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Most 01 The News AH The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County VOL. NO. SIXTEEN No. 32 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, IN. C., Wednesday, December 3„ 1952 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY *1.50 PER YE4m Shallotte Football Team PIRATES—The Shallotte high school football team has just completed its most successful season, ending with a 20 to 0 victory over Dillon Thanksgiving Day. Their season’s record shows 6 victories, 4 losses and one tie. The squad includes: Front row, left to right, Bill Tripp, manager; Douglas Simmons, Wilbur Rae Hardee, Billy Wade Russ, Carl Stanley, James Varnum, Kendall Har dee, Fred Simmons, Billy Dale Chadwick, Lonnie Hewett, Tommy Register, manager. Second row. Cletis Clemmons, Pete Singletary, Deon Stanaland, Henry Hampton Hew ett, Kenneth Hardee, Glenn Parker, Bobby King, Sheldon Gore. ..Third row, Harold Reynolds, L. C. Milliken, John David Dawson, R. C. Dixon, Johnie Arnold, Kenwood Royals, J. M. Causey, Coach Walter J. Ragan is shown in the foreground. Tax Listers For County Named Here On Monday Frink And Herring Named To County Attorney Post; Ernest Parker, Jr., Re Appointed Solicitor Tax listers for Brunswick County were named Monday by the board of commissioners and will meet in Southport Monday, December 15, to obtain supplies and instructions from Mrs. Res sie Whatley, tax supervisor. The listers are M. B. Chinnis, Northwest; E. O. Rabon, Town Creek; Carl Ward, Smithville; Roney W. Cheers, Lockwoods Folly; Mrs. Lucile Frink, Shall - otte; R. S. Milliken, Waccamaw. They will receive $8 per day and 7 cents per mile for travel in connection with their work. Elroy King, Waccamaw town ship farmer, was re-elected as chairman of the board of county commissioners Monday at the or ganization meeting following the board's being sworn in by B. J. Holden, * veteran assistant clerk of Superior Court. Chairittan King has held the position, of chairman for the past two years. His fellow members of the board are R. L. Rabon, who succeeded himself at the November elec tion, and Leo Medlin, Northwest township farmer. /The job of swearing in other officials likewise fell to Mr. Hol den. Mrs. Ressie Whatley took the oath of auditor. She was appointed to that position last week by Brandon Hodges, State treasurer. Following the swear ing in of Mrs. Whatley, Amos J. Walton, who succeeded himself as Register of Deeds, was sworn in Judge W. J. McLamb was next in order to have the oath ad ministered. He also succeeded himself . There were no ceremonies at tendent on the oath being ad ministered. Mrs. Whatley, being a resident of Southport, was first in the court house and to ap pear before the assistant clerk. Mr. Walton was next in the or der of arrival and the others took the oath as fast as they (Continued on Page 41 Britf Ntwt Flathtt >iii - i ii PTA POSTPONED The regular monthly meeting of the Southport Parent-Teacher Association has been postponed until Tuesday, December 11, be cause of the Christmas parade in Wilmington. COUNTV CHAIRMAN Ernest Parker, Jr„ has been named Brunswick County chair man of the Crusade for Freedom. An active drive for funds for this program will be in prog ress December 7-15. SPECIAL BUS The WB&S Bus Lines will run a special from Southport to Wil mington Thursday in order to carry local spectators to the Christmas parade. The bus will leave here at 5:30 o’clock and will return at 9:30 o'clock. Survey Figures Show School Need Survey Recently Conducted By Brunswick County Ed ucation Department For Purpose Of Showing Crit ical Needs SOME HOPE FOR FEDERAL AID Several Brunswick County Schools Already Have Qualified For Additi onal Teachers For Next Year Following a survey which he has just completed J. T. Denning, county superintendent of schools for Brunswick county, sees a crit ical need for additional classrooms and teachers in 1953-54. The survey shows Southport white school as already qualifying for an additional elementary tea cher next session and the Bruns wick County Negi-o Training School qualifying for an addition al high school teacher. This negro school is also at Southport. In addition to the already ex isting needs as shown by the sur vejr, Superintendent Denning sta tes that the concensus of opinion among white and colored school officials and citizens of South-' port is that as a result of the Sunny Point construction project Southport will need at least 15 additional white and colored tea chers for the 1953-54 year. A proportionate share of in crease in school enrollment is likewise expected among all oth er white and colored schools of the county. Unable at this time to say definitely just where the po pulation increase