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Volume No. 18
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
No. 3 12-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Brunswick County
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Second Training
Union Conference
Now In Session
This Marks Another Busy
Week In Summer Program
Of N. C. Baptist Assembly
At Fort Caswell
OTHER SESSIONS
STILL TO COME
Hope Is Expressed That Fa
cilities At Caswell Will
Continue To Be Used
This Season
On Monday, July 29, the sec
ond of three Training Union Con
ferences of the summer at the
North Carolina Baptist Assembly
opened its program under the di
rection of James P. Morgan, state
secretary of the Training Union
department. Inspirational mess
ages with congregational singing
will be featured in each evening
service. Morning classes will be
concerned with organizational
methods and age-group interests.
The various movements of the
work of the Baptist State Con
vention will be described in daily
addresses. “We expect some five
hundred guests for the week,”
points out Fred J. Smith, Assem
bly manager,” and our friends
in eastern North Carolina neigh
borhoods are urged to drive in
for as much of the program as
they can arrange. Meals are serv
ed in the modem cafeteria with
,ts “A” rating at reasonable
rates.”
Final Training Union rally of
the summer will be held August
5-10. A number of families have
reserved housekeeping facilities at
the assembly for the late summer
and early autumn after the close
of the Convention’s programs.
“We expect to increase the num
ber of housekeeping units avail
able before the opening of the
1958 season,” explains Mr. Smith,
“since we receive more applica
tions for this type of housing than
we can provide. Church groups
are planning more seaside meet
ings and retreats each year, and
this is a trend with which we
(want to co-operate.” Since Mr.
Smith will remain in the South
port community throughout the
year, increasing provision for out
of-season delegations can be ar
ranged.
From August 12 to August 17,
Preaching and Christian Home
Week will close the current ten
week season. The Rev. James S.
Potter, pastor of the Tabernacle
Baptist Church, Raleigh, will
preach each evening that week.
Morning classes will be conducted
by Dr. Ralph E. McLain, head of
the department of religion of
Meredith College. Both speakers
are widely known for their vivid
Biblical exposition. “We are for
tunate to be able to offer this
team of appealing speakers,” Mr.
Smith says, "and we hope that a
number of families and individuals
will make plans to enjoy their
fellowship with us.”
Brief Bit* Of
lnewsj
BULLETIN
The Corps of Engineers Dis
trict office here revealed to
day that a plan has been de
veloped for closing the Long
Beach Inlet and forwarded to
the Federal Civil Defense Ad
ministration Regional office at
Thomasville, Ga. for review.
CAKE & PIE SALE
The W. S. C. S. of the Trinity
Methodist Church will sponsor a
cake and pie sale on Saturday
morning on the porch of the Leg
gett’s home.
RETURNS HOME
William Houghton, Safety Di
rector at SPAT, has returned to
his home on Moore Street from
New Brunswick, New Jersey,
where he attended the funeral of
his father.
BASEBALL SUPPER
A ham and seafood supper will
be served at the Community Build
ing on August 16 for the bene
fit of the Southport baseball
team. The chef will be a retired
navy man with 21 years exper
ience in the galley.
SPAT VISITOR
Capt. Gabrielsen, civilian in
charge of the Charleston, S. C.,
and Savannah, Ga., outport ac
tivities, visited SPAT on Wednes
day the 24th of July for the pur
pose of receiving an award for
Sustained Superior Performance.
Capt. Gabrielson returned to
Charleston $200 dollars richer and
with the plaudits of the Terminal
Commander, Col. Frank T. Edison,
still ringing in his ears for a job
well done.
New Principal At
Waccamaw School
John Weldon Hall Of Lum
berton Will Assume Du
ties As Head Of Bruns
wick County Institution
Immediately
John Weldon Hall, dean of
Carolina Business College in Lum
berton, has been elected principal
of Waccamaw high school in
Brunswick county. He plans to
begin some of his pre-school ad
ministrative activities next week.
The new principal, who has had
wide experience in the field of
education, succeeds John G. Long,
who resigned to accept the posi
tion of superintendent of schools.
Hall has served as director of
admissions at Brevard College and
as dean and registrar at Pheiffer
College.
Born March 13, 1910, in Arling
ton, Ky., he attended Kentucky
secondary schools before entering
the Navy in 1938. He later re
turned to his high school where
he served as a science teacher
and assistant principal.
He later served as principal of
the Graves County, Ky. high
school and returned to the Navy.
