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Most Of flic News All The Time Volume No. 17 No. 4 6-Pages Today PILOT A ^ood_Ae wspapej In A Coorl Community SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDN1AY, AUGUST 10, 1955 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR Full Time FHA Office Opened For Brunswick Radford R. Allen, Native Of Bladen County, Will Serve As f1 HA Supervisor At Shallotte Office FIRST FULL TIME STATUS FOR COUNTY Office Formerly Operated A- Branch Of Cclumbus County Organization; Allen Is In Brunswick The Farmers Home Adminis tration of the United States De- ! partment of Agriculture has open- , cd a full time office in Shallotte, the first time in history that Brunswick County farmers have ! had the service of a full time i FHA office. The office is located in the new I Stanaland building which also j houses the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Co. and other businesses. Assigned to the office are Rad iuiu n.. county supervise and Miss Bertha Lee iPerce, cour ty office clerk. Allen is a graduate of N. ( State College with a degree i Agriculture. Prior to World Wa II he was a teacher of Vocation! Agriculture. He entered the Nav in 1942 and was seperated fror the Navy in 1946 with the rani of Lt. Commander, having serve. 27 months in the South Pacific He was employed by the Veteran Administration as Agricultura Training officer and transferrei to FHA in 1950. He was born am reared on a Bladen county farm. Miss Pierce is well known ii Brunswick county. She was em ployed for several years in the Brunswick County ASC office anc came with the FHA in 1950. Hav ing worked in the Brunswick sub office, she was transferred to Wil son over a year ago and now re turning to her native county. The FHA makes loans to fam ily sized farmers that are unable to obtain needed credit from otliei sources. Farm ownership loans are made to buy or develope ef ficient family-type farms, enlarge small farms, and help owners o) family type farms construct anc repair farm dwellings and other essential farm buildings. Loans are amortized over 40 years and can be repaid in less time through larger payments in good years. Soil and water conservation loans are made to individuals and to groups of farmers to carry out measures for soil conservatin, wa ter development (irrigation and other water development prac tices) and drainage. Production and Subsistence loans are made primarily to help farmers make beter use of land and labor resources for faming (Continued on Page Four) ' Brief Bits Of lnewsj RESCUE TRUCK Scotland county’s big white rescue and emergency truck was called to Brunswick county about 3 p .in. Wed nesday. According to high way patrol sources, the truck was called to meet disaster units at Shallotte. HEAD MAN HERE Major General Paul F. Yount, Chief of Transportation, Depart ment of the Army, will be here today (Wednesday) on a routine inspection of Sunny Point. BACK ON DUTY Corporal O. H. Lynch of the State Highway Patrol, Mrs. Lynch and their two children, have returned home from a two weeks vacation in Western North Carolina. ATTEND REUNION The Rev. and Mrs. L. D. Hay man returned today from Concord where they attended the 46th Annual Widenhouse reunion at Center Grove Methodist Chuich on Tuesday. SHO-DANCE The Melton Shannon Orchestra from Wilmington will play for the Sho-Dance that is being spon sored Friday night at the Com munity Building by the American Legion. INT NEW OFFICES Attorney E. J. Prevatte and Attorney Ernest Parker have moved into their new offices up stairs in the new Harrelson build ing Mr. Parker had previously had his office in the Smith Build ing and Mr. Prevatte was in the old wooden building adjoining the tax collector's office. ■ i Receives Award hminU<?N?RE'?r_A!eX ,Lind’ ^nthport man, left, wa: honoied at a Masonic banquet here Friday night whei madraLap ar? w ao50’/ear pin- The presentation wa. ™ade Henderson, of the 10th Masonic Dis tnct of North Carolina, in the name of the Grand Mas tei. In the background, left, is Stuart Goodwin, {.-rand son of the honoree.