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Most Of The News All The Time Volume No. 17 No. 20 THE STATE PORT PILOT __A Good Newspaper Iijj A Good Community 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OVEMBER 28, 1956 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR Prizes Offered By Development Group For Name Seven-County Development Council Seeks Name And Will Give One-Week Free Vacation To Winning Con testant CONTEST RULES LISTED BELOW Purpose Of Organization Is To Promote Development Of Agricultural, Indus trial, And Recrea tional Resources Southeastern North Carolina Development association is a long handle to hang on to a snappy young organization. And the energetic group try ing to shake such a lengthy monicker is the seven-county group moving to boost the in dustrial agricultural, cultural and general economic tone of the area. For the winner it will mean either a free week’s vacation at any resort in the seven-county area for the person and his (or her) family, or $100 in cash. Publie Interest The development group was formally organized in Whiteville, with Horace Carter of Tabor City as president, Oct. 26. Some four months of background work went into the enterprise. At the organizational meeting Carter brought out the idea that a shorter, handier name that could be easily remembered and would typify the area and the organization’s purposes might be a help. And, Carter suggested, "Pos sibly we could put on a contest that will stir the interest of the general public in this group.’’ He noted that general interest will be needed to make the develop ment group a: going proposition. The counties in the area in clude Bladen, Brunswick, Colum bus, Duplin, New Hanover, Pen der and OnSslow. Vacation Or $100 Some of the things they al ready have are tobacco, straw berries, ocean shipping, beaches, Marines, commercial vegetables, yams, resort lakes, timber, sew ing industries, pickles, cotton, and some furniture manufactur ing. From the natural assets, loca tions, ambitions and imagination of the area a name is sought. An example provided by R. L. Thompson, Wrightsville Beach, secretary of the association, is something like Lower Cape Fear Development, Inc. The Rules The contest is open to anyone in the seven-county area. Here are the rules for winning a week’s vacation for your family, or $100 in cash: 1. Just write a suggested name of the organization on the back of a postal card, along with your name and address and mail to Area Development, P. O. Box 1110, Wilmington. 2. Entries must be mailed not later than midnight, Jan. 5, 1957. 3. The contest is open to all continued On Page Two Brief BiU Of lnewsj BUSINESS TRIP i Donald S. Tydings of SPAT is spending part of this week in New York on business relative to the terminal. MENS CLUB The regular monthly meeting of the Methodist Mens Club will be held tomorrow (Thursday) evening at the recreation hall of the church. BENEFIT BARBECUE There will be a benefit barbecue supper served at Zion Methodist Church at Town Creek Saturday evening at 6:30. The barbecu*, is p t cooked the day of the supper. Proceeds will go to the building fund. BEING TRANSFERRED Captain Ralph A. Burns, at tached to SPAT for more than a year and a resident of Wilmin • on, is being transferred, report lo France, in January. He has been working in the traffic de partment, under Major Ferris. CAPTURES COPPERHEAD A small copperhead snake, a very poisionous variety, was cap tured Wednesday by H. L. Schmidt in the yard at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reese Swan. I Uninjured, it was presented to! one of the museums in New Han over county. Possible Strike At Riegel Plant Unrest Stems From Disagreement Over 13-Cent Per Hour Retroactive Pay Raise Present non-agreement on a retroactive 13 cents an hour wage increase for Riegel Paper Co. workers may cul minate in a walkout in ten days. The decision of Locals 738 and 797 of the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers (AFL) to strike at the end of ten days was presented to company officials today. The decision was reached in a close vote of the union at a meeting Friday night. The ten-day period gives union and company officials a chance to iron out differences and avoid the work stoppage. Principal contention is a 13 cents an hour wage increase which the union is seeking to be retroactive to June. Union members of the firm are presently working under an extension of a contract that expired Nov. 18. In addition to the' 13 cents increase, adjustments are be ing sought by oilers and millwrights. At Riegel, Robert Aranow, personnel director, said that the company is not in a position to make any state