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Most Of The News All The Time Volume No. 17 THE STAT A Good No. 42 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. ORT PILOT Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAR Introduction Of Liquor Bid Is Explained Here Representative Janies C. Bowman Has Introduced Bill To Give Citizens Of Southport Right To Vote On Legal Sale Of Liquor TEXT OF BILL BEING PUBLISHED Other Important Legislation Up For Consideration As Legislature Heads Into Home Stretch By JAMES C. BOWMAN The Legislature has now en tered upon its final month of work in the opinion of your represent ative. Many controversial issues confront us, however, it is still my opinion that we will adjourn on or about the 31st day of May. LOCAL LEGISLATION During the past week, your representative introduced a bill to amend General Statutes 163 175 so as to make Paragraph 6 thereof applicable to Brunswick County as well as about 90 per cent of the other counties in the State. This particular paragraph requires voters, in order to have their ballot counted, to vote for as many candidates as there are offices to be filled where there are group candidates for the same office such as the Board of Coun ty Commissioners. The bill was sent to the Committee on Coun ties, Cities, and Towns. Your representative further in troduced a bill during the past week to authorize the qualified voters of the City of Southport to determine by an election whether alcoholic beverage control stores shall be established in this city, to prescribe the method of operation, and the disposition of the net profits thereof. I wish it strictly understood that this bill does no more than authorize a referendum of the people of the City of Southport and their action at the polls will determine whether oontrol stores will be located in this city. If the majority of the voters of the city desire to have a beverage control store, then the same will be established in accordance with the Act. If the majority of the voters do not, then there will be no beverage control store in the city. As a representative of the peo ple of Brunswick County and of the various communities therein, Continued On Page Two Brief Bits Of lnewsj MAY DANCE The News Hanover High School dance orchestra will play for a dance Saturday night in the Com munity Building. IN WYOMING Airman 3c Austin L. Cashwell, Jr., has reported for duty at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base at Cheyenne, Wyoming, following a visit here with his grand par ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Kilpat rick. He expects to complete a course there in 6 weeks. BOLIVIA MINISTER . Tire Rev. Paul F. Hardy of Reidsville has accepted a call to Bolivia Church, succeeding the Rev. J. Richard McDuffie. The latter recently became pastor of Pleasant Plains Baptist Church in Columbus county. BARBECUE SUPPER There will be a barbecue sup per, pit cooked on church grounds the day of serving, at Zion Meth odist Church, Town Creek, on Saturday beginning at 6:30 p. m. Everyone is invited. Home-made cakes and pies will also be on sale. All proceeds will go to the church building fund. MUSIC CONFERENCE Rev. Joe Stroud, Secretary of our State Music Department, a phase of State Missions, will head an Association Music Conference Monday night, May 6, at Town Creek Baptist Church, beginning at 7:30 p. m. Everyone interested in the promotion of God’s King dom through singing is urged to come—both young and old. FOREIGN VESSEL The Columbia, a vessel of Co lumbian registry, arrived at Sun ny Point on April 28 to pick up a small quantity of ammunition. This is the first visit of any fly ing the Columbian flag to Sunny Point. The Columbia is a neat, trim little vessel and very beau tifully appointed. The operational personnel at SPAT enjoyed work ing her. Brunswick Leaves William Beaman Sellers Retires From Duty With U. S. Army Engineers Af ter 40 Years Service SHALLOTTE—William Beaman Sellers, steam and diesel engineer, retired April 30 after 40 years of continuous service with the Wilmington District of the Corps of Engineers. Beaman, as friends and ac quaintances know him, steps down to a well deserved rest with the distinction of being the oldest em ployee of the District in point of years among 450-odd fellow work ers. Otherwise, no one would take him for the 60 that he is. He began his career on a tem porary basis in 1917 and worked for only a few months. But he went back in 1918 as a dredge deckhand. Mechanically inclined and a perfectionist in skill, his climb to important jobs was steady and sure. He was chief engineer of the old dredge CURRITUCK which went to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico in a storm some years ago. He filled the same key job on the