THE STATE PORT PILOT
_A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Volume No. 17 No. 29 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1955 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Brunswick County
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Goode Awarded
Contract For
Big Cafeteria
Charlotte Contractor Low
Bidder For Construction
Of 500-Capacity Cafeteria
Near Administration Buil
ding
FEBRUARY 15 IS
SET AS DEADLINE
Apparently There Is Big
Demand For Rush Job In
Connection With This
Facility At Sunny
Point
On a low bid of $110,300, the
Goode Construction Company of
Charlotte, has been awarded the
contract for the 500-capacity Caf
eteria for Sunny Point. Bids were
opened Thursday and the contract
was awarded Friday. This appears
to be a rush job, as work must
begin before February 15.
The location is in the Adminis
tration Area and is about 4 miles
from Southport city limits. Ac
cess to it will be over N. C. 87
and the by-pass of 130, which
will enter 87 at the point where
Federal Highway “A” enters 87.
All traffic to and from the term
inals will pass through the ad
ministration and cafeteria areas
and enter 87 at the same point.
It is expected that the by-pass
from 130 at Orton will be con
tracted by the State Highway
Commission immediately. The Fed
eral Government pays for this
road with the State supervising
the contract. District Highway
Commissioner Heide Trask while
here a few days ago stated that
the road would have a crushed
rock and marl base covered with
a 24-foot strip of asphalt, the
same as Federal “A” which it
will touch at the entrance to 87.
An effort is being made to have
the State complete the link in
130 with a short new stretch of
toad from 87 to 130 at the junc
tion of the Fort Caswell road.
This would cut 3 or 4 miles from
the traveling distance from N. C.
130 west for workers traveling to
and from Sunny Point.
The Goode Construction Com
pany, to whom the Army Engi
neers awarded the cafeteria con
tract, is headed by Roy Goode, a
prominent official of the North
Carolina Contractors Association.
The Goode company already has a
contract for several hundred thou
sand dollars worth of buildings in
the area.
Brief Bits Of
LNEWSJ
CAKE AND PIE SALE
The Eastern Star is having a
cake and pie sale on Saturday at
10 o’clock in the building next
to the tax office.
LIONS TO MEET
The regular meeting of the
Southport Lions Club will be held
tomorrow (Thursday) at 12:30 in
the Community Building.
SATURDAY DANCE
The Southport Lions Club will
sponsor a square and round
dance Saturday night in the
Community Building.
IN AIR FORCE
Two Southport boys, William
Robbins and Eddie Lindner, were
accepted in the U. S. Air Force
in Raleigh Sunday. They left im
mediately by plane for a training
base in Texas.
P. X. A. MEETING
The regular monthly meeting of
the Southport Parent-Teachers
Association will be held Thurs
day evening at 7:30 o’clock in
the high school auditorium.
LOCAL GROUP ON TV _
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The Melodaries, local Negro
singing group, will appear on the
Baldwin Hour, WMFD-TV, Mon
day evening, February 14, at 9
o’clock. These singers from South
port have been rather much in
demand in neighboring towns
since they first organized.
NEGRO SHOT IN LEG
Robert Brown, Wampee, S. C.,
negro, is still in the hospital here
with the bone in one of his legs
shattered by a small calibre pistol
bullet. He received the wound
early last week during an argu
ment with Alonzo Gore, another
negro of the same community.
Gore has been arrested and is at
liberty under bond and will be
tried in Recorder’s Court as soon
as the injuries of Brown permit
him to appear and testify.
Col. Roland Brown
Suggests Feature
Officer Who Was In Charge
Of Wilmington District,
U. S. Army Engineers,
During Planning Stage Of
Sunny Point Now In Italy
By W. B. KEZIAH
Colonel Roland C. Brown of the
LT. S. Army Engineers, head of
.he Wilmington District through
the 3-year planning stage for
Sunny Point and some of the ear
liest construction, is still an in
teresting observer of the progress
:rom Rome, Italy, where he is
low on a tour of duty.
His observance of the progress
s through the weekly reading of
this paper, for which he is a
iubscriber. During the holidays a
etter from Col. Brown manifest
jd such a keen interest in Sun
ly Point.
