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VOL. NO. SIXTEEN
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Brunswick County
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Southport. N. Cl, Wednesday, July 2, 1952
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Shallotte Unit
National Guard
Back From Camp
Brunswick County Boys
Won Several Honors
While In Camp At Camp
Stewart, Georgia, For
Past Two Weeks
PARTICIPATE IN
SPECIAL EVENTS
Complete Roster Of Bruns
wick County Men Who At
tended Camp Listed
By Commander
Members of the Shallotte unit
of the National Guard, Battery A,
725th AAA AW Bn., returned to
their homes Sunday following two
weeks training at Camp Steward,
Ga.
While in camp the Brunswick
County boys were rated the high
est of all firing units in their
battalion on a test administered
to the entire 725th while in the
field. The battery also tied the
headquarters battery for high
est grade of the 3rd Army in
spection.
The Shallotte men departed on
June 15 at 5:30 o’clock in the
morning and arrived at Camp
Steward that afternoon at 4:00
o’clock, where they were met by
the band. The following week
was spent in intensive training,
interrupted on Thursday by a
parade honoring General John
Hall Manning, Adjutant General
for North Carolina. Another pa
rade interrupted tacticial prob
lems and field training on the
following Tuesday.
l'he following men made the
trip:
Battery Commander David B.
Carmichael says that several in
teresting positions in the battery
are open. These include service
with radar and radio equipment,
section leaders, cannoneers. Ap
plication for duty may be made
to Sgt. Vance at the County
Garage Building from Monday
through Friday of each week.
First Lt. David B. Carmichael,
1st Lt. William T. Sellers; M
Sgt. Hugh D. Vance; Sgt 1-c
Thos. C. Batson, Jr., Sgt. 1-c Jo
seph B. Carter, Sgt 1-c Joseph
E. Frink, Sgt. 1-c Charles L.
Gore; Sgt. Raymond D. Babson,
Sgt. Walter J. Babson, Sgt. Har
old L. Bellamy, Sgt. Huey P.
Hewett, Sgt. Elgie Jones, Sgt.
Charles R. King, SgJ;. Leon C.
Norris, Jr., Sgt. Bun J. Stanley,
Sgt Ethridge L. Stanley; Corp.
Jimmie S. Bellamy, Corp Lin
wood Brown, Corp. Louis G.
Brown, Corp Sam S. Frink, Corp.
Henry H. Hewett, Corp William
d Hughes, Corp. Jesse O. Sim
mons, Corp Mack O. Stanley.
Pvt. 1-c Winiford, F. Carlyle,
Pvt. 1-c Rudolph Evans, Pvt. 1-c
William K. Goff, Pvt. 1-c George
F. Kirby, Jr., Pvt. 1-c Julius P.
Lewis, Pvt. 1-c Lonnie C. Milli
ken, Pyt. 1-c Bartley W. Smith,
Pvt. 1-c Glenn Smith, Pvt. 1-c
Carl H. Stanley, Pvt. 1-c William
A. Todd, Pvt. 1-c William E.
Bellamy, Pvt. Thomas J. Brown,
Pvt. Leverne D. Edwards, Pvt.
David L. Hewett, Pvt. Ray L.
Hewett, Pvt. Robert O. Hewett,
Pvt. Rufus G. Lee, Pvt. Jesse N.
Lee, Pvt. Hiram L. Sellers, Jr.,
Pvt. Earland D. Smith, Pvt. Or
an K. Hewett, Pvt. Eldredge V.
Holden, Pvt. Rudolph Inman,
Pvt. Jesse N. Little, Pvt. Lloyd
M. iMcKeithan, Pvt. Wallace Mil
ligan, Pvt. Robert E. Smith, Pvt.
Roland L. Smith.
Brief News
Flashes
BUILDING COTTAGE
Mr. and IMrs. Dan Harrelson
have commenced the construction
of a cottage at Long Beach.
LION SPEAKER
Col. Roland C. Brown, of the
Army Engineers, will be guest
speaker at the regular meeting
of the Southport Lions Club on
Thursday at 1 o’clock.
VISITED THE ISLAND
Rufus Sherrill of Charlotte and
William J. Erwin of Ware Shoals,
S. C., spent the week-end on
Bald Head Island, owned by Mr.
Sherrell’s father.
MOVES TO MIAMI
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Downing
and sons, Bobby and Tommy,
moved yesterday to Miami, Fla.,
where Mr. Downing is in the sea
food business. They have resided
here since shortly after the war.
