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Volume No. 17 No. 27
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_SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNE| JANUARY 16, 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Official Visits I
Big Spring And
At Sunny Point
Jack Riley, Member Of
State Board Of Water
Commissioners, Southport
Visitor Monday Afternoon
COL. Wm. MURPHY
SUNNY POINT HOST
Group Then Pays Visit To
Bouncing Log Spring
With W. B. Keziah
As Guide
By W. B. KEZIAH
On our way to the Bouncing
Log Spring Modayn afternoon
witli Jack Riley, Dick Byrd and
A1 Johnston, it was our idea that
the four of our detour for a few
minutes down to the administra
tion headquarters of SPAT and
meet the very affable Lt. Col.
William Murphy, executive officer
of the installation as well as
some of the other Sunny Point
people who are residents of South
port.
The guards at the gate passed
us, but through some mistake on
our part we led the visitors
through the comptroller’s office
instead of going directly to that
of Colonel Murphy. Some of the
40 or more girls, most of whom
were from Southport, in Major
Doyle’s office, unfeelingly waved
us on in the direction we should
have taken in the first place.
Naturally, they grinned in the
way that pretty girls usually do.
We lost no time in getting out,
thereby missing the smile of one
or two that we are especially
fond of.
We got into the proper room
and there Safety Director Bill
Haughton, who had the floor at
the moment, waved us on into
Lt. Colonel Murphy’s office, where
the glad hand of welcome is al
ways waiting.
It was about time to call it a
day, but Lt. Col. Murphy had no
thought of being anything but
hospitable and informative, even
if it was to be on his own time.
The Visitors were then treated
to an orientation of the instal
lation, a pretty big member of the
big 3 that serves the United
States on the Atlantic Coast. At
least we guess it is pretty big,
as it serves the whole Atlantic
Coast at all deep water ports
on the Atlantic Coast from Nor
folk, Va., to Miami, Fla. The other
two big numbers are Hampton
Roads, Va., and Brooklyn, N. Y,,
at what was formerly the New
York Port of Embarkation.
I he indoctrination completed,
Lt. Col. Murphy bundled all the
visitors including the reporter,
into his personnal car and they
went for a tour of the installa
tion. The Colonel headed down
straight towards the Bachelors
Officers Quarters, over a road
that he described as “Keziah
Drive.” He pointed out road signs
to prove his claims, in case any
one doubted his word.
Turning back at the BOQ, he
guided the Power Company men
down the main stem to the in
spection pit and back down the
Continued On Page Four
Brief Bitt Of
lnewsj
COMMANDER RETURNS
Following a 14 days leave Col.
Frank T. Edson is back at his
duty as commanding officer at
Sunny Point Army Terminal.
BENEFIT SALE
The Mary Rebekah Circle of
Trinity Methodist Church will
sponsor a cake and pie sale on
Saturday morning at 9:30 o’clock
on the porch of the Leggett’s
home. Proceeds will go on the
nursery department of the church.
.MOVES LAW OFFICE
Kirby Sullivan has moved his
law office from the second floor
of the Smith Building to the office
formerly occupied by Ray Walton
in the Taylor Building next to
the post office.
VESSLES TO ARRIVE
The schedule of vessles to ar
rive at Sunny Point Army Term
inal during the next ten days re
mains unchanged, according to
Lt. Col. William Murphy. One
ship will arrive on January 24
and another on January 26.
WINTER WEATHER
Winter struck Brunswick coun
ty yesterday, but not with the
same devastating force that was
felt in many other sections of the
country. Temperatures in the
Southport area were high enough
to prevent sleet and freezing, but
out in the county this morning
trees were loaded down with ice.
Feature Article
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Srre'^hiKneXTma&S^1’6 Ph»‘°^Pher visited
March Of Dimes
Now In Progress
Mrs. M. H. Rourk Names*
Chairmen For Various
Committees To Serve In
March Of Dimes Cam
paign In County
NEED STILL GREAT
FOR POLIO FUNDS
Citizens Urged Not To Slack
Up In Winning Fight On
This Dread Disease
Organization is complete for the
March of Dimes campaign in
Brunswick county, and Mrs. M. H.
Rourk, chairman, has named
chairmen for each community to
head this annual fund-raising ef
fort.
These community chairmen are:
Mrs. Wm. Mathews, Ash; Mrs.
Foster Mintz, Bolivia; Fred Ed
wards, Shallotte Point; Roddy
Bennett, Exum; Mrs. Corbet Cole
man, Freeland; Mrs. Cecil Robbins,
Bell Swamp; Mrs. Henry Irvin,
Winnabow; Mrs. Ernest Stana
land, Hickman Cross Road; Mrs.
