THE STATE PORT PILOT
_ A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Volume No. 17 No. 28 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1956 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Most Of The News
All The Time
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
$1.50 PER YEAR
Traiii Workers
To Assist In
Filing Returns
All Day School Will Be
Held In Supply Friday To
Give Instruction To Those
Interested In This Work
SOCIAL SECURITY
MEET SCHEDULED
•
County Agent Gives Advice
To Farmers About Their
Obligation To File
Proper Returns
There will be an all day
school held at the County
Office Building in Supply on
Friday, January 27, beginning
at 9 a. m. for instructing
“key” people in assisting
farmers in preparing their
Inoome and Social Security
tax returns.
Anyone interested in this
work should take advantage
of the school, because several
hundred farmers will need to
file their returns by Feb
ruary 15. Most farmers will
need help in filing a correct
return.
Remember the Social Security
meeting at the courthouse in
Southport on Thursday, January
26, at 7 p. m. Attend this meet
ing to find out how you can take
part in the program. Any farmer
making a net income of $400 in
1955 must file a report. More de
tailed information will be given
at the meeting.
Retirement benefits have been
extended to thousands of farmers
for the first time. It is extremely
important that farm folks under
stand reporting for social security
and tax purposes because 1955 is
the first year to be used for com
puting social security benefits.
Use Schedule F, Form 1040, to
compute your self-employment
tax.
If you earned $600 or more
this year, you must file a federal
income tax return. The' one ex
ception is an individual who at
tains the age of 65 before the
close of his taxable year. He is
required to file a return only if
he has a gross income of $1200 or
more. Gross income is total in
come before any expenses are
deducted.
If the necessary forms for filing
are not received by mail, con
tact the Internal Revenue Serv
ice for two copies of each form
heeded. The following forms are
used by farmers:
1. Schedule F, Form 1040, is
used to summarize the farm in
come and expenses and to com
pute the net farm profit or loss.
This form is also used to com
pute your self-employment (So
cial Security) tax.
2. Form 1040 lists the farm
profit calculated on Schedule F,
Form 1040, other items of income,
personal deductions and the in
come tax due.
When the cash basis is tused,
farm income includes all cash or
value of merchandise or other
property received during the tax
able year. It does not include
value of products sold or services
performed for which payment was
not received during the taxable
year.
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Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
SPAGHETTI SUPPER
Members of Sacred Heart
Church are sponsoring a spaghetti
supper at the Community Build
ing on Thursday, February 9.
SERIOUS CONDITION
Captain James Arnold, veteran
Southport sport fisherman, has
been seriously ill at his home here
since returning from a Wilming
ton hospital.
TOP STUDENT
Forty students at East Caro
lina College, all North Carolinians,
made the highest possible grade
on all courses included on their
schedules for the fall quarter. Dr.
Orval L. Phillips, registrar, has
just announced the honors list.
One of these with top academic
standing is from Brunswick. She
is Norma Jean Lancaster of Sup
ply
LliADERSHI 1* CON FEK ENC'E
The Women’s Missionary Union
of the Brunswick Association
will hold a leadership conference
at the Southport Baptist Church
on Monday, January 30, begin
ning at 7:30 o’clock. Mrs. Leroy
Hooks, associational superinten
dent of WMU, will preside, with
associational chairmen leading the
various conferences. Following the
conferences a social hour will be
held In tEc~ church' social hall.
Ground - Breaking
DIGGING—Col. W. A. McAleer, commanding officer of Sunny Point Army Ter
minal, is shown here at the ground-breaking ceremony preceding the construction of
housing units for military personnel on the Garrison in Southpcrt. In the foreground,
left to right, are Lt. Col. McLeod, Col. Murphy, Lt. Col. Jackson, Col. McAleer, Mayor
Robinson, Lt. Col. Lancaster. In the background is shown a large contingent of Sunny
Point workers who came in to Southport for this special occasion.
Cage Tourney
Is Set For Bear
GYM This Year
Annual Brunswick Coun
ty Basketball Tournament
Will Begin On February
29 And Will Conclude
March 3
The Annual Brunswick County
High School Basketball Tourna
ment will be held this year at
Bolivia, with opening round
games scheduled to start Wednes
day, February 29.
The schedule and other details
were worked out at a meeting of
coaches and principals last week
at Bolivia.
It was decided to use officials
from the same association that
furnishes referees for regular sea
son games. Each school will vote
for their three top preferences,
and the men to call tournament
games will be decided in this
manner.
