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Most Of The News All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper lit A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 17 6-PACES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, December 12, 1951 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY *1.50 PER YEA* Safety Will Be Watchword Of Depot Project While Ammunition Is Dan gerous To Handle Every Possible Safety Device Is Being Incorporated In Project STATIC ELECTRICITY TO BE NEUTRALIZED Principals Of Safety To Be Employed In Operations From First Days Of Construction By W. B. KEZIAH Ever rub a cat's back on a wintry night and see sparks fly? That’s static electricity which safety engineers are seriously concerned with in planning safe working conditions for the Sun ny Point ammunition loading ter minal. This is a minor consideration for a $22 million project, says Col. R. C. Brown, but nothing is of small consequence when the welfare of even one man’s life is involved. Col Brown is Dis trict Engineer of the Wilming ton District of the Corps of En gineers, the Federal agency char ged with working out plans for building the massive project. Safety precautions, he says, have never-ending nature and while it is practical to lay down some hard and fast regulations for workers, common sense in doing one’s job will be the pre vailing factor in whether plant operations will be carried on with a minimum of lost time because of accidents., The lighting protective system on the wharves and administra tion buildings, he explains, are designed in such a way as to neutralize static electricity and thereby reduce, as far as possi ble person and material damage resulting from this potential source. It is well known that static electricity is generated by the action of one abrasive substance against another. In the light of —this . circumstance,, is is mot far-. fetched to assume that safety rules will outlaw the wearing of shoes with springs in the bot tom, silk and woolen clothing which have a static electricity producing quality, and the ilim ination as far as possible of spark-producing friction such as lifttruck operations and railroad car trucks. It is interesting to note in this connection that wood en sailing vessels of centuries ago were equipped with a metal plate in the ship’s bottom as a ground. Without it a bolt of lightning striking the mast would splinter it (the mast) be yond use. With the metal plate in the hull the mast became a simple pathway for lightning to be neutralized in the water. This principle remains a constant ^uide in devising a system of protection from lightning and static electricity. Employees of the proposed Sun ny point facility will likely find upon entering the reservation, that a guard will ask for all matches, lighters and similar conveniences common today. Pro visions are in plans, however, for smoking rooms equipped with fixed electric lighters. In plants Continued on page four BrUfNtwi Flashts CLUB TO MEET The Shallotte Business and Professional Woman’s Club will hold its Christmas dinner meet ing at the Anchor Hotel at Shal lotte Point Thursday night, De cember 20. TURKEY SHOOT To help out the funds for their Christmas Community Party the Bolivia Lions Club will stage a turkey shoot on the high school grounds at Bolivia Saturday, De cember 15, from 12 to 5 o’clock. Roasted oysters will also be serv ed with all proceeds to go to the Christmas fund. BENEFIT SUPPER The members of the WMU -of Boone's Neck Baptist Church will sponsor an oyster roast at Boone’s Landing Saturday after noon and evening. Preparations have been made to serve a boun tiful seafood meal, . and all pro ceeds will go for the fund being raised for the purchase of new pews for the church. Christmas Parade Set For Shallotte Biggest Celebration In History Scheduled For Brunswick Town Next Week One of the biggest Christmas events planned for Brunswick county is scheduled for next Tuesday, December 18, when the Shallotte Lions Club will stage a Community Christmas Party at Shallotte. Featuring the event, which will be held at 3 p. m., will be the parade of the Shallotte high school band. The National Guard and the American Legion will al so take part. The activities committee of the Lions Club stated yesterday that everything is in readiness for the parade and other features. The parade will form at the high school and march east through town to the junction of the Hol den Beach Road with Route 17, where it will disband. The National Guard will show the various types of equipment used in training at its armory. This equipment is all to be set up for display