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Volume No. 17 No. 50
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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_ 6-Poges Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDfJAY, JUNE 26, 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Brunswick County
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Voting Places
For Referendum
Are Announces
County Agent A. S.
le3 Releases Lirt Of Vo
ing Places Where Farn
ers May Cart Ballet li
Forthcoming Election
“NICKLES-FOR KNOW
HOW” PROGRAM TGLE
Election Will Provide Au
thorszation For Continua
tion Of Charge Of 5
Cents Per Bag On
Feed And Fertilizer
Feed and fertilizer users whi
go to the polls on August 23 t<
vote in the third “Nickels fo
Know How" referendum will fin<
the polls open from 2:30 a. m
to 6:30 p. m., according to ari
announcement made this week by
County Agent A. S. Knowles.
Held in conjunction with the
recently authorized cotton refer
endum. North Carolina feed and
fertilizer users will again be ask
ed to approve a nickel per ton
assessment on the feed and fer
tilizer they buy. Chairman L. Y.
Ballentine has pointed out that
the referendum program, auth
orized by the 1951 General As
sembly, was overwhelmingly ap
proved by voters in both the 1951
and 1954 elections.
Cotton growers will vote on
whether they wish to pay a ten
cents per bale assessment on all
cotton taken to the gin. If the
cotton assessment is approved, the
money will be used by the Cotton
Promotion Association to promote
further utilization of cotton fibers,
cotton research, and development
of new cotton products.
Voting on whether to continue
the “Nickels” program for an
other three years, all feed and
fertilizer users will have an op
portunity to express their ap
proval of this unique program by
which they have contributed funds
to further agricultural research,
education, and extension in North
Carolina.
Pointing out that all users of
feed and fertilizer are eligible to
vote at the polling places desig
nated by the county committees,
Chairman Ballentine expressed the
hope for a large turn out of
voters, indicating that due to
Hurricane Hazel, the vote in 1954
was light in comparison to the
more than 75,000 total vote in the
first election. Two thirds of those
voting must approve the exten
sion of the assessment, beginning
January 1, 1958.
More than $717,500 has been
turned over to the North Caro
lina Agricultural Foundation, Inc.,
since the beginning of the “Nick
els" program five years ago.
Headed by R. W. Dalrymple of
Continued On Page Four
| Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
IN CHARLOTTE
Bobby Cullis of Southport, stu
dent at N. C. State College, is
working this summer in Charlotte
with Southern Bell.
MORE SHIPS
Four vessels are presently on
berth at Sunny Point Army Ter
minal with three additional ar
rivals expected prior to the end
of the month.
ON WEST COAST
Maj. Leslie R. Bellows, Cargo
Operations Officer at SPAT, is
attending a conference at Seattle, j
Washington. Maj. Bellows is ex
pected to be gone for a period of
six days.
CANADA TRIP
Mrs. Dan Harrelson and chil
dren, Norma, Tommy and Martha,
returned last week from a visit
With relatives in Ohio. On their i
return they came back by way of
Niagara Falls and other points
of interest in the United States
and Canada.
WORK CONTINUES
Gene Tomlinson, Plant Engineer,
SPAT, announces that the work
on the tennis courts on the Garri
son is expected to be completed |
the first week in July. This work :
consists of the erection of back :
stops, the marking of the courts, i
and general beautification of the!
area.
SOUTHPORT VISITORS
Col. and Mrs. John Stevens and j
daughters, Fiances and. Leah, i
were visitors at the home of Mrs.
C. Ed Taylor the first of this:,
week. Col. Stevens is the son of j
the late Charles L. Stevens, a for- j;
mer newspaper man and insurance j
representative in Southport. He ' c
recently completed an overseas j
assignment and theTamily is now j i
on their way' to Ft. Bliss, Texas, j i
Friday Performance
, „ This is a scene from the musical comedy version of “Sevei
teen which will be presented hr:day evening at 8:30 o’clock under the ausnices 'c
the Southport Lions Club. The charming young miss is Barbara McLeod while th
males are Waters Thompson and Tommy Harrelson.
