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THE STATE
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Volume No. 18
No. 6
8-Pages Tcday
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
PORT PILOT
In A Good Community
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
$1.50 PER YEAR
Assembly Closes
Successf ul Year
At Family Week
Enjoyable Program Last
Week Featured Bible
Study And Inspirational
Sermons By Outstanding
Leaders
FAMILY ATMOSPHERE
MARKED THE SESSION
The Rev. James S. Potter
Of Raleigh And Dr. Ralph
E. McLain Of Meredith
College Faculty,
Were Present
Family Week, closing program
of the current season at the
North Carolina Baptist Assembly,
featured Bible study and inspira
tional sermons, according to Fred
J. Smith, manager of the Assem
bly. With meals served family
style in the assembly hotel din
ing room for the first time in
seevral summers, this conference
took on the nature of a reunion
for churchmen from throughout
the state.
Rev. James S. Potter, pastor
of Raleigh’s Tabernacle Church,
preached each evening on the
healing miracles, emphasizing the
importance of desire and recog
nized need on the part of those
who would be blessed. “Jesus
asked, Would you be whole?’”
pointed out the Wilmington native
who is one of state’s most popular
ministers. “Desire for wholeness,
a receptive response, must pre
cede the healing power itself. Our
Master who is shepnera or ms
sheep is also shepherd of the sea
and its storms, but the fishermen
in the boat first had to receive
him willingly into their boat.”
Morning classes on the three
chapters of Matthew’s Gospel
which make up the Sermon on the
Mount were conducted by Profess
or Ralph E. McLain, head of the
religion department of Meredith
College. “Here is portrayed the
kind of person Jesus Christ is
continually making of those who
choose to follow in the Way,” de
clared Dr. McLain. “These teach
ings were to the disciples, the
learners, the already redeemed.
Here we see underlined the truth
that eternal life is present as well
as future. We see that the law
of Christ is a matter of the heart
and not of externals.”
Music was directed by Miss
Nancy Caldwell of Mt. Gilead
and Eddie Holbrook of Hiddenite,
accompanied by Miss Marlene
Stewart of Charlotte, all of the
assembly staff.
Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
BREAKS ARM
Miss Kyra Ann Parker sustain
ed a compound fracture of her
right wrist Thursday afternoon at
the yacht basin when she fell
while trying to pull her bicycle
up and embankment.
NEW DENTIST
Word has been received here
that Dr. C. A. Graham, Jr., of
Ramseur is buying the former
Dr. Fred Burdette home in South
port and will move here before
September 1 to open an office for
the practice of denistry.
SATURDAY PICNIC
The Caw-Caw Community De
velopment will hold a fish fry at
Bonaparte Saturday afternoon, be
ginning at & o’clock. Everyone
within the bounds of this com
munity is cordially invited to at
tend.
MAINTENANCE DREDGING
Work began Saturday on a
maintenance dredging job on the
Cape Fear river between Wil
mington and Fayetteville. The ob
ject is to remove shoals that
affect the 8-foot project depth
of the channel. The contract went
to Norfolk Dredging Co.
GERMAN VESSEL VISITS
The MV BARBARA, a vessel of
German registry, visited Sunny
Point during the past week where
it lifted a cargo of ammunition
for Bremmerhaven, Germany. This
is the first visit of a German
vessel to Sunny Point since
SPART has been in operation.
NO WORD RECEIVED
No word has been received yet
from the Federal Civil Defense
Administration in Thomasville,
Ga., regarding the recent plans
and cost estimate furnished by the
Wilmington District, U. S. Army
Engineers, for closing the inlet
at Long Beach that washed across
the highway during hurricane
Hazel.
Up And OVER
JUMP—Billy Wells, Southport sportsman who was the pioneer for water skiing
in this area, is shown taking a jump over a ramp located on the local waterfront.
More than a score of Southport persons have mastered this difficult, but thrilling
water sport.— (Art Newton Photo.)
Skiing Big Local
Sports Attraction
More Than Score Of South-1
port People Have Become
Adept At This Thrilling
Water Sports Activity
SEVERAL TAKING
JUMPS OVER RAMP
Southport Waterfront Is
Scene Of Activity On
Any Afternoon When
Weather Conditions
Merit
Currently, the big sports inter
est in Southport is water skiing
and at last count more than twen
ty persons have mastered to some
degree the thrilling and difficult
art.
Leading the iway is Billy Wells,
who pioneered the sport in this
area during the summer of 1952
after he had purchased his first
speedboat. That year he was join
ed by his wife, Beulah, Lee Keis
ter, Jim Ford, Leo Dowling. Later
Ed Royal joined the troupe.