so that visitors may learn something of the operation. The National Guard also plans to serve coffee to the visitors dur ing the afternoon. The float of the Lions Club will carry Santa Claus, who will distribute candy, fruit and vari ous gifts among the children, this will be Santa’s first appear ance this season at Shallotte. After the parade the children will be able to visit with him in front of the Camp Methodist Church. Visitors in town at the time are asked not to park their cars in front of the church as the space is reserved for Santa Claus and the children visiting with him. The State Highway Patrol will be on hand to re-route traffic on Route 17 via 130 back into Route 17. Parties interested in sponsor ing a float for the parade should contact LeRoy Mintz. The Shallotte business houses are all showing their usual splen did cooperation with the event with large donations of candy, fruit and presents to be handed out by Santa Claus. Some of them have also donated hand somely with funds. All of the stores have unusually large and attractive Christmas stocks that they are inviting the visitors to inspect while attending the Li ons Club Christmas event. Southport Man Receives Contract - *. ueo. w. rtappieyea receives Government Backing For Series Of Tests For His Plasmofalt Product PUBLICITY HAS BEEN WIDESPREAD Southport Man Has Paten ted A Process To Make Quick-Hardening Build ing Material Of Molasses Following extensive U. S. Gov ernment tests to determine its standup powers and qualifications for certain uses, George W. Rap plyea of the Tropical Reesarch Laboratory at Southport has been awarded a research development contract amounting to $35,618. 71 for the development of milita ry uses for his patent, Plasmo falt. The base material for this pat ent is a low grade of molasses in powder form and bunker fuel oil and the product is being made at Southport. There are indica tions that the demand for the mixture will be world-wide in scope. The material can be used com plete for housing or a finisher or weather proofer. It is adapted for the building of roads and for many types of permanent con struction. In brief, it is an all purpose material at a very low cost, permanent in its composi tion and attractive in its appear ance when properly finished. The present contracted produc tion is of such an appearance that people living near the lab oratory are inquiring if Rapplyea is engaging in making mud pies. Working quietly at his small laboratory at his home in South (Continued on page four) Plan inquest In Death Of Holden Supply Man Died After Be ing Run Over By Pulp wood Truck Driven By Delbert Hewett Coroner John G. Caison has an nounced that he will hold an in quest Friday night into the death of Morton Holden of the Supply community. Holden died early Tuesday morning of last week af ter allegedly being run over by a pulpwood truck operated by Delbert Hewett of the same community. Both men about 35 years of age. Hewett is being held under a bond of $2,500 pending the re sults of the inquest. Several men are said to have been having some sort of a party at the home of Buster Robinson near Supply. It is said that there was considerable drinking and that a free-for-all fight resulted. Hewett is understood to have sta ted that Holden was chasing him with an iron bar and that he got in his truck and ran over Holden while trying to escape him. Three Times Is Out With Tractor J. B. Ward, Jr., is a patient at Dosher Memorial Hospital, where he is recovering from injuries sustained last Wednes day when a tractor on which he was riding through the woods overturned and pinned him beneath the machine. No bones were broken, but he was badly bruised and .sprained, and he sustained a bad gash across his chest. The speedy and intelligent ef forts of' some helping him work in the woods is credited with saving his life. They lifted the tractor from his body and hur ried him to Southport for med ical attendtion. This is the third time that young Ward has been aboard a tractor when it overturned. Once he was engaged with an other vehicle along the high way and on a second occasion one overturned him in a field. The young Longwood farmer thinks that three times of this is enough for any man, and from now on he is staying off vehicles of this type. Airplane Owner Fails To Return Arthur Hewett Reports That Damaged Plane Still Is Located At His Farm Fol lowing Forced Landing Arthur Hewett of Supply said Saturday that Edward G. Hamil ton of Old Westbury, N. Y., has never returned or made any in quiries regarding the plane that he landed in Mr. Hewett’s corn field some five weeks ago. Mr. Hamilton, if