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THE STATE PORT PHOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Volume No. 17 No. 18 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1954 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Most Of The News All The Time The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR Machinery Makes Jobs For Labor At Sunny Point While Machines Have Had Greatest Part Of Work During Construction Per. iod, Men Will Be Requir ed Later OPERATION WILL BE JOB FOR MANPOWER Some Of The Construction Work Coming Up Will Require More Labor Than Has Been Em ployed Thus Far On Job By W. B. KEZIAH This is a machine age. Machin ery has displaced labor and in the case of the United States Termin als at Southport, machinery in displacing labor will provide em ployment where there was none before. Not so many years ago the | construction of any sort of major j military installations would have involved the use of thousands of laborers. And in the case of the usual military installation labor would cease to be a factor when the installation was completed. Military personnel would handle everything. Labor constructed and labor ceased to benefit when the construction was completed. Exactly the reverse will prevail at Sunny Point when the instal lation is finished. Machinery is the big factor in building, labor will be a big factor in operating. The best information obtainable is that when the installation here is completed 2,000 workers will be employed and along with them will be 200 military personnel. When work here first started the natural assumption was that there would be a tremendous use of manpower and very few people gave a thought to the labor that would be required after the in stallation was completed. The thought of workmen was only in terms of construction. It did not take long to disillusion th6 public of the belief that labor would. get in a lot of big licks. First came three powerful dre dges to execute the contract held by the McWilliams Dredging Co mpany of New Orleans. For their day and night task they natur ally used considerable labor, but it was the machines that did the work. After the dredging was under way the Green Construction Com pany of Indiana moved in on a railroad grading contract of some 30 miles. This company, one of the largest in the world, brought in only a small part of its equip ment, enough to complete its job in specified time. Most of its men were machine operators. There was very little labor required. Behind the Green Construction Company was the W. A. Smith Company of Houston, Texas. The ir job was to lay the rails, ties and ballasting on the 30 miles that Green had graded. They, too, used machinery and only a mod erate number of workmen were requited. The Hertford Construction Com pany of Hertford ana the Cecil Construction Company of Lexing Continued From Page Four LnEWS-I REBUILDING THEATRE W. A. Kopp of Bolivia, one of the owners of the Long Beach Drive-In Theatre, stated this week that they hoped to have the place rebuilt and in operation soon. CHANGE DATS The Bolivia Lions Club now meets on the first and third Monday night at 7:30 o’clock. This is a change from Wednesday. The first meeting on the new schedule was held this week. OYSTER ROAST With the proceeds to go to the purchase of heaters for the Sunday School class rooms at Oak Grove Baptist Church, an oyster roast will be sponsored at the Geneva Evans Store on the Holden Beach Road Saturday night, No vember 27 from 6:30 until 11:30 p. m. Children will be fed for one-lialf price. FLORIDA FRUIT Word was received here yes terday that residents of Orlando, Fla., are sending a carload of citrus fruit for distribution in the area recently hit the hardest by Hurricane Hazel. 'The shipment is to leave Friday and "will ar rive in Myrtle Beach the first of next week. From that point it will be distributed to points throughout this section. Survives Hurricane f STANDING—Foiiy Hills, summer ho me of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Cajiiel at Long Beach, came out of the recent hurricane in better shape than any other cottage on the beach. Located near the top of one of he high hills near Lockwoods iFolly above the water line and protected from the wind, it sustained practically no damage. N. C. Baptists Begin Annual Session Monday Annual State Convention Of Baptists Opens In Char lotte Today Ending Thurs day North Carolina Baptists will in augurate a plan at their annual session in Charlotte this week to sleet the “Rural Church of the year” from the 2,400 village and open country churches in the State. Dr. Henry E. Walden, Jr., Secretary of the Rural Church Department of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention, is pro moting this