Musical Comedy
To Be Presented
Friday Evening
Musical Version Of Booth
Tarkington’s “Seventeen”
Will Be Presented Under
Auspices Of Southport
Lions Club
“Seventeen”, a Broadway musi
comedy hit of 1951, will be pre
sented on the Southport high
school stage on Friday evening
at 8:30 o'clock (DST).
The production is directed by
Lew Hardee, who is a Radio
TV major and student of play
production at the University of
North Carolina. Hardee last sum
mer staged and directed his own
production, “The Lady Pirates,”
on the local stage.
The play concerns the trials
and tribulations suffered by an
Indiana teenager in the early
part of the century, when he
becomes enamored of an attrac
tive lass visiting his neighbor
hood.
Starring in the production are
Tommy Harrelson as Willie Bax
ter, the young man; Barbara Mc
Leod as Lola Pratt, the object
of his affection; Elliott McNeil
as Genesis, the Baxters servant;
Linda Pigott as Jane Baxter;
Randolph Grant as Mr. Baxter:
and Waters Thompson as Mr.
Parch er.
A boys chorus consisting of
Bobby Leon McKeithan, Homer
McKeithan, Toodie Simmons,
David Peters, and Charles Willis
will open the show with the first
of the thirteen musical numbers
“Weatherbee’s Drug Store.” Sever
al songs later the boys assisted
by Julia Spencer, Cheryl Rogers,
reel St. George, Barbara St.
George, Jackie Kershaw, Harriet
Watts, Sharon Grant, Bonnie
Bellows brighten the show with
‘‘Things Are Gonna Hum This
Summer.” Others in the cast in
dude Jimmy Harper, Noni Rog
ers, Linda Pigott, Bette Privette,
lohn Sanders and Fred Burdette.
Accompaniment for the musical
numbers will be afforded by a
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City Board In
Routine Session
Several Matters Of Minor
Interest Attended To At
Last Regular Session Of
Board Of Aldermen
At the last meeting of the i
board of aldermen a petition was I
beard from J .S. Mangum, re
juesting that he be permitted to
continue to operate taxi service in
Southport. He was given permis
sion to operate on a trial basis, |
tor a period of 6 months.
Lot No. 1 in Block No. 1 of
Pine Neddie Grove was re-zoned
‘or business.
The aldermen agreed to reim
burse James C. Bowman $50 for
expenses incurred in representing
the City of Southport at the Con
gress of Rivers and Harbors.
An order was passed far the
jurcha.se and installation of three
ife rings for use on the city
lock.
Screening and other improve
nents were authorized for the i
lew fire station.
Making Plans To
Inaugurate Service
Sales Date Set
For Week Market
Announcement wag made
today that the Border Belt
tobacco market will open on
Thursday, August 1. This
decision was reached at a
meeting at Myrtle Beach of
a committee representing the
Bright Belt Warehouse Asso
ciation.
First sales of the new sea
son will be held on the
Georgia-Florida belt on Tues
day, July 23.
First sales on the Eastern
Carolina Belt will be held
Monday, August 19.
Recorder Hears
Varied Docket
Routine Session Of Bruns
wick County Recorder’s
Court Held Here Monday
A variety of cases were dis
posed of here in Recorder’s court
Monday before Judge Earl Bell
amy, with the following judge
ments being handed down:
John Sanders Mitchell pleaded
guilty to operating without a li
cense. Fined $25 and costs or 30
days.
Claud Joseph Gibson Jr. waived
appearance and pleaded guilty to
charges of speeding and improp
er passing, fined $15 and costs.
John Eddie McKoy charged with
reckless operation. Found guilty
and fined $50 and costs or 60
days on the roads.
Donnie Lee Frink was charged
with drunk driving. Defendant
asked for jury trial and bond was
set at $300.
Norman Graham waived appear
ance and pleaded guilty to charg
es of operating with improper
equipment, fined $10 and costs.
Elder Bright Hewett pleaded
guilty to charges of operating
with improper equipment, fined
$10 and costs.
