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Most Of The News All The Time Volume No. 17 No. 44 A Good Newspaper In A Good SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1955 PILOT Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County .PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Si.50 PFR YFAR Visiting Group Has Opportunity To View Harbor Representatives From De partment Of Conservation And Development impres sed With Speed Of Re building At Beaches COLONEL McALEER TALKS TO GROUP Visitors Spent Thursday Night In Southport Before Proceeding Up Inland Waterway To More head Conservation and Development officials led by Director Ben E. Douglas and Assistant Di rector Eric Rodgers spent Thurs day afternoon and night in Southport during a tour of var ious North Carolina small ports. The purpose was to study the situation and to find ways and means of improving the small ports and facilities for tourist attractions along the intracoastal waterway. Miles J. Smith of Salisbury, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Conservation and De velopment, was also taking an active part in the gathering as was Chief Engineer B. G. Snow of the Departments Division of Water Resources. At Southport the party was met by Mayor Roy Robinson, Col. Wm. McAleer of SPAALT, Lewis J. Hardee and other in terested citizens. Some 8 or 10 of the committee visited Long Beach and Yaupon Beach to note the extensive rebuilding pro gram that is being carried on there since the October storm. In this connection the visitors stated that it was nothing less than remarkable to note the re building progress that has been made. While the trip was being made to the beaches Director Douglas, Assistant Director Rod gers, Walter Damtoft and one or two others of the Board made a tour of the Southport harbor and adjacent waters. On this trip they were accompanied by Colonel McAleer and Mr. Houghton of his staff, Mayor Robinson, Lewis Hardee and W. B. Keziah. This group got a good deal of briefing from Col. Mc Aleer and others in the party regarding the harbor and the possibilities of improvements, much of which will come as a result of the SPAALT con struction just above Southport. In addition to Messrs Douglas, (Continued on Page 2) ♦ Brief Bits Of lnewsj OUT OF SERVICE Mr. and Mrs. Boice Spencer have returned to Southport to make their home following his release from active duty in the U. S. Navy. FESTIVAL BENEFIT Southport Home Demonstration Club will have a plastic party on Tuesday, May 31, at the old gym at 8 o’clock. The benefits will go towards the fireworks for the Like Oak Festival. REVIVAL CONTINUES Revival services at Trinity Methodist Church continue through Friday this week with evening worship at 8 o'clock and a brief service each morning at 10 o’clock. The Rev. William Bob bitt of Winston-Salem is the visit ing minister, and attendance thus far has been good. POPPIES ARRIVE Memorial poppies which will be worn here on Poppy Day, May 28, to honor the nation’s war dead, have been received by the American Legion Auxiliary. The bright red flowers, made by disabled war veterans, are made of crepe paper with wire stems in replica of the wild poppies of Europe which bloomed ‘‘between the crosses, row on row,” of the World War Battle cemeteries in France and Belgium. BENEFIT BARBECUE Tliere will be a barbecue sup per on the grounds of Zion Metho dist Church, Town Creek, on Sat urday night, beginning at 7 p. m. In the event of rain, the supper will be held indoors. This barbe cue is being prepared by Lee Wescott who is noted throughout Brunswick and New Hanover counties for his ability to cook good barbecue. All proceeds will go toward the erection of the new educational building, which is now under construction. Home made cakes and pies will also be Pn sale. Service Performer HONORED—Cpl. William Turner (right) of Bolivia, receives a plaque and congratulations in Germany from Colonel Louis Greenfield, commanding officer of the 27th Transportation Highway Transport Division, for outstand ing participation in a local talent contest. Corporal Turn er, son of Mrs. Cora Turner, Bolivia, was a member of the “Gospel Wheelers,” a spiritual quartet, which placed second in the contest. A 1949 graduate of Brunswick County Training School, he is a member of the division’s 18th Truck Battalion in Mannheim. General Glore Project Visitor Commanding Officer Of New York Pork Of Em barkation Here To Check On Progress At Sunny Point DISCUSS PLAN FOR OPEN HOUSE Indications Point To Labor Day Celebration At U. S. Army Ammunition Load ing Depot Near Here Arriving Monday, Army, Navy and Air Force officers are spend ing the week here inspecting the Sunny Point Terminals. They are headed by Brigadier General James Glore of the Army Trans portation Corps. With him are Captain A. F. White, USN.; Col onel