THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Volume No. 17 No. 46 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAR
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
Most Of The News
Ail The Time
Bowman Reports
On Legislation
On Local Level
Explains Provisions Of Bill
To Create Brunswick Coun
ty Peace Officers Associa
tion, Which Will Affect
Large Group
FLOOD INSURANCE
BILL PROGRESSING
This State-Wide Measure
Was Introduced By Bruns
wick Representative
And Apparently
Will Be Passed
From all appearances, it does
not seem possible that the Legis
lature wilt adjourn by May 31,
1957, as I have heretofore pre
dicted. It is believed, however,
that adjournament may occur on
or about June 7 provided, of
course, there are no major inter
ruptions or extended debate over
certain of the proposed laws now
before both the House and the
Senate.
Local legislation
House Bill 1107 relating to the
rewriting of the Yaupon Beach
charter has received a favorable
report from the Senate Commit
tee on Counties, Cities, and Towns
and should be passed by the Sen
ate Monday night.
House Bill 1108 providing for
daylight saving time in the City
of Southport only also has re
ceived a favorable report in the
Senate Committee to which it was
assigned and should pass the Sen
ate Monday night.
House Bill 880 providing for an
alcoholic beverage control election
in Southport was passed by the
Senate and ratified on May 24,
1957.
During the past week, your rep
resentative introduced a bill to
create the Brunswick County
Peace Officers Association to be
governed by an executive board
composed of the chairman, of the
Board of County Commissioners,
the sheriff, the officer in charge
of the Highway Patrol in this
county, and police chiefs of Ice
land, Bolivia, Southport, Yaupon
Beach, Dong Beach, and Shal
lotte. Persons eligible for member
ship in this association are the
full time peace officers, special
officer's, constables, game protec
tors, citizens injured or killed
while acting as or assisting peace
officers and highway patrolmen
- stationed in this county. Member
ship fee in this association shall
not exceed $5 for initiation and
51 per month dues. The executive
board shall hold annual meetings
in January to elect a chairman
who may call other meetings when
deemed necessary or at the re
quest of two members of the
board. These board members re
ceive no compensation. In addi
tion to the initiation fee and dues
to be paid by the members, the
sum of $1 is added to costs in all
criminal cases except when the
county has to pay such costs and
in cases falling under Article 40,
Chapter 14 of the General
Statutes relating to the protec
tion of the family. Monies so col
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Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
VACATION CHURCH SCHOOL
The annual Vacation Church
School is in session this week and
next at Trinity Methodist church.
The hours are from 9 to 11
o’clock (DST) each morning, Mon
day through Friday.
ATTENDS CONFERENCE
Col. Frank T. Edson has de
parted for New York City where
he will attend a conference of all
commanders under the Atlantic
Transportation Terminal Com
mand. The conference is expected
to last five days.
BENEFIT BARBECUE
There will be a barbecue supper,
pit cooked on church grounds the
day of serving, on Saturday, be
ginning at 6:30 p. m. (EST), at
Zion Methodist Church, Town
Creek. The supper will be served
buffet style on the fellowship hall
of the church. Home-make cakes
and pies will also be on sale, and
everyone is invited.
CONDUCTS DEMONSTRATION
Gene Burke, chief of industrial
safety at SPAT, recently conduct
ed safe driving exhibitions and
tests at Bolton and Waccamaw
High Schools. This included driver
reaction demonstrations and safe
ty talks on the part of Burke.
All this is in connection with the
Governor’s Highway Safety Pro
gram.
Talking Bird Is
Big Hit In City
Mynah Bird Amazes Southport People With Vocabulary
And Willingness To Talk At Any Time
There’s a strange bird in South
port this week, and she is making
a big hit with everyone who sees
her and hears her talk.
The unusual visitor is Bobbie,
a female mynah bird, owned by
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Nelson of
Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. Nelson is
second mate aboard the SS Ken
dall, now on berth at Sunny Point,
and Mrs. Nelson came up to
Southport to be with him for a
few days while his ship is in port.
