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Most Of The News All The Time THE STATE A Good Newspaper In VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 16 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., PORT PILOT A Good Community Wednesday, December 5, 1951 The Pilot Covers Brunswick County PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY »1.50 PER YEA* Draw Jury List For Court Term Here In January Other Matters Before Com missioners Monday Includ ed Acceptance Of Resig nation Of Home Agent TAX LISTERS ARE NAMED FOR COUNTY Period From December 22 To Thursday, December 27th, Is Designated For Xmas Holidays At a meeting of the board of County Commissioners here Mon day, Miss Corrine Green, Home Agent for the past several years, appeared and tendered her resig nation. The commissioners accep ted her resignation with regret. The date for her leaving is set for January 15. The matter of a successor has not yet been taken up. List takers were appointed for the various townships to begin their work on January 1, 1952. These list takers are as follows: Northwest township, A. G. Ga ney; Town Creek township, E. G. Rabon; Smithfield township, Mrs. Christine Frink; Shallotte township, R. O. Lewis; Lock woods Folly township, Bedford Ludlum; Waccamaw township, R. S. Milligan. Each is to be paid $8 per day and mileage and it is required that they each take the farm census. For the Christmas holidays for county offices the period from noon, December 22, to 9 a. m., December 27 was designated for the offices to be closed. The jury list for the January ferm of Superior Court was drawn. The list is as follows: W. J. McDonald, T. F. Johnson, E. M. Danford, W. G. Moore, Hulon Flowers, B. M. McKeithan, C. S. Lewis and John Phillips, Bolivia. Thomas St. George, Worth Ivy, Roger Clemmons, E. C. Blake, Sylvester Wortham, B. M. Buris, G. E. Hubbard, Floyd Dilsaver, W. R. Bomberger, Donald A. Ba ker and Mrs. Margaret Harper, Southport. Clarence Clemmons, G. A. Rob inson, Edsel Norris, Perry Han kins, J. H. Holden, Jr., Lawrence Fulford, Clyde Dixon, C. G. Roach, Supply. Andrew Gray, J. O. Register, Aton Ludlum, J. V. Smith, W. T. Russ, Linwood Gray, Harry A. Chadwick, J. s. Clifton, Paul Holden, Shallotte. Dalton Best, O. Z. Tripp, Wil son J. Long, Monroe Register, Ash. Orbie J. Inman, J. H. Fernside, P. E. Brady, Freeland. F. J. Coleman, Robert Gore, W. C. Smith, Joe T. Long, Rob E. Ward, U. L. Rourk, W. E Russ, C. W. Harvell, L. B. Skip per, R. C. Holmes, F. W. Ga ney, W. A. Smith, Mack F. Jones, B. H. Tillman, Leland. Alex Bogie, Winnabow; Lay D. Long, Johnnie B. Smith, Wampee, S. C. BritfNewt Flathtt --- CHURCH BAZAAR The Woman's Societ yof Chris tian Service of Trinity Meth odist Church will hold a bazaar on Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at The State Port Pilot office. Fancywork, pies, cakes, novelties and ‘‘white elephants” will be sold. TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR A Typographical error, resulting from late arrival of matter for printing, came ont with Mrs. Margaret L. Rourk, Postmaster at Leland, having her office credited with a rating of 69 points. As a matter of fact, Mrs. Rourk’s of fice was given a rating of 99, at a recent inspection. This is one of the highest rating award ev er given a post office in this county. HOMECOMING SERA ICES Homecoming Day services wil be held at Chapel Hill Baptist Church at Shallotte Sunday, witl all day services beginning at 1( o’clock. This is the hour for Sunday school, and preaching services will follow at 11 o’clock. Dinner will be served on the grounds, and during the after noon a musical program will be held. Featuring the music f0 this occasion will be the nev Hammond organ which has bee installed for use in the church. Wake Forest Star Has Relatives Here Jack Lewis All-Southern Conference End, Is Grandson Of Late Mr. And Mrs. Dun Lewis Of Mill Creek Since Brunswick county has not in modern times had a native son who has played football on a major college team, it remains for a native grandson to fill in for this sports deficiency. And the young man who so ably .fills the bill is Jack Lewis, star end for this year’s Wake For est team, who last week was selected on two different all-Southern Conference selections. Lewis is a Birmingham, Ala-> bama boy, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lewis and a grand son of the late Mr. .and Mrs. Dun Lewis of the Mill Creek com munity in Brunswick County. His father, who once served as san itarian for the Brunswick county Health Department, is now pres ident of the Vuldan Life Insur ance