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Most Of The News All The Time A Good Newspaper fn A Good Volume No. 17 No. 19 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, NGVERBER 21, 1956 Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAR Several Awards Made Wedresday At Sunny Point Incentive Awards And Cer tificates Handed Out By 1C0I. Frank T. Edson, Commanding Officer PLACES PREMIUM ON GOOD IDEAS Col. Edson Points Out Pecu liar Opportunities Enjoy ed By Operating Per sonnel At Base Col. Frank T. Edson, Command ing Officer at Sunny Point Army Terminal, met with employees of the terminal last Wednesday aft ernoon where he participated in the presentation of certificates and monetary awards to 21 mem bers of this command. These awards were the result of sug gestions submitted by members of the command that resulted in labor saving devices, morale im provements and monetary savings. Col. Edson stated that the em phasis of the entire Incentive Awards Program is pointed to wards increased production and improved operations as an inte gral part of supervision and management. The Colonel listed the following specific objectives: To improve Government opera tions by providing greater incen tive for increased participation in the soultion of management prob lems by personnel at all levels; to make maximum and most ef fective use of manpower, money and materials through increased and continuous attention to the economy, efficiency and effective ness to which Army programs are executed; and, to provide mone tary and other incentives by which he as a Terminal Commander and his subordinate supervisors may recognize individuals and agen cies responsible for effecting dem onstrated efficiency and economy. Col. Edson further stated that this was but the first of many such meetings that he hopes to hold in the future. He pointed out to all assembled that although Sunny Point Army Terminal was the first of its kind built by the Army, the personnel employed here were in the fortunate posi tion of being in on the ground floor on any new ideas or sug gestions for improvements that might be incorporated into future constructions of this type and that a fertile field exists for peo ple with imagination. Cash awards went to the fol lowing: Miss Elizabeth Northcutt, Charleston, S. C., $10 award; T. C. Grant, Fire Chief, Southport, $15 award; William H. Murdaugh, Supervisory Ammunition Inspec tor, Yaupon Village, $15 award; Roy Arntsen, Property and Stor age Supervisor, Southport, $10 award; Mrs. Joyce W. Williams, secretary-stenographer, Southport, $10 award; Mrs. Julia H. Bare foot, clerk-stenographer, Wilming ton, $10 award; Gene Burke, Safe ty Inspector, Yaupon Village, $15 award: Roy Arntsen, Proper ty and Storage Supervisor, South port, $10 award; Mrs. Joyce W. Williams, secretary - stenagrpher, Southport, $10 award; Mrs. Julia H. Barefoot, clerk-stenographer, Continued On Page Two Brief Bits Of lnewsj BUY HOME HEBE Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Toler have bought one of the new Moore Fonvielle homes in Cape Fear Heights and will move there the first of the month. SUNNY POINT HOLIDAY Stevedores and administration forces, excepting 50 or more fire men and armed guards or security men, will have a holiday tomor row in observing or Thanksgiving Day. Activities will be resumed Friday. NEW FIELD MAN J. M. Henley, formerly a Field man of District 3, is now on the state office staff. He is now head ing up the Conservation Reserve Program and his job is located in the ACP Division. C. Ned Huneycutt, formferly county of fice manager in Stanley county, is now fieldman in District 3, re placing Henley. PAYMENTS GOOD Tax Collector Dan Shannon of the Town of Long Beach stated this week that tax collections for the town have been running pretty good and that with the increasing interest in the town he hopes that the property own ers who are still delinquent w ill get in the clear soon. K^ng Mackerel Catch LUCKY—One of the best catches of king mackerel made here this fall was brought in last Wednesday by Julius C. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. M. E. McMillan of Greensboro, fishing aboard the Idle-On. IV with Capt. Hulan Vv atts. These fish are being caught in large numbers now', and are very popular with sportsmen.