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Vol. No. SIXTEEN
No. 49
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
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PORT PILOT
A Good Community
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1953
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Construction Of
Railroad To Be
Speedy Progress
Reports Indicate That Green
Construction Co. And W.
A. Smith Outfit Work
Fast Once They Start
RIGHT-OF-WAY WILL
BEGIN ON MAY 5th
These Two Contracting
Firms May Remain On
Job For Building Site
Railroads
The work of the company bad
ly handicapped and delayed by
incessant rains during the winter
and other spring months, Gener
al Manager Bob Green of the
Green Construction Company of
Indiana, has definitely stated that
they will be here in Brunswick
County to clear and grade for
the Sunny Point railroad by May
5.
This company, said to be the
fastest bunch of road builders in
the United States, has been han
dling the Savannah River and
Aiken, S. C., A-bomb construc
tion work. The rains there dur
ing the winter and spring kept
the grounds too wet, much of it
under water, to permit the full
use . of the heavy equipment. En
gineering sources state that but
for this delay on the Savannah
River project, work would alrea
dy be in progress on the railroad
in Brunswick County.
The same engineering sources
state that a full freight train will
be required to move the Green
Construction Company here. In
addition, much of the equipment
may <pme overland from Savan
nah in the way of trucks and
trailers.
Since Green advised 15 days
ago that he would not be able to
finish up at Savannah and get
here before May 5, it is under
stood that he has had continuous
good weather, enabling him to
use the full force of heavy equip
ment. This fact may possibly
enable him to get here a few
days earlier than the date he
had originally set. He stated at
that time "By or before May 5.”
The .aiaa,v»l of Green for the
clearing and grading in Bruns
wick County will be followed in
short order by the coming of
the W. A. Smith Company of
Houston, Texas. The Smith Co.
will follow Green, laying the
ties and rails and placing the
load ballasting. With the two
powerful outfits working, offi
cial sources predict that it will
take them but a short time to
complete the 25 miles of access
railroad.
But even if the 25 miles of
railroad are completed in short
order, it may be a long time be
fore the two big companies leave
Brunswick county. Some 50 miles
of site railroad or sidings are
to be built after the 25 miles of
access railroad. A considerable
bit of mileage for this site rail
road will present a formidable
job as the rails on either side
will have to be flanked by 19
foot high earth walls.
There will also be a big road
builders job, both inside the in
stallation and to connect with
roads on' the outside. For this
highway building there will be
available the marl and limstone
rocks that are being dredged up
by the McWilliams Dredging Com
pany of New Orleans, La.
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LIONS TO MEET
The regular meeting of the
Southport Lions Club will be held
tomorrow (Thursday) at 12:30
o’clock in the Masonic building.
BASEBALL TOMORROW
Southport will play host to
Bolivia here tomorrow afternoon
in the first game of the season
between the two schools.
FLOWER SHOW
The Southport Woman’s Club
and the Southport Garden Club
will be joint sponsors of this
year’s flower show, which has
been scheduled for Friday, May
1, in the new high school gym
nasiums. Mrs. Phil King and Mrs.
W. L. Styron are co-chairman.
Bl R N ED ALL NIGHT
When Tax Collector Jack Brown
opened the door of his ■ car one
morning this past week he was
greeted by a sudden burst of
flames and a cloud of smoke.
He was able to quickly extinguish
the flames but the entire back
seat was destroyed. The car
had been left tightly closed the
previous evening and the fire
had evidently smouldered all
night, breaking into flames when
he opened the door and allowed
a draft of air to enter.
Southport Lawyer
Back From Korea
Lt. Kirby Sullivan Being Separated From Service With
U. S. Army At Fort Jackson; Will Return Here
First Lt. Kirby Sullivan, in the ?
Army since October 1951, and
with nine months of the time
spent in Korea, is receiving his
discharge at Camp Jackson to
day.
The young Brunswick county
officer left the United States
last May and spent most of the
intervening time with the 2nd
Infantry Division in Korea, He
served with the Judge Advocate
section near the front lines and
he reported yesterday that some
times the enemy lines reached to
within one mile of the headquar
ters installation.
