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Most Of The News AH The Time Volume No. 17 No. 28 THE STATE fORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In \ Good Community 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESC JANUARY 23, 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR ALr Practice Is Available For County Farmers Spring Sign-Up Now In Pro. gress, With Variety Ol Opportnnites Being Of fered To Obtain Govern ment Help SOIL IMPROVEMENT CHIEF OBJECTIVE County Committee Determ ines Extent To Which Government Funds Will Be Paid The ACP Spring sign-up period started Monday and will extend through February 8. All farmers are urged to come to their ASC office at Supply and put in their request for assistance though ACP cost-sharing for the needed practices for each individual farm in Brunswick county. A letter has been mailed to each farmer with a list of each practice that has approved for the year 1957. Any farmer may request the Federal Government to share the cost -of conservation practices in cluded in the program for which he needs cost-sharing on his farm. The ASC Committee determines the extent to which Federal funds can be made available to share the cost of each practice approved for a farm, taking into considera tion the county allocation of funds, conservation problems in the county and the problems on the individual farm. .Listed below are some of the approved practices for Brunswick county: Permanent pasture or hay initial establishment of permanent vegetative cover non-cropland; Additional vegetative cover in crop rotation-establishment of addition al acreages of vegetative cover in crop rotation to retard erosion and to improve soil structure; Liming materials on farmland initial treatment of farmland to permit the use of legumes and grasses for soil improvement and protection; Forest tree planting initial establishment of a stand of trees on farmland for erosion control, watershed protection or forestry purposes; Permanent Pasture or Hay improvement initial improvement of an esta blished permanent vegetative cov er; Farm ponds for livestock and or irrigation water; Forest im provement-initial improvement of a stand of forest trees; Open ditch drainage-construction of per manent drainage ditches; Tile drainage-construction of perman ent tile drainage; Winter cover i crops-establishment of vegetative j cover for winter protection from : erosion; Summer annual legumes establishment of vegetative cover - for summer protection from erosion; Year-round cover-esta blishment of a vegetative cover to protect cropland throughout the 1957 crop year. I Brief Bits Of lnewsj RETURNS FROM FLORIDA Miss Annie Mae Woodside has returned home after a months visit with relatives in Florida. RETURN FROM CALIFORNIA Mr. and Mrs. Roy McKeithan and little daughter, who recently moved back to Greenville after living in California for a year, spent the past week here with relatives. JOB OI*EN Tlie Brunswick County Health Department is interested in re ceiving applications from persons interested in vaccinating dogs during the rabies clinic this year. Headquarters for' this office are in Southport. FLOWERS UNINJURED A few wide open camellia flow ers were damaged last week by the cold spell. The buds are still in perfect shape apparently and there will soon be a great deal of bloom. The camellia bushes are loaded with buds. So far as can be learned, there was no real damage to anything by the cold along the coast in this county. AT LITTLE RIVER Iverson Lewis of Little River, who recently returned from Ger many and received his. discharge from the Army, is now at his home at Little River, S. C. Mrs. Lewis, the former Miss Joan Ben nett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Bennett of Southport, and secretary in the law office of Ernest Parker, has joined him there and the couple has started housekeeping. Walter Stanaland Dies In HospitaJ Prominent Brunswick Coun ty Citizen Died In HoS' pital In That City Tues. day Afternoon Walter M. Stanaland, for mon than 25 years a leading public figure in Brunswick county, diec Tuesday afternoon in a Wilming ton hospital. No details concern ing his funeral arrangements were available this morning. The deceased was a native ol Brunswick county and was a resi dent of the Thomasboro commu nity. During his life he had been a farmer and a fisherman, -but he will be best remembered as a public official and political leader. One two occasions he was elect ed to serve as judge of Recorder’s court, and in 1946 he was appoint ed to fill the unexpired term of the late John White as sheriff of Brunswick county. He had also been a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for member of the Board of Education and for State Senate. He was active in every political .. election of the past 30 years, am the power of his influence was fel in every part of the county. He is survived by his wife anc .several grown children. Superior Court Will End Today Marine Allowed To Go Free In Manslaughter Case Growing Out Of Highway