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Brunswick County
Volume No. 18
No. 11
SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1957
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Citizens Group
Hears Program
For Development
Representative Of Depart
ment Of Conservation
And Development Talks
With Southport People
People Friday
HARRY CLARK OF
WILMINGTON HERE
Mayor E, B- Tomlinson To
Appoint Committee For
Purpose Of Forming
Local Organization
A group of Southport citizens
met Friday night to hear Cecil
Bell of the Industry Division of
the Department of Conservation
and Development tell of the steps
necessary to attract industry.
Also present was Harry Clark,
director of the Committee of One
Hundred, of Wilmington.
Bell said that a local organiza
tion is essential to the success
of attempting to induce industry
to locate in a community. Another
important point is to take inven
tory, and the speaker made it
clear that this should be done not
only with the object of listing
all of the good points, but for
the purpose of discovering weak
nesses as well in order that they
might be eliminated.
In speaking of the types of in
dustry available, he pointed out
that many times it is possible
to encourage local expansion, or
to start something new on a
local level. He made particular
reference to novelties and souve
nirs.
He spoke of the unusual natural
facilities here along the Cape
Fear, and said that he is well
aware of the potential value of
the fresh water supply at Bounc
ing Long spring. He also thinks
that facilities for deepwater ship
ping are important, and may hold
the key to future development.
He advised the local group to
organize immediately, and to
choose a name for the organiza
tion. Mayor E. B. Tomlinson, who
presided, agreed to name a com
mittee to work out these plans.
Clark said that he is interested
in development of the Wilming
ton area, and he promised his
assistance in connection with ob
taining industry, either large or
small, that is peculiarly well suit
ed to the Southport locality.
Both men spoke of the willing
ness of the State agencies to as
sist in attracting prospects, but
they stressed the importance of
having everything ship-shape on
the community level.
Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
LADIES NIGHT
Ladies Night will be observed
by the Methodist Men's Club
Thursday at 7 o’clock at Trinity
Methodist Church. Pierce Horne is
president of this organization.
RETURN CARDS
Farmers are urged to return
their return card 1957 tobacco
marketing card to the ASC office
as soon as possible after finishing
sales.
OUT OF SERVICE
Billie Cullis, who is just out of
the Army and is now spending a
week here with his mother, Mrs.
Bessie Cullis before leaving for
Sarasota, Fla. where he will en
ter Ringling Art School.
IN COLLEGE
Two Shallotte boys, both form
er service men, are attending Wil
mington College. One is Dykes
Hewett, who will graduate at the
close of the winter term. The
other is Harry Lee Formy Duval,
who has recently enrolled as a
freshman.
HOMECOMING DAY
There will be a homecoming day
celebration on Sunday, September
29, at Zion Methodist Church,
Town Creek Charge. This will be
an all day meeting with lunch
furnished by members of the
church.
NEW APPOINTMENT .
Officials at Sunny Point an
nounce a new staff assignment
with Eugene B. Tomlinson, En
gineering official at SPART, as
suming the additional duties of
Deputy Director of Services. This
places Mr. Tomlinson in the num
ber two spot within the Services
directorate, this latter agency be
ing responsible for the complete
maintenance and repair and sup
ply problems involved in the op
eration of this multi-million dol
lar installation.
WhitevilleExpectedTo Top
30.5 Millions On Tobacco
Higher Prices Helped Make Up Dollar Deficit Resulting
From Acreage Reduction
The Whiteville tobacco
market went into its next to
last day of the 1957 selling
period with a full sale and
expectations of bartering off
about 30,500,000 pounds of
leaf.
The Whiteville market, op
erating with two sets of buy
ers, opened Monday with an
estimated 650,000 to 700,000
pounds of leaf for the to
bacco companies.
This with a looked for
good • closing day, Tuesday, is
expected to push the pound
age within 10,000,000 pounds
of the record 40,484,000 of
last year.
