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Volume No. 17 No. 16
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6-Pages Today ~ SOUTHPORT, N. 4 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1953 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Sunny Point Is
‘Terminal’ Not
Munition Dump
That Is Word Received
F rom Army Engineers
Who Approve New Desig
nation Of Installation Un
der Construction Near
Here
EXPECT VARIED
USE OF FACILITIES
Decision To Construct In'
stallation In This Area
Came Only After Ex
haustive General
Survey
By W. B. KEZIAH
Defense officials in Washing
ton are not now interested in
having the government terminals
at Sunny Point being designated
as either an ammunition dump or
ammunition depot. They point
out that it is a terminal whose
ships will meet trains and trains
will meet ships for loading and
unloading.
It is purely a government ter
minal for handling of government
shipping and is hereafter to be
referred to as the Government
Terminals of Sunny Point.
With regard to the location of
installation, relative to Wilming
ton, the nearest dock * to Wil
mington will be 20 miles by road.
The nearest to Southport will be
three miles from the city lim
its. The installation is entirely
in Brunswick County. Even the
enormous volume of mud that is
now being pumped out to the
Brunswick side of the Cape Fear
river comes from the Brunswick
county side of the channel.
The main requirements in the
selection of Sunny Point by the
government for its shipping ter
minals were: Adequate water tra
nsportation potentials; highways
and connections; railroad service
in reasonable proximity; ability
' for nearby air sendee facilities;
adequate supply of labor; a min
imum of hardship on the smallest
number of people; suitable geo- i
graphic and topographic features: |
sheltered area for protection ag
ainst storms; location within ea
sy reach of the ocean; weather
suitable for year-round opera
tions.
Exhaustive research by the U.
S. Army Engineers and examin
ation by the Defense Deparement
led to the Brunswick County area
it Southport being declered one
4f the best locations on the At
lantic coast for the needs of the
government. Politics played ab
solutely no part in saying where
Hie U. S. Terminals should be.
For the gigantic installation
that means much for the future
welfare of Brunswick. Other peo
ple of the county owe much to
the U. S. Army Engineers for
their faithful and untiring efforts
to carry out the wishes of the
Defense Department.
BritfNtwt
Flashtt
FOOTBALL, PRACTICE
Coach H. T. Sanders says that
the first football practice session
of the season for Southport will
be held Monday afternoon at the
old athletic field. This will be
used for practice until the new
field is ready.
AT SUMMER HOME
Congressman and Mrs. F. Ertel
Carlyle of Lumberton are now
spending a while at their summer
home at Long Beach, and the
Congressman was a visitor in
Southport for a while Monday.
Mrs. Carlyle’s health has not
been so good the past year.
OUT OF SERVICE
Lt. J. B. Russ has been re
leased from active duty from the
Navy department and is at home
again following two years of
service. When he was called to
active duty he was serving as a
post master at Southport and he
will resume these duties as soon
as his Navy leave expires. Dur
ing his absence Mrs. Marjorie P.
Livingston has served as acting
post master.
REVIVAL MEETING
There will be a revival meeting
at Shiloh Methodist Church, Town
Creek charge, beginning on Sun
day evening, August 30, at 7:45
o’clock. Services will continue
each evening throughout the week
at the same hour. The Rev. M.
D. McLamb, pastor of the New
ton Grove Methodist Church, will
do the preaching. The church is
located on the newly paved road
connecting Highway 17 and 74,
and is near Maco. The public
is cordially invited to attend
these services. The Rev. C. L.
Warren is pastor.
Investigates Site
For Mink Business
Canton, Ohio, Breeder Finds Some Natural Conditions
In This Area Encouraging To His Business
James G. Hasborough of Can
ton, is here this week looking in
to the possibility of establishing
a mink ranch, a business in which
he has been engaged for many
years. He now has 2,800 minks
on his Canton ranch, and is look
ing for a location where he can
increase to 10,000 head.