Accident BRUNSWICK MAN SENT TO JAIL Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn Sends Jesse Simmons To Jail Pending Disposi tion Of Minor Charge Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn is presiding over the January term 5f Brunswick county Superior :ourt, which is expected to come :o a close today. The most serious charge sched lled for trial was that of man ilaughter against Luhis of New fork, who is a former member >f the U. S. Marine Corps. It was vhile he was in service that he vas involved in an accident that :ost the life of Lacy High at Irissettown last year. The State Lccepted a plea of guilty to leav ng the scene of an accident and he defendant was taxed with :osts. It <vas offered in evidence hat a civil settlement already las been made in this case. Jesse Simmon, Brunswick coun :y man up for driving a motor vehicle after his license had been revoked, entered a plea of guilty, but during the course of his testi mony there were conflicts that did not please the judge, who or dered that he be held in jail pend ing final sentence. Jack Daniels, Jr., colored, was found guilty of carnal knowledge and was given from 8 to 10 years. R. D. White, Jr., pleaded guilty to charges of speeding and was fined $25 and taxed with costs. Idelle Vereen, white woman of Windy Hill Beach, S. C., was found not guilty of drunk driving. Several divorces and other ac tions were disposed of. Report On Road Work In County Highway Commissioner Hei de Trask Reports Several Construction Projects Com pleted During December During December, the State Highway Commission completed 48.28 miles of road improvements, one bridge and several new struc tures in the Third HTghway~Di^ vision, Commissioner Heide Trask ot Wilmington reported this week. In Brunswick, contract forces completed work on newly relocat ed NC 130 for 8.24 miles dnd built a new 90-foot long bridge with reinforced concrete caps and steel I Beams at the following location: From a point on NC 87, 4.5 miles north of Southport, northeast passing northwest of Orton Plantation to a point on NC 130, 14.0 miles south of Wil mington. The newly relocated highway is 24 feet wide. The road from a point on existing soil road at South Carolina line and 2.2 miles east of Brookville, S. C., east to a .point on US 17, 0.6 mile west 6f Thom as boro was widened Continued On Page Four * Interested In Post Office Here Congressman Lennon’s office, writing from Washington in his absence over the week end, ad vises that the matter of more adequate post office facilities at Southport, is being taken up with, he Post Office Department.. Further attention to the mat ter will be given by the Congress man on his return to Washington and just as soon as they obtain information from the Department. It is expected that Mr. Lennon will be heard from further rela tive to the matter in a few days. Planning Heart Fund Campaign Preliminary Conference For February Drive Is Being Held This Week In Office Of Chairman Kirby Sulli van Kirby Sullivan, chairman of the Brunswick County Heart Asso ciation, is calling a meeting this week to make some preliminary plans for the Heart Fund cam paign, which will be conducted during the month of February. The heart fund is the Annual campaign for voluntary contribu tions to support a nationwide program against diseases of the heart and blood vessels and is sponsored by the American Heart Association, its 57 affiliated Heart Associattions and their chapters. The campaign is conducted dur ing February throughout the en tire nation, and Heart Sunday is a one-afternoon, house-to-house collection which will be conducted by volunteers throughout the country on Sunday, February 24. The Heart Fund supports the research, education and commu nity heart program of the Ameri can Heart Association, its affil iates and chapters. Of funds, raised, the major portion remains in the area of collection to sup port the programs of state and local Heart Associations. The Heart Fund makes possible a three-pronged attack against the heart diseases. Since 1948, the American Heart Association, its affiliates and chaptem Irave channeled almost $20,000,000 into research, largely looking toward discovery of the basic causes and controls of rheu matic fever, high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries, which together, account for more than 90 percent of all heart dis ease. Of the funds entrusted to the national office of the Ameri can Heart Association, at least 50-percent is allocated to heart research. Through its program of public education, the Heart Association seeks to eliminate needless fears and harmless misconceptions, as well as to encourage early diag nosis and treatment. Through its program of professional education, Association makes, new Continued On Page Pour) j I Needed Varieties Recommended By County Agent Farmer Must Plant Variety Best Suited For Own Soil And One That Will Be In Market Demand INFECTION FROM NEMATODES SERIOUS Certain Varieties More Sus ceptible To This Danger Than Others, And This Is Another Problem