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Most Of The News All The Time Vol. No. SIXTEEN THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community No. 45 * 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORFT, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1953 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR Senator Byrd Is Pushing Work, Defense Project Virginia Man Is Member Of Senate Military Affairs Committee And Demands To Know Reason For Any Hold-Up LOCAL MAN HAS CONTACTED SENATOR Belief Is Expressed That Matter Of Work On Sun ny Point May Be Expe edited Because Of Interest By W. B. KEZIAH In a communication received this week by a local citizen who is interested in the Sunny Point ammunition outloading installa tion, Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia repeated his declaration that a shocking condition exists with regard to non-expenditures of appropriations made by Con gress for national defense, espe cially the handling of ammuni tion. Less than 30 percent of the Army ammunition for which ap propriations have been made has been delivered, he said. And still more than that, 5900,000,000 of the appropriations for Army ammunition has not been let to contract, Byrd said. Some of this huge sum was for transportation purposes, facilities which have been proceeding at a snail’s pace. Every single appropriations re quest that has been made by the Military to Congress has been met, the Senator declared. A. to tal of 5160 billion has been ap propriated during the past two years aand the present * fiscal year to the armed service. And yet, today the Armed Service has on hand a total of 580 billion, and they estimate that as of the coming June 30 they will still have on hand some 560 billion of unexpended appropriations, ex clusive of what may be appropri ated at the current |ession of Congress. Recalling that nine hundred million dollars of the appropria tion for ammunition and handling which has not been used, Senator Byrd suggested that there has been gross .^efficiency and lack of coordination that has interfer ed with the successful prosecu tion of the war in Korea and has added to the perils and fatalities among our troops. Nowhere in his communication i did the Senator specify Sunny Point or any other ammunition handlingg or method of transpor tation. Still, it is believed there was much in his communication which fitted into and might well have applied directly to things (Continued On Page Four) iritf Ntw < Flathtt CRITICALLY ILL Dr. Roy Daniel, popular South port dentist, is in a critical con dition at Dosher Memorial Hos pital. BUILDING DRXVE-IN W. T. Sellers of Shallotte is constructing a drive-in theatre on Route 17, about a mile and a half northeast of Shallotte. Most of the material is on the ground and grading is underway. SCOUT ENCAMPMENT Some nine or ten of the Shall otte Boy Scout Patrol No. 506, and Scoutmaster Altschul were at Moore’s Creek for an encamp ment over the week-end. The boys were all dressed up in new Scout uniforms and this added to their appreciation of the fine weather that prevailed. SOUTHPORT FLORISTS The formal opening of South port Florists will be held on Fri day. Operators of the new es tablishment are Mrs. Dewey Hew ett of the Supply community and Mrs. E. C. Reeves, wife of the pastor of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church. The new florist shop is located in one of the Cochran cottages just outside the city limits between the hospital and the Sawdust Trail. LIONS SPONSOR Mrs. Annie May Moore, health coordinator for the State Depart ment of Public Instruction, will be in Southport tomorrow (Thur sday) to meet with the health nurses, supervisor and special ed ucation teachers She will dem onstrated the use of the auiome ter, a program dealing with the hard of hearing.. At the lunch eon meeting at 1 p. m., Mrs. Moore will address the South port Lions Club at the Masonic building. Scene Of Beauty PEAK—Orton Gardens, perhaps the outstanding tourist attraction for the en tire State of North Carolina at this season of the year, is now approaching the peak blooming period and during the next ten days will provide a matchless panorama of color for thousands of visitors. Brunswick Nine Defeats Delco In First Game Leland Lions Gain 9-6 Ver dict Over Trojans; Ray Scott, Buck Potter; John Morris, Worth Barnhardt Are Stars LELAND. — Acme - Delco's Trojans opened their 1953 base ball season by bowing to Leland’s Lions, 9-6, here Tuesday after noon. Ray Scott of Leland and Ray Reaves of AD, two teammates on Reigel-Carolina’s semi-pro nine during the Summer season, faced each other on the hill here in the opening game for both clubs. In the end, Scott had