Most Of The News
All ’The Time
Volume No. 18
THE STATE FORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper I
No. 1
8-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESD
G<
D/3ULY 17, 1
Good Community
95 7
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
$1.50 PER YEAR
Church Leader
Conducts Class
On Leisure Tim<
Mrs. Agnes Durant Pylani
Head Of Church Recrea
tion Service For Souther)
Baptist Convention, Wa
Program Leader
LARGE GROUP AT
ASSEMBLY GROUND*
First Of Three Training
Union Conferences In Ses
sion This Week At N.
C. Baptist Assembly
At Fort Caswell
Mrs. Agnes Durant Pylant, heac
of the Church Recreation Service
of the Southern Baptist Conven
tion, Nashville, Tenn., discussed
leisure time activities for an adult
conference and a girls’ camp at
the North Carolina Baptist Assem
bly last week. Sixity associational
missionaries and nearly three hun
dred Girls’ Auxiliary members met
in separate camps.
Mrs. Pylant, graduate of Texas
Christian University, the Boston
School of Drama, and the Car
ver School of Missions and Social
Work, spoke of the challenge to
the churches .to provide a well
rounded recreation program for
all ages.
“Let us be thankful for the
God-given gregarious nature of
man that makes him long for
companionship with kindred
spirits,” said the South-wide lead
er. “Recreation must be a part
of the educational program of the
program of the churches. There is
need for Christian fellowship, and
there is need for good, wise, skill
ed persons to direct and supervise
it. Free time gives opportunity
for an enriched, abundant, and
satisfying life. The prospect of
even shorter working hours is a
God-given opportunity to add
dimensions of enjoyment and
grace to life.
iHir Lord not only forgave
man his sins and promised him
everlasting- life,” declared Mrs.
Pylant. “but healed his body and
enjoyed his company at weddings
and banquets and on tramps
through the fields. He took time
out to watch the children at their
play. Free time activities can be
adventures which, like a clean
wind, swep cobwebs from the
mind, untie the kinks in the body,
put a new zest for living in the
soul, and send one back to his
tasks ready, able, willing, and
happy. “I believe,” she continued,
‘‘that the sacred Scriptures teach
that God is interested in the total
man and his total life.”
Rev. E. J. Jenkins, of North
Wilkesboro, was elected president
of the Associational Missionaries.
He succeeds Rev. J. Royd Hor
ton, of Waynesville.
Mrs. Margaret McRackan, asso
ciational missionary for the
Brunswick association, arranged a
meeting of leaders from this area
(Continued on Page Four.
Brief Bite Of
lnewsj
OPERATION ALERT
Officials at Sunny Point an
nounce that personnel at their in
stallation took part on a military
level during the week-end nation
wide “Operation Alert”.
LIONS TO MEET
The regular meeting of the
Southport Lions Club will be held
at the Community Building to
morrow (Thursday) evening at
7:30 o’clock (DST).
DEDICATION SERVICE
Dr. J. C. Camipe, president of
the Baptist State Convention of
North Carolina will preach at the
morning worship services of Mt.
Pisgah Baptist Church Sunday,
July 21, at 11 o’clock. The pas
torium will be dedicated on this
occasion.
ARRIVES FOR DUTY
Maj. William S. Norman, re
cently returned to the United
States from duty in Germany, has
been assigned as Director of Ad
ministration at Sunny Point. Maj.
Norman occupies the same posi- \
■tion held by Maj. Herman J. ;
Schwartz. Maj. Norman and his
wife have occupied quarters 404-A
in the Garrison House area.
IN WEST VIRGINIA
Mrs. Nicholas Lazzo, who has
been spending the past month
with her mother, Mrs. P. I. Rook,
will join her husband in Wilson
this week and drive to Charleston,
West Virginia. Mr. Lazzo was
graduated from N. C. State Col
lege July 12 and has accepted a
Position with Carnide and Carbon
in Charleston as a textile chemist.
