Most Of The News
All The Time
Volume No. 17 No. 6
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A iood Community
6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, AUG$ 22, 1956 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
$1.50 PER YEAR
I ■
Tobacco Season In Full Swing Now
THE BIG MARCH for the Border Belt tobacco markets is
on as harvests are reported nearly complete. Government reports
indicate that quality and volume are both improving with a
corresponding increase in price. USDA reports increases, for
both belts, were only $1 in most instances. A few grades were
up $2-$3, although primings and some scattered grades in other
groups were down $l-$2. The percentage of leaf jumped sharply
with a decrease in primings and nondescript.
Brown Reports
Good Progress
On Telephones
Manager Of Atlantic Tele
phone Membership Cor
poration Says Develop
ments Going According
To Schedule
In Southport yesterday, Fred
erick L. Brown of Shallotte, gen
eral manager of the Atlantic
Telephone Membership Corpora
tion, stated that everything is
moving forward according to
schedule in an effort to provide
communications service for hun
dreds of Brunswick county citi
zens.
He was apparently well satis
fied with the progress made so
far, both during his short period
as manager of the corporation
and at the volunteer work done
by citizens of Shallotte and va
rious parts of the county during
the organization efforts and there
after. Everything is on a sub
stantial basis for going ahead
now he believes.
The general hope throughout
the county is for having tele
phone service sometime early
next year. Brown, however, was
noncommital as to that. It was
easy to see that his hopes ran
the same way and while he hopes
they will have telephones as early
as possible, he preferred to say
nothing as to just when. They
may come earlier or later than
predicted, and some time must
elaspe before he is able to pre
dict just when.
Brief Bits Of
-NEWS—'
ATTENDS CONVENTION
Brunswick county is represent
ed at the Republican National
Convention by Adrian Willetts of
Winnabow.
RETURNS HOME
M. R. Sanders returned Sunday
from a business trip to Texas
where he went to purchase an ice
crushing machine for use in serv
icing boats of the Southport
shrimping fleet.
PRESENTED TV
When he was released from the
Dosher Memorial Hospital sever
al days ago after being a patient
there for about 5 weeks, Phil
King of Southport presented the
institution with a nice TV set.
Officials and patients are very
appreciative of the donation.
CLEARING RIGHT OF WAY
Work has started on clearing
the right of way for the improve
ment of approximately S) miles
cf 87 from the Saw Dust Trail
at Southport towards Winnabow.
The load will be widened,
straightened and graded at some
points. Bridges will also be built
at Moore and Allen Creeks.
BENEFIT BARBECUE
There will be a pit-cooked bar
becue supper, cooked the day of
serving, at Zion Methodist
Church, Town Creek, Saturday,
August 25, beginning at 6:30 p.
m. Home-made cakes and pies
will be on sale. '1 his supper is
sponsored by Bethel, Shiloh and
Zion Methodist Churches, and
everyone is invited.
4-H Club Members
Plan To Exhibit
Boys And Girls Are Getting’
Dairy Calves Ready For
Livestock Exhibit On Sep
tember 8 At Bolivia
WINNERS WILL GO
TO WILMINGTON
Considerable Interest Also
Centered In Hampshire
Gilt Show And Sale On
This Date
Six 4-H club members will be
showing dairy calves at the Bo
livia Lions Club sponsored Live
stock Day September 8. The show
will get underway around 9:30
a. m. and judging will be con
ducted by members of the Agri
culture Extension staff of N. C.
State College. The show will he
held on the Bolivia High School
campus.
The following will enter calves:
William Ernest Rabon, Winnabow;
Edgar Reynolds, Winnabow;
Jackie Lewis, Winabow; Joe Lew
is, Winnabow; Jimmy Albright,
Bolivia; Richard Maggard, Bolivia.
The blue and red ribbon win
ners will also show their calves
at the Southeastern District
Show in Wilmington on Septem
ber 14. The show is being spon
sored by the Bolivia Lions to
further the interest of youth in
livestock production in that area.
There will also be a purebred
Hampshire gilt sale at the show.
The gilts were given to 4-H club
boys to encourage the promotion
of better swine bleeding in the
area. These gilts will be mated
with a purebred Hampshire boar
and should produce litters next
spring. The gilts were purchased
in Wilson County and are off
springs from some of the leading
sows and boars in the states of
Indiana and Illinois. Farmers
wishing to purchase gilts next
spring for herd improvement
might find this an excellent source
at reasonable cost.
