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THE STATEPORT PILOT
Volume No. 1 7
No. 43
6-Pages Today
A k°°d Newspaper A Good Community
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNES MAY 11, 1955
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Brunswick County
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inira Dock Dlears Completion
view of. Dock No. 1 at
* ““‘L ‘t1?0 ^“'Jvvts the road running back of the
will’wt'Tr hfS a 12'lnch base of crushed rock and
^ a 4.‘inch coating 0f asphalt this week. The
with thk°nniers aiue i0f the same size anfl identical
Wlth thls onc, each being 2,400 feet in length. The
are backed up by the most modern rail-1
111/ ll W S \T T' o f n v\-i >■, -1.. i 1.
three piers
Co,T>s recently described the" terminals' fl
modern in the United States. the most
Complete Plans
For Flower Show
Here On Friday
1 hree Organizations Coope
rating In Sponsorship Of
This Event This Year In
Community Building
Plans are complete for the an
nual Flower Show which will be
held on Friday at the Community
Building on the Garrison. Three
Southport Clubs, the Southport
Garden Club, the Southport Wo
man’s Club and the Live Oak
Garden Club ,are co-sponsoring
the event.
The public may view the ex
hibits from 4 o’clock in the after
noon until 8:30 o’clock that night
and it is hoped that the additional
evening hours will prove a con
venience to those who do not find
it possible to attend in the aft
ernoon.
Entries are open in each class
for anyone in Brunswick county.
In the horticulture division the
exhibits must be grown by the
exhibitor, but in the artistic ar
(Continued On Page Jour)
Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
RETURNS FR&M KOREA
Warrant Officer G. E. Hub
bard. Jr., returned home last week
from two years service in Korea.
He will .be stationed at Fort
Bragg following a month s leave.
HONOR CADET
Jeriy Fulcher was given an
award as Honor Cadet at Ed
wards Military Institute in Sa
lemburg on Sunday, May S, at
a Mother's Day program. Mrs.
Fred Willing and Mrs. P. M.
Messick of Southport attended.
OCT OF SERVICE
W. E. Hickman A 2c who has
been in the Navy Air Force has
completed his 4 years service and
is now at home with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hickman. He
has spent part of his four years i
on the U. S. S. Coral Sea and
18-months at Guantanoma Bay, :
Cuba. I
RECEIVES AWARD
At the recent commercial art >
show at the Woodner Hotel in 1
Washington, D. C., Miss Sally i
Ann McNeil, daughter of Mr. and j :
Mrs. J. A. McNeil of Southport, ,
received a gold medal award for i
one of her fashion drawings. She j
is a commercial artist for the 1
Hecht Company in Washington. I
Sports Fishing
Con tin ues Good
; King Mackerel Continue To
Be Chief Prize For Fish
ermen Making Off-Shore
Trip, With Plenty Of
Blues On Shoals
SOME PARTIES ARE
COMBINING LUCK
Several Have Reported Good
Catch Of Blues Made On
Way Out To Where
Mackerel Are Being
Caught
Fishing was never better in
Southport, considering the fact
that off-shore parties are catching
a lot of king mackerel and par
ties fishing on the shoals are
bringing in the blues. Several par
ties during the past week have
doubled up, by fishing for blue
fish on their way off-shore, and
on their way in.
Week end weather wasn’t ex
actly perfect for fishing, but it
was not until Monday that it
blew so hard that temporary end
was brought to operations. Boats
are back at it today. Following
are reports from some of the
week end trips:
Botfly, Capt. Leon McKeithan: j
Zeb Thomas, Monroe, 20 king, 5
amberjack, 2 tuna and 15 black !
bass. Friday—Idle On III, Capt.
Hoyle Dosher: J. E. Barger and
party of Hickory, 35 king mack
erel and 10 amberjack. Idle On
II, Capt. Basil Watts: Elliott
Harris and party of Fayetteville,
98 blues.
Saturday—Idle On II, Capt.