Fishermen Show
Interest In Marlin
Twice During Past Few Days Parties From Southpoi
. Have Had Strikes While Fishing For These
Big Beauties
By JIMMY HARPER
Southport sport fishing got a
much needed shot in the arm Fri
i day when Capt. Walter Lewis re
! ported that on the previous day a
i party fishing aboard his John
| Ellen had hooked, played, and lost
I a giant blue marlin in the Gulf
: Stream paters off Frying Pan
Lightship.
Capt. Lewis said that of Thurs
day and party of Charlotte, fish
ing some 20 miles southeast of
the lightship, hooked the giant
fish and fought him for some ten
minutes before the line parted.
During the course of the fight,
the fish, estimated to weigh be
tween 300 and 400 pounds, jump
ed six times and made several
blistering runs.
This wais no chance occurrance,
for Capt. Lewis was fishing with
the sole intent of catching one
of the large game fish. The trip
was the second made in quest of
marlin this month. Earlier, Capt.
Hulan Watts had fished the same
area and had definitely had one
strike from some billfish, either
a large sailfish or white marlin.
That one of these marlin has
now been hooked means that
Southport is in for a flurry of big
g-ame fishing never before seen
locally. The blue marlin is the
choice game fish of the Atlantic
Oceian, and indications are that if
people will come here to fish for
them, any number may be boated.
Capt. Lewis’ fish was actually
the second hooked off Frying Pan
Shoals by a local Charter boat. In
1948 Capt. Watts, fiishing around
the lightship, hookisd and fought
for seventeen jumps a marlin
weighing perhaps 300 pounds. This
fish was lost when the wire leider
parted.
If truly big game fishing can
be developed in the Southport
area, a statement made by Kip
Farrington, a noted big game fish
erman and writer, would be justi
fied. Farrington said, “Southport
could one day develop into the
best fishing port north of Miami.”
For this ito occur, many things
would have to take place. Firstly,
faster charter boats would be
needed to make the long run to
the Gulf Stream proper, and these
boats would have to be of suffi
cient seaworthiness to travel the
50-odd miles home in bad weath
er.
Secondly, these boats would
Continued On Page Four
County Offices
Back On Old Time
Effective Monday, July 22,
All Brunswick County
Offices Will Go Back To
Eastern Standard Time
MOVE MADE TO
AVOID CONFUSION
Approve Application For
fcoart From State Literary
Fund For Const ruction
Of School Building
At Piney Grove
At their regular meeting here
Monday members of the board of
County commissioners rescinded
their previous order placing all
county offices on daylight savings
time, and effective Monday, July
22, all county offices will operate
upon eastern standard time.
A spokesman for the board ex
plained that when action was
taken to follow the daylight sav
ings schedule, it was believed that
this summer time would be in
general use throughout this area.
As it developed, daylight savings
hours were adopted only by Wil
mington, Southport and Sunny
Point, leaving the county, all up
state visitors and all state em
ployees on a conflicting schedule.
The action placing county offices
back on eastern standard time
has been taken with the object
of reducing existing confusion.
Members of the board approved
the application that has been
made to the State Literary Fund
for a loan with which to construct
elementary class rooms at Piney
Grove School.
The board also reveiwed and
approved the budget for the board
of education.
James C. Bowman was named
to represent Brunswick county on
the Lower Cape Fear Develop
ment Council.
E. C. Newton was employed as
assistant clerk to the board of
county commissioners for the
purpose of preparing a 1957 jury
list.
Aldermen Grant
Employee Raise
Ten Percent Increase For
All Regular Emnlovees
Made Retroactive To July
1; To Collect Delinquent
Taxes
The board of aldermen for the
City of Southport in regular ses
sion Thursday night approved a
10-percerit increase in pay for all
full-time city employees. A con
tract will be prepared stating the
general duties of each employee.
This action is effective as of July
1 and a standard work week of
40 hours will be set up and any
overtime made by any employee
must be taken off within a 30-day
period.
Motion was made by Herry Sell
second by W. R. Jenkins, that all
delinquent taxes due the City of
Southport from 1954 back to given
he. attorney for collection
and that for anyone owing taxes
(Continued on Page Pour)
*
School To Open
Thursday, Aug. 29
The schools of Brunswick
county will open on Thurs
day, August 2W, l >r itie it>07
58 school year according to
announcement made this week
by John G. Gong, superinten
dent.