This week in a letter Colonel
3rown voiced his appreciation of
the planning days cooperation
that he received from Southport
:olks and that of the Army En
gineers working with him. In this
Manning work he specifically
mentioned Snell, Hewett and Mc
Duffy. They were there during
the job of planning and for that
matter they are still there during
the big job of construction.
Colonel Brown described the
instruction work as the hard
job. “It was easy to put it all on
paper, as we did. However, we
did start the R. R. lines and the
big dikes and dredging.” These
items are forgotten now,” he said,
adding, "We all do our parts.”
The colonel’s present tasks in
Europe are rather eacting, he
statexd. It embraces work at Flor
ence and Northern Italy and Car
thage in North Africa. And ev
erything must be done exactly
right. He has been there a year
and expects to return to the Un
ited States in September of this
year or 1956. This last named
date marks the end of the regu
lar tour of duty period in Europe.
Referring again to Sunny Po
int near the end of his letter,
Colonel Brown made an interest
ing and valuable suggestion that
is being quoted in full. He wrote:
"Keep up your good work. I
believe your Southport State Port
Pilot has a better historical record
of the project than even the Ar
my Engineers office has?’
He continued: “Your paper will
be the historical record of a great
job. Why not plan now to issue
a special feature issue, tracing
the history of the job from the
time you had your first story on
the project, up to the time of the
special issue. Such a feature wo
uld create a lot of interest, wo
Comtinued On Page Two
Brunswick Men
Oppose Secrecy
Senator Ray Walton Co-Au
thor Of Bill To Kill Old
Secrecy Law And Also
Opposed Change In Sen
ate Rules On Issue
SULLIVAN WAS
AGAINST CHANGE
Brunswick County Repre
sentative One Of Twenty
Two Members Of House
Opposing Change
In Rules
Both Senator Ray Walton and
Representative Kirby Sullivan
tooka firm stand against secrecy
legislation last week, although
thy were aligned with a losing
cause.
Senator Walton was co-author
of the Senate bill to repeal the
1953 Secrecy Law, then was one
of 13 Senate members who op
posed a rule change which set
forth the principle that “it is the
inherent right” of each committee
to go into xecutive session.
Over in the house of Represent
atives Sullivan voted with his fel
low members to repeal the 1953
act by an overwhelmning margin.
When it came to the question of
changing the rules with the effect
of completely nullifying the repeal
measure, Representative Sullivan
was one of 22 house members
opposed to the rule change, which
carried over their protest.
Although not all of the com
mittee assignments have been
Continued On Page Two
Grand Jury Has
Brief Report
Report Of Findings Contain
ed In Report Submitted
To Judge J. Paul Friz
zelle Wednesday
The grand jury submitted the
following report to Judge J. Paul
Frizzelle: The Grand Jury met
and was in session three (3) days
beginning January 24, 1955 and
ending January 26, 1955. We, the
Grand Jury have examined 17
bills and found 16 true bills and
have offered presentment.
“The State Highway Patrol re
ported that they were in the pro
cess of inspecting the school bu
ses.
“Fines, forfeitures, etc., turned
over to the Board of Education
by Magistrates and Mayors since
September term of court are as
follows:
“G. H. King, no business; A. W.
Smith, no business; E. F. Gore,
$50, A. D. Long $2.00, E. O. Ra
bon, $70.00, David Ross, $20.00;
City of Southport, $25.00. Total
$170.00.
“The following made no report
on business transacted in their
offices: E. H. Gray, Frederick A.
Ganey, Paul Brown, D. E. Rey
nolds, W. P. Suggs, Lafey A. Wil
letts, Jr., F. C. Rabon.
“Respectfully submitted,
“Frederick Mintz, Foreman
“J. E. Finch, Secretary."
New Pavilion For
Long Beach Starts
The old pavolon at Long
Beach, built as a* first move
when the area began to deve
lope, was being tom down when
the hurricane came along last
fall and did more than its
share towards the dismantling
efforts.
Beach property owners are
now interested to see a new
pavilon go up on the same site,
but larger and better .The new
structure is of gray cement
blocks and is 40 x 110 feet. It
is owned by Ernest Hine of
Baltimore.
