THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Volume No. 18 No. 14 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAR
Most Of The News
All The Time
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
Building Repair
May Be Financed
Thru FHA Loan
George W. Knox, Jr., Rep
resentative In Brunswick
County, Points Out Servi
ces Of This Federal Ag
ency
APPLICATION MUST
HAVE PRIOR REFUSAL
Funds For Construction Or
Repair Of Farm Homes
Are Now Available To
Eligible Owners
The construction and repair of
farm houses and other farm build
ings may be financed by Farmers
Home Administration loans,
George W. Knox, Jr., the agency’s
Brunswick county supervisor, said
this week.
He said the same kind of farm
housing loan program is available
as last year when American farm
owners borrowed $21,300,000 to
construct, improve, or repair farm
houses and other essential farm
buildings, or to provide water for
farmstead or household use.
Farmers Home administration
loans are provided only when a
bank or other lenders cannot ade
quately serve the farm owner’s
credit needs, at the present time.
The agency does not compete
with conventional or cooperative
lenders, Knox said, but does sup
plement the credit services sup
plied by other sources. Borrowers
agree to repay the housing loans
within the shortest time consis
tent with their repayment abili
ties, but no loan schedule can go
beyond 33 years. The interest rate
is 4 percent.
Although housing loans go only
to farm owners, an owner may
boiTow to repair or build a house
or other farm buildings for his
tenants or farm laborers. A bor
rower must be an American citi
zen. Any farm involved must be
big enough and operated in such a
way as to be considered an actual
farm, and it must produce a sub
stantial part of the operators an-'
nual cash income. Farmers cannot
use farm housing loans to buy land
or refinance debts.
Knox cautioned loan applicants
against starting construction work
or incurring debts for work or
materials before their loans are
closed, if they expect to obtain
their financing through the Farm
ers Home Administration.
Farmers buy their building ma
terials wherever they please,
usually from local dealers. They
obtain their building plans from
any reliable source they choose.
The Farmers Home Administra
tion has a limited number of
plans that applicants may use if
they want to.
During construction the agency
makes periodic inspections to
make certain that sound construc
tion standards are followed.
The local Farmers Home Ad
ministration office is located in
Shallotte in the Stananland Build
ing.
LBrief BiU Of
-NEWSJ
HOMECOMING DAY
Homecoming Day will be ob
sei-ved Sunday at New Hope Pres
byterian Church at Winnabow.
LIONS TO MEET
The regular meeting of the
Southport Lions Club will be held
tomorrow (Thursday) at 6:30 p.
m. in the Community Building.
FISH FRY PLANNED
Members of the Mill Creek-Fun
ston Community Development
Council will hold a fish fry next
Tuesday night, beginning at 7
o’clock, at the home of Joseph
and Elmore Willetts on highwky
No. 87.
SOPHOMORE BROTHERS
N. Dykes Hewett and James D.
Hewett, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Del
mas Hewett of Shallotte, are both
sophomores in college this year.
Dykes is a student a at Wilming
ton College and Jimmy is attend
ing N. C. State.
AT Ml'. OLIVE
The Women of the Church of
the Wilmington- Presbytery will
meet Tuesday and Wednesday of
next week at Mt. Olive Presby
terian Church. An imposing list
of guest speakers have been in
vited to appear on the program.
CEMETERY CLEANING
There will be an all-day work
ing October 22 at the Griffen
-Cemetery near Ash. Everyone
having loved ones buried there
are asked to come and bring tools
with which to work.
REA Improvements
INSTALLATION—This is an REA work crew setting a pole for the new sub-station
at Shallotte, which was erected recently to increase the power supply for a larger
area of Brunswick county. REA members are looking forward to their annual meeting
in Whiteville on Friday of next week.
Lt. Col. Murphy
Point This Week
Popular Executive Officer
At Sunny Point Army
Terminal Has Received
Notice Of Assignment In
England
Lt. Col. Wm. F. Murphy, who
came here two years ago as
executive officer at Sunny Point
Army Terminal, completed his
tour of duty on Friday and has
been notified that his next assign
ment is 'in England.
In his position of executive of
ficer, Col. Murphy occupied a
strategic position during the early
days in the operation of the great
Army Ammunition Terminal. One
of his jobs has been as director
of public relations, and in this
capacity he has made hundreds
of personal friends and has gained
vast goodwill for this army in
stallation.