After a World War II stretch in
uniform, he became city superin
tendent of the Columbia, Ky.,
school system and later attended
Peabody College as a graduate
assistant to Dr. Harold Benjamin.
He earned both his B. A. and
M. A. from Murray 'State College!
He has done work on his PHD at
Peabody College. .
An active Methodist, Hall has
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Another Tarpon
Brought In Here
Efforts Being Made To
Land More Of These Ex
citing Big Game Beauties
OUTSIDE FISHING
HURT BY WEATHER
Only Reports Received For
Activities During Past
Weekend Indicate Plen
ty Of Dolphin Still In
This Area
Sandy Robertson of Wrightsville
Beach provided the big fishing
story on the local scene during
the past week-end when he land
ed a tarpon Saturday while fish
ing on the Ella Shoals off Bald
Head island.
His fish, the second tarpon to
be weighed in here this season,
weighed 41%-lbs. and was caught
on a 12-lb test line on spinning
tackle. He played the fish for 15
minutes before bringing it into
the boat. Robertson was using a
red and white torpedo-shaped
plug with triple hooks.
In addition to other fisher
men who are making regular
trips over into the bay in quest
for tarpon, Mack McHose of
Wesfield, N. J., is here for a
three-weeks try for these fish.
Last year he got the thrill of his
life when he had one on for a
losing fight.
Weather during the past week
end was not conductive to good
! fishing, and only one boat report
ed good luck. That report came
from Capt. Walter Lewis of the
John Ellen. On Sunday he had
R. W. Yast and party of Char
lotte out and came in with 9 king
mackerel, 53 dolphin, 2 a.mberjack,
2 barracuda and 1 shark. The
next day he had B. A. Magner
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Weekly Court
Session Held
Variety Of Cases Disposed
Of Here Monday Before
Judge Earl Bellamy In
Recorder’s Court
Four men were given prelimin
ary hearings before Judge Earl
Bellamy in Brunswick county Re
corder'^ court Monday on charges
of first degree burglary, assault
with intent to commit rape and
being an accessory before the fact.
The following judgments were
handed down:
Henry Butler, probable cause
found as to first degree burglary
and assault with intend to commit
rape. Bound over to Superior court
for trial, bond set at $250.
Rufas Walker, probable cause
found as to being on accessory
before the fact to first degree
burglary and attempted rape.
! Bound over to Superior court for
| trial, bond set at $2,500.
Franklin Bland, probable cause
found as to first degree burglary
and attempted rape. Bound over
to Superior court for trial, bond
set at $2,500.
Tommy Butler, assault with in
tend to commit rape. Bound over
to Superior court for trial, bond
set at $2,500.
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Eastern Standard
Fime Is Resumed
Church services in South
port will he on Eastern
Standard Time Sunday, leav
ing only the city employees
and a few scattered in
dividuals on Daylight Sav
ings. Sunny Point Army Ter
minal and the city of Wil
mington are also on Daylight
Savings.
City employees are now on
a 40-hour work week, which
means no Saturday duty, ex
cept at City Hall, which is
open until noon until further
notice.
The new schedule means
that there are no Saturday
collections made by the trash
truck, and citizens are asked
to cooperate.
Local Minister
Supports Chief
The Rev. Joseph B, Mac
Leod Writes City Man
ager In Defense Of Re
cord Made By Chief Of
Police Louis Clark
Tliis week the Rev. Joseph B.
MacLeod, pastor of Southport
Presbyterian Church, disturbed
over reported criticism of Chief
of Police Louis Clark, addressed
a letter to City Manager Carl
Galloway in which he staunchly
defended the law enforcement of
ficer as a fair and progressive
man who is doing a good job.
The text of his letter follows:
“It has come to my attention
that there has been some adverse
criticism of Police Chief Louis
Clark both by rumor and word of
mouth and by mail to you.
“Therefore, I iwould like to tell
you some of the fine things he
has done and something of his
strong character.
