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VOL. NO. SIXTEEN No. 30
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Southport, N. CM
PORT PILOT
In A Good Community
Wednesday November 19, 1952
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
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Big Haul Of King Mackerel
LUCKY—This is the results of a Gulf Stream trip
made Friday by a Southport party aboard the John-Ellenj
with Capt. Walter Lewis. They had 36 king mackerel, 4
amberjack and 4 bonita. Members of the group include I
Mrs. Davis Herring and Mrs. Walter Lewis, standing.
Mrs. Ernest Parker, Mrs. Dan Harrelson, Dan Harrelson,
Davis Herring, Ernest Parker and Capt. Lewis—(New
ton Photo—Star-News Cut.)
Farm Program To
Start December 1
For This County
County Chairman M. G.
Mooney Advises That As
sistance Under 1953 ACP
Program Will Come After
First Of Month
“Assistance to farmers under
the 1953 program cannot begin
before December 1,” says M. G.
Mooney, chairman of Brunswick
County PMA committee.
The 1953 program procedure is
controlled by the following word
ing: “All farmer contacts will be
completed and each farmer in
the county who requests assist
ance will be notified in writing
as to each approved practice and
th assistance approved therefor
before the program year begins.”
The beginning of the 1953 pro
gram has been delayed because
of the inability of the communi
ty committeemen to complete the
contacts. It now appears that
December 1 will be the earliest
date by which the contacts will
be completed, the requests re
viewed by the county committee
and notices prepared to be mailed
to the farmers of the county. It
stands to reason that practices
carried out before the beginning
of the program will not be con
sidered for credit, therefore no
practices carried out before De
cember 1 will earn credit un
der the 1953 ACP program.
Mr. Mooney pointed out that
the 1953 program year ends Oc
tober 31, 1953.
Brief Newt
Flasket
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MOVES TO SHALLOTTE
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Garner
and children have moved to Shal
lotte where they are operating
the new tourist court that they
have recently built.
THANKSGIVING SERVICE 2
There will be a special Thanks
giving service at St. Phillips
Episcopal Church at 10 o’clock
Thursday morning, November 27.
The sermon will be brought by
the Rev. Dan Allen, rector.
ON DEAN’S LIST
Miss Janice Swan, student .at
Spartanburg Junior Co 1 1 e g e,
was on the Dean’s List for the
month of October. This is a
much coveted honor among the
students. Miss Swan is a dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Swan of Southport.
TURKEY SUPPER
A turkey supper will be serv
ed in the recreation room of
Trinity Methodist Church from
6 to 7 o'clock tomorrow (Thurs
day) evening# A bazaar will be
held during the afternoon in the
former State Port Pilot office on
the corner of Moore and Howe
streets.
Republicans Will
Push Vote Protest
Brunswick County Election
Board Members Cited To
Appear In Superior Court
In Whiteville Monday,
November 24
W. A. KOPP SEEKS
RECOUNT OF VOTE
Appeal Also Made To State
Board Of Elections From
Ruling Made By Local
Election Body
Members of the board of elec
tions for Brunswick County have
been summoned to appear in
Whiteville Monday, November 24,
to answer to a complaint brought
by W. A. Kopp, who seeks a writ
of mandamus to compel the local
board to grant a recount of bal
lots cast in the recent general
election.
Kopp was the Republican can
didate for the House of Repre
sentatives and upon the basis of
figures shown at the official can
vass lost to Odell Williamson by
a margin of 57 votes.
On the basis of a law enacted
during the 1951 session of the
North Carolina General Assembly
Kopp petitioned the Brunswick
County election board for a re
count, and this request was de
nied. The law provides that a
recount may be called for by the |
low man if there is not more
than 1 per cent difference in the
vote for him and the apparent
winner. There is a further pro- j
vision that this request must be j
made at the time of the canvass !
and before the returns have been
certified to the State Board of1
Elections.
Democrat members of the elec
tion board take the position that |
they were within their rights
to deny the recount because the |
petition was made on Monday j
and the returns had been certi- j
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Shallotte Band
At Wake Forest
Students From Brunswick
County High School Invit
ed To Play At Duke
Wake Forest Football
Game Saturday
The Shallotte High School
Band received an invitation to
attend Saturday’s Duke-Wake
Forest football tilt at Wake
Forest. With the invitation was
a request for the hustling Brun
swick County organization to per
form at the half.
