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VOL. NO. SIXTEEN No. 38
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
6-PAGES TODAY
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, January 14, 1953 published ever'v Wednesday ji.50 per yeaji
Leaf Allotments
Won’t Be Ready
Till February 1
Producer Will Be Able To
Figure His Crop By Mul
tiplying His 1952 Acreage
By .92
SMALL ACREAGE FOR
NEW FARM PURPOSES
Restrictions On New Farm
Allotments Will Be Tight
er Than Ever; Must Be
Made By Feb. 1
It will be February 1 or later
before Brunswick County farmers
receive their 1953 tobacco acre
age allotments, but they should
have no difficulty in figuring
their acreage.
The United States Department
of Agriculture announced a reduc
tion of exactly eight per cent
last week and most farmers will
figure their acreage on that ba
sis.
PMA Secretary J. J. Hines
said book work in connection
with the reduction and the neces
sity of sending each allotment to
the State PMA Office for ap
proval would delay the mailing
of allotment notices.
He said there was an easy way,
however, for each tobacco produ
cer to figure his acreage. If last
year's allotment is multiplied by
.92, the result is the 1953 acre
age. For example, the farmer had
10 acres of tobacco in 1952, he
multiplies the 10 by .92, giving
him 9.2 acres.
Lesser acreage does not figure
txactly, but the principle is the
same.
Multiply 3 acres by .92 and
the resulting figure is 2.76, whi
ch would mean that the farmer
is entitled to plant two and eight
tenths acres.
As soon as further instructions
are received, official pre-measure
ment of acreage to be planted in
tobacco will be offered.
There is a small acreage to
be used for new farm tobacco
allotments and applications may
be made to the PMA until Feb
ruary 1. PMA officials were qui
ck to add, however, that restric
tions on new allotments are tig
hter than ever. The applicant
producer must live on the new
farm, must have grown tobacco
in two of the past five years, and
the land on the new farm may
not be a farm of an old farm on
which tobacco has been grown.
The restrictions are for the pro
tection of tobacco producers and
are especially important to the
Brunswick County farm economy,
it was explained.
Brief News
Flashes
CHANGE OF TIME
The Southport Lions Club will
meet Thursday at 12:30 instead
of 1 o’clock.
TO BUILD APARTMENTS
Miss Pauline Chadwick is plan
ning to start the construction of
three 3-room apartments on her
lot fronting on the old Northrop
residence. She states two of the
apartments will be for rent.
IN FLORIDA
Capt. and Mrs. James Arnold
are on a two weeks trip down
the Georgia and Florida coast
with Key West the ultimate point.
Capt. Arnold is looking into the
possibility of taking his sport
fishing cruiser to. Florida next
winter.
NEW COURT OPENS
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Garner
are opening their new and mod
ern motor court at Shallotte to
day. The court is air condition
ed and has forced air heat to
each room. They have 14 dou
ble beds and each room has a
private tiled bath with tub and
shower. The court is described as
one of the most modern in this
area. Being near the Remsula
Grade A Cafe, Mr. and Mrs.
Garner will not serve meals.
BACK TO SCHOOL
Cadet Henderson Rourk, Jr.,
student at Oliver Military Ac
ademy, Culver, Indiana, has re
turned to school after spending
the Christmas holidays with his
parents, Dr., and Mrs. M.H.
Rourk, at their home in Shall
otte. The Shallotte youth is a
member of the junior class at
the academy and is taking part
in a number of school activities.
He is a member of the band, the
dance orchestra and the chapel
choir.
Attracts Attention
SCENE—The 1953 North Carolina Garden Club calendar has as one of its illus
trations a photo by Art Newton oi the Indian Trail Tree, one of the most interesting
landmarks in Southport Is stands in the side yard of the E. H. Cranmm- Residence.
Superior
Opens Monday
In Southport
Judge Q. K, Nimocks Of
Fayetteville Will Preside
Over One-Week Mixed
Term Superior Court
Although there are no murder
cases on the docket, the num
ber of new cases to come up du
ring the past two weeks are
now giving indications of about
four days work in Superior Court
here next week.
This is according to Clerk of
Court Sam T. Bennett, who stat
ed Monday that he figures that
about four days would be re
quired. to handle everything. The
term will be presided over by
Judge Q. K. Nimmocks of Fay
etteville and Solicitor Clifton
Moore of Burgaw will prosecute.
Reports have gotten out in
some parts of the county to the
effect that owing to the small
'number T5T" cases on the docket
two weeks ago the term, has
been cancelled.
