Most Of The News All The Time Volume No. 17 No. 11 A Good Newspaper In A Good Community SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1956 6-Pages Today PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY H ■ b.j B ^ MW H \ m ■ fis m ■ Jj fcL M The Pilot Covers Brunswick County SI.50 PER YEAR Whiteville Weed Market Is Still At Full Speed Over One Million Pounds Disposed Of During Mon day Sales On This Border Belt Market GOOD AVERAGE FOR LAST WEEK Total Sales For Season Has Reached 31 Vi - Million Mark During Sales That ‘ Were Held Friday Whiteville’s tobacco market had a full sale Monday, with a sale estimated at over a million pounds of leaf, according to R. G. Maultsby, sales supervisor. M a u 11 s b y said prices were stronger than when the market closed Friday and that sales for the week would probably be from three and a half to four million pounds. Sales for last week totaled 4, 665,025 pounds which sold for $2,507,935.58, making an average of $56.91. Last Monday’s average led last week's sales at $59.27. Season’s sales through last Friday totaled 31,567,923 pounds. Total money paid amounted to $17,347,157.89, making an aver age of $54.95. This is the first week that the season’s average has exceeded the average for the same number of selling days as last year. Last year, at this time, the season average was $54.77, which is 18c per hundred under this year’s average. The local market is ahead of last season through last Friday by 5,709,459 pounds and the money paid . out exceeds last year by $3,184,974.68. To date the Stabilization Corporation has taken only 15.66 per cent of the total sales. With the likelihood that the local market will reach the 35 million pound sales mark this week, Maultsby is confident that the season’s total sales will reach the 40 million pound point, befdre selling ends here. Although sales continue fairly heavy Maultsby pointed out that sales are not blocked and that farmers now can come to mar ket and sell the same day with out any delay. Brief Bits Of LNEWS-' BUSINESS TRIP Sam T. Bennett is on a busi ness trip with several members of the sales staff of Cape Fear Motor Co. to Richmond, Va. HOME ON LEAVE Joe Young Christian is at home on a 30-day leave with his mother, Mrs. Frances Young. He has been stationed in Hawaii for the past few months and has re turned to the United States to attend one of the Naval Special ist Schools in California. PET-COOKED BARBECUE , A barbecue supper, pit-cooked the day of serving, will be held at Zion Methodist Church in Town Creek Saturday beginning at 6:30 o’clock. Home-made cakes and pica will also be on sale. The public is invited to come and bring their friends. SCOUT CHARTER i Ned McEachem, area commis sioner for Boy Scouts of America, was in Southport Sunday night and presented the charter for the troop being sponsored by Trinity Methodist Church. This ceremony took tiie place on the regular evening service. SNAGGED *HEM IN It is reported that the mullets were running so thickly around the Blows Fishing Pier at Long Beach last week that a Greens boro man placed a number of naked fish hooks on a line. Cast ing over the schools of fish with this line he reeled in rapidly and at every cast he snagged at least one mullet. Others fishing from the pier state that he had snagged a wash tub full of the mullets before he quit. CHURCH MEETINGS’ The vestry of St. Phillip’s Epis copal Church will meet at the church at 7 o’clock Thjrsday evening to go to Wilmington for a meeting with Bishop Thomas H. Wright. The regular meeting of the members of St. Phillip’s originally scheduled for Thursday night will be held Friday night at 8 o’clock at the Parish house. The meeting With the Bishop will bt discussed and refreshments will be served. All members and friends of St. Phillip’s are urged to attend. Waterfront At Calabash SCENE-This is a typical waterfront scene at Calabish, and it is apparent that the fab fishing season is in full swing. There are nets in both of the skiffs in the left, foreground, and in the center of the picture are shown two reels on which haul seines have been stretched for drying.