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Most Of The News All The Time Volume No. 17 No. 23 PILOT Good Community 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDADECEMBER 19, 1956 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR New Regulations For Dependents Hospital Care Arrangements Made For Wives And Dependents Of Service Men To Receive Treatment At Civilian Hospitals CERTAIN RULES MUST BE FOLLOWED Some Of The Regulations For This Type Of Service Listed In Release From Army The Dependents Medical Care Act went into effect on December 7, affecting more than two mil lion dependents of men in service. Here in Brunswick county is di rectly affects families of Army personnel stationed at Sunny Point and Coast Guardsmen sta tioned at Oak Island. There are many details about the program which will resolve themselves in a matter of time, but here are the major features of the Act: Only dependent wives, husbands and children of active duty mili tary personnel can receive civilian medical care under the program. Other dependents — dependent parents, dependents of persons who died while on active duty, etc.—will continue to be treated at service hospitals. In most instances a military dependent will have to pay to a hospital $25 for each admission. The government will pick up the tab for the rest of the bill. Except for injuries where em ergency treatment is necessary, outpatient care is not autorized at civilian hospitals. Dental care can be provided only for facial injuries or as a necessary part of hospital treat ments. At the present, there exists for eligible dependents a free choice of either civilian or military medi cal care, although there may be exceptions later on. .However, the services will en courage dependents to continue using available military hospital facilities; the new program’s basic aim is to aid those who do not have access to such facilities. To support this basic aim, Washington recently pointed out that about 40 percent of the eligi ble military dependents have found medical treatment complete ly unavailable in recent years, either because there were no mili tary hospitals in their area or because the ones that were there were too crowded to accept them. One of the most important as pects of the program is expected to be the fact that complete maternity care for military de pendents is now authorized from civilian sources. By complete, the Dependents’ Medical Care Act means "prenatal care, delivery and postnatal care”, Continued On Page Two Brief Bits Of lnewsj NOW IN NEW HOME Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Barnes moved Friday into their new home in Southport’s Deepwater Heights. NO EXAMINATIONS E. M. Wallace, examiner for driver’s licenses, has announced that his office in Southport will be closed Monday, as will the office at Shallotte on Tuesday. HEADS HEART DRIVE Kirby Sullivan, Southport at torney, has been named Brunswick County Chairman of the fund drive that will be conducted dur ing February by the North Caro lina Heart Association. TOBACCO CARDS Fifty eight tobacco sales cards have not been returned to the ASC office at Supply and farm ers are urged to return these cards at once or bring in the bills. Failure to acoount for sales will result in the cancellation of the allotment. If the sales card has been lost, come by the ASC of fice and make a certification as to the amount of pounds sold. CHRISTMAS DANCE A pre-Christmas dance will be held Friday night from 9-1 o’clock in the Community Building under the sponsorship of the Southport Garden Club. Music will be furn ished by Bobby Haas and his orchestra, who have played for previous engagements here. The fact tliat many of the college students will be home for his holidays is expected to enliven this event Extended Trip Results In Big Mackerel Catch 1 Capt. Walter Lewis And Crew Caught 181 Of These Fish On Trip Ex tending From Monday Noon To Tuesday Evening Capt. Walter Lewis and three crew members aboard the John Ellen came in late yesterday aft ernoon with 181 king mackerel weighing about 1,500-lbs and taken on a 24-hour trip to waters offshore in the vicinity of Frying Pan lightship. He and his crew had left about noon Monday planning to spend the night outside and thus be able to put in a full day of fishing. The main object of their trip was red snapper, but they had no luck at all with these fish. But once they gave up and turn ed their attention to mackerel fishing, the big fellows started coming aboard in great numbers. In addition to the king mackerel, they caught about 200 seabass. With Capt. Lewis on this trip were his mate, Larry Stubbs, his son, Raymond, and Eddie Pickier. Capt. Hulan Watts also had a big day aboard the Idle On IV when Eustas Russ and party of Myrtle Beach came in with 72 king mackerel for the singel day. On Monday Capt. Basil Watts had Sam Gardner and party of Myrtle Beach out aboard the Idle On II and brought in 50 king mackerel and 7 bonito. Yesterday he had Vernon Avery and party of Wilmington out with him and Continued On Page Five General Glore To Visit Here Word Has Been Received That His Wife And Young Daughter .