that was his name, appears to have done a complete fade-out. The story is worth repeating. The plane was running short of gas. Or so the pilot said after landing. He came down in the Hewett cornfield without injury to the plane, although he sustain ed some slight scratches and bruises about the face in the rough landing. Identifying himself as Edward G. Hamilton of Old Westbury, N. Y., the pilot asked Mr. Hew ett to get some lines and tie the plane down to keep it from : blowing around. As for himself, | he set out for Shallotte where his bruises were attended to by Dr. Leon J. Taubenhaus. Mr. Hewett set out for lines to tie the plane down and while i lie was on this errand three Ne gro boys, Levon Fulwood, Thomas Cause and Franklin Fulwood came along. They saw the plane in the corn field, investigated it, and decided they would go for a ride. All three climbed in and be gan pressing this and that gad (Continued on page four) -——— —am In Germany PFC. HOMER B. CHADWICK, son of Mrs. J. C. Chadwick, post master at Navassa, has been ser ving in the Air Corps in G€r jmany for the past several mon ths. He is well remembered as one of the stars of the basketball team of Leland high school, where he graduated two years ago. His ] brother, WjO Edward E. Chadr, wick is in the Navy, stationed at Norfolk. Boatmen Warned Not To Anchor In Waterway Intracoastal Canal Is Water Highway And Must Be. Kept Open To Traffic Afa All Times /■■J - il Many people apparently do not"'; recognize the fact that the Atfc lantic Intercoastal Waterway haSi a relative position to that of State highway. Navigation Qifj the waterway must not b'e block,? ed, just as traffic on the high| way must not be. Recently complaints have be&iij filed with the Wilmington pB&ir trict Office of ir.o Oo.-ya of '&r gineers, the Federal agency re sponsible for maintaining the wa terway. for public navigation These complaints refer to the practice of small boats anchor ing in the waterway to fish. This, is said to be a serious menace to the fishermen and to the op erators of tugs, barges and boats plying the waterway. Barge workers declare that fishing in the channel in some areas has made it extremely dif ficult for them to navigate ar ound the small boats. In several instances various types of ves sels have gone aground in the ef fort to avoid collisions. They point out, the district of fice reported, that the practice is very dangerous, particular to sport fishermen who are risking personal injury approaching to drowning if the small boats are run down by the tugs and bar ges. Tire mooring of boats in a (Continued on page four) r Super Highway Being Planned For Brunswick Property Owners Being A?k ed To Sign Right-Of-Way Agreement For 150-Feet Along New Route MAY HAVE SOME MILITARY USE Rumor Persists That Four Lane Thoroughfare May Be Constructed Thru Green Swamp Indications are pointing strpng ly to a highway of more than two lanes from Southport, possi bly to Fort Bragg. Surveyors are now at work near Supply, and the engineers are requiring a 150-foot right-of-way. The standard highway calls for a 100-foot right-of-way. That is 50 feet on each side of the center line. The right-of-way for this road calls for 75 feet on each side of the center line. This will easily allow for a 4-lane highway. Herman Phelps and several other residents of the Supply community report that they have signed for the 150-foot right-of ■way. The engneers are working toward Southport and had reach ed Supply Friday and Saturday, for some months there has been rumors of a 4-line highway to 'run from Southport to Fort Bragg. This may or may not be 'it. Nothing has been officially .announced, but the width of the Jiighway is an interesting thing. Traffic Cases v Tried In Court .Brief Session Of Brunswick County Recorder’s Court .'^Completed Before Noon Wednesday £ A brief session of Brunswick Cdlinty Recorder’s Court was field here Monday, with all of tKe defendants being up on viola tion of traffic laws. The follow ing judgments were rendered. George Lewis Wescott, no op erator’s license, fined $25 and costs. Timothy Everett, public drun kenness, fined $10 and costs. Julius Osborne, reckless opera ation, fined $25 and costs. Morton L. Raly, reckless oper ation, fined $25 and costs. Willie Herring, overloading, or dered to pay half costs. Roy A. Roberts, walking in center of highway, not guilty. William Lewis Rawls, drunk en driving, fined $100 and cost. Clyde B. Kennedy, reckless op eration, fined $25 and costs. Virginia Taylor, no operators’ license, fined $25 and costs. David Floyd, assault, nol pros. William Thomas Betts, speed ing, fined $75 and