(Continued on page four)
May Day Parade
Staged Locally
Students From Brunswick
County Training School
Exhibit Some Of Their
Accomplishments During
Thursday Show
The Brunswick County Train
ing School at Southport earned !
itself a lot of. credit at the May I
Day Festivities Friday.
Special commendation has been
heard of the band, for the parade
and the concert on the court
house lawn. A thousand or more
people saw the parade and heard1
the concert at the court house.
The musical organization of
the colored school has made good I
progress under the direction of i
S. S. Iliggs during the two yea.;.'1
(Continued on Page 4)
*—
* No Fatal Highway
Wrecks Thus Far
With one-third of the year
gone, Corporal O. H. Lynch
and the three Highway
Patrolmen working under
him in Brunswick county are
pleased with the fact that
they have not had a single
highway fatality.
“With the public cooperat
ing with us in observing the
speed laws and highway safe
ty requirements, we have
been very lucky this far,”
said the officer Monday. He
added that he and the other
officers are keeping their
fingers crossed and hoping
that the absence of fatal ac
cidents will continue through
out the year.
HospitalWeek
Being Observed
.Thursday Has Been Set
| /V‘.de Hospital Day In
This County And Gifts!
Are Solicited For Institu
tion
Gov. Luther H. Hodges has des
ignated this week, May 8th j
through May 14th, as North Caro
lina Hospital Week and May 12th
is National Hospital Day. Dosher j
Memorial Hospital officials are co- i
operating in this observance.
"Aren't we a fortunate county
to have a hospital like our own
Dosher Memorial Hospital in
v Inch we can take an active I
part,” asked Mrs. H. B. Smith. I
president of the hospital auxiliary, I
this week.
Our hospital doors are open1
to all, regardless of race, color j
or creed. We have improved faci
lities and modern methods for!
treatment and now is the time
for us io snow our appreciation!
for our blessings. There is no
better way than to send usable!
gifts such as bed linens, towels, I
dresser covers and other useful
articles. Think how often we have;,
to replenish linens in our homes.!
Hum think how many more it | <
takes for an institution and I’m i,
sure it will be very easy for jou -
io want to do your part.
li it isn't convenient to get :
to the hospital, leave your gifts I
willi Mrs. Georgia Carr at the;
(Continued on Page 4)
Equipment Helps
Unload Material
At Sunny Point
Shipment Arrives By Barge
And Some Of Diamond’s
Equipment And Men Used
To Get It On The Dock
B.v W. B. KKZIAH
A big barge loaded with steel
rails and steel water pipes, both
tor use on the No. 3 wharf, was
waiting to be unloaded at Sunny
Point Sunday morning. She was
out from Wilmington, Delaware,
and the convoying tug was from
Baltimore.
Having tied up the barge at
her destination, the crew of the
tug had nothing to do with the
unloading. After the accepted
fashion of tug crews this one
was standing by waiting for
someone to do the unloading.
The job was one for the Dia
mond Construction Company. Rig
No. 9, the same big outfit that
moved down to Southport and did
a lot of fiee work in helping
Southport fishermen float their
boats that were stranded by the
hurricane last fall, was standing
by
• Admiral” Charlie Clelland, boss
of all of the Diamond's rigs, and i
all of the crew of the No. 9 also j
were standing by. Ken Stewart,
Continued On Page Pour)
Key Civilians
Hired For Jobs
At Sunsiy Point
Three Technicians Being
Brought In From Other
Jobs To Head Important
Phases Of Operation Here
MEN ALREADY AT
WORK IN SOUTHPORT
Unions Newest Arrivals Is
Ammunition Inspector, Su
pervisory Transporta
tion And Supply Of
ficers
Col. William A. McAleer, Com
manding Officer of the Sunny
’oint Army Ammunition Load
ng Terminal, has announced the
ppointment of three civilians to
ey positions v within the head
uarters staff of the terminal
luring the past week. William
V. Houghton was appointed Su
pervisory Safety and Ammuni
tion Inspector effective May 2;
Ralph E. Ambrose was appointed
Supervisory Transportation Of
ficer effective May 6; and Hugh
EM. Fain was appointed Supply
Officer effective May 9.