Clarence Hargrove charged with
hit and run, property damage and
operating with no operator's li
cense. Defendant pleaded guilty.
Judgement was withheld until
July 1.
Raymond Lee Lewis was charg
ed with drunken driving. He waiv
ed apeparance and pleaded guilty.
His fine was $100 and costs, and
he was forced to surrender his
operator’s license.
Franklin D. Ramsey pleaded
guilty to operating with no li
cense. Sentenced to 30 days, sen
tence commuted to time served.
Erwin Rising pleaded guilty to
charges of speeding. Fined $10
and costs.
John H. Hill waived appear
ance and pleaded guilty to charg
es of speeding, fined $10 and
oosts.
Sidney R. Rhodes faced charges
of operating too fast for con
ditions, he pleaded guilty; charg
ed with $10 fine and costs.
(Continued on Page Four)
* Atlantic Telephone Mem
bership Cooperative Read;
To Render Complete Ser
vice To Customers Begin
ning July 6
PLANNING FORMAL
PROGRAM JULY
Invitations Have Been
tended National A
State Dignitairies To
Attend This Meeting
i
With most of the work of j
stalling phones complete, officl
of the Atlantic Telephone
bership Corporation are mak
plans for a gala celebration j
Friday night, July 5, when a
mal cut-over program will be
Contacts have been made
a number of National and S|
officials,’ and it is expected
several of ithese will be pred
Although the cut-over will|
celebrated on Friday night, the
tual connection between the
cooperative and the telephone
works serving the United St|
will not occur until Saturday
ning, July 6, at 10 o’clock.
However, the new systen
functioning in a normal mai
for hundreds of subscribers so
as their own local use is
cerned. All of the phones fori
Bolivia exchange have been!
stalled, and most of the subsl
ers out of the Shallotte exchq
have received their phone con
tions.
In order that the new telepj
subscribers may know how to
the maximum satisfaction
their new facilities, two instj
tional meetings have been plal
for this week. A free movie,I
plaining in detail how to use!
new phone, will be shown Tlf
day night at Bolivia, and on I
day night at Shallotte. Both |
sions are at 8:15 p. m.
Pilot Editor Is
Press Offici
James M. Harper, Jr., N
ed Vice-President OflN.
C. Press Association JAt
Annual Meeting i»st
Week
James M. Harper, Jr., editc
The State Port Pilot, was ek
vice president of the North
lina Press Association at
annual meeting which was
eluded Saturday at Nags Hea
New president of the assoeiJ
is Henry Dennis, publisher of
Daily Dispatch of Henderson]
succeeds Thomas Robinson,
lisher of The Charlotte
Miss Beatrice Cobb, publishf
The Morganton News-Herald, j
reelected secretary-treasurer:
Clarence Griffin of the
City Courier was reelected
torian. Martin Harmon, publj
of the Kings Mountain H«
was elected for a three-year
as member of the board of r|
tors, along with Carl Jeff'j
publisher of the Greensboro
(Continued on Page Foul
iily
unal Red Cross
Report Reveals
Total Of $1,292
lhairman A. E. Huntley Ex
presses Appreciation To
Volunteer Workers All
Over County For Their
Cooperation
EPORT SHOWS TOTAL
’OR EACH COMMUNITY
Irs. Phil King Heads Bruns
wick County Chapter As
Chairman; Mrs, Bill
Smith Of Leland
Heads The Home
Service
A. E. Huntley, chairman of the
»57 Red Cross Fund Drive for
■unswick county, reports collec
ons totaling $1,292.58.
"I wish to express my deep
t appreciation to citizens in
■ery section of Brunswick coun
who helped with this drive,"
i said. “In practically every in
ance the response was very
•atifying. I also wish to thank
dividual members for their con
ibutions.”