ment concerning the union company relations at the pres ent. The union claims over 50 percent membership of the approximately 500 Riegel workers. Retirement For Paul Myers Snell Well Known Official With Wilmington District, U.S. Army Engineers, Com pletes 42 Years Service SNELL WELL KNOWN IN THIS COMMUNITY Married Southport Girl And Has Had Many Official Duties Along Lower Cape Fear Come Friday at 4:45 p. m., that booming voice won’t be heard and its towering owner won’t be seen along the State’s famous old Cape Fear flayer any longer. Both are calling it quits for a well-deserved rest and a chance to frolic with the grand children. The voice and the 235-lb. six foot-two frame belong to Paul Myers Snell who is stepping down to retirement after over 42 years with the U. S. Army Corps of En gineers and the only job he ever had. Native of Thomasville and vet eran of the first World War, Snell pulled a five-year hitch with the Army Engineers, 1014-19, then went home “to loaf three months” but five weeks was all he could take. His old Colonel had come to Wilmington mean while, and was looking for a fellow who could handle a tough job. That did it. “Pappy”, as they’ve known him here all these years, replied in person. Now on the shady side of life, Pappy likes to tell the boys about those torried War I days in Panama where, because he had a knack for getting things done, they made him a sergeant almost overnight. Before long, he recalls, the Colonel wanted to make him a second lieutenant but he turn ed down the chance to sport a gold bar, “I found out,” he says, “that the average life of a second lieutenant in France was eight hours and a sergeant’s was twelve.” That bar wasn’t worth the difference. Dredges are big, tough and cumbersome with never an easy task, good weather or foul. But Snell was rugged enough and Continued On Page Two Winter Weather Finally Arrives Low Temperatures In South port During Past Few Days Bring End To Mild Fall Weather With winter not due to arrive until December 21, a lot of folks in Brunswick county and all over the country are getting the im pression that it has made it ahead of schedule. Here at the county seat of Brunswick there has been neither snow, rain, nor signs of either. It has been plenty cold, however. At sunrise this morning the ther mometer registered 28-degrees. Things began to warm up after that. With no wind today things should be fairly comfortable ex cept for the fact that weather men are promising more cold weather for Thursday. Tuesday the temperature regis tered 31-degrees at sunrise, rose a little diiring the day only to drop back to its early morping reading by sunset. *-—— New Comissioner Injured Monday Raymond Bellamy, Shallotte business and building con tractor, sustained a broken left shoulder Monday at about noon when he fell from the roof of the Emmerson Fulford home near Holden Beach. He is said to have fallen a dis tance of about 8 feet. Mr. Bellamy, who is sched uled to be sworn in as one of the members of the board of commissioners Monday, was brought here to the Dosher Memorial Hospital im mediately. His condition is satisfactory, but it is not known whether he will be able to attend and be sworn in next Monday for his position on the board. Varied Docket Tried In Court Another Busy Session Of Brunswick County Recor der’s Court Held Here Monday Of This Week Monday was another busy day for Brunswick county Recorder’s court officials, with the follow ing judgments being handed down: Johnnie McCall, following too closely, fined $10 and costs. John Reynolds, Jr., simple as sault, 30 days on roads, suspend ed on good behavior for one year 1 and pay costs. Costs combined with another case in which he was 'fined $25 and costs on a charge of being drunk and dis orderly. John Reynolds, Jr., reckless op eration, driving drunk, fined $100 and costs. Dannie Goodwin, no operator’s license, no registration card, fined $35 and costs. Clinton Skipper, speeding, fined $10 and costs. Horace Adams, speeding, fined $15 and costs. Hardie Bell, engaging in affray and disorderly in a public place, 60 days on roads, placed on good behavior for two years and pay a fine of $25 and costs. William Henry Cromartie, speeding, fined $10 and costs. Elmer Davis, possession of non tax paid whiskey, not guilty. Edward Henry Freeman, speed ing, fined $10 and costs. Royce Ivey, speeding, fined $10 and costs. James Augustus Jenwright, no chaffeur’s license, fined $25 and costs, $15 of fine remitted on presentation of valid license. Dorman H. Lewis, breaking and entery and larceny, bound over to Superior court. Roy Davis Milligan, speeding, fined $10 anti costs. Carlton Lee Plott, speeding, fined $15 and costs. L. A. Willetts, public drunkness, resisting arrest, attempting to as sault his brothe-; 30 days on roads, suspended on good behavior and to refrain from using intox icating beverages for two years, fine of $25 and costs. Lafayette Williams, assault, 60 days on roads, suspended on good behavior for two years and pay continued On Page Four) Sunny Point Is Providing Jobs For Big Number Four Buses Loaded With Stevedores Left From Southport This Morning To Help Work Ships OTHER BRUNSWICK PEOPLE ON STAFF Sizeable Payroll Being Paid Each Week To Residents Of This Area Through This Activity By W. B. KEZIAH Four big buses, each capable of carrying 40 or more men, roll ed out of Southport at 6:30 o'clock this morning, carrying stevedores for terminal work. They will go again this afternoon with a second shift and to bring back the morning workers. The majority of the- workers taking the buses from here are Southport white and colored men. The rest come in from Bruns wick county points, get their work orders and make the trips to the terminal on the buses. Owing to congestion and safe ty reasons, the stevedores are not aRowed to drive their ears into the terminal. They are transport ed by bus from Southport and Wilmington the employment be ing divided between the labor unions at Wilmington and South port, for the two counties. In addition to the stevedoring workers, approximately 160 other Brunswick county men and women are working. These are administrative personnel, guards, firemen and other workers. They provide their own transportation to the terminal. In a talk with a transportation company representative here this morning, he stated that in one recent night he had 176 tractors and trailers here overnight. They are shutting the machines back and forth over various roads. This official deplored the fafct that there are not sufficient ^accom modations here for the nfai, be yond scattering them at motels and private homes. This is rather costly for the operators. The railroad is also getting a big percentage of the incoming and outgoing freight from here. Menhaden Now Heading South Reports Indicate ThSt Big Roe Menhaden May Be Off Brunswick Coast Well Before Christmas “They ought to be off South port by the last of this week,” said Captain Homer McKeithan of the Brunswick Navigation Menhaden Vessell Nickersen, when he was at home Sunday. He was referring to the schools of men haden, which he said were now some distance below Beaufort and apparently headed on down the coast. Hampered by had weather, too rough for the boat9 to operate, the Brunswick Navigation boats only got something over two mil lion fish the past week. However, they are confident of doing bet ter this week. The fish are big menhaden and have great quantities of roe. In Continued On Page Four Beauty Spot CLARENDON—One of the show places of the Lower Cape Fear is beautiful Clar endon Plantation, home of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Thomas. One of the brick buildings ol the grounds may be the oldest structure in Brunswick County. 4 Husband Burned To Death When Home Destroyed Southport Teacher Received Emergency Call Tuesday Morning Telling Her Of Disastrous Fire A fire at Holly Ridge early Tuesday morning brought sorrow toi Southport when it was learn ed that Robert Guy Smith, hus band of Mrs. Millie Everett Smith, first grade teacher in the local school, had perished in flames that destroyed their home. A call came for Mrs. Smith si*bn after school began, telling her tfeat the home had been total ly destroyed. She left immediate ly for Holly Ridge, not knowing that her husband had died in the blaze. A message came later to friends here telling them of this tragic development. According to reports, fire was discovered about 8 o’clock and a call was made to the fire depart ment at Camp Lejeune. The fire men arrived in short order, but flames were coming out the roof. The body was discovered about 11 o’clock in the area that had been the kitchen. It was believed that the fire started from an oil stove. The deceased was alone at the time of the fire. Surviving in addition to his wife is one daughter, Mrs. Mary Smith Venuto of Washington, D. C.; one sister, Mrs. Pearl Tilly, and one brother, Hoke Smith, both of Mount Airy. Funeral services will be con ducted tomorrow (Thursday) at 11 o’clock at Jones Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Herman Lineberger in charge. Interment will be in the Stump Sound Bap tist cemetery near Holly Ridge. Mrs. Smith is well known in Brunswick county. She taught one full, year in Southport, one year at Bolivia and after being absent from the county for a year is back in Southport