By A. S. KNOWLES Choosing a tobacco variety is very important for any farmer, for he needs to select one that is suitable for his own situation and at the same time fulfills the de mand of the market. More than 70 named tobacco varieties were being grown in North Carolina, according to more than 6,000 growers reporting in a 1954 survey. No one variety has I the exact combination of qualities ; that will satisfy the buyers of all tobacco companies. As a matter of ! growers have learned from experience that the description of what one company wants in a tobacco will not fit the desription of what all other companies want. North Carolina farmers want to produce sufficient quantities of various tobacco to meet the de mand of all buyers and potential uuycrs. Some varieties are more likely to produce tobaccos that are thin and chaffy, while other varieties tend to produce more solid tobacco having medium to heavy body. There are differences between va rieties in color, grain, chemical composition, aroma, flavor and many other characteristics. Many characteristics of tobacco can be referred to only in gen eral terms. A variety’s appear ance, growth habits, chemical composition and disease resistance are easily affected by weather conditions, soils, cultural practices and the presence of pyUtiple dis ease causing- oiganiw If the land is free of diseam, you may choose one of the fallow ing varieties: 402, Hicks, Buyers choice, White Gold, Bottom Spe cial, Virginia Gold, Golden Har vest or Golden Cure. If your land is diseased with Blank Shank or Granville Wilt, you may choose one of following: D. B. 101 D. B. 102, or Coker 187. Where Granville Wilt is the only disease involved may use Oxford 26, D. B 28, Golden Wilt, or D. B. 102. Where nematodes are present it is wise to use gas for control Nematodes destroy a quarter mil lion dollars worth of tobacco each year in Brunswick County. Don’t let it happen on your farm. i Former Pastor Passe At Apex The Rev. J. A. Neilson Onc< Served As Pastor Ol Southport Baptist Churcl The Rev. J. A. Neilson of Ape> died Tifesday in the Rex Hospita in Raleigh where he had beer taken following a heart attack lie was 60 years old and wa; widely known throughout easten North Carolina. Bom in Sicily where his parents were mission Continued On Page Four) jPAT Visitor lJOR general e. c. (BR, Chief of Engineers, Army, paid an unofficial to Sunny Point Army Ter Sundajf. He was the princi speaker on Saturday night at [ annual SENCBA banquet in lington. iswick Man low President If Beach Group es C. Bowman Assumes idership Of SENCBA uring Ceremonies At |Annual Banquet Saturday 'Night tjnes C. Bowman, Southport rney, assumed his duties of ident of the Southeastern Lh Carolina Beach Association ng ceremonies at the annual juet of this organization Sat Ly evening in Wilmington. He eeds E. L. White of Wilming top. Congressman Alton A. Lennon served as toastmaster at the banquet, which featured an ad dress by Major General E. C. r^chner. Chief of Engineers, U. 1 Army. # General Itschner spoke at length upon the problems of beach ero sion and promised that the En gineers will "cooperate in helping in every way possible with this problem. He also spoke of the project to deepen the Cape Fear river channel to a depth of 34 feet, and called this one of the major works along the Atlantic Seaboard. He set at rest any rumor that the Wilmington Dis (Continued on Page Four) All Haqds Get An Insight Of Work Many employees at Sunny Point have seen very little of what goes an in the gigantic installation, umer man wnat goes on in the office or point at which they are employed. Realizing this fact, Col. Frank T. Edson last week pro posed the idea that all personnel should be given a complete tour of the installation, see what and where others are doing to make a complete job of tei’minal ac tivities. This orientation was given in three sessions starting on Thurs day, and finishing up Friday mor ning. Lb. Col. William F. Murphy, the executive officer at the ter minal, states that from all he has learned this method of acquainting personnel with the over-all mission and the other fellow’s respon sibilities was highly successful. Oijr RjOVING Reporter Mrs. Betty Privette, tax col lector for Brunswick county, is t< make her traditional rounds 01 the county next week. She goei in order that old people and peo pie who dc not have an oppor tunity to come to town may paj their taxes at some point neai their homes. At some places a loi of inconvenience is saved. Smc( Mrs. Privette is a new collectoi and since we have been join* around with other collectors foi years, we will be making the trip with her next week. For our pari we will appreciate informatior that will make a news story on subscriptions to the paper. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Varnum oft Varnumtown on Lockwoods Folly? lost their two-story home by fire some ten days ago. This was a natter that escaped our attention « the new$ columns- A8 a matter 3f fact,. w* are hot yet i session of deails. This is to ex press our regret. Mr. and Mrs. Varnum are fine people, greatly respected in their community and wherever they are known. A num ber of years ago Mr. Varnum was a member of the board of county commissioners. Here with us in the Pilot office this week, Mrs. Janie J. Henry former Postmaster at Winnabow, Was bewailing the fact that peo ple do not carry enough insur ance, often none at all. She cited the case of Henry Lanier of Win nabow. Mr. Lanier recently lost his barn, all of his farming im plements, corn, hay and his farm mule. He had no insurance. Then there was the more recent case when Mr. and Mrs. Harry Varnum of Lockwoods Folly, lost their large home. Mrs. Henry states that they had no insurance. Often . - Continued On Page Two Plenty Of Fresh Water Available Geological Reports Indicate Presence Of Great Fresh Water Supply Underneath Most Of County By W. B. KEZIAH Here Sunday with Mrs. Holden and their sons, Halstead and John, Dr. R. H. Holden of Shallotte was very much interested in the abundance of ground water that exists over most of Brunswick county. He asked how near the source supply of Bouncing Log Spring comes to the Shallotte area. Our information from geogolists is to the effect that there is a great strata of limestone under Brunswick county. It is shaped liked a wedge, 200 feet deep along about all of the Cape Fear River area and tapering to the point of the wedge at Green Swamp in the western part of the county. This puts limestone under practically all of the county. It is from limestone that the water in Brunswick originates and therefore there is ground water of both ' domestic and industrial quality over about all of Bruns wick in varying quantities, de pending on specific areas. Research has determined that the greater volume of the water is some few miles west of the Cape Fear river, where the dock is thicker. But there is no reason to doubt that there is an abund ance of the same water at points all across the county. Sunny Point with five wells, scattered over a fairly small area, gets a supply that is said to be only limited by the capacity of the pumps. Each of the five wells is supposed to provide 1200 gal lons per minute. Should more ever be needed it can be obtained quickly with additional wells and pumps. Southport, also with the same water as that found at the Bouncing Log Spring, gets all of the water that it now needs from 3 wells that are clustered close together. Had these wells been a little separated, as is the case of Sunny Point, the supply would only be limited by pumping facili ties. Source of the Caswell Baptist Assembly water is believed to be Continued On Pag* Four! Area Development Council Meeting Reappoint Frink County Attorney At their meeting Monday the board of county commis sioners reappointed S. B. Frink county attorney for another year. Responding to the commit tee that has been repeatedly trying to get matching funds with which to build an agri cultural building at Supply, the board agreed to meet at the proposed site on Thurs day afternoon, January 31, at which time the action will be discussed further. Routine business matters occupied the rest of the days session. Southport Man Receives Award William Oberjohann Re ceives $200 For Sugges tion For Improved Opera tion On Job With U. S. Engineers Four awards of $200 and one for $100 were presented employees of the U. S. Army Engineers in Wilmington this past week, the presentations being for outstand ing attention to duties during the past six months. The awards were presented by Col. R. C. Rowland, Jr. One of the $200 awards went to Wm. Oberjohann of Southport, employed in the operations de partment. William, or Bill as he is known in Southport, has been with the Engineers for quite a number of years. Before that he Continued On Page Hour Historical Group Will Meet Here Col. Frank T. Edson And Lt. Col. William F. Mur phy Will Be Two Of Speakers; Luther Holdep Also On Program The Brunswick County Histori cal Society will meet on Thurs day, January 31, at 7:30 o’clock in the Southport high school audi torium. The speakers for the evening will be Colonel Frank T. Edson, commanding officer at the Sunny Point Army Terminal, and Lieu tenant-Colonel William F. Murphy, executive officer of the terminal. Luther Holden will also speak on the general history of the Holden Beach area. This will be the last date on which charter membersnips will be granted, so all persons who wish to become charter members are urged to join at or before this meeting iX they have- not already done so. *G. V. Barbee Host At Meet ing Friday Afternoon At Restaurant At Yaupon Beach CHOOSE NAME FOR NEW ORGANIZATION SEN£Land Development Or ganization Chosen From Entries Submitted In Name Competition Meeting at Yaupon Beach Fri day afternoon as guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Barbee, directors of the recently formed 7-county Development Organization, select ed SENCLand Development Or ganization as a name, from the large number that had been pro posed. A Wilmington woman, Mrs. H. M. Daniel, was awarded