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VOL. NO. SIXTEEN
No. 16
6-PAGES TODAY
Southport, N. C.
Wednesday, August 13, 1952
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Training Union
Sessions Will
Wind Up Season
Baptist Training Union In
Progress This Week At
Baptist Seaside Asserjibly
At Fort Caswell
SAME GROUPS TO
MEET NEXT WEEK
This Will Bring Summer
Session Of Assembly To
A Close On August 24
Following Busy Sea
son
The Baptist Training Union got
under way at the Caswell Baptist
Assembly this week and the same
conference goes on through next
week, August 18-24. Next week
will conclude the scheduled sum
mer activities but it is understood
that several gatherings not on
the summer schedule will be held
after the formal end of the sea
son.
Rev. Knolan Benfield, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Hic
kory, is the Assembly preacher
for this week of August 11-17.
For next week Rev. Harlan Har
ris, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Shelby, will be the as
sembly pastor.
The full program for this and
next week is ' as follows:
Conferences for all age-groups
on Methods and Personal Inter
ests.
Nursery open daily 8:45 a. m.
12:45 p. m. for children through
eight years.
Junior Memory Work Tourna
ment and Hymn Festival both
weeks.
Adult and Young People’s Me
thods Workshops on Committee
Activities.
Adult Group Interest Conferen
ces Include:
Bible Study by Dr. Owen Her
ring.
The Christian Home by Mrs.
Frank Leavell (Aug. 11) and Mrs.
L. E. McGowen (Aug. 18).
Arts and Crafts in Promoting
Attendance (limited to Pastors,
Educational Directors, and desig
nated leaders)—by Mildred Tho
mas, First Baptist Church, Ashe
ville, the week of August 11 only.
Personal interests of Young
People — by Rev. M. O. Owens
(Aug. 11) and Rev. E. F. Baker.
Intermediate Teen-Truths Dis
cussed Daily by outstanding Teen
age leaders.
Juniors will study “My Family
and I” and "This Is My Bible.”
Leadership Conferences Under
Direction of State and Southwide
Leaders:
Intermediate Leadership — Ver
Bil Crenshaw (Aug. 11) and Miss
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Brief News
Flasket
DRAFT BOARD CLOSED
The Southport Draft Board of
fice will be closed all next week,
August 18 through August 22.
PURCHASE HOME
Mr. and Mrs. George Lindener
have purchased the Paul Fodale
home on the yacht basin in Sou
thport.
NEWS OF DEATH
Capt. C. N. Swan has been
advised of the death of his bro
ther-in-law, Allen Pearce, of
Clearfield, Pa. Mrs. Pearce is
the former Miss Louise Swan.
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
President Ray Walton announ
ces that there will be a meeting
of the Young Democrats Club
at Bolivia in the high school au
ditorium at 8 o’clock Wednesday,
August 20. Chief purpose of the
meeting will be to elect officers
and delegates to the forthcom
ing State Convention.
DRIVING PILINGS
All of the pilings for the new
Holden Beach bridge on the
beach side of the canal have
been driven by the State High
way forces. They are now work
ing on the land side of the wa
terway. It is said the bridge will
be completed and opened for traf
fic in the early spring.
SCHOOL LUNCH WORKSHOP
Mrs. Nelson Bennett of the
Waccamaw School Lunch Room
was among the 75 lunch room
managers and supervisors who
attended the five-day Food Han
dlers’ Training Program at East
Carolina College, Greenville, dur
ing the past week. Forty-one
counties were represented in the
gathering. Courses were conduc
ted in food handling, service, nu
trition, menu planning and food
preparation. Mrs. Bennett was
one of four chosen to lead in the
food demonstration during one
day of the session.
