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Most Of The News AH The Time Volume No. 17 No. 50 THE STATEPORT PILOT _A Good Newspaper A Good Community _ _6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. THURSDAY, 8, 1956 _PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR i County uetting Drainage Work From Congress An Amendment Introduced Yesterday To Appropria tions BiH Includes Funds f" °r Waccamaw And Tri butaries DOES NOT AFFECT LARGER PROJECT ^Vork Will Help Open Up Streams Draining This Area And Will Be Ben efit To Farmer Ac tivity An amendment to the appro priations bill introduced Tuesday by Congressman Herbert C. Bon ner and adopted by the House of Representatives will result in the removal of hurricane debris from 142 miles of the Waccamaw river and its tributaries. This is ex pected to have an important ef fect upon drainage of much of the most fertile farm land in this county. A breakdown calls for drain age, snagging and clearing debris from 36 miles of the Waccamaw river; 18 miles of Juniper Creek and Honey Island; 30 miles of White Marsh creek; 32 miles of Beaverdam creek, Motte Swamp and Seven Creeks; 13 miles of Rogue Swamp; and 13 miles of Livingston creek in Columbus county. W. Avery Thompson of Halls boro, regional director, South Atlantic region, National Rivers and Harbors Congress, pointed out that the $525,400 being re quested for work on ,the Wacca maw river has nothing to do with the long-range project for drain age of this area, but is the nature of seeking immediate relief from conditions brought about by the visitation of the hurricanes. The amendment, granting emer gency funds to North Carolina, was tacked on to the Civil De fense section of the independent offices appropriations bill. Hence the money will be spent under the direction of Civil Defense Admin istrator Val Peterson. Monday, the North Carolina delegation met with Peterson to request money for the drainage projects from his general emer gency fund. "Mr. Peterson seemed undeter mined as to whether he could do what we asked or not,” said Bon ner, “so today we earmarked the funds to show him it can be done.” Bonner praised the “splendid assistance” he received from the “entire North Carolina delegation in getting his amendment adopt ed. Brief Bits Of H\EWS~i P. T. A. MEETING ■The Southport Parent-Teachers Association meeting will be held tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 7:30 o’clock in the high school auditorium. HOLDING REVIV AL The Rev. R. H. Jordan, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church, Southport, is conducting a revival this week at Concord Methodist Church at Supply. The pastor is the Rev. Tracy Owen. REBUILDING AT BEACH A. G. Dunn of the Bonlee Hard ware Company of Bonlee is mak ing plans to rebuild his home at Long Beach. DRIVERS LICENSES License Examiner Wallace re ported Monday afternoon that about 20 persons had obtained drivers licenses during the regular Monday examination that day. A small number of others failed to pass at the time. POST OFFICE CROWDED Post Office conditions at South port are becoming very crowded, especially on arrival of the after noon mails. Folks are becoming acutely conscious of the need of a new or larger building. In addition to the town the office here has to serve Fort Caswell, Long Beach, Yaupon Beach and Sunny Point. ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC The Orthopedic Clinic, conduct ed monthly by the Crippled Chil dren’s Section of the State Board of Health, will be held Thursday, March 8, from 8 a. m. to 12 noon, at James Walke: Memorial Hos pital in Wilmington. The clinic serves New Hanover and sur rounding counties. Total number of patients last month was 79 with 9 from Brunswick. Herdsman BUSY Jimmy Albright is shown in the milking oarn of the dairy which he and his father operate near Bolivia as he grooms one of his prize Jerseys before mik mg Jimmy got his start in the dairy business as a 4-H Aub member. Observe 4-H Club Week In County Brunswick County Boys And ’ Girls Join With Thous-' ands Of Others From All Over North Carolina In Observance SANFORD LEE IS COUNTY LEADER Window Displays And Oth er Activities Call Atten tion To Work This Week In Brunswick By L. R. HARRILL State 4-H Club Leader This week North Carolina’s 149,921 4-H members, their par ents, leaders, and friends, will join with two million other 4-H mem bers throughout the nation in the observance of National 4-H Club Week, a period set aside to bring to the attention of the public the significance of 4-H Club work and its program of varied oppor