Club members showing gilts are
as follow: Donald Willetts, Bo
livia; Ted Caudill, Bolivia; Jimmy
Albright, Bolivia; Randall Sellers,
Mill Creek; and William Ernest
Rabon, Winnabow.
Southport Man
Passes Friday
Luther Hardy Harrison Died
At Home Here Following
Period Of Illness; Funeral
Services Sunday At Jack
sonville
Luther Hardy Harrison died at
his home in Southport Friday
afternoon. Mr. Harrison was 89
years of age and was active un
til about two years ago when his
sight failed.
The body was taken to Jackson
ville Sunday afternoon and in
tered there at 3:30 o'clock with
services from the graveside with
the Rev. R. H. Jordan, pastor
of Trinity Methodist church at
Southport officiating.
Mr. Harrison was a member of
Trinity church. He and his family
moved to Southport about 14
years ago from Onslow County.
Surviving the deecased Is his
; widow, Mrs. Della Harrison of
Southport; three sons, Bruce Har
rison of New Bern, Stephen Har
Continued On Page Four
Changes Made By
Election Board
Members of the Brunswick
County Board of Elections
met here Tuesday to settle
some organizational problems
before the special general
election on September 8.
Mrs. Norman Bellamy has
been named to replace her
husband as registrar for
Seacession precinct; and the
place for voting will be the
Norman Bellamy garage
building. The former voting
place is unavailable.
Eddie Chadwick has re
signed as a judge for Frying
Pan precinct and Lester Todd
has been appointed to suc
ceed him. John Hewett has
been named as judge for
Southport precinct No. 2.
Recorder Has
Lengthy Term
Variety Of Cases Settled
Hera Monday Before Re
corder Court Judge Earl
Bellamy
A variety of cases were dis
posed of before Judge Earl Bell
amy here in Recorder’s court
Monday, with the following judg
ments being handed down:
Billy Last Mason, speeding, nol
prossed on presentation of certifi
cate of inspection.
William Mitchell Drake, drunk
en driving, $100 and costs.
Devaum Lee Mooney, carrying
concealed weapon, not guilty.
William Hugh Clemmons, reck
less operation, not guilty.
Henry Owens, Jr., no operator’s
license, fined $50 and costs.
Alman Chester Schoolfield,
speeding, fined $15 and costs.
John William Grant, parking
vehicle on highway at night and
leaving it without light, fined $10
and costs.
Harry Joe Cuttine, improper
equipment, fined $10 and costs.
Devaun Lee Mooney, speeding,
fined $10 and costs.
Danvis Holden, tresspass, pros
ecution adjudged frivilous and
malicious, prosecuting witness
taxed with costs.
John Reynolds, Jr., tresspass,
adjudged frivilous and malicious
and prescuting wetness taxed with
costs.
Victor Bailey King, drunk driv
ing, possession, fined $110 and
costs.
Ronnie Connie Brooks, no op
erator’s license, fined $25 and
costs.
James Otis Shelton, speeding,
fined $10 and costs.
Robert F. Baucon, speeding,
fined $25 and costs.
Raeford H. Stephenson, speed
ing, fined $10 and costs.
Minnie R. Sellers, no chaffeur’s
license, fined $25 and costs.
James Owen Lewis, speeding,
fined $10 and costs.
Mack Lee, no chaffeur’s license,
fined $25 and costs, $15 of fine
remitted on presentation of valid
license.
Michael Darby, speeding, fined
$10 and costs.
Continued On Page Four)
Jury List For
September Term
Superior Court
Judge Clawson Williams Of
Sanford Will Preside Over
One Week Term Of Court
For Trial Of Criminal
Cases
Judge Clawson Williams will
preside at the one week term of
Superior court that will convene
here on September 17. Solicitor
John J. Burney will prosecute the
docket.
Twelve prisoners, unable to give
bond or denied bond, are in jail
at this time awaiting the term.
Of these two are charged with
breaking and entering and rob
bery; one with larceny; one with
assault with deadly weapon with
intent to kill; one with stealing
a laborers bus while he is alleged
to have been drunk; two negroes
with rape upon the same colored
woman and four white boys who
are charged with abducting and
raping a girl from Wilmington.
In addition to these 12 jail
cases, 27 defendants with cases
to be tried are out on bond, The
entire docket at this time form
a total of 39 cases.
The board of county commis
sioners at their meeting here on
Monday drew the following men
and women to serve on the jury
at the term:
Robert McLamb, Layton B.
