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Most Of The News All The Time Volume No. 17 No. 44 A Good Newspaper In A Good Community 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1956 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR Local Attorney Prepares Storm Damage Estimate Davis C. Herring Collects Information That Will Be Needed By Congressional Delegation In Seeking Storm Damage Relief ASKS STUDY AND REPORT ON REMEDY Objective Is To Be Able To Provide Against Another Disaster Of This Mag nitude Along This Section Of Coast With the aid of Senator Sam Ervin, Senator Kerr Scott and Congressman Ertel Carlyle all as sured and the interest of Gover nor Luther Hodges squarely be hind helping along the Bruns wick coast ,as well as elsewhere, Attorney Davis Herring of South port has prepared a summary of the damage done to the fishing industry along the Brunswick coast and has placed it in the hands of the Senators and Con gressman. All are now reported to be earnestly at work on the matter. The report commends the ex tremely valuable work done free by the Diamond Construction Company of Savannah, Ga., The T. F. Scholes, Inc., of Reading, Pa., The Hertford-Ceeil Company of Hertford,-and others with their heavy equipment, following hurri cane Hazel. A conservative estimate of dam age done dur ing the storms is a part of the report. This report shows that the shrimping inter ests suffered a loss totaling $375,000. Menhaden fishing at Southport was struck almost as heavily, the total loss for this industry being placed at $230,000. The report points out that economy in this area is based on shrimping, menhaden industry and party boats for fishing all of which was crippled. It is recog nized that the proper agency to make surveys and a report of proper remedial steps for the pro tection of the marine interest are the U. S. Army Engineers. It is therefore requested that a survey be made by this agency as soon as possible. Herring feels sure that with the complete support of the Senators and Congressman matters that are now up for the aid of marine interests in Brunswick county will be carried through. Brief Bite Of lnewsj ATTEND CONVENTION Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Holden of Shallotte attended the conven tion of the Dental Association at Pinehurst over the week end. BENEFIT DANCE The Melton-Shannon orchestra from Wilmington will play for a benefit dance Friday night at the Community Building following the Jerry Ball Show. Proceeds will go to the Southport baseball team. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAE Resident Engineer L. P. Thom as, who has been in a hospital for the past month for an op eration on one of his eyes, has returned to Southport and will resume his duties at Sunny Point Terminal in a few days. LOOKING FOR NESTS The traffic stoplight in South port hos been intriguing to many Martins for the past several days. They have been taking it as a nesting home that some kind hearted person has hung up for them. They are obviously distub ed that no doors were left for them to get inside. ATTENDED FUNERAL Mayor and Mrs. Roy Robin-, son and Chief of Police and Mrs. Robert Butler attended the fun eral of City Manager John F. West, Jr., at Sandy Run Baptist Church, near Louisburg in Franklin county Thursday. Mrs. West and children are with her parents for the present, but will return here in a few days. BOATS USING RAMP Warm weather of the past week has brought quite a lot of boats here on trailers to use the ramp for unloading the boats and to reload them with the owners were ready to go home. Some of these boats come quite a distance and the indications are that they will be here in great numbers during the summer. It usually takes only 5 or 6 minutes to either load or unload. Forestry Officials Improving Bridge Visitors To Springs At Allen Creek Will Have Safe Passage Over New Bridge Up until the rains of the first of last week the Brunswick Coun ty Forest Wardens were kept on their toes 24-hours of the day fighting forest fires and protect ing timber lands. It happens that the forest war dens are entrusted with the job of keeping bridges and the earth road from Orton to 87, via Pretty Pond, in passable repair. It happens that a represent ative of this paper has to go out on this road pretty often, some times with some important people in tow, enroute to the Bouncing Log Spring on Allen Creek. Hav ing a lot of trouble with a broken down bridge on the road this representative of the paper wrote Dorman Mercer, County Forest Warden, and asked him if he could fix the bridge. At the time Warden Mercer and his workers were needing something like a week