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Volume No. 17
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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No. 49 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Yaupon Village
Minister Gives
Church Schedule
Rev. And Mrs. Rodney Ful
cher Serving Yaupon-Long
Beach Area; Sunday Ser
vices At Skating Rink
COTTAGE CLASSES
ARE BEING HELD
Worship Setting Has Been
Constructed And Will Be
Used On Sunday
A full schedule of summer ac
tivities is getting under way at
Yaupon Village this week under
the sponsorship of the Methodist
Church. Led by the Reverend J.
Rodney Fulcher, a student at
Duke Divinity School, a program
of worship, study, and recreation
is being planned for residents
and visitor’s in the Yaupon Vil
lage-Long Beach area.
The Sunday morning worship
services are being held at the
Skating Rink each week at eleven
o'clock, Eastern Daylight Time
(ten o’clock, EST). Beginning on
Sunday, July 7, and continuing
throughout the summer, Sunday
School classes for all age groups
will also be conducted.
Cottage Classes for the Seniors,
Older Youth, and Intermediates
met earlier this week, and the
Adult group will meet tomorrow
evening at eight o’clock, at the
Fulchers’ cottage on Sherrill
Street. These classes combine
study, worship, and recreation,
and will meet weekly during the
summer. A complete schedule will
be announced later.
The grounds around the Fulch
ers’ cottage are being cleared by
the youth for volleyball, horse
shoes, and other team and group
games. A worship setting consist
ing of a large drapery and a six
foot cedar cross is being con
structed for use in the Skating
Rink on Sunday mornings, and
will be used for the first time on
next Sunday.
The minister’s sermon topic for
this Sunday will be “Two Sea
Stories.” Residents and visitors in
Yaupon Village, Long Beach, and
on Beach Road are cordially in- j
vited to attend.
Receive Thirty
Year Emblems
Local Men Receive Service
Awards In Ceremonies
This Week In Jackson
ville
In ceremonies held in the U. S.
Army Corps of Engineers Dis
trict Office in Jacksonville, Flor
ida on Tuesday the District En
gineers, Colonel E. E. Kirkpatrick
presented thirty year service em
blems to John R. Bennett and
Charles W. Southerland of the
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Dredge Hyde, both former resi
dents of Southport.
Monday, Fred D. Torrible, Jr.,
Master of the Dredge Hyde pre
sented a twenty year service em
blem to James Marshall Fullwood
continued On Page Two
Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
OFFICER DEPARTS
2nd Lt. Thomas S. Hurley, who
has been a member of the Sunny
Point Army Terminal staff since
his arrival here in October 1956,
was given a farewell party Fri
afternoon at the Terminal Cafe
teria. Lt. Hurley has been full
filling the duties of Adjutant at
SPAT and his change of station
takes him to Yokohama, Japan.
During his stay here Lt. Hurley
proved to be a very well liked
young man and became extremely
fond of Southeastern North Caro
lina.
SPAT HOST TO GROUP
The Rev. Leo Hawkins was
responsible for a group of approx
imately 30 teenagers from the
Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell
seeing Sunny Point. The group
was met by the Executive Officer
and, following a military type
briefing, were given a guided tour
of the installation.
FORMER RESIDENT DIES
Word has been received here
that Mrs. Lester J. Dawkins, wife
of a former principal of South
port High School, died in Hick
ory on June 7 following a long
illness.
DONATE FREEZER
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Nichols of
Southport have donated a much
needed large deep-freeze to the
Dosher Memorial. Hospital.
Coming In
SAIL.—Shown above is the first sailfish of the season
landed in the Southport area. The catch was made
aboard Capt. Basil Watts’ Idle on 11 by Iren Morton of
Trinity. The fish measured 6 feet 4 inches. On the left is
Capt. Watts, on the right is Morton. (Art Newton Photo.)
Season’s First
Sailfish Caught
Six-Foot 4-Inch Billfish Tak-!
en Aboard Idle On II On
Sunday; Five-Foot 8-Inch
Specimen Caught Tues
day
FISH APPEARING
EARLY THIS YEAR
King Mackerel Remain Do
minant In Catches Made
By Southport Charter
Boats Last Week
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The Southport sailfishing sea
son started in a big way early
this week when Capt. Basil Watts
of the Idle On II brought in
two of these highly prized game
fish, the season’s first.
Fishing aboard Capt. Basil
Watts’ Idle On II on Sunday,
Iren Morton of Trinity landed a
6 foot 4 inch billfish. The fish
jumped but once, but provided
plenty of thrills, nonetheless, for
the lucky angler.