As usual in such situations the
folks of the school district, com
posed of Lockwoods Folly and
Shallotte townships, stepped right
in and provided funds for the
chartering of a bus that would
carry the band to Wake Forest
(Continued on page four)
Special Program
At Bolivia Church
The Bolivia Baptist Church
will have a special Thanksgiving
program Thursday morning, No
vember 27, at 6:30 a. m., and
the public and community are
cordially invited to attend.
A special program has been
arranged and special decorations
for the rostrum setting has been
completed under the direction of
Mrs. L. L. Edwai’ds, Mrs. John
Johnson and Mrs. Elwood Bul
lard.
Bringing the special message
of the morning will be the Rev.
C. L. Warren, pastor of the
Methodist Church, and the Rev.
W. R. Moorehead, pastor of the
Bolivia Baptist Church will be in
charge of the services. It is
urged that everyone be at the
church by 6:30 as the prelude
will begin at 6:20 sharp.
Turkey Shoot Is
Set For Bolivia
Lions Club Planning Turkey;
Shoot And Oyster Roast
To Raise Money For
Christmas Activities
Preparing to do all possible
for underprivileged children du
ring the winter, the Bolivia Li
ons Club will stage its big an
nual turkey shoot and oyster
roast Saturday, November 22.
Beginning with the turkey
shoot at noon, the event will last
until everybody is full of oysters
at night. John C. Johnson of the
organization says that practical
ly everything for the event is
being donated, including the
work. This will leave all of the
receipts to go to the Lions Club
funds.
Taylor Albright is heading the
committee obtaining the turkeys
and locking after the shooting.
He says that there will be plen
ty of turkeys and good ones at
that.
John C. Johnson is looking af
ter the corn bread and hush
puppy detail. He also assures
plenty to eat in his department.
Rural Mail Carrier Kenny Mc
Keithan is handling the business
of getting plenty of oysters,
roasting them, etc. He will also
provide the coffee.
From all of the above depart
ments comes the assurance that
there will be plenty of turkeys
to carry home as prizes and all
that those who attend can eat.
The cause is a fine one and it
is hoped to have an even big
ger crowd than was present last
year. “You will get a big meal if
come to the school house at Bo
livia Saturday afternoon,” says a
spokesman for the Bolivia Lions
Club.
Postoffice Is
Being Changed
In Furnishings
New Furniture And Equip
ment Being Installed For
Southport Postoffice With
More Lock Boxes Avail
able
The Post Office Department is
now giving the Southport of
fice a complete overhauling by
replacing all equipment and add
ing more modern facilities for
handling the mails.
With 341 lock boxes and draw
ers having heretofore been avail
able to the patrons and all of
these rented, the new box ar
rangement has 484, a gain of
143. With these boxes and draw
ers being installed this week,
Mrs. Majorie Livingston, the act
ing postmaster, states she is en
deavoring to give all old patrons
of the office their box or draw
er in about the same location the
old box was in. Many patrons
of the office are said to have
been waiting for months to get
a box.
The additional boxes and furni
ture inside the office gives the
office personnel very little space
in which to work. An official
of the post office department,
who preferred not to be quoted,
expressed doubt that the addi
tional boxes would serve the need
for more than a short time. He
also saw the need for additional
office and lobby space within a
few months.
W. B. KEZ1AH
I
Our
ROVING
Reporter
Charlie Trott, Esq., Republican
warhorse who never minds what
we say about him and about
whom we never mind saying any
thing, tells us that he is a full
fledged aspirant for the office of
Collector of Customs at Wilming
ton. To us he has already made
some interesting concessions in
what he wilj do if appointed. Ed
ucationally and otherwise Char
lie is probably just as well qual
ified as the next Republican for
the position. He certainly has
always been a hard and loyal
worker for his party. Since the
job will probably last only four
years, not even the Brunswick
County Democrats will mind see
ing Charlie get some reward.
Wonders never cease. In last
week’s paper we had a squib
about the lasting faith the E.