— (Art Newton Photo ) Tobacco Market Gets Good Start Farmers Generally Well Pleased With Prices Be ing Paid For Tobacco During First Few Days Of Season CURTAIL SELLING TIME NEXT WEEK Prediction Made That This Action Will Not Cause Price To Fall But Will Only Help Clear Bottleneck Light sales were forecast for the Columbus tobacco markets today, but an order to cut sell ing time to 3C hours next week is expected to increase sales dur ing the middle and latter part of the week. And tobacco growers went in to the second week of the 1955 ! market with official assurance I of the federal government that farmers can expect a good price for their leaf “regardless of who buys it." The four major markets sold 4,210,322 pounds of flue-cured tobacco during the three-day opening week. Price averages ran from $52.60 to $54.15, according to the sales supervisors. Both figures are ahead of 1954 results. Clarence Miller, director of the Commodities Stabilization Corp., U. S. department of agriculture, told R. G. Maultsby, Whiteville sales supervisor, that "farmers can expect a good price for their tobacco regardless of who buys it.” Miller maae tne statement Fri day during a visit to the Colum bus flue-cured area and markets. He also predicted that the companies will begin buying more tobacco as the season lengthens, and pointed to the Georgia market where stabiliza tion started by taking 30 per cent of the crop, now about 8 to 10 percent is going into stabili Continued On Page Two Brief Session Of Court Held Weekly Session Of Bruns wick County Recorder’s Court Completed Before Noon Recess The weekly session of Bruns wick county Recorder's court was over before noon Monday, with the following cases being disposed of before Judge Earl Bellamy: Edward Gore, public drunkness, fined $25 and costs, $10 of the fine remitted because of extenuat ing circumstances. James Kenneth Davis, speeding (65-rnph) fined $10 and costs. Charles Thomas Dinkins, speed ing (55-mph with truck) fined $10 and cost. Coy Carlton Thomas, speeding: (70-mph) fined $15 and costs. Clayton Talmadge Horne, speed ing (55-mph with truck) fined $10 and costs. Henry Brown, possession for continued On Page Two 1 *— I wo Local Ladies Hurt In Falls Two accidents that were stl'fing'Ply r rosullotl i,, painful injuries foi- two South port women during the past week. On Saturday Mrs. G. G. Kil patrick blacked out while standing on her front porch and fell on her concrete walk way. She sustained painful cuts and bruises and a brok j en left arm. She was taken to Dosher Memorial Hospital. On Saturday night Mrs. M. T. McRacken fell from the steps at Southport Baptist Church and suffered torn ligaments in her leg. She was attending the wedding rehear sal for her daughter at the time, but following the acci dent she was hospitalized and was unable to attend the cere mony the following day. Effort Being Made To Sec ure Complete Informa tion On Students Who Will Attend School Here This Fall A meeting of the executive committee of the Southport Par ent-Teacher Association was held Friday night and Mrs. Susie Car son named a committee to map plans for a complete survey of the Southport school district in an effort to determine the num ber of students who plan to en ter the school this fall. As matters now stand, one high school teacher will be lost from last year’s allotment unless high school enrollment picks up at least 27 from last year’s average daily attendance. Local school of ficials hope that every eligible student will enroll the first day! of school. Other matters of interest to the 1 school were discussed, and the i president named the following | committees: Classroom representatives chair men: Mrs. J. A. Gilbert, Mrs.] James Wolfe. Membership committee: Mrs. Robert Willis, chairman; Mrs. J. B. Warth, Mrs. William Carrier. | Budget and finance committee: 1 Mrs. F. M. Burdette, Jr., chair man, Mrs. W. M. Jenkins, Mrs. Joe Ramseur, Mrs. R. L. Jones. Hospitality committee: Mrs. Han Harrelson, chairman; Mrs. Robert Thompson, Mrs. Davis Herring, Mrs. Albert Bogie. Music committee: Mrs. Dallas Pigott, chairman; Mrs. J. M. Har per, Mrs. Lewis Hardee. Lunchroom committee: Mrs. E. C. Newton, chairman; Mrs. J. A. McNeil, Mrs. E. C. Blake, Mrs. G. W. McGlamery. Publicity chairman: Mrs. E. J. Prevatte. (Coutmued on Page 4) Conducts 100I Census Cancel Assenly Program AnAll Delegates hve (Children Attandingi tate Camp For Junior Gs At t Baptist C*rch WEEK’S PROGRAM BEING ABA now ED First Six Weeks Of Sjumer Pro Tram Have At reed 5, GOO Delegate? o Caswell Assembly | The seventh week of th.Bap | tist Seaside Assembly at F Cas ; well was cancelled this inning because of the threat nf; urri 3 cane Connie, and large gfe>s of 6 children attending the Stall’amp for Junior Girls gathojh at - Southport Baptist ChurcS-here ! they were picked up th»i;hout j the day by relatives andffends. 