Meanwhile, maintenance
forces are busy getting
everything in shape, including
buildings, buses and supplies.
Although some of the
schools have completed their
faculty list for the coming
year, vacancies exist in sev
eral key positions. However,
there is good prospect for
being able to fill them at an
early date.
Brunswick Men
At Ft. Benning
Homer Anderson And Rex
L. Hammack Are Attend
ing Intensive Leadership
Training Course For Army
Officers
Nearly 1300 student-cadets rep
resenting 26 universities and col
leges in five Southeastern states
and Puerto Rico have completed
three of the scheduled six weeks
leadership training course at the
1957 Fort Benning ROTC Camp.
Cadet Homer Anderson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Anderson
of Shal'lotte, graduate of Clemson
College, and an advanced ROTC
student from the Southeastern
area, will be at Fort Benning,
home of the world-famed U. S.
Army Infantry Center, until Aug
ust 2.
Also at Ft. Benning is Cadet
Rex L. Hammack, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Rex L. Hammack, Sr., of
Southport. He is a graduate of
Spring Hill College, Mobile, Ala.
With three weeks and an aver
age of three pounds per cadet
gone, the future leaders are
swinging into the home-stretch
with great determination and high
morals. Their enthusiasm tends to
indicate that this will be the most
successful ROTC encampment ever
held at Fort Banning.
Colonel Marvin A. Kreidberg,
Professor of Military Science and
Tactics at the University of Flor
ida and Deputy Camp Commander,
stated that this camp and the
leadership principles learned by
the cadets while there will be
remembered by them as probably
the most important phase of their
military training. He went on to
say that while less time would
be spent on lectures, more and
more time will fee devoted to prac
tical application by the cadets.
Emphasis will be placed on lead
ship training and ability. Each
cadet will be given the maximum
opportunity to demonstrate his
ability to lead men in as near
to actual combat situations as is
(Continued on page four)
Steeple Jack
AugUdl 10» UCl
For ABC Vote
For Southport
Board Of Aldermen In
Special Session Passes Or
der Setting Date For
Special Election; Election
Officials Are Named
The hoard of aldermen met in
special session last week to con
sider the prepostion of calling a
special election for the voters of
the City of Southport to pass
upon the question of establishing
A. B. C. Stores in the city.
A motion was made anil
unanimously passed that a special
election be held on August 13 to
submit to the voters the issue
of whether or not to have esta
blished alcohol beverage control
stores, under authority of House
Bill number 880 of the 1957 ses
sion laws of North Carolina. A
called vote was held with all ald
ermen voting yes.
The following were appointed
to serve as election officials:
Registers: 1st ward, Mr. and
Mrs. B. G. Torrance; 2nd ward,
Miss Annie St George; 3rd ward,
Mrs. Velma Ward.
(Cmtinued on Page 4)
The big story on July 21, 1J37, was that two persons lost in
the Green Swamp had been IJund. Frank Rabon of Winnabow
had led the rescue party. Cwnp Sapona had been rated tops
among the CCC camps in its Jub-district.
New Hope Presbyterian cftfnh was planning a homecoming
for its old members, and prowess was still being made in pre
paration for the upcoming y«ht regatta. Mayor J. D. Erikson
was announcing a clean-up cgjpipaign be waged on the city’s
vaeaift lota^ PlAyijig at the finuzu was ‘‘Ready, Willing and
Able.’*' ■ I
-4 —
Fifteen years ago Southport had just undergone a two-hour
alert set off by reports of an| enemy craft off the coast. Local
sport fishermen, shrimpers, a$>] menhaden fishermen had re
ported good luck in their catches.
The community bad just suAived a 101-degree heat wave. E.
D. Bishop was going to St. Lai* to attend an REA convention,
and “Not Exactly items’’ noted that Gene O’Brian, that column’s
keeper, had entered the service.