Following is a report by corn
unities:
Shallotfte, Mrs. Odell William
in, chairman, $411.25; Myrtle
-ad, Mrs. Duncan, chairman,
.0; Exum, Bobby Vereen, chair
! $10.04; Waccamaw school,
t; Friendship, Mrs. Nelson
itt, chairman, $6.24.
on Plantation, Mrs. Joe
eur, chairman, $25; Long
l, Mrs. C. C. Carr, chair
$90.25; Winnabow, Mrs. A.
helps, chairman, $11; Oak
1 Coast Guard Station,
>h Mercer, chairman, $5;
>tte Point, Mrs. Lilly Wil
, chairman, $20; Thomas
Mrs. W. M. Stanaland, chair
$10; Union high school, D.
icks, chairman, $11; Cedar
; school, $11.
ceive Bids On
< Bridge Project
State Highway Commission
Announces Amount Of
Bid For Construction Of
Bridge At Ocean Isle
Among the bids received by the
State Highway Commission in
Raleigh Tuesday were those for
grading, paving and building the
approaches for a bridge over the
intracoastal waterway at Ocean
Isle Beach.
The project calls for grading
and paving one mile of hard-sur
fiace and the erection of a bride.
The low bidders were Continental
Construction Co. of Wilmington,
$74,768.10, and R. T. Burney Inc.,
Wilmington, $146,017.60.
The commission will meet
Thursday to review these and
other bids received.
If these bids are approved, as
appears likely, access to another
growing beach resort area of
Brunswick counity will be assured
before next season. Automobile
traffic to and from Ocean Isle
is now handled by a ferry serv
ice, which will be replaced by the
bridge.
Unmarked Patro!
Autos Expected
Corporal O. H. Lynch Re
ports That Some Of These
Vehicles Are Now Being
Placed In Use By High
way Patrol
Highway Patrol headquarters in
Raleigh announced this week for
the first time in over two years
unmarked police cars will be cruis
ing Tar Heel roads, and Corporal
O. H. Lynch is expecting one to
be delivered for use in Brunswick
before the Forth of July week
end.
Patrol Major D. T. Lambert
said a number of plain cars are
already in service throughout the
state. Approximately 120 unmark
ed cars will eventually be in use,
he said. The General Assembly
limited the use of plain cars to
21 percent of the patrol’s 581
car fleet, and specified that warn
ing signs be erected along all
highways entering the state.
The patrol executive said this
had been done by the Highway
Commission and that unmarked
cars would be on routine patrols
from now on. Two of the cars
will be equipped with the Markel
Traffic Camera, he said. The cam
eras allow troopers to photograph
traffic violations on the road
ahead as they occur.
The plain cars will appear in
various shades of blue, gray and
green, Major Lambert said. Al
though each will be equipped with
(Continued on Page Four)
Woodson To Head
New Phone District
Changes Made In Business
Organization Of Southern
Bell Telephone Co. As
New District Is Created
Officials of Southern Bell Tele
phone Co. this week announced
the creation of a new district
organization to serve subscribers
in this area, with headquarters
to be located in Wilmington.
This action becomes effective
July 1, and comes as an expres- j
sion of the confidence that com- |
pany officials feel in the South
eastern North Carolina area that
is embraced in the new district
territory.
Wilmington Manager P. B.
Woodson has been appointed dis- '
trict manager. B. D. Bailey, pres- j
ent Raleigh district plant super- ;
visor in Wilmington, will be new
district plant manager. S. R.
Mitchell Jr., Wilmington traffic
manager, becomes district traffic
manager, and R. W. Isley Jr. en
gineer in Greensboro, district en
gineer.
Territory comprising the new
district is presently served as part
of Southern Bell’s Raleigh district.
J. M. Wasson of Charlotte, vice
president and North Carolina gen
eral manager for Southern Bell,
said telephone company studies
PAUL B. WOODSON
show strong continued growth for
this area.
“After World War II ended,” he !
added, "we had just over 17,000 ;
telephones in the area which will ;
comprise the new Wilmington dis
trict. Today we have 42,028 phones
in the same communities.
“A growing agricultural econo
(Continued on Page 4)
More Sailfish Are
Taken This Week
Good Fishing In
Many Quarters
During the past few days
there have been reports of
tarpon being hooked by par
ties fishing from the. pier at
Yaupon .Beach and from the
Dong Beach pier.