tunities for farm boys and girls. Here in Brunswick county As sistant County Agent Sanford Lee is in charge of 4-H dub activi ties, and during this week he has made provision for window dis plays and ohter activities which will call attention to the work be ing accomplished by the girls and boys of this organization. The chief objectives for the ob servance of National 4-H dub Week are to provide members a special occasion for evaluating past achievements and making plans for future activities on their farms, and in their homes and communities; to inform the pub lic, including parents, of the value of 4-H training; to interest other young people in enrolling in local clubs; to recognize support of lo cal citizens; and to enlist more public spirited citizens to volun teer for this service. Here in North Carolina special emphasis will be on providing op portunities for a larger number of boys and girls to participate in the program and on the expan sion of the local leader program. Every farm boy and girl not al ready enrolled will be encouraged to join the 4-H dub during Na tional 4-H dub Week. Activities in the various counties will in clude special feature articles, spe cial editions of local papers, talks and demonstrations by 4-H dub members and by county-winnnig demonstration teams, television programs by 4-H members, win dow displays and exhibits, special 4-H Club Week posters, the pre sentation of special programs at school assemblies, special 4-H programs at home demonstration meetings, banquets honoring par ents, adult leaders, and donors, tours to observe projects of out standing members and the erec tion of highway welcome and safety signs. Continued On Page Two Muleback Trip Leads To Trouble A mule ride from Supply to Southport Monday ended in trouble for an 18-year old white boy named Hedgecock. He had ridden the mule to town to be delivered to H. T. Bowmer. Afterwards he is said to have partaken too freely of beer for his con stitution. When Principal Tom Webb of the high school opened the building Mopday night for a meeting that was to be held there he heard someone run ning down the hall. The boy halted and then broke and ran. Later Deputy H. G. Rat cliffe and Chief of police Butler found him getting into the car of a friend from Sup ply. Again he broke and ran. Chief Butler caught him and lodged him in jail. He is be lieved to have broken in the school building through a rear door and is being held on a charge of breaking and enter ing. Historical Film To Be At Bolivia Brunswick Sub-District Me thodist Youth Fellowship Sponsoring Movie Friday, > March 16 'Die motion picture “John Wes ley” is coming to Brunswick County, and will be shown at the Bolivia high school auditorium on Friday, March 16 at 8 o'clock. The feature-length film is in Eastman color and was produced by the Radio and Film Commis sion of The Methodist Church in coperation with J. Arthur Rank. It brings to the screen for the first time the dynamic and color ful 18t.h century evangelist and educator. John Wesley’s miraculous rescue from a burning house at the age of five, at the beginning of the film, forecasts the dramatic and eventful life Which unfolds in this story of a man of slight stature but of impelling influence upon his contemporaries and upon his tory. The English clergyman thought his venture in America as a mis sionary to the Indians in the Georgia colony was a failure, but it was the kind of failure which opened the door to the discovery of a religious centainty he had [been seeking: -y -•'••• 1 Continued On Page Two Three Added Tv Candidates F( County Offie Two Members Of Pres Board Of County Cc missioners Announce C didacy For Re-Election THIRD MAN ALSO ENTERS CONTE No Change In Line-Up Aspirants For Other O fices Which Are To Be Filled This Year ihree men are announcing the candidacy for the Democrats nomination for member of tf board of county commissioned this week as the political battfc lines for Brunswick begin | broaden out. Two of the announcemen oome from men now serving s a member of this body. They ai Leo Medlin, who is now servin his second term as a member c the board of county commission ers and F. Herbert Swain, who i serving his first term. The third candidate is Raymonc Bellamy, who is seeking electioi to public office for the first time However, he is at present serv ing as a member of the Bruns wick county board of public wel fare, and he formerly served as chairman of the Democratic ex ecutive committee. R. L. Rabon, who is now com pleting his eighth year as a mem ber of the board of oounty com missioners, has