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Volume No. 17 No. 46
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
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Brunswick County
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1955
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Push Projects
Before National
R&H Congress
Dr. H. Holden And D. C.
Herring Are Representing
Brunswick County At An
nual Session This Week
HOLDEN SEEKING
INLET PROJECT
Herring Seeking Support
For Breakwater Along
Waterfront In City Of
Southport; Both Favor
Drainage
Brunswick county has been
represented at the annual session
of the National Congress of
Rivers and Harbors this week by
Dr. R. H. Holden of Shallotte
and D. C. Herring of Southport.
Yesterday the North Carolina
delegation met with Congressmen
and Senators from North Caro
lina and drew from them their
pledge of cooperation in pushing
projects which have been outlined
by the representatives to the
national planning session.
Dr. Holden received recognition
for the enthusiasm he has shown
in developing support for the or
ganization on a local level.
During the delegation meeting
it was revealed that he has ob
tained 16 memberships in the
NRHC at Shallotte and vicinity
in recent weeks. He asked the
group’s support in behalf of two
lower Brunswick projects, deepen
ing and stabilization of Shallotte
and Lockwood Folly Inlets.
"Our trouble at the inlets was
caused by the government dredg
ing the Inland Waterway,” he
said. "Everybody is sympathetic
but we can’t get any money for
the inlets improvement.”
Later in the afternoon, he ap
peared before the projects com
mittee of the NRHC and asked its
approval for further surveys by
the government looking to in
creasing the passageway depths
from three to eight feet, plus
suitable stabilization.
Another Brunswick county pro
ject presented to the committee
calls fox- construction of a 3,000
foot retaining bulkhead along the
Southport waterfront. Purpose of
this project, Davis C. Herring,
Southport City Attorney, explain
ed would be to “partially restore
and prevent further damage” to
Southport’s waterfront.
W. Avery Thompson of Halls
boro asked the projects commit
tee to advance the classification
of the Waccamaw river flood con
trol project from “expeditious re
port on authorized survey request
ed” to “endorsed”. He claimed
the flood control could be achieved
through straightening and clear
ing the river’s 141-mile channel.
Continued On Page Three
Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
LIONS TO MEET
The regular meeting of the
Southport Lions Club will be held
tomorrow (Thursday) at 12:30
o’clock in the Community Build
ing.
HONOR STUDENT AT E. C.
William (Bill) Knox has again
attained the required scholastic
average to make him eligible for
the honor roll at East Carolina
College, Greenville, where he is a
senior. Knox is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Knox, Bolivia.
STORAGE QUARTERS
The city is building a new ma
chine and tool storage house just
north of the power plant. Aider
man G. C. Kilpatrick says that
heretofore everything has been
kept anywhere and without pro
tection from the weather. Some
times things have been hard to
find when they were neded.
AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP
A. C. Purvis, son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. L. Purvis, Winnabow, has
been awarded a scholarship at
East Carolina College, Greenville,
for his leadership and outstanding
scholastic average of 97 on all
work taken at Bolivia High
School. He plans to enter East
Carolina this fall and will major
in industrial arts.
CAPPING CEREMONY
Fifty-seven first year student
nurses at Watts Hospital School
of Nursing will be capped on
Sunday afternoon in a ceremony
to be held at 3 o’clock at Trinity
Methodist Church, Durham.
Among the students to be honor
ed are Miss Betty Stanley, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George G.
Stanley of Southport and Miss
Marian Leiner, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. G. Leiner of Caro
lina Beach.
Historic Site
LIGHTHOUSE—This is a scene of the Price Creek
lighthouse, a structure that played an important role in
blockade running during Civil War days. Fort Fisher
guarded the new inlet, which since has been blocked by
U. S. Army Engineers.
Holiday Fishermen
Had Good Results
Spanish Mackerel Showing
Up In Increasing Numb
ers With Blues Also Strik
ing On Shoals
BIG KING MACKEREL
CAUGHT SATURDAY
Weather Was Good Satur
day But Breezed Up Sun
day; Parties Out Mon
day, But Weather
Sent Then In Early
Fishermen in Southport for the
holiday week end got a break
from the weather and were able
to get out Saturday, Sunday and
Monday, although most of them
found the going pretty rough on
the last day. What’s more, luck
was pretty good, especially on
Saturday and Sunday.
