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VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 33
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
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The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
Southport, N. C.t Wednesday, January 16, 1952
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
SI.50 PER YEAH
Congestion Is
Reason For Use
Of Sunny Point
Representative Of Army
Transportation Corps Says
That Confusion In Large
Ports Make New Facilities
Needed
SUNNY POINT IS
ANSWER TO NEED
Plans Progressing Accord
ing To Schedule With
Money In Savannah
For Land Purchase
By W. B. KEZIAH
Congestion at North Atlantic
ports and a desire approaching
necessity to disperse shipping op
erations were pointed out this
week as prime reasons for the
selection of a site on the Cape
Fear River in Brunswick County
for construction of the Sunny Po
int Ammunition Loading Termin
al.
This was the gist of views ex
pressed by Colonel John R. Noyes
of the Army’s Transportation
Corps and G-4 (supply) of the
New York Port of Emberkation.
Colonel Noyes was one of a group
oi high Army and Coast Guard
officials who participated in a
five-day series of conferences,
Monday through Friday, held in
the office of Colonel R. C. Brown,
Wilmington District Engineer of
the Corps of Engineers. The draf
ting of plans and specifications
for tho project has been assign
ed to the Wilmington District.
When the construction directive
is issued the District will also
be charged with supervising the
building of the terminal.
The movement of ammunition,
according to Colonel Noyes, is
generally by train, and railroads
in the larger port cities of the
North usually follow a heavily
populated route presenting, there
by, safety hazards which would
be eliminated by the rerouting of
hazardous material to ports in
more remote sections of the coast.
Add to this situation the fact that
ahipping facilities at northern po
rts are already taxed tod capa
. city, making it difficult to expe
dite the handling of high priority
materials such as ammunition.
It was for this reason that the
Army started a search in 1950 for
an isolated site which would pro
vide (1) ample water transporta
tion, (2) an area remote from
highly populated centers, (3) suf
ficient land requirements and with
suitable topography, (4) adequate
railroad connections, (5) high
ways and (6) a plentiful labor
supply.
The answers to all these requi
sites are considered met in the
selection of the Brunswick Co
unty location. Of the 20,2000 acres
of land now under plans for ac
quisition, approximately 15,000 ac
A'es will be acquired in the most
practical method and to be held
as a protective or buffer strip a
round the reservation’s border.
Real estate representatives who
have looked over the area say
not over 225 people including chil
dren live withinn the proposed
area’s limits and, moreover, less
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LIONS TO MEET
The regular meeting of the
Southport Lions Club will be
held at 1 o'clock tomorrow,
(Thursday) in the recreation
room of the Masonic Building.
NEWS OF DEATH
Relatives in Southport were
advised Tuesday of the death at
Rex Hospital in Raleigh, of Mrs.
Joe Moore. She is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob Ruark
of Raleigh and is well known in
Southport.
CHANNEL PROPOSAL
Southport fishing interests are ]
planning to attend a public hear- ,
ing at the Customs House in ]
Wilmington next Tuesday at ,
which time a proposal will be
made for the dredging of a ]
-channel from the Inland Water—,
way to the ocean at a point ab- i
out one mile north of Carolina i
Beach. Local fishermen point ;
out that a channel in this location ]
would permit local boats to go 1
fishing east of the Cape Fear <
shoals many times when weath- \
er makes impossible to get round \
there outside. i
Booster For March Of Dimes
TWINS—The two young- ladies in the above picture are Caroline Jean and Jac
oueline Edwards, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Edwards of Shallotte. Litll
Miss Caroline is recovering from an attack of polio which threatened her life. Nor
with the aid of braces and crutches she lea ds a practically normal life, and her pros
pect for complete recovery is considered excellent. Talking with the two little South
port visitors is W. B. Keziah, and on the right is Edward H. Red wine, chairman of th
Brunswick County Chapter for Infantile Paralysis.—(Art Newton Photo.)
rormer Official
Gets Commission
With U. S. Army
Lt. Kirby Sullivan Was For
mer Solicitor Of Bruns
wick County Recorder’s
Court; Now On Orienta
tion School
Lt. Kilby Sullivan, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. C. Sullivan of Le
land, N. C., is now attending a
two, weeks Judge Advocate Orien
tation School at 3rd Army Head
quarters, Atlanta, Ga.