She brought along their pet,
which many Southport residents
declare to be the most remark
able talking bird they have ever
seen—or heard.
Her vocabulary oonsists of a
large number of stock phrases,
but sometimes she uses them in
alarmingly appropriate situations.
Like Sunday when Waters
Thompson peered into her cage
and she asked sharply “What's
that” ? Or a little later when a
self-conscious visitor walked by in
a pair of Beruma shorts and she
called out “Hi, Kid”. Another
startling sound that she has mas
tered is an ear-catching wolf call.
In all she can say twenty or
more sentences, and unlike many
animals and children who refuse
to show off when you want tJhem
to, she seems to thrive on atten
tion and is not over-awed by her
audiences. Her first public per
formance in Southport was Sun
day afternoon at Quack’s, but she
has a long record of good shows.
One of these was on television in
Jacksonville.
The mynah bird is a native of
India, and are now being import
ed to the United States. The Nel
sons purchased their pet in New
York when she was only a few
months old, and she learned to
talk after they bought her. She
is jet black, with a colorful orange
beak and yellow wattle on her
neck, and is about the size of a
dove. Her tones i are not shrill or
bird-like, 'but have a remarkably
human tonal quality.
The Nelsons are staying with
Mrs. M. A. Barnett this week.
REA Telephones
Already In Use
Formal Cut-Over Program11
Scheduled To Be Held At
Shallotte High School On
Evening Of July 5 With
Dignitaries Present
ACTUAL CUT-OVER
WILL BE ON JULY 6
Meanwhile, Connections Are
Being Made Daily, With
All Phones On Bolivia
Exchange Now In
Use
Community telephones already
are in general use around Bolivia,
with new connections being made
daily with the Shallotte office as
the Atlantic Telephone Member
ship Corporation presses toward
its July 6 cut-over date.
In the meantime, it is possible
to make local calls, including
calls from Bolivia to subscribers
in Shallotte and vice versa.
An official cut-over program is
being planned for Friday, July
5 at Shallotte high school audi
torium, and a large list of digni
taries will be on band for this
oocasion, which will mark the in
auguration of telephone service for
more than 500 Brunswick county
residents. The physical connection
with Southern Bell will take place
the following night at 10 o’clock,
and from then on it will be possi
ble to place a phone call to any
point, in the woi'ld were this type
of communication facility exists.
There are 112 phones in opera
tion in or around Shallotte now,
with 150 more at Bolivia. Not
only are all subscribers living up
to their contract, but there are
added applicants for service.
“Persistence and determination
are two of the foundation stones
upon which the Atlantic Telephone
Membership Corporation of Shal
lotte rests” said Walter E. Fuller,
director of Rural Telephone Serv
ice, NCREA, this week.
Without these two qualifications
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Schedule For
Play Try-Outs
Musical Comedy Version Of
Booth Tarkington’s “Seven
teen’ Will Be Presented
With Lew Hardee Direct
ing
Try-outs will be held Monday,
June 3, at 7:30 p. m. (EST) at
Shallotte high school auditorium.
A large cast of approximately 25
persons, including 15 teenagers,
will be required and the public is
invited to participate in try-outs.
Rehearsals will begin immed
iately on the musical comedy
which will be directed by Lew
Hardee, and which will be pre
sented Friday,-June 28.
For many weeks an organiza
tion, sponsored by the Southport
Lion’s Club, and led by the Rev.
Leo Hawkins, has been at work
making preliminary preparations
for the June production. Mrs.
Dorothy Bogie will act as house
manager; Mrs. Eunice Huntley
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Daylight Savings
Time In Effect
Trinity Methodist Church
and Southport Baptist Church
will go on daylight- -savings
time, but Southport Presby
terian Church will remain on
eastern standard according to
the announcements made this
week.
Meanwhile, the transition in
Southport to the daylight
savings schedule is just about
complete, following passage
Monday night of a special act
of the Legislature.
