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Most Of The News All The Time Volume No. 17 No. 37 THE STATE PORT PILOT _ __ A Good Newspaper In A Good Community 8-Page$ Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1955 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR Points Of Interest CLARENDON—Above is a scene at Clarendon Plantation, one of the most inter esting historic locations in Brunswick County. While development of the garden has not been the chief emphasis of the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Thomas, Claren don is a spot that will be of great interest to Azalea Festival visitors. ORTON—Orton Plantation is one of the great tourist attractions of North Caro lina. Although her gardens sustained severe damage from the unseasonable cold dur ing the past week-end, Orton is beautiful in any season. A few days of warm weather, it is predicted, will restore much of the riotous beauty of the gardens, particularly with late-blooming varieties of azaleas. Official Name For Terminals Is Sunny Point Letter Of Direction To Southport Postmaster In dicates Use Of Wilming ton In Title Will Be Drop ped By YV. B. KEZIAH There is no reference to Wil mington or Outloading in the de signation by which the govern ment terminals at Sunny Point will be known when the Army takes charge Friday of this week. The definite designation was made plain in a letter written on March 24 by Capt. Clifton V. Lanier, assistant Adjiitant General in the Transportation Corps, to the post office officials at South port. A copy of this letter was also sent to Colonel Raymond L. Hill, Corpse of Army Engineers, Wilmington District. The official name is Sunny Po int Ammunition Loading Termin al, or that will be the name when the Transportation Corps takes over day after tomorrow. In ad dition to giving the official des ignation of the installation the letter also indicates that all of ficial and personal mail intended for Sunny Point will be delivered from the Southport oiffice. The full letter from Captain Lanier to the postmaster here is being reproduced below as a mat ter of general information: “This is to advise that the Sun ny Point Ammunition Loading Terminal will be activated effec tive April 1, 1955 and that a temporary headquarters for the terminal will be established on that date in the Garrison House, Fort Johnston. The activation or der for the terminal will desig nate it as above, rather than as the Wilmington Ammunition IjO-. Continued On rage Two Senator Reports On Tax Matters Senator Ray H. Walton Re ports Increase In Antici pated Revenue For Next Two Years Has Helped Situation LISTS SOURCES FOR RAISING MONEY Brunswick County Man So licits Advice Of Citizens In Matter Of Deciding On New Taxes By BAY H. WALTON As a member of the Joint Fi nance Committee of your State Legislature charged* with the re sponsibility of raising the revenue with which to continue the serv ices that the State is now giv ing it’s citizens, I would like to take this means of reporting to the people the present status of our deliberation. As you have heard our Gover nor say on various broadcasts, it is necessary this year to raise a substantial amount of additional revenue if we are to keep up with our expanding public education program. By expanding education I do not mean increasing the educational opportunities that now exist, but merely to keep up with the additional enrollment that we have at the present time flooding our schools. This in crease of enrollment has been caused chiefly by two factors: 1 —The vast increase in birth ra tes since World War II, and 2 The fact that in recent years our people have become more educa tion-conscious and are continuing in school. Only a few years ago a majority of students who enter ed the first grade would quit Continued On Page Two *--— Reports Snow In County Monday J. G. Parker, News and Observer carrier who makes daily trips from Whiteville to Southport, arriving about 7 a. m., reported Monday mor ning that snow was falling as he came through Holden Beach and from there all of the way to Supply. It was soft and melted as quickly as it fell. Nevertheless it was snow. No reports have been had regarding any snow fall in other sections of the county. Ports Authority Invited Here Representative Kirby Sulli van Suggests That Move May Be Made To South port If The Headquarters Leave Wilmington Representative Kirby Sullivan has invited Edwin Pate, chair man of the State Ports Authority, to consider the possibility of lo cating the headquarters of that organization at Southport in the event that it is moved from Wil mington. His letter said: “Such action would be in keep ing with the express intent of the act creating the State Ports Au thority and