Presents Awards
HONORS—C. A. Cox, assistant to the general manager of Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Co., is shown above as he presents a Service Award for 25-years in the
company to C. L. Shaw at a ceremony at the Navassa plant Friday. Standing imme
diately behind Cox is.J. D. Robbins, Jr., manager of the V-C plant at Navassa Other
employees whose record of service was recognized by the presentation of awards Fri
day were, back row, left to right, Johnnie Bryant, Sam Williams, William Jewett, Jer
ry Mosley, D. L. Smith and C. R. Hall.—(R. C. Shackleford Photo.)
rour Shallotte
National Guard
Men Promoted
Announcement Made Of
Promotion Of Four Mem
bers Of Battery A 725th
AAA AW Bn Last Week
Four members of Btry A 725th
AAA AW En were promoted last
week it was reported by Major
John C .Maultsby, Battalion
Commander, whose headquarters
are located in Whiteville.
The Shallotte Guardsmen pro
moted included Sgt. Raymond D.
Babson to be Sergeant First
Class and Pfc’s George F. Kirby,
Jr., Carl H. Stanley and William
A. Todd to be Corporals.
As a result of a recent change
in regulations it was revealed
that non-veterans up to 45 years
of age and veterans up to the
age of 54 may apply for mem
bership in this antiaircraft ar
tillery unit. This means that
men with or without prior mili
tary service can build a retire
ment plan for themselves while
they are members of a National
Guard unit. While serving their
country as citizens soldiers, Na
tional Guardsmen receive pay for
their services and retirement
credit toward the day when they
decide to take things easy.
Detailed information on mem
bership in the National Guard
may be obtained from the Na
tional Guard units headquarters
in Shallotte or Benson or by
writing the 252d AAA Group,
Box 1531, Wilmington, N. C.
Former Resident
Escapes Danger
Clark Fergus, Son Of Dr.
And Mrs. L. C. Fergus Of
Los Banos, Cal., Had Nar
row Escape From Death
Clark Fergus, son of Dr. and
Mrs. LeKoy Fergus, who moved
from Southport to Los Banos,
Calif., five years ago and who
is now about 15 years old, had
a dangerous and trying experi
ence about 10 days ago. Clark
was born in Southport and the
story, as based on information
from Mrs. Fergus to friends here
is as follows:
Clark went out with two other
boys of his age to drive in cat
tle. They covered the territory
all the way up to the moun
tains. During the work Clark
became separated from his com
panions and was hit and knock
ed unconscious by a tree branch
that the horse was passing un
der. His riderless horse remain
ed with him. but after he recov
ered consciousness he discovered
he had lost his bearings.
The other boys did not miss
him at first and they went on
with the cattle and went on to
an agreed meeting place when
they discovered that he wras not
there.
They waited for some time at
the agreed place on top of a
mountain, across from Mt. St.
Helena. Clark failed to show
up and all efforts to discover
him proving fruitless, the boys
went for assistance and spread
the alarm.
Clark remained all night where j
he was injured, sleeping under
his saddle blanket. When day
light came he started off down
the mountain and finally came
to a highway on which he was
later found by a searching par
ty. . He was very tired, dirty
and hungry when found, and his
Continued on Page Five
Sports Fishing
Continues Good
Weather During Week-End
Was Not Too Good But
Some Boats Went Out
Each Day And All Repor
ted Good Catches
MACKEREL SEEM
TO BE BEST BET
One Of Season’s Outstand
ing Catches Reported By
Captain Ray Stubbs
Aboard Bessie-Ray
The weather was a little on
the rough side during the past
week-end, but there was not a
day when some boats did not go
out with a fishing party.
On Sunday only three made
the trip and among these was
the Davis Brothers, Captain Fred
Fulford. With him were Mr. and
Mrs. L. I. Campbell of Fairmont,
who caught 97 Spanish macker
el. The Idle-On and Botfly were
out, but there was no report of
their citch.
The outstanding catch of the
week was reported by Capt. Ray
Stubbs of the Bessie-Ray, which
came in with 416 mackerel from
a day’s catch. In this party were
Emmett G. Armstrong, Hump
Wheeler, Bob Coren, F. Faloples,
George Studemire and C. P. Arm
strong, Jr.