This is an error. No effort
has been' made to cancel the
term. In fact, under existing
laws the January term in Brun
swick cannot well be cancelled
for any reason. The January
term is entirely for criminal
cases and the laws prescribe that
at each January term a grand
jury will be empannelled to serve
for the full year. Had this term
been cancelled, it is said that
authority would have had to be
obtained from the legislature to
swear in a grand jury at some
other criminal term.
Sixty-six men and women have
been summoned as jurors for
next week’s criminal term of
court. From this number 18
men and women will be sworn
in to compose the grand jury for
the full year. The remainder
will form the petit juries for
trial cases next week.
Subsequent terms of criminal
court this year will need to have
only 36 men and women called
for jury duty as the grand jury
will have already been formed.
Meeting Planned
To Talk Housing
Representative Of Housing
Authority Will Be Invit
ed To Come Here To Dis
cuss Plans Which Will
Help Shortage
With the housing situation rec
ognized as being very bad, plans
are shaping up for calling a
mass meeting of Southport citii
zens within the next few days.
When someone is well acquaint
ed with the Housing Authority
work will be present to explain
it and outline the best possible
course of action.
At a conference here Thursday
night a representative of the
Wilmington District Army En
gineers was present and was g:v
en an outline of the existing
situation. While the problem is
one for_ the town itself to meet
the suggestion was made to get
someone with housing experience
to meet with the local citizens
and tell them what they can best
do.
At the planned meeting Col.
Brown or someone from the of
fice will also be present and ad
vise the citizens what they may
expect from Sunny Point. That
being done it will be up for the
local citizens to take action in
accordance with advices from
the Housing Authority represen
tative.
The meeting will be held at
the courthouse and all white and
colored residents will be invited
to attend. It was pointed out
at the 'Thursday night meeting
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.Mrs. Janie Henry
Quits Postoffice
I
( Veteran Postmaster Of Win
nabow Office Resigned
Effectiv3 January 1; Suc
ceeded By Thomas Rabon
HIS APPOINTMENT
ONLY TEMPORARY
Competitive Exams For Fil
ling Vacancy Announced
By Civil Service Com
mission
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an
I examination to fill the position
j of fourth class postmaster at
Winnabow, examination to be
held at Wilmington, and receipt
j of applications to close on Jan
uary 29, 1953; the salary $2811
j annually.
The examination is open to all
who are citizens of, or owe alle
gience to, the United States who
reside within the territory sup
plied by the post office for which
this examination is announced
and whj are at least 21 years of
age, but not yet 65, on the date
of the close of receipt of appli
cation for this examination.
Application blanks and full in
formation about the requirements
of the examination may be secur
ed from the post office for which
this examination is announced,
or from the United States Civil
Service Commission, Washington
25, D. C. Applications must be
on file with the Commission at
Washington, D. C., on the date
specified above.
The date of examination will
be stated on admission cards
mailed to applicants after the
close of receipt of applications.
Lengthy Docket
Tried In Court
Several Stiff Sentences Met
ed Out Here In Bruns
wick County Recorder’s
Court This Week
A lengthy docket was disposed
of here in Recorder’s Court on
Monday, with numerous stiff sen
tences being meted out. The fol
lowing judgments were handed
down:
Richard Hogan, reckless oper
ation, failure to report an acci
dent, improper registration, held
for Superior Court under $1,000
bond.
Mrs. Mary Saley, entering
highway without stopping, fined
$5 and costs.
Tommie Cole, expired operat
beer illegally, motion for jury
trial.
Ernest Riggens, drunken driv
ing. no operator’s license, 90
days, suspended on payment of
a tine of $100 and costs.
Jake Delmas Redford, posses
sion. fined $25 and costs.
Tommie Cole, expired operat
ors license, fined $25 and costs.
Richard Brown, resisting ar
rest, 90 days on roads, suspend
ed on payment of a fine of $50
and costs.
Pauline C. Bartlett, speeding,
fined $10 and costs.
George C. Lockamy, no oper
ators license, fined $25 and costs.
Jessie X . Brown, reckless op
eration, fined $25 and costs.
Hiram M. Long, allowing mi
nor to operate, nol pros.
Joe Jones, nan-support, six
months on roads, suspended on
condition that he pay $12 a week
for the support of his two mi
nor children. Payments to begin
as of January 1, and to be made
weekly through the Clerk of
Court’s office.
Roy M. Leary, trespass and
Continued on Page Five
j Liquor Laden Auto
Leads To Trouble
Enrouto back to his own New
Hanover county last Friday af
ter a visit down in Brunswick,
James F. Biggs, 23-year-old
Wilmington white man, was
halted by ' State Highway Pa
trolman R. H. Constante, of
Bolivia.