contest. Dr. Walden points out that any church affiliated with the North Carolina Baptist State Convention in a village "under 500 population or in the open country is eligible to participate in the program. Awards will be made on the pro gress in the local churches be tween July 1, 1954, and June 30, 1955. Rules and regulations gov erning the contest may be secured at the Rural Church booth in the First Baptist Church in Charlotte during the annual meeting of the Baptist State Convention, Novem ber 15-18, or from Dr. Walden’s office, 205 Recorder Building, Ra leigh. The "Rural Church of the Year” will receive a plaque and a cer tificate of merit at the meeting of the Baptist State Convention in November, 1955. Nine other churches will receive certificates of merit for placing among the top ten outstanding Baptist rural churches in 1955. High school seniors from rural churches will also be given an opportunity during the present ber of the answers said imme diate desegregation would not work in the State and would lead to violence. When the Supreme Court in vited briefs from states not di rectly involved in cases which led to the desegregation decree, (Continued on page four) Florida Tour For Inspection Mr. And Mrs. G. V. Barbee Seek Ideas For Erection Of Motor Court On Yau pon Village Property Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Barbee oi Yaupon Village at Long Beach have been in Florida since Satur ;day on a trip made for the pur pose of looking over the latest in | tourist courts in order to deter mine just what is best for the 'proposed court at Yaupon Village i Immediately after the recent storm which left Yaupon Village i undamaged except for the cafe building near the strand, Mr Barbee stated they planned tc build a large, modern tourist co urt and that they also had othei plans for greater development ol . their 200-acre beach property. Before leaving for Florida Sat Jurday he stated that on his re turn he would probably be able tc make public some of his irnmedi ate plans. He was enthusiastic over the general interest that haf 'been shown by the public to wards development of Yaupoc : Village since the storm. Gradual Change Asked By State Brief Filed With U. S. Su preme Court By North Carolina Asks That De segregation Be Gradual NO SPECIFIC PLAN IS SUGGESTED BY N. C. State Suggests That Federal District Judges Be Given Authority To Supervise Change-Over I North Carolina this week i asked the U. S. Supreme Court j to go slow in effecting its segre | gation decree, and urged that ; Federal district judges be given author ity to supervise the change over. Give us plenty of time, the State asked, and give district judges who know local conditions authority to implement the decree j in the light of those conditions. An alternative to gradual de segregation, the State said, could be destruction of the public school system and “racial bitter i ness.” The State referred to the late Justice Jackson’s suggestion that to send the cases back to lower courts without standards for guid ance in further proceedings would mean a generation of litigation. “If so,” said the brief, “such a result is far preferable to a gen eration of strife outside the courts and of chaos inside the school room.” The State’s position was set forth in a brief, filed in the hope the Supreme Court will use it for guidance in formulating methods for ending public school segrega tion. No specific plan was pro posed. There are 188 pages, including 141 pages of exhibits, in the brief. It was signed by Aattorney Gen eral Harry McMullan and Assist ant Attorneys General T. Wade Bxuton, Rjalph Moody, Claude L. Love and I. Beverly Lake. Except for a few statistical ta bles, the exhibits consisted of answers to questionnaires sent to city and county school superin tendents and police officials. In substance, an overwhelming num (Continued on Bage Four) Soil Election In This County One Place On County Board Of Soil Conservation Sup ervisors Will Be Filled During Election On Week Of December 6-11 A meeting of the Brunswick ; County Board of Soil Conserva j tion Supervisors was recently held at the high school in Shallotte with J. D. Bellamy, Jr., of Shal lotte, chairman of the local board and also chairman of the board of the Lower Cape Fear Soil Con servation District, presiding. The work of the district was reviewed and county goals for the .coming year were discussed and set up. Plans were also ma de for circulating petitions to no minate candidates for a member | of the county board to replace the i (Continued Prom Page Four) Williamson €)wns All Of Ocean Isle Ocean Isle Beach, formerly owned by. Odell Williamson and C. M. Gore in partnership, is now the property of Mr. Wil liamson. While here this week he announced that he had^nurj