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Brunswick County
Volume No. 17
No. 8
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1955
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
$1.50 PER YEAR
HAM—When hurricane Connie and Diane threatened this area last month, South
port residents had reason to be thankful that Harry Sell, local electrician, has a com
plete short-wave radio station as one of his hobbies. When communication lines were
out following the first blow, Sells relayed numerous messages for press, radio and for
the Red Cross. One week later he was back in business again with an all-night vigil
in honor of Diane. His equipment is situated in a small masonry building near his
home and his “radio shack’’ is complete in every detail.— (Art Newton Photo.)
Seeking Pontoon
Bridge For Use
At Ocean Isle
County Commissioners In
Session Here Monday Pas
sed Resolution Urging This
Action By Highway Com-1
mission
Members of the board of com
missioners in session here Tues
day took official notice of the
fact that the State Highway Com
mission is planning to discard the
pontoon-type bridge that has serv
ed Topsail Beach for several years
and prepared a resolution request
ing its removed to Ocean Isle in
this county.
Following is the text of the
resolution:
“At the regular meeting of
the Brunswick County Board of
County Commissioners on Tues
day, September 6, the following
resolution was adopted:
“That whereas the Brunswick
County Commissioners are in
formed that there is now at Top
said Island a Pontoon Bridge
which, because of the recent
construction of a draw bridge
will be the immediate future,
not be in use; and
“Whereas the North Carolina
State Highway Department is
operating a Ferry at Ocean Isle
Beach, which said Beach now
has 20 completed homes and with
immediate prospects of many
more to be built before the next
(Continued on Page Four)
Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
PLANNING MEETING
The Cub Scouts will meet on
Monday, September 3 2, at 3:30
o’clock at the Presbyterian Youth
Center. All boys interested in
joining please be there.
BEACH HOME BURNS
A small home at Caswell Beach,
owned by N. M. Morrison of Rose
boro, was destroyed by fire
Thursday night. The building was
not occupied.
P. T. A. MEETING
The first meeting of the year
of the Southport Parent-Teachers
Association will he held tomorrow
(Thursday) in the high school
auditorium at 8 o’clock. Mrs.
Susie Carson, president, urges a
full attendance.
i
Sailfish Showing
Up Off Southport
Capt. Walter Lewis Had
Nice Speciman Sunday
And Capt. Watts Brought
In Another Nice Sail From
Tuesday Trip
OTHER BOATS MAKE
SAIL FISH CONTACTS
Best Luck During Wreek
End Fishing Reported By
Off-Shore Fishing Par
ties; One Red Snap
per Catch Is
Reported
Two big sailfish brought in by
fishing parties here this week
end, plus reports of several other
contacts, have convinced charter
boat skippers that the season is
on for sails.
Capt. Walter Lewis had a 6-ft.
10-in sailfish Sunday and yester
day Capt. Hulan Watts came in
with a 7-ft, 3-in beauty that
weighed 50-lbs. Capt. Boyd Moore
had a sail on for two jumps Sat
urday, and yesterday a party fish
ing with Capt. Basil Watts lost
another one of these fish.
Otherwise there has been plen
ty of good news for fishermen
operating off Southport during the
week end, particularly for those
working off-shore.
One of the most unusual catch
es was made Friday by a party
aboard the Idle-On II with Capt,
Basil Watts. They caught 50 red
snappers, a fish that is highly
prized by Florida fishermen, but
one that is rarely caught in these
waters. They also had 25 seabass
and 15 bonito. On Monday Dewey
Allen anti party of Lexington
caught 15 king mackerel, 2 barra
cuda and 50 seabass. Yesterday
James Tapp and party from Rae
ford caught 18 king mackerel,
15 bonito and 2 amberjack.
Dr. Paul Hedrick of Kings
Mountain was out Sunday with
Capt. Hoyle Dosher aboard the
Idle-On . II. They had 9 king
mackerel, 4 amberjack, 4 bonito
and 1 barracuda. On Monday Alex
| Aieer and party of Rockingham
[ broke the king mackerel record
| for this fall with 30 of these fish,
j In addition there were 4 amber
, jack and 5 bonito. Tuesday Dr.
and Mrs. Hewlett of Ohio had 15
] king mackerel, 7 bonito, 3 bar
! racuda and 1 dolphin.
