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Volume No. 18
No. 16
SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1957
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Dry-Land Bridge
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TESTING—This is the bridge that within a few months will be erected across
the Intracoastal Waterway in Brunswick county to connect Ocean Isle with the main
1 land. It formerly was in use over the Chowan river at Ahoskie. The parts were taken
| to the Columbus County Prison Camp nearWhiteville, where the structure is being
completely reassembled, with necessary repairs being made and a repainting job be
| big performed. Later it will be taken down and carried to its new destination in
I | Brunswick county. For the time being, at least, the warning sign on the left appears
i Ho be unnecessary.
ASC Committee
Unchanged For
Next Farm Year
Lonnie Evans Is Named To
Serve As Chairman Of
Brunswick County Com
mittee For Fourth Year
Lonnie Evans was re-elected
chairman of the ASC committee
Wednesday at a meeting of Dele
gates at the County Agriculture
Building at Supply.
Serving with him again will be
Edgar L. Holden as vice-chairman
and C. W. Knox, regular member.
First alternate is Lay Long and
second alternate is Paul Brown.
This is the fourth year on the
county committee for Evans and
Knox, while for Holden it will be
his fifth year of service.
This committee has charge of
the various programs affecting
farmers, including allotments and
the Soil Bank.
Offices for this organization are
now located in Shallotte, on the
second floor of the old bank build
ing.
Brief Bits Of
-NEWS-1
BENEFIT BARBECUE
A benefit barbecue supper, pit
cooked the day of serving, will be
held Saturday evening at Zion
Methodist Church, starting at 6:30
o’clock. Home made cakes and
pies will also be sold.
FIRE DESTROYS HOME
4 The home of Mr. and Mrs. Cur
tis Evans on Caswell Beach was
destroyed by fire one night last
week. The family escaped, but
saved few of their belongings.
Their loss was only partially cov
ered by insurance.
AT FAISON MEETING
Mrs. E. J. Prevatte, president
of the Southport Woman’s Club,
Mrs. L. J. Hardee, Mrs. A. E.
Huntley, Mrs. M. A. Barnett and
Mrs. C. Ed Taylor attended the
District Federation Meeting Tues
day in Faison.
ATTEND MEETING
Mis. Bobby Jones, Mrs. Ormand
Leggett, Mrs. J. B. Warth and
Mrs. Jack Hickman attended the
Ninth District Meeting of the
North Carolina Garden Clubs
Tuesday in Clinton. They repre
sented the Live Oak Garden Club
of Southport.
SOUTHPORT VISITORS
Mrs. Aubrey Mauney of Kings
Mountain, president of the North
Carolina Federation of Woman's
Clubs, and Miss Marjorie Yokley
of Mt. Airy, third vice-president
of this organization, are spending
several days this week in South
port with Mrs. Hames M. Harper,
Jr.
Latest News On
Ocean Isle Sp
an
Bridge Which Formerly
Was In Use Over Chowan
River At Ahoskie Is Be
ing Cleaned Up And
Painted At Columbus Pri
son Camp
WILL BE ERECTED
OVER WATERWAY
This Is Second Bridge For
Use In Brunswick County
That Was Reassembled
On Dry Land In
Columbus
Sitting right on in the big
middle of nowhere (well, almost
nowhere) is a 200-foot long
bridge. And about the only mois
ture around is the perspiration
from the men who’re busily
erecting a bridge over no water.
What could be even more con
founding is the fact the struc
ture is a turntable type swing
ing span. They’re used to let
boats go by. But as you might
guess, there are no boats.
The bridge is being erected
opposite the prison camp near
Brunswick to give workers and
engineers here a chance to check
it out.
The structure came from
across the Chowan river at
Ahoskie. It is scheduled to cross
the Inland waterway to Ocean
Isle from Gause’s landing.
An employee explained, “We’re
painting it up, cleaning it up,
and seeing that everything is
okay before taking it down to
be installed.”
The bridge is the second one
that has undergone such treat
ment here. Back in the spring of
1654 another bridge, erected out
in the middle of nowhere caused
some interest.
Farm Leaders
Review Plans
Delegates