1 There had been no immdiate : danger for the safety of th- chil dren. but with dangerous. veath er conditions lurking ofthore, assembly officials thought i best to let the delegates retun to their inland homes. ; During the storm last O-tober j the assembly grounds prov d to’ ’ be an area of unusual safet , and I little damage was sustained other than to the trees. The buidings are of unusually sound construc tion, and the fortifications afford ed good refuge from the fo:ee of the wind. The 6th week of the summer season at Caswell Baptist Assem bly was featured by 4 conferences of Woman’s Missionary Unior groups and a School for Preach ers. There has been a good attend ance representing all sections oi North Carolina and the total for the 6 weeks has run over 5,600. lire assembly season will con tinue through August 27. Then; jwrll be a Baptist Training Unior Week August 15-21. August 22-21 the North Carolina Choral So ciety will conduct a work shoj ,tbe same time there vr*»uY ftlttUdl l ^ ITi t > for .fllMlCJX 6*11' and boys. Begin Work On Trailer Area Lyirge Truck-Trailer Park ing Yard Being Built As One Of Facilities At Sun ny Point Terminal Work of constructing the big truck-trailer parking field at Sun ny Point stated up Friday with j the Hertford Cecil-Company of Lexington doing most of tire work. This company will have been working here for two years by the time they get the present job completed in September. Hertford-Cecil will do the grad ing and the building of the bar racades. The rock base and pav ing will be put down by the Towles Constr uction Company, ■ which holds the contract for the whole work. The parking area is just north °i Route 130 and back of the : Field office of the Towles Com-! pany. No definite statement has been made as to the number of trucks and trailers the facility will handle, but it has been said J that it will accommodate a large : number. In Hawaii REX I). LITLE, Yeoman 3-c, U. S. Navy, son of Mr, and Mrs. J, J. Little, Freeland, has re ported for duty with the Navy Transport Squadron Seven at Hickam Air Force Base, near Honolulu. He is a 1951 graduate of Waccamaw high school and attended East Carolina College for two years before entering the Navy in June, 1953. Construction Oi Railroads Great Part Of Project Network Of Railroads Has Provided Key To Effici ency Of Sunny Point Gov ernment Terminals BY W. B. KEZIAH Now through with their in stallation railroad construction, T. F. Scholes, Inc., of Reading, Pa., has accomplished a remark able bit of railroad construction in Brunswick county. The W. A. Smith Company of Houston Texas, built 22 miles of access railroad. The Diamond Construction Company of Savan ,or’ overall distance of 4 miles or track on the docks they constructed. The Scholes Company went in for a total of 48 miles of yard railraod con struction. Getting the overall job. the T. F. Scholes Company sub-let the grading and drainage for their track to the Hertford-Cecil Con struction Companies of Hertford and Lexington. This grading and drainage was in itself a stupen dous task. It involved the con struction of some 35 huge earth en barracades, 19 feet in height and proportionately board at the base. Y. L. Brown of the Hertford Company and J. K. Cecil of the Cecil Company gave much of their personal attention to the grading and other work. Bill Anderson, their office manager, was on the job from start to finish. R. M. Buchanan, Southern Su perintendent for T. F. Scholes, has been on the railroad building job from start to finish. He has had able assistants Gregg Aber nathy, construction superin tendent; William Wade, office manager in Southport, and Mur phy Edlund, a civil engineer at the field office. The Southern Mapping Company of Lexington has been on the job for Scholes ind other contractors for a pe riod of nearly two years. Continued On Page Fourl W. & ItEZIAH Our ROVING Reporter From the number of sizable boats that put in from all parts of the state and use the South port launching ramp, there is good reason to think that some leal efforts will be made at tarpon fishing between now and Novem ber. There is no question that a lot of the big fish are in the j river and small creeks near 8ald Head Island each year. The one trouble has been in having tac-[ kle and experienced fishermen that would land them. The big gest tarpon caught here so [far was the 122-pounder taken ’ by C aptain Bill Styron, several '.ears I ago. Several of the fish have been hooked, only to break away and escape. The small boat is ideal for tarpon fishing, and with jthe tamp available it is certain nikny additional boats will be here ibis ; year. The later par t of July and eArly iVugust brought to ' Brunswick1 i what is said to have been one of the serevest and most pro longed heat waves that has struck the county in years. For some thing like three weeks the tem peratures soared into the low nineties every day, and nights