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No. 9
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1956
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Livestock Show
At Bolivia Is
Great Success
Three Classifications Inclu
ded In This Exhibit Which
Was Sponsored By Bolivia
Lions Club
SALE FOLLOWED
POULTRY SHOW
Cattle And Swine Exhibits
Also Attracted Consider
able Interest From Vis
itors At Show
The livestock show held at Bo
livia Saturday for the Brunswick
county 4-H girls and boys was'
acclaimed to be an outstanding
success. It was sponsored by the |
Bolivia Lions Club.
The show was divided into three j
divisions and winners were as fol- j
lows:
Division I—Gilt Show: A. Blue :
Ribbon winners, $5 cash prize,;
Jimmy Albright and Ted Caudill, 1
Bolivia; Randall Sellers, Mill
Creek. B. Red Ribbon winners, $4
cash prize, William Ernest Rabon,
Winnabow, and Donald Willetts,
Bolivia. Grand Champion, Jimmy
Albright, bag of feed for prize;
Reserve Grand Champion, Ted
Caudill, bag of feed for prize;
Showmanship, William Ernest F.a
bori, bag of feed for prize.
Division II—Calf Show: A. Blue
Ribbon winners, $5 cash prize,
Jimmy Albright, Bolivia, and
Jackie Lewis, Winnabow. B. Red
Ribbon winner, $4 cash prize,
Richard Maggard, Bolivia. C.
White Ribbon winners,- $3 cash
prize, Jimmy Albright, Bolivia;
Joe Lewis,, Laura Rabon, Betty
Rabon and Jim Rabon, Winnabow.
Grand Champion, Jimmy Albright;
Reserve Grand Champion, Jackie
Lewis.
Division III—Pullet Show and
Sale: A. Blue Ribbon winners,
$11.50 cash prize, Jo Ann Sellers,
Supply; Jarvis Jones, Ash; Bill
Hewett, Boones Neck; R. G. Sell
ers, Jr., Mill Creek; Richard Mag
gard, Bolivia; Sammy Gainey, Le
land. B. Red Ribbon winners,
$0.35 cash prize, Tpnda Willis,
Town .Creek; Laura Raboh, Win
nabow; Jean Ludlum, Ash;
Amaryllis Johnson, Bolivia. Grand
Champion pen, Jo Ann Sellers,
bag of 1 feed; Reserve Grand
Champion pen, Jarvis Jones, bag
of feed.
Cash prizes for the Gilt and
Calf Show were given by the Bo
livia Lions Club. Bags of feed
were donated by Allen Farm Sup
ply and Farmers Supply Company
of Wilmington; and Purina Farm
Center of Whiteville. Fox Royal
Bakery of Wilmington assisted
the Bolivia Lions Club is a bread
sale to raise funds for the cash
prizes. Prizes for the poultry
show were given by the Sears
Roebuck Foundation. The grand
champion pen of pullets sold at
auction for $3.60 per bid and the
average prize for all pullets was
$2.43% per bird.
Brief Bits Of
LNEWSJ
ENLISTS IN ARMY t
Gene Drew, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Drew of Southport, has en
listed in the Army and is now in
training at Camp Jackson, S. C,
MORE STREETS
A State Highway crew finish
ed work Monday on a two-weeks
paving job that left Southport
with considerable more paved
streets than the town had when
they moved in.
MOTHER DIES
Mrs. W. J. Parker, mother of
Mrs. Ray H. Walton of South
port, died at her home in Camden,
S. C. Monday. Funeral services
are being conducted today. She is
survived by 10 grandchildren and
40 grandchildren.
TRACTORS HERE
About 50 big red tractors of
the Baggett Transportation Com
pany of Birmingham, Ala., are in
Southport again this week, wait
ing for their trailers to be loaded
from a ship that arrived yester
day. The operators bring good
feisiness to restaurants and room
ing houses while they are here.
MOTEL ENLARGEMENT
G. V. Barbee of Yaupon Beach
states that he plans to begin en
largement of the Yaupon Beach
motel by the end of this month.
The structure when completed
will have 28 rooms. In addition
he hopes to have still another
motel ready by the beginning of
next summer season. The need of
accommodations at Yaupon be
came acute tliis summer.
Banded Birds
MARSH HEN—This is one of the marsh hens that
were banded by David Adams during his study of this
species of game bird in the marshes around Southport
this summer. Request has been made that persans who kill
banded birds this fall remove the band and return to the
Fish and Wildlife Service in Washington.— (Photo by
Jack Dermid.
