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No- 47 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORFT, W,
In
PORT PILOT
A Good Community
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1953
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
$1.50 PER YEAR
Examination For
Rural Carrier
On Ash Route
Announcement Made Of
Competitive Examination
To Fill Vacancy In Posi
tion Of Rural Mail Car
rier
BASE PAY SET AT
$3,158 PER YEAR
Examination Will Be Held
At Post Office In White
ville At Date To Be
Announced Later
The United States Civil Ser
vice Commission has announced
an examination to fill the po
sition of rural carrier at Ash.
The examination will be held
at Whiteville and receipt of ap
plications will close on April 23,
1953. The date of examination
will be stated on admission cards
mailed to applicants after the
closing date for receipt of ap
plications.
On a standard daily route of
30 miles the salary of a rural
carrier is $3,158, with $20 per
year for each mile or major frac
tion in excess thereof. Salaries
on shorter routes or routes with
less frequent service are approx
imately less.
Rural carriers whose services
are satisfactory receive regular
promotions.
All rural carriers must furn
ish and maintain, at their ex
pense, sufficient vehicle equip
ment for the prompt handling of
the mails. They are allowed an
equipment maintenance at nine
cents per mile on the basis of
the daily mileage scheduled. This
amounts to $823.50 per year for
a 30-mile route.
The examination will be open
only to citizens of, or persons who
owe allegiance to, the United
States who are actually residing
in the territory served by the
post office where the vacancy
exists, who hove been actually
residing there for one year next
preceding the closing date for
receipt of applications, and who
meet the other requirements set
forth in Form AN-1977. Both
men aand women, if qualified,
may enter this examination, but
appointing officers have the legal
right to specify the sex desired
in requesting certification of el
igibles.
Form AN-1977 and application
blanks can be obtained from the
Ash post office or from the Uni
ted States Civil Service Commis
sion at Washington 25, D. C. Ap
plications must be on file with
the Commission at Washington
25, D. C., prior to the close of
business on April 23, 1953.
BritfNtmi
Flashtt
PTA POSTPONED
The regular meeting of the
Southport Parent-Teacher Associ
ation has been postponed until
Thursday night of next week be
cause of Holy Week services and
other practice.
LIONS SPEAKER '
Ennis R. Carlson, special agent
for the Federal Bureau of Inves
tigation, will be the speaker to
morrow at the regular meeting
of the Southport Lions Club. The
club will meet at 12:30 o’clock
in the Masonic building.
BOATS DOING WELL
Southport boats fishing in Flor
ida until about May, are said
to be having a good production
year. Much of the earlier part
of the season was bad, but things
have picked up in recent weeks.
The boats will likely be heading
for Southport in May.
GOOD HERRING SEASON
Fishermen say that they are
now having a fine herring sea
son on Town Creek and that
great numbers of the fish have
been caught. Fish frys are now
in order aand many fishing par
ties are coming a long distance
to take advantage of the fine
fishing that the stream affords.
SOUTHPORT VISITORS
Dr. and Mrs. M. C. Guthrie of
Washington, D. C., are visiting
Capt. and Mrs. Roy Robinson.
Mrs. Guthrie, who is an accomp
lished musician, is singing with
the community chorus in the Eas
ter Cantata here Sunday after
noon.
TOMATO PLANTS UP
Tomatto plants are coming up
well on the Sheppard and Coch
ran commercial plant farm. They
have about 35 acres drilled to the
seed and the planting was done at
a time when it is expected to
have the plants ready when the
climate in New Jersey will per
mit transplanting.
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Return From Guam
Mrs. Maynard A. Miller and children, Connie Mae
and Ellen, who are spending a few days here with Mrs.
Miller’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warden Lewis. Connie
Mae was born in Guam, where her father was stationed
more than two years. Returning to the States in Febru
ary, he is now awaiting reassignment in the Navy.