the better of the battle. Reaves, a lefty, was the loser for Acme-Delco, though Grant Skipper took over the hill chores in the 5th frame. Scott fanned 8 in going the route for the win ners, while Reaves had a total of 7 whiffs and Skipper two. The local righty gave AD but 6 hits, half the number his rhates col lected off Reaves and Skipper. Each combo committed six er rors in the tilt. Vic Larkins took honors for the longest base-knock during the clash by belting a three-bagger for the Trojans, while Worth Barnhardt and John Morris ad ded doubles to the hit-collection of the same team. Scott had a two-bagger for his team. Buck Potter, Leland catcher hit four-for-five for the Lions. His perfect day included a double. Plant Farm Now Ready To Sow Sheppard - Cochran Farm Near Southport Prepared To Seed Several Acres For Tomato Plants Sheppard and Cochran began planting tomato seed Monday and if the weather holds out they hope to have at least 20 acres planted by the last of the week. Where they formerly planted 3 rows at a trip of the tractor and planter, they are npw plant ing 4 rows, using a new machine that drops one and two tomato seed at a time at a space of one inch apart. Between each 4 rows is a middle for tractor (Continued on Page 4) Bootlegger Has Officer Trouble Benjamin Lock, Wilmington Negro, may not exactly appreci ate the value of State Highway Patrol checking stations. The officers had such a station in operation on Route 17 near Wilmington Monday night. Ben ran his car into it and before he could ask “what's going on here?’ ’Corporal C- H. Lynch of South port had spotted the 132 jars of whiskey that Ben had aboard his car. The stuff had a retail value of $1,320.00. It was brought to Southport and given to the Fry I ing Pan fish as a stimulant, without, charge. It. is understood J Ben will explain his case in Re corder’s Court, Monday. Bill Affecting Travel Offered Representative Odell Willi amson Has Introduced Measure Permitting Trav el Allowance For Depu ties RAISES SALARY OF REGISTER OF DEEDS Another Bill Introduced To Authorize School Bonfi Election For Bolivia District Two local bills .were introduc ed last week by Representative Odell Williamson, one dealing With a raise in salary and mile age allowances for certain public officials, the other to authorize a school bond election for the citizens of the Bolivial school dis trict. In the salary measure provision was made to raise the monthly salary of Register of Deeds Am os J. Walton from $3,000 to $3, 300 per year, retroactive to Jan uary 1, 1953. This would amount to an increase of $25 per month for this office and would place the salary at the same level as that being paid the Clerk of Court and the County Auditor. The bill further provides a monthly travel allowance for each field deputy, also retroac tive to January 1, 1953. These men now receive a salary of $225 per month, with no provision for travel. There also is a feature to al low mileage allowance not ex ceeding 7 cents per mile for the members of the board of county commissioners. In the school bond vote bill, provision is made for the com missioners to authorize the sale of bonds not to exceed $30,000, subject to a vote of the citizens of the Bolivia school district. The purpose of these funds will be for the construction of a teacherage. Shallotte Man Free On Bond J. A. (Jimmie) Trotter Un der $5,000 Bond For Ap pearance At May Term Of Court On Murder Charge J. A. (Jimmie) Trotter, Shall otte township man who allegedly shot and killed his wife at their home near Shallotte as the cli max of a general drinking party several weeks ago, was released from jail Friday when relatives from Thomasville put up a $5,000 bond for his appearance at the May 11 term of criminal court. Trotter, 67 years old, came to this county a few years ago and met the victim, a Miss Bozeman. They are said to have had an all night drinking party with others of the neighborhood before the killing. These neighbors had left the Trotter home prior to the shoot ing. Only the victim and the al leged slayer were present at the time of the killing. Trotter, who was arrested shortly after the body of his wife was found, rid (Continued On Page Four) Frying Pan Goes Into Dry Dock On or about Thursday of this week the Frying Pan Shoals lightship, goal of the South port sport fishing boats, will be replaced temporarily by a relief ship. The Frying Pan will go on dry dock to . clear.. he>' bottom of barnacles and for repainting. The relief , lightship replacing her is painted red with the word “Relief” in white letters on her sides. During absence of the Frying Pan she will op erate light, fog and radiobea con signals having the same characteristic of the regular | station, according to Rear Ad I miral Russell E. Wood of the Norfolk Coast Guard District. Azalea Blooming Is Nearing Peak Barring Unforseen Freeze Flowers At Orton Should Reach Peak Of Loveli ness During Next 10-Day Period All present indications point to this being azalea week, and flow er lovers who want to see them at their best should visit gar dens and other points where flo wers are grown this week end. Some reservations are attached to this advice. If the warm wea ther keeps up the peak of bloom will be not later than the first of next week. Should cold weather set in the (Continued on Page 4) W. B. KKZTAH Our ROVING Reporter While here Sunday attending services at St. Phillips Episco pal church, Mrs. J. Lawrence Sprunt of Orton told us that ;the Orton flowers were already just lovely. The azaleas, she fmd are just popping open by jthe thousands. This gets around to say again that people who love flowers should see those in Brun swick now. There is no fixed date for their blooming, as this period is dependent on the ear ly or late arrival of spring Wea ther. But they are blooming now. Everything works out in seme way, sometimes unexpectedly, tl' ir instance, only the fact that a Shallotte four hours for a jbus saved us from having to wait at Shallote four hours for a las home. Loafing around with Hob son Kirby we missed the 11-24 bus by one minute. There was no other bus going our way in over four hours. Then along came the Southport girl with the toothache. Dr. Daniels being ill at Southport, she; had to go to Shallotte to see Dr. Holden for the purpose of having the (jt fending molar given some atten tion. The circumstances were such that we became independent of buses. We got a ride back right to our office door. And while Shallotte is up for mention, it is our impression that the Southport youngsters who compose the school band will be pleased at something that a nice young lady told us at the Coastal Drug Store in Shallotte Satur day. She spoke very flattering C Continued on page four) Hill Is Named County NCEA Head Next Year Principal Of Bolivia School Will Succeed Mrs. Verna T. Denning As Head Of Brunswick County Unit PLANS MADE FOR ANNUAL BANQUET Miss Catherine Dennis, Head Of Stats Vocational Home Economics Pro gram, Will Be Prin cipal Speaker The Brunswick County Unit of te N. C. E. A. met at the Waecamaw high school Monday afternoon with some 150 teach ers in attendance. This meeting was primarily for the election oi officers for the coming year and was presitjpd over by Mrs. Verna Denning, president for the past year. B. H. Hill of the Bolivia school was elected president, to succeed Mrs. Denning for the year 1953 ’54. Mrs. Mildred Naylor of Leland was elected vice-president and Frederick McClure of Bolivia was named secretary-treasurer. Delegates were named for the State N. C. E. A"’ meeting in Asheville, March 26-27-28. Rev. W. R. Morehead, pastor of the Bolivia' Baptist Church, ga* e the devotional and the Shallotte band rendered six concert num bers. The art workshop was set for April 29-30 at the Bolivia Li brary, the hours being from 6:30 to 9:30 p. m. This workshop will be under the direction of the State Department of Public In struction, Division of Instruction al Service. Fifty-five of the white teachers of Brunswick are scheduled to attend. Mrs. Denning’s term of office expires on Apfil 14. At that time a banquet will be held at the American Legion Hut at Shall otte with Miss Katherine Dennis, State Supervisor for Vocational Home Economics, as the after dinner speaker. Sheriff Returns Fugitive Here Sheriff E. V. Leonard And Deputy Drew Long Re turn To Brunswick With Man Wanted For Safe Robbery Sheriff E. V. Leonard and Dep uty Drew Long have returned from New Haven, Conn., with Howard Sapp, former resident of Florida, who was wanted in this county for breaking into the safe of the Brunswick Navigation Company last fall. Sapp is also wanted for obtaining the sum of 5642.74 from the Navigation Co., under false pretense. After leaving here with several companions he was arrested in New Haven on a charge of po session of burglary tools. Am ong the articles taken from the Brunswick Navigation Campany was a company check book, and Sapp had this in his possession when he was arrested on charge of having burglar tools. While he was serving a sen tence of some four months in New Haven the officials here fil ed a detainer against him and he was released to them Sunday to be brought back here. He is scheduled to be tried at the May 11 term of court. Donate Admissions To Oaks Plantation Owners Will Donate Proceeds From All Admissions To Dosher Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Pleasant Oaks Plantation, lo cated