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Volume No. 17 No. 22
THE STATE foRT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In
6-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY,
Good Community
EMBER 12, 1956
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
$1.50 PER YEAR
Aid For Hungary
Coming In Slow
From Brunswick
Schools Helping To Give
Residents In All Parts Of
The County An Oppor
tunity To Participate
INFORMATION ON
ADOFTION CONTACT
Several Agencies Serving As
Contacts In Placement Of
Refugees In The United
States
National Red Cross officials
in telephone conversations to
day with Mrs. Phil King,
Chapter Chairman of the
Brunswick county chapter of
the American Red Cross, again
stressed the urgent need for
funds to be used for the relief
of Hungarian refugees. Of a
total of over two million dol
lars assigned by the National
Red Cross for this purpose
Brunswick county has been
given a quota of only $283,
Mrs. King said.
Mrs. King said it was
hoped, when the initial an
nouncement was made last
week for gifts to the Hungar
ian relief fund, that no spe
cial collection would be neces
sary, but that it now appears
that some calls will have to
be made if the county’s quota
is to be reached. She said this
is an emergency and the need
for funds is far more serious
than was at first anticipated.
Mrs. King said some few
checks and contributions had
been received but that much
more was needed immediate
ly if the county is to do its
part in helping these unfortu
nate people in Hungaryj
Checks and donations may be
mailed to either C. D. Pick
errell or Mrs. Lacy Hunt,
White ville.
Mrs. William C. Smith of
Leland, Home Service Chair
man, had information about
whom to contact in connection
with providing homes for
Hungarians in this country.
She says that there are sev
eral agencies through which'
requests may be processed,
and she has a list of them.
Already she has received
Inquiries from several Bruns
wick county persons who are
interested in offering a home
to come of these people.
Brief Bits Of I
-NEWSJ
FATHER DIES
Capt. and Mrs. Lewis Fritch
La., where they were called be
Lla., where they were called be
cause of the illness and death, of
his father.
WEEK END VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. David Watson and
children, from Raleigh, and Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Watson and
daughter, from Georgetown, S. C.,
spent the week end here with
Mrs. Ida Potter Watson.
AIJTO COLLISION (
Two vehicles were damaged but i
occupants escaped without injury 1
here Tuesday when a station ]
wagon being driven by Mrs. Dan :
Harrelson was in collision with a
car being driven by a member
of the crew of the 83-foot Coast
Guard patrol boat.
RETURNS TO CALIFORNIA
L. A. Galloway, Jr., appraiser
for the Federal Housing Authority j
in several counties in California, :
returned to his work Saturday
after a month’s vacation here with
his mother, Mrs. L. A. Galloway,
Sr., and his sister, Mrs. Betty
Prevatte.
FAIR BLUFF VISITOR
Mrs. Henry Coleman of Fair
Bluff spent part of the past week
here with the family of her son,
Dempsey Coleman. Mrs. Dempsey
Coleman accompanied her home
on business in connection with
the estate of her father, who died
recently.
BUILDING PARSONAGE
The congregation of Southport
Baptist church has started work
on a new parsonage in Deepwater
Heights, new development in
Southport. Roy Swain is super
vising the work.
The building will contain eight
rooms, 3 bedrooms, a study, liv
ing room, dining room, kitchen
and family room. It is of brick
veneer construction and the plans
indicate that it will be very at
tractive.
Bald Head Island
Wild Animal Haunt
At Least The Present Crop Of Wild Hogs Is Not The
First Inhabitants To Be Hunted
By W. B. KEZIAH
With the subject of wild hogs
on Bald Head Island having come
up and sort of disposed of with
the admission that there may be
a considerable number orginating
from the stock that Frank O.
Sherrill placed there a number
of years ago, it may not be out of
line to say that at times there
have been a number of other wild
animals there.
From Chief of Police Louis
Clark and Law Swan it is learned
that at the present time there
is a medium sized wild dog on
the island. It is said to have been
there 4 or 5 years and was prob
ably lost by some hunter. Living
in a solitary state, it seems to
have lost all contact with man.