Marsh Hen Hunting
Depends On Tides
Representatives From State
Wildlife Resources Com
mission Had Little Luck
With Hunting Census
COVERED COASTAL
AREA BY PLANE
Hunting For This Game Can
Be Good Sport If Done
Under Proper Condi
tions Of Tide And
Weather
By W. B. KEZIAH
Here with a plane and car
Wednesday and Thursday of last
week, Bob Hazel, Jack Dermid
and Dave Adams did some study
of the marsh hen situation the
length of the coast from the
South Carolina line to Morehead
City!
Hazel and Adams undertook to
count all of the marsh hen hunt
ers that were out along the coast,
as they flew over in the plane.
They did not count so many as
there was no tide for hen hunt
ing.
Marsh hens live in the thick
grass of marshes and run about
on the ground, except at such
times as when the tide is abnor
mally high and covers the marsh
es. When this happens the birds
have to climb onto tufts of grass,
drifwood, etc., above the water.
They perch there helplessly foi a
couple of hours or so until die
tide receeds, permitting them to
return to their natural habitat.
Naturally, they can fly away
from whatever they are perched
on, but this entails their leaving
their beloved marsh. They stay
wherever they are perched for
the period of the high tide, unless
hunters come along and frighten
them into flight.
Al'nough they make short
flights, they are easy targets for
the guns of hunters. An instance
Continued On Page Two
Small Sailfish
-Caught Offshore
Clinton Lewis, cousin of
Capt. Walter Lewis of South
port and a member of a
Coast and Geodetic Survey
boat operating off this part
of the North Carolina coast,
had a sailfish story to stop
all sailfish stories here this
week.
He reports that one night
last week while some of the
fellows aboard his vessel were
fishing about 50-miles off
shore during- their spare
time, he landed a sailfish
which measured not more
than 5-inches. Moreover, he
says that he saved this per
fectly formed specimen and
has it preserved in alcohol.
He has promised to bring it
here for his doubting cousin
Walter to see and show his
friends.
Seek Applicants
For Dredge Jobs
U. S. Army Engineers An
nounce Plans To Re-Com
mission Dredge For Work
On Cape Fear Project
The Corps of Engineers District
Office has announced that some
28 jobs are available for work
aboard the Dredge Gillespie.
Applicants who are hired, the
announcement said, will be furn
ished transportation to Philadel
phia to assist In refitting the
Gillespie. This will require two to
three months. After the overhaul
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OFFICIAL TABULATED VOTE
PRECINCTS
Hoods Creek .
Leland ..
Town Creek .
Bolivia .
Southport No. 1
Southport No. 2.
Mosquito .
Supply ...
Secession ..■..
Shallotte .
Frying Pan .
Grissettown .
Shingrletree .
Longwool .
Ash .
Waccamaw .
Exum .
TOTALS
Schools Pay
Date
Wives
Yesl No
2972j 603
Farm Bureau In
Kick-Off Meet
Workers in the 1956 Farm Bu
reau Membership Drive held a
kick-off meeting- last night at
Bolivia high school and heard one
of the field men of the organiza
tion outline some cf the achieve
ments and alms.
Joe Stanaland, president of the
Brunswick County organization,
presided over the session, which
featured a barbecue supper.
September Term
Superior Court
Convene Monday
Judge Clawson Williams Of
Sanford Will Preside Over
One-Week Term For Trial
Of Criminal Cases
The regular grand jury, select
ed in January to serve at all
terms of Superior criminal court
during 1956, will be In session
next week, when Judge Clawson
Williams of Sanford convenes
court. Solicitor John J. Burney
will prosecute the docket.^
The docket is described as a
rather heavy one with the jail
full • of prisoners awaiting the
term. Some of them were not
allowed bond owing to the nature
of the cases against them. Others
were entitled to bail but were
unable to secure bondsmen.
In addition to the jail cases,
about 35 defendants are out. on
bond. As usual, ft is understood
that most of the jail cases will
be disposed of before the bonded
cases are called. ‘ r _ '
In addition to the regular grand
jury being in session, the follow
ing have been called for petit
jury duty:
Robert McLamb, Layton B.
Bennett, J. J. Hughes, A. L An
drews, Schyler Stanaland, D. W.
Sabiston, Kirby Benton, W. W.
Home, L. L. Thomas, Harry W.
Bennett, all of Shallotte; Art E.
Newton, C. R. Stanaland, Robert
Y. Willing, J. N. Reaves, Ed
Swain, Southport; A. T. Lewis,
L. L. Edwards, Jr., Bolivia; Royce
Rabon, V. A. Creech, Winnabow;
W. L. Carlisle, C. R. Ross, O. L.
Stanley, Shelton Stanley, Elmer
Long, Ash; Rembert L. Duncan,
Freeland, Jerome Jenrette, B. M.
