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£ THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Volume No. 17 No. 46 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1954 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Most Of The News All The Time The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR Mrs. St. George Is Sweepstakes Winner At Show Runnerup Honors Went To Mrs. Dallas Piggott And To Mrs. J. A. Gilbert In Annual Event Held Here Friday SHOW ACCLAIMED SUCCESSFUL EVENT Mrs. F. M. Burdett And Mrs. E. C. Harrelson Were Co-Chairmen Of This Year’s South port Flower Show Mrs. Thomas St. George was sweepstaks winner in the South port flower show in the gymna sium on Friday, the event having been co-sponsored by the Wo man’s Club and Garden Club. Mrs. J. A. Gilbert and Mrs. Dallas Pigott were tied in points for second sweepstakes. Co-chairmen for the event were Mrs. F. M. Burdette and Mrs. Ed Harrelson. Judges were Mrs. Raymond Paulk, Mrs. J. C. Birm ingham, Mrs. J. Russell Wood and Mrs. Lester H. Knight, all of Wil mington. Two tri-color awards were made, one to Mrs. J. A. Gilbert and one to Mrs. Thomas St. George. Living room (large)-—1st Mrs. J. A. Gilbert, 2nd1 Mrs. Dallas Pigott, 3rd Mrs. H. B. Smith; honorable mention, Mrs. J. E. Dodson, Mrs. James Arnold, Mrs. Thomas St. George. Living room (small)—1st Mrs. Thos. St. George, 2nd Mrs. Thos. St. George, 3rd Mrs. F. M. Bur dette; honorable mention, Mrs. H. B. Smith and Mrs. A. B. Weeks. Dining room—1st Mrs. J. M. Haper, 2nd Mrs. Thos. St. George, 3rd Mrs. Thos. St. George. Party table—1st Mrs. J. A. Gilbert, 2nd Mrs. J. M. Harper, 3rd Mrs. Ernest Parker; honor able mention, Mrs. Ormond Leg gett, Mrs. Robert Thompson and Mrs. Dallas Pigott. Mantel—1st Mrs. Thos. St. George, 2nd Mrs. Alex Fox, 3rd Mrs. H. B. Smith; honorable men tion, Mrs. James Wolfe and Mrs. Bryant Potter. Coffee table—1st Mrs. Harry Sell. Porch-—1st Mrs. Thos. St. George; 2nd Mrs. Dallas Pigott, 3rd Mi's. Ed Harrelson; honorable mentjfcn, Mrs. Davis Herring, Mrs. N. M. Homstein and Mrs. Ed Ha/elson. J1 silver—1st Mrs. H. B. Smith arf) 2nd Mrs. H. B. Smith. In White—1st Mrs. Dallas jpgott and 2nd Mrs. Thos. St. ieorge. / In Black—1st Mrs. J. A. Gil /bert, 2nd Mrs. Dallas Pigott, 3rd /Mrs. R. Peters. / Driftwood and Seashore—1st I Mrs. Davis Herring, 2nd Mrs. / Dallas Pigott, 3rd Mrs. Johnnie Simmons. Fruits and Vegetables—1st Mrs. J. E. Dodson, 2nd Mrs. Dallas Pigott. Wild Flowers—1st Mrs. James Harper, 2nd Mrs. Davis Herring, 3rd Mrs. Davis Herring; honorable mention, Mrs. Thomas St. George. Potted Plants—blooming, 1st Mrs. J. E. Dodson, 2nd Mrs. Har ry Sell, 3rd Mrs. Ruby Sutton. 1— Perenniels: Perfection' of Bloom: sweet wil liam, Mrs. Roy Swain; larkspur, Mrs. John Ramseur; poppy, Mrs. N. M. Hornstein. 2- Bulbs: lilly, Mrs. D. M. Davis; (Continued on Page 2) BriifNtm i Flathtt ... " MUSIC RECITAL Music students at Shallotte high school will appear in recital on Thursday evening in a program under the direction of Mrs. Caro lyn Kirby. LEGION MEETING Important business will be dis cussed at the regular meeting of the Brunswick County Post, No. 194, American Legion, Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the Legion Room. Post Commander Art Newton urges a Luge at tendance .and reminds legionnaires that there will be special enter tainment and door prizes. WEEK END VISITORS James M. Ferguson, president of the Pacific Molasses Co., Jo seph T. Elvove, executive vice president, and Mr. and Mrs. Chung Liu, Ching Go and Dr. Fernando M. Chan of Manila, Philippines, were week end vis itors of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Rappleyea. Mrs. Chung present ed Mrs. Rappleyea as gifts from the Orient a camphor wood chest, a teakwood cocktail cabinet and a teakwood coffee tabel from Hongkong* Court Officials PRESIDING—Judge Grover A. Martin, left, is pre siding over a one-week term of Superior Court here this week. Judge Martin is from Smithfield and was appoint ed to the bench by Governor Wm. B. Umstead. On the right is John J. Burney, Jr., who is filling the unexpired term of Judge Clifton L. Moore as district solicitor. Bur ney is unopposed for the Democratic nomination to suc ceed himself. He is the son of Judge John J. Burney. Deaver Receives Life Sentence *-. Attorneys Enter Plea Of First Degree Murder On Behalf Of Client In Sur prise Move Here Monday JUDGE GROVER A. MARTIN PRESIDING Second Murder Case Set For Trial Here Today; Numerous Other Mat ters Have Been Set tled In surprise proceedings Monday afternoon, Edward Winton Deaver, middles aged white man, went into the Brunswick county court room and entered a plea of guilty to the charge of murder in the first degree