Rufus Williams, Leland; Mrs. F.
C. Osborn, Thomasboro; Mrs.
Percy Russ, Longwood; Mrs. Nor
man Grissett, Grissettown; Mrs.
Jack White, Shallotte; Mrs. Nor
man Homstein, Southport; Mrs.
Sidney Hewett, Boone’s Neck;
Mrs. Garland Clemmons, Supply;
Mrs. Hobson Mears, Calabash; C.
A. Caviness, Colored school.
Great strides have been made
in the program to wipe out polio
Continued On Page Four
Soil Bank Rate
Given On Cotton
Payment Per Acre Rate
For Brunswick County Set
Below Established Rate
For State As Whole
On the Acreage Reserve phase
of the Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation program, coun
ty per-acre payment rates for
1957 have been announced on cot
ton. These payment rates vary
by counties, based on the pro
ductivity index for the county.
The average per acre payment
rate for the state on cotton is
$58.00. The payment rate for
Brunswick County is $53.00. On
the basis of these figures ASC
County and Community Commit
teemen established a farm pay
ment index rate on each cotton
farm in the county.
A notice will be sent to the
operator of each farm for which
a cotton farm rate of payment
per acre is established for 1957.
The sign-up under the soil bank
acreage reserve program for to
bacco and cotton will begin
around the last of this month.
The final date for signing an
agreement on cotton or tobacco
is March 1.
Farmers are limited in the num
ber of acres they may place in
the reserve. On cotton it is 10
acres, or 30 percent, and on flue
cured tobacco it is 3 acres or 30
percent.
Name Manager
For Assembly
Announcements made yes
terday in Raleigh by the Gen
eral Board of the Baptist
State Convention included the
fact that Fred J. Smith, for
merly of the Methodist Or
phanage in Raleigh, has been
made manager of assemblies
and camps. This will include
the Caswell Baptist Assembly
at Fort Caswell.
la the announcement it
was stated that Smith will
make his home in Southport
At the fall meeting of
the Convention arrangements
were made that point to ex
panded operations at Caswell.
Attendance Is
Now Increasing
Attendance Drive Now Be
ing Conducted In South,
port By Membership Of
Trinity Methodist Church
Brings Increase
Attendance on the second Sun
day of the Church Attendance
Movement at Trinity Methodist
Church in Southport increased
fifty-two percent over the first
Sunday at the morning service
and one hundred-twenty-five per
cent in the evening, according to
the registration committee, Miss
Lottie Mae Newton and Mrs. M.
R. Sanders.
Last Sunday morning the minis
ter preached the first in a series
of two sermons on the church. His
topic was “What Do You Think
Of The Church?” The second ser
mon will be preached Sunday
Continued On Rage Two
NCEA Session
Being Planned
Claude Farrell, Director Of
Lay Activities For NCEA,
Will Speak Before Bruns
wick County Group
The Public Relations Committee
of the Brunswick County Chapter
of the NCEA will have charge
of the county-wide session sched
uled to be held at Leland on the
afternoon of January 31.
The principal speaker for this
occasion will be Claude Farrell,
director of Lay Activities of the
NCEA. Representative James C.
Bowman also has been invited to
attend.
Mrs. Frances Stone of Shallotte
heads the committee arranging the
program. Other members of her
group include Mrs. Betty Gore
Wood of Bolivia, Mrs. Lucille Wil
liamson of Southport, Mrs. Ger
trude Galloway of Leland and
Mrs. Elsie Dodson of Waccamaw.
Support Penalty
On Some Types
Of Tobacco Crop
Department Of Agriculture
Seeks To Discourage Pro
duction Of Certain Varie
1*95 Tobacco During
PRICE SUPPORT IS
CUT TO ONE-HALF
Other Regulations May Be
Imposed Later, With Con
sideration Being Given
To Basing Reducation
On Pounds
Major changes in the 1957 flue
cured price support program,
changes which are expected to
discourage production of varieties
viewed as undesirable under pres
ent demand conditions and to en
courage an increase in the pro
portion of the crop having char
acteristics currently in demand,
were announced recently by the
United States Department of Ag
riculture. These changes, which
are in accordance with recom
mendations of grower Organiza
tions and industry leaders in the
flue-cured tobacco area, are a
follow: (1) 1957 crop flue-curec
tobacco of varieties "139”, "140”
and “244”, irrespective of grade
will be supported at one-half the
support rates for comparable
grades of other varieties.
(2) Price support rates for in
dividual grades of all flue-cured
varieties will be adjusted to re
flect current demand patterns.
