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Volume No. 17
No.14
6-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER 19,1955
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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A Good Newspaper I| A Good Community
Most Of The News
AH The Time
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
Elect Community
CommitteemenTo
Serve Brunswick
Chairmen Of Each Commu
nity Committee Also Will
Serve As Delegates To
County Convention
COUNTY ELECTION
ON OCTOBER 27
Terms Of New Committee
men Begin November 1
And Continue For Next
12 Months
The ASC Committee election
was held in each of Brunswick
county’s 6 communities Tuesday
and the following farmers were
elected to serve as community
committeemen in their respective
communities:
Lockwoods Folly: Chairman and !
delegate, Aldreth Phelps; vice-1
chairman and alternate delegate, j
Edwin Sellers; regular member,
Henry C. Williams; First alter-1
nate, Almond Cheers; second al
ternate, Floyd Hewett.
Northwest: Chairman and dele
gate, Durwood T. Clark; vice
chairman and alternate delegate,
R. L. Steward; regular member,
F. L. Medlin; first alternate,
Charlie Sykes; second alternate,
Geo. H. Skipper.
Smithville: Chairman and dele
gate, Willie Hewett; vice-chair
man and alternate delegate, Al
vin R. Clemmons; regular mem
ber, John Gales; first alternate,
Marvin Carteret; second alternate,
Willie Brown.
Shallotte: Chairman and dele
gate, J. B. Ward, Jr.; vice-chair
man and alternate delegate, J. L.
Stone; regular member, Joe Hugh
es; first alternate, P. A. Hewett;
second alternate, Rutherford Reg
ister.
Town Creek: Chairman and
delegate, Julius Willetts; vice
chairman and alternate delegate,
F. C. Rabon; regular member,
Taylor Albright; first alternate,
Clyde Galloway; second alternate,
S. L. Purvis.
Waccamaw: Chairman and dele
gate, Roy W. Hughes; vice-chair
man and alternate delegate, How
ard Inman; regular member, Dal
ton Simmons; first alternate, O.
Durant Pruitt; second alternate,
Danvis Milliken.
The terms of office of commit
teemen and alternates begin on
November 1, and continue for 12
months or until their respective
successors have been elected and
have qualified.
The chairman of each commu
nity committee will automatically
be the delegate to the county
convention. Delegates from the 6
communities will meet on October
27 at 10 a. m. at the agricultural
building in Supply to elect a
county committee.
Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
LIONS MEET
The regular meeting of the
Southport Lions Club will be held
tomorrow (Thursday) at 12:30
o'clock at the Community Build
ing*
VACATIONING IN FLORIDA
Attorney and Mrs. S. B. Frink
are on a 10-day trip to Florida.
Mr. Frink, who had his knee in
jured in an accident aboard his
boat five weeks ago, is steadily
improving.
CROWDS ON COAST
The past week-end brought the
biggest crowds to the Brunswick
coast that have been here in a
long time. Fishing and buying
fish and other seafoods was the
chief attraction.
FISHING IMPROVES
With the big volume of fresh
water in the ocean along the
coast disappearing rapidly, the
fishing from the Yaupon Beach
fishing pier is steadily improv
ing. Some nice catches have been
made during the past week.
VISITORS HERE
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Carr of Ft.
Peck, Montana, spent the week
end here with Mrs. Ida M. Wat
son with whom they lived twenty
years ago while Mr. Carr was en
gaged in helping to dig the In
tracoastal Canal.
GRAVEYARD WORKING
There Will be a working at the
Galloway Cemetery near Supply
on Saturday morning, October
22. The folks of the community
who are interested in keeping up
the cemetery are requesting
that all who have loved ones
buried there will report for work
at that time and bring tools.
Driver Of No.l
Is No Navigator
Harold Minges And Companion Brought In Here Mon
day After Abandoning Small Boat
When one of the Southport
shrimp trawlers came in late
Monday afternoon she had two
castaways aboard who promptly
hitchhiked to Long Beach to call
of a search that was being made
for their bodies.