for the shooting and kill ing of his wife early last fall. Judge Grover A. Martin, pre siding at the term, sentenced the defendant to serve the balance of his natural life in State Prison and he will be carried to Raleigh Friday to begin his sentence. Deaver, a native of Tennessee and a newcomer to this section, was employed as a welder on the dredge G. A. McWilliams of the McWilliams Dredging Company of New Orleans. He had worked for the company and was held in high esteem by its officials. Late last summer his wife left him. On the night of the killing Deaver is said to have discover ed her riding in the car of Clinton Sellers, a native of Southport who had been residing in Wilmington for most of the past several years. Deaver is said . to have forced the Sellers car off the road and (Continued on Page Two} Musical Festival Held In Friday The Whitiville High School Band Joined With Musi cal Organizations Of Shal lotte In Staging Enjoyable Program Friday The Whiteville High School Band combined forces with the Shallotte High School Band, the Beginners’ Band and the Shallotte High School Mixed Chorus Friday night for a Festival of Music, a program of varied musical enter tainment which delighted mem bers of a large audience. The Shallotte bands were di rected by Perry Watson, band master, and the visiting White ville musicians were under the direction of Marion Martin. The following program was presented: Shallotte High School Band: “Yankee March”, “Baracarolle”, “French Gavotte” (Amaryllis), "Poet and Peasant”. Shallotte beginning band: “My Bonnie”, “Alma Mater”. Shallotte mixed chorus: "You’ll Never Walk Alone”, “Skip to My I Lou”, “I Believe". Whiteville High School Band: “Queen City”, “American on Par j ade”, "When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba Down In ! Cuba” (Grant White, Soloist), j “Mother Goose Jumps". Whiteville and Shallotte com bined bands: “Chapel •Shiine”, “Jack And The Bean Stalk”, “Hymn of Freedom”, “Sage Brush Saga", “Activity March”, “Na i tional Anthe^i”. Power Goes On First Of June Carolina Power and Light Co. officials have notified the Southport City officials that they will be ready to transfer current to the city system on the first of June. Actually they will be ready sooner than the above date and should anything develope of an emergency nature they will be able to cut in and relieve the situation on short notice. By delaying the supplying of cur rent until the first of June they are able to work unhindred on the lines to Sunny Point. Chief Of S.B.L Lions Speaker Director James Powell Of State Bureau Of Investi gation, Was Speaker At Regular Meeting Here On Thursday James Powell, director of the State Bureau of Investigation, was the speaker Thursday before the Southport Lions Club and described the services of that or ganization as they fit into the law enforcement on the local level. He was introduced by James C. Bowman, who was elected pres ident of the club for the ensuing year, succeeding W. P. Jorgen sen. Director Powell made it clear that criminal investigation begins at the local level, either with the sheriff’s department or either the city police, and that only in a case involving the narcotics law does the S B. I. take initial ac tion. Director Powell described the setup of his department, and told of some of the expert services which are available to local law enforcement agencies who wish to take advantage of them. He said that there are now 22 agents and (Continued on Page Four) | Carlyle Gives | View On Office Gives Local Officials Infor mation As To Proper Channel Through Which To Apply For Postoffice Building Noting a recent statement in this paper with regard to the growing inadequacy of the South port post office building, Congress man P. Erteel Carlyle wrote W. B. Keziah this week and stated he had checked with Ormond A. Kish, Assistant Postmaster Gen eral, Bureau of Facilities. He was informed that Postmas ter Bernice Russ should write the i above official, giving official no j tification of the inadequate size of the local office and requesting j an investigation and corrective | measures. Some reference should also be made as to the future in crease in business because of Sun ny Point, Congressman Carlyle said. The Congressman pointed out that since the beginning of World tContinued on Page Two) Appoint Rhyne | Forester For This District i ■ ;; - •' v • Succeeds Joe Uerlevich As New District Forester Fcr Brunswick, Bladen, Co lumbus, Pender Duplin, And New Hanover FORMERLY STATIONED IN WHITEVILLE OFFICE New Official Is State Col lege Graduate And Is Vet eran Of Service In U.S. Marine Corps Thomas S. Rhyne, Jr., a Char lotte native, has been named dis trict forester at