Company of Birmingham. Lewis has be n selected on the all-conference team picked by the Southern Conference Sports Wri ters Association. He got 108 votes in the balloting to lead all of the ends in the conference. He also received a first team berth in the Associated Press se lection. Wake Forest is proud of the record of Jack Lewis, both ath letically and academically, and Brunswick county should have just reason to be proud of him. His father, who graduated there in 1930 with a B. S. degree, in fluenced him to attend Wake For est and he enrolled in the fall of 1949. He was a star on the freshman team in 1949 and has been one of the mainstays of the varsity team for the past two JACK LEWIS, RE years. In this two-platoon system of football today it is a rearity to see a man like Lewis, who stars (Continued on page four) Housing Problem Looms For Project Responsibility For Providing Facilities For Workers Will Rest With Private Industry TIME-TABLE OF OPERATIONS GIVEN When Work Begins There Is Strong Possibility That Other Problems Will Develop Rapidly By W. B. KEZIAH Housing for workers was sing led out today as the critical pro blem expected to result from con struction of the Department of Defense’s ammunition loading ter minal at Sunny Point on the Cape Fear River a few miles north of Southport. With every nook and cranny in the State’s southeastern section already crammed with military men from nearby bases, how is shelter going to be provided for the new facility’s staff of 50 of ficers and that portion of 1,800 civilians recruited from areas be yond the immediate vicinity? Current plans for the terminal include no plans for government owned housing either on or off the 20,200-acre reservation. This aspect of the $22 million project, therefore, becomes an obligation of local enterprise. Whatever steps will be taken to resolve this coming situation remains an unknown quantity. While it has been repeated many times that the terminal is still in the planning stage in the Wilmington office of the Corps of Engineers awaiting further or ders from Washington, let’s as sume that the engineers have been given the “go” signal. Here is a reasonable summary of pro gressive developments: An advance wave of contract | °rs’ technicians accompanied by | supervisory personnel move into the Sunny Point area for initial surveys and groundwork layout. ; In their wake follow hundreds of skilled men with various types of heavy machines for clearing land and excavating for plant founda tions. Meanwhile, recruiting for ; common labor has been going on at a rapid clip. Like any pro ject of a comparable size, men and women from all walks ap pear for employment. When hired and firmly entrenched, their next thought is to bring their families here to live until their jobs have i*un out. Every phase of commun ! ity life feels the impact. The in flux of many children of school . age weighs heavily on school fa cilities which are taxed to capa • city because of the nearness oi r military camps. The first question i however, is where are all these ( Continued On Page Five ) Highway Officials Visit Southport Dr. Henry W. Jordan, chair man of the State Highway Commission, and a group of other high ranking highway of ficials visited Southport Mon day afternoon, from which point they embarked for a boat trip across the Cape Fear to Carolina Beach. A discussion of prospects for installing fer ry service was the main mat ter of business. Also in the group were W. H. Rogers, Jr., chief engineer of the highway department; Wilbur Clark, commissioner for the third division; L. E. Whit field, third division engineer; T. B. Gunther, chief bridge en gineer; C. E. Brown, assistant division engineer. Local officials who joined the highway folks for their trip aboard the engineers’ yacht Hatteras, included Sen ator S. B. Frink, Representa tive Harry L. Mintz, Jr., and Mayor H. H. Hood. E. A. Gibson, manager of Armour Fertilizer Factory also was a member of the party. Recorder Has Light Session Variety Of Cases In Court But Business Disposed Of Before Noon Recess Here Monday The regular weekly session of Brunswick County Recorder’s court was completed before ad journment at noon Monday. The following cases were disposed of: George Collins McLamb, reck less operation, fined $25.00 and costs, license to be revoked for one year. William J. Strong, reckless op eration, fined $25.00 and costs. Frederick C. Beard, reckless op eration, fined $25.00 and cost. Robert J. Robinson, speeding, no operators license, fined $25.00 and costs. Beatrice Ruth Blackman, speed ing, $10.00 and costs. H. M. Creech, Jr., public