The incident was more or less
shrouded in secrecy, but persist
ent inquiries brought to light the
fact that one of the costaways
was Harold Minges, pilot for
many North Carolina Governors
1 in the No. 1 State car. The ident
J ity of his male companion was
f not ascertained.
It developed that the two men
had gone to Long Beach Monday
afternoon where they rented a
skiff and an outboard motor from
S. W. Blow, who operates a boat
rental there.
With the pilot of No. 1 at the
controls, they cruised about in
Davis Creek and in the Intra
coastal waterway. Finally they
came to Lockwoods Folly Inlet.
I The broad waters extending be
(yond in the ocean appealed to
them and they set out for an
■ ocean cruise.
I The ocean was not so well dis
! posed towards the little skiff. In
due time, which was about 3
hours, it floated back into the
inlet from somewhere beyond. It
was minus all human passengers
and the hue and cry of a search
was instituted.
Also in due time, the trawlers
of Southport’s big shrimping fleet
began to come in. From one of
them there disembarked two still
wet sport fishermen. They im
mediately appealed to a local man
for transportation to Long Beach,
; where they could put a stop to
I the search for their bodies. He
took the castaways aboard and
carried them to their original
starting point.
Anniversary Meet
For Commissioners
Mayor E. F. Middleton Pre
sides Over Session Of
Long Beach Council On
Anniversary Of Hurricane
Hazel
MUCH PROGRESS
DURING PAST YEAR
| Officials Of This Incorpora
ted Town Expresses Sat
isfaction With Progress
Made After Storm
Officials of the Town of Long
Beach held a regular meeting
Saturday, October 15, the first
anniversary of Hurricane Hazel,
when this little town was vir
tually destroyed.
The town is now incorporated
with the following officials: E. F.
Middleton, Charleston, S. C.,
mayor; C. C. Carr, Long Beach,
mayor pro-tem; Miss Sallie W.
Tomlinson, Long Beach, town
clerk & treasurer; Davis Herring,
town attorney, Southport; C. C.
Carr, Long Beach, J. A. Woltz,
Long Beach, John R. Barnes,
Lumberton, E. M. Underwood,
Jr., Sanford; and G. S. Sherrod,
Greensboro, town commissioners.
The report adopted at the
council meeting showed the of
ficials as being highly gratified
at the progress made by the
town during the year since the
disasterous storm. In brief, the
officials think that no other
storm-stricken community has
accomplished as much in the re
storing of old homes and the
building of new ones as well as
construction of additional facili
ties.
The report showed for the year
building of approximately 150
new homes; town incorporated
and operating under formal gov
ernment; water mains placed or
on the ground to extend the
full 10-mile length of the beach;
electrical service completely re
built; telephone service rebuilt;
inlet that storn washed out to
be closed by the end of October;
pavilion rebuilt, miniature golf
course rebuilt; several new at
tractions contemplated with ex
pectations of readiness for op
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Auto Plunges
In Orton Pond
Occupants Of Cadillac Man
age To Escape From Sub
merged Vehicle; Car Left
In Pond Waiting For
Wrecker
Blinded by the lights of an ap
proaching car, Herbert Livingston
of Charleston lost control of his
1955 Cadillac on the causeway
that forms the Orton Pond dam
early one morning this past week.
The machine turned at a right
angle, left the causeway and went
into the pond without overturn
ing.
Only the top of the machine
was visible above the water when
it halted. With Livingston were
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor of Southport
and a friend who was visiting
them. All got doors to the ma
chine open and out as the ma
chine plunged through the water.
They were picked up and brought
to Southport by the occupants of
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STATEMENT
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Editor’s Note: Several parents
have expressed their opinion tliat
tike artiele which appeared in The
Pilot last Wednesday regarding
a hearing to be held that day be
fore Juvenile Judge Jack Brown
had the effect of being unfair
to their children. Since it was
not our intention to needlessly
involve any innocent person, nor
to embarrass any child or parent
unnecessarily, we are printing
herewith statements which some
of these parents have requested
us to make.
