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Most Of The News All The Time Volume No. 17 A Good Newspaper In No. 34 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. Good Community WEDNESC AARCH 6. 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR Bowman Reports Increased Work Load In Raleigh Brunsw ick County Repre sentative Is Member Of Appropriations Commis tee, Which Has Started Hearings EXPRESSES VIEWS ON RACING BILL Will Appear Before State Ports Authority Today In Attempt To Center Interest Here By JAMES C. BOWMAN The past week was fairly quiet as far as introduction of any head line-catching bills was ooncemed. At the end of the week, 212 pub lic and local bills had been in troduced in comparision with 191 such bills introduced over the same period in 1955. Twenty-two bills have been passed and ratified as compared to 13 at the same stage in 1955. Activity now is connected prim arily with the various com mittee hearings. Most interest, as usual, centers on the hearings conducted by the Joint Appro priations and Finance Committees. The Finance Committee completed their second week of hearings on the extensive revisions of the Rev enue Act proposed by the Tax Study Commission. All indications are that many questions regard ing these revisions will have to be answered satisfactorily before such changes will be approved. The Joint Appropriations Com mittee, of which your represent ative is a member, heard argu ments the whole of each after noon during the week for greater State expenditures than those recommended by the Advisory Budget Commission. A number of State departments and agencies appeared before the committee and altogether asked for appro priations of almost $4,000,000.00 in excess of the budgets for these agencies as recommended by the Advisory Budget Commission. The committee also learned, with some dismay, that the pay raises of 9.1 percent for teachers and 8 per t cent for other State employees, as recommended by the Advisory Budget Commission, will necessi tate appropriations of additional funds not provided for in the budget of approximately $2,500, 00 in order to meet the increase in the State's contribution to the Teachers and State Employees Retirement Fund. A bill which would make “drag racing" on the highways of the State a felony came on for a hearing before the House Roads continued On Page Two Brief Bits Of lnewsj UNION SERVICE The World Day of Prayer will be observed at Trinity Methodist Church Friday night at 7:30 o’clock. This is being sponsored by the United Council of Church es The public is invited. NEW UNIFORMS Army officers in this area will blossom out in the new shade of green in April, according to infor mation received yesterday. Sunny Point is already stocking up in the new items. BEING TRANSFERRED The departure of Major and Mrs. Herman Schwartz from Sun ny Point and Southport has been set for March 18. Major Schwartz has been transferred to the com mand of the Ft. O. T. C. at Mar shall College in Huntington, West Virginia. WORKERS SCHOOL The Methodist Churches of Brunswick County announce a Christian Workers’ School begin ning Sunday, March 24, and end ing Tuesday night, March 26, to be held at Zion Methodist Church, Town Creek. Sessions on Sunday will be conducted from 3:30 to 5:30 and from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m. A fellowship supper will be en joyed between sessions. RECEIVES CERTIFICATE Miss Jeannine Kincaide, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Kin caide, a student at Motte Business College, Wilmington, has been notified that she will receive an official certificate from the Gregg Publishing Company as an award for having completed the official Gregg Shorthand (college edition) Theory Test. Miss Kincaide is a graduate of the Southport High School, and is pursuing a Steno graphic Secretarial Course at Motte Business College in Wil mington. Youngsters Work On New Quarters Recreation Room In Second Floor of Southport City Hall Has Been Renovated By Volunteer Labor Good progress has been made on the project to renovate and redeoorate the room on the sec ond floor of the Southport City Hall building for use as a recrea tion room for the youngsters of this community, and the formal opening has been slated for Sat urday night. At that time a dance will be held, with music being furnished by the dance orchestra from the Brunswick County Training School