drun kenness, costs. Eldridge Vernon Holden, no registration plates, costs. Herbert Berlinsky, speeding 75 miles per hour, $550.00 and costs Billy G. Gibson, passing on curve, $5.00 fine and costs. Jennings Elroy Hardee, reck less operation, fined $40.00 anc ( Continued on page Five ) PMA Elections Scheduled For Next Thursday Chairman Leo Medlin Re minds Farmers That Part Of Democratic Process Is Election Of Officials . POLLING PLACES in Each township All Who Are Engaged In Farming, Whether As Owner, Tenant Or Cash Renter Eligible To Vote Leo F. Medlin, chairman of the Brunswick County PMA Com mittee, today issued a final call to all farmers of the county who are eligible to vote in the PMA farm committee elections, on Thursday, December 13. "A voice in the selection of committeemen to administer the various farm programs under PMA is a vital right under our system of free government. It is a privilege that should %iot be neglected.” Polls will be open from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. on next Thursday. Voting places are as, follows: Lockwoods Folly, J. E. Kirby’s store; Northwest, Applewhite’s Store; Town Creek, Winnabow— Henry’s Store; Smithville, Mid way Filling Station; Shallotte— Grissettown, B. A. Russ Store; Waccamaw, Lonnie Evans Store. “No Brunswick County farmer who is eligible to vote should let that time pass without voting,” says the chairman. “The three farmers who will serve on the local community committee and the delegate to the county con vention from that community should be the choice of the ma jority of eligible voters in the community.” Eligible voters are any own ers, operators, tenants or share croppers on a farm that is par ticipating this year in any pro gram administered by the county' and community PMA committee. Chairman Medlin said JifAW issuing this final call to farmers ( Continued On Page Five ) Junior Class Play Tuesday “The Bishop’s Mantle” Will Be Presented By Mem bers Of Junior Class At Southport School Audi torium The junior class of Southport high school will present a three act play, the Bishop’s Mantle by Marian L. Johnson, next Tues day at 8 o’clock in the school auditorium. The play is based on the nov el of the same name by Agnes Trunball. A young minister takes up his work at St.. Matthews, a well established church. The play tells the story of the trials and tribulations he had to make the parish prosper. Skits from this play will be given Thursday night at the PTA meeting. Teacher - Talk PLANS—The quartet in this photo all are teachers, although they serve in varied fields of activity. James Ford, left, is a science teacher at Southport high school: Pat Arrington teaches dancing to the youngsters and teen-agers in her private school; Paul Pittinger is public school music teacher and band director at Southport high school, and Art Newton, right, teaches several art classes. — (Mrs.) Art Newton Photo.) Trustees Busy Raising Funds Hog Rustlers At Work In County While a cow or §ome other animal has occasionally been stolen in Brunswick county du ring the past, it remained for the past week to produce a case of outright rustling. Rice Gwyn, Longwood farmer and tobacco planter, reports the loss of 15 fine hogs in one night. The >animals are thought to have been loaded into a truck or trucks in one of the extensive Gwyn pastures. Mr. Gwyn states that all he knows are that the hogs disappear-* ed, hide hair and hoof, over night. The loss of that many hogs was just a little too much for the Waccamaw township plant er. Mr. Gwyn states that he is offering a reward of $500 for information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of the party or parties responsi ble for stealing the animals. TIME EXTENDED The temporary rescission of in ter-service agreement allowing men who have had their physical examination to enlist in the bran ch of service of their choice has been extended through December 31, 1951. W. B. KJEZIAH Our ROVING Reporter Commenting on the W. R. Holmes story in last week’s pa-1 per about the early telephone! clays in this county, especially in the Shallotte area, George W. Rapplyea, who is again a resi dent of Southport and now prom inent in the invention field, says that after he took over the Bo livia, Supply and Shallotte tel phone line he also took over the Southport, Shallotte and Little River line, operating it here in Southport under the name of Cape Fear Telephone and Tel egraph Company. A 1000-watt telegraph transmitter was built and operated in the old Lough lin building, since destroyed by fire in Southport. This set was turned over to the