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Most Of The News All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Volume No. 17 No. 5 The Pilot Covers Brunswick County 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1956 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAR Outlines Terms For Closing Of Hurricane Inlet Letter From General Ed ward F. Griffin To Bruns wick County Auditor Sets Forth Terms COMPLIANCE BOND TO BE REQUIRED An All-Out Effort Will Be Made To Effectively Close New Inlet At Lower End Of Long Beach General Edward F. Griffin, North Carolina Director of Civilian Defense, has written Mrs. Ressie R. Whatley, auditor for Brunswick county, the terms under which bids for closing the inlet at Long Beach may be re ceived. His letter to Mrs. What-' ley follows in full: “Mr. Mader of the Regional Office of Federal Civilian De fense, Thomasville, Georgia, in formed me yesterday by long distance telephone that Bruns wick County could re-advertise for bids for the closure of the Long Beach Inlet, upon the fol lowing terms and conditions: “I. The three methods of op eration and closure as set out in my letter to you dated May 14, with attached letter dated May 10, from Dr. Dial Sweeny, Acting Regional Administrator of Civilian Defense. 2. A bid bond in the amount of ten percent (10 percent) of the bid must be furnished by each bidder. "3. The actual contract must contain a one-hundred percent (100 percent) performance bond. “4. The successful bidder shall be a duly licensed North Caro lina contractor, or a contractor authorized to perform such work in North Carolina. “5. After the awarding of the contract for closure of the inlet work will commence promptly, but in no case later than the 19th day of October, 1956. “6. That the time for com pletion set forth in the contract shall be not more than ninety (90) days after the start of the work. “7. That all documentation for work under the contract shall be submitted to the State Civil Defense Office in Raleigh not more than twenty (20) days af ter the completion of the pro ject. “The Federal Defense Admin istration has approved for this project the sum of $62,000, which was the original approval of your project NC-74. “I am sending a copy of this letter to Mr. Henry M. Van Oesen, your Consulting Engineer at Wilmington, so that he may prepare immediate advertise ment for bids on this project. With kindest personal regards and best wishes, I am “Sincerely, “Edward F. Griffin, Director.” jp— 1 ... ■— Brief Bitt Of ‘-NEWS—’ LIONS CLUB The Southport Lions Club will meet tomorrow (Thursday) at 12:30 o’clock in the Community Building. OPEN THIS MONTH It was learned this week from SPAT officials that tentative plans have been made for oc cupying the newly completed Government quarters sometime in late August. HOSPITAL GIFT Twenty-five pillow cases and 2 bedside table covers were do nated recently to the Dosher Memorial Hospital by the Sup ply Baptist Church. PLACES IN MEET Billy Wells of Southport placed fourth in the water ski tourna ment held last week end at Wrig-htsville Beach. This is con sidered to be a very good show ing when it is considered that he was competing against some of the top water sports stars of the country. BACK FROM CHARLESTON Col. Wm. A. McAleer, Terminal Commander, has returned from a visit to Charleston, S. C., where he observed the initial loading oi privately owned vehicles out oi that port. This is a new phase oi cargo movement through the Charleston Outport and the Colonel was very interested ir seeing the first operation conduct ed in a smooth manner. Thrilling Account Of Tarpon Fishing Big One Got Away Again, But Not Before Being Con tested By Visiting Wilmington Fisherman By JIM HARDIK The sun was peeping over the eastern horizon, and a gentle breeze put a ripple on the river as I opened the screen door to the tackle shop next to the fish ing pier. I had never met George Worth am before, but I knew right away it was him, sitting in the aluminum folding chair, eyes half shut, as if he was trying to sleep. “I’ll bet you’re the man I’m looking for,” I said to him. “Probably am,” he replied, with out looking up. “Did Captain Bill Styron tell you I was coming?” George sat up in the chair, took off his hat and scratched his head. “Cap’n Bill said something about somebody coming down to fish for tarpon.” “That’s me,” I announced. George ddin’t seem too impress ed. “You ever fished for tarpon be fore?” he asked, placing his hat back on his head. “Nope, this is my first try.” George thought it over for a minute, then he stood up and walked to the back door. “The tides malting now,” he said to himself. “We’ll have to catch the first