band. Adults are especially invited, since it is desired that they have an opportunity to see what has been going on: Plaster has been repaired, sheet rock has been put up, the walls have been painted, etc. Most of the work has been done by the boys and girls themselves, and the latter are now engaged on a pro ject to make drapes for the win dows. Those in charge of the project say that there is need for addi tional equipment, and they will ap preciate donations which include money, tables, chairs or games. A meeting of adults Monday night was held in the high school auditorium, at which time regula tions governing the operation of this activity were discussed. Most of the duties will be upon the shoulders of the young people. But they have been urged to get their parents to attend as often as possible. National 4-H Week Is Being Observed Assistant County Agent, Who Heads t his Activity In Brunswick, Explains home Goals And Achieve ments BRUNSWICK CLUBS PLAN OBSERVANCE ’ Purpose of Program Is To Lay Groundwork For Bet ter Family And Com munity Living By SANFORD H. LEE Assistant County Agent During the period of March 2-9, North Carolina’s 153,206 4-H members, their parents, leaders, and friends, will join with two million other 4-H members throughout the nation in the ob servance of National 4-H Club Week, a period set aside to bring to the attention of the public the significance in its program to im prove family and community living. In helping to “Improve Family and Community Living1’, 4-H has provided for the economic, social, physical, and spiritual growth and development of its members, through its program of training in better practices in agriculture and homemaking, programs in recreation and community develop ment, and health improvement. The 1956 record achievement shows that North Carolina’s 153, 206 members completed a total of 160,977 projects; 15,544 mem bers completed 4-H projects in field crops, involving 19,118 acres; 15,793 members completed pro jects in gardening and fruits, in volving 6,252 acres; 3,992 mem bers completed forestry projects, involving 6,684 acres of forest land, 6,018 members completed poultry projects, involving 770,743 birds; 4,021 mmebers completed dairy projects, involving 6,105 animals; 11,396 members complet ed livestock and meat animal pro jects involving a total of 28,633 animals. In food preparation and selec tion, 22,289 members planned and served 841,064 meals; 12,625 mem bers in food preservation conserv Continued On Page Four Bordeaux Asks To Be Relieved Northwest Township Man Nominated For Board Of Education Withdraws His Name For Appointment Robert L. Bordeaux, Democratic nominee for the board of educa tion from the Leland school dis trict, has tendered his resignation to Arthur J. Dosher, chairman of the Brunswick County Board of Elections. Following is a copy of his letter of resignation: Desiand, N. c. “March 2, 1957 "Captain Arthur J. Dosher "Chairman, County Board of Elections "Southport, N. C. “Dear Captain Dosher: "By now, I know that you have already certified my name as nom inee-elect to the State Board of Education as a member of the County Board of Education from the Leland district. However, after giving the matter a considerable amount of thought, I find that, due t6 certain other recent per* (Continued on Page Pour) REA Directors Attend Meeting Eight members of the board of directors, including C. D. Branch, president, Dennis An derson, vice-president, T. D. Lindsey, secretary and treas urer, L. C. Batten, R. D. White, Jr., M. M. Ray, J. B. Ward, Jr., Roy Swain, D. F. McGougan, Jr., attorney for the co-operative, and E. D. Bishop, manager, left Satur day for Chicago to attend the 15th Annual Meeting of the National Rural electric Co operative Association to be held March 4-7. A total of 934 REA Co-ops from 45 States, serving 4,000, 000 rural consumers will be represented at this meeting. This is a four-day planned program of conferences and panel discussions to enable all REA cooperatives to be come better informed to car ry out their responsibilities to render adequate service to the member consumers through out the rural areas. Lengthy Term Of Court Held | Cases Backed Up During past Two Weeks Created Crowded Docket In Re corder’s Court Monday Recorder’s court was in session until 8:30 o’clock Monday night and in addition to the judgments brought in a number scheduled for being heard during the day