When asked his opinion of the
present peace talks, his only
comment was “I hope they come
through”. He says that heavy
fighting still goes on, with seri
ous casualties continuing. He
says that the Red Chinese are
dug in and that blasting them
from their present positions will
be almost impossible.
When asked about the attitude
of the Red Chinese prisoners, he
replied that there are very few
of these. “We like to get them
for questioning,” he declared, but
our men have been able to take
very few alive.”
Here yesterday the young of
ficer stated he was returning to
Southport and resuming his law
practice immediately. He was
Solicitor of the Brunswick Coun
ty Recorder's Court at the time
he entered the service.
Southport May Get
General Cannery
Survey Being Conducted To
Determine Availability Of
Seafood Products And
Truck Crops For Use Lo
cally
BUILDING AVAILABLE
TO START OPERATION
Interested Organization Is
Experienced In Operations
Of This Nature; Like
Findings In This
Area
Southport' is believed to have
immediate prospects of getting
a shrimp and general canning
plant that will start with 125
employees and increase that to
a much larger number if suffi
cient products become available.
The former Fodale fish house,
built by PWA as a part of fish
ermen’s self help program, seems
to be spotted for the industry.
The main building as it now
stands has only a little over 5000
square feet of floor space. It is
said that this will do to start
with and that the company will
increase the size to 30,000 square
feet if enough canning products
become available.
Shrimp will be the main pro
duct to be handled, according to
present expectations. Modern
methods of freezing will enable
the plant to store considerable
quantities of this product dur
ing periods of good catches. This
would permit almost steady op
erations of some sort. Blueber
ries, with a big acreage already
developed, can be counted on
strongly.
For other products, the plant
would have to depend mainly on
the fanners within a transporta
tion area. The plans will be to
provide a good market for beans,
corn, potatoes, tomatoes and all
other products that can be cann
ed.
The plant would also provide a
ready market for clams, oysters
i and in some instances for game
(Continued on Page 4)
All Night Sing
Set For Bolivia
Lions Club Sponsoring All
Night Gospel Sing Satur
day In High School Audi
torium
The Bolivia Lions Club is
sponsoring an all-night Gospel
Sing for Saturday night of this
week. Activities will begin at
S o’clock and will go on for as
long as any group of singers
can lift their voices.
The event will take place at
the Bolivia school auditorium and
will be featured by the Ambassa
dors’ Quartet of Winston-Salem,
Renfro Trio of Zebulon and oth
ers, including local" groups, to
whom prizes will be given for
the best performances.
Douglas Hawes of the Bolivia
organization reports a big ad
vance sale of tickets. The pro
ceeds will be used for the vari
ous worthy causes that the Bo
livia Club is sponsoring.
Security Cards
May Be Secured
U. S. Coast Guard post secu
rity card applications will be
received in Southport Saturday
May 2, Coast Guard officials
announced today.
.Applications will be taken at
the following places and times:
Brunswick Navigation Co., 8
a. m.; Southport Fisheries, Inc.
11 a. m.; William S. Wells Fish
House, 1 p. m.
Coast Guard officials said
all waterfront workers Will be
required to have the security
cards after July 1.
Numerous Cases
Tried In Court
Long Docket Disposed Of
Monday With Traffic Cas
es Predominating The List
A long list of cases was dis
posed of here in Brunswick Coun
ty Recorder’s Court this week
with the following judgments be
ing handed down:
Leonard Otis Goldsmith, allow
ing minor to operate, costs.
Helen Holway Goldsmith, no
operator’s license, fined $25 and
costs.
Allen Benny Long, passing
stopped school bus, costs.
Walter Lee McCoy, aiding and
abetting in operating without li
cense, not guilty.
Ervin McCoy, no operator’s li
cense, fined $25 and costs.
Walter Jones Rayner, improp
er registration, nol pros at in
sistance of prosecuting attorney.
Victor C. Ganus, improper reg
istration and illegal parking,
costs.
Graham Thomas Tolar, speed
ing, fined $25 and costs.
Robert A. Chadwick, speeding,
fined $25 and costs.
William C. Frink, speeding,
fined $15 and costs.
