THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Volume No. 17 No. 33 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Most Of The News All The Time The Pilot Covers Brunswick County 51.50 PER YEAR Bowman Explains Position About Teachers Raise Vote Last Week Not To Be Interpreted As Being Op posed To Pay Increase For This Group FIRST BILLS OF LOCAL NATURE Some Measures Affecting State Department Of Mo tor Vehicles Also Discussed By JAMES C. BOWMAN The tempo of the work in the General Assembly increased con siderably during the past week, due primarily to the various com mittee activities. The House ses sion on Tuesday of the past week provided most of the fireworks following introduction of a resolu tion which directed the Appro priations Committee of the House to provide for a minimum pay in crease of 15 percent for public school teachers. On a motion to table, the resolution was defeat ed by a very close vote of 58 for and 53 against tabling the resolution. I voted in favor of tabling the resolution. As a general proposi tion, I will not attempt to ex plain or alibi my vote on any bill or resolution in the future. How ever, in those cases where my vote may be misunderstood or misinterpreted in the light of a subsequent vote, I feel that my action should be explained to the people. In this particular instance, I do not intend that my vote shall be construed as one against pay in creases for teachers or other State employees It is my intention to vote in favor of wage increases for these groups in excess of those amounts recommended in the Ad visory Budget Committee report. I was, however, opposed to the summary method of arriving at these increases, without oppor tunity for interested persons to be heard before the Committee, as proposed in the resolution. Fur ther, the procedure used by the proposers of the resolution was completely unorthodox, unprece dented, and constituted an at tempt to circumvent the proce dures established by the rules of the House for the orderly con duct of its busine*- These esta blished l-ules of -procedures have been tested 0'‘!r the years and should be foiled until changed. The proceduf proposed by the resolution, f jt had succeeded, would havrf°Pened the door to any numb/'t similar resolutions involving irtters of extreme im portance/* t,ie People of this State J would have, in my opinion/et a very dangerous preced/ Accordingly, I voted in favor / tabling the resolution. Bi/iave already been intro duc#>rovidin£ Pay raises for botf101161’® ancJ other state em plqjP- These bills include a bill inflced week before last pro tor a 20 percent teacher increase and a bill to raise ■wages of other State em mes by 15 percent on an Mss-the-board basis. In addi ■ Continued on Page Four) j Brief Bits Of /-NEWS-1 COMPLETE LOADING Loading of the SS John Sar geant at Sunny Point is expected to be completed today. The Haiti Victory is due for loading Monday, March 4. Her loading should be s completed that week. CHANGE CHURCH TIME Trinity Methodist Church in Southport will go back to the usual hour for evening services this week following two months during which a supper-vester serv ice has been followed. Church service this week will begin at 7:30 o’clock. BARBECUE SUPPER There will be a barbecue sup per, pit-cooked on church grounds tire day of serving, at Zion Metho dist Church, Town Creek, on Sat urday, March 2, beginning at 6:30 p. m. Home-made cakes and pies will also be on sale, and all pro ceeds will go to the church build ing fund. ANOTHER TRIP Col. Frank Edson, Commanding Officer at SPAT, is a rather busy man, according to all indications. This past Thursday he got back from 3 weeks at the Training School at Ft. Belvoir. He lrad hardly arrived at the terminal be fore he was called to New York for,something like 5 days. He will be back this week. Map Heart Fund Drive PLANNING—Kirby Sullivan, left, Chairman of the Brunswick County Chapter of the N. C. Heart Associa tion, is shown, here discussing plans for the Heart Fund Drive with W. W. Wood, executive director of the North Carolina Heart Association. The campaign will be con ducted in Southport and Shallotte Sunday of this week. Heart Fund Drive Makes Progress County Chairman Kirby Sul-’ livan Receives Prelimi nary Reports From Solici tors In The County CANVAS WILL BE HELD HERE SUNDAY County Chairman Pleased With Reaction Of Citizens To This Appeal For Their Help Kirby Sullivan, chairman of the Brunswick County Heart Asso ciation Chapter, has received scat tered reports of Sunday afternoon activities, and