One of the reasons Mr. Hasbor
ough gave for getting away from
Canton is that his present stock
of 2800 minks require two tons
of fish per day. If he increases,
as he plans to do, the cost of
fish and shipping to his present
location will be too much.
He now has to pay $1.05 freight
per hundred lbs. for his fish
shipped in from Boston, a dis
tance of 700 miles. In addition
to this freight cost the fish ship
ped in from Boston are high in
price.
Here, he says, fish for the
minks could be obtained almost
daily without' any freight cost
and at a very low price, espec
ially as he proposes to use re
fuse fish from the shrimping in
dustry.
Minks are heavy eaters. They
have to be fed three times a
day, and also have considerable
fresh water. The fresh water
can be secured through wells.
The mild climate here may pre
sent something of a drawback.
The better mink pelts are secur
ed in cold climates. However, the
reduction in feedings costs may
offset the slight loss in quality
of pelts. He is looking thorough
ly into the situation here before
he decides.
Fishing Awaiting
Break In Weather
- ale._____
East Winds Messed Up
Week-End Fishing Again,
With Several Boats Mak
ing A Try Monday De
spite Adverse Conditions
BIG KING MACKEREL
REPORTED IN AREA
Cadet Managed To Slip In
‘Hidden Trip* Sunday By
Working Close Off Bea
ch And Reported 74
Blues And Mackerel
Easterly winds once more put
a crimp in week-end fishing' op
erations off Southport with only
three boats going outside Sunday
after all parties had been blown
in on Saturday.
On Sunday the Lady-Lou, Ca
det and Pal ventured out and
worked close inshore along the
beach to the westward. This ma
neuver paid off, for the party
aboard the Lady-Lou with 60
bluefish and mackerel and for the
Cadet’s party with 75 blues and
mackerel. There was no report
from the Pal. Both the Lady
Lou of Capt. Leo Bowling and
the Cadet of Captain How
ard Victor had been chartered by
Leonard Ward of Ashboro, who
had brought down a large group
of business associates for the
week-end.
Another week-end group who
had planned to fish at Southport
was comprised of members of
the Rotary Club at Angier. They
had the Idle-On II and the Idle
On III scheduled for Sunday and
Monday. They didn't like the
looks of the weather the first
day and stayed in. Both boats
were out Monday. The group
aboard the Idle-On II caught one
30-pound king mackerel, the
largest in recent weeks, giving
rise to the thought that these
big fellows are making their fall
appearance. They also had a
quantity of seabass. The Idle-On
III had a varied catch including
3 bonito, 3 large Spanish mack
eral, 3 amberjack and one dol
j phin.
Information is that there is j
I greater interest than ever in fall
j fishing at Southport, and phone
calls are coming daily for trips
I that must wait until the weather
j gives the fishermen a break. How
ever, with a total of 15 boats
ready to go out there is good
prospect of getting a trip.
Stone Addresses
Southport Lions
Superintendent Of Bruns
wick County Schools Talks
On History Of Brunswick
County Education At The
Thursday Meeting
Henry C. Stone, superintendent
of Brunswick County schools, was
speaker at the Thursday meet
ing of the Southport Lions Club
and traced the progress of edu
cation in Brunswick County!
He praised the ambition and de
termination of the citizens of
Brunswick County who have seen
their educational program de
velop from a few scattered one
teacher schools to a point where
thousands of boys and girls, both
white and colored, are attending
consolidated schools for a nine
month term. He particularly
praised the work of his prede
cessors in the office of County
(Continued on Page Four)
Baptist Assembly
Closes For Season
The Baptist Seaside Assem
bly at Fort Caswell closed its
summer session Saturday after
a record season which had seen
more than 7,000 persons in at
tendance. In addition, there
were more than 500 persons
who had attended programs ov-.
er at Caswell before the season
formally opened.
