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THE STATI PORT PILOT
VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 32
6-PAGES TODAY
A Good Newspapi In A Good Community
_ Soilort, N. C., Wednesday, August 22,1951
The Pilot Covert*
Brunswick County
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
$1.50 PER YEAR
rarm Bureau Is
Now Conducting
Drive For Funds
Annual Membership Drive
For Organization Got Un
derway Friday Night At
Kick-Off Dinner At ShaL
lotte Point
LON EDWARDS WAS
CHIEF SPEAKER
State Farm Bureau Leader
Outlined Several Impor
tant Accomplishments
Of This Organize
tion
The Brunswick County Farm
Bureau held its annual member
ship drive kick-off meeting Fri
day evening, at the Anchorage
Hotel at Shallotte Point.
Some 27 Farm Bureau memb
ers were on hand for the meet
ing to hear County Farm Bu
reau President C. O. Bennett an
nounce their quota of 500 mem
bers, and plan for the ’51 drive.
Mr. Bennett said that the county
quota will go to make up the 80,
000 State Farm Bureau member
ship, and the million and a half
national membership goal.
Lon Edwards, ex-president of
the North Carolina Farm Bureau
and present State Chairman of
the membership drive, spoke at
length on what the Farm Bureau
has done for the farmers of Nor
th Carolina and the nation. He
mentioned several things the
Farm Bureau has sponsored and
proved to be of great benefit and
service to the farmer. He said
that tobacco selling for an aver
age of 50c per pound is only 90
percent of parity. The tobacco
program has not cost the farmer
1 cent. In 1950 the farmer . re
ceived 69c per hour for his labor.
Organized labor received twice
that amount in many instances.
Farm Bureau has meant more to
farmers in the past few years i
than the labor unions have meant t
to labor, Mr. Edwards said. He [
further stated that Farm Bureau 0
sponsored a bill in the last State -]
Legislature to exempt tax oh t
fuel oil for curing tobacco.
Mr. Edwards said that each
farmer cannot speak for himself
and be heard but by and through
the Farm Bureau organization he | {
can have someone to speak for
him and represent his interest,
and that every farmer should be
a member of Farm Bureau.
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Brief News
Flasket
ATTENDED -GRADUATION
Capt. and Mrs. Arthur Weeks
spent the week-end in Winston
Salem, attending the graduation
of their daughter, Miss Blanche
Weeks is expected home in about
Baptist School of Nursing. Mis,?
ten days to visit her parents.
ON VACATION
Assistant Clerk of Court B.
J. Holden is on his vacation this
week. It is very rarely that par
ties having business at the of
fice of the clerk of court find
Mr. Holden absent from his du
ties.
VACATIONING AT BEACH
President J. D. Messick of the
Carolina Teachers College of
Greenville, and his family, are
spending their vacation at Long
Beach. They are occupying the
residence of President John B.
Steadman of the Scottish Banks.
VACATIONING AT BEACH
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ferger of
Wilmington are vacationing at
Long Beach. Mr. Perger was
horticulturist at Orton for sever
al years. In addition to land
scape gardening he now owns
and operates a successful plant
and flower business at Mason
boro.
RIVER FISHING
Fishing in the river at South
port has suddenly become what a
couple of Southport ‘teen agers
describee! yesterday as, “Mighty
Good.” The boys, Bobby Cullis
and Bertram Burris, brought in
10 big speckled trout, several of
which weighed around three
pounds each.
BACK IN HIS OFFICE
Following a week in education
al conferences at Mars Hill and
a three and a half day vacation,
County Superintendent of Schools
J. T. Denning returned to his of
fice Monday. The vacation was
to points in Virginia and Mr.
Denning was accompanied by
Mrs. Denning and their little
daughter, Anne.
Betty Reid Of Winnabow
Tobacco Festival QuAn
1951 Tobacco Festival Queen
Gordon Gray, president of the Greater University of North Car
hnf;.18 8hown Presenting a $300 diamond ring from Heed’s Jewelers
°eid^of wG yh^eidD 18'year'°ld daUghter of Mr- and Mrs. Gilbert
f l Brunswick County, after she was crowned queen
f the Whiteville lobacco Festival in Whiteville on Thursday evening,
he curvaceous Brunswick miss won the pageant crown in competi
ioU with 16 other beauteous young ladies.—(Photo by Baldwin Stu
io, Whiteville.)