Bennett, J. J. Hughes, A. L. An
drews, Schyler Stanaland, D. W.
Continued From Page Five
Designate Bridge
For Ocean Isle
.Plans Of Highway Commis
sion Call For Moving
Present Harbor Island
Bridge To Brunswick Lo
cation
Ocean Isle in Brunswick coun
ty is scheduled to get the present
Harbor Island bridge in a little
over a year, according to an
(Continued on Page Four)
More optimism
Regai|ng Sale
Of Giien Weed
if . i
WhitevilltSales Supervisor
Headed Into This Week
With Spectat'.ons Of ,
Higher 'rices
BLOCK $LES ON
WHlTfFlLLE MARKET
Market Averages Range
From S*> To $52 Per
Hundred During The
First "#o Weeks Of
SeAg Season
Optimism jjfgan to appear fair
ly strongly Jpver the Whiteville
tobacco mafct as last week clos
ed, and as -isiles opened today.
Volume 4j continuing increas
ingly good Mnd R. G. Maultsby,
sales supei -iSor, says that prices
look like they’ll be $2 higher
than they iave been.
Chary of being over enthusistic,
Maultsby receded that the price
average ma® be nearing the $54
mark. He Ad he's seeing smiles
on the flou&now in place of the
straight ana glum expressions of
earlier days!
Today’s stile is expected to be
well over hie million mark, as a
blocked sal# is reported.
“We’ll hxle full sales for the
rest of thel week, and farmers
should m ke certain of their
space earl;.-,!’ Maultsby said. He
added, however, that with proper
arrangements the market will be
able to handle the volume.
Blocked sales were reported for
the first time this year Thursday
when the Whiteville market sold
1,082,782 pounds according to the
U. S, Department of Agriculture
reports.
Last week saw the market hit
its only three million pound days
so far. Tuesday, when Maultsby
reported 1,006,338 pounds; Thurs
day, and Friday when USDA re
ported 1,168,224 pounds.
Sold so far here, through Fri
day, aje 8j281,782 pounds selling
for an average then of
$00.09, USDA figures show.
USDA also notes that across
the Border and South Carolina
belts stabilization take has drop
ped from 27.1 percent to 23.5 per
cent last week.
Prices across the belts were re
portedly up. In Columbus county,
Chadboum has a season tally of
1,822,178 pounds for $945,323, at
$51.87; Fair Bluff, 1,388,812
pounds for $699,546 for $50.37,
and Tabor City, 1,877,370 pounds
for $954,281 at $50.83. All fig
ures are through Friday and
taken from USDA agricultural
marketing division reports.
Commissioners In
Monday Session
Contract For New Roof For
Brunswick County Board
ing Home Awarded To
Shaliotte Lumber Com
pany
Of chief interest at the Monday
meeting: of the Board of County
Commissioners was the opening of
sealed bids for repairs to the
County {Boarding home. Five bids
were received and of these the
Shallottp Lumber Company of
Shallottfe was found to be low
with a ibid of $2,838.74. A con
tract wbs ordered drawn to en
able this company to begin the
work at once.
Clintob Bellamy of Yaupon
(Continued On Page Four)
-—-......_
The surest indication of the
great number of visitors at South
port, the nearby beaches and the
Caswell Baptist Assembly is the
large number of folks who come
to The Pilot and Ray Walton’s
office, thinking it is the post of
fice. The Caswell Baptist Assem
bly is now closed. Still, several
times daily, folks come in and
ask if this is the post office.
Many of these folks are new
residents of the town, just getting
acquainted with things.
Elsewhere in this issue is an
article showing the safety record
made by the men who are hand
ling things at Sunny Point. We
have reason to know that every
man and woman employed at the
huge installation, from Colonel
McAleer on down, is justly proud
of the Wonderful showing and is
personally bending his or her ef
forts to keep up the record of
safety that has been so well esta
blished. The article, while brief,
is a comprehensive and accurate
record of the results of the gen
eral safety efforts that have been
carried on by the administrative
forces aha the rank and file of
employees at SPAT.
Within as many weeks three in
stances have come under our ob
servation where people walking
the Southport sidewalks have been
struck by the bicycle of some
youthful speeder. Probably other
( Continued on page Five )
General Itschner
t
Succeeds Sturgis
Major General Emerson C.
tschner has been appointed Chief
>f Engineers to be effective Go
ober 1.
General Itschner succeeds Lt.
Jen. Samuel D. Sturgis, Jr., who
las held the post since March
LS53.
