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Most Of The News All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT -_A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Volume No. 17 No. 19 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1954 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR Shallotte Lions Hear Red Cross Activity Report Disaster Workers Guests Of This Organization At Re gular Session At Anchor Hotel Thursday Evening Members of the Red Cross dis aster staff who have been work ing for the past six weeks in Brunswick county were guests Thursday night of the Shallotte Lions Clubs at the Anchor Hotel. Following the dinner meeting, the program was turned over to Mrs. Hannah Jackson, Disaster Director for Brunswick county. She gave an explanation of some of the responsibilities of Red Cross during a period similar tp the one experienced in this sec tion in recent weeks, then turned the session over to her chief case worker, Miss Daisy Marshall, who gave a further explanation of how data is developed on a case where Red Cross help is needed. Miss Anne Carter presented fur ther information in this connec tion. Following this, three of the case workers presented an actual case from the Brunswick county files. Although no names were given, facts and figures were reported so that each member of the aud ience might get an idea of the thoroughness with these investi gations are conducted. The three case workers par ticipating in this discussion were Mrs. Alice DeMoya Vaughn Sno derly and Miss Ingbord Rudd. The Red Cross personnel ex pressed their appreciating for this meeting and told members of the group that they have enjoyed their work in Brunswick. Brief Bits Of lnewsj P. T. A. POSTPONED The regular meeting of the Southport P. T. A. will be post poned until December 9 on ac count of the Santa Claus Parade in Wilmington on that night. ASC DEADLINE Word was received yesterday from the ASC office at Supply that Friday of this week is the deadline for receiving purchase orders for participation in the 1954 program. holiday~oijserved Brunswick oounty schools close today at noon and will reopen on Monday. All post offices, all county offices, the banks and the city hall will be closed Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving. TO PRESIDE AT COURT Max C. Cogburn, administrative assistant to the Chief Justice, has notified Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett that Judge Malcolm C. Paul of Washington, has been commissioned to hold the special term of Civil Court beginning here December 13. .Judge Paul is a special judge and this will be his first appearance here. He is understood to be one Qf the youn gest of the Supen Court Jud ges. Red Cross Work Near Completion Payments For Brunswick County Total $134,701.11 With Few More Cases Still To Be Settled COUNTY OFFICES CLOSE THIS WEEK Other Cases Pending Will Be Handled Through Red Cross Office In Wil mington; Some Insur ance Contingencies j Red Cross Disaster Relief of I fices at Southport and Shallotte, ' through which Brunswick county citizens have received $134,704.11 : since the hurricane struck this area on October 15, will be closed this week. This announement was made today by Mrs. Hannah Jackson, of Disaster Relief Headquarters, Area Director for Brunswick county. Only 7 workers remain in duty at these two offices, and at one time there were 22 workers in Brunswick county. A total of 641 applications have been received, and as of this date all except 15 of them have been settled. Most of these involve large amounts, and their settle ment is contingent upon insur ance adjustments. As a matter of fact, included among committments for $134, 704.11 are other cases that have been settled contingent upon in surance adjustments. Each case has been carefully developed by a trained case worker, and all in formation has been presented be fore one of the advisory commit tees that have assisted the Red Cross workers with this task. The advisory committees are compris- i ed of citizens of Southport and Continued On Page Two j Fruit Received For Distribution Citizens Of Orlando, Flor ida, Send Carload Of Cit rus Fruit For Distribution In Disaster Area Eighty boxes of fresh Florida fruit arrived in Southport Tues day for distribution to families who were hard hit by Hurricane Hazel, a gift from the citizens of Orlando, Fla. Another shipment was delivered to Shallotte, and today members of the Lions Club at both places will assist in distributing the i fruit. j Word was received