THE STATE PORT PILOT __A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Volume No. 17 No. 30 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1356 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Most Of The News All The Time The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR Invitations For Additional Work In Terminal Area i Traffic Check House Will Be One Item On Which Bids Are Being Asked; Seven Bridges Also Being Proposed WILL FACILITATE FIRE FIGHTING JOB Work Begins On Erection Of Fire Tower After This Project Had Been Tem porarily Abandoned Invitations for the bids are going out from the Army En gineers office in Wilmington Fri day of this week for several small additional construction projects at Sunny Point. The bids will ask for a single contract for the construction of a Traffic Check House to be lo cated at the main entrance in the Administration area and for six 30-foot bridges and one 54-foot bridge, together with necessary electrical and mechanical support ing features. The Traffic Checking House was included in the original plans, was deleted later and is now re stored as a necessity. The bridges will span drainage ditches on Road “A” to the rail road yards. In case of fire they will permit the firemen to get hose from hydrants along the road and to the fire area without hav ing to drag the hose across the open ditches. Such delay could re sult in a serious loss of time. The advertising period of the bids will be for about 3 weeks, with the opening of bids to come about March 2. In addition to the above pend ing construction it is noted that construction on the Forest Fire Watch Tower, near the fire sta tion, is progressing under the Miller Building Corporation of Wilmington. This feature was au thorized, some months ago. Later the order was cancelled, and later was restored as a necessary safe ty facility. Brief Bits Of lnewsj PURCHASES PROPERTY E. J. Prevatte has pm-chased the Niernsee property located on the waterfront in Southport next to the Community Building. REFINISHING FLOORS The floor of the Southport high school gymnasium has been completely refinished, with most of the work being performed by the high school boys. rmE^TLONGBEACH The general store of Guy Shu ler at Long Beach was destroyed by fire last week. It was newly built since the October 1954 storm and contained a fairly large stock of goods. P. T. A. PROGRAM The Thursday night program for the Southport Parent-Teach ers Association was presented by students of the fifth grade, Mrs. Merle Lennon teacher. It featur ed a humerous one-act play that members of the audience thor oughly enjoyed. SUPPER MEETING A supper meeting has been planned again this week for Sunday evening services at Trini ty Methodist Church, beginning at 6 o’clock and concluding at 7:30 o’clock. The first of this series of meetings was held last week, and was very successful. CONDEMNS BUILDING < City officials last week issued a formal condemnation of the old wooden building adjoining the tax office in Southport. The structure is rated as a fire hazard and un safe on several points. It is own ed by Wilmington real estate in terests and has not been in use for some time. V A LENTINE DANCE Tickets are now on sale to the Valentine Dance which will be held on Tuesday night in the Community Building from nine until one. The dance is being sponsored by the Southport Gar den Club, the Live Oak Garden Club and the Southport Woman's Club. SPECIAL MEETING City Manager John West has been invited to attend a call ses sion of the Governor’s Advisory Pannel tomorrow (Thursday) at 3 o’clock in Wilmington. He was instructed to bring information on proposals and estimates of cost on seawalls and jetties which will help control erosian along the Southport waterfront. i Cooking Utensils From Out Of Past Interesting Articles Unearthed At Yaupon Beach Turn Out To Be Chimney Hook And Skillet Brought to this office by G. V. Barbee, developer of Yaupon Beach, the “ships anchor” men tioned in last week’s paper, prov ed to be one of those old time pot or chimney hooks, used in the kitchens of equally old time homes that had kitchens. In a lot of homes of that day there was seldom a kitchen. The hooks were to be found as often as not in the living room, bedroom and parlor. The hooks were used to hang pots for cooking in the chimneys, over the coals in the fireplaces. This hook has probably dealt a hand in the cooking of many a savory stew of game and fish. It is hand forged and consists of a straight bar with a ring in the upper end to permit its being hung in the chimney. The hook it at the other end and there is a cross-piece to prevent it and the pot from turning around and around. The frying pan that was also found and which is in fine condi tion for use, although flecked by rust, was made before the pres ent century. It is 3 inches deep and also has 3 inch legs. Prac tically all of the old time cook ing utensils were built with legs to permit cooking over coals in open fires. Both implements were found when they were