Thompkins, Warn pee, S. C.; Joe T.
Long, E. A. Ganey, H. L. Summer
lin, M. B. Chinnis, Lester E. Ses
soms, Jim Brown, Leland; Walter
Corbet, C. H. Caison, Supply; A.
P. Russ, Longwood.
Winnabow Man
Dies Saturday
Funeral Services For D. R.
Johnson, Prominent Bruns
wick County Citizen, Held
• Sunday Afternoon At New
Hope Church
Funeral services for Daniel R.
Johnson, resident of Winnabow
and widely known throughout
Brunswick county, took place
Sunday afternoon from the New
Hope Presbyterian church. The
services were in charge of the
Rev. Joseph B. MacLeod and the
Rev. E. W. Hallack. Mr. Johnson
died Saturday in the James Walk
er Memorial Hospital, following
a long period of failing health.
He was 78 years old.
Pallbearers were Edwin W.
Taylor, Jackson W. Taylor, Char
les M. Taylor, Earl I. Brown,
Charles M. Reaves, Jr., and Dr.
Frank B. Reynolds.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr.
D. R. Murchison, Dr. R. A. Wil
kins, Algernon Butler, Hal B.
Cooper, Bradford Reynolds, Sr.,
Furman Galloway, Webster
Thorpe, S. U. Wilkins, R. S. Wil
letts, Wilbur Mckeithan, Cecil
Robbins, F. E. Livingston, John
Jenrette and officials of the New
Hope church.
A native of Fayetteville, the
deceased was a nephew of the
late Gov. Daniel Russell.
He served in the Spanish war,
during which he received a com
mission at a first lieutenant in
the 1st Regiment of North Caro
lina Volunteers. Still later he serv
ed with the 38th Infantry regi
ment of Cuba and was promoted
to Captain. In 1905, while serving
with the First Brigade of the
North Carolina National Guard
in the Philippines, he was pro
moted to major.
Spending most of his life on
his farm, adjoining that of the
Governor Russell Plantation, Mr.
Johnson became a pioneer in
dairying in Brunswick and for
years he has owned one of the
most valuable herds Of Holsteins
in Brunswick.
Very active as a Republican,
he served one term as a county
commissioner in this county. ior
many years he was the Sunday
Continued On Page Two
Whiteville Mart
Ahead Of Last
Year’s Record
Record At Close Of Last
Week’s Sales Shows Mar
ket Selling' At More Than
Million Pounds Per Day
AVERAGE PRICE
CLOSE TO 1955
Total Of .$26,992,818 Lbs.
Have Been Sold For Total
Of $14,749,021.05, For
Average Of $54.64
Tobacco selling on the White
ville market continued at a fast
clip last week with 26 selling
days for the season. During this
time a total of 26,992,818 pounds
had been sold for an average of
$54.64, only 16c on the hundred
pounds under last year's average
at this time. A total of $14,749,
021.05 has been paid to growers
here.
During the first 26 days of the
1955 season the market had sold
20,451,644 pounds for an average
of $54.80, for a total of $11,207,
435.68.
So far this season the local
market has averaged selling over
a million pounds per day for its
26 sales days. For 16 consecutive
days it has sold over a million
pounds per day. The total would
have been 18 days except for the
I fact that the poundage dropped
below a million one day after the
first two million pound days.
.The big year on the local mar
ket was 1953 for total poundage
sold. But for the first 26 days
that year only 25 million pounds
had been sold. In 1954, a year
that compares favorably with this
year for marketing conditions,
there were 18 consecutive days
when the market sold over a mil
lion pounds, but during the first
26 sales days only 19 million
pounds of leaf had been auctioned
off.
Bob Maultsby, sales supervisor
for the local market, says he is
confident that the market will
IjaVB another week of full sales
this week, which would bring the
season’s total over the 31 million
pound mark and well on toward
the year’s goal of 40 million
pounds.
Last week the market sold
(during four days, the market
was closed for Labor Day)
5,202,906 pounds for $2,982,432.77,
making an average of $57,32. The
market opened strong on Tuesday
when 1,403,598 pounds were sold
for an average of $58.80, paying
out a total of $821,172.45. Daily
sales last week did not drop un
der three quarters of a million
dollars a day.
According to Maultsby the
Stabilization Corporation has ta
ken only 15.66 per cent of the
crop this season, through last
! Friday.