Former solicitor of the Record
er’s Court of Brunswick County,
Lt. Sullivan is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina,
elass of 1948, making Phi Beta
Kappa that year. He received his
LL.B degree from the U. of N. C.
in 1940.
Taking an active interest in po
litics, Lt. Sullivan was the secre
tary-treasurer of the Young Dem
ocratic Club of Brunswick county
it the time he entered the Army
in October, 1951.
He was commissioned a first
lieutenant in December, 1951, and
is one of 18 recently commission
s' officers attending the orienta
tion course. Following the train
ing here, Lt. Sullivan and the oth
er recently commissioned officers
will go to Charlottesville, Va., for
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Bus Company Is
Ready For Rush
Manager Hubert Livingston
Says That W.B.&S. Has
Total Of 22 Buses Ready
For Service
Indicative that not everybody
ias been sleeping, the WB&S
Bus Lines, Inc., has 14 new bus- '
;s standing by, ready for deliv
ery the week after they are call
ed for. The company has fran
chises over all roads in the
county and the plans are to give
i type of service that will hold
hese franchises.
Eight buses already owned by
he company have been put in
'irst class condition during recent
nonths. The new purchases,
combined with the present fleet
vill give the company a fleet of
!2 vehicles. If this number does
lot prove sufficient, the compa
ly will add whatever number is
leeded, Manager Hubert Living
;ton says.
To hold the business it is very
irobable that buses will have to
ipcratc over mo.jt of tire loads -
n the county and three or four
nay have to run from Leland
ind Wilmington down 130 to the
lorthern entrance of the Sunny
5oint reservation. The need ail
lepends on developments and
whatever situation that arises
vill be taken care of, Mr. Liv-1
ngston says.
Judge Morris Will
Hold Court Here
Clerk Of Court Sam T. Ben
nett Points Out That Un
usually Busy Docket Fac
es Court Officials Next
Week
GREAT INTEREST
IN SOME CASES
Grand Jury To Serve For
Next Twelve Months Will
Be Chosen At This
Term Of Court
When Judge Chester Morris of
Currituck opens court here Mon
day morning he will be greeted
by one of the largest criminal
dockets in years. Clerk of Court
Sam T. Bennett predicts that the
week will be one of hard work if
any great, dent is made in the
number of cases awaiting dispo
sition.
Included on the docket are 4
manslaughter cases, 2 against Ne
gro men and 2 against whites.
Two' cases of rape, both against
white men are also scheduled to
be heard and there is an even 10
drunken driving cases, mostly in
volving white men.
Solicitor Clifton Moore of Bur
gaw was here Friday, going
through the docket and getting
posted on the cases he will pro
secute. It is understood he will
prepare a bill for presentation to
the grand jury charging Pat
O'Quinn with escape and with
assault with deadly weapon. In
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Routine Session
Of County Court
Regular List Of Cases Dis
posed Of Here Before
Judge W. J. McLamb In
Recorder’s Court Monday
Routine cases were disposed of
before Judge W. J. McLamb here
n Brunswick County Recorder’s
Court at the regular weekly ses
sion on Monday. The following
judgments were rendered:
George Henry Register, operat
ing on left side of highway, costs.
James Henry King, public drun
kenness, costs.
Ed Western, assault with dead
ly weapon, held for Superior court
indor $5,QQQ bond.
Goley Caison, asked for jury
rial, bond $500.00.
Bennie Danny Fulford and
Murdock Caison, larceny, motion
or jury trial, bond set at $500.00.
R. C. Caison, larceny, motion
’or jury trial, bond set at $500.00.
Jimmy Jenrette, no operators
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Roundup Time
.At Holden Beach
Thompson McRackan and Bill
Maxwell, two gentlemen who
expanded their agricultural ex
ploits over at the Baptist As
sembly at Fort Caswell to in
clude a small cattle enterprise,
were staging a roundup this
week down at Holden Beach.