While a good many claim to have
seen it, none ever got close to
it. It is really wild. Since no one
feeds it, this dog must subsist on
the wild pigs, ooons, possums,
squirrels and other animals on
the island. All of these and a few
other animals are abundant.
Fifteen years ago there was a
wild cow on the island, and it
was really wild. Dozens of hunters
made various attempts to get near
enough to shoot it. It always
escaped but probably carried a
load of buckshot and many rifle
balls to the day of its death. The
general opinion is that it finally
died from natural causes as no
one ever claimed to have killed
it. If someone did kill it he prob
ably found it very tough eating.
Some parts of the thick woods
on the island were badly infested
with ticks and this wild cow prob
ably gathered a host of them
during the spring and summer.
About the most famous wild
animal on the island, of which
there is any knowledge locally,
disappeared some 18 or more
years ago. This was a genuine
wild boar, no kin to the present
race of wild hogs on the island.
It was said to weigh a thousand
pounds, counting the lead that
various hunters pumped into its
hide without any visible effect.
Many a hunter or group of them
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Christmas Musical
Programs Planned
Choirs At Two Soupthport1
Churches Will Present
Their Annual Christmas
Cantata Sunday
OTHER PROGRAMS
BEING ARRANGED
Full Schedule For Trinity
Methodist Church During
Holiday Season An
nounced
Special Christmas programs in
the Southport churches begin Sun
day when the choirs of two of
the churches present their can
tata.
A Christmas Cantata, “The
Child of Bethlehem”, to be pre
sented by the adult choir at 5
o’clock Sunday afternoon, Decem
ber 16, will inaugurate the special
Christmas services at Trinity
Methodist Church. The cantata is
under the direction of Mrs. Dallas
Pigott, choir director, with Mrs.
Robert Willing serving as assist
ant director and Mrs. James M.
Harper at the organ.
At Southport Baptist church
this program will be presented at
7:30 o’clock. Mrs. Eunice Huntley
is the director.
The December "Family Night”
will be held Wednesday, December
19, at 6:30 o’clock instead of on
December 27. At this time all the
families of the church have an
opportunity to bring a covered
dish supper and enjoy a period of
entertainment and fellowship with
new families.
The children’s Christmas pro
gram will be given at 7:30 o’clock
on Sunday night, December 23.
Under the auspices of the Chil
dren's Division of the Church
School, this program is being led
by Mrs. G. E. Hubbard, Mrs. W.
R. Jenkins and Mrs. E. C. Harrel
son.
On December 30, at 7:30 p. m.,
the college students in the church
will be in charge of the service,
the day being designated as "Stu
dent Recognition Day”.
The high school age group of
the Methodist Youth Fellowship
plan to go caroling prior to Christ
mas, and on New Year’s Eve
they will attend a watch night
service on a sub-district level at
Sharon church near Shallotte.
Two Boats Back
In Local Waters
Two Vessels Of Southport
Fisheries Operating Out
Of Here This Week
After being at Beaufort for the
past month, two big boats of the
Southport Fisheries Company
came home yesterday and are now
fishing in the Southport area.
They have been having good luck
at Beaufort, but as the fish are
now off Southport they preferred
to return here and work for their
own factory.
It has been reported that there
are plenty of big roe menhaden
here. The first day’s catches will
reveal whether or not this is cor*
rect. Captain J. B. Church said
Continued On Page Two
Beautification Of
Hospital Grounds
There’s a “new look” to the
Dosher Memorial Hospital this
week because of activity of
the Southport Woman’s Club.
Foundation planting: of ever
greens makes the front of the
hospital much more attrac
tive than it has been since
the extensive remodeling job
of two years ago.
Mrs. H. T. St. George has
been chairman of the Hospital
Grounds Committee of the
Woman’s Club with the ex
pert assistance of Kenneth
Sprunt of Orton Plantation
the hospital now boasts a
fine array of beautiful plants
which will make this Bruns
wick county institution more
attractive as the years go by.
Cashes Bond Of
First World War
Brunswick County Man
Sends In 38-Year Old Lib
erty Bond To Be Convert
ed Into Cash
Serving during the first World
War as a corporal, Thurman L.