last week I that the citizens of Orlando were planning to send a shipment of fruit into this area, and at their I ; meeting Thursday the Southport! | Lions Club agreed to accept the j responsibility for distributing the gift from the citizens of the Florida city. While there are no actual cases I of need as a result of the storm, ' the economy of many families has been seriously affected, and I the arrival of this gift at this I I season is Particularly appropriate. | -^n expression of appreciation i will be forwarded to the donors.; Storm Deposits Beautiful Gift Odd things are being reported in the wake of the October 15 storm, and Mr. and Mrs. Bry ant Potter of Southport inheri ted something beautiful. In their front yard after the storm had passed they found a beautiful, highly polished tray; 26-inches in length and 10-in ches wide. On the back of it was inscribed the words, “Hand Made in Hailti.” It is a little over one inch in thickness and the top of it has seven compart ments for holding fruit on a table or serving it. Just a few feet from the tray the Potter’s found two perfect coconuts that had evidently ar rived with the tray. All three of the objects had' evidently traveled in the eye of the storm all of the way from Haiti, where they had been picked up. The Diamond Co. Office Is Moved Main Area Office For Big Contracting Firm Moved From Wilmington To Sunny Point The Diamond Construction Co mpany has moved’ its main area office from Wilmington to- Sunny Point and is occupying one of the smoking rooms on Dock No. 2. The field office will continue to operate on shore at the end of Dock No. 2. A telephone system has been put in for the use of the company as one of the moves towards transferring all operations to on-; the-scene action. It is understood that December 30 will mark the end of prefabrication of concrete pilings at the old shipyard and that Sunny Point will then be the Continued On Page Two Weekly Session Of Court Held Traffic Violations Marked Activity In Brunswick County Recorder's Court Here Monday Traffic violators led the list of defendants in Brunswick County j Recorder's Court here this week,; with the following- judgment’s be ing handed down: Daniel Lee Blinson, drunk driv ing, 4 months on roads, suspend ed on payment of a fine of $1251 and costs. Robert R. Palmer, reckless op eration, concealed weapons, fined $50 and costs and gun confiscat ed. I Gibbs Byrd, speeding, fined- $10 and costs. Fernie William Naylor, speed Continued On Page Four) New Residents For Soutbport Because CM Job Survey Of Present Southport Population WiK Reveal That Many Persons Are Working On Sumy Point Project By W. B. KEZIAH In addition to numerous long time residents of Southport ployed at Sunny Point, citizens-if the town will be surprised "W«*on they consider the large number of new white and colored residents— folks who have moved into town or nearby and are employed on one angle or another of the con struction. At the office of the Diamond Construction Company Saturday; Ken Stewart, the construction su perintendent, was asked how many men his company employed. He advised that 400 men were work ing, that a goodly number of them live in Southport and that there will be more of them in So uthport by the first of the year as officials move here, following the close of the Wilmington of fice. Monday afternoon the T. F. Scholes, Inc., engaged entirely in railroad track-laying and ballast ing, gave a fish fry to its lpO employees. Buck Buchanan, south ern superintendent for this com pany, pointed out that most of its workers live in or around So uthport. In addition to private cars, all of the Scholes trucks that carry labor back and forth head for Southport each after noon and are back with their workers early the next morning. The Hertford-Cecil grading con tractors for the railroad work have finished their job. They employed mostly expert machine operators, and a. small number of employees of this company live here. Other contractors and sub-con tractors get their quota of work ers in the area and the prospects are for this number to be great ly increased as other contracts are let in the near future. The (Continued on Page 4) New Work Goes At Top Speed On Big Project Sub-Contractors Busy Get ting Things Ready For Work Of Installing Faci lities For Which Their Contract Calls JTILITIES LISTED AMONG NEW WORK Grading Is Underway For Road Paving; Excavation Being Made For Instal ling Water And Sewage The N. E. Brewer Company of Winston-Salem, sub - contractors for the water and