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Most Of The News All The Time A Good Newspaper Volume No. 18 No. 7 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. PORT PILOT In A Good Community WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR New Specialist At Sunny Point Is Col. Kemper Retired Army Officer Be comes Contract Sjjecial ist; He Has Local Con nections And Is Married To Former Southport Lady RECENTLY RETIRED FROM ACTIVE DUTY Had Distinguished Military Career Preceding Retire ment And Acceptance Of His Position Here Col. Wilmer G. Kemper, form er Chief of Allotment Operations at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Ind., has been named contract special ist at Sunny Point Army Ter minal and has assumed his duties at this installation. Col. Kemper, who was re leased from active Army duty on July 31, considers Sunny Point in the nature of a home town assignment, as his wife, the form er Irene Weeks, is a native of Southport. Combined, Colonel Kemper has over 34 years Federal Service. He was associated with the General Accounting office for nearly 20 years and enlisted in the District of Columbia National Guard Anti Aircraft Artillery in 1932. Dis charged as a First Sergeant in 1936 to accept a commission, he was ordered to active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas, with his unit on January 6, 1941. After the attack on Pearl Har bor, his unit was ordered to de fend the Bremerton Washington Navy Yard an dother areas in the Seattle area. In April 1942 he assisted in the organization and training of the 503rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment and was with that unit in the Aleutian Islands from June 1942 to September 1944, and was Brigade S4 on Umnak Island dur ing the Attu and Kiska Landing. Released from active duty in 1945, Colonel Kemper returned to GAO in Washington and helped reorganize the District of Colum bia National Guard Artillery. His last tour of duty with the Army began in 1946. During this tour he served at the Presidio of Monterey, California; Japanese Islands and Okina wa during the j Korean conflict; and upon his re turn to the United States in 1951 j served as Regional Director, San I Francisco Region, Army Audit Agency. Colonel Kemper’s career at the Finance Center began in Novem ber 1953 when he was assigned Chief, Class Q Allotment Division. From that position he was ap pointed Chief, Settlements Divi (Continued on Page 4) I Brief Bits Of lnewsj MOSQUITO FUNDS Brunswick county has been al lotted $2,4:52.25 from the State fund for mosquito control. These are matching funds, and will be used to control salt marsh mos quitoes in this county. LABOR DAY Labor Day will be observed in Southport Monday, with all city and county offices being closed. The county commissioners will be in session on Tuesday, but the regular session of Recorder’s court will not be held next week. OPEN HOUSE Sunday afternoon from 2 to 5 o’clock will be observed as open house at the new Baptist parson age here in Southport. Members of the church and other interested friends are invited to visit this lovely new home for the minister and his family. MOVING IN Equipment is being installed this week in the new dental office of Dr. C. A. Graham in South port. Dr. Graham has purchased the former home of Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Burdette and his office will be located in the same quarters formerly occupied by the Burdette clinic. TRAGEDY AVERTED Mr. and Mrs. Arville Cottrell and family of Penns Grove, N. J., spent a part of their vacation here last week visiting Mr. and Mrs. R. D. St. George and Capt. J. B. Church. While here they spent an afternoon over at the in land waterway bridge on the beach road on a crabbing ex pedition. One of the children tumbled into the water, and only hasty rescue efforts on the part of bystanders and the parents prevents a serious tragedy. Sisters Teaching TEACHERS—Miss Marion Galloway, left, and Mrs. Ida Ruth Smith,right, are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Leoh Galloway of Shallotte. These young ladies graduated this year at the University of South Caro lina and will enter the teaching profession this fall. t Miss Galloway will teach at Shallotte, her old school. Her sister will teach in the Tilman’s Beach School in South Carolina. Brunswick County Schools To Open Everything In Readiness For* Opening Of Fall Term To morrow (Thursday) Morn ing In All Schools NEW BUILDINGS AT COLORED SCHOOLS County-Wide Teachers Meet ing Planned For South port Next Week; Super intendent Long Urges Early Start Everything is in readiness for the