Recorder Hears
Numerous Cases
Weekly Session Of County
Court Ran Over Into The
Evening As Large Docket
Was Disposed Of
Most of the defendants pleaded
guilty in the Recorder’s Court
Monday and 50 cases out of 147
that were on the docket were
disposed of. Bonds were forfeited
in numerous others. The big doc
ket was the result of no court
having been held last week be
cause Superior Court was in ses
sion. Added to this cause was a
large number of ocntinued cases.
Judge Earl Bellamy and Solici
tor J. C. Bowman worked on the
docket until after 8 o’clock.
The following cases were dis
posed of:
Thomas Edward Nesmith, speed
ing (65 mph) fined $10 and
costs.
Gaston Jones non-support, 6
months on roads, sentence sus
pended upon payment of $32 per
month in the office of the Clerk
of Court for the support of his
wife and two minor children and
to pay costs.
Adrain Simmons, non-support,
nol pros with leave.
Sam West, damage to personal
property, using profane language,
6 months on roads for violating
previous sentence, notice of ap
peal given, bond set at $400.
Joe Emory Lovette, non-sup
port, 2 to 6 months on roads,
suspended on condition defendant
pays $10 per week to J. E. Tin
dall, who will use his discretion
in seeing that the money is used
for the benefit of the defendant’s
wife and five minor children.
Johnny Garey Buffkin, speed
ing (65 mph) fined $10 and costs.
Ben Sherman, speeding, nol
pros.
Raymond E. Dunn, no opera
tor’s license fined $25 and costs.
Robert Louis Brown, speeding
(80mph) fined $35 and costs.
Willie Jay Bishop, speeding (65
mph) fined $10 and costs.
Clifford Cashwell, speeding (65
mph) fined $10 and costs.
William Thomas Phillips, speed
ConUnued On Page Two
Plan Valentine
Festival Here
On February 11
This Event Will Take Place
Of Annual Hallowe’en
Carnival As Fund-Raising
Effort For Southport P.
T.A.
VOTING CONTESTS
NOW IN PROGRESS
Series Of Skits And Acts
Will Give Many Pupils
Opportunity To Per
form On Stage At
Festival
A Valentine Festival will be
held on Friday, February 11, un
der the sponsorship of the South
port Parent-Teacher Association.
Mrs. J. A. Gilbert, chairman of
grade mothers, will have overall
direction of the event Which has
been planned to make up for the
Hallowen’en Carnival which had
to be called off because of Hurri
cane Hazel.
The festival will be in several
divisions, beginning with a cake
and pie sale after school in the
afternoon. There will be a variety
show in the school auditorium that
night under the direction of Mrs.
Ruth Hood. A varied and interest
ing program is being planned for
this occasion, with practically aill
school children taking part In
some way.
The Valentine Queen and King
will be crowned, and this contest
is now going on among the school
children .Attendants will be chos
en, the whole plan following close
ly the usual procedure for Car
nival Queen and King.
A dance is being planned In
the Community Building for Sat
urday night, February 12.
Mrs. Hood has on her commit
tee Mrs. Davis Herring, Mrs. Dal
las Pigott, Mrs. N. M. Homstein,
Mrs. James Barnes and Mrs.
Rosemary Vincent.
Mrs. Kathleen Webb is in
charge of the queen and king
contest and is being assisted W3
Mrs. W. R. Bomberger, Mrs.
Gladys Wolfe, Miss Lucille Wat
son and Mr. Leigh.
The concession at the school
will be under the direction of
Mrs. Luicille Williamson and Mrs.
Ray Walton.
Sandwiches and other refresh
ments at the dance will be sold
by Mrs. E. C. Blake, Mrs. J. E.
Julian, Mrs. Glenn Trunnell, Mrs.
Webb and Mrs. Paul Lackey.
These ladies will also serve as
chaperones for the dance.
In charge of music and to serve
at the door are Mrs. E. J. Pre
vatte, Mrs. J. B. Warth, Mrs.