Guy McKeithan was named of
ficial scorer and Odell Bennett
was named official time-keeper.
Two games will be played on
Wednesday afternoon, two games
Wednesday night, two games
Thursday night, two games Fri
day night and two games Satur
day night.
Admission for the tournament
was set at 40-cents for school
children and 80-cents for adults.
Progress Made
On Title Work
Big Task Involved In Ac
quiring Title To Land Be
ing Added To Security
Area Of Sunny Point
The original plans by the Real
Estate Board of the Savannah
Army Engineers to acquire ad
ditional lands as a security zone
at Sunny Point will shortly take
an active course. It was learned
this week that attorneys for the
Real Estate Board already have
150 titles prepared. This is about
half the number of tracts of land
that will be acquired. Work on
the balance is proceeding steadily, j
Only 3 or 4 of the titles will
cover land in Brunswick county. ■
All lie in an area south and west
of Walden Creek and are of con
siderable acreage. About 300 1
tracts are in New Hanover and
are mostly of small acreage, ;
some being merely building lots!
and a f/w have houses.
This New Hanover property
lies along the Cape Fear River
back of Carolina Beach, Kures
Beach and Fort Fisher. It is di
rectly opposite the three big
wharves on this side of the river
and is being acquired for securi
ty purposes alone.
Appraisers will go over each of
the New Hanover tracts, make
an appraisal of its value and
then endeavor to get title through \
negotiations with the owners.
Should this fail the lots that can- j
not be bought through negoita- :
lions will be condemned.
Sunny Point Pays
Huge Sum In Area
Cooking School
Thursday Night
The Southport Parent
Teacher Association is spon
soring a cooking school to
morrow (Thursday) evening
in the high school auditorium.
Mrs. Sarah Barker, home eco
nomist for Suburban Rulane
Gas Company in Wilmington,
will conduct the school.
This is one public perform
ance where there not only is
no charge, but where there is
a fee of 25-cents per person
to be paid to the treasury
of the sponsoring organiza
tion in return for their ef
forts to get out a crowd.
Men are urged to attend,
first because they, too, are
bringing 25-cents on the open
market; and secondly, because
Mrs. Barker needs some
food-tasters in her audience
as she gives away samples
of what she cooks.
Dr. Rice Helps
Get New Herd
New England Industrialist
Presents Valuable Guern
seys To N. C. State Col
lege In Raleigh
The School of Agriculture at
North Carolina State College has
received a valuable addition to its
herd of Guernsey cattle from the
Howland Guernsey Farm of Brat
tleboro, Vt., through its owner,
Weston Howland, Boston indust
rialist whose home is in Milton,
Mass.
Announcement of the presenta
tion of the gift of 17 head of
topnotch Guernseys to the college
was made by Dr. Carey H. Bos
tain, chancellor of State College,
and Dr. D. W. Colvard, dean of
the college’s School of Agricul
ture, who said the gift was
prompted “in recognition of the
valuable assistance received by
Mr. Howland in his Gurnesey
3reeding program from Dr. Victor
A. Rice.”
Dr. Rice is now serving an
interim as director of instruction
in the State College School of
Agriculture. He was graduated
from N.C. State in 1916 and
later spent many years as dean
of the School of Agriculture at
the University of Massachusetts.
While at the University of
Massachusetts, Dr. Rice worked
with Howland in selecting and
breeding one of the top Guernsey
herds in America. Dr. Rice assist
ed Howland in the early studies
of his herd and in selecting
sires after country-wide tours
of the best Guernsey herds.
Commenting on ' Dr. Rice’s
work, Howland stated in a
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Annual Civil Service Pay
roll Runs $800,000' With
Weekly Contractor’s Pay
roll Running $125,000
MUCH OF THIS MONEY
BEING PAID LOCALLY
Installation Has Meant A
Great Boost In Economy
For Southeastern North
Carolina
The Sunny Point Army Ter
minal, located on the Cape Fear
river above Southport, already is
adding to the economy of South
eastern North Carolina at the
rate of more than $8,000,000 an
nually, according to figures re
leased for publication this week
by Col. W. A. McAleer, command
ing officer.
This figure includes salaries,
payroll and expenses.
Colonel McAleer said the pay
roll and equipment figures are
estimates "based on averages and
are considered fairly accurate.”
“Due to the public and com
munity interest in the impact of
Sunny Point Army Terminal on
local economy” the estimates were
released for publication, he said.