Sunday Billy Newton re
ported that he had landed 30
nice trout during the past two
days while fishing in Dock
woods Folly inlet.
Here in the river, several
people have reported seeing
king mackerel jump, probably
lured inside by the presence
of menhaden.
Folks fishing from the
waterfront docks have also
been making nice catches of
small fish, and those who
have ventured forth in small
boats have brought in fish of
good size and variety.
Water Study At
Shallotte School
Citizens With Water Prob
lems Of Any Nature In
vited To Attend Session
Thursday Night In High
School Auditorium
Plans for the Brunswick Coun
ty water problems inventory meet
ing to be held at Shallotte high
school on Thursday at 8 o’clock
(E.S.T.) have been completed ac
cording to A. S. Knowles, chair
man of the inventory committee.
Chairman Knowles said his oom
mittee was restating its invitation
to every citizen of the county
with a water problem to come to
the meeting and report the exact
nature of the problem.
“This whole project,” Chairman
Knowles said, “is aimed at find
ing out what the problems are
so that something can be done
about them. The people who have
water problems are the ones that
stand to benefit from this inven
tory. Those are the people we
want to see at the meeting Thurs
day night.
“Every problem that is report
ed will have its effect on future
water conservation planning in
North Carolina. The State Board
of Water Commissioners will
study each problem individually
in its effort to develop an effec
j tive state-wide progr am aimed at
! eliminating as many problems as
[ possible. But we can’t expect the
Board to solve the problems un
less we tell them what the prob
lems are.”
Chairman Knowles emphasized
the fact that the meeting on
Thursday night is not to be inter
preted as a discussion meeting.
He explained that the sole pur
pose of the meeting is to record
existing and anticipated water
problems. A discussion meeting
will be scheduled at a later date,
after the State agency has studied
the problems and made recom
mendations for their solution. In
this second meeting, water users
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Party Fishing Aboard Idle
On II With Capt. Basil
Watts Released Prize Af
ter Making Catch
FOURTH SAILFISH
OF SEASON LANDED
Other Good Catches Report
ed During Past Few Days
By Boats Fishing Out
Of Southport
Two more sailfish were caught
off Southport early this week,
bringing the season total to four
caught on boats of the local fleet.
On Monday, Ray Ward of High
Point, fishing aboard Capt. Basil
Watts’ Idle On II, became the
second man to catch and reelase
a billfish off Southport. The fish
was approximately six feet in
length. The Ward party also
caught one dolphin and 40 blue
fish and Spanish mackerel.
The same party also fished
aboard the Idle On II on Sunday.
On that day 7 dolphin, 2 kingfish,
1 bonito, 2 amberjack, and 100
pounds of Vermillion snapper and
sea bass were caught.
On Monday, E. J. Timmes of
Kings Mountain, fishing with
Capt. Walter Lewis aboard the
John Ellen, caught a six-foot sail
fish. Timms party also caught 26
bluefish, 48 Spanish mackerel and
16 dolphin.
Capt. Lewis had E. R. Leater
and party of Charlotte on Satur
day. The catch included 5 king
fish, 12 dolphin, 2 amberjack, and
200 pounds of sea bass.
The Sunday party on the John
Ellen, J. K. McNeil and group •
from Greensboro, caught 141 blue- ■
fish, 4 dolphin, and 2 barracuda.!
The Idle On III, captained by
(Continued on page four *
New Officials
Of Garden Club
Mrs. Eugene B, Tomlinson,
Jr., Installed As President
Of Live Oak Garden Club
Last Wednesday
The Live Oak Garden Club held its
annual Banquet at Quack’s Res
taurant on Wednesday evening.
The tables were arranged in ban
quet style and centered with flow
er arrangements. ’ All members
and guests received attractive
favors, and door prizes were won
by Mrs. Jack Hickman and Mrs.
Tom Gilbert. j
Following the dinner, Mrs. J. j
B. Warth, retiring president, held,
a brief business meeting. At the
close of the meeting, Mrs. Basil
Watts was presented with a gift
for achieving the largest number
of points during the past year.