P. D. Glassford, USAF.; Colonel Noan L. Lord, USAF, and Colonel G. T. Greeve, USA. All of the officers indicate great interest in the SPAALT installations and the plans for operations as early as possible. Last night General Glore stated to a newsman that things are now progressing well .He indicat ed the possibility of active opera tions in September. He stated that he and Col. Wm. A. McAleer, commanding officer of Army Transportation Commercial Opera tions at all deepwater ports on the Atlantic Coast from the Vir ginia line to Miami, are hoping to have open house at Sunny Point on Labor Day. The open house event was re cently scheduled by Colonel Mc Aleer to take place just before they close the installation to the public and all but employees of the Army Transportation Corps and Army Engineers. A problem he spoke of was to get ground cover in and grow ing before too much erosion takes place from winds and rain. This work is the same as that done by the Highway Commission on the shoulders of newly built rail roads. It is a big job at Sunny Point as it must be done along the many miles of highway, rail road track, barricades and hard stands. General Glore, a friendly and congenial officer, was obviously greatly interested in the installa tion here. Junior Flower Show Success Youngsters Compete For Prizes In Special Depart ment Of Annual Flower Show In connection with the Flower Show at the Community Building on Friday the young people held their annual Junior Flower Show. Mis. Bobby Jones was in charge of the show, with Miss Jean Thompson as chairman. Miss Jean Gilbert and Miss Betty McGlam ery won the sweepstakes prizes. Judges for the show were Mrs. William A. McAleer, Miss Thelma Hinson and Mrs. Durban Varnum. They were entertained for dinner at Mack’s Cafe with Mrs. C. Ed. Taylor as their hostess. The following winners, first Continued on Page Five Commencement In Southport School Commencement exercises at Southport high school get underway Sunday morning at 11 o’clock when the Rev. J. B. McLeod, pastor of South port Presbyterian Church, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon. Graduation exercises will be held Friday night, May 27, with Senator Ray H. Walton delivering the address. Marshals for these events, chosen on the basis of scho larship from the junior class, are Ann B. Newton, Carol Stanley, Carol Wolfe, Jean nine Kincaid and Jean Thomp son. Senior class mascots are Janet Shuler and Elliott Spencer. Seek More Land At Sunny Point No Definite Word Has Come Through As To Location Of New Land; Two And One-Half Millions Alloca ted By W. B. KEZIAH The office of Col. R. L. Hill, District Engineer ,advised yester day that it had not received in formation or instructions regard ing the purchase of additional land for the Sunny Point in stallation. Dispatches last week from Washington referred to the purchase of land in both Bruns wick and New Hanover. In additional to the announced plans of purchasing additional Continued On Page Five Work On Pier Piling All Driven And Deck ing In Place; Job Of Buil ding Rail All That Re mains To Complete Pro ject With all of the pilings driven as of Monday and with all of the decking in place, work is now starting on placing the rail ing of the Yaupon Beach steel fishing pier. It will take several days to lain this railing the com plete length of the pier, but G. V. Barbee, the Yaupon Beach : owner and developer, sees no ; reason why the pier should not be in operation by this time next week. The formal scheduled opening j is for June 1st, but it is ex pected that a lot of good fish ; ing will be had between now and that time, although fishing fur-1 | ther out than the railing is ex j tended will be at the risk of ! persons doing the fishing. Despite the incompleted state, | a lot of fine fishing has been had at the pier. In addition Continued On Page Two Newton Again Commander Of I American Legion Decision Reached To Chan ge Name Of Local Orga nisation To Danny Harrel son Post No. 194 DISCUSS PLANS FOR CIVIL DEFENSE’. Legion Members Also Vote To Send Representative To Boys State At Carolina At a meeting of the Southport Post No. 194, American Legion, Monday night Art Newton was re-elected commander. Other officers include H. B. Smith, 1st vice-commander; J. B. Russ, 2nd vice-commander; C. R. Rourk, service officer; A. H. Cromer, sergeant at arms; J. B. Helms, adjutant; J. B. Russ, his torian; chaplain, Herbert Nichols. Members of the post voted to change the name of the post to the Danny Harrelson Post, Ameri can Legion, in honor of one of the young men from this com munity who lost his life while serving in the armed service of the United States. This change will be effected at a Memorial Day service on Sunday afternoon. May 29, on the garrison. Announcement was made of the recipients of American Legion awards for certain