The Sunday trip for Capt. Hulan
Continued On Page Two
Waccamaw River
Basin Flooded
Flood conditions prevail
throughout the Waccamaw
river basin in Brunswick
county, and at New Britian
bridge the canals beside high
way No. 130 have overflowed
the pasture and farm cleared
a few years ago by Babson
Brothers.
Although no official report
has been received from the
U. S. Weather Station at
Southport, there has been an
unusual amount of rainfall
during the first week of Sep
tember. It has rained a good
part of every day and night
since the first of the month.
Accident-Free
Patrolmen Report That No
Serious Traffic Accidents
Occurred In Brunswick
During Past Week-End
According to State Highway
Patrolmen Seth L. Thomas at
Leland and Patrolman H. S. Wil
jkins of Shallotte, not a single
' serious accident on the highways
marred the week-end holiday
travel. Corporal O. H. Lynch of
Southport was not contacted last
night nor this morning, but
! Deputy Sheriff H. G. Ratcliffe
of the Sheriff’s office bore out
the information from the patrol
men to the effect that there were
no reports of accidents occurring
■on the highways.
Reports from Long Beach and
Yaupon Beach indicate that there
were good holiday crowds, de
pite the fact that heavy rains
jiip state appeared to cut down
| on the holiday travel.
Patrolmen Thomas and Wilkins
attributed the absence of holiday
accidents on the roads to the
fact that operators are becoming
! more conscious of the dangers ol
! speeding and careless operations.
So far only two fatal accidents
have occurred in Brunswick in
|some 10 months.
Students Return
To Classes For
New School Term
Superintendent Henry C.
Stone Reports That First
Day's Operation V/a3
Coraplct id According To
Schedule
COUNTY TEACHERS
MEET HERE TOMORROW
Schools Will Operate On
Short Sc.hedr.I3 During
This V/erk; Few Facul
ty Vacancies Exist
The fall terns for Brunswick
county schools got off to an aus
picious start Tuesday despite
rainy weather that prevailed in
every section and Superintendent
Henry C. Stone stated yesterday
afternoon that everything points
to a successful year.
For the first time this year,
every student in Brunswick coun
ty has a new type desk. This
is a goal toward which officials
have been working for several
years, and it is a source of satis
faction to them that it finally
has been achieved.
Practically all schools have a
full strength faculty, but there
still are one or two key positions
to be filled, according to Super
intendent Stone.
Most of the schools will operate
on a modified schedule this week,
with regular schedules to go into
effect Monday.
The first county-wide teachers!
meeting of the year will be held
tomorrow (Thursday) at South
port.
Rifle Shot Kills
Brunswick Child
I
Cheryl Ann Clemmons Died i
While Enroute To Dosherl
Memorial Hospital Tu^s. |
day Afternoon Following
Accidental Shooting
Cheryl Ann Clemmons, 2-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Clemmons of Supply, died
while enroute to the Dosher Me
morial Hospital shortly after 5
o’clotk yesterday afternoon, vic
tim of an “unloaded” 22 rifle
with which her four-year old bro
ther had been playing.
Coroner S. T. Bennett made aa
investigation and ruled the death
as accidental and no inquest was
necessary. The mother of the two
children was in an adjoining room
with the door open. She had been
busy ironing and did not know
of the four-year old having the
rifle.
Acoording to the coroner, the
child was in its crib and the 4
year old was playing in the saijie
room. The bullet, a 22-long-rif e,
passed through her hand a id
straight on and through the cen
ter of her chest, afterwards 10
ing through a wall in the roon .
The father of the children w as
working at Burgaw.
in
Surviving the little victim
addition to the parents, is o|ie
little sister and the brother.
The body was at the Kilpatrikk
[ Funeral Home here this mornii g.
Funeral services are taking pis ie
at 2 o’clock this afternoon wjh
interment being in the Sell
Cemetery at Supply.