Morgan and Josenhans and was relief engineer on the Dewitt Clinton. Other assignments include master of the versatile workboat Northeast and first assistant en gineer on the HENRY BACON, now back at her maiden home on the Cape Fear River. Except for some seven months with the HENRY BACON on the Ohio River way back yonder, all of Beaman’s service has been in, on and around Tar Heel waters. : Man Engineers His feet are still damp from their first dunking around Shallotte River in barefoot days. He’s T>aek home for good now far removed from the moaning and droning of powerful steam engines, tur bines and diesels over which he watched and cared for for two score years. Beaman admits to no definite plans for the future other than a hint about getting started “on that boat” to renew acquaintance with the fin, fur and feather folk. We suspect, however, that his future years will follow con struction lines for there are still a lot of miles in his spare wiry frame. “I’m not ready for a rocking chair by no means,” he says. Record Number Of Candidates File Southport City Election On’ Next Tuesday Will Pre sent Total Of Twenty-One Candidates From Which To Choose Seven THREE MEN RUNNING FOR MAYOR’S POST Eight Candidates In Ward No. 3 And Seven In Ward No. 2 For Aldermen; Three Candidates For Ward No. 1 Southport citizens are looking forward to the municipal election on May 7 when registered voters will go to the polls to elect a mayor and six members of the board of aldermen to serve for the next two years. The race for mayor is a three man contest. Candidates include, Roy Robinson, who presently is serving in that office; J. A. Gil bert, a former mayor who was de feated two years ago by Robin son; and E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., who is making his first race for public office. In the race for aldermen, two from each of the three wards in the city, there is not much ac tion in the first, where incumbent H. F. Aldridge is a candidate for re-election, along with William Jenkins and Johnnie Vereen. There is plenty of interest in the second ward, however, where there are seven candidates. These men are Otto Hickman, Clyde Newton, Kenneth Stiller, A. E. Huntley, Bobby Jones, John Hew ett and Robert McKenzie. There is an even larger number of candidates in the third ward where the following are making (Continued on Page Four) Baptists Plan Annual Revival Series Of Revival Services At The Southport Baptist Church Will Begin On May 12th “The Family and the Church” will be the theme >of the sermons preached by Rev. Randolph Greg ory in revival services at South port Baptist Church May 12-17. Services will be at S o’clock each evening Sunday through Friday. Rev. Randolph Gregory, now pastor of the First Baptist Church, Wilmington, is a native of Virginia. His education beyond high school includes Virginia Mili tary Institute, where he earned a B. S. in Civil Engineering, and where he played both football and basketball. He is a graduate of Crozer Theological Seminary, has (Continued on Page Four) Civil Court In Session Here Brunswick county Superior court is in session here this week, with Judge George M. Fountain of Tarboro presid ing. The Hughes-Pike suit is in progress today, after most of the day Tuesday was also taken up with this same case. Monday was devoted to dis position of a number of mat ters of minor interest. The Hughes-Pike suit grew out of injuries which the plaintiff says he sustained while riding as a passenger in an automobile driven by Pike, who is a deputy sheriff. Lions Sponsor Musical Comedy Booth Tarkington’s “Seven teen” Will Be Presented As Musical Comedy Un der Direction Of Lew Hardee In the early summer a musical oomedy based on Booth Tarking ton’s “Seventeen” will be pro duced by Lew Hardee, who last year wrote and produced "The Lady Pirates”. Sponsored by the Lions Club, this year’s play prom ises to be bigger and better than the one last year. The play, “Seventeen”, is one o 1 many very successful books and plays from the pen of this Amer ican author and dramatist from Indianapolis, Indiana. Tarkingtor is especially known for his realis tic novels about Indiana, such as “The Gentleman from Indiana,” “The Magnificent Ambersons,” “Alice Adams”. His highly popu lar stories of boyhood include “Penrod”, and “Seventeen,” the book from which this summer’s musical comedy will be taken. The musical itself was produced on Broadway in 1951, the book adaptation by Sally Benson, and the lyrics and music by Walter Kent. It concerns "poor” Willie Baster, moonstruck from the mo ment he meets cute, blonde, and baby-talking Lola Pratt, who has come to the country for a summer visit. Willie’s father thinks Willie must be sick, but his little sister gets some spiteful joy out of mimicking him. On top