tide will flow the strongest i n areas outside of Southport, Superintendent Denning feels assured that the "capital out lay for Southport alone will need to be at least 5300,000, and that may not suffice for more than (Continued on Page 5) Soil Election Is On This Week List Of Voting Places Given In Order That Farmers May Know Where They May Cast Ballot * Brunswick County farmers are now voting for a Soil Conserva tion Supervisor to become a mem ber of the local board in Janua ry. The election that started on Monday will continue on through Saturday of this week. The vot ing is informal. Ballot boxes are located at the following places in the county: Parker’s Store at Grissettown; Shallotte Hardware Co., Shallotte; Evans Store; Ash. Elmore’s Ga rage, Bolivia; Henry’s Store, Win nabow; County Agricultural buil ding, Supply, and Bennett’s Store, Exum. The present Brunswic-K Coun jty board of Soil Supervisors is! i composed of J. D. Bellamy, Jr„ j , chairman; Corbett Coleman, Ash, I j vice chairman, and G. K. Lewis, j Winnabow, secretary. All Brunswick County farmers j who have not voted are urged to 1 do so, on or before Saturday. You Never Know When You Are Safe Patrolman R. H. Constante reports a rather unusrml acci dent that happened at Cecil’s Place this week. Mr. Robbins had his Chevrolet sedan park ed in front of his place, and man came along with a mule and cart just as a 148 Ford truck loaded with 10 tons of pulpwood came along. Zack Smith, a colored man of Bolivia was operating the pulp wood truck. It is said that in an effort to avoid hitting the mule and cart he turned in sharply at the filling station and his truck and load of pulp wood all spilled over on Ce cil’s Chewy. Constante estimated the dam-* age to the Cecil machine at being around $500. Beach Residents Want Telephones Survey Being Conducted For Purpose Of Determining Demand For All - Year Service To Long Beach And Caswell With both Long Beach and Caswell Beach feeling the need of telephone communications for the past several years, develop ments during the past year have progressed at such a pace that residents of the two beaches feel that something must be done. The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company is said to recognize the fact that ser vice will have to be provided some day, but so far the com pany has not given a direct an swer as to when. The company has lines to and a pay station at the highway bridge across the waterway. Going further than that seems to meet with an ob stacle in the shape of the cost of a cable across the waterway. Recently Walter E. Fuller, ad ministration assistant. North Car olina Rural Electrification Auth ority, has been to the beaches looking into the need and possi bility of telephone service. Ac cording . to Mr. Fuller, state laws provide that the REA shall work with people outside of incorpora ted city limits to determine the need and demand for phone ser vice. Tire REA then assembles the information, showing the number of people who will def initely subscribe to the service. With this information in hand, the REA approaches the tele phone company providing the service in the area, and consults with them as to as to their wil lingness to provide the service and the approximate cost to sub scribers. If the telephone com pany is unwilling to provide the service the REA is then author ized to work with the local group in forming their own mutual company and securing govern ment funds. Before any steps can be taken says Mr. Fuller, the REA must be provided with the signature of t at least 100 person who will in Continued on Page Five Shallotte Lions Christmas Parade Plans Completed Santa Claus. Gifts For Chil dren, And Parade Will Be Features Of Special Event The Shallotte Lions Club will sponsor their annual Christmas party for the benefit of the chil dren living in Brunswick County on December 17th at 3 p. m. The party will consist of a pro gram featuring a Santa Claus, gifts for the children, and a Christmas parade. E. D. Bishop, manager of the Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation and chairman of the Lions Club Christmas party pub licity and prqgram committee, mad4 the announcement of the date of this year's party. Bishop said that the program will begin with a Christmas par ade featuring the local school band, floats and other suitable means of representing the busi ness firms, churches, schools and other organizations which are in terested. After the parade, the balance of th^ Christmas party will be conducted on the Camp Methodist Church grounds behind the Shallotte Post Office. Santa Claus will be officially welcomed to Shallotte and children may talk to Santa and receive gifts. Last year, the Shallotte Lions Club party was almost ruined by rain. Bishop stated that plans have been made to postpone the party 24 hours if rain occurs this year on Dec. 17th at 3 p. m. Bishop announced that the fol lowing Lion ‘ Club Committees have been appointed to work on this year’s Christmas party. 