-May Spend Christmas In Southport General James Glore, Comman der of the Port of Embarkation in New York, now the Army Atlantic Terminal Command, through all of the days of plan ning and construction of Sunny Point Army Terminal, will be in Southport on December 23 and for a few days thereafter. It is understood that Mrs. Glore and their daughter will be with him. Xo them it will b6 some thing in the nature of homecom ing for Christmas. A little over a year ago General and Mrs. Glore bought a homesite of 60 acres near Southport, announcing at the time their intention of building a permanent home here and retiring two years from that time. The two years will not be up until about Christmas 1957, but it is supposed that their coming this Christmas will h$.ve aome Continued On Page Five Special Musical Programs Given Schools Close Friday At Noon Brunswick county school children will be dismissed at noon Friday for the Christ mas holidays and will not return to their class rooms until the morning of January 2. County offices will close Friday afternoon and will not reopen until Thursday, De cember 27. City officials will follow this same holiday schedule. Regular clerks at South port post office will have Christmas Eve off, but the office will operate on its reg ular schedule. On Christmas morning window service will be available from 9 until 10 o’clock. Power Officials Visit Big Spring Two Wilmington Men Latest Visitors To Receive Guid ed Tour Service From W. B. Keziah By W. B. KEZIAH “Unbelievable! Biggest spring and biggest lot of water coming right out of the ground that I ever saw. There is a lot of good water going to waste here.” The above remarks were made to us yesterday afternoon by Crom Lennon as he and another Carolina Light and Power official stood and watched the more than 500 gallons of water that were pouring over the lip of Bouncing Log Spring each minute. Mr. Lennon, with the Tide water and later the Carolina Power and Light Company for 20 years, most of the time as assistant district manager of the Wilmington District, came to Southport to pick us up. He was accompanied by Jim Hall, until just recently of Asheville. Mr. Lennon has been promoted to local manager for the Carolina Power and Light Company at Dillion, S. C., and Mr. Hall has been appointed to succeed him as assistant manager at Wilmington. Introducing his successor to the area Mr. Lennon said, “Lets go”, as soon as he saw us. Knowing well where he had in mind, we climbed into the car with the two power minded men and brought up at the Bouncing Log Spring in abput 30 minutes. Things were running as usual and the first act Continued On Page Five * I 1 Choirs At Two Southport Churches Present Their Christmas Cantata Sunday Evening And Sunday Night OTHER SPECIAL FEATURES COMING Childrens’ Program Will Be Presented At Southport Baptist Church And At Trinity Methodist Church Members of the choir at both Trinity Methodist Church and the Southport Baptist Church present ed their annual Christma.s cantata Sunday before large congrega tions. At both these churches the Sunday evening service will fea ture progranis by the children. At. Trinity Methodist Church it was a vesper service and the name of the cantata was “The Child Of Bethlehem’’, by Forest Walter. Members of the choir present ing the cantata were: Sopranos—Mrs. M. M. Hood, Miss Annie M. Newton, Mrs. Dal las Pigott, Mrs. Rachel C. Rook, Mrs. Chancey Stanaland, Mrs. Robert Willing. Altos—Mrs. L. D. Hayman, Mrs. G. E. Hubbard, Mrs. Robert Continued On Page Two I mswick Men ead District hr Association ial Meeting Being Held knight In Whiteville ith S. B. Frink Of South Irt Serving As President |eST E. PARKER IS 'RETARY-TREASURER jip Will Be Addressed Judge Clifton Moore; )ther Distinguished Guests Invited ction of new officers and a Ial address by Judge Clifton re of Burgaw are scheduled aembers of the 13th judicial lict bar association, lie group will hold its annual |er meeting at the Hotel teville at 6:30 p. m. Wednes ncipal purpose of the meet ip£ will be to elect the second of officers for the group, iras formed by members of the from Balden, Brunswick and umbus counties when they were esfltblished as a Superior court ju< cial district last year. resent officers for the group in< ude S. Bunn Frink of South poi t, president; Joe W. Brown, W1 iteville, vice-president; Ernie Parker of Southport, secretary trejasurer; Edward L. Clark, Eliza be htown, counsellor. Members of thg executive committee include Leon Smith, Elizabethtown; Dwight McEwen, Southport, and J. B. Lee, Whiteville. All but Clark, who holds a two year post, are scheduled for re election. Guest speaker for the evening will be Judge Moore who was solicitor during the Klein trials four years ago. Invited to attend are John Bur ney, Wilmington, solicitor for this district, Judges Q. K. Nimocks and Clawson Williams, who pre sided in the county during the past year, and Judges William Y. Bickett of Raleigh and Malcolm .Newell, both, scheduled to hold court in the county during: 1957. About 35 attornies and their guests are expected to attend. Southport Man Receives Honor Herbert Swain, Jr., One Of Twenty-Five New Direc tors Of North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Herbert Swain, Jr., of South port is one of the 25 new mem bers of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Agricul tural Foundation elected during a week end meeting of the board at North Carolina State College. The Directors will represent 25 North Carolina counties for a term of four years and