Quarantine Station
Destroyed By Fire
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Landmark in (Jape Fear
River One Mile Above
Southport Had Four Buil
dings And Considerable
Dock Burned
STATION ABANDONED
SEVERAL YEARS AGO
Served For Many Years To
Safeguard The Health Of
North Carolina Resi
dents Against For
eign Disease
More than two-thirds of the
Quarantine Station dock and
four of the largest and most sub
stantial of the seven buildings
were destroyed by fire Sunday
| night. The blaze is supposed to
have resulted from some fisher
man throwing a lighted cigarette
[down on the decking.
rhe flames were discovered at
about 9 o clock and brought out
an alarm for the Southport vol
unteer fire department. The re
sponse was quick, but with the
blaze in the middle of the river
one mile above town, the fight
ers could do nothing. The coast
guard crash boat was better sit
uated to handle things.
The crash boat has equipment
that makes it a good fire fight
er when the blaze happens to be
a boat or a structure close to the
water. In short order it reach
ed the Quarantine Station and
was pouring -streams on the bur
ning buildings and docks. Aided
by the fact that there was no
wind, the boat was able to pre
vent the flames from spreading
over the tar soaked decking to
three of the smaller buildings,
rhe other four and the decking
surrounding and under them were
completely destroyed.
A check at il o’clock, nearly
four hours after the alarm, re
vealed that the crash boat was
still industriously pumping water
on the deckings and burning pil
ings. All timber at the station
was heavily cresoeted. In ad
dition a thick coating of tar
was spread all over the decking
making the installations extreme
ly vulnerable to fire, once it sot
started. e
The station was constructed
before the turn of the century
and was in reality a small city
on piling. It had its own utili
ties, including a splendid deep
water well and water tower.
Players Asked To
Park On Street
Mayor H. W. Hood has ask
ed that those who drive their
automobiles to the tennis courts
park their cars on the street
or on the drive going to the
Community Building in order
to leave the garrison grounds
safe for children at play.
“With school opening next
Wednesday, the garrison is the
only playground available ‘for
them”, said Mayor Hood. “We
are placing four benches be
side the courts for the conven
ience of players and operators,
and we urge the sportsmen of
the community to co-operate
with us in making this a safe
area for school children.”
The work of installing lights
for the courts is now under
way.
Fishermen Go
Back To Work
I
Members Of Crews Of Men
haden Vessels Are Back
At Work After Being Off
For Several Days
i Striking menhaden fishermen
at Southport returned to their
vessels Tuesday and began the
work of reloading nets in the
purse boats. Most of the boats
got out to their fishing this mor
ning, while others are still getting
ready to resume operations.
Only the six boats of the
Brunswick Navigation Co. and
some of the factory employees
have been directly effected. How
ever, other boats were effected
indirectly and a large number of
men have been without employ
ment. The return to work is
good news to Southport people
and many throughout the county.
A large number of the workers
come from the Shallotte and Sup
ply areas.
The fish are said to be very
plentiful at the present time and :
the fishing prospects excellent. I
The Big Chief of the Saunders i
Continued On Page Four •.
Brunswick County
Chosen To Succei
Miriam Mitchell
Annual Event
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eMiss
13 th
FAIR BLUFF BEAUt
ADJUDGED RUNM4JP
Gordon Gray Chdh^ei
Nation To Give Thfcht
To Moral And Spiiflil
lie-A wakening
Crowning of Miss Belfeteiri
of Winnabow, Brunswick phty
as 1951 queen climaxed t#tf3tl
annual Whiteville Tobaclb'es
tival in Whiteville on TTndaj
evening at the National < arc
Armory.
The coronation ceremoAjwa!
performed by Gordon Grai, res
ident of the Greater UiAisltJ
of North Carolina, who e«]r ii
the evening had address
annual banquet of the fest
ganization at Hotel Whittle.
Miss Reid, 18-year-old
ter of Mr. and Mrs. GilbeSftei'
of Winnabow, triumphed <*■' H
other candidates for theftmo
in the beauty pageant. '
Runner-up was Miss Ear
Waller, daughter of Postmste
and Mrs. A. E. Waller ofFai
Bluff. Miss Waller was th
representative of the Ameica
Legion Post at Pair Bluff.
In third place in the baut
pageant was Miss Jean Crumlei
representative of the Cit\ o
Fayetteville.