1. A float committee made up of Lions Hugh B. Cherry, chair (Coutinued on Page 4) —Hi l W. B. KKZIAil Our ROVING Reporter We must be getting old and wornoutish looking. Reason for this assumption on our part is that twice in one day last week two really beautiful girls kissed and hugged us. One of these gills was from Greensboro and was accompanied by her dad. He did not protest and we certainly did not. In the other happen stance the also really beautiful gill was accompanied by Pa and Ma and special boy friend. They only grinned in chorus. The very next day we saw a third pretty girl whom we would not have minded kissing on our own ac count without waiting for the first move from her. At the peak of construction ac tivities for Sunny Point some time in March official sources state that somewhere around 2500 men will be employed. For this construction work the State should set up an employment of fice at Southport or somewhere near where the administration office for the facility will be. That administration office will be a little over two and a half miles from the Southport city, limits. Lacking improved roads, the ad ministration office location may not be so acceptable for an em ployment office until the con struction is finished. Southport therefore becomes at least tne temporary logical location for the employment office and res idents of Southport should take immediate steps with the State for a full time employment of fice that will serve this facility and all Brunswick County people. Polks who have trouble with their post office box lock should bear in mind that the workers on the other side of the box are also having trouble. It is hardly in order to fuss because you have not mastered the combi nation. It may not be a matter of general realization, but while you are struggling with one lock, (Continued on page 4) Annual Meeting Of County Red Cross Chapter Report Of Activities And Election Of Officers To Serve During The Coming Year Among Important Business On Schedule DENNING SERVING AS CHAPTER HEAD Meeting Scheduled For Shallotte High School Next Wednesday Even ing; Members Urged To Be Present The annual meeting of the Brunswick County Chapter, Am erican Red Cross, will be held at 7:30 o’clock Wednesday night, December lb, in the auditorium of tffe Shallotte school. All mem bers of the Chapter are urged to attend to hear reports on the activities of the chapter for the past year and to elect officers for the coming year. Members are all adult persons in «the county who contribute $1 or more to the Red Cross during its last fund campaign. ♦ J. T. Dennjng, chapter chair man, will preside at the' meeting, at which reports will be presen ted on work in Home Service, Junior Red Cross, Service Groups, First Aid and Water Safety, Disaster and other chapter activ ities. Also on the agenda for this important meeting are the election of chapter officers for the coming year, new members of the Board of Directors and a fund campaign chairman for the 1953 Red Cross Fund Campaign, who are to be nominated by a committee consisting of Ray Wal ton, chairman; Mrs. James H. Harper aand Harry O. Johnson. “The Brunswick County Chap ter of the Red Cross belong to the people of Brunswick County who support it; it is the respon sibility of the residents of this county and it is vital to the continuation of the chapter that a large number of its members attend this annual meeting and participate in the chapter’s pro gram,’’ declared Chairman Den nis this week. Dock Space Is Hard to Locate With Increased Traffic In And About Southport Harbor Chances Are That Facilities Must Be Expan ded Informed sources say that there is a big need for much addition al dockage space for government vessels at Southport. And they point out that this need will be come acute in a very short time. Twice as many vessels have been using the engineers dock this year as in previous years and on several occasions govern ment vessels have had to seek other dockage, owing to the lack of room. The big Coast Guard buoy tenders are here regular ly, sometimes two at a time. Army and Navy ships, some in transit and some working in the area, are also here almost con tinuously. The dock seems to be becoming the scheduled over night stopping place for govern (Continued On Page Five) Southport Misses Coast Guard Boat Local Residents Disturbed Over Apparent Decision To Move This Vessel From Cape Fear Area By W. B. KEZIAH Stationed here for the past sev eral years and performing excel lent service in rescue work and aiding boats that were in trou ble at sea, or along a long ex panse of coast, the C. G.