Although off about 24 per
cent in volume, the average
still ranges about $4 50 above
that for 1956 and will keep
the dollar volume consider
ably closer to last year’s
figures than the poundage
indicates.
U. S. Department of Agri
culture reports show that so
far through Friday 29,799,
791 pounds have been sold
for $17,639,463, at an aver
age of $59.19. Last year for
40.5 millions it was $22.1
millions.
The Whiteville market is
one of three still operating in
the Border Belt. Mullins is
still selling, also in South
Carolina. Fairmont, Lumber
ton and Mullins v^jll close
Sept. 26.
The Whiteville market was
Tuesday gave the market a
40-day season for the year.
Farm Committee
Election October 8
Nominations Added Thru'
Circulation Of Petitions
According To Provisions
Of Regulations
ONE VOTING PLACE
IN EACH TOWNSHIP
Eligible Farmers Being
Urged To Participate In
Balloting Which Will
Be Conducted On
October 8
ASC community committee elec
tions will be held Tuesday, Octo
ber 8 and any farmer who is
participating or eligible to par
ticipate in any of the programs
administered by the County ASC
Committee is eligible to vote.
Farmers are urged not to pass
up this opportunity to vote for
the men they want to serve on
the Community ASC Committee.
At the same time a delegate will
be elected to attend the County
Convention bo elect the County
ASC Committee.
The committees will help farm
ers use price support programs
to protect their market, and will
administer acreage allotment and
marketing quota programs on to
bacco, peanuts, wheat and cotton.
They will also administer both
phases of the new Soil Bank Pro
gram.
The designated polling place for
each community is: Lockwoods
Folly—J. E. Kirby’s Store; North
West—Applewhite’s Store; Smith
ville—Midway Station; Shallotte—
Grissettown, Parker’s Store; Town
Creek—Bolivia—Douglas Hawes
Store; Waccamaw School, agri
cultural building.
The final slate of nominees for
positions on the community com
mittee in each community is as
follows:
Lockwoods Folly township: Rob
ert Hawes, George Danford, Peter
Hewett, Herbert Gray, LeGwynn
Varnum, Aldreth Phelps, Wilbur
D. Holden, Garland Clemmons,
Rhobie Phelps, Henry Williams.
Northwest township: Elmer Ay
cock, George Skipper, R. L. Stew
art, Charlie Sykes, W. H. Brew,
R. J. Peterson, M. V. Skipper,
G. B. Skipper, J. W. Williams,
Herbert Skipper.
Smithville township: T. Clarence
Lennon, T. J. Gilbert, Hoyd Lan
caster, 'Claude Moore, Edgar
Finch, Herbert Swain, Jr., Frank
lin Cox, Ralph Sellers, Fred Stev
ens, Lonnie Shaw, Willie Clem
mons, Willie C. Hewett.
Shallotte township: Calvin Den
nis, H. M. Fullwood, Jr., William
Hewett, A. W. Bradsher, Herman
Osborne, J. L. Stone, Boyd Robin
son, D. C. Russ, Nelson Bennett,
Bryan Bennett.
Town Creek township: Roy
Swain, Charlie Taylor, Sherwood
Johnson, Wilbur McKeithan, Hom
er Holden, Leon McKeithan, S. L.
Purvis, J. W. Wescott, Jr., Alton
Potter, E. T. Albright.
Waccamaw township: Cortez
Ward, Joe Piver, Leo Smith, C.
D. Milligan, Jim Daniel Vereen,
Dallas McKeithan, Jennings King,
Newman Smith, Roy W. Hughes,
James Ganus.
The names that were nominated
by petition were found to be eligi- j
ble under the regulations of the
Secretary of Agriculture and ap
pear in the above list.
Requests were received from
two nominees who were nominated
by the Community Election Board
that their names be dropped and
not entered on the ballots. Their
names do not appear in the above
list.