Morton was fishing with the
W. H. Craddock party of High
Point. In addition to the sailfish,
the party also accounted for 14
kingfish, 1 dolphin, 1 bonito, and
1 barracuda. Another part of the
Craddock party, fishing aboard
the Idle On III with Capt. H. A.
Schmidt, caught 19 kingfish, 2
dolphin, and 1 barracuda.
On Tuesday, A. E. Torte of
Dunn hooked and landed the sec
ond sailfish to be taken aboard
the Idle On II, and in the entire
Southeastern North Carolina area,
this year. His catch measured 5
feet 8 inches.
On board the Idle On II Satur
day, J. C. Coats and party of
Fayetteville caught 31 kingfish
and 1 amberjack.
The Saturday party on the Idle
On III, Henry Waldroff and
group from Pendlum, S. C., had
19 kingfish, 2 barracuda, 1 am
berjack, 1 dolphin, and 1 bonito.
Capt. Hulan Watts fished Bill
Riggs and party of Greensboro
aboard his Idle On IV on Satur
day. The party caught 42 lting
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Brunswick Boy
Attending Camp
Young Foresters Are In
structed By Representa
tives Of Paper Companies
Jesse S. Clemmons, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Clemmons of
Supply was one of the 80 odd
youth attending the 11th annual
North Carolina Forestry Camp
for Farm Boys near Canton in
Haywood county last week.
The camp is operated by the
Division of Forestry of the De
partment of Conservation and
Development in cooperation with
the following: International Paper
Co., Carolina Riegel Corp., North
Carolina Pulp Co., and the Cham
pion Paper and Fibre Co., under
writers of the week-long project.
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t-;
Turned Over But
Escapes Unhurt
Mrs. Sylvia Huntley Lane
of High Point, daughter of
A. E. Huntley, escaped se
rious injury on Monday when
her car overturned on the
Sunny Point by-pass. The car
was demolished.
Mrs. Lane was alone at the
time, her baby son being in
the care of Mrs. Huntley.
Mrs. Lane says that she lost
control of the car after a fly
bit her and she took her eye
off the road temporarily try
ing to slap at it. The car
turned over once and landed
in the opposite ditch, headed
back the way from which it
was coming.
Local Catches In
SENCBA Awards
Two Parties Fishing Off
Southport Awarded Re
cognition During Month
Of May
The Southeastern North Caro
lina Beach Association early this
week announced the top catches
made in the SENCBA area during
the month of May. Two of the
most prominent catches listed
were made in the Southport area.
SENCBA announced that a 72
pound 4 ounce Black Drum
caught by Leo Dowling of South
port not only was a monthly
prize winner, but also has been
recognized as a new World’s Rec
ord by the International Game
Fish Association. Dowling boated
his fish off Baldhead Island on
May 1.
The IGFA is the body which
sets all game fishing rules, and
which also keeps account of all
game fish World's Records. This
body has officially recognized
Dowling’s fish as the heaviest
Black Drum ever caught on a
20 pound test line.
This honor is the first of its
kind held by a resident of South
port.
The other outstanding catch
was that of a 39 pound 5 ounce
King Mackerel, caught aboard
Capt. Walter Lewis’ charter boat
John Ellen. The fish was landed
by TP Gross of Kannapolis on
May 20.
This fish broke the previous
SENCBA record of 34 pounds in
the King Mackerel division held
by Miss Frances Barnhill of Dur
ham. Miss Barnhill’s fish was
caught off Calabash on Capt.
Harry Bennett’s Georgia May.
SENCBA’s Annual Fishing
Rodeo will continue through No
vember 30th. All fish caught from
the coastal waters of Southeast
ern North Carolina are eligible,
and all fishermen are eligible
Continued On Page Four
Mariners Warned Of
Firing Exercises
The Commanding General, Ma
rine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune,
North Carolina, has advised that
the area between a point approx
imately 4.5 miles north of Bogue
Inlet to a point approximately
10.0 miles south of New River
Inlet, North Carolina, and 21,000
yards seaward within the existing
danger zone (US Coast and
Geodetic Survey Chart 1234) will
be hazardous to navigation be
cause of field firing exercises dur
ing the following periods:
12:00 noon to 3:00 p. m., EST,
20 June 1957.
7:00 a. m. to 7:00 p. m., EST,
21 June 1957.
All navigation is urged to
avoid the above area during the
periods stated except for Atlantic
Intraooastal Waterway through
traffic which will not be stopped
or interfered with at any time.