-83427 Was ordered to Norfolk 30 days ago. ' Current rumors are that she will not be returned here and those roomers are arousing lots of conjecture as to just what the Coast Guard intends to do for the protection of the numerous boatmen in the Southport area. Here at the mouth of the prin cipal river of the State, the lit tle cutter was admirably adapted for all needs. Capable of going to sea in stormy weather to meet ships and take off sick mem bers of the crews, or to help disabled vessels, she could oper ate on the waterway with equal efficiency for 50 miles in either direction. While it is true that the Air force now has boats ; almost id entical in size, the fact should not be used by the Coast Guard as an excuse for moving a high ly efficient coastal rescue boat. The Air Force boats were sent here for their own purpose— that of being alert for planes at sea. They are speedy and sup posed to be capable of reaching downed planes in the shortest possible time. If they are to be taken from the around the clock alertness on which they will shortly be placed and used to perform the work-horse tasks of the Coast Guard, they can hardly be ready for rendering quick aid to planes in trouble. i The 83-footer as the boat is best known, has now been at Norfolk for 43 days. Southport boatmen and residents who are concerned with the protection of the boats in this area should ask the commander of the’ 5th Coast Guard District at Norfolk to have the boat returned here. PMA Election Is Set For Dec. 18 -* - Southport Boys Have Close Call Southport had the rare ple asure Friday morning of learn ing that reports that two high school boys had drowned were untrue. Five local boys, Jack New ton, Norman McDowell, A1 Trunnell, Joe Swain and Joby Young, were on a duck hunt ing expedition when the lat ter two got in trouble trying to work out transportation to a duck blind on an off shore island. Seeing the plight of his hunting companions, one of the other boys came to town to get help for them and the news spread that they had been lost. When searching par ties reached the scene they found two cold and shivering youths trying to dry their to dry their clothing, but oth erwise none the worse for wear. Traffic Cases Tried Monday Long Docket Disposed Of Here Monday With Most Of Cases Resulting From Violation Of Traffic Laws A long list of cases, most of them traffic violations, were dis posed of in Brunswick County Recorder’s Court Monday with the following judgments being handed down: David Earl Britain, speeding, fined $10 and costs. John Creech, no operator’s li cense, no lights, fined $25 and costs. David Hooper, no operator’s li cense, fined $25 and costs. D. L. Long, carrying concealed weapon, fined $50 and costs. D. C. Smith, possession, fined $10 and costs. Thomas Jerome Kohler, driving on wrong side of highway, costs. Roscoe Fields, driving on wrong side of highway, - costs. Zack Rine Smith, improper brakes, not guilty. Delores Rudolph Williams, im proper brakes, costs. Joe Talbert Miller, speeding, fined $10 and costs. Hubert Parker, reckless oper ation, fined $25 and costs. David Daniel Larkins, reck less operation, fined $25 and costs. Hiram L. Sellers, reckless op eration, fined $35 and costs. Elmer Robert Williams, impro per equipment, half the costs. Gorron Bryant Lewis, speed ing, fined $20 and costs, notice of appeal given. George Howard Lewis, allow ing minor to operate, costs. Thomas Layton Swain, no tail light, nol pros. Robert Hardy, no operators li cense, fined $25 and costs. Ralph Lewis, no chaffeur's li cense, fined $25 and costs. Walter Floyd Hewett, improp er equipment, half costs. Elva Grissett Leonard, improp er hand signal, not guilty. Calvin Robinson, no operator's license, fined $25 and costs. Alvin Jackson, drunken driv ing, not guilty. Voters In Six Designated Agricultural Communities Will Participate In Elec tion Of Farm Program Leaders DELEGATES WILL NAME COUNTY GROUP Chairman M. G. Mooney Urges Every Eligible Far mer To Cast Ballot In Forthcoming Elec tion Community Production and Marketing Administration com mitteemen elections will be held in each of the six designated ag ricultural communities in Brun swick County on Thursday, De cember 18, it was announced to day by M. G. Mooney, chairman of the county PMA committee. Each farmer, owner, operator, tenant or sharecropper, who is participating in any program ad ministered by the county PMA committee is eligible to vote in his respective ' community elec tion. In each community, farmers will vote for three regular com mitteemen and two alternates, and a delegate and alternate del egate to the Conty Convention, where a county PMA committee