Thomas Harry Shea, speeding,
reckless operation, fined $75 and
costs.
L. M. Hickman, no operator’s
license, fined $25 and costs.
Ronald Bailey Joyce, speeding,
fined $15 and costs.
Alma R. Cavaness, passing
stopped school bus, judgment
suspended on payment of costs.
Thomas Smith Bowmer, aiding
and abetting in driving without
license, costs.
Benjamin W. Evans, no opera
tor's license, fined $25 and costs.
Henry Allen Gales, no opera
tor’s license, fined $25 and costs.
Clayton Baxley, Jr., reckless op
eration, amended to speeding,
fined $25 and costs.
Elizabeth Williams, possession,
fined $200 and costs and placed
on good behavior for two years
or serve a six months sentence.
Levy McKinley Simmons, im
proper equipment, half the costs.
James Brown, public drunken
ness, fined $10 and costs.
Clyde B. Babson, reckless op
eration, not guilty.
William Mathews, failure to
Continued on page tour
Vacation Bible
School Clinic
Being Planned
Training Program For Prin
cipals And Teachers For
This Year’s Work Will Be
Held At Bolivia Baptist
Church
INFORMATION ON
NEW TEXTBOOKS
This Will Be An All-Day
Meeting And Those Who
Are Affected Are Urg
ed To Attend
All the Baptist churches in the
Brunswick Association are juged
to have their vacation Bible
School principals and fatuity
members at the Association^! Bi
ble School Clinic, Thursday^ Ap
ril 23. The clinic will i start
promptly at 10 o’clock in thf Bo
livia Baptist Church.
The following textbooks will be
taught by the ladies who attend
ed the State Clinic in Febriary:
Nursery Book A, Miss N ?rma
Lancaster; Beginner Book B,
Miss Rosie Jones; Primary Book
A, Mrs. LeRoy Hooks; J mior
Book D, Mrs. Goldie McKei Iran;
Intermediate Book D, Mrs. Lmnie
Hufham. Teachers are urg d to
bring this set of books with
them if they have them a aila
ble.
Mrs. A. S. Knowles, - Superin
tendent of Daily Vacation |5ible
Schools of the Association, will
lead in the joint worship period.
Mi’s. Margie Willetts will b>’ in
charge of all the music. Mrs.
Evelyn Bell and Mrs. Anna
Clemmons will carry the flags
and Mrs. Grace Grier will carry
the Bible.
If the Baptist churches have
not elected a principal and ‘tea
cher, they are urged to do so
and have them at this clinic.
Those who attend should bring
a sandwich and the ladies of
the Bolivia W. M. S. will serve
tea.
Apartment Work
Makes Progress
L. J. Hardee Here This Past
Week To Check Progress
Of Housing Units Under
Construction
Proceeding slowly as he has
to continue with his seafood pro
ducing business in Florida dur
ing the winter and spring, Lewis
Hardee, who spent the past week
at his home here, is going right
ahead with the apartment house
construction.
The walls are now all up on
his three buildings that are to
form nine apartments. Opera
tions may move along a little
faster now. Mr. Hardee said it
may be a long time before he
finished all of the Southport
building he had in view. He
said his construction may be
slow but it will be steady.
He has another building lot di
rectly across the street from
where he is building the nine
apartments. When they are fin
ished he says that he will start
the construction of six; more ap
artments, each with three bed
rooms. All of the apartments
now under construction are of
two bedrooms each.
The local man may not gjet
back with his boats from Key
West until the first of July, he
said. The time depends more Jir
less on shrimp production tlie^e.
(Continued on Page 4)
, Superintendent
J. T. DENNING, who was re
elected Superintendent of Bruns
wick County schools at a meet
ing of the new county board
of education here Monday night.
Mr. Denning is now completing
his third 2-year term in this
office. *i«HI
Divorce Cases
Tried In Court
Here Last Week
Little Else Of Importance
Disposed Of Before Judge
Q. K. Nimmocks In Court
Divorce cases took up most of
the time in Superior Court for
trial of civil cases here last week.
Judge Q. K. Nimocks of Fayette
ville presided.