Mr. and xMrs. Edwin Dozier have
requested us to say lliat “In ord
er to clear up a grave misunder
standing among the citizens of
the community, I wish to make it
clear that Harold Dozier was not
a party to any of the robberies,
nor did he have any part in any
of the takings of the merchan
dise, except that he did eat some
of the cookies that had been
taken”. This statement is signed
by Jack Hickman. Chief of Police
of the City of Southport,
l Other parents have requested
that we make it clear that it
was not their conception that the
boys involved ever were taken
into custody, nor that a formal
hearing was held before a juvenile
judge. They say that they con
sider the publicity given the en
tire matter last week to have
been premature and prejudicial
against certain of the boys involv
ed, and they feel that there were
varying degrees of guilt. They
want it made clear that there
were no arrests and that no trial
was held. It was their understand
ing that the matter was being
handled as a lecture to the young
sters involved in the presence of
their parents and with their full
knowledge and consent.
Weekly Session
Of Court Held
Routine Cases Disposed Of
Here On Monday Before
Judge Earl Bellamy In
Recorder’s Court
A long list of cases were dis
posed of here in Recorder’s court
Monday, with the following judg
ments being handed down by
Judge Earl Bellamy:
George Daniel Pope, drunk
driving, fined $100 and costs.
Robert Clayton Wiles, speeding
(70-mph) fined $15 and costs.
Wade Herman Malpass. speed
■ ing 65-mph) fined $10 and costs.
Wilbert Benson Norton, Sr.,
speeding (65-mph) fined $10 and
costs.
Boone McLeod Fergerson,
speeding (70-mph) fined $15 and
costs.
Clara Wright Spivey, speed
ing (70-mph) fined $15 and costs.
Nelson Gray Bollinger, no op
erator’s license, nol prossed upon
presentation of license.
Richard Stanley Hobbs, speed
ing (65-mph) fined $10 and costs.
Brooks Holland Frazier, speed
ing (75-mph) fined $15 and costs.
Colon McKee Hall, speeding
(65-mph) fined $10 and costs.
Harold Ezra Blanchard, failing
Continued On Page Two
Brunswick Men (
Hosts To Soil
Meet Thursday!
Business Session Held A
Shallotte Point Followet
Ey Tour Of Sunny Poin
And Wildlife Refuge
JAMES BELLAMY
DISTRICT CHAIRMAr <
Visitors From Several Conn
ties Included Among
Those Making Tour And
Were Much Impres
sed With What They
Saw
A quarterly meeting of ths;
Lower Cape Fear Soil Comservi-i '
tion District was held in Bruns’
wick county Friday, with men
bers from this county being hosts
at an all-day session.
The morning was devoted to i.
business meeting, presided over by
James D. Bellamy of Shallotte,;
who is not only a member of that
Brunswick county committee but]
who is also district chairman. At
Dutch lunch was enjoyed at Shal
lotte Point, following which aj
tour was made of Sunny PointJ
Army Terminals and a visit made
to the Wildlife Refuge at Orton.
The SPAT tour was directed by
W. B. Keziah, who carried the
group around to various points
on the reservation where erosion
has posed a problem. Among the
various work projects observed
was a planting of Burmuda grass
to stabilize embankments.
At Orton Sam Poole of the
Wildlife Resources Commission
explained the planting project
now going on in the old rice
fields in an effort to attract wild
ducks.
Those attending the session in
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Baptists Hold
All - Day Meet
Leadership Institute Held
Here Thursday At South
port Baptist Church
A leadership Institute for the
Woman’s Missionary Union of the
Brunswick Baptist Association
was held in the Southport Bap
tist Church Thursday. This in
stitute began at 10 with a call
to worship by Mrs. Leroy Hooks,
superintendent of the W. M. U.
of Brunswick Association. A de
votional, “A mbassadors for
Christ,” presented by Mrs. Min
nie Butler. Following a brief
business meeting in which visit
ors were recognized, greetings
and a response were given by
Leo Hawkins and Mrs. Susie Bor
deaux. “Missionary Fundamen
tals’” were reported on by Mrs.
