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Brunswick County
Volume No. 17
No. 16
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1956
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New REA Officials
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RECORD ATTENDANCE was reported for the Brunswick Electric Membership cooperative last
Friday when the 18 year old organization held Us annual meeting. During the meeting the board
of directors was elected. The directors are (top) left to right, sitting: J. B. Ward, Jr., Longwood;
W. A. Mintz, Freeland; A. P. Henry, Sr., Winnabow (assistant secretary-treasurer); C. D. Branch,
Boardman, renamed chairman for'third term. Standing are Roy Swain, Bolivia, the only new mem
ber of the board; Dennis Anderson, Cherry Grove, re-elected vice-president; M. M. Ray, Nakina;
T. D. Lindsey, Shallotte, elected secretary-treasurer; H. D. White, Jr., Pleasant Plains; L. C. Bat
ten, Whiteville, Rt. 2; Fred E. Lay, Pireway. Bottom picture shows a portion of the record crowd
of about 5,000 attending the event in the Liberty Warehouse.
Brunswick Boys
And Girls Win
4-H Recognition
Honors Received By Several
Brunswick County 4-H
Club Members At Meet
ing Saturday At Pope
Field
The Southeastern District 4-H
Club Recognition Day was held at
Pope Air Force Base last Satur
day, October 26. Club members
attending the Recognition Day
along with Miss Sue Brown, Home
Demonstration Agent, and San
ford Lee, Assistant County Agent,
were Jo Ann Sellers of Supply,
Jackie Lewis of Winnabow, Ron
ald Russ of Shallotte, and Gene
Autry Suggs of Hickman’s Cross
Roads.
It was announced at the meet
ing and Certificates were award
ed to Jimmy Albright of Bolivia
as the District Winner in Dairy
Achievement. Jimmy is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Albright and
a student in the eleventh grade
of Bolivia High School. Jimmy
has accomplished the following:
Carried dairying projects for six
years, starting with one calf in
1951 and now has nine cows and
eight calves; completed projects
in beef animal, wildlife, swine,
and corn; competed in the dis
trict demonstration contest foi
two years; shown calves in the
dairy show for six years; has
been vice-president, treasurer, anc
president of the local 4-H Club.
Along with Jimmy showing ir
Continued On Page Two
Brief Bits Of
lnews
RELATIVE DIES
Miss Harriet Richards of South
port was advised Tuesday of thi
death that day of her sister-in
law, Mrs. A. S. Richards, in Olean
N. Y.
TURKEY SUPPER
A turkey supper will be serve(
by members of the Womans So
ciety of Christian Service o:
Trinity Methodist Church on Tues
day, November 13, in the recrea
tion room. Serving will begin a
5:30 o’clock.
BARBECUE SUPPER
There will be a barbecue sup
per, pit-cooked on church grounds
at Zion Methodist Church, Tow
Creek, on Saturday, November i
beginning at 6:30 p. m. All prc
ceeds will go to the church builc
ing fund. Home-made cakes an
pies will also be on sale, an
everyone is invited.
Area Development
Council Formed
Tabor City Newspaper Man
Named Chairman Of New
Promotional Organizat
ion At Friday Meeting
JAMES C. BOWMAN
WILL DRAW CHARTER
G. V. Barbee Named Chair
man Of Tourist And Re
creation Division Of
Organization
The impelling need for an area
development association as far as
agricultural southeast North Car
olina is concerned, was heavily
underlined Friday evening by Bill
Hooks when the association was
formally organized in Whiteville.
Noting the strong possibility of
a heavy tobacco acreage cut for
1957, Hooks, a former state ASC
committee member, said.
“We need to ease the blow of
the tobacco cut, and put more
money in the hands of the farm
ers.”
And part of his reason looked
ahead to 1958 when the tobacco
control program will again go to
the farmers for referendum.
“The program has got to carry,
i not by a majority, but by a two
j thirds majority, and if the tem
per of the farmers out there is
the same, I don’t know what will
happen. They're mad now, they’re
just as mad and disturbed as
they can be.”
Carter Elected
The meeting saw the accept
ance of the association formally,
and the election of W. Horace
Carter, Tabor City publisher, as
its first president.