is completing plans for a house-to-house canvas here jin Southport this week. Mrs. James T. Barnes Will be in charge. The same plan will be followed ! at Shallotte, where Mrs. Eli Kra vitz is serving as local chairman. Chairman Sullivan says that there have been no unpleasant in cidents to develope in Brunswick in connection with the campaign. “Our folks seem to recognize the fact that heart diseases present such a serious threat to their health and happiness that they are glad of an opportunity to help finance a program of experimen tation and research.” Admiral Paul Hendren spoke to the Southport Lions Club on Thursday in behalf of the Heart Drive. Warning System To Be Complete Regular Guard Force Will Man Equipment Being In stalled For This Purpose The Air Raid warning system planned for Sunny Point will be one of the very few in eastern Carolina and it will be operated 24 hours a days by members of the guard who will be especially trained in its operation. They will be able to pick up all planes flying as high as 15,000 ieet. A direct line or code will bring the operators into instant contact with Charlotte with a re port on the number and type of the planes, together with the di rection they are flying. Charlotte has the central screening terminal where they monitor all flights and screen all information. At the moment it is not thought that operations at SPAT will require any additional men over the present force. The prob able action Will be to take and train operators to do the work as part of their regular guard duties, officials stated this week. Fire Department In New Building Old Fire Station Has Been Remodeled Into Quarters For Southport Chief Of Police The old Southport Fire Depart ment building has been remodeled into a residence for Chief of Po lice and Mrs. Louis Clark and chil dren. They have recently moved in and their presence there adds assurance of prompt answers to fire calls. The fire truck and other equip ment is now sheltered in the new concrete block building, 'with brick Continued On Page Two It Certain Waters Are Restricted Among the waters to be closed as spawning areas dur ing the 1957 season are the following streams in Bruns wick and Columbus counties: Waccamaw river, from Seven Creeks downstream to New Bridge; Waccamaw river, from Old Dock bridge downstream to Juniper Creek; Big Creek, a tributary of Lake Waccamaw, from the railroad trestle downstream to within 150 yards of Lake Waccamaw. The closed season extends from May 1 through August 31, except in Big Creek,'which is to be closed from March 1 through April 30. Interview Man For Manager Members Of Board Of Al dermen Also Vote To Permit Use Of Second Floor Of City Hall For Recreation Center Members of the board of alder men interviewed another applicant for the position of City Manager for the City of Southport Sunday. He was Dallas P. Johnson, who has held that position in Fair mont for the past 8 years. It is reported that Dan Jones, one of the former applicants for the position here, has been em ployed as his successor at Fair month. Members of the board of alder men have voted to permit the use of the second floor of the City Hall by teenagers for a social hall. The boys and girls have been busy for the past few days repair ing and repainting the place, and they hope to be able to move in this week end. On Monday night a meeting of parents was held at the high school with Mayor Roy Robinson presiding. A committee was nam ed to hel{4 work out a plan of operation for this activity. Named (Continued on Page 4> First Accident Victim Listed Negro Woman Becomes Brunswick County’s First 1957 Highway Accident Victim As a result of what Coroner G. C. Kilpatrick termed a case of speeding and reckless driving, Elnora Dudley, colored woman of Leland, was killed on State High way 130, south of the intersection with 74-76, Thursday night. This is the first death from traffic accidents reported in Brunswick this year. The car in which the woman was a passenger was operated by George C. Yeoman, negro, of the same community. Yeoman was later arrested by Deputy Sheriff H. G. Ratcliffe. Following an inquest over the body of the dead woman, Coroner Kilpatrick ordered him held under a $500 bond, which he gave. Leroy Plenty, negro, was held -under a $200 bond' is' a" withes. ' • - ■ Ngw Board Of 1, Health Members A meeting of the ex-officio members of the Brunswick County Board of Health was held in the Brunswick County Board of Edu cation office Monday with the following members present: Her bert" Swain, chairman, Brunswick