At age 53 General Itschner is
)ne of the youngest officers to be
ippointed Chief of Engineers.
He was born in Chicago July
L, 1903 and fcegan his career with
:lie Corps of Engineers in- 1924
ipon graduation from West Point.
In succeeding years he was givem
the various military, civil works
and educational assignments nor
mally accorded young officers.
During the early part of World
War II he was in charge of Air
Force construction and later in
Europe he directed heavy con
struction 'activities in areas of the
armies which entered through
Northern Europe. Just prior to
going to- Kotea in 1950, he was
District Engineer at Seattle,
Washington, and in 1952-54 was
Division Engineer at Portland,
Oregon.
General Itschner went to Wash
ing in 1954 as Assistant Chief
of Engineers for Civil Works,
which assignment he now fills.
General Sturgis, who has re
tired and whom General Itschner
succeeds, is well known and is
highly esteemed in the South
port area. He was Chief of En
gineers during the planning and
construction of Sunny Point. In
this capacity he visited Southport
a number of times.
Sailfish Provide
News In Fishing
-9
Speaking Schedule
Now In Progress
Plans for a series of meet
ings at various points in the
county prior to the special
general election on Septem
ber 8 are being carried out,
and speaking engagements
have been filled this week at
Waccamaw high school and
Longwood school.
One change in schedule has
been announced. The meeting
at Southport will be held on
Thursday, September 6, in
stead of on August 27 as was
previously announced. The
following schedule remains:
' August 23, Lei and high
school; August 24, Lincoln
high school; August 28, Zion
Methodist Church (colored)
Southport; August 30, Shal
lotte high school; August 31,
Piney Grove school; Septem
ber 4, Bolivia high school;
September 5, Cedar Grove
school.
Popularity Of
Boats Increases
Use Of Outboard Motor
Boats On Inland Water
way More Than Doubled
During Past 12 Months
The use of outboard motor
boats on the intracoastal water
way and rivers in Brunswick
county is estimated to have more
than doubled in the past year with
many of the boats now being
brought down to the coast big
and powerful enough for deep sea
fishing in moderate weather. They
have the ability of getting out
side to the fishing grounds quick
ly and to get back inside within
a few minutes if the weather
shows signs of kicking up.
Here at the mouth of the Cape
Fear they are being found valu
able for fishing in the bays and
creeks. The past Sunday a gr eat
many brought to Southport on
specially built trailers from dis
tant points. Good sized boats are
brought here, quickly unloaded
and used throughout the day for
fishing. Easily reloaded at the
ramp, they can be taken home
in the late afternoon or at night
after a day of sport.
Many of the sportsmen, how
1 ever, often stay here with their
, boats for two or three days and
even longer. A large number of
boats are unloaded here and run
down the waterway to Davis
Creek on Long Beach. There they
I are often kept for weeks, the
1 owners having homes at the
beach.
A lot o f them are equipped
with two heavy motors and han
dle four to six persons. Some
have cabins and others are equip
ped with folding tops, like a con
vertible, the difference being that
' the top folds forward instead of
: backward. Most of them are open
boats built on speed boat lines.
(Continued on Page Four)
Charlotte Man Brings In Re
cord-Size 8-Ft. 1-In Sail
fish Sunday While Fish
ing Aboard May Marie
CAPT. WALTER LEWIS
HAS THREE IN 1-DAY
Capt. Basil Watts Adds
Two Sails To His Season’s
Total For Idle On II;
Other Fishing Fair
An 8-ft. 1-in. sailfish was
brought in Sunday by a Charlotte
fisherman out with Capt. Harold
Weiss aboard the My Marie to
set a season’s record for size.
The fish weighed 72-pounds and
is among the biggest ever caught
off Southport.
On Saturday fishermen from
Albemarle out with Capt. Walter
Lewis aboard the John Ellen
caught 3 sailfish, one of which
was released. W. D. Shankle
caught two of the fish, the larg
est measuring 6-ft, 6-in. A 14-year
old boy, Larry Haithcock, caught
the other, which measured 6-ft.
A woman fishing with Capt.
Basil Watts aboard the Idle On
II caught a sailfish Friday. She
was Mrs. Rose Lamber t, who was
a member of the party headed
by Mrs. Sam Ravenal of Greens
boro. On Monday Luke McNeil
of Raeford, fishing aboard this
same boat, caught a 6-ft, 3-in
sail. This party also had 2 king
mackerel, 2 dolphin, 10 Spanish
mackerel.