The Sunny Point economy boost
was broken down into three cate
gories: Civil Service payroll, con
tractor’s payroll for stevedoring
and allied services, and supplies'
and equipment.
The contractor’s payroll is the!
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Lack Of Serum
Stalls Program
In This County
Dr. C. B. Davis, Brunswick
County Health Officer,
Says That Last Of Present
Supply Of Salk Vaccine
Will Be Used Monday
ADJUSTMENT MAY
BE MADE IN SUPPLY
Manufacturers Have Ample
Stock On Hand And Some
Additional Vaccine May
Be Made Available
Here Soon
Difficulties with North Caro
lina’s polio immunization pro
gram discussed Thursday at a
health workers conference at Lake
Waccamaw are being brought
home to Brunswick county now.
Dr. Fred Foard, director of
epidemioligy for the state health
department, indicated dissatisfac
tion with the polio shots program
at a meeting of the Southeastern
health workers conference.
Representatives of the 17 coun
ties heard Dr. Foard say that th4
present distribution system of 70
percent to private medicine, and
30 percent to public health agen
cies for the serum was considered
a drawback. He advocates a 50
50 split.
He said the present arrange
ment meant that in some areas
the agencies’ supplies were ex
hausted and that the people were
economically unable to take ad
vantage of the serum through
private physicians.
Dr. Foard urged that those who
can obtain it through their ’doc
tors, but said something must be
done to help those who cannot.
Dr. C. B. Davis, Brunswick
county Health Officer, said Tues
day that present supplies of the
vaccine will be used up during
Monday’s school clinic.
After Monday’s shots the agency
will have on hand a small reserve
of the serum but not enough to
continue the program until the
federal government releases more
of the disease-preventing vaccine.
Such releases involve long
manipulation of channels and red
tape with Washington through the
state health department.
Foard called the Salk serum
program one of history’s greatest
undertakings as far as public
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Begin Grading
For New Motel
First Work On Newest De
velopment At Yaupon
Beach Is Underway This
Week
Grading for the new 26-unit
motel at Yaupon Beach is now
in progress and actual construc
tion work will start this week if
weather does not interfere. Some
of the units will have kitchens
and will afford light housekeep
ing facilities for brief periods.
Developer G. V. Barbee is hir
ing his own carpenters and other
workmen and that he will per
sonally supervise the construction,
as he has been doing withi others
of his buildings since he started
the development of Yaupon Beach.
The motel is located just back of
the big steel fishing pier con
Continued On Page Two
W. B. maHAH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
Mixing with the crowd around
the court house Monday morning,
we ran into both good and bad
luck. A lot of folks were stopping
Us to subscribe to the State Port
Pilot. Just as we had written
our 13th receipt during the mor
ning a colored friend from Long
wood hurried up and borrowed
$2.00 so he would have enough
money to pay his court fine and
costs for speeding.
A total of 49 subscribers have
been added to the papers mailing
list since Friday. That means, in
case you don’t want to figure it
out, that for Saturday, Monday
and Tuesday there was a daily
average of more thfn sixteen sub
scribers per' day. For a long time
circulation agencies have been
crediting the State Port Pilot as
having one of the best paid-up
circulations of any of the North
Carolina vyeelUies. Tiic continued
growth of this circulation natural
ly leaves us pleased at what we
can offer Brunswick county ad
vertisers.
Some folks may wonder why
there is so little paper and other
trash on the streets in the busi
ness section of Southport. There
used to be plenty of it. Nobody
paid any attention to it, in fact
it was the custom of a lot of
folks to throw papers everywhere.
During the past year things have
been changing and the folks who
follow such practices have been
getting the cold eye from folks
who saw them in the act. After
a full day there is very little
paper lying abound on the streets.
Before daylight next morning that
is all gone. Tuesday morning of
this week after crowds in town
to attend court Monday, John Mc
Roy was out in the drizzling and
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Rare Bird Found
Inside Reservation
Identified By Visiting Game Specialist As Anhinga, More
Familiarly Known As Water Turkey Of Snake Bird
Showing H. T. Bowmer and two
other State Game Protectors over
Sunny Point Friday, Gene Tom
linson of the Resident Engineers
office and the visitors saw a
large anhinga. The bird was
swimming around in one of the
natural ponds in the reservation.
Very few people have ever seen
an anhinga, and would probably
not know what it was if they
did. They might imagine it was
a water turkey if they knew there
was such a bird. Swimming with
only its head and a few inches
of its neck out of the water, it
looks exactly like a snake and
that circumstance leads to it also
being called a snake bird.