Out today with Capt. Leon
McKeithan aboard the Botfly are
Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Sherrill,
Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Irwin
Belk of Charlotte. Mr. Belk is
the son of the founder of the
Belk Department Stores and Sher
rill is son of the owner of the
S&W Cafeteria chain.
Shallotte Band
Members On Trip
About Thirty Included In
Group Leaving Friday
For York, Pa., To Witness
Contest Between Drum
Corps
Thirty members of the Shall
otte High School Band and chap
erones are to leave early Friday
morning in a chartered bus for
York, Pa., where they will wit
ness the Eastern Seaboard Drum
Corps Championship Contest on
Saturday. They expect to return
early Sunday night.
Officials for the event at New
York have sent Director W. W.
Jacobus of the band free tickets
for the event in a special see
tion marked, "Reserved for the
Shallotte, N. C., High School
Band.”
In Southport yesterday Direc
tor Jacobus stated that he could
not give the names of all of his
students whb are to take the
trip. However, the names of all
those who go will be carried in
next week’s issue of the paper,
along with an account of the
trip.
A little off the program was
an unheralded trip by the band
to Holden Beach and Long Beach
Saturday night. They went for
the purpose of publicizing the
benefit dance that is to be held
at Shallotte tonight. The pro
ceeds of this dance will go into
the band fund. Director Jacobus
states that good crowds were
present for the impromptu band
concert at both beaches Satur
day night. At Long Beach ab
out 300 people turned out.
Local Man Visits
Southport, England
E. L. Oliver, retired Southport
business man, should be in South
port, England, by this time. He
sailed for the Old Country last
week With Southport as one of
his destinations.
Mr. Oliver, formerly of Char
lotte, just decided he wanted an
ocean voyage. Having heard
much of Southport, England dU?
ring the official visit of Caurittf
woman Mrs. Mae Bamber a year
and a half ago, he decided that
his trip would include a visit
from Southport to Southport.
Mrs. Bamber. who made the
official visit here from South
port, England, was recently ov
erwhelmingly re-elected to the
official position with the English
city, She writes , friends here
that she plans to make ^another
visit here within the coming
-year.
Congressman Is
At Long Beach
Congressman Charles B.
Deane Hopes To Be Able
To Spend Month Of Aug
ust At Cottage In Bruns
wick County
Congressman Charles B. Deane
of the 8th District is now at his
summer home at Long Beach.
He plans to stay there the en
tire month of August, provided
no special session of Congress is
I called to meet the high cost of
living problem.
Mrs. Deane and their son,
Charles, Jr., are with him at
the beach. Their two daughters,
Misses Carol and Cree Deane,
jleft Monday night for New York.
From there they are sailing to
day on the Queen Mary for Swit
Continued on Page Five
FHA Authority
For Brunswick
Loans Received
Ivey C. Brown, County Sup
ervisor, Advised That
This County Has Been In
cluded In Area Designa
ted For Loans
HOPE TO ALEVIATE
LOSS FROM DROUGHT
. *
Regulations For Making
Loans For This Purpose
To Farmers Who Have
Suffered Material
Loss Are Listed
The Secretary of Agriculture
has designated all counties in
North Carolina as areas in which
Disaster. Loans may be made.
This announcement was made to
day by Ivey C. Brown who is
County Supervisor in charge of
the Farmers Home Administra
tion’s program in Columbus and
Brunswick Counties.
These plans are available to
eligible farmers who have suffer
ed substantial crop losses because
of draught or hailstorm damage.
In areas where feed crops have
been badly damaged or destroyed
by the recent prolonged draught,
the Farmers Home Administra
tion is prepared to cooperate ful
ly with other agricultural agen
cies and eligible farmers in an
effort to immediately meet the
need for feed that will be requir
ed to keep the desirable produc
tive livestock on farms that oth
erwise would have to be sold be
cause of the lack of feed.
This agency is also prepared
to render immediate assistance
to eligible farmers who find it
necessary to-reseed or rennovate
pastures that have been substan
tially damaged or destroyed by
the extended period of excessive
dry weather and extreme high
temperature.