O. H. Lynch, and Mrs. Wriley
Willis. Publicity will be handled
by Mrs. J. M. Haper, Jr. and the
tickets by Mrs. Frank Lennon.
Warehouse Fire
Results In Loss
Building And Hardware
Stock Sustained Big Dam
age At Shallotte Friday
Afternoon; Volunteer Fire
men Helped
Fire Friday afternoon badly
damaged the warehouse building
of the Shallotte Hardware Com
pany, just in the rear of the Shal
lotte Trading Company, at Shal
lotte. The most severe loss is said
to have been to the large stock
of hardware and supplies stored
in the building.
The structure was owned by
Odell Williamson and the estate
of the late Sherman Register, who
with his wife and son lost their
Continued On Page Two
Cub Scouts Join
In Railroad Day,
Cub Scout Pack 238 of South
port went to Wilmington to join
cubs of the Cape Fear Council
in Railroad Day. By cooperation
of the railroad the facilities of
the company were displayed to
the clubs.
Mrs. R. L. Jones and Mrs. O.
H. Lynch took seven boys to
participate. The Cub Pack meet
every Monday at 3:30 o’clock at
the Presbyterian Youth Center
with Rev. Joe MacLeod as Cub
master and Mrs. Jones and Mrs.
Lynch as Den Mothers.
Construction At
Long Beach Now
Hits Fast Pace
Cottages Being Reclaimed
and Restored To Original
Foundations With Much
New Building Now Being
Started
This past week" Donald Sneed
en, who has the contract for re
storing the s&nd dimes and beach
strand at Long Beach, remrked
to a newsman that Colonel R. L.
Hill had just aid that the beach
looked very good.
Folks who were there when
Governor Luther Hodges visited
the place 10 days ago and who
were there again this past Sun
day can heartily agree with what
the Colonel said.
Despite pretty bad weather most
of last week, property owners ha
ve begun to go right into things
and show what the beach can do
in staging a comeback. Several
brand new homes were rising wi
thin a week after the visit of the
governor and numerous others
have been brought back to their
original positions and have repair
work underway.
This week such work is going
on at a good pace. Folks from
everywhere are rebuilding their
homes or building new ones. They
had only been waiting for the
beach restoration work to be fin
ished. It appears that everyone
who has started building has been
a source of encouragement to ot
hers to do the same thing with
out waiting longer.
Some two or three weeks ago
some one stated to this paper
that there would be at least 75
homes ready for occupancy at
Long Beach by the first of June,
but judging by the progress made
last week and the pace this week
the statement may be too low.
There may be over a hundred
homes ready at Long Beach be
fore the first of June.
They are still working at the
beach restoration and it will take
some time yet to get down the
entire 10 mile strand, but it is
significant to point out that bu
ilders are right behind the ma
chines. Several property owners
are in such a hurry that they ha
ve started rebuilding where the
restoration work is still incom
plete.
Many Applicants
For Guard Jobs
More Than 700 Applications
Received From Men Seek
ing Employment At Gov
ernment Terminal
The Personnel Branch reports
over 700 men have made applica
tion forguardduty at Sunny Po
int Terminal under construction
five miles north of Southport.
The period for filing for these
jobs opened January 20, with Feb
ruary 2 set for the closing date.
Applications will be screened im
uontinued On Page Two
Our
ROVING
Reporter
It ia not generally known but
before he became Governor Luther
Hodges often visited this area.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris Nelson of
Leaksville own a beautiful home
at Caswell Beach. Mr. Hodges
and Mr. Nelson were both with
the Fieldcrest Mills at Leaksville
and Mr. Hodges was here several
times with the Nelsons. At various
times we had been with the both
of them at a local cafe. W. C.
Mull, hosiery tycon of Burlington,
reminded us of that fact this
week.
Our mailing list is perfectly
automatic. When a person pays
I
for the paper for a certain length
of time the mailing list takes care
of him for that long and no long
er. We don't want you to get
to owing us and we likewise be
lieve that you do not knowingly
want to get indebt to the paper.
To keep matters straight, the
month and year to which you
paid- is stamped along with his
name on his paper each week.