Whiteville to succees the late Joe Herlevich, State Forester Fred H. Claridge announced today. Rhyne, whose home address is 2615 Sharon Road, Charlotte, will have general supervision of all State forestry work in Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender, Duplin and New Hanover coun ties. These comprise District 8 of the State Department of Conser vation and Development’s fores try division’s 12 forestry dis tricts. A graduate of Sharon High School, Charlotte, and the North Carolina State College School of Forestry at Raleigh, Rhyne has worked as a service forester and as assistant to Herlevich in the Whiteville district since shortly after his graduation from N. C. State College in December, 1949. Herlevich died last April 26. Rhyne was a member of the U. S. Marine Corps in 1945-46. He is 27. “Forester Rhyne has rendered good service in the Whiteville dis trict and we feel sure he will do an excellent job as district fores ter,’’ said Claridge. Erecting Phone t Lines To Beach Telephone Crews Now At Work Across Inland Wat erway Erecting Telephone Poles And Line Down Beach Southern Bell Telephone crews began work Monday erecting poles and stringing wires from the hill half a mile south of the bridge to Fort Caswell. The cable to go under the waterway and across the marsh to the hill has not yet arrived. Workmen stated that it is ex pected to have the poles and lines through Caswell Beach and to Fort Caswell and the pay sta tions opened by' the first of June. The same applies to the lines that will be run down Long Beach. For the two beaches and Fort Caswell a total of 18 pay stations will be put in at points of vantage. It is understood that wires sufficient only to take care of the pay stations will be put in for the start. Tire 18 pay stations, plus the fact that with them comes pre parations for home and business phone service at a later date, are very gratifying to residents of the area. It is predicted that the 18 pay stations will show a sub stantial amount of business from the start. CANDIDATE RAY H. WALTON, Southport attorney, who is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for State Senator.in the primary elec tion this month. Sport Fishing Luck Continues Good From Here King Mackerel Still Being Caught, But Number Has Fallen Off In Recent Days; Biuefish Showing Up In Big Numbers Sport fishermen who have been able to go out from Southport during the past week have had good luck, with king mackerel still being the most exciting catch. However, the number of these fish have been dwindling away from the fabulous early-season results. Saturday was a bad dp.y, and only one boat, the John-Ellen, got out. Captain Walter Lewis made it all the way to the vicinity of the lightship with his y and reported a. good catch. The next day practically every boat was out, and most of the parties had good luck. The off shore fishermen reported fifteen to 20 king mackerel. The weather was bad again Monday, but yes terday several boats were out and luck was good both with blue fish and king mackerel. (Continued on Page Two) Celebration Of Fourth Planned Mrs. L. B. Bennett Will Be General Chairman Of This Year’s Celebration, Sponsored By Homa De monstration Club Women Plans are well underway for the annual July 4 th celebration, as announced by this year’s general chairman, Mrs. L. B. Bennett. Some of the other organizations of Southport have joined with the Home Demonstration Club to help make this year’s event the biggest and best ever. The Garden Club has charge of advertising, the P. T. A. is spon soring the queen, the Women’s Club has charge of the dinner and the Daughters of America will have the Tom Thumb King and Queen, which is an added feature this year. Many more plans are being dis cussed but are not yet completed and will be announced later. Our ROVING Reporter Fanners are naturally unable to work in their fields while it is raining or soon thereafter. Working crops while the soil is too wet is not helpful in the pro duction of good crops. Still, the rains that have come in the past | few days have been very helpful; to the farmers. They were glad : to see the r ain. It may be sur prising to many people that grad ing contractors working in the Southport area were also glad to j see the rain. They too, had to stop work while the rain was actually i falling, but they were able to1 . start up again sooner than the | j farmers and for them the wet earth was just right for packing ! down. The packing was well nigh: impossible in powder-dry earth before the rains came. Mr. Aber nathy, one of the Scholes top men, stopped at this office while it was raining Friday, and he was as pleased at the rain as any fann er could