He has made many appearances
as guest speaker at civic organi
zations in this part of the State,
and he has made arrangements
for scores of guided tours over the
base.
He and Mrs. Murphy have lived
in the officers quarters that were
erected on the garrison since they
were compltd, and they have a
large circle of friends here who
regret to see them leave.
He will be succeeded as execu
tive officer by Col. Norman, who
has been his next door neighbor
for several weeks.
To Leave
Reserve Phase
To Help Farmer
Long-Range Program For
Instituting Conservation
Practices On Farm May
Prove Inviting
The conservation reserve phase
of the Soil Bank program deals
not with allotment crops but with
all other cash crops, Brunswick
county ASC officials pointed out
this week.
Under the conservation reserve,
farmers reduce their planting of
cash crops and at the same time
carry out an approved conserva
tion practice on the land. The
conservation reserve is the long
time phase of the Soil Bank pro
gram. Under this phase farmers
contract to divert general crop
land to soil, water, forestry and
wildlife conserving practices for
periods of 3, 5 or 10 years.
In return for this participation,
farmers receive two types of pay
ments for the diversion. They re
ceive a costshare payment of up
to 80-percent of the actual cost
of establishing the practice on
the land. This cost-share payment
is received only once during the
period of the contract. However,
in addition to the cost-share pay
ment, an annual rental payment
is made to the participating far
mer for each year the land is
under contract.
In an effort to encourage more
farmers to place their entire farm
Ih the conservation reserve and
to emphasize forestry and wild
life practices, certain annual pay
ments made under the 1958 pro
gram will be at a higher rate
than last year.
(.Continued On Page Four)
Southport Gets
New Equipment
New Ten-Wheel Truck Ob
tained Through Coopera
tion Of Health Officer
For Use In Local Sanita
tion Projects
DRAGLINE V/ILL BE
MOUNTED ON CHASSIS
Equipment Will Be Used In
Connection WithGarbage
Disposal Efforts And
Mosquito Control
A new 10-wheel truck and
chasis has been purchased by the
City of Southport and will have
equipment mounted at once to
assist in dealing with health prob
lems, particularly garbage dispos
al and drainage, that affect resi
dents of this community.
Mayor E. B. Tomlinson, Jr.,
and City Manager Carl W. Gallo
way worked with Dr. C. B. Davis,
Brunswick County Health Officer,
to obtain this truck, which was
purchased from the Federal Sur
plus Agency at a fraction of its
original cost. It is unused.
Plans call for mounting a drag
line body on this vehicle so that
this equipment will be completely
mobile. The city has received a
liberal offer for the purchase of a
new dragline and has completed
arrangements for its immediate
delivery.
Mayor Tomlinson listed a
change in garbage disposal meth
ods as one of the primary needs
of improvement on the part of the
city. The plan is to use the sani
tary fill method, which involves
digging deep trenches into which
garbage may be dumped and cov
ered. This is in contrast with the
present practice of dumping at a
point near Southport and setting
fire to the debris.
Another important use for this
equipment will be for drainage
work, involving opening up ditch
es that may have an important
bearing upon the mospuity popu
lation of the city. It is also con
templated that a use will be found
for the heavy equipment in water
front improvement projects that
are now in the planning stage
with the city fathers.
New Chevrolet To
Be Out October 31
Foster Mintz Of Bolivia
Says That 1958 Models
Will Bring Revolutionary
Improvements
The 1958 Chevrolet, reportedly
the most spectacular model in the
history of the company, will be
introduced at dealer showrooms
nationally Thursday, October 31.
“We sincerely believe this is
one of the most interesting auto
mobiles ever brought out by the
industry,” Foster Mintz of Elmore
Motor Company said this week.
“Every major part will show the
results of an engineering job that
began five years ago.”
“The 1958 model became possi
ble,” Mintz said, “only through
expanded and modernized facili
ties. It is the first car to have
full advantage of the resources
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Recuscitator For
Use At Hospital
Members of the board of
aldermen for the City of
Southport have agred to pur
chase a rescuneitator for use
oyaraii i ivub <n -abr*
abount Southport, particular
ly in connection with cases
of drowning.
This equipment will be kept
at Dosher Memorial Hospital,
where there is liklihood that
it may be needed. It will be
mobile, and thus may be re
moved to point of greatest
need in a case of emergency.
This is one step toward ob
taining a complete set of res
cue equipment for use in this
area.