The following decrees of di
vorcement were granted upon the
grounds of two years separation:
Gabriel Allande vs Cecilia Allan
de; Dorcas Watts Parker vs
Robert M. Parker; Robert W.
Dabbs vs Frances Marion Dabbs;
Harold King Bull vs Verna Mae
Bull. The marriage of Forest
Worley to Mary Ann Caison Wor
ley was annulled.
Numerous ether actions were
settled by consent and default
judgments were granted in nu
merous other matters.
Charlotte Men
Are Interested
Representative Of Charlotte
Real Estate Firm Expec
ted To Come Here To
Look Over Field
Charlotte real estate interests,
said to be associated with Penny
Brothers, widely known real es
tate mn and twin auctioneers,
are slated to be here this week,
preliminary to establishing a
corporation to deal in options,
leases and developments in the
Southport area.
It is understood that through
the development angle and their
widespread connections they plan
to acquaint and interest putsiders
into coming here and investing
in the numerous possibilities that
are being created by the gov
ernment installation.
Local men who are acquainted
with tlie situation and who also
have contacts have been approa
ched as to their going into the
business along with the Char
lotte men.
W. B. KKZ1AH
Still short of receiving its
nal top dressing of asphalt, t le
1 ecently widened stretch of Rot :e
No. 130 from Southport to Snutl ’s
Cross roads is rated as a gr» it
improvement. Until the wid< i
ing this was perhaps the nano t
est improved road in Brunswil k.
Trucks often found it impoa 1
ble to pass without running < ff
onto the shoulders of the ro
and accidents were rather f.
quent. Several deaths are cred t
ed to the narrow width diui g
recent years. A part of t le
longest straight stretch of ro .d
in North Carolina, its straglt
ness may be accounted for th
having been so few deaths as
result of wrecks.
More men are keeping bad »
lor quarters at Long Beach th n
anywhere else in Bruns*! k
County. They work, cook, eat
and sleep there. And there is a
perfectly good reason. People
from up-state who are building
new homes or remodeling old
ones have mostly found it neces
sary to bring contractors and la
borers with them. These work
ers, in addition to their tools,
briing cooking and sleeping equip
ment along with them. When
they have several houses to build
they usually prempt the first one
as living quarters, or else they
get some other home for quar
ters. Around a hundred work
ers from up state have been do
ing this “camping out" for weeks.
At Yaupon Village the first house
built 'lias since been used by
workers who have gone on and
built seven or eight more.
(Continued on Page 4)
Official Notice
Of Gift Taken
City Council Of Southport, England, Incorporates Accep
tance Of Gift In Official Minutes
At the February meeting of
the parks and cemetery commit
tee of the town council of South
port, England, Mrs. Mae Bam
ber, member of the council who
visited here three years ago, re
ported that Mayor- J. E. Gilbert
and the citizens of Southport,
N. C., had offered to present a
seat to the Southport Parks to
commemorate Coronation Year.
The following resolution was
passed:
“Resolved that the offer be ac
cepted and that the best thanks
of the Council be tendered to
Mayor Gilbert and the citizens of
Southport, North Carolina, U. S.
A., for their generous gift, and
also the councillor, Mrs. Bamber,
for her interest in the matter;
that the seat be placed in the
area of the Lord Street Boule
vards immediately in front of the
Palace Cinema, that the Ameri
can consul at Liverpool be invi
ted to plant an American White
Oak tree near the seat to com
memorate the gift and that the
Chairman and Vice Chairman be
authorized to make the necessary
arrangements for the ceremony
and for a suitable inscription to
be placed on the seat.”
Mrs. Bamber will be remem
bered as the charming English
visitor who came here while in
the United States two years ago.
The project resulting in the pur
chase of the bench resulted from
a subsequent visit made by Ed
Oliver, local man, to Southport,
England. Upon his return he
raised the necessary funds as a
gesture of friendship on the part
of local - citizens.
Methodist Churches
Will Hold Mission
Gilbert Files
For Mayor’s Job
J. A. Gilbert filed as a candi
date to succeed himself as mayor
of the City of Southport last
night, becoming the first candi
date to file for the city elction
on May 5. Saturday is the
deadline for filing.