F. Middleton has had in Cong
Beach. He has always believed
it will grow into the biggest re
sort area in North Carolina
Even while the paper with that
squib about Middleton was be
ing printed it just happened that
we wandered into a law office
where a deal for the same of
400 building lots at Long Beach
was being consumated. And we
stayed there until We got all we
wanted to know about the big
plans. Long Beach is on its
way. In a very short time a
new area of the 10-mile strand
and in back of it will be present
ing scenes of building activity.
Meanwhile the older portions of
the beach will also keep steadily
growing.
Shrimping is not so far down
on the scale of employment as
some people might be disposed
to .think. In the spring of last
year the editor of one of the
state daily newspapers came in
from Floiida, employed as a
deck hand on a shrimp trawler.
This past spring an intelligent
looking fellow came in employed
in a like position. Impressed by
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Appointment Of
County Auditor
Receives Delay
Board Of Commissioners
Failed. To Make Recom
mendation To State Treas
urer During Meeting Here
Monday
APPOINTMENT DUE
BEFORE DECEMBER 1
Other Routine Matters Up
Before Board In Final
Session For Commissi
** oner Peterson
After discussing the matter of
making a recommendation to
State Treasurer Brandon Hod
ges for the appointment. o' a
■minty auditor for the next four
years, members of the board of
county commissioners adjourned
Monday, without taking any ac
tion.
Although .i.t' is not required
that a recommendation come
from, the . board, it has been
fhe practice in the past to have
the endorsement of the commis
sioners for this position. The
appointmentment must be made
by the State treasurer before De
cember 1.
Applicants for the job included
Mrs. Ressie Whatley, who has
been filling the unexpired term
of W. P. Jorgensen since his res
ignation several months ago. She
had the full support of Commis
sioner R. L. Rabon. Chairman
Elroy King indicated his pref
erence for either Roney Cheers,
Jr„ or for M. D. Anderson. H.
O. Peterson, who was attending
his last meeting as a member of
the board before stepping down
in favor of Leo Medlin, refused
to take a part in the proceed
ings.
It now appears that the ap
pointment will be made upon the
basis of recommendations from
other sources, .d the political
alignment seems to favor the op
ponent of one of the King condi
dates.
A lease with E. H. Shepherd
and Joe Cochran, covering rental
of a small area of farm land at
the county home was renewed
Continued on page four
Will Nominate
Soil Candidates
James D. Bellamy, Jr., Is
Candidate To Succeed
Himself As Member Of
Board Of Soil Conserva
tion Supervisors
A meeting of the Brunswick
County Board of Soil Conserva
tion Supervisors was held during
the past week at the Shallotte
high school. The entire board
was present, which consists of
J. D. Bellamy, Jr., of Shallotte,
Corbett Coleman of Ash and G.
K. Lewis of Winnabow. H. F.
Kizer, the local SCS technician,
was also present.
Plans were made for circulat
ing petitions to nominate candi
dates for a member of the board
whose term expires at the end
of the year. It was agreed to
nominate Mr. Bellamy to suc
ceed himself on the board for an
other term. It was also brought
out that if there is any person
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Capt. Reuben Drew
Is Visitor Here
Skipper Of Famous Sightseeing Vessel In New York Har
bor Is Native Of Brunswick County
Southport had a very interes
ting visitor Friday in Captain
Reuben Drew, a native of South
port who has claimed New York
as his home since 1898. To Cap
tain Drew the trip back here is
in the nature of a home-coming,
his 55 years in New York has
not changed his love for the town
and community of his birth.
For around 40 vear3 in New
York Captain Drew followed the
occupation of tug boat operat
or. He retired for a few years
but to your river man the water
is always home. Several years
ago he was persuaded to go
back into harness as skipper of
the New Yorker, famous sight
seeing boat of the Circle Line in j
New York Harbor.
The Saturday Evening Post j
recently had four pages of pic- i
tures and reading matter, writ
ten by Don Wharton, relative to
the beautiful boats of the Circle
Line and the tours they make
about New York Harbor for the
benefit of the sight seeing vis- j
itors to the world’s largest city.