turned up by a bulldozer engaged in grading for the new motel at Yaupon Beach. The pot hanger especially indicates that a house or cabin once stood there, but there is no record of one and of the several old timers here at Southport who have been interviewed about the matter none have ever seen or heard of a house having been at that point. County Plans To Build Classrooms Brunswick County Board Of Education Plans To Use Full $370,000 Now Avail able For This Purpose HELP STANDARDIZE NEGRO SCHOOLS Panel From State Board Of Education Met Here Last Week In Advisory Capacity Members of the—. Brunswick County Board of Education have voted to use the $370,000 avail able for this county for basic classroom construction, and their first objective will be to stand ardize the three consolidated Ne gro high schools. A survey committee from the School Planning Division of the State Board of Education in Ra leigh was here for two days last week making a study of existing conditions. While they were' in no position to make a concrete rec ommendation, their suggestion was that first consideration be given correction of existing prob lems relating to approved class room space. The county board instructed Superintendent H. C. Stone to employ Leslie Boney, architect, to make preliminary estimates that will look toward providing stand ard classroom space at Bruns wick County Training School, ad ditional classrooms at Union and Lincoln, indoor toilets at Cedar Grove and Longwood schools and four classrooms at Piney Grove near Bolivia. Lenten Services At St. Phillips Unique Question And An swer Series Planned For Local Church During Next Several Weeks A unique series of services is planned for St. Philip’s Episcopal Church for the Lenten season when a series of dialogue sermons will be presented at evening serv ices during the six-week period before Easter. The Rev. Ralph W. Smith, rector of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Wrightsville Sound, and the Rev. William L. Hicks, of St. Philip’s, will de liver sermons on six questions in dialogue form. One will take the part of a Christian believer and the other will be in the role of a questioning non-believer. The services will be every Wed nesday night during Lent, start ing February 15. Time for the services is 8 o’clock. The sermons will ereal with such questions as "Isn’t what a man does more important that what he believes?” "Does prayer have the power to change condi tions of nature, such as hurri canes?” “Why are we told that it is necessary to believe that Jesus was the divine Son of God?” "If God is good and al mighty, why is there so much that is bad in the world?” “Do we have to believe everything that is in the Bible?” and "Can a per son be saved without being a church member?” In the dialogue sermon the con gregation is given an opportunity to hear a conversation on matters Continued Os Page Four! Meeting Set- For Bolivia Monday A second meeting will be held Monday night at 7:30 o’clock in the Bolivia high school auditorium to discuss plans by which new industry may be attracted to the va rious communities of Bruns wick county, The first meeting'was held last week, with the Kev. C. L. Warren serving as tempor ary chairman. The enthusiasm of citizens attending that meeting encouraged the sche duling of this second session. An effort is being made to have a representative from the N. C. Development Courr cil present to explain steps that are being taken on a State level to encourage the establishment of small busi nesses throughout North Car olina. Everyone is invited to at tend, and it is particularly desirable that each commu nity be represented. Power Line To Fish Factory Carolina Power And Light Company Seeks Permis sion To Extend Lines Across Dutchman’s Creek In a public notice, Col. R. L. Hill of the Corps of Army En gineers, has advised that the Carolina Power and Light Com pany has made application for permission to construct overhead wiring across Dutchman’s Creek at a point approximately two miles west of Southport. The plans show that the over head wiring will be at a mini mum of 45.5-feet above mean high water. Plans may be seen at the Engineers office in Wil mington or at the post office in Southport. The crossing will be at the site of the old railroad bridge, near where a fish fac (Continued on Page Four) Churches Plan Scout Program Four Southport Churches Making Plans For Spon sorship Of Scouting Acti vities In Southport Four of the churches in South port have voted to help sponsor the scouting program in this community, and a meeting will be held on Monday, February 20, in the basement of Southport Bap tist Church to discuss these plans. A scout executive will attend that meeting. Churches that have agreed to participate include Southport Presbyterian Church, Southport Baptist Church, St. Phillips Epis copal Church and Trinity Metho dist Church. The tentative plan is to haVe each church sponsor a troop, with the objective being to have one Explorer Scout troop, two troops of Boy Scouts and one Cub