The object of their search
were five yearlings which ap
parently had been driven loco
by wind and wave the past
week and had traversed the
beach to Lockwoods Folly In
let, had swam across that wa
ter barrier and were all the
way down to Shallotte Inlet
when spotted by Pilot Hall Wa
ters from the airplane.
Location of the animals
some 10 or 12 miles from their
home pasture didn’t end their
troubles. The animals refused
to be driven back up the beach
and would either take to the
surf or to the marsh. After
three days effort only one had
been caught, but with reinforce
ments with them they hoped
to wind up the roundup Mon
day.
Local Lawyer
Will Move To
Robeson Soon
E. J. Prevatte Will Give Up
Law Practice In South
port To Return To Home
County To Open Office
WILL BE LOCATED
IN LUMBERTON
Has Been Resident Of This
County For Past Twelve
Years And Has Held
° Mahy Positions
u . *. ic*an,g, piUUUllCXU,
ber of the Brunswick county bar
for the past 12 years, will move
from Southport to Lumberton ef
fective February 1, and will open
an office for the practice of law
in that city.
Prevatte is a native of Robeson
county and owns extensive far
ming interests'there. It is be
cause of his desire to be near
this phase’of his business interest
that' this change is being made.
Ray Walton, who was a mem
ber of the firm of Prevatte &
Walton prior to accepting ap
pointment as solicitor of the
Brunswick County Recorder’s
Court several weeks ago, will
move back into the Taylor buil
ding and will practice under the
- firm name at least until the end
2 of this year. This is for the
r purpose of giving Mr. Prevatte
_ an opportunity of closing out le
gal business which he is In
a the process of completing.
Several months after coming
to Southport to practice Pre
vatte became associated in 1940
with the late C. Ed Taylor in the
practice of law and worked with
him until the latter’s death in
1944.
During his residence in this
county he has held numerous po
litical, social, fraternal and re
; llgious honors which include:
County attorney for 10 years; so
- licitor Recorder’s Court; Judge
Recorder’s Court; city attorney
for Southport; city attorney, for
Shallotte; moderator of Bruns
wick Baptist Association; chair
man of executive committee of
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Application Is
| Given Dismissal
Application Of Railway Ex
press Agency To Discon
tinue Service To South
port Withdrawn By Com
pany
Southport interests have been
advised by the State Utilities
Commission that the application
filed Nov. 21, 1951, by the Rail
way Express Agency, Inc., for
authority to discontinue its of
fices at Southport and Bolivia has
been withdrawn. Both offices will
be continued.
Late in December officers of
the Express Company visited Sou
thport and following conferences
with interested citizens and the
W. B. & S. -Bus Lines, Inc., the
carried medium, a satisfactory a
greement was reached and it was
announced that the application
for discontinuance permission wo
uld be withdrawn.
The present order from the Util
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Our
ROVING
Reporter
a iwo-aay trip out or town
his week entailed part of the
ourney being made on one of the
Atlantic Coast Line's finest new
loaches. Now, we have only
>een on a train twice in 30 years
ind we could no more tell one
onducter from another than' we
ould tell two peas from each
ther. We got aboard and when
he conductor came along we
ettled down to get a few winks
f sleep. Pretty soon the con
ductor came through again and
topped—to—hand—tts—a—business
Hid, which read, H. B. Strick
end, Atlantic Coast Line, WU
nington, N. C. On the back of
t he had written: "If you see
’red Burriss and his sister, Mrs.
1. W. Butler, at Southport, tell
hem howdy for me.” What puz
les is how he knew we were
tom Southport. We never told
him and we are not in Wilming
ton often enough for any people
there to recognize us. In fact,
some of them can’t even recog
nize Southport.