Assist Farmers
To Fill Forms
Brunswick County Farm
Bureau Chairman Joe Stana
land said this week that the
deadline for making applica
tion for refund for Federal
gasoline tax for non-highway
use is October 1, and he
urged Brunswick county far
mers to get in their claims.
He said that a represent
ative of the Farm Bureau
will be in Shallolte Saturday
from 9 o'clock in the morning
until 5 in the afternoon to
assist in filling out the appli
cation form. Stanaland said
that the average amount due
North Carolina farmers from
this source is $14 per year,
and collections are on an an
nual basis. State tax refund
claims will coftie later, he
said.
Stream Clearance
Now Completed
Work In 19 Counties In
Eastern North Carolina
Results From Damage
Caused By 1955 Hurri
canes
The 19-county stream clearance
work in the coastal area has been
completed at a cost of over $1.1
million, the Corps of Engineers’
District office said this week.
Col. H. C. Rowland, Jr., Dis
trict Engineer, said the program
covered 412 miles of streams and
waterways which were clogged
with trees, snags and similar de
bris by the 1955 hurricanes.
He said the work was perform
ed for the Federal Civil Defense
Administration by contracts un
der the supervision of the Corps
of Engineers. It involved the
counties of Bladen, Beaufort,
Camden, Craven, Columbus, Dup
lin, Carteret, Martin, Pamlico,
Washington, Hertford, Onslow,
Brunswick, New Hanover, Tyrrell,
Wilson, Bertie, Jones and Pender.
In Dare County, Colonel Row
land said, four contractors are
engaged in a 45-mile drainage job
clearing and opening ditches in a
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Mrs. Arrington
Board Member
Southport Lady Becomes
State Appointee On Bruns
wick County Board Of
Public Welfare
Mrs. E. H. Arrington of South
port is the new State appointed
member of the Brunswick Coun
ty Board of Public Welfare.
Mrs. Arrington is the former
Miss Alice Crammer. She is a
graduate of the Woman’s College
of the University of North Caro
lina where she majored in socio
logy. For sometime after grad
uation she was a case worker in
the Guilford County Department
of Public Welfare. She then be
came head of the High Point
city office which position she held
from 1927 to 1929.
Mrs. Arrington and her hus
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College Course
Being Offered
On Two Levels
First Session For Graduate
Course Conducted Last
Wednesday Evening At
Bolivia High School With
Dr. Frank Fuller As In
structor
ANOTHER COURSE
IS BEING PLANNED
Teachers And Students Are
Holding Planning Session
Tonight To Decide
About 2nd Course
Arrangements have been com
pleted for a senior and graduate
college course to be taught here
in Brunswick county, and the sec
ond session is being conducted at
Bolivia high school this (Wednes
day) evening under Dr. Frank
Fuller, member of the faculty at
East Carolina College.
Visual aids was the course that
was originally selected for the
first of these extension course
sessions, but on last Wednesday
evening the majority of the pros
pective students present voted to
take a course in "Principles of
Guidance” instead. This course is
for college seniors or graduates,
and 3 hours credit will be granted
toward a degree for seniors; to
ward an “A” certificate; toward a
masters degree; or toward a coun
selor certificate.
Superintendent John G. Long
has worked out these plans with
Dr. Ralph Brimley, director of
field services at East Carolina
College, and he is extremely well
pleased that Dr. Fuller has .been
made available to conduct this
first course for college credit ever
offered in Brunswick.
“Persons who are not teach
ing, who have completed work to
qualify as college seniors, or grad
uates who hold a B. S. or a B. A.
degree are encouraged to take
this course,” Superintendent Long
said this week.
"Tbachers will espoclally'bcne
jfit from (his course, even though
they may not need it for credit
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Concession On
Wheat Acreage
Farmers May Plant Up To
30-Acres For Use On
Their Own Farm Next
Year
Legislation passed by. the Con
gress just prior to adjournament
will permit farmers whose wheat
acreage allotment is less than 30
acres bo grow up to that amount
of wheat for use exclusively on
the farm without penalty, accord
ing to Tilman R. Walker, Chair
man of the Agricultural Stabili
zation and Conservation State
Committee.