--i
On July 23, 1947, E. H. Sheppard of Shiloh, N. J., had just
leased acreage oij,the River Rfed south of Orton and was grow
■■ : Continued tin Page Four
1 .if :
ty Manager Is
iping Industry
ill Come Here
Galloway, Who Took
I $ver Duties Of This Posi
>n On July 1, Hopes To
lake Strong Bid For
Business
JRIST TRADE
ALSO ATTRACTIVE
Official Comes Here
lom Snow Hill Where
| He Was Principal Of
District School
I
Sty Manager Carl Galloway has
0i hopes that the citizens of
Sthport can work with officials
■the State Board of Conserva
>n and Development to attract
(■stry to locate in this area,
id to that end he has asked that
Suitable speaker be assigned
fa meeting here as soon as pos
le.
ialloway, who was principal of
, Snow Hill district school in
Sen county before he reported
duty there the first of July,
had experience in promotions
[various kinds, and he helieves
[t he has some ideas that can
ig improvements and extra
is for Southport.
tie is not blind to the fact that
Brunswick county has many na- '
itfral resources for vacationists
ilid tourists, and he hopes to see |
some extra effort expended in an \
effort to attract more and more |
oeople here for fishing, boating;
aild bathing.
Galloway expressed surprise
that no printed promotional ma
terial for Southport is available
for distribution, and said that one
of his early efforts will be to
help with a project that will lead
to the preparation of folders and
other printed mailing-pieces.
The new city manager realizes
that Southport holds many oppor
tunities, but that the job of mak
ing the most of them is great.
"I will need the cooperation of all
UMOEunjfrirn- ia projects*. which ws
I earnestly solicit your help’*.
Captain Ykior
Has New Honor
Former Southport Man Now
Serving As Commodore
Of Islamorada Fishing
Guides Association In Flor
ida
An invitation was received by
the State Port Pilot during the
past week to send a represent
ative to the Upper Keys Invita
tional Outdoor Writers Fishing
Tournament to be held at Key
Largo, Florida, later this month.
The tournament is sponsored
jointly by the Islamorada Fishing
Guides Association and the Upper
Keys Chamber of Commerce. A
personal note from Capt. Howard
Victor, Commodore of the IFGA,
was enclosed, urging this paper
to send a representative.
Capt. Victor is well known
among the sport fishermen of
Southport. He fished in Southport
during the summer season for five
years with his trim sports cruiser
“Cadet”, migrating to Islamorada,
his present home, during the win
ter months.
Capt. Victor was instrumental
in the foundation of the South
port Charter Boatmen’s Associa
tion, and served as president of
this organization for the last two
years of his Southport residence.
He also was the first South
(Continued on Page Four)
Brunswick Man
On State Board
Harry1 L. Mintz, Jr., Named
By Governor Luther H.j
Hodges As Member Of
Directors For State REA
Harry L. Mintz, Jr., president
of the Atlantic Telephone Mem
bership Corporation, has been ap- !
pointed by Governor Luther H.
Hodges as a member of the board
of directors of the North Carolina
Rural Electrification Authority,
i He was sworn in Friday in Ra
, leigh.
| This is a 6-man board, to which
! 4 members were named last week. 1
| The term of office for two of
j the old members has not expired.
! Gwyn Price is chairman, and is
one of the men who was reap
pointed.
The duties of this body is to
consider business that affects
REA and rural telephone expan
i sion in North Carolina. They ap
; prove applications for loans, etc.
The Brunswick county man is
i considered to be well-qualified for
his new job, for in addition to
serving as one of the leaders in
; obtaining telephone service for
rural Brunswick county, he has
been active in many other worth
while organizations and projects.
He is a former member of the
North Carolina General Assem
bly, a former district commander
for the American' Legion and a
former Register of Deeds for
Brunswick county.
Two More Sails
Brought In Here
*
Open House Held
At ASC Office
Open House at the Bruns
wick county ASC office at
Shallotte was well attended
Friday night as scores of
Brunswick county farmers
visited the new headquarters
from which their farm pro
gram is administered.