made no definite announcement of his plans, but rumors persist that he will not be a candidate for reelections. Rumors were flying here Mon day about possible candidates for Register of Deeds and Represent ative, but there were no new an nouncements. Thur far James C. Bowman and Kirby Sullivan are the only two who have announce] for the latter office, and H, Ratcliffe is the only man to nounce for Register of Former United State* port 'Monday working in b-A of his candidacy for the Demo cratic nomination as congressman from the 7th district. Receives Diploma After Training Waccamaw High School Graduate Completes Six Months Sonar Course At Key West, Fla. George R. Jones, sonarman third class, USNCG, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gettie O. Jones of Ash, has received his diploma after completing a six-months sonar course at Key West, Fla. He is the husband of the former Miss Joy J. Potter of Supply. Jones has been transferred to the 1st Coast Guard District in Boston, Mass. Before entering the service in March, 1955, he attended Wac camaw High School. Navy Cdr. L. E. Davis, Jr., Training Officer of the Fleet Sonar School, Key West, Fla., made the presentation. The course included basic elec tronics, sonar maintenance and techniques and tactics used in anti-submarine warfare. ution Needed About Poison Foundations of the two iplex buildings on the Fort >hnston grounds are places be avoided for the present, ;pecially by children, says intractor Douglas Jewell. ' Yesterday 122 gallons of a 3?ry toxic poison, more than Vice as strong as extermina ‘ng fluid, was sprayed on the .undations and gravel on hich the concrete flooring IJill be poured. Some of it iturally reached some of the (irrounding area, t Children should be caution .1 against playing in the 5 ea where the poison was led for insect control. ^publicans In 'onvention At upply Saturday i L. Willetts Continues As Chairman Of Republican Lxecutive Committee For irunswiclfl County 'unswick county KepuDiicd.n& in convention at Supply Sat ly afternoon and elected a aty chairman and vice-chair H. L. (Sinker j wuieus w<^ ■ ected to the chairmanship and I }. Harold Willetts was elected I s-chairman. Both are residents | the Bolivia community. ••or the executive committee the ivention named Roy Hughes of iccamaw township; I. M. Jac 3, Northwest; Charlie Knox, iwn Creek; J. J- Loughlin, Jr., nitlvville; Edgar Holden, Lock 30ds trolly; Prince Hewett, Shal tte. D egates were also elected to ;teri the district convention in ilizabejthtown Tuesday and the tate convention in Durham on atwcwy of this week. No slate of county officers was eletim and it is assumed the tepubftans plan to enter the pri nary (flection on May 26. oicf trasses Workers Training School Will Be In Progress Mon day, Tuesday And Wed nesday Of Next Week At Shallotte ' lie annual Brunswick Chris tia i Worker’s School, under the aui pices of the Methodist church es in the county, will be held on Me iday, Tuesday and Wednesday nij ats of next week at Camp M< ;hodist Church, Shallotte. ' lach session will convene at 7:i ) o'clock and every church scl doI worker is invited and urged to attend. There will be three co rses offered. Teaching the coi rse for workers with children vi be Mrs. Earnest Smother ru i, wife of a Methodist minis tn in Wilmington. The course fa workers with youth will be ui er the direction of Rev. W. M. V lls, Jr., Carolina Beach. Rev. h -old Minor of Faison will in si ict the teachers and officers o’ adult classes. iev. Dennis Ricks of Shallotte i: dean of the school this year. Is ticipating churches other than ti host church include Trinity (3 utport). Rev. R. H. Jordan, , Continued On Page Two ;t~.. — W. B. I Our ROVING Reporter Should Brunswick county have a cold spell to the point of freez ing between now and summer, it will probably come during the week beginning March 26th. That is during and immediately after lite full moon. Late freezes in this area are rare, but when they come it is invariably following the full moon. Last year the March full moon occurred 6 days later than it will this year. The frost was a heavy one and about all fruit and flowers in Brunswick were dead by April 2nd. It does not absolutely follow that there will be a killing frost from now | on, but the three or four days after March 26th is the danger period. A lot of people were unable to buy a copy of last week’s paper for the simple reason that the edition became exhausted by Fri day morning and since the* n»; [ >ers have been available at rer the news stands or this ice. The policy of the paper “Subscribers