R. H. Holden and minutes of the
Associational W. M. U. were read
by Mrs. Catherine King. Separate
conferences were then held for
the various leaders. These con
ferences were led by the follow
ing: Mrs. Leroy Hooks, Mrs.
Margaret McRackan, Mrs. L. J.
McKeithan, Lloyd Ward, Mrs.
Percy Russ, Mrs. H. O. Peterson,
Jr., Mrs. Thomas Young, Mrs.
J. L. Powers, and Mrs. Lester:
Mintz. After a presentation of'
the W. M. U. literature by Mrs.
Susie Carson lunch was served
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W. a. &EZ1AU
Glood Progress
On By-Pass Road
Rapid progress is now being
made on the by-pass from Orton
towards highway 87 at the Sunny
Point road intersection. Grannis
and Sloan of Fayetteville, the
contractors, have a big force on
the job of grading the 9-miles.
With no very wet weather to in
terfere, they are expected to
finish the grading in short order.
The E. B. Towles Construction
Company of Wilmington have a
sub-contract from Grannis and
Sloan for paving the stretch.
Towles has a hot asphalt plant
at Sunny Point near this road.
He will do the mixing there and
haul the short distance to the
point of operations.
Farmers Have Just One
More Day To Get Their
Tobacco Sold On This
Border Belt Market
With only one day left of
the 56-day 1955 tobacco market
selling season, the Whiteville
market is urging leaf farmers to
get their products in while the
houses remain open.
R. G. Maultsby, sales super
visor, reports that prices are
holding up good, according to
grade. He added that farmers
can find plenty of room on the
floors for their tobacco. The j
Whiteville market will continue ’
to operate fuel sales with its
two sets of buyers until the
last pile is placed on the block.
Closes Thursday
The market will close at the
end of sales on Thursday.
At the end of the 52nd sales
day on Friday, the Whiteville
market had sold 38,731,106
pounds of leaf for a total of
$20,965,130.24. The season aver
age on Friday stood at $54.13.
In both total pounds and total
money the market stood ahead of
the 52 days of the 1954 market.
The gain was about 672,510
pounds, and about $88,033. Last
week the portion of the offering
bought by the Flue-Cured Stab
ilization Corp. was only 9.8 per
cent.
Prices Good By Grades
The record for last week i
shows that better than 1,412,700
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Interest Shown
In Movie Plan
Director Of State News Bu
reau Here Thursday To
Lend Helping Hand In En
couraging Movie Company
Intrigued by the possibility of
coastal resort movies being made
on the Coast of North Carolina,
Charles Parker, Director of the
North Carolina State News Bu
reau, came to Southport Thurs
j day and spent the day here with
W. B. Keziah, who recently got
a contact with one of the best
known Hollywood producers.
This producer wrote Keziah ask
’ ing for detailed information re
garding what he needed in the way
j of a setting for a picture being
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Our
ROVING
Reporter
Without any fishing being done
for compliments, Charles Parker
Director of the State News Bu
reau, paid this paper a very nice
one while at lunch with us here
Thursday. Newspapers were not
even in the subject for discussion
when Mr. Parker said suddenly:
“You are getting out one of the I
most readable papers in the State.
The Pilot is small but it carries
a whole lot of good, readable local
news.’’
Thousands of the folks we have
shown over Sunny Point Army
Terminals had never seen the
place before taking the trip with
us. A lot of others have known
the area all their lives. The Mc
Rackans on Walden Creek, border
ing on Sunny Point, acquired
their land through a grant from
| the King of England. Near a
couple of decades ago Thompson
| McRackan and Mrs. McRackan
| bought some 1100 acres of land i
1 across the creek on what is now !
the government property. Satur
day both of these good folks and
their sisters, Misses Lucille and
Sophie McRackan, went with us
over the terminals and it was only
through a long memory, born of
long association with the place
that they could recognize some of
the spots. Also in this party were
Mrs. John Catherwood, Mrs. How
ard Ganstisi and Miss Mercedes
Catherwood. All of the party
agreed that the terminals surpass
ed anything they could have ever
dreamed of finding here in South
eastern North Carolina.