DONATES MAGAZINES
Manager J. J. Loughlin of the
Dosher Memorial Hospital reports
that Mr. and Mrs. Phil King of
Long Beach have donated a year’s
subscription to one of the pop
ular magazines to the hospital.
A
Winners In Primary
Congressman F. Ertel Carlyle (left) and Judge R. Hunt Parker
were victorious in Saturday’s Democratic Primary. Carlyle won re
nomination to Congress for a third term and Judge Parker won the
nomination for Associate Justice of the State Supreme Court. In
Brunswick County Odell Williamson, (left), was winner in the
race for Representative to the Lower House of the North Carolina
General Assembly and Corbett Coleman, (right), was winner in his
race for Board of Education.
Carlyle, Williamson
Coleman Lead Vote
it
Congressman F. Ertel Car
lyle Leads Ticket To
Gain Commanding Lead
Over Mayor Joe Tally
In Brunswick
WILLIAMSON WINS
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
Corbett Coleman Gains Pre
ferential Lead For Wacca
maw School District And
Judge R. Hunt Parker
Leads In County
Judge R. Hunt Parker, Con
gressman F. Ertel Carlyle, Odell
Williamson and Corbett Coleman,
all leaders in first primary con
tests, were once more the win
ners in the Second Primary on
Saturday.
The greatest change in Bruns
! wick County voting was in the
Congressional race, where Con
gressman Carlyle picked up from
a 200-vote deficit to lead the
ticket with 1994 votes. This gave
him a lead of 723 votes over
Mayor Joe Tally of Fayetteville,
who also fell far behind through
out the district.
Odell Williamson defeated Rep
resentative Harry L. Mintz, Jr.,
by a total of 390 votes, gaining
considerable strength from vot
ers who had supported A. H.
(Lonnie) Ganey in the first race.
Hoods Creek, Leland and Shin
gletree, precincts that gave Ga
ney most of his vote, were over
whelmingly for Williamson. He
carried 10 of 'the 17 precincts as
against 11 of 17 in the first pri
mary.
One strange thing about the
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Shrimp Vessels
Back At Work
Boats Of Wells Fleet Out
Monday And Reported
Good Catch Of Small
Sized Product; Other
Boats Coming
The 1952 shrimping season at
Southport may be credited with
having had its formal beginning
Monday when five of the big
boats of Bill Wells & Son fleet
went out and returned with cat
ches of 7 to 16 bushels each.
The product was rather small
in size but was marketable.
Expectations are for the size to
increase rapidly. Other boats be
gan fishing today and by next
Continued on Page Five
Committee Holds
Zoning Meeting
A citizens committee met
last night with Leigh Wilson
of the Local Government Com
mission to discuss plans for
working out a zoning ordinance
which will make provision for
orderly expansion of business
and residential development in
the future.
H. T. St. George was elected
chairman of this committee,
James !M. Harper, Jr., was nam
ed secretary, Prince O’Brien,
Leon Smith and Dr. R. C. Dan
iel are members.
This committee will meet ag
ain this week to discuss mat
ters that are peculiar to the
local situation, and another
meeting with Mr. Wilson will
be held within two weeks.
Coin Telephones
Now Costs Dime
•
Coin O. erated Telephones
Go To 9-Cent Rate With
Conversion Of Slots This
Week
Conversion of Southport’s coin
telephones to operation at the 10
icent rate authorized last April
28, is scheduled to be completed
during the week of July 14, it
was announced today by Paul
Woodson, ^Wilmington manager
for Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany.
The new charge will become ef
fective as final adjustments are
made at each coin telephone. It
is expected that approximately 2
days will be required to complete
the change on all telephones in
this area.
Mr. Woodson explained that
there will be no change in the
manner of placing calls from these
telephones except that it will re
quire the use of either one dime
or two nickels.
“This is the first increase in
the charge for a local pay sta
tion call since this type of serv
ice was introduced in North Car
olina many years ago,’’ Mr.
Woodson said. “Most all other
telephone service has already been
increased in keeping with the
higher cost of providing the ser
vice, and the change in public pay
station calls is being made so that
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Four Conference
Groups Convene
At Ft. Caswell
About 500 Pcrrjn3 Are
Participating In Program
Of Varied Activities At
Assembly This Week
R. A, ENCAMPMENT
ATTRACTS MANY
Other Activities Include
Men’s Brotherhood, Con
ference For Deacons
And Family Week
A crowd of about five hundred
persons are participating in a
program of general activities at
the Baptist Assembly at Port
Caswell this week. Four differ
ent conferences are in progress,
including the State R. A. Camp,
Deacons’ Conference, Brother
hood meetings and Family Week.,
The theme of the R. A. Cdmp
is missionary study, with three
missionaries leading the pro
gram.. They are Dr. X. M. Pe
terson, missienary to Nigeria; Dr.