County Board of Commissioners, H. C. Stone, - Superintendent, Brunswick County Schools, Roy Robinson, mayor City of South port. The purpose of this meeting was to elect Brunswick County Board of Health members for 1957. Appointed to serve as mem bers of the Brunswick Obunty Board of Health were Dr. R. H. Holden, dentist, Shallotte; Dr. F. M. Burdette, Jr., Southport; Rob ert M. Willis, druggist, Southport; Wilbur Ec,rl Earp, farmer, Winna bow. More Employees Under Union At Army Terminal Group Of Civilian Employ ees Receive Wage In crease And Other Consid erations As Result Of Union Agreement Civilian employees at Sunny Point Army Terminal who are not utiler Sivil Service, members of th4 military or employed as stevedfcres went to work Thurs day uiiler terms of an agreement worked out with Ryan Stevedor ing "Col, Inc., and Local 391, In ternational Brotherhood of Team sters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America. The first immediate effects of this agreement included a raise in pay amounting to from 40 cents to SO-cents per hour; guar antee of a 40-hour work-week for regular employees ;and a 5-cents per hour allowance in lieu of a paid vacation. There is a nom-strike clause In cluded in the agreement; which included provisions for hbspitili zation insurance and death bene fits for members, ", , . ..h/ Representing the local ml* in their negotiations were C.iief Steward W. T. Fullwood, ft. E. Holden, assistant chief steward, and LeRoy Bernard. These were elected by popular vo ;e in their fellow workers, and receive no remuneration for duties in this connection. men they their Represent City At Survey Meet In U. S. Army Engineers formed Of Erosion P rob lem Affecting Southport Waterfront Mayor Roy Robinson and two other Southport residents attended a conference in Wilmington' last Wednesday where General Holle, representing a National Beach Erosion Survey, and Col. Rowland, chief of the Wilmington District Army Engineers, held hearihgs upon problems peculiar to beach erosion along this section erf the coast. Also in attendance from sjouth port were L. J. Hardee and Phil King. Mayor Robinson catted attention Continued On Fgge Hour Our ROVING Reporter A note from Jerry Ball, Esso Oil Company man, recently 1 writ ten up as The Tar Heel of the Week in the News and Observer* brings the information that he hopes to be down at Southport early in the spring, Jerry sent his regards to all of his f r end* in Brunswick county. We hive a suspicion that his good fr.ends includes about everybody in Brunswick, and quite a raw in neighboring" counties. Jerry likes to fish and we are requisite ning a big red snapper for him [when he comes down. Checking this week, we were surprised to find that The ..state Port Pilot has regular paid sub scribers in 38 of the 48 stages in the Union. In many of these 38 states the number is not limited to 3 or 4 there are dozens of them. The only 'States in 4vhi ch we have jw-fcubecijjfeera at the present time are 1< Vermont;1 New-Hex Oh ■mn. >, f’ortfc Dakota, South Dakota, Arkansas, Kansas, Colorado and Montana. Outside of actual states, there are quite a number of subscribers in ! Alaska, Cuba, England, France, Germany, Korea, Japan and other countries. Outside of North Caro lina, New York, California and New Jersey are outstanding in i the number of paid readers of The (Riot. The towns of Long teach, Yau pon Beach and City of Southport are all scheduled to hold city elections this year, under their charters. In the case of the two beaches this will be the first op portunity that citizens have had to express their choice for either the mayors or board of aldermen. ,Both Long Beach and Yaupon Beach were incorporated two years ago, under acts of the legis lature. Officials for both places were named in. the bill, the act sroyiding that the named officials Continued Ob Bag* Two Civil Court In Session Here All This Week Judge George M. Fountain Presiding Over One-Week Term For Trial Of Civil Cases Only SHORT SESSIONS FIRST TWO DAYS Cases Are Scheduled For Each Day, With Lengthy Session Prospect Today And Tomorrow Superior Court convened Mon day with Judge George M. Foun tain presiding. The first two days were featured by the large num ber of continuances, including four of the 6 divorce cases on the docket. The total number of con tinuances on Monday was 14. One judgment was given in the case of Machine Supply Company vs. Hampton Edward Leonard, the amount being $1,427.63. Following the callendar, very little business came up Tuesday and