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No. 5
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WED
PORT PILOT
n A Good Community
T
Y, JUNE 10, 1953
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
$1.50 PER YEAR
Application Is
Made For Ferry
Near Shallotte
Odell Williamson And M.
C. Gore Seek Permission
To Place Ferry In Opera
tion Across Inland Water
way At Brick Landing
SPECIFICATIONS ON
FILE IN WILMINGTON
From Description Of Pro
posed Operation Would
Appear To Be Similar
To One Now At Hol
den Beach
With plans to open up their
beach area between Shallotte
Point and Seaside, Odell William
son and M. C. Gore are now hav
ing a ferry constructed with
plans to place it in operation on
the waterway at Brick Landing
at the location known as Little
Beach. The ferry will be open
to the public and no charge will
be made for its use.
In relation to this ferry Col.
R. C. Brown, Corps of Engineers,
Wilmington District, has issued
the following public notice to in
terested parties:
“You are hereby notified that
M. C. Gore and Odell William
son, Shallotte, have made appli
cation for permit to construct a
submerged ferry cable across the
Atlantic Intracoastal waterway,
and to dredge slips on each side
of the waterway at Brick Land
ing. Brunswick County, approxi
mately 300 feet east of Beacon
No. 84.
“Plans submitted show that a
slip 22 feet wide and extending
shoreward 40 feet from the low
water line will be dredged to a
depth of 4 feet, mean low water.
The dredge material of approxi
mately 180 cubic yards is to be
deposited on shore.
Plans show that the ferry ca
ble ■ will have a horizontal clear
ance of 210 feet and will be low
ered to the bed of the waterway
at all times when the ferry is not
in operation. A responsible op
erator will be on duty when the
ferry is in operation and upon
approach of a vessel the cable
will be lowered to the bed of
the waterway. The ferry will be
open to the public aand no charge
will be made for its use.
“Plans showing the proposed
work may be seen at this office
and at the post offices at Shal
lotte and Southport.
“Please advise me if you have
any objections to this work from
the standpoint of navigation, or
if you know of any person, firm
or association who may be op
posed to such work.
“Objections to the proposed
work, if any, will be received at
this office until June 15, 1953.
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UNDERGOES OPERATION
Willie Cooker of Southport is
in the James Walker Hospital
where he underwent an operation
on Monday. Reports say he is
doing nicely.
VACATION VISIT
Mrs. A. H. Marshall, Mrs. Jose
phine Marshall and her son, Dic
kie, all of Ohio, are spending a
month in Southport and at Long
Beach. The elder Mrs. Marshall
is the widow of the late Rev. A.
H. Marshall, widely known Epis
copal clergyman, who died here
shortly before World War II.
YAUPON VILLAGE CAFE
The new Cafe at Yaupon Vil
lage oi\ Long Beach will be op
erating within another two weeks
according to the expectations of
the builders. F. G. Barbee, de
veloper of the village, says that
the place will seat about 60
people.
CANADIAN TRIP
Wm. L. Styron of the Cape
Fear Pilots Association, Mrs.
Styron and their little daughter,
Carolyn, are on a two weeks
vacation trip through parts of
Canada. They took their fish
ing tackle along and Styron says
he will have some fresh water
fishing tales to relate when they
return.
TO BUY HOME HEBE
Lieut. James McKeithan is
spending several days here and
with his mother in Wilmington.
A son of Tilden McKeithen, who
was for many years clerk of the
Brunswick County Superior Court
McKeithan enlisted in the Army
over 14 years ago and has serv
ed continuously since then. He
is planning to buy a home here,
he says, in order that his moth
er can move back to Southport.
Whittiers Bench
LANDMARK—This is the Whittlers bench located
on the Southport waterfront at the end of Howe Street.
This is a favorite loafing place for Southport visitors as
well as for many of the local residents on these hot sum
mer days.
Sports Fishing
Has Good Week
Parties Going Off-Shore
Had Particularly Good
Luck, With King Macker
al Being Among Choice
Catch
BLUES AND SPANISH
MACKEREL ON SHOALS
Good Weather During The
Week-End Made It Pos
sible For Most Of Boats
To Take Out Parties
Two Days
Fishing was good off Southport
during the past week, with the
best catches being reported by
parties who made off-shore trips.
