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Most Of The News All The Time VOL. NO. SIXTEEN THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County No. 13 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, July 23, 1952 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY SI.50 PER YEAH T Begin Work On Building For Brunswick REA New Headquarters Building Now Under Construction On Cooperative’s Property In Shallotte AWARD CONTRACT TO WILMINGTON BUILDER Building Is Part Of Corpo ration’s Steady Growth To 7,400 Customers Since December Of 1939 Construction of a modernly de signed headquarters for the Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation at Shallotte is now in progress, Manager E. D. Bish op said on a visit here during the week end. , R. E. Hayes, general contrac tor with headquarters at Wil mington, has been awarded the contract. His bid of $79,212 in cludes construction of the build ing, together with heating plant, air conditioning, and grading and paving of site and driveways. The Rural Electrification Au thority approved a loan and plans for the new headquarters several months ago, but initial bids were unsatisfactory and work was de layed. , The new headquarters facili ties will be constructed in Shal lotte, on the REA cooperative’s property, in front of the quonset hut now being used for both of fice space and warehouse pur poses. Bishop says the present quar ters are so crowded that em ployees have had difficulty in finding working space for doing an efficient job. The new build ing will remedy that condition. Bishop explained that the new 1 office is to be a one-story build ing of brick construction. The proposed plans of the building were approved by the co-op's bo- j ard of directors at its regular meeting on June 24, 1950. Harry E. Ross, Jr., of Southern Engineering Company, Atlanta, Ga. is the architect and will su pervise construction. -The floor plans call for an area of 3,300 square feet. Construction is to be financed by a special loan from the Rural Electrification Authority. The in terest rate will be two per cent, with principal and interest being paid from the cooperative’s oper ating funds over a period of 35 years. "When the building is finished, it will provide the facilities so desperately needed in recent years,’’ Bishop commented. “It should serve the purpose of pro ductivity and efficiency.” The Brunswick Electric Mem bership Corporation energized its first lines in December of 1939 and has since expanded its serv ices to take in approximately 7, 400 customers in Brunswick, Co lumbus, Robeson and Bladen Co unties most of these are in Co lumbus and Brunswick, waits the winner. Brief Newt Flasket LOW SCORES Herman Jordan of Southport and John K. Snipes of Dunn set the pace for low scores at the Carpet Golf Course at Long Beach last week with a mark of 31. Mrs. Amaretta Burr is now scor er for ladies with a score of 33. IN ANSON COUNTY Attorney and Mrs. James Bow man are spending several days at his father’s farm in Anson county, where Attorney Bowman is seeing to the harvesting of his peach crop. He has some 60 acres in peach trees and six or seven hundred acres of farm land. RED CROSS OFFICIAL Due to be in Southport today for a meeting with officials of the County Chapter, Mrs. Susie C. Edgerton wired County Chap ter Chairman J, T. Denning that she was unable to come, because of illness. She will meet with the local officials next Wednes day, July 30, at 10 a. m. BEACH VISITORS iMr. and Mrs. William T. Ot toway of Brooklyn, N. Y., have returned home following a vaca tion at their cottage at Long Beach. Last week they had as their guests Mr. and Mrs George License and son, George, Jr., of Brooklyn; and Mr. and Mrs. How ard Reynolds and children of Daytona Beach, Fla. Mrs. Reyn olds is a sister of Mrs Ottoway. Recreation At Caswell PLAYING—During recreation periods at the Caswell Assembly the young peo ple enjoy looking over the old fortifications. The most popular of these, however,,is the one on which the outdoor swimming pools are located, and visitors to the assembly enjoy bathing in these waters which comee from a deep-water artesian well. First Payments Received From Sale Of Farms Thompson McRacken First Local Resident Reported To Have Been Paid For Land Being Taken By Government By YV. B. KEZIAH The first actual purchase of Sunny Point land was made this past week with Thompson Mc Rackan receiving payment for a small area he owned on Walden Creek. Since that initial pur chase a number of other tracts have been bought. Now the ac quiring of the 22,200 acre area can be said to be well underway. The real estate board has been given options on a large num ber of tracts, according to ad missions from o_wners of the land. The board itself is not author ized to announce purchase of those nor the prices paid there for. However, it is understood from an option given by the owner of a tract of more than a thousand acres and a comparison of this option price with