Houghton was transferred from
a similar position with the
New York Port of Embarkation,
where he' ..supervised the out
loading of Army ammunition at
the Naval Ammunition Piers,
Leonardo, New Jersey, and Spe
cial Weapons Materials at Caven
Point Terminal, Bayonne, New |
Jersey. He is now living in the
Oaks Apartments with his wife,
Ruth, and their three children,
Terry 15, Colette 3 Ms , and Bill
III, who is 14 months old. Re
garding Southport in general,
Houghton says that they like it
so much that they hope this is
a permanent assignment. The
Houghton’s hobbies are fishing
and the collection of coins.
Ambrose will move his family,
including his wife, their 6-year
old daughter, and their 9 and
5 year old sons sometime later
this summer, probably just prior
to the opening of school. Until
then his wife and children will
remain 111 their newly orquircd
rgjw m j-^y r»n, Maas. The Ain
hose hobbies are hunting and
fishing. Regarding Southport,
Ambrose says that he likes a
(Continued on page four)
Ocean Isle Is
Building Back
Odell Williamson, Develop
er, Reports That Total Of
19 Houses Are Completed
Or Are Well Under Con
struction
Odell Williamson, owner and
developer of Ocean Isle Beach,
was here Saturday and stated
that they now have 19 houses
back or well on their way at
| that resort. W’ith nothing arising
to prevent the schedule from be
ing carried out, Ocean Isle should
be back 100-percent by Septem
ber, he thinks.
Newest beach development in
Brunswick at the time of the
storm, Ocean Isle lost some 40
homes. The getting hack to
normal will be in the rebuilding
of these homes and in other im
provements. ,
At the present time a modern
pavilion is under construction.
Continued On Page Four)
W. K. H£Z1AH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
Mrs. Catherine Frink, South
port born and raised colored
woman, has been living in Bel
mar, New Jersey, for the past
20 years. 'Some five months ago:
she came back to Southport to
stay. Her example of coming
coming home is one that several
white and colored people have 1
seen picking up duiing the past
-wo or three years as a result i
)f Southport’s awakening up1'
policy. This week, returning from
i trip to Long Beach with jDon- <
Ud Sneeden we found "Aunt '
Catherine” waiting to show us (
i 6-pound 2-ounce black drum :
hat she had caught at one of
he fish boat docks here. She j
vas very proud of that fish that i
he had caught at the old home1 e
own. I (
- t
A well calculated opinion is
that if the interests who are
planning- an airport at Long)
Beach carry through with the |
undertaking they will be pro
viding something of great bene
fit to development. Not only will
an airport bring a whole lot of
the right sort of people to the
beach, it will contribute greatly
to a need of Southport and it
is possible that it may also be
used largely by military interests.
It is freely admitted that the
operation of SPA ALT will make
necessary either a military or
civilian airport in the Southport
area.
As a boy we were told that
rather unsatisfactory conditions
exist all along the southern
coast for the manufacture of
textiles. The handling of delicate
Continued On Page Two
No Recent Block
Of Creek Channel
Col R. L. Hill Sends Marked Chart To Show No Materia!
Change In Water Depth At Town Creek In
Eighteen Years
With the herring moving up
Town Creek in greatly decreased
numbers for the past two decades,
the State Port Pilots Rovin’ Re
porter has frequently asked fish
ermen and residents of the Town
Creek what was causing the de
cline in the number of fish.
Invariably the answer has been
that some years ago a dredge
working on the channel of the
Cape Fear deposited its dredging
spoil in an area where it shifted
and cut down or filled the Town
Cheek channel where it empties
into the Cape Fear.
This blocking of the channel,
if such has occurred, has not been
during the past 18 years, accord
ing to a letter and chart received
yesterday from Col. R. L. Hill
Corps of Army Engineers. The
chart, made May 4, can be seen
here at the State Port Pilot of
fice.
The letter, resulting from a
reference to the Town Creek mat
tr in the Rovin’ Reporter Column,
indicates that the Army Engi
neers are on the alert to see
that all work they do will not
adversely effect local communi
ties. It is being printed in full.
