THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Volume No. 17 No. 48 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAR
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
Most Of The News
All The Time
Good Catch
CATCH—Upper left is Eddie Pickier unloading Red Snapper from the iced fish box
of the “William J.” Upper right are Pickier, Charlie Blades, and Capt. Garrett cleaning
the catch. The center left photo shows Capt. Garrett tossing one of the cleaned snap
per onto the dock. At center right is Pickier displaying one of the 30 pound fish.
Lower left Capt. Garrett, Pickier, and Blades washing catch in bin (background), and
weighing. Lower right, Pickier is boxing and iceing the fish. Photographs were taken
at United Shrimp Company wharf
Funeral Held For
Victim Of Wreck
Paul W. Dosher Killed In
One Car Accident On
Sunny Point By-Pass
Funeral services were held on
Monday afternoon at the South
port Baptist Churcli for Paul
Wesoott Dosher, son of Mrs.
Harry Dosher and the late Mr.
Dosher. He was 34 years of age
and was fatally injured in a wreck
Saturday noon on N. C. 40, the
Sunny Point by-pass, apparently
falling asleep at the wheel. He
was alone when the accident oc
curred and was in Dosher Memo
rial Hospital at the' time of his
death about 10 o’clock Saturday
night.
He is survived by his wife, the j
former Ethel Sandefur, two chil
dren, Donna Alicia and Steven |
Paul, his mother, one sister, Mrs. i
L. J. Hardee of Southport and a
brother, Harry L. of Buena Park,
Continued On Page Two
Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
NO APPRECIABLE DAMAGE
A survey of Sunny Point Army
Terminal by the Plant Engineer
following the heavy rains over the
weekend reveals negligible dam
age with no serious washouts.
RECEIVES DIPLOMA /
John C. Plaxco, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. F. Plaxco, a former resi
dent of Southport, was awarded
his diploma at the graduation ex
ercises at Fishburne Military Aca
demy last week.
TAKE VOTE
The board of deacons of South
port Baptist Church on Monday
evening voted officially to go on
record publicly in opposition to
putting an ABC store in South
port.
ATTEND CONVENTION
Davis Herring, Ray Walton,
Earnest Parker and James Bow
man will be among the delegates
to the convention this week in
Asheville of the Lion’s Interna
tional.
After attending the Lion’s Con
vention they will go to Blowing
Rock for a meeting of the N. C
Bar Association. Mr. Bowman will
respond to the welcome at the
opening session.
Snapper rishing
Still Flourishing
The Weekly Trips Of Capt.*
Carlton Garrett And Crew
From Southport To Gulf
Stream Waters In Recent
Months Are Profitable
BIG RED FISH
ARE COLORFUL
Continued Success' Of This
Venture Lends Hope That
This Type Of Produc
tion May Expand
During the past few months a
new and strange sight has been
appearing along the Southport
yacht basin watetfront. Periodical
ly three men can be seen heaving
alrge, brilliantly red fish on the
wharf where they lie like so much
stacked cordwood. These fish are
led snapper and one of the men
is Capt. Carlton Garrett.
Capt. Garrett came to South
port last October to develop here
a previously unexplored resource.
All through the winter he and
his crew made trip after trip to
the Gulf Stream water off Fry
ing Pan Shoals, bringing back
sometime as many as four thou
sand pounds of snapper and
grouper for the northern market.
Weather permitting, Capt. Gar
rett and his two helpers, Charlie
Blades and Eddie Pickier, average
one trip a week to the snapper
grounds, which are approximate
ly 50 miles obbshore, some 20
miles Southeast off Frying Pan
Lightship. Here in the Gulf
Stream, in midst of the North
South shipping lanes, these men
spend from three to six days
making up a catch for shipment.
The fish sought chiefly is the
red snapper, although often a
good number of grouper and porgy
, are caught.
Capt. Garrett has on his boat
! three specially designed bottom
1 fishing hoists which enable the
j crew to horse the large snapper
i UP fr om the 200-foot depths. These
! hoists are fitted with a two
| handled reel carrying 300-feet of
j wire line. Two pound leads are
used -to sink the bait to the bot
tom and held them there in the
| swift Gulf Stream current. The
usual bait is squid, although aft
er being out for some time an
occasional amberjack or porgy is
cut up to go on the large hooks.