— (Art Newton Photo.) Christmas Seals Mailed Out Last Week By Sponsor Mrs. Ernest Parker Is Chair man Of This Activity For Southport Woman’s Club And Urges Everyone To Mail Contribution The annual Christmas Seal sale began in Brunswick county last week when hundreds of letters containing sheets of these colorful stamps were mailed to people in every community. Mrs. Ernest Parker, chair man of this project, urged all who had received letters contains bonds or seals, and any who did not who wish to contri bute, to. maj|l their qhei ksjpr. cash to the county Association’s office as soon as possible. A. self-addres sed envelope was enclosed with each letter mailed out. Mrs. Parker said that there are not as many deaths resulting from tuberculosis now as there once was, “but our sanitorium beds are filled and people are still getting sick with TB’’, in stressing the importance for need ed funds to continue prompt and proper treatment of the disease. Spencer Love, state chairman of the Christmas Seal drive, said, “funds are urgently needed to maintain and increase the many services directed toward detection of TB cases and to provide pat ient services. Bond Sales In Brunswick Up Report For Month Of Oct ober Shows County Help ing To Contribute To State Volume Gain October sales of Series E and H Savings Bonds in North Caro lina were $4,355,478.32, bringing the total sales for the January October period to $43,763,919.07. Sales in Brunswick county were $2,375 for October and total $31,112.50 for the first 10 months of 1956. Sales of E bonds in October were approximately 4 per cent over the October of last year, while sales from January through October show an increase of near ly l'per cent over the correspond ing months of 1955. The combined E and H bonds sales show a decrease for the (Continued on Page Pour) New Fire House Is Beind Built New Storage Facility Will Have Room For Three Units In Addition To Stor age Facilities And Assem bly Hall With the concrete foundations poured last week, work of con structing Southport’s new fire sta tion is now in progress. The building is 35 x 60 feet and is bing constructed of concrete. Three garages are provided for trucks and there is a large as sembly room for men and equip ment. Plans are now on foot, accord ing to Fire Chief Ormond Leg gett, to acquire an additional fire truck, equipped for rescue work Continued On Page Two Plenty Of King Mackerel Caught Weather Makes Trips Un certain, But When Boats; Have Been Able To Fish During Past Week Luck Has Been Hood CHARTER BOATMEN TAKING BOOKINGS Skippers Say They See No Reason Why Fishing Dates Should Follow Calen dar; Will Fish As Long As Luck Holds -Fishermen who like -to -eatch' king mackerel will find that Southport at this season of the year affords some outstanding op portunities. Results of trips made here during the past week bar out this statement. Last Wednesday Capt. H. A. Schmidt had Bob Strive and party of Fayetteville out aboard the Idle On III and brought in 41 of these fish. Saturday Winford Hedrick and party of Lexington were out with him and brought in 26 king mackerel and 5 bonito. On Monday W. L. Smith and par ty of Danville brought in 16 king mackerel, 5 bonito and 3 amber jack. On Saturday Capt. Walter Lew is had J. M. Morrow and party of Mooresville out 'aboard the John Ellen and brought in 45 king mackerel. On Monday W. F. Phillips and party of Charlotte brought in 13 king mackerel, 1 bonito and 2 amberjack. S. C. Sasser arid party of Char lotte were out Saturday with Capt. David Adams aboard the Patricia and brought in 31 king mackerel. On Friday Mr. Bradley and party of Gastonia were out with Capt. Fred Fulford aboard the Davis Bros. V and brought in 21 king mackerel, 11 bomto, 1 am berjack and a 350-lb shark. The next day J. C. Goldsboro and Continued On Page Two | Open House Is Well Attended More Than Two Hundred Persons Visited Attractive New Home At Yaupon Beach On Sunday After noon A check on all visitors to the model home built by Contractor Clinton Bellamy at Yaupon Beach reveals that ocer two hundred people visited the home between 2 and 5 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Several of these visitors have made inquiries about buying the home. The large number of visitors showed two things: An outstand ing interest in Yaupon Beach j homes and the effectiveness of this paper as an advertiseing | medium. Several business houses from | which building material was pur ! chased ran advertisements in the | State Port Pilot, congratulating ■ Contractor Bellamy and stating | wtien the open house would be I held. No other media was used to ! publicize the event and the large number of visitors tell their own I story of the, effectiveness of ad [ vertising in this paper. Meeting Today About Industry Interests are to ■ be in Southport today at 2:30 o’clock to meet with a local group realtive to the esta blishment of a ladies dress manufacturing establishment, employing a large number’ of women, in Southport. 'liie meeting is being' held ■nt - Uie .