drainage at Shnny Point, has been making fine headway since the start of operations ten days or so ago. Two machines are at work dig ging the trenches for the piping and a considerable number of men are at work fitting the pi pes while other machines are cov ering up. Some twelve miles of water mains will have to be laid for an average size of 12-inches. A lot of drainage pipe will also be laid Foundations are being prepared ior the two big reservists, one half million gallon capacity and the other 250,000 gallons. These with the great amount of water maim and pumps »from the wells supplying 1,300 gallons per minute will provide ample water, it is said. The Tglman Construction Com pany, with a sub-contract and with its home office in Wilming ton, is also busy with the grad ing of 30 miles of highway that will have asphalt paving. The ma in highway from Dock No. 2 to State Highway 87, formerly 303, will have a 24-ft. paved surface. Both Talman and Brewer have their field offices and wards near the field office of the T. H. Scho les and the Hertford-Cecil Con struction Companies. Brewer is working most in that area at the present time and the Talman gra ding outfit is working to the west Of N. C. 130. Following some delay between the opening date for the bids and the awarding of the contract, the H. G. Bryant Company of Wil mington was last week awarded the outside electrical wiring con tract for the installation. The Bry ant bid was $187,000, the lowest of several. Work will begin by the middle of December. Winston-Salem Men Catch Fish Weather Prevents Outside Trips After Saturday, But Friday And Saturday Saw Big King Mackerel Catch es Made Going out on the Idle-Hour II with Captain Basil Watts, in a pouring rain Saturday morning, a Winston-Salem party fished for two and a half hours and return ed to port with about 700 or 800 pounds of beautiful king mackerel. It rained all of the time they were out, all got wet and wit,h things turning colder as they ca me in so there was no time for a count of the fish. Three boxes, all that the car would carry, were filled and with about that much more still in the Idle-Hour’s fish boxes the visitors set out for the long trip home. Composing this party was Dr. W. O. K. Wylie, Chas L. Creech, G. W. Colvin, Roger Carr and George Kempton, all prominent Continued On Page Two W. B. KKZIAH In the marine oil business for 30 years and now nearing his 78th birthday, Mr. Rob Thompson got back into business this week at the same stand. The hurricane washed away his station and dock, scattering it all over the land scape. Undaunted by the set-back and despite his advanced years Mr. Rob set about rebuilding just as soon as he could assemble ma terial. In his newly completed quarters he has the distinction of being the only marine oil dealer on the Southport waterfront. All other docks that supplied gas and oil to boats were swept away and they have not yet rebuilt. | We do not recall that we have ever gone with the tax collector to Exum for the half-hour at Ike Vereen's store without Mrs. J. R. Milligan showing up to renew her I subscription to The Pilot. She ne ver misses. Last year we did not go, but Mrs. Milligan was there and not seeing us she sent her money along with the tax collec tor. James M. Bennett, another good resident of Exum, was first there with his money on this trip, j ! He complained that it had been so long since we were down there; that his subscription had run out. | A .similar complaint was heard 1 t Continued on Page 4) Thompson Dock Now In Operation Venerable Southport Businessman Asked No Odds Of Anyone When He Got Ready To Build Back Life on the Southport water front should soon be going ac cording to schedule, for Mr. Rob Thompson is back in business at his Standard Oil Dock. One of the first scenes of hur ricane damage showed Mr. Rob with his son and business part ner, Waters Thompson, surveying the wreckage of their marine sta tion, a portion of which had floated up Moore street. This was the starting point on the road back for the Thompsons, and this week they are able to again ren der service to their customers, which include not only the local party boats and shrimp trawlers, but scores of yachts which pass here twice each year. This was the third time in 30 years of operation that Mr. Rob had been wiped out, and at the age of 78, many men would have found the future a discouraging prospect. However, without stall ing around to call on anyone for assistance, he set about the task of rebuilding, and his is one of the first