Scout ti'oqp. Hubert Bellamy Heading Drive Hubert Bellamy, Shallotte mer chant, will head the Annual Red Cross Roll Call in Brunswick county this year, and he says that already he is working on a skele ton organization which will carry this campaign into every comer of Brunswick county. "During the past two years our people have had an oppor tunity to see just what the Red Cross can and does do to help out in times of disaster,” he says. "I hope and trust that our re sponse will be generous.” Group Proposes Ferry Service To Fort Fisher Up-State Interests Are Sack ing Permission To Put In This Service Across Low er Cape Fear River According to information re ceived here, High Point and Greensboro public utility inter ests have made application to own and to operate a ferry or ferries between Southport and Fort Fish er in New Hanover county. As the landing point in New Hanover is said to be 421-ifeet within the Fort Fisher security area created by Sunny Point on the Brunswick side of the river, military approval will have to be obtained. Informal sources say that such action will be recom mended. The proposed landing point in Southport is within the City limits. Should the ferry be established it is said that its operation will provide a greater flow of tourist traffic through Southport than now exists. At present everything at Southport, so far as highways are concerned, is at a dead end. The ferry will, of course, be a toll facility. Nevertheless its esta lishment will provide an interest ing scenic coastal route. The establishment of the ferry is tiie only way by which the long-time dream of an all-coastal highway can be realized. A bridge anywhere across the lower Cape Fear is out of the question, at least for many years. Transport Men Like Southport Member Of Crew Of USS Richmond Expresses Ap preciation Of His Ship mates A big transport, the Richmond, with a crew of 48 men left Sun day after being here 10 days. At first, according to Yoeman Hank Gafforio, the crew did not like Southport so much. None of them had ever been here before. But a few came in at the start and pretty soon all were coming. Sat urday night saw about all of the men on liberty in town. Yeoman Gafferio took occasion to state Saturday night that they had at first taken the town as a small fishing village with its people unaccustomed to the ways of seamen. He stated that the boys quick ly found out that their first im pression was wrong, that South port folks know seamen and can appreciate them. In turn the sea < Continued on Page Four) ■ Leland Enters Finer Carolina Race This Year Decision Reached At Special Dinner Meeting Of Citi zens Of That Community Last Week FRIDAY MEETING TO PICK PROJECTS Cpntest Will Be In Leland Woodburn Area; First Prize In This Classifi cation Will Be $1000 Citizens of the Leland-Wood bum area of Brunswick county have decided to enter the Finer Carolina contest this year and will meet Friday night to select their project. This competition is sponsored by Carolina Power and Light Co. in communities that are served by that firm. A preliminary meeting was held at the Lions Club Building last week, at which time a de cision was reached to enter this 'contest. Mrs. Leo Johnson was named chairman of a committee including three ladies and three men to discuss plans for the con test and to investigate possibili ties for projects. Oh this committee with Mrs. Johnson were Mrs. William Ben ton, Mrs. Joe Verzaal, Mrs. Dan Willetts, J. F. Johnson, Wood bury Benton and Roy Martin. The Leland-Woodburn entry will be made in the classification limited to a population under 1, 000 and the first prize is $1,000. Busy Day For County Court Another All-Day Session Of Brunswick County Recor der’s Court Held Here Monday V Another busy session of Bruns wick county Recorder’s court was held here Monday, with the fol lowing cases being disposed of before Judge Earl Bellamy: Harry Lee Harrelson, reckless operation and failure to give right of way, fined $15 and costs. Thomas Monta Ward, no chaf feur’s license, fined $25 and costs. John Max Stone, speeding, $10 and costs. Llody Earl Milliken, public drunkness, fined $25 and costs. Edward Earl Ward, speeding, fined $15 and costs. David Bryant, failing to give right of way, operating on wrong side of highway and failing to give proper hand signals, fined $20 and oosts. Edward Robbins, speeding, fined $10 and costs. Eugene Bernard Davis, failing to yield right of way, fined $10 and costs. Donald Ray Harris, improper equipment, fined $10 and costs. Clifton Othello Lewis, speeding, judgment withheld. Bernice Wilking, speeding, fined $35 and costs, notice of appeal given. Donald Doss, speeding, fined $15 and costs. Howard Dennis Mahoney, speed ing, fined $15 and costs. Mamie Thomas Hall, speeding, fined $35 and costs. Bonair Benton, speeding, fined $10 and costs. continued On Page Two Our ROVING Reporter About two hundred subscribers have been added to The State Port Pilot mailing list since Jan uary 1 of this year, and in no case has any one been bedeviled