«££Uw> .a£h-J£. iluiur .i Frink. Parties who have in vestigated the proposition say that it sounds like a good one. Make Plans For Growing Plants Additional Acreage Porch ased By Everett H. Shep pard For Expansion Of His Farming Activities Near Southport Everett II. Sheppard of Shiloh, N. J., spent the past week here making preparations to grow 50 acres in tomato plants and 25 acres in bell peppers on his farm just outside of Southport next season. On this trip he was able to buy approximately 24 -acres from Mrs. C. Ed Taylor, adjoining the farm that he already owns. This winter this land will be prepared for some legume crop next year and to be in readiness to add to the tomato plant acreage in 1958. For the coming year he has the land ready for sowing fifty acres in tomato seed to grow plants for shipment to New Jersey farmers. Continued On Page Two W. B. KKZ> AH Since both of the news stands at Southport are closed on Sun day by the time folks get out of church, and newspapers are not available, J. G. Parker, carrier for the News and Observer, placed a rack on the front of the State Port Pilot about a year ago. This was sort of making the paper available on an honor system. Folks who wanted the paper were supposed to pay. hast Sunday Parker lost 80 cents and the Sun day before that his loss was 85 cents through trusting folks to pay. He also often loses on week days. This is his own prsonal loss, not the News and Observer. He stated this week that he will have to discontinue the rack if folks do not put in a nickle on week days and 15 cents on Sundays. Most people drop the full amount in the bo:: when they get a paper, but there are a few who slip in t penny on week days and 5 ■its or- nothing at all on Sun iays. thirty-one men and one woman an Brunswick attended the ■/ernor’s Fire Prevention Con ence last Wednesday. In addi n to a bus load, 8 others went private conveyance. More than 0 thousand people from nearly! parts of the state heard the ussions in the State Fair aiding. With County Agent A. Knowles as master of cere nies for the local group, a big 1 especially marked “'BrVms k Delegation,” made the round p. Another bus was provided Onslow county, and Pender d New Hauvver combined to m a bus laud between them, ■vernor Hodges made the chief cch and lie stressed lack of l Con La.ued on Page ij Cc lonel Edson Receives Award Based On Safety Record Of One Full Year Of Operation With ho Serious Accident Gets Of ficial Recognition SAFETY EMPHASIZED IN ALL ACTIVITIES Employees Are Members Of Safety Council And Hold Regular Meetings On Subject Col. Frank T. Edson, Command ing- Officer at SPAT, recently received a safety award given to the terminal by Major General Houseman, Commanding General of the Atlantic Terminal Com mand in New York City. The award covered the period from October 1, 1955 to September 30, 1958, during this time a 0.0 fre quency was maintained by all phases of the Sunny Point op eration pertaining to military and civilian personal. The presentation of the award was made by Colonel Michael, Inspection General from the ATTC, who was here on a staff visit at the time. Great emphasis is placed on safety at Sunny Point due prin cipally to the nature of the com modity handled and the danger involved. In this connection every possible avenue of approach is used to further the safety pro gram. A Safety Council is or ganized and meets at regular in tervals and concerns itself with the solution of various safety problems 'as they arise within the terminal. Thus the ground work is being laid to sell the safety habit directly to the employee through the supervisor, and with the cooperation of all agencies which are so vitally interested in accident prevention. Contributing a good deal to this continued On Page Two £|acl Projects r i^Sf'firuiisV/lck Several Sections Of Bruns wick County Roads Im proved During Past Month lly Highway Forces l uring October, the State High way Commission completed 3.4 miris of road improvements in the Third Highway Division, Commissioner Heide Trask of Wiimington reported last -week. The following roads and their lengths were graded and drained in Brunswick County: Off US-17, 0.8 mile south of Piney Grove Scl ool, 1,0 mile; 0.4 mile south of Jennings Branch Church by Torn Hewett’s to Hale Swamp Road, 0.8 mile; From O. Gray’s Store east 1.0 mile off Gray Bridge Road, then south to Shal lot! e River, 1.0 mile; and 1.6 hides northwest of Shallotte off US 130, 0.6 mile. State forces did the work on the 26 to 28-foot wi le roads. With division headquarters in Wilmington, the Third is compos ed of Brunswick, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Duplin and Samp son counties. An experienced road builder, C. E. Brown, is Division Engineer. R. V. Biberstein is As s, rant Division Engineer. For ef Continued On Page Two Hunt Staged With Bows And Arrows Bald Head Island Was Scene During Past Week-End Of Strange Return To Primitive Hunting Methods Nearby Baldhead Island was hunted last Saturday for the first time in over 300 years with bow and arrow. With the full cooperation of Frank