on the Cape Fear River about 18 miles up the river from Southport, will be open to the public Sunday,, with all proceeds from admissions going to the Dosher Memorial Hospital Aux iliary. These arrangements have been made through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Hargrove Bellamy, the owners. They purchased this beautiful Brunswick County plan tation several years ago from B. F. Adams of New York, who had started developing it into a paradise of naturai beauty. Since Pleasant Oaks has been acquired by the Bellamy’s a gre ater emphasis has been placed upon beautifying the grounds with thousands of camellias and azaleas. The combined efforts of the former owner aand the new owner have resulted in one of the most beautiful gardens in the tidewater area. Members of the Dosher Mem oriad Hospital Auxiliary will be at the gate Sunday and will be in charge of ticket sales. An admission charge of one dollar will be made for adults and 50 cents for children. Rail Contractor Will Begin Work March Designated Red Gross Month Governor William B. Gmstead, in issuing his first official pro clamation since taking office, has designated March as Red Cross Month in North Carolina and called upon all Tarheels to “give support to their Red Cross in its 1953 Fund Campa ign. The Governor’s proclamation oited “the neighborly, humani tarian services of the American Red Cross” and pointed out that Red Cross “helps to keep alive in the minds and hearts of people the elements of service, sacrifice, love and mercy.” Bad Hours For Visiting Dredge The Periods Just Following Change Of Shifts Likely To Result In Traffic Haz ards For Visitors To Sun ny Point Work Site There are no restrictions on motorists driving down for a view of the dredges pumping mud from the river onto the Sunny Point area, and hundreds of cars are availing themselves of this freedom each week. However, it is pointed out that the roads from the highway to the dredge locations are narrow. In addition one of these roads run parallel to a high dike that obseructs the view ahead. It is not advisable for the motor ists to drive down between 8 and 8:30 a. m., or 4 and 4:30 p. m., owing to the large number of cars of workers leaving the scene at such times. Dredging crews change at mid night, 8 a. m., and 4 p. m. All of the cars of the departing op erators are usually out of the narrow roads within half an hour after the crew changes. The Ventor of the Hill Dredg ing Company of New Jersey is working at the site of the old Menhaden Products Company, furtherst up the river. The No. 5 of the Hanby Corporation of Florida is at the sideway dock, just above the former tomato plant farm and the G. A. Mc Williams of the McWilliams Dre dging Company of New Orleans is nearest to Southport and at (Continued On Page Four) Brief Session Of Court Held Only Cases Growing Out Of Violations Of Traffic Re gulations Heard Monday In marked contrast to the large number of cases appearing for trial in last weeks term of Re corder’s Court, only five cases appeared on the minute book as having been disposed of Monday. The minute book shows the fol lowing cases handled: Clifton Sellers, reckless opera tion, motion for jury trial, bond $200., Charles Arthur Inman, no op erators license, fined $25 and costs. Raymond Grand Gause, speed ing, 75 miles per hour-, fined $35 and costs. James Edward Moore, no oper ators license, nol pros at insis tence of arresing officer. James Frank, non support, not guilty. Green Light Expected To Be Given Smith Construc tion Co. In Time For Work On Railroad To Start April 1 OTHER WORK WILL FOLLOW THIS START Carolina Power And Light Company Will Construct Lines Along Right-Of way Of Approach Railroad By W. B. KEZIAH Expectations are that the Wil liam A. Smith Company of Hous ton, Texas, will get orders to proceed on their Sunny Point railroad contract by the first of next week. The same expecta tions apply t.o the work getting started on or before April 1. It may be a few days either way. Chances of immediate activity seem good. Along with the early railroad construction the Caroli na Light and Power Company will start operations at the same time. They have already let their contract and have all ma terial on hand, according to a statement made this week by an official. The Power Company and the railroad will use the same right of way. The Port Construction Compa ny of Wilmington is now driv ing test piling for the railroad trestle across Town Creek and it is understood the same com pany will soon begin operations at Allen Creek. The railroad will oome around the upper end of Orton Pond. The William A. Smith Compa ny has the contract for the en tire railroad and has let sub contracts for the