Already Dr. R. K. Redwine,
the director, is making plans
for next season. These include
enlarging the dining room to
a 50 per cent greater capacity
and the erection of additional
dormitory space. It is believ
ed that an additional building
may be used for this latter pur
pose.
While the assembly has clos
ed, all housekeeping apartments
are rented for this week.
Bread Sale By
Bolivia Lions
Funds Derived From This
Project Will Go To Help
Finance Activities For
Girls And Boys
•Planning to take an active
part in various boys and girls.
4-H Clubs, FFA and Boy Scout
and girl Scout work, the Bolivia
Lions Club is planning to start
an energetic campaign on Sep
tember 5th.
“One of the first planned ac
tivities is to sponsor a bread
sale, says A. S. Knowles, chair
man of publicity for the club.
On the afternoon of September
5, members of the club will work
a bread selling campaign in the
communities of Bolivia, Winna
bow, Mill Creek, Antioch, How
ell’s Point, Holden Beach and
(Continued on Page Four)
Some Progress
Obtaining Clay
Request Has Gone To Man
agement And Disposal
Branch Of U.S. Army En
gineers For Clay With
Which To Stabilize Field
It now appears to be certain
that the U. S. Army Engineers,
Savannah, Ga., Real Estate Board
and Regional Property coordina
tor in Atlanta, will make clay
available from the McRackan
farm, now owned by the govern
ment, for the surfacing of tte
Southport High School Athletic
Field and Community Play
ground.
Hundreds of cubic yards of
earth will be needed for surfacing
the sandy football and baseball
ground part of the tract that has
been ddeded to the school, city
and civil clubs.
The only clay in this area, ot
her than the Walden Creek de
posit, is 25 or more miles away.
With much money already expen
ded in clearing and grading the
play ground, the cost of transpor
ting such a distance would be
prohibitive, to the playground
trustees, with the very limited
funds available for developing.
(Continued on Page Four)
market
ge last
ark for
[boosted
i $54.50,
the ave
eeks of
to 12,
.375,080
se-week
rd. the
ntionally
rparative
reek like
i average
Tobacco S
Pleasing §»st
Weed G
Whiteville Marketiiorted
Average Of $5fl| Paid
For Offerings fl That
Market Last W
STEADY INCRE;
NOTED II
Market Consisteii§l Run
ning Ahead Of l»jVal
ume But FarmwAre
Finding Spa<
Sell
The Whiteville tobi
rolled up a $56.82
week to establish a n<
a five million-pound
The upsurge in avei
the season average
whicdi is $2.11 more
rage’for the first tftri
the 1952 selling sei
The season total
909,924 pounds, exai
pounds more than thi
total last year.
Whiteville’s 15 wari
paid out a totals of
This is also a big
corresponding period
when only $5,002,990.
distributed among gro'
The steady gain in
average is shown in
for the first three w<
new season. The ave:
following figures are
rather than for the wi
tion:
First Week — 3,
unds; $52.22 average.
Second Week — 3,
unds; $53.08 average. B
Third Week — 5,5fc9ii
unds; $54.50 average. f|
Market officials r
$54.50 average as e:
good in view of the ci
weak start. Another
last would pull the seas
above $55.
Warehouse floors were crowded
again today and Sales. SUBS'visor
Dave S. Neilson prpdlrt,,
les this week, although he
phasized that growers were
ing no difficulty in getting tleir
offerings handled promptly.
tme and
figures
of the
i in the
lulative
[in ques
Routine Sessions
Of Court Monday
Several Cases Disposed
During Regular Wee dy
Term Of Brunswick Coun
ty Recorder’s Court
Of
The usual run Of ca4es were
disposed of here in Recorder s
court Monday with the following
judgments being handed down:
Edward Marlow, assault, block
ing highway, damage to personal
property, two years On roads,
suspended on payment of a $25
fine and good behavior for two
years.
T. Ladinis Williams, assa olt
with deadly weapon, two ye irs
on roads suspended on good be
havior for two years and p ty
ment of $25 fine and costs.