Mayor E. F. Middleton of Long
Beach stated Sunday that the
beach town is still pushing the
matter1 of an airfield on a tract
of land across Davis Creek. Plans
for this, we believe, were ad
vanced a year or more ago by
Major L. P. McLendon, Jr., of
Greensboro. Various other prop
erty owners at the beach joined
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Golden Wedding
CELEBRATE—Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Danford of
Southport celebrated the 50th anniversary of their wed
ding at their home here on Sunday, October 9. Here
they are shown standing at the table before their beauti
ful anniversary wedding cake was cut to serve their
guests.— (Art Newton Photo.)
SPAT Command
Moving This W eek
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Gets Truck To
Haul Fish Home
Neils Jorgensen concluded
Saturday morning that he
would paddle his skiff over
near Bald Head and do some
fishing. Practically all of his
time was spent in getting
there and getting back and
his actual fishing time oc
cupied only a few minutes.
To start things off he took
a big crab and divested it of
its shell, affixed it to his
hook and started fishing. It
was in no time that he got
what a smaller boy would
have described as a whale of
a bite.
Boating his fish with some
trouble, he decided to put
about for home. Arriving at
the dock and mooring his
boat, he walked the three
blocks to him home to get
his truck to get his 47-pound
black drum up to the house.
Mt. Pisgah Is
Oldest Church
Church Near Supply Is Old
est Baptist Church In
Brunswick, Dating Back
105 Years
i
Mt. Pisgah Baptist church
i near Supply is now in its 105th
1 year of active seivice. Frequent
ly it has been said that this is
the oldest active Baptist church
in Brunswick county, and this
; claim is undoubtedly correct. It
. is not known, however, whether
, the claim can be extended to
I embrace churches of all denom
inations in the county.
A deed to the Mt. Pisgah
l church property was given in
; 1850 by John Holden, grandfather
of Luther and Dr. R. H. Holden,
to a Board of Trustees composed
of Timothy C. Clemmons, Stephen
Caison and Anthony B. Clem
| mens.
Many of the descendants of
1 this Board of Trustees live in
j the same community to this day.
The present Board of Trustees
is formed of James Sellers, John
j Sellers and John Herbert Holden.
Incidentally, the latter is a
1 great-grandson of the John Hold
j en who deeded the 4-acre tract
I of land on which the church was
| erected.
Dr. R. H. Holden of Shallotte
and Holden Beach, a grandson of
the John Holden who deeded the
land, stated this week that dur
ing the 105 years that Mt. Pis
, gah lias served the public 23
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Base Of Operations Being i
Moved From Ft. Johnston!
Building To Administra-I
tion Area At Sunny Point |
FLANS PROGRESSING
FOR DEDICATION
This Event Will Take Place
Saturday, October 29th,
With Outstanding Mili
tary And Government
Officials Present
Headquarters for the Sunny
Point Army Terminals are being
moved this week from the Ft.
Johnston building on the garrison
to the administration area on the
government reservation near
Southport. In making this an
nouncement, Col. W. A. McAleer,
commanding officer, says that it
is a gradual process that is ex
pected to be completed this week.
Col. McAler reports that he has
received word that Frank H. Hig
gins, Assistant Secretary of the
Army for Logistics, Research and
Development, will attend the dedi
cation ceremony on October 29
at Sunny Point. R. M. Hanes,
civilian aid to the Secretary of the
Army, also is expected.
In addition, many high ranking
military officials will be present,
along with a long list of distin
guished government officials.
Plans for the ceremony are
progressing according to sched
ule, and an interesting program j
is in prospect as the transfer is
made from the U. S. Army En
gineers to the U. S. Army Trans
portation Corps.