This action will support a pro
gram to encourage to follow cul
tural practices that will increase
the proportion of the crop which
has desirable flavor and aroma
characteristics.
The three varieties used as
currently undersirable have been
classified by Federal ’and State
scientists of the flue-cured to
bacco area as “low to lacking in
flavor and aroma, generally of
light body, and or with current
poor acceptance in the trade”.
These varieties, particularly "l.W
represent a substantial proportion
of the 1956 flue-cured tobacco
crop. The increased production
came at such a time when cigar
ette production was shifting from
non-filtcred to filtered cigarettes.
Since these varieties tend to pro
duce a large proportion of to
baccos that currently have an
established market value of only
about one-half of varieties high in
Continued On Page Two
Another Group
Now In Union
1 |
Involves Civilian Personnel
At Sunny Point Exclusive
Of Civil Service And
Stevedoring Workers
Civilian workers at Sunny
Point, not including Civil Service
employees or stevedore workers,
have organized and have become
affiliated with the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauf
feurs, Warehousemen and Helpers
of America through Local 391 at
Greensboro.
This union has been recognized
by Ryan Stevedoring Inc., and
officials of this firm now have in
their possession a copy of a pro
posed contract for the purpose of
study prior to a later meeting
that will be held for the purpose
of negotiating the contract.
Local representatives say that
the object of this move is to
obtain wage increases for af
fected personnel in addition to
other benefits to which these peo
ple feel that they are entitled.
JOHN T. WAYLAND
list Leader
Lead Series
ayiana Of
:heastern Theological
inary Will Be In
:hport Next Week
of
ohn T. Wayland, Professor
gious Education at South
Theological Seminary,
Forest, will arrive in South
his Saturday for a week of
study.
Wayland will have the ser
at the morning worship on
.y then, beginning Sunday
ng at 7:30 o’clock he will
five classes on the book of
ans. He will use the book,
Gospel According to Paul, a
stuwy of the letter to the Romans.
^ie conducted each evening
s classes of one hour duration
Thursday, all at 7:30
addition to the evening
classes Dr. Wayland will teach
morning classes, Monday
'ugh Thursday at 10 a. m.,
he subject, “How to Approach
New Testament’’. These class
'"" "rlG hour and will be
^augnt in the church samstuary.
Before going to teach at the
eminary at Wake Forest, Dr.
Wayland was a local pastor in
forth Wilkesboro, Monroe, Dur
am, and several other places in
tie South. His graduate work was
one at Yale Divinity School, and
e has served as a chaplain in
he U. S. Navy.
Nearly two years ago Dr. Way
and came to Southport and
'reached in the revival services at
louthport Baptist Church,
leople of the church and
The
com
nunity liked his way of preachi
ng and teaching so well that
hey have been looking for an
other opportunity to invite him
Jack.
The people of Southport Bap
ist Church invite everyone in the
(Continued on page four)
Arrests Made
For Vandalism
iSeveral Recent Instances
Result In Some Southport
Boys Being Called Before
Juvenile Judge
A good deal of plain vandalism
iccurred in and about Southport
larly last week and officials say
iiat the identity of the offenders
s pretty well established and that
•nests may be made shortly.
At Caswell Beach they tore
lown and carried off a number of
lighway signs and signs from cot
ages. At the Tom Robinson cot
age they broke a number of win
lows and also tore down and re
Continued On Page Two
Out
ROVING
Report
er
Credit for a lot of bad weather
that never gets to Southport or
anywhere else on the Brunswick
coast is handed out weekly, some'
times more often, by the weather
folks. During the winter most bad
weather comes in from the north
west, north or northeast. Weather
headed down from those direc
tions is picked up and the folks
are told what to expect. It hap
pens, however, that along the
coast winds are nearly always
blowing in from the south, south
west or such. A result is that
these winds usually meet the ap
proaching bad weather and swing
it off course. As a. result, weather
reports coming down from up
state some times are just so
much "wolf”, so far as the coastal
section is concerned.
A few people may have gained :
the impression that we have been i
putting too much stress on the 1
abundance of underground water
in Brunswick. The number is very i
much offset by the hundreds who i
can see real value to the county i
through having such an asset. !
These hundreds comprise folks i
both inside and outside Brunswick, i
Monday Jack Riley, a member of
the board of .water commissioners, t
Continued on Page Five
Narrow Escape
From Drowning
Mrs. R. D. St. George Escapes From Family Automobile
Moments Before It Plunges Into Davis Creek
Mrs. R. D. St. George tumbled
out of the front seat of her family
automobile Sunday afternoon mo
ments before the vehicle made its
driverless way into the waters of
Davis Creek and disappeared from
view.