of rest. They did not even have time to write and say they would fix things. Monday the local man was out on the road with Federal and State geologists. The bridge was awful bad, but they got over and back. Tuesday they had to go out again over the same road and bridge, but they encountered an obstacle. Trucks and cars blocked the bridge, one of the trucks loaded with lumber. War den Mercer, Gilbert Reid and a force of workers were tearing out the old decking and replacing it. They all grinned sheepishly as the visitors approached and Warden Mercer said “Come back in an hour and you can get across." So future visitors to the Boun cing Log Spring may be assured that the bridge on the road is all right. May Term Of Court Now In Session Judge Q. K. Nimocks Pre-* siding Over One-Week Term For Trial Of Crimi nal Cases Here This Week FEW IMPORTANT CASES ON DOCKET Several Whiskey Cases Are Scheduled To Be Tried Before Court Adjourns Probably Tomorrow Nothing very exciting from the point of view of court spectators has happened during the Superior court session which convened here Monday, but a number of cases of minor importance have been disposed of. William Henry Bryant, who faced charges of manslaughter, went free when the grand jury found it not to be a true bill. McKinley Jackson was tried yesterday in another manslaugh ter case and was found guilty. Judge Q. K. Nimocks, who is presiding over the term, deferred passing sentence until today. Another case disposed of yes terday was that in which Walter Marion Lewis was convicted of burning an automobile and at tempt to defraud. He was given 12 months in each case, the sen tences to run concurrently. Dennis Lee Sasser was tried yesterday for drunk driving g.nd was acquitted. It was expected that several whiskey cases would come up for trial today, and the prediction was made this morning that court probably will adjourn about noon tomorrow (Thursday). Dr. Warren Carr P.-T.A. Speaker Durham Minister Here Last Week For Series Of Fam ily Life Conferences; P TA Elects Officers For Next Year “Southport Wants To Know” was the topic discussed at the regular P. T. A. meeting on last Thursday evening. This program followed the busi ness meeting during which the 1956-57 slate of officers was elect ed. These officers are: President: Mrs. Susie Carson: vice-president: Mrs. Robert L. Jones, Sr.; secre tary: Mrs. James Sanders; and treasurer: Mrs. L. M. Pender Mrs. Robert L. Jones, Sr., in troduced the speaker for the eve ning, Dr. Warren Carr from the Watt Steet Baptist Church in Durham. Dr. Carr answered ques tions that had been dropped dur ing the week into th box in the j school lobby. Representing the ! parents and asking these ques tions were: Mrs. R. L. Jones, Sr., Mrs. James Sanders, James Wolf, ! and Alex Fox. The Thursday evening program was the fourth in the series that was presented during the week by Dr. Carr. On Monday evening the topic was ‘‘When Parents Are | Strangers”, on Tuesday, “The i Temptation to Be A Successful Parent”, on Wednesday, “How Responsible Are Parents”, on I Thursday, “Southport Wants to ‘ Continued On Page Four) Give Name To Unusual Spring Generations of Brunswick county people have visited the springs at Allens Creek, an outstanding characteristic of which is a huge block of wood which stays in constant mo tion, but until this week no special name had ever been assigned this spring. On Monday when Dr. Jasper L. Stuckey, State Geologist, and Harry LeGrand, Federal geologist, visited the spring the presence of this block of wood bouncing around in the water led them to call it the “Bouncing Log Spring. And henceforth it shall be called by that name—unless some oldtimer reports a name of earlier origin. Announce Plans For Graduation Waccamaw High School Seniors Will Hear The Rev. W. J. Stephenson In Baccalaureate Sermon The baccalaureate sermon of Waccamaw high school will be conducted Sunday afternoon, May 20, at 3 o’clock. The seniors have secured Rev. W. J. Stephenson, pastor of Tem ple Baptist Church from Wilming ton, to preach this special ser mon. Following is a program for the baccalaureate service: Prelude, Precessional, "God of our Fathers”; Invocation, Rev. H. L. Register, Supply Baptist Church; Hymn, “Onward Christian Sold iers"; "They Found Him in the Temple”, Glee Club; introduction of speaker, A. A. White, Principal; sermon to graduates, Rev. W. J. Stephenson; "Praise Ye Jehovah”, Glee Club; benediction, Rev. H. L. Register; recessional, God of our Fathers. On Wednesday night, May 23, at 8 p. m. there will be an eighth grade graduation. Following is their program: Processional, God of our Fathers; mistress of cere monies, Carol