Virginia, entertained in
Dr. Townsend’s honor at a dinner
narty Saturday, March 23. Among
these present were: Dr. Fred Y.
Williamson, Washington, D. C., Dr.
Howard Williamson, Alexandria,
Va • Miss Duch Wallbridge, Rad
ford, Va.; Mr. and Mrs Townsend
I' " ’
and Eva Margaret of Fair Bluff,
N. C,; and Miss Grace Williamson,
Chadbourn, N. C.
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