This pause in Biggs’ jour
ney home was made just af
ter he got across the Bruns
wick County line. Constante,
it is reported, wanted to know
What Biggs was going to do
with the 36 gallons of non
tax paid liquor that he was
supposed to have picked
in Northwest township and was
carrying home in his 1946 Ford
coupe. Biggs will explain that
in the New Hanover courts
this week.
Mrs, Katherine Riggle Will
Hold Demonstration On
The Refinishing Of Fur
niture Next Week
Mrs. Katherine Riggle, home
furnishing specialist, State Col
lege, will conduct, a demonstra
tion on rerinishing furniture on
Tuesday from 1 p. m. to 4 p. m„
at the home agent’s office in
Supply.
This is the first special inter
est meeting scheduled for the
Home Demonstration program
of work. Others will follow
throughout the year. This is
the season of the year when
most furniture is refinished and
information given by Mrs. Riggle
will prove to be very valuable
to most homemakers.
The Home Demonstration wom
en are looking forward to this
demonstration and a good atten
dance is expected.
All homemakers throughout
the county interested in or de
siring information or refinishing
furniture are invited to attend.
Demonstration Is
Shallotte Lady
Is Chairman For
March Of Dimes
Mrs. Henderson Rourk Is
Heading Annual Drive
For Funds For Brunswick
County Chapter Of Nat
ional Association
THREE NEW CASES
TREATED IN 1952
One-Half Of All Funds Re
main In County For Use,
Other One-Half Goes
Into National (Treas
ury
The annual March of Dimes
campaign is now underway in
Brunswick County, with Mrs.
Henderson Rourk of Shallotte as
chairman.
Mrs. Rourk has appointed
chairmen to be in charge of fund
raising in their respective com
munities. These Community lea
ders are as follows: Shallotte,
Mrs. R. D. White, Jr.; Southport,
Mrs. Bryant Potter; Bolivia,
Mrs. Foster Mintz: Leland, Mrs.
O. D. Williams; Winnabow, Mrs.
H. L. Sullivan; Lanvale, Mrs. S.
C. Craven; Ash, Mrs. R . C.
Phelps; Supply, Mrs. Garland
Clemmons; Exum, Mrs. Phil Dod
son; Freeland, Mrs. L. C. Bab
son: Longwood, Mrs. Nelson Ben
nett; Hickmans Cross Roads,
Mrs. Leon Norris; Thomasboro,
Mrs. Bailey Lewis; Grissettown,
Mrs. M. E. Platt; Calabash, Mrs.
Foster Thomas; Shallotte Point,
Mrs. Fred Edwards; Boones Neck,
Mrs. Boyd Lott; REA personnel,
Mrs. Ed Redwine: N. C. Highway
Prison Camp and employees, Fred
Edwards.
Principal A. C. Caviness of the
Brunswick County Training school
will serve as chairman for the
colored citizens.
Mrs. Rourk reports that in ad
dition to these community . lead
ers, practically every church and
organization in the county is
actively participating in this
fund drive.
Last year slightly over two
thousand dollars were raised in
Brunswick County, with one-half
of this money going to National
Foundation and the other one
half staying in the lacal chapter
treasury.
Although there were three new
patients who received care dur
ing 1952, it was unnecessary for
Brunswick County to call for ex
tra funds from National Founda
tion. Local funds now are at
a low ebb, and it is hoped that
there will be a generous response
to this annual fund drive.
Curator Davis
County Visitor
Representative Of State Mu
seum In Raleigh Is Inter
ested In Bones That May
Be Uncovered
Harry Davis, curator at the
State Museum in Raleigh, spent
part of Monday and Tuesday
here looking into the possibility
of finding the bones of prehis
toric animals during the Sunny
Point construction operations.
Although such bones have been
found in this county, Curator
Davis says that those bones dis
entegrate more quickly when
they are in soil above sea level.
The digging at Sunny Point
will go deeper and the area cov
ered will be very extensive. Some
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W. B. KF./IAH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
During the next few weeks, if
you meet Art Newton on the
street and greet him in a warm
and friendly way but get only a
nod in return, or if you ring his
number on the phone and there
is no answer, it won't be because
his business is closed or that he
is mad at anyone. He is suffer
ing a severe case of laringitas
and absolutely must not even
try to, speak a single word for
two weeks or more, according to
orders of Wilmington specialists.