chased the half interest af yc. Gore and that he is planning on more extensive development. pcean Isle Beach, in common with bther Brunswick beaches, was virtually wiped out, so far as buildings are concerned, in the recent storm. The beach it self suffered little permanent damage and Mr. Williamson is confident of rapid and. perman ent development which already was in progress before the storm. , The amount involved in his purchase from Mr. Gore has not been announced. Damaged Trees May Deteriorate In Forester Warns That Damage May Follow Wake Of Storm Month uth 10 dur al the two Pine stands in many part 5 o 'the state, especially in the s eastern area, suffered abou I per cent wind damage from | ricane Hazel. With the tree j ready seriously weakened by I severe drought of the past years, the recent wind daj nag compounded their weakened dition, thus making them susceptible to attacks from sects. “To prevent insect damage! an to realize some profit Snstes 3 c k loss from the forest, the da nag Continued On Page Koi r) ect In ast con nort in Jury List For December Term Drawn Monday List Of Names Drawn By Commissioners During Monday Session For Ser vice During Civil Term Of Court LAST SESSION FOR PRESENT BOARD Chairman ElRoy Kins? Will Give Up Place On Board Of Commissioners To H. F. Swain At Next Session ■ Z". * During the session of the board of county commissioners here Monday a jury list for the civil term of Superior court which is to convene here in December was drawn. This was the last session over which EIRoy King will preside as chairman, since he will be re placed hy H. F. Swain at the first December meeting as a member of this body. He has served as chairrrtan of the board for the past four years. Routine matters were disposed of, and the following names were drawn for jury duty: Fred Lesh, Radway Sellers, Troy Henry, A. R. Clemmons, Bo livia; Olen Gore, J. F. Allen, J. W. Stanley, Huston I. Hewett, G. O. Jones, Corbett Smith, Mar shall Carlisle, Ash; George Wor tham, H. D. Smith, LeRoy Price, James S. Arnold, Southport; H. C. FormyDuval, Samuel Boyd, Adell Summersett, Harry A. Chadwick, Odell Williamson, H. H. Pierce, Shallotte; Mrs. Lillian Galloway, H. L. Clemmons, Floyd Evans, James H. Galoway, Paul Hewett Supply; James T. Ganey, E. D. Dale, W. E. Mintz, Waters Mintz, Ernest Peterson, Leland; B. J. Mills, Jr. H. L. Robbins, W. E. Lewis, Roy E. Swain, Win nabow; L. N. Hickman, Wampee. Thanks Graham For State Help Letter Signed By Chairman EIRoy King Expresses Ap preciation To A. H. Gra ham For Assistance From SH&PWC Employees At the regular meeting of the board of county commissioners here Monday Chairman Elroy King was authorized to address the fol lowing letter to A. H. Graham, chairman of the State Highway Commission, expressing the grati tude of the board and' of all Brunswick county citizens for the assistance from State Highway Department personnel, particularly since Hurricane Hazel: ‘‘In a regular meeting held to day, November 15th, it was re quested by a unanimous resoluti on that I write to you in behalf of the County Commissioners and other citizens and residents of Brunswick County, thanking you for the splendid co-operation and most courteous help rendered us by the Highway Department in recovering from the disaster cau sed by Hurricane Hazel on Octo ber 15th. “The Commissioners also requ ested that I advise you of the splendid co - operation and help afforded us through the offices of Mr. C. Heide Trask, Commis sioner of the Third Division. Mr. Trask has always been more than helpful during his tenure in of fice, and when this emergency arose he, together with his staff headed by Mr. C. E. Brown, Di vision Engineer, and Mr. R. V. (Continued on Page 4) W. B. HKZ1AH OVING Reporter The Sunny Point install ition project lost a good friend F: iday when Lt. Colonel Philip W. gan finished his tour of He ll uty i with the Wilmington District Ar my Engineers. As assistant t ■ District Engineer, Col. Reger at the installation frequentl; ’ inspection and was just as quently in Southport wner the was on fre he made many friends. He is no v on his way to French Morocco engineering duty. Col. Regei a long war record in the Pi cific followed by 4 years of serve Japan with the 8th Army pr coming to North Carolina, the Wilmington District C Reger served as assistant wil for lias :e in >r to In lonel i ho th Colonel Roland C. Brown and Colonel Raymond L. Hill, both of whom held him in high regard. The Brunswick County Train ing School with a long establish ed record of putting out about the best boys basketball team of Negro school in a dozen nearby counties, may not be able to play this year, at least not on their home court. The court was con demned as unsafe several months ago and the school