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Volume No. 17
THE STATI QRT PILOT
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3 6-Pages Today_SOUTHPORT, N. C. WeIsDAyTIeR 10, 1956 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Brunswick County
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hngmeer Finds
Facts Regarding
Flow Of Water
Representative Of U. S.
Department Of Interior
Makes Dry Weather Tests
Of Freshwater Supply
STRENGTHENS BELIEF
OF GREAT SOURCE
Investigation Covers Large
Area Of Brunswick Coun
ty, With Chief Emph
asis Near Allen
Creek
A month ago G. C. Goddard,
Jr., Hydraulic Engineer with the
U. S. Department of the Interior,
Geological Survey, began his ini
tial effort to determine the low
water flow (dry weather period)
of various streams and sources
of water in Brunswick county.
His present study is more in the
nature of an effort to determine
the dependability of the water
production and for some sources
his study may have to be car
ried on for months or years.
His first tentative examination
was of one of the several free
flowing strams on Allen Creek.
While this examination did not
by any means establish the total
flow in that area, it did so im
press the engineer that this week
he wrote W. B. Keziah of the
State Port Pilot, saying in part:
“Your enthusiasm as to the
vaule of this water is very much
to be admired and I feel that it
is very valid since this appears
to be a very good potential source
of water supply.”
For the flow from Bouncing
Log Spring measurements were
taken and this point of flow, to
gether with that through the
nearby Allen Creek. These places
were set up as a partial record
site and further masurmenets will
be made during dry periods two
or tliree times each year. During
these visits observations will also
be made at Gore Pond, about a
mile northwest of the spring.
The flow through Lilliput Creek,
near Orton and through which
Allen Creek waters also go to
the river and sea, was not prac
tical at the time. The waters
pass through a controlled gate
or spillway and lacks the quali
ties of being a natural runoff.
Engineer Goddard quoted Caral .
Mann, Jr., W. H. Riley, Dr. Jas- '
per Stuckey, and Howard LeGrand .
as saying that from this point it
appears that there is a much '
greater flow during dry weather
periods from this stream than
from any other in the area.
Comment was also made on the
comparatively large discharge of
water from Orton Pond, where
the discharge is regulated some
what in the same manner as on
Lilliput Creek. Orton Pond also
gets practically all of its water
from springs like those on Allen
Creek.
On an accompanying map, En
gineer Goddard listed some 11
streams in Brunswick where dry
weather measurements were
taken. Some of these places will
be open for future study and
measurements. Other places, as
they are identified as worthy of
investigation, will also come in for
the future studies.
Outside of surface flowing wa
ter, no attempt was made to haz
ard predictions as to amount of
water that can be obtained by
mechanical efforts, at or around
the springs. That phase of things
Continued On Page Two
Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
eastern standard
Sunny Point Army Terminal re
sumed Eastern Standard Time on
October 1 after observing Day
light Savings all summer.
HOMECOMING DAY '
There will be a Homecoming
Day at Antioch Baptist church
on Sunday, October 14, everyone
is cordially invited to attend.
CAKE AND PIE SALE
The Mary Rebekah Circle of
the Womans Society of Christian
Service of Tiinity Methodist
Church will hold a cake and pie
sale Saturday morning at 10
o’clock on the front porch of the
Leggett home.
HOMECOMING DAY
Homecoming Day will be ob
served Sunday, October 21, at
New Hope Presbyterian Church,
Winnabow. Registration will be
gin at 9:30 a. m.; church at
school 10 o'clock ;morning wor
ship at 9:45 o’clock; picnic din
ner at 12:30. The morning ser
mon will be by Rev. Sam N.
Thomas.
Start Less Fires,
Write More Letters
This Is National Fire Prevention Week And Nationa
Letterwriting Week
Need something to do this
week ? Fine. You can do two
things—write that overdue letter
home, or to your friends, and do
what you can to stop fires and
fire losses.
This week is both National
Fire Prevention week, in which
the local volunteer fire depart
ment is cooperating, and also
National Letterwriting week, in
which the local postoffice de
[ partment is cooperating.
Of course, it goes without say
ing that celebrants of letterwrit
ing week will have to keep fire
prevention week in mind—no
hot letters.
Seriously, J. A. Maultsby, Jr.,
Whiteville postmaster points out
that letter mail’s traditional
sanctity, the uncensored trans
mission of first class mail, is
one of the basic American free
doms.
And the value of the letter
home to or to distant friends is
immeasurable. “We all know the
human importance of letterwrit
ing,” Maultsby says, “the way
it holds scattered families to
gether, of giving comfort and
love and news to all the people
of the land.”