For these fishermen king mack
erel were the chief prize, with
plenty of amberjucjk being added,
in for the thrill of catching big
ones. Dolphin and bonita also
were striking good, and during
the week the first barracuda of
the season were caught.
A catch like the one made on
Friday by Dr. Pringle and S. E.
Coletrane of Greensboro aboard
the John-Ellen of Capt. Walter
Lewis is the kind that keep fish
ermen dreaming of their next
trip. These men brought in 13
amberjack, 16 mackerel, 25 blues,
20 blackfish, 2 barracuda and 6
Spanish mackerel. The following
day a Mooresville party includ
ing Claude Little, Paul Hardwell,
Jack Hardwell, Charles Newton
and Melvin Willson caught 12
amberjack, 3 dolphin and 8 king
mackerel.
The Sunday catch for the John
Ellen slacked off to 3 king mack
erel, 2 dolphin and 10 amber
jack. The party was from Hamp
ton, Va., and included Melvin
Morris, Bill Teague, Harry Thom
pson, Charlie Rogers and Jimmy
McCann. On Monday J. H. Dell
enger, Dr. R. J. Morrison and J.
E. Van Dyne of Cherryville and
D. H. Dellinger of Homestead,
(Continued on Page 2)
W. r. Jorgensen
Lions President
Installation Ceremony Con
ducted By District Gover
nor Paul Lyman Here On
Thursday; Other Officials
Present
William P. Jorgensen was in
stalled as president of the South
pqlt Lions Club Thursday by
Paul Lyman, district governor.
Also present for the ceremony
were Deputy District Governor
Wallace West and Zone Chairman
Roy Sandlin of Wilmington.
Vice - presidents installed to
serve with President Jorgensen
are Ed Harrelson, first; James C.
Bowman, second; Edwin P. Hayes
,third. George Whatley, secreta
ry-treasurer; N. L. Jones, tail
twister; Roy Robinson, Lion ta
mer; Ernest Parker and Davis
Herring, directors for two-year
terms; and B. L. Furpless and
James M. Harper, Jr., directors
for one year.
Lion Secretary Whatley was
presented the 100 Percent Secre
tary’s Plaque by Deputy District
Governor West in recognition for
his faithful service during the
past year. This was the fifth
consecutive time that the local
man has been thus honored.
In a few remarks addressed to
club members following the in
stallation service Lion Governor
Lyman advised them to pick
out some worthy project and to
get busy on it. ‘‘Lions Clubs
prosper only through service,” he
warned.
Parade Features
4th Celebration
A parade again this year will
be one of the major features of
the Fourth of July Celebration,
which has been christened the
Liveoak Festival. Mrs. Ormond
Leggett is in charge of this de
pa rtment.
Mrs. Leggett reports that al
ready there are more floats en
tered than appeared in last year’s
parade. The big feature of course
will be the Air Force band from
Pope Field, but also participat
ing* will be the Southport High
School Band. An invitation has
been sent to Shallotte High
School Hiiiuf, but t hua fg.i- tliere
has been no word on their inten
tions. It is possible that there
may be a conflict with plans for
that organization’s trip to Chi
cago for the Lions Convention.
Other features for the day’s
festivities are being worked up,
and everything now points to this
year’s celebration being the best
in the series of Fourth of July
events sponsored by members of
the Southport Home Demonstra
tion Club.
Ed Hanson Dies
Saturday Night
Retired Army Officer And
Former Prominent Char
lotte Attorney Had Made
Home In Southport For
Several Years
Lt. Col. Edward Josephus Han
son died Saturday night in the
Veterans Hospital in Roanoke,
Va. He has been a patient there
most of the time for the past
two years.
He has been a resident of
Southport since shortly after
World War II, when he moved
here with his family from Char
lotte. He was 55 years old.
Following World War I, Lt.
Col. Hanson studied law at the
George Washington University in
Washington. Obtaining his li
cense he engaged in the practice
of law in Charlotte where he was
active in civic affairs.
