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Most Of The News All The Time A Good Newspaper Southport, N. C., VOL. NO. SIXTEEN No. 36 6-PAGES TODAY PORT PILOT In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County Wednesday, December 31,1952 PUBLISHED EVER'! WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAS Preliminary Work For Band Day Is Now In Progress Saturday, February 28, Set As Date For Mammoth Music Event To Which Thousands Of Music Lov ers Are Expected EIGHT BANDS ASKED TO PARTICIPATE Organizations From Both North And South Carolina Expected To Help Make This Year’s Band Day An Outstanding Success Plans are now underway for the annual Shallotte Band Festli val, the second event of its kind and expected to be the biggest musical program ever held in Brunswick County. This is an annua! event and will be staged on Saturday, Feb ruary 28, under the sponsorship of the Shallotte High School Band. A colorful parade will start off the day’s activities with several high school bands from North and South Carolina participat ing, This parade will be follow ed by a high school band march ing competition in the stadium with trophies being awarded to the top three competitors. After this marching competi tion a formal military retreat will be staged on the field. That night the day's events will con clude with a huge dance for which a 10-piece orchestra from Florence, S. C., has been engaged to furnish music. Preceeding the event a “Band Day Queen” will be chosen from the high school to reign over the day's festivities. The first annual event of this kind was held during the past year and it was said to be the largest musical gathering ev er held in Brunswick. It was at tended by over 3000 people from North and South Carolina. The outlook for the coming event is that last year’s attendance will be more than doubled. High schools bands from both states will participate. Several dignitaries from both States as well as from New Jer sel will review the event this year. Wallace Kinscliner of Newark, N. J., has already completed his plane reservation to fly down to view the event. Mr. Kinschner is the president of the Dorn & Kinschner Music Company in New Jersey. This organization helped to sponsor the trip of the Shallotte High School Band stu dents to New Jersey last year. The proceeds from this year’s fl go toward the band is planned for New York go during the coming . Roach, member of the iss and bass drummer, selected as student for the festival. Eight s have been mailed to 7 ,*igh school bands in both states. Tickets will go on ssde January 10 with the advance price for adults $1.00 and 50 cent's for children. Plans are now being made for the printed programs, which will list all of the day’s (Continued on Page 4) Brief Newt Flasket ii m ■' ... - " TO TAKE HOLIDAY All city and county offices, the post office and the bank, will be closed tomorrow (Thursday) in observance of New Years Day. MAKE APPLICATION Korean veterans are now eli gible for benefits under the G. I. Bill and they are urged to visit their veterans service officer at once and fill out an application for educational training where this benefit is desired. P. T. A. MEETING The regular meeting of the Southport Parent-Teacher Asso ciation will be held tomorrow, (Thursday) evening, 7:30 o'clock. The program will feature Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lowrence of Atlanta, Ga., where Mr. Low rence is director of the Fulton High School. CHRISTMAS DINNER Inmates of the Brunswick coun ty jail were well fed at Christ mas. Anticipating a large turn out of guests over the holidays, an occurrance that did not mate rialize, Jailer and Mrs. Mrs. H. G. Ratcliffe prepared a sumptu ous layout, consisting of fried chicken, potato salad, candied yams, collards, cocoanut pie, nuts and bags of fruit. The inmates did not lack for good things for several days. May the new year surround you with / \ everlasting joy and success crown your/ < / '5 4 $0 %:' ' -C ^'' ;> *‘^ a ' %' * ' * A -S $ _ Jf / k I| <v , fete -., jQr worthiest efforts. Babson Takes Look At 1953 Prospects Noted Economist Predicts Relatively High Business Level During Incoming Year; Demand For Capital Goods To Be Strong Business and Financial Outlook For 1953 By ROGER W. BABSON 1. Business will start the year 1953 in high gear. The pace will slacken, however, as the year un folds, with total business volume for 1953 smaller than for 1952. The powerful supports of the Great Boom — construction and automobiles -— will lose strength as the year advances. 