will be responsible, along with 75 other directors and officers of the Foun dation, for the administration of the State’s unique "Nickels for Know-How” program and other projects aimed at further agri cultural progress in North Caro lina. R. W. Dalrymple of Sanford was elected president of the Ag ricultural Foundation, succeeding State Senator Adam J. Whitley of Smithfield. Other officers chos en to serve during the next year Continued On Page Two W. B. KKaBAlJ Our ROVING Reporter Next week’s paper will be is sued on the regular day, Wednes day. The only difference from any other week is that there will be no work to speak of done on Christmas. It follows that both news matter and advertising that is desired for publication in next week’s paper should reach us by Monday. It is understood that only spot news, such as accidents, deaths and such things will be handled after Monday. So you will be getting our appreciation if you send things for next week’s paper just as soon as you can after getting this week's issue. It is hoped that everybody will, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Covering the town as it does, the telephone directory and the facilities going with it are mighty god things for Southport people to get in quick touch with each other. The State Port Pilot has a directory of its on in the way of a mailing list that has the cor rect names and addresses of a whole lot of people who used to live here or elsewhere in Bruns wick. For the past two weeks this list has been much in de mand from people who wanted to learn just where this or that friend lived. The object was to send them a Christmas card. It has been a pleasure to any and all in the office to be able to quick ly supply such information. Despite the fact that he has been eaffing us a lair for under estimating the number of wild boars on. Bald Head Island, Joe Cox of High Point sent us a (Continued on Pag* Four) Thomas J. Hewitt Retires From Duty Familiar Personality In Of fice Of Wilmington Dis trict U. S. Army Engin eers Retiring January 1 By STEVE WALL Thomas J. Hewitt has had a hand in about everything the Corps of Engineers has done in North Carolina for the last 40-odd years. Now he’s retiring to catch up on chores around home and maybe do a little fishing, a hobby “I’ve neglected a long time but one I’ll renew easily.” But there’ll be some strings attached for the next couple of weeks. From now until December 31, he plans to use up some an nual leave. On New Year’s Day, however, his retirement after 43 and a half years will be official. Looking back over his two score-three years of service with the Corps, a record broken only by a year of duty as an ensign with the Navy in 1917-18, Hewitt recalls many events which mark his career. On July 15 he had gone to work with the Engineers on a survey party and assigned to the New Bern branch office. Thus began THOMAS J. HEWITT a steady climb which has taken him to ■ one of the two highest positions normally filled by civil ians in a District Office. This is Chief of the Engineering Division, a design job which requires ut most skill and training to success fully fulfill. After four years under , the New Bern office, Hewitt was trans Continued On Page Two No Decision On Health Center Safe Driving Session Here A detonator-type stopping distance demonstration will be staged Thursday morning by safety officials of Sunny Point for the benefit of Southport high school students. First there will be a brief lecture for the benefit of students who hold driver’s licenses and this will be followed by a road demonstration on Moore street. Equipment will be used to show the exact distance a car travels when traveling at a certain speed when the brakes are applied to bring it to a full stop. Participating in this dem onstration will be W. W. Haughton, safety director at Sunny Point, and G. A. Burke, assistant safety di rector. Long Session Of Court Held Large Number Of Cases Dis posed Of Here Monday Before Judge Earl Bel lamy In Recorder’s Court Monday turned out to be a very busy day for Judge Earl Bellamy and Solicitor J. C. Bowman in Recorder’s court. The following cases were disposed of before ad journment shortly before 5 o’clock.. Eddie Bryant, worthless check, 60 days on roads, suspended on defendent making restitution and part court costs. Cleveland Norris, speeding, fined $10 and costs. Elwood Clater, Jr., possession of tax paid whiskey, fined $10 and costs. Willie Gatson, concealed weap on, not guilty, weapon ordered destroyed. Hughey Ham, possession of tax paid whiskey, fined $10 and costs. James Bruce Coleman, hit and run, property damage, fined $10 and costs. Costs remitted because of mitigating circumstances. James F. Powell, operating on left of highway, fined $10 and costs, fine remitted because of mitigating circumstances. May Flowers Pridgen, fined $10 and costs. Walter James Brown, speeding, fined $10 and costs. Edward B. Batts, failing to stop for stop sign, involved in accident, failing to report the accident, 60 days on roads, suspended on mak ing restitution for property dam age in amount of $30.50 and pay ment of a $10 fine and costs. Robert Edwards Gibbs, Jr., no operator’s license, fined $25 and costs. Thomas Wayne Hewett. stop sign violation, taxed with the costs. Continued On Page Five Question Of Location Still Rests In Hands