major tasks that has been completed. For many years he was located at a dock opposite the Taylor re sidence, but two years ago he moved to the newly completed So uthport yacht basin, where he pur chased the dock and' fueling facili ties from Allen C. Ewing. It is this facility that has been re stored. Gray Will Appoint Experienced Men ASG Office Galls For Sales Cards If the farm operator does not return his tobacco marketing card to the County ASC Office when he has completed all sales, the County ASC Committee is required to reduce his allotment for the next year, declared Lon nie Evans, ASC Chairman this week. Most farmers have com pleted all tobacco sales for 1955, and urged to please return their tobacco sales card. The County ASC Office has a definite use for them when the farmer fin ishes with them. If a tobacco sales card has been misplaced or lost, the pro ducer will be required to pre sent bills and satisfactory evid ence of the sales made for his farm to the County ASC Com mittee in order to protect his 1955 Tobacco Allotment. Christmas Seal Sales Launched Mrs. E. B. Brunson Is Chair man Of This Activity This Year For Southport Wo man’s Club, Sponsoring Organization Mrs. E. B. Brunson 1954 Christ mas Seal Chairman for South port Woman’s Club has charge of the 1954 Christmas Seal Sale which opened Monday and runs through the month of December. As in past years, sheets of seals are being mailed to citizens with the request that the pur chase price be returned to the Seal Chairman in the enclosed en velope. One-half of all funds re ceived remain in this county to assist, with the work of tuber culosis detection and control. In a statement this week Mrs. Brunson said: “Every citizen of North Caro lina should join hands with the little children on the 1954 Christ mas Seals in the struggle against the chain of tuberculosis infection. Tuberculosis is still a major problem and] will continue to be if complacency blinds us to the fact that tuberculosis, one of our oldest killers—is still at work every day in North Carolina. “Drugs, improved surgery, and better treatment have helped, but they have not won the fight. “Consider these facts: In North Carolina last year, a new case developed every four hours for a total of 2,001 new cases. There was a death from tuber culosis for every day of the year. In fact, there were 11 deaths every 10 days, or a total of 402 deaths in North Carolina. There were 1,715 new patients admitted to the North Carolina Sanatoria last year. They stayed in the Sanatoria for a average of 156 days each. A single case of tuberculosis costs about $15, 000.00 and this does not include the loss of future income or the expense of restraining. “Today in the United States ap proximately 400,000 people have active tuberculosis. It is estimated tl\at 150,000 have the disease andf do not know it. These unreported people are actively and unwitting-; ly spreading tuberculosis. Our im- | mediate task is to find those, with tuberculosis in order to break the chain of infection. This' task requires early case finding,' (Continued on Page Four) [ H. G. Radcliffe Will Be Re tained In Post Of Deputy * Sheriff And Jailer; C. W. Perry To Serve Northwest FORMER SHALLOTTE MAYOR IS LISTED Henry Pike Completes List Of Salaried Deputies; Special Men Will Be Named At Leter Date Elbert H. Gray, who will be sworn in on December 6 as sher iff of Brunswick county, has an nounced the selection of three salaried deputies and a fourth man who will serve as jailer in addition to his duties as deputy. The latter position will be filled by H. G. Ratcliffe, who has gain- j ed an enviable reputation while' serving as deputy and jailer for | the past three years. In addition! to his other duties he has main- j tained the sheriff department of fice in the courthouse and has: set up a system of records that! are by far the best ever main tained by a Brunswick county sheriff’s department. O. W. Perry has been chosen to serve as deputy sheriff in Northwest. His home, is at Leland and he is a veteran law enforce ment officer. He served as chief deputy under Walter M. Stana land and later made an unsuccess ful race for the Democratic nom ination for sheriff. The man scheduled to be named deputy to serve the Shallotte area is Leon Galloway, former mayor of that community and well known throughout the county. He has had no previous experience as a law enforcement officer. Henry Pike of Ash, who served briefly under the present sheriff, will be named deputy sheriff to serve the lower part of the coun