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Volume No. 17 No. 11 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1953 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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FT. CASWELL—Above is shown a view of the Bap- j
list Seaside Assembly looking at from an aerial view j
from over the ocean. In the foreground is the broad,
sandy beach at the mouth of the Cape Fear river. Next is
shown the Ft. Caswell area proper, and above that is'
shown the open water of the Cape Fear. In the back
ground is the City of Southport. At the lower left is a
map showing the various highway approaches to the as
sembly grounds.— (Star-News Cut.)
Linesman Killed
By Power Line
Near Shallotte
Electrocution Occurred On
REA Project Which Was
Being Handled By South
Carolina Firms
Robert Roger Land, 23-year
old linesman for a South Carolina
contracting firm, was electrocut
ed Tuesday when he came in con
tact with a T-,008-volt power line
on an REA project about five mi
les south of Shallotte.
Early reports that several oth
er electrical workers were either
shocked or killed in the accident
proved false. No other person was
Involved in any way.
Employed by Sumter Builders,
Land had lived in Whiteville for
the past three months while wor
king for the construction com
pany.
Brunswick Coroner John G. Cai
Eon ruled that Land came to his
fleath when he "accidentally came
in contact with a high voltage
power line.”
An error in judgment apparent
ly led to the electrocution. Sup
posed to be working on a “dead”
line, Land had reportedly moved
inside the point where the Bruns
wick Electric Membership Cor
poration had placed a danger
sign warning of high voltage.
The line which the linesman to
uched was scheduled to be cut and
the high voltage sign removed in
a matter of minutes after the ac
cident occurred about 9 a. m.,
according to reports received
here.
Land’s fellow workers said the
linesman was near the top of the
pole carrying the power lines and
was talking to them on the gro
und when they suddenly heard
him say: “I’ve burned my hand
off.”
Seconds later he fell taut a
gainst his safety belt and was
suspended in mid-air.
The other men climbed the pole,
lowered him to the ground, and
summoned help. Artificial respir
ation was started when they fo-1
und his pulse beating. This was
continued until an ambulance, es
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ATTENDING SCHOOL
The Rev. C. L. Warren, pastor
of the Methodist Church in Win
bow, is among 130 pastors at
tending the ninth annual Town
and County School for rural min
isters meeting at Emory Uni
versity July 14-29. The Town
and County School is an interde-"
nominational graduate summer
school for small town clergymen.
NEW DENTIST
Dr. Clifton Crandell of Stokes
County, a recent graduate of the
Richmond, Va., School of Den- j
tistry, has moved to Southport
and is now practing his profes
sion in the dental office of the j
late Dr. Roy C. Daniel. Dr. Cran
day is married and he and Mrs.
Crandall have an apartment with
Mrs. Annie Weeks near the yacht
basin.
Seeking School
Insurance Aid
Superintendent Henry C.
Stone And Representa
tives Of Brunswick Board
Of Education Going To
Raleigh
SEEKING DAMAGES
FOR SCHOOL LOSS
School Officials Attempting
To Clarify Situation In
Order To Get Repairs
Made In Time For
School
County Supt. of Schools Hen
ry C. Stone and representatives
from the Brunswick County
Board of Education have an ap
pointment in Raleigh Friday with
the head of the State School In
surance program to work out a
settlement on the damage sus
tained several weeks ago to the
Shallotte high school building.
The first representative of the
insurance organization made an
inspection and made a tentative
commitment that the State would
accept liability for the loss, which
is estimated at about $35,000. La
ter other officials of the State
Insurance plan refused to go
along with plans for settlement,
contending U. S. Weatherproof
ing Co., who uias engaged in wa
terproofing the basement had
contributed to the loss and were
therefore responsible.
School officials are taking the
position that primary responsi
bility for replacing the loss rests
with the School Insurance group,
and they are after a settlement
which will make it possible to
get the building safe for opening
early in September.
Big Bulldozier
Works On Field
New Athletic Field And
Playground Will Be Situ
ated At Foot Of Nash
Street Near Old Ceme
tery
A big bulldozer of the Lincoln
Construction Company of Wil
mington started work Monday
morning clearing and grading for
the new Southport recreation
field. Donald Sneeden, manag
er of the company, donated $150
towards the construction cost,
and the remainder is coming
from various interested citizens
of Southport.
'inree or tour days may be re
quired to put the field in tip-top
shape, but minus clay surfacing.
