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Croatan Sound Bridge To Open MANTEO — Gov. Luther H. Hodges and the widow of the man he succeeded as chief execu tive of North Carolina will share the spotlight at the formal dedi cation of William B. Umstead Memorial Bridge April 25. The widow of Gov. William Um stead and members of her family have accepted invitations to be honored guests at the dedication of the bridge that spans Croatan Sound over U. S. 64-264 from Manns Harbor to Roanoke Is land. With The Men In Service Fred F. Williams, seaman, USN, and James E, Williams, boat swain’s mate third class, USN, _ sons of John F. Williams of Ice land, returned to Norfolk, Va., February 12, from a six-month cruise in the Mediterranean aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea. During the cruise the Coral Sea spent 27 consecutive days at sea off the coast of Egypt at the time of the Suez crisis. Air cover from the ship aided in the evacuation of American civil ians from the Middle East area. Distinguished visitors to the ship included the King and Queen of Greece and Deputy Secretary of Defense Reuben Robertson. Visits were made to Italy, Sicily, Greece, Turkey, France. Majorea and Gib raltar. Funeral Held For Waccamaw Native Mrs. Sam Edwards, native of Waccamaw township, died early Tuesday m-oming at her home in Brunswick, Ga. She was formerly j Miss Ora Mintz of near Exum. Among the survivors are her husband, Sam Edwards, and two sons, Ross and Kermit. of Bruns wick, Ga.: two sisters, Mrs. Fred Allen of Ash and Mrs. John Otter bourg of Wilmington ;three broth ers,_ Loftin Mintz of Ash, Joe Mintz of Marshville and Bryant Mintz of Seattle, Washington. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced. Receives News Of Father’s Death Mrs. Julia Ashburn Spencer has received news of the sudden death of her father, Fred Ashburn, at a motor court at Cincinnati, Ohio, on February 17. Death was due to a brain hemorrhage. He is a former resident of Penalty Program Policies Restated A special statement on the operation of the penalty tobacco program has been made by the North Carolina state college, at the request of Congressman Alton A Lennon. The statement concerns the general policy in enforcing the 50 percent price support penalty on 195T production of flue-cured tobacco varieties, Coker 139, Coker 140 and Dixie Bright 244. The statement is as follows: A SC officials will visit every field in the state on which flue cured tobacco is grown in en forcing the 50 percent price sup port on 1957 production of flue cured varieties, Coker 139, Coker 140, and Dixie Bright 244. T. R. Walker, chairman of the state ASC committee, has an nounced that steps will be taken by the department and his agency in enforcing the “discount plan.” The Department of Agriculture will prepare and furnish local ASC offices a “variety identifica tion manual.” This manual will describe characteristics of the discounted varieties under various soil, moisture, and cultural prac tice conditions. Every field will be visited and the variety of tobacco identified in the field with the use of the identification manual. At the time the reporter visits the farm he will secure a certifi cation from the farm operator as to whether any of the discounted varieties are being planted on the farm. The Departmen of Agriculture will make available qualified ex perts on plant variety identifi cation to check any farms where there is a question as to the variety being grown. Unless the farm operator has established the fact that no to bacco of the discounted varieties has been produced on his farm, a special typ6 of marketing earl will be issued providing for sup port at one-half the regular rate for the entire farm. Southport, but for the past few years had been living in Loraine, Ohio. He was 38 years of age. FIRE DEPARTMENT Continued From Paae One facing, immediately adjoining the old one. This structure is now completed with the exception of a little painting and the installa tion of a few pieces of additional equipment, according to Acting City Manager G. C. Kilpatrick. Subscribe To The State Port Pilot "Yes...this is the lady of the house” Indeed she is the lady of the house with a telephone at her fingertips. A lift of the receiver and she’s in touch with Aunt Martha, Daddy at the office, a schoolmate, the corner movie—anyone, anywhere her little heart desires. J Yet she takes her phone for granted, and that’s how it should be. Yesterday’s miracles are commonplace today. Tomorrow, telephone service will be even faster and better than you can imagine— for at this moment, men are creating miraculous new techniques and equipment that will continue to make the telephone even more a part of good living. Southern Bell FLUE-CURED TOBACCO'. COMPARISON OF ACTUAL SUPPLY WITH COMPUTED RESERVE SUPPLY LEVEL FLUE-CURED TOBACCO: ASSUMED PURCHASE REQUIREMENTS FOR FILTER AND NON-FILTER CIGARETTE MANUFACTURE* THESE CHARTS of the flue-cured tobacco situation, as compiled by the tobacco