Pawnee Duval, illegal parkfig
fined $10 and costs.
Herbert Parker, larceny of
dog, prayer for judgement a m
he
tinued upon the returning of
dog and payment of costs.
Joseph Gleason Kirby, dnini
driving, fined $100 and costs.
Eugene Coleman, interfering
with an officer, nol pros th
leave.
Ozlo Robinson, drunken driving
fined $100 and costs.
Brunswick Lions Presidents
HEADS—Kenneth McKeithan, left, of Bolivia, Dr. M. H. Rourk, center, of Shal
lotte, and William P. Jorgensen, right, of Southport, recently have been installed as
president of the Lions Club in their respective community. There is a fourth Lions
Club in Brunsick county, at Leland, but no announcement has been received regard
ing their new president.
Officials Seeking
Help For Power
Officers Converge
On Whiskey Outfit
Sheriff’s deputies and Federal
en collided at a whiskey still
n the Calabash section Monday.
The federal men got there first
,nd were in the act of raiding
;he still when several deputies
gscended on the outfit with the
ame pnrro)w in view. The first
reactions of the county officers
when they arrived on the scene
was that they were about to cap
ture a whole crew of moonshin
ers. From this conclusion they
were disillusioned by the discov
that the men gathered ar
nd the outfit were Federals,
getting ready to blow the thing
ug>.
ofinc
All hands joined in the destruc
tion of a large whiskey making
olitfit and 1500 gallons of mash
tfiat was ready ■' to be converted
into liquor.
Robbers Enter
Longwood Store
The Rice Gwynn Establish
ment At Longwood Was
Burglarized Friday Night
By Well-Equipped Gang
The Rice Gwyn store at Long
wood was broken into Friday
night and the thieves are said to
have been frightened away while
they were making an effort to
burn the lock from the safe
door with a torch. They left the
torch and tank behind them when
they fled.
The lock was burned off the
safe but the door held. It is
understood that only a small am
ount of goods were taken from
the store.
Thus far no arrests have been
made and officers decline to say
1 (Continued on Page Four)
I
W. B. KKHAH
Our
OVING
Reporter
at
it
Our Republican, friend, Ci:ai lie
Trott, did not fall heir to he
job of Collector of Custom
Wilmington. His not getti:?
does not mean in any way t at
he did not deserve it nor that he
was not capable of handlir.
It simply means that antler
fellow was on the main tr$k.
Charlie’s failure to get rt
both the light and dark side
would have liked to see him.
it. On the other hand, he iaj so
as
Ve
et
!h,
very successful at Long Be—.,
a resort that is destined to be
come the largest in North taio
lina in the next ten years, tiat
the folks there can ill affordgto
lose him, despite his general o»s
sedness. On the whole we $re
glad that Charlie is to remamlat
Long Beach.
September and October will, if
the weather is average for the
time of year, bring thousands of
people to the Brunswick County
beaches, the attraction being the
fishing for mullets and spots in
addition to the sport fishing.
Children having to be in school
lessens the number of family
groups, unless it is for just over
the week-end, but the folks will
be here anyhow. Most of the
fall fishing directly along the
coast is done with nets and seins
and most of the catches consist
of mullets, spots and trout. The
spots and trout and other fish
also provide a big attraction to
the man and woman with rod
and reel. Calabash, Seaside, the
Cause Landing, Little Beach,
Shallotte Point, Holden Beach,
Continued on page tour
Representatives Of City
Government Met With Lo
cal Government Officials
In Raleigh Friday To
Consider Plans
CITY IS SEEKING
TEMPORARY HELP
Application Has Been Made
For Loan Of Portable
Generation Unit To
Help Out While Per
manent Steps Are
Made
City officials were in Raleigh
Friday with the head of the Lo
cal Government Commission in
an effort to work out some plan
to finance critical improvements
in the provision of electric pow
er for distribution in Southport.