of the falling tide.” “When can we get staz'ted” I said anxiously. George crossed back through the tackle shop and onto the front porch. He stood in front of a blackboard which hung on the outside, studying the tide times. "I guess we can leave around nine thirty,” he said. I was somewhat put out by George’s decision to delay things until nine-thirty. I was anxious to get going. But I remembered what several had told me, “George Wortham is as good a guide as there is any where. He knows the waters around Southport like the palm of his hand. You do as George says.” I wandered along the pictures que waterfront and enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere. The time passed surprisingly fast. I stopped by Quack’s Shack for some ham and eggs and hot coffee. While there, I couldn’t help over-hearing the converation of four sunburned, bearded men who sat at the table next to me. They had spent several days in South port fishing. They were recount ing the exciting, happy hours they had spent fishing, and I could see right off that the folks back home were in store for some whopping fish tales when this quartet returned. Continued On f-age Two Two Sailfish Are Taken This Week Some Of Best Catches Of Bluefish And Spanish Mackerel Made This Sea son Came In Friday And Saturday THREAT OF HURRICANE CAUSE CANCELLATIONS Weather Report Indicates That Hurricane Betsy Is Not Headed Toward This Section Of Coast Two sailfish were added to the season’s record during the past week with one of them qualify ing as the largest of the season. That was a 7-ft., 5-in., speci men brought in last Wednesday by Dr. Witherspoon of Nichols, S. C., aboard the Idle On IV with Capt. Hulan Watts the skipper. The other was a part of the Saturday catch made by Gerald Dowless of Lake Waccamaw with Capt. H. A. Schmidt aboard the Idle-On III. This was 6-ft., 7-in. The party also had 187 blues and Spanish mackerel. The day before R. E. L. Brown and party of Myrtle Leach had brought in 562 blues and mackerel aboard this boat for one of the biggest catch es of the season. The Sunday trip for the Idle On III had Dr. Taylor and party of Burgaw who brought in 69 blues and mackerel. On Saturday the Idle-On II had Audrey Early and party of White ville out and tiwey brought in 2 king mackerel, 2 barracuda, 2 Continued On Page Two Southport Still Needs Teacher Commercial Teacher Need ed To Complete Faculty At Southport High School Before Fall Term Open's Still lacking a commercial teacher, Principal Thomas Webb of the Southport school had his worries considerably decreased this week by signing up an Eng lish teacher and another for the science department. The new acquistions is Miss Lillian Morris of Wilmington, a teacher of English with several years experience and fine recom mendations for her work. As a teacher of science Norman Pow ell of Lumberton will report be fore school opens. Having only recently lost his commercial teacher, Miss Cecila Tripp of Shallotte, who resigned to get married and move to Block Island in New York, Webb is still worried at the scarcity of botli men and women qualified for such work. However, he is still hoping to unearth someone in the next I few days. Gall For Bids For Postoffice The Postoffice Department has called for proposals to furnish quarters suitable for use as a postoffice for the City of Southport. The effec tive date for a lease, which can be negotiated either for a 5-year or 10-year term, will be August 1, 1957. A minimum of 2,000 square feet of floor space will be re quired and bids may be sub mitted to include utilities, al though this is not required. The building must have a central location and must have loading facilities. Forms for submitting a bid may be obtained at the Southport postoffice, and all bids must be turned in to Postmaster J. B. Russ before September 1, 1956. Monday Session Of Court Held Variety Of Cases Disposed Of Before Recorder Judge Earl Bellamy In Record er’* Court Here This Week A long list of cases were dis posed of Monday in Brunswick county Recorder’s court with the following judgments being hand ed down by Judge Earl Bellamy: Ernest Odom, speeding, fined $15 and costs. Emmett Joyner, assault on fe male, destroying personal prop erty, prosecuting witness taxed with costs. Roosevelt Marlow, Henr j Bethea, possession, nol pros eu another defendant admitted own ership. Roosevelt Marlow, operating motor vehicle after license hac been suspended, fined $200 anc costs. Robert Caddell, speeding, finet $15 and costs. Hardy Ballard, transporting foi purpose of sale, 9 months or roads, suspended on payment o: a fine of $200 and costs ant placed on good behavior for tw< years. Worth David