New Officers On
Duty At Terminal
Two New1 Officers Have Re
cently Been Assigned For
Duty At Sunny Point
Army Terminal
Two new officers have arrived
for duty at the ammunition ter
minal.
Capt. Louis C. Russell, an en
gineer officer, has reported for
duty and has taken up temporary
quarters, with his wife and two
children, in Yaupon Village. Capt.
Russell comes from Leghorn,
Italy, where he recently completed
a three-year tour of duty. Capt.
Russell has given early indication
of much pleasure with his new
duties and is looking forward to
a long and pleasant tour.
(Continued on Page 4)
Commissioners
Will Attend Meet
For Road Study
Harold Makepeace, Secon
dary Road Officer Under
The New Highway Reor
ganization Plan, Will Be
In Wilmington Next Wed
nesday
STATEWIDE STANDARDS
TO BE DISCUSSED
Meeting In Wilmington Will
Be Part Of Program Cov
ering Entire State To
Furnish Information
Secondary Roads Officer Harold
Makepeace has announced his
schedule of meetings with the
County Board of Commissioners
of 64 Tar Heel counties between
October 16 and 29. ;
In setting the date, place, and
hour to meet with the various
county boards, Makepeace said he
was anticipating the face-to-face
meetings with the county commis
sioners and the discussion of the
new Statewide standards on coun
ty road improvements. His assist
ant, Bill Ingram, wil accompany
him. They will be joined by Divi
sion and District engineers from
the various field offices.
On Wednesday, October 23,
Makepeace will be in the Wil
mington division office at 9 a. m.
to talk with the County Boards
from New Hanover, Pender, Ons
low and Brunswick.
Committee Has
Name For Group
The Southport Development
Council Will Be Incorpo
rated, With Shares Of
Stock To Be Sold
Members of a steering commit
tee named 10 days ago by Mayor
E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., to perfect
plans for a local promotional or
ganization held their first meet
ing last night and selected the
name “Southport Development
Corporation”.
As is implied by the name, the
organization will be incorporated
and citizens will be given an op
portunity to purchase shares of
stock. It will be a non-profit or
ganization.
Funds received will be used for
advertising and promotion, both in
an effort to attract industry into
this community and to draw more
tourists and vacationists.
Data Sheets from the Depart
ment of Conservation and Devel
opment were passed out to com
mittee members, who will study
the apparent needs and be pre
pared at their next meeting to
begin compiling the necessary in
formation. The papers on incor
poration will be prepared before
the next meeting.
Meanwhile, City Manager Carl
W. Galloway, Alderman R. A.
Jones and Mayor Tomlinson have
begun an anylitical survey of lo
cal advantages, and these will be
presented to the Department of
Conservation and Development in
order that they may be able to
tell interested parties about South
port. A list of 200 prospective
industries has been received, and
each will receive a letter from
Southport inviting them to inves
tigate the advisability of locating
a plant or factory here.
Several plans for advertising
were discussed, including sign
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TIME and TIDE
By JimnjE HARPER
It was Wednesday, October 20, 1938, and the front page of
The Pilot was dominated by Camp Sapona, the local CCC Camp.
The camp was to celebrate its third anniversary and General
Manus McClosky had been invited to attend the proposed ban
quet. Boxing bouts had proved popular at the camp with many
local citizens attending. The three-round bouts were referred
by Robert Thompson.
Southport’s maritime industry was booming. In one day some
twenty thousand pound of bluefish had been shipped by local
packers. Sport fishermen had had good luck during the past
week, and some of the local shrimp dealers were paying out 700
nickels a day to headers—oc a bucket.
October 21, 19*2- County farmers were short on hogs and
long on wheat, so the swine were being fattened on grain. The
USO Club news appeared as usual in The Pilot that week, not
carrying much of excitement, but a reminder that the service
club was still there to serve the G. L’s.
W. P. Jorgensen had just succeeded Charles E. Gause- as Coun
ty Tax Collector, and Rep. Harold Cooley was slated to appear
in the upcoming Democrat!- rally. The engagement of Miss Lois
Jane Bussels to Ensign D4vis C. Herring, USNR, had just been
announced, and our ‘Not Exactly’ editor had noted with pleasure
the treatment. Coach Jim Tatum’s Carolina Tar Heels had given
Duquense on the preceedipg Saturday.
Continued On Page Four!