It will be noted that without
any specific request for the at
tention of the Engineers Col. Hill
ordered a survey as soon as the
matter was mentioned in this pa
per.
“Dear Bill," wrote Colonel Hill,
“your interest in conditions at
the mouth of Town Creek
prompted us to survey low-tide
depths in the Cape Fear River to
determine the present situation
at Town Creek.
“W are always careful to place
dredging disposal areas at sites
where channels are helped. In this
case (referring to the chart) you
. will note that Big Island has been
1 extended to the north so that
the River’s flow is divided be
1 (Continued on Page Four)
Superior Court
Convenes Monday
I
*
Preacher
KEY. WILLIAM BOBBITT
j Revival Planned
Here Next Week
The Rev, William Bobbitt,
Jr., Will Be Guest Minis
ter For One-Week Reviv
al At Methodist Church
Rev. William Bobbitt, Jr., will
be the guest preacher in revival
services at Trinity Methodist
Church next week.
He is minister of the North
Davidson Methodist Charge, Win
ston-Salem. This is his third pas
torate and is composed of two
large rural churches, Canaan and
Mount Pleasant. After serving in
the U. S. Army during World
War II he attended High Point
College, from which he graduated
in 1949. In 1952 he received the
B. D. degree from Candler School
(Coutinued on Page 4>
Gus Travis Is
Local Visitor
Out Today With Capt. Ray
Stubbs Aboard Bessie- j
Ray In Quest Of Bluefish;
He And Son Visited Sun
ny Point
Gus Travis, columist on the
Charlotte Observer, and his son,
Zollie, who has just received his
discharge from the Army Trans
portation Corps, are spending this
week in Southport. They are
visiting around, fishing today
with Capt. Ray Stubbs and get
ting acquainted with folks.
Folks, it may be said, are
people whom Gus delights to
write up in his own inimitable
style.
Yesterday Gus and Zollie were
taken over the Sunny Point
installation, the elder Travis hav
ing requested this trip soon af
ter they arrived. His comment
was:
“I had read about it and knew i
it was big, but it is about 3
times what I expected. With the i
layout that they have it is
bound to expand beyond the i
dreams of anyone.”
(Couxinued on Page 4)
Judge J- Paul Frizzell Will
Preside Over One-Week
Term For Trial Of Crimi
nal Cases Here Next Week
FULL DOCKET ON
TAP FOR TRIAL
Two Murder Cases Included
On Calendar Prepared For
Next Week’s Session Of
Court
A one-week term of Superior
court for trial of criminal cases
will convene here Monday with
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle presiding.
Solicitor John J. Burney, Jr.,
has prepared a bill of indictment
against R. E. Crisp, Leland auto
dealer, charging him with mur
def. One other murder case is
expected to come up, that being
against Lonnie Beatty, Acme
negro, who is charged with the
slaying of another member of his
race in a fight at Navassa several
weeks ago.
Archie Robinson, Horace Ray
mond Yopp, Calvin Quincy Hew
ett, Merle Jenkins McDonald, Nor
man Earl McGlinne, Ben Walker,
Bishop Pierce, James Bernard
Hughes, Kenneth Bellamy, Will
D. Fowler, Edward Southerland,
Luther Stanley, Tone D. Durden,
Willie Brown, will face charges
of drunken driving.
On charges of breaking and en
tering the following defendants
will be called: Harry Thomas,
Continued On Page Four/
Routine Session
Of Court Held
Preliminary Hearing Held
For Lonnie Beatty, Wh<?
Was Ordered Held With
out Bond For Trial Next
Week
In Recorder's court here Mon
day Lonnie Beatty pleaded not
guilty to charges of murder, but
Judge Earl Bellamy found prob
able cause and bound him over
to Superior court.
Harry Gore, contempt of court,
fined $10 and costs.
Walter Albert Klutz, speeding
(70-mph) fined $15 and costs.
Elijiah Kelly, no operator’s li
cense, nol prossed when defend
ant produced valid license.