the amount paid for the land two years ago, the land owners may expect a fair price, figures basecj, on the actual worth of the property as discovered through land values. The fact that the government wants and needs their land is not leading any Sunny Point proper ty owners to believe they own a gold mine. On all the options obtained the overall date line for payments to be' made and the property va cated is December 1 of this year. This December 1st date for vacating the property should not lead to the impression that it will be tljat long before construc tion work actually starts. Much of the work will actually begin in September but this will about all be in the non-farming or residential areas. It will not im mediately disturb any of the res idents. The officials feel that from now until December 1st will be ample time to harvest any and all crops glowing on the lands. It is said to be unwise for any farmer planting, unless it be a crop that can and will be har vested before December 1st. To plant from now on will be at the (Coutlnued on Page 4) Baby Show Will Be Held Here Southport Parent - Teacher ers Association Will Spon sor Event To Raise Funds For Home Economics De partment The Southport Parent-Teacher Association is sponsoring a Ba by Show tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon with the parade and costume judging scheduled to take place in t*he area in front of the high school building. This week voting has been in progress on the popularity con test, with more than 100 entrants. A booth has been maintained in the business district each day and voters have backed the can didates of their choice with a constant flow on one-cent bal lots. Already it is assured that there will be many entrants in the float and costume contests to morrow, and a liberal list of prizes is being offered the win ners. The Baby Show is being direct ed by Mrs. H. W. Hood and all proceeds will go to the PTA for the purpose of outfitting the home economics room at the high school. Officials Anxious To Begin Project High Army Officials Have Visited Area Within Past Few Days And Hope To Speed Up Plans For Con struction COLONEL PHILLIPS RETURNS TO AREA He Is Original “Man With The Little Black Satchel” Whose Investigation Led To Decision To Locate Here By W. B. KEZIAH Indications are that top sourc es in Washington and other of ficials down _ the line are now pushing for speedy action with regard to the Sunny Point con struction work. With the Army Engineers in Wilmington yesterday were Col. John R. Noyes, head of the port of Embarkation in New. York, who was here some weeks ago. Col.. Noyes and others are now work ing out details looking to Sunny Point being Under the jurisdic tion of the New York Port of Embarkation. With Col. Noyes on this trip is Capt. Peter Augustinos, whose official capacity has hot been stated; Murray H. Stevens of the New York Planning Board, and Camig Kay of the New York Port of Embarkation Facilities Branch. They made no commitments relative to the present visit oth er than the trip was entirely rel ative to Sunny Point. Inference is that they were largely inter ested in having all plans speeded up, so that actual work could be started in the immediate future. The plans for everything except dredging and allied waterway fa cilities are being drawn by Rob ert & Company, widely known engineering firm of Atlanta which designed and built the North Carolina State Ports. Harry Ro bert, head of this company, was in a conference last week with other officials in Washington and it is understood they asked for speedy action on the huge plan ning task. Several months ago this paper carried a brief story relative to “The man with the satchel.” He has also been conferring with the engineers during the past week. To properly identify him, the man with the satchel is Colonel Raymond Phillips of the military construction branch of the. office of Chief of the Army Engineers in Washington. On this trip he was asked briefly, "How does it look?” He was equally brief in his reply of “Good.” With that he rushed off to hop a plane for Washington. Preceeding the first visit of (Continued on Page 4) First Contingent Of Air Force Seven - Man Detail From Shaw Field Arrives To Prepare For Coming Of Larger Group And Boats A 7-man detail from Shaw Air Base at Columbia, S. C., ar rived Monday and is now engag ed in repairing, painting and generally getting ready for the Air-Sea rescue group which will arrive with their boats inside of 30 days. Four crash boats and 70 men will form the initial contingent here. They will be here perma nently with perhaps more boats Continued on page four James O. Garner Loses Left Arm His left hand caught in the steel screw conveyor, that feeds the fish meal mill, James O. Gar ner, floor superintendent at the plant of the Brunswick Naviga tion Company for many years, lost his arm Friday up to the elbow. Mr. Garner is left handed. He was alone at the conveyor and is understood to have found it