eligible stu dents in the local school. From the eighth grade the winners are Carolyn Ramseur and Virgil Messer. From the senior class the winners wer e Rita Cullis and Neil Lewis. A decision was reached to send a student from Southport high school to Boys State at the Uni versity of North Carolina this summer. A feature of the program was a talk by the Rev. W. L. Hicks, who spoke on the relationship be tween being a good citizen and assuming responsibility in con nection with the Civil Defense Program. There will be more ac tivity in this field on the part, of ' the legion. v.s j Nash McKee, department ad- ] jutant from Raleigh, was a guest1 at the meeting and spoke briefly. Bond Sales In April Increase Chairman LeRoy Mintz Re ports Sales Totaling $6, 743.45 In Brunswick Coun ty Last Month The U. S. Treasury Savings Bonds Division is celebrating the 14th anniversary of the Series E Savings Bond. On May 1, 1941, the Savings Bond Program was j expanded with the inauguration! of the Payroll Savings Plan on a nation-wide scale. The monthly Sales Report for April, which was released today by Mr. Leroy, Mintz, Chairman of the U. S. Savings Bonds Program for Brunswick County, shows that Savings Bonds continue to grow in popularity which is reflieted in sales increases. In Brunswick sales totaled $C. 743.75, bringing the years total to $9,318.75. For the sixth consecutive month, sales in North Carolina have ranged from 17 percent to 21 percent greater than in the corresponding months of the pre (Continued On Page Five) In Air Force WILLIAM ROBBINS, South port youth, who is now serving in the U. S. Air Force, has been at home for several days visiting his mother, Mrs. Fanny Robbins. University Makes Announcement Of Walter Harrelson Appointment Of Dr. Walter Harrelson As Dean Of School Of Religion In Line With Policy Of Young Faculty Members Appointment of Walter J. Har relson, Old Testament scholar and archaeologist, as well as an active Baptist churchman, as dean of the University of Chica go Divinity School, was an nounced May 12 by Chancellor Lawrence A. Kimpton. Concurrent appointment of the 35-vear-old Harrelson as associate professor of Old Testa ment in the Federated Theological Faculty of the Uni versity of Chicago adds another young man to the predominantly youthful Federated faculty. Harrelson's appointment fol lows the recent selection of Jerald C. Brauer, 33-year-old Lutheran minister, as dean of the Federated Theological Facul ty. This serves the University of Chicago Divinity School (Bap tist), the Chicago Theological Seminary (Congregational), Disci ples Divinity House (Disciples of Christ), and Meadville Theologi cal School (Unitarian). Harrelson succeeds William N. Hawley, dean of students of the Divinity School, who has served as acting dean since the resigna tion of Bernard M. Loomer in 1953. Currently a member of the faculty of Andover Newton Theol ogical Seminary, Boston, Harrel son is an ordained Baptist minis ter who preaches regularly in Baptist churches in the East, and is a frequent contributor to Baptist denominational publica tions, as well as scholarly jour nals. He is a member of the Commission for the Ministry of The American Baptist Conven tion, and of the Faith and Order Commision of the World Council of Churches. His fields of scholarship in clude not only Biblical history and Old Testament languages, including Hebrew, Accadian, Armaic and Ugaritic, but also philosophy and archaeology as related to regilious history. Cur rently, he is translating for Continued On Page Two W. B. KG2IAH Our ROVING Reporter When Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rob inson and their little son moved from Southport to Clinton last fall Harry was on the point of buying us a box of cigars as a parting gift. We compromised the matter by telling him to subscribe to the paper for a year instead. Harry dropped in for a visit this week and for our bene fit he volunteered the informa tion that no one knew how to appreciate their home paper until they moved away. He said that he would not do without it now if it cost him $6.00 per year. He and his wife look for The Pilot and get it every Thursday, and when they get it they adjourn all business that may be at hand until they read it and find out what is going on at Southport and in Brunswick county. Going over the terminal con struction work Friday, Ennis Long, Supply business man, stop ped to express astonishment at the mighty installation that is growing up here in Brunswick. The tremendous railroad and highway systems, along with the huge docks, were beyond his comprehension of anything that could be built in Brunswick co unty. All of these things and others that are to come, are bound to create great business changes and economic develop ment to the whole county, he thought. We have shown some thousands of