Some 50 persons, including new
members to the board of direct
ors of the organization, heard
short reports from the agricul
tural, industrial, community de
: velopment, and recreation and
tourist divisions of the organiza
tion.
The reports were given to
orient the new members with
what the seven-county group will
I have to work with in its drive to
advance the economic and cul
: tural growth of the area.
R. H. Tate, Wilmington banker
was named as first vice-presi
. dent; Roy Carter of Wallace is
second vice-president; R. L
Thompson, now Wrightsville
Beach, but a native of Hallsboro,
■: is secretary; and Mitchell Allen
, of Jacksonville is treasurer,
r Division Chiefs
Also named as officers of the
- organization as heads of the djf
- ferent divisions, or areas to be
1 developed were Henry Wyche
a Hallsboro, agricultural division;
Continued On Page Two
*
Open Bids For
County Paving
The State Highway Com
mission met in Raleigh yes
terday and opened bids for 10
projects, including the 9.6
miles of surfacing on the
Makatoka-Juniper Creek road,
running through Exum.
Low bidder was the E. B.
Towles Construction Co. of
Wilmington, whose bid was
$53,121.90.
This same contractor cur
rently is engaged in surfacing
that portion of the Supply
Bolton road that lies within
this county.
Stream Clearance
Bids Are Opened
Shallotte Firm Gets Contract
For Clearing Streams In
Brunswick County
Col. H. C. Rowland of the Wil
mington District announced yes
terday the result of bids for Civil
Defense work on streams in 19
eastern North Carolina streams.
In giving the low bidders Col.
Rowland called attention to the
fact that other counties than
those listed still have the doors
open to obtain funds for this
work. They should apply for it
if they think they are entitled to
it.
The list of counties and low bids
submitted are as follow:
Beaufort. County — Dickenson,
Inc., Monroe, $20,615; Bertie
County—Hertford Const. Co. Hert
ford, $5,610; Bladen County—
Dickerson, Inc., Monroe, $16,387;
Brunswick County—M & W Const.
Co. Shallotte, $99,000; Camden
County—Dickerson, Inc., Monroe,
$11,400; Carteret County—Dicker
son, Inc., Monroe, $15,200; Colum
bus County—D. W. Winkelman,
Greensboro, $149,900; Craven
County—Dickerson, Inc., Monroe,
$23,750; Duplin County—Dicker
son, Inc., Monroe, $139,650; Hert
ford County—Hertford Const. Co.,
Hertford, $29,920; Jones County—
Godwin Building Co. and Kitchen
Const. Co. both of Warsaw,
$69,000; Martin County—Dicker
son, Inc., Monroe, $24,700; New
Hanovt” County—Dickerson, Inc.,
Monroe, $11,400; Onslow County—
Godwin Building Co. and Kitchen
Const. Co. both of Warsaw.
Continued On Page Two
No Change Made
In Committeemen
ForASC Program
Unnie Evans Elected To
Serve Third Term As
Chairman Of Brunswick
County Farm Organiza
tion
SETS NEW RECORD
FOR THIS SERVICE
Several Changes Occurred
In Organization Of Six
Community Committees
° Serving Brunswick
Lonnie Evans has been re-elect
ed chairman of the ASC commit
tee in Brunswick county for the
third consecutive year, Edgar L.
Holden has been named vice
chairman and C. W. Knox as
regular member to keep the coun
ty committee unchanged and set
a record for continuous service
in this office.
First alternate is Norman Gris
sett and the second alternate is
Paul Brown.
These men were elected at a
meeting of community committee
delegates held Thursday at the
Agricultural Office in Supply.
In reporting the community
committeemn last week, the re
port from Northwest township
was not available. The following
were elected: Elmer Aycock,
chairman and delegate; George
Skipper, vice-chairman and alter
nate delegate; Homer Chadwick,
regular member; Charlie Harvell,
first alternate; and Charlie Sykes,
second alternate.
Although the county committee
remains unchanged, several
changes were made in the six
community committeemen, who
also have a voice in conducting
the farm program.