Frink Injured In
Boating Accident
While at Little River with his
sport fishing cruiser Saturday,
Attorney S. Bunn Frink sustain
ed a very painful injury to his
left knee that caused him to be
confined to the hospital for at
least several days.
Fi'ink had gone forward to the
bow of the boat, and information
is that he was preparing to fast
en a line to a cleat in the bow.
In some manner he slipped and
fell, striking his left knee against
the cleat with such force that the
steel was driven into his leg just
below and under the kneecap.
Mrs. Frink, who was with him
on the boat, summoned assistance
and he was rushed to the hospital
here.
Await Delivery
Of Fog Spraying
Equipment Here
Funds With Which To Pay
For Fogging Machine
Raised By Voluntary Con
tributions From Southport
Citizens
Southport citizens are awaiting
delivery of a fogging machine
that has been ordered with funds
raised by voluntary contributions,
and everyone is hopeful that its
use will do much to eliminate the
source of mosquitoes that have
plagued the town for the past few
months.
Several business men undertook
the project of raising the $1,200
necessary for the purchase of the
spraying machine, and a check-up
last Thursday revealed that funds
were in hand or had been com
mitted sufficient to pay for this
equipment.
In placing the order by tele
phone, it was discovered that the
Charlotte firm who has the agen
cy for these machines were out,
but that they would be able to get
one right away. Delivery was ex
pected Friday, but it failed to ma
terialize. There has been no new
word from the sales agency, so
it is assumed that it will arrive
some time this week.
Dr. C. B. Davis, Brunswick
county health officer, gave im
petus to the campaign to purchase
Continued On Page Two
Lennon Speaks
At Lions Club
Former United States Sen
ator Stresses Need For
Some Permanent Type Of
Beach Erosion Control
Alton Lennon, former United
States Senator, was speaker at
the Southport Lions Club last
week and declared that in his
opinion some long-range program
must be worked out for the con
trol of beach erosion. He declared
that public hearings will be held
in connection with disaster reliet
for other areas, and he expressed
the belief that this area should
be strongly represented when they
are held.
During the business session a
tally was taken of funds collect
ed for the purchase of a fogging
machine to be used in connection
with the mosquito control pro
gram for the City of Southport.
W. B. BJBZIAH
1*
OVING
Reporter
Word from Boston to friei is
here reveals that Sassa Fodi e,
i long-time resident of Southp rt
! and one of the early leaders
;the development of the shrirnp ig
I industry here, is in bad hea :h
at his home there. Quite a nu l
ber of years ago Mr. Fod le
turned over his shrimping bi ;i
ness here to his son, Paul Feds e
The younger Mr. Fodale and
family resided here about a do: ?n
years until he sold out to retfrn
to Boston to better assist
looking after his father. Soulli
port people who genuin ly
esteemed and admired the F«d .le
family were shocked and giie
about six weeks ago when tl ey
of
heard of the sudden death
Paul Fodale. A street in the r :w
residential section of the town
named Fodale Avenue in hoi
of him.
Away back in 1928 Capt!
Bill St. George, now of An
polis, MU., skippered the k ist
ed
baseball team that Southport has
ever had. During the season the
team won 32 games and lost 2
The. boys were sluggers and miss
ed very little in the field. They
had plenty of talent on the
mound where the chores were
attended to by Edmund Lewis
now of Wilmington, and Lefty
Jennett whose father was one of
the keepers at the Cape Fear
Lighthouse on Bald Head island.
Not overly large, Lefty was a
whiz in delivering from the port
side and for his control. He
left Southport in the early 1930's
and went into the Coast Guard.
After a time we lost track of
him. This week the trail was
I picked up again when he sent
his subscription for the State
Port Pilot to be sent him at Box
367, Bay Shore, Long Island,
N. Y.
Although no gile was intended,
a new resident of Southport re
(Continued on Page
Bolivia Club Officials
■a
OFFICERS—These men are officers of the Bolivia
Lions Club for the coming- year. Front row, left to right,
are C. R. Rourk, Lion Tamer; Fred McClure, president;
Roy Poole of Kinston, district governor; Warren Sellers,
zone chairman. Back row: E. T. Albright, 1st vice-presi
dent; Foster Mintz, director; L. J. Walls, director; Hom
er Holden, 2nd vice-president; S. H. Hilburn, director; C.