Mayor Eugene B. Tomlin
son, Jr. has issued the follow
ing proclamation governing
this time change:
WHEREAS the Board of
Aldermen of the City of
Southport caused a bill to be
introduced in the State Leg
islature authorizing Eastern
Daylight Saving Time for
Southport, and
‘Whereas the State Legis
lature passed this bill on 27
May 1957,
“It is hereby declared that all
of the City of Southport shall
observe Eastern Daylight Sav
ing Time until midnight 29
September 1957, when it will
revert to Eastern Standard
Time.’’
Gen. Bennett Is
Speaker At Ash
James W. Butler, Alumni
Secretary At East Caro
lina College, Delivered
Commencement Address
Monday
ASH—“Move Out By Faith,”
General Ivan Bennett advised the
1957 graduating class at Wacca
maw high school here Sunday
night, “only daring men and wo
men in history have done great
things!”
The former chief of all U. S.
Army chaplains and present head
of the World Bible society after
retiring from military service re
turned to his native Waccamaw
township to deliver the baccalau
reate sermon to the local grad
uates. Two members of this year’s
Waccamaw senior class, Misses
Mary Zillah Bennett and Ruth
Jenrette, are nieces of the dis
tinguished Brunswick county na
tive.
The retired general based his
sermon to the 19 graduates around
three important questions; name
ly, 1. “What Do You See?” 2.
“What Do You Say When You
Talk To Yourself?”, and, 3.
“What Do You Want?”
About the first question, Gen.
Bennett said, “Do Not focus your
attention on the petty things in
life when it is possible to do so
on the greater things.” He also
told that practically everyone
talks to themselves at times, in
stressing his second question’s
answer, and advised the graduates
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Durham Minister
Speaker Before
Graduating Closs
Dr. Warren Carr, National
ly Known Counselor With
Youth, Was Commence
ment Speaker At South
port
TREATS SUBJECT OF
NON . CONFORMISTS
Long List Of Honors Awar
ded By Harold F. Ald
ridge, Chairman Of Lo
cal Board, To Out
standing Students
OF
Members of the graduating class
at Southport high school Friday
night heard Dr. Warren Carr,
pastor of Watts Street Baptist
Church in Durham tell them not
to be afraid to become the right
kind of non-conformists.
Dr. Carr, who has achieved na
tional recognition for his work in
religious education and in family
counseling, was in Southport last
.year for a week of Family Life
Conferences, and many in his aud
ience had come to hear him again.
Dr. Carr decried the urge that
so many people have to belong
to some club or organization
memely because their friends do.
“To our four freedoms has been
added a fifth,” he said, “the right
to belong. Our propensity to or
ganize and belong is an alarming
trend in our society,” he said.
Another dangerous trend he
pointed out is the tendency to
place security over all other goals
in our living. “It used to be a
popular thing to preach against
having as your sole aim the goal
of making money. But that no
longer is a problem,” he said.
“Now the average man or wo
man is more concerned about get
ting in to a group or plan that
promises security.”
J-JL . v_/cLi i i tructucu. uiic wvi ui j
St. Paul who counseled his people I
to be not conformed, but to be
transformed. “We ought to be
willing to allow people to be dif
ferent,” he said. “Think for your
self and have the courage to fol
low your convictions. There is a
broad horizon ahead for the non
conformist who concentrates upon
long range goals and applies him
self”.
Dr. Carr was introduced by
Principal Thomas H. Webb, who
also presented diplomas to mem
bers of the graduating class.
Awards were made by Harold F.
Aldridge, chairman of the local
school board. These included salu
tatorian medal, Patricia Price;
valedictorian medal, Dorothy
Price; leadership award, Elton
Jones ;best all-round girl, Mary
LeClerc; best all-round boy,
Gehrig Spencer; best girl athlete,
Pauline Smith; best boy athlete,
Paul Cochran; citizenship award
for girls, Patricia Price; citizen
ship award for boys, tie between
Elton Jones and Gehrig Spencer;
American Legion Award, for girls,
Mary LeClerc; for boys, Elton
Jones.