There *has been considerable
speculation regarding a probable
list of candidates, and several of
the present members of the board
of aldermen have expressed a re
luctance to become candidates for
re-election.
Once more the warning is
made that only registered voters
may participate in the coming
election. Registration books will
remain open for the next 10 days,
and registrars will permit voters
to register if they will call at
their homes.
Plant Farm Off
To Good Start
Sheppard And Cochran
Have Several Acres Of
Tomato Plants Up And
Growing For Northern
Market
Sheppard -and Cochran, local
plant growers, report a good
stand on their 35 acres of toma
to plants, but due to the necessi
ty of starting from scratch in
preparing their land this winter,
harvesting of the plants will be
gin five or «ix days later than
usual.
Doing a little trucking on the
side, they have 12 acres in beans
and report an exceptionally good
stand of this crop.. They are
planting three acres in water
melons this week and within the
next few days they will set out
sixty thousand bell pepper plants.
Starting seven years ago, E.
H. Sheppard, organizer of the
local plant growing industry, has
demonstrated the adaptability of
Brunswick County soils for the
commercial production of plants.
During that time he has not
had a single crop failure, and this
year he would have expanded
his proportions but for the fact
that his farm was taken by the
government in the interest of
National defense.
For his first year Mr. Shep
pard leased land for growing the
plants. This leased land had
been cropped and recropped un
til it was badly impoverished. In
addition, much in the way of ob
jectionable weeds and grass had
taken hold. Nevertheless , his
plant crops were good.
For his second year he leased
land with the privilege of buy
ing. All of the land was in
woods and had to be cleared and
well worked. His crop that year
was exceptionally good and de
cided him on buying the land
and to extend the cleared area.
Each year since then has seen
more and more land cleared and
all that was in use kept up and
improved through the use of le
gumes. He had about 80 acres
in a high degree of fertility for
tomato plants when it appeared
that the government would de
mand the land. In addition to the
80 acres for tomatoes there was
also a considerable area of new
ly cleared and plowed land, rep
resenting the yearly increase,
and which would have been add
ed to the tomato plant acre
.(Continued On Page Four)
Visiting Ministers From
South Carolina Conferen
ce Will Conduct Series Of
Services In County Next
Week
EVANGELISTIC MISSION
WJJ-L BEGIN SUNDAY
Program Announced For
Simultaneous Revival For
All Methodist Churches
In Brunswick County
The United Evangelistic Mis
sion begins Sunday in Methodist
churches throughout the North
Carolina Conference and visiting
ministers from the South Car
olina Conference will preach dur
ing the following week in four
charges in Brunswick County.
At Southport services will be
held each evening at 7:30 o’clock
with the Rev. John W. Cooley
of Cameron, S. C., as guest min
ister. The Rev. Norwood L.
Jones is pastor of Trinity Meth
odist church.
The visiting ministers for the
Shallotte circuit, of which the
Rev. J. T. Fisher is pastor, will
be the Rev. W. L. Parker of
Chesterfield, S. C. All services
will be held at Sharon Methodist
Church and will begin at 7:30
o’clock.
The Rev. Joe H. Sowell of Es
till, S. C., will conduct services
throughout the week in the Town
Creek charge. The Rev. C. L.
Warren is the pastor, and has
worked out the following sched
ule: Sunday morning, 11:30, Zion
Methodist Church, Winnabow;
Sunday evening through Wednes
day evening, Bethel Methodist
church, Bolivia; Thursday and
Friday evening, Zion Methodist
church, Winnabow. All evening
services will be held at 7:30
o’clock.
A visitation program is a part
of the progarm, and the slogan is
“You Need Christ Now”.
Next month ministers from the
North Carolina Conference, in
cluding those from Brunswick
County, will go to South Caroli
na for assignment to various
charges to conduct a similar
preaching mission.
Ground Observer
Meeting Monday
Representative From Char
lotte Filter Center Will
Meet With Local Group
Of Volunteers In Court
house
A meeting will be held at 8
o’clock Monday night in the
Brunswick county courthouse to
explain the program of the U.