Edward Harrison Hurley, speed
ing (65-mph) fined $10 and costs.
William James Coward, passing
stopped school bus, taxed with
:osts.
Nathan Mack Shelly, driving on
vrong side of highway, $10 and
:osts.
Hayes Corbett, speeding (55
■nph in truck) fined $10 and
x>sts.
James Miller, assault with
leadly weapon, six months on
he roads.
Lonnie Beatty, murder, defcnd
tnt entered a plea of not guilty,
irobable cause found and defend
mt held for Superior court with
>ut bail.
Jack Wayne Forehand, speed
ng (65-mph) fined $10 and costs.
John Amos Pigott, reckless op
:ration, fined $15 and costs.
Mrs. Howell Moore Whitmore, j
(Continued on Page Four) i
Inspection Party
From C&D Will
Visit Southport
Members Of Committee On
Water Resources Will
Spend Thursday Night
Here Before Leaving I or
Trip By Water To Mors
head
WILL STUDY MEANS
FOR IMPROVEMENTS
Residents Of Various Com
munities Invited To Meet
With Board Members
And Discuss Needs
Members of the State Board
of Conservation and Develop
ment's committee on water re
sources, inlets and coastal wa
sources, inlets and coastal
waterways will make an official
inspection of a number of the
State’s small ports and water
ways May 12-15.
The group will xneet at South
port Thursday afternoon, spend
the night there, and inspect fish
ing, housing and other facilities
in the area next morning before
moving up the Inland Waterway
aboard the State-owned Cape
Hatteras. Facilities will be in
spected at New River and ot
other points northward to More
head City, where the group will
spend the night.
On Saturday the official party
will visit and talk with residents
of Oriental, Bayboro, Vandemere
and Hobuckon regarding their
fishing and other problems. The
group will then travel on the
Pungo River to Belhaven, where
they will spend the night at
Axson Smith's lodge.
On Sunday morning the group
will proceed through the Inland
Waterway to the Alligator River,
across the west side of Albe
marle Sound to Edenton, where
the trip ends that afternoon. The
committee last year visited and
inspected areas north of Belhaven
and on the eastern sides of
Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds.
The committee, whose chair
man is Miles J. Smith of Salis
bury, will be accompanied by
several other* C&D board mem
bers, Director Ben E. Douglas of
the Department of Conservation
and Development, B. C. Snow,
(Continued on Page Fourj
Highway, Work
In This County
Two Small Paving Projects
Completed Last Month By
State Highway Forces In
Brunswick
The State Highway Commis
sion completed 16.1 miles of
road work and built four new
county road bridges in the Third
Highway Division during April,
Commissioner C. Heide Trask
said this week.
Brunswick, New Hanover, On
slow, Pender, Duplin, and Samp
son compose the Tird. Division
headquarters are in Wilmington.
C. E. Brown is division engineer;
R. V. Biberstein is assistant di
vision engineer.
In Brunswick, State highway
forces graded, drained and plac
ed topsoil on two roads, the
Loop Road at North West, one
mile; and connecting road be
tween Y-Road and Leland-Acme
Road, 0.6 mile. The Loop has a
24 foot wide surface, the con
necting road is 22-feet wide.
Tide Table
Following is the tide table
for Southport during the next
week. These hours are ap
proximately correct and were
furnished The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, May 13
11:12 A. M. 5:27 A. M.
11:39 P. M. 5:18 P. M.
Friday, May 13
12:01 A. M. 6:11 A. M.
0:00 P. M. 6:08 P. M.
Saturday, May 14
0:28 A. M. 7:00 A. M.
12:57 P. M. 7:07 P. M.
Sunday, May 15
1:22 A. M. 7:54 A. M.
1:57 P. M. 8:13 P. M.
Monday, May 16
2:20 A. M. 8:50 A. M.
2:57 P M. 8:50 P. M.
Tuesday. May 17
3:20 A. M. 9:47 A. M.
3:57 P. M. 10:24 P. M.
Wednesday, May 18
4:19 A. M. 10:42 A. M.
4:56 P. M. 11:24 P. M.