Following the invocation by the
Rev. J. B. MacLeod, the saluta
tory address was given by Pa
tricia Price. There followed a
soprano solo by Mrs. Herbert
Kitchens, with Mrs. Dallas Pigott
playing a piano accompaniment.
Dorothy Walton closed the pro
gram with her valedictory ad
dress.
Brunswick Man
Will Be Speaker
Dr. Walter Harrelson Will
Deliver Commencement
Address; One Brunswick
County Student Graduat
ing
MARS HILL—Principal speakers
for the Mars Hill College com
mencement finals will include Dr.
Baker James Cauthen, Executive
Secretary of the Foreign Mission
Board, and Dr. Walter J. Harrel
son, Dean of the Divinity School
of the University of Chicago.
Dr. Cauthen will deliver the
Baccalaureate Sermon at the 11
o’clock worship service Sunday,
June 2, in the Mars Hill Baptist
Church, and Dr. Harrelson will
return to his Alma Mater on
Monday, June 3, to address the
approximately 275 graduating stu
dents. One Brunswick county stu
dent, Frances Ann Stanley of
Shallotte, is among the 1957 grad
uates.
Dr. Harrelson, a native of
Brunswick county, followed his
studies at Mars Hill with an
A. B. degree from the University
of North Carolina, theological
Seminary and advanced study at
the University of Basel, Switzer
land and Harvard.
Before he became Dean of the |
Divinity School, of the University
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Highway Work In Shallotte
BUSY—Shallotte is a scene of busy activity these days as heavy equipment works
to widen the streets, install curb, gutters and sidewalks and fill the causeway leading
to the new bridge across Shallotte river. Good progress is being made, and despite the
confusion, Shallotte citizens feel that the results will more than be worth the trouble.
—(Art Newton Photo.)
Columnist Pays
Warm Tribute
To This Area
Outdoor Writer For News
And Observer Reports
Pleasant And Profitable
Outing For Carolina Bird
Club At Yaupon
Mis. Charlotte Hilton Green is
president of the Carolina Bird
Club, and in her Sunday column
in The News and Observer “Out
of Doors In North Carolina”, she
jave the following interesting ac
count of the field trip held dur
ing the previous week-end at
Yaupon Beach:
“It would have been the per
fect time to have been a quin
tuplet at last week-end’s field
trip of the Carolina Bird Club to
the Yaupon Village-Southport
area, with the Wilmington Na
tural Science Club as hosts under
the ‘Fabulous Mrs. A.’ (Mrs.
Cecil Appleberry’s title.) She has
put this region on the map—has
squired some of the nation’s lead
ing scientists around this out
standing area—including Edwin
Way Teale of ‘North With the
Spring’ fame; Dr. Arthur Allen,
of Cornell University's Ornitho
logy Department; Olin Pettingill,
Jr. of ‘A Guide to Bird Finding’
and hosts of others.)
"One would have to have been
quins, to take in all the varied
activities planned—birding trips,
water trips, flower trips, seaweed
collecting trips, shells—even fish
ing and swimming! Many of us
were up at 4:30 and kept going
all day, ending with star-gazing
at night!
Busy Mrs. A.
“Of course, to have all this to
offer, Mrs. A. and as she always
does a wonderful group of co
workers and leaders—many of
whom she has helped train. These
included Polly Mebane, Dot Earle,
Mary Ulrich, John Irvine, even
husband Cecil—for the bird
groups. Evelyn Foster had a mar
velous collection of mounted sea
weeds and showed how to do it
(this will have a column, later);
Mary Baker had a collection of
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Blueberries Are
Being Harvested
First Picking Of Season
Monday On Farms Near
Southport; Crop Slightly
Later Than Last Year
The first blueberries of the sea
son were harvested yesterday on
the Graham-Key Farm near
Southport and the owners say the
prospects for a good crop are
favorable. They add that the ber
ries are a little later this sea
son than they were last year.
This morning the fields of the
Key Blueberry Farm adjoining the
other operation was filled with
pickers. Operations will continue
for the next six weeks unless
there is some unpredictable devel
opment.