A 36-pound king mackerel was
landed aboard the John Ellen by
the J. H. Statten party from
Charleston, S. C. Saturday. This
party also caught 16 mackerel,
one amberjack, 17 blues, and two
sea bass.
Four boats took parties into
the Gulf Stream Friday, including
the John Ellen.
With the Henry Bolt party
from Charlotte aboard, the boat
accounted for 22 king mackerel,
one emberjack, one sea bass, 22
Spanish mackerel and four blues.
The Jo Ann sailed Friday and
Saturday. On Friday the Billy
Wiesner party from Greensboro
did the fishing and Saturday it
Continued On Page Two
Clearing For
Right-Of-Way
Preparations Complete For
j Security Road And Fence
About Sunny Point Res
ervation
L. H. Simkins company of
North Augusta, Ga„ is finishing
up the clearing and grubbing- for
the 133-foot right of way for the
Security Road and fence around
the vital part of the government
reservation. F. D. “Buddy” Da
vant, has charge of the work for
Simkins.
Behind this clearing and grub
bing the Janies Powell company
of Rocky Mount is getting well
stalled with the work of grading
and building the road. Mr. Powell
is personally in charge.
The Cyclone Fence Company of
i Savannah, Ga., has just started
1 placing the steel posts for the
7-foot wire fence around the right
I of way of the security road and
just outside the road. The posts
are all being imbedded in con
crete. W. H. Blackburn, a Ra
j leigh man is in charge of the
fence project for the Cyclone
i Fence Company.
I he security road is 13 miles
j in length arises partly from the
| security fence is 14-miles, despite
the fact that both are on the
same right of way. The disparity
Continued On Page Two
New Principal
For Southport
Thomas Webb, who has
served during the past two
years as principal of the Min
go high school, in Samp
son county, has been elect
ed principal of South
port high school. He replaces
H. T. Sanders, principal here
during the past 8 years.
The newly elected principal
is a young man, is married
and his wife also is a techer.
He is qualified to coach, and
has had experience in this
field. It is not known when
he and his family will move
here.
Local Doctors
Support Effort
All Three Southport Phy
sicians Indicate Their
Complete Approval Of
Efforts To Get Doctor At
Bolivia
Interviews with all three this
week-revealed that Dr. L. G.
Brown, Dr. F. M. Burdette and
Dr. Norman Hornstein view with
approval the efforts of the Bo
livia Lions Club to secure a gen
eral practioneer for the Bolivia
community.
“We will be very much pleas
ed if one is obtained,'’ said Dr.
Burdette. He pointed to the fast
that there are only three doc
tors here, ail of them heavily
burdened by work. He thinks
there is a real need of a doctor
at Bolivia and apparently be
lieves that there is a good prac
tice awaiting one there.
Dr. Brown, when he was seen,
; frowned at the question of whe
ther he and his colleagues here
would welcome a doctor at Bo
livia. He echoed Dr. Burdette’s
i remarks by saying: “We will be
| very glad if they get a doctor
at. Bolivia.”
Dr. Hornstein was no less in
terested than either of the other
two. He, like Dr. Burdette and
Dr. Brown, is keenly alive to the
need for an additional doctor in
the area and feels that it may
not be long until more than one
| is needed.
The Medical Society of the
j State of North Carolina is ac
! tively interesting itself in the
! efforts' of the Lions Club and
j citizens generally to secure a
i doctor for Bolivia. However, the
organization cannot manufacture
doctors. It simply makes area
studies and recommendations to
doctors seeking locations. The
study made last week by Mrs.
Annette S. Routwell, health edu
cation consultant, impressed her
! and the organization with the.