Sherrill, Charlotte owner of the island, four of the State's most avid bow hunters stalked the lush tropical terrain in search of its famous wild boar. Those in the hunting party were M. R. Long, Statesville minister, Starr McMillan, Wilmington druggist, Don Warne, Statesville salesman, and Buddy Graham, Salisbury contractor, who is the present na tional champion. Four boar were sighted in un dergrowth too thick for effective arrow shots. The wild hogs, once plentiful on the island, now num ber a scant handful. The wild sheep have all but vanished and none of these were sighted. Bow hunting, which differs greatly from gun and dog hunt ing in that the game has to be stalked, is on the increase in North Carolina to such an extent that hunting laws have been en acted to cover the sport. Sixteen years ago while ex perimenting on Bald Head Island to see how the place was adapted to the growth of vegetables and fruits an experiment that proved very satisfactory, except in the matter of getting the products to market, Frank O. Sherrill bought several of the best Hampshire brood sows obtainable. Some few weeks after reaching the island these sows all farrow ed large litters of pigs that thrived under feeding and the na tural forage for hogs on the is land. When the war broke out Sher rill’s manager resigned his posi tion and left the island to re turn to his home in New Mexico. Sherrill decided to abandon his experiments for the time being. Practically all of the hogs were butchered over a period of a year (Continued on Page Four) Large Delegation Attends Meeting * Holiday Being Observed Here All city and county offices, the bank and Savings and Loan and most of the busi ness firms in Southport will be closed tomorrow (Thurs day) in observance of Thanks giving. That observance will begin tonight (Wednesday) with a union worship service at Southport Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Leo Hawkins as preacher. Most of the college stu dents are expected to be at home for the week end, and many of the service men sta tioned in this area also will be able to visit their homes. Another Long Court Session Variety Of Cases Disposed Of Before Judge Earl Bel lamy Here In Recorder’s Court Monday The weekly session of Bruns wick county Recorder’s court last ed into the night here Monday as Judge Earl Bellamy and other officials did their best to clear the docket before the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. The follow ing judgements were handed down: Jesse James Gore, drunk driv ing, speeding 90 mph, no opera tor's license, failure to stop for siren and red lights, sentenced to 60 days on roads, suspended on payment of a fine of $200 and costs upon good behavior for 2 years. Robert Galloway, drunk on highway, fined $25 and costs. Ben Hankins, possession of non tax paid whiskey for the purpose of sale, not guilty. Ben Hankins, assault with deadly weapon, not guilty, pros ecuting witness found guilty of contempt of court. Clara Miller, possession of non tax paid whiskey, 90 days in jail at Woman’s Prison, gave notice of appeal. Clara Miller, assault with dead ly weapon, contempt of court, 30 days for comtempt of court, 120 days in Woman’s prison at expiration of case No. 621 sen tence for deadly weapon case; 30 days for contempt of court case. Samuel W. Puckett, drunk driv ing, fined $100 and costs. Ben Hankins, f. & a. no! pros with leave. Clara Miller, f. & a. nol pros! with elave. Forest Cannon, arson, probable cause found and defendant held I for Superior court under $500 bond. Jasper Bellamy, non support, nol pros with leave. Evangelyn Marie Ballard, fail ing to give proper signal, fined $10 and costs. John Paul Bo wilier, possession with seal broken, fined $7.80 and Continued On Page Two Full Dus Load Of Citizens From Brunswick County Attended Governor’s Fire Prevention Conference On Wednesday SEVERAL COUNTY OFFICIALS PRESENT Greater Stress Will Be Plac ed Upon Law Violations In Connection With For est Fire Control By W. B. IiEZIAH Getting around over about half of the western part on North Carolina, to say nothing of part of South Carolina, for 5 days week before last, we took off on the trip to the Governor’s Confer ence in Raleigh last Wednesday. It is taken for granted that we should begin with our bus driver, a Brunswick County boy. This Trailways pilot was Edward Murrell, son of J. O. Murrell of Bolivia, very much devoted to the Trailways folks and who per sonally showed us and J. M. King of Bolivia the engines and gad gets of various Trailways buses while we were parked on the Fair grounds in Raleigh. Brunswick county had one bus all to itself. Onslow county had another. New Hanover and Pender were teamed up for a bus load but in pictures in the Wilming ton papers the following day we noticed that their cameraman had so