opening of Brunswick county schools for their fall term tomor row. Two schools, Waccamaw and Leland, will have new principals. John Weldon Hall is the new head man at Waccamaw, while Rex Mitchell is the new principal at Leland. Hall, who comes from Lumber ton, succeeds John G. Long, while Mitchell, formerly principal at Selma, takes the place of Holland Manning, who resigned at the end of last term. Superintendent Long said last night that all faculty groups have been completed. He announced that there will be a county-wide teacher’s meeting in Southport next week. Superintendent Long stressed the importance of having students enter school the first day and at tend every day. “There is a pos sibility that some or our schools may qualify for an additional teacher,’’ he said, “and that will depend upon the average daily attendance for the first 10 days.” School buses were given out yesterday, and Superintendent Long talked to the drivers on the subject of safe driving. Also pres ent and participating in the pro gram were H. V. Hawley, Herman Love and Corporal O. H. Lynch. Corporal Lynch stressed the re sponsibility of parents in the mat ter of impressing the children with the importance of safety on school buses. “That starts even before they get on the bus”, he pointed out. “Some of the most dangerous practices are things the kids do while playing along the road waiting for the bus”. (Continued On Page Six) Ratcliffe Named ABC Store Head Resigns Position As Deputy Sheriff And Jailer To As sume Duties As Manager Of Southport ABC Store H. G. Ratcliffe has resigned as deputy sheriff and jailer to ac cept appointment as manager of the ABC store in Southport. Meanwhile, preparations are un derway to get the Gause building, located on Howe street, in shape for the location of the store. Ratcliffe has served as office deputy and jailer for the past seven years. Tire first years of this service were under ex-Sher iff E. V. Leonard, and he remain ed in the same position when Sheriff Elbert H. Gray assumed that office in 1954. He leaves the county service with the reputation of being one of the most honorable and effi cient men ever to serve in this department, and he leaves with the best wishes of the present (Continued on Page Four) Sailfish Catch Reported Monday It’s an ill wind that blows for six straight days from the northeast during the fish ing season—and that’s just what was wrong with this sport in Southport last week. But on Monday the famine was broken by Capt. Walter Lewis and the John Ellen. On an off-shore trip Tom Justin of Rutherfordton brought in a 3-foot sailfish, the first taken here in recent weeks. In addition, the party had 5 bonito, 6 amberjack, 3 bar racuda and a Spanish mack erel. Several boats were out Tuesday and made good catches. Complaint Over Shrimp Grading North Carolina Shrimp Re ported Not To Be Receiv ing Their Proper Credit On Northern Markets The discriminatory listing of North Carolina shrimp in the ‘green sheet” bulletin compiled by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the New York market has roused the North Carolina Fisheries Association to protest. NCFA President Garland F. Fulcher said that the prejudicial listing of North Carolina shrimp at two to 15 dollars below the New York market price began in 1956. He also pointed out that the count of North Carolina shrimp per pound until recently was listed as “so-called”. “It is the belief and observation of tire officers of this Associa tion,” said Fulcher, “that more shrimp graders are in operation proportionate to the catoh in North Carolina than in any other shrimp-producing area. Offhand we can count 14 of them. “And to downgrade the price of North Carolina shrimp, even by mistake,” he continued, “is to perpetrate a libel on the finest quality shrimp produced anywhere. Continued On Page Two Shallotte Man On Ice Patrol Robert F. Rogers Is With U. S. Coast Guard Ice breaker Eastwind Re-Sup plying Outlying Bases Robert F. Rogers, seaman, USCG, of Shallotte, is spending a frosty slimmer above the Arctic Circle aboard the U. S. Coast Guard icebreaker USCGC East wind, on the annual re-supply of the stations of the Distant Early Warning (DEW-line) radar net work. Some 96 ships are taking part in the operation, 50 in the Atlantic and 46 in the Pacific. This year’s trip is considered to be doubly dangerous over previous ones with the ships facing the Continued On Page Two Hayman Takes Over Pastorate At New CSiursh District Superintendent Pre sent For Organization Service Sunday Morning At Yaupon Village EIGHTEEN NAMES ON CHARTER LIST First Officers Of New Meth odist Church