be. Approximately 25 students com posing the Outing Group at State tfollege will spend this week end at Bald Head Island. They plan •jo an-ive at Southport at about 4°on Saturday, spend the after i oon and night there and return 1u Southport late on Sunday af 1 Ei noon. Arrangements have been i nade for a boat to provide trans mutation for the group. Similar roups of the State College stu ‘nts have been making these tips each spring, with only a few '■'eptions, for the past 15 years. Viliam Atkinson of the group las made the arrangements for (Continued on Page 8) lEtaMm. Lions Banquet Here Tomorrow H. I. Seeley, Chief Auditor Of Carolina Power And Light Company, Accepts Invitation To Be Speaker , / Members of the Southport Lions • Club will observe Ladies Night Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock at which time the boys and girls of the various athletic teams of Southport High School, their coaches, managers and the cheer leaders will be guests of honor. An interesting musical program has been arranged and will fea ture the boys and girs who are members of the athletic squads. Another attraction will be awarding certificates to those who have earned monograms dur ing the current school year. The principal speaker will be Horace Seeley, assistant treas urer for the Carolina Power and Light Company of Raleigh, who will speak on “This Favored Land”. Mr. Seeley was born in Chicago, (Continued on Page Two) Democrats Meet In Convention -----5fe Last Week For Voters To Register Registration of new voters and the transferring- of voters from their old voting precincts to the ones in which they now live, is said to have been heavy during the first two Saturdays of registration. An especially large number of new voters are getting qualified for voting on the 29th. This Is the last week for reg istering. The books will be at all precincts Saturday and vot ers who do not get on the books at that time will not be able to vote in the primary election of May 29th. Following the clos ing of the registration books on May 15, Saturday May 22 will be challenge day and on the following Saturday the elec tion will be held. State Operated Ferry Expected Decision Of Highway Com mission To Take Over Operation Of Ferry Across Inland Waterway To Oce an Isle Will Help Beach Ocean Isle, newest beach de velopment on the many miles of j beautiful Brunswick county strands, will soon be much more accessible, as it is understood that the State Highway Commission will take over the ferry within a few days and operate on a steady schedule. The ferry, built and operated part time for the past several months by Odell Williamson and M. C. Gore, developers of Ocean Isle, has twice the capacity of the Holden Beach Ferry, now re placed by a steel drawbridge. The Holden Beach ferry was a two car affair, willing but slow. It has been taken somewhere east instead of being used to replace the Williamson and Gore ferry at Ocean Isle. Both the owners of the new (Continued on Page Two) Continue Work Of Soundings Crew From Office Of Army Engineers At Jackson ville, Fla., Making A Thorough Survey Of Sun ny Point Building Area Now on the job for a full mon th, the special surveying and so unding group attached to the Jac ksonville, Fla., office of the Ar my Engineers, is still at work on the Sunny Point reservation. One of the men said this week that they did not know how much longer the local job will last. Not much information has been; given out, but it has been re ported that the soundings involve ' buildings and road foundations. According to information at the time, three million dollars Were allocated to building construction i in the original plans. The administration building will j be located about two miles off Route 303-87 and will be reached by roads running out from the I above route and starting just a (Continued on Page Two) Members Of Democrat Par ty Will Meet Saturday Afternoon At 2-20 O’ clock In Bolivia High School Auditorium PROTEST ENTERED IN ONE PRECINCT A Second Organizational Meeting For Shingletree Precinct Called For Friday Night Of This Week The Brunswick County Demo cratic Convention will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the high school auditorium at Bolivia. As a step leading up to this con vention, precinct meetings were held throughout the county Sat urday at which time precinct chairmen and other officers were named. Sixteen of the seventeen pre cincts were organized, but a pro test from more than fifty reg istered Democrat voters in Shin gletree precinct has caused an other meeting to bo scheduled for Friday night of this week at 8 o’clock for the purpose of naming precinct officials. Protesting voters claim that the Saturday night