or even asked to subscribe. It has simply been a matter of Bruns wick county people liking the pa per and feeling that they cannot do without it. We are glad of the glowing expressions of con fidence. For one thing, it enables us to give advertisers real service. The advertisers who want to get their message before the people of Brunswick can do so by ad vertising in The Pilot. To be so identical with your twin sister that your own mother often gets you mixed -up—al though dad never has that fault —is a frequent experience for Sandra and Wanda Powell, at tractive 15-year old daughters of Mr. and Mis. Detroit Powell of Southport. The only diference is that Sandra has an almost in visible dimple on the right side of her chin. She is also 3-pounds heavier than Wanda, a fact that nobody believes. They usually guess that Wanda is the heavier of the two. They are the only children of Mr. and Mrs. Powell, who moved here from Ruther fordton nearly six years ago. Mrs. Powell is a nurse at • the Dosher Memorial Hospital and Powell is a civilian employee at Sunny Point. It is a mistaken belief that the developed portion of the City of Southport is on the highest eleva tion on the lower Cape Fear. Cape Fear Heights, now being develop ed, has areas 11 feet higher than the developed part of town . . . Fiddler* Drain, also known as Bonnett Creek, must have form lContinued ua page four) Congressional Candidates OPPONENTS—Congressman F. Ertel Carlyle paid his filing fee last Tuesday to become an official candidate for Representative from the Seventh Congressional Dis trict. Former United States Senator Alton Lennon has made his official announcement that he will also seek the Democratic nomination for this office in the May Primary. Four Announce For May Primary Coach Tom Rogers On Yaupon Staff Tom Rogers, former foot ball coach for the Wake For est Deamon Deacons, has ac cepted the position of vice president in charge of public relations with Barbee’s, Inc., devlopers of Yaupon Beach. One of his duties will be to serve as sales representative throughout Piedmont North Carolina. He now has a home « in Durham and' will divide his time between the Bruns wick county resort and that city. His connection with the re sort development will mean that Rogers will retain an ac tive connection with sports, for fishing and various kinds of recreation are among the highlights of Yaupon Beach. Jury List For Superior Court Judge Q. K. Nimocks To Preside Over One-Week Term For Trial Of Civil Cases A one week term of civil court is to convene here on Monday, February 26 with Judge Q. K. Nimmocks scheduled to preside. At their meeting Monday the County Commissioners drew a list of 41 men and women to serve on the jury. The following names were drawn: W. J. Grady, Floyd Washington, Lindsey F. Lewis, Joseph C. Hewett, S. H. Hewett, J. H. Gray, Fred Cumbee, Francis A. Cole man, J. B. Norris, C. B. Carlyle, Norman C. Bellamy, Supply; Rice Gwynn, Jr., G. B. Ward, Long wood; Frank R. Sullivan, R. J. Peterson, Joe Reaves, J. E. Snead, H. C. Blake, S. A. Sue, Leland. Chas. G. Arnold, H. R. Tatum, Robert McLamb, Joe Brooks, L. C. Rourk, J. L. Stone, Shallotte; Henry Hickman, Drawdy Bell amy, D. P. Bellamy, Wampee, S. C.; J. C. Crouch, C. F. Len non, A. F. Parker, Bolivia; Her bert Johnson, Joel Moore, J. B. Cochran, C. F. Aldridge, South port; G. V. Barbee, Long Beach; Delmas Hewett, Bedford Stana land, William Matthews, Ash; Johnson Reed, W. C. Gore, Win nabow. m accordance with orders from Governor Luther H. Hodges and Chief Justice M. V. Barnhill, Clerk of Court J. E. Brown is preparing; a civil court calendar that is destined to clear up all old civil cases that have been on the docket for many years. Some of the these cases have been on the docket since 1947. Their disposal may create a prob lem, with attorneys being dead in some instances and parties to the suit also dead in other cases. Some matters have just been al lowed to drift along. The courts now seem determined to either try them or remove them from the docket. Some have been on the docket as much as 2 Oyears, it is said. Checking on all old cases has not yet been completed, but it is esti mated that there may be as many as 200 of them. They are being scheduled to be called at the next term of Superior court for trial. of civil cases. Southport Attorney Announ ces Candidacy For Repre sentative From Brunswick County To North Carolina General Assembly RATCLIFFE FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS Tempo Expected To Speed Up All Along The Politi cal Front During Next Few Weeks The political calm in Bruns wick county was shattered , this week with the official announce ment from "two local candidates, plus word that the congressional race for this district promises a knock-down-and-drag-out fight between F. Ertel Carlyle and Al ton Lennon. On the local scene, James C. Bowman, Southport attorney, an nounces that he will seek nomina tion to the office of member of the House of Representatives in the May Primary. Kirby Sulli van is