THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Volume No. 17 No. 30 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1356 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.