New Telephone
Numbers To Be
In Southport
Gladstone 7 To Bs First Ex
change Name; Part Of
Nation-Wide Plan
Southern Bell announced today
that all customers in Southport I
will get new telephone numbers j
on September 15, 1957, at 2:01 !
a. m.
The changeover, originally an- !
nounced in 1956, is a step in the I
telephone company’s plans for na
tionwide number uniformity.
Gladstone 7 will be the first
exchange name to be used here,
acoording to Paul B. Woodson,
manager for Southern Bell.
Under the new system, tele
phone numbers will have an office
name and five digits. After the
changeover, the first 'two letters
of file office name plus all five
digits must be dialed.
The exchange name was chosen j
because it is easy to pronounce, j
spell, and is reasonably familiar j
throughout the nation, Woodson .
said.
Woodson said the Telephone
Company will conduct an inten
sive campaign to inform all sub
scribers about the number change
Everyone will be informed of his
exchange name or new number
well in advance of the cutover,
he said, and dial plates which do
not have letters will be replaced.
Anew telephone directory will
be issued prior to the number
change.
Menhaden Boats
Have Good Luck
Local Boats Have Been Fish
ing At Georgetown; Last
Week Most Productive
Thus Far This Year
During the past week, South
port menhaden fishermen have ex
perienced the most productive per
iod thus far this season.
James T. Barnes, manager of
Brunswick Navigation Company,
reported that Monday through
Saturday of last week saw, his
company’s boats catch over 7 bul
lion of the fertilizer fish.
The highest day’s catch came
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Digging Well For
Water System
One Of Three Wells Failed,
Making Necessary New
Well Being Dug In Park
Digging is now in progress for
a new well which will supplement
the water supply of Southport and
prevent a recurrence of the wa
ter shortage which was exper
ienced here last year.
The new well will be located
in Franklin Square, almost in the
geographical center of town and
has been made necessary by the
failure of the middle of three
wells now located at the pumping
station near the Hospital.
The new well will be of 10
inch casing and will have an 8
inch pump with the capacity of
producing 300 gallons of water
per minute. By means of a pres
sure surge tank it will feed direct
ly into the city water mains.
This one pump could be used to
supply the entire present demand
of the city.
With the use of the well the
city, in effect, has two water sys
tems. It is felt that with these
two systems there should be no
water supply problems in the fore
seeable future.
The foundation is to be poured
below ground level and the pump
will be covered with a low roof
just above ground level. This will
be surrounded by shrubbery so
that it will not be noticeable
from the street.
Garden Club
Has New Head
Mrs. J. E. Dodson Installed
As President Of Southport
Garden Club On Tuesday
Mrs. J. E. Dodson was installed
on Tuesday as new president of
ithe Southport Garden Club at a
luncheon meeting in the home of
Mrs. Dallas Pigott. She replaces
Mrs. F. M. Burdette, who has
served in that capacity for the
past two years.
Other officers who were install
ed were Mrs. Ed Ha.rrelson, First
Vice-President, Mrs. 'EJarriest Par
ker, Second Vice-President, Mrs.
A. E. Huntley, Secretary, and
Mrs. J. A. Gilbert, Treasurer.
A feature of the business ses
sion was a report from Mrs. C. G.
Ruark, who was a delegate from
the club to the state convention
of Garden Clubs in Winston Salem
last month. She reported on the
convention as a whole and the
business sessions, but will report
on some of the arrangement ideas
which she received at a later
meeting.
Hostesses for the luncheon were
Mrs. Merritt Moore, Mrs. H. T.
St. George, Mrs. Dodson, Mrs.
G. W. McGlamery and Mrs. Davis
Herring.
Graduates From
PJG At Maxton
Among those graduating at the
Commencement Exercises at
Presbyterian Junior College was
Thomas Allen Blake of Southport,
with a Junior College Terminal
Diploma. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. C. Blake, who were
among those present for the ex
ercises last Friday. Young Blake
plans to enter the University of
North Carolina in the fall.
Brunswick Miss, Home Ec
Devotee, Is Given Honor
ASH—Home economics has al
ways played a major part in the
life of Billie June Hewett, an
attractive young miss of this
Brunswick County oommunity, so
it is only fitting that she is the
lone representative of Southeast
ern North Carolina that will be
a delegate from East Carolina
College to the National Home
Economic Convention in St. Louis,
Mo. next week.