visitors over Sunny Point and we still haven’t taken any one who was not surprised, just as Ennis Long was. (Continued on Page 4) Mysterious Spot Of Freshwater Belief That Freshwater Area Offshore At Carolina Beach May Have Some Connection With Allen Creek Flow BY \V. B. KEZIAH For years fishermen working out of Southport and east of Bald Head Island have been tell ing us of a big area in the ocean where the water is abso lutely fresh. Apparently all of them know of the existence of this fresh water that is said to be off Kures Beach. One day this week we casual ly mentioned the existence of this fresh water to Pat Riley, state engineer, while at lunch in a local cafe. Mr. Riley had never heard of the water and appeared to doubt its existence. But right then and there in the cafe half a dozen men, including Resident Engieer Thomas of Suny Point, were found who had often heard of the. fresh water. Trival as this little incident may sound to a layman, it may have an important bearing, on the industrial development of Brunswick county. Directly back of the reported fresh water in the Atlantic and in Brunswick county, Allen’s Creek has a flow of forty seven million gallons of fresh water daily, all coming from springs in the stream and with the water absolutely pure. Sunny Point undoubtedly gets its huge supply of fresh water from the same source that creates these springs on Allen Creek and the same undoubtedly applies to Southport. The interesting possibility is that after the 47,000,000 gallons of fresh water escapes through springs on Allen Creek the huge underground stream that feeds these springs flows on and creates other huge springs in the ocean 8 or 10 miles away. And the springs there in the ocean are of sufficient volume as to completely neutralize the salt content of the ocean waters in a big area. The obvious deductions to be arrived at is that after using the 47,000,000 gallons that flows free on Allen Creek daily a dozen times that amount of water could be taken out of Allen Creek each day. There may be more water in Allen Creek than the public can realize. Crisp Indicted, Case Continued Incorporation Of Beach Ratified Introduced in the House of Representatives two weeks ago by Representative Kirby Sullivan of Brunswick, the bill authorizing incorporation of the Town of Long Beach was quickly passed by that body. Last night in the Senate the bill passed its third reading and became law. Long Beach is now incorporated and the way is apparently cleared for the popular resort’s continued growth and development. This makes the second Brunswick coastal town to be incorporated this session of the legislature. Yaupon Beach received its papers some time ago. In that case, as well as at Long Beach, the incorporation bill was in troduced by Representative Sullivan and Senator Walton backed up both measures in the Senate. Doctors Enjoy Saturday Trip Parties Had Good Luck Sat urday, But Winds On Sun day Kept Fishing Boats Inside The Southport sport fishing fleet had a party of doctors on a trip Saturday headed by Dr. Merrill Sasman of Charlotte and Boston, Mass. Dr. Sasman is a widely known cancer specialist. The trip was made aboard the Miss Margaret and the Margrace II, Captain Leo Dowling and Cap tain James Arnold. Twenty-nine beautiful king mackerel, 4 amberjack and other fish were brought in. Dr. Sasman acted as spokesman for the whole party, saying that they will come again. In addition to Dr. Sasman the following were in the party: Dr. John Glenn, Dr. Fred Wise and George Forte, all of Char lotte; Dr. Harold Pettitt, Dr. Hy man Addlestone, Dr. Sam Lippin cott. Charleston, S. C., Dr. Ed S. Bivens, Albemarle; Dr. Charles Byrum, Chapel Hill; Dr. Stewart Adams, Neil Belick, Winston Salem; Dr. Lee Shaw, Morganton, C. L. Watson, Columbia, S. C., and Dr. M. E. Parrish, Sumter, S. C. Other Saturday catches report ed included: The Jo Ann, captained by George Gregory with the Lee Reynolds party of Charlotte aboard, landed 19 king mackerel, four amberjack and 20 Spanish mackerel. Charles R. Vance and party from Greensboro and Wash ington, D. C., caught 16 king mackerel, three amberjack and 15 blues off the John Elian, skipper ed by Walter Lewis. Sixteen king mackerel, two amberjack, four bonita and a 40 pound cobia were caught by E. R. Zimmerman and party of Charlotte, fishing off Continued On Page Two jLeland Man Released Under Bond Of $10,000 And Will Be Tried At Septem ber Term On Charge Of Murder SPECIAL VENIRE FROM SAMPSON True Bill Also Returned In Case Charging Lonnie Beatty With Murder Of Lonnie McCoy R. E. Crisp, Leland automobile | dealer, will be tried at the Sep- i tember term of Brunswick county j Superior court for the fatal shoot ing two months ago of Jimmie Ferreri, New York youth who, with two companions, was hitch hiking his way to Florida at the time of his death. At