Genus. Crenshaw, missionary to
the Seminole Indians; Rev. W.
W. I^awton, missionary. JLo China.
; There Were 2S0 registrants in
jthis group Monday night.
The sessions in Men’s Brother
| hood are being led by Horace
j Bason, State Secretary for this
I phase of church activity.
Dr. J. A. Ellis, pastor of Tab
ernacle -Baptist Church of Ral
eigh, is teaching a class for
Deacons in the morning.
Rev. Joe Robinson, controller
for the Southeastern Baptist
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Attend Teachers
Meeting At Duke
County Superintendent And
Mrs. J. T. Denning Were
In Centenniel Conference
On Teacher Training J,a*t
Week ‘
J. T. Denning, superintendent
of Brunswick county schools and
resident of Southport, and Mrs.
Verna T. Denning, Southport tea
cher, participated in Duke Uni
versity’s centennial conference on
teacher training last week.
These, along with some 250
other educational leaders- 'o>’er
North Carolina and surrounding
states, are dealing with problems
of public school and university re
lationships. Featured speakers and
panel group leaders include na
tionally known educators who
spearhead discussions on such vi
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Gets Commission
Brunswick Man
Has Commission
After Training
Raymond M. Ludlum Re
' ceives Commission As 2nd
Lieutenant Following His
Completion Of OCS Train
ing
Raymond M. Ludlum, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Ludlum, Ash,
received his commission last week
as a second lieutenant in the Ar
my. The 21-year-old officer was
presented gold bars at gradua
tion ceremonies of the Signal
Corps’ officer candidate depart
ment class.
The Army Commission awarded
Lt. Ludlum, along with 78 other
officer candidates, climaxed 22
weeks of intensive class room
and field instruction. During the
rigid course, general military
and leadership training emphasis
on operation and maintenance of
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Short Session Of
Court Is Held
Light Session Of Brunswick
County Recorder’s Court
Disposed Of Here This
Week
A light session of Brunswick
County Recorder’s Court was held
Monday with the following cases
disposed of:
W. H. Applewhite, public drun
kenness, $10 and costs.
Anson Chady Simmons, reck
less operation, nol pros at insis
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Official Primary Returns
J'recinct
Mint/. W ill son Coleman Bemiett Car. Tal.
Hoods Creek
Leland
Town Creek
Bolivia
Southport No. 1
Southport No. 2
Mosquito
Supply
Secession
Shallotte
Frying- Pan
Grissettown
Shingletree
Longwood
Ash
Waccamaw
Exum
TOTAL
29 101 60
110 182 124
95 175 130
89 72 84
110 99 114
152 176 144
27 5 li
82 45 66
136 124 145
177 159- 198
125 156 188
, 63 76 66
95 166 166
20 119 83
98 148 173
50 56 105
50 39 74
1508 1898 1931
42 67 37
99 210 76
75 189 72
56 97 57
70 157 53
132 273 55
16 26 5
35 67 55
84 124 119
88 189 139
61 156 108
47 67 65
95 89 159
57 86 42
77 118 119
7 34 66
15 45 44
1056 1994 1271
Par. Bob.
78 19
191 32
147 39
96 10
139 33
240 33
27 1
58 18
158 35
198 30
147 35
72 12
95 27
76 32
114 41
47 17
34 15
1917 429
At least two Southport men are
entitled to a bit of a private j< ele
bration Friday of this week, it
is their birthdays. George Wash
ington Welton, a farmer living- a
mile out of towti and Monroejllut
ler, proprietor of City Restaii;
were both born on the 4th
July. There may be other
scattered about the county ihose
birthday falls on the 4th of July,
but somehow we never heard
they were.
nt,
of
folks
ho
Tarpon fishing should be iniood
order about this time. So fir no
attempts have been made on Uie
beautiful silver fish but it i| safe
to say that they are now ip the
bays north of Bald Head 4 and
in large numbers. There shoiil . be
at least three months of fini tar
pon fishing ahead. And th^r; a
i
gain it may not be so fine as a
lot of broken lines and rods usual
ly result from efforts to boat the
big fellows.