Look at your label this week and
if it has the notation, Jan. 55,
that means that the time for
which you paid is up and there
is very little chance of next
week’s papr going to you. No one
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Association Officers
OFFICIALS—H. T. St. George, left, and W. P. Jor
gensen, right, were re-elected as president and as secre
tary-treasurer, respectively, at the Annual Stockholders
meeting of the Southport Building and Loan Association
held here Friday night.
Southport B. & L.
Sets Million Goal
Livingston Has
Job With City
H. A. Livingston, former
mayor and former member of
the board of aldermen for the
City of Southport, was named
last week on a temporary basis
as Superintendent of Streets
and Public Utilities for the city.
He succeeds the late R. L. Bren
dle in this position.
Livingston, who has served
for the past several years as
general manager of the W. B.
& S. Bus Lines, has had pre
vious experience with the build
ing and maintenance of city
streets. Many years ago he was
in charge of a project for put
ting down shells on several
streets in town.
Rock Crushing
Machine Starts
Capable Of Turning Out
250-Tons Of Base Mater
ial For Roads Each Hour
It Is In Operations
The big rock crushing machine
of the Young Stone Company of
Charlotte began crushing rock and
marl for road foundation work at
Sunny Point this morning. The
crusher has a capacity of 250
tons per hour, according to gen
enal foreman D. L. Barringer of
Charlotte, where the company has
its headquarters.
For the initial work big bull
dozers push the material up to
the long conveyor that feeds the
crusher. Later on as the material
gets further back from the con
veyor trucks and earth movers
will be used for bringing up ma
terial.
The crushed stone and mail was
pumped from the river into dikes
by the McWilliams Dredging
Company of New Orleans. Eigh
teen cubic yards, with a good por
tion of it being rock and marl,
was pumped out of the dock
area by the dredges, forming a
pile 58-feet dep in some areas.
The E. B. Towles Construction
Company will use as much of
this rock and marl as it needs
for a base for the 30 miles of
highway for which it has a con
tract. This road will be all in the
yards and some of it will have
paving 24-feet wide and a. rock
and marl base from 8 inches to
a foot in depth.
Illustrative of the value of the
stuff, R. M. Buchanan Southern
Superintendent of the T. F.
Scholes, Inc., of Reading, Pa.,
said yesterday, “I wish I had
that pile of stuff. It is ideal for
base material and I have an idea
that a lot of such stuff will be
needd in this area.”
Another contractor at Sunny
Point, the Southern Builders of
Fayetteville, also swung into ac
tion this week. The company pour
ed the first cement with its big
mixer that has a capacity of 30
cubic yards. The material for this
outfit is all brought in by train
and the finished product distrib
uted to various other contractors
as they need it.
Supt. J. W. Sidbury of the Roy
Goode Construction Company, an
Contiaued On Page Two
Annual Stockholders Meet
ing Held Here Friday
Night With Same Offi
cers Elected To Serve As
sociation
PROGRESS NOTED
IN ANNUAL REPORT
Local Institution Sets Sights
On Million Dollar Mark
During This Year’s
Business
A year of progress was report
ed at the Annual Stockholders
Meeting of the Southport Build
ing and Loan Association here
Friday night, and those in at
tendance set a million dollars in
total assets as the goal for this
year.
All officers of the association
were re-elected.
A 15.71 percent gain in total
assets, was reported by H. T.
St. George, president, of the as
sociation, in a statement released
at the stockholders meting.
St. George said that the asso
ciation's assets increased from
$832,929.01 on December 31, 1953,
to $963,773.80, on the same date
the year. “This fine growth,” St.
George commented, “reflects the
confidence of the citizens of
Brunswick County in this spe
cialized thrift and home owner
ship institution.”
Highlights of the association’s
annual report were listed as fol
lows:
1. Net savings in 1954 increased
by $86,059.93, bringing total sav
ings to $820,111.76.
Continued On Page Two
Court Concluded
Here Wednesday
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle Pre
sided Over January Term
Of Court For Trial Of
Criminal Cases
Superior Court finished up last
Wednesday, and following is a
list of matters not reported in
last week's paper:
Harold Eugene Windham, drunk
driving, fined $100 and costs.
Albert Daniels, assault on fe
male, remanded to Recorders Co
urt.
