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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.