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Most Of The News All The Time Volume No. 17 STATE A Good Newspaper In Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County No. 11 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAYMBER 28, 1955 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAR uri •. >11 AJI_L Shallotte Man Leaves Service With Engineers George Graydon Lewis Re tires September 30 Aftei More Than 25 Years With Corps Of Engineers SAW SERVICE ON MANY DREDGES Interesting Experiences In cluded Trips To New foundland As Member Of Crew Of The Henry Bacon George Gray don (Grady) Lewis, one of the few remaining old timers of early dredging days with the Corps of Engineers, plans to retire September 30, after over 35 years of service reaching from deckhand to dredgemaster. The retirement of Lewis, known among friends and as sociates as “Grady,” marks the end of a career dating from 1920 when he was a mere beanpole stripling from Shallotte Inlet where he was born December 27, 1895. “These were the times,” he reminisced the other day, “when our contacts with the outside world were by mule cart over trails passable only during the best of weather and by boat along the ocean to the Cape Fear towns.” Mail from Wilmington came by horse and buggy to Bolivia where another similar mode of travel bore it to Shal lotte. Grady numbers among his ac quaintances many dredges which have left their marks in this and other places around the globe. There was the Henry Bacon, a great and powerful coal burner later converted to oil and whose name honors the builder of the New Inlet dam—“The Rocks,”—the DeWitt Clinton, the Talcott, Josenhans and the Com stock. Their work finished here, all have gone their way for la bors in other regions leaving Grady to round out the final 20 years as a locktender on the Cape Fear River. Frequently, however, he was called back for special dredging assignments when the Corps needed a fellow with grit and know-how.. In early 1952 he had occasion to get reacquainted with one of his old friends. Up in JNewrouncuana me Force was building a huge air base close to a frog pond a few thousand feet inland from the ocean. Great tides precluded the anchoring of supply along the shore. Then someone came up with an idea: Could that frog pond be made into a harbor ? The job was turned over to the Chief of Engineers in wasn ington, and soon Grady and the Henry Bacon were together again whirling shale, stone and sand /or a channel to the pond. The mixing of seawater with fresh water, which otherwise would have frozen in winter, permitted dredging to continue day and night through sub-zero weather until the job was completed in (Continued On Page Four) Brief Bits Of lnewsj GETTING ESTABLISHED Mr. and Mrs. Wm. W. Haugh ton and children moved to the Dallas Pigott home on the Yacht Basin this past week. Mr. Haugh ton is Safety Director at Sunny Point. LADIES NIGHT The Rev. Norwood Jones, form er pastor of Trinity Methodist Church, will be the speaker for the Ladies Night program of the Methodist Men's Club here Tues day night. He now is serving as pastor of the Goshen-Keener charge in Sampson county. TO YAHPON BEACH Mr. and Mrs. Gene Burke, their daughter, Patricia, and sons, Terry and Barney, are preparing to move to Yaupon Beach the first of October. They come from Richmond, Va., and Mr. Burke is Industrial and Safety Engineer with William Haughton, Safety Director, at SPAALT. BUSHES WHIPPED Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Key, Sr., of Morestown, N. J-, are spend ing this week here looking after their blueberry farm. Mr. Key stated Monday that some of the bushes got whipped about badly by the recent winds. Still others were drowned out by the exces sive floodings. However, coming at this time of year the damage may not be so bad. « Court Officials I i PRESIDING—Judge Raymond Mallard of Tabor City, who was named resident Judge of the 13th Judicial District several months ago, is shown here as he presided over the September term of Superior Court in Southport last week. With him is Solicitor John J. Burney, Jr. Barnhill Draws 40-Year Sentence White Man On Trial For His Life On Charge Of Rape Enters Plea To Les ser Charges Thursday Af ternoon JUDGE MALLARD PRESIDING JURIST Several Other Cases Dispos ed Of Before Adjourn ment Of Superior Court Term Thursday James Liston Barnhill, Bolivia white man, was given sentences totaling 40 years in the State Penitentiary the conclusion of his trial on charges that he had rap ed two young Negro girls. The case was presiden over by Judge Raymond Mallard of Tabor City. The case did not go to the jury, as counsel for the defense enter ed a plea ot guilty to tne lesser offense of carnal knowledge in the j case involving Maudrey Lee Turn er, age 12, and of attempted rape of her 10-year old sister, Alice. In the first case