Wade Jackson McRackin, speed
ing and driving after revocation
of license, remanded to Record
er’s court.
Newman A. Hewett, reckless
operation, not guilty.
Watus Jones, non support, di
rected verdict of not guilty.
William Jackson Gore, drunk
driving, 60 days, suspended on
payment of a fine of $100 and
costs.
Lewis Elmore Simmons, drunk
driving, three months on the ro
ads.
William James Wheeler, speed
ing, fined $50 and costs.
Leroy Plenty, assault on female,
18 months on roads.
Anthony William Zgonc, drunk
driving, 60 days on roads, sus
pended on payment of a fine of
$100 and costs.
Annie McMillan Hewett, reck
less operation, ordered to pay Mrs.
Beatrice Williams the sum of
, $150 and pay costs of court be
fore May term. Prayer for judg
jnient continued.
Last Piling On
Terminal Docks
Sunk This Week
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Last Of The Ten-Thousand
Concrete Pilings Sunk
Home During Operations
At Sunny Point Yesterday
FIRST DOCK MAY
BE READY IN MAY
Laying Railroad Tracks On
Concrete Docks Is Exact
Job For Both Railroad
Men And Concrete
Workers
By W. B. KEZIAH
Ken Stewart, construction su
perintendent, and various other
officials of the Diamond Con
struction Company were jubilant
yesterday when the big pile driv
ers shoved home the last of the
ten thousand concrete pilings that
form the foundations for the three
huge docks.
One of the big floating cranes,
the same one that came to the
rescue of Southport shrimping
boats when they were beached
by the hurricane, left last week
for another job. Three or four
others were still standing by, em
ployed at various tasks when the
last concrete piling was sunk.
They will likely remain here
some weeks longer as there is
still the task of driving three or
four hundred greenheart pilings to
serve as bumpers or fenders on
the shipside of the docks.
These greenheart timbers are
the closest thing to iron in hard
ness of any wood grown that has
that much length. They are ship
ped here from South America,
and a partial shipload is now en
route. Another partial shipload
arrived some weeks ago and
they have already been driven,
Continued On Page Two
Second Trawler
Nears Completion
L. J. Hardee Is Having Two
Additional Vessels Built
For Use In Connection
With His Shrimping Ope
rations
Captain Sandy Simmons left
Saturday aboard one of the Lewis
Hardee trawlers for Fernandtna,
Fla. There he will pick up and
tow back to Southport the second
boat of a fleet of four trawlers
that are being built in Fernandina
for Hardee.
The first new boat was brought
in here a month ago and has
since been rigged out for service
here by Floyd Dilsaver. In Fern
andina the four boats are built
complete, except for enginess and
equipment. The engines are in
stalled and the equipment placed
after arrival here.
In addition to the four Hardee
boats the same yard in Fernan
dina is constructing a trawler for
Dallas Pigott. It is understood
that the Pigott boat is of the
same size and in all respects
identical to those that are being
built for Hardee.
During the more than 20 years
Hardee has lived here he has had
5 different fleets of shirmp traw
lers. Some of them were built in
Louisiana, others in Florida and
others here. He usually operates
them for three or four years and
then sells and starts out building
another type of craft. The boats
he made here four and five years
ago were sold to Cuban interests
at the close of the 1953 fishing
season in Florida.
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 Pilot’s Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, February 3
4:38 A. M. 1.1:03 A. M.
5:04 P. M. 11:12 P. M.
Friday, February 4
5:40 A. M. 12:00 A. M.
6:06 P. M. 0:00 P. M.
Saturday, February 5
6:36 A. M. 0:10 A. M.
7:00 P. M. 12:50 P. M.
Sunday, February 6
7:26A. M. 1:02 A. M.
7:50 P. M. 1:38 P. M.
Monday, February 7
8:13 A. M. 1:51 A. M.
8:37 P. M. 2:21 P. M.
Tuesday, February 8
8:49 A. M. 2:37 A. M.
9:23 P. M. 3:04 P. M.
Wednesday, February 9
9;40 A. M. 3:22 A. M.
10:05 P. M. 3:44 P. M