officials have been unable to repair it. The floor is in very bad condition and to support the roof posts have had to be placed in the center of the Continued On Page Two Bob Ruark Back To Bird Hunting Famous Newspaper Columnist Returning To The United States Following Residence In Spain Quite a number of years ago a 10-year old Southport boy learn ed to hunt quail. The love he acquired for the sport has clung to him through all his life, despite the fact that elephants, tigers and other African and Asiatic wild animals have since fallen Before his guns. Just a few weeks ago he told in the Saturday Evening Post of a tiger hunt in India, in which he and his wife engaged. Since leaving Southport he has traveled far and wide, at first as a sports writer, then £s a columnist. His career was inter rupted 'by a hitch in the Navy, from which he returned to again take up as a columnist, this time for Seripps Howard. Tired of this work and tired of the big cities, he suddenly gave both up two years ago and moved to Spain. There he continues his writing to a lesser degree, mostly for the nationally known maga zines. This week Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Ruark, Sr., of Southport re ceived a letter from their son and daughter-in-law in Spain. The letter definitely advised that the couple are returning to South port in December and will be here over Christmas. It also advised that some quail shooting would definitely be on the agenda for Bob Ruark the rambling former resident of Southport. No Action Taken On Disaster Aid Pay Taxes With Pile Of Pennies Tdx Collector Jack Brown waited on the usual number of customers Friday, but in one case he probably had to count out more pieces of money than has come to his hands in a long day. G. C. Stanley, Sr., of Brick Landing on the waterway below Shallotte Village Point sent in his tax money, 3,677 pieces of it. The whole $36.77 was in pen nies. And the money bore evidence of the recent hurricane. The regular bank wrappers in which they were packed, 50 to a package, were stained and crusted from salt water. The pennies themselves bore evi dence of having undergone a saltwater bath. They were cor roded almost white. Lennon Urges Special Action Senator Asks Governor Lu ther Hodges To Call To gether State Congression al Delegation For Disas ter Action WASHINGTON. — Senator Al ton Lennon today disclosed that he has written a letter to Gover nor Luther Hodges suggesting that the Governor consider call ing a meeting of the North Caro lina Members of the United Sta tes Congress to work out ways of “presenting a united front in com ing months in the Congress as to. the need for help” caused by Hur ricane Hazel’s damage in North Carolina. The Senator said that he made a trip to Raleigh last week to suggest this action to the late Governor Umstead but that the Governor was taken to the hospit al before details could be worked out. “I have taken up the matter in Washington,” Senator Lennon sa id, "and it seems a good idea to get all the North Carolina delega tion together in Raleigh some time in December to work out plans for getting funds appropriated in the next Congress in Civil Works appropriations. (Continued on Page 4) Harrelson Store In New Location Grocery Store Will Be Lo cated In Building Former ly Occupied By Southport Trading Co.; That Busi ness Moves To Arthur Building Moving out of their waterfront building during the storm, Har reison's Grocery is moving again today. Tomorrow (Thursday) will find it open and ready for busi ness in one of the most conven iently located places for a grocery store in Southport. Harrelson has bought the store, stock and fixtures of the South port Trading Company. He is moving the Trading Company stock into the building that he has been occupying since the storm. At the same time he is moving the grocery business into (Continued on Page 4) Ray H. Walton Named . Member Of Five - Man Committee Asked To Call On Governor To Seek His Support ALL APPLICATIONS IN GOOD ORDER Property Owners And Pub lic Officials Are Hoping Favorable Action From Federal Agency On This Project Thus far there has been no of ficial word of the disposition of the application made last week to the Federal Government for funds for disaster relief for citi zens of Brunswick county. The request was submitted by county, city and Civilian Defense representatives through General Edward Griffin, chairman of the Governor’s Disaster Relief Com mittee. Included were provisions for re storing streets, electric power, wa ter and sewage services. Roof repair to municipal buildings also was included. For the beaches, provision was made for temporary erosion meas ures designed to save the Bruns wick county strands from com plete loss. There also was a re quest for