clogged. In an attempt to clear it his hand was caught and drawn in, getting torn to shreds*^ and wrapping around the revolving screws. The screw was stopped by some one and Mr. Garner, with his hand and arm mangled, is said to have secured his own pocket knife and to have cut himself free of the shredded flesh. Am putation at the hospital took in the elbow. Regular Session Of County Court All Matters Disposed Of In Recorder’s Court Monday Grew Out Of Violation Of Traffic Regulations All cases disposed of here in Recorder’s Court Monday grew out of violation of traffic regu lations, and were settled as fol lows: Thomas R. Manning, drunken driving, fined $100 and costs; license recommended revoked. William B. Kellan, public dru nkenness and resisting officer, fined $10 and costs. Harry Pigott, failing to report accident, costs. George C. Bullard, speeding, fined $10 and costs. Jack A. Inman, speeding, $10 and costs. Charles Leroy Hearst, speed ing, fined $10 and costs. Aubrey J. Nichols, speeding, fined $10 and, costs. Raleigh Jackson Bell, speeding, (Continued on Page 4) Reduction In Student Load Adds Teachers Six New Teachers Added To Faculties In Brunswick County Schools As Result Of New Regulations By State FACULTY COMPLETE AT THREE SCHOOLS Southport, Leland And Bo livia, Plus All Colored Schools, Have Complet ed Getting Teachers All teachers have been secured for the Southport, Bolivia and Leland white schools, and for all of the Negro schools. The Shall otte And Waccamaw white school faculties are. still incomplete for the year. Six new teachers have been secured as a result of the in creased enrollment and the need to reduce teacher load. Three of these additional teachers are for white schools and three for colored. The Shallotte school gets one extra high school and one elementary teacher. Leland gets one elementary teacher. The Union colored school at Shallotte gained one high school and one elementary teacher and the sixth extra teacher goes to the Lincoln colored school at Leland. The Brunswick County Train ing School at Southport lost one high school teacher, due to chan ges in the bus routes and the transfer of students. At the same time this colored school gained an elementary teacher. Construction activities in the Southport area beginning about the first of September, are ex pected to bring in quite a num ber of additional students. The white and colored schools at Southport may find themselves very much in need of school help during the coming year. Speaking of needs, the schools of the county are already badly in need of two additional buses, and the classroom shortage is serious with the worst condition prevailing at the colored Union School between Shallotte and Longwood. There they have stu dents enough for 17 teachers and only have 12 classrooms. Other schools also need classrooms and repairs, two are badly in need of water and sewerage systems. For all of these needs little or no money is in sight. The county commissioners promised this week that funds would be provided as they became available. County Farmers Vote For Quota Brunswick County Farmers Join Other Growers In Endorsing The Continua tion Of Tobacco Program With both the realization and appreciation of what organization has accomplished, Brunsw i c k growers turned out well and vo ted almost solidly in favor of continuation of the program in the referendum Saturday. For the tobacco marketing quo ta the county-wide vote was 1,406 for and 38 against. For the tobacco assessments the vote in approval again ran high, 1,378 voting for and only 42 against. One of the Town Creek town ship voting places turned in the remarkable vote of 119 for and not a single vote against the (Continued on Page 4) W. B. KKZIAH Our ROVING Reporter Practically all white and col ored schools in the county will find that they have a heavy surge in the way of increased attendance this fall and winter. This will be especially true in the case of the Southport white and colored schools, but it will apply all over the county, wher ever homes will be available for workers. At present there does not seem that there is anything that can be done about it, but something will have to be done. During the coming season, the schools will become the greatest headache they have ever been to those who have charge of thern. One fairly certain source of relief is that there will be a cri(i.Hl defense area at Southport. The government will help the schools that overflow as a result of the Cape ~River. We notice that there is being an inspection of various North Carolina ports with Southport not being among those noticed by the State. That is not strange. The State Port Authority has never made an official visit of any sort to see the adaptability of things here for a State Port or any sort of development. North Carolina officials have al ways and still are religiously kee ping hands off in the matter of showing any attention to South port. Alderman O. D. Hyatt, who is the horticulturist at