Cox of Howells Point on Route
1 from Bolivia put some of his
savings in Liberty Bonds.
This week he decided to cash!
one of these bonds that was ori
ginally worth $50. Before mailing
it off to the Federal Reserve
Bank in Richmond to be cashed,
(Continued on page four)
Brief Session
Of Court Held
Absence Of Highway Pal
trolmen Brought About
An Abbreviated Session
Of Recorder’s Court Mon
day
Because the State Highway Pa
trolmen, important witness in
most of the cases, were unable
to be present Monday, owing to
their being required to attend an
inspection elsewhere, only a. short
docket was heard by Judge Earl
Bellamy in Recorder’s court.
The docket was cleared and
court adjourned at noon with the
minutes showing the following
cases as disposed of:
Otis Marvin Fulford, no opera
tor’s license, nol pros on presen
tation of valid license at time
of arrest.
Edwin Roberts, non-support of
illegitimate child, 6 months on
roads, suspended on condition that
he pay $18 per month to the sup
port of the child and pay costs of
this action.
Jimmie Lee Davis, no chaffeur’s
license, no turning signal, fined
$35 and costs, $15 of fine re
mitted on presentation of valid
license. , •. .
New Conference
Being Planned
For Grid Teams
Representatives From Sev
eral Brunswick, Columbus
And Bladen Schools Will
Meet Wednesday
FIRST MEETING TO
BE AT WACCAMAW
Object Is To Organize Con
ference For Smaller
Schools Desiring To
Play 11-Man Foot
ball
ASH, Dec. 12—Plans are being
laid for the organization of a new
Southeastern North Carolina li
man football conference at a
meeting scheduled for the Wac
camaw High School auditorium, at
Ash, on Wednesday night, Dec.
19.
Tommy Webb, principal and
coach of Southport High School,
who is leading the effort to form
the new loop, said today that
the meeting would begin at 7:30
o’clock on the above night.
Principal John G. Long of Wac
camaw will act as host to the
group.
Schools of three counties—Co
lumbus, Brunswick and Bladen—
ire being invited to attend the
gathering. Letters have been mail
ed to them by Webb, asking that
hey send representatives to the
ksh confab.
Schools expected to send their
coaches here include Bolivia, Wac
camaw and Southport of Bruns
wick County; Hallsboro, Acme
Delco and Williams Township of
Columbus and Bladenboro and
Clarkton of Bladen County. Other
schools may also send represent
itives if they are interested in
joining the circuit, Webb stated.
Small-School Loop
The formation of a small-school
11-man conference was mentioned
n a letter written sometime ago
t>y Coach Landrum Wilson of Bo
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Receives Blame
Curtis Evans Reduced In
Rating And Tran*f |rred
Following Coast Guard
Investigation
Announcement was made from
5th Coast Guard District Head
quarters in Norfolk, Va., last week
that Engineman lc Curtis Evans
had been found guilty of “certain
dereliction of duty” in connection
with the fishing accident last
month that cost the life of one
man and resulted about the mira
culous rescue of his companion.
Rear Adm. H. C. Moore said
Evans “has been relieved of his
duties, reduced in rating, and
transferred, pending further re
view and study of the case.”
Douglas Wilson Sessoms, 20, of
Laurinburg was found drifting far
at sea November 8 in the 16-foot
outboard boat in which he and an
other Laurinburg man, J. E.
Boone, 34, had set out fishing
October 26.
Continued On Page Two
Three Counties
Southport Man
Lai
in
got
A Big One
Without Tackle
1 rize catch of the year
ng circles was made
thif ik without hook or net
bei] ivolved. The only risk
waj tting wet, and Mrs.
Lu< igford of Long Beach
it when she jumped
intc ocean and floundered
ash
drui
clos
she
aroi
ash<
to
and
will
eler
Sn
with a 42-pound red
M Bigford was walking
os the breakers on Long
Bea md saw the big fish
swii lg in water about two
feetBp. Without hesitation
ted in threw her arms
it and dragged it
She got wet from head
both by the waves
> water that the fish
sph 1 over her in its un
less to leave its native
iper Fishing
Rported Good
f Southport
:ch Of These Beauti
ish Brought In Fri
iy Skipper And Crew
ew Jersey Boat
lonths the papers have
a lot about red snapper
on the upper coast, but
;tion has nothing over
•t in that, according to
Eddie Brex, owner and
of the Pieces, of Ocean
, dryland.