2. Barring World War HI, 1953 will find business operating un der less government control than any year since outbreak of the Korean War. But don’t expect removal of price controls to help profit margins. Intense Competition 3. Salient economic feature is the fact that our productive ca pacity has now been expanded to the point where, barring World War III, output can take care of both arms and civilian needs. 4. The handwriting is on the wall against inefficient operators. Their days are numbered. The successful businessman next year will be the one who can control his costs and stay out front in his market. 5. I strongly urge my business friends to get out and sell, and sell hard next year; but hire the best cost accountants you can for the back office. “Order tak ers” will find fewer jobs as 1953 moves along. War and Peace 6. My forecasts for 1953 are made on the assumption that World War III will not strike du ring the year. However, I want to make it clear that “all bets (Continued on Page 2) Brief Session Of Court Held Only Four Cases Disposed Of Here On Monday In Brunswick County Recor der’s Court Only four cases were disposed of here in Brunswick County Re corder’s Court Monday as an.ab breviated session was held. The following judgments were hand ed down: Wilbur Knight, drunken driv ing, amended to reckless opera tion, fined $50 and costs. Herschell Clayton Sharpe, im proper turn, fined $10 and costs. Arnold Clyde Haddock, speed ing, judgment suspended on pay ment of costs. Henry Clarion Hooper, improp- I er equipment, judgment suspend- , ed on payment of costs. Big Hopper Dredge Is Coming Here Information received this mor ning from Col R. C. Brown’s of fice in Wilmington confirmed the report that the U. S. E. Dredge Gerig has been assigned to work at Southport for the Army En gineers on the bar and channel. The boat loads 3000 cubic yards of mud in about 40 min utes. That is rated over four times as much as the Lyman carried. The Lyman, according to Capt. John Swan, carries a crew of 60 men, and the Gerig has 82. She is a regular sea going dredge and has a cruising speed of 17 knots per hour when moving from point to point. She will be at Southport for an in definite period and will probably arrive here this month. Southern Bell Interested Here Manager Of Wilmington Office Says His Company Is Keeping In Close Con tact With Sunny Point De velopment The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company has been manifesting a keen interest in the Southport area for many years and this interest is now apparently increasing greatly as a result of the Sunny Point project. In this office yesterday Paul B. Woodson, manager of the Wil mington office of the Bell Com pany, said: “Our company is keenly inter ested in the Sunny Point pro ject and is keeping in touch with that and everything that is com ing to Southport and this area. We are keeping in touch with the government to ascertain just when they will need phones at Sunny Point and also what will be needed in the rest of the Southport area. We are deeply interested in the undoubted fu ture growth and we will do ev erything possible to meet devel oping needs for communications here and around here." Mr. Woodson’s visit yesterday was in accord with the usual i policy of the Bell Telephone Company. They keep their ears to the ground for anything af fecting a section in which they may be directly concerned. Their (Continued on Page i) M, W. Hood Dies Suddenly Here Monday Morning Former Southport Mayor Died At Home Following Heart Attack; Funeral Being Conducted This Morning H. W. Hood, prominent South port citizen, died Monday morn ing at his home in Southport following a heart attack. He was 60 years of age. He had been considered to be in a precarious state of health since 1949, when he retired from his job as State Inspector of the Bureau of Weights and Meas ures, a post he had held for 12 years. In 1951 he deviated from his doctor’s orders to take things easy and made a successful race for Mayor of Southport. He fill ed this position for one year, but in May, upon the advice of his doctor, he asked to be relieved of his official duties. Since that time he had been in apparent good health and only on Saturday returned from a Christmas trip to Greenville, where he spent the holiday pe riod with his daughter, Mrs. Roy McKeithan and her family. Mr. Hood was born in South port and spent his life here. He served for many years as a mem ber of the Board of Aldermen, served one term as member of the Brunswick County Board of (Continued on Page 4) M. C. Employment Officers Plan To Serve Southport following Conference Here Tuesday Agreement Rea ched To Open Employ ment Office In