The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02

ton, the city's officers will hold
office for two years"
The Board of Aldermen in Shall
lotte guide the progress Of the
town and are currently viewing
with pleasure a move to get i'm
proved water and sewerage sys-
TENS working here. The aldermen
have the distasteful job of locat-
ing the funds for the project. but
the improvements are sure to
come. Members of the board are:
W. T. White, Hubert Holmes. D.
Carl Andrews, Robert White, and
P. Bruce Halves.
Greatest need now is a tele,
phone system. At present only
three phones are available within
the town, and ven the busiest
doctor here doesn't have a pri-
vatt phone. This is on the route
to correction, as a vast
Rural Identification Administra-
ton program is slated to get I'M
der way in Brunswick county.
Four hundred miles of REA lines
are already here, and the expan-
sion is only awaiting new appro-
priations of ST. 900, 900 and upward
for Brunswick and Columbus
counties.
Incorporated in 1899, Shallotte
has yet to make its real bid for
industrial acclaim. but the
achievements already made are
large when compared to the size
of the town itself. A 350-locker
freezer will be constructed mo-
mentarily, adding 10 the prosper
ity of the farm region.
Shallotte claims to be the shop
ping center of the county, with
the Shallotte Trading Company
being the largest store in the
county, where the shopper can
purchase anything from a house
sage to a safety pin.
The economic picture of Shall
lotte is aptly described by j. FL
lott, Cooke, the city banker, who
presides over the ninth branch o
the Waccamaw Banking and Trust
Company to be opened in eastern
North Carolina. Cooke says the
citizens here are a bond buying
public, and foresees future pros
perity for the thrifty people.
A small third class post office
handles the mail for Shallotte,
with Mrs. Lucille Frink the smil-
ing postmistress. Postal receipts
last year totalled some S. 900. a
decrease from the war years, but
an increase over pre-war receipts.
In the last year, while they've
filed petitions seeking more
phones, and watched the money
roll in from their tobacco crops,
Shallotte citizens have also watch
ed the erection of a modern ice
plant to manufacture the product
for residents who do not own cleo
trio refrigerators, and to aid the
shrimp business in icing their out
of-town shipments.
The town has a Baptist and
Methodist church, and nearby a
theatre. These three buildings are
frequented often by the citizens,
who seek meditation and relaxa-
ton after a days work.
Thirty charter members formed
a Lions club this year, and Henry
Stone was elected to the presl-
dency. Other civic groups are ex-
pected to be formed shortly.
While not depending on tourist
trade, Shallotte residents co not
discount the value of northern mo-
stopping enroute south, and
have erected several gasoline sta
tons and small eating places.
With a wise and business-like at
p%roprietors have made
their places of business attractive
enough so that few cars speed
through the city, but pause to re-
fresh themselves and add to the
city's revenue.
Shallotte today stands ready to
prove that good things come in
small packages" and is easily
one of the proudest towns on the
North Carolina coast.
EDUCATION APPOINTED
HICKORY, March l. G-Wl-
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