an inquest following the fatal shooting a Brunswick county coroner’s jury refused to hold Crisp for trial. However, Solicitor John J. Burney, Jr., prepared a bill of indictment charging him with the murder of the Ferreri boy, and on Monday the Bruns- j wick county grand jury returned a true bill. Solicitor Burney made a mo tion that the case be tried in some other county and declared that publicity given the case made it difficult for the State to get a fair trial in Brunswick. S. B. Frink, one of the defense law yers, upposed efforts to remove the case for trial in another coun ty, and finally a compromise was reached when it was agreed that a special vinire of 100 men would be brought in from Sampson county from which to pick a jury j for this case. Bond for Crisp was set at $10,000, and this was furnished Continued On Page Two Water System Pipe Arrives Non-Rusting Material Being Used In New Long Beach Waterworks Project Now Getting Underway The first big semi-trailer load of water main for the Long Beach Water Company arrived Monday morning from the Grinnell Com pany of Pennsylvania. A contrac tor will begin laying these mains immediately and a total of about 6 miles will be put down. The piping is the same make as that used in the huge Sunny Point water system, a composi tion as hard as steel which is immune to both rust and corrod ing. Some of the mains at the beach before the storm were rust ed completely away after being underground for only a dozen years. This was due to the large amount of salt in the sand in which they were burried. It is said that the use of non-rusting composition piping will solve the water problem at the beach for a long time to come. Excepting, of course, that additional mileage will have to be put in as the town grows. Sweepstakes Won By Mrs. Pigott In Flower Show List Of Winners In Annual Southport Flower Show Announced, With Mrs. H. B. Smith Second Sweep stakes Winner TRI-COLOR AWARD FOR TWO ENTRIES Outstanding Recognition Is Given Entries Of Mrs. D. M. Davis And Mrs. C. G. Ruark Mrs. Dallas Pigott and Mrs. H. B. Smith were the sweep stakes winners at the annual Flower Show on Friday at the Community Building. The show was oo-sponsored by the South port Garden Club, the Southport Woman’s Club and the Live Oak Garden Club. Co-chairmen were Mrs. J. A. Gilbert, Mrs. Bryant Potter and Mrs. Art Newton. Judges for the event were Mis. Hector McNiel, Mrs. E. P. Ewers and Mrs. E. C. Thompson of War saw, all accredited flower show judges. They were entertained at luncheon prior to the judging at the home of Mrs. Guy Garrett. me judges were nigh in their praise of the show, commending the officials particularly on the staging. The staging committee, with Mrs. L. J. Hardee and Mrs. Pigott as co-chairmen, had ar ranged the hall to carry out the “Maytime” theme, having a May pole in the center with exhibition tables around it. Two tri-color awards were giv en, to Mrs. D. M. Davis in the horticulture division for a Madon na lily, and to Mrs. C. G. Ruark for a large arrangement of lilies in a white container. Shadow boxes, always a great favorite with the viewing public, represented things which the world needs. Mrs. J. A. Gilbert’s box representing “Religion” won first place and Mrs. Ormond Leg gett’s box representing “Peace” won second place. A box repre senting “Hope” and arranged by Mrs. Merritt Moore and Mrs. Alec Fox was third. Mrs. N. M. Horn stein’s “Education” and Mrs. Continued on Page Five Asking Bids For Building Homes Immediate Plans Call For Construction Of 4 Homes For Officers At Sunny Point; Other Work Pend ing Friday, May 20, plans and specifications are to go out from the office of Col. R. L. Hill, Corps of Army Engineers, with invitations asking for bids on the construction of four family housing units on the Sunny Point reservations. As of the present time these are the only houses for residen tal purposes that are planned to be erected on the reservation. The opening of the bids is sche duled for June 17. It is understood that a special appropriation made several months ago will take care of this construction. It is also under stood that the structures will form the homes of Col. Wm. Mc Aleer of the Sunny Point Com mand and members of his staff and their families. The location is 3 miles north Continued On Page Two 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 19 5:17 A. M- U:35 A. M. 5:53 P. M. 0:00 P. M. Friday, May 20 6:15 A. M. ' 0:21 A. M. 6:49 P. M. 12:28 P. M. Saturday, Slay 21 7:12 A. M. 1:16 A. M. 7:44 P. M. 1:20 P. M. Sunday, Slay 22 8:09 A. M. ‘ 2:09 A. M. 8:38 P. M. 2:12 P. M. Slonday, Slay 23 9:06 A. M. ‘3:01 A. M. 9:33 P. M. 3:05 P. M. Tuesday, Slay 21 10:04 A. M. ' 3:54 A. St 10:27 P. M. 3:59 P. M. Wednesday, Slay 25 11:02 A. M. 4:46 A. M. 11:23 P. M. 4:55 P. V
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