placed a couple of characters that they completely eliminiated all reference to Pender in the big sign on the side of the bus. Well, not making any notes for the occasion, we forgot about most of our companions on the bus by the time we sat down to write something about them. Among those whose names were forgotten were 4 foresters for various pulpwood companies, all of them living in Brunswick. Included m our group were all of the present members of the Board of County Commissioners, same being Chairman R. L. Rabon, Leo Medlin and Herbert Swain. To these were added the two incoming members, Durwood Clark and R. E. Bellamy; and our two Lame Duck Legislators, Senator Ray Walton and Repre sentative Kirby Sullivan. If the above delegaation was not important enough, the Brunswick County Auditor, Mrs. Ressie Whatley, got a front seat. So did the law of Brunswick county, as represented by Sheriff Elbert Gray and Judge Earl Bellamy. The chaperone on the trip was County Agent A. S. Knowles, whose most recent trip to the arena had been during a driving rainstorm that forced him to go about the fair grounds with his pants rolled up to his knees. D. L. Mercer, Forest Warden, was also present on the bus, as was our incoming Register of Deeds, H. M. Hickman; Aubrey Johnston, cash ier of the Shallotte branch of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Com pany; Corbett Coleman of the Board of Education; James Bell amy, Frank Inman, Lacy Daw kins, H. L. Clemmons, Frank Lennon, E. O. Rabon, Johnnie King, Douglas Hawes, Elroy King, Fred Mintz, Homer Holden, Paul Continued On Page Two Baptist Assembly Program Receives Vote Of Approval Baptist State Convention Adopts Recommendation That Caswell Be Designa ted North Carolina Bap tist Assembly FOUR YEAR PLAN BEING ADOPTED Recommendation Made That Assembly Acquire Water System And Additional Beach Front The Baptist State Convention in session last week in Winston Salem adopted the recommenda tions of a study committee to expand the facilities and to broad en the program of the Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell. Included in the recommenda tions that were adopted was a provision for designating Caswell as the North Carolina Baptist Assembly, with the facilities at Fruitland being designated the Fruitland Baptist Camp. The recommendation was made that the assembly manager be a resident, full time employee, re siding not farther away than Southport. Superintendent of the Fruitland Camp would be a full time assistant to the assembly manager at Caswell, and he is to live at a distance not farther away than Hendersonville. It was recommended by the study commission that a four year plan of improvement be under taken, and that the facilities of the Sunday School Board’s De partment of Church Architecture should be available for such help as might be required. The following recommendations were included in the report: “In the light of this committee’s study we feel such a program of improvement at Caswell should include the purchase of the water system and the right of way thereto, and as much of Caswell beach as can be acquired extend ing up to the Coast Guard Sta tion. This would make properly available for leasing building sites to churches and associations. The state of repairs in the present Continued On Page Two Three Boys Face Forgery Charges Three Colored Youths Em barked Upon Brief Career Of High Finance Monday Afternoon Three colored boys found them selves in trouble Monday after noon when they set out to do some banking business without going to the trouble of making any deposits or other arrange ments. According to the warrants the boys are listed as David Leach, 17; Bennie Smith, 16 and another youth who is a Juvenile. They were still in jail here Tuesday evening. David Leach and Bennie Sm'fh are scheduled to be tried Mont, v on charges of forgery and coi.sp’racy. The other boy will come up in the juvenile court on the same charge. Tire boys are charged with writing checks to the total amount of $105 for' sums ranging from $3 to $35 each. These they are said to have signed with the names of various prominent farm ers of the community and to have marked them “For Labor.” Continued On Page Two Tide Table Following is the title table for Southport during the next week. 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 Tt* Thursday, November 22, 11:01 A. M. 4:38 A. M. 11:31 P. M. 5:22 P. M. Friday, November 23, 11:57 A. M. 5:35 A. M. 0:00 P. M. 6:18 P. M. Saturday, November 24, 0:33 A. M. 6:38 A. M. 12:57 P. M. 7:17 P. M. Sunday, November 25,* 1:36 A. M. 7:43 A. M. 1:56 P. M. 8:16 P. M. Monday, November 26, 2:39 A. M. 8:48 A. M. 2:57 P. M. 9:15 P. M. Tuesday, November 27, 3:40 A. M. 9:51 A. M. 3:55 P. M. 10:11 P. M. Wednesday, November 28, 4:37 A. M. 10:51 A. M. 4:51 P. M. 11:04 P. M.