he was given 30 years and in the second he re ceived a sentence of 10 years, the latter sentence to begin at the expiration of the first. Trial of the case began last \ Wednesday afternoon with a spe- j cial venire having been called j from which to select a jury. This task was completed Thursday morning with the seating of the 13th juror, and the first witness was called before noon. It was during the afternoon ! that Attorney Ray Walton, rep j resenting Barnhill, tendered his 1 plea. It was accepted by Solicitor ! John J. Burney, who was assisted j in the prosecution by Osmer L.1 Henry of Lumberton. Afterward, Judge Mallard expressed the | opinion that Walton had done the i right thing to plead his man ! guilty, and he stated that he be j lieved that Solicitor Burney had (Couunued on Page 4) Over Quota For Cancer Drive Mrs! H. T. Sandsrs Of Southport Headed This j Drive And Reports Col lections Totaling $861.23 | A total of $861.23 was raised in Brunswick county this year for the American Cancer Society, according to the final report sub mitted by Mrs. H. T. Sanders, county chairman. The quota was $531. In making her report, Mrs. Sanders said that she wishes to express her appreciation to citi zens throughout the county for their cooperation in making it a success. “Brunswick is a big county,” she said, “and unless you have a lot of help it is im possible to do much with a coun ty-wide campaign. I had good help, and I appreciate it every bit.” Following is a breakdown by I communities: Supply, $103; Shal lotte, $334.66; Waccamaw, $40.15; Winnabow, $10; Bolivia, $49.07; Mill Creek, $15.55; Longwood Grissettown-Hiekmans Crossroads, $21.24; Leland, $24.71; Southport, $262.85. Teachers Picnic At Long Beach Members of the Brunswick County Chapter of NCEA are holding their annual pic nic this afternoon at Long Beach. This plan was inaug urated last fall with a pic nic at Holden Beach. County T-r C. stone reports that there will be no formal program, but that this will be a get acquainted session featuring plenty of fun, recreation, good food and good fellow ship. Members of the county board of education and the local school committees have been invited to attend. Contributors To Fogging Machine Recent Purchase Of This Equipment Made Possible Through Participation Of Many Persons In Commu nity More than $1,300 in voluntary contributions recently was raised in Southport for the purchase of a fogging machine to be used in connection with the mosquito cam paign effort in cooperation with Governor Hodges’ Committee on Mosquito Control. Following is a list of those who contributed: D. C. Herring, Mrs, I. B. mus sels, W. G. Wells, S. B. Frink, G. W. McGlamery, James C. Bowman A1 Martin, Joe Loughlin, Gus McNeil, Bill Styron, Fred Spen cer, Sam Bennett, Lowell Bennett, Philip King, Roy Robinson, Worth (Yard, James M. warper, Jr., Jeorge Lindner, Mrs. Estelle Swain, Ephrain E. Swain. Mrs. E. V. Lee, Mrs. Annie S. Bryant, John Clemmons, Mrs. Louise Brown, Mrs. Louise Frink, John Bryant, E. E. Parker, Jr., Col. W. A. McAleer, Lt. Col. Gregg McLeod, Capt. Durbin, Major Jack Reavis, VV. M. Hough ton, H. M. Dain, Roy Arntsen, Joseph Walton, Herbert A. Nich ols, William Warnette, Robert McKenzie. Mrs. Eloise Chapman, Miss Joyce Wallace, E. J. Prevatte, Dr. L. G. Brown, Floyd Dilsaver, Otto Hart, Miss Annie Mae Wood side, Ledrew Sellers, John J. Kamsaur, Mrs. E. H. Smith, Guy j Garrett, R. L. Thompson, Prince O’Brien, J. S. Mangum, M. D.! Davis, H. G. Ratcliffe, Henry | Mitchell, G. E. Hubbard, South port Ice & Fuel Co. C. A. Fox, Ezra L. Gore, James Wilson, Elmer Davis, Herbert Brown, Pearl Spaulding, Jasper Bellamy, J. F. Clemmons, Jim I Frink, Oscar Jones, Otto Hick I man, W. C. Webb, Rev. R. H. Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Dod son, Paul Mason, W. C. Price, Neils Jorgensen, Ray Spencer, 1 Harry F. Davis, Mrs. Dollie Evans. Charles W. Lee, Mrs. Ressie R. Whatley, R. H. Constante, Mrs. I Continued on Page 4) Mosquito Work Continues With New Equipment Brunswick County Health Department Has Spray ing Machine Working Around Schools And Cen ters Of Population THREE FOGGING MACHINES GOING Southport City Officials Putting New Equipment To Good Use With Re gular Spraying Sche dule Through the combined efforts of the Brunswick County Health De partment and officials of the City of Southport, an organized effort is being made on the problem of mosquito control. In addition to the large fogging machine that has been purchased by citizens of Southport, residents of Shallotte Point have pooled their resources to purchase a porable fogging unit. Similar co operative effort has resulted in the purchase of a portable ma chine by citizens of the Gause Landing community. rnese macmnes are in regular operation, with the effect that the mosquito population is being kept down in these areas. In secticides