This will be necessary later ow
ing to the light nature of the
soil. There is little sand and the
soil might be described as light,
dry dust.
Charlie Trott of Long Beach
helped arrange for securing the
bulldozer and it was also partly
through him that $150 donation
from Mr. Sneeden came. Other
local citizens are taking a very
active personal interest in the
playground and are spending
what time they can spare there.
It is said that although the re
sponse for funds for clearing and
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Jailer Suffers
Heart Attack
H. G. Ratcliff, office deputy
and jailer for Sheriff E. V. Leon
ard, suffered a serious heart at
tack Wednesday night, and this
was followed by another light
attack Thursday morning. He
is a patient at the Dosher Mem
orial Hospital, aand his condition
is such that only Mrs. Ratcliff
has been permitted to be with
him.
A former resident of Cumber
land County, Deputy Ratcliffe
has been a resident of Southport
for the past several years. He
has been a deputy sheriff for the
past two years with his main du
ties in the office and at the
jail.
Two Shallotte
Boys Injured
Michael And Harvey Russ,
Sons Of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Russ, Seriously
Injured As Result Of
Truck Accident
Michael and Harvey Russ, sons
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Russ
living on Route 17, two miles so
uth of Shallotte, are in, the Ja
mes Walker Hospital in Wilming
ton with serious injuries as the
result of the linen company
truck wreck Friday.
Harvey, 15 years old, is report
ed to have suffered a broken left
leg, broken ribs, a broken ankle
and cuts about the head. The
head injuries resulted in his be
ing unconscious for several hours.
His 15 year old brother, Mi
chael, sustained a broke rightn
leg and one of his lungs was
probably punctured. His injuries
are regarded the less serious of
the two.
Delmas Autry of Wilmington,
driver of a truck for the Wilming
ton Linen Company, was arrested,
charged with careless and reck
less operation. Following a trial
before Roney Cheers, J. P., he
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Mrs. Brown Now
Heading Nurses
Mrs. J. E. Brown Of South
port Has Been Named
Superintendent Of Nurses
At Dosher Memorial Hos
pital
Mrs. J. E. Ilrown began her
duties as Superintendent of Nur
ses at the Dosher Memorial Hos
pital Wednesday. Mrs. Brown
replaces Mrs. Inez Shannon, who
has been with the hospital sev
eral years and who wished to be
relieved of the responsibility of
superintendent in order to de
vote more time to her- home at
Long Beach. Mrs. Shannon will
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Walton Is Ch’mn.
Of Red Cross
For This County
Re - Organization Meeting
Held Here Last Week
With Field Director Pres
ent For Consultation
Ray H. Walton, Southport at
torney, has been elected chair
man of the Brunswick County
Chapter, American Red Cross, re
placing J. T. Denning.
This action occurred at a meet
ing here last week, attended by
Field Representative Hallowell of
Goldsboro.
The following officers were el
ected to serve with Chairman
Walton: Mrs. James M. Harper,
Jr., vice-chairman in charge of
information; L. C. Babson, vice
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Commissioners
In Monday Meet
County Auditor Ressie Wha
tley Reports Payment Of
$96,343.47 In Debt Ser
vice Bonds
At the meeting of the board
of, county commissioners Monday
the county auditor, Ressie What
ley, submitted a list of Bruns
wick County bonds, totaling
$96,943.47 which have been pur
chased and cancelled. With the
numbers having been filed with
the clerk to the board, the audi
tor was ordered to burn said
bonds.
The board approved the taking
over of a road in Northwes^ovn
ship, running from the LCland
Acme road to the Hooper Town
road, a distance of two miles. A
request is being made that the
State take over and maintain
this road.
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Opening Bids On
Big Sunny Point
Contracts Today
Delay Came At Last Min
ute Last Week When U.
S, Labor Board Announ
ced Granting Of New
Pay Scale
BIG FIRMS ARE
BIDDING ON WORK
This Is Major Construction
Job In Connection With
Present Plans For De
velopment Of Sunny.
Point
By W. B. KEZIAH
Word was received this week
hat the date for opening bids
'or the wharf construction work
at the U. S. Army Outloading
Ammunition Depot has been
changed again, this time to July
28.
The opening of the bids was
originally scheduled for last Wed
nesday. At what might be called
the last moment the Labor Board
issued a ruling for a 10 per cent
ncrea.se in the labor pay rate
and as the construction involves
a big sum for labor and the 10
per cent in labor costs might
have put the successful bidder in
for a loss.