In 1942 he was recalled to ac
tive duty in the armed service
and during part of World War
II he served as commanding of
ficer of the school of Meterolo
gy in New York. Later he was
transferred to the office of the
Inspector General of • the Air
Force and there lie attained the
rank of Lt. Colonel.
Following his release from ac
tive service he returned to Char
lotte and reopened his law office,
continuing with that until a
: heart ailment resulted in his re
retirement. Purchasing a home
in Southport, he moved here with
his family and established resi
dence.
A native of Wilmington, Mr.
Hanson is survived by his wid
ow, Mrs. Louise Hanson, a tea
cher in the Southport schools;
two daughters, Mrs. H. W. Gal
ton of Charlotte and Miss Mary
Lou Hanson of Southport and
one son, Edward J. Hanson, Jr.,
of Southport. Surviving also are
three brothers, Dr. Henry A. Han
son of Harrisburg, Pa., David L.
Hanson of Salisbury and Louis
Hanson of Wilmington. One sis
ter, Mrs. J. L. Wasson, who re
sides in Tulsa, Okla.
Mr. Hanson was a member of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church in
Wilmington and of various civic
organizations.
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Buses Bring Ii
Pickers For
In Blueberi
WB&S Bus Lines
Charter Trips Four
Each Week For Pi
Of Rounding Up
Crews
LOCAL BLUEBERRY
FARMS DOING W,L
Owners Delighted slfth
Production Of Plants Ts
Season; Will Contii.
Picking Through i
June
Four days each week cl
ed buses of the WB&S Bud
are moving out from Soij
to Bolivia, Supply, Shallot!
Holden Beach. One these
they pick up 135 blueberrjj
ers and packers, deliver ttj
blueberry farms near Soij
and then return them to
homes each afternoon,
trucks and cars cover the
port area and take in
additional supply of labor
The production at the ft ms
will continue through the na ith
of June and some idea of the ex
tent of this volume may baifeain
ed from the fact that duejr.. 4
days of each week upward" of
200 people are employed. Y ule
the berry pickers only wort? for
four days each week, othr em
ployees make a full week.
The crop, good for the pa.t 3
years, is unusually large this': year
and is of the finest quality. Com
ing on as it does
ing on at the time it does for
marketing it has no competition
thus far from the crops in nor
thern states. A big crop and
good prices and tbs wonderfully
fine condition of the bushes is
pleasing to the berry growers.
It seems that the climate and
especially the fact that the farms
are near the ocean results in
strong, healthy and heavy bear
ing bushes. Disease that often
effects blueberry bushes in other
areas does not seem able to get
a. fool Hold Here. T. F> KeVV .Si
says he never had better piros
(Continued on Page Two)
Boats Returning
From The South
Florida Shrimping Was Poor
First Part Of Season But
Better Luck Has Follow
ed More Recently
Southport shrimp trawlers at
Key West and other Florida
points during the winter ai d
spring will probably all be ba< k
at home during the coming wee
Dallas Pigott, who came in t! e
past week, is expecting his boa s
about the 15th of June, and it s
understood that the eight boa s
of Lewis Hardee will come in t
about the same time.
Merritt Moore and his b %
trawler, the Penny, are also sa 3
to be due the coming week. Wi i
these returning boats will 1 e
several families, including th; t
of Mr. Hardee and Capta \
Moore. All have homes ai 3
maintain their residence here, g -
ing to Florida at about the b -
ginning of each winter and r -
maining throughout most of tl e
spring.
All of the boats are said o
have made a poor showing tl e
early part of the Florida seaso .
Two months or more of fa r
weather and fairly abundai t
(Continued on Page Twoi
former Southport
Man Is Honored
Daniel E. Walker has been el
ated a member of the American
astitute of Public Accountants,
le National Professional Society
f the Certified Public Account
nts. Mr. Walker is married to
he former Miss Jessie Lancas
er of Southport. They have two
ons, Danie and David Walker.
In college when he left for
ervice early in World War II,
Valker, who is the son of Mrs.
tilth Walker of Southport, fin
shed his stint in the service
:nd following his discharge he
esumed his study of accounting
it the University of North Car
,1 ina. Graduating as a certified
uiblic accountant, he worked with
f, h. Darrimore in Wilmington
ip until a year ago. At that time
le opened an office of his own
n the Murchison Building in
Wilmington.