which stated that port facilities should be estab Continued On Page Two First Phase Of Development Is Let To Contract All Work For Which Ap propriation Was Asked In Original Planning Has Been Arranged For By Government 3THER WORK SEEN FOR THE FUTURE Indications Point To Re quest For Additional Funds With Which To Increase Scope Of Project By W. B. KEZIAH The awarding of the fence and security road contract to the Boyle Construction Company of Sumter, S. C., brings the original construction schedule at the ter minal through its initial stage. In other words, there are no other contracts to be let based on the original appropriation of $24,000, 000. It is timely to say here that there has apparently been a gen eral misconception of the amount appropriated originally. The pub lic generally speaks of the in stallation as a $22,000,000 job. As a matter of fact the sum of $1, 400,000 was appropriated for pur chasing the land and designing the installation. At the same time there was another appropriation of $22,600,000 for construction. This makes a total of $24,000, 000 allocated thus far. Information is not available at the moment as to how much of this sum has been expended through contracts on the original program, but it is said that many of the jobs have gone to contractors at a lower price than engineers estimated. From what can be learned from various quarters, it appears that there is another big building pro gram to follow closely on this one and it appears that .both the Army and Navy are united on this program. The coming program will prob ably include a bigger channel from Sunny Point to the sea; an airfield at some point-toff the reser vation but nearby and other things. \ a A source in Washington TStguja two years ago that there wop'4 be a 5-year program to folffev, this one and to carry out this program, it was said, a big sum would be involved. It is fairly well known that in military construction the original appropriation is often relatively small, compared to what is need ed for the inevitable finishing touches. One thing is sure, the writer was told two years ago that there would be a lot of (Continued On Page Six) Crop Damage Is Felt In County Sub - normal Temeratures Sunday And Monday Morning Caused Serious Loss To Brunswick Farm ers The sudden week end cold spell resulted in the loss of millions of dollars to peach, apple and other fruit crop growers in North Carolina and other states. Truck crop growers were also hard hit. Here in Brunswick county the loss is small, compared with the complete destruction in other places. Early planted corn was lost. One Grissettown farmer, L. Grissett ,is said to have lost 30 acres of corn that was about 3 inches tall. Tobacco plants still in their beds and protected by covering were not injured (Continued on page 6) Preacher DR. ^OHN X. WAYLAND Revival Slated Here Next Week For Baptists Dr. John T. . -Wayland Of Faculty At Southeastern Baptist Theological Semi nary Will Preach Dr. John T. Wayland, Professor of Christian Education at South eastern Baptist Theological Sem inary, Wake Forest, will be the visiting preacher all next week for the revival meeting at Southport Baptist Church. Services will be every day, April 3-9, at 10 o’clock in the morning and 7:30 o’clock in the evening. On Easter Sunday, Dr. Wayland will preach the last sermon of the series at the reg ular morning worship at 11 o’clock. Besides his teaching experience Dr. Wayland has been a local pastor for many years and has served as a Chaplain in the arm ed services. The people of South port Baptist Church feel fortunate to have such a man with them for a week, and invite anyone in this area to attend any of the services. Ordination Of Local Minister 3ishop Thomas H. Wright Will Participate In Ordi nation Of The Rev. Wil liam L. Hicks Here Next Tuesday On Tuesday, April 5, the Rev. William L. Hicks will be ordained to the Priesthood of the Epis copal Church in a service to be held in St. Philip’s Church at 11 o’clock in the morning. The Rev. Mr. Hicks will be ordained by the Rt. Rev. Thomas H. Wright, Bis hop of the Diocese of East Caro lina. The sermon will be preached by the Rev. Stanleigh E. Jenkins, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Wilmington. Other clergy taking part in the serv ice will be the Rev. Charles X. Penick, Goldsboro, the Rev. Ralph W. Smith, Jr., Wrightsville, the Rev. John C. Owens, Ahoskie, and the Rev. C. Edward Sharp, Green ville. The Rev. Mr. Sharp was in | charge of St. Philip’s for two! summers several years ago. H. B. Smith ,a member of the Vestry of St. Philip’s, will read ine Pre face to the Ordinal. The last such service to be held in Southport was in 1943, when j the Rev. Cecil Alligood was or dained by the late