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
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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
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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
<ftie to arrive early in the morning
and will look over the installa
tion. It is also planned to have
them in Southport to see the
quarters on the Garrison lot.
It is also planned that the party
look over the facilities at toe
State Port in Wilmington, where
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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 TM»
Thursday, February 28,
7:17 A. M. 0:56 A. M.
7:29 P. M. 1:22 P. M.
Friday, March 1,
7:53 A. M. 1:36 A. M.
8:02 P. M. 2:00 P. M.
Saturday, March 2,
8:27 A. M. 2:15 A. M.
8:36 P. M. 2:35 P. M.
Sunday, March 3,
8:58 A. M. 2:52 A. M.
9:09 P. M. 3:10 P. M.
Monday, March 4,
9:29 A. M. 3:28 A. M.
9:43 P. M. 3:45 P. M.
Tuesday, March 5,
10:00 A. M. 4:05 A. M.
10:21 P. M. 4:21 P. M,
Wednesday, March 6,
10:36 A. M. 4:46 A- M.
11:04 P. ,M. 5:00 P. M.
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