—(Art Newton Photo.) Herring-Waiton Form New Law Firm In County Davis C. Herring, Formerly Associated With S. B. Frink, And Ray H. Wal ton Form Partnership Davis C. Herring and Ray H. Walton, Southport attorneys, have formed a law partnership under the firm name of Herring and Walton, according to announce ment made here Tuesday. Both are young and energetic and their ability is backed by a thorough education in law and several years of practical exper ience. Graduating from Wake Forest Law School just before the beginning of World War n, Herring served for the duration in the Navy. Following the war, he formed a law partnership, with S. B. Frink of Southport, a firm that has operated very successful ly until its recent dissolution. Walton was in the Merchant Marine during World War II and immediately upon receiving his discharge he entered Wake For est Law School to complete his college education. Graduating from the law school, he opened an office here with Attorney E. J. Prevatte with whom he practiced until business with his farm in Robeson county led Prevatte to move to Robeson, where he re mained for more than a year. Walton was elected State Sena tor for Brunswick county in 1954, a position that he has held with credit to himself and to Bruns wick county. The new firm will be located In the building, opposite the tax collectors office after this week. Southport Girls And Boys Away Long List Of Local Students Attending Various Colleg es And Prep Schools This Fall A recora number of Southport girls and boys are attending the various colleges, universities and prep schools this fall. East Carolina College at Green ville leads the list with Carolyn Ranseur. Patricia Adams, Norma Ann Harrelson, Betsy Carr, Bar bara Bomberger, Doug Watts, Bertram Burris, Jr., Bobby Cullis and Ronnie Hood. ■ There are five boys at N. C. State, including Joe Cochran, Bobby Swain, A1 Trunnell, Paul Moore and Billy Murdaugh., There are six Southport boys at the University of North Caro lina. They are Lew Hardie, Elliott Hickman, Gibson Barbee, Louis Newton, John Newton and Jim mie Harper. Tnere are two So.uthport stu dents at St. Mary’s in Raleigh, j Newton. Also in Raleigh are Betty Mc Glamery and Neil Lewis, who are attending Kings Business College. Carol Ann Wolf is a student at Flora Macdonald College in Red Springs. Two Southport girls, Vera Ann Willis and Jeannine Kincaide, are commuting daily to Motte Busi ness College with Billy Dosher, who also is a student there. So is George Stanley, a Southport high school graduate who. now (Continued on Page Four) Open Bid On Inlet Closing Project Wilmington Contractor Sub mits Bid On “Cure Or No Pay” Basis For Closing Storm Inlet At Long Beach CIVIL DEFENSE MET AT MEETING Proposal Now Under Ad visement And Announce ment Will Be Made Within Few Days About Work At. yesterdays opening of bids on the proposition to block off the Long Beach inlet created by the storm in 1954, only one bid was received by the Board of County Commissioners and Civil ian Defense officials. This bid was in the sum of $55,700 and was submitted by C. K. Horton of- Wilmington. The funds available for the purpose amount to $62,000. There may be a few days de lay in awarding the contract. Since there was only one bidder, General Edward Griffin, director of Civilian Defense, and other of ficials decided that the papers should go to Raleigh for legal confirmation as to the validity in a case where there was only one bid. The opinion was expressed that a ruling on the matter will be made this week and that Mr. Horton will be notified. The specification calls for the work to start not later than the 19th of October and that the work he finished in 90 callendar days. The contractor will be on a "no cure, no pay", basis. In addition to the county of ficials, General Griffin, Colonel Brown of the State Water Re sources; Henry M. Von Oesen, consulting engineer, and others were present at the bid opening. Former County Agent Passes John Ellis Dodson Died This Afternoon At His Home In Southport; Funeral Services Here Friday Af ternoon John Ellis Dobson died at his home in Southport this afternoon at 2 o’clock after being in a critical condition for the past sev eral weeks. He was 68 years of age. The deceased retired as county agent in May, 1948, after serving in that capacity for 28 years. Prior to that time he had served for two years as county agent in Pitt county. He was a native of Pilot Mountain. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie F. Dodson, and four chilr dren, Mrs. Colon Mints of Ra leigh; Jack E. Dodson of Rich mond, Va., Phil Dodson of Ash and Mrs. Kermit Mintz of Yoko homa, Japan. He is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. I. J. Blay lock, Greensboro; Mrs. Alonzo Foster, Altamahaw; and Mrs. George Lewis of Elon College. Funeral services will be con ducted Friday afternoon from Continued On Page Two Change Officers At Oak Island Adrain Fulcher, Warrant Officer (w-2) of the Oak Is land Coast Guard Station, has been transferred to the office of the Captain ef the Port at the Custom House in Wil mington. It is understood that he will be in the recruiting office for the Coast Guard at Wilmington. Mr. Fulcher and his family have resided in Southport for a year while lie was in com mond at Oak Island. A chief petty officer will take com mand at Oak Island. The Norfolk Coast Guard Head quarters has not yet indicat ed who this officer will be. Jury List For October Term This Action Taken Monday By Members Of The Coun ty Commissioners; High way Commissioner Heide Trast Present The Board of County Commis sioners were in regular session Monday' and Highway Commis sioner Heide Trask, accompanied by Engineer Bibberstein, met with the board for a discussion of va rious roads that need improve ment and surfacing. This meeting seemed to be very satisfactory to both the county officers and highway folks. It was ordered that $500 be released on R. L. Benton, N. W. Township, due to error in list Continued On Page Two Our ROVING Reporter Last week we slipped on some lose oil and hit the sidewalk with our hip, causing us to sleep for several nights on one side only and to sit the same way. In addi tion, we had to requistion Henry Mitchell, Boyd Moore and Mal colm Frink to tie our shoes on as many mornings. The first three weeks of the marsh hen season has gone and thus far no one has been able to bag any of the birds. There have simply been no high tides since the season opened and with out a high tide the birds can not be found. As a matter of fact, even with a high tide it may last only a couple of hours | and few sportsmen outside of > coastal residents can be present j aijry. A brief story was written ai yhow, and at least one glaring ei :or cropped up when it was st ited that her son was married, w I'reas he is still enjoying sin s' ■ blessedness. The young man, I- U Hewett, Jr., son of Mr. and * rs. L. L. Hewett of Grissettown, n a graduate of the Shallotte h ’» school, class of ’49. Continu h > his education, he graduated fi >m Wilmington College class of '.Continues on Page Four) Receive Word Of Reassignment Of Colonel McAleer First Commanding Officer Of Sunny Point Army Terminal To Fill Key Po sition In Atlantic Trans portation Terminal Com mand WILL BE ON STAFF FOR GEN. HOUSEMAN Will Be Replaced At Sunny Point By Col. Frank T. Edson, Native Of South Carolina The reassignment of Colonel William A. McAleer, Commanding Officer of Sunny Point Army Ter minal, to a key position on the staff of Major General Evan M. Houseman, Commanding General of : the Atlantic Transportation Terminal, in New York, was an nounced today. General Houseman, in announ cing the new assignment for Colpnel McAleer, praised him highly for his record at Sunny Point and lauded his ability as its first commander for the past year and a half. The Atlantic Transportation Terminal Command controls the Brooklyn Army Terminal, Hamp ton Roads Army Terminal and Sunny Point Army Terminal. General Houseman stated that the reason for the change was not only that he wanted Colonel McAleer on his staff, but that it was his policy to rotate his sen ior colonels to give them com mand opportunities. Replacing Colonel McAleer on October 1 will be Colonel Frank T. Edson, a native of Jonesville, S. C., and former Director of Op erations at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. Association To Admit Outsiders Southport Charter Boat men’s Association Amen ds Charter To Permit Other Businesses To Be come Members The Charter of the Southport Charter Boatmen’s Association has been amended to include citizens of Southport and adjacent areas other than owners of char ter boats operating out of South port. The motion as made to in clude owners, managers, and pro prietors of motels, cafes, inns, and other interested business men and women, private boat owners, and such other persons as the or ganization