her choice of a week’s vacation for herself and family at any of the beaches or her choice of a $100 cash prize for the name that was accepted. The counties in the organization are Bladen, Brunswick, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender- and Columbus. Horace Carter, Tabor City news paper publisher, is president of the organization; Fred Graham of Wilmington is chairman of the in dustrial committee; Bill Chaffin of Burgaw, chairman of the agri cultural committee; Clyde Jordan of Elizabethtown, historian; G. V. Barbee' chairman of the tourist and recreational committee. A dinner was served the gather ing by the Barbees. Following i some discussion of plans of the organization, President Carter an nounced that the next meeting of the organization will be held on Thursday, March 14. Rescue truck Being Sought Local Drive For Funds With Which To Match Civil Defense Money That Is Available Southport’s new fire station, Civilian Defense Headquarters and Police Department Headquarters will be completed this week and Ormond Leggett, Chief of the Fire Department, announced Tues day that a drive will be started this week for funds for the pur chase of a completely equipped rescue truck. Although definite selection of the type of truck has not been made at this time, the machine uppermost in view costs $5,500. One-half of this will be raised locally and the other half is as sured from Federal matching funds. The machine is especially con structed and equipped for Civilian Defense and peace-time emer gency rescue work. It will have a full assortment of rescue equipment. Among this equipment is a winch mounted on the front end of the truck and with 150 feet of steel cable and hook, ladders, facilities for taking ■ care of sick (Continued On Page Four; Grand Jury In Session During Court Session This Body Named Monday To Serve During Entire Year; Completed Work For Term On Tuesday H. FOSTER MINTZ NAMED CHAIRMAN Thorough Study Made Of Conditions Existing At Various Schools In Brunswick The - grand jury was called to order Monday by H. Foster Mintz, with G. H. Lanier acting as secretary. The grand jury was in session two days. The jury examined 10 bills and have found 9 true bills and 1 not true bill. The examined the following schools and buildings and make the following recommendations: At Leland white school a coal bin should be provided for; one of the rooms should be painted except the overhead; the rear steps of the lunch room need re placing. The Lincoln High School has an inadequate water system. At the Phoenix colored school the front porch needs repairing. The Na vassa colored school roof needg repairing. The Chapel Road color ed school is in fair condition. The Shallotte High School is in fair condition, however the old building in the rear is in need of bathroom facilities, the plaster needs repairing and the roof needs repairing. Tiie Shallotte agricul ture building roof is leaking and needs repairs. The Prison Camp No. 301 is in good condition. The Bolivia High School has an inadequate water system (not enough pressure); one water foun tain needs repairing; roof needs repairing; needs blinds replaced or repaired in three classrooms; plaster needs repairing and the overhead ceiling needs fastening; some seats need replacing in three classrooms; the gym roof is leak ing and needs repairing; the ag riculture building is leaking badly and needs new roof; the lunch room is good considering the con dition of the building. Piney Grove School is in fair condition considering the building and facilities. Cedar Grove School needs several door locks and han dles. The County Home is in excel lent condition. The Brunswick county tax office in Southport is in good condition. The health office is in need of many repairs and facilities. The Welfare Office is in good condi tion. The Clerk’s Office in the courthouse is in good condition, with the exception of two new desks and new blinds for the windows. The jail is in good con dition. The Southport High School needs plaster in the left front of the auditorium. The Brunswick County Training School needs a new roof on the trade building and new lighting installed. The Waccamaw High School is in good condition. The Longwood Colored School needs one new stove, rest rooms and new olack board. The Union Colored School is in good condition. Patrolmen Seth L. Thomas, H. F. Deal and W. H. Morgan Jr., reported that all the school busses were checked December 17 and were in good condition and that regular monthly inspections are made by them. 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 24, 2:53 A. M. 9:01 A. M. 3:02 P. M. 9:15 P. M. Friday, January 25, 3:52 A. M. 10:00 A. M. 4:00 P. M. 10:11 P. M. Saturday, January 26, 4:48 A. M. 10:56 A. M. 4:55 P. M. 11:04 P. M. Sunday, January 27, 5:40 A. M. 11:45 A. M. 5:46 P. M. 11:53 P. M. Monday, January 28, 6:26 A. M. 0:00 A. M. 6:33 P. M. 12:30 P. M. Tuesday, January 29, 7:07 A. M. 0:37 A. M. 7:14 P. M. 1:13 P. M. Wednesday, January 30, i 7:46 A. M. 1:19 a. M. l 7 :fi3 .P.. M. .. Uo3 p. jj.