The new offices are located
on the second floor over the
old Shallotte Bank building
and are modern in every re
spect, including air condition
ing. Several thousand dollars
worth of new equipment has
been furnished from State
headquarters since the new
offices have been occupied.
Drunk Drivers
Unusual Number Of Defen
dants For This Offense
Appeared Before Judge
Earl Bellamy Here Mon
day
Tried In
Monday was a busy day in
Brunswick county Recorder's
court, with five persons being con
victed of drunk driving. The fol
lowing decisions were handed
down by Judge Earl Bellamy:
Forney M. Todd waived appear
ance and pleaded guilty to charges
of drunk driving. He was fined
$100 and costs.
Sam B. Edwards pleaded guilty
to charges of drunk driving and
was fined $100 and costs. He was
also found guilty of reckless op- j
eration and was fined $50 addi- j
tional.
Henry William Black waived ap- ■
pearance and pleaded guilty to j
charges of drunk driving and was !
fined $100 and costs.
Robert Mathis pleaded . guilty to !
charges of drunk driving and was
fined $100 and costs.
Dalton Ray Smith was found
guilty of drunk driving and was .
fined $100 and costs.
James W. Cole was found not
guilty of drank driving:, reckless
operation and of driving after li
cense had been revoked.
The following pleaded guilty to
charges of speeding: Gorton J.
Smith, 70-mph, fined $15 and ;
costs; Zeno Hankins, 70-mph, $15
; an'l costs; Oscar Edwards, 65
mph, $10 and costs; Van Clark,
j 65-mph, $15 and costs; John!
Phillip Long, 85-rnph, $50 and !
; costs; Calvin T. Poole, 65-mph.
*10 and costs; Colon Hall, 70-mph,
$15 and costs; Robert Graham !:
65-mph, $10 and costs; James E ■
Bell, 70-mph, $15 and costs;!]
James E. Breedlove, 65-mph, $10 <
and costs. ,
B- C. Smith was found not I
guilty of permitting a drunk per- , <
son to drive his car. L
L. C. Holt pleaded guilty to j s
charges of public drunkenness j
and possession and was given 45 c
days, this sentence being suspend- |l
ed up<m payment of costs, the C
defendant to be of good behavior
for 1 year. I
Garvin Mercer pleaded guilty to , 11
Continued On Page i»our 1
Party Fishing Aboard Idle
On II Brought In 6-Ft.,
8-Inch Beauty Yesterday
Afternoon; I d 1 e-On III
Had 6-Footer Friday
TUE5DAY RESULTS
MAKE GOOD SHOW
Conditions During The Past
Week-End Prevented Out
standing Catches, But
Better Luck Now la
Prospect
Clifford Carson, fishing yester
day aboard the Idle-On II with
Capt. Basil Watts, brought in a
6-ft., S-in. sailfish, the second to
be caught off Southport this week
and the seventh of the season.
Capt. H. A. Schmidt, skipper
of the Idle-On III, broke into the
local sailfish derby Friday when
a Charlotte man fishing with him
brought in a 6-ft. beauty.
Otherwise, the best news on the
fishing front is that fact that
yesterday Spanish mackerel were
showing back up on the shoals in
good numbers. This is something
of a contrast with week-end luck,
when shoal fishing was not at its
best.
Yesterday, in addition to the
sailfish, the Carson party, which
was from Greenwood, S. C„ had
8 king mackerel and 6 Spanish
mackerel.
A Mr. Hudson and party of
Gastonia were out with Capt.
Schmidt and brought in 98 Span
ish mackerel.
Capt. Hulan Watts had Mr. and
Mrs. T. L. Smith of Siler City
out aboard the Idle-On IV and
brought in 75 Spanish mackerel. !
All three of these boats had
good catches during the middle of
last week, with Capt. Hulan
Watts taking out an afternoon
party that brought in more than
100 blues and mackerel.
Capt. Fred Fulford also had a
good shoal trip on Friday.
On Saturday Capt. Ray Stubbs
had a Whitevil-le party including
Willie, James and Orvie Ham- I
monds, Tommy Parker and Glen
Blackman out aboard the Bessie
Ray and brought in 35 blues and I
mackerel.