On the William J. is a fatho
Continued On Page Hour
E. F. Gore Returns
To City Post
The Southport Police De
partment once again was re
vamped this week. E. F. Gore
is now employed as a part
time patrolman. He is slated
to be on duty on weekends
and on other times as desig
nated by the City Govern
ment..
Gore has served previously
with the local law enforce
ment agency as assistant
policeman during 1954-55.
Gore is presently on full
time duty for the duration
of police Chief Lewis A.
Clark’s vacation.
New Industry
Locates Near
Allied Kennecott Titanium
Will Employ Many From
This Area
Governor Luther Hodges an
nounced Monday that a new in
dustry would soon locate in the
Southeastern N. C. area. The in
dustry, Allied Kennecott Titanium
Corporation, will locate a plant a
few miles below Wilmington on
the New Hanover bank of the
Cape Fear River.
The Allied Kennecott plant will
cost $40 million to construct, and
at its opening will employ some
500 workers.
It is intended for the plant
facilities to enlarge after the op
eration begins, and many Bruns
wick County workers will doubt
lessly find employment there.
The Allied Kennecott Titanium
Corporation was formed this year
as a subsidiary of Allied Chemical
and Dye Corporation and Kenne
cott Copper Corporation.
The new plant will produce a
newly developed metal used in the
aircraft industry.
The construction of the plant
will mark a new and sibeable
eoonomic contribution to the
Brunswick County and entire
Southeastern North Carolina area.
Baptist Sunday
School Leaders
Set Conference
Reservations Now Being
Made For Remainder Of
Summer; Physical Im
provements Have Been
Made On The Assembly
Grounds
Reservations are being receiv
ed for a week-end conference for
Sunday school leaders to be held
at the North Carolina Baptist
Assembly here June 21-23, an
nounces Fred J. Smith, manager
of the assembly. Interested mem
bers, teachers, superintendents,
and workers with all age groups
and departments of the Sunday
school are invited to take part in
the training and fellowship offer
ed in these meetings. Rooms and
apartment, both with and without
housekeeping facilities, are avail
able for individuals and families, :
according to Smith. Two modem :
cafeterias, under the direction of 5
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Cook of i
Durham, will provide food service.
Rev. Douglas A. Aldrich, popu
lar youth speaker and pastor of
Raleigh’s Forest Hills Baptist
Church, will give inspirational
talks and sermons. Dr. Herman
Ihley, Rev. D. P. Brooks, Rev.
Jack R. Bagwell, and Mrs. Myra
S. Motley, all of the Sunday
school department of the Baptist
State Convention, will discuss the
standards and methods of an ef
fective school. Mrs. Motley is well
known throughout the gtate for
her assistance with Vacation Bible
schools.
L. L. Morgan, secretary of the
department of church planning,
will address the group and talk
with individuals about the pro
vision of adequate buildings and
plants. Oultstading local officials,
including Cliff Elkins, Winston
Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Bennett
Straughn, Mrs. L. L. Carpenter,
Mrs. O. J. Hagler, Mrs. L. L.
Morgan, and Mrs. J. O. Stroud,
all of Raeligh, will lead depart
mental clinics. Mrs. Fred J. Smith,
of Southport and Raleigh, will
serve as adult Sunday school su
perintendent, i
Continued On Page Two
Aldridge Is
New Assistant
Appointed To Job Of Assist
ant Administrator Of Do
sher Memorial Hospital
The Board of Trustees of Dosh
er Memorial Hospital on Monday
night appointed Harold F. Ald
ridge to serve as Assistant Ad
ministrator of the local hospital.
Aldridge, who is presently em
ployed by Swift and Company of
Wilmington, will assume duties as
assistant to Administrator J. J.
Loughlin on June 15.
A native of Southport, Aldridge
is a graduate of Southport High
School, and has had four years
of pre-medical education. He is
presently serving as member of
the local school committee.
Administrator Loughlin has
served unassisted as administra
tor of Dosher Memorial Hospital
since 1942. During that time, the
hospital has grown to its pres
ent 50 bed capacity.
Two years ago the facilities
were enlarged and improved in a
$100,000 remodeling program.
The hospital, in operation since
1930, has five doctors on its staff.