Ca;t|in Brex has been at More
head City since early October. As
of n<w he is fishing off South
port qjd he declares that there is
no p; :e like it.
“T! prospects for snappers
here,’ he said this week to a
repor r, “look terrific off-shore.
They >eem unlimited. They in a
belt ■ 00 yards wide and of un
limitdp length. In fact, they ap
pear fto be everywhere that a
good bottom exists and that is
about everywhere.”
Asked if he had found things
■it.h regards to the snappers bet
--- -—,. .... the coast. Car
rex stated; ‘'Better, mucii
better. I Haven't seen anything
like what you have here.” He
pointed out that on the first trig
here late the past week, they were
not looking for snappers exclu
sively. On the market snappers
bring around $20 per hundrec
wholesale. On the other hand, big
sea bass have a ready sael at $2f
per hundred.
On their arrival they were no1
slow in discovering that the big
sea bass were even more numer
ous than red snappers. Purely as
a matter of business, they onlj
spent only three days loading uj
with 1,500 pounds of the re<
snappers and 2,000 pounds of se;
bass and headed in to Southport
The handling was quickly ar
ragged for by Dallas Pigott, th<
boat was re-iced and newly pro
vifioned and was off again foi
the fishing the same afternoon
By today the boat should be baci
again with several thousanc
polmds of snappers and bass.
file snappers are averaging bet
te: than 10 pounds to the fish
T] e sea bass run close to ;
p< Linds each. All are taken wit
hi nd lines, plus two fishing rig
th it have windlesses. In additioi
(Continued on Page Pour)
Our
RAVING
Reporter
Folks around Southport, ex
cepting those who have not visit
ed the hospital, have not seen
John McRoy in a couple of
weeks. He is ill, said to be suf
fering from heart trouble, al
though he did not have a stroke.
Not seeing John, folks still see
that the Southport streets are
clean and devoid of paper and
trash by daylight each morning.
We are one of the few who get
up early enough to see who is
carrying on at John’s job. Jufit
about when we get to this office
at 6 a. m., we are met by Tumps
Phelps, John’s colleague, with
broom, rake and cart. Tumps is
carrying on for John and keep
ing the streets clean for him
while he is in the hospital.
As one of the Southport sport
fishing boat captains remarked to
us the other day, "We ought to
make this sport fishing a year
round business.” Such develop
ment would be simple enough. It
would probably involve a litOe
more use of the telephone. On the
ot <r hand the sport fishermen
co ing here in the winter could
be assured of catches greater
th t those they make in the
su Jner. The use of the telephone
w< id come in through the neces
sit of having arrangements with
fis ng parties that would insure
th ■ coming in at any time when
th weather is fit for fishing.
T1 ce are enough bad days be
tw 'n December and spring to
nr e it unwise to definitely ar
ra fa for trips far in advance.
T1 : trips would have to be ar
ra fed at only about a day’s no
th For a month now the boats
hi ' been bringing in several hun
dr i pounds each trip. The only
tr iile is that not enough sports
m i know of the big success
at t,is time of the year.
m
ti
e continued dry weather has
a rather dangerous condi
to the timberlands in Bruns
w 1 especially should we have
y/ days before the rains come.
Mjp'a with, the presept condition
-itinued On Page Four)
Brunswick Man
To Head SENCBA
James C. Bowman, South
port Attorney, Will Serve
As President Of Organi
zation That Promotes Re
creation In Area
James C. Bowman, Southport
attorney, was elected Monday
night to serve as president of the
Southeastern North Carolina
Beach Association during the com
ing year. He succeeds E. L>. White
of Wilmington.
Members of the board of direc
tors of the organization praised
the efforts of the late John Far
rell, executive secretary and pass
ed a resolution of sympathy to his
family as a result of his recent
death.
Mrs. Alice Strickland of Caro
lina Beach was named to succeed
him in this office, and at this
meeting submitted a list of pro
jects and a plan of action to be
followed during the coming year.