Mr. Brown said that before
disaster loans can be approved
the farmer must show:
(1) That they have suffered
substantial losses.
(2) That they cannot obtain
credit from private sources.
(3) That the government loan
can be paid from farm income,
and,
(4) That the loan will not be
used for conversion from one
type of farming to another.
The Farmers Home Administra
tion’s office serving Brunswick
County is located in Shallotte.
Art Newton To
Exhibit Work
Water Colors By Southport
Artist Will Be Exhibited
Saturday Afternoon And
Evening
Pictures by Art Newton, young
Southport artist, will be exhib
ited Saturday afternoon and ev
ening in the American Leggion
room at the City Hall. The ex
hibit will be sponsored by Dau
ghters of America.
Theme of the exhibit will be
“Trawlers—At Work and At
Rest.”
This is a subject that Newton
knows best and most of his best
work has been of scenes along
the waterfront of Southport and
of boats underway.
Recently he has made trips
outside with the shrimping fleet
in order to capture some of the
spirit of this type of activity,
and in the forthcoming exhibit
he will show some of his water
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W. B. KJEZIAH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm McHose
and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Robson of
Plainfield, N. J., are spending
three weeks at Long Beach.
Whenever they can get away from
their wives, a comparatively easy
procedure if they arise early, Mc
Hose, Robson and Phil King are
having some mighty good fishing
in the bays around Southport.
We ran across them the other
morning just as they returned
from a trip with George Worth
am. They had 19 big speckled
trout. That was ample justifica
tion for slipping away from
their wives.
The more we read about flying
saucers the surer we become that
there is nothing physical about
them. They are probably a com
bination of vivid imaginations and
atmospheric condition. As a boy
we were often rather scared by
encountering Jack - O- Lanterns
which were created by atmos
pheric conditions. That did not
keep us from being scared at the
swift moving lights. They used to
move about on the ground, or
very near the ground. It may be
that Jack-O-Lanterns have be
come air-minded during recent
years and thereby acquired the
name of flying saucers.
We were rather intrigued this
week on receipt of a letter from
the Ford Motor Company, Dear
born, Michigan. The writer stated
that he and three others would be
in this area the third week in Oc
tober and he hoped to have a few
days for fishing. The letter indi
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Beach Invaded
By Flying Saucers
Several Persons Saw Same Fiery Object Flash Across
Sky At Brunswick Resort On Friday Night;
Another Sunday
From different places on Long
Beach more than a dozen people
saw a flying saucer Friday night
about 9:30 o’clock. It could not
have been an optical illusion,
they say. This claim is born out
by the fact that the folks who
saw it were at different places
on the beach and saw it from
different angles and all describe
it in the same way.
Mrs. Pauline Clemmons, clerk
in the office of County Superin
Flying saucers or some form
of lights have been reported by
a number of people during the
last few months, but none of
those sighted have been clear
ly described, according to re
ports. The Army Intelligence
has asked the State Civil De
fense Council to report any
“saucer” story in North Caro
lina.
Any Brunswick County citi
zen sighting such saucer or
saucers is urged to contact the
Director of Civil Defense for
Brunswick County, Mr. A. S.
Knowles. The information that
will be needed from those re
porting will be: (1) Name and
address and telephone number
if any), (2) time and place ob
ject was seen, 13) direction tra
veling. Officials want to know
full description of object, whe
ther light, solid, trail of light
followed object, whether object
was surrounded by halo effect,
whether traveling slow or fast,
whether stopped and started,
how long was object in view’,
and weather conditions as hot
or cold.
dent of Schools J. T. Denning,
was on her way down the beach
with a companion.
Mrs. Clemmons describes the
saucer as having been larger
than the moon, green in color
and giving off a glow. She said
it crossed the horizon at an in
credible rate of speed. It just
flashed out from oceanward and
was gone over the horizon in an
instant. Almost overhead it pass
ed behind a cloud and emerged.