The 20-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Houston Hewett of Ash,
she is a second-quarter senior at
ECC, Greenville and expects to
complete work on her BS degree
in home ec there in February,
1958.
The surprising part of Billie
June’s trip to the national conven
tion of collegiate home economics
clubs is that it is a return jour
ney. She also represented ECC
at the convention when it was
held in Washington during the
Summer of 1956. The feat of rep
resenting her college twice at the
meet is certainly a record for a
girl of this area, if not for the
school itself. She is one of four
girls from the school’s Home Ec
Club that will make the trip to
Saint Looie.
Daniel Webster defines home
BILLIE JUNE HEWETT
economics as “the science and art
dealing with homemaking, esp.
the selection and preparation of
food and clothing, conditions of
living, the use of income, the
care and training of children, etc.”
It is not known whether Billie
June ever really read that defini
tion and broke it down thorough
Contmueci On Page Four)
Southport Boy
SPECIALIST Second Class Ray Cuilis, 22, of South
port, takes a break during the drawing of a safety poster.
The off-Duty cartoonist works as a draftsman for the
First Signal Group at Fort Huachuca.—(U.S. Army Photo
by Pvt. Carter Allen.)
Local Boy Making
Name As Cartoonist
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ICG Approves
Shipping Purchase
Interest is renewed this
week in a McLean project, '
which some months ago had
Southport talking, with the
announcement that the Inter
state Commerce Commission
has approved the purchase of
the S. C. Loveland Co., a
shipping firm, by Pan Atlan
tic Steamship Corp. which is
controlled by McLean Indus
tries.
McLean acquires with the
shipping line the shipping
rights for all Atlantic ports.
Several railroads had opposed
the merger and further delays
may be in prospect. The
“piggy-back” operation of
loading trailers aboard cargo
ships has for several years
claimed the attention of local
persons and it has been hoped
that Southport would fit into
the plans of the McLean
Company.
Recorder’s Court
Has Eleven Cases
Mainly Traffic Violations
Taken Up At Session On
Monday Before Judge Bel
lamy
The weekly session of the
Brunswick County Recorder’s
Court with Judge Earl Bellamy
presiding saw the following judge
ments handed down:
Richard Francis Cross pleaded
guilty to speeding at 65 mph.
Fined $10 and costs.
Howard Wilbur Bryant, guilty
af operating too fast for condi
tions. Fined $10 and costs.
George Leonard McMillon found
not guilty of failing to signal.
Rayford Carroll Squires pleaded
guilty of speeding at 65 mph.
Fined $10 and costs.
Lilly Mae Hicks Sink waived
ippearance and pleaded guilty to
speeding at 70 mph and operating
with an expired license. Fined
$25 and costs.
George Edward White operating
too fast for conditions. Fined $10
and costs. Fine remitted.
Herbert L. West waived ap
pearance and pleaded guilty to a
Stop sign violation. Fined $10
and costs.
Rodney Grey waived appearance
and pleaded guilty to public
drunkenness. Fined $25 and costs.
Floyd Lee Hewett, operating
with an expired license. Waived
appearance and pleaded guilty.
Taxed with costs.
John Reynolds Jr. waived ap
pearance and pleaded guilty to
charges of public drunkenness.!
Sentenced to 30 days, suspended
on payment of $25 and costs.
David Hannah guilty of non
support. grayer for judgement
continued.
Billy Collis Serving As
Draftsman; Sketching In
Spare Time And Making
It Pay
GRADUATED FROM
SOUTHPORT HIGH
Designed New Diploma For
Non-Commissioner Offi
cer’s Academy
Headers of such widely varied
publications as “The National
Gasoline Retailer”, “The Illustrat
ed Soldier”, and the Arizona
Daily Star’s Sunday Magazine
“Days and Ways” have probably
paused at one time or another
to chuckle over the wit of a
soft-spoken enlisted draftsman in
Fort Huachuca’s First Signal
Group.
Specialist Second Class Ray ;
(Billy) Cullis, 22, of Southport
lists these as just a few of the
many magazines and newspapers
in which his cartoons have appear
ed.
While still in grade school Ray
saw a magazine ad offering free
art courses to persons able to
copy a drawing of a girl’s face
in detail. Ray sent in his sketch
and the correspondence lessons
soon flooded his mailbox.
By the time Ray was a senior
at Southport High, he was a
regular contributor to such trade
journals as the North Carolina
“Tar Heel Wheels” and the Na
tional Commercial Car Journal.