Orton, tells us that the gardens and nursery have the finest crop of (Continued on page four) General Bennett Day Being Planned Leaders Of Various Organizations Of County Being In vited To Participate In Celebration mans are Deing macie to nave a meeting of representative lead ers of various organizations in the county in Supply on Saturday August 2, to lay plans for the Ivan L. Bennett Day to b held in early September. A committee has been appoin ted and will have notices sent out to heads of the various groups, such as the American Le gion, the Lions Club presidents, PTA presidents, high school prin cipals, county board of educa tion, the Woman’s Club presi dents, church of every denomina tion in the county, board of com missioners, heads of each busi ness establishment, and other lea ders in the different phases of the community life of the coun ty. It is hoped that Hubert E. Ol ive, who ran as a candidate for governor in the last primary, can be obtained as the principal speaker as he was a classmate of General Bennett and Cornelius Thomas at Wake Forest College during their college days. The general meeting will be held at Supply Baptist Church in Supply on the evening of the first Saturday in August, and will include all the leaders men tioned. It is the hope of the commit tee that a fine program can be rendered by the citizens of the county. The exact date for the special “Ivan Bennett Day" pro gram will not be set definitely until after the meeting of the various groups at Supply at which time a complete program com mittee, arrangements committee, reception committee and social committee will be selected. All persons who head any group or organization in the county are asked to be at the Supply meeting on the evening of August 2 at 8 o’clock, as the committees must be selected f-rom those present for this meeting. Further announcements and de tails of the special day will be made later. Youngster Lands First Sailfish Capture Large Cache Of liquor Three hundred and sixteen V2 gallon fruit jars containing 158 gallons of non-tax-paid whiskey, better known as moonshine, were smashed on Moore’s Creek by ATU officers and State Highway Patrolmen Friday. Some freshwater fisherman is reported to have discovered the whiskey hidden under a tarpau lin in the woods on the creek. Moore's Creek is a little more than three miles from Southport and the finder of the cache came to town and called the ATU from Wilmington. Corporal C. H. Lynch of Southport, Patrol man R. H. Constante of Bolivia and Patrolman J. S. Jones of Le land teamed up with the ATU boys for the jar smashing party. No still was found in the nei ghborhood. The place was evi dently just being used as a store room or base of supplies. From the amount in storage the offi cers feel that it must be the pro duct of a pretty big still some where in Brunswick county. Grand Dragon Local Visitor Thomas L. Hamilton Here Thursday To Confer With S. B. Frink, One Of Mem bers Of Defense Counsel Thomas L. Hamilton 'Of Lees ville, S. C., Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, spent Thursday afternoon in Southport. The pur pose of his visit was a confer ence with S. Bunn Frink, who is representing him in the conspir acy trial that is being heard in Whiteville this week. Grand Dragon Hamilton is charged with conspiracy in hav ing ordered at least one of the several Ku Klux Klan whippings in Columbus County last year, an offense for which several Colum bus County men are now serving prison terms. At his trial he is being represented by Frink and George W. Keels, Florence, S. C., attorney. Approached by a representative of this paper while he was sit ting in his parked car near the bank, he had a "no comment” in response to questions regarding his pending appearance in court. He has never been credited with liking newspapermen and some other things, but in this instance he unbent after several minutes, laughed heartily at jokes and ap peared to be in entire good hu mor, without a worry in the world: Following this "interview” he sought out the newsman of his own accord some time later. This time he talked freely, saying that he was not guilty of the charg es, that he came to Southport to consult with Frink, and that with Attorneys Frink and Keels he would be there in court at White ville, fighting for justice. He did i not exhibit any ill will towards anyone and aside from his law yers he did not refer to anyone by name. Seen by the full light of day and without anything symbolic (Continued on Page 4) Jimmie Singleton Of Red Springs Lands Nice Prize While Fishing Aboard Idle-On Tuesday ANOTHER YOUTH GETS BARRACUDA Parties During Past Week Have Been Enjoying Good Luck, Especially On Trips To Vicinity Of Lightship Young fishermen took the spot light this week at Southport, headed by young Jimmy Single ton, 15-year-old Red Springs youngster, who caught the sea son’s first sailfish yesterday while fishing aboard the Idle-On with Capt. Basil Watts. The sail measured 6 ft., 