costs. George Lawrence, Jr., reckless operation, fined $25 and costs. Charles Lee Phelps, reckless operation, fined $25 and costs. W. B. K£Z1AH Our ROVING Reporter A letter received this week from Governor W. Kerr Scott ex pressed much interest in certain abundant fresh water suitable for manufacturing purposes in the Southport area. The governor stated he felt that eventually we would be able to fill the gap between the raw water and some important industry to make Use of the asset. Incidentally dozens of inquiries have recently been made regarding this water. For more years than we can remember the day preceding De cember 10 has always brought a beautiful birthday card from South Bend, Ind. In a way these cards have always been intrigu ing to us despite the fact that we never went to pains to find who might be sending them. We know of no one there who knows that December 10 is our birth day. So this week we wrote to the printed street address in South Bend, expressing our ap preciation of the many cards and wondering whom we are to thank for them. In November 1950, Southport folks were charmed and honor ed in having Mrs. Mae Bamber, a councillor in Southport, Eng land, as their guest for almost a week. The visit from Southport to Southport attracted State-wide attention. The folks here will be interested in knowing that on last Wednesday the English city official spoke in her city on “Some Other Southports,” nota bly Southport, North Carolina. A letter received this week from Mrs. Bamber indicates that she a very pleasing and vivid recol lection of the many folks she met on her visit here. We have been wondering at the more than usually heavy mail with Washington, D. C., and area postmarked. The matter was partly cleared up this week with the receipt of a page from the Washington Daily News. A mark ed story by Major Don N. Car penter, outdoor editor of The News and a personal friend of ours for many years, was high (Continued on page 41 Educational Leader CHAIRMAN—Dr. M. H. Rourk, Shallotte physician and member of the Brunswick County Board of Educa tion, is chairman of the Brunswick County Association of School Board Members, which will meet tomorrow— (Thursday) evening at the Anchor Hotel. Hospital Building Fund Up $1,800 Scavenger Hunt Is State-Wide Capt. Fred Willing of the Pilot’s Association was surpris ed Sunday when a couple of young men, obviously tired and untidy, appeared and asked for permission to take a photo oi a pilot. Captain Willing want ed to know more, and this was their story: They were Duke University students whose college mates had taken them out the night before for initiation. Released from preliminaryy ordeals at 2 a. m., they had been charged not to return to the campus until they had secured a pho tograph of a pilot. That was their mission here and when Capt. Willing learn ed of their plight he arranged for them to make a trip out on the pilot vessel so they could make a picture of a pi lot going aboard an incoming vessel and so they would have an opportunity to observe a pilot at work. Expect County To Have Labor Heaviest Concentration Of New Personnel From Sun ny Point Project Expected In Southport Area Information from a good source but which cannot be quoted at this stage of things, is that the heaviest centralization of houses to take care of workers at Sun ny Point is expected to be at Southport. Caswell and Long Beaches will also experience a heavy demand for housing, the information says. But the needs will not end there. Holden Beach, Shallotte Point, Howell’s Point and all along the coast will get a big shot in the arm and will be ex pected to take care of many workers. Route 17 for about all of its entire mileage through Bruns wick County from the Bruns wick bridge to the South Caro lina line and including the Win nabow, Bolivia, Supply, Shallotte, Grissettown and Thomasboro com munities will be in easy commu ting distance for workers. “If the county is to get its full share of the benefits to come from a big source of employment at high pay, it will be necessary for the residents of Brunswick to show a lot of private enter prise. and build homes for rent or sale to the workers,” it was advised. Contributions Pouring In From All Sections Of The County During The Past Week FREELAND FOLKS MUCH INTERESTED Two Donations Of $500.00 Each Received Together With P/Crur More For $100 Each The Building Fund Drive for Dosher Memorial Hospital receiv ed its greatest boost thus far during the past week when a to tal of $1,807.50 in contributions was added to last week’s bal ance of $4,198.43. This brings the new total to $6,005.93. The greatest boost