W. Knox, 3rd vice-president.
County Tax Rate
Remains At $1.80
Polio Shots Still
Are Being Given
Salk vaccine now available
at Brunswick County Health
Department clinics for eligible
children is good through the
month of September .explain
ed Dr. C. B. Davis, health of
ficer, this week.
The preferred age group is
from four through 12, al
though children up to 19 years
of age are eligible. Only the
first shot will be given, and
there is no definite date for
administering the second shot,
according to Dr Davis.
Vaccine being furnished for
these treatments is from the
National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis. Future pro
grams may be backed by gov
ernment funds.
Weekly Term Of
Court Tuesday
Change In Time For Regu
lar Session Brought About
As Result Of Labor Day
Holiday On Monday
A long list of cases were dis
posed of here in Recorder’s court
Tuesday, with the following judg
ments being handed down:
William Springer Craig, speed- j
ing (70-mph) fined $15 and costs.
Robert Dune Best, speeding
(65-mph) fined $10 and costs. |
Alvin Boots Hill, assault with
deadly weapon, nol-pros with
leave.
Samuel Hill, assault with dead
ly weapon, 3 months on roads,
suspended on good behavior for
a period of two years, payment
of costs and payment of $10 for
the benefit of Charles Vaught.
Hattie Davis Clemmons, no op
erator’s license, fined $25 and
costs.
Charles Emerson Brown, allow
ing unlicensed person to operate
and resisting arrest, suspended on
payment of costs and good be
havior for a period of two years.
Samuel Boyd, possession for
purpose of sale, 60 days on roads,
sentence suspended on payment
of costs, good behavior for two
years and payment of a fine of
$25 and costs.
William Stanley McDowell,
speeding (65-mph) fined $10 and
costs.
James Clayton Caison, speed
ing (70-mph) fined $10 and costs.
Stephen Bradley Clemmons,
speeding (65-mph) fined $10 and
costs. Nol pros in another case
of non-valid operator’s license.
James Arthur Varnum, speed
ing (65-mph) fined $10 and costs.,
Sgt. Richard Eugene Smith, j
speeding (70-mph) fined $15 andi j
costs.
Laporte Octavia Quoras, speed
ing (65-mph) fined $10 and costs,
fine remitted because of mitigat- ,
i ing circumstances.
Gene Gore, no valid operator’s
license, carrying concealed weap
| on, nol prossed as to no operator’s j
; license. As to carrying concealed
weapon the defendant was taxed
with the costs, pistol ordered con
fiscated together with permit from
. Sheriff of Horry County, S. C. |
Marshal Carlyle, allowing minor
| to operate, fined $10 and costs.
1 Continued On Page Two j
Despite Loss Of Consider
able Valuation, Boo.rd De
cides To Keep Rate At
Same Figure As Last Year
VALUATION SET
AT $13-MILLION
Tentative Budget Now On
File With County Auditor
Any May Be Inspectod
By Tax Payers Before
Adoption
A tentative budget has been
approved by members of the
board of county commissioners
and it is based upon a tax rate
of $1.80, the same as that for
last year.
This decision was reached fol
lowing long and careful delibera
tion, for it appeared inevitable
that a raise in rate would be
necessary because of loss in tax
able property due to the storm
of last October.
Tire rate is based upon valua
tions totaling $13,000,000. The
breakdown shows 57-cents of the
tax dollar going for debt service,
or a total of $71,350; schools 44
cents, or a total of $58,768; gen
eral fund and special assessments
79-cents, or a total of $92,430.
All estimates are based upon
collecting 90-percent of the levy.
Federal and State funds are re
ceived in connection with the op
eration of the school and the wel
fare program, so that the final
budget figures, including these
amounts, totals $572,196.09.
Mullets Begin
To Hit Beach
Beach Fishermen Report
Good Catches; Prospects
For Good Fishing Well
Into Fall Months
Reports coming in yesterday
indicated that it is mullet time
along the lower North Carolina
coast with the season apparently
coming on considerably later than
usual this year. Still, the fisher
men and a whole lot of upstate
people eagerly welcome the fish
ing operations, whether the sea
son comes early or late.