But he added, the implications
are even greater when the privi
leges of uncensored mail are
considered.
As for fire prevention, it is
enough to say that the state
board of health points out that
fires and burns kill over iOO Tar
Heels each year.
The state agency warned that
"health and safety leaders
should take immediate active
measures to combat accidental
deaths from fires and burns
which it is feared may reach
epidemic proportions during "the
remainder of 1956.
Burns and fire deaths are the
leading non-motor vehicle cause
of accidental death in the state.
The emphasis on fire preven
tion this week cannot be stress
ed too much, local fire preven
tion agencies point out,
“This is the season when fire
dangers are most prevalent as
people begin to restore use of
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Fishing Results
Continue Good
Charter Boat Skippers Re- *
port Plenty Of Bluefish
And Spanish Mackerel On
Shoals This Week
KING MACKEREL
SHOWING INCREASE
I*hose Who Know Think
That Some Of The Best
Fishing Of The Season
Is In Prospect During
Next Month
There is every indication that
he traditional good fall fishing
s now in full swing at South
>ort, for charterboat skippers
same in yesterday with the re
>ort that the shoals are literally
iwarming with bluefish and mack
:rel. Add to this the fact that
Doats going off shore have been
matching king mackerel in increas
ing numbers recently.
Capt. L. D. Hayman reported
that Martin Denning and party
of Harrels, fishing with him Sat
urday aboard the Silver Spray,
brought in 184 blues and mack
erel.
The Saturday trip for the Davis
Bros. V saw William Johnson and
party of Fairmont bring in 226
blues and mackerel. On Sunday
Robert Burns and party of
Cheraw, S. C., had 129 blues and
mackerel. The Monday trip was
with J. H. Davis and party of
Salisbury, who had 4 king mack
erel, 3 dolphin and a 7-foot sail
fish.
Capt. Walter Lewis had H. T.
Stillwell and party of Charlotte
out Saturday aboard the John
Ellen and brought in 186 Span
ish mackerel and blues. On Sun
Continued On Page Two
Crisp To Enter
Prison January 1
Governor Luther Hodges
Reprieve To Brunswick
County Man Until Janu
ary 1
Governor Luther Hodges has
granted a reprieve until January
2, 1957, in the case of Redman
Earl Crisp, Brunswick county resi
dent, who was found guilty of
second degree murder at the
January term of crimnal court.
Judge W. H. S. Burgwin, who
presided at the term at which
Crisp was convicted, sentenced
him to serve not less than 5
years or tnore than 12 years in
State Prison.
In the Superior court case
Crisp was charged with shooting
and killing James A. Ferreri, a
New York youth, who with two
other teen age boys was hitch
hiking his way south in March,
1955.
From the verdict attorneys for
Crisp took an appeal to the Su
preme court and he remained at
liberty under bond until a de
cision could be handed down. Two
weeks ago the court naled that
there was no error in the trial.
Wednesday of last week a certified
copy of- the finding of the Su
preme court reached here and it
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Police Blotter
Established Here
Something new in South
port in law enforcement is
the establishing of a police
ledger or record book by
Chief Louis Clark. Activities
occurring ea.cn uo-jr ---
corded and are available to
the press
A glance at the book this
past week revealed only minor
infractions of the law had
taken place, outside the rob
bery of a yacht and a three
car collision in Tin Pan
Alley, a narrow street leading
to the yacht basin. Only min
or damage resulted from this
wreck and no action against
any of the drivers has result
ed this far.
Weekly Session
Of Court Held
Variety Of Cases Disposed
Of Before Judge Earl
Bellamy Here In Record
er’s Court Monday Of
This Week
A long list 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:
Ulysess Williamson, allowing
minor to operate, possession of
tax paid whiskey with seal brok
en .fined $25 and costs.
Ernest Fowler and Hugh Cash,
possession of non tax paid whis
key. Fowler not guilty, Cash fined
$25 and costs.
Dollar Washington, drunk driv
ing, possession, fined $110 and
costs.
Arnold Leo Hewett, drunk driv
ing, fined $100 and costs.
Lennie Fender, speeding, fined
$10 and costs.
Murdock McRae Dunn, speed
ing, fined $15 and costs.
Pleasant Daniel Morton, speed
ing, fined $15 and costs.
Walter Ray Hulin, speeding,
i reckless operation, fined $25 and
costs.
James Marian Lewis, speeding,
fined $25 and oosts.
Martin E. Turner, spending,
fined $10 and costs.
Ollie Godwin, drunk and dis
orderly, nol pros with leave.
Donnie Fletcher, public drunk
ness, fined $25 and costs.
John Howard Graves, speeding,
fined $15 and costs.