as first grade teacher this fall. Our ROVING Reporter Many people throughout this area are feeling a sense of per sonal loss in the death of John (Jack) Farrell, executive secre tary of the North Carolina Beach Association. Mr. Farrell died Fri day in a Wilmington hospital, where he had been a patient for several months. He was an earn et i and sincere man who was tire less in his efforts. A lot of folks will miss him. The yacht basin now being dredged out for Yaupon Beach is a natural for safety in time of storm. Before the intracoastal waterway was built the Elizabeth River was regarded as a storm haven by all owners of small boats. The waterway, running straight through, eliminated the sweeps and turns of the river and One of these turns led to the high bluffs just back of Yaupon Beach. At this point of high bluffs that are well wooded they are n^w dredging out the basin. The old course of the Elizabeth River will form the channel leading. to the basin. In addition to being popular for visiting boats the year round, the place should also become the home port of many boats. Won't be long now until "Hop ping John" will be in order. To those who don't know the dish, it is plain field peas and hog jowls, cooked together. Among all the folks who liked it best that ! we have ever known was the I late “Doc” Mollycheck of South | port. To him there was nothing finer for a New Years dinner, i Invariably Doc would invite us around to his repast of "Hoppin John". Tine his family warmly | (Continued on Page Four). • Record Catches \ Of King Mackerel I ■* Thief Steals Floor Finisher Plans for finishing the floors of the Southport gym nasium in tip-top condition for the opening game of the season here Saturday night received a set-back during the holidays when a thief broktr into the building and stole a 5-gallon can of ex pensive gym finish. This work on the gym nasium floors was a project being carried on by the stu dents under the direction of Coach T. M. Lee and Coach Tom Webb. They had sanded the floor last year, and cur rently were changing the foul lanes from 6-feet to 12-feet. The guy who took the paint has some solid * support for being the meanest man of the year. Good Roads To Orton This Year Tourists Will Have No Trouble Reaching Famous Plantation On Cape Fear River Over Paved High way This Season Orton Plantation will have real ly modern highway access during the flowering season in the early spring. The roads are built, are open to the public and carrying a lot of traffic. For years the plantation and beautiful gardens had no access except a dirt road that was often impassable. Then the Highway Commission began paving the River Road from Southport to Wilmington. It was. a, slow job. The whole stretch was not com pleted until about 1950, and two years later the prospect loomed up of the new road being closed from near Orton to Walden Creek, 3 miles from Southport. This prospect developed into an ac tuality last fall. For the past year the only route from Southport to Orton has been by following Highway No. 87 to Mill Creek Church and turning south east there to get back to Orton. The plantation, 11 miles from Southport, was put at a distance of 21 miles by this Mill Creek road route. With the opening of the road from Route 130 at Orton to the Sunny Point intersection, Orton is now only 12 miles from town and over a modern road. There is no prospect of detours for any where in the immediate future. In addition to the connection from this immediate area, High way No. 130 from the intersection I at the ship lay-up basin in upper Brunswick county is in good con dition to Orton. A paved road from Mill Creek and another of the same kind from Winnabow gives access to Highway No. 130 at a point above Orton. Summing up things, .the beau ' tiful gardens and plantation on [the Cape Fear'.in Brunswick ooun 1 Continued On Page Pour Parties Fishing On Monday With Capt. Hulan Watts i And With Capt. Walter ! Lewis Showed Big Profit ’ In Value Of Day’s Catch ; DTHER GOOD CATCHES MADE DURING WEEK Weather Has Kept Down Number Of Trips And Most Fishermen Believe It Is Too Late To Try Luck Two parties fishing otit of Southport Monday caught enough king mackerel to pay several times the cost of their trip. Out with Capt. Hualn Watts aboard the Idle-On IV was Mike Zezefelis of Wilmington. He brought in 68 large king mackerel, and it was estimated that the catch would weigh more than I, 500-pounds. D. M. Proctor and party of Hickory were out with Capt. Walter Lewis and came in with 61 of these big fellows, and ob servers estimated that this catch, too, would go over 1,500 pounds in total weight. D.'R. Purdy and party of Salis bury