Hooper, transport ing for purpose of sale, 9 month; on the roads, suspended on pay ment of a fine of $200 and cost; and placed on good behavior fo: two years. John Roberts, drunk on thi streets of Southport, fined $25 ant costs. Major Leroy Butler, reckles; operation, no operator’s license fined $35 and costs. Richard Tobias Webster, speed Continued On Page Two Whiteville Has Leading Record On Border Belt Prices Show Slight Improve ment This Week And Sales Volume Is Increas ing Daily Marketing division of the U. S. Department of Agriculture fig ures showed Whiteville leading the Border Belt and South Caro lina markets in volume and gross income for the first six days of sales. Word from tiie various markets this week indicate that prices are somewhat improved and the daily sails volume is steadily increas ing. A good sale was expected to day, according to R. G. Maults ty, sales supervisor. An encouraging sign was the continuing decline in the per centage of flue-cured leaf going to stabilization. The percentage had dropped to 22.27 percent for FC for the whole marketing period, as compared to 27.36 percent for the first week of sales. Official figures of USDA shows ; Whiteville with 3,554,270 pounds selling for $1,728,086.07 for the first six days. This gives the market the lead over all mul tiple buyer markets including the nearest competitor, Lake City which had 3,389,518 pounds j for $1,626,290.73. Friday's gale, according to I Maultsby was 872,606 pounds for $421,430.20, averaging $48.30. The weekly total of 2,952,514 pounds for $1,428,191. Plan Expansion Of Beach Motel Developer G. V. Barbee Find* That Existing Faci lities Will Not Take Care Of Demand For Accom modations Commenting on a news story in last week’s paper in which it was said that it was planned to increase the Yaupon Beach Motel to 45 or more rooms, Manager G. V. Barbee of Barbee’s Incor porated, stated this week that the present facilities of the motel were bursting at the seams. The place has been crowded since it first opened late this spring and at times many people who sought accommodations have had to be turned away. “The motel is turning out to be very popular, but we desperately need more rooms,” said Mr. Bar bee. To this end, he plans to double the original plans that he started out with when he began con struction of the motel just a year ago. Not only iis the Yaupon Beach man setting out to build all of the motel facilities that he can, he is pointing out to others that the construction of motels in de sirable locations is a profitable form of business. He hopes to see more motels in the beach and Southport area before the coming of another season. Not the least interesting is his idea that these places should be constructed to provide year-round facilities for tourists and other visitors. With this end in view, the Yaupon Beach Motel was Continued On Page Two W. B. KG2LU1 Our ROVING Reporter With the full moon to make its appearance on August 21, a week f i om now, there should be some mighty fine fishing, provided it does not get stormy. This should | apply to both commercial fisher ■ men with nets and the rod and 1 reel variety. Fish always bite bet ’ ter, weather permitting, preceed ing the full moon. Shrimp boat men and the menhaden men with ' their nets always look for things ' to be better just before the full ► moon comes along. We don't know how it comes about, but the fish of all sorts are always much - more active during such times. Just as sure as we mention something in this column some i good friend bobs up and produces it. In this case it was G. C. (Red) Lassiter, of Spring Hope. Couple of weeks ago we mentioned that we had not received a plug of Peach and Honey chewing tobac co from our friend, Senator W. Kenr Scott, in two weeks. Well, this week, Red bobbed up, bring ing with him a whole box of Peafh and Honey with his com pliments. With him, bearing the gift was Gus Neville, also of Spring Hope. Both the guys wait ed ground until we showed up so thalj Red could personally renew his i subscription and Gus could subscribe to The Pilot. Red is in the wholesale grocery business and and brirg to h bob confi o’cl ( be swiped the box of Peach Honey out of his stock to the matter of friends they up in unsuspected time. We to the office at about 4 rk each morning. Usually the < bntinued On Page Four) Musical Comedy Cast PERFORMERS—Lew Hardie, who wrote and directed “The Lady Pirates”, musi cal comedy which was presented here Thursday evening, is shown standing beside Mrs. A. E. Huntley, the musical director. Kneeling are Tommy Harrelson, Julia Spen cer, Cheryl Rogers, Homer McKeithan, Jimmie Harper, Teel St. George, Helen Mal lison, Mary Lib Fox, Carolyn Mallison, David Peters, Barbara McLeod and Lee Cash well.