Nathanel Bethea, no chaffeur’s
license, fined $25 and costs. $15
of fine remitted on presentation
of valid license.
Bobby Lee Halstead, speeding,
fined $10 and costs.
Carl Kindle Lewis, no chaffeur’s
license, nol prossed as it was
shown he had valid license at
time of arrest.
John Henry Pellons, no opera
tor’s license, fined $25 and costs.
James Burke Register, speed
ing, fined $10 and costs, fine re
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Comnian
COL. FRANK T. ED SO 10
assumed his duties as cor
ing officer of Sunny Point
Terminal October 1. He a|g
family have moved into
■the new homes recently
on the garrison.
New Stevedore
Contract G<
To Ryan Fii
Mobile Organization
Reputation For Statist
tory Performance Of Di
With The Transportat
Corps
Formal signing of the n
stevedore contract at SPAT t(
place Monday in the office of 1
Purchasing & Contracting Of fit
at Sunny Point. Th'j officia
announces the entry of the Ry
Stevedoring Company of Mobi
Ala., into the Sunny Point oper
tion. Mr. Peeples, vice-preside
of the organization, has be
spending the past few days ha
planning for the orderly transitu
of functions from the Impara
Stevedoring Corporation to ti
Ryan Stevedoring Company.
„ Officials of the Ryan Stevedo
THWfc
;our of the terminal aha a brief
>rientation on its functions. The
aarty consisted of Ool. Edson, Lt.
[Jol.'Murphy, Lt. Col. Besser, Mr.
Wills, Mr. Peoples, Mr. Ruffin and
Mr. Williams.
The Ryan Stevedoring Com
pany comes with a fine reputa
tion and the community is look
ing forward to long and happy
relationships with this new or
ganization.
Engineers Warn
About Debris
Unlawful To Throw Trash
Or Debris In Navigable
Streams And Penalty Is
Provided For Offenders
The Corps of Engineers Dis
trict Office has issued a warning
about the throwing of refuse mat
ter into navigable waters or into
tributaries of such waterways.
The depositing of laps of trees,
slabs, salvag or any other debris
into waterways is a violation oi
the law, said Lt. Col. J. H. Jack
son, Assistant District Engineer,
and an obstruction to navigation
Colonel Jackson said complaints
had come to him that such acts
had been perpetrated at various
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y Being
ssed Daily
Sunny Point
sje Of Lumber Used As
Inage In Ships Is Ex
ile Of Saving Methods
jig Employed
c| i WASTE IN
Y THIS OPERATION
Phases Screened To Keep
^rational Costs In Line
Ith Replacement Costs
f Held To Minimum
was of interest to discover
talking this week to SPAi
als the emphasis placed on
reclamation of lumber used
he loading of ammunition
Vessels arriving at
■ither loading or discharging
'large quantities of dunnage
mber that must be reclaimed^
interior of the vessel or
L” must be entirely covered
revent metal contact and this
•tice also holds true in the
Nation of cargo as it is loaded
he hatches.
ufenage that is recovered as
loading or discharging goes
is taken to a well-equipped
iber reclamation area where a
,up of lumber handlers under
: control of the terminal go to
rk. lAimber is sorted in P
■ibed lengths and sizes andthen
icked in uniform size bundles
iere it is held, awaiting calls
,m the operating personnel.
It would seem that as a resu
all this a great deal of waste (
mid be accumulated, but
rangely enough, the waste is
iry small. This small residue can
. classified as sweepings and is
sposed of as trash.
While on the subject of Govern
ent property and its salvage
id disposal, it might, be worth
>ting that procurement at S^ai
i screened to such an extent that
t no time does it exceed actual
equipments. Property that is not
conomically repairable because
nfl&k£ugh ^"prescribed dls
,1 g-ygtprn F.rtnnnmv is thf
supplies and equipment
Report Robbery
Aboard Yacht
NUice Chief Investigating
lleged Robbery Of Visit
ing Crippled Vessel Here
.ast Week
Ihief of Police Louis Clark is
s l investigating a robbery that
<( urred here last week aboard
Cleveland, Ohio, yacht Cora
,e, owned by Leonard Cowan,
ih and various articles taken
m the boat are said to have a
al value of $1,340 and the rob
y is thought to have occurred
ween 2 o’clock and 8 o’clock
s morning the past week.
The boat was enroute to Jack
X iville, Fla., and on the water
v y it struck a floating log, sus
;s ning considerable damage. An
ti ler boat owned by Mr. Mixon of
D alia, Fla., came along and as
si ted in getting the craft to
J jthport and a dock here. Two
fi lung also assisted, as did the
0 ast Guard.
rhe next morning after the
bi at tied up here it was discover
ed that $650.00 in currency had
b«en stolen. This was reportedly
ii* $100, $50 and $20 bills.