Judge Fountain adjourned for the day before 11 o’clock, with one case having been. settled at that time. T. L. Long of Hick man’s Crossroads obtained a judgement against W. J. McLamb and brother. This case involved properly lines, and attorneys for McLamb gave notive of appeal. , Clerk of Court J. E. Brown stated this morning that the doc ket for today and tomorrow was such as to require a full day's work to handle. Raise Acreage Soil Bank Limit Tobacco Farmers May* Place 100-Percent Of Farm Al lotment In Soil Bank Ac cording To Latest Direc tive - All tobacco counties, both flue cbred and Burley, are now autho rized to accept acreage reserve agreements for acreage up to 100 -per cent of the farm allotment without regard to the maximum farm limit and without regard to the flue-cured or Barley tobacco allocation transmitted with 1957 Letter AR-18. Brunswick County farmers may now sign agreements covering acreage in excess of farm maxi mum limit. Farmers who have indicated desire to enter acreage above maximum farm limit should come in the ASC Office and sign agreements immediately. They have ten days from date of notice or March 1, whichever is later, to sign the agreement. All cotton counties are now authorized to accept cotton Acre age Reserve Agreements up to the ‘maximum farm limit of 30' per cent of the allotment or 10 acres, [ whichever is larger, without re gard to the cotton allocation pre viously announced. Brunswick County cotton farm ers who have indicated desire to [enter cotton acreage in the Re serve and were advised that the i County funds were exhausted may now sign agreements. Farmers have until the closing date to sign | the agreements. No funds are yet available to any county to accept offers above maximum farm limits. Southport Youth Is Survivor Of Crash SURVIVOR—Pfc. Carey Spencer is shown here with a little Korean orphan, who is a mascot for his company, now on duty in Seoul, Korea. The Southport boy has the kid in the recreation hall, teaching him some of the finer points of shooting pool. Cage Tournament In W accamaw Gym Stolen Bicycle Is Recovered Deputy Sheriff H. G. Rat cliffe has about as good a nose for stolen bicycles and other property as a bird dog has for quail. This week someone went to the home of Ivan Long on the beach road and stole a new Columbia bicycle that Santa Claus had brought. The deputy was called in and found where the thief had fallen into a ditch in front of the Long home. From there Ratcliffe track ed the wheel 7 miles and found it in a ditch near Mid way on Route 130. The thief had abandoned it there. The young owner of the bike was much pleased at getting his wheel back. Getting Ready For Menhaden Factory Getting Everything In Readiness For Opening Of Spring Fishing Season At Earliest Opportunity Although this is an off season for fishing the Brunswick Naviga tion Corporation is employing 25 to 30 of its men steadily. They are overhauling all boats and the factory, getting ready to start just as soon as the fish show up and weather will permit fishing operations. At periods in the past factory officials have gone by a sort of set date to begin operations and wait for that time to arrive before they made any attempt at fishing. Going by such plans there were often a lot of fish on the grounds before preparatory work was completed. It is true that fish often arrive around a certain date. However, it has often been found that they arrive ahead of schedule and op erations are now based on having boats and equipment ready to go as soon as the fish show up. The best spring fishing in the history of the local menhaden in dustry came along last year just about the time that boats are usually ready to move out on schedule. As a result of four days of operations by the boats early last year, a payroll of $42,000 was put out by the Brunswick Navigation Co. for boat and fac tory employees. It could have gone, higher than that but the boat production was so heavy that the factory became over-run for storage space. The boats had to be tied up for two days until some of the big catches had to be worked through the factory. At the end of those two days, bad weather came along and cut down on the further production for a time. This year the factory has more storage and is better fixed to handle things. -Superintendent J. T. Barnes stated this week that boats and everything will be ready iwhen the first-fish show up. Elimination Games Being Played This Afternoon With First Semi-Finals Contests Slated For To night SHALLOTTE TEAMS RATED FAVORITES Both Girls