Captain Drew is now 76 years
old. Although he is apparently
a truthful man, the folks he
meets up with find it hard to
believe him when he states his
age. Ifis ia'iiy years on the
water have not sapped his phys
ical energy end he appears to
be no more than GO.
He wo - ked at Fort. Caswell
during ’■ : —v years of
residem . "i -o f in 1898,
the yea: a :.ure. and
jurt a -o. • ••• 1 • eb'lil
ding of Fo t .•at took place.
A Bub.’C, ihr.. !;t: !h>; paner there
in New 'o'- i nnad to
have the a. ■■■' o'". y ■y ’oman
write this paper something about
For' ' . rr ' V'O t, as
they were 60 —a:- -g-v
Inquiring' n "i -c'ntives he
may e. Captain
Drew ' ’ T -s Ida Pot
ter Wat n "nl captain Fred
Small of Southport, and the
Knox family of Town Creek and
several others are all related to
him.
Special Permission
For Pond Fishing
Denning Officer
In Dictrict NCEA
At the meeting of the South
eastern District of the North
Carolina EducEftional Associa
tion in Fayeteville Friday, D.
M. Calhoun of Elizabethtown
was named president.
J. T. Denning, Superintend
ent of Schools for Brunswick
County, was given the second
high office by being elected
vice-president. Mrs. Vera Den
ning was elected a director of
the special educational depart
ment.
The district is composed of
New Hanover, Brunswick, Pen
der, Duplin, Jones, Onslow,
Sampson, Bladen, Columbus,
Cumberland, Hoke, Robeson and
Scotland Counties. For the day
all white schools were closed
and all teachers given the op
portunity to attend the meet
ing. Approximately three thou
sand attended.
Power Lines To
Follow Railroad
This Route Will Bring The
Transmission Lines Of
Carolina Power & Light
Company Close To South
port City Limits
The government is taking more
interest in Southport than is
generally understood, and it may
be said that the construction of
Sunny Point is not unattended
with preparations to meet devel
opments that will result in ad
vances for the town itself.
One of the first illustrations of
this local interest is contract for
the construction of the access
raiilroad, for which work bids
were opened yesterday and with
the contract to be let today. For
this the government provided a
175-foot right of way.
The coming of the facility at
Sunny Point calls for a good deal
of power for the gevornment.
The Carolina Light and Power
Company will provide this power
and the lines to provide this pow
er could easily have been run
down over a much shorter route
than the course of the railroad.
But, in that case they would
have been unable to come on to
Southport.
The engineers and the govern
ment made a big concession to
Southport. They insisted and
provided for the power company
to use the railroad right of way.
It is a longer route for the power
company, but they will be able
to come right on in to South
port.
Officials of the power compa
ny stated while in Southport two
weeks ago that they will start
building their lines when the
work of clearing the railroad
right of way starts.
A few days ago an engineer
with a knowledge of power plant
abilities went over the South
port plant. Despite the supposed
ly recent bad condition he stated,
"Your plant is still capable of
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North Carolina Resources
Commission Willing To
Waive All Rules Except
Those Governing Dyna
miting And Poison
HUGE QUANTITIES
OF FISH EXPECTED
Word Will Be Passed By
The Government Agencies
When Ponds Are In
Danger From Dredg
ing Operation
Finding it impossible to save
the fish for restocking when the
small ponds and lakes south of
Orton Pond are destroyed by be
ing filled with dredging disposal
during the construction of the
Army Ammunition depot, the
State Wildlife Commission has
lifted the rules applying to fresh
water fishing and will give the
fish in these ponds to the pub
lic.
With only dynamite and poison
omitted from the method of tak
ing, there will be no size or
number limit to a person.
The matter is explained fully
in the following resolutions ad
opted by the Wildlife Commis
sion:
Resolution
In the interest of permitting
utilization of Fisheries Resources
found in certain ponds within the
area known as Sunny Point Am
munition Loading Terminal prior
to destruction of said ponds:
WHEREAS, there are 12 ponds
within this area, ranging in size
from five to 60 acres that will
be destroyed by filling with dred
ging spoil during the operation
of leveling disposal area; and
WHEREAS, large scale fish
salvage operations by the Wild
life Resources Commission or in
terested federal government ag
encies would be impractical be
cause of existence of a mud bot
tom, excessive weed growth, and
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Southport Man
In Rescue Work
Coast Guard Lieut. Thomas
Thompson Receives Praise
For Heroic Efforts In Res
cue Dork At Mine Shaft
Alpena, Michigan, newspapers
received here give high praise
to Lt. Thomas Thompson of
Southport for his work in res
cuing bodies from the bottom
of a 272-foot deep mine shaft at
Herron, Mich., several days ago.