Several years ago the late
Churchill Bragaw of Orton and
several Outdoor men saw an
anhinga, water turkey or snake
bird—take your choice of names
—swimming in Pretty Pond, now
owned by the Girl Scouts of the
Cape Fear Area. At least they
saw its head and part of its neck.
A few others have been reported
as being seen in the county at
various times, but none recently
when Mr. Tomlinson and his par
ty happened on the one Friday.
The discovery of this bird gives
the opening for an observation
that Sunny Point, with its many
ponds and lakes, may some day
develope into a wonderful wild
fowl refuge for all kinds of birds.
No information is available as to
just how many acres are sur
rounded by the 13%-imles of
fence, but it is a big area, with
much in the way of lakes and
! ponds. Inside that fence there will
never be any shooting unless it is
a vital matter of security. The
birds there should not only find
food and security, they should lose
some of their wildness.
Colonel W. A. McAleer, com
manding officer at Sunny Point,
is reported much interested in
the anhinga and the possibility
that wild geese, ducks, etc., may
soon find Sunny Point a natural
refuge, where no man will do
; them harm.
I
Crisp Case Comes
To Trial Today
Business Meeting
Monday At Bolivia
Representative citizens
from several Brunswick coun
ty communities will meet
Monday evening at 7:30
o’clock in the Hawes Building
at Bolivia to discuss plans by
which new industry may be
attracted to this area.
Tlie idea was conceived by
the Rev. Clarence Warren,
pastor of Town Creek and
Bethel Methodist churches.
He received encouragement
from citizens with whom he
discussed the plan and the
meeting on Monday night was
arranged.
No special invitations have
been issued, and it should be
made clear that no particular
town or community will have
preference over another in
the efforts of this group to
attract industry to Bruns
wick.
Recognize Need
For Facilities
Truck Stop, Including Ac
commodations For Driv
ers As Well As For Vehi
cles, Seen As Big Need
BY W. B. KEZIAH
The public has obviously un
derrated various things in con
nection with the huge terminals
here and several people very in
terested and obviously anxious to
go into some form of business
have recently asked regarding
this or that matter.
Among the inquiring folks have
been several who want to know
something regarding the needed
proportions for a truck stop.
Namely, a place that would have
room for the parking of the
tractors and accommodations for
the drivers during the 3 or 4
days they are in Southport, each
trip.
The general idea was that
about 2 acres of land would be
needed.
To sort of be able to give the
inquiring parties better informa
tion than we had at the time, M.
C. Harrison, Safety Inspector for
the Baggett Transportation Com
pany of Birmingham, was in
terviewed this week and asked
how much land would be needed
for an adequate terminal.
Harrison was not sure, but he
thought that over 5 acres would
be needed for the tractors of his
company that will be here.
It is understood' that space is
not needed for the trailers. They
go straight to the shipping term
inal and remain there until they
are unloaded and are reloaded,
ready to go on a return journey
somewhere. Thq tractors, as has
already been stated, uncouple and
come into town. They and the
drivers remain here until things
are in readiness for them to hit
the road again.
It is quite possible that a shop
may be required for overhauling
the tractors and sometimes give
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Leland Automobile Dealer
Faces Murder Charge In
Superior Court With Spe
cial Venire From Which
To Choose Jury
JUDGE BURGWYN
PRESIDING JURIST
Other Cases Disposed Of
During First Two Days Of
Criminal Court Here
This Week
A special venire was brought
in from Sampson county this
morning from which to draw a
jury for the trial of R. E. Crisp
on a charge of murder. That case
was calendared in Brunswick
county Superior court for today,
and Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn
had cleared the deck during the
‘‘irst two days of court this week.
Crisp, a Leland automobile deal
er, faces trial for the fatal shoot
ing of James Anthony Ferreri on
the night of March 16, 1955.
Ferreri, who was 17 years of age,
and two companions were from
New York and claimed they were
on their way to Florida at the
time of the shooting. Crisp is ex
pected to claim that he shot in
self defense.
Two manslaughter cases have
been disposed of here this week.
Lonnie Beatty, pleaded guilty to
this charge and was given 18-20
years. He was on trial for the
fatal shooting of Lonnie McCoy.
Alfred Marlowe pleaded guilty
to involuntary manslaughter as a
result of an automobile accident
resulting in death. He was given
from 2-5 years, judgment being
suspended upon payment of costs
and a fine, the defendant to re
main on probation for 5 years
and refrain from driving an auto
mobile during that period.