for use in them has been obtained by the Health Depart ment from the Governor’s Com mission for Salt Marsh Mosquito Control. The Health Department has a large spraying machine that has been in use about the county. It is not a fogging machine, but relies upon the residual effect to help kill mosquitoes. This ma chine has been used principally about the schools, where mos Continued On Page Fourj Southport Folks Hurt In Wreck oeverai i etauus nuo^uu. ized Thursday Afternoon^1 Following Collision On Long Beach Road A car said to have been operat-, ed by Charles Bowen, 22 year old Wilmington man, crashed head-on: into a truck owned and operated by Edgar Jones, on the Long i Beach road Thursday night. State j Highway Patrolman H. S. Wilk- i ins who investigated the wreck, ! stated that the Bowen car was I on the left side of the road. With Mr. Jones in the truck were his wife and children and his mother, Mrs. S. W. Jones. The elder Mrs. Jones was badly hurt and is a patient at Dosher Mem orial Hospital with a broken leg and other injuries. Biege Muncey, another truck passenger, sustain ed several broken ribs. The nowen car was completely demolished, according to Wilkins. Bowen was badly cut about the head and a passenger, Albert Crews, was also injured and has ■ been a patient in the hospital here. The accident occurred on tne long curve just before reaching the beach. The Bowen car is said to have been traveling at high speed and to have swerved into the path of the approaching truck Speaker s. w. B. LANDRUM thodists To ear Special oman Speaker i W. B. Landrum Will leak At Sub - District leeting Of Methodist /omen Sunday In Wil lington thodist women of New Han- - and Brunswick counties will Sunday afternoon at ck at 5th Avenue Methodist rch in Wilmington for a sub let meeting. Mrs. L. D- Hay of Southport will preside. W. B. Landrum of New ork field worker for the Wo ah’s Division of Christian Seiv H will be the guest speaker. I is a member of the Board of legions of the entire church, am , ts had wide experience m the ork of the WSCS in her local ; liurch and in the district, con-, ijjfence and jurisdiction. Mrs. |ndrum ha3 taught in leadership ^hools- .rvaslorl= (Continued on Page Four) Brunswick Man Died Last Week Emory A. Mooney, Printer And Linotype Operator, Had Worked With Sev eral Newspapers Includ ing The Pilot Emory A. Mooney, 73-year old native of Brunswick county, died last week in a Wilmington hos pital. He had been in ill health for a year or more. Mr. Mooney was an old-time printer and linotype operator, working on many newspapers throughout the country. Until about two years ago he was an operator for the Whiteville News Reporter. As one of several work ers there, he set many a line of news type for this paper'. He is survived by two sons, Emory Jr., and Robert Mooney, both of Washington, D. C., and several more distant relatives. The body was taken to Shallotte and buried there in the Chapel Hill Cemetery Friday. Rev. B. D. Crighter officiated at the services. W. B. KKaAH Our ROVING Reporter Fishing from the Yaupon Beach ocean pier has begun to attract real attention. Friday Mr. and Mrs. Price of High Point got 110 nice bluefish from the pier in about two hours. W. C. Osborne, Winnabow man, got a 7 fa-pound sheephead and a number of other nice fish. A lot of other folks whose names are not available have made good catches since Fri day. Along with blues and other fish the big speckled trout are expected to put in appearance this week or next. The pier is expect ed to provide some wonderful fish ing during the next few months. For the past two years Wacca maw High School had an excep tionally good basketball player in 1 Harmon Smith who lived in Long wood. He graduated last spring jand went into the Air Force and j is now stationed at Chanuate Air ! Force Base in Illinois. This week 1 Harmon sent us his subscription i to The Pilot, saying that he want 4 ed to keep up with his home town 'jf Longwood, the Waccamaw High School and Brunswick County in general. After graduating at Wac camaw this past spring Harmon played baseball with the Shallotte team until he entered the service. The writer of this column sel dom sees Forest Warden Gilbert Reid of Winnabow. However, when Mr. Reid does show up in Southport he always has a sub scription for the paper, either his own or one to be sent to some relative. In town Monday he stepped up the pace and subscrib ed for his brother, W. C. Reid at Augusta, Ga„ and for his daughter, Miss Klizabeth Reid at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Tire one day’s gain on The Pilot’s sub scription list included seven Brunswick county folks who are now living in other states. In variably when a subscription comes in from any of these absent (Continued on Page Four) i Trawler Capsizes In Cape Fear River , That Was Caught In Net Hauls New H"«e A"Cfcr.J’* Over On Trip Into Dock Surf, newest 54-foot boat of t Surt, nerves ^ Lewis Hardee, completed at ^ . __;Uq th s SI T-eWlS ndUicc- vw.