Methodists Plan
Evangelistic Meet
Brunswick County Churches
Will Participate In Big
Program Extending Over
Nine Southeastern States
VISITING MINISTERS
WILL FILL PULPITS
Exchange Plan Being Work
ed Out With South Caro
lina Conference, With
Local Ministers To Go
There Later
The Methodist Churches in
Brunswick County will partici
pate in United Evangelistic Mis
sion beginning April 17 and ex
tending through April 24. Preach
ing services will be conducted
each day through that week ifi
each charge. »
This is in cooperation with the
Southeastern Jurisdiction Evan
gelistic Mission, which covers 9
states, including 12,000 pastoral
charges. Unique in this program
is the plan for reciprocal ex
change of ministers between the
North Carolina and South Caro
lina Conference.
Under this arrangement four
ministers serving South Carolina
charges will spend the week of
the mission preachingg in Brun
swick County. During the montli
the month of May Methodist min
isters from Brunswick county
will join in the South Carolina
phase of this evengelistic pro
gram.
Announcement will be made at
a later date of the names of min
isters who will fill pulpits in
Brunswick County and schedule
of services also will be made
known.
In conjunction with the evan
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Urges Families
To Grow Garden
County Agent A. S. Knowl
es Gives Advice To Those
Who Plan To Grow Gar
den This Spring
Farm families and urban fami
lies alike are urged to grow more
garden vegetables this year, as
County Agent A. S. Knowles j
points out several gardening [
hints.
To begin with, the county ag
ent suggests the garden be lo
cated on land free of nemaodes
or treat the soil to reduce the
damage from these pests. The
next important hint is to use at
the rate of 1500 to 2000 pounds I
of 6-8-6 or 8-8-8 fertiliizer per
acre. The garden should be plan
ted to a wide variety of vegeta
bles as well as beans, peas, corn,
etc.
The amount of garden to plant
depends on the number of people
to eat from it. Plant sufficient
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Superior Court
Convenes Tuesday
The April term of Brunswick
County Superior Court for the
trial of civil cases will convene
on Tuesday of next week, and
Clark of Court Sam T. Bennett
is anxious for all persons hav
ing business at this term of
court to note that the session
will be one day late in start
ing. .
This is due to the fact that
Easter Monday will be obser
ved as a holiday by all county
offices, including the board of
county commissioners, who nor
mally would meet at that time.
The city offices also will be
closed for business, as will the
Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co.,
at both its Southport and Shal
lotte branch.
Southport Man
Presents Case
James C. Bowman Spoke
Before Members Of Amer
ican Shore And Beach
Preservation Association
Thursday
James C. Bowman, Southport
attorney, spoke before the Amer
ican Shore and Beach Preserva
tion Association in Wilmington
Thursday with regard to the need
for dredging and maintaining the
channel at Lockwoods Follw Inlet
The case presented by the Sou
thport lawyer was three-phase.
Greatest emphasis was placed on
the need of Brunswick County
fishermen for the facilities af
forded by the inlet when it is in
a navigable condition. He point
ed out that 50 commercial fishing
craft use that inlet when the
weather and tide permit, and he
showed the danger and the hard
ship imposed when the channel
shoals up and boats are unable
to pass through except at high '
tide. :
In his discussion Attorney Bow
man also gave consideration to .
the hazards of shoals- in the in
land waterway and suggested that '
this is a direct result of wind
and tide a.s it moves sand into
and through the Lockwoods Fol- '
ly Inlet.
A third matter of concern, he
pointed out is the erosion of the
strand at Holden Beach, where
the shoreline has moved inland
for a distance of 250 feet within
the past 10 years.
The Southport man called for
a united effort on the part of
all persons concerned to get an
appropriation from Con g r e s s
which will make possible improve
ments which correct these trou
bles.
Services Bel
Held This |ek
Before lster
Holy Week ServidMSemg
Conducted At T|prinity
Methodist Churcl Each
Night This Weel
EASTER CANTATA
SUNDAY AFTfelOON
Choir Members Fr4|rVari
ous Churches Wi« nite
In Presenting Prlipm
At Methodist Clnh
e par
ies for
pre
ns on
Residents of Southpo:
ticipating in various
Holy Week and are
paring for special pr<
Sunday.