will be elected on Friday, De cember 19. The committeemen elected in both the community and county elections will taka office imme diately. They will be responsi ble for the administration of the Agricultural Conservation pro gram, price support operation, quotas and allotments and oth er PMA programs. Chairman Mooney points out that this year when these pro grams are geared to defense pro duction and farmers are being called on to help meet the Na tion’s defense requirements, the committee elections take on add ed significance. Those elected should be farmers that the ma jority of the farmers in each community want. The programs they administer and the assign ments they carry put will affect the production and marketing of the products of every farm in the community. Chairman Mooney urges every eligible farmer to vote. Pine Seedlings Available Free Farmers And 4-H Club Members May Obtain From One To Five Thou sand Plants Each For Planting Program One year old pine seedlings are available free again this fall and winter to farmers and 4-H Club members through the cour tesy af a large pulp wood com pany, reports A. S. Knowles, the county agent. Farmers needing to reseed fields or improve the stands in open woods should make application at the county agent’s office. A supply of 5, 000,000 seedlings are available to farmers in the eastern part of the State. Orders will be filled on a first come, first serve ba (Continued On Page Five) Dredging Firm May Seek Delay In Starting Job McWilliams Company tfpw Engaged In Big Dredging Operation Up Mississippi River And May Need Time To Move Equipment FINISH SCHEDULE WILL REMAIN SAftfg If Get Late Start, More Equipment Must Be Used In Order To Get Worlf Completed On Time By YV. B. KKZIAH Althought the contract of the McWilliams Dredging Company of New Orleans called for com mencing operations early this,! month, it appears fairly definite that they are asking for and will receive an extension of time in which to start. Should this be the case the dredging may not start until early in the new year. On the other hand, for all that is known to the contrary, the) McWilliams Company may alrea dy have its dredges oh the way; here. * I That they are asking for an extension is based on the known, fact that ‘ they have had a huge dredging contract far up the Mississippi River. They were still! , working on this contract at last; reports. This week an engineering source advised a representative of this paper that regardless of whether the McWilliams Compa ny gets to work here early or, late it will be alright. The com pany will be held to time limit) for finishing the job. If they come late they will bring more equipment and will speed the work through within the stipula ted time. That they are anx ious to get started and to fin ish their huge local contract is easily understood in light of the fact that when or before this dredging contract is finished, bids will be called for still more" dredging here at the mouth of che Cape Fear. The McWilliams company will be anxious to get in on this ad ditional local dredging. It was stated this week that there will be little or no delay on the part of the contractor for the 25-mile access railroad to Sunny Point. In fact, it is not thought that delay Will be al lowed on this contract. The rail road will be needed early in the year for the purpose of bring ing in construction material for the three huge docks; Bids foi (Couuriued on Page 4) Highway Work Renews Rumor Widening Of Highway No. 130 Between Southport And Smith Cross Roads Causes Speculation Re garding Govt. Plans According to Engineer R. A. Ashworth of the State Highway Commission, the highway sur vey between Southport and Sup ply calls for a right of way of 150 feet, 75 feet each way from, the center of the present pav ing. This road, Route 130, ha» the longest straight stretch of highway in North Carolina. Be ginning a mile out of the South port city limits, the road is as straight as an arrow to about a half mile of Supply. Prom Supply to Smith’s Cros^ Roads the paving is now 18 feet (Continued On Page Five) Tide Table Following Is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are approxi mately correct and were furn ished The State Fort Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. High Tide Low Tide Thursday, December 4 9:42 a. m. 3:18 a. m. 9:63 p. m. 4:01 p. m. Friday, December 5 10:22 a. m. 4:00 a. m. 10:45 p. m. 4:42 p. m.. Saturday, December 6 11:01 a. m. 4:43 a. m. 11:30 p. m. 5:24 p. m. Sunday, December 7 11:42 a. m. 5:28 a. m. 0:00 p. m. 6:06 p. m. Monday, December 8 0:16 a. m. 6:17 a. m; 12:25 p. m. 6:42 p. m. Tuesday, December 9 1:06 a. m. 7:11 a. m. 1:12 p. m. 7:41 p. Wednesday, December 10 1:58 a. in. 8:10 a. m. 2:01 p. m. 8:31 p. m.