They also had an opportunity
to talk to the engineer for the
State Utilities Conynjssion re
garding some problems confront
ing them in their efforts to keep
the Qitypf Soythport in the pow
er distribution business.
From the Local Government
Commission they received tenta
tive permission to sell revenue an
ticipating bonds, but it was pre
dicted that there might be some
difficulty experienced in depos
iting of these bonds.
Meanwhile, Mayor J. A. Gil
bert has appealed to Congress
man F. Ertel Carlyle and to Sen
ator Alton A. Lennon for their
assistance in attempting to se
cure the loan of a portable gen
erating plant for use in tiding
the city over in the present em
ergency which has resulted in
greatly curtailed electric service
to customers during the past few
weeks. Mayor Gilbert, in making
this appeal, has pointed to the
fact that both the U. S. Air
Force and the U. S. Coast Guard
currently are being supplied el
ectric power through the South
port distribution system.
The hope is to get a standby
(Continued on Page 4)
Bolivia Dealer
Receives Title
J. A. Elmore Of Elmora
Motor Co. Ha3 Been Nam
ed Area Chairman For
N. C Automobile Dealers
Association
J. A. Elmore of Elmore Motor
Company, of Bolivia, has accep
ted the position of area chairman
for the North Carolina Automo
bile Dealers’ Association, it was
announced today by Association
President T. L. Black, of Pine
hurst.
In making the announcement,
President Black indicated that
Elmore will represent the State
and National Automobile Dealers
Association in this county during
the coming year. Black stress
ed the importance of this posi
tion, stating that area chairmen
serve as liason between individu
al new car and truck dealers
and the Association headquarters.
As county chairman, Elmore
will also head the fall member
ship campaign in this area, for
NCADA and HADA and will par
ticipate in Area Chairman Day,
which will be held in Raleigh in
Octobor.
Beach Property
At Auction Sale
Near Shallotte
Ocean Isle Beach Will Be
Introduced To Public Sat
urday With Sale Of 100
Ocean Front And Business
Lots
New Ocean Isle Beach, located
four miles southeast of Shallotte
just off U. S. Highway 17, will
be opened to the public at an auc
tion sale to be conducted on
Saturday, September 5.
Plans for the sale were an
nounced this week by Herbert
Goldston of Goldston Bros., Inc.,
Sanford land auctioneers, who de
clared the new development area
to be “one of the most beautiful
strands in North Carolina.”
The auctioning win start at 1
o’clock in the afternoon.
Approximately 95 acres have
been subdivided by M. C. Gore
and Odell Williamson, the owners
and developers of New Ocean
Isle Beach. Many of the lots, in
cluding 100 business and residen
tial lots fronting on the ocean
will be offered for sale. Lots a
long the ocean front are 50 by
150 feet, while most of the inside
lots are 50 by 100 feet.
The Shallotte High School Band
will be on hand to furnish music
before the sale starts and at in
tervals during the afternoon.
The new development is located
across the inland waterway and
is reached by turning east off
Highway 17 about four miles from
Shallotte. The owners and de
velopers have just placed a new
ferry in operation.
A 100-foot thoroughfare, to be
known as Shallotte Boulevard,
runs from the ferry crossing to
the ocean. Other streets in the
development will be 50 feet wide.
Peanut Growers .
Vote Saturday
Referendum Will Be Con
ducted To Determine If
The Farmers Will Assess
Themselves 1-Cent Per
Hundred For Promotion
Brunswick County peanut grow
ers will vote Saturday whether
to assess themselves to promote
peanuts.
If two-thirds or more of those i
voting approve, the growers will !
assess themselves one cent for |
each 100-pound gag of peanuts |
for a three-year period.
The State Department of Ag- |
riculture has authorized the N. !
C. Peanut Growers Association to i
conduct the referendum.
All farmers engaged in the pro
duction of peanuts on a commer
cial basis, including tenants and
share-croppers on whose farms
peanuts are produced this year,
are eligible to vote.