These are Dr. Landis G. Brown,
Chief of Staff, and Dr. F. M.
Burdette of Southport, Dr. M. H.
Rourk, Dr. Edward Grays, and
Dr. James I. Marshall of Shal
lotte.
New Nurse For
Health Dept,
Miss Annie Lou Davis Will
Be In Charge Of SHallotte
Branch Of Health Depart
ment
Miss Annie Lou Davis, RN, has
assumed her duties with the
Brunswick County Health Depart
ment as nurse in charge of the
Shallotte branch. This position has
been filled since the first of the
year by Mrs. H. T. Sanders.
Miss Davis comes here from
the University of North Carolina
where she has just received her
Master’s Degree in Public Health.
Prior to going to the University
she was Educational Director in
the School of Nursing at the
Goldsboro Hospital, later was as
sistant Director of Nurses at P,ex
Hospital in Raleigh anq for three
years was connected i with the
Public Health Department of
Granville County.
Miss Davis’ home islin Oxford.
Graduates
HOMER ANDERSON, son of i
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Anderson of :
Brunswick county, graduated last
week from Clemson College with !
a degree in agricultural econo- i
mics. He was a lieutenant in the ’
R. O. T. C. and received the Wall ]
Street Journal Student Achieve- ]
nent Award.
Weather Bureau ’
Storm Warning ;
Signals Changed;
]
Local Day-Night Displays
Aid Commercial Fisher- '
men And Pleasure Boat
ers; Change Becomes Ef
fective Next January
A new and simpler system of !
ooastal storm warning displays
will be put into effect next Jan
uary 1.
The U. S. Weather Bureau
made this announcement this
week, saying that four separate
flag signals will be used during
the day instead of the six now
employed. At night, there will be
a oomparable system of lantern
signals.
The warning signals have been
forecast, along the ooast of the
United States, the Great Lakes,
tfie Hawaiian Island and Puerto
Rico.
The four types of display sig
nals which will be used after
January 1: Small craft warning,
one red pennant displayed by day
and a red light above a white
at night to indicate winds up to
38 miles an hour, or 33 knots, or
sea conditions dangerous to small
craft. The system has no lantern
signal; small craft warnings are
displayed only in the daytime.
Gale warning, two red pennants
displayed by day and a white light
al-ove a red light at night to
indicate predicted winds ranging
from 39 to 54 miles an hour, or
34 to 49 knots.
Whole gale warning, a single
square red flag with a black cen
ter displayed during daytime and
two red lights at night to indicate
winds ranging from 55 to 73
miles an hour ,or 48 to 63 knots.
The old system has no separate
signals for “whole gales”; the
same one is used for both “whole
gales” and “hurricanes.”
Hurricane warning—two square
red flags with black centers dis
played by day and a white light
between two red lights at night
to indicate a forecast of winds
74 miles an hour or 64 knots, or
more.
The present system provides sig
nals for winds or just three
Continued On Page Two
Leggett’s Stores
To Consolidate
Drug Store To Move Loca
tion Of Long Standing;
NVill Remain In Uptown
District
After serving the public inter
est for over thirty years in its
present location, Leggett’s Drug
Store is scheduled to move its
operations early this fall to a
location opposite the present post
office.
The drug store will be housed
in a new modern building which
will also house Leggett's Appli
ance Store, and Leggett’s Variety
Store.
Excavation for the foundation
of the new building has already
begun, and construction of the
building proper is scheduled to
begin shortly.
The building will be a one story
structure constructed of cinder
block-brick veneer. Floor space
will cover an area of 42 by 120
feet. Contractor Roy Swain has
set October as a tentative date
of completion.
The construction of the Leggett
Building will mark the first con
structive face lifting of the
Southport main street business
district in several years.
Shallotte Doctor Is
District Governor
Dr. M. H. Rourk Rises To
District Office After Fill
ing Local Position With
Distinction
Dr. M. H. Rourk of Shallotte
vas elected Governor of District
!1-H at the North Carolina Lions
31ub convention in Asheville on
ruesday.
Dr. Rourk will serve as gover
nor of Lions Clubs in Southeast
irn North Carolina, during his
enure of office.