First.” There has /er been an instance when all them were not taken care of. the other hand, enough ex s usually are printed to take •e of the newsstands and to re out to new subscribers and netimes a free copy to visitors town. Last week the guess as the number of new subscribers d people wanting to buy a copy 11 short. This often happens d the only way any one can assured of a copy is through ing cm the mailing list as a bscriber. The papers for sub ribers are stamped as fast as ey came from the press. After ey are taken care of we can less at how many extras may i needed. (Continued on page four) Receives Diploma GRADUATES—George R. Jones, Waccamaw High School graduate, has been attending school at Rey West and no# is sonarman third class in the Coast Guard. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Geddie O. Jones of As . Leland Teams W in Cage Championship Leland Advances Into Semi-Finals Leland advanced to the semi-finals of the State Class A tournament at Kenansville Tuesday when Dover was forced to withdraw from com petition because they had an Duplin county representative, Thursday night in the semi finals. The other teams ap pearing on this double-header will be Bath of Beaufort coun ty against Nakina, Columbus county champs. Winners of these two con tests will meet Saturday night for the District 2 title and the chance to advance in Crowded Docket Is Tried Monday Large Number Of Cases Had Piled Up During One-Week Lay-Off Due To Last Week’s Sessior Of Superior Court A big back-log of cases were | up for trial in Recorder’s court here Monday, and the following were disposed of before Judge Earl Bellamy: Julius Capers, CCW, no opera tor’s license, transporting, 2 to 9 months on roads, suspended on good hehavior and payment of a fine of $250 and costs, car seized ordered sold at public auction, whiskey ordered destroyed. Noah Brailsford, no chaffeurs license, improper equipment, fined $35 and costs. Ronie Varnum, possession, fined $25 and costs. Robert Johnson, James John son, assault with deadly weapon, 2 to 6 months in jail, sentence suspended on good behavior for a periods of three years, pay the hospital and other medical bills of Rudolph Grissett, attend church regularly and submit a monthly statement from their pastor, cer tifying their attendance. Fined $50 and costs. Robert Johnson, James Allen Johnson, disturbing the peace and trespass, 2 to 3 months in jail, assigned to work the roads, suspended on good behavior, com bined with previous case. Cyrus Lee Meares, drunken driving, fined $100 and costs, driver’s license revoked. John Henry McKoy, reckless operation, road sentence suspend ed on making restitution in the amount of $177 for damage to car of H. D. Sommersett and $10 i for the benefit of same party. Willie Ramsey Walker, speed ; ing, fined $10 and costs. I Rodney Gray, reckless opera tion, fined $10 and costs. James Edgar Jones .improper ! lights, fined $10 and costs. , Homer Hinson, allowing minor I to operate, fined $25 and costs, j Wesley Junior Smith, failure to . comply with auto license regis ’ tration, taxed with costs. ’ Lester Hobbs Simpson, speed ing, fined $10 and costs. 5 John Vail Fergus, speeding, 1 fined $10 and costs, fine re 1 mitted because of mitigating cir *• cumstances. Harmon Boyette Smith, speed ’ ing, fined $10 and costs. Charles Moses Hefelfinger l speeding, fined $10 and costs. r Carroll Dawson Alford, speed ing, fined $15 and costs. Continued On Page Two Leland Boys Triumph Over| Shallotte 69-65 And Girls Make Clean Sweep With 70-59 Decision Over Wac camaw REPEAT VICTORY FOR LELAND GIRLS Consolation Winners Are Southport Girls, Bolivia Boys; Latter Also Won Sportsmanship Award Leland made a clean sweep of basketball honors for Brunswick county this season by emerging champions in both the girls an boys’ division of the annual coun ty cage tournament held last week at Bolivia. Thse two teams had already wound up regular season play as champions in their respective divisions. The girl a earned their title with a 70-59 victory Saturday night over a gallant Waccamaw squad, which made a fight of it right up through the third quarter. Then the shooting of Daphne Ford and Nancy Allen, with 31 and 29 points respectively, paid off. Mary Lou Duval tossed in 26 points for the losers. The Leland boys also traveled a rocky road to the champion mip berore iney manageu uc reat Shallotte’s defending cham pions 69-65 Friday night. The shooting of David Ganey, with 25 points, and the rebounding of John Jones, who was crediated with capturing the ball 41 times off the boards, were