Each evening du'ring
Holy Week services
conducted at Trinity
Church, with the pastor,!
N. L. Jones, doing the
Special music is bein
ed by the choirs of thr
churches for the Sunday
services, and full con
are expected to attend.
At 4:30 o’clock Sundaytfter
noon the combined choirs', f the
various churches will ftgesent
"The Empty Tomb", und< the
direction of Paul Pittinger The
program will be held in fenity
Methodist Church and a caicity
congregation is expected.^1
Also in progress this yjftk is
a series of Holy Week ige iees
at the various colored cbtches
of the community. Eacif ight
there is a different minlst in
charge of the service, anǤrasic
is presented by a different coir.
This leads up to another tra
ditional observance of EdifSt' in
Southport, the pre-dawn ’siting
by the colored citizens of the
community. This is a eustonea
gerly looked forward to by old
and new residents alike
Three Dredge
Back At Ho
McWilliams sending lnt
esting Assortment of IV
terial Ashore Through
Pipe Line
Unhampered recently by 1
weather, the three big. dredj
operating on the Sunny Po
dock area are now making t
speed at their around the ck
operations.
An accident to her huge ti
bines caused the stopping of t
McWilliams part of last we
All workers remained on the ;
and at 5 o’clock Friday 1
5,500 horse power pressure
her pumps was sending a hu
stream of mud into the main dil
This dike, largest of all, st
rounds some 1,100 acres of la
and when it is filled the ent
area will have been built
from about 8 to 18 feet abo
the original ground surface e
vation. Before moving up
this dike the McWilliams fill
up a big area of marsh land
ing between the McRackan fai
and the original Sunny Poi
tract or old Sorrensen farm.
Over this past week-end vis
ors to the McWilliams operatio
could drive in their cars
within 200 feet of the mou
nf the disposal pipe. As the di
posal piles up the pipes are e
tended a little further into t
like each day. The disposal i
ong the advancing pipe is pe
:ectly solid. Visitors do not e
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W. B. KEZIAH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
Asking Kimball Jenrette regar-1
ling his livestock this week, the
■oung Waccamaw township man
said he was out of the cattle
msiness now, but intended going
jack to raising angus cattle in
i year or so. He has, he said, 17
jrood sows, two fine boars and
>0 or 60 pigs and shoats. I He
lsually raises all of his pigB on
uasture, fattens them up f and
sells them wholesale. Kimball’s
’ather, John Jenrette, is r. 'W in
lis 83rd year, and is as active as
any man of 50. Kimball said that
lis father could still do a| full
lay’s work alongside of anybody
ind that he did not feel it af
terwards. We agree with) him
hat Mr. Jenrette can still do
things. He kept right up with us
luring a two-mile walk around
me of the dikes. And they usu
ally described our walk as being
something of a dog trot.
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They were only beginners and
as such could not rate with oth
er hands taking part in the
Wilmington Azalea Festival. Still
every Southport mother whose
chick took part in the event has
leason to feel proud of her off
spring. The youngsters did well
and having appeared both in the
Shallotte and Wilmington events,
we believe that Director Paul
Pittinger, Jr., and his charges
are well set to finish their first
year of training and set out on
the second one with the full de
termination to become a compact
little musical organization that
parents and the community will
continue to be proud of.
The folks who saw the antique
automobiles in the Festival Pa
rade in Wilmington Saturday
may possibly have an opportunity
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Deceased
DR. ROY C. DANIEL,
Dr. Roy C. Daniel
Dies Here After
Lengthy Illness
Popular Southport Dentist
Laid To Rest In Southport
Cemetery Sunday In Pre
sence Of Throng Of Sor
rowing Friends
Dr. Roy. C. Daniel, native of
Southport, dental surgeon here for
the past 25 years, died Friday
night at the Dosher Memorial
Hospital. Dr. Daniel had been
seriously ill, for the past six
months and for the past two
weeks his condition has been crit
ical.