assistance with the wa ter system at Long Beach. Last week there was a meeting in Wilmington, at which the sug gestion was made that Governor Luther Hodges meet with a rep resentative from each of the five Southeastern counties hardest hit by the storm. Senator Ray Wal ton is the Brunswick represent ative. Another Lengthy Session Of Court Weekly Session Of Bruns wick County Recorder’s Court Carries Over Into Night For Second Straight Time The weekly session of Bruns wick County Recorder’s Court ran on into the night here Mon day as Judge W. J. McLarnb and Solicitor James C. Bowman labor ed through another long docket. The following cases were dispos ed of: Donnie Padgett, Jr., speeding, fined $20.00 and costs. Dennis O. Sullivan, speeding, judgment suspended on payment of costs. Victor Jonas O’Neil, speeding, fined $20.00 and costs. Robert Anderson Barrow, spee ding, fined $10.00 and costs. J. T. Ivester, speeding, fined $35.00 and costs. Nathaniel Hill, assault with de adly weapon, preliminary hearing waived, bond $1,000. Nathaniel Hill, assault with a deadly weapon (.2nd charge) same as first case. Robert Dee Hill, aid and abet in assault with deadly weapon, waives preliminary hearing, bond set at $1,000. Nathaniel Hill, assault with de adly weapon, six months on roads, suspended on good behavior for two years and payment of costs. Leroy Hill, assault on female, 90 days on roads, suspended on pay [ ment of a fine of $50.00 and co sts. Notice of appeal given. Bond $200.00. Eddie Milliken Xijman, failure to give hand signal, nol prossed at instance of prosecuting attor Contuiued On Page Four) Efforts Being Made To Obtain Telephone Coop Brunswick Telephone Com mittee Met Last Week In Raleigh >yith Officials Of Southern Bell But Got No Encouragement NO OBSTACLE TO t OTHER EFFORTS Canvassers Now At Work Signing Up Prospects For Telephone Service Throughout The County The Brunswick Telephone Com mittee met last week with South rn Bell Telephone officials in Ra leigh and discussed the possibility of that company installing coun ty-wide telephone service. The committee reports that Southern Bell officials clearly stated that they do not intend now, nor do they have any def inite plans in the future to ex pand their services in this area other than the installation of pay stations in business places in Supply, Bolivia and Holden Beach, radio telephone such as the sys tem now in Shallotte. They fur ther stated, however that they will not stand in the way of any method that the people of this area might use if they are suf ficient in number to qualify for service from any other source. The committee and official can vassers met Monday to sign up memberships. The sign-up began Tuesday and must be completed by the end of the week. A de posit of $10 will be required with each application, with the under standing that if there, are not sufficient applications received the deposit will be returned. If there are enough members to justify the forming of a telephone co operative each member will later be required to put an additiona amont of $30 or $40 to compete his eqity. The committee members making the trip to Raleigh included Har ry L. Mintz, Jr., chairman: Joe | Standard, vice-chairman; Cleon Evans, Willis C. Sellers, Sinclair Gore, Cecil Robbins, Kenneth Mc Keithan, Frank Lennon, James J. Hawes, Cecil Hewett and E. D. Bishop. The committee members and (Continued on Page Four) ASC Assistance Is Now Available Farmers Urged To Report Completion Of Practices Or To Turn In Authoriza tion To ASC Office The 1954 program year is near ing the end and any producer who has assistance set up for ACP Practices on his farm and has completed these practices but lias not made a report of their completion to the county ASC office is urged to do so imme diately. If a producer wishes to use purchase orders to obtain the ma terials that are available now, he can call by the ASC office and the orders will be written. The final seeding date for permanent pastures and small grain cover crops is November 30. Any producer who has assist ance which he does not plan to use is urged to go by the coun ty ASC office and cancel this authorization so that it can be iContinued on page four) I 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, Novrqber 18, 2:19 A. M. 8:22 A. M. 2:34 P. M. 8:54 P. M. Friday, November 19, 3:15 A. M. 9:21 A. M. 3:27 P. M. 9:45 P. M. Saturday, November 30, 4:08 A. M. 10:16 A. M. 4:16 P. M. 10:32 P. M. Sunday, November 21, 4:56 A. M. 11:06 P. M. 4:63 P. M. 11:16 P. M. Monday, November 22, 5:41 A. M. 11:52 A. M. 5:47 P. M. 11:59 P. M. Tuesday', November 23, 6:24 A. M. 0:00 A. M. 6:28 P. M. 12:36 P. M. Wednesday', November 24, 6:63 A. M. 0:39 A. M. 7:07 P. M. 1:18 P. M i
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