diviion, U. S. department af agriculture, demonstrate, according to Congressman Alton Lennon, why She pound age-acreage plan is necessary for the tobacco production industry. The top diagram, apply com pared to computed reserve, shows how the supply of leaf has been growing faster than the “com puted supply reserve', or desired supply. The chart does not reflect the current crop which has pushed the excess to 650 millions pounds. The bottom chart shows how the percentage of filter cigarette toba;co has been increasing. Other information on the leaf picture, as shows that the yield per acre average has risen steadily since 1920-33 from 707 pourjds to 1956’s 1,609 pounds. With a 63-foot frontage and some 40-feet of depth the new Department building is not only attractive, it is admirably suited for present and future needs of fire fighters. Three rooms are available for fire trucks. All have overhead doors that move upward and over head, out of the way at a touch. In addition to these heavy equip ment rooms, there is a large, separate room for the use of the firemen. This room serves both as a meeting room and for storage of personal equipment and tools. A valuation of about $20,000 has been placed on the new building and the remodeling of the old structure into a dwelling. ROVING REPORTER Continued From Page One should serve two years and then be elected or replaced by residents of each town. It is understood that elections at the beaches and at Southport will be held in April. It is almost a couple of months before the usual time of trans planting tobacco from the seed beds to the open fields. Some growers seem to be of the opinion that if the transplanting is de layed from any reason, the now growing plants will be almost too large to set out. A rainy season at planting time could delay the transplanting and at the same time warm, moist weather could speed the growing of the plants. The way that we see things is that there is no use to borrow trouble. The plants are usually alright at planting time and they will probably be that way this spring. If they ain’t nobody can do much about it. We see Lt. Max Williams the Navy’s representative at Sunny Point, every day, some times twice a day. He and Mrs. Williams are esteemed residents of Southport and both like the town. What we were trying to get at is that we have never seen the Lieutenant in anything but a snappy uniform. Going into a local cafe the other night we met an attractive young couple just coming out. The man in question struck us as mighty familiar, but we just could not place him. Never letting an op portunity to find out something or other, we stopped him and asked who he was ? He was Lt. j Williams, dressed in civilian cloth es, and we had never before seen him in that attire. We never have any trouble in recognizing Arthur James, civilian representative of the Air Force. He is rather tall and never has Jx>th the Navy and the Air Forte anything on his head. Of later, |iave representatives living at and with an increasing number of htouthport and bperating at Sunny official visitors here to see him, i l’oint. They are not as strong as he is taking on increased news jth# Army, but they and their importance in our mind, idle families make just as fine citizens Army, of course, is the biggest as the Army in the opinion of our shipper to and from this area, but itnwnfolks. About the youngest old man in Sonuthport is Lewis A. “Lucky Lou” Pinner. “Lucky” was born in Southport, but spent most of his life in Washington, D. C., in Government service. He celebrated his 75th birthday this past week. His nickname of "Lucky Lou” was earned during his baseball days. He was catcher with the War Department baseball team in the War Department League, playing until he reached the ripe old base ball age of 50. Prom his present physical appearance he could still be playing. On his retirement a dozen years ago his recollections of his home town of Southport led him to buy va boat, and he lived on it for 10 years until he lost it in hurricane Hazel. With the sea in his blood, he has re cently bought a 19%-foot knock about boat and based it here at Southport, if he is not visiting on the west coast or in Washing ton he can usually be found out fishing. “Lucky” also was a cele brated long distance runner dur ing his days in the Army. For the past two years during football practice and at games Southport folks have always seen Roy Arntsen around. He works at Sunny Point, and during the fall his hobby is to help the foot ball boys in every way possible, a sort of second coach. Roy is conspicious in that he is about 6 feet 6 inches and just as broad in proportion. Living here in Southport, he is quite a character. This past week his brother, John Arntsen of Lindenhurst, New York, has been here with him. He is a policeman and duplicates Roy in height and weight, not to say looks. Roy’s friends, meeting John on the street, have to take a double look to see which is which. The visitor is two years younger than his brother