The organization has been in
operation for 10 years, and during
that time has done much to pro
JAMES C. BOWMAN
mote tourist business in this area.
That still will be the chief ob
jective.
Hospital Care
For Dependents
Has Big Change
ffingr — -
Announcement Made That
Dependents Of Service
Men Are Now Eligible
For Care In Civilian Hos
pitals
HAS IMPORTANT
LOCAL BEARING
Personnel At Oak Island
And Military Personnel
At Sunny Point Will
Be Affected
Two million dependents of uni
formed American servicemen all
over the world became eligible for
civilian medical care at govern
ment expense on December 7th,
when the Dependents’ Medical
Care Act went into effect.
This act is expected to have an
important effect upon Dosher
Memorial Hospital and upon mili
tary personnel stationed in this
area, chiefly at Sunny Point and
at Oak Island Coast Guard sta
tion.
Wives, dependent husbands and
children of active duty members
of the Army, Navy, Air Force,
Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and
dependents of commissioned mem
bers of the Public Health Service
and Coast and Geodetic Survey
are now eligible for civilian medi
cal care.
Forty-two states plus Hawaii,
Alaska and Puerto Rico have
signed contracts with the govern
ment under which civilian phy
sicians will be able to attend mili
tary dependents.
The Act, which the military has
described as one of its greatest
career incentive boosts in many
years, was signed into law by
President Eisenhower on June
7th, 1956, to becomd effective
December 7th.
Ventor Winding
Up Work Locally
Dredge That Has Played
Prominent Part In Con.
struction And Mainten
ance At Sunny Point Will
Leave Soon
Winding up about six months
of maintenance work at the Sun
ny Point terminal, the dredge
Ventor of the Hill Dredging Com
pany will leave the first of the
year for Cocoa, Fla., where it
has a full year of work ahead of
it.
Coming here the last of 1952,
the Ventor had its first opera*
tions at Sunny Point early in
January, 1953. For nearly two
years it aided in dreging the
Sunny Point basin and channels.
Finishing there, it went to Bruns
wick, Ga., for some months and
then returned here for mainten
ance work.
Leaving here the second time
it went to Cocoa, Fla., for some
months of maintenance work and
then came back here for its pre
sent job. Before coming here on
the original job the Ventor spent
nearly two years at Cocoa. From
there it was on its way home tb
Atlantic City, N. J., when the
McWilliams Construction Com
pany of New Orleans, La., called
it here to assist in the Sunny
Point job.
With its jobs on this and the
lower coast the Ventor has not
been back to its home port of At
lantic City, N. J., in seven years.
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 Tidt
Thursday, December 13,
3:44 A. M. 10:11 A. M.
4:02 P. M. 10:25 P. M.
Friday, December 14,
4:40 A- M. 11:08 A. M.
4:58 P. M. 11:18 P. M.
Saturday, December 15,
5:35 A. M. 12:03 A. M.
5:52 P. M. 0:00 P. M.
Sunday, December 16,
6:27 A. M. 0:09 A. M.
6:46 P. M. 12:55 P. M.
Monday, December 17,
7:19 A. M. 1:00 A. M.
7:39 P. M. 1:45 P. M.
Tuesday, December 18,
8:11 A. M. 1:50 A. M.
8:32 P. M. 2:34 P. M.
Wednesday, December 19,
9:01 A. Ml 2:41 A. Vt.
,9:25 P; M: 3:22 P. M.
Mackerel Catches
Still Being Made
Trinkets Sold
To Pay Bonds
Although officers are not
supposed to accept anything
short of cash bonds from
speeders, Monday saw a big
assortment of articles put up
and sold by Deputy Sheriff
H. G, Ratcliffe. Each one of
the articles were supposed to
represent the value of $25
bonds and were sold as the
owners defaulted in their ap
pearance in court.
Represented in the loot was
an automobile tire and tube,
a fishing rod and reel and
about a dozen ladies and
gents watches, mostly of good
make. In this jewelery busi
ness the highest price paid for
a watch was $10.