Division Engineer
Former Resident
C. E. Brown Formerly Own
ed Summer Home In
Southport And Is Well
Known In This County
Division Engineers of the North
Carolina State Highway Commis
sion are assuming nejv responsi
bilities under the recently reor
ganized Highway Commission.
These career officials will be
the chief contact for local govern
ing bodies such as County Boards
of Commissioners and municipal
officials. In addition, they will
meet the public to explain plans of
the Highway Department in pub
lic hearings.
In southeastern North Carolina,
a seasoned roadbuilder, C. E.
Brown of Wilmington, is now the
“contact man” who will work even
more closely with the city and
county officials in the Third High
way Division. Brunswick, New
Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Duplin
and Sampson Counties compose
the Third.
With the new seven-man High
way Commission concentrating on
State-wide rather than local road
policy, the division engineer will
spend more of his time in devel
oping road plans in his division
and in conferring with all interest
ed groups on these plans. Gover
nor Hodges and Department of
ficials, including Director of High
ways W. F. Babcock, have stress
ed the importance of division en
gineers’ role in working more
closely with the people and devel
oping better public relations in
each division.
Although the seven Highway
Commissioners have been assign
ed specific areas in the State,
irrespective of highway division
boundary lines, for the purpose of
explaining state-wide highway
policies, they will not be respon
sible for handling specific re
quests and suggestions will be
handled by division engineers.
In explaining the division en
(Continued on Pasre Four)
Initial Meeting
Of Naval Reserve
Emergency Gall
For Fire Force
On the night of October 14,
after a series of radio calls
that were relayed by State
Highway Patrol personnel
near the North Carolina and
South Carolina border on
Route 17, Sunny Point turned
out fire fighting equipment
and technical advisors and
rushed to the scene to help
extinguish a fire that broke
out on a vehicle hauling high
explosives to Norfolk, Va.
Gene Tomlinson, plant en
gineer, and Bill Houghton,
safety director, were respon
sible for seeing that equip
and personnel were dispatch
ed to render the assistance
requested.
Unusual Catch
Of Sails Made
Two Boats Fishing Last
Wednesday Each Brought
In Pair Of These Prize
Billfish; King Mackerel
Show In Numbers
Four sailfish were brought in
here last Wednesday in an un
usual late season show of these
fish.
John Sharpe and party of
Statesville, fishing aboard the Idle
On III with Capt. H. A. Schmidt,
brought in a pair of sails.
The same results were reported
by Capt. Basil Watts of the Idle
On II, who had Mr. Casey and
party of Greensboro out with him.
After a spell of bad weather.
Capt. Schmidt stayed out yester
day with members of the Yount
family of Hickory and brought in
one of the biggest catches of king
mackerel made here in recent
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Superior Court
Now In Session
Civil Actions Being Tried
Here This Week, With
Suit Against City Con
suming Most Of Time
The October term of Brunswick
county Superior court is in ses
sion here this week with Judge
Hamilton Hobgood of Louisburg
presiding.
The first two days of the ses
sion were taken up with pre
liminaries o fthe trial of Arnold
vs the City of Southport. It still
is in progress today.
That controversy is based upon
a claim for damages alleged to
have resulted to the Arnold Prop
erty when a bulkhead and slips
Continued On rage Hour
First Session Attended By
Number Of Persons In
terested In Joining Local
Unit Of Organization
GOOD PROSPECT FOR
FORMING LOCAL UN|T
This Will Bring Several
Thousand Dollar A Year
Into Southport And
Will Protect Draft
Status
A meeting was held here last
night to discuss the organization
of a unit of the Naval Reserve,
and from the show of interest it
appears that there is a good
chance to continue with these
plans.
No effort was made to sign
up members last night, but a
meeting will be held next Wed
nesday night for that purpose,
Chief Yoeman Markland from
Wilmington was present last
night.
There will be openings for E
officers and 50 enlisted men.
Each man who drills for twc
hours one night each week will
draw one full day’s pay. Pay day
will come once each three months,
and it is estimated that this ac
tivity will bring in an annual pay
roll of from $25,000 to $30,000,
There will be an opening for one
full-time man.
It is contemplated that the
unit will be in communications,
and there is immediate prospect
of obtaining $5,000 worth of elec
tronics equipment.
Boys from 17 to 18%-years of
age are especially invited, as par
ticipation will make them exempt
from the draft for as long as they
attend 90-percent of the sched
uled drills.