With the situation as it was
Colonel R. C. Brown, District Ar
my Engineer, felt that there was
nothing that could be done ex
cept to postpone the opening of
the bids for one week to allow
the bidders to rework their bids
on the basis of the new labor
rate.
Some of the bidders or prospec
tive bidders are requested to be
the largest firms of their kind
in the United States. Thirteen
states and the District of Co
lumbia are represented among
bidders. Following is a complete
list from the engineers' office:
Blythe Brothers, Charlo tte
Carpenter Construction Compa
ny, Norfolk, Va.; Dixie Construc
tion Company, Savannah, Ga.;
Brave Corporation, Pittsburg, Pa.
F.'trysyvorth and Chambers Com
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Reduction Made
In Forest Fires
District Forester Reports
Sharp Reduction In Num
ber Of Forest Fires Dur
ing Past Three Years
Forest fires in District 8 of the
North Carolina Forest Service
have been reduced approximately
50 per cent during the past four
/ears, according to a report of
District Forester Joe Herlevich
Df Whiteville.
The report presented figures
comparing the record of 689 fires
during the spring of 1950 to the
568 fires reported for the spring
?f 1953.
Herlevich said the 1950 fires
burned over 100,000 aces, while
the loss was held to 53,000 acres
in 1953.
The progress, he said, has been
gradual and is attributed to the
use of fire line plows and good
communications. Both radio and
telephone facilities have increased
-he effectiveness of the field per
sonnel, he said.
“We have also received splen
did cooperation from individual
citizens throughout the district,”
the district forester added.
The district is made up of Bia
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W. B. kbziah
Our
ROVING
Reporter
Friends in Wilmington will
pardon us for not joining in the
scare that the District Army en
gineers office may be lost. The
rumors afforded the basis for
some good newspaper stories,
and that is all. Tire Government
has too much in the way of
work in the Wilmington District
for even a rumor of any change.
We don’t think General Holle of
the South Atlantic Division in
Atlanta would for an instant
think of recommending a change.
Neither would General Sturgis in
Washington. And during the
past two or three years we have
discovered personal reasons for
thinking that the very top men
in National Defense in Washing
ton are especially interested in
some of the work being done by
the engineers office of this dis
trict. All in all, we do not in
the least believe that there will
be any change in the district,
unless it is to add to the already
great improvement that has oc
curred during the three years of
administration under Col. R. C.
Brown.
Dr. J. A. Allen, venerable phy
sician of New London, has been
taking this paper since it was
first started and we look to him
to continue with us as long as
he lives, which we hope will be
a long time yet. The other day
Dr. Allen and his son-in-law, W.
H- Cherry, insurance man from
Durham, drove in and hunted us
UP just to go and show them
Sunny Point. Dr. Allen had read
so much about Sunny Point in
the paper that he was just bound
to see where they were building
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Employees Take
Pride In Work
Men Of Green Construction Company Now At Work In
Brunswick County Say They Have The Equipment
In the Green Construction Com
pany, now building the Sunny
Point railroad, the 4th or 5th
largest construction company of
its kind is now working in Brun
swick county. The employee of
the company interviewed this
week could not say definitely
whether the rating was 4th or
5th.
For the average construction
company working in North Car
olina the tumpull used in mov
ing dirt is a big piece of equip
ment if it can handle 4 cubic
yards of earth at a load. The
turnpulls used here by the con
struction company have a capac
ity of 16 cubic yards, and they
move from loading point to dump
at a speed of 35 miles per hour,
provided the haul is not such a
short one that they cannot get
underway.
After loading, the turnpull
whirls into position, heading in
the direction the load is to go.
A giant pusher bulldozer swings
up behind it and adds its power
to the tractor that moves the
load. There is no stopping of
the turnpull at the loading, it is
filled and away again without
its pulling tractor having to
heave and grunt.
The company has half a dozen
construction outfits and to each
job equipment to fit the task is
sent in. Compared to the 16
cubic yards turnpulls used here,
Green has 4-1 cubic yard turnpulls
; for use in building air fields and
other huge construction jobs. Tf
the company gets the 50 mile
installation railroad contract at
Sunny Point it is not likely that
something much larger turnpulls
: will be sent in, according to one
j of the employees interviewed this
week.
I For the building of the 25
i miles of access railroad the W.
A. Smith Company of Houston,
Texas, got the contract. Green
took a sub-contract for grading
and clearing the right of way.