brought little relief. Adding to the unusual weather, so far as the Southport area was concern ed, was the fact that very little rain fell all during the hot per iod. The middle section of the county had ample rain with none reaching Southport. Knowing he and his family had ; been here several weeks, this columnist was mildly wondering . why he had never met up with . Principal Thomas Webb of the Southport schools. This week the . inswer came with Mr. Webb’s i ippearanee at the office. He promptly provided the answer to 1 .he wonder. Instead of being on I Continued On Page Four! j County In Readiness And Standing By For Approach Of Storm - * T ackle-W recking Fish Off Yaupon Pier Fishermen Over Week-End Had Several Skirmishes With Big Fellow Nicknamed “Old Charlie” Since Saturday sport fishermen using the Yaupon Beach ocean pier have lost between 25 and 30 rigs to some heavy calibre fish that they have named “Old Char lie.’’ The fish, or whatever it is, does not discriminate against articifical bait. Several men have had him on plugs and it is said that neith er sharks nor stigarees will hit such bait. None of the lines used so far have been strong enough to bring' the fish to the surface or even cause him to leap. Mr. McCormick of Danville, Va., tried all day Sunday to catch "Old Charlie”. In this effort he got him on the line twice and in each instance he set out for elsewhere, snapping the line when the drag was set heavy in an ef fort to stop him. It is said to move much too speedily to be either a stingaree or gaint turtle. Likewise, its be havior when on a line is very unlike that of a shark. The popu lar idea seems to be that it is a. big tarpon and that it will show itself when someone gets it on a line strong enough to cause it to break water. Other fishing from the pier is picking up rapidly. Considerable speckled trout are being caught along with blues and various other fish. One sportsman from Youngs ville caught 40 nice fish from the pier this past Sunday. Outstanding Fish Catches Are Made r'amily Thinking Of Changing Name The maiden name of Mrs. Eddie Spencer of Southport is Hazel. She has a daugh ter named Connie. With Southport as hurri cane conscious as it is at the moment, they are gravely considering changing their names! Moving Library To New Quarters Members Of Southport Wo man’s Club Busy With , This Project, Together1 With Several Volunteer Helpers The emergency caused by the necessity for moving the South port Public Library from the gar rison building where it has been since 1912 is fast approaching an old-time “working". Library of ficials and friends of the library have been busy making the change from the garrison building to the Community Building. The Lion’s dub consented to let tlie library use the room in the back of the building for quar ters if an outside entrance could be provided so that the entire building would not be opened each time the library is open. E. C. Blake of Blake Builder’s Supply allowed the women of the Wo man's dub, the sponsoring or ganization, to have a door and material at a considerable reduc tion in price. Leon Smith had his men cut an outside door to the room and built steps and even put up the sign which announced "Southport Public Library” before he left. Col. William A. McAleer, in charge of the Sunny Point Head quarters, then assigned 4 men to j x move the books and bookcases. I j Hits was done on Monday. , On Monday and Tuesday volun- [ N teers from The Southport Wo- c nan’s Club were busy packing1 ( nooks and then arranging them c >n shelves in the new room. \mong those who helped on Mon- j lay were Mrs. Dallas Pigott, Miss x 3eth Grimes, Mrs. C. Ed Taylor c ind Mrs. J. M. Harper, Jr. presi-! v ient of the. club. They were join- ! y id on Tuesday when the word; fc ;ot around that help was needed c >.v Mrs. Worth Ward, Mrs. James i 3arnes, Miss Mary Lee Norment, j g drs. Robert Thompson, Mrs. M. a Barnett, Mrs. W. S. Wells s tnd Mrs. E. R. Weeks. Even some j >f the younger folk of town got. o nto the spirit of the thing and1 o lelped move the hundreds of j 1 looks. These were Linda Pigott, g (Continued On Page Four) j Parties Out From Southport During Past Week-End Had Some Of Best Luck Of Season Both Offshore And On Shoals WEATHER STOPS TUESDAY TRIPS Charter Boat Operators Hopeful That Good Luck Will Continue After Hurricane Connie Has Passed By Some of the best fishing of the season was interrupted Monday with the first appearance of ground swells preceeding Hurri cane Connie. On Saturday Capt. Fred Ful ford had W. P. Ledbetter and party of Mt. Gillead for a mor ning trip and they had 183 mack erel. An