This gave it the effect of trav
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Tobacco Continues
Above Last Year
Small Sailfish
May Set Record
Col. S. J. Price of Ft. Bragg
may have broken the world
record for the smallest sailfish
ever taken with hook and line
while he was fishing out from
Shallotte Point last week on
the Bon-Jon of John W. Gar
ner.
The fish was 27 % inches in
length and weighed only 12
ounces. It should be said here
that the low weight was entire
ly in keeping with the length,
as sailfish are very thin. The
catch was made a mile off
Long Beach and the sail was
caught on a regular trolling
rig with a Clark speon as the
lure.
With Col. Price on the Bon
Jon were General Mencher, Col.
McAfee, Colonel Yule, Captain
Ailor, Capt. Leinbrook, A. G.
Green and Leon Gibson, all of
Fort Bragg. The party caught
220 nice mackerel.
Asks Industrial
Survey Of Area
Southport Man Addresses
Request To Paul Kelly Of
Industrial Division Of De
partment Of Conservation
And Development
Paul Kelly of the State De
partment of Conservation and
Development has been contacted
and asked regarding State aid
and guidance in conducting an
industrial survey for this area.
The move was made in accord
ance with a suggestion from Con
gressman Charles B. Deane of
Rockingham, representing the
8th District. Mr. Deane stated
this week, referring to the Sun
ny Point installation, “It’s going
to take long vision on the part
of your City and County officials
to meet the situation that will
come with the creation of the
Sunny Point facility.”
As potent to the economic pro
gress, Congressman Deane took
note of the fact that practically
all of the Sunny Point workers
will be men. However, their
jobs will be permanent. Most of
them will have families who will
live in the immediate area and
throughout the county. It fol
lows that many wives and daugh
ters will want to work and add
to the family incomes, if employ
ment is available.
It follows that industry em
ploying women will have a good
fixed field from which they can
draw the needed workers.
This week Congressman Deane,
who is spending August at his
summer home at Long Beach,
stated to W. B. Keziah that he
wanted to get with him this
month and visit points of inter
est and having potentialities in
Brunswick County. It is not his
district, but the U. S. Govern
ment is now interested and with j
its interest likely to increase, j
The 8th District man wishes to
become thoroughly familiar with j
the local situation and thereby I
be in a position to cooperate
Continued on page four
Whiteville Market Sold Two
Million Pounds Of Tobac
co This Year During First
Week Of Sales Period
AVERAGE UP $3.00
OVER LAST YEAR
Believed That Sales Volume
Will Increase With More
Farmers Completing
Their Work Har
vesting Crop
A total of 1,909,928 pounds of
tobacco at an average of $55.59
were sold on the Whiteville To
bacco Market during the first
week of the 1952 marketing sea
son, Dave S. Neilson, sales super
visor, announced over the week
end.
This amount was sold for a to
tal of $1,093,520.62, which was
below the amount of money, $1,
708,873.60, which was sold last
year during the corresponding
period. The market sold 2,761,274
pounds the first week last year.
This was almost 800,000 pounds
more than was sold in the same
period this year.
However, this year’s average
for the first week was over three
dollars above last year’s average
of $52.53.
Officials of the local market
have expressed confidence that
sales and the quality of the leaf
would improve this week. At the
end of last week there was strong
demand and the quality had im
proved over what it had been the
first three days of the present
season. It is hoped that full sales
will be in progress by the end
of the week.
The number of pounds, the to
tal amount of money paid out
and the average for each day last
week is as follows: Monday,
599,836 pounds, $378,834.93,
$56.04 average; Tuesday, 169,254
pounds, $90,862.17, $54.32 aver
age; Wednesday, 252,270 pounds,
$149,270.69, $56.15 average;
Thursday, 357,830 pounds, $197,
913.49, $56.10 average; Friday,
530,738 pounds, $276,539.3*
$55.04 average.