His business phone will be an
swered only certain hours in the
day when his wife will be on
hand to do the talking. Wliije
he is in his present condition,
Art makes a good companion
for us. We can still say whet
we darn please to him, and If
he tries to say something to Os
we could not hear him anyway,
1
Family trailers are beginning:
to blossom out out all over South
port to add just a bit of relief
to the housing shortage. Roscoe
Bellamy of Little River is con
structing a court in the north
eastern part of town and it will
be ready soon. Clinton Bellamy 1
has opened his yard for the
same use and has several trail
ers taking up their abode there,
with loom for more. Archie Ev
ans is also putting up a number
of the trailers and more than
a dozen others are scattered ab
out at various homes in town,
'rile coming of other dredges and
crews within the next two or 1
three weeks and the general de
mand for workers at various
things will probably bring a lot
of trailers here in the immediate
future.
Continued on page tour
Mrs. Lou Mallison
Likes Ruby Gentry
Southport Lady Who Spent Five Weeks In Hollywood
While Movie Was Being Made Saw
Sunday Premiere
i tnougnt it turned out to be
a pretty good movie”.
That was the verdict Sunday
of Mrs. Lou Mallison after she
had witnessed the North Caroli
na premiere of “Ruby Gentry”,
the 20th Century-Fox movie on
which she spent five weeks in
Hollywood last summer. Her job
was to serve as dialogue coach for
the star, Jennifer Jones, but she
also helped with other technical
details winch helped to give the
show a definite tidewater fla
vor.
“Frankly,” said Mrs. Mallison,
"I had no idea what to expect.
When I left out there in July
they were still shooting some of
the final scenes and not even
the first previews had been run.
There was a lot of editing and
cutting involved, and some of
the shots I had hoped to see
were left out.
“It is not a happy movie,” the
Southport woman continued, “but
I guess you’d have to say that
it was a tragedy well told. Coa
ching Jenifer was my job, and
I thought she sounded just like
a native North Carolinian.
“You get some idea of what I
mean about how versatile she is
from the way she stumbled
iiiia
JENNIFER JONES
through those scenes as an awk
ward teen-ager to the smooth
way she handled her role as an
experienced woman. In between
were the hunting and fishing
(Coutinued on Page 4)
Southport Men
Meet Col. Brown
Flu Epidemic
Hits Southport
Southport was in the midst
of an epidemic of influenza this
week, as hardly a family had
escaped the touch of this dis
ease. Fortunately, most of the
cases are of a mild nature.
Last Friday there were 100
students absent from Southport
high school because of this ill
ness and Principal H. T. San
ders was among the victims.
On Monday there was still a
long list of absences, and al
though the principal was back,
three other teachers were out.
On Sunday evening it was
necessary to cancel services at
Trinity Methodist Church due
to the illness of the minister,
the Rev. N. L. Jones. He was
able to be oyt again this week.
Progress Made
For Band Day
F our High School Bands
Lined Up For Coming
Event With Wilmington
Drum And Bugle Corps
Also Booked
Progress towards the second
annual Shallotte High School
Band Day Festival is now mov
ing forward at a steady pace,
according to Director W. W. Ja
cobus. With eight weeks yet to
go there are four high school
bands entered and one drum and
bugle corps from Wilmington.
The Warn pee High School Band
under the direction of W. Smith
has accepted their invitation,
rhis South Carolina group from
the Litt^j River and Ocean Drive
sections made its first appear
ance in uniform last year at the
first annual Band Day. Direct
or smith reports them quite ea
?er to return and that they will
oe fighting hard to carry a tro
phy back to South Carolina.
The Myrtle Beach High School
Band is the other organization
:o enter this week for the com
petition. This band is directed
oy Miss Martha Washington.
I'his group also appeared last
fear and is now practicing hard
:o compete in the 1953 event.
This places Wampee, Myrtle
Beach, Fairmont and the Shri
iers Drum and Bugle Corps al
ready on the program. Shall
otte’s own fine organization is,
>f course, included. Director Ja
robus feels sure that the full
lumber of bands for which they
vill have room on the program
vill be entered in a short time,
[n this connection it may be ap
propriate to say that the com
nittee feels that it will be only
’air that they accept the band
entries first submitted. In view
>f the interest being shown it is
possible that they may not be
able to take care of some of the
ast minute entries.
Tickets went on sale this week
ind 100 eager “A” and “B” band
(Continued On Page Five)
Group From Here Visits
Sunny Point Area To See
Results Of First Phase Of
Operations
REPRESENTATIVE OF
MUSEUM IS PRESENT
Belief Expressed That This
Installation Is Permanent
Part Of National De
fense Set-Up
By W. B. KEZIAH
Tlie dike construction at Sun
ny Point, operations essential to
dredging that will begin the lat
ter part of this week, was in
spected yesterday by Col. Roland
C. Brown, C. E. of the Wilming
ton District Army Engineers.