were not called. The following cases were dis posed of during the session: Donald Deland Cotterell, speed ing 70-milcs per hour, nol pros at request of arresting officer, defendant not found. Lawrence William McCartney, speeding 65-miles per hour, nol pros at request of arresting of ficer. George R. Clemmons, driving on wrong side of highway, fined $10 and costs. Clyde Henry Wallace, speeding, fined $10 and costs. Wm. Anderson, drunk and dis orderly, fined $25 and costs. Mary Edloe Greenleaf, illegal passing, nol prossed on recom mentation of solicitor. Lee Hewett, manufacturing, guilty of possession of equipment for manufacturing, sentenced to 12 months in jail, suspended on good behavior and payment of a fine of $250 and costs. Defendant gave notice of appeal to Superior court. David Kincaide, forcible tress pass, nol pros with leave. Luther Freddie Smith, drunk driving, no operator’s license, guilty of operating motor vehicle under influence of alcoholic bever age. Fined $100 and costs. On charge of operating without li cense the defendant was also found guilty and fined $25 and costs. Gave notice of appeal. William B. Brown, failing to give signal, improper equipment, fined $10 and costs. Roger Aiken, reckless operation fined $15 and costs. Edward M. Babson, speeding and operating on wrong side of Continued On Page Four) Charleston Oil Project Points To Local Needs Decision Of Gulf Oil Com pany To Construct Refin ery There Based Upon Advantages Available In Southport TREND TOWARD BIGGER TANKERS Ready Availability Of Deep Water In Local Harbor May Lead To |De velopment Here By W. B. IvEZIAH From parties in Charleston who see a lot of possibilities in the development at Southport, espe cially in connection with deep ocean water for shipping, we were this week advised of the Gulf Oil Corporation having paid out on the last day of February the sum of $2,400.00 for lands at Charleston. This land was acquired for the purpose of constructing an refin ery, to cost one hundred and twenty million dollars. Further ad vices from Charelston are to the effect that the only talking points Charleston had to secure the in dustry was deep water for ship ping and plenty of fresh water for industry. The last of January the reporter personally advised Governor Luth er Hodges that such a (teal was pending at Charleston, already at that time practically concluded. The Governor was also advised that other oil companies are inter ested in refineries and that South port was the only place on the North Carolina coast capable of Continued On Page Two Southport Man Holds Office L. J. Hardee Continues A* Member of Board Of Di rector* of N. C. FintlAfAl Association V The president of the North j Carolina Fisheries Association, I Garland F. Fulcher of Oriental, succeeded himself for another one year term at the unanimous re quest of the directors of the asso ciation. Elected vice-president of the commercial fishermen’s or ganization was Roy Watson of Hobucken, a long-time director. The directors, elected at the recent annual meeting of the NCFA membership, include Earl H. Holton of Vandemere, Milton Evans of Washington, Clayton Fulcher, Jr., of Atlantic, George Wallace of Morehead City, I. J. Dudson of Vandemere, Clyde hot ter of Belhaven, Lewis Hardee of Southport, Sam McCotter of Van demere, and Otis Purifoy of More head City. In recognition of the growth and administrative demands of the NCFA, the board of directors em ployed Fred Whitaker of Kinston in the capacity of executive sec retary. He has been associated with the organization for more than a year in a public relations capacity. The board of directors callec upon Fulcher for another year oi service because of his leadership and familiarity with the projects of the association. VING eporter A lot of people who have busi ness in and about the court hou» will shortly be missing Henr; Mitchell, janitor for the past 3 years. Polite and generally infor mative to all who approach hin about any matter, his chief jol has been in looking after botl the court house and the Tax Col lector's office. It is safe to sa; that no one arrived at his or he office to begin work in the earl moring without finding the plac nicely swept and room warme and in readiness for them to be gin work. Henry always has bee dependable, polite and helpful t all who approached him. He statei this week that 31 years at the jo is a long time and he is just tired