Continued On Page Two
W. B. KKHAH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
The temperature has been cool
er than usual thu9 far in the sea
son. Despite that, the young folks
have been carrying on plenty of
water skiing during the past
week. For the information of any
one not acquainted with this
sport, it may be said that while it
gives plenty of exercise, skiing
can at the same time be much
colder than the water. The boy
or girl on the board will be travel
ing at the rate of 20-25 miles
per hour. The board on which
he or she is riding kicks up spray
that keeps him or hr drenching
wet. The wetness, combined with
the speed, makes things decided
ly chilly.
We have seen enough of the
Brunswick County Training
School band and heard enough of
ts past performances to predict
hat the folks who attend the
>pen air concert Sunday afternoon
vill be well entertained. The
^oung folks have poise and train
ng, are splendidly outfitted and
reflect credit on Southport and
the county. The band will appear
Sunday afternoon at 3:15 in the
park at the city hall and Direc
tor S. S. Higgs called up yester
day to state that they wish it
known that the concert is open
to all. In fact, everyone is in
vited.
With it understood that Senator
W. Kerr Scott will be at South
port on another matter the later
part of this month, Brunswick
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Orton On TV
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crFNE—Viewers who are familiar with beautiful
SCfc-Nc* . Saturday night when the
Orton Plantation got a cround for one of the cos
mansion was u®®d,,Your ffit Parade.” The song was “ M>
tume numbers on Your tin ra Giselle MacKenzie
Prayer,” and the ‘ spo? west of the plan
The above picture is Saturday night was of th<
SfothT'slie aend0I1was taken from the eastern edge o:
the front lawn. __
Approve Contracts
! For Three Schools
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Begin Saturday
Registration books will be
open Saturday for the gener
al election as registrars will
be on duty at their respective
polling places.
Bach member of the board
of elections has applications
blanks for absentee ballots.
These men are Arthur J.
Dosher, Southport; Foster
Mintz, Bolivia; and L. C.
Babson, Freeland.
Mrs. W. B. Hewett has
been appointed to serve as
registrar for Secession pre
cinct. Another important
piece of business is the deci
sion to move the voting place
in Mosquito precinct to the
L. B. Smith store at Mid
way.
Southport PTA
Assumes Projects
Agree To Pay Salary Of
Extra Teacher; Hallowe’
en Carnival Adopted As
One Fund Raising Plan
Members of the Southport
Parent-Teacher Association met
Thursday night and voted to pay
the salary of a part-time extra
teacher at Southport high school,
This same action was taken last
vear.
As one of the means for raising
funds with which to meet this
obligation, it was decided to hold
the Halloween Carnival this fall.
This event has been a principal
money-making venture in the
past.
Another venture that now is in
progress is the community birth
day calendar. Mrs. Clinton Bell
amy is in charge and said at the
meeting that there still is time
for those who wish to have their
names on the calendar to do so.
The following persons were
named to serve as grade mothers:
First grade, Miss Norment;
Mrs. Clint Bellamy, chairman;
Mrs. John Brown, Mrs. Neil Jor
gensen, Mrs. Harold Aldridge,
Mrs. J. V. Gunther, Mrs. Odis
Bozeman, Mrs, Wesley E. Garner,
| Mrs. B. N. Jones, Mrs. Otto Hart.
| First grade, Mrs. Smith; Mrs.
(Marian Doyle, chairman; Mrs.
Beulah Wells, Mrs. Lucy Souther
land, Mrs. Margie Staudt, Mrs.
Hilda Styron, Mrs. Mary Lou
Coleman, Mrs. Ruby Calloway,
Mrs. Fanny Jones.
Second and third grade, Miss
Ashley; Mrs. Ed Harrelson, chair
man; Mrs. W. C. Norton, Mrs.
Clarence Lennon, Mrs. Roland E.
Clark, Mrs. Thomas E. Gilbert,
Continued On Page Four
State Board Of Education
Approves Application Oi
Rrmowidr County Boarc
Of Education For 5319,'
987
THREE COLORED
•> SCHOOLS PLANNEE
New Brick Buildings At Un
ion, Lincoln And Bruns
wick County Training
School
The State Board of Education
last week approved the applica
tion of the Brunswick County
Board for the sum of $319,987 for
the construction of 3 Negro
schools in Brunswick and the
money is now available with con
tracts let and the contractors ex
pected to begin work this week
or immediately.