The white canvas strips are
now showing up all over Bruns
wick County, indicating that the 1
job of planting tobacco seed beds 1
is well under way. Practically *
all of the seed will be in the 1
ground by the end of January. 1
After that there may be, or may
^^t be, a: need for—tcsocdiiig—to
gain perfect stands. Cases have v
been known when beds have had e
to be planted over, three and 1'
even four times. While cases of '
plant failure are not unusual in n
other tobacco growing areas, it f
is not remembered that the Brun- v
swick growers ever had to turn v
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Real Estate Office To
Open In Southport To
Handle Land Sales
Receive Letter
Out Of The Past
Letter Inquiring About Southport Was Written On Army
And Navy Club Stationery By Ex-Soldier
xveaoiimg uns inline unis ween
was a letter from Lansdale, Pa.
The letter head was even more
interesting if possible, than the
message written on the sheet.
Written by Charles J. Meguire
of 415 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Lansdale, Pa., the message start
ed off with a request for a copy
of the paper published here at
Southport, Mr. Maguire went on
to say: "I was stationed at Fort
Caswell during the first World
War and I often become home
sick for Southport.
“I would like to pay another
visit there and would like to
look over a copy of the paper
first.”
Mr. Maguire was with Battery
B, 2nd Batalion, Trench Artillery,
while he was at Fort Caswell. He
trained there and afterwards
went with the forces to Germany.
Now comes the interesting mat
ter with regard to the letter
head:
It was a Southport Army and
Navy Club letter head and states
that the club was maintained by
the citizens of Southport for the
men in uui Aiiuy ctnu i>a.vy.
The club used the entire first
floor of the Masonic Hall and
was open every day until mid
night.
The executive committee was
formed of J. Berg, chairman; S.
B. Northrop, secretary; E. H.
Cranmer, treasurer; T. B. Carr
and Price Furples. Of these five
officers Berg, Northrop, Cran
mer and Carr are all dead. Mr.
Furples is the only survivor, but
Mr. Carr’s son, T. B. Carr, Jr.,
is living and is one of South
port’s city officials.
The club was conducted in ex
actly the same manner as is the
USO of the present day. With
Mr. Makguire leaving Fort Cas
well to go overseas, one wonders
if he carried the letterhead with
him to Germany and back to his
home when he returned, or did
he carry the sheet with him when
he went for a visit to his home
while he was training at Cas
well. But he must have thought
a lot of the old town to be
moved to keep a letter head for
a matter of 35 years.
Shallotte Folks
Give To Hospital
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Local Lady Is
Guest Of Honor
Mrs. J. A. Arnold has just
returned from Miami, Fla.,
she was house guest for 10
days of Madame Andre Fau
bert, wife of the Consul Gen
ial of Haiti and a girlhood
friend of the Southport lady.
During her visit Consul Gen
eral Faubert and Madame Fau
nert were hosts at a cocktail
party celebrating the 149th an
niversary of the independence
>f Haiti. The diplomatic dig
nitaries who are spending the
winter in Florida attended the
function and Mrs. Arnold help
ed receive visitors.
Before she was married and
moved to Southport Mrs. Ar
nold was a Spanish interpreter
at Macy’s in New York. Her
knowledge of that language
stood her in good stead during
her experience at this inter
national party, for many of the
guests spoke Spanish. Madame
Faubert also was an interpret
er and it was in connection
with these duties that she met
her husband.
Conference On
Utilities Held
Signal Corps Officer In This
Area To Work Out De
tails Of Needs For Com
munications And Power
At Ammunition Depot
Lieutenant Colonel Horace L.
rennerson, Chief Signal Officer
or the New York Port of Em
larkation, met with Army En
gineers and telephone company
fficials in Wilmington yesterday
or discussions on communication
equirements for the Sunny Point
immunition Outloading Terminal. <
Colonel Jennerson’s talks with
leal—representatives had to do
nth advance knowledge of nec
ssary telephone service. What he
>arned here, according to the
Wilmington District Office of Ar- j
ly Engineers, will be the basis 1
>r the overall system which, 1
■hen completed, will be meshed t
ith the general plan for the en- ,
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Collections During The Past
Week Once More Go Over
$500 Goal With Help Of
Contributions From That
Community
WARNING GIVEN
TO COMPLETE DRIVE
Inquiry Received From The
Medical Care Commission
Regarding Intent For
Matching Funds
Shallotte came through in the
manner that had been expected
this week with $410 in contribu
tions to the Dosher Memorial
Hospital Building Fund to make
it possible to keep the drive mov
ing along at a $500-per-week
pace. The total now stands at $8,
564.50.