in the week’s collection came from two Southport residents whose iden tity cannot be revealed, who contributed $500 each. There were four more contributions of $100 each, including one from the Baptist Assembly at Fort Cas well. The biggest help from out in the country came from the res idents of the Freeland commu nity, whose contributions for the week totaled $128. These people are not satisfied with this ef fort, and for Saturday night of this week the ladies are plan ning an old time box supper which will be held at the James W. King store at 7 o’clock. The Freeland folks are just as hos pitable as they are generous, and (Continued on page four) Legion Hut Now Free Of Debt Ceremony Held On Friday Night To Burn Bonds Which Have Been Paid In Full By Members Of Shal lotte Post Friday night was a big occa sion for the Shallotte Post of the American Legion. Following a barbecue supper and speaking by several prominent legion officials, a bond burning ceremony was held. The land, building, furni ture and equipment is now entire ly free from debt, according to Commander Odell Williamson who has been a wheelhorse in the Le gion work since the post was first started six years ago. Present and taking an active part with the officers and mem bers of the Shallotte Post were Louis Parker, North Carolina Le gion Department Commander; Harry Symes, 10th District Com mander, and Joe Mann, Vice-Di vision Commander. The barbecue feature of the oc casion went over in great style. Paul Dennis and Earnest Parker had charge of this phase of the event and they employed a regu lar caterer to handle it. County Farmers Urged To Ballot In PMA Election PMA Communities To Se lect Farmer - Committee men In Voting Thursday Of This Week NOMINATIONS WILL BE MADE FROM 9 TO 9:30 Delegates Will Also Be Named To County Meet ing Which Will Pick County PMA Com mittee Farmer-committeemen who will administer Production and Mar keting- Administration programs of the U. S. Department of Ag riculture will be elected in Brun swick County’s several PMA communities on Thursday, Decem ber 13. Leo, Medlin, PMA chairman announced that nominations of farmers to serve as PMA com mitteemen during the coming year will be made on Thursday morn ing, December 13, between 9 and 9:30. Voting will begin at 9:30 a, m. and continue until 6:00 p. m. Nominations are to be made for three members of each commun ity committee and two alternate members. Nominations also will be made for the positions of del egate and alternate delegate to the county convention which will nominate and elect the 1952 Co unty PMA Committee. Each farm owner, operator, ten ant, or sharecropper who is parti cipating in any program adminis tered by the county PMA com mittee is eligible to vote in his respective community election. Committeemen elected in these elections will be responsible for the administration of the Agricul tural Conservation Program, mar keting quotas and acreage allot ments, farm price supports and in cooperation with Federal Crop In surance Corporation. Chairman Medlin points out that this year when these pro grams are geared to defense pro duction and farmers are being called to help meet the nation’s_ defense requirements, the commit tee elections take on added signi ficance. In any event, he said, those elected should be those far mers whom the majority of farm ers in each community want to put in charge of these programs.. The programs they administer (Continued on page four) Negro Ordered Held For Jury Alonzo White Held Under $3,000 Bond For Slaying Of Warren Edward Mc Millan Following a coroner’s inquest here last night, Alonzo White was ordered held under bond of $3,000 for the fatal stabbing early Sunday morning of Warren Ed ward McMillan. Both were Ne groes who live in the Marsh Branch community. According to evidence brought out at the hearing trouble be tween the two men started when an automobile in which was a passenger side-swiped another au (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 Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association High Tide Low Tide Thursday, December IS 7:48 a. m. 1:28 a. m. 8:04 p. m. 2:07 p. m. Friday, December 14 8:26 a. m. 2:03 a. m. 8:42 p. m. 2:46 p. m. Saturday, December 15 9:03 a. m. 2 40 a. m. 9:19 p. m. 3:25 p. m. Sunday, December 16 9:38 a. m. 3:21 a. m. 9:56 p. m. 4:02 p. m. Monday, December 17 10:13 a. m. 3:59 a. m. 10:34 p. m. 4:39 p. m. Tuesday, December 18 10:49 a. m. 4:39 a. m. 11:15 p. m. 5:18 p. m. Wednesday, December 19 11:29 a. m. 5:23 a. m. 12:01 p. m. 5:57 p. m. Hospital Building Fund Now Totals $6,005.93
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