Ramp Included
For New Dock
New Facility Will Make
Visits Of People With
Eoats More Practical On
Southport Waterfront
The new city dock now under
construction at the former site of
the Lewis Hardee fishhouse, with
Bob Bryson as contractor, will
offer something- that the town
has been needing for a long time.
The trestle out to the dock is
parallel on one side to a loading
ramp. Upstate people bringing
their boats here for fishing trips
will be able to back their cars
with trailers out on the ramp and
launch or load their boats there.
The ramp will extend down to low
water and boats may be launched
easily under any low or high tide
stage.
Boats of all sizes may also tie
up at the dock without charge.
The dock will not be used com
mercially in any way. It will have
an open shelter where people may
take refuge during rain, or sit
when they are fishing and become
tired. It should be finished to the
point of being available to the
public late in May.
Ted Kluszewski, National Lea
gue home run champion in 1954,
hit 49 homers but none with the
bases loaded.
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Anticipate Visit
01 Jerry Ball
Popular Entertainer Will Be
Accompanied By His Old
Friend A„nd Partner, Ar
chie Thornhill
Principal Guy Angell and other
Shallotte folks are looking for a
big entertainment at the school
auditorium on the night of April
29, the annual appearance there
of Esso Jerry Ball and Archie
Thornhill of Charlotte. This time
these entertainers expect to be
accompanied by B. F. Mcglaugh
lin of New York, manager of the
public relations department of the
Standard Oil Company.
The three will put on the fam
ous musical quiz originated by
Jerry and a lot of new gags. An
gell has also arranged a number
of features by local talent. All
funds derived from the event will
go to the Shallotte school. The
Esso entertainers even pay their
own expenses and contribute sev
eral valauble door prizes.
Among other things that will
be given as prizes this year is a
beautiful loving cup that will go
to the winner of the talent show.
Jerry, Archie and the Esso Com
pany have already purchased this
cup and it and the numerous other
prizes offered will be on display
before and during the show.
Leland Lady Dies
After Long Illness
Following a long illness Mrs.
Minnie R. Cook, lifetime resident
of the Leland community, died
Monday morning in the McCain
hospital.
Mrs. Cook was 36 years old. She
was the daughter of the late
George D. and Minnie Strickland
Robbins of Leland.
Surviving her is her husband,
CITY ELECTION
Tuesday May 3, 1955
FILING DATES APRIL 1—APRIL 16
Qualified citizens have until noon on Scturday, May 16, 1955,
to file as candidates for the office of Mayor and for the offices of Mem
ber of the Board of Aldermen. Two men will be elected from each of
the three precincts. A candidate for the Board of Aldermen must be
a resident of the ward which he seeks to represent. A candidate for
Mayor may reside anywhere within the city limits.
REGISTRATION PERIOD
The Registration Books are now open and it will be possible to
register at any time between the hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. each
day until April 16,1955, by appearing at the home of the registrar in
the ward in which you are qualified to vote. Registration books are
open on Saturdays during the registration period until 9 p. m, includ
ing the closing date for registration, April 16, 1955.
Challenge Day will be Saturday, April 23, 1955.
The following are serving as Registrars:
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
Mrs. Riley Willis
Miss Annie M. Newton
Mrs. Velma Ward
Any person who has been a resident of North Carolina for a
period of one year and a resident of Southport for a period of 30 days,
and who is otherwise qualified to vote, may register.
Persons who have moved from the ward in which they are regist
ered to another ward are urged to see the registrar in their old ward
and arrange to have their name transferred to the books of the ward
in which they now reside.
THE QUESTION OF INSTALLING THE CITY
MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT WELL
BE VOTED ON AT THIS ELECTION.
W. L. Aldridge, Auditor,
City Of Southport
I W. J. Cook, two sons, George an
'.John Allen Cook: twd '(-laughter.
Mary Catherine and Sarah Jan.
Cook: a sister, Mrs. Clayton C|
Cook; three brothers, . John, W|
H. and George Robbins, all o
Leland.
Weather Is Good
For Tobacco Nova
A good general rain Thursda
following several days of warn
weather has brought on top con
ditions for the transplanting o
tobacco. More light rain and con
tinued mildness Monday mad
conditions still better.
The Thursday rain also aidei
in bringing out a lot of azalea
and other flowers. The azaleas ar
not so numerous, but the bloom
are even more beautiful than a
those times when they are in tlr
greatest profusion. It is expectei
that their blooming will contintr
through this week end. Othe
flowers are also "putting on ;
great show of color.
Menhaden Boats
Ready For Worl
Boats Being Made Re&dv Tt
Begin Season About Maj
1; One New Vessel Ad
ded To Fleet This Year
hi;
The Southport menhaden fish
ing is preparing to get under
way the first of May, with abou
all of the boats ready to take t(
the seas at that time. The boat
that are not yet ready will b
able to begin operations soon aft
er the first.
The Brunswick Nevigation Com
pany will have another big ex
Navy mine sweeper in its’ flee
this year. Purchased severs
weeks ago, she has been being re
modeled at New Bern.