Captain Willie Gurganous of
Little Beach is reported to have
made a haul of 1200-pounds of
mullets Monday. Reports say that
these fish were large and excep
tionally fat. Good catches are also
said to have been made at Sea
side, Holden Beach and other
points along the coast.
Fishermen appear confident of
operations getting a lot better
right along until well into Novem
ber. But since the operations in
volve wading into the surf the wa
ters will probably become too cold
early in November.
Cold weather will not greatly
impede a lot of the beach fisher
men. When it becomes too cold
their going into the surf they
usually store their seines and turn
to gill nets that can be set from
boats. The main thing with the
average beach fisherman is that
there be plenty of fish in the wa
ters and reasonably good weather.
If the fish are there the fisher- j
men will get them, one way or
another.
Decision Will Be
Reached Soon On
Weed Sales Time
Meeting In Raleigh Friday
Afternoon Will Decide De
finite Time For Resuming
5V2-Hour Selling Day For
Border Belt
GOVERNMENT TAKE
DROPS IN VOLUME
This Is Healthy Develop
ment As Independent
Companies Have More
Facilities For Handl
ing Tobacco In Re
Drying Plants
A meeting has been called for
Friday afternoon in Raleigh to
determine when 5% -hour per day
selling time will be resumed on
LATE BULLETIN
Word was received this af
ternoon that Border Belt
Markets will go on a 5 V2 -
hour selling day beginning
tomorrow (Thursday).
Border Belt tobacco markets, ac
cording to L. T. Weeks, general
manager of the Flue Cured Tobac
co Stabilization.
Several conditions point to the
possibility of having the longer
selling schedule go into effect
next week. Weeks explained that
at the time the restrictions went
into effect it was agreed that the
South Carolina markets would go
on the 5 %-hour schedule at least
4 days before the Border Belt.
Full-time selling was resumed on
the South Carolina markets Tues
day.
Whiteville’s tobacco market sold
a total of 4,267,272 pounds of to
bacco last week, operating only
three and a half hours per day,
according to figures released Mon
day by R. G. Maultsby, market
sales supervisor.
Maultsby’s report showed that
the week’s average was $55.85
and the total money paid out for
the week was $2,383,440.52. For
the season through Friday the
market had sold a total of 17,
343,322 pounds of leaf for a total
Continued On Page Two
Weather Causes
Erosion Damage
Roads And Dikes At Sunny
Point Sustain Some Dam
age From Continuous
Rainfall
Apparently all of the damage
at Sunny Point as a result of the
heavy and repeated rains has been
to shoulders of roads, mostly
where drainage had not been com
pleted and in other instances
where grass had not come up to
serve as a binder on new work.
The contractors have also been
held up more or less. It was
thought about all of the current
contracts would be completed by
the first or October. This may
still be the case, provided the
rains let up and permit men and
machinery to go ahead at the
usual rate.
Work on the by-pass from Or
ton to highway 87 about a mile
north of the County Boarding
Home has also been held up. This
job is being done by Grannis
and Sloan of Fayetteville, under
contract with the State Highway
Commission and with the funds
provided by the U. S. oGvernment.
Unconfirmed reports have it that
the gap on 130 will not be closed
to the public until the by-pass is
completed.
Fide 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, September 8.
0:00 A. M. $:01 A. M.
12:30 P. M. 6:52 P. M.
Friday, September 9,
0:51 A. M. 7:04 A. M.
1:35 P. M. 8:00 P. M.
Saturday, September 10,
2:01 A. M. 8:13 A. M.
2:42 P. M. 9:09 P. M.
Sunday, September 12,
3:11 A. M. 9:22 A. M.
3:49 P. M. 10:12 P. M.
Monday, September 13,
4:18 A. M. 10:27 A. M.
4:50 P. M. 11:10 P. M.
Tuesday, September 14,
5:18 A. M. 11:26 A. M.
5:46 P. M. 12:01 P. M.
Wednesday, September 15,
6:14 A. M. 0:00 A. M.
6:37 P. M. 12:19 P. M.