With his equipment in here the
Indiana man is said to he a bid
der for the big installation rail
road job. If he gets it he has
plenty more of heavy equipment
ready to be brought in and fin
ish the whole job in short order.
Bob Green, the guiding spirit
in the company, was a school
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Sport Fishing Is
Good For Week
*
Menhaden Boats
Have Good Catch
Fishing off Georgetown, S.
C., yesterday, eight of the Sou
thport menhaden boats return-,
ed with an average catch of
250,000 fish to the boat. All
unloaded, took on fuel and pro
visions and were headed for
the same area at around mid
night last night.
Capt. J. B. Church said this
morning that a good show of
the fish were off Georgetown
and were headed up the coast,
but not as fast as other schools
that have passed here this
spring and summer. Hot wea
ther thus far, sometimes back
ed by winds, have sent most
of the fish through Southport
area at a fast clip.
The fishermen hope that with
the summer now well andanc
ed the fish they are now oper
ating on will move eastward
a little more leisurely.
Traffic Cases
Tried In Court
Majority Of Cases Heard
In Brunswick County Re
corder’s Court Here Mon
day Grew Out Of Traffic
Violations
Most of the cases tried in
Brunswick county Recorder’s
court here Monday grew out of
traffic violations. The following
judgements were handed down:
Frank Rindoni, reckless opera
tion, judgment suspended on pay
ment of costs.
Robert Lewis Scoggins, impro
per equipment, fined $10.00 and
costs.
Charles M. Hefelfinger, no ope
rators license, fined $25.00 and
costs.
Shelly Monroe, improper bra
kes, judgment suspended on pay
ment of costs.
Eugene Stephen Mace, speeding,
fined $10.00 and costs.
Walter Lafayette Si m m o n s,
speeding, fined $15.00 and costs.
Ezekiel Robinson, no operators
license, fined $25.00 and costs.
Joesph M. Laughinghouse, fail
ure to keep proper lookout, fined
$10.00 and cost.
John Holden, improper registra
tion, fined $10.00 and costs.
Leon Cameron Norris, speeding,
not guilty.
Hadley Watson, no operators
license, fined $25.00 and costs.
H. F. Richards, speeding, no
operators license, fined $25.00 and
costs.
Ernestine Johnson and Era
Gore Walker, larceny, nol pros
with leave.
Willie David Wise, public drun
kness, fined $10.00 and costs.
Tyler T. Roper, drunk driving,
fined $100.00 and costs.
Albert C. Lewis, public drunk
ness, jail sentence suspended on
payment of costs.
J. E. Blake, public drunkness,
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| Varied Catches Being Re
ported By Sportsmen
During Past Few Days
With Shoal Parties Lead
ing Way
LADY LOU HAS BIG
CATCH OF TROUT
All Boats Able To Get Out
Both Saturday And Sun
day; Weather Has Been
Good First Of This
Week
Sport fishing off Southport
struck a happy balance during
the week-end, with parties on off
shore trips having good catches
of amberjack, dolphin and barra
cuda and with shoal parties han
dling catches that ran around
100 bluefish aand mackerel.
On the 3hoals Capt. David Ad
ams had a party aboard the Pa
tricia that came in with 135
blues and mackerel. Capt. Fred
Fulford had a party that report
ed 93 blues and mackerel on Sat
urday aand 84 on Sunday. Capt.
Ray Stubbs and party, aboard
the Bessie Ray had 90 bluefish,
5 Spanish mackerel and 5 boni
ta Saturday and on Sunday his
party caught 40 blues. The Bot
fly of Capt. Leon McKeithan had
90 blues and mackerel Sunday.
On offshore trips a party with
Capt. Warden Lewis had one
bluefish, 15 amberjack and 40
blackfish Saturday. The Satur
day trip for the Idle-On III, with
Capt. Hoyle Dosher, had 1 am
berjack, 1 king mackerel, 10
blues and mackerel and 150 blue
fish. On Sunday this boat had
9 amberjack, 8 bonito and one
big dolphin. The Margrace of
Capt. James Arnold had a 150
fish assortment Sunday including
amberjack, bonito, red snappers
and mackerel. The Sunday trip
for the John Ellen, Capt. Walter
Lewis, resulted in 12 amberjack,
15 red snappers, 15 bluefish and
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Mother And Son
Die In Wreck
--
Mrs. Doris Price Stice And
Three-Year-Old Son Kil
led In Arizona Wednes
day Enroute To Home In
California
Killed Hi an automobile wreck
in Arizona last Wednesday while
returning from visiting relatives
at Southport, the bodies of Mrs.