The new provision, which ap
plies only to wheat planted this
fall and future crops, requires that
interested farmers make applica
tion at their local ASC office be
fore they may plant this addi
tional wheat for use on the farm.
When the farmer makes his appli
cation at the local ASC office,
Walker explained, he must show
the intended disposition of the
wheat and this must be done
before the 1958 crop planting time
on the farm or October 15, 1957,
whichever is later.
If a producer signs up for the
feed-wheat exemption provision,
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Two Southport
Boys Will Enlist
Two Southport high school
graduates have received letters
from the department of Army ap
proving their attendance at tech
nical schools in the U. S. Army.
Paul W. Cochran and Elton L.
Jones have received their approved
application to attend the NIKE
Missile Electronic Material Main
tenance course at the United
States Air Defense School, located
at Fort Bliss, Texas. Duration
of the school is 28 weeks. Cochran
and Jones will attend basic train
ing together and will also attend
the technical school together.
They will enter the Army some
time between October 11-24 of
this year.
Mistrial Ordered
In Assault Case
Here Last Week
Jury Deadlocked In Trial
Of Herbert Fulford, Who
Was Charged With Shoot
ing Johnnie Varnum
Trial of Herbert Fulford, Bruns
wick county white man, on a
charge of secret assault resulted
in a mistrial last Wednesday eve
ning with the jury deadlocked.
Judge Raymond Mallard, who
was presiding over the September
term of Superior court for trial
of criminal cases, withdrew a
juror and declared the mistrial.
Fulford was arrested last spring
and was charged with being the
man who fired a rifle through
the window of the home of John
nie Varnum, the bullet striking
the victim on the cheek, enter
ing the mouth and finally emerg
ing high on the shoulder.
Evidence offered against Fulford
was laregly circumstantial and
consisted of finger prints and a
cast of an automobile tire print.
Fulford’s defense was based upon
the alibi that he was in South
port at the time of the shooting,
which occurred near Holden
In the case of O'Neal Stanley,
Negro man who faced charges
of assault after his victim, Floyd
Johnson, died on the operating
table, a directed verdict of not
quilty was handed down by Judge
Mallard. Stanley told Brunswick
county law enforcement officers
that he fired upon Johnson when
he found him peering into the
window of his home late at night.
The following divorces were
granted: David J. Joye vs Mary
Fowler Joye; Johnson M. Carr
Pretty vs Fred Lee Pretty;
George L. Little vs Sarah Rice
Little; Hazel Argue vs George
H. Argue; Walter Lewis vs Ellen
N. Lewis. A mistrial was order
ed in the case of Jesse C. Jones
vs Rolie A. Jones.
Applicants Slow
For ASC Benefits
Plenty Of Funds Available
For Use In Fall Practices
And May Be Obtained
Through Shallotte Office
Participation of farmers in the
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram in Brunswick County is un
usually low at present, ASC of
ficials said this week. Fall seed
: ing time is here and they would
like to have additional farmers
share in the county's ACP assist
ance.
Brunswick ASC officials hope to
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TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HARPER
It was September 29, and the Southport chapter of the East
ern Star was planning to present a home-talent musical. Sche
duled to star were Leila Hubbard, John Shannon, Evelyn Lough
lin, Emma Lou Harrelson, Waters Thompson and James Wolfe.
Sears and Roebuck was advertising a .22 rifle for $3.95, and a
children’s choir from Oxford Orphanage had performed for a
local audience two days earlier.
Congressman J. Bayard Clark of Fayetteville had visited
Brunswick County on a hunting-fishing trip as guest of Wilbur
Dosher and L. T. Yaskell. Local shrimpers had accounted for
over 20 tons of shrimp in one day during the past week, but it
remained for Doonie Watts and Homer McKeithan to report the
top individual catch; on one trawl they had netted a fully nego
tiable $5.00 bank note.