“I have been greatly impressed
with the way in which Chief Clark
has gone about his work as a law
enforcement officer. Recognizing
human nature for what it is, he
has not sought to revolutionize
this town overnight. But rather
he has gone about his work in a
steady, tactful manner. He has
sought to encourage us as citizens
in the keeping of the laws for our
own safety and health’s sake. He
has warned when necessary and
often given summons after re
fusals to cooperate and heed his
warnings. And as is often the case
in the doing of his duty some
have been caught breaking ' the
laws. However, too many of these
have considered themselves priv
ileged characters and beyond any
law except their own. They then
have set about to “beat the rap”
and have made a laughing stock
both of the law and the law en
; forcement officer. I regret that
there are some in our community
who, having been charged with
specific violations, have sought to
justify themselves by hurling dis
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Menhaden Help
Tonnage Record
For This Port
Figures Show That Product
ion Of Edible Fish Lo
cally Was Well Below
Normal For Year 1956
MENHADEN CATCH
WAS SECOND BEST
Records Maintained By
Corps Of Engineers Show
Volume Of Menhaden
As Handled In State
Ports
By STEVE WALL
Some 210 tons of seafood and
a whopping 78 million menhaden
fish marked the catch at South
port in 1956, according to a re
port by the Corps of Engineers.
While it is generally admitted
that 1956 was one of the worst
years in edible fish activities, the
78 million menhaden catch was
topped only by 1949 when 122
million were taken.
Duvall Greer, who compiles such
figures, said these tabulations
were based on records for the
past 10 years.
The combined menhaden catch
last year in the Southport-More
head City-Beaufort area amounted
to 374 million fish, some 21 mil
lion better than the 353 million
netted in 1949.
Figuring eight tenths of a
pound as the average weight of
menhaden, the total catch in the
1956-49 order was 139,600 tons
and 141,200 tons. Southport ton
nage in the same order was 31,200
tons and 48,800 tons.
Preliminary figures for 1956
show that Wilmington Harbor;
reaching past Southport to the
ocean, handled 4,829,000 tons of
cargo, some 136,000 tons above
the 4,693,000 tons in 1955.
The Morehead City harbor had
a total of 506,000 tons last year
against 446,655 tons in 1955 for
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Bureau Meeting
Joo Stanaland, President Of
Brunswick County Farm
Bureau, Wants A Change
In ASC Responsibility To
F armers
At a meeting of the board of
directors of the N. C. Farm Bu
reau in Raleigh on July 8 Joe C.
Stanaland, President of the Bruns
wick County Farm Bureau,
brought up the matter of ASC
responsibilities as they relate to
the farmers. He charged that as
of now there are no responsibili
ties on ASC.
“It is all placed entirely on the
farmer's back and it is about to
break him down to the point that
the tobacco program is in jepardy
of being voted out if some of the
red tape and inequities to the
farmers aren’t eliminated,’’ Stana
land told the board.
After a lengthy discussion and
as a member of the board he
moved that a committee be ap
| pointed to study the problems as
■ they exist between the ASC and
I the farmers and that a report be
i made to the next board meeting.
This motion was carried. Stana
land says that he feels that ASC
should assume the responsibilities
of measuring the farmer’s tobacco
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TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HARPER
It was Wednesday, August 4, 1937. The Pilot came out on
schedule, carrying this week the news that W. R. Lingle had re
cently been elected principal of Southport High School for the
coming term. Plans had been made for Governor Clyde R. Hoey
to fire the starting gun at the upcoming regatta, and a house
party was scheduled to be held at the Duplex House on Caswell
Beach during Race Week.
Our editor observed that progress in paving the road from
Shallotte to Whiteville indicated good news for county tobacco
farmers, and it was recorded that David Watson and Dan Wal
ker would return to Louisburg College in the fall. (Rising
sophomores)
On August 5, 1942, tobacco prices were found to be higher
than in the previous year, but The Pilot carried the banner head
line, “No Additional Tires Available For Farmers.” School prin
cipals Henry Stone of Shallotte and W. R. Lingle of Southport
noted an alarming rise in teacher resignations.
While Capt. John Eriksen noted that the crop of menhaden
were unusually skittish, other forms of wildlife were seemingly
attracted to civilization. Mary Ann Mollycheck had discovered a
chicken snake in her upstairs bedroom, and Ralph Potter had
cornered a four-foot, eight inch alligator in the Yacht Basin and
had done him in with a .22 nfie.
August weather is apparently rousing to school boards, for on ;
ContUued On Page Four
Baptist Assembly
AERIAL VIEW—This is the North Carolina Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell as
seen from the air. In the left center is shown the yacht basin and across the top is the
Cape Fear River, with the dock shown on the right. The dock is a favorite fishing
place for assembly visitors.
Tobacco Market
Prices Higher
*
I
Busy Shipping
Schedule Coming
SPAT officials have an
nounced the shipping program
for the month of August.