With less than $1,500 to go to
ward the goal of $10,000, word
was received this week from the
Medical Care Commission in Ra
leigh that that agency desires a
speedy completion of the fund
raising campaign. “There are oth
er counties that are anxious to
get the funds which have been
ear-marked for use in Brunswick
county,” a spokesman advised
Business Manager J. J. Loughlin
Tuesday. “We want to know what
you folks are doing.”
Manager Loughlin assured him
that the fund-raising campaign is
making good progress and pro
mised that the goal of $10,000
will be met by February 1. The
Medical Care Commission official
promised to keep the matching
funds for Brunswick county in
tact at least until after that date.
The help from Shallotte came
it a good time and included a to
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Bolivia Youth
Looking Ahead
--
James Albright Has Purch
ased Jersey Heifer To Get
Ready For Dairy Cattle
Show Next Fall
James Albright, a 4-H club
nember at Bolivia and son of
Jr. and Mrs. E. T. Albright, is
ast becoming one of the most
ctive club members. Last fall
:ames entered his registered Jer
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Artnouncement Is Made
That Office For Purpose
Of Acquiring Land For
Sunny Point Project Will
Open Here
TO BE OPENED
WITHIN TWO WEEKS ‘
Part Of Duties Of This Of
fice Will Be To Aid Pres
ent Property Owners In
Every Possible Man
ner
By W. B. KEZIAH
A real estate office to handle
-he acquiring of land for the De
partment's Ammunition out
tense Department’s ammunition
>utloading terminal at Sunny Po
int in Brunswick County will be
set up in Southport within the
next two weeks.
An announcement by the Army
Engineers’ Wilmington District
Office said the office will prob
ably be located in the Fort John
son Building and that a staff of
personnel including a project man
ager, clerical help, experienced
t eal estate men and attorneys has
already been selected.
Final details for setting up the
office were worked out last week
in conferences held in the Wil
mington District Office under the
supervision of Colonel R. C.
Brown, District Engineer, and it
s now only a matter of days be
fore the entire group is expected
:o move into the Southport area
:o begin the initial phase of the
/ast construction project. Plana
agreed upon by Defense Depart
ment officials of Washington and
lower echelons disclose that some
20,200 acres of land will be ac
quired. The major portion of the
and will be bought outright by
:he Government. Easements will
3e obtained on land necessary for
die safety zone.
Property owners whose holdings
:ome within the boundaries of the
project are advised that in the
avent there are questions they
wish to ask, that they should go
directly to the project manager in
Southport and “lay his cards on
ihe table.”
“Persons owning property in the
irea,” the announcement em
phasized, “are advised to put no
faith whatever in rumors and re
ports about what will and will not
oe done. All proceedings and ne
gotiations will be conducted by
sxperienced men who will give due
consideration to the wishes of the
owner as well as that of the Gov
ernment.”
If there are minor defects in
any deed, the Government tigent
will assist the property owner in
perfecting his title.
It is the policy of the Govern
ment in acquiring land for Federal
projects to alleviate hardships to
-he owner when such hardships
■esult from the action.
While the main objective of the
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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’s Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, January 17
10:51 a. m. 4:55 a. m.
11:21 p. m. 5:16 p. m.
Friday, January 18
11:31 a. m. 5.41 a. m.
0:00 p. m. 5:57 p. m.
Saturday, January 19
0:10 a. m. 6:33 a. m.
12:20 p. in. 6:45 p. m.
Sunday, January 20
1:07 a. m. 7:35 a. m.
1:15 p. m. 7:43 p. m.
_ .Monday, January 21
2:11 a. m. SH2 a. m.
2:20 p. m. 8:47 p. m.
Tuesday, January 22
3:19 a. m. 9:52 a. m.
3:28 p. m. 9:55 p. m.
Wednesday, January 23
4:26 a. m. 10:58 a. m.
4:36 p. m. 10:58 p. m.
Hospital Building Fund Now Totals $8,564.50