September 30, 1942, and the Bavy recruiter was making the
rounds in Brunswick County seeking out men and women alike
to serve in that service branch. Brunswick County school child
ren were co-operating in a scrap metal drive for the war effort,
and Lt. Col. Ivan L. Bennett, a (^apiain in the Army, was serv
ing somewhere in Australia.
John L. Stone was replacing 0»bert Reid as a member of the
County Board of Education. The Southport Building and Loan
Association was advertising 25 aid so cent shares, the local Red
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Lands Tarpon
PRIZE:—This is Dickie Dixon of Yaupon Beach,
who landed a 65-pound tarpon while fishing from the
ocean pier at Yaupon Beach Thursday afternoon. He
had two other tarpon hooked, but both managed to get
away. Young Dixon is 14-years of age and is the first per
son to land a tarpon hooked from-one-of the Brunswick
county piers this year. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
A. Dixon.
Saturday Fishing
Good On Shoals
Ratcliffe Goes
Back As Deputy
H. G. Ratcliffe said this
morning that he has resigned
as manager of the Southport
ABC Store and will return to
his duties as deputy sheriff
and jailer of Brunswick coun
ty effective October 1.
He resigned a month ago
to accept appointment as
manager of the local liquor
store, and since that time
Sheriff Elbert H. Gray has
spent most of his time in the
office and has filled the posi
tion of jailer, with the assist
ance of Ray Spencer.
The sheriff said today that
he is delighted that Mr. Rat
cliffe has decided to return as
a member of his force. Mr.
Ratcliffe said that he is con- *
vinced that he is better suited
for the work he has been en
gaged in for years than for
the position he has held dur
ing the past month.
Superior Court
Term Next Month
Judge Hamilton Hobgood
Scheduled To Preside
Over Lengthy Session Of
Civil Court In October
A jury list has been drawn by
members of the board of county
commissioners for the October
term of Brunswick county Supe
rior court for trial of civil cases.
Judge Hamilton Hobgood of
Louisburg is scheduled to preside.
Clerk of Superior court Jack
Brown said yesterday that there 1
is an unusually lengthy calendar
of cases awaiting disposition dur
ing the coming term.
Following is the jury list:
A. R. Wescott, Garvan Mercer, j
J. Clifton Johnson, Bolivia; C. C.
McCall, Charlie Hobson McCall, 1
Floyd Kirby, Jr., Washley Lan
caster, Troy A. Caison, Sam L.
Kirby, Rhobe Phelps, Supply; A.
D. Hewett, Charles A. Russ, J.
R. Morgan, R. Z. Ganey, Thomas
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Several Southport Charter
Boats Reported Best Blue
fish And Spanish Mack
erel Catches In Recent
Weeks
SEVERAL BOATS HAVE
OFF - SHORE TRIPS
Weather And Fishing Pros
pects Considered Promis
ing By Captains Of
Charter Boats
Saturday was one of the best
days of the season for bluefish
and Spanish mackerel on Frying
Pan Shoals, and several of the
Southport boats brought in catch
es that ran to 300 fish or better.
Capt. L. D. Haymon had Gail
Hall and party out aboard the1
Silver Spray and brought in 273 j
blues and mackerel.
Capt. Ray Stubbs had J. L.!
Penniger and party of Concord,
and they had 372 bluefish and
Spanish mackerel.
On Saturday Capt. H. A.
j Schmidt had Dr. Anthony and
1 party of Kings Mountain out
aboard the Idle On III and they
| caught 302 blues and mackerel.
The next day he had the same
party and they brought in 10
king mackerel, 4 dolphin, 3 bonito,
2 amberjack and I cobia. On Mon
| day T. D. Smith and party of
' Siler City caught 14 king mack
erel, 3 dolphin, 2 barracuda and
10 Spanish mackerel.
On Saturday Capt. Basil Watts
had Mrs. Connise and party of
Fayetteville out aboard the Idle
On II and brought in 300 blues
and mackerel. Pat Dugan and
party of Fayetteville were out
with him the next day and caught j
11 dolphin, I romana, 1 cero, 11,
king mackerel and 1 barracuda, j
Mr. McAllister and party of
Alexis were out Monday and j
caught 11 king mackerel, 18 dol- j
phin, 2 barracuda.