A son of the late J. N. and
Mrs. Ida Robbins Daniel, he stud
ied dentistry following study at
Trinity College. Obtaining his
degree he located here in his
home town and rapidly built up
«' reputation as a successful den
''-fc-a -n round g-ood citizen.
For the past 17 years lie was
president of the Southport Build
ing and Loan Association and in
addition to his dental practice he
owned the Southport Hardware
Store.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Eunice Finch Daniel, and
one son, Roy C. Daniel, Jr., stu
dent at Southport High School.
Funeral services were held at
3 o’clock Sunday afternoon from
the Southport Baptist Church,
where Dr. Daniel has been a life
long member, and was a mem
ber of the board of deacons. Rev.
T. D. Tolar, pastor of the church,
was assisted in the services by
Rev. A. L. Brown and Rev. H. M.
Baker, farmer pastors, and by
Rev. J. M. Waggett of the Pres
byterian Church and Rev. Nor
wood Jones of Trinity Methodist
Church.
Burial was in the Southport
Cemetery with full Masonic rites.
Active pallbearers were Wil
liam McDowell, H. T. St. George,
David Garrish, William Jorgen
sen, M. R. Sanders, E. E. Parker,
Thomas St. George and Dan Har
relson.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr.
L. G. Brown, Dr. F. M. Burdette,
Dr. W. S. Dosher, Capt. J. B.
! Church, Capt. J. I. Davis, Price
Purpless, ,J. A. McNeill, Edwin
Dosher, J. A. Gilbert, Davis Her
ring, Ormond Leggette, Robert
Risley, John William Fredericks,
Robert Bellamy, Marion Spencer,
R. M. Willis, J. J. Loughlin, Prince
O’Brien, S. B. Frink, W. T. Ful
wood, H. B. Smith, Joel Moore,
John Swain, E. H. Arrington, R.
(Continued on page 4)
Oaks Plantation
Being Improved
New Owners Have Made Rapid Progress In Developing
This Into Another Beautiful Garden
Pleasant Oaks Plantation , a
4,000-acre estate with one of the
South’s most beautiful gardens,
will be at its best during the
coming Easter week-end.
The gardens, framed by the
Cape Fear River and large
ponds, contain countless azelea,
camellias, dogwoods, magnolia,
hollies, pines and moss-draped
oaks.
The plantation is located about
18 miles from Southport on the
River Road, a short distance from
the world-famed Orton Planta
tion.
It is owned by Hargrove Bella
my, head of a wholesale drug
firm, who purchased it about 3
years ago from the from the late
F. B. Adams, former chairman of
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad,
who had the estate for 20 years
and planted many of the avenues
of oaks.
For natural beauty, the ga
dens are perhaps without peer'”11
the nation. Extensive azelaes
camellia plantings have
made by Bellamy, who expects tp
add 12,000 additional plants tb*s
fall. Already the gardens have
created wide attention and, with
in a few years are expected to
be the finest of their kind in Am
erica.
The camellias are especially out
standing, since the owner is
planting only with t*e finest spe
cimens available.
Last year 3,5^* visitors saw
the gardens an* even more are
expected this »®ason. It is one
of the few laJ^e gardens that can
be seen by driving through and
remaining 11 the car.
Unlike host such gardens which
surround a colonial home, the
Bellanr home is a ranch-type
mode*,istic structure of high
pict**e windows, natural pine si
diri and white-washed brick,
jve home is designed to offer a
lull view of the beautiful vistas
iround it.
Pleasant Oaks Plantation also
lias extensive pastures and
herds of herford cattle that will
interest many visitors.
B runs \n ck Flowers
At Peak For Easter
First Tobacco Is
Set In County
Floyd King of Freeland is
the first farmer reporting set
ting tobacco in Brunswick
County this year, according to
County Agent A. S. Knowles.
Mr. King set an acre about the
middle of last week. It began
getting cooler right after set
ting the weed. He stated that
his plants had to be pulled,
and he decided to set them.
Blue mold has been reported
as mild so far, but the county
agent suggests that treatment
against this disease be contin
ued until the crop is set. The
disease is already wide-spread,
and can attack plants in a mo
ment if plants are unprotected.