afternoon trip for a Sunny Point party brought in 53 blues and mackerel. The next day L. W. White and party of Hick ory caught 254 blues and mack erel in the morning, and that afternoon the same Sunny Point party caught 40 fish. The Saturday trip for Capt. Hoyle Dosher aboard the Idle-On II had J. C. Bray and party of Siler' City. They had 40 Spanish mackerel, 6 king mackerel, 2 am berjack and some seabass. The next day J. C. Harris and party of Chapel Hill had 140 Spanish mackerel, 5 king mackerel, 1 bar racuda and 2 bonito. On Saturday the Idle-On III, Capt. Basil Watts, had Neil Mc (Continued on Page 4) Second Fatal Wreck Friday Charlotte Woman Killed In Automobile Accident Near Leland When Two Mach ines Collided Mrs. Sarah Davis Hancock, 50 /ear old Charlotte woman, was -tilled on highway 74-76, a mile vest of Leland, Friday morning vhen two cars collided. Her ieath made the second highway "atality of the year in Brunswick ■ounty. Mrs. Hancock’s husband, Lester d. Hancock, and their son, George Hancock, were injured. Two -amp Lejeune Marines in the ear vith which the Hancock machine vas in collision, were injured and >oth cars are said to have been completely demolished. The wreck was investigated by 5gt. A. H. Clark of Wilmington ind Patrolman Seth L. Thomas, 1 itationed at Leland. The only other highway fatality I if the year in Brunswick county1 'centred several weeks ago at j -ongwood when a teen-age negro 1 firl walked from behind a park- ! (Continued on Page 4; Weather Bureau Advisory At Noon Today Placed Center Of Storm 225 Southeast Of Brunswick County AT PRESENT SPEED, BE HERE TOMORROW Red Cross Disastor Organi zation Set Up Here And At Shallotte; Represen tative From Head quarters Here Residents of the beach area3 of Brunswick county were bat tening down today in anticipation of winds of hurricane force dur ing the next 24-hours, as the sea son’s first tropical storm churns the seas 225-miles off-shore. Hurricane warnings were hoist ed from the U. S. Weather Bu reau tower in Southport at 6:30 o’clock this morning. All boats have been removed to points of safety and all beaches have been evacuated. At Southport a num ber of residents along the water front have been cleared of furni ture, and crews of men are stand ing by to render emergency as sistence if it is needed. The American Red Cross has gone into action and a represent ative from Disaster Headquarters arrived in Brunswick county this morning to check with Ray H. Walton, chairman of the Bruns wick County Chapter, American Red Cross, regarding preparations for taking care of any emergency which may arise. A survey this morning revealed that at Southport the school has been designated as a storm shel ter, and arrangements have been made to open a lunchroom there if it becomes necessary. Trucks have been secured and volunteer workers are available for evacua tion measures which may become necessary along the waterfront. Harry Sell has everything in readiness to establish emergency communications in the event tele phone lines go. At Shallotte Guy McKeithan reported that the school has been set up as a shelter, and that ar rangements are being made to serve lunches from the home eco nomics room if it becomes neces I sary. A staff of nurses has been lined up for duty in the event of emergency, and the REA has agreed to make its mobile com munications units available inso far as possible. The Coast Guard, the Highway Patrol and the Sheriff Depart ment have warned residents of beach areas to evacuate, and everything appears to be under control as residents await news of the progress of the storm. During the past 24-hours the tropical disturbance, which has drawn the name of Connie, has remained practically stationary about 225 to 300 miles Southeast of Southport. Winds in the cen ter of the storm are estimated at 135 miles per hour, and it is believed that winds of 75-miles per hour will extend as much as 100-miles from the center of the storm. This means that high winds and high tides are in pros pect for this area, even though (Continued on Page Four) Tide Talde 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, August 11, 0:56 A. M. 7:19 A. M. 1:47 P. M. 8:11 P. M. Friday, August 12, 2:05 A. M. 8:25 A. M. 2:55 P. M. 9:23 P. M. Saturday, August 13, 3:16 A. M. 9:33 A. M. 4:01 P. M. 10:29 P. M. Sunday, August 14, 4:24 A. M. 10:37 A. M. 5:04 P. M. 11:29 P. M. Monday, August 15, 5:29 A. M. 11:38 A. M. 6:04 P. M. 0:00 P. M. Tuesday, August 16, 6:28 A. M. 0:23 A. M. 6:57 P. M. 12:33 P. M. VVcdnseday, August 17, 7:24 A. M. 1:13 A. M. 7:47 P. M. 1:25 P. M.
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