Water skiing continued to gain
popularity, although! there was no
sudden show of interest. One year
Graham Bell and his sister, Mary
Owens Bell, had equipment over
at Long Beach, but most of their
efforts were confined to the wa
ters of Davis Creek.
It was this summer when the
fever caught on, and now on any
pretty afternoon there are several
boats towing daring riders over
the surface of the ‘broad South
port harbor.
E. C. Blake and his boys got
started last summer, but now E.
C. and the boys, Charles, Tommy,
Bill and Ben, keep their runabout
busy.
Dallas and Leila Pigott have a
fast boat with an inboard motor,
and they take turns at the con
trols, while the other rides the
waves. Robert Thompson goes
with them when he can, and the
other day Merritt Moore was try
ing the sport.
Recently Davis and Lois Jane
Continued On Page Hour
Lions Distribute
Checker Boards
Unique Sets For Use By
Persons Who Are Blind
Made Available Through
Southport Organization
A new, easy-to-use Braille
checker game is currently being
distributed for the use of blind
citizens of Brunswick county by
the Southport Lions Club, it was
announced this week by club
president Kirby Sullivan.
Lions clubs across the country
I are distributing complete sets of
the game on behalf of two firms
in the plastics industry. The en
tire project is a no-cost, humani
j tarian one, Lions Sullivan said.
Wilson plastics has donated the
plastic checkers and the checker
boards given by The Dow Chem
j ical Company.
The game is designed to offer
many hours of pleasant recrea
tion, Lion Sullivan said. The
unique checkerboard consists of
alternating indented squares, and
i the round and square-shaped
; checkers can be turned over to
' indicate “kings”.
Plans Proceed
For ABC Store
Members of the board of
aldermen met last Wednesday
night and named Davis Her
ring, H. T. St. George and
James Frazier to serve as a
three-man ABC board for the „
City of Southport. The term
of their appointments were
staggered, being 3, 2 and l
years respectively.
These men have set about
the business of inspecting
proposed sites for the loca
tion of the store and attend
ing to other business details
prior to the opening. They
hope to have the business in
operation within one month.
Youth Receives
Time On Roads
Variety Of Cases Tried Be
fore Judge Earl Bellamy
In Brunswick County Re
corder’s Court Monday
A variety of cases were dis
posed of here in Recorder's court
Monday before Judge Earl Bell
amy, with the following judgments
being handed down:
Robert Lee Autry, teen-age
offender, was charged with speed
ing 100-mph, drunk driving, fail
ure to heed siren, no operator’s
license and hit and run involving
property damage. He was found
guilty and was given 12 months.
A nol pros was taken in a
vagrancy case against Gracie May
Walton, who has left the state.
Similar action was 'taken in a
case charging Edward Simmons
with assault of a female, since
he, too, has left the state.
William King was found guilty
of being drunk and disorderly and
was given 30 days, suspended upon
god behavior for 2 years and
payment of costs.
Sherwood Gore was found guilty
on three counts of driving after
his operator's license had been
suspended. The fine was $200 in
each case, or 6 months on the
roads in each case.
Porter German was found guil
ty of permitting an unlicensed per
son to drive and was taxed with
costs.
Charges against A. W. Bland
for being drunk and disorderly,
assault with a deadly weapon and
damage to property were adjudged
to be frivilous and malicious,
prosecution to pay costs.
William R. Lovett was charged
with assault. Prosecuting witness
failed to press charge.
Jacob Jacobson waived appear
ance and pleaded guilty to public
| drunkenness and was fined $25
' and costs.
Robert C. Lewis was found not
guilty of following too closely.
Joe McKoy waived appearance
and pleaded guilty to charges of
! drunk driving and driving with
out license. He was fined $125
and costs.
Herman R. Nelson was found
, guilty of permitting an unlicensed
person to drive and was taxed
Continued On Page Four
Call For Bids On
Improvement Of
Highway No. 87
Highway Commission Calls
For Bids On 6.17-Miles
Of Grading, Paving And
Structures On Road From
Southport To Bell Swamp
The State Highway Department
today- (tailed for bids on 100.63
miles of highway work located in
16 counties and involving 15 pro
jects.
In Brunswick County, a job
calls for 6.17 miles of grading,
paving and structures in a partial
relocation of NC 87 from a road
construction project, north of
Seutttpoi&e a&rih t-o jan*ti««, of
US 17.
The 1 i! ting will be held in Ra
leigh, August 27. The Highway!