Mrs. Robert Jones, Jr., a past
president, installed the new of- j
ficers for the coming year. They i
are: President, Mrs. Eugene Tom- j
linson, Jr.: 1st vice-president,!
Mrs. Robert Jones, Jr.; 2nd vice
president, Mrs. Tom Webb; secre
tary, Mrs. J. B. Warth; treasurer,
Mrs. Basil Watts.
Mrs. Tomlinson then presented
Mrs. Warth with a gift from the
club in appreciation of the fine j
(Continued on Page Four> j
Southport Man
Back From Trip
Through Ontario
James M. Harper, Jr., Edi
tor Of State Port Pilot,
Represented N. C. Press
Association On U. S. Edi
tors Good Will Tour
SPENT TWELVE BUSY
DAYS IN CANADA
Visitors Were Shown Wide
Variety Of Attractions,
Ranging From Heavy
Industry To Park
Development
James M. Harper, Jr., editor
of The State Port Pilot, returned
Saturday from a 12-day tour of
the Province of Ontario where
he represented the North Caro
lina Press Association on the 14th
Annual U. S. Editors Goodwill
Tour. Twenty-eight states were
'epresented.
The tour was conducted by the
Department of Travel and Publi
;ity for Ontario, of which the
honorable Bryan Cathcart is min
ster. Colin McDonald served as
;our director.
The U. S. editors met at Wind
sor on June 10 and set out on a
L,600-mile trip that made use of
dus, boat and train transportation
:o carry them into some of the
most interesting sections of On
tario before winding up on June
21 at Niagara Falls.
On the first day of the tour
the party visited points of inter
est in Essex county, including the
Point Pelee National Park, the
H. J. Heinz Co. factory and the
Hiram Walker headquarters.
The following day the editors
left by bus for Sarnia, one of the
most highly industrialized sections
of Ontario, where they visited •
the Canadian Oil Company refin
ery, the Imperial Oil Company re
finery, the Polymore Corporation
and Ethyl-Dow. Also a matter of
great interest was the Blue Water
Bridge, linking the United States
and Canada.
After spending the night at
Sarnia, the party continued by
bus to Goderich, where they visit
ed the museum, where an out
standing collection of relics from
the past have been collected. Aft
er lunch, the trip continued, with
the city of Owen Sound a9 the
destination. There one of the most
interesting sights was the circular
building which is the home of the
high school.
The next day’s travel was
through some of the most beau
tiful lake country, and before
noon the U. S. visitors arrived
(Continued on Page Four)
Conference In
Annual Session
Several Churches In Bruns
wick County Will Be Af
fected. By Decisions Reach
ed This Week
The North Carolina Conference
is in session this week in New
Bern, and decisions reached there
will affeot nine Methodist Church
es in Brunswick county.
Five ministers from this coun
ty are attending the conference
session. They are the Rev. R. H.
Jordan and the Rev. L. D. Hay
man, Southport; the Rev. Travis
Owen and the Rev. Ed Arm
strong, Shallotte; and the Rev.
Mr. Pfister, Town Creek.
Announcements of the new ap
pointments will be read at the
conclusion of the meeting in New
Bern.
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 27,
7:15 A. M. 1:22 A. M.
7:42 P. M. 1:26 P. M.
Friday, June 28,
8:07 A. M. 2:10 A. M.
8:32 P. M. 2:16 P. M.
Saturday, June 29,
8:59 A. M. 2:57 A. M.
9: 22 P. M. 3:06 P. M.
Sunday, June 30,
9:53 A. M. 3:45 A. M.
10:13 P. M. 3:58 P. M.
Monday, July 1,
10:48 A. M. 4:35 A. M.
11:06 P. M. 4:51 P. M.
Tuesday, July 2,
11:45 P. M. 5:25 A. M.
12:01 P. M. 5:48 P. M.
Wednesday, July 3,
0:00 A. M. 6:18 A. M.
12:44 P. M. 6:48 P. M.
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