(Couunued on Rage 4}
Senator Walton
Delivers Speech
Before Seniors
School Finals Come To Close
At Southport Friday IN'te
\Vith Address By South
port Attorney
PRINCIPAL MAKES
SPECIAL AWARDS
Recognition Given For Out
standing Scholarship And
Also For Best Athletes
Southport high school seniors
heard Senator Ray Walton charge
them with a responsibility to make
the most of the advantages with
which they have been blest dur
ing the course of his address at
commencement here Friday night.
Senator Walton declared that
he does not subscribe to the
theory that all men are created
free and equal, and pointed to the
fact that environment is the im
portant factor that makes it so.
"Because you are the beneficiaries
of many, many blessings,” he
said, “you have an added burden
of responsibility to make the most
of your opportunities. What you
have is not free, for most of the
ideal conditions under which you
have been reared are the result
of hardship, suffering and blood
shed that has been the lot of
your forefathers.”
The speaker was presented by
Principal H. T. Sanders following
the salutatory by Frank Watts.
Presentation of the following
awards was made by Mr. San
ders: Valedictorian award, David
Swain; salutatorian award, Frank
Watts; freshmen award, Helen
Mallison; athletic awards, Betty
Julian and Charlie Splawn.
The American Legion awards
were made by Art Newton and
went to Rita Cullis and Neil
Lewis.
Diplomas were presented by
Mr. Sanders to the following
students: Tommy Blake, Rontie
Caster, Jimmy Cochran, An^is
Continued On Page Two
Makes Trip To v |
See New Route
}
Some Interesting Informa
tion Develops Regarding
Route Of New Section Of
Highway No. 130
Since a representative of this
paper had not seen a State
Highway Commission map of the
road or specifications, F. D.
“Buddy” Davant, project mana
ger for L. H. Simkins of Augus
ta, Ga., on his security road pro
ject at Sunny Point, volunteered
to show the beginning point on
Route 130 and the end on High
way 87.
For southbound traffic heading
for Route 87 the new road will
swing to the right about a thous
and feet beyond the entrance to
Orton Plantation. For traffic
from Orton and bound southward
the cars will swing to the left
about 200-feet from the gate and
| the two new V-shaped stretches 1
will unite into one road at a dis
tance of a quarter of a mile.
Proceeding southwestwardly )e
tween Orton Pond and McKen eie !
Pond on Allen Creek, the r< ad
will cross the tracks of the ic- j
cess railroad to Sunny Point i nd
proceed onward for a short (is
tance before it curves m ire
southwardly to cross Moo res
Creek and thence proceed u; itil
Continued On Page Two
GRADUATES
RALPH C. KING, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Elioy King of Freeland,
will complete requirements for a
Bachelor of Science degree at N.
C. State College on Sunday, May
29. The degree will be in Agri
cultural Education which prom
sises training in the field of
teaching vocational agriculture in
high school. King graduated from
Waccamaw High school in the
spring of '51 and entered State
College in the fall of the same
year. He plans to make teaching
of vocational agriculture his
career.
Seeking Bids
For Building
Office Homes
U. S. Engineers Will Open
Bids For This Work On
June 17, With Homes To
Be Constructed On Garri
son Grounds
By W. B. KEZIAH
Information from the Corps of
Army Engineers this morning is
to the effect that bids on the
homes for Sunny Point officers
families are scheduled to be open
ed on June 17. This is as origin
ally scheduled .invitations for bids
having been issued two weeks
ago.
A statement released yesterday
by General James Glore and Col
onel William A. McAleer, revealed
that a change has been made in
location for the proposed build
ings. They will be built here in
Southport instead of. on Route 87
north of Bethel Baptist church.
The Engineers had no informa
tion, indicating that the change
of location might in anyway in
Contmued On Page Four)
Methodists To
Sponsor School
Annual Daily Vacation Bible
School Will Be In Session
For Next Two Weeks At
Trinity Methodist Church
Plans are being made for a
two-weeks session of Daily Va
cation Bible School starting Mon
day morning at 9 o’clock at
Trinity Methodist Church. Daily
sessions will be held, Monday
through Friday, ending each day
at 11:30 o’clock.