John B. Ward, Longwood farm
er, reported yesterday that he had
picked his first beans of the sea
son, and that they brought a
good price.
Here at Southport work has
been gong on for the past 10
Jays at the Sheppard-Cochran
Plant Farm as the spring plant
ing of tomato plants have been
packed and shipped.
Suggestion Made
To Honor Keziah
Tennis Courts To
Get Improvements
Information received from
officials at Sunny Point indi
cates that Col. Frank T. Ed
son, the Terminal Comman
der, has approved a project
for innovating' the tennis
courts in the USO and garri
son areas. Gene Tomlinson,
the terminal engineer, states
that he will begin work on
this project within the next
few days.
Work will include remark
ing the courts, resurfacing,
and the erection of backstops.
It has been noticed that the
tennis courts have been used
a great deal of late and this
action by SPAT -will aid
greatly to the recreation fa
cilities in Southport.
Long List Of Cases Disposed
Of In Recorder’s Court
Monday Before Early Ad
journment
Numerous
Tried In
A variety of cases were dis
posed of here in Recorder’s court
Monday before Judge Earl Bell
amy, but the weekly session ad
journed at noon. The following
judgements were handed down:
An adjustment was made in
'the weekly payments of O. A.
King for benefit of his minor chil
dren, since one of them is mar
ried. Payments are now $10 week
ly
In the J. S. Mangum case the
sentence of 6 months on the roads
in each of four cases were allow
ed to stand, with time to run con
secutively; and the provision that
the defendant remain under super
vision of the Probation Commis
sion of North Carolina for a per
iod of 3 years was unchanged.
However, the total amount of the
fine, which was a provision of
suspending the road sentence, was
reduced from $900 to $600. No
notice of appeal had been given
Tuesday at noon.
Jesse James Bryant pleaded
guilty to driving on wrong side of
the road and was fined $10 and
costs.
Jane Elizabeth Bowen pleaded
guilty to charges of driving with
out operator’s license and was
fined $25 and costs.
The case against Ernest David
Bellamy for driving without a li
cense was nol prossed with leave.
Charles W. Blades pleaded guil
ty to charges of possession and
public drunkenness and was fined
$35 and costs.
Harold F. Barbee waived ap
pearance and pleaded guilty to
speeding and was fined $15 and
costs.
Harold H. Ganey pleaded guilty
to charges of driving after license
had expired and was taxed with
oosts.
Richard A. Haper was charged
with driving on wrong side of the
road and without operator’s li
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Administrative Assistant To
Plant Engineer At Sunny
Point Suggests That Ter
minal Name Be Changed
IDEA FORWARDED TO
HIGHER OFFICERS
During Past Week Senator
W. Kerr Scott Has Paid
Personal Attention To
This Proposal
A suggestion has been made to
Maj. General Evan M. Houseman,
Commanding General, U. S. Army
Transportation Terminal Com
mand, that the name of the Sunny
Point Army Terminal be changed
to Keziah Army Terminal in honor
of the late W .B. Keziah.
This suggestion was made by
‘Mrs. Florence B. Townsend, ad
ministrative assistant to the
plant engineer at Sunny Point,
and she has followed up her sug
gestion with appropriate letters
to the governor-, Senator W. Kerr
Scott and Bill Sharpe. The letter
to General Houseman was sub
mitted through channels, thus
passing through the bands of Ool.
Frank T. Edson, commanding of
ficer of Sunny Point Army Ter
minal.
The following letter from Mrs.
Townsend is self-explanatory:
21 Terrace Walk
Wilmington, North Carolina
May 25, 1957
Mr. James Harper, Editor
State Port Pilot
Southport, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Harper:
“I have submitted a suggestion
to our Suggestion Committee to
have this terminal renamed Keziah
Army Terminal as a memorial for
Mr. Keziah. I know that the citi
zens of Southport are planning for
some sort of memorial for him.