A number of the visiting digni
taries are expected to arrive in
Wilmington by plane, and ar
rangements are being made to
transport them to Sunny Point
by helicopter.
The telephone numbers for
SPAT are Southport 2211 and
Wilmington 3-4691.
Savings Bonds
In Good Demand
Brunswick County Helps
Create Increase In North
Carolina Bond Sales Fori
Year
For the eleventh consecutive
month. United States Savings
Bonds sales in North Carolina
have increased sharply over the
corresponding months of the
previous year. In the month of
September, the combined sales
I of Series E and H United States
Savings Bonds were 15 percent
greater than in September of
j last year and higher than any
I September in ten years.
At the September month’s end,
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Farm Bureau In
Annual Meeting
Tuesday Night
Policy Development School
Will Be Conducted For
Information Of Members
By Organization’s District
Representative
BARBECUE SUPPER
FEATURES MEETING
President Joe Stanaland Ur
ges Full Attendance At
Meeting; Will Review
Accomplishments
The Brunswick County Farm
Bureau will hold their annual
meeting at the Bolivia High
School on Tuesday, October 25,
reports Joe Stanaland, president.
A new feature of the meeting
will be a Policy Development
School from 5 to 6 p. m. The
regular business meeting will
start at 6 p. m. A barbecue sup
per for members and their wives
will be served at the close of
the business session.
Paul Shackelford, district re
presentative for the N. C. Farm
Bureau, will conduct the policy
development. He will explain how
policy is developed on the local
level, and how the recommenda
tions of the county Farm Bureau
fits into the development of
policy on the State and National
levels. At this meeting any mem
ber may propose a program for
consideration. "By attending this
session of the meeting, Farm
Bureau members can learn first
hand how Farm Bureau operates
in promoting the improvement of
farmer welfare,” says President
Stanaland.
The business session will be
used to review the accomplish
ments of the past year, and the
election of officers and directors
for the coming year. A represen
tative of the State Farm Bureau
will be on hand to report ac
complishments during the last
session of the General Assembly,
as well as other activities on
the state and national level.
Stanaland urges all members to
attend these two important meet
ings to see just how Farm Bu
reau fights the farmers’ battle
to improve his condition.
Most farmers realize that they
must have an organization such
as Farm Bureau to represent
them. President Stanaland ad
vises that other farmers will be
given an opportunity to join
Farm Bureau at the meeting so
that they will' have a chance to
participate in the discussion.
Ordination Of
Minister Sunday
Services Will Be Conducted
Sunday Afternoon At The
Town Creek Baptist Chu
rch For The Rev. Elbert
C. Rogers
The Town Creek Baptist
Church of near Winnabow will
have ordination services Sunday
afternoon at 3 o’clock for Elbert
C. Rogers.
The Town Creek church re
cently called Rogers as their
pastor and upon being question
ed by the Brunswick Baptist Or
daining Council as to his doc
trinal and Denominational be
liefs, it was requested by said
council to the Town Creek Church
that they proceed with the or
daining of this man.
The charge to the candidate
Continued On Page Two
Tide Table
Following is the tide table
for Southport during the next
week. These hours are ap
proximately correct and were
furnished The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot’s Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, October 20
10:44 A. M. 4:13 A. M.
10:49 P. M. 4:57 P. M.
Friday, October 21
11:25 A. M. 4:53 A. M.
11:33 P. M. 5:43 P. M.
Saturday, October 22
0:00 A. M. 5:38 A. M.
12:11 P. M. 6:32 P. M.
Sunday, October 23
0:23 A. M. 6:30 A. M.
1:02 P. M. 7:25 P. M.
Monday, October 24
1:18 A. M. 7:29 A. M.
1:56 P. M. 8:21 P. M.
Tuesday, October 25
2:17 A. M. 8:33 A. M.
2:52 P. M. 9:15 P. M.
Wednesday, October 26
3:15 A. M. 9:34 A. M.
3:45 P. M. 10:07 P. M.