Former Pastor
Has New Church
The Rev. H. M, Baker Has
Moved From Warsaw To
The Olive Chapel Baptist
Church Near Apex
His friends in Brunswick coun
y will be interested in the an
nouncement that the Rev. H. M
3aker, former pastor of South- j
>ort Baptist church, has become j
>astor of the Olive 'Chapel Bap
ist Church, near Apex in Wake
-ounty.
The Rev. Mr. Baker goes to j
hive Chapel from Warsaw, where j
e had been pastor of the War- j
aw Baptist Church for over two j
ears. Prior to that, he was pastor
f Round Hill Church, Union
tills, the Southport Baptist
thuroh and Coats Baptist Church.
The Rev. Mr. Baker’s parents.
>r. and Mrs. C. A. Baker, were
Missionaries of the Southern Bap
Con turned On Page Pourj;
Revaluation Of
Property Going
On In Brunswick
Floyd Rake, Jr., Who Is In
Charge Of 1 his Operation
Is Now in The County
And Has Organization
Set Up for Job
LOCAL. ASSESSORS
TO BE EMPLOYED
Ffeid Men Complete Pre
liminary Work On All
Beach Property; Office
Personnel In Action
Floyd Rake, Jr., who is in
charge of the revaluation pro
gram in Brunswick county, said
yesterday that good progress is
being made.
The field work began with
beach property, and that phase
of the outside operation is prac
tically complete. On Monday field
work will begin on farm property,
and six men are ready to make
on the spot inspections that will
lead to placing a valuation on the
property. The plan is to begin in
Waccamaw and Shallotte town
ships.
An office force has been at
work preparing cards which will
be used by the field men in com
piling necessary data. After their
investigation has been completed,
they will place their value on
the property, and then will confer
with a three-man board of access
ors, who will be residents of
Brunswick county. The final word
as to valuation placed upon the
individual parcels of property win
rest with the local board.
Rake pointed out that the fig
ure agreed upon by the field man
i and the board of assessors is not
necessarily the figure that will go
1 on the tax book. "After we are
; through and have placed what
we consider to be a fair market
: value on each piece of property,
the county commissioners then
will decide whether to list at par,
or whether to list property at
(some percent of its actual market;
value. The important thing," he
(continued, "is that all property
'will he valued by the same Stand
ard.’’
In addition to the board of
assessors, local guides will be
employed to help the field men
; locate the various parcels of land
that are to be visited. Persons
i familiar with their home com
j munity and its citizens will be
j needed for these jobs, Rake said,
i With the project making nor
! mal progress thus far, Rake said
that the goal is to have figures
j available for the 1958 tax listing.
Chlorination Of
Water Approved
Reports From State Health
Department Indicated The
Need For This Safety
Measure For Public Health
At the meeting of t'he board
j of Aldermen on July 11, chlorina
; tion of the Southport water sup
ply was approved as a safeguard
, to the health of the citizenry.
Chlorine has been injected into
; the water supply for approx
imately two and one half weeks
on the recommendation of Mar
shal Staten of the N. C. State
Health Department.
The basis for the chlorination
was reports for the past four
years showing water contamina
tion as follows: 1954, 12 samples
out of 80 showed contamination;
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.
‘ugh Tide Low Tldr
Thursday, July 18,
12:03 A. M. 5:57 A. M.
0:00 P. M. 6:13 P. M.
Friday, July 19,
12:09 A. M. 6:41 A. M.
12:51 P. M. 7:07 p. M.
Saturday, July 20,
12:58 A. M. 7:30 a. M.
1:45 P. M. 8:07 P. M
Sunday, July 21,
1:53 A. M. 8:25 A. M.
2:43 P .M. 9:11 P. M.
Monday, July 22,
2:55 A. M. 9:24 A. M.
3:41 P. M. 10:13 P. M.
Tuesday, July 28,
3:58 A. M. 10:22 A. M.
4:39 P. M. 11:11 p. m.
Wednesday, July 24,
4:59 A. M. 11:19 A. M.
5:36 P. M. 0:00 P. M.
" ' "" u