Three themes will be followed:
1. Homes in the community; 2.
Friends in the community; 3.
History of the Methodist Church.
The director will be Mrs. R. A.
Jones.
In the pre-school age depart
ment the teachers will be Mrs.
Eunice Abernaty, Mrs. Mae Wal
Continued On Page Four)
W. a. &G21AU
Our
ROVING
Reporter
The present trend in buii< ng
at Long- Beach is followin;
course towards larger and be ter
,ed
cottages than those construe
earlier in the year-. Comple ely
new homes ,not rebuilt ones,
seems to be the growing oi
Although there has never 1 !tit
such a place ,one thing that
feel still lacking at Long B ich,
and Yaupon Beach is a con
tion hall or gathering place 1
i enough to accommodate big £
mer and fall gatherings. Ton
courts or a hotel are also
j much to be desired for
| towns and it is hoped that
movement for such develop!
will begin this year.
“Don’t worry about all of
fiesh water going to waste
on Allen Creek. There will I i a
en
Se
lu
sts
*.t
use for it all within 10 years
from now and the use will be in
Southport and Sunny Point joint
| ly.” The above was told us this
week by a party in a position to
I know things, and what prompted
his remarks was the fact that we
: are continually calling attention
to the almost unlimited supply of
fresh water that is boiling up
from spring's within a scant ten
miles of Southport. Our friend
went on to tell us of uses to
which the water- would be put and
these uses will add tremendously
to the growth of the town.
The Flying Cloud a beautiful
schooner yacht, spent all of last
week here, tied up at the city
dock and with the crew and fam
ily enjoying themselves in visiting
t Continued on page four)
Weather Bureau
Offers Instrument
Anemometer Available For Installation At Some Practical
Point In Southport Community
The U. S. Weather Bureau is
ready to provide an anemometer,
an instrument for measuring the
velocity of the wind, for use at
Southport providing some suitable
place can be located for erecting
this instrument and upon the
further condition that provision
can be made for a volunteer ob
server who will take the read
ings when any unusual weather
condition occurs.
Reuben Frost, manager of the
U. S. Weather Bureau Station in
Wilmington, was in Southport re
cently to confer with Mayor Roy
Robinson and other representative
citizens about this matter. No de
cision was reached about the
proper location of this instrument,
but a promise was made to seek
to work out details that will
lead to placing it in this section.
When Hurricane Hazel struck
last fall there was no official,
recording made of the wind velo
city, because the closest ane
mometer in use was at the
Weather Bureau station in Wil
mington. There were many esti
mates, but there was a wide
variation.
The requirement is that the
instrument be mounted on the top
of a high building where there is
no obstruction, and that someone
be responsible for taking a lead
ing if and when a storm occurs.
iMew Construction
On Garrison Lot
— *
Fast Turn-Over
In Use Of Home
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Bellamy
and children moved to Long
Beach Monday morning and even
as they loaded their furniture a
big moving van from Washing
ton, D. C., was waiting to unload
the furniture of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Arntsen, who had rented the
Bellamy home here. Mrs. Arntsen
and the children arrived Saturday
and the furniture got here Sun
day night.
Other SPA ALT employees are
trying to secure homes here for
their families. One stated he had
a wife and four children due here
next week and that a house full
of furniture would get here by
June 16. Well informed sources
have stated the town will have a
serious housing shortage very
soon.
Busy Session
Of Court Held
Weekly Session Of Record
er’s Court Held One Day
Late This Week Because
Of Memorial Day Obser
vance
Because of the Memorial Day
observance here Monday this
week's session of Recorder’s court
was held one day late, but a big
docket was set for trial before
Judge Earl Bellamy. The follow
ing cases were heard:
Charles Thomas Claxton,
speeding (65-mph) fined $10 and
costs.
Claxton Jenrette, possession,
fined $10 and costs.