Commission will meet with High- i
way Director W. F. Babcock Sep- ■
tember 4-5, Wednesday afternoon
and Thursday morning, to review
the lovv bids received and to at
tend to other highway matters.
The contract for grading, wid
ening and erection of structures
on 8.96-miles of this road, begin
ning at Southport and running
toward Bell Swamp, was let last
summer. The grading has been
completed and the structures are
in, but the paving still remains
to be done.
Shallotte Man
On Committee
James Bellamy Will Serve
As Chairman Of Program
Committee For State Con
vention Of Soil Conserva
tion Supervisors
James Bellamy, chairman of
the Lower Cape Fear Soil Con
servation District, has received
a letter from Brady L. Angell,
State President of the North Car
olina Soil Conservation District
Supervisors, requesting him to
serve as chairman of the program
committee at the state convention.
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Yaupon Village
Methodists Will
Organize Sunday
The Rev. L. D. Hayman,
Under The Authority Of
North Carolina Confer
ence, Will Assume Pas
toral Duties
TENURE OF SUMMER
IPASTOR WILL END
The Rev. J. Rodney Fulcher
Has Been In Charge Of
Program, But Returns
To Divinity School
In September
The Rev. L. D. Hayman will
assume pastoral duties of the new
Yaupon Village Methodist Church
at the formal organization of the
church on Sunday, August 25. He
is under appointment to this posi
tion by the North Carolina Con
ference.
The Rev. Mr. Hayman will take
over the duties of preaching and
visitation, as the Rev. J. Rodney
Fulcher, who has been in charge
of the summer program of the
church, returns to Duke Divinity
School where he is a student.
Preaching the sermon at the
organization service, to be held at
the Skating Rink in Yaupon Vil
lage, will be Dr. J. E. Darlington,
district superintendent of the Wil
mington District. Dr. Garlington
will officiate at the organization
meeting, to be held immediately
following the regular service of
worship. At that time, the mem
bership books of the church will
be opened, and the charter mem
bers will be enrolled.
The summer program, which
will be culminated in the organi
zation of the new church, has in
cluded a variety of activities.
Worship services have been held
each Sunday morning in the
Skating Rink, which has been
made into an improvised worship
hall each week. Cottage classes
of worship, study, and recreation
have provided a weekday pro
gram for the children of the com
munity and summer visitors. Di
rected beach recreation during the
afternoons have given oppor
tunities for group participation
and leadership. A program of
fCintmued on Rage 4>
Weather Hits
Sports Fishing
Adverse Conditions Throw
Crimp Into Activities Just
As It Appeared Shoals
Fishing Was At Its Best
Sports fishing took a beating
from the weather during the past
week-end, and it was not until
yesterday that boats were able
to start back.
Capt. Basil Watts had Vernon
Avery and party out, and they
caught 15 dolphin, 1 amberjack,
2 bonito, 2 barracuda, 1 bally
hoo and 6 Spanish mackerel.
Capt. H. A. Schmidt had a par
ty from Bryson City headed by
Mr. Mitchell. They caught black
fish, vermillion snapper and a few
barracuda.
On Monday Capt. Walter Lewis
had Walter Williard of Washing
ton out aboard the John-Ellen.
They caught 8 king mackerel, 4
dolphin, 1 amberjack, 2 bonito and
6 barracuda, one of which weigh
ed 44-lbs, 1-ounce, and that may
be a local record.
On Saturday Capt. Fred Ful
Continued On Page Four
TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HARPER
Seldom has a front page;of this newspaper been more com
pletely dominated by a single photo than in the issue of August
25, 1937; when we carried a picture of the entire personnel of
the CCC camp, together -with identifying cutlines. G. W. Mc
Glamery, William Webb and Ivon Ludlum are just a few of the
fellows who stayed around to make Southport their permanent
home.
There was an all-out assault on Sunday of that week on big
game fish, with 5 boats going out together. Barracuda was the
b;g prize, and the best catch was reported by fishermen aboard
the Sea Duke of Capt. Merrit Moore. They had 16 barracuda,
weighing up to 25-lbs. There also were the sad stories of the big
ones that got away, and several of the fishermen lost tackle.
Capt. Hulan Watts, aboard|his craft the E. M. Lewis, also made
the trip and his folks had ;,5 barracuda, several king mackerel
and bonito, plus contacts?with fish tentatively identified as
tuna.
The August 27, 1942, issue of The Pilot told of the death of
the late Judge E. H. Cranmer, one of Brunswick county’s most
distinguished sons. He served for 18 years as a North Carolina
Superior Court judge prior; to his voluntary retirement in 1938,
after which he continued to hold court as an emergency judge.