Dr. Rourk is a native of Bruns
yick County. He is now practic
ng medicine in Shallotte, and is
>n the medical staff of Dosfher
Memorial Hospital in Southport.
He is a charter member of the
Shallotte Lions Club, and has
lerved that organization as both
dee-president and president, and
las served as delegate from his
ocal club to both State and Na
ional Lions Clubs conventions,
de has served his community in
nany capacities over the years,
ie is a loyal supporter of the
ichools and an active booster of
he athletic programs. He is a
last-president of the Brunswick
bounty School Board Association
ind a past-president of the
United Forces for Education. At
iresent he is a member of the
Brunswick County Board of Edu
lation and an adtive member of
he PTA. He is a past Chairman
>f Civil Defense for Brunswick
bounty.
He is serving as local com
nitteman, Troop 506 and as Dis
trict Committeeman, Cape Fear
4.rea Council of the Boy Scouts
of America. He is a deacon in
the Presbyterian Church and a
member of tihe Wilmington Con
sistory of the Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry, 32nd Degree Mason.
Dr. Rourk served four and a
half years during World War Two
in the Pacific, attaining the rank
of Lieutenant-Colonel. He has a
record in his Lions club of 10
years perfect attendance. Prior to
his election in Asheville he has
served as Zone Chairman, Region
5,11-E and then as Deputy Dis
trict Governor, Region 1,31-H.
New Lighthouse
For Frying Pan
Farmers Receive
FHA Assistance
More than $81,000 has been
loaned to farmers In Bruns
wick county during tihe past
12 months by the Farmers
Home Administration, the
agency’s county supervisor,
George W. Knox, Jr., an
nounced this week.
Repayment on loans out
standing during the same per
iod total $131,914.23.
The heaviest oemand has
been for credit to finance to
bacco, com, hogs and truck
crops.
The repayments are on
loans made during previous
years, and are primarily from
the sale of tobacco and hogs.
Short Session Of
Recorder’s Court
Court Finishes This Week
At 11 O’clock After Hear
ing Eighteen Cases
This week’s session of Bruns
wick County Recorder's court
found the following decisions
handed down by Judge Earl Bell
amy:
Ben Hanikns found guilty of
possession. Fined $25 and costs.
Lawrence W. Brown found guil
ty of operating on the wrong
side of the road. Fined $10 and
costs.
Sarah Bonner charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon. Found
not guilty.
J. C. Daniels pleaded guilty to
possession. Fined $25 and costs.
Floyd Edward Frye pleaded
guilty to speeding at 70 mph.
Fined $25 and costs.
Nancy Frazier was found guilty
of assault with a deadly weapon.
Charged with costs.
Harry Gore found guilty of as
sault. Charged with costs.
William Bellamy Register plead
ed guilty to charges of improper
passing. Fined $10 and costs.
Betty Jean Rafuse found guilty
of operating on the wrong side
of the road. Charged with the
costs.
Charlie Meadows pleaded guilty
to speeding at 65 mph, fined $10
and costs.
Henry L. Bolic pleaded guilty
to speeding. Fined $10 and oosts.
Phillip L. Perry charged with
operating on the wrong side of
the road. Nolo contendre. Charged
with costs.
Hullie C. Dixon pleaded guilty
to charges of having improper I
(Continued on page four) 1
Coast Guard District Asking
For Bids On New Struc
ture To Replace Cape
Fear Light
WILL REPLACE
CAPE FEAR LIGHT
Landmark Since Early Part
Of Century To Make
Way For Modern
Structure
Frying Pan Shoals may soon
have a new lighthouse to replace
the present Cape Fear ilght if
plans being considered by the
Fifth Coast Guard District are
adopted. Bids are being asked for
construction of a new lighthouse
at the Oak Island Coast Guard
Lifeboat Station. It will be the
first new lighthouse in the Fifth
District in 54 years.
Contractors are being asked to
bid on a 140-foot tower of ex
perimental aluminium-alloy pan
els. Unique among over 500 steel
girder and conical masonary tow- j
ers and wooden structures used
to guide mariners, the aluminum. \
tower would flare outward at its '
base. Upper diameter of the tower
is 14 feet while the base diameter
is 23 feet.
Bids are also being asked for
an alternate structure, itself rep
resenting a departure from con
ventional lighthouses. The cylin
drical, 17 foot diameter tower
would rise straight to a height of!