—(Art Newton Photo.) Speaking Meetings For Pearsall Plan Whale Washes Up At Yaupon A small whale, about 12 feet in length, came ashore just west of the Yaupon Beach fishing pier early Tues day morning. Mr. Lipe and several others of the folks that quickly gathered rolled it back into the surf and it swam off. On its journey it rase several times to breathe. It is not a rare thing for residents of the sea to come ashore. Sometimes whole schools of them do that at , he same time. At other times there may be just one. Fre quently, too, a sick whale or Other large fish will come jshore or invade shallow wa ters to die. This one seemed to be in good health. McKeithan Death Called Accident Body Of 49-Year-Old White Man Discovered On Wed nesday Floating In Inland Waterway The body of Ernest Claytor MqKeithan, veteran of Woric War II, was found floating ir the intracoastal waterway near hist home at Seaside last Wed nesday. He had been missing only a short time. ■ (Keithan, 49 years old, was pr< sumably at work on his sm ill dock on the waterway and fel in the stream. Coroner Sam T. Bennett, after an investiga tio l, ruled that he was accident ly drowned. 1 ’uneral services were held Th irsday afternoon at 4 o’clock frc n the graveside in the Pierce < ontinued On Page Four) * Arrangements Being Made For Series Of Public Meet ings At Which Details Of Pearsall Amendment Will Be Explained QUESTION PERIOD TO FEATURE SESSIONS County Leaders Making Ef fort To Be Sure That All Voters Have Opportun ity To Study Plan A group of Brunswick county officials rriet here Monday eve ning with members of the Bruns wick county board of elections to discuss plans for a series of in formational meetings throughout the county during the next three weeks to explain for the benefit of the voters the four amendments on which they will vote in the general elections on September 8. Senator Ray H. Walton and Representative Kirby Sullivan have indicated their willingness to attend these meetings and to answer questions that may be asked. An effort has been made to secure outside speakers for as many of these dates as possible. Following is the schedule: Waccamaw high school, Aug ust 20; Longwood school, August 21; Leland high school, August 23; Lincoln high school, August 24; Southport high school, Aug ust 27; Zion eMthodist Church (Southport), August 28; Shallotte high school, August 30; Piney Grove school, August 31; Bolivia high school, September 4; Cedar Grove school, September 5. Governor Luther H. Hodges said last week before leaving for Chicago that he hopes that more than one million North Carolina voters will go to the polls on September 8 to vote on the con stitutional amendments. ‘‘A turnout by that many North Carolinians, representing both major political parties, would be a fine exhibition of our attitude toward our great school system,” he said. The governor made his., state ment as Raymond Maxwell, Ex ecutive Secretary of the State ( Continued on page Five ) New Police Chief Coming Sept. 1st Lewis Clark, Member Of Police Force In Boston, Mass., Will Assume Du ties Of This Office In Southport Southport city officials were notified Saturday that Lewis Clark, 38-year old member of the Boston, Mass, police force, will re port here on September 1 as Chief of Police. Clark, who is a former service man and who has had 4 years ex perience on the Boston Police force, has been highly recommend ed for the position here by his superior officers in Boston. His delay until September 1 in re porting here is due to his desire to give them reasonable notice of his resignation there. Clark is married and has two children. The new city official will suc ceed Robert Butler, wha has been | chief of police here since January, j Butler resigned his position last | week. Livestock Day Being Planned By Lions Club Three Phases Of Activity Included In Community Fair Which Will Be Held On September 8 The Bolivia Lions Club will sponsor a “Livestock Day” at the Bolivia School on Saturday, Sep tember 8. The program will con sist of 3 phasis. First the poul try judging will begin at 9:30 a. m. at about the same time dairy calves and swine will be judged. At 10:30 a. m. the 120 pullets exhibited will be sold at auction. They will be sold in lots of 12. These pullets are being grown out by 4-H club members in co operation with. Sears, Roebuck Foundation and will make ex cellent layers for home egg sup ply The Lions Club is sponsoring a pig chain among 4-H club mem bers in the Bolivia area and they will be on display before and after the judging. The dairy calves that are to be shown will also be entered