County Agent J. E. Dodson asked farmers to end practice of
killing young calves, since there was a growing shortage of both
(Continued on page four)
Tar Heel Grid Star
Is Attending Camp
Cadet Jim Varnum Is Tak
ing Summer Training In
Connection With Air For
ce ROTC Training
Cadet James W. Varnum, son
of Mrs. Ada L>. Varnum of Sup
ply, is presently attending the Air
Force ROTC summer training
unit at MacDill Air Force Base
near Tampa, Florida.
Cadet Varnum who has com
pleted his junior year in ad
vanced AFROTC at the Univer
sity of North Carolina, is attend
ing a 4-week summer training
period as part of his reserve of
ficer training at college.
While at summer training,
cadet Varnum actually observes
the Air Force in action and par
ticipates in many of the Air Force
operations.
Following graduation, Cadet
Varnum will be eligible for ap
pointment as a second lieutenant
in the Air Force Reserve and for
entry into flight training to win
the coveted silver wings of an
Air Force pilot.
Varnum is due to report at
Chapel Hill for opening football
practice on September 1. He is
rated one of the brightest pros
pects for the Tar Heel backfield
this season, and Coach Jim Tatum
is depending upon the Brunswick
county speedster to help carve
out a winning record.
There is no doubt about Var
num’s speed, for last spring he
was second only to Duke’s great
Dave Sime in the Atlantic Coast
Conference 100-yard dash. He is a
senior this year, and has two
years of varsity experience be
hind him.
Capture Record
Still Near Supply
New Abbreviation
For Sunny Point
Official notification from
headquarters at USATTCA
in New York to Sunny Point
Army Terminal directs that
effective immediately the
familiar term “SPAT” will
now be “SPART”. This new
abbreviation gives a more
pronounced accent to the
Army end of Sunny Point.
Information also received
tells us that this same
change has also been placed
in effect as concerns Brook
lyn Army Terminal and
Hampton Roads Army Ter
minal. Both of these instal
lations are now being referred
to as BART and HRART in
stead of BAT and HRAT.
Social Security
Payments Grow
Statistics Reveal That 877
Persons In Brunswick
County Are Receiving
Monthly Benefits
By ERNEST F. FITZPATRICK
(Manager of the Wilmington,
N. C., District Office)
More than 877 beneficiaries in
Brunswick County were getting
monthly social security payments
totalling $29,666.00 at the end of
1956. The number of beneficiaries
increased by 142 over 1955 and
the total of monthly benefits be
ing paid in the county at the
close of the year was $6,121.00
over the total being paid a year
ago, Ernest F. Fitzpatrick, Dis
trict Manager of the Wilmington
social security office, announced
today.
He pointed out thaet self-em
ployed farmers were first brought
under social security in January,
1955. Those over retirement age
at that time, or who reached re
tirement age before the end of
1956, became insured if they re
ported self-employment income of
at least $400 for 1955, and again
for 1956. These insured persons
were able to qualify for old-age
benefjt payments during the lat
ter year. Fitzpatrick said that
many self-employed farmers and
t'heir dependents filed claims for
benefits in Brunswick county in
1956. The number of farm claims
filed in 1957 will be much great
er, Fitzpatrick said.
Noting the impact of farm cov
erage in general on essential ag
ricultural areas like Brunswick
county, Fitzpatrick said that a |
farm employee, for instance, who j
was already at retirement age by
mid-1956 became insured as of
April 1 of that year if he had
(Continued On Page Six)
1 One Of Largest Units Ever
Found In North Carolina
Destroyed Thursday By
Sheriff And ATU Agents
APPARENTLY OWNED
BY OUTSIDE INTEREST
Huge Outfit Had Capacity
And Raw Materials On
Hand For Manufacture
Of Several Hundred
Gallons Daily
One of the biggest stills ever
found in North Carolina was de
stroyed Thursday by Brunswick
county Sheriff Elbert H. Gray,
Deputy Sheriff Leon Galloway and
ATU agents from Wilmington.
The big outfit was located near
the Supply-Makatoka road about
three miles from U. S. No. 17,
in the Royal Oak section. Ac
cording to Sheriff Gray, it had
not been in that location for very
many days, and there was evi
dence that law enforcement offi
cers interrupted a large-scale
manufacturing effort.
The still was rated at 1,500
gallon capacity. There were two
750-gallon pre-heaters; three 55
gallon proof barrels; 90 hogsheads
of 320-gallon capacity each; two
steam boilers, each of 15-horse
power; two deep-well pumps with
gasoline motors; and a quantity
of charcoal, which was used for
firing without giving off tell-tale
smoke.