The curvacious Brunswick gir
who was sponsored by the Be
livia Lions Club, received a $30
diamond ring made for the qiee
by Joseph Burland, famous jew
eler of New York, and presonte
(Continued on Page Four)
[Tarpon Caught
In Cedar Creel
Capt. Howard Victor U*«<
Experience In Fla. ‘Wat
ers To Good Advahtagi
On Monday Trip
The first report of tarpon fish
ing this year came in yesterda;
with Captain Howard Victor an<
E. G. Mallison reported having
hooked and brought three hugi
fish to their boat during abou
two hours of fishing near Bah
Head island.
All three of the fish were re
leased unharmed after beinj
brought to the boat. Captain Vic
tor said. “Why should we kil
them and bring them in. They an
not fit to eat. Dead they ari
worth nothing. Released they wil
provide more fine sport for us oi
somebody else."
The larger of the three fisl
was estimated to weigh aboul
125 pounds. It made 14 hug<
jumps before it became tractabk
and could be brought to the boat
and released. The other two fist
were estimated to weigh about
one hundred pounds each.
All three of the strikes were
had by Captain Victor, who is
experienced in all sorts of sport
fishing in Florida and elsewhere.
(Continued on page 4)
W. B. KBZIAH
Our
ROVING j
Reporter
Newspapers are often referred
to as the eyes of this nation.
That being so, the Southport area
got looked at by the eyes of the
State last week when between
175 and 200 North Carolina news
papermen and women spent the
day here. They saw things with
interest and, we believe a very
favorable light. Some of them
apparently learned someth i n g
they had never known about this
part of the State.' To iUustrate
this point, at least half a dozen
editors from the western and
Piedmont part of the State asked
Lis if the ships going to and
rom Wilmington passed through
the Southport harbor. The ans
wer, of course, was yes.
A remark made to us by Pres
ent Henry Belk of the North
Carolina Press Association at
he luncheon here Friday should
massed on to the good ladies of
U1 ages in Southport. They de
serve all of the credit for the
uncheon, serving and table def
lations. Seated next to us,
is. President Belk turned and
laid: "This is the most unusual
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meal ever served to the North
Carolina Press Association. The
food was wonderful and so were
the table decorations and the
serving of the meal by the la
dies.” There was another of the
many reactions of the day that
I we feel should also be passed on
to the Southport folks. Outside
of Manager Hubert Livingston,
who was operating a machine, we
were the only Southport person
as a guide on one of the big bus
loads of editors and their wives.
Somebody in the back of the
bus wrote a note, signed, first
by Dante Germino of the Durham
Sun, and last by Tolbert Patrick,
who was sitting with us, it had
the signature of every man and
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woman before it reached us in c
the front of the machine. It 3
read: “This is to let you known 3
we all appreciate the hospitality v
of the people of Southport. We 1
have enjoyed every minute here s
and we promise to come and
see you again at Southport.” f
This coming week will see a I
fairly large number of residents '
Continued On Page Four
County Schools
Open Wednesday '
For Fall Term
Superintendent J. T. Denn
ing Calls Principals And
Teachers Meeting Mon
day And Tuesday Of Next
Week
OUTLINES RULES
FOR 1ST GRADERS
Only Three Vacancies Exist
In Faculties Of Consoli
dated Schools Of Coun
ty Right Now
All Brunswick county schools
will open for their fall term
next Wednesday.
All children entering school for
the first time should be vacci
nated against small pox and in
oculated against whopping cough,
diphtheria and typhoid. A cer
tificate stating that this has
been done must be presented to
the teacher before a child can
be enrolled in school. If a cer
tificate is not presented, a state
ment signed by the parents per
mitting the school nurse to pro
vide the proper immunization will
be accepted.
All children must be six years
of age on or before October 2,
in order to be able to enter the
first grade.
School bus drivers will get
their buses at the school garage
1 August 27, at 9:30 a. m. Short
r talks on safety and proper bus
operation will be made by the
I chief mechanic and the highway
patrol representative.
The white teachers and prin
. cipals will meet at the Southport
) school auditorium at 10 a. m.,
, August 28, for the first county
. wide teachers’ meeting. The col
j ored teachers and principals will
meet at the Brunswick county
training school at 2 o’clock Au
gust 28, for the first county-wide
teachers’ meeting.
A representative of the insur
ance division will give full in
[ structions to the principals as
the operation of the school in
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Alf schools have a fpll corps
of teachers except Waccamaw
! and Shallotte. Waccamaw needs
a commercial teacher. Shallotte
needs a 4th grade teacher, and a
■ social science teacher for high
' school.