in the Southeastern Junior Dairy Show in Wilmington the following week. This show is designed to help train the boys and girls in doing a better job at the dis trict show. E. T. Albright, president of the Lions Club, is anxious to make this an annual affair in promoting boys’ and girls’ project work. He is hopeful that a. large number of people from throughout the county will be present and take pai't in this community event. It will be entertaining, educational and above all will help promote youth work by having a large crowd. The program will end at noon. Cameraman And Writer Visitors Mrs. Miriam Rabb And Bill Gully Of State Advertis ing Division Were In This Area Getting Material Mrs. Miriam Rabb, who han dles publicity for the State Ad vertising Division, and Bill Gulley, photo editor, spent part of last week here and at Yaupon Beach. They worked and at the same time they both apparently very much enjoyed getting acquainted with things here. Before leaving Saturday mor ning to cover the water skiing event at Wrightsville, both ex pressed their intention of coming back by early fall and getting some personal experience with the sport fishing, as well as with following up on other things they became acquainted with while here. Friday afternoon was spent in getting picture and story mate rial on the sport fishing. Outside of the usual take of king mack erel, dolphin and barracuda, no big fish were brought in by the boats that day. But when it came to the mat ter of food fish, the boats and parties had been in their element. All brought in big catches of bluefish and Spanish mackerel and Gulley was kept busy making pictures. Several boats and their catches were photographed Of these a Myrtle Beach party, headed by R. E. L. Brown, probably made the biggest haul of the day. The Continued On Page .Hmr Assembly Closes Successful Year Of Operations Attendance Last Week At Caswell Baptist Assembly Was About 900 Members Of Training Union CALLED BEST YEAR SINCE MOVING HERE Total Attendance For The Season In Neighborhood Of 7,000 For Average Weekly Attendance Of 850 Persons The Training Union Week which came to a close Saturday marked the close of the eighth week of operation of Caswell Bap tist Assembly for 1956. This brought to a close the greatest season in the history of the assembly which has operated at Caswell since 1950. The at tendance last week reached 900 and the total attendance for the 1956 season was almost 7000, or about 850 per week. Training Union activities were under the direction of James P. Morgan, State Training Union Di rector. The concluding program for the week was a Hymn Fes tival participated in by many choirs from over the state and under the leadership of Joe Stroud, newly elected Music Di rector of the Baptist State Con vention of North Carolina. The assembly groups that have been teeming with life and reli gious activities for the past two months have become quiet and the people, as they have turned their homeward way, looked for ward to a bigger and better as sembly in 1957. Ventor Returns Here For Work Hill Dredging Company Vessel Returning To South port For Maintenance Dredging Work At Sunny Point The dredge Ventor of the Hill Dredging Company of Atlantic City, N. J., is scheduled to arrive here Saturday from Cocoa, Fla., and will immediately start work on the big maintenance dredging oontract on the channels and basin at Sunny Point. The job is expected to require about 4 months. Since the Ventor’s last opera tions here about a year ago, eight or nine of the families have bought big house trailers and are now living in them. Some of these mobile homes have already ar Continued On Page Four) Age Requirement For First Grade Students Must Reach Their 6th Birthday Before Ad mitted To First Grade Children to be entitled to en rollment in the public schools for the school year 1955-1956, and each year thereafter, must have passed the sixth anniversary of their birth before October 1 of the year in which they enroll, and must enroll during the first month of the school year. If a particular child has al ready been attending school in Continued On Page Two r Tide Table Following is the tide table for 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 Low Tide Thursday, August 16 3:48 A. M. 10:01 A. M. 4:34 P. M. 10:46 P. M. Friday, August 1$ 4:42 A. M. 10:52 A. M. 5:22 P. M. 11:35 P. M. Saturday, August 18 5:31 A.M. 11:40 A. M. 6:07 P. M. 0:00 P. M. Sunday, August 19 6:17 A. M. 0:19 A. M. 6:47 P. M. 12:25 P. M. Monday, August 20 6:59 A. M. 1:00 A. M. 7:26 P. M. 1:07 P. M. Tuesday, August 21 7:37 A. M. 1:39 A. M. 8:02 P. M. 1:46 P. M. Wednesday, August 22 8:14 A. M. 2:16 A. M. 8:35 P. M. 2:29 P. M.