Hit Fire Losses
In State Forests
November Proclaimed By
Governor Luther H. Hod
ges As Forest Fire Pre
vention Month
RALEIGH—In an effort to call
attention to North Carolina’s 35
million-dollar annual loss to forest
fires, Governor Luther H. Hodges
has proclaimed November as
“Forest Fire Prevention Month In
North Carolina”.
Purpose of the observance, the
governor explained is to make
every Tar Heel aware that “our
per capita income and our stand
ard of living are suffering be
cause of unnecessary forest fires.”
The statement also pointed to
the Governor's conference on For
est File Prevention to be held
in the State Fair arena on Nov.
14 to plan “unified action against
this economic loss.” A program of
exhibits, demonstrations, enter
tainment as well as short talks by
a number of well known Tar
Heels is being planned for the
one-day meeting.
County Forest Warden D, L.
Mercer and County Agent A. S.
Knowles are particularly anxious
to have Brunswick county well
represented at the meeting in Ra
leigh, and are willing to help work
(Continue on page three)
State Officers
COMING Mrs. Aubrey L. Mauney of Kings Mountain, left, president of th<
North Carolina Federation of Woman’s Clubs, will attend the 11th District meeting
in Southport Tuesday. Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., center, of Southport, is the 2nc
vice-president and Director of Districts; Miss Marjorie Yokeley of Mount Airy is 3rc
vice-president and Director of Junior Woman’s Club activities.
District Meeting
Of Woman’s Club
Scheduled Here
State President And Othei
N. C. Federation Officers
Will Participate In lit!
District Session In South
port Tuesday
Members of the Southport Wo
man’s Club will serve as host
esses for the 11th District meet
ing of the N. C. Federation heri
Tues
it ay. Mrs. J. Frank Coliiei
of Ci rolina Beach is district pres
ident
Th meeting will be attended b;
Mrs
Fede
Aubrey Mauney, of Kings
Mom iain, president of the Stat
ation, and Miss Marjoru
Yoke y, 3rd vice president ir
char] e of Junior Woman’s Clut
actiifcies. Also at the meeting
will he Mrs. James M. Harper
M Southport, 2nd vice-presi
delf- of the State Federation, whe
is: iirector of districts. She anc
tl|e other State Federation offi
are now making a tour oi
irict meetings being helc
t oughout North Carolina.
Tie Tuesday meeting will be
h|H at Trinity Methodist Church
will start with a coffee houi
Continued On Page Two
a
wo Men Missing
Allowing Storm
■AP Joins U.S. Coast Guard
In Search For Two Laur
inburg Men Who Have
Been Missing Since Week
End
An extensive air-sea rescue op
ration is in progress off the
Irunswick county coast today as
AP planes joined the Coast
iuard in a search for two men
lissing since Saturday when their
mall boat was seen in distress
i Corncake Inlet.
J. E. Boone and William Ses
ons„ both of Laurinburg, drove
lown to Ft. Fisher in a truck, and
Continued On Page Two
Oui
ROVING
eporter
Supply and its rural mail route
has always been a strong point
for State Port Pilot subscribers.
Outside of Southport, the paper
has always had and still has
more paid subscribers there than
at any other post office in the
county. The people come in ant
pay of their own accord. A gooc
illustration of this was Monday
E. B. Gore, a good colored farm
er of route 1, came in to renev
his subscription. He said he ha<
been taking The Pilot severs
years and that he would not d
without if. He went on to sa;
"I like the State Port Pilot an
read it through every week,
think that verybody in Brunswm
or anyone who is interested
Brunswick county, should have tl
State Port Pilot.”
With the Wilmington Comm -
tee of 100 cooperating, efforts a e
being made to interest a hT '
York manufacturer of ladies su s,
in moving their plant here. ? e.
operators in question are said to
be very interested in the proposi
tion. The plant would employ a
large number of women and girls
for sewing. Southport is thought
to be especially well situated for
operations of this sort. The town
and surrounding area has greatly
increased in population during the
past few years, as a result of
Sunny Point operations. However,
the employees at Sunny Point are
mostly men and as a result a large
number of women, anxious to help
out on the family income, are
available in the area.