meeting at which Louis D. (Tink) Benton was reelected as precinct chair man was illegal in that it was held in advance of the 8 o’clock hour for which it had been ad vertised. There was considerable <Continued on Page Two) Mrs. Potter Will Head PTA Again New Officers Installed At Meeting Held Thursday Night In Southport High School Auditorium P. T. A. Officers of the Southport Par ent-Teacher Association were in stated at the last meeting of the year Thursday night. Mrs. Bry ant Potter will serve a second year as president, as will Mrs. Amaretta Burr in the office of vice-president. Mrs. G. E. Hub bard, Jr., is the new secretary, succeeding Mrs. Bill Kincaid and' Mrs. W. R. Jenkins succeeds Mrs. W. P. Jorgensen as treasurer. The installation was conducted by Mrs. J. M. Harper, Jr., a- past president of the organization. Miss Mary Lee Norment’s first grade presented the program, of songs and recitations the group presented several dances and three short plays. Those who gave recitations were: Jimmy Ford, James San ders, Elaine Drew, Marie Lewis, Debbie Simmons, Jesse Howard, Diane Wartli, Sandra Oliver and Mary Lee Jones. Those who took part in the play, “What Joe Forgot” were Bill Furpless, Ed Taylor Harper, Dickie Aldridge and Mary Pat Burdette. Characters in “Pet Store” were Marie Lewis, Cheryl Hewett, Polly Bateman, Sandra Oliver, Dianne Lynch, Mary Lee Jones and Valerie Swain. Those who took part in “Taper Tom” were Roger Sellers, James Sanders, Mary Lee Jones, Marilyn Price, Rosalie Creech, Jrry Swain, Bill Furpless, Sandra Oliver, Dianne Lynch, Mary Pat Burdette, (Continued on Page Two) Hospital Week Being Observed In This County Big Box Supper Being Plan ned For Friday Night At 8 O’Clock At Waccamaw High School Auditorium CITIZENS VISIT HOSPITAL THIS WEEK Members Of Hospital Auxil iary Busy Raising Funds For Purchase Of Oxy gen Tent; Supper Planned The observance of Hospital Week in this county is being marked by unusual activity on the part of members of the Dosher Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and friends of the hospital. On Friday evening at 8 o’clock a box supper will be held in the Waccamaw High School auditori um with Lester Babson, a mem ber of the board of trustees for the hospital, serving as chairman. This is a favorite means by which to raise money in that section of the county, and an invitation has been extended to all pretty girls to come and bring some pretty boxes, filled with good food. Then it will be up to the men to pay and pay and pay. Ed Red wine will be the aucti oneer and the proceeds will go to help buy an oxygen tent and two air conditioning units for the hos pital. Meanwhile, members of the hos pital auxiliary are busy making plans for a chicken salad supper to be served on Thursday evening of next week 'in the Masonic building. Funds derived from this supper will go to help with these same hospital projects. Junior Flower Show Successful Mrs. G. W. McGlamery Was Chairman Of This Event Which Was Interesting Department Of Annual Flower Show Friday The Junior Flower show held here Friday was under the di rection of Mrs. G. W. McGlamery and was judged by Mrs. W. S. Granger of Charlotte and Mrs. C. C. Carr and Mrs. W. H. Eu banks of Long Beach. Sweep stakes winner was Miss Norma Harrelson, with second prize go ing to Weldon McGlamery. Winners are as follow first through fourth grades: Class 1—Arrangement of flow ers (any container)—1st, Diane Peters, 2nd, Jean Gilbert, 3rd, Bill Furpless; honorable mention, Pa tricia Caster; Class 2—Miniature gardens— 1st, Chuck Fox, 2nd, Jean Coch ran, 3rd, Mary Louise Herring; honorable mention, Jerry Robbins, Churk Smith, Dale Swain. Class 3—Wild flower arrange ment—1st, Combination 3 and 4 grades, 2nd, Carl Nunlee, 3rd, James Sanders; honorable men tion, Keith Granger. Class 4—Miniature arrange ment (not over three inches tall) —1st, Jean Gilbert, 2nd, Sally Ward, 3rd, Joyce Jorgenson; hon orable mention, Jean Gilbert. Grades five through eight: Class 1—Arrangement of flow ers (any container)—1st, Weldon McGlamery, 2nd, Judy Young, 3rd, Mary Fox; honorable men Continued On Page Two Tide Table Following Is the tide table tor 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,, May 18, 4:31 A. M. 10:48 A. M. 5:11 P. M. 11:23 P. M. Friday, Slay 14, 5:17 A. M. 11:31 A. M. 5:55 P. M. 0:00 P. M. Saturday, Slay 15, 6:00 A. M. 0:08 A. Ivt. 6:35 P. M. 12:12 P. M. Sunday, Slay 16, 6:41 A. M. 0:52 A. M. 7:15 P. M. 12:52 P. M. Monday, Slay 17, 7:21 A. M. 1:34 A. M. 7:52 P. M. 1:30 P. M. Tuesday, Slay 18, 7:57 A. M. 2:15 A. M. 8:29 P. M. 2:07 P. M. Wednesday, Slay 19, 8:34 A. M. 2:55 A. M. 9:04 P. M. 2:43 P. St
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