His retirement begins on April 1st Last week the Gulf Oil Com pany paid out at Charleston th neat little sum of two million four hundred thousand dollars fo lands for an industry there. Near la million dollars more will be! tint in taking up further options I lands. The thing behind it all ; 1 that the Gulf Oil Company | ti spend 120 million dollars in | t construction of a huge refin i'. That is what one would call lustry in capital letters. Ve were busy writing a sub aptron. receipt for J. L. Stone Shallotte this week. Fmishing l scrap of paper that will send i State Port Pilot to Mr. Stone i a full twelve months, we ‘ed that he had planked down Cents more than the required ce for the paper for a year, i naturally, knew that those ients would not buy us one of »n the most rotten brand of (ars. “What is the 3 cents extra we asked Mr. Stone? “Oh,” said, “It is for the sales tax.” Encountering Odell' Williamson continued On Page Two. nit liport Boys And Shallotte iirls Tournament Champions Tournament Champions 'HAMPS—Here are the Southport High School boys, who won the Brunswick "v Basketball Tournament in their division Friday night at Waccamaw. Front C™eft to right Gerald Cochran, Harry D. Sell, Donald Burris, Paul Cochran, Bobby Back row: Gus McNeil, Mikael Hardee, George Dosher, David Peters, Bill ' Albert Rogers and Coach T. M. Lee. John Ganey, who was one of the most ble Southport players in the tournament games, was not present when this pic vas made—(Art Newton Photo.) ^Tournament Players Named By Coach Vote uthport Places Three Men 3n Tourney Quint; Wac :amaw Leads With Three Ciirls Named Southport placed three men on i all-tournament team chosen vote of the coaches at the se of the Brunswick County sketball Tournament at Wac naw last week and the Wacca iw girls placed three players the all-star aggregation in :ir division. The boys’ team included Bobby lith, Donald Burris and Paul chran, Southport; Pearley reen, Waccamaw; and Bobby tiite, Shallotte. rhe girls’ team had Oree How i, Bolivia; Jenette Benton, Shal ;te; and Donnie Babson, Wac maw; forwards. The guards ;re Phyllis Golden, Shallotte; ilu Smith and Kitty Walton, accamaw. Coach Pete Lee of Southport nounced this morning that the tr seniors on the all-tournament lim will represent Brunswick (Continued on Pape Four! Revaluation Will Be Held In County * Name Two For Education Board The names of C. Y. Cole man of the Waccamaw School District and of Mack F. Jones of the Leland School District have been submitted to the State Legislature for appoint ment as members of the Board of Education for Bruns wick county. If these men are approved for appointment it will bring about only one change in the existing membership of the board, since Coleman is now serving as chairman of that body. Jones would succeed Herbert Long as represent ative from the Leland School District. First Returns For Heart Fund Chairman Kirby Sullivan Encouraged With Initial Showing In Brunswick County Kirby Sullivan, chairman of the Brunswick County Chapter of the North Carolina Heart Association, reported this morning that in complete returns from solicitations for this cause in Brunswick coun ty now total $623. He says that he expects at least $100 more to be reported. The chairman is well pleased with response from every section of the county. "I wish to thank the volunteer workers who have assisted in conducting this cam paign”, he said, “and I want to thank our people for their gener ous response to this request for funds. I believe that the good that will result in research and experiments in the field of heart disease will more than repay them for their time and trouble.” The following served as chair men for their respective commu nities during the drive: Hoods Creek, Mrs. Leo Medlin; Leland, Miss Katherine Field and John Long; Elah, Mrs. Dillard J. Skipper; Winnabow-Lanvale, Miss Helen Taylor; Mill Creek, Mrs. Joseph Willetts; Bolivia, Warren Sellers; Midway-Antioch, Mrs. Carl Ward; Southport; Mrs. James Continued On Page Two Commissioners Give Appro val To This Step Monday And Tax Supervisor Will Contact Independent Firm This Week OTHER MATTERS BEFORE BOARD Henry Mitchell Is Retiring April 1st As Courthouse Janitor, With D. A. Phelps Named As Replacement Members of the board of county commissioners in session here Monday took favorable action on the business of revaluation of county property by an independ ent firm. The