Doris Price Stice of Long Beach,
Calif., and her three-year-old son,
Charles, were returned here this
week and interred in the Bethel
Church cemetery yesterday after
noon, following services by Rev.
Stephen Mintz and Dr. Barney i
English.
Details of the accident in which
they met their deaths are not
available here. Mrs. Stice was
the daughter of the late J. D.
Price and Mrs. Maude Price.
They had been visiting Mrs.
Price and were on their way
home when the accident occurred.
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Another Large
Crowd Attends
Group Meetings
Baptist Seaside Assembly
At Fort Caswell Has An
other Crowd Of About
GOO Persons In Attendan
ce This Week
THREE ATTRACTIONS
ARE IN SESSION
Outstanding Religious Lead
ers Head Staff For Vari
ous Training Programs
Now In Progress
Programs at Caswell Baptist
Assembly this week are expect
ed to draw a group equal to the
600 who attended last week.
Events this week are the Wo
man’s Missionary Society Week,
the first week of a three-week
Preachers’ School, and the Junior
Girls’ Auxiliary-Royal Ambassa
dors camp for the Wilmington
Division. Conferences of the
Business Woman’s Circles and
Young Woman’s Auxiliary will
be held this week-end.
The WMS conference is under
the direction of Miss Ruth Prov
ence, Raleigh, state executive
secretary of the Woman’s Mis
sionary Union. Featured on the
program are four missionaries,
who take turns speaking at noon
and evening hours: Mrs. Rose
Pool of Cuba, Miss Stella Aus
tin of Nigeria, Miss Helen Mer
edith of Colombia and Mrs. An
drew H. Foster, missionary to
migrant workers. Other speakers
are Dr. Phil Elliott, president of
Gardner-Webb Junior College,
who brings a Bible lesson each
morning; Mrs. Frank Burney of
Georgia, who speaks at vesper
services at 7:10 each evening;
Miss Lorraine Landry, who works
with French speaking people;
and Miss Lillian Lu of China, a
student at Carver School of Mis
sions and School Work, Louis
ville.
One feature of the program is
a missionary chat each morning.
Those attending divide into two
groups for informal conversa
tions with the various mission
aries. A class in WMU methods
is held each morning and a pic
ture is shown after the night
services.
A feature expected to draw
interest is the missionary book
fair to be held Wednesday after
noon at 4:45 o’clock. This was
originally planned by Mrs. R.
K. Redwine, but due to her health
she had to turn it over to Miss
Ruth Provence..
The Young Woman's Auxiliary,
under the direction of Miss Ma
rie Epley, State Young People’s
leader, and the Business Woman’s
Circles under the leadership of
Mrs. Hugh W. Page, Greensboro,
chairman of the State Federa
tion of Baptist Business Women,
will hold their conferences from
Friday night to Sunday morning.
They will arrive Friday as the
WMS conferences leave. Speak
ers for these conferences will be
the same as for the WMS with
the addition of Dr. Olin T. Bink
ley, professor of Christian Ethics
at Southern Baptist Seminary,
who will preach at the worship
service Sunday morning.
By Monday night 151 had reg
istered for the Wilmington divis
ion G. A.-R. A. camp. Mrs. L.
H. Reynolds, Divisiona 1 Young
People’s Leader, and the Rev.
John C. Searcy, divisional R. A.
Leader arranged the program for
the camp. Turman Smith, assis
tant to the R. A. Leader, is camp
director. Dr. Eugene Poston of
Wallace is camp pastor. Mrs.
E. M. Johnson of Lumberton is
camp mother. Also among the
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Tide Table
Following Is the tide iable
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, July 23
4:46 a. m. 11:05 a. m.
5:34 p. m. 12:05 p. m.
Friday, July 24
5:38 a. m. 11:59 a. m.
6:25 p. m. 0:00 p. nr.
Saturday, July 25
6:34 a. m. 0:54 a. m.
7:17 p. m. 12:51 p. m.
Sunday, July 26
i :27 a. m. 1:41 a. m.
8:05 p. m. 1:42 p. in.
Monday, July 27
8:20 a. m. 2:27 a. m.
8:53 p. m. 2:32 p. m.
Tuesday, July 28
9:12 a. m. 3:12 a. m.
9:42 p. m. 3:23 p. m.
Wednesday, July 29
10:05 a. m. 3:58 a. m.
10:31 p. m. 4:14 p. m.