Army early in World War X, and was oper ated from Fort Caswell. This week a lady, interested in buying a home and moving here from Carolina Beach, asked if vve thought the Sunny' Point in stallation would be permanent ? My good woman, the construction that is planned for Sunny Point is of such a nature that no man, not eyen the government, will ev er seek to remove it. It is some thing from which very little, if anything at all, can ever be sal vaged for removal. With the concrete docks that are to be built and the permanent fixtures that will be installed, about the whole ofthe industry now in Wilmington and dependent on the river would jump into the river to get to Sunny Point, if the government moved out. And that is something the government never will do. Neither the menhaden industry or shrimp fishing have been any too good this year. That is to say that earnings have been low. It may be added that in some cases these low earnings have been doubly felt because of the high and ever increasing cost of living. The point to this is that in all of our 26 winters at South port we have never seen less of a depressed feeling than is man ifested now. A large percent of (Continued on page 4) Chairman Prince O’Brien Responsible For Addling Almost $500 To Total Through Efforts Of Past Two Days TOTAL STANDS AT $4,198.43 MARK Concerted Effort Will Be Made To Raise The Re mainder Of The Local Funds Necessary For Project The Dosher Memorial Hospital , Building Fund took a big jump j this week with the collection of $919.81, most of which came from business firms and individ uals in Southport. Following the hospital board meeting on Monday night, mem bers of the board of trustees got busy yesterday in the matter of collections, and Chairman Prince O’Brien was personally respon sible for collecting almost $500 of the new donations. Also reflected in the increase is a check for $146.06 from the Southport Woman’s Club. This is in addition to previously ackno wledged gifts from this organiza tion of $140. Members of this group have set $1,000 as the goal they will raise for the buil ding fund, and tonight there will be a silver offering taken at the Christmas musical program for this cause. The fund total now stands at $4,198.43, which is still less than one half of the $10,000 required in local funds if the Brunswick county institution is to qualify for the $90,Q00 matching money which will make possible repairs and improvements totaling $100, 000. The Monday night meeting of the trustees was largely devoted to a discussion of plans to make a concerted drive for the balance of the necessary money. Three sections of the county were rep resented by new board members —L. C. Babson, Fred Mintz and G. T. Reid. Also present were Mrs. H. B. Smith, president of the Hospital Auxiliary, and Mrs. E. H. Arrington, president of the Southport Woman’s Club. Following is a tabulation of new contributions: Brought Forward .$3,278.62 M. R. Sanders . 25.00 L. C. Babson . 25.00 Mrs. W. A. Maxwell .... 5.00 T. R. Robinson, Jr. 10.00 Mrs. H. B. Wallace . 15.00 Thompson McRacken .... 10.00 Mary McFarland . 5.00 Brown’s Chapel (Col.) .. 5.00 Henry D. Williams . 25.00 Cash (name withheld) .... 18.75 E. C. Blake . 100.00 Dan Harrelson . 200.00 Prince O’Brien . 100.00 Southport Worn. Club .... 146.00 Marion Cox . 5.00 Fred Spencer . 25.00 E. J. Prevatte . 100.00 State Port Pilot . 100.00 Total.$4,198.43 Soil Election Is Being Held In This County Corbett Coleman Is Only Nominee To Fill Vacancy On Board Of Supervisors For Brunswick County One Soil Conservation District Supervisor for Brunswick coun ty will be elected by popular vote in an election now in prog ress. The voting began on Mon day, December 3, and will con tinue through Saturday, Decem ber 8. All qualified voters in the county are eligible to vote. Similar elections are being held in more than 90 North Carolina counties, which are in soil con servation districts. Brunswick county is a part of the Lower Cape Fear Conservation District. Other counties in the district are Bladen, Columbus, New Hanover and Pender. Mr. Corbett Coleman of Ash was the only candidate nominat ed in Brunswick county this year, and if elected will succeed him self on the local board for an other three-year term. Other me mbers of the local county board whose terms are not expiring are J. D. Bellamy, Jr., of Shallotte, and C. K. Lewis of Winnabow. The ballot boxes are located at the following points: PMA office at Supply; Henry’s Store at Win nabow; High School, at Bolivia; McLamb’s Store at Hickman’s Crossroads; Shallotte Hardware Company at Shallotte; Lonnie