the present representative from this county, and it is gener ally accepted that he will seek re-election. Bowman is solicitor of the Brunswick county Recorder’s court, and during the 1954 sena torial campaign he cut his poli tical teeth by serving as Bruns wick county manager for Len non. The other candidates for a county office is H. G. Ratcliffe, who seeks nomination as Regis ter of Deeds. That office is held by Amos J. Walton, who thus far has made no definite statement regarding his intentions to seek reelection. Ratcliffe moved to Southport in 1943, and for the past five years has served as office deputy and jailer. He first held this office under Sheriff E. V. Leonard and later under Sheriff Elbert H. Gray. While this will be his first political race in Brunswick coun ty, he was a candidate for this same office in Cumberland coun ty during the mid-thirties, and was a loser by a narrow margin in a second primary race. Colonel McAleer Bolivia Speaker Commanding Officer At Sunny Point Is Speaker Before Bolivia Lions Club; Executive Officer Is Also Present Colone! William A. McLeer, Commanding Officer at Sunny Point, and Lt. Col. W. F. Murphy, the Executive Officer, were invited to Bolivia to address the Lions Club Thursday night. Col. McAleer was the guest speaker and he held forth at length concerning the Sunny Point Army Terminal in relation to the community where it is lo cated and to various other func tions. His talk was most interest ing and resulted in a number of questions being fired at him. It was of much interest to the two Army officers to note the keen interest on the part of the Bolivia folks in relation to the Sunny Point activities. In connection with the civic and community spirit of the Sunny Point officials, it may interest the Bolivia folks to know that this was the second of two public i meetings these two officers at tended that day. Headquarters Of Army Transport Com’nd Changes Several North Carolina Citi es Under Consideration As Sites Of This U. S. Army Activity HAS IMPORTANT LOCAL BEARING Greater Proximity To Sunny Point Seen As One Reason For Making Change In Location Of Offices BY W. B. KEZIAH Senators Sam Ervin and Kerr Scott announced this past W%Mk that the Atlantic Transportation Corps Command at the New York Port of Embarkation is seeking a new home and that Raleigh, among half a dozen other southern cities, has been under consideration and investi gation for months. Only three cities in South Car olina were mentioned as being under consideration for the new home. These were Anderson, Spartanburg and Greenville. AS against these three, Raleigh, Asheville, Winston-Salem, Greens boro, High Point and Charlotte in North Carolina seem to be getting .consideration, with the odds apparently favoring Ra leign. Whichever the choice, there is a ristinct local bearing in the decision of the Atlantic Trans portation Corps Command to move to this or the adjoining state of South Carolina. Sunny Point at Southport, un der command of Col. Wm. A. Mc Aleer, is rated as the principal terminal of the Transportation Corps Command. Moving nearer than New York, where it is now located, better attention can be given to Sunny Point, to Charles ton on the South and Hampton Roads in Virginia. The announcement seems to have powerful potentalities for Sunny Point, according to some sources. The facility is headquar ters- for all Army, Navy and Air Force shipping from Miami, Fla., north and its personnel is com posed of about 500 workers. It ■ keeps in constant contact with all shipping points and the move will place it much nearer the center of things. March Of Dimes Gets Donation Substantial Contribution Re ceived From Personnel At Sunny Point Army Termi nal This Week The March of Dimes fund for Brunswick county received a donation of $310 during the past week from personnel at the Sun ny Point Army Terminal. The col lections were forwarded to Mrs. M. H. Rourk, chairman of the drive, by Major Herman Jr. Swartz. Mrs. Rourk reports that she has been well pleased with re sults that have come into her hands from the various commu nities thus far .However, final reports still are incomplete and her announcement of the grand total will be made after all vol unteer workers have made their final accounting. Meanwhile, she says that she appreciates the unselfish assist-' ance of those who have helped conduct the campaign, and that; she also wishes to express her appreciation to citizens of the county for their generosity. 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, February 9 6:23 A. M. 0:00 A. M. 6:32 P. M. 12:34 P. M.t Friday, February 10 7:04 A. M. 0:41 A. M. 7:13 P. M. 1:15 P. M. Saturday, February 11 7:43 A. M. 1:23 A. M. 7:52 P. M. 1:54 P. M. Sunday, February 12 8:19 A. M. 2:02 A. M. 8:27 P. M. 2:31 P. M. Monday, February 18 8:52 A. M. 2:41 A. M. 9:03 P. M. 3:07 P. M. Tuesday, February 14 9:26 A. M. 3:19 A. M. 9:40 P. M. 3:43 P. M. Wednesday, February 15 10:00 A. M. 3:59 a. M. 10:22 P. M. 4:21 p. >1.

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