This brings the total number of
sailfish caught here this season
Continued On Page Ifcur
Transferred To
Burlington Job
L. P. Thomas, Who Served
As Engineer On Various
Government Projects Here
In Recent Months, Will
Go On New Assignment
L. P. Thomas, assistant resident
engineer and alter resident en
gineer at Sunny Point since soon
after construction started, left
Monday morning for Burlington
where he has been assigned for
about a year as resident engineer
on another U. S. engineer project.
At Burlington Thomas will
work on a project for the West
ern Electric Company, in which
the government is interested. The
work is in charge of the Army
Engineers of the Wilmington Dis
trict. At Burlington he will be
resident engineer.
Thomas has lived in Southport
about three and one-half years,
supervising various construction
before it was turned over to the
Post Engineer at Sunny Point.
While he is away on this job other
local construction jobs will be
handled by Engineer J. R. Ed
wards, working out of the Wil
mington office. Edwards was one
of the first men assigned by the
Wilmington office to Sunny Point
when construction started there.
He will look after Army Engineer
construction projects in this area,
working out from the Wilmington
office.
Enviable Safety
Record At Sunny
Point First Year
Officials At Sunny Point
Take Pride In Accident
Free Record Maintained
During First Year In Sev
eral Departments
GREAT EMPHASIS
IS UPON SAFETY
rhe Vital Necessity Of Care
Is Kept Before Each Em
ployee Every Hour He
Is On Duty There
Officials al Sunny t'oim. Army
rerminals there are pointing with
3ricle to the remarkable safety
record that has been maintained
:hus far for men and equipment
luring the first year of operation.
Starting out with an entirely
new plant and with many of the
men and women of the adminis
tration forces entirely new at the
work, an efficient, smooth run
ning organization is the result of
the first year of operations. The
efficiency of the administration
forces extends all down the line
to the last employee.
This week in response to a re
quest for information as to the
safety record of men and equip
ment at the terminal, the offi
cials released the following sta
tistics :
Accidents and personal injuries
under the Army Safety Program
are reportable in 4 categories:
a. Civil Service personal injury
involving lost time; b. Military
Personnel injuries involving lost
time; c. Motor Vehicle (Army)
accident frequency; d. Other
Army which covers the lost time
personal injury record of con
tractors’ employees at SPAT.
In the first 3 categories, Civil
Service, Military Personnel and
Motor Vehicle, a perfect safety
record has been maintained. Civil
Service personnel have worked
350,000 man hours without a
lost-time injury. Military person
nel have completed 3100 mam
days without incident. Govern
ment Motor Vehicles have been
driven 283,000 miles without an
accident.
Other Army category involves
two (2) major contractors: the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad,
maintenance and operation of
SPAT railroad, who have a per
fect record, and the Imparato
Stevedoring Corporation whose
record was comparatively high at
first but who have shown a 42
percent improvement since 1
March 1956. Personnel of the
stevedore contractor, engaged in
handling freight, have the most
exposure potential but even
though minor injuries were fair
ly numerous, none have been
fatal and the majority have been
injuries to hands and feet which
only required a few days treat
ment.
This record is more amazing
when it is remembered that
SPAT employees were recruited
from all walks of life, inexper
ienced for the most part, and re
quiring training in their new jobs.
Much credit is due them for their
wholehearted acceptance and sup
port of the SPAT Safety Pro
gram.
No safety program can ever be
successful without proper guid
ance. William W. Houghton, Safe
ty Director, and his able staff,
backed vigorously by the Ter
minal Commander, Col. William
A. McAleer, started early to
write procedures, indoctrinate and
train personnel, and make on
the-spot corrections. His methods
paid off. SPAT has an enviable
(Continued on page four)
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, August 23,
8:49 A. M. 2:51 A. M.
9:07 P. M. 3:02 P. M.
Friday, August 24,
9:25 A. M. 3:26 A. M.
9:39 P. M. 3:40 P. M.
Saturday, August 25,
10:03 A. M. 4:01 A. M.
10:14 P. M. 4:20 P. M.
Sunday, August 26,
10:46 A. M. 4:40 A. M.
10:55 P. M. 5:05 P. M.
Monday, August 27,
11:36 A. M. 5:23 A. M.
11:46 P. M. 5:57 P. M.
Tuesday, August 28,
0:00 A. M. 6:15 A. M.
12:35 P. M. 6:59 P. M.
Wednesday, August 29,
0:48 A. M. . 7:15 A. M.
1:40 P. M. 8:09 P. M.