Five miners lost their lives in
an explosion at Herron. The
work of recovering the bodies was
difficult and dangerous, owing
to the natural gas in the shaft.
Lt. Thompson, a son of Mrs.
J. W. Thompson of Southport,
serving with the Coast Guard,
volunteered to aid in recovering
the bodies. In one case he
climbed down a 272-foot metal
ladder with a line around the
waist, so that he could be drawn
back if overcome by gas. He
found the body of the last man,
fastened a line about his waist
and saw him drawn to the sur
face.
Texas Company
Low Bidder On'
Railroad Work
W. A. Smith Construction
Company Of Houston,
Texas, Submitted Bid
Which Fell Slightly Be
low Government Estimate
WORKING ON DETAILS
FOR LETTING CONTRACT
Work Expected To Begin
On Leland End Of Pro
ject Within 30 - Day
Period; Second Big
Project Contrac
ted For
By W. B. KEZIAH
With nine major construction
companies bidding, all backed by*
forces of sub-contractors ample*
to put the work through in j.*
speedy manner, the W. A. Srn.th
Construction Company of Hous'-'
ton, Texas, was low bidder yes-^
terday for the 25-mile Sunny’
Point access railroad.
The bids were opened in the
Custom House in Wilmington and
the Texas Company submitted a,
bid of $2,079,373.62. This was =
slightly lower than the estimated'
cost as figured by the District
Army Engineers.
It will probably take through
today and Thursday to canvass'
all bids and award the contract.
But on the basis of things as*
they now stand, the Smith Com
pany is scheduled to receive the*
contract on the basis of being
the low bidder.
In such work 30 days are usu
ally allowed contractors to get
in their equipment and start
work. However, the design and.
construction schedule for the en
tire Sunny Point installation or-'
iginally called for railroad con
struction to begin on November
12. This means that the railroad
construction is more than a
month behind schedule. To make
up time the contractor will prob
ably ' speed up the start without
waiting for the full 30-day dead
line.
Work of building the Sunny
Point docks is scheduled to be
gin on February 12. This con
struction starting time appears
to be largely dependent on the
railroad being finished in order
to bring in material. Material
is to come by both rail and
water. The early completion of
the railroad appears vital to an
early start on several other con
tracts.
Credit Group To
Meet In Burgaw
Nineteenth Annual Meeting
Of Wilmington Production
Credit Association Will
Be Held Friday Morning
Of This Week
The 19th annual meeting of
the Wilmington Production Cred
it Association will be held in the
Superior Court room, Pender
County court house, Burgaw, on
Friday at 10 a. m., according to
an announcement by H. B. Ri
venbark, secretary-treasurer of
the association.
“Because of adverse weather
conditions during the recent
growing season, resulting in short
crops for market and short feed
supply for livestock, the more
1100 member-stockholders of the
association will find that their
short term credit source is of
greater importance now than ev
er before. The association is a
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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, November 20
9:49 a. m. 3:21 a. m
9:59 p. m. 4:14 p. m.
Friday, November 21
10:41 a. m. 4:11 a. m.
10:56 p. m. 5:05 p. m.
Saturday, November 22
11:37 a. m. 5:06 a. m.
11:57 p. m. 5:59 p. m.,
Sunday, November 23
0:00 a. m. 6:07 a. m.
12:36 p. m. 6:56 p. m.
Monday, November 24
1:01 a. m. 7:12 a. m.
1:37 p. m. 7:55 p. m.
Tuesday, November 25
2:05 a. m. 8:20 a .m.
2:37 p. m. 8:54 p. m,
Wednesday, November 26 ..
3:08 a. m. 9:27 a. m.
3:36 p. m. 9:50 p. na.