Thus tragedy was averted in
a freak accident which caused
several hundred dollars damage to
the St. George family sedan.
Mr. and Mrs. St. George were
out for a Sunday afternoon drive
and had traveled over to Long
Beach. They turned off the main
road down to the Davis Creek
landing and had stopped there
on the hard surface for a few
minutes. Their pet dog was with
them, and had been let out of the
car to play in the sand. Mr. St.
George saw something that arous
ed his curiosity, and he got out
of the machine on the driver’s side
and started walking away when
he heard his wife cry out in
alarm. He looked around in time
to see, the car moving slowly in
the direction of the creek, and
when he saw his wife fall out on
the ground he ran around the
vehicle to her assistance. All this
time the car continued to roll, and
by the time the owner got back
around to the driver’s side he was
afraid to risk gettng in.
The automobile went down a
small incline and into the water.
Moments later it was almost
submerged, but had retained
enough buoyancy to let it float
away with the force of the tide.
It was recovered several hours
later several hundred feet from
where it entered the creek.
Mrs. St. George escaped with
nothing more serious than
scratches and bruises from her
fall to the pavement, but the
Dodge sedan must undergo a com
plete washing and cleaning, inside
and out.
Superior Court
Here Next Week
Apply Now For
Pullet Project
All 4-H club members in
Brunswick county who plan
to receive baby chicks from
the Sears Roebuck Pullet
Chain should mail their ap
plication blanks in to S. H.
Lee, assistant county agent,
at the county agent’s office
in Supply immediately.
The pullets are expected to
arrive in the county on Feb
ruary 25. Applicants are
urged to get blanks in as
soon as possible, as selection
of members to receive chicks
must be made within the
next two weeks. The pullets
this year will be the Harco
Red breed.
Weekly Session
Of Court Held
Variety Of Cases Disposed
Of Before Judge Earl Bel
lamy During Session Of
Recorder’s Court Monday
A large number of cases cover
ing a variety of offenses were
disposed of here Monday before
Judge Earl Bellamy in Recorder’s
court. The following judgements
were handed down:
Clyde H. Carlisle possession of
tax paid whiskey, drunk on high
way, fined $35 -and costs.
John Henry Pellom, reckless op
eration, fined $15 and costs.
Elbert W. Simmons, possession
with seal broken, fined $19 and
costs.
Isla Watson Pitts, speeding,
fined $10 and costs.
Jesse Izer Smith, speeding, fined
$10 and costs.
Arnold Ray Scott, speeding,
fined $10 and costs.
Bobby Robert Strickland, speed
ing, fined $10 and costs.
Augustus C. Widehouse, speed
ing, fined $10 and costs.
William Graham Bland, failing
to stop for stop sign, fined $10
and costs, fined remitted because
of mitigating circumstances.
Ardell Currie, speeding, fined
$10 and costs.
Vernon Ray Clewis, speeding,
fined $10 and costs, fined remitted
because of mitigating circum
stances.
Robert Lee Eckhart, larceny, 60
days on roads, suspended on good
behavior and to make restitution
to R. L. Rabon in amount of
$12.50 and payment of a fine of
$15 and costs.
Joseph Lynn Jackson and Carlie
Ross Jackson, larceny, 90 days
each on roads suspended on mak
ing restitution to J. L. Purvis in
amount of $30, paying a fine of
$50 and costs and to be of good
behavior for two years.
Ronald Lewis, larceny, 60 days
in jail, suspended on condition
that defendent make restitution
to R. L. Rabon in amount of
$12.50, pay a fine of $15 and;
costs and be of good behavior for
two yeArs.
Raymond H. Libby, larceny,
sentenced to 30- days on the roads>
Continued On Page Four*
Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn
Will Preside Over Com
ing Term In Place Of
Judge Harland McKeith
an
NO OUTSTANDING
CASES SCHEDULED
One Manslaughter Case Is
Most Serious On Docket;
Several Divorce Actions
May Be Tried
Clerk of Court J. E. Brown
has been notified that Judge W.
H. S. Burgwyn will preside at
next weeks term of Superior
court instead of Judge McKeithan
A two weeks term of court now
going on in Cumberland made it
necessary for Judge McKethan to
remain there next week. Judge
Burgwyn presided at the January
term of court here last year.
The criminal docket for' next
week has 26 cases, one of these
being a manslaughter charge.
None of the others are of a very
serious nature. Twelve divorce
cases are among the civil matters
that will come up during the
week.
From the jurymen who have
been summonsed to appear at
the opening of court a grand
jury of 18 men will be selected
to serve at all criminal terms of
oourt during the year.