Named; Other Offices Will Be Filled Later By Pastor The names of 18 members were entered on the membership rolls of the newly organized Methodist Church of Yaupon Village at the organization service Sunday. Dr. J. E. Garlington, superin tendent of the Wilmington Dis trict, officiated at the service. Members were received into the new church and nominations for the major church offices were made by the Rev. L. D. Hayman, pastor of the church. In the brief quarterly conference, the follow ing officers were elected: Boards of Stewards: Pierce Horne, Robert Sellers and Mrs. Archie Dixon; Board of Trustees: Gibson Barbee, Archie Dixon and James Sanders; Sunday School Superintendent: Mrs. James San ders. This is a partial list, and other offices will be filled soon, according to the Rev. Mr. Hay man. Mrs. L. D. Hayman will serve the church as pianist, and the following members of the church school staff will continue their work: Kindergarten, Mrs. Gene Burke; Primary, Mrs. Adolph Mercer; Juniors, Mrs. Archie Dixon; and Youth, Mrs. W. C. Norton. Mrs. Sanders is church librarian. Plans are being made for a charter service to be held in the near future, at which time all new members will enter their names as charter members of the Methodist Church of Yaupon Vil lage. ...- . ... X ■ City Board Rescinds Several Sections From Existing Book Of Ordinance For City Of Southport Several business matters of varying degrees of interest and importance were discussed by members of the board of aider men at their meeting on Thurs day evening. Dan Walker, the contract audi tor, was authorized to prepare the audit balance sheet effective as of the day that this present city administration took office. The board decided to purchase a four-wheel trailer for the city of Southport on which to ' mount a generator. The chairman of the Parks and Recreation Committee, the City Manager and Chief of Police were authorized to consider a location for a public zoo and build the necessary facilities if they think it is feasible. A motion was passed that the following be rescinded from the City Ordinance Book: Chapter F, Section 9, subsection five delete words “of teams and’’, Subsection 6, Chapter G, Traffic Section 3— Section 1; Chapter H. Disorderly Conduct Section 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, Continued On Page Four Days Of Preparation PREPARATION—Sandra Holden of the Mt. Pisgah community is shown above with her flock of pullets that She is raising as a part of a 4-H project. She will select 12 of the best birds for the show and sale at Bolivia Friday. Jimmy Albright is shown with his purebred Aysire heifer that he is getting ready to show on Friday. He purch ased this animal from the herd at the State Sanitorium several months ago. He is from Bolivia. Livestock Day Plans Complete For This Week This Event Will Be Held On Used Car Lot Of El more Motor Co. And Will Be Sponsored By Lions Club Members of the Bolivia Lions Club will sponsor a Junior Live stock Show and Sale Friday at the used car lot of the Elmore Motor Co. Dairy animals will be shown by 4-H students who have them as a project. In the swine department, sev eral of the products of the pig chain project sponsored by the Bolivia Lions will be offered for sale, while a number of them will be on exhibit. A third department will be for poultry, with 4-H girls and boys showing pens of selected pullets which will be offered for sale at auction at the conclusion of the show. This is the second annual show and sale .The one held last fall was an outstanding success and led to the decision to try it again. The judging will be done by rep resentatives from the extension service at State College. The show will begin in the mor ning, and visitors from every sec tion of the county are invited to attend. The poultry and swine sale are particularly recommended as an opportunity to purchase some good breeding stock. Engineers Cite Safety Record U.S. Army Engineers Give Recognition To Construc tion Firm Engaged In Snagging And Clearing Project Continental Construction Com j pany, Inc., has been recognized by the U. S. Army Corps of En gineers for an outstanding safety record on twp stream clearing ob jects under contract to the firm in Eastern North Carolina. Col. H. C. Rowland Jr., Dis trict Engineer for the Wilming ton District, Corps of Engineers, Continued On Page Two TIME and TIDE By JIMMIE HARPER September 1, 1937. Brunswick County schools opened their doors on that day but the fate of the tiny school on Bald Head Island for Coast Guardmen’s' children was uncertain. The headline feature of The Pilot on this day was that Cuta way