Reports of tobacco barns and
their contents being destroyed by
fire will soon be finding their way
to the newspapers. More often
than not, there will be the addi
tional information that there was
no insurance. To the average far
mer it is a rather hard matter to
lose a barn that cost him from
$1,000 to $2,000, filled with to
bacco that may be worth around
another thousand. Some barns are
bound to be lost, even when the
utmost care is taken. And such
care should be taken to keep the
loss down to the minimum.
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Plans Are Being Made For
Gala Celebration Here For
Friday The Fourth Of July
All-Time Record
For Hot Weather
Official Weather Bureau Thermometer Showed Reading
Of 103-Degrees Here On Thursday
The official weather bureau
recording for Southport Thurs
day showed 103 degrees, an all
time high since records have
been kept.
While this was the highest
temperature recorded, it was just
the hottest of a series of very hot
days. For six consecutive days
the temperature was over 90 de
grees, and this reading was reach
ed or exceeded on 10 days dur
ing the month of June.
It might be added that June
also was a dry month, with a
total rainfall of .94 inches being
recorded. ■
A shower Monday night and
the resulting change in tempera
ture brought welcomed relief
from the protracted hot spell.
At 7 o’clock Monday morning
the temperature was 90 degrees
as registered by the thermome
ter in front of Watsons Pharma
cy in Southport. At 7 Tuesday
morning the same instrument reg
istered 72 degrees.
Monday was one of the re
cent hot days, the temperature
running away up into the 90’s.
The sudden drop in things oc
curred at about 2 o’clock Tues
day morning. At that time a
fairly good rain struck South
port.
Until the Tuesday morning rain
Southport had had none of the
benefits that came to other parts
of the county. The town had
been in a dry area.
Sport Fishing At
Height Of Season
Leland Boy Has
Narrow Escape
A seven-year-old boy, Ken
neth R. Meadows of Route 1,
Leland, narrowly escaped death
by drowning in Silver Lake on
the Carolina Beach Road about
5:45 o’clock yesterday after
noon.
According to officials of the
Sheriff’s Department, the child
was swimming in the lake when
he apparently ventured out ov
er his head and sank from
sight.
The boy’s step-father, Wilson
Riggs of Leland and several ot
her swimmers rushed to his
assistance and pulled the boy
from the water. Artificial res
piration was begun and the un
conscious child was revived
about one-half hour after be
ing rescued from the water.
Last night hospital officials
said the child’s condition was
“satisfactory.”
Three Injured
By Lightning
Home Of Negro Resident
Of Antioch Community
Struck Saturday; Home
Of White Family Near
Supply Hit Sunday
The home of Kermit Galloway,
colored man living in the Anti
och community, was struck by
lightning early Saturday after
noon, and a 12-year-old daughter,
Vernette Galloway, was badly
shocked by the flash.
B. C. Blanks, a colored man
of the community who stopped in
at the Galloway home, was also
badly shocked. Both he and the
girl were brought to the Dosher
Memorial Hospital for treatment
and observation.
The house was badly damaged
by the lightning and a fire was
started in one of the bedrooms.
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Winnabow Lady
Passes Monday
Mrs. Betty Rabon Died At
Home Of Daughter Fol
lowing Period Of Illness
Mrs. Betty Rabon, 86 year old
resident of the Winnabow com
munity, died Monday night at the
residence of her daughter, Mrs.
Lacy Dawkins. She had been in
ill health for a long time. She
was the widow of the late John
| F. Rabon.
Surviving is the daughter, Mrs.
jDawkins: three sons, Herbert and
' Frank Rabon of Winnabow and
|G. W. Rabon of Southport: two
| sisters, Mrs. B. L. Sullivan and
! Mrs. Johnnie Johnson of Eliza
bethtown: 20 grandchildren and
116 great grandchildren also sur
I vive.
Record Number Of Sports
Fishing Boats Carried
Parties Out From South
port For Sunday Trips
SPANISH MACKEREL
NOW BITING GOOD
AH Boats Have Charter
For Fourth Of July And
For Holiday Week-End;
Good Prospects If
Weather Favorable
Spanish mackerel have shown
up in great numbers off South
port at least two weeks ahead
of schedule this year, and sports
men who have been out from
here during the past few days
have been having great luck
with these fine game fish. Catch
es have ranged from 100 to 437.
Sunday set an all-time high for
charter boats out from this har
bor, with a total of 12 carrying
parties. In addition there were
several private boats, including
one or two skiffs with outboard
motors which were taking ad
vantage of smooth water and
large schools of fish close in
shore.