Three defendants entered pleas
of guilty to charges of burning
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New Streets Are
Being Laid Out
Development Of Residential
Area In Northeastern Sec
tion Of City Continues At
Rapid Pace
Still grading roads on the Frink
and Herring sub-division, the
Coastal Construction Company is
building streets for the Willis
Brothers and Moore-Fonville, all
in the Cape Fear Heights area.
The place affords some beauti
ful home sites and in parts of
the area quite a number of nice
homes have been built during the
last few years. All but two that
are still under construction are
occupied.
Power lines have already been
constructed through much of the
area and water lines are now be
ing laid. As soon as these facili
ties are completed private inter
ests are expected to do much in
home building. A number of re
sidential lots have been sold by
the various interests that are
carrying on with the development.
The area is just across Fiddler's
Drain, also known as Bonnet
Creek, and is less than half mile
from the court house.
Report Indicates
Continued Need
For Polio Fund
One New Patient Reported
In Brunswick County Dur
ing 1955, But Three For
mer Victims Were Given
Aid
TOTAL OF $784.00
PAID BY CHAPTER
Additional Funds Were Sent
To Epidemic Fund Head
quarters To Help Com
bat Disease In Other
Sections
With the annual March of
Dimes of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis now in
full swing in Brunswick County
attention is called to the report
of the county treasurer, Mrs. J.
M. Harper, Jr. for the year 1955.
This report went recently to na
tional headquarters and reflects
the disbursements of the chapter
for the twelve month period.
Only one new polio .case was
helped, but three persona who
contracted polio in previous years
received hospitalization and
braces. This indicates that even
without a new outbreak in the
county funds are continually
needed to provide help for pa
tients who were crippled in prior
years.
A total of $630 was paid for
patient care, of which amount
$150 went for surgery, $4 for
physiotheraphy and the remainder
for hospitalization.
As the need for funds was
more urgent in other parts of the
country than in the county dur
ing the last year, $907.47 was
deposited with the Epidemic Aid
Fund. It is well to remembei
than in a recent year when the
Brunswick County Chapter was in
need of more help than it could
provide for itself, the Epidemic
Aid Fund sent checks in excess
of $5000 to the county.
Here in Southport members of
the Lions Club have agreed to
accept responsibility for solicita
tions from places of business.
Mrs. N. M. Hornstein, community
chairman has secured an addition*
al group of volunteer workers.
Volunteer workers in South
port include: Mrs. Laura Watts,
Mrs. Gertha Ward, Mrs. Mary
Garner, Mrs. Libby Spencer, Mrs.
D. A. Baker, Mrs. Velma Ward,
Mrs. L B Bennett, Mrs Neils
Jorgensen, Mrs. Dosher Ruark,
Jr., Mrs. Riley Willis, Mrs. J.
Shelton, Mrs. Walter Aldridge,
Mrs. O. W. Carrier, Mrs. B. L.
Furpless, Mrs. Emily McKeithan,
Mrs. Guy Garrett, Mrs. J. T.
Barnes and Mrs. Jim Johnson.
Stray Dogs To
Be Rounded Up
Owners Warned Against Al
lowing Pets Run At Large
On Streets Of Southport
Without License Tags
As is frequently the case at
the close of the hunting season
good dogs as well as mongrels
and pets are again on the streets,
especially at night and in the
early mornings.
Frequent complaints are heard
by Chief Butler and Assistant
Chief Gore, as wel las by other
city officials. The dogs are be
coming rated as a general nui
sance, as well as a menace.
Accordingly, the police have
been instructed to begin round
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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, January 26,
6:46 A. M. 0:24 A. M.
7:11 P. M. 1:06 P. M.
Friday, January 27,
7:40 A. M. 1:19 A. M.
8:06 P. M. 1:57 P. M.
Saturday, January 28,
8:31 A. M. 2:11 A. M.
8:58 P. M. 2:45 P. M.
Sunday, January 29,
9:21 A. M. 3:02 A. M.
9:48 P. M. 3:31 P. M.
Monday, January 30,
10:09 A. M. 3:51 A. M.
10:39 P. M. 4:17 P. M.
Tuesday, January 31,
10:56 A. M. 4:41 A. M.
11:29 P. M. 5:03 P. M.
Wednesday, February 1,
11:43 A. M. 5:30 A. M.
0:00 P. M. 5:49 P. M.