and Eldra Inman had discovered the remains of some pre historic monster near Freeland. Crawford Rourk had come into contact with another type of monster while shrimping—a huge devilfish estimated to weigh over three tons. Headline: “Brunswick Has Bicycle Quota.” Dateline: Septem ber 2, 1942. The story: Citizens of Brunswick County had been allowed a quota of six bicycles for the month of September. These six had been already purchased. Significance: Six citizens didn’t have to walk everywhere. Tobacco prices were continued high—40-cents a pound. Lewis and Dorothy Hardee had met a fate like unto death on their return trip to Louisiana. They had had two blowouts. And little Jean Thompson had celebrated her fourth birthday party. Among those in attendance jvere Penny Moore, Loui Cox, Ann Brooks Newton, Betty McGter.-iery, Clark Fergus and John Sanders. On September 3, 1947, The ing the fact that school, Continue iiot came out on schedule, record ■igain were starting on schedule. On Page Four Higher Prices Paid For Weed 4 Game Officials Making Survey Officials from the North Carolina Wildlife Commission arrived at Sunny Point on Monday to initiate action that will give SPART officials an accurate picture of their fish and game population. One of the first actions taken was the elimination of all fish life in one of the smaller ponds on the terminal. This was done to determine ac curately what steps should be taken to increase and improve fish life in the many other ponds within the reservation. Numerous Cases Tried In Court Variety Of Offenses Includ ed On This Week’s Doc ket; No Session Of Court For Next Week A long list of cases were dis posed of here Monday, and next week there will be no Recorder’s court due to the fact that Labor Day falls upon the day when court usually convenes. The fol lowing judgments were handed down: Thurman B. Hewett was found not guilty of speeding. James McMillan was found guilty of disposing of mortgaged property and given 4 months in jail, judgment being suspended upon payment of $115 to clerk of court for the benefit of R. S. Willetts. Horace W. Stone, Jr., was found guilty of failure to yield right of way and was fined $10 and costs. Tom Hewett, Jr., was found not guilty of operating with improper turning signals. Lennie V. Roberts pleaded guilty to charges of drunk driving and was fined $100 and costs. Edward M. Bellamy was found guilty of driving on the wrong side of the road, resulting in an accident, and was fined $10 and costs. The fine was remitted when it was revealed that the defendant and the prosecuting witness have arrived at a settlement. The charge against Clarence K. Henry for having no operator’s license was nol prossed. Sidney Malpass waived appear ance and pleaded guilty to charg es of driving with improper equip ment. He was fined $10 and costs. Stephens Brown pleaded guilty to charges of reckless operation and was fined $25 and costs. He was convicted of carrying a con cealed weapon and was fined $10 and costs, these being combined. Hilton Lee Britt was found guil ty of driving too fast for con ditions and fined $10 and costs. George L. Ethridge was found guilty of possession and was fined $10 and costs. Julius Gibson waived appearance and pleaded guilty to charges of driving without operator’s license. He was fined $25 and costs. Elizabeth F. Holt was found guilty of driving 65-mph and with improper passing. Her fine was $10, and she was taxed with costs. Walston E. Helms pleaded guil ty of driving with improper equip ment and was fined $10 and costs. A charge of improper license was Continued On Page Two Volume Of Sales Increases And Improvement In Prices Helps Wipe Out Differential In Dollar To tal WHITEVILLE HAS OVER 14 MILLION Both Farmers And Ware housemen Are Encouraged Over Recent Turn Of Events In Sales On Border Belt The high dollars rolling in along the Whiteville tobacco mar ket continued to narrow the in come gap that many had feared would be disastrously wide due to the loss of acreage through controls and weather. Although the Whiteville market figures represent only one market in the county, the results are considered somewhat significant as the performance of the three buyer market in the past has closely parralleled the tobacco ex perience of the county. At the end of 19 selling days, the Whiteville market, by sales supervisor’s giures has disposed of 14,669,320 pounds of leaf for $8,566,334.43. These figures are still shy of the 1956 totals at the same per iod. But, the tobacco poundage is only 18% percent less, for the same period, and the money fig ure is but 11% percent less than the $9.6 millions