Arthur Tart, assault on female,
2 to 6 months on roads, suspend
ed on good behavior for two
years and costs.
Cole B. Smith, speeding (75
mphl, misuse of operator’s li
cense, fined $25 and cost on
speeding charge, taxed with
costs for misuse of license.
Dal Varnum, no operator’s li
cense, failure to stop for stop
sign, fined $25 and costs on no
operator’s license charge, taxed
with costs for failure to stop at
stop sign.
Perry Lee Hewett, no opera
tor’s license, improper brakes,
fined $35 and costs, $10 of fine
remitted because of mitigating
circumstances.
Eugene F. Kinlaw, speeding
(65-mph) fined $10 and costs.
William Talmadge Sellers,
speeding (70-mph) fined $15 and
costs, $10 of fine remitted be
cause of mitigating circumstan
ces.
Oliver Billie Bellamy, reckless
operation, motion of non-suit
granted.
Martha Ann Holden, no op
erator’s license, fined $25 and
costs.
Alavl Ray Bynum, speeding
(70-mph) fined $15 and costs.
Parker Thomas Baker, speed
ing (70-mph) fined $15 and costs.
Phillip Case Ogden, speeding
(70-mph) fined $15 and costs.
Oscar Romulus Simpson, Sr.,
speeding (65-mph) fined $10 and
costs.
John Earl Davis, speeding
(70-mph) fined $15 and costs.
Hamilton Lee Sanderlin, speed
ing (70-mph) fined $15 and costs.
Paul Seabern Austin, Jr., al
lowing unlicensed person to op
erate car, taxed with costs.
Sue Gertrude Ward, speeding
(65-mph) fined $10 and costs.
Thomas Webster Ducrock,
Continued On Page Two
General James Glore An
nounces Plans For The
Construction Of 3 Resi
dences For SPA AT Offi
cers On Waterfront
BUILDING THREE
HOMES TO START
Announcement Makes It
Clear That' New Plans
Will Not Interfere With
Use Of Community
Building
Brigadier General James Glore,
Commanding General, New York
Port of Embarkation, announced
today through Colonel W. A. Mc
Aleer, Sunny Point Commander,
his intention to buidl quarters
for the Sunny Point official fam
ily at historic old Fort Johnson,
thus reviving part of the original
mission of the fort “as quarters
for the military.”
Colonel McAleer stated that
initially only four sets of quarters
will be erected with more plann
ed as funds are made availabel
in succeeding fiscal years.
General Glore in his announce
ment to Colonel McAleer, stated
that the people of Southport
wholeheartedly supported and en
couraged Sunny Point and that it
was fitting that the Sunny Point
Army Ammunition Loading Ter
minal family reside in their com
munity.
The first houses will be built
on the waterfront and will con
sist of two single three-bedroom
units and a double house with
two-bedroom units.
Besides integrating the
SPAALT official family into
Southport community life, many
dollars will be saved in initial
construction and later by elimin
ating the need for school busses
and maintenance costs.
Colonel McAleer assures the
people of Southport that there
are no plans for the removal of
the community building and that
site plans for future construction
are based on its remaining.
Beach Visitors
In For Surprise
Those Who Haven’t Seen
Long Beach Since Storm
Due For Suprise When
They See Results Of Re
building
Up state people who were at
Long Beach directly after the
October storm will find things
vastly different when they come
there this summer. Thus far 53
residences and places of business
have sprung up on the ocean
side of the highway and more
than that are up on the second
row.
There was not a house left
standing on the front row follow
ing the storm, and the most
significent feature of the come
back is that more than a hund
red homes have been built with
in just four months.
Restoration of the sand dunes
did not end until well into Feb
ruary. It was that month that
the builders began to move in
and set up things for the won
derful come-back pace that has
since been carried on.
During a period of two hours
one day this past week three dif
ferent men seen at different
points all said they are going to
build just as soon as they can
get contractors.
M. H. Waynick of Greensboro
showed plans he had with him
for an entirely new building. Dr.