Jane Bennett; salu tatorian, David Stanaland; song, “Festival Day”; prophecy, Emma and Lucy Ross; class will, James Bland and Betty Smith; poet, Barbara Mintz; presentation of Class Key, Bobby Inman; award ing of diplomas, C. Y. Coleman, Chairman of Board of Education; presentation of awards, A. A. White, principal; valedictorian, Lucille Hughes; class song, "Memories”. on Thursday night, May 24, Mrs. Lucille Frink will present her music students in a recital at 8 o’clock. On Friday night, May 25, the commencement exercises will be held at 8 o’clock. Following is a program of the commencement exercises: Proces sional, "Largo" by Handel; Invo cation, Rev. L. G. Sherwood, Soldier Bay Church; "America the Beautiful”, entire audience; “The Stepping Stone”, Mary Lou For myduvall, salutatorian: “Class (Continued on Page Four; Presbyterians To Launch Building Project Thursday Loyalty Dinner Slated At Conynunity Building To morrow Evening At Which Time Campaign Will Be Launched PLAN TO BEGIN WORK THIS SUMMER Various Committees Have Been Set Up And Dele gation Of Respective Duties Has Been Made Members of the Southport Pres byterian Church will launch their church building campaign at a loyalty dinner tomorrow (Thurs day) evening in the Community Building. The purpose of this dinner is to acquaint the membership and all interested persons with every phase of the building program. No solicitations will be made at this time, but the procedure for finan cing will be presented and an nouncement will be made of all funds and pledges to date. The new church building is to be erected on a site that recently has been acquired on the River Road, and present plans are to commence construction the latter part of the summer after build ing plans and all necessary finan cial arrangements have been com pleted. Robert L. Jones will be chair man of the program for the eve ning and Mrs. Tom Gilbert is head of the hostess committee, which has made arrangements for the dinner. Other committee chairmen are: Building, Leon C. Smith; solicita tions, Robert L. Jones; Brochure and Publicity, Mrs. Ernest Park er. Out of town guests invited for this dinner are: Leslie N. Boney and Charles H. Boney, architects; Dr. L. A. Taylor, executive sec retary of the Wilmington Presby tery; Dr. E. D. Witherspoon, chairman of church extension committee, Wilmington Presby tery; and ail of the members of the Home Missions Committee of the Wilmington Presbytery. Sunny Point Man Attends School William W. Houghton, Saf ety Director At Sunny Point, Graduated Last Month From Ammunition Inspector’s School William W. Houghton, Safety director at Sunny Point Army Terminal, was a member of the graduating class at the Am munition Inspectors School, Sa vanna Ordnance Depot, Savanna, Illinois, last week. The course attended by Hough ton is one of five weeks duration —200 class room hours—and is titled “Guided Missle Training Course.” Houghton, his wife, Mrs. Ruth Houghton, their daughter, Co lette, and two sons, Terry and Bill, reside at Southport. Houghton has had sixteen years of Civil Service employ ment, the last eleven months of which have been spent in his present assignment at Sunny Point Army Terminal. Our ROVING Reporter 4 When passing the guard at the gate visitors to Sunny Point have to surrender their matches and the cigar lighters on their cars. This loot is promptly returned to them as they come out later. Recently we asked how was a fellow to be sure that he got the same box of matches back from the guard as he came out? “Oh,” he said, “When you plan to go up there, just take a box with two or three matches in it and give it to the guard. When you come back he may give you a box full of matches left by some body else. That will make it al right.” Well, we went up there Monday. Nearing the gate we found we had a match box but with only two matches in it. This we cheerfully turned over to the guard. Making the trip around the j installation with Lt. Col. William jF. Murphy guiding, we fell to Playing Here Friday HELPING HANDS.