Tentative plans call for the
arrival of five vessels during
i- this i period. Two Qf .ape
retrograde movements calling
for discharge operations and
the others are export type of
loads.
Discharge operations also
mean a greater concentration
of trucking in this area and
it is expected that the city
will again see an influx of
ammunition vans in the
Southport area.
County Leaders
To Meet Monday
Brunswick Farm Bureau Of
ficers Will Participate In
District Membership Plan
ning Session In Whiteville
Brunswick County Farm Bu
reau leaders will attend a district
Farm Bureau meeting in White
ville on August 5 at 9 a. m. at
the Farm Bureau Office, accord
ing to Joe C. Stanaland, county
president.
The Farm Bureau leaders will
gather to make plans for this
year’s membership drive with
leaders from New Hanover, Bla
den and Columbus counties ac
cording to Stanaland.
Members of the State Farm
Bureau staff including Paul
Shackleford, fieldman for this dis
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Averages Are Above Those
Received At Last Year’s
Opening Sales, But Fall
Short Of Expected Prices
BETTER PRICES
ON LOWER GRADES
Warehousemen Are Pleased
With Volume Received On
Opening Day; Stabiliza
tion Corporation Buys
Little
Border Belt tobacco markets
opened yesterday (Tuesday) for
their 1957 selling season, with
prices averaging from $2 to $14
above those paid on opening day
last year. However, the estimated
market averages of $51 to $54
per hundred were below what
farmers and warehousemen had
been expecting in view of acreage
reduction.
In general, the greatest change
in prices occurred in the lower
grades, which were considerably
higher than prices paid last year.
However, it appeared that on some
of the better gra'des there was lit
tle or no advance in price.
It was significant that little to
bacco was purchased by the
Stabilization Corporation, and
there were few instances where
offerings of “undesirajble” tobacco
was made.
Warehousemen were pleased
with the volume offered on open
ing day, but said there was a
noticeable lack of weight. They
estimate that in addition to the
reduction of poundage because of
acreage cuts, there will be at
least another 10-percent loss be
cause of light weight tobacco.
Busy Schedule
Being Conducted
Yaupon Village Methodist
Church Returning To East
ern Standard Time For
All Activities
Following, the example set by
the Southport area, the Yaupon
Village Methodist Church is re
turning to Eastern Standard Time
in its weekly schedule. The time
change went in to effect on Mon
day and will involve the entile
program of church activities.
Sunday morning worship will be
held at 11 o’clock, Eastern Stand
ard Time, rather than Daylight
Time, and the Sunday School
classes for all age groups will
convene at 10 o’clock Eastern
Standard Time in the homes of the
various teachers.
Week day activities include cot
tage classes for primaries (ages
6-8) and juniors (ages 9-11),
which meet at 10:30 on Wednes
days and 10 o’clock on Fridays.
Directed recreation for children
and youth is held on Yaupon
Beach each afternoon, Tuesday
through Friday, from 3 to 5
o’clock, Eastern Standard Time.
Residents and visitors in the
Yaupon Village-Long Beach area
are cordially invited to attend the
various programs, held at the new
times. Directions to the activities
may be obtained at the Skating
Rink.
Assignment Of
Students Made
For Next Year
Brunswick County Board Of
Education Adopts Regula
tions Governing Assign
ment And Makes Desig
nations Of Schools
Members of the Brunswick
County Board of Education met
here Monday night and adopted
rules and regulations governing
the assignment and enrollment of
pupils in the administrative unit
under their jurisdiction. They
also assigned children in the
Brunswick county schools for the
coming term.
Passage of the resolution set
ting into effect the assignment
plan is in accordance with legi3
| lation passed by the 1955 session
' of the General Assembly. Al
though their action Monday night
was necessary to validate their
action in making specific assign
ments, practically speaking no
change was made from student
assignment that has been follow
ed during recent years.
Students from Waecamaw ele
mentary school will move up to
Waecamaw high school; from
Shallotte elementary, school to
Shallotte hjgh school; from Bo
livia elementary school to Bolivia
| high school; from Southport ele
| mentary school to Southport high
i school; from Leland elementary
| school to Leland high school; from
Brunswick County Training
I School to Brunswick County
j Training School; from Piney
| Grove elementary school to Bruns
wick County Training School;
from Union elementary school to
Union high school; from Cedar
Grove elementary school to Union
high school; from Longwood ele
mentary school to Union high
school; from Lincoln elementary
school to Lincoln high school;
from Chapel F.oad elementary
school to Lincoln high school;
from Pheonix elementary school
to Lincoln high school; from
Navassa elementary school to
Lincojn high school; All students
who attend Chapel Road, Pheonix
and Navassa are assigned to Lin
coln high school.