shall deem eligible for membership. At the last meeting the mat ter was duly presented and by uninamious vote of members pres ent was adopted. The purpose of this amendment is to enlist the cooperation of persons desiring to help advance the cause of sport fishing here in Southport and in 'nearby areas. Under the terms of active membership, these persons are to bt admitted by paying the regular enterance fee and then the regular monthly dues. Those desiring to join or who may be solicited to join, will be made ac quainted with full details of the organization's working plans, con stitution and by-laws. Further plans were laid at this last meeting for the coming event Continued On Page Four* FIRST OF A SERIES of advertisements supporting- the state’s industrial levelopment program is received by Governor Luther Hodges from E. B. Hunter, Charlotte, chairman of the North Carolina Press association’s committee on industrial development. Members of the NCPA with circulation of nearly a million and a half, are publishing the advertisements a# public service with out cost to the state. An enlarged copy of one of the advertise ments is shown in the background. Rape Cases Hold Court Spotlight Week End Fishing Hit By Weather Bad weather put a crimp In sports fishing activities at Southport during the past few days for parties planning to go outside. Only one report, that from Capt. Fred Fulford, was re ceived for week end activi ties. On Saturday he had H. E. Goodman and party of High Point out aboard the Davis Bros. V and brought in 4 bonito, 3 Spanish mack erel and 1 king mackerel. The next day Roy McKnight and party of Charlotte brought in 5 king mackerel, 6 dolphin, 4 Spanish mackerel, 3 amberjack and 1 barracuda. In direct contrast, some of the best surf casting and pier fishing of the season was en joyed by fishermen who went in for this type of sport. Hill Family Now In Canal Zone Letter Received Last Week From Col. R. L. Hill Re ports Comfortable Loca tion Of Family With his widespread contacts while Chief of the Wilmington District Army Engineers, many friends in this area of Colonel and Mrs. R. L. Hill and their daughters, Gladys and Mary, will be interested to know that they are now located at Fort Clayton, Canal Zone. Colonel Hill is now Engineer for the Navy in the Canal. The family arrived there and the colonel took over his duties on September 2. Under date of September 8th Colonel Hill wrote a friend in Southport: “When we arrived at Fort Clay ton, just a week ago, the first things we found in our pile of mail were issues of The State Port Pilot. We have read every one of their many interesting arti cles and we feel that your news paper provides a recurring link with events in North Carolina. “We certainly have particular interest in Sunny Point, the beach communities and State Govern mental affairs. We brought here with us a photograph of Governor Hodges, and it was the first item unpacked for our living room. In cidently, this is my first letter from the Canal Zone to anyone back home. "Life here is interesting. Rain 2omes every day at this season Jf the year for a few minutes, remperature is selaom over 80 iegrees. We almost live in Bur nuda shorts. “We were met at tile sliip vhen we docked at Cristobal on he Atlantic side. The sponsors Continued On Pag* Four) Trial Of Four White Men Will Begin Here Tomor row In Brunswick Coun ty Superior Court TWO NEGRO MEN ON TRIAL TODAY Othor Routine Cases Dispos ed Of Before Judge Claw son Williams During First Two Days Of Court As court convened here this morning testimony continued in the case against Frank Clark and Samuel Brown, Jr., against whom the grand jury yesterday returned a true bill for rape. The two defendants, through their attorney S. B. Frink, enter ed a plea of nolo contendre to a charge of assault upon a female with intent to commit rape. No jury was required for this case under these conditions, but testimony was presented for con sideration by Judge Clawson Wil liams, who is presiding over the one week term for trial of crim inal cases. Yesterday the grand jury also returned true bills against four white boys who have been held without bond on charges of rape. The defendants are Haywood Sullivan, William B. Sullivan, Le Roy Sullivan and Albert D. Rob bins. Trial of this case, in which there is a great amount of