Greensboro Man
Wins Marathon
Motorboat Race
Bill Chilton Is First Place
Winner In Fourth Annual
Southport To Myrtle Bea
ch Race Last Wednesday
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The 4th annual Outboard Mo
torboat Marathon from South
port to Myrtle Beach with the
finish line on the intereoastal
waterway at Socastee, Wednes
day brought in the smallest
number of boats ever to partic
ipate in the events. At the same
time the weather was the most
ideal ever encountered for such
events.
Sixteen boats made the spec
tacular start with only about
two-thirds of them making the
finish.
Bill Chilton of Greensboro and
Hugh Bell, Jr., of Wilmington,
finished in first and second pla
ices. Chilton took one hour and
38 minutes for the 60-mile course
in his “Fancy Pants” boat. He
Avas in Class 4. Bell, a Wilming
man driving in Class 8, got
pfr*’ H-. onti in another Forney Pants
boat owned by Chilton. Chilton
was using a Mercury Hurricane
motor and Bell a Mercury Rock
et. The motors of both the Chil
ton boats are kept tuned and in
order by Bell. He was just 15
minutes behind Chilton at the
finish line.
Bobby Merritt, another Wil
mington driver, was 4th over
the line at Socastee. He was in
the 7th class and was piloting
Baby Doll. E. R. Shinn and H.
F. Gibbs of Wilmington failed to
place. They were also in the
(Continued on Page Two)
To Build Roads
Sunny Point Operations
Have Reached The Point
Where Easier Access Is
Needed To Waterfront
Information is to the effect
that at least some road build
ing at Sunny Point may be ex
pected right away. This will be
in the shape of either sand-clay
or paved roads from State High
way 130 to catch dock landing.
The distance in each of the three
badly needed roads is approxi
mately one mile.
Something must also be done
at the parking fields in the im
mediate dock areas. The hun
dreds of cars of dredging com
(Continued on Page Two)
To Dock Sites
Saturday and Sunday are no'
the biggest days at Southpor
despite the fact that most of tt
Southport people are at the bet
ches on such days. Only a co
pie of years ago the town vj
almost deserted on those tv
days except for the brief tin
early in the morning and agaj
late in the afternoon when fisj
ing parties came in to go oi
and later returned to port. Tlj
past Saturday was a market 1
lustration of the change the pa
few years have brought. At i
times during the day there we
probably 10 cars full of peop
here for each one of a few yea
ago, and the folks were sptn
ing money.
With the best outboard rad
waters on the lower North Ci
olina coast, Southport business i
terests are missing the boats—
several of them, in fact—by not
promoting a series of outboard
races during the spring, summer
and fall months. Many of the
outboard operators can only get
away from their work on Sat
urday and Sunday. The races
should be so arranged as to cause
them the least possible inconven
ience and Saturday afternoons
and Sundays would be ideal days.
With the start to be made from
the Engineers dock and a buoy
between Fort Caswell and Bald
Head Island, a series of laps
should constitute the course, the
other pivoting point being around
the old Quarantine Station and
back by the Engineers dock. Two,
three or four laps could consti
tute a full race course. Such
events held once a month would
(Continued on Page 4)
Division Engineer
Has Experience
*
!. E. Brown, Engineer For
Newly Created Third
Highway Division, Is Well
Qualified For New Ap
pointment
As Division Engineer of the
ewly-created Third Highway Di
ision, C. E. Brown will super
ise all road work on the State
fighway System in Brunswick,
iuplin, New Hanover, Onslow,
’ender and Sampson counties.
In May, when the Highway
Commission was expanded from
0 to 14 divisions, Brown was
iromoted from assistant to di
vision engineer of the Third. C.
leide Trask was appointed com
nissioner of the Third; division
leadquarters will be in Wilming
on.