The Dunn Dispatch this past
week told of millions of yellow
jackets invading Harnett county
and Dunn. They had been infest
ing everything for two weeks and
the paper was wondering where
they came from ? Same thing
here, but for longer. Yellow
jackets have been everywhere in
Southport for a full three weeks.
(Continued on page four}
General Election
i
Tuesday, Nov. 6th
Final Political
Meeting Saturday
This is one political cam
paign that has been conduct
ed without major speaking
engagements by either party,
save for the night that both
Democrats and Republicans
scheduled rallies in the Shal
lotte section.
The Democratics have held
a few informal sessions since
that time, the last of which
is slated to be held Satur
day night at 7:30 o’clock at
Hickman’s Crossroads.
Sunny Point To
Be Represented
Officials Of Sunny Point
Army Terminal Will At
tend Conference On For
est Fire Prevention
Officials at SPAT have an
nounced that they will have per
sonnel from their command in
attendance at the Forest Fire
Prevention Conference scheduled
to be held in Raleigh on Novem
ber 14 and 15.
With safety always paramount
in SPAT thinking, Col. Frank T.
Edson, the new commanding of
ficer, has arranged for interested
personnel from his command to
attend this convention and assure
the cooperation of the efficient
Sunny Point fire fighting organ
ization with Brunswick county
civilian fire fighters.
As was recently announced, the
Sunny Point fire fighters and its
equipment stand ready to co
operate with civilian forces in any
time of need either in forest fires
or other like disaster. In various
other matters in addition to co
operating in fire protection, the
administration officials have
shown a marked spirit of will
ingness to cooperate with the
citizens of Southport and Bruns
wick county.
Monday Session
Of Court Brief
All Matters Before Judge
Earl Bellamy Disposed Of
Before Noon Recess Here
Monday
A short session of Brunswick
county Recorder’s court was held
here Monday with the following
cases being disposed of before
Judge Earl Bellamy:
John Gales, larceny, nol pros
with leave.
Herbert Nixon, reckless opera
tion, defendant paid $50 to Har
vey Robinson in full settlement
of damages.
Jesse James Bryant, passing
stopped school bus, fined $10 and
costs, fine remitted because of
mitigating circumstanc es.
Johnnie E. Grisset, allowing un
licensed person to operate, costs.
Dessie Grissett, no operator’s
license, fined $25 and costs.
Gray Lancaster, larceny, 90
days on roads, sentence suspended
on good behavior for two years
and payment of costs of action.
Julius W. Randolph, improper
muffler, passing on curve, fined i
continued On Page Two !
* Interest Increasing In Forth'
coming Election As Daj
Of Actual Voting Drawt
Nearer
CANDIDATES BUSY
COVERING COUNTY
Voters Have Chance To Ex
press Their Choice For
Candidates Ranging
From President To
Constable
The general election campaign
is now in its final week and the
voters of Brunswick county are
showing an increasing interest in
the races between Democratic and
Republican candidates for offices,
ranging all the way from town
ship constable to the office of
president of the United States.
Starting at the top, it would
seem that some of the smooth
sailing that President Dwight D.
Eisenhower appeared to have in
his quest for reelection up until
two weeks ago has been disturbed
by development on the interna
tional scene. Fighting along the
Israel-Egyptian border, a bloody
revolution in Hungary and politi
cal upheaval in Poland have
sounded a discordant note to the
claims of peace and prosperity,
which were the theme of the Re
publican campaign.
Democrat Adlai Stevenson was
shouting H-bomb at the top of
his voice and had almost suc
ceeded in diverting attention from
other campaign issues when this
greater distraction came along to
give his chances an unexpected
boost.
The expected Democratic
scourge of Vice Presidential Can
didate Richard Nixon has failed
to materialize, possibly in the
hope that if they laid off the
Republican candidate they would
be less likely to call attention to
their own man, Estes Kefauver.
Right now, the concensus of
Continued On Page Two
Large Sum Of
Money Stolen
Thieves Enter Home Of Mr.
And Mrs. Otto Hart On
Moore Street And Take
Cash From Bureau Draw
er
The home of Hr. and Mrs. Otto
Hart was entered Friday night
and the sum of $230 was removed
from a bureau drawer, where it
had been kept for some time. In
addition to taking the money, a
drawer in a bureau in the room
of their little daughter was also
pulled open.