Evans’ Store at Ash; Gwyn’s Store at Longwood; Russ’ Store at Grissettown, and Rourk’s store at Leland. All qualified voters of the coun ty who have not already voted, are urged to cast their ballots at the most convenient place listed above before the voting closes. '( Continued On Page Five ) Mass Meeting Of Youth Ladies Annual Mass Meeting Of Baptist Union Planned At Antioch Baptist Church Monday The annual Mass Meeting of the Brunswick Baptist Training Union will be held this year at the Antioch Baptist church, loca ted near Bolivia, on Monday night of December 10th, at 7:15. All churches having Training Unions are asked to send a good number to this important meeting as there will be a fine program arranged for all that attend. Any church wishing to give any report as to their progress as a union during the past year’s work will be given a chance to make such a report. The year’s goals and plans will be set up at this meeting and any church having recently organized a Training Union will be recognized. A well-rounded program has been planned and there will be a guest speaker who will bring a special message on Training Continued on Page Five Precautions For Safety Feature Depot Building Railroad Sidings Will. Run On Top Of Apron Of Each Three Piers Planned For Project ROBERT AND CO. ARE ARCHITECTS Specifications Will Demand That All Material Be Non Combustible; Water To Be Guaranteed By W. B. KEZIAH The steadily growing recogni tion of the magnitude of the Sunny Point ammunition outload ing depot was increased Tuesday with the receipt of information from Col. R. C. Brown, Corps of Engineers of the Wilmington Dis trict. This information was rela tive to the three huge docks that are to be built with a total ca pacity of nine ships at one time. Along with other matter rela tive to the docks, Colonel Brown says the structures will have three railroad tracks built on top of the apron of each dock. Ramps alongside these rail lines and le vel with box car floors will per mit lifttrucks to move in and out of cars, shuttling contents t® shipside. Accommodations for berthing fireboats, tugs and sanitary craft are included in the plans for the piers. Operations on each pier will be directed from the dockmaster’s office in an administration build ing for each pier. A system of floodlights will provide sufficient light for work 24 hours a day. Three types of piers are under consideration but at this time there is nothing definite as to which type will be selected. In the plans is one hard and fast rule that engineers will not vio late in the final selection, that is that the construction material in all of the piers must be noncom bustible, Criteria emanating from the De fense Department is that while other phases of the facility may have some elastic characteristics, piers must be of completely non inflammable construction. Only in extreme circumstances are engi neers permitted to recommend any material that will burn. An added precaution is to as sure a continuous flow of water during freezing weather. Water mains, where not imbedded in tha earth or protected otherwise, will have electric heating devices coil ed around pipes and covered wbth weather resistant insulation. In a piling supported dock, such as that wdnch was constructed in Wilmington for the State Port Authority, some added method of protecting water from freezing must be devised. The Robert and Company of Atlanta, designing architects for the piers, have submitted a series of three types to the Wilming ton office of the Corps of Engi neers, for study and recommenda tion to the Department of Defen se. The Wilmington District office, it is to be noted, is charged \Vith working out the plan for the fa cility w'hich, engineers say, will take about 18 months to build. Of the three types projected by Continued on page four Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are approxi mately correct and were furn ished The State Fort Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’3 Association. m. m. High Tide Low Tide Thursday, December 6 2:03 a. m. 8:11 a. 2:30 p. m 8:41 p. Friday, December 7 3:01 a. m. 9:15 3:26 p. m. 9:36 Saturday, December 4:00 a. m. 10:15 4:19 p. m. 10:26 Sunday, December 4:52 a. m. 11:09 5:09 p. m. 11:14 Monday, December 10 5:40 a. m. 11:58 a. 5:56 p. m. 11:55 p. Tuesday, December 11 6:20 a. m. 0:00 a. 6:41 p. m. 12:44 p. Wednesday, December 12 7:08 a. m. 0:41 a. m. 7:24 p. m. 1:26 p. m. a. P 8 a. P. 9 a. P m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m. Hospital Building Fund Now Totals $4,198
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