ty. While this is the limit of salar ied deputies now permitted by law, Gray indicated that he may later appoint other special dep uties as the need arises and as qualified men become available for these assignments. Menhaden Boats Now At Beaufort Southport Boats Up The Coast For Fall Run Of Fish; Hope To Be Able To Work Here Later In Season All boats of both the South port fish factories are now at Beaufort and are expected to re main there for two weeks longer. By that time the large bodies of menhaden now in the Beaufort area should be near enough to So uthport for the catches to be ma de here. t The menhaden now off South port are small in size and not nu merous enough to be operated on. Those now coming down the co ast are large, and with weather permitting, great catches should be made both there and later on here at Southport. It is the annual fall run southward of the big fish. Catches of shrimp at Southport Monday ran to only 17 boxes, and with 24 boxes of flounder and tvhiting. While this was a poor production, the boatmen seem to feel confident that a fresh run of shrimp will come down the coast soon and will materially increase Continued Oh Page Two Chief Executive Shows Concern For This Area Brunswick County Well Re presented At Conference Held In Raleigh Monday Morning At Capitol GOVERNOR HODGES IS CONCERNED IN MATTER Application For Federal Funds For Emergency As sistance For This Coun ty Now In Thomas ville Office Southport and Brunswick coun ty were well represented at a conference called by Governor Luther Hodges in Raleigh Mon day to discuss plans for the re habilitation of the storm-stricken area of Southeastern North Caro lina. Present for this session was the entire Congressional delega tion from North Carolina, except for Congressman Thurman Chath am; members of the Governor's Disaster committee, including S. B. Frink who is a member; Col. R. L. Hill, District Army En giner; officials representatives from five Southeastern North Carolina counties; and numerous representatives of city and coun ty government. Gen. Edward Griffin, chairman of the State Disaster Committee, reported that a list of applica tions for disaster relief totaling $1,438,188.29 has been approved by his office and forwarded to Federal Civil Defense Administra tion office at Thomasville, Ga. Although word has not come through that all of these appli cations have been approved at that office, the word is that funds are available for temporary re pair to non-revenue producing facilities of both incorporated towns • and for unincorporated areas. In the discussion it was pointed out that residents of the devas tated areas have not waited around for outside assistance, but have pitched in to help work out their own problems. The funds which are being sought are for work over and above the normal means of these various local gov ernment agencies. Today in Raleigh Governor Hodges has called a meeting of the Council of State to consider information that was developed at the Monday meeting. Just what course will be followed i3 Continued On Page Two Conference For Planning Called Third Annual Outlook Con ference Will Be Held Tuesday Of Next Week At Supply Office The Third Annual Outlook Con ference, where latest information an next year’s prices for farming and family living will be given, will be held at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, at the Agricultural Bu ilding in Supply, announces Co unty Agent A. S. Knowles and Home Agent Thelma Hinson. Attending the meeting will be representatives of local farm and home organizations, businessmen and agricultural workers and farm people interested in a “look into the future.” "We believe this conference will be of benefit to all Brunswick County people,” says the farm and home agents, (Continued on Page Four) Tide 'l a hie Following Is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are approxi mately correct and were furn ished The State Fort Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. High Tide Cow Tide Thursday, November 25, 7:42 A. M. 1;17 A. M. 7:45 P. M. 1:59 P. M. Friday, November 26, 8:19 A. M. 1:55. A. M. 8:21 P. M. 2:39 P. M. Saturday, November 27, 8:55 A. M. 2:32 A. M. 8:56 P. M. 3:17 P. M. Sunday, “November 28, 9:30 A. M. 3:09 A. M. 9:32 P. M. 3:56 P. M. .Monday, November 29, 10:07 A. M. 3:46 A. M. 10:12 P. M. 3:36 P. M. Tuesday, November 30, 10:45 A. M. 4:27 A. M. 10:57 P. M. 5:18 P. M. Wednesday, December 1, 11:30 A. M. 5:14 A. M. 11:50 P. M. 6:03 P. M,
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