of that, every other boy in the neighbor hood is vying with Willie for lola’s attention. It is a captivating musical of youth. There will be a very large cast Continued On Page Four Southport Bo; County Wini In Spelling Dosher Over Ruark, HI, Other Conted In Star-News Sponfked Event Thursday Nig| TO REPRESENT COUNTY IN FIP4LS Brunswick Winner Is Years-Of-Age And Si dent In 8th Grade Southport High School n ■ht to li on Dosher Ruark, III, an gra'de student in the SoutJ>rt school, won the Brunswick ty Spelling Bee Thursday at Bolivia and will advan the finals of the Star-News sored event in Wilmingto Friday night, May 10. The spelling champion iJthe son of Mr. and Mrs. Dosher ijgirk of Southport and is an. A st He also is active in Boy work. He is the first boy t<£^in one of the county contests th the Southeastern section State. The runners-up in the o were Opal Smith, daughtr Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Smita of Waccamaw; John C. Smithjr., of Leland; Patricia Gail of Bolivia; and Eariine S of Shallotte. 3 th it. ■rut h he !St of IS jrs il The pronouncer was Dean liam Randall of Wilmii on College, who awarded the w :er a scholarship to that college. §ich contestant also received a point pen. Judges for the contest Mrs. Alice Lesh, Mrs. A. A. V^ite and Mrs. Mildred Milligan. dll REA Inducement Offer Announced Customers Will Have Op portunity To Make Sav ings On Installation And Electricity On PurcH«se> Plan Hugh Vance, publicity director for the Brunswick Rural Electric Membership Corporation, has an nounced a special offer being made to REA members during the month of May and June for the purchase and installation of an electric range. Through an arrangement with dealers the Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation, is mak ing available to its members a special electric range program un der the Tarheel Plan For Rural Electric Living. This special offer provides free installation and 4 months of free electricity with which to operate the stove for each member who purchases an electric range during the months of May and June. The primary purpose of this plan, which is sponsored by rural electric cooperatives throughout the state is to enable members to “Live Better Electrically,” through the use of dependable quality electric equipment. Through the economies of volume sales under the Tarheel Plan, many savings are passed on to the REA members. As members use more and more power, Bruns wick Electric achieves greater op erating ecomony itself, thus bene Contmued On Page Four) License Examiner To Be In Bolivia Third Weekly Appointment In Brunswick County Will Become Effective On Thursday, May 16 For the convenience of residents living in the Bolivia area of Brunswick county Driver’s License Examiner E. M. Wallace of the State Highway Patrol will be at the D. H. Hawes Store building on Thursday of each week. This new appointment will be gin on Thursday, May 16, and Examiner Wallace will be on duty in Bolivia from 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. This will be in addition to the dates he already fills each week at two other points in the county, at Southport on Monday and at Shallotte on Tuesday. This action has been worked out in order to make it as convenient as possible for motorists to ob tain their license to drive. While he was in Southport Mon day, Examiner Wallace asked that motorists be reminded of the im portance of studying their driver’s manual before taking the test. He says that he has a supply of these books on hand for lend ing purposes. Brunswick Winner In B. T. U. Contest Mrs. Cora Hamilton Frink led Brunswick Baptist Association 3 victory as first-place winner in ; lie Regional Training Union leaders Tournament Friday night t Clinton. As her selection she; ead from John’s Gospel, then he was asked to read Nehemiah 1th chapter (one of the most dif- ' icult passages in the Bible). She ! ead distinctly and without error | o win first place. Three junior intries, Preedy Lewis, Diane Lew- ! s and Janet McKeithan also won. Brenda Osborne, an intermed ate from Antioch Church, came n second in the Sword Drill Tournament. The Brunswick As lociation was represented by 21 >eople from Antioch, Bolivia, Mt. ?isgah, Shallotte First, Old Shal otte and Southport Churches. The Training Union Director for (the Association, Mrs. Dewey Sell ers, was well pleased with the out come and urges members of all church to get ready to participate next year in the tournaments. Fishing Parties Have Good Luck For Past ¥/eek Southport Charter Boat Skippers Report Continu ation Of Good Fishing At Southport Sport fishing in Southport was in high gear during the past week, with one of the best catches of the period coming in yesterday aboard the John-Ellen. John Hen ry and party, fishing with Capt. Walter Lewis, brought in 310 1 bluefish. 