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Most Of The News All The Time VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 19 THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County 6-PACES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, December 26,1951 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY 91.50 PER YEA* i Oil Storage Is Major Problem For This Area With Use Of Full Facilities At Sunny Point Will Come Need For Storage Tanks Sufficient To Fuel Ships Here PRIVATE COMPANY MAY BE INTERESTED This Is Another Phase Of Development That May Have Important Peace Time Potential By W. B. KEZIAH It may be regarded as a sepa rate installation. Or it may be looked on as something to be cre ated by private enterprise. Which ever it is, it seems definite that the Sunny Point ammunition de pot plans are leading to huge fuel oil storing facilities in the immediate Southport area. It has been said that the installations will be on or very near deep wa ter. This means the area between Orton Plantation and the sea, all of which area is to be formed of basin and channel 35-feet deep in the Sunny Point depot plans. Several high-up officials of var ious oil companies have been look ing around or making inquiries during recent weeks and months. They have little to say, but one such visitor was recently asked if the oil installations would be built by the government or by private industry. His reply was inconclusive, indicating that the matter of construction and owner ship has not been decided upon. He said: “It looks like we may build them.’’ This information is taken to mean that the fueling facilities may be outside and separate from the Sunny Point project. There is a pretty good chance that an oil company, or several different Companies are considering storing and fueling facilities to serve in relation to the government facil ity. The need of the oiling facilities ia obvious, even to the uninformed. Information that has been released indicated that the Sunny Point docking facilities will take care of the loading of 9 big cargo or Navy vessels at a time. A basin that is to be dredged through a Rivers and Harbors project will allow for the mooring of a huge number of additional ships, a waiting cargoes of some sorts and in war time forming there for convoy. Fuel and water facilities for these ships will be an abso lute necessity. A guarded inquiry as to the ex tent of the oil facilities has been met with the equally guarded re ply of, “Bigger than you can think.” This information, taken for What it was worth, leads to the (Continued on page four) } BriefNtwt | Flash" POSTAGE GOES UP If you have a supply of one cent post cai'ds on hand, it will be a good idea to mail them out before Tuesday, January 1. Beginning on that date the new card postal rate of 2 cents goes into effect. STUDENTS HOME Among the college boys and girls at home for the Christmas holidays are: Iris Rabon and Sue Williamson, E. C. C.; Catherine and Rebecca McRacken, Meredith; Billy San ders and Charles Blake, Georgia Military Academy; Frank Plaxco, Harvard; Linda Hickman, busi ness college, Newberry, S. C.; G. Chester Jones, Mars Hill; Herbert Swain, State College; G. W. Fish er, Campbell College. World's Greatest Story And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to ail people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.—St. Luke, 2:8-14. there is a santa clans editor of the New York Sun: “I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, ‘If you see it in The Sun it’s so’. Please tell me the truth—is there a Santa Claus?” The editor wrote a news paper and literary classic in reply to this childish plea. It is reprinted here.) “Yes, indeed: “Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age — they do not believe except what they see—they think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. “All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or chil dren’s, are little. “In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless ■world about him, as measured by the intelligence cap able of grasping the whole of the truth and knowledge. “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus! “He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know' that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa • Claus! It would be as dreary as if there was no Vir ginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poet ry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. “Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. “You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that therq is no Santa Claus—the most real things in the world are those neither children nor men can see. “Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn ? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there —nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders that are unseen and unseeable in the world. “You tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, or even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could ear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, ro mance, can push aside the curtain and view and pic ture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. “Is it all real ?—ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. “No Santa Claus! Thank God!—he lives, and he lives forever—a thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood!” Choir Presents Christmas Music “The Child Of Bethlehem” Presented Sunday Night By Choir Of Southport Baptist Church One of the most impressive pro grams of the Christmas season was the presentation Sunday eve ing of “The Child of Bethlehem” by the choir of Southport Baptist church. The program follows: “The Chirstmas Bells” by the choir; “On Thee We Wait”, a bass solo by E. J. Prevatte; “The Holy Night”, Women's Chorus; “There Were Shepherds”, Men’s Chorus and choir; “The Glory Song”, a soprano and alto duet by Misses Gloria Hewett and Dolores Hewett; "Even Unto (Continued on page four) Shallotte Home Hit By Death Infant Son Of Mr. And Mrs. Baily Russ Died Wednes day In Baby’s Hospital In Wilmington The holidays brought sadness to the home of Mr. and Mrse. Bailey Russ of Shallotte, when their- two-year old son, Luther Bailey Russ, died Wednesday in the Babies Hospital at Wrights ville Sound after- being ill for only a short time. Funeral services were held at the residence in Shallotte Friday at 2 o’clock. Rev. L. J. Bridges, pastor of the Shallotte Methodist Church, officiated.. Burial follow ed in the Brooks cemetery. Active pallbearers were Wood row Russ, Pearlie Russ, Eric Wil (Continued on page four) Lyman Expected To Arrive Here For Operations Big U. S. Government Hop per Dredge Will Be En gaged In Deepening Bar To 35-Foot Depth SOUTHPORT MEN COMPRISE CREW Skipper Is Southport Man Who Had This Ship Un der His Command While Serving In Pacific Theatre The U. S. Engineers huge hop per dredge, Lyman, will leave Buzzard Bay, Mass., for South port on December 28. With or dinary good weather, she will ar rive at noon Monday, December 31. Following the New Year holiday and the taking on of sup plies the vessel will begin work on the Cape Fear bar, off Fort Caswell, deepening the bar to 35 feet. Information is that the vessel will only be able to work at this 35-foot deepening for two months before going to Morehead City to clean out the shoals in that i harbor. She will probably then j return here to continue 35-foot ! deepening. The Lyman has a crew made up largely of Brunswick county men, the largest number being from Southport, with Lopkwwi? / Folly and Shallotte townships al so largely represented. John Swan of Southport is captain of the vessel and handled it in Pa cific water's during the war. As Captain Swan is to start back with the vessel Friday of this week he will be unable to spend Christmas here with his family. Only three of the Southport men on the vessel were able to come home for Christmas and to await the arrival of the vessel here. These were Julian Sutherland, Walter Nichols and Reese Swan, j Schedule For Holiday Plans County Offices, City Offices, Schools, Banks And Post Offices Observe Holiday Schedule Schools of Brunswick county closed at noon last Friday and will reopen Monday, December 31, giving teachers and students a one-week holiday. All county employees except ing law enforcement officers who are supposed to be on duty at all times, are getting a 3-day hol (Continued on Page 4) May all the joys of Christmas time gladden the hearths and hearts of our good friends and patrons — tho’ gifts may be forgotten, it is our hope that the spirit of our good wishes will linger with you, forever ... Waccamaw Pays Fourth Dividend To Stockholders Distribution Of December Dividend Raises Total For This Year To $42,000 For Stockholders Prince O’Brien, Southport and J. E. Cooke, Shallotte, cashiers of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company, announced today that checks aggregating' $12,000, cov ering the fourth regular quarter ly dividend this year, are being mailed out to stockholders of the institution. The dividend was payable on or before December 15 to stock holders of record as of December 10. (Continued on page four) W. JR. KK/IAH Our Reporter As one of the many standing around in the rain waiting for the school band and majorettes to parade at Shallotte Tuesday of last week, this is to express our genuine admiration of the showing put forth by the boys and girls of the neighboring community. They were going under very dif ficult conditions, rain and wet streets that were more or less -logged by other traffic. Still, the show went through and if there were any dissatisfied spectators we don’t know who they were. Personally, we were very much pleased although we very much regretted the weather conditions. The fame of the invention of 3eorge Rapplyea, is spreading. His intriguing invention wherein ie uses plain low grade molasses and bunker oil as a basis for a low-cost house and other con struction material, has attracted nation-wide attention and brought enormous publicity to himself and the town. Only this past week we got an assignment from the As sociated Press to furnish three pictures and some story material to an office in New York. It may be added here that Dr. Rapplyea’s laboratory and workshop is a restricted area by virtue of the fact that he is working on a valuable formula for the gov ernment. The office of the Corps of En gineers, Wilmington District, with some of its personnel doing much work