Aldermen Hold
Regular Meeting
Re-Zoning Of Portion Of
Howe Street, Naming Of
Zoning Committee And
Change In Ordinances
Among Items Of Business
Members of the board of aider
men met Thursday and adopted
a resolution re-zoning Howe street
from Leonard street intersection
to the city limits.
A zoning committee comprised
of F. W. Spencer, G. R. Garrett,
R. L. Jones, E. J. Prevatte and
Ed Royal was appointed.
Authorization was made for
the purchase of a new police car
for the city.
The board approved an ordin
ance to set the fine for failure
to observe a stop sign at mini
mum of $10 or a maximum of
$50. They also made it unlawful
for travel to take place in the
street in front of the school when
signs are erected. Another ordin
ance will be drawn to enforce
one-way traffic on certain streets
in Southport
Annual Baptist
Association In
2-Day Session
Morning, Afternoon And
Evening Meeting Being
Planned On Opening Day
Next Wednesday; Two
Sessions On Thursday
THREE CHURCHES
WILL BE VISITEQ
Wednesday Morning Ansi
Afternoon Sessions At 0|f|
Shallotte; At Mill Creek
On Wednesday Nigth
The annual meeting of the
Brunswick Baptist Association
will be held next week, beginning
Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock
at Old Shallotte Baptist Churph.
i The morning session will be
devoted largely to business, with
i an inspirational message from the
Rev. Harold Gore. Lunch will be
served at noon.
More business and reports will
take up the afternoon period.
The evening session will open
at 7 o’clock at Mill Creek Bap
tist Church, and has been ar
ranged especially for those who
work and are unable to attend
the day-time meetings. The Rev.
Luther Copeland, professor of
Missions at Southeastern Baptist
Seminary, will be the principal
speaker.
The associations! meeting will
continue on Thursday, with a mor
ning meeting scheduled at Supply
Baptist church. More time will be
devoted to hearing reports and to
disposition of business matters.
Lunch will be served at 12:30
o’clock.
The closing session will be
Thursday afternoon, also at Sup
ply Baptist church.
Brunswick REA
Meet Is Planned
Annual Membership Meet
ing WiH Be Held In
Whitville On Friday, Oc
tober 25, At Liberty Ware
house On 701 By-Pass
The 19th Annual Membership
Meeting of the Brunswick Rural
Electric Membership Corporation
will be held at the Liberty Ware?
house in Whiteville on Friday,
October 25. Registration begins at
9 o’clock.
Principal speaker for the occa
sion will be the Hon. K. D. Tisin
ger, general counsel for the- Na
Continued On Page Four
Future Farmers
Officers Named!
A meeting of the Waceamaw
Federation of the Future Farm
ers of America was held Monday,
September 30, at the Whiteville
Vocational Agriculture Depart
ment. Representatives from Bla
den, Columbus, Brunswick and
New Hanover counties were pres
ent.
The following officers were,
elected: President, Ronald Wray,'
Tabor City; vice-president, Frank
Galloway, Hallsboro; secretary,
Donald Wright, Whiteville; treas
urer, Bennett Williams, Clarkton;
reporter, Franklin Adams, Bladen
boro; sentinel, Fumie Hughes,?
Williams.
Waceamaw Future Farmers arek
planning many activities for the
coming year including an F. F.
contest. Meetings and sessions
are to be planned and directed
by the newly elected officers.
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Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
for Southport during the next,
week. These hours are ap-"
proxtmately correct and were
furnished The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot’s Association
High Tide Low TMr
Thursday, October 17,
1:46 A. M. 8:05 A. M.
2:19 P. M. 8:47 P. M-.
Friday, October 18,
2:55 A. M. 9:14 A. M.
3:24 P. M. 9:49 P. M.
Saturday, October 19,
4:00 A. M. 10:19 A. M.
4:25 P. M. 10:47 P. M.
Sunday, October 20,
5:02 A. M. 11:18 A. M.
5:23 P. M. 11:41 P. id.
Monday, October 21,
5:59 A. M. 0:00 A. M.
6:18 P. M. 12:14 P. M..
Tuesday, October 22,
6:53 A. M. 12:32 A. M.
7:10 P. M. 1:07 P. M.
Wednesday, October 23,
7:45 A. M. 1:22 A. M.
8:01 P. M. 1:58 P. M.