1 On Saturday John Drury and party of Salisbury had 180 blues, 40 blackfish and 12 snapper. On Sunday Hoyle Russell and party of Albemarle caught 80 bluefish . and 200 blackfish. On Monday Dr. Wrenn and party of Morris ‘ ville had 338 blues. Capt. Fred Fulford reported three good trips for parties aboard his Davis Bros. V On j Saturday Irvin Ayler and party 1 Of Guilford caught 98 bluefish. The imext day L. I. Campbell and party of Fairmont had 161 blues. The Monday trip saw Clarence Harsh f man and party of Hagerstown, c Md., catch 180 bluefish. Supply Resident Pases Suddenly Venton E. Galloway Died Unexpectedly On Sunday Morning At Home In Sup ply Community Venton E. Galloway, prominent citizen of Supply, died unexpect edly at his home Sunday morning. He was 55 years of age. Te deceased was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richmond Galloway, and he was well known throughout Brunswick county. For several years he served as a member of the school board at Shallotte. Funeral services were held Monday at 3 p. m. in the Supply Baptist Church by the Rev. S. Fred Johnson, the Rev. Travis Owen9 and the Rev. H. L. Regis ter. Burial was in the Concord Methodist Church Cemetery. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Thelma Lennon Galloway of the home; a daughter, Miss Ruth Galloway, of the home; a son, oJseph Richmond Galloway, Sup ply; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richmond aGlloway, Supply, and a sister, Mrs. J. E. Kirby, Supply. Pallbearers were Ernest Holden, M. M. King, Albert Parker, Stacy Sellers, Walter Sellers and T. J. Gilbert. Fire Fighting Point Project Men And Equipment From Sunny Point Pressed Into Service During Recent Emergency On April 24 the Sunny Point fire tower discovered smoke ap proximately 12 miles northwest of the terminal. Shortly after the discovery, Dis trict Forester Rhyne, requested assistance from SPAT for the use of the water distributor ■ truck, a bulldozer and a fire plow. Fores ter Rhyne said that this equip ment was urgently needed to hold the fire on the fire line establish ed. E. B. Tomlinson, the Plant Engineer and Fire Marshall at SPAT, was contacted and released the requested equipment along with a heavy equipment operator in the person of Homer King. Upon arrival at the scene, the (Continued on Page Four) Southport Mayors ELECTED—Mrs. Mae Bamber, who recently has been elevated to the office of Mayor in Southport, Eng land, is shown, left, while on a visit in Southport, North Carolina, in the fall of 1950. With her on the right is H. A. Livingston, who was Mayor here at that time. Mrs. Bamber has invited Mr. and Mrs. Livingston to attend her induction ceremonies later this month. In England Woman Elected Southport Mayor ■i April Was Dry Month Locally Although showers fell over much of Brunswick county yesterday afternoon, bringing much-needed relief from the recent drought, here in South port there was no break in the dry spell that helped to make the month of April the driest on record with the lo cal U. S. Weather Bureau. There was slight precipita tion on three days during the month, with the total being only .32-inches. Although yesterday’s rain fall helped, farmers in every section would welcome some further relief from dry weath er that is hurting some corps. Flower Show Is Next Thursday Annual Event Sponsored By Three Women’s Organiza tions Will Be Staged In Community Building The spring flower show spon sored by the Live Oak Garden Club, Southport Garden Club and Southport Woman’s club will be held at the U. S. O. building May 9. Mrs. Bobby Jones general chair man, has released the schedule, which covers both horticulture and artistic arrangements. Tlie horticulture section covers: annuals, biennials, perennials, ; bulbs, l'oses, potted plants, and flowering shrubs. These specimen should be grown by the exhibitors. The arrangement class includes: a class called East is East which i is an arrangement in the oriental j manner with accessories per mitted; West is West which is I an arrangement in the contem porary manner with accessories | permitted; A foliage arrangement j in which fruits and berries may | be used as accents; an arrange ; ment using dried plant material; beachcomer which is an arrange ment using driftwood in which | either fresh or dried material may be used; an informal dining room | arrangement; a summer bouquet Continued On Page Hour Friends In Southport, North! Carolina, Advised Of Hon or For Woman Who Visit ed Here In Fall Of 1950 HAS DISTINGUISHED RECORD OF SERVICE As Veteran Member Of City Council Of English Municipality She Has Had Wide Exper ience Mrs. Mae Bamber, who in 1950 visited Southport, North Carolina, while on a visit to the United