the deciding factors. Tex Holden, with 24 points, led the Pirate attack, and kept his team in contention right down to the final whistle. Consolation prize for the girls went to Southport, who defeated Shallotte Friday night in a hard fought game 71-67. Judy Young made 34 points for the winners while Rachael Hawes was high for the losers with 28 points. Bolivia led by the 40-point pro duction of Carter Rabon, nosed out Southport for third place in the boys’ division 81-78. John Ganey was top man for the losers continued On Page Two Tomato Buyers Plan Meetings Proposition For Purchase Of This Crop Will Be Ex plained To Brunswick F armers Some farmers have expressed themselves interested in growing tomatoes for the Tabor City mar ket, says A. S. Knowles, county agent. Arthur Calendar of Shal lotte has been in contact with a produce concern of Tabor City about the marketing of tomatoes. The produce concern is willing to establish a market at Shallotte and pay market prices for green, pink, and ripe tomatoes provided enough acreage is planted in the area. In order to give farmers in formation about the project and determine the interest, a series of meetings are being planned. Southport (court house), Thurs day, March 8, at 7:30 p. m. Waccamaw (school house), Fri day, March 9 at 7:30 p. m. Bolivia (school house), Tuesday, March 13 at 7:30 p. m. Shallotte (school house), Mon day, March 12 at 7:30 p. m. Everyone interested in such a project should attend one of the meetings, reports the County Agent. Intentions must be made known at once so that plants can be made available. Organization Is Set Up For Red Cross Activity Mrs. Phil King Is Chairman For Southport And Sur rounding Area And Has Lined Up Volunteer Wor kers HUBERT BELLAMY COUNTY CHAIRMAN Solicitations Are Being Made Throughout Bruns wick With Objective Of Finishing Job This Month Mrs. Phil King, who is Red Cross fund chairman for South port and surrounding territory, has announced her list of work era. The Southport committee in cludes Mrs. F. M. Burdette, Jr., Mrs. Alex Fox, Mrs. J. S. Man gum, Mrs. Kendall Feak, Mrs. Norman Hornstein, Mrs. Frank Potter, Mrs. James Wolfe, Mrs. H. A. Schmidt, Mrs. L. B. Ben nett and Mrs. James T. Barnes. Lt. Col. Wm. F. Murphy will bp in charge of Sunny Point; Chief Bos’n Adrian Fulcher will be in charge of the Coast Guard; Thomas Webb will have charge of the school; and A. C. Caviness will be in charge of solicitations among the colored citizens. The following areas have been assigned the designated individ uals; Courthouse, H. G. Ratcliffe; City Hall, Mrs. Blanche Finch; professional men, Mrs. Eunice Daniel; hospital, Mrs. Ormand Leggett; downtown businesses, Phillip King; out the highway, Mrs. Mary McGlamery; yacht basin, Capt. A1 Martin; cnurcnes, Rev. Leo Hawkins; civic and fraternal organizations, Capt. Roy Robinson; solicitor at large, Mrs. Floyd Vann. Mrs. Joe Ramseur has been as signed the Orton area; Vincent Muncy will have charge of the Midway community; Mrs. C. C. Carr will handle Long Beach; Mrs. Clinton Bellamy will be in charge at Yaupon Beach; Mrs. Wesley Garner will head this work on the Beach road; and Mrs. Dallas Pigott will solicit the Southport citizens now in Key West, Fla. A full list of workers for other parts of Brunswick county was | not available from Hubert Bell | amy, county chairman, but he has his organization complete, and his objective is to raise the full $2,500 quota before the end of March. Mrs. Tatum In Welfare Work Shallotte Woman Accepts Position As Assistant Case Worker With Brunswick County Welfare Depart ment Mrs. Emma B. Tatum of Shal lotte is now assistant caseworker for the Brunswick County Wei-' fare Department, working with Mrs. Grace Kuark out of the Southport office. She entered on her duties the past week. Mrs. Tatum is well qualified for the position. She is a grad uate of Meredith College in Ra leigh. Following her graduation she taught for five years in the Shallotte high school, resigning from school work to accept a position with the R. D. White and 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, March 8, 4:59 A. M. 11:15 A. M. 5:14 P. M. 11:28 P. M. Friday, March 9, 5:48 A. M. 12:00 A. M. 6:00 P. M. 0:00 P. M Saturday, March 10, , . 6:31 A. M. 0:14 A. M. 6:43 P. M. 12:42 P. M. Sunday, March 11, 7:11 A. M. 0:57 A. M. 7:23 P. M. 1:22 P. M. Monday, March 12, 7:48 A. M. 1:39 A. M. 8:01 P. M. 1:59 P. M. Tuesday, March 13, 8:25 A. M. 2:20 A. M. 8:40 P. M. 2:37 P. M. ■Wednesday, March 14, 9:02 A. M. 3:01 A. M. 9:31 P. M. 3:16. P. M.
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