Upon graduation in 1953 he en
listed for a three year hitch in
the regular army. His service
work has proved no handicap to
his artistic ability. As a Army
Signal Corps draftsman, Ray
utilizes his talents creating hu
morous safety posters, which have
become a familiar sight around
the 70,000 acre post.
Among his most prized posses
sions are letters fef appreciation
from many officers at the U. S.
Army Electronic Proving Ground,
including Major General Emil
Continued On Page Two
Storm Warning
Installation
Supplementary Station In
stalled At Oak Island For
Additional Warning In
Case Of Severe Storms
S. C. Jones of Raleigh and
R. H. Hagemeyer of Washington,
representing the Weather Bureau,
were in the Southport area over
the weekend installing a new sup
plementary weather station at
Oak Island Coast Guard Station.
This is one of a network along
the Atlantic and Gulf coasts which
will increase the weather reports
available to the Bureau during
severe storms. These stations are
equipped with wind speed and di
rection indicators, a barometer
and a raingauge.
Observations are to be made
daily and special readings are to
Continued On Page Two
Final Report
On Legislature
By Bowman
Brunswick Representative
Gives Summary Of House
Bills Concerning Area
Passed During Recent
Legislative Session
TEN LOCAL BILLS
WERE PASSED
Statewide Bill Permits North
Carolinians To Receive
Disaster Aid Under Fed
eral Flood Insurance
Act Of 1956
By JAMES C. BOWMAN
The 1957 session of the General
Assembly came to an end about
noon last Wednesday, June 12,
1957, and this will be my final
report to the people of the coun
ty concerning the doings of the
Legislature unless the volume of
mail concerning specific legisla
tion beoomes so heavy that I am
unable to answer each individual
letter.
We put something like 1,500
laws on the statute books, some
insignificant, some with limited
import because of their local na
ture, and some of vital, far reach
ing importance to the well being
of our State and its citizens. We
were locked in mighty struggle
over some of the major issues. As
usual, in a democracy, much of
the major legislature emerged
from compromise. Whatever the
result, however, a majority of the
peoples’ representatives cast their
votes for the new legislation go
ing into statute books. Right or
wrong, it represents the judg
ment of the majority and therein
lies one of the great foundation
principles of our coveted demo
cracy.
Following is a resume of the
bills introduced by your repre
sentative:
BILLS PASSED—LOCAL
H. B. 171—Requires that per
sons constructing buildings and
improvements in Brunswick Coun
ty obtain a permit from the
oounty auditor prior to construc
tion in those instances where con
struction costs are in excess of
$300.00. Application for the per
mit must contain information as
to ownership, size, location, type,
and estimated oost of construc
tion. Immediately upon receipt of
application, the permit will be is
sued at a oost of $1.00.
This bill was introduced at the
request of the Board of County
Commissioners in the hope that
the information obtained will be
of value to the various tax listers
eaoh year and applications for
permits will be made available
throughout the county at all
building supply outlets and at the
various tax listers.
H. B. 197—This bill provides
for the reassessment and equaliza
tion of property in Brunswick
County for ad valorem tax pur
poses and authorizes the Board
of County Commissioners to em
ploy experts and to enter into
the necessary contracts therefor.
The county commissioners are
further authorized to appropriate
from general funds to pay for
th expense of the revaluation and
equalization of property values
and to extend the period which
said Board may sit as a Board of
Equalization and Reveiw until it
has heard and determined all com
plaints : regarding the equalization
of such values.
This bill was introduced at the
request of the Board of County
Commissioners.
H. B. 206—This bill relates to
the use of funds collected from
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, June 20
1:02 A. M. 7:28 A. M.
1:40 P. M. 7:52 P. M.
Friday, June 21
1:51 A. M. 8:18 A. M.
2:33 P. M. 8:52 P. M.
Saturday, June 22
2:44 A M. 9:10 A. M.
3:26 P. M. 9:51 P. M.
Sunday, June 23
3:40 A, M. 10:03 A. M.
4:19 P. M. 10:49 P. M.
Monday, June 24
4:34 A. M. ’ 10:55 A. M.
5:12 P. M. 11:42 P. M.
Tuesday, June 25
5:29 A. M. 11:46 A. M.
6:03 P. M. 0:00 P. M.
Wednesday, June 26
6:23 A. M. ' 12:33 A. M.
6:53 P. M. 12:36 P. M.