States, has been named Mayor' of her home city of Southport, Eng land, and will be inducted into office this month. This word was received here last week by friends, who have stayed in touch with this promin ent British civic leader since Her visit here. To Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Livingston she has extended an invitation to attend the cere monies attendant to the occasion as her guest. Livingston was mayor here at the time of Mrs. Bamber’s visit. The following excepts were tak en from a write-up in a South port, England, newspaper, telling of her honor: “The Mayor-elect was born in England and brought up in Scot land, and hopes she has absorbed the best of both countries. “She came to Southport on her marriage more than 30 years ago, and in that time has impressed herself on the social and charit able work of the town. More re cently she has figured with con siderable success in the municipal life of the town, for she will have completed eight years service on the Town Council in May next as a Conservative representative of i j Hesket Ward. “She has made four trips to I the United States, two before the war and two since, and in the post-war visits has given South port a real “boost.” “She contacted three South ports, in North Carolina, Maine and Connecticut and the North Carolina Southport made a gift of two Coronation seats for the Lord-street garden, and an elderly man, now more; than 90, from New York, gave two seats for the Lord-street, band enclosure through her contact. “In the entertainment world Councillor Mrs. Bamber is well Continued On Page Four} Endorse Mintz For Appointment To State Board Shaliotte Business Man Will Have Backing Of Co-op As Friends Seek His Ap pointment To REA Au thority HAS GOOD RECORD OF PUBLIC SERVICE Governor Luther H. Hodges Will Make Appointments Some Time During The Month Of May Harry L. Mintz, Jr., has been endorsed by the directors of the Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation for appointment by Governor Luther H. Hodges as a member of the State Rural Elec trification Authority. He is presi dent of that organization. Friends of the Brunswick coun ty man insist that he is well qualified for membership on this body. He is a former Represent ative to the North Carolina Gen eral Assembly, is a former Dis trict Commander of the American Legion; and has been active in political, civic and religious ac tivities for a number of years. His educational background in cludes graduation from Shaliotte high school, attendance at Pheif fer Junior College and the Uni versity of North Carolina. Public attention has been drawn to his interest in matters pertaining to this position through his activities in behalf of the telephone cooperative which now is in the process of constructing lines to serve a large part of the population of Brunswick county. ; Mintz is a merchant at Shal lotte, where he also makes his home. He is married and has three children. Tire REA Authority consists of ' 6 men, and four of them are up for appointment. Gwyn B. Price is presently serving as chairman. Total Of $867 To Heart Fund » Chairman Kirby Sullivan Reports Collections In That Amount As Result Of County-Wide Cam paign A report of the 1957 Heart Fund campaign collections in Brunswick County has been mads by Kirby Sullivan, chairman, who shows a county total of $867.90. Hood Creek, Mrs. Leo Medlin, chairman, $11; Leland, Miss Kath erine Fields, chairman and John Long, co-chairman, $24.84; Elah, Mrs. Dillard J. Skipper, chairman, $25; Winnabow-Lanvale, Miss Helen Taylor, chairman, $65; Mill Creek, Mrs. Joseph Willetts, chair man, $8; Midway-Antioch, Mrs. Carl Ward, chairman, $15.81; Southport, Mrs. James T. Barnes, chairman, $301.70; Supply, Mrs. Elbert Kirby, chairman, $23.16; Holden Beach, Mrs. Carvin Roach, chairman, $15. Shallotte, Mrs. Eii Kravitz, chairman, $63.81; Village Point, Mrs. Eddie Chadwick, chairman, $16.02; Jennies Branch, Tom Ball ard, chairman, $3.30; Thomasboro, Mrs. Hilton Pierce, chairman, $5; Calabash, Mrs. Harry Bennett, I chairman, $17; Hickman Cross ! l oads, Mrs. Lacy Bennett, chair man, $15.50; Longwood, Herman Long, chairman, $24; Ash, Mrs. J. R. Evans, chairman, $36.06; (Continued on page four) 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 tha Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. High Tide Low IMt Thursday, May 2, 9:25 A. M. 3:32 A. M. 9:48 P. M. 3:35 P .M. Friday, May 3, 10:13 A. M. 4:18 A. M. 10:37 P. M. 4:23 P. M. Saturday, May 4, 11:05 A. M. 5:05 A. M. 11:30 P. M. 5:16 P. M. Sunday, May 5, 0:00 A. M. 5:59 A. M. 12:05 P. M. 6:15 P. M. Monday, May 6, 12:29 A. M. 6:56 A. M. 1:09 P. M. 7:19 P. M. Tuesday, May 7, 1:30 A. M. 7:56 A. M. 2:14 P. M. 8:26 P. M. Wednesday, May 8, 2:34 A. M. ‘ 8:58 A. M. 3:18 P. M. 9:32 P. M.