Southport Two Days Each Week Thursdays and MONDAYS NAMED This Will Serve Until Later When Full Time Service Will Be Available In Southport Coming here yesterday on short notice to make an investigation 3f the employment situation in accordance with a request from the State Employment office, William H. Powell of the State Employment office in Wilming ton assured a number of South port citizens that the State Em ployment Commission will take care of the local situation. Pointing out that the engin eers charts do not call for any thing like the peak of employ ment until March, Mr. Powell agreed that for the present and until demands showed further need the State will have an em ployment office open here two days each week. The days agreed on were Mon j day and Thursday, since the lat ter is already a day of call for a worker to Southport. Here after he will put in more time on Thursday and also be here for the full day each Monday, be ginning next week. By the first of March, Mr. Powell said, they would open the office full time here, the town or county or both provid ing the office space. County Welfare Officer Edward Sexton, who was present, offered office space in one of the rooms that his office now uses to a small extent. Mr. Powell stated his belief that the office will be a perma nent one to serve Sunny Point and other construction activities and labor needs in this area. He r stated that its services will be f available to all private and public I builders or agencies needing I skilled or unskilled labor. They will get in touch with various contractors in this area right away, ascertain the need for employees and at the same time list all who apply to be lis ted for various work. Present to meet with Mr. Pow ell here Tuesday were Sam T. Bennett, S. Bunn Frink, Hubert Livingston, Davis Herring, J. C. Bowman, Walter Aldridge, Ed ward C. Sexton, Amos J. Wal ton, Charles Trott and W. B. Keziah. Pedestrian Hit By Car Saturday Cart M. Waddell, Leland Negro, Hit By Automo bile After It Had Gone Out Of Control Following Blowout Pedestrians are supposed to walk on the left hand side of highways, or to meet oncoming traffic. His failure to do this, coupled with an accident to a car, led to a broken leg for Carl M. Waddell of Leland late Sat urday evening. According to Patrolman K. H. (Continued on Page 4) W. B. KEZIAH Sick for the whole month of December, it made us still sick er in another way Thursday when we looked at the table lod ed with Christmas cards from everywhere. With the look came the reminder of consciqpce that we had been all on the receiving end. We had not mailed a single card and they had come to us from everywhere, some even from people we did not know. Oh, well, Christmas is over now. We suppose that nedrly all of the folks who sent us cards are rea ders of this paper. It will do no harm to try and let them know at this late day that we sincerely appreciate, even if we were not physically able to show in the same way that we remem bered them. In addition to being invited for two Christmas dinners here at home — that being more than enough for a fellow who has had an ulcerated stomach for a month—it was a real treat to go to Holden Beach for Christmas dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bowman. Mr. Bowman is by way of being the newest lawyer in Brunswick county but not the youngest. Both he and Mrs. Bowman gave up fine positions in Washington to buy property in Southport and they are now planning to build a nice home here. Meanwhile they are liv ing in the attractive honre owned by Mr. Bowman’s father, J. C. Bowman of Wadesboro, at Hoi wen Beach. We could not re sist the Christmas dinner invita tion from this fine couple. Be side, after giving us ample notice, they drove all of the way to Southport after us and brought us back after we had made a reasonable sized dent in the Continued on page tour Quarterboat Goes Down Enroute Here Crew Members Of Dredge Ventor Manage To Escape But Some Lost Many Of Their Personal Belongings A quarterboat, two-decker, used by the Ventor of thre Hill Dred ging Company for sleeping quar ters and as a mess hall, struck a stump or other obstruction near the intracoastal waterway bridge at Coinjock last week while en route to Southport. Some 25 or 30 of the crew men were asleep on the boat at the time. They say that the water poured in on them at such a rate that the ship sank com pletely in 15 feet of water, five minutes after she struck. The men had a made scramble to get what possessions they could lay hands on and get out on top of the quarter boat from where the towing tug took them off. One of the