The complete text of the two
resolutions is printed as a legal
notice eleswihere in this issue of
The Pilot.
Preliminary Start
On New Bridge
Earth Fills For Bridge Ap
proaches At Ocean Isle
Being Done By Contrac
tors For Road Project
S. E. Cooper, secretary and
treasurer of Continental Construc
tion Company, Inc., said this week
his firm has begun the construe- 1
tion of earth fills for bridge ap
proaches and roadway in Bruns
wick county.
The $75,000 one-mile roadway
project is located approximately
seven miles south of Shallotte at
Ocean Isle Beach a sub-division
owned by Odell Williamson.
The project involves approx
imately eight acres of clearing,
seven acres of grubbing and some
53,000 cubic yards of various
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Anniversary Of
Organization Of
TC Is Observed
U. S. Army Transportation
Corps Organized In 1942;
Made Permanent Branch
Of Army In 1950
HISTORIC RECORD
FOR THIS SERVICE
Efficient Operation Of Sup
ply Lines By Land, Sea
And Air Responsibility
Of This Branch Of
Service
Today July 31, marks the 15th
anniversary of the organization of
the Transportation Corps but at
Sunny Point Army Terminal no
special observation is planned.
Forerunners of the present-day
Transportation Corps are found in
the Military Railway Service of
the Civil War, the Army Trans
port Service of the Spanish-Am
eriean War and the Transportation
Service of World War 1, all dis
banded upon the cessation of hos
tilities.
Recognizing the need for a spe
cial transportation service, the
War Department created the
Transportation Corps, as it known
today, on July 31, 1942. Having
proven itself in the tests and trials
of the Second World War, the
Corps was established as a bisic,
permanent branch of the Army
on June 28, 1950.
Today, TC personnel are on the
job, worldwide, to meet the varied
and vast requirements of the
United States Armed Forces.
This is particularly true in the
New Hanover and Brunswick
County areas where the Sunny
Point Army Terminal has played
a most important part in the
economical welfare of the sur
rounding communities.
Among the keynotes of recent
Transportation Corps programs
has been the emphasis on im
provement of existing equipment,
development of greater speed of
movement, and economy of man
power in handling, storing, trans
ferring and delivering supplies by
land, sea and air.
The Corps has also sought to
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More Red Cross
Funds Reported
Chairman Of Brunswick
County Chapter Reports
Additional Funds For
Benefit Of Hurricane Vic
tims
Mrs. Phil King, chairman of the
Brunswick County Chapter, Amer
ican Red Cross, said Monday that
I other scattered reports have come
| in with funds for hurricane relief
jan'd these have been transmitted
! through proper channels.
She also reminds others who
may wish to make contributions
to this cause that they may be
sent in through the local chapter.
AJ1 of these funds have been sent
to help with the rehabilitation pro
gram at Cameron, Louisian.
Two contributions had been pre
viously reported. They were Shal
lotte Baptist Church, $32 and
Gospel Center at Shallotte, $13.40.
The latest reports have come in
from Oak Grove, $11; Mt. Pisgah,
$28.65; Town Creek, $10.20; Cala
bash, $6.04; Pleasant Grove, $6.25.
In each instance, the collection
was made through a Baptist
church.
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, August 1,
0:00 A. M. 5:54 A. M.
12:25 P. M. 6:29 P. M.
Friday, August 2,
12:36 A. M. 6:49 A. M.
1:25 P. M. 7:30 P. M.
Saturday, August 3,
1:33 A. M. 7:46 A. M.
2:26 P. M. 8:33 P. M.
Sunday, August 4,
2:33 A. M. 8:46 A. M.
3:26 P. M. 9:35 P. M.
Monday, August 5,
3:32 A. M. 9:44 A. M.
4:23 P. M. 10:33 P. M.
Tuesday, August 6,
4:30 A. M. 10:40 A. M.
5:17 P. M. 11:25 P. M.
Wednesday, August 7,
5:24 A. M. ' 11:31 A. M.
6:05 P. M. 0:00 P. M.