for the same time last year. This is considered excellent in face of a 20 percent acreage cut plus possibly 17% percent arought-drowning losses. Last week at the same juncture, the differences were 30.4 percent down in leaf, 18% percent down in money. By midweek it had climbed to 24% percent off for the leaf, 13 percent off for the money. For the Columbus county mar kets, performance continues good as approximately 29 million pounds of leaf sold for about $17 Continued On Page Two Brunswick Vote Favors ‘Nickles’ Light Vote Gives Overwhel ming Endorsement To Plan For Subsidizing Farm Research Program Feed and fertilizer users of Brunswick county voted to con tinue the Nickels For Know-How program for another 3 years last Friday when they cast 121 ballots for continuing the program and 13 against the program, reports Herbert Swain, Jr., Chairman of the Referendum Committee and a director of the N. C. Agricultural Foundation. The Foundation has charge of distributing the funds collected from the Nickels For Know-How program. Five cents are collected from each ton of feed and fertilizer purchased and turned over to the Agricultural Foundation to use in promoting research in many areas of agriculture. In the Cotton Use Promotion Referendum held at the same time of the Nickel Referendum, cotton farmers favored it 14 to 0. In this program, cotton ginners will col lect 10 cents per bale to be used \ in promoting more and better' markets. District Eastern Star Meeting Is Held Wednesday Live Oak Chapter Of This Organization Served As Hostess For AM - Day School Of Instruction SOUTHPORT LADY DISTRICT PRESIDENT Mrs. Marjarie Livingston Presided Over School; Luncheon Meeting At Community Building The Fourth District School of Instruction convened in annual session in the Daughters of Am erica Hall, Southport, on Wednes day at 10 o’clock, with Live Oak Chapter No. 179 serving as host ess. The chapter room was decorated with large baskets of flowers in the Worthy Grand Matron’s colors and the “Four Lamp Posts” were attractively arranged. Live Oak Chapter’s opening march carried out the Worthy Grand Matron’s chosen theme for the year. Mr-s. Elsie W. Jenkins, Worothy Matron, and Mr. Worth B. Ward, Worthy Patron, presided during the ritualistic opening, and Mra. Marjorie P. Livingston, District • Deputy Grand Matron, declared the school open. Distinguished guests introduced" and welcomed were: Mrs. Lila R.. Duke, Worthy Grand Matron, Mr. Vernon J. Spivey, Past Grand Pa-' tron, Mrs. Ella Mae Stokes, As- - sociate Grand Conductress, Mrs. Caroline Fleetwood, Grand Organ ist, Mrs. Sadie Starling, Grand ' Representative to South Carolina, ' Mrs. Frances Turner, District • Deputy Grand Matron of the: Third District, and Mr. T. T. • “Tom” Potter, District Deputy Grand Patron of the Third Dis trict. Others recognized included eight Grand Chapter Committee members, nine Worthy Matrons, Three Worthy Patrons, twenty six Past Matrons and two Past Patrons. Mrs. Livingston welcomed the assembled group. Initiation and balloting were exemplified by appointed officers from the District. Mrs. Lila R. Duke, Worthy Grand Matron made the necessary corrections and comments. Mrs. Duke explain ed her “Four Lamp Posts” pro (Continued on page four) Hogs Mutilate Body Of Man Body Of B. H. Edwards Is Discovered In Hog Pen Following Death From Heart Attack The gruesome sight of the body of his father who had been partially eaten by hogs was. dis covered Wednesday by Sam Ed wards. B. H. Edwards, 74-year-old Shallotte man, was last seen alive last Tuesday afternoon, when he visited a fishing camp near his home across the waterway from Ocean Isle Beach. The next day his son went to the house where he lived alone, and finding his bed had not been slept in the night before, he set about search ing for his father. A short time later his body was found in the hog pen, and bore signs of having been partially eaten by the animals he apparent (Continued on Page Four. Tide Fable 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 ot the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. High Tide Low Tldt Thursday, August 29, 11:05 A. M. 4:36 A. M. 11:19 P. M. 5:11 P. M. Friday, August 30, 12:02 A. M. 5:28 A. M. 0:00 P. M. 6:07 P. M. Saturday, August 31, 12:13 A. M. 6:22 A. M. 1:01 P. M. 7:06 P. M. Sunday, September 1, 1:10 A. M. 7:20 A. M. 2:00 P. M. 8:08 P. M. Monday, September 2, 2:10 A. M. 8:19 A. M. 3:00 P. M. 9:08 P. M. Tuesday, September 3, 3:11 A. M. 9:19 A. M. 3:57 P. M. 10:05 P. M. Wednesday, September 4, 4:08 A. M. 10:16 A. M. 4:49 P. M. 10:56 P. M.
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