The clerk states that it is pro
bable that the term will not ex
tend through the full week. The
manslaughter case, growing out
of a death in an automobile
wreck, is set for Tuesday.
Wilmington Club
At Sunny Point
Lions Club Members Held
Luncheon At Cafeteria
Thursday And Enjoyed.
Conducted Tour Of Base
A large group of Wilmington
men who are members of the
Lions Club held one of their reg
ular meetings at the Sunny Point
Army Terminal Thursday. Such
gatherings, formed of various or
ganizations and groups of people,
are entertained and orientated
into the operations of the installa
tion at least once each week.
It is the plan of Colonel Frank
T. Edson, Commanding Officer of
SPAT, and his officers to give
brief histories of the terminal,
explaining what it is for and
what it can do. In short, they
waive what is supposed by some
to be a cloak of secrecy and are
able to answer practically all
questions that may be propounded
by interested visitors.
The Wilmington group was met
at the terminal cafeteria and fol
lowing the serving of lunch, Lt.
Jolonel William F. Murphy, ex
acutive officer of the terminal,
and William Haughton, safety di
rector, with the aid of various
naps, explained the interesting
features of the installation.
Jolonel Murphy went into detail
as to why and where it was built.
He pointed out that SPAT and
;wo other great terminals make
ap the Atlantic Terminal Com
nand. The other two are at
Brooklyn, N. Y., and Hamptoh
Continued On Page Two 1
Information Of
Farm Census Is
Of Great Value
Farmers Asked To Give
Necessary Information At
Time They List Property
For Taxes This Year
INFORMATION IS
KEPT CONFIDENTIAL
This Material Frequently Is
Valuable Source For In
formation To Assist
Farm Program; Not
Used For Taxation
“No modem business man would
think' of continuing his operations
year after year without taking an
inventory at regular intervals,”
says A. S. Knowles, Farm Agent
for Brunswick County. Since
farming is also a business, agri
culture likewise needs to take
a yearly inventory to determine
what progress has been made and
what needs to be done,” he adds.
That’s why agricultural leaders
throughout North Carolina are
urging farmers to give their
wholehearted support to the 1957
Annual State Farm Census. The
census is being made during Jan
uary under the direction of local
Boards of County Commissioners
through their appointed township
tax listers. Its purpose is to ob
tain reliable information at the
county level on land utilization,
major crop acreages harvested,
selected livestock numbers, and
other miscellaneous items, says
Knowles.
Although in most counties the
farmers make their report to the
township tax listers, the law pro
hibits the use of this informa
tion in any way as a check a
gainst the farmer’s personal and
property taxes. The information
reported by farmers is kept
strictly confidential and is avail
able only to the landowner who
makes the report.
ti. Y. Ballentine, State Com
missioner of Agriculture, says:
“The reliable, factual information
provided at county and town
ship levels by this yearly survey
will be of great help to local
farm leaders in working out plans
for county and community agri
cultural programs.”
“This annual farm census has
been one of the best insurance
policies the farmers of North
Carolina could secure,” adds
Knowles. “The availability of
these farm facts has ment un
told millions of dollors to the
farmers and the State.”
State Featured
In Publication
Holiday Magazine Carries
Feature Story Of North
Carolina In February Is
sue
A full-scale portrait of North
Carolina, from the sands of the
Atlantic seaboard to the valleys
of the Smokies five hundred miles
away, is featured in the February
issue of Holiday. The article, by
Ovid Williams Pierce, extends
over thirteen pages of the maga
zine and is illustrated with six
teen photographs, many in color.
During the course of his prep
aration Staff Photographer Burt
Glinn visited Southport and took
several local pictures. However,
no Brunswick couty scene was
among those published.
Pierce contrasts the ragged frin
ges along the remote eastern
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 Tide
Thursday, January 17,
8:44 A. M. 2:26 A. M.
9:10 P. M. 3:01 P. M.
Friday, January 18,
9:35 A. M. 3:18 A. M.
10:05 P. M. 3:50 P. M.
Saturday, January 19,
10:26 A. M. 4:10 A. M.
10:58 P. M. 4:39 P. M.
Sunday, January 20,
11:18 A. M. 5:04 A. M.
11:55 P. M. 5:30 P. M.
Monday, January 21,
0:00 A. M. 5:59 A. M.
12:11 P. M. 6:23 P. M.
Tuesday, January 22,
0:53 A. M. 6:58 A. M.
1:06 P. M. 7:18 P. M.
Wednesday, January 28,
1:53 A. M. . 7:59 A. M.
2:0.3 P. M. 8:16 P, M.