S. Air Force in setting up Ground
Observer posts throughout the
United States and to train vol
unteers who will agree to man a
post in Southport, in the event
of a National emergency.
A brief explanation of this or
ganization was made at the last
meeting of the Southport Lions
Club by WO-jg Sy de Vries of
the Charlotte Filter Center. Af
ter hearing his account of the ur
gency, of this program the mem
bers of the local Lions Club ag
reed to sponsor the public nieet
ing scheduled for Monday night.
According to WO-jg de Vries
the ground observers will be in
a stand-by status until such time
as a critical need may arise. He
pointed out that the great need
is to have in being an organiza
tion which can function effec
Continued On Page Four)
Speaker Declare!
Home Is Cradle
For Democracy
Miss Catherine T. Dennis
Was Principal Speaker
Before Brunswick County
NCEA In Shallotte Last
Night
BANQUET MEETING
IN LEGION HUT
Bruce H. Hill Succeeds
Verna T. Denning As .
President Of Orga
nization
Speaking last night at the
Brunswick County NCEA ban
quet at Shallotte, Miss Catherine
T. Dennis, state supervisor of
home economics education, de-'
dared that "The stronghold of.
Democracy lies in the home. It
is here that we learn the rules’
of fair play, where we learn to.
give and take and where we learn
to live by the Golden Rule.” ‘ ’
Miss Dennis was the principal*
speaker at this banquet meeting
that was held in Shallotte Legion
Hut, and was attended by merp-'
bers of the board of education,,
members of the local school
board, members of the board
county commissioners in addition*
to school teachers and their wives"
and husbands.
Mrs. Verna T. Denning, this*
year’s president of the organize.-,
tion, presided over the meeting*
and J. T. Denning, county super-"
intendent of schools, served as.
master of ceremonies. Special"
entertainment was provided by aC
trio of trumpet players from the
Shallotte high school band,, in-'
eluding Donald Bibb McKeithan„’
Marion Ballard and DeWayn®
Tripp; and by Lanier Roach’s dis
course on “Little Jack Horner”,
Miss Dennis was introduced by
Miss Cleon McLaurin, head of
the home economics department’
at Shallotte. "
Miss Dennis showed that there
has been a marked change in ed
ucational trends during the past
few years, with major emphosis
being placed upon equipping the
high school graduate to earn a
living in some vocation. She
pointed out that about 50 per
cent of our present day house
wives work at employment out
side the home.
She emphasized that this has
imposed an even greater respon
sibility upon teachers of home
economics who not only must
teach their students to budget
their time and efforts wisely
and efficiently, but must servg
as counselors for them in many
of their everyday problems. “This
is why we must have the very
finest persons possible to hold
positions as home economics tea
chers.”
Miss Dennis reported that an
economy minded Congress tiap
made a drastic curtailment of
funds for providing Federal aid
for vocational education and ex
(Coutinued on Page 4)
Revival Meeting
At Soldier By
The young people of Soldier
Bay Baptist Church are sponsor*
ing a revival beginning Thursday
evening at 7:30. The message
will be brought each evening at
8 o’clock by the Rev. Woodrow
W. Robbins, pastor of Lexington
Avenue Baptist Church, High
Posnt. The final message will
be brought Sunday morning April
19, at 11 o’clock. Sunday School
will begin at 10 oclock.
The Sunday School has set an
attendance goal of 200 for that
Sunday. Everyone is cordially in
vited to attend every service.
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, April 16
9:56 a. m. 3:50 a. m.
10:10 p. m. 3:53 p. m.
Friday, April 17
10:46 a. m. 4:39 a. m.
11:08 p. m. 4:41 p. m.
Saturday, April 18
11:30 a. m. f,:30 a. m
11:59 p. m. 5:31 p. m,
Sunday, April 19
0:00 m. 6:22 a. m
12:34 p. m. 6:26 p. to,
Monday, April 20
0:53 a. m. 7:18 a. m.
1:31 p. m 7:26 p. m.
Tuesday, April 21
1:47 a. m. 8:15 a. m,
2:29 p. m. 8:28 p. m.
Wednesday, April 22
2:43 a. m. 9:10 a. m.
3:25 p. m. 9:27 p. ra.