Of Mem bers Of Board Of County Commissioners TWO DAYS SPENT IN ARGUMENTS Commissioners Made Trip To Raleigh Today To Dis cuss Matter With Medi cal Care Commission Officials After two days of heated dis cussion and another day spent making a trip to Raleigh to con fer with officials of the Medical Care Commission, the question of the location of a Health Center for Brunswick county is right back where it started—in the hands of members of the board of county commissioners. In a telephone conversation to day at noon with F. Herbert Swain, chairman of the board of county commissioners, he said that the delegation of which he was the head had held a conference with Dr. Applewhite, who had informed the group that the Health Center building can be located wherever it is requested by the commissioners. Chainnan Swain said that plans have been prepared by an archi tect for construction of the build ing, but that the opinion was ex pressed that with some alterations these plans can be adapted to any location. Chairman Swain said that the Medical, Care Commission folks would not say that failure to go through with present plans for the construction of the Health Center at Southport would pre vent Brunswick county’s getting one of these buildings, but he said that naturally any major change will bring about a delay. Previously in a telephone con versation Dr. Applewhite had ex pressed the opinion that continued delay of the project might mean Continued On Page Two Brunswick Lady; Escapes Bullet Mrs. A. A. Dixon Badly Frightened Sunday Even ing When Her Automobile Wa» Fired Upon While Traveling Through Bolton Mrs. A. A. Dixon of Yaupon Beach had a narrow escape from death or serious injury Sunday evening when a bullet struck the left rear window of her auto mobile while she was traveling through Bolton on highway 74-76. She had been visiting her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Chancey, at Lake Waccamaw and was re turning home about 7:15 when she heard the noise of an explosion beside the road and at the same moment the sound of breaking glass in her automobile. She drove down the road to a service station and reported the incident to the town policeman, who found, that Continued on rage Two Coast Line Folks At Sunny Point For Inspection President MacDonald Davis Heads List Of Distinguish ed Railroad Officials Vis iting Terminal ORIENTATION IS PART OF VISIT Explanation Made Of Vari ous Types Of Duties Per formed At Terminal And Services Rendered By Installation Officers of the Sunny Point Army Terminal entertained offi cials of the Atlantic Coastline Monday and gave them a thorough military-type briefing before taking them on a conduct ed tour of the huge installation. As a beginning the guests met at the tenninal cafeteria where they were met by Col. Frank T. Edson, terminal commander and a staff of a number of the terminal officers. Following general intro ductions, lunch was served the gathering and Colonel Eld son ex tended a word of welcome. With the address of welcome and luncheon over, the visitors form ed into groups and toured the installation. Staff members who have been interviewed stated that the visi tors in their parties showed ex treme interest in what was shown them and many of them asked pertinent questions on practically all matters. “It was a very much impressed and interested group,” said one of the guides. President C. McDowell Davis headed the Coastline group of vis itors, which was composed of out standing officials. At the lunch eon and orientation session, as well as on the tour, were the following other officers of the Coastline: ivicu. uavis, president; George L. Cain, senior assistant to president; W. T. Marable, as sistant to president; L. S. Jef fords, vice-president; C. G. Sibley, vice-president; L. T. Andrews, general manager; W. S. Baker, assistant vice-president; M. M. DesChamps, chief of property pro tection; J. J. Peacock, general superintendent of transportation; H. H. Hill, general superintendent; E. H. Cook, superintendent of transportation; J. F. Rogers, su perintendent; S. C. King, super intendent, Sunny Point Army Ter Continued On Page Two County Fanners Continue Quotas Both The Cotton Referen dum And The Peanut Re ferendum Carried By Big Majority In Brunswick County The result of the ootton refer endum as voted by the Brunswick County Cotton Farmers last Tues day was 34 in favor of marketing quotas for 1957 and 1 against. A total of 35 votes were cast. The approximate number of eligible voters is 150. As a comparison, the last cot ton vote on December 13, 1955, was 28 for quotas and 1 against, with a total of 29 votes being cast. The result of the peanut refer endum held Tuesday was 4 in favor of marking quotas for 1957, 1958 and 1959; and 1 vote against 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 Ti* Thursday, December 20, 9:54 A. M. 3:33 A. M. 10:22 P. M. 4:13 P. M. Friday, December 21, 10:46 A. M. 4:26 A. M. 11:19 P. M. 5:04 P. M. Saturday, December 22, 11:41 A. M. 5:22 A. M. 0:00 P. M. 5:57 P. M. Sunday, December 23, 0:18 A. M. 6:20 A. M. 12:36 P. M. 6:52 P. M. Monday, December 24, 1:18 A. M. 7:24 A. M. 1:33 P. M. 7:49 P. M. Tuesday, December 25, 2:18 A. M. 8:27 A. M. 2:31 P. M. 8:47 P. M. Wednesday, December 25, 3:18 A. M. 9:29 A. M. 3:30 F. M. - 9:44 P. M.
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