Capt. Fred Fulford had E. K. !
Morgan of Gastonia out aboard
the Davis Bros V on Friday and
brought in 260 blues and mackerel.
His Sunday trip was with Willie
Hammond and party of Whiteville, i
and they brought in 100 pounds
of blackfish and red snapper. On 1
Monday Jim Gulley and party of!
Charlotte caught 11 king mack
erel, 4 dolphin and 2 bonito.
On Saturday Capt. Walter Lew
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E. L. White Lions
Club Speaker At
rhursday Meeting
Member Of State Highway
Commission Discusses Po
licies Of That Body And
Explains Procedure For
Seeking Aid
COOPERATION IS
NEW WATCHWORD
County Commissioners Play
Important Role In Decis
ions Regarding Projects
Set For Improvement
Members of the Southport Lions
Club heard E. L. White, member
of the State Highway Commis
sion, define the policies and work
ing plans of the new organization
when he appeared as speaker here
'Thursday evening.
He was presented by Represent
ative James C. Bowman, who
praised the highway commissioner
as a man who is area-minded
and one who has given ample
evidence in the past of his will
ingness to help with any worth
while project or undertaking in
Southeastern North Carolina.
Mr. White made it clear that
the entire concept of the new
highway organization is based
upon cooperation. He stressed the
important role that will be played
by members of the board of coun
ty commissioners, and he made it
clear that the order of preference
for projects within a given county
will be based upon their recom
mendations.
Commissioner White pointed out
that the new seven-man commis
sion has been set up with the
object of removing as much as
possible1 the idea that each county
^nd each district was out for all
they could- get, regardless or need.
“It is our hope to work out our
plans so that our roads will render
the greatest possible good to the
largest possible number of peo
ple,” he said.
He spoke of the tremendous
inter-state highway system that
will affect certain areas of North
Carolina, but pointed out that this
is being undertaken on a long
range basis that will require at
least 12 years for completion.
Price Of Milk
Makes Advance
Retail Prices Up One-Cent
With Srrfall Increase Also
Being Paid To Dairy Far
mers For Product
Milk prices in the Brunswick
lounty area took another penny
increase at grocery stores last
week. It is the second time in
the past two years that the price
has gone up.
The increase was granted by
the state milk commission after
dairymen won what amounts to
a three-tenths of a cent per
quart increase in wholesale
prices.
The earlier increase in retail
milk prices followed a post-Hazel
dairymen’s request for a tem
porary bulk price increase
amounting to twenty-five hun
dreds of a cent. The temporary
rate lasted three months.
The one cent retail increase
has continued to be in force.
Milk prices at the store now
are 28 cents a quart. Following
the 1955 hurricanes, hard hit
dairymen asked for a bulk in
crease in milk of 25 cents a
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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.
low xi at
High Tide
Thursday, September 26,
9:48 A. M. 3:22 A. M.
10:03 P. M. 3:57 P. M.
Friday, September 27,
10:41 A. M. 4:10 A. M.
10:54 P. M. 4:49 P. M.
Saturday, September 28,
11:36 A. M. 5:00 A. M.
11:48 P. M. 5:42 P. M.
Sunday, September 29,
0:00 A. M. 5:52 A. M.
12:31 P. M. 6:39 P. M.
Monday, September 30,
12:45 A. M. 6:49 A. M.
1:29 P. M. 7:36 P. M.
I Tuesday, October 1,
1:43 A. M. 7:48 A. M.
2:26 P. M. 8:35 P. M.
Wednesday, October 2,
2:42 A. M. 8:48 A. M.
3:21 P. M. 9:30 P. M.