The Southport Fisheries has it
boats and factory about read;
and will start at the same Jim
as the Brunswick Navigatioi
Company. All of the prodiAinf
boats of both factories are fftm
er Naval craft. They can rMrgt
much further than the ■rpet
formerly used and can brii* ir,
catches of around half a mil a
fish to the boat.
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Petroleum Mea
Show Interest
Indications Point To Intet\i
est In Prospects For Fuel
ing Vessels In This Vicii
ity
; High officials of one of ti
major oil companies were he
i this week, confering with Color.;
William A. McAleer. It is unde
• stood that they were interested r
I fuel oil here for ships. This is;
| matter that has been creattj
considerable interest for a loij
1 time.
1 Five of the big oil compar a
have made contracts here duri sd
the past year. It has been repo
ed that they have fairly defir a
information on how much oil ' t
cargo ships will need. Howeva'
according to a civilian contract t
Southport, there seems to be i
: possiblity that the Navy \d
enter into the local picture. Will
that being the case, the oil con
panies have been standing b;
: waiting to learn something de
; finite in the way of possible tota
j needs.
Postpones Visit
To Sunny Point]
In correspondence with Edwirl
Pate, Chairman of the State Ports
Authority, relative to the Autlij
ority visiting Southport amt
SPAALT, W. B. Keziah was acU
vised Monday of this week thatj
the next meeting of the authority
will be held in either Raleigh oB
Morehead City. This will mako it
too far away for the members
to come here at that time.
This Morehead City or Rale glj
meeting is scheduled for Aj ni
23.
Chairman Pate stated that if
the Authority found itself unable!
to come to Southport • and
SPAALT in a body, he will cev-J
tainly arrange a visit here for
himself and Colonel Richard S|
Marr, the executive director "f
| the Auhtority sometime early a
| the summer.
Shallotte Point
Resident Passes
Jesse M. Williams, 65-year old
j resident of Shallotte township, re
I siding near Village Point, died in
Duke Hospital at Durham last
; Tuesday night. He had been in
I ill health for some time.
With the Rev. J. T. Fisher of
ficiating funeral services were
held in the Village Point Metho
dist Chui'ch Thursday afternoon
at 3 o’clock. Burial took place in
tile Gurganous Cemetery.
Among the survivors are the
widow, Mrs. Nonie Meeham Wil
liams; three sons, Dorsey, Mag
nus and Jesse Williams, Jr.; three
brothers, Stephen, Henry and Al
bert Williams; three sisters-1 Mrs.
W. R. Register, Mrs. P. D|. Todd
and Mrs. Clarence MilligE#i, all
of the Village Point and Shallotte
communities. QJ
Read The Want Ads
[icture Recalls
ime On Steamer
!jyde Newton Says He Is
Only Surviving Engineer
i Of Old Steamer VVnm.ng
|ton
■The picture of the reconverted
lamer Wilmington that appear
1 in this paper last wee it re- ,
■wakened tnemories for Clyde;
iewton of Southport.
■The steamer plied the waters
■tween Southport and Wilraing
in for many years and dating
■at time she brough thousands
1 people from all sections o' the]
late to Southport and the open
r !
f According to Clyde, the Wil- j
llington had six chief engineers
Hiring the many years that «he
iperated on the river under Cop- i
Ain John Harper. He is the only
>ne now living. The other five
ljtve long since passed away,
rhese chief engineers were Jim
Pearce, Walter Furlong, Sim Gun
ltson. Clyde Newton, all of ; South
jibrt; Pearce Gray of Baltimore
Hid Frank Knight of Norfolk.
Stief Gray died aboard the Wil
mington at a point between. Fort
Caswell and Southport.
•‘The others, with the exception
of Newton, have died at various
times. The Steamer Wilmington
as she was universally known, was
built for and operated by Cap
tain Harper of Southport. Captain
Hoyle Pearce of Southport also
served as Captain. Captain Pearce
was the father of Mrs. E. H.
(Cranmer of Southport.
Family On Visit
To Sunny Point
Mr. and Mrs. Taft Newton,
their daughters Geraldine and
Madeline, and Jo. Ann Whitsett,
all of Whitsett, spent the week
end here. Mr. and Mrs. Newton
owned a home at Long Beach
before the storm and they are
considering rebuilding.
Sunday the party went for a
tour of Sunny Point and were
amazed at the indications of tre
mendous size that the instalaltion
will be. Both Mr. and Mrs. New
ton were of the opinion that
Southport is m tor an enormous
conomic awakening.
Mr. Newton is a hosiery manu
acturer at Whitsett.
East Carolina
Graduates W ork
Mrs. Iris Rabori Smith and Miss
Sue Williamson were among the
winter quarter graduates at East
Carolina College on February 26.
Both will return to the college in
May to graduate formally with
the class and receive their B. S.
degrees. Both were on the college
honor roll. •
Mrs. Smith has already accept
ed a position with the Brunswick
County Welfare Department and
is now working. Miss Williamson
has accepted a teacher position
with the school at Bladenboro for
the rest of the school year.
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