Teacher List
1 For Shallotte
' Principal Henry C. Stone
Extends Invitation To Par
ents To Attend Opening
Exercises Next Wednes
day
The Shallotte School will open
Wednesday morning, at 8:30
o’clock. The public is cordially in
vited to attend the opening exer
cises.
All children who will enter
school for the first time should
bring their birth certificates with
them the first day. The child
must be six years old on or be
fore the second day of October
to enter the first grade.
The North Carolina School
Law requires that eaech child be
(Continued on page 4)
Old Friends
GREETINGS—W, B. Kezian, left, Southport news
paper man, welcomes President Henry Belk of the N. C.
Press Association to the lunchedn program given Friday
by citizens of Southport to visiting members of the press.
Both Keziah and President Belk are natives of Union
munty, and both got their start in the newspaper busi
ness with the Monroe Journal.—(Art Newton Photo.)
Press Association
Enjoys Luncheon
Blow Up Wreck
Out On Shoals
When the Moja on which she
was a passenger for a fishing
trip on Sujulayt, June 3, hit n.
partially submeiged wreck and
sank, Mrs. W. F. Dyer of
Whiteville resolved that the
same fate would not befall any
other party if she could help
it.
She wrote to Senator Willis
Smith, urging that the wreck
be removed as a hazard to nav
igation. She received an ac
knowledgement, together with
assurance received by the Sen
ator from the U. S. Engin
eers, that the wreck would be
removed.
Friday the first phase of
this job was performed by a
crew from the Wilmington of
fice. On Monday the work of
dynamiting the protruding sec
tions was completed. The on
ly casualty of the operation
were hundreds of fish, some of
them giant sheep head and
trout, for whom the wreck
was a favorite haunt.
Jury List For
September Term
Lourt Which Convenes Here
On Monday, September
17, Will Feature Several
Interesting Cases
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The September term of
Jrunswiek County Superior court
rill convene here on the 17th
rith Judge Walter J. Bone pre
iding. Indications are that this
erm will hold more interest than
;ny held here in recent years.
In addition to about 35 impor
ant matters that are to come up
here are two murder cases and
ne charging rape. J. G. “Pat”
I’Quinn of the Calabash com
munity is scheduled to be tried
or the murder of his wife and
lenry Wilson Davis, negro living
etween Southport and Supply,
dll also face a murder charge
rowing out of his alleged fatal
tabbing of another negro sever
1 months ago.
Of equal interest with the two
murder cases, R. C. Hewett,
oung white married man of the
upply community, is charged
dth raping a 12 year old white
irl of the same community. Both
lewett and O'Quinn are in jail
dthout the privilege of bond,
‘lie Negro was released on a
5,000 bond.
At their regular meeting here
londay the board of county
ommissioners drew the names of
6 men who will serve as trial
jrymen at the term. The Bruns
wick grand jury is a 12-month
ody that begins serving the fir
t of each year.
The September jurymen are as
>llows:
S. C. Tripp, p. j. Marlowe,
feil Gupton, Cyrus Meares, Gro
er Floyd, Dewey Grissett, B. A.
(Continued on page 4)
One-Hundred-Seventy - Five
Press Visitors Attended
Meeting At Community
Building In Southport On
Friday
VISITED POINTS
OF LOCAL INTEREST
Bus And "Boat" Trips Pre
ceded Visit To Orton
Where Mtt Sprunt En
tertained Members
Of Press
Citizens of Southport were
hosts Friday to about 175 mem
bers of the North Carolina Press
Association at a seafood lunch
eon served in the community
building.
The press group came to Sou
thport from Wrightsvjlle Beach
following a morning business ses
sion, and the remainder of the
day was dedicated to a period of
fun and recreation.
The community building was
appropriately decorated for the
occasion, and arrangements were
made to seat 200 guests. Colorful
plates of seafood delicacies were
already placed before the visit
ors entered the building, and
only an informal program inter
rupted their luncheon.
President Henry Belk of Golds
boro called the group to order,
and the invocation was by L. S.
Thompson of Whiteville. Mayor
H. W. Hood then spoke a brief
welcome, and response was by
Josh Horne, publisher of the
Rocky Mount Telegram. Guests
were delighted with the announ
cement that all table decorations,
which included seashells, sea hor
ses, drift wood and venus fly
traps, were to be regarded as
favors, and each began choosing
the most likely booty within his
reach.