crewmen stated to this paper that he saved all of his personal belongingings ex cept his shoes. A lady member af the big delegations of members of the families that drove over land from Cape May, N. J., re ports that Capt. J. W. Wells sav ed all of his belongings except his pants. The pipeline pontoons and the dredge were being towed sepa rate from the quarterboat and was not affected by the sinking. A. note received this week from Col. Ft. C. Brown, Cheief of the Wilmington District Army En gineers, advised that other ac commodations were being obtain ed for the Ventor’s crewmen and that the ship will get to work this week, despite the loss of the quarterboat. Previous to this accident to the Ventor the ship had been storm bound in Maryland for sev eral days, waiting until she could cross to Norfolk on her way to Southport and Sunny Foint. Officers Recover Stolen Property Highway Patrolmen And Sheriff Officers Join Join In Manhunt For Two Heavily Armed Fugitives Tuesday MEN TAKE TO WOODS AFTER WRECKING CAR Officers Seek Two White Men In Connection With Auto Theft And For Other Robberies State Highway Patrolmen and Sheriff E. V. Leonard and his officials had something of a man hunt on their hands on Monday night and Tuesday. The men wanted got away, but the offi cers recovered a brand new Hud son automobile, stolen from a show room in Laurinburg. The two men wanted for this i theft are J. B. and Jackie Ho j gan, both from Laurinburg. Jac i kie Hogan is said to be a de serter from the Army. They are believed to be heavily armed and at large in the woods of Bruns wick County. After committing the robbery in Laurinburg early Monday night they were fleeing in this direction in the stolen automobile and near Ash the car struck a mule, resulting in the wrecking of the car. Both men fled into the woods on foot. Corporal C. H. Lunch of the State Highway Patrol brought in a neat, small acetylene cutting burner_ and tank small enough to be carried in one hand and weighing only 4 or 5 pounds. The burner was used to cut locks from safe and other doors. A heavy marlinspike hammer, used for breaking into steel doors, was also recovered. Since the identity of both of the men is known it is believed that it will be a question of only a short time until they are cap tured. More Property Owners Paid Off Nine Residents Of Sunny Point Area Receive Pay ment For Land In Trans actions Here Tuesday Nine Brunswick County prop erty owners were paid off for their lands in full yesterday by the government, and inquiry at the office of the Savannah Real Estate Board brought the infor mation that the expectations are for an early closing up of all real estate transactions for Sun ny Point. From the start the Real Es tate Board has found obstacles in the way. In many cases prop erty was simply handed down from father to son, wife or dau ghter, all without any papers. This put such property owners in the position of being unable to give a clear title and the gov ernment could not pay and take over until ' it could obtain such. There have been few instances in which owners protested the prices offered for their lands. It is understood that such cases have now narrowed down until only one or two landowners are holdouts. It is said that such cases will in nowise delay or otherwise effect construction op erations. The real estate office is supposed to and plans to have all of its deals cleared by the time all of the lands are needed. Good Catch Of Speckled Trout Speckled trout are really bit ing at Holden’s Beach and prob ably at many other places al ong the intracoastal waterway, according to reports reaching this office this week. Sunday, Attorney Jim Bow man who is living at Holden Beach pending the building of his new home at Southport, caught 5 that averaged 3% pounds each. After finishing his work here Monday he went back, caught 4 more of ab out the same weight. Mrs. Bow man bettered him by catching a 5-lb., 2—oz. beauty. Fishing at the same place at Holden Beach another man caught 10 of the beautiful fish the top one weighing 6 pounds and 2 ounces. January Term May Prove Dull Clerk Of Court Declares That Something Of Inter est Must Develop From Now On If Court Is To Do Much Business Should nothing occur between now and January 19, the Janu ary term of Superior Court will be about the smallest within the memory of present officials, so far as criminal cases go. Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett states that thus far there are no murder cases scheduled and nothing in the way of manslaugh ter except the case of John Rouse, Negro, who is said to have accidentally struck and killed a 12-year-old white boy on Route 17, some months ago. The boy was riding his bicycle and alleg edly swerved out into the high way, directly into the path of the car driven by Rouse. Judge Nimocks is to preside at the term. A grand jury for the 12 months will be selected from the 66-man venir drawn by the county commissioners in De cember. Continues Work On New Building Owner Lewis J. Hardee Has Gone To Florida For Few Months Work Shrimping, But Apartments Going Up Although he will be at Key West, Fla., for the next few months, Lewis J. Hardee will con tinue work on his apartment buildings here. He now has nine 4-room apartments under con struction and has recently bought a large lot across the street from where he is now building. He stated this past week that it is his plan to construct addi tional apartments on this newly purchased property. The building of the apartments is in charge of Roy Swain. Three of them will soon be ready for occupancy, and material progress has been made on the other six. They are of attractive gray cin derblock construction, three ap (Coutlnued on Page 4) Safety Measures To Feature Work At Sunny Point Nothing Will Be Overlook ed In Effort To Make Operation Of This Facili ty As Safe As Humanly Possible MODERN SAFETY DEVICES EMPLOYED Decision To Create Activity Similar To Sunny Point Came From Realization That Greater Safety Was Necessary By W. B. KEZIAH A few days ago Col. Rowland C. Brown, Chief of the Wiming ton District, Army Engineers, made the remark that the public needed to be better informed re garding the safety measures for Sunny Point. Owing to the huge lard area, in which the installation will be located and the extensive pre cautions being taken, there will be absolutely no danger to eith er personnel or property around the boundaries as a result of ex plosions, it is said. The combining of a lot of am munition depots and moving them to Southport and Sunny Point ia, a part of the government’s de centralization plans, intended for the general safety. Most of the present depots are located right in the heart of cities along the Atlantic Coast. They lack safe ty features for the protection of’ the population of the thickly set-’ tied surrounding areas and for their own protection. At Sunny Point every type of protective measure known to man will be used, both to prevent ex plosions and to minimize the ef fect should they occur. For ex ample, it is said, should a car load of hot stuff explode within the. reservation, the result in this nearby Southport will be little more than a rumble. The so-called hot stuff will be kept in box cars on sidings until it is loaded on ships. The sid ings holding this live material will be flanked by earth walls' 19 feet high and o f proportionate thickness. Should an explosion occur these earth walls will con fine the effects to a very limited area. Depots a thousand times more dangerous, by reason of the con gested human life in the immedi ate surroundings, are now at. va rious points in big cities in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Vir ginia and South Carolina. Thou sands of people now spend their lives within a comparatively few yards of these centers, many without being even aware . of the munitions activities in their front or back yards. The exist ing depots have given them little or no alarm. -i The move by the government to decentralize things bia moving to Southport will permit! the ex ercising of every modein safe guard to human life. In addi tion to that it will givef the fa cilities of what government ag encies say is one of the great est harbors along the Atlantic Coast to the handling of ammu nition in times of need. \ Even during the present rrJere or less cold war in Korea there has been rather much complaint at the way the government back home has been passing the an\-' munition. Sunny Point should be the answer to that. The claims of safety with re-, gard to Sunny Point workers and nearby residents brings to mind that just a few weeks ago the (Continued on Page 4) Tide Table Following Is the tide table tor 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, December 25 2:48 a. m. 9:08 a. m. 3:11 p. m. 9:24 p. m. Friday, December 26 3:50 a. m. 10:11 a. m. 4:10 p. m. 10:19 p. m. Saturday, December 27 4:47 a. m. 11:08 a. m. 5:04 p. m. 11:10 p. m. Sunday, December 28 5:41 a. m. 12:02 a. m. 5:58 p. m. 12:01 p. m. Monday, December 29 6:31 a. m. 0:00 a. m. 6:48 p. m. 12:50 p. m. Tuesday, December 30 7:17 a. m. 0:48 a. m. 7:34 p. m. 1:35 p. m. Wednesday, December 31 8:00 a. m. 1:32 a. m. 8:17 p. m. 2:16 p. m.
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