trestles. Other sub-contracts are for the clear ing of the right of way and grading. The Smith Company itself will lay the ties and rails. No information is available as to how long it will take to build the railroad but it has been said that the power company contrac tor will build their lines in 45 days. The railroad construction should be close behind as all will follow the same right of way. (Continued on page four) Bill Will Give Right To Vote Representative Odell Willi amson Introduces Meas ure To Give Property Owners Of Long Beach Right To Vote On Incor poration Representative Odell William son introduced the Long Beach Incorporation Bill in the House Monday night. A hearing will probably be called sometime next week and the advocates of incor poration, as 'well as those who are against it, may present them selves at the hearing. The introduction of the bill has been requested by a large num ber of the property owners. They say that the rapid expansion of the town is making it necessary to have some form of govern ment and to provide for water, garbage disposal, etc. The bill simply provides for the property owners the opportunity to say yes or no to the proposition. In the event they say yes, it also provides for the form of govern ment to take force. In stating that he would in troduce the bill the Brunswick representative merely added that he was in favor of giving the property owners the opportunity of saying whether they want in corporation or not. Draw Jury List For May Term J Superior Court Commissioners Held Meet ing As Board Of Equali zation And Review For Each Of First Three Day* This Week BELLAMY NAMED TO WELFARE BOARD Succeeds Henry Hickman As Member Of That Or ganization; Appoint ment For 3 Years — Sitting as a Board of Equali zation and Review Monday1, tJW Board of County Commissioners took time out from these duties to appoint B. E. Bellamy of Shat-' lotte a member of the Board of. Welfare for a term of three years.* This appointment was to fill the’, vacancy caused by the termina tion of the three year term term' of Henry Hickman. ~ ! The other two members of' this body are M. R. Sanders of' Southport and Carl Ward of Bo-* livia. „ ‘ The board also drew a jury list to serve at the May term <SE; Superior Court. This list is aa * follows: Ray Spencer, C. R. Livingston,; Franklin Potter, C. K. Lee, G.. W. Rabon and R. H. Creech, Southport. 3 B. J. King, Ronald D. Williams, C. M. Baldwin, Alice Skipper, (V H. Lanier and I. W. Long, Le-. land. Elbert I. Pigott, R. H. Wfl-I liams, W. H. Long, H. V. Ben- ■ nett, Shallotte. Elma High, J. E. Kirby, J. C. Robinson,. Supply; S. B. Benton, J. F. Little, I. M. Babson, I. T. Dutton, Ash; D. A. Whitley, Da vis C. Brown, Bolivia; M. K. King, D. P. Formyduval, I. M. Inman, Freeland; B. J. Mills, Winnabow. 4-H Club Week 1; Points Program Activities Of This Organiza tion For Boys And Girls Spotlighted By Press And Radio Last Week Last week millions of people heard the story of 4-H boys and girls as they develop into worth while leaders and citizens. Tha story was being told over and QV* er during the week by radio an4 newspapers throughout the coun try, according to A. S. Knowles, county agent. “There are 2280 organized clubs in North Carolina,” says Mr,’ Knowles. We have 10 ' in Bruns-, wick County. The membership in North Carolina is over 140,000. In our county the membership is over 600 boys and girls. theme this year is ^‘Working To gether for World Understanding.” 4-H club members are busy pro-i moting better understanding in their clbs, communities, the tion and the world. They leam by doing and by practicing the 4-H Club motto, which is "‘fa Make the Best Better.” - “The 4-H club program is de signed to teach boys and girls to develop their heads for better understanding, their hearts foe greater loyalty, their hands fop use and larger service, and tl.ei# health for better living,” reminds the county agent. In order ta carry out this pledge and objec tive, 4-H club members plan pro grams that contain educational value, wholesome recreation and project activities. In order to (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 Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association, High Tide Low Tide Thursday, March 19 11:09 a. m. 5:00 a. m. 11:34 p. m. 5:08 p. m. Friday, March 20 12:01 a. m. 5:54 a. m. 0:00 p. m. 6:00 p. m. Saturday, March 21 0:29 a. m. 6:51 a. m. 1:00 p. m. 6:57 p. m. Sunday, March 22 1:27 a. m. 7:53 a. m. 2:01 p. m. 7:59 p. m. Monday, March 23 2:27 a. m. 8:55 a. m. 3:08 p. m. 9:03 p. m. Tuesday, March 24 3:27 a. m. 9:53 a. m. 4:02 p. m. 10:03 p. T&' Wednesday, March 25 4:23 a. m. 10:44 a. m. 4:55 p. m. 10:57 p. m.
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