public interest, was originally scheduled to begin this morning, but it ap peared early today that it may be Thursday before this case comes to trial. Several other matters of minor nature were tried during the first two days of court. Eddie Ward pleaded guilty to charges of non support. His sentence of 6 months on the roads was suspended upon payment of $5 per week to the Clerk of Court and the sum of Continued On Page Four Pilot Cooperates With Advertising Newspaper Of North Caro, lina Join Hands In Help ing To Spread Word About Opportunities For New Industry With circulation of nearly a million and a half, newspapers of the state are joining hands through the North Carolina Press association to spread the word about the need for new industry and ways and means of getting it. The message will be carried in a series of public service adver tisements, published without cost to the state. “This is a fine public service by the press," declared Governor Hodges, “and is in keeping with its leadership not only for in dustrial development but toward improving our economic in every respect.” The public service project, larg , Continued From Page Five Association Will Meet In Columbus To Form Council Permanent Organization Of Thi* Body Expected To Be Perfected At Meeting In Whiteville October 26 SEVEN COUNTIES TO JOIN TOGETHER Brunswick Represented By James C. Bowman And A- S. Knowles; October Meeting To Culminate Activities Permanent organisation of thi Southeast North Carolina Develop ment association is anticipated when a meeting of the seven-coun ty organization is held in White ville, October 26. Horace Carter, Tabor City, chairman of the steering and or ganizational committee of the temporary association, says that a board of directors is expected to be formed in Whiteville. And from this group will come the officers of the permanent group. The budding organization is banding together seven counties in this area which are seeking to improve their economic positions through pooled resources. Or ganizational and research activi ties have been underway for the past two months. Expected actions at Whiteville Will be: 1. Naming of 21 additional members—three from each coun ty including a woman—to the organizational committee. The 21 combined with the present 14-man group will comprise the association’s board of directors. 2. Naming of overall commit tees for four proposed main di visions, and county committee chairman for each division. At a previous meeting an ob jectives committee proposed four divisions of activity for the group: Agriculture, Industry, Tourist and Recreation, and Community Development. 3. Presentation of research material gathered on agriculture, industry, and tourist trade. Groups have been working col lecting pertinent information in these categories since a meeting (Continued On Page fc'ive) Whale Story In Up-State Daily Recent Occurrence At Yau pon Beach Results In Humorous Feature Story By Miss Marjorie Hunter A few weeks ago a story ap peared in the Pilot about a whale washing up on Yaupon Beach and how a crowd, including Dr. Rich ard L. Burt of the Bowman Gray School of Medicine, rolled it back into the ocean after Dr. Burt had administered some mild first aid. Following the return of Dr. Burt of Winston-Salem, M.ss Marjorie Hunter of the Jouri&l Sentinel got hold of the a tor; and did the matter of the whale' up brown. Following is her account of the whale’s visit to Yaupon Beach, as it appeared in the Win- . ston-Salem papers: “The Richard L. Burt family had a whale of s time down at Yaupon Beach la jt week. “And did the world’s most pam pered whale. “It all started when Dr. Burt, Continued On Page Two Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the next weak. These hours are ap proximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of ths Cape Fear Pilot’s Association, High Tide Low TUb Thursday, September 30, 7:45 A. M. 1:42 A. M, 8:04 P, M. 2:01 P. M. Friday, September 21, 8:22 A. M. 2:19 A. M. 8:39 P. M. 2:40 P. M. Saturday, September 22, 9:00 A. M. 2:56 A. M. 6:15 P. M. 3:21 P. M. Sunday, September 33, 9:41 A. M. 3:34 A. M. 9:55 P. M. 4:04 P. M. Monday, September 24, 10:27 A. M. 4:15 A. M. 10:42 P. M. 4:50 P. M. Tuesday, September 25, 11:20 A, M. 4:62 A. M. 11:38 P. M. 5:45 P. M. Wednesday, September 26, 0:00 A. M. 5:57 A. M. 12:20 P. M. 6:46 P. M.