The money comes from the $50
million dollar bond issue approved
by the voters in 1953 for the
construction of schools. While only
3 schools are taken care of in the
allocation, Supt. Henry C. Stone
stated this week that there are
plans to seek funds later for
needed repairs on 3 or 4 other
school buildings and the construc
tion of one elementary school.
This forthcoming application will
not involve any great sum, it
has been said.
The schools benefitting in the
$319,987 allocation are all high
schools and are as follows:
At Southport where a portion
of the present plant has been
under condemnation for 3 years,
the Brunswick County Training
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Death Comes To
Long Beach Man
Ira Evans, Well Known To
Long Beach Visitors, Died
Following Period Of Ex
tended Illness
Ira Hugh Evans, 65-year-old
native of Brunswick county and
resident of Long Beach for some
35 years, died in the Dosher Me
morial Hospital Saturday night.
He was a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Miles A. Evans and
was born in the Antioch church
community. His death followed
an illness of several weeks.
He is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs. Ann Brewer, wife of
a Marine Sgt. at Camp Lejeune;
two brothers, Archie Evai^ of
Southport and Robert Evans Cj.
Wilmington.
Funeral services were held at
the graveside at Antioch Church
Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Since Long Beach began its
development as a summer resort,
Ira has become one of the best
known residents of the com
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’olitical Raines
Held Friday Nite
By Both Parties
Candidates For State Offi
ces Attend Republican
Rally Held In Theatre
Building At Shallotte
DEMOCRATS HAVE
OUTDOOR FISHFRY
Congressional Nominee Al
ton Lennon And Judge
Raymond Mallard Are
Principal Speakers
Both the Democrats and the
Republicans held full-scale party
-allies Friday night wlthm a f®v
miles of each other, and both
were well attended. , .
At Shallotte Gubernatorial Can
didate Hayes, Commissioner of
Agriculture Candidate Keith and
other aspirants for State office
joined with Brunswick county
Republicans to launch their
campaign.
This meeting began with a
I barbecue supper served m the
Ford garage building. Afterward,
the group adjourned to the Sha -
lotte theatre for a round of
speech-making.
Presiding at tms """
3. L. Willetts, chairman of tne
Brunswick County Republican Ex
ecutive Committee. He introduced
all local candidates before the
visitors took over.
The Democratic outing was a
fish fry held at the Bert Frink
place near Guase landing. More
than three hundred persons en
joyed the hospitality and the talks
which followed.
Billy Russ, chairman of tne
Democratic Executive Committee,
presided and introduced all local
candidates. Harry L. Mintz, a
former member of the North
Carolina General Assembly from
Brunswick County, then intro
duced Judge Raymond Mallard
and former U. S. Senator Alton
Lennon, who is now the Demo
cratic candidate for congress from
the seventh district.
There was a general feeling of
optimism and good fellowship at
^ this session, which was attended
■ by party members from every
part of the county.
Superior Court
'onvenes Monday
Dne Week Term For Trial
Of Civil Cases Scheduled
With Judge Clawson Wil
Iians Presiding
Judge Clawson Williams will
>reside at the one week term of
:ourt that convenes here Monday,
October 15, for the trial of civil
;ases. Inculding 4 divorce cases,
here are 35 matters set for trial
luring the week.
Of the actions, Clerk of Court
r. E. Brown states that the most
.rigorously contested probably
will be the case of Foy vs South
ern Oil Transportation Co. and
Bell Bakeries, Inc. The plaintiffs,
represented by James and James
and Frink, are suing the defend
ants for damages as a result of a
collision. The defense is represent
ed by Roundtree and Roundtree
and Henry and Carter. The case
is docketed for Monday.
Another potentially interesting
case, also set for Monday, is
that of the Brunswick Navigation
Company, represented by Lassiter
and Miller, with the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad as defend
ant. The railroad is represented
by Campbell & Marshall and by
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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 Tl*
Thursday, October 11,
0:43 A. M. 6:48 A. M.
1:22 P. M. 7:37 P. M.
Friday, October 12,
1:38 A. M. 7.46 A. M.
2:15 P. M. 8:33 P. M.
Saturday, October 13,
2:33 A. M. 8:46 A. M.
3:08 P. M. 9:27 P. M.
Sunday, October 14,
3:28 A. M. 9:43 A. M.
4:00 P. M. 10:17 P. M.
Monday, October 15,
4:20 A. M. 10:37 A. M.
4:48 P. M. 11:03 P. M.
Tuesday, October 16,
5:08 A. M. 11:26 A. M.
5:34 P. M. 11:48 P. M.
Wednesday, October 17,
5:54 A. M. 0:00 A. M.
6:16 P. M. 12:12 P. M.