-! boat yard in Florida this sum mer, turned over on it. • the Cape Fear River Saturday at about noon. f But it was not the fault o the boat, and only indirectly^rf at all—the fault of Skipper Ken iwood Varnum and his mate. I While outside shrimpin0 tl y | had snagged an enormous anchor that had been lost overboaid by some big old-time sailing send er The thing probably weighed 30 or 35 tons. The crew of the Surf managed to hoist it along side but could not disengage the fishing net and other gear with which the object had been hoisted to the surface. With" the dual purpose of sav ing the gear and at the same time removing the anchor from the fishing waters where it would destroy other nets the Surf started homeward with the anchor hanging in the water from the starboard side and it weight tilting the vessel unti the starboard rail was almost under water. . A Coast Guard boat and a sis er shrimping boat stood by he trip was made in, just m •ase anything happened At the joint of Battery Island the SUrt ran into a bit of rough water. One of the lines holding the anchor broke, letting it fall a couple of feet until ^descent was stopped by another line. The drop was so violent that it jeik ed the starboard side of the boat under water and the seas soured in. The boat did not sink com pletely, one side being left stick ing out of the water and Capt ain Varnum and his mate sliding off the deck into the water as ahe turned over. They boarded one of the boats standing by and in a very few minutes the waters around them were alive with other boats that raced out from Southport. A diver went down under tne Surf, cut the gear that held the anchor to it and the Coast Guard and other fishing craft righted the boat. She floated i high enough to permit the water I being pumped out of her hole and she was brought in to her I (Continued on Page Four) Mackerel And Blues Here In Numbers Navy Group On Duty In Southport The U. S. Navy has set up a base of operations near the Southport athletic field for the use of electronic equip off-shore survey in which they are engaged. A tall steel tower has been erected, and there are several men with the unit. They have two tents which are used for quarters and for housing their equipment. There are two trucks here with this outfit, and on Monday activity down at Taylor Park was further complicated with the landing of a heliocopter. Miss Connection With Visitors Col. Hill Expresses His Re grets That Sunday Trip Resulted In Mix-Up By YV. B. KEZIAH As mentioned in last weeks pa per, we had an appointment with Senator Kerr Scott and Colonel R. L. Hill at Sunny Point. This was at just about the time that Hurricane lone was supposed to have an appointment in this area. She did not show up, but she blew up a lot of wind and rain. We wanted very mucn to see I Senator and Mrs. Scott and Col onel and Mrs. Hill. Wind or no wind and rain or no rain, we went to the designated area and park ed. Cars were passing at the crossroads going in four direc tions and the wind was coming from about as many ways. Rain forced us to kep the car windows up and steam would fog the in | side of the windows so that every i thing on the outside was a blur. Our friends, Senator Scott and ' Colonel Hill did not show up through the blur, not so that we ! recognized them. This week Colonei Hill wrote us a letter blaming the failure to make connections on the hurri cane, a fact that we already knew. In part the Colonel said: "Dear Bill:” “Senator Scott repeatedly ex pressed his regrets at missing you at Sunny Point on Sunday after noon. We blamed the misfortune to lone. “I read your humorous account in The State Port Pilot last night, and appreciate that you did everything possible to meet us. For your special information, may 11 tell you what we did that after S noon. We rode through the rain down Highway 130 and slowed j to a crawl as we reached the subcontractors’ yards near the ] railway crossing. We stopped about 3:55 p. m. at Road “A”, looked in all directions, stopped | two passenger cars to inquire of | your whereabouts, waited several minutes in the rain, then drove J to Wharf No. 2. Continued On Page Four oats Making Trips Out With Parties During Past Week - End Discovered Concentration Of Ihese Fish On Shoals )THER VARIETIES ARE BEING CAUGH1 Vith Break In Weather l_>«, ><i t; men c LiutllUsiastlC Over The Prospects For Good Fishing Now Sports fishing got started up again Friday, the boats having held off their parties until then as the ocean waters were muddy and the captains felt they could not assure their customers of catches under such conditions. With fairly good catches Fri day, it became better Saturday and most ot the boats were out Sunday