Patrolman Shift
Affects County
Patrolman W. H. Morgan,
Jr., Comes To Shallotte
As Replacement For Pat
rolman H. S. Wilkins,
Who Goes To Whiteville
Effective Monday night, Bruns
vick county lost a popular and
«fficient member of the State
1 highway Patrol when Patrolman
1L S. Wilkins was transferred
1'om Shallotte to Whiteville.
At the same time the county
Continued On Page Two
a. Kitzua
Our
ROVING
Reporter
Landing their plane at the field
f the Brunswick Navigation
'ompany one morning this week,
•ill and Robert Waters unloaded
20-pound red drum. They had
een out spotting fish for the
ompany. Asked how they got the
Him, they said “We shot it
:hile flying low overhead Turn
's, we made a second pass and
'ooped the fish out of the water
ith a dip net!”
Thing* are not as they used
o be. It does not take an old
eison to remember back to the
inie when they had a checker
layer in eve-y town and eross
oids. Sometimes an artist at
the game could even be found
where there was not even a
crossroads. Now it is hard to
find them anywhere. It is a re
flection on the .circulation of
this paper in Brunswick county
that two months or more ago
Charlie Grant, chief of the
Sunny Point Fire Department,
issued a general challenge to any
player in Brunswick and has
never got a nibble. If there are
any checker players in Bruns
wick in this year of 1956 they
must have been too busy to
take up Mr. Grant’s challenge
to a series of games. He can al
ways be found at his new home
Continued On Page Two
Another Chapter
In Turtle
Turtle Eggs That Were Planted In The Sand Hatch Out
Two Additions To Sea-Going Family
“Oscar Turtle President,
"Southeastern N. C. Turtle Ass’n.
“Dear Mr. Turtle:
“In answer to your letter of
recent date, we would like to
report to your association the fol
lowing incident: ,
"Early on the morning of July
4th four Southport residents
chanced upon the nest of Mamie
Turtle and removed the eggs.
Most of the eggs were used in
cakes, but six of them formed
their way into hands of two non
dues paying members of your as
sociation, residents of Long
Beach.
“Whereupon said members
I planted the eggs approximately
eighteen inches below the top
level of the sand dunes.
“Imagine their surprise when
inspecting the nest area on 29th
they discovered the little masts
of two freshly hatched turtles,
Omelet and Seoufle who were
madly digging their way to the
surface. After photographing and
exhibiting them to various friends
of Long Beach, Omelet and Souf
fle were set free to make their
way to their natural habitat.
The two tiny turtles are
shown above, and just to give
an idea of their size, the
photographer stuck his foot
into the picture. The moment
these little creatures were un
covered, they headed uner
ringly for the ocean.
“When last seen they were hap
pily flipping their way into the
wonderful surf at Long Beach.
“Yours truly,
“Poster parents and Grand
parents of Omelet and
Souffle."
County Favors
Pearsall Plan
Record Cool Spell
During Week End
The official temperature
reading in Southport Monday1
njorning was* 4&-degrees, the
lowest for that date in the
history of the local U. S.
Weather Bureau.
This was the lowest point
in three days of unseasonably
cold weather which saw the
mercury dip to 51-degrees
again yesterday.
It all started with a sud
den dip in the thermometer
readings Friday night, and
the cool weather continued
until today, when more nor
mal temperatures are pre
vailing.
Menhaden Boats
Bringing In Fish
Catches During Past Few
Days Have Shown Great
Improvement Over Recent
Weeks
Menhaden fishing, after two or
three weeks without any produc
tion, has apparently started up
again, with fine prospects for a
good fall season. Last week two
boats of the Brunswick Naviga
tion Company went out Thurs
day and Friday. Weather inter
ferred Saturday, but Monday the
whole fleet got out and produced
over a million fish.
The catch was of good sized
fish, and according to General
Manager James T. Barnes, a good
Continued On Page Two
Brunswick County Voters
Endorse Amendment Af
fecting Public Schools By
Margin Of 11 To 1
ALSO FAVOR THREE
OTHER AMENDMENTS
Unusually Largo Vote-Cast
In Brunswick As This
County Joins State In
Favoring Plan
Voters of Brunswick county
joined Saturday with their fellow
citizens throughout the State to
give an overwhelming endorse
ment of the Pearsall plan. Three
other amendments submitted for
their aproval also . were passed.
Here in Brunswick county the
vote was 3963 for the Pearsall
amendment and 358 against, for a
ratio of 11 to 1. None of the three
other amendments carried by this
great majority, but each won
easily in Brunswick county voting.
Experienced politicians were
amazed at the volume of the Sat
urday vote, which was greater
than that usually cast in a prim
ary election. The voters of Town
Creek precinct turned out 497
strong for one of the most re
markable showings in Brunswick
county.