were out Saturday with Capt. Lewis and caught 46 king mackerel, 3 amber jack and 4 bonito. The Friday trip was with J. W. Moore and party of Wash ington, D. C. They had 46 king mackerel, two amberjack and 4 bonito. On Saturday Dave McCall and party of Charlotte were out with Capt. H. A. Schmidt aboard the Idle-On III. They brought in 45 king mackerel. Capt. Basil Watts had Henry Doster and party of Concord out with him aboard the Idle On II on Saturday and brought in 44 king mackerel. The charter boatmen are still accepting bookings, and they say that there are plenty of big king mackerel out there when the weather will permit a trip being made. Achievement Day Program Planned Brunswick i County 4-H Club Will Be Held Thursday Evening At Bolivia School The annual county wide 4-H club achievement day exercises will be held at Bolivia School gym Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The boys and girls that have done the best job in each pro ject offered in 4-H club work will receive a medal. Medals are also | offered to those members showing the greatest leadership ability ac cording to the activities he has participated in in carrying out his 4-H club program. Medals will be given to junior 4-H mem bers as well as senior members. Recreation and refreshments are to be had after the awards program is finished. Some certifi cates from district winners will be presented at the program. 4-H club members and parents from all clubs in. the county, .are urged to attend. \ ’ Burning Permit Law Is In Effect Now In County County Forest Warden D. L. Mercer Calls Attention To Regulation Governing Use Of Outside Fires LIST OF PLACES TO GET PERMIT Land Owners Urged To Co operate With Forestry Of ficials In Effort To Keep Track Of Outdoor Fires. The state law relating to the burning of brush within 500 feet of any woodland area without first obtaining a permit to do so will be rigidly enforced, accord ing to County Forest Ranger D. L. Mercer. This law reads as follows: “It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to start or cause to be started any :ire or ignite any material in any if the areas of woodland under ;he protection of the state forest service or within 500 feet of liny such protected area during the liour3 starting at midnight and ending at 4 p. m. without first obtaining from the state forester or one of his duly authorized agents a permit to start or cause to be started any fire or ignite any material in such above men tioned places between the first day of October and the first day of June, inclusive. “No charge shall be made for the granting of said permits. “During period of hazardous forest fire conditions, the State Forester is authorized to cancel all permits and prohibit the starting of fires in any of the woodlands under the protection of the State Forest Service or with in 500 feet of any such protected area. “Any person, firm or corpora tion violating any of the pro visions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con viction shall be fined not more than $50 or imprisoned for a period of not more than 30 days. Burning permits may be ob tained here in Brunswick county by contacting any of the follow ing: D. T. Brew, Leland; Mrs. Dillard Skipper, Leland; A. P. Henry, Jr., Winnabow; H. Foster Mintz, Bolivia; Jack Brown, Clerk of Court, Southport; C. S. Ward, (Continued on Page 4) Early Mailing Is Urged Here Postmaster J. B. Russ Calls Attention To Fact That Mailing Conditions May Become Congested Later Postmaster J. B. Russ points out that this year the Southport post office and others seem set for the greatest rush of Christ mas mail in history. It is the custom to urge early mailing for the holidays. This year such ac tion will be needed more than ever before. During the past year the South port office has undergone a big increase in the volume of mail handled. Christmas has always been a difficult time for the pos tal employees. This year the prob lem will be the biggest ever un less the patrons cooperate by mailing early to allow more time for handling. Any packages for overseas de (Continued on Page Four) 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 Tide Thursday, November 29, 5:31 A. M. 11:43 A. M. 5:43 P. M. 11:52 P. M. Friday, November 30, 6:21 A. M. 0:00 A. M. 6:32 P. M. 12:32 P. M. Saturday, December 1, 7:08 A. M. 0:38 A. M. 7:17 P. M. 1:19 P. M, Sunday, December 2, 7:51 A. M. 1:21 A. M. 8:00 P. M. 2:02 P. M. Monday, December 3, 8:32 A. M. 2:04 A. M. 8:41 P. M. 2:44 P. M. Tuesday, December 4, 9:11 A. M. 2:44 A. M. 9:21 P. M. 3:25 P. M. Wednesday, December 5, 9:49 A. lit. 3:24 A. M. 10:01 P. M. ■ 4:04 P. M.
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