Smith of Fayetteville is getting
Continued On Page Two
Vacation Bible
School Begins
For Baptists
First Day Of Two-Weeks
Session Will Be Held Mon
day, With Afternoon Ses
sions Being Planned
REGISTRATION IS
PLANNED FRIDAY
Strong Faculty Being Lined
Up For Teaching Assign
ments During School
Monday will be the first day of
Vacation Bible School at South
port Baptist Church. “Prepara
tion Day", the time when all
pupils register, will be this Fri
day at 2 p. m This year the
time of the school has been
changed from the morning hours
to 2 p. m. with most classes stay
ing until 5 p. m.
The school will last two weeks,
ending on June 17 with a com
mencement program for pupils
and parents. A special feature
this year will be a bible school
family picnic at 5 p. m. on Thurs
day, June 16.
The faculty of the school this
year: Principal — Mrs. Betty
Grandell; Assistant Principal—
Mrs. Susie Carson; Secretary—
Miss A. M. Woodside; Beginner
Supt.—Mrs. Joe Wilmouth; Begin
ner Teachers—Mrs. Herbert Nich
ols and Mrs. David Garrish;
Primary Supt.—Mrs. W. L. Ald
ridge; Teachers—Jeanenne Kin
caide, Mrs. Francis Cumby, Mrs.
William Carrier, Mrs. Myrtle Pot
ter, Nonna Harrelson. Junior De
partment Supt. No. 1 (Ages 9-10)
—Mrs. L. M. Fendergraph; Teach
ers— Mis. Charles Brown, Dew
Hardee, Katherine McRaclten.
Junior Department Supt. No. II
'Ages 11-12)—Mrs. J. D. Ward;
Teachers — Mrs. Fred Burdette,
Mrs. Glenn Trunnell, Rebecca Mc
Racken. Miss Lola Mae Gore will
be the pianist for the school, and
Mrs. Joe Cochran will have charge
of the nursery. Mr. Herbert Nich
ols and the Pastor, Rev. Leo
Hawkins, will have charge of
handwork for the junior boys.
Most of the faculty biet to
gether Monday evening, May 30,
and made final preparations for
the school. They expect to have
the largest number of children
the church has ever had in Bible
School.
Finishing Touch
On Fishing Pier
Section Of Decking And
Completion Of Railing All
That Remains To Be Done
On Yaupon Fishing Pier
With the Yaupon Fishing Pier
now practically complete, the con
tractors, Mahler, Dawkins and
Watkins, are expecting to put the
final touches to the structure this
week. All that is remaining to be
done is a section of decking and
railing on the seaward end of the
structure.
All steel except the decking,
with the steel welded into one
piece, the pier is one of the
strongest on the coast. With its
location on what is reputed to
be of the best fishing spots along
the strand, it should attract thous
sands of sportsmen this season
and in future years.
It is believed that a good source
of patronage will come from the
thousands of sport fishermen who
come to Southport each year.
Often these visitors find that
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Fide Table
Following is the tide table
for Southport during the next
week. These hours are ap
proximately correct and were
furnished The State Fort Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Filot’s Association.
High Tide
Low Tide
Thursday, June 2,
5:29 A, M. 11:36 A. M.
6:09 P. M. 0:00 P. M.
Friday, June 3,
6:14 A. M. 0:20 A. M.
6:51 P. M. 12:20 P. M.
Saturday, June 4,
6:56 A. M. 1:03 A. M.
7:31 P. M. 1:00 P. M.
Sunday, Juno 5,
7:37 A. M. 1:45 A. M.
8:09 P. M. 1:39 P. M.
Monday, June 6,
8:16 A. M. 2:25 A. M.
8:45 P. M. 2:17 P. M.
Tuesday, June 7,
8:53 A. M. 3:03 A. M.
9:21 P. M. 2:54 P. M.
Wednesday, June 8,
9:29 A. M. 3:41 A. M.
9:55 P. M. 3:31 P. M.