in the Southport area dur ing recent months, closed Friday ( Continued on page Five ) Hospital Building Fund Adds $500 Deputy Receives Christmas Bonus Opening his mail Sunday mor ning, Deputy Sheriff H. G. Radcliff found an envelope with the return address of his form er employers, the M. M. Smith Furniture Cortipany of Fayette ville. Inside was a regular printed Christmas card with a few words of appreciation of the fine service that Mr. Radcliff rendered the company as an employee. Attached to the card was considerable emphasis to the wording in the form of a brand new $100 bill. His home here in Southport, Mr. Radcliff was employed by the furniture company for about 3 years. He resigned his posi tion there at the urging of Sheriff E. V. Leonard who was in need of a good man, capable of doing the office work, after Chief Deputy Alex Williams re signed to accept a much higher paying job as engineer on a dredge. Delay In Return Of Pat O’Quinn Red Tape Involved In Extra dition Proceedings Post pones Trip Of Sheriff Leonard For Prisoner It is still indefinite just when Pat O'Quinn will be returned to the Brunswick jail from which he escaped about six weeks ago. Re captured in Cuba, he was return ed to Miami, Fla., by the F. B. I. and is being held there to await the arrival of Brunswick officers to return him here. (Continued on page four) Gift From James P. Furp less Of Carolina Rim And Wheel Co. In Raleigh Gives Big Boost To Drive CAMPAIGN KEEPS MOVING FORWARD Chairman Prince O’Brien Urges That Donations Be Sent In To Keep Week ly Record Up To $500.00 The biggest boost to the Build ing Fund for the Dosher Memorial Hospital came this week from a home town boy who went to Ra leigh to make good as head of the Carolina Rim and Wheel Comp any. This was in the form of a check for $250 from James P. Furpless, who previously had contributed $25 to the fund. This donation made it possible for the fund to add another $500 since the last issue of The Pilot to keep the movement in progress despite the distracting influence of the Christmas rush. Already the committee in char ge of this fund raising campaign is working towards next week’s goal of at least $500. A program presented on Thursday night by i-he students of the Tap-Pat School if Dance netted $100, which has not been deposited; and the Wom in’s Club has a project underway vhich promises to net at least :hat much. “We may have a hard time meeting our goal of at least $500 per week during the holiday sea son,” stated Prince O’Brien, chairman of the board of trustees, Monday morning. “Therefore, it is more important than ever that persons wishing to make a dona don send'in their contribution be fore next week in order that we Jo not permit the campaign to slow down.” ( Continued On Page Six ) Tax Listing To Begin In January 2nd In County Persons Who Will Carry On This Work Met Here Last Week With Tax Supervis or And- County Agent FARM CENSUS WILL BE TAKEN THEN County Agent Knowles Ap peared Before Listers To Stress Importance Of This Information The staff of list takers who will have charge of listing pro perty for taxes during the month of January met here last week with Tax Supervisor W. P. Jorgen sen for detailed instruction on tlicir duties. Also attending the meeting was County Agent A. S. Knowles, who instructed them as to their responsibilities for taking the farm census for 1951. The work of listing taxes will begin on January 2 and will ex tend through January 31. The list takers are: Northeast. A. H. Ganey; Town Creek, E. O. Rabon; Smithville, Mrs. Christine Frink, Lockwoods Folly, Bedford Ludlum; Phallotte, R. O. Lewis; Waceamaw, R. S. Milliken. The importance of accurate farm census information was cited by County Agent A. S. Knowlea, (Continued on page 4) Dancing School Puts On Show “The Journey Of The Chris tmas Toys” Presented By Children Of Tap - Pat School Of Dance For Hos pital Benefit One of the most enjoyable ev ents of the holiday season was the presentation on Thursday night in the high school auditori um of “The Journey of the Christmas Toys” in the youngsters in the Tap-Fat School of Dance. Not only was the program well planned and skillfully produced, but the children went about their business of play-acting with poise and with an unbelievable natural air. This performance was another in a series of benefits for the hos pital building fund, and came a bout at the suggest:on of the chil dren themselves, who wanted to do something to help. Characters in order of appear-* ance: Baby Dolls, Donna Burr, Mary Pat Burdette, Barbara Maxwell, Nancy Sanders and Dianne War th; Rag Doll, Patty Jenkins; Ma ma Doll, Julia Ashburn. Toy Soldiers, Donald Brown, Ed die Howard, Fred Burdette an<} ( Continued On Page Five ) 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 Tort Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association, High Tide Low Tide Thursday, December 27 6:43 a. m. 0:16 a. m. 6:53 p. m. 1:10 p. m. Friday, December 28 7:40 a. m. 1:11 a. m. 7:53 p. m. 2:02 p. m. Saturday, December 29 8:36 a. m. 2:05 a. m. 8:51 p. m. 2:54 p. m. Sunday, December 30 9:31 a. m. 2:59 a. m. 9:4S p. m. 3:45 p. m. Monday, December 31 10:25 a. m. 3:53 a. m. 10:46 p. m. 4:36 p. m.
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