Col. Brown was accompanied by
Lt. Col. Regar and P. M. Snell,
veteran member of the Army En
gineers office.
Meeting them at the main scene
of dike cutting operations were
several representative citizens of
Southport, including Edw a r d
Sexton, county welfare officer;
Davis Herring, H. A. Livingston,
Mayor J. A. Gilbert; Capt. J. I.
Davis, James C. Bowman, Clerk
of Court Sam T. Bennett, W. B.
Keziah and Harry Davis, curator
of the North Carolina State
Museum. Mr. Davis is interested
in the local digging with the
expectations that somewhere the
fossil remains' of a prehistoric
animal may be uncovered. Kent
Fulcher, local photographer, was
also present and made pictures
of the gathering.
Col. Brown spoke briefly to
the group and held informal dis
cussions, dwelling mainly on the
certainty of Brunswick County be
-ing set to have a major milita
ry installation. Speaking of his
(Continued On Page Five)
Big Dredges Due
Here Next Week
The Superdredge McWilli
ams And Another Vessel
Under Sub-Contract Due
To Arrive For Sunny
Point Work
The superdredge McWilliams
of the McWilliams Dredging Co.,
of New Orleans was supposed to
be clearing the Gulf of Mexico
Monday or Tuesday. She is now
scheduled to arrive at Southport
on January 19, according to Don
Mitchell, chief engineer for the
McWilliams Company.
The big dredge may bet her
schedule here by a day or two,
she may be just on schedule or
she may be just a day or two
late. It all depends on the wea
llier encountered. It is under
stood that owing to her size
she is making a seagoing trip
from Key West to Southport.
Another dredge leased by the
McWilliams Company from the
old Henery Corporation has left
Florida for Southport. She is
said to be able to make it through
the waterway and her schedule
is to arrive at Southport next
(Continued on Page 4)
Critical Defense >
Decleration Now
Most Important
Actual Work On Sunny
Point Project Means That
Time Grows Short For
Preparing For Emergent
cies Due To Arise
MAJOR EMPLOYMENT
LOAD COMING SOON
Local Citizens Urged To
Take Initiative In Seek
ing Federal Aid In
Taking Care Of
Needs
By W. B. KEZIAH
The first of 1952 an official
source in Washington wrote giv
ing assurance that a critical de
fense housing area was in the]
overall plans for Sunny Point,
and the Southport area. How
ever, it was requested that no]
publicity be given this matter at
the time. The creation of de-"
fense areas is a matter that fol-]
lows upon defense installations'
and official requests for such
areas. .
A study of the conditions un
der which critical defense areas
are established reveals that
Southport now qualifies on every
point. It is up to the county
and town to get together and'
ask for something to equalize]
the situation that has already *
arisen. This situation gives ev
ery indication of becoming ten
times more complicated than it
now is within a few weeks.
This week another letter from
a high official source says: “I
can assure you that Sunny Point'
is ap actuality, that work is al
ready in progress on the dredg-]
ing and access railroad, and that
the project will hit big along
about April and will be opera
tional definitely a year, with
final completion by the end of -
1954." ;
Elsewhere in the same letter
it was stated: "You should push*
for what you need, which is:
“(1) Decleration of Southport
and Brunswick County area in
the vicinity of Sunny Point as a
critical defense area without fur
ther delay;
“(2) Additional school, utility,
transportation and other facili
ties in the town and county as
a result of the Federal project."
The writer of the letter from
which the above excerpts are
taken, went on to assure every
assistance that he can give to
wards helping out the folks in
Brunswick in taking care of the
situation being created by the
government installation being (lo
cated here. He points out that
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Former Resident
Is Buried Here
Charles Nichols Died On
Thursday Of Last Week
In Mercy Hospital, Pitts
burgh, Penn.
Charles Nichols, a former res
ident of Southport, died in, the
Mercy Hospital, in Pittsburgh;
Pa., last Thursday. He jfeft
Southport about a dozen years
ago, going first to Wilmington
and later to Pennsylvania.
The body was brought here
and funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock
from the Southport Baptist
Church, Rev. T. D. Tolar offici
ating. Burial was in the North
wood cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
(Continued On Page Five)
Tide Table
following Is 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*
H.gh Tide Low Tide
Thursday, December 25
2:48 a. m. 9:08 a. nj.
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.