Light Session
Of Court Held
All Cases Completed Before
Noon In Brunswick Coun
ty Recorder’s Court Here
This Week
A light docket was disposed
of here in Recorder’s Court on
Monday, with all business being
completed before noon. The fol
lowing disposition was made of
cases: \
Anson Nelson, peace warrant,
remanded to J. P. for judgment.
James C. Hayes, no operator
license, fined $25 and costs.
John Wesley McMillan, reckless
operation, not guilty.
(Mrs. Hazel Boswell, no opera
tor’s license, fined $25 and costs.
Andrew Wilson McMillan, ille
gal parking, not guilty.
Clyde Preston Buckner, speed
ing, improper ’registration, fined
$40 and costs.
Henry Reggins, drunken driv
ing, fined $100 and costs, license
revoked.
Warren D. Owens, reckless op
eration, not guilty.
Soundings Being
Made To Insure
Good Foundation
Experience Of State Porta
Authority Leads To De
cision To Test Nature Of
Botton In Vicinity Of
New Piers
ENGINEERS SEE
DANGER OF SHIFT
Wish To Determine If It Is
Practicable To Dig Be
fore Construction Or
After Building
By W. B. KEZIAH
Recent developments at the
State Port Terminal in Wilming
ton are causing a temporary de
lay in the letting of contracts
for dredging at the Government
Sunny Point terminals in Brun
swick County, according to in
formation.
The SPA terminals were con
structed prior to any dredging.
The dredging to the required
depth alongside the wharf was
completed some two months ago.
Since it was finished mud has
slid into the channel and furth
er dredging at the State Termi
nals is said to be in prospect.
To avoid this possible trouble
at Sunny Point the Engineers
are now trying to determine the
density or hardness of the foun
dation at the three Sunny Point
government docks. It is said that
if it is found to be of sufficient .
hardness to eliminate sliding in
and shoaling up in front of the
docks the early dredging will on
ly be up to and alongside the
outer edge of the proposed
wharfs.
On the other hand, it is said
that if there is much soft stuff
under what will be the wharf it
will be dredged out before they
are constructed.
Dredging problems are often
vastly different at different pla
ces. Since the Sunny Point facil
ity is to be of the most perma
nent nature the engineers can be
pardoned for wishing to be sure
that everything is done exactly
right from the beginning to the
finishing.
Progress toward starting up
other phases of the construction
is said to be steady and unin
terrupted. The real estate de
partment from Savannah is cred
ited with having struck a more
rapid tempo in the buying up of
the land this week. Attorney
Allen of the Wilmington office
received deeds and paid off in
full for nine tracts of the Sunny
Point land Monday and Tuesday
of this week. Mrs. Cromartie is
now the Project Manager for the
Savannah Real Estate Board that
is handling all land deals. Mr.
Cromartie succeeds B. G. Wal
ler, who has been transferred to
Charleston for some special work
there.
Jerry Ball To
Visit Shallotte
Versatile Charlotte Musician
Will Return To Shallotte
High School This Fall
For Band Benefit
Jerry Ball, Marion Tarrant
and Archie Thornhill, entertain
ers for the Standard Esso Oil
Company, are tentatively sched
uled to appear .at the Shallotte
school again the last week in
October.
The date is subject to the ap
proval of Principal Henry C.
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Tide Table
Following la the tide .able
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, August 14
2:15 a. m. 8:50 a. m.
3:27 p. m. 9:50 p. m.
Friday, August 15
3:44 a. m. 9:48 a. m.
1:23 p. m. 10:46 p. m.
Saturday, August 16
1:42 a. m. 10:42 a. m.
5:14 p. m. 11:36 p. m.
Sunday, August 17
5:34 a. m. 11:33 a. m.
5:00 p. m. 0:00 p. m.
Monday, August 18
6:22 a. m. 0:21 a. m.
6:42 p. m. 12:19 p. m.
Tuesday, August 19
7:04 a. m. 1:01 a. m.
7:20 p. m. 1:02 p. m.
Wednesday, August 20
7:42 a. m. 1:38 a. m.
7:55 p. m. 1:42 p. nv