—They belong to Jerry Ball who has raised more than $80 000 for The March of Dimes through his ‘pianothons’. Ball is loaned to various North Carolina communities by Esso Standard Oil Compaixy to raise money for worthy caus es. He is shown upper left, and below is Archie Thornhill, who serves as master of ceremonies for their programs. They will appear here Friday night at 8 o’clock in the high school auditorium. Billy Russ Again Heads Democrats Shallotte Man Was Named Chairman Of Democratic Executive Committee With out Opposition Saturday CANDIDATES HAD CHANCE TO SPEAK Nothing Unusual Occurred At Convention Saturday; Urge Delegation To At tend State Conven tion Thursday Billy Russ, Shallotte jeweler, was reelected without opposition Saturday as chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee at a convention of party members at Shallotte. Mrs. H. Foster Mintz of Bo livia was elected vice-chairman and James D. Belamy was elect ed secretary. This action was taken by the Democratic Executive Committee, which considered the matter of resignation of > Dr. M. H. Rourk as a member, of the Board of Education. Upon the advice of the county attorney, the committee returned the letter to Dr. Rourk with the request that his resigna tion be made through the Board of Education. It was pointed out to the committee that only after this has been done, and that board notifies the chairman of the Democratic Executive Com mittee that a vacancy exists, is it proper for the latter group to name a successor. Upon motion of E. V. Leonard, the convention voted that all Democrats in good standing are delegates to the State Convention (Continued on Page Four) w tadering if we would get back o ir match box with two matches ii it. Lt. Col. Murphy, however, e ected to come back by the peri n enter road and we did not even g it our match box back. The Coast Guard 83-footer was t i'k at her moorings here before r >on Sunday following two weeks < temporary duty on tlie Chesa Eake Bay. According to a letter 'om Captain E. H. Theille of the eadquarters of the Coast Guard Norfolk, a chain of unavoid ble circumstances called the 83 Jut.er from here for two weeks f tmporary duty on the Chesa 6ake. There never were any plans 3 have the absence more than anporary. In fact, Captain Theilc D:ced his regret at the necessity f taking the boat away for even short time. He fully recognized f (Continued On Page Four) is Drops Out Of Primary Race Leo Medlin, member of the board of county commission ers, notified Chairman Arth ur J. Dosher Monday that lie was withdrawing as a can didate for the Democratic nomination in the Primary Election on May 26. Medlin requested that his name not appear on the bal lots, and Chairman Dosher got in touch with the printer in time to make the neces sary arrangements. Medlin did not elaborate upon his reasons for this ac tion other than to say that it was being taken “due to circumstances beyond my con trol.” Farm Assistance loans Available Brunswick County Farmers May Be Eligible For Loans With Which To Make Better Use Of Soil And Water Some farmers in Brunswick county are realizing higher re turns from their labor by mak ing better uses of their soil and water resources, according to the three members of the Farmers Home Administration. The com mittee chairman, Ivan V. Ben nett, of Ash, said that many farmers in this county are eli gible to receive soil and water conservation loans. The other two committee members are David B. Frink and Aaron E. In man, Shallotte. The committee works closely with the agency’s county super visor, George W. Knox, Jr., who said loans for soil and water conservation purposes were add ed to the list of the Farmers Home Administration’s loans in the fall of 1954. Soil and water conservation loans are available only to farm ers whose credit needs cannot be handled by banks or cooperative lenders. Farmers associations may also be eligible to borrow. Loans can be for such im provements as constructing or re pairing dikes, ponds and tanks, ditches and canals for irrigation or drainage, waterways, erosion control, developing pastures, well drilling, pumps, sprinkler sys tems and other irrigation equip ment, water systems for the house and barnyard, and other measures and practices. Loans aie made only for types of soil and water conservation practices that are in accord with Exten sion Service and Soil Conserva tion Service recommendations. To illustrate uses farmers make of these loans, Knox, has (Continued on Page Four) Star Route Now In Operation To 2 Beach Areas Residents Of Yaupon Beach And Long Beach, As Well As Residents From There To Highway 87 Inter section, May Get Service The Postoffice Department has inaugurated star route service from highway junction 130 and 87 at the Sawdust Trail to Blowe's Fishing Pier at Long Beach, and the first run was made this morning. The route serves all patrons between these points, including Yaupon Beach. Patrons desiring service by star route must pro vide a suitable rural delivery box erected on the right side of the road in the direction of the traffic heading toward the beach. They must also comply with the following regulations: File written request for the service with the postoffice in Southport; advise the carrier of the proper signal for pick-up of mail and to meet the