Continued On Fage Two
City Manager
Is Appointed
Former Resident Of Snow
Hill To Assume Duties
July 1st
Mr. Carl Galloway of Snow Hill,
North Carolina, has been appoint
ed City Manager of Southport, I
effective 1 July, 1957. Mayor
Eugene B. Tomlinson Jr., in an
nouncing the selection of the
Board of Aldermen, stated that j
Mr. Galloway accepted the posi-'
tion as offering him a challenge
and an opportunity to serve the
citizens of Southport.
Mr. Galloway has an outstand
ing carrer in the fields of educa
tional administration and business
management. He is well know
throughout North Carolina and
has widespread business contacts.
Mayor Tomlinson has stated
that he considers Galloway’s
qualifications well suited for the
prosecution of a development pro
gram for Southport.
Mr. Galloway was selected from
a field of six applicants consider
ed by the present City Adminis
tration.
Bowman Remains
In Raleigh For
Extra Sessions
Efforts To Bring 1957 Ses
sion Of Legislature To
Close Required Extra
Time From Members Of
That Body
ADJOURNMENT IS
EXPECTED SOON
Usual Weekly Column From
Representative Bowman
Fails To Appear For
First Time During
This Session
Members of the 1957 General
Assembly missed their goal of
adjournment at ithe end of the
past week, and the date has now
been moved forward to the mid
dle of this week. Even then, in
order to make this deadline, week
end sessions were in order.
Consequently, Representative
James C. Bowman was unable to
return home for the week-end,
and. one result of this change in
schedule has been the first break
that has occurred in the regular
weekly reports that he has fur
nish this newspaper during the
session.
session. However, he stated
that following the expected
adjournment of the session
this week he will prepare a
comprehensive report for next
week of all bills that directly
affect citizens of Brunswick coun
ty.
If the legislature adjourns in
time, Representative Bowman will
be in Blowing Rock tonight to at
tend the annual convention of fhe
State Bar Association. He will
respond to the welcome that will
be extended at the opening ses
sion.
Army Engineers
Plan Observance
Brief Ceremony In Wilming
ton Friday Will Mark
182nd Anniversary Of
Founding Of This Service
The Corps of Engineers will
mark its 182nd anniversary Fri
day with a brief program during
which approximately 50 employees
will be recognized with service,
safety and suggestion awards.
Col. G. W. Gillette, former Dis
trict and Division Engineer and
speaker for the meeting, will dis
cuss some of his observations
gained as a consultant to the
U. S. State Department on harbor
development work in foreign coun
tries.
Established June 16, 1775, by
an act of the Continential Con-:
gress, the Corps’ anniversary falls
on Sunday this year so the pro
gram was scheduled for the pre
ceding Friday at 11 a. m. in the
Federal Courtroom in the Custom
House.
Col. H. C. Rowland, Jr. District
Engineer, will preside.
Colonel Rowland said all form
er employees, and especially re
tired personnel, are invited to be
present.
Awards are scheduled to be pre
sented to:
For 30 years service—J. C.
Chadwick; L. T. Jones; and W.
H. Gray.
For 20 years service—M. E.
Wester; Grace O. McGlaughon;
C. W. Henderson; E. E. Swain;
B. C. Keene: I. T. Reynolds. C. S.
Hewett; and C. E. George.
(Continued on Page Four)
Tide Table
Following la 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, June IS,
8:29 A. M. 2:29 A. M.
9:01 P. M. 2:29 P. M.
Friday, June 14,
9:13 A. M. 3:11 A. M.
9:40 P. M. 3:11 P. M.
i Saturday, June 15,
9: 55 A. M. 3:52 A. M.
10:18 P. M. 3:52 P. M.
Sunday, June 16,
10:36 A. M. 4:33 A. M.
10:56 P. M. 4:34 P. M.
Monday, June 17,
11:19 A. M. 5:14 A. M.
11:35 P. M. 5:17 P. M.
Tuesday, June 18,
12:03 A. M. 5:57 A. M.
0:00 P. M. 6:04 P. M.
Wednesday, June 19,
12:17 A. M. 6:41 A. M.
12:50 P. M. 6:56 P. M.