And Boys Draw No. 1 Seeded Position And Play For First Time Tomorrow The Brunswick County Basket ball Tournament gets underway this afternoon at Waccamaw with a double header in which the fourth and fifth teams in each of the girls' and boys’ divisions play for a berth in the semi-finals. The losers will be eliminated from the tournamourt. In the first game this after noon Southport girls face Bolivia, with the winner slated to play Shallotte, seeded No. 1, tomorrow (Thursday) night. In the boys’ game Waccamaw and Bolivia bat tle it out for a chance to continue in the tournament. Tire winner will play Shallotte boys, also seed ed No. 1, tomorrow night. The first round of the semi finals will be held tonight, with Leland girls meeting the No. 2 seeded Waccamajv girls. The win ners will play for the champion ship on Saturday night and the losers will play in the consolation game on Friday night. The second half of tonight s double bill will send Southport against Leland. Here, too, the win ners will move into the champion ship round, with that game sched uled for Friday night. The losers will play in the consolation game Saturday night. Thursday night games will de cide the other participants in the championship and consolation con tests. Shallotte Boat Snapper Fishing Bon-Jon Has Made Several Trips From Shallotte Point To Winter Fishing Area In Gulf Stream John Garner of Shallotte Village Point has become interested in the red snapper fishing and his sport fishing boat, the Bon Jon, has been out three or four times. Its largest catch has been 800 pounds of the snapper, Garner said Mon day. “What we need now is better weather than we are having,” said Garner, adding that "the Gulf Stream runs so strong on the fish ing grounds that it sometimes pre vents even a 3-pound sinker from carrying the light steel wire line straight down to the 200-feet depth where the fish are found. A swift tide can couple up with even a moderately rough surface to make the fishing difficult. However, Garner was confident that longer periods of good weath 4r will be coming along shortly. 'he boats will be able to stay out longer and really big catches can be brought in. Captain Archie. Caison, who has teen skippering the Bon Jon for Its sport figlung since it was built; Continued On Page Four Pfc Carey Spencer Clears Atmosphere Of Uneasi ness With Telephone Call To Relatives Mondaty Night WAS PASSENGER ABOARD TRANSPORT Twenty-Two Persons Dead Or Missing Following Crash Of Air Force Plane In Korea Joy knew no bounds in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Spen- . cer here in Southport Monday night when shortly after 9 o’clock a long distance call came from Seoul, Korea, from their son, Pfc. Carey Spencer, to his wife, Mrs. ’ Julia Spencer. All day long members of th» . family had lived in fear and dfead • that a message would come from the War Department notifying . them as next of kin that their loved one was one of the victims of an Air Force plane crash Fri- - day that had claimed the lives ot 22 men. From recent letters, they felt that the Southport boy was ■ aboard that craft, headed for Japan on a rest and recreation mission following extended duty in Korea. The telephone talk with Pfc. Spencer confirmed their fears that he had been aboard, but the mes sage—relayed half-way-round the world via radio-telephone—assured them that he had escaped injury and that after being hospitalized . for 12-hours for observation and first aid he was in good health. Members of the family took turns talking to him, and each , one reported that they were able to hear him distinctly. On this end of the conversation were his wife, his mother, his father and his sis ters, Miss Charlotte Spencer and Mrs. Pat Hughes. The young man said that he was one of the first out of the wrecked plane and he reported that for four hours he had assist ed in clearing survivors and bodies from the wreckage and in looking for the missing. He spoke of the intense cold, and said that his feet almost froze while he was in the water. Pfc. Spencer has been in Korea since April of last year. Several weeks ago he had an opportunity to make the trip to Japan on Continued On Page Four! High Brass To Visit Terminal General Houseman And Members Of His Staff Will Visit Installation Early Next Month Sunny Point will have some really important visitors on March 8 when Major General Houseman, Commanding: General of Atlantic Transportation Terminal Com mand, will arrive for a day. The general will be accompanied hy 9 members of his staff. They are