Brown was employed by the
State Highway Commission in
922, as a resident engineer wor
ding out of Charlotte. Until
L933 he served in this capacity
>n various construction projects
ncluding four bridges over the
ifadkin Pee-Dee River and the
3ape Fear and Northeast River
bridges at Wilmington. For one
year he was superintendent ir
charge of bridge maintenance ir
the old Third Highway Division
(Continued on Page Two)
Shallotte Band
Calls Off Trip
*
Incorporation Is
Defeated By Vote
Long Beach property owners
voted No yesterday in answer to
the question of whether they
wanted their town incorporated.
The tabulation showed 91 per
sons favoring incorporation and
244 against the proposition. Twen
ty-three ballots received were not
counted owing to several types
of irregularities, some of them
not being registered, others un
signed and in two of those cases
the parties sending in the ballots
were not property owners in the
area where incorporation was to
apply.
There are nearly - 800 property
owners in the area that it was
proposed to incorporate. The to
tal of 335 votes counted, plus the
23 discarded votes, indicates that
there was much interest in the
electton. It also points strongly
to the growth of the town in
recent years.
Since the vote was against
the plan to incorporate, ballots
for members of the proposed
council members were not tabu
lated.
Distress Signals
New Frequency
Radio Frequency 2182 Now
Established By Internat
ional Agreement As A
World-Wide Distress Cal
ling Frequency
On May 1, by international
agreement radio frequency 2182
kilocycles became a world-wide
distress and calling frequency for
all water craft, the Coast Guard
reminded maritime interests.
The newly assigned frequency
will be used for radio-telephone
distress calls and distress traffic
as well as for urgency and safe
ty signals and messages.
It will also be the international
frequency to be used for brief
calls and replies and for signals
preparatory to talking on other
frequencies within the band 1605
to 2850 kcs.
Beginning May 1 the Coast
Guard maintains a 24-hour radio
watch on 2182 kcs in order to
listen for distress calls from
craft in need of assistance, though
it was pointed out that calls to
the Coast Guard on 2182 kcs are
not necessarily limited to dis
tress messages.
The Coast Guard also continu
ously guards 2670 kcs for dis
tress calls, but it is exclusively
a Coast Guard frequency and
only craft in distress or need of
assistance may use it. All major
Coast Guard operating units are
equipped to communicate on both
2182 and 2670 kcs.
When in trouble and calling
the Coast Guard boatmen are
urged to state the name of their
vessel, radio call letters, descrip-j
tion of trouble, position, course,
speed and type of assistance de
sired.
Coast Guard operating units in
the Fifth District (water areas
of Virginia, North Carolina and
Maryland) which has been a con
tinuous watch on 2182 kcs in ad
(Continued on Page Two)
Several Difficulties Combine
To Prevent Brunswick
County Musical Organiza
tion From Going To Chic
ago
WERE INVITED TO
REPRESENT STATE
Efforts To Work Out Pro
blems Called Off Last
Week And Trip For
Brunswick Band
Cancelled
The projected trip for the
Shallotte High- School Band to
Chicago for the convention of
Lions International has been' call
ed off and the Brunswick County
musical organization will miss the
opportunity it was offered to be
one of the two bands represent
ing this State.
Difficulties in connection with
the trip were at least three-phase.
The first of these was finan
cial. Total cost of the trip was
to be $7,000, of which $2,200 was
to be paid by the State organi
zation. Of the remaining $4,800
the plan was proposed to have
the Shallotte Lions raise $2,400
and to have each band member
pay $40 for the trip to help raise
the other one-half. Both Lions
and parents of band members dug
in for a try at the project, but
it was a big undertaking.
The second difficulty was the
fact that the trip falls during the
first week in July, a time when
many of the band members are
badly needed for work on the
farm and when other members
are busy at regular summer em
ployment. This promised to im
pose additional financial sacri
fice.
The third source of trouble was
the fact that Director W. W. Ja
cobus had resigned as leader of
the organization which he had de
veloped from scratch into a fine
marching band. This had the ef
fect of dampening the enthusi
asm of many of his band mem
bers, and even when efforts were
being made to work arrangements
(Continued on Page 2)
Install Speaker
To Help Mothers
Services Being Conducted
In Auditorium Of South
port Baptist Church May
Be Heard In Nursery
Mothers who keep their chil
dren in the nursery of the South
port Baptist Church will be able
to hear the services in the fu
ture. A microphone place in the
pulpit stand will pick up the
service, which will be relayed
by an amplifier to a speaker in
the nursery. This equipment,
which is a loan of a friend of the
church, is being installed this
week.