11% inches in length and had a girth of 23 inches. The fish weighed 41 pounds. On Monday a 13 year old youn gster aboard the Margrace with Capt. James Arnold landed at 25 pound barracuda. The name of the youthful angler was not lear ned, but he was a member of a party which had an all round good ’day aboard this ves sel. Otherwise the news of the week is that bluefish are striking well on the shoals and various kinds of tropical fish are being caught by parties who go out in the vicinity of the lightship. The Thursday and Sunday trip for the Idle-On were typical. On Thursday £Mr. and Mrs. Pat Du gan and Lawrence Miller of Fay etteville and H. E. Jackson of Asheville caught 11 amberjack, 3 king mackerel, 2 barracuda, 2 dolphin and 2 large Spanish mac kerel. The Sunday trip was R. E. L. Brown, Dewey Bell, Harold Bellamy, Ernest Williams and Charles Singleton of Myrtle Beach and Dr. S. T. Bryan of Lumberton. They had 2 bonita, 4 barracuda, 1 dolphin and 15 amberjack. As a rule all boats have more parties than they “can handle on Saturday and Sunday, and good boats are available during the mid-week period. This situation has improved some recently with more and more parties trying the mid-week dates. Churches Asked To Aid Hospital Next Sunday Has Been Set Aside For Contributions To Be Made By AH Chur ches To Baptist Hospital In Winston-Salem Rev. W. R. Morehead of Leland calls attention to the fact that Sunday, July 27, has been set aside by all churches of . the Sou thern Baptist Convention as Vic tory Day for the contributions to the new wing in the Baptist Hospital at Winston-Salem. It is recalled that the Baptists of North Carolina met in a spe cial session at Charlotte and vot ed against receiving any help for the hospital from the Feder al Government because this would cross with their viewpoint on church and state control. The Baptists in Brunswick, says Rev. Morehead, have never (Coutinued on Page 4) Pastors School Being Held At Fort Caswell Three-Weeks School For Pastors Got Underway Monday At Caswell Sea side Assembly; Other Programs GENERAL BOARD HERE NEXT WEEK Good Attendance At Cas well This Week With An other Big Conference In Prospect Next Week Attendance at the Pastors Con ference and other scheduled groups at the Caswell Baptist Assembly last week went well over 600 according to Dr. R. K. Redwine, director of the assem bly. Seen here Saturday Dr. Red wine was highly pleased at the success of the week-long confer ences. He stated that a large percent of the attendance was composed of ministers. The rest of the gathering was made up of attendants on the GA and RA Camps, Rocky Mount Division. This week offers one of the most notable series of conferenc es of any for the two months series. The three-weeks school for pastors got underway Mon day with a flattering attend ance and indications were that there would be a big enrollment by today. The Woman’s Missionary Soci ety is also having its conference this week with a starting attend ance of about 130. The Business Woman’s Circle and Young Wo man’s Auxiliary were to have about 175 delegates for their con ference. Some 150 Girl Auxiliary and Royal Ambassadors of the Wilmington Division are present for their week of camp. Of outstanding interest for next week is that the general board is scheduled to meet Monday and Tuesday. This board has some 70 members and including their families some 200 are expected. Dr. C. C. Warren, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Char otte, is president of the Board. H. Foster Mintz of Bolivia is a member from the Brunswick As (Coutinued on Page 4) Commissioners In Session Monday Hear Discussion Of Prob lems Pertaining To Ope ration Of The Brunswick County Schools An(l Pro mise Aid If Possible To Secure Funds The board of county commis sioners was in regular session. Monday with most of the day’s proceedings occupied by joint dis cussion with County Superinten dent J. T. Denning and members of the board of education rela tive to school needs. Water and sewerage systems at both the Bolivia and Waipca maw schools were discribed \ as an urgent need. Needs at othser schools were also pointed on't. The board took the matter under advisement after promising to meet the needs as funds became available. On motion of Commissioner R. L. Rabon, seconded by Com missioner H. O. Peterson it was ordered that the Nora Ambrose estate be sold to William Nelson Moseley and Estella Lena Hoop er for the sum of $182.58. The land is in Northwest Township. Tide Table Following Is the tide &ble 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 24 9:20 a. m. 3:18 a. m. 9:28 p. m. 3:21 p. m. Friday, July 25 9:54 k. m. 3:51 a. m. 9:58 p. m. 3:59 p. m. Saturday, July 26 10:29 a. m. 4:25 a. m. 10:30 p. m. 4:38 p. m. Sunday, July 27 11:06 a. m. 4:58 a. m. 11:06 p. m. 5:21 p. ni. Monday, July 28 11:49 a. m. 5:34 a 1.1:50 p. m. 6:09 p Tuesday, July 29 9:00 a. m. 6:18 i 12:42 p. m. 7:00 p Wednesday, July 30 0:41 a. m. 1:42 p. m. 7:10 a. m. 8:11 p. m.