Bishop Thomas C. Darst. Ordination to the Priset hood comes after a prescribed i period of service as a Deacon. Re ; ( Continued On Page Six ) W. B. KDZIAH Om* ROVING Reporter This past week we had had some not-to-be-ignored personal invitations to attend the Azalea Festival at Wilmington this week. Following up on that Hugh Mor ton sent us an honorary guest card, press ribbon, etc. With all such inducements and the know ledge that the festival is much the biggest yearly event in North Caroinla, we guess we will be go ing. Everybody will. About two months ago Dr. and Mis. W. C. Hedgepeth of Lum berton were at Long Beach. They saw only two houses in the pro cess of construction on the beach side of the road. They were back again Thursday afternoon and that night Mrs. Hedgepeth ex pressed amazement at 'the num ber of houses she saw already built or going up. She stated they were really doing things over there. Since the storm Dr. Hedge peth and others have been ex pressing concern at the water situation. The water is said to still have a salty taste. Informed folks who are busy at the beach say that this salty taste is dis appearing and that things will be normal by summer time. The condition is apparently not dis (Continued on page four) Huge Forest Fire May Be Brought Under Control Today By Forestry Men ---——- ———-—-— Bobcat Hits Auto In Thumbing Try Animal Apparently Became Enamored Of The Red Convertible Of Glenn Hart And Tried To Jump In Bobcats seem to be the more numerous this year than they have ever been before in this area, and since Christmas at least a dozen have been seen by con tractors and their employees at Sunny Point as well as travelers on the highways. Most of these reports of cats being seen come frojn Smithville and Town Creek townships. It is possible that some of them were scared out from their haunts in the Sunny Point area by the ad vent of men and machines. Sev eral reports of, animals being seen came from men working there. Shortly after Christmas Bill Saunders of Southport killed a big bobcat with his car on Route 17, near Town "Creek. He brought it to town. Two weeks ago Mrs. H. G. Ratcliffe was catching min nows for bait in the little stream that flows within four blocks of the courthouse. She was being very quiet and was badly fright ened when a big bobcat suddenly stepped out of some nearly bushes. Wednesday Glenn Hart of Southport was in his red conver j table on Route 130 and met a I big bobsat on the Lockwoods j Folly bridge at Supply. The car was traveling fast and the cat j apparently felt itself cornered. It sprang to the railing of the bridge and turned and sprang back. It landed on the hood of the car and was apparently stunn ed by the impact. It rolled off dazed and Hart go out of his car and finished the job by choking it to death with his foot on its neck. This dead cat was also brought to Southport. Had the top of the ! car been down and the animal ' jumped a split second later than it did, it would landed right in Hart’s lap. First Commander Arrives For Duty * Col. Raymond Hill Will Be Speaker Col. Raymond L. Hill, Chief of the Corps of Engineers in the Wilmington District, will be the speaker Tuesday eve ning when the Brunswick County Hisporical Association meets at the Legion Hut in Shallotte. Cornelius Thomas, president of the association, says that this meeting has been slated for the Shallotte area in ord er that the idea of making this a countywide organization may be carried out. Visitors from every section of Bruns wick are invited to attend. Mobile Health Unit Is Sought Brunswick County Health Officer Seeking To Ac quire Used Bus For This Purpose If a plan explained here yes terday by Dr. C. B. Davis, Bruns wick County Health Officer, ma terializes this county may have a service that is unique in North Carolina. That would be a mobile health unit whose purpose would be to carry services into every com munity of Brunswick County. Dr. Davis said that this plan is used in rural areas of some States, but that he does not know of its use in North Carolina. The Brunswick County Health Department has no funds with which to provide this service, he explains, but he is on the track of a bargain in surplus equip ment which may make it possible to introduce the use of a mobile health unit in this county. The vehicle which he has in mind was formerly used by the Industrial Health Section, which had recently purchased a new truck. All equipment has been removed, but Dr. Davis says that the chassis and body appear to have a lot of good use left; and the motor is in pretty good con dition. The body has plenty of head room, and would provide ample space for a traveling clin ic which can carry many of the normal public health services into [communities far removed from the present appointments at Southport and Shallotte. Continued On Page Two Col. William A. McAleer Who Will Be In Charge Of Sunny Point Ammuni tion Loading Terminal Arrived Today OTHER PERSONNEL COMING THIS WEEK Headquarters Will Be Set Up In Garrison Building In Southport Pending Completion Of New Facilities By W. B. KEZIAH Col. William A. McAleer ar rived in Southport today to as sume his duties as commanding officer of the Sunny Point Am munition Loading Terminals. With him was Lt. Col. Gregg C. Mc Leod, who will serve as liaison officer. Taking over now, it is said, will faciliate the purchase of equipment and supplies of all sorts necessary for operations. The No. 2 dock should be finish ed in another month or six weeks and it is supposed that the ar rival of supplies will coincide with the completion of the work on this installation. It appears that work will be continued for some months yet on the other two docks. Opinion of some construction officials is to the effect that the earliest date on which ducks No. 1 and 3 can be finished is the last of Au gust. Much of the facilities on land will require even longer to complete. During the time the Army En gineers have been in full charge j neither they nor contractors have, imposed any restrictions on thej public with regard to visiting the, installation other than that au- j thorization was required when go ing on the docks. With the place now becoming a military installs-1 tion, restrictions on civilians will undoubtedly go into effect. But, no one outside of the Transportation Department knows j whether the restrictions to visit-1 ors will take place immediately or within a few weeks. The civi lian guards have not yet been trained. Colonel Gregg McLeod, who will be executive officer and purchasing agent, is due to arrive this week. It is understood that they will begin purchasing equip ment and the supplies necessary to the operations. A cadre of Military Police is also due to arrive here this week and will be billited in the Garri son Building here at Southport. They will be occupied for some (Continued on page 6) Thousands Of Acres Of Timberland Scorched By Fire That Started Week Ago In Columbus County Near Crusoe Island OTHER FIRES HAVE MENACED COUNTY Foresters Rate This The Most Destructive Blaze Of Recent Years With No Accurate Estimate Of Loss Made One of the worst forest fires in the history of Brunswick coun ty was still burning today after a full wek of fire-fighting by the combined forces of the Brunswick County, Columbus County and District Forestry forces. At press time Assistant Dis trict Ranger Floyd Arnold in Whiteville said that the prospects for controling the fire appear to better than they have been at any time since the fire first got out of hand. Arnold said the fire started last Wednesday near Lake Waccamaw and has now burned from that point in a Southeasterly direction to U. S. Highway No. 17. At Supply this morning it" was. unofficially reported that the fire had crossed Highway No. 17 and had reached Lockwood Folly River. Efforts to combat the blaze were complicated by high winds during the past week end and by the necessity of taking men off this job to fight fires that had been reported in other sections of the county. Estimates of actually losses and placement of the fire line has been hampered both on the ground and from the air by gusty winds of up to 20-30 miles an hour that have whipped smoke and dust over the area. So far no injuries or destruc tion of property other than for (Continued Cm Fage Six) Brief Bits Of lnewsj RESUMES WORK Mrs. Esther Robinson, who has been on leave of absence from the Brunswick County Health De partment, will resume her duties on April 4. IN SWUM PAGEANT Miss Marie Rourk of Shallotte, student at Stuart Hall in Staun ton, Va., recently participated in the swimming pageant presented by members of the Nevied Club. She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M. H. Rourk, and her par ents were present for this event. SEEING THE BIRDS Mrs. Cecil Applebury of Wil mington and her fellow bird lov ers, Mr. and Mrs. Guy McDer wat, of Montreal, Canada, were here Friday studying the birds in Brunswick county. 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, Man’ll 81 1:58 A. M. 8:21 A. M. 2:36 P. M. 8:37 P. M. Friday, April 1 3:02 A. M. 9:25 A. M. 3:40 P. M. 9:43 P. M. Saturday, April 2 4:05 A. M. 10:22 A. M. 4:38 P. M. 10:44 P. M. Sunday, April 3 5:01 A. M. 11:13 A. M. 5:33 P. M. 11:37 P. M. Monday, April 1 5:52 A. M. 12:00 A. M. 6:22 P. M. 0:00 P. M. Tuesday, April 5 6:37 A. M. 0:26 A. M. 7:06 P. M. 12:43 P. M. Wednesday, April 6 7:19 A. M. 1:11 A. M. 7:46 P. M. 1:22 P. M.
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