Numerous Cases
Tried In Court
Lengthy Docket Was Dispos
ed Of Here In Brunswick
County Recorder’s Court
Monday
An unusually lengthy session
of Brunswick County Recorder's
Court was disposed of here on
Monday with the following sen
tences being meted out:
Andrew Vanderast, drunken
driving, 90 days on the roads,
judgment suspended on payment
of a fine of $100 and costs and
$20 property damage.
Bennie R. James, no operat
ors’ license, improper equipment,
fined $25 and costs.
Randal James Eagles, Jr., im
proper equipment, half the cost.
Robert L. Johnson, drunken dri
ving, amended to reckless oper
ation, fined $50 and costs.
John Howard Johnson, non
support, nol pros with leave.
Mitchell Jackson, reckless op
eration, fined $25 and costs.
Robert Blake, public drunken
ness, 30 days on the roads, sus
pended on condition that defen
dant be of good behavior for two
years.
Bully Gainey, speeding, prayer
for judgment continued.
Henry Hewett, worthless check,
judgment suspended on payment
of costs, restitution having been
made for the amount of the
cneca.
Israel Davis, non-support, nol
pros with leave.
Melville Davis Marchouse, spee
ding, fined $25 and costs.
David Hobbs, failing to give
hand signals, not guilty.
Rudy Williams Clark, no oper
ators license, fined $25 and costs.
Marvin Taylor Clark, Jr., aid
ing and abetting in operating
without license, judgment suspen
ded on payment of costs.
Isaac Jackson Tatum, follow
ing too close, not guilty.
Jessie Dailey, overloading, costs.
Mary Roberts Cogburn, no op
erators’ license, fined $25 and
costs.
Fran Cole Cogburn, aiding and
abetting operating without license
costs.
Ralph Len Hewett, speeding,
fined $25 and costs.
Virginia Garris Love, speeding,
Continued on page tour
Barring Unexpected Bad £
Weather Azaleas And \
Dogwood Should Reach j
High Spot Of Season’s
Beauty This Week
ORTON DRAWING
HUGE THRONGS
Many Visitors At Pleasant
Oaks And At Other Cape
Fear River Gardens;
Franklin Park Is
Beautiful
Brunswick County will be the
Mecca this week for thousands
of flower worshipping visitors
who should see the most beauti
ful display of camellias and aza
leas ever in bloom at one time
in this section of the country.
The only thing that can hap
pen to upset plans for the com
ing Easter week-end is bad wea
ther. A sudden and unexpected
freeze could ruin millions of
precocious blossoms which have
come along earlier than usual
this season because of the early
spring.
Orton Gardens will be the big
attraction, and if the past week
end was a fair example, a rec
ord number of visitors is in pros
pect. Saturday and Sunday were
two of the best days in the his
tory of this historic Cape Fear
plantation.
Hundreds of visitors also en
joyed the beauty of Oaks Plan
tation and of Clarendon.
At Southport Franklin Park, a
mass of azaleas and camellias
nestled beneath giant hve oaks,
is the principal beauty spot and
scores of visiting cars are parked
while their occupants walk
through this scene of loveliness.
Miss Marie Swan
Worthy Matron
Honored At Installation Ser
vice Held On Wednesday
Evening At Masonic Hall
In Southport
Miss Marie Swan and Bertrand
Holden were installed as Worthy
Matron and Worthy Patron of
Live Oak Chapter No. 179, Or
der of Eastern Star, in a public
installation ceremony held at the
Masonic Hall last Wednesday ev
ening.
Mrs. Mary J. Bennett and B.
J. Holden, the retiring Worthy
Matron and Worthy Patron, of
ficially opened the meeting. Mrs.
Velma Ward and Mrs. Majorie
Livingston presented the flags.
Mrs. Alice St. George, Past
Matron of the organization, was
the installation officer.