Two Lions Clubs
At Sunny Point
Members Of Southport And
Bolivia Clubs, Together
With District Officials,
Enjoy Conducted Tour Of
Installation
The membership of two Bruns
wick county Lions Clubs met
Thursday at Sunny Point and aft
erward attended an orientation
course conducted by specialists in
the various branches of service
at the terminal. A tour of the
installation completed the day.
The tour of the Bolivia Lions
Club was scheduled and carried
out for the morning ending at
the Administration Building short
ly before one o’clock. There the
Southport Club, some 40 strong,
joined them and both clubs and
their hosts had luncheon at the
cafeteria, before the Southport
delegation started on their tour.
Following the luncheon, Colonel
Frank Edson Commanding Officer
of the terminal, spoke of the ter
minal and told of his interest in
getting maximum utilization of
the labor potentials here in South
port and other areas of Bruns
wick. He briefly introduced the
visitors to Sunny Point as an in
stallation that they could call a
part of Brunswick county.
Lt. Col. Murphy and other
SPAT officials followed this up
with a brief orientation on the
areas to which they were to be
taken on the tour. Following this
and some general discussion the
visitors and hosts found seven
official cars waiting to take them
on the tour. With each of these
cars a guide had been assigned
to explain all points visited. These
guides were Lt. Col. Murphy, Lt.
Col. William A. Besser, Major
Lewis Doyle, Major Leslie Bel
lows, William Houghton, Capt.
Ralph Burns, and Major Herman
Schwartz.
The above guides saw to it
that all passengers in their vehi
cle got a good and complete
briefing on the points visited. At
some of the points the whole
group stopped and angles df'- the
installation were discussed.
Southport Charter Beats
Made Good Use Of Sev
eral Of The Pretty Days
During The Past Week
To Continue Fishing
GOOD LUCK FOR
EACH PARTY OUT
Skippers See No Reason To
Doubt That Good Fishing
Will Be Available So
Long As Weather
Lasts
Results of fishing' trips made
out from Southport during the
past week continue to support the
claim that good yestr-round sport
is available in waters off the
Brunswick county coast.
At any rate, some of the best
catches of king mackerel made
this fall came in during the past
few days.
Last Tuesday Dr. Joseph and
party of Myrtle Beach were out
with Capt. Basil Watts aboard the
Idle On II and brought in 45
king mackerel. The next day
R. E. L. Brown of the same city
and some of his Myrtle Beach
neighbors caught 65 of these fish.
On Saturday a party from Hick
ory had 48 of these big fellows
to show for their day. Sunday it
was Jimmie Batuyios and party
of Wilmington, who brought in 40.
Capt. Fred Fulford had Mr.
Lineberger and party of Hickory
out Saturday aboard the Davis
Bros. V. They caught 16 king
mackerel, 4 bonito and 1 amber
jack. The following day he had
W. H. Bandy and party of Hick
ory aboard his boat and they had
19 king mackerel, 1 amberjack,
1 dolphin and 7 bonito.
On Friday Capt. Walter Lewis
took members of his own family
out aboard the John Ellen. They
caught 6 king mackerel and 800
pounds of seabass. On Saturday
Mrs. Lou Mallison and party of
Southport caught 28 king mack
erel. Mr. Boss and party of Shel
by made the Sunday trip and
brought in 43 king mackerel.
Former Official
Dies Saturday
David £. Robinson Dies
Four Days Following The
Death Of Wife; Both Na
tives Of Brunswick Coun
ty
Four days following the death
of his wife, Mrs. Alpha Robinson,
David E. Robinson, former Wel
fare Officer for Brunswick coun
ty, died at his home at Carolina
Beach Saturday morning.
Mrs. Robinson died on Tuesday
and her burial took place on
Thursday. Her husband followed
her to tire grave in the same
cemetery, Grelawn Memorial Park
in Wilmington, Sunday.
Services for both were conduct
ed by the Rev. William M. Wells,
Jr., of Wilmington and the Rev.
L. D. Hayman of Southport.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Robinson
were both natives of Brunswick
county, spending all of their lives
at their home near Supply until
about 20 years ago when they
moved to Carolina Beach. Aboijt
1925 and for - several years SJr.
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