The Harts had gone out for
the evening, visiting friends. They
had left the door unlocked and
the thieves had no trouble in get
ting inside the building. Chief of
Police Louis Clark stated Monday
that whoever committed the rob
bery must have known of the pre
sence of the money and where it
was hidden.
The home of Chief Clark next
door was also entered, and in the
same manner. The door had been
left unlocked, as was the case at
the Hart home.
Nothing was missing or dis
turbed in the Clark home. The
Chief expressed the theory that
the door to his house was simply
opened to create the impression
that the Hart home was entered
by prowlers, who were looking
for whatever they could find.
Brunswick REA
Annual Meeting
Is Held Friday
Five Thousand Persons At
tend Annual Membership
Meeting In Liberty Ware
house In Whiteville
BRANCH REELECTED
CO-OP PRESIDENT
Congressional Nominee Al
ton Lennon Defends Ser
vice Record Of Rural
Electrification Ad
ministration
C. D. Branch of Boardrnan was
elected to his third term as
chairman of the board of direct
! ors for the Brunswick Electric
Membership corporation when the
group held the largest meeting
in its 18 year history, Friday.
The election of Branch was
part of the big day of activities
for some 5,000 co-operative mem
bers from Columbus, Brunswick,
and portions of Bladen and Robe
son county.
Gifts totaling about $4,000
were given at the annual affair.
It was held at Liberty warehouse.
During the day Alton A. Len
non, Democratic congressman
nominee, and R. J. Zook, assist
ant administrator for Rural Elec
trification administration, Wash
ington, urged co-op members to
be vigilant.
Refused Twice
Lennon warned against at
tempts of private utilities to
hamstring and where possible
take over operation of coopera
tives since they have proved
successful.
‘‘Private power was given a
chance twice, once in 1923 and
again in 1935 to provide rural
electrification, and they turned it
down,” he said. “Now that coop
eratives are proving a paying
proposition the spite lines are
going up."
Both warned against comply
cency in allowing management to
move into positions vulnerable to
attack from without. Both warn
ed cooperative members are
building a great heritage for the
future for themselves and their
descendants.
Welcome to Whiteville
Lennon noting the criticism
aimed at cooperatives expressed
wonder why the same “finger
pointing” isn’t aimed at munici
pally owned power plants. Then
he said there are some 59 muni
cipal plants in the state.
The group was welcomed to
Whiteville by Town Manager W.
S. Huggins. Branch conducted the
meeting. The Rev. Roy J. Harris
gave the invocation.
An annual report showed that
customers have increased in the
past three years to 8,791 from
7,924, according to September
figures, that power sales have
nearly doubled to 2,124,103 kwh,
that there are 5.01 customers per
mile of wire, and that energized
miles have increased to 1,855
from 1,690.
Appearing on the program
were E. D. Price, North Carolina
REA administrator; Raymond
Mallard, 13th district Superior
judge, and former Brunswick
co-op attorney; E. D. Bishop,
Shallotte, co-operative manager;
and Hugh D. Vance, REA ad
visor.
New Director
Only one new directoi appears
this year on the board of 11. He
is Roy Swain of Bolivia. Not on
the board this year is O. C. Bur
ton of Bolivia.
Dennis Anderson, Fair Bluff,
Continued On Page Two
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 11*
Thursday, November 1,
6:40 A. M. 0:18 A. M.
6:54 P. M. 12:51 P. M.
Friday, November 2,
7:38 A. M. 1:01 A. M.
7:40 P. M. 1:38 P. M.
Saturday, November 3,
8:12 A. M. 1:45 A. M.
8:24 P. M. 2:23 P. M.
Sunday, November 4,
8:55 A. M. 2:28 A. M.
9:06 P. M. 3:07 P. M.
Monday, November 5,
9:37 A. M. 3:09 A. M.
9:47 P. M. 3:49 P. M.
Tuesday, November 6,
10:20 A. M. 3:50 A. M.
10:31 P. M. 4:32 P. M.
Wednesday, November 7,
11:02 A. M. 4:33 a. M.
11:15 P. M. 5:17 P. M.