Polling places in Brunswick
County will be at A. P. Henry’s
Store in Winnabow and Leo F.
Medlin’s Store in Northwest. Vo
ting will be between 7 a. m., and
7 p. m.
If the assessment is approved,
buyers will be requested to col
lect the one cent per hundred
pounds in accordance with laws
passed by the General Assembly.
The assessment will be paid to
the treasurer of the N. C. Pea
nut Growers Association. The
treasurer must publish a state
ment of the amounts received and
(Continued on Page Four)
County Schools
Open Wednesday
For Fall Term
Superintendent Henry C.
Stone Gives Final Warn
ing To Parents Of First
Graders Concerning En
trance Requirements
PRINCIPALS HOLD
MONDAY MEETING
Work In Progress On Shal
lotte School Building Not
Expected To Interfere
With Opening Of
School
Brunswick County schools will
open for their fall term next
Wednesday morning, and Super
intendent Henry C. Stone urges
all parents of first graders who
have not been immunized against
certain contageous diseases, to
attend to this detail before school
convenes.
In addition to being immuniz
ed against diphtheria, whooping
cough and small pox, all first
graders must bring with them a
birth certificate showing' that
they are six years of age, or
will reach their sixth birthday on
or before October 16, the new
deadline for admission to school
for the first time this year.
Superintendent Stone met with
the principals and the supervisors
for the first time Monday. A
countywide teachers meeting will
be held at Southport next week.
Work is being, carried forward
as rapidly as possible at Shallotte,
where serious damage resulted
from a windstorm in June. The
damaged property will not be re
paired in time for service at the
opening of school, but it will be
safe for students to use Othet
parts of the building.
Southport Has
j Cadet Visitors
North Carolina Boys Who
Are Seniors At U.S. Mili
tary Academy Were In
This Area Monday After
noon
Five North Carolinians who
are seniors at the U, S. Military
Academy at West Point, N. Y.,
paid Southport an overnight vis
it earlier this week.
The cadets were guests of the
Wilmington District of the Corps
of Engineers and were accompa
nied by Col. R. L. Hill, District
Engineer, Lt. Col. P. M. Regar,
Executive Officer, and additional
officials and friends including W.
B. (Bill) Keziah.
Colonel Hill, who succeeded
Col. R. C. Brown recently, point
ed out that the custom of invit
ing the future generals to see
what the engineers do and how
they do it is an annual ■ affair^
He implied that the basic reason
behind the practice is to attract
more West Point graduates to
elect service in the Corps as
their chosen branch of duty.
The group was composed of
William L,. Hauser of Fayette
ville, Donald M. Rhea of Hazel
wood, James R. Whitley of Kan
napolis, Jimmy P. Jarrett of Ban
dana, and Richard C. Baughman
of Washington.
They arrived in Southport short
ly afternoon Monday aboard the
Engineers’ Survey boat Danora,
and departed immediately for an
inspection trip to Sunny Point. A
foray to Bald Head Island fol
lowed for a public dinner with a
shrimp boil and turtle egg hunt
(Continued on Page Four)
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 I'ilot’s Association
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, August 27
9:46 a. m. 3:32 a. m.
10:10 p. m. 3:58 p. m.
Friday, August 28
10:38 a. m. 4:19 a. m.
11:02 p. m. 4:52 p. m,
Saturday, August 29
11:34 a. m. 5:09 a. m.
11:55 p. m: 5:48 p. m.
Sunday, August 30
0:00 a. m. 6:02 a. m.
12:31 p. m. 6:49 pm.
Monday, August 31
0.54 a. m. 7:00 a. m.
1:33 p. m. 7:55 p. m.
Tuesday, September 1
1:57 a. m. 8:01 a. m.
2:36 p. m. 9:02 p. m.
Wednesday, September 2
3:02 a. m. 9:06 a. m.
3:38 p, m. 10:04 p,