but that does not make much difference in their appearance. Sunday afternoon Jake Ram saur, long-time subscriber to this paper, and Cutler Moore, Jr., son of Senator Cutler Moore, both of Lumberton, decided that they were coming to Southport to see the Bouncing Log Spring. They came, went and drank some of the water, just as Governor Luth er Hodges has done. Botii young men were unanimous in saying: "Everything we have read and heard about this spring and its water is true. This bountiful sup ply of fresh water that you have here should mean a lot in the way of the industrial future of Brunswick county.” _ Couple of weeks ago Dempsey ! Atkins of Bolton set out on a trip to Florida. Without having been told where he was going, [we managed to trace him through I his sending us a card from about ! every town he went. For example, : from Manning, S. C., came a gorgeously illustrated card saying that he was having dinner in the home town of Miss America. A little further along on his journey he struck the coast and then the cards took on the savor j of shrimp boats. Southport has dozens of shrimp boats, bigger and better than those illustrated. Now back at home, Dempsey dropped in Monday to say that it was just the ' icea. He is hold ing out that Southport should have colored cards, showing the shrimp and other fishing boats and the Bouncing Dog Spring. It is a good idea, just as he said. Apparently there is no great demand for grouper, unless they are processed in seme manner. There is no process.ng plant here, but it is obvious that with the development of snapper fishing the production of grouper will grow to such an extent that some method of handling will have to be devised to avoid a tremendous waste. The grouper now being taken here run to about 50 pounds each in weight. Such fish are, naturally, entirely too large for family use. There will have to be some method of providing the poundage needed by consumers. The grouper are said to be ex vellent eating, but it will be hard to build up a demand for them when consumers have to buy the whole huge fish. For the best man in town in the matter of looking after his car—only it is a station wa^ofi— vve nominate Major Louis Ldyle of SPAT. When he came in to mate his home at Southport, two years ago, the said wagon was rather dilapidated looking, not to say muddy. This condition eante from a long trip from the east to the west and thence back hem Since that first meeting with the\ family and the car, all things', have changed. The station wagon ' looks newer than it did two years ago. It is used extensively and looked after faithfully and is al ways in top shape. According to Clyde Newton, there was not much good water at Southport three score and three years ago. At> that time he and a lot of other Southport folks would make regular trips to what is now the Bouncing Log Spring. They would fill great bottles or jugs, sometime kegs or barrels, with the water and haul it here to South port. They would go for this water about every week, according to Clyde. At that time he was around 10 years of age and is now 73. The spring is 100 feet from the old Wilmington-Southport road and everybody traveling that road stopped to get a drink of the good water. CALL FOR BIDS GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Bids are invited for remodeling the Brunswick County Health Office,—4 Rooms Overhead in the Hood Building now being used os Health Office. 1— Floors—Finish floor shall be laid smooth with a Knenfex Vinyl, Asbestos Tile ((or equal brand) with a 30-Lb. Asphalt Felt between present floor and tile, with felt cemented to floor and tile edging strips shall be used at doorways where tile does ' not extend into adjoining rooms, or tile cut to fit carpet strip. 2— Wiring—Each room shall have 3 base plugs placed at the best suited spot for the room that they are put in. Also, one overhead light control with a wall switch for each room. Bp.se plug wire shall be 12 jl Romex and wall switch wire 14 /2 Romex. One 4 circuit, 60 AM Flush Mounted Range Switch with 220 V. 6 /3 Service Entrance cable run from present source of Electric Supply. Location of switch box can be in any room that is best suited to connect to present electric supply. Wood ceiling may be removed in strip-on walls and overhead ceiling in order to run electric wire. 3— Walls—Walls shall be ceiled with 3 y8” sheetrock with %”x7Vi” square edge No. 1 C. Base Board with %” %” round moulding to top and %”x%”, M" Round shoe moulding. 2” Crown moulding around top. All sheetrock cracks shall be put ty with a joint cement, and sanded smooth. 4— Overhead—Ceiing shall be 16"x32'’ celetex stapled to pres ent ceiling. 5.—Painting—All sheetrock and wood work to have two coats of paint. Sealed bids will be received up until noon nri Monday, March 11, 1957. The board of. commissioners reserves the -ight to reject any or all bids. MRS. RESSIE R. WHATLEY COUNTY AUDITOR NEVER BEFORE-A HOME LAUNDRY LIKE THIS! 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