There were several hundred gal
lons of mash, some of it ready
to run, and those who know say
that the still was capable of run
ning off 900-gallons per day. A
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Upward Trend In
Tobacco Prices
Warehousemen Are Opti
mistic Over Prosoects As
Sales Figures Climb In
Pounds As Well As In
Price
A better than $60 average was
expected before market time
opened in Whiteville today, as R.
G. Maultsby, sales supervisor, re
ported a full market for the
third consecutive sale day.
The Whiteville market hit its
first million pounds day Thurs
day, and repeated again on Fri- :
day. Maultsby said all houses
weie full today.
At the end of 14 days of sell- !
ing, in Whiteville, earlier pre
dictions of a short crop, 20 per
cent due to acreage cut back, i
and possibly up to 17% percent
more (for all flue-cured leaf), |
began to show up.
Season reports show sales
standing at over 9,070,000 pounds
are off about 30.4 percent from
1956. This is considered hearten
ing for the area market in view
(Continued On Page Six)
Announce List
Of Places For
‘Nickels’ Vote
Brunswick County Farmers
Will Cast Ballot Friday
In Statewide “Nickels
For-Know-How” Referen
dum
VOTE COVERS PLAN
FOR THREE YEARS
Cost To Average Farmer Is
Only About 30-Cents Per
Year; Plan Provides
Research Dollars
Brunswick County feed and
fertilizer users will go to the
polls Friday to decide the fate
of North Carolina’s unique "Nick
els for Know-How” program.
A. S. Knowles, county farm
agent, today reported that 17
different polling places through
out the country will be open
from 7:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m.
These are located at:
Waccamaw township—D. S.
Gore Store, Lonnie Evans Store,
Rowland Simmons Store, and Ben
nett’s Trading Co. Store; Shal
lotte township—Wash am, Warliek
& Harrelson Store, J. S. Parker
Store and W. J. McLamb’s Store;
Lockwood Folly township—J. E.
Kirby Store, J. M. Parker Store,
and Columbus Trading Company;
Smithville township — Midway
Service Station and Hugh Spen
cer's Store; Town Creek town- ‘
ship—Harold Willetts Store, A. P.
Henry, Jr., Store, and G. L. Skip
per’s Store; Northwest township.
—Applewhite’s Store at Maco and
Rourk’s Store in Leland.
Nickels for Know-How is a
statewide program through which ~
feed and fertilizer users pay a
nickel extra per ton of these pro
ducts for agricultural research and -
education. The August 23 vote'
will decide whether the program ”
is continued for another three ■
years.
The program costs the average
North Carolina farmer only about
30 cents per year; only the larg
est farmers contribute more than
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Webb Announces
School Faculty
Southport High School Tea
cher List Given By Prin
cipal; School Opens Next
Thursday Morning At 9
O’Clock
Principal Thomas Webb an
nounces that the faculty for
Southport high school has been
completed, and that school will
open at 9 o’clock next Thursday
morning.
School activities will begin at
the same time the following day,
but on Monday, September 2,
school will open at 8:30 o’clock
and will last until 3 o’clock as
the regular schedule begins.
Mr. Wehb urges all children of
school to enroll the first day and
to come to school every day. “We
have the possibility of qualifying
for an extra teacher if our aver
age daily attendance during the
first two weeks is great enough’’,
he said.
Following is the list of teachers:
First grades, Miss Norment and
Mrs. Iris Smith; second grades,
Miss Jessamine Ashley and Mrs.
Thelma Willis; fourth, Mrs. Annie
R. Weeks; fifth grades, Miss Ger
trude Loughlin and Mrs. Merle
Lennon; sixth, Mrs. Tom Webb;
(Continued on Page Four*
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 Cow Tldf
Thursday, August 22,
4:35 A. M. 10:56 A. M.
5:12 P. M. 11:39 P. M.
Friday, August 23,
5:37 A. M. 11:54 A. M.
6:08 P. M. 0:00 P. M.
Saturday, August 24,
6:34 A. M. 12:32 A. M.
7:02 P. M. 12:48 P. M.
Sunday, August 25,
7:29 A. M. 1:22 A. M.
7:54 P. M. 1:41 P. M.
Monday, August 26,
8:23 A. M. 2:11 A. M.
8:44 P. M. 2:34 P. M.
Tuesday, August 27,
9:16 A. M. 2:59 A. M.
9:35 P. M. 3:25 P. M.
Wednesday, August 28,
10:10 A. M. 3:47 A. M.
10:26 P. M. 4:17 P. M.