In commenting on these facili
ties the pastor, the Rev. T. D.
Tolar, Jr., said, “we are grate
ful to have this equipment added
to our nursery. This will give
more mothers an opportunity to
participate in worship.”
The nursery, which was given
in memory of Vara Sellers Sisson,
is equipped with large and small
cribs and a play pen, as well as
a variety of toys.
Inspection Party
Visits Dredging
At Sunny Point
Brigadier General Charles
G. Holle And Party From
South Atlantic Division
Headquarters Of U. S.
Army Engineers Here
GREATLY PLEASED
WITH PROGRESS
New Division Chief Promis
es To Return For Longer
Visit To Southport
Area
By W. B. KEZIAH
Brigadier General Charles G.
Holle of the Army Engineers,
chief of the South Atlantic Di
vision with headquarters in At
lanta, arrived in Wilmington late
Sunday afternoon for his first
visit to the Wilmington District.
Monday morning at 9 o’clock his
first official inspection of work
in this area was made in a trip
to Sunny Point, accompanied by
Col. R. C. Brown, head of the
Wilmington District.
In addition to General Holle,
the party from Atlanta was com-.
posed of Lt. Bradford Hoile, and.
Lt. Kendrich Holle. From Wil
mington on the inspection were
Col. Brown, Paul M. Snell and
Col. Regar. Meeting them at'
Sunny Point by arrangement
were J. T. Denning, E. C. Sexton, •
Hubert Livingston , Miss Joan
Bennett and W. B. Keziah.
As a first stop the party boa-,
rded the giant dredge McWilliams
from New Orleans as guests of
Captain Pedersen and other of- -
ficials of the ship. A brief tour
of the ship was made before re
turning to shore and visiting the"
dump pile of Captain Carter of
the Hanby Dredge No. 5.
Only an hour was spent at
Sunny Point, General Holle, Col.
Brown and their party having
to go from here to Fayetteville
to inspect Army engineers’ work"
at Fort Bragg and other points
in the State.
Commenting on the work now
being done, Colonel Brown, who
has nursed the project along for
nearly three years, said: “I am
happy to see the tremendous job
being done here by the dredges.
And I am delighted to meet the
workers on the job and to have
the delegation from Southport
here. It was very thoughtful of
you to come to Sunny Point to
see us. I will be back down soon
for a visit to Southport folks
and I am sorry this is having
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Routine Cases
Tried In Court
Numerous Cases Disposed
Of During Regular Week
ly Session Of Recorder’s
Court Here Monday
A variety of cases were dis
posed of here in Brunswick
County Recorder’s Court Monday,
with the following judgments be
ing handed down:
Hubert Bayard Gore, speeding,
fined $10 and costs.
Kenneth R. White, speeding,
fined $10 and costs.
David Mosser Moore, reckless
operation, fined $25 and costs.
Iris Katrina King, no operat
ors license, fined $25 and costs.
David Stamps Paul, reckless op
eration, fined $25 and costs.
Delane Purcis Atkina, failure
to stop at stop sign, costs.
Joe Campbell, no operators’ li
(Continued on Page Two)
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 Fort Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot’s Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, June 11
7:36 a. m. 1:40 a. m.
8:03 p. m. 1:34 p. m.
Friday, June 13
8:26 a. m. 2:24 a. m.
8:48 p. m. 2:21 p. m.
Saturday, June 13
9:14 a. m. 3:09 a. m.
9:32 p. m. 3:06 p. m.
Sunday, June 14
9:59 a. m. 3:52 a. m.
10:13 p. m. 3:50 p. m.
Monday, June 15
10:43 a. m. 4:33 a. m.
10:53 p. m. ' 4:35 p, in.
Tuesday, June 16
11:28 a. m. 5:15 a. m.
11:33 p. m. 5:20 p. iu.
Wednesday, June 17
0:00 a. m. $:$7 a. m.
12:13 p. m. 6:08 p. m.