The other officers installed for
the year were Mrs. Amoretta
Burr, associate matron: John Er
ickson, associate patron; Mrs. Ju
lia Sanders, secretary; Miss Lot
tie Newton, treasurer; Mrs. Ma
jorie Livingston, conductress;
Mrs. Faye Potter, associate con
ductress; Mrs. Margaret Hood,
Chaplain; Mrs. •Thelma Willis,
marshall; Mrs. Harry Bussells,
organist; Mrs. Matilda Barnett,
Adair; Mrs. Bobbie Daniels, Ruth;
Mrs. Myrtle Lester, Esther; Mrs.
Geneva Smith, Martha; Mrs. Jes
I sie Swan, Electa; Mrs. Vergie
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Dredge Is Able
To Remove Rock
Without Blast
Engineer Believes It Will Be
Unnecessary To Blast In
Order To Remove Rock
Near Sunny Point Dock
DREDGE NO. 5 IS
BACK ON ROCKS
This Vessel Does Not Pile
Up Disposal As Rapidly
As Others But Work Is
Getting Valuable
Results
Accordin to Don Mitchell, chief
engineer for the McWilliams
Dredging Company of New Or
leans, blasting will not be neces
sary to remove the lip of rock
from the river at the site of
Dock No. 2. Outside of a few
breaks to its digger and rock
cutter, the No. 5 dredge of the
Hanby Construction Company of
Florida is getting the rock' out
ilright.
With a new rock cutter on her
Jigger head and repaired ones in
■eserve, the Hanby Corporation
dredge No. 5, moved out of the
nud and onto her 4-acre roek
5ile this morning. While the
'ock area is fairly large it is
iaid to be only about four feet
hick. Early estimates were that
t would have to be blasted
While her rock ‘5’ :mov
ng hospitalijfrr’e mud and kept
pumping like an oil
usher. She was in black silt
nd she created about the worst
mell on the river while she was
ut there. On her pet rocks ag
in she is the chief noise maker
nth the rocks thundering along
nside her steel pipeline.
Work with its rock cutter re
mits in less production of dis
>osal by the No. 5. The digger
las to go about the rock moro
cautiously to prevent breakage,
rhis dredge is not piiling up as
much disposal as the other two
but it is pounding steadily away.
When a rock cutting head breaks
the No. 5 replaces it with a reg
ular mud head and moves off
the rock to pump from a new lo
cation until the rock cutter is
repaired.
At the No. 3 dock area, fur
thermost up the river from South
port, the Ventor of the Hill Dre
dging Company of New Jersey
has been pumping steadily away
without accident. On the job
the longest and having little trou
ble, it has pumped out an enor
mous amount of mud, disposing
it all in its dike.
The huge G. A. Williams, hav
ing had trouble with its turbine
for a few days, went back t6
work during the week-end. While
waiting for replacement part3 to
be flown in her entire force of
over a hundred men have contin
ued steadily at work. They have
been stringing the huge 29-inch
pipes and building roads.
The work goes on day and
night, three shifts of men being
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Air Forcemen Go
To Sabine, Texas
Eleven of the men here for
the past year as part of the Air
Sea Rescue outfit for the U. S.
Air Force, were transferred yes
terday to Sabine, Texas. Their
going leaves a permanent force of
27 men here for the handling of
the two boats and other work
in connection with the station.
It is said that only three of
the 11 men who were transferred
are married. Practically all re
maining at the station have fam
lies living here.
Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
for Southport (luring 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, April 3
9:22 a. m. 3:44 a.
9:53 p. m. 3:39 p.
Friday, April 3
9:58
10:34
10:41
11:22
1:22
1:46
2:31
2:58
4:23 a.
4:15 p.
April 4
5:08 a.
4:39 p.
April 5
5:58 a.
5:52 p.
April 6
6:56 a.
6:56 p.
April 7
8:00 a.
8:09 p.
Wednesday, April 8
a. m. 9:05 a.
p. m. 9:22 p.
a. m.
p. m.
Saturday,
a. m.
p. m.
Sunday,
11:33 a. m.
0:00 p. m.
Monday,
0:18 a. in.
12:35 p. m.
Tuesday,
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