Reports are not available from
all boats, but information from
the Idle-On, of which Basil Watts
is skipper, showed the following
catches: On Thursday a Lincoln
ton party including B. R. Aber
nathy, W. A. Abernathy, D. C.
Costner, Joe Chafon and E. R.
McHoney came in with 315 mack
erel. The Friday party was
from Statesville and included
James H. Thompson, R. B. Hol
land and son, Jimmy, Paul Gil
bert and son, Paul, Jr. Their
trip was to the Gulf Stream and
they had a fine assortment which
included 4 dolphin, 7 amberjack,
3 barracuda, 3 bonita and 2 king
mackerel.
R. E. L. Brown of Myrtle
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General Rains
Help To Farms
Late Crops Appear To
Be Biggest Beneficiaries
From Showers Which Fell
In Various Parts Of Co
unty Past Few Days
With rains covering the coun
ty at some time or other dur
ing the past week, it is said that
there has been a marked improve
ment in crop conditions. Not all
parts of the county have had
enough rain, but most of the
farming sections have, and farm
ers are feeling greatly encour
aged.
J. T. Hawes of Supply stated
yesterday that he had some fine
young tobacco that was not hurt
by the drought, but his corn was
damaged some. This appears to
have been the rule throughout
the county. Some crops were hurt
and some were not. Early plan
ted crops appear to have suffer
ed most. The rains came just at
the time when young crops were
beginning to need them.
Provided they have good grow
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15 '
Colorful Parade Complete
With Floats And Two
Bands Will Start Off
Festivities Of Day At
10 O’Clock
CONGRESSMAN WILL
SPEAK BEFORE NOON
Afternoon Will Be Devoted
To Games, Boat Races,
Band Concert, Fire
works And Dance
To Crown Queen
Plans are being completed for
the Live Oak Festival at South
port Friday, an all-day event,
which packs all of the features
of an old-fashioned . Fourth of
■July celebration.
A colorful parade featuring the
bands of the Pope Field Air
Base and Shaflotte High School
will be held at 10 o’clock. Also
participating will be mobile un
its of the Shallot te National
guard and several floats decora
ted for the occasion.
Following the parade the crowd
will assemble in front of the
Masonic building for a brief pa
triotic address by Congressman
F. Ertel Carlyle. He will be in
troduced by Mayor Pro-tem Davis
C. Herring and the band will play
several numbers.
Dinner will be served in the
old Southport gymnasium from
12:30 until 2 o’clock, and at that
time a series of games and stunts
will be conducted on the Garri
son. Between the hours of 3
and 4 o’clock there will be a
demonstration of some of the
heavy equipment of the Shallotte
Unit of the National Guard in
a roped off area on the Garri
son Grounds.
Outboard motor boat races will
be held in the river beginning at
4 o’clock, wind and. weather per
mitting. Last year rough water
forced a postponement.
At 5 o’clock the Air Force
Band will play for an open-air
concert, and following that sup
per will be served.
The next feature will occur at
8 o’clock, when an elaborate fire
works display will be set off by
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Committeemen In
Soil Conference
Members Of Local Board
Of Soil Conservation. Su
pervisors Attend Meeting
At Lake Mattamuskeet
J. D. Bellamy, Jr., Shallotte;
and Corbett Coleman of Ash,
members of the local Board of
Soil Conservation Supervisors, re
cently attended a meeting of the
Board of Soil Conservation Super
visors for the Lower Cape Fear
Soil Conservation District. Th«
meeting was held at Lake Matta
muskeet in Hyde county. Bellamy
is chairman of the district board, '*
and presided at the meeting.
On the day following the meet
ing a farm tour was made in
Hyde and Beaufort counties. A
mong the things observed was the
drainage and water control sys
tems being used in that section.
The Swindell farm at Pantego
was also visited and the latest in
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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 Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot’s Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, July 8
3:23 a. m. ’ 9:52
4:23 p. m. 10:55
Friday, July 4
1:26 a. m. 10:51
5:22 p. m. 11:53
Saturday, July 5
5:28 a. m. 11:49
S:10 p. m. 0:00
Sunday, July 6
6:29 a. m. 0:47
7:24 p. m. 12:43
Monday, July 7
7:26 a. m. 1:39
8:08 p. m. 1:38
Tuesday, July 8
8:23 a. m. 2:29
9:00 p. m. 2:31
Wednesday, July 9
9:18 a. m. 3:19 a. /
9:52 p. m. 3:23 p/
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