and made good catches. Monday brought cold northeast winds, creating seas that were a bit too choppy for the boats. No sport fishing craft went out and even some of the big touch shrimp fishing craft preferred to stay in port. In addition to anticipating nsn ng weather, charter boatmen are pretty definite on still another point. The Friday, Saturday and Sunday fishing showed them con clusively that the ocean is swarm ing with fish, blues and mackerel on the shoals; king mackerel and all of the big varieties out on the Gulf Stream. The outlook for fish ing is exceptionally good, accord ing to the folks who make it a business to know something about fish and weather. The sport fishing cruiser Cadet, Capt. Howard Victor, with J. F. Aldridge and others from Dillon, S. C., forming the party, brought in a catch of 230 bluefish and mackerel Sunday. Other boats re ported like luck. On Saturday Capt. Hoyle Dosh er had James Brewer and party i of Thomasville out aboard the Idle-On III. They caught 41 blues and mackerel, 2 king mackerel, 1 (Continued on Page 4) Deputy Sheriff Now Improving Deputy Sheriff O. W. Perry Recovering From Heart Attack Suffered Earlier This Month Word from Deputy Sheriff O. W. Perry indicates that he is recovering nicely from the effects of a heart attack which he suf fered earlier this month. He was taken to Bullocks Hospital in Wilmington, where diagnosis re vealed that his trouble was caused from a blood clot. The first report was that he had suffered a stroke, and this was in error. He has suffered no paralysis, and the prescribed, treatment for his heart condition is plenty of rest. At the time of his attack he was on his way to Lumberton for a prisoner, accompanied by his son-in-law, ft. B. Lennon. Whitevnie man Continues Sales Despite Weather Hurricane lone r alien „ Hurt Volume Handled By Columbus County Ware houses L.asi >y ccn. average price NOW AT $55.34 Stabilization Purchases Con tinue To Dimmish, \vith Only 14.20 Percent Go ing To Them Last Week In spite of Hurricane lone ms*. Monday the Whiteville tobacco market sold nearly four million pounds of tobacco last week while having only two sales the last three days of the week. Total sales for the week amounted to o C03 390 pounds which brough total’ of $2,115,828.15. making M average of $55.34, according to a report from ^ “‘the KEES» Corporation bought only 14.20 per cent of the -aie ! last week. Increase Time Beginning today, JYiauiu>^ * sorted the Whiteville market will S on a full 5V4 hour each day which will allow the market to sell an additional 200 piles of leaf per day. Since last Tuesday the market has been op erating ony 5% hors aday. In spite of the shortened sell ing time the market has operated on for the major part of the sea son to date, total poundage for the season through last Friday was off only 331,938 Polinfs Maultsby's report sh°ws that for the season through Fad y> " market had sold a total of 30,462, 218 pounds for the sum of $lb, 703,464.38, making a season aver se of $54.83. Although the total pounds and dollars this year are slightly below last year to date the season average is slightly ahead 20 cents per hundred S pound’s, to be exact. Stabilizations 1 take for the season amounts to 23.24 percent. faupon Beach hales Flourish .< 1 .ndications Are That Build ing And Other Develop ment Will Continue Thru Winter Monday is a regular banking Lime for G. V. Barbee of Yaupon Beach, as Saturday and Sunday are always big days for the sale of lots at his development. Monday a representative of this paper intercepted Barbee as ha was on his way to the bank with a handful of checks and currency. The top check, visible in his hand, represented the nice little sum of $3,700 and was in payment for beach lots sold to one man re cently. In addition to this one pur chaser, lots were sold to several other parties during the week end and shortly after the deposit was made another sale of two lots was consumated by Barbee and his agent, Sam T. Bennett. The prospects for building con struction this fall and winter are said to be extraordinary bright. Mr. Barbee has recently purchased a bulldozer and has it ready for clearing lots for purchasers who are ready to build. Most of the construction at Yaupon Beach is in the wooded area and a bull (Continued on Page 41 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, September 29, 5:37 A. M. 11:54 A. M. 6:06 P. M. 0:00 P. M. Friday, September 30, 6:23 A. M. 0:21 A. M. 6:49 P. M. 12:41 P. M. Saturday, October 1, 7:08 A. M. 1:03 A. M. 7:32 P .M. 1:27 P. M. Sunday, October 2, 7:53 A. M. 1:45 A. M. 8:15 P. M, 2:13 P. M. Monday, October 3, 8:40 A. M. 2:28 A. M. 9:00 P. M. 3:00 P. M. Tuesday, October 4, 9:29 A. M. 3:12 A. M. 9:50 P. M. 3:49 P. M. Wednesday, October 5, 10:22 A. M. 3:59 A. M. 10:43 P. M. 4:41 P. M.
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