Busy Session
Of Court Held
Judge Earl Bellamy Has
Large Number Of Cases
To Dispose Of In Record
er’s Court Here This Week
A backlog of cases that had
piled up during the past two
weeks was disposed of here in
Brunswick county Recorder's
court Monday before Judge Earl
Bellamy.
The following judgments were
handed down:
Henry Lee Patrick, no chaf
feurs license, fined $25 and costs.
James Paul Mitchell, speeding,
fined $10 and costs.
Idella A. Vereen, drunk diiving,
fined $100 and costs, notice of
appeal given.
Buck. Hankins, assault on fe
male, 30 days on roads suspended
on good behavior and payment of
costs.
Seth L. Williams, speeding,
fined $15 and costs.
Julian Wilson, public drunken
ness, fined $25 and costs.
R. Hugh Radford, Jr., speeding,
fined $10 and costs.
Eddie Leah Chadwick, speeding,
fined $10 and costs.
Otto Powell, no chaffeur’s li
cense, fined $25 and costs, $15 of
fine remitted on presentation of
valid license.
William Henry Goodman, speed
ing, fined $10 and costs.
Roy Lee Sarvis, drunk on high
way, fined $25 and costs.
Isiah Aldridge, speeding, fined
$15 and costs.
James Craven Lowery, drunk
(Continued on page 7)
Grant Permission
For Ferry Route
To Fort Fisher
Project Given Clearance So
Far A# U. S. Army Safety
Regulations Are Concern
ed
PROMOTERS MAY
PROCEED AT ONCE
Certain Requirements Of
S. Army Engineers Still
Must Be Met, But No
Trouble Is Antici
pated
As a result of the military
authorities having removed some
of the restrictions, a privately
owned ferry across the Chpfe fr'eat
River from Fort Fisher to South
port may be in operation by early
in the year.
Several months ago H. F.
Moore and W. H. Kennedy secur
ed a franchise from the State
Utilities Commission for the op
eration of a ferry between Fort
Fisher and Southport.
One delaying factor has been
that the U. S. Government has
owned or has acquired a lease
on the New Hanover side of the
river where it was proposed to
locate the slip. The interest of the
military authorities was one of
security for the Sunny Point
Army Terminal in Brunswick.
This week Colonel William A.
McAleer, Commanding Officer at
Sunny Point, advised the promo
tors of the ferry and officials
in New Hanover and Brunswick
counties that word had been re
ceived from military authorities
that restrictions on a ferry at the
point have been removed and that
the ferry can be put in operation
as soon as the promotors can
make the necessary arrangements.
State Hikhway officials are
very much interested in the pro
position. As the ferry is to be
privately owned, the commission
can have no active part in the
installation. They have indicated
a willingness to build roads to
the ferry approaches.
Savings Interest
Rate To Increase
Waccamaw Bank And Trust
Company Announces In
crease in Interest Rate
Effective October 1
C. L. Tate, president of the
Waceamaw Bank and Trust
Company announces, effective
October 1, the interest rate on
savings accounts in all of the
ten offices of the Waceamaw
Bank will be increased from 2
percent to 2%.
Tate stated this increase in
the interest rate paid on savings
accounts is partially due to the
increased rates in the money
market, which the bank is
happy to pass along to its cus
tomers.
‘‘This is the highest interest
rate paid on savings accounts
by any financial institution in
sured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation. With the
interest rate being increased it
provides an added incentive for
people to save and further se
cure their future. The board of
directors is happy to note that
the increased number of savings
accounts with this bank during
the past 3 years has justified
their decision to increase the in
terest rate at this time,” said
Mr. Tate.
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Tide Table
Following la the tide table
for Southport during the next
wjek. 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 TMf
Thursday, September IS,
2:17 A. M. 8:28 A. M.
3:01 P. M. 9:16 P. M.
Friday, September 14,
3:14 A. M. 9:27 A. M.
3:54 P. M. 10:10 P. M.
Saturday, September 15,
4:09 A. M. 10:21 A. M.
4:44 P. M. 10.58 P. M.
Sunday, September 16,
4:59 A. M. 11:12 A. M.
5:32 P. M. 11:44 P. M.
Monday, September 17,
5:45 A. M. 11:57 A. M.
6:14 P. M. 0:00 P. M.
Tuesday, September 18,
6:28 A. M. 0:25 A. M.
6:53 P. M. 12:40 P. M.
Wednesday, September 19,
7:07 A. M. 1:05 A. M.
7:29 P. M. 1:21 P. M.