carrier for the purchase of stamps and money orders, and receipt of c. o. d. and insured mail. This route is being carried un der contract by W. C. Norton. It provides for trips on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from September 1 to May 31. Trips will be made every day in the week except Sunday during the months of June, July and August. He leaves Southport at 9:30 a. m. Hospital Supper Another Success More Than $1,600 In Cash Or Useful Gifts Received As Result Of Recent Hos pital Auxiliary Project Mrs. H. B. Smith, president of the Dosher Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, reported this week that the fund-raising efforts of that organization, which culminated Thursday night with the Annual Hospital Supper, resulted in rais ing more than $1,600 in cash or articles useful to the hospital. More than $400 was raised from the supper, and practically all of the supplies foj- it were donat ed by residents of rural Bruns wick county. Tlie pies served as dessert were made by Southport residents. ine most valuable gift received during the drive was a donation of $500 from Hobson Kirby of Shallotte on the purchase of a second oxygen tent for the hos pital. It was promptly ordered, and the day it was delivered, it was placed in use. Mrs. Smith expresses her appre ciation for the splendid response given the project undertaken by the hospital auxiliary and she was particularly warm in her praise for the cooperation and assist ance given by Mrs. Nola Tyler, dietician at the hospital. "Every body has been just wonderful", Mrs. Smith said iij summing it up. Geologists Pay Visit To Spring In This County Dr. Jasper L. Stuckey And Harry LeGrand Spent Monday And Tuesday In Brunswick Exploring And Making Study HAVE EXPLANATION OF DEPRESSIONS Visitors Express Belief That Certain Area Has Lime stone Strata Under neath, Causing Con stant Sinking By W. B. KEZIAH A preliminary survey carMed on Monday and Tuesday by Dr. Jas per L. Stuckey, State Geologist and Harry LeGrand, Geologist of the U. S. Geological Survey, Ground Water Division, has ap parently convinced them that Brunswick county has an enor mous volume of limstone water under its surface. A Geodetic Survey crew will follow-up soon, LeGrand said. Both he and Dr. Stuckey were previously aware of the fact that there is a great strata of lime stone rock under a great deal of Brunswick county. This rock is soluble and slow ly turns into water, and its pres ence in Brunswick county is at tested by the great number of sink holes, or lakes. Both the of ficials agree that the hundreds of small natural lakes and pond3 in Brunswick are not metoric holes, but are sink holes created by limestone dissolving deep down in the earth. As more and more is produced down the years the land gradually sinks on the sur face and produces the sink holes which fill with water. Both Pretty Pond and Gore Pond in Town Creek township, Clear Pond and the hundreds of other ponds in Smithville town ship were created by limestone water down through hundreds of years, they say. Asked how long the water might last, LeGrand, the Federal Geologist, said: “It will go on being there forever.” On Allen Creek the production of the limestone water seems to have been much the heaviest. In that area the free-flowing water Continued On Page Four Call For Bids On Two Projects Surfacing Supply . Bolton Road Is One Project And Improvements On High way No. 17 Another Be ing Advertised The State Highway Commission announced yesterday that on May 29 bids will be opened on 19 road construction projects involving a total of 136.27 miles of road im provement. Two days following the opening of the bids contracts will be awarded. Two of the projects are in Brunswick county. A total 14.4 miles of paving are to be let to complete the road from Bolton to Supply. This project begins at the Columbus line and runs to within a short distance of Supply where it intersects with existing roads. The other Brunswick project is for 9.27 miles of grading, paving and structures on U. S. 17, from Grissettown east through Shal lotte and to the beginning of an other project which already has been let. 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, May 17 1:30 A. M. 7:51 A. M. 2:14 P. M. 8:18 P. M. Friday, May 18 2:29 A. M. 8:49 A. M. 3:15 P. M. 9:22 P. M. Saturday, May 19 3:27 A. M. 9 44 A. M 4:11 P. M. 10:22 P. M, Sunday, May 20 4:24 A. M. 10:37 A. M 5:05 P. M. 11:16 P. M. Monday, May 21 5:16 A. M. 11:25 A. M. 5:56 P. M. 0:00 P. M. Tuesday, May 22 6:05 A. M. 0:06 A. M. 6:42 P. M. 12:11 P. M. Wednesday, May 23 6:52 A. M. 0:53 A. M. 7:25 P. M. 12:55 P. M.
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