To me, no memorial is more fit
fContinued on Page 4)
Two Boys Are
Drowned Sunday
D. L. Hewett And Wilson
Blanton Drowned While
In Swimming Sunday Af
ternoon At Gray Bridge
D. L. Hewett, 14 year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hewett of
Supply, and Wilson Blanton, 14
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Hubert Blanton of Shallotte, were
drowned Sunday afternoon while
swimming near Gray’s Bridge on
the Shell Point road.
The first alarm came when a
horse and a mule on which the
boys were riding were found tied
near the swimming hole. A short
■ distance away were the clothes
, belonging to the boys. A search
!got underway, and about 6
; o’clock 'their bodies were dis
covered Freddie Lott and Edwin
Gray brought them to the sur
; face.
According to information, the
.Hewett boy could swim, but the
| Blanton boy was reported to be a
j non-swimmer. Their bodies were
:found about 25-feet apart,
i Coroner G. C. Kilpatrick pro
j nounced their deaths due to acci
1 dental drowning.
Lockwoods Folly
River Channel
Given Markers
Months Of Effort On Part
Of Brunswick County
Boatmen Results In This
Important Improvement By
Coast Guard
REV. L. D. HAYMAN
LED THE FIGHT
Southport Man Expresses
Appreciation To Individ
uals And Services Who
Made This Project
Possible
Information has reached the
Rev. L. D. Hayraan through Fifth
Coast Guard District office that
the work of completing naviga
tional markers of Lockwoods
Folly River has been completed
and will be shown on the forth
coming issue of Coast & Geodetic
Chart 835 in revised form.
There are twelve standard day
triangular markers on piles twelve
feet above mean high water in
this course and so marked as to
guide both familiar and strange
boats needing the use of these
waters. These markers also have
reflectors so that at night, by the
use of searchlight or strong beam
flash-light, one can easily navi
gate this river as far up as mark
ers are needed a distance of
more than two miles.
The rest of this 9-mile river
can be traveled without the aid of
markers, since the river is nar
row and one has only to keep
in mid-stream for safe saiilng.
However, the Southport man
cautions that boatmen should hold
at slow or moderate speed after
passing Marker No. 14, since there
jis one shoaling place just above
this marker, and these may be
logs or other hazzards encounter
ed. The Rev. Mr. Hayman believes
that in time the U. S. Engineers
may snag tfiis river, if and when
the traffic requires such further
services.
He began working on this mat
ter some two years ago, enlisting
the services of the U. S. Army
Engineers the U. S. Coast Guard
and Congressman F. Ertle Car
lyle during the latter part of his
term of office. After Alton Len
Continued On Page Hour
Southport Man
Bolivia Speaker
Representative James C
Bowman Delivered Coml
mencement Address Fri
day Night In High School
Auditorium
Representative James C. Bow
! man delivered the commencement
address Friday night at Bolivia
and told his audience of the im
portance of training high school
graduates from this county to re
turn their homes and accept use
ful and productive employment.
He also dwelt upon the import
ance of providing job opportuni
ties for these young people.
Class night exercises had been
held the night before, and school
activities closed for the year on
Monday following a short sched
ule.
The speaker tried to make the
graduates realize the sacrifices
that their parents have made for
them during their primary, secon
dary, and higli school education
with the idea that they can fully
apreeiate these sacrifices only
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 Tide
Thursday, May 30,
8:25 A. M. 2:31 A. M.
8:48 P. M. 2:33 P. M.
Friday, May 31,
9:14 A. M. 3:16 A. M.
9:35 P. M. 3:21 P. M.
Saturday, June 1,
10:05 A. M. 4:03 A. M.
10:26 P. M. 4:11 P. M.
Sunday, June 2,
11:00 A. M. 4:52 A. M.
11:19 P. M. 5:04 P. M.
Monday, June 3,
11:59 A. M. 5:44 A. M.
0:00 P. M. 6:02 P. M.
Tuesday, June 4,
12:16 A. M. 6:39 A. M.
12:59 P. M. 7:05 P. M.
Wednesday, June 5,
1:15 A. M. 7:36 A. M.
2:01 P. M. 8:10 P. M.