A number of Art Newton wa
tercolors were hung for the oc
casion, and the young Southport
artist was introduced to the
group. He responded by present
ing to President Belt a painting
which he recently completed of
a typical Southport waterfront
scene.
(Continued on page 4)
Tour Arranged
For Thursday
Representatives Of Various
Wilmington Civic Organi
zations Will Join Bruns
wick Leaders For Trip
Wilmington business men will
stage a goodwill trip to Bruns
wick county tomorrow (Thurs
day), the visit being in connec
tion with the Junior Dairy Show
that is to be held in Wilmington
on September 27-28.
The group will leave Wilming
ton at 8 o’clock and should ar
rive at Supply shortly before 9
o’clock, meeting at the office of
County Agent A. S. Knowles.
From there they will be escort
ed to various farms, the major
(Continued on page 4)
Baptist Assembly
In Final Week Of
Summer Program
Fellowship Week In Pro
gress This Week, With
Chief Emphasis Upon Con
gregational Music
YOUNG FOLKS ARE
ALSO PRESENT
Representatives Of Several
Youth Organizations From
Various Sections Of The
State At Caswell
This Week
This is the 8th and closing
week of conferences for the sea
son, for the Baptist Seaside As
sembly and has been designated
as Fellowship Week. Beginning
Monday it will last through Sun
day, August 26. Prof. Thane Mc
Donald of Wake Forest College
is conducting classes and confer
ences in music. He will conclude
his part of the program Friday
evening with a program of mu
sic to which the public is invited.
All during this week inspira
tional messages are being de
livered each day at noon and
again in the evening. Some of
the speakers are Dr. J. W. Angel,
Campbell College; Rev. Chas. A.
Maddrey, Durham; Dr. Owen Her
ring, Wake Forest and Rev. Carl
ton Mitchell of Zebulon.
In addition to Fellowship week
activities, this week is featuring
two camps for girls and boys and
a state-wide camp for Junior G.
A.'s and a camp for 4-H Club
girls and boys.
The assembly has had a great
summer, Dr. Redwine states.
Each of the conference weeks
have brought attendance beyond
expectations.
The past week, credited with
being one of the best of the year
at the Baptist Assembly, brought
approximately a thousand regis
trants to Port Caswell. Dr. Rich
ard K. Redwine, director of the
assembly,states that the attend
ance this season has already ex
ceeded 5,000.
The past week was.op the, pro- »
gram as Baptist Training Week.
Some 40 speakers, conference
leaders and teachers led in the
activities. Among these leaders
were Harvey Gibson of the Bap
tist Training Department, Nash
ville, Tenn., Rev. J. Winston
Pearce and Mrs. J. Winston Pear
ce of Durham; Dr. Perry Lang
ston of Campbell College; Dr.
Ralph McLean, Meredith College;
Rev. Stanley Howard and Mrs.
Stanley Howard, Lake Wacca
(Continued on page 4)
County Board In
Session Monday
Board Orders That Reports
Of Electrical And Plumb
ing Inspection Shall Be
Submitted To Them
The Board of County Commis
sioners met in regular session.
Monday.
On a motion of Commissiones
H. O. Peterson, seconded by Com-\
missioner, R. L. Rabon, it was
ordered that electrical wiring and
plumbing be inspected when in
stalled and a report made to the
commissioners on the conditions
found.
A petition was presented and
approved requesting the State
Highway Commission to pave the
streets on each side of the court
(Continued on page 3)
Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
for Southport during the nest
week. These hours are approxir
mately correct and were furn
Ished The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, August 23
0:09 a. m. 6:15 a. m.
12:44 p. m. 6:55 p. nv
Friday, August 24
0:56 a, m. 7:04 a. m.
1:36 p. m. 7:53 p. m.
Saturday, August 25
1:48 a. m. 7:58 a. m.
2:30 P- «n- 8:54 p. m.
Sunday, August 26
2:48 a. m. 8:56 a. m.
3:26 P- m. 9:55 p. m.
Monday, August 27
3:46 a. m. 9:54 a. m.
4:20 p. m. 10:50 p. m.
Tuesday, August 28
4:42 a. m. 10:48 a. m.
5:10 p. m. 11:38 p. m.
Wednesday, August 29
5:33 a. m. 11:38 a. m.
5:56 p. m. 0:00 p. m.