tax supervisor, Mrs. Ressie Whatley, was instructed to con tact Floyd Rake of Associated Surveys with regard to perform ing this work here in Brunswick county. The county attorney was requested to prepare a legal reso lution covering this action and to prepare a contract governing this agreement. Rake is currently engaged in a revaluation project in Bladen county. Previously he has worked on projects in various other North Carolina counties, and letters of inquirey have revealed general satisfaction with his services. By starting immediately on this work, it is hoped to be able to have it completed in time to use the new valuation as a basis for the 1958 tax levy. The commissioners voted to make Social Security coverage for Continued On Page Two Safety Speakers Now Available Five Brunswick County Men Added To List Of Speak ers For Governor’s Traf fic Safety Council Motor Vehicles Commissioner Ed Scheldt, chairman of the Gover nor’s Traffic Safety Council, has announced the appointment of 105 new speakers to the Council’s official Speakers’ Bureau. Members from Brunswick coun ty include the following: Lt. Col. Wm. F. Murphy and Gene Burke, Southport; H, E. Nance, Bolivia; .Holland Manning and- E- <3-. Ennis, l Continued on Page Two t= Dolphins Score 55-48 Vic tory Over Shallotte Pirates in Finals Of Boys’ Divis ion On Friday Night WACCAMAW HOST TO TOURNAMENT Shallotte And Waccamaw Girls Engage In Thriller Before The Lady Pirat es Manage To Pull Out 1-Point1 Win Shallotte girls and Southport boys were crowned champions of the Brunswick Basketball Tourna ment Saturday night following an exciting four-day event which was run off in the Waccamaw high schol gymnasium. Runners-up were the Waccamaw girls and the Shallotte boys, with consolation honors going to the Bolivia girls and the Waccamaw boys. The tourney tempo reached a fitting, frenzied climax in the championship contest for girls, when the home team grabbed a 1-point lead with 15-seconds to go and couldn’t keep it. 'file Shallotte lassies, who had led most of the way, were good for one more basket, and when that one was rung up, there was not enough time remaining on the clock for Waccamaw to get off another shot. Final score was Shallotte 69, Waccamaw 67. Jeanett Benton wun za points and Nell Redwine with 26 paced the scoring for the winners. Jo Inman made 34 points in a gallant effort to give her team the cham pionship, and Donna Babson added 28 more. There were plenty bf fireworks the night before as Southport boys grabbed an early lead over the favored Shallotte quint, and never gave it up as they gained I a 55-48 victory over the team that had defeated them twice dur ing the regular season. cjoacn Jr'ete JLee slowed ms ooys down, and their deliberate, ball- ' control tactics paid off. Five men went all the way for the new champs, and their well-balanced scoring gives a clue to the final outcome, which was really a team victory. High scorer was Paul Cochran with 14 points, but right behind him was John Ganey with 13; Harry D. Sell with 12; Donald Burris with 10; and Bobby Smith with 6. Bobby White was the top scorer for Shallotte with 19 points, and Bobby Long and Royce Wood yard each added 8 points. ConsGlation Games Waccamaw boys won consola tion honors Saturday night with a convincing 64-49 decision over Leland. Shelton Inman led the winners with 19 points, with Pear ly Vereen chipping in with 15. High man for Leland was their center, Odell Benton, who had 18 points. Bolivia girls defeated Lei and Friday night for the consolation title in their division, with Oree Howard accounting for an amaz ing 71-points in her team’s 83-73 victory. The Leland attack was more versatile with Nancy Allen leading the way with 31 points. Semi-Finals The Waccamaw girls were the first to gain a semi-finals berth, with a 94-61 verdict over Leland Wednesday night. The combina tion of Jo Inman with 34 points Continued On Page Two 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 TMi Thursday, March 7, 11:20 A. M. 5:31 A. M. 11:56 P. M. 5:46 P. M. Friday, March 8, 0:00 A. M. 6:25 A. M. 12:15 P. M. 6:42 P. M. Saturday, March 9, 12:57 A. M. 7:28 A. M. 1:23 P. M. 7:48 P. M. Sunday, March 10, 2:05 A. M. 8:37 A. M. 2:35 P. M. 8:57 P. M. Monday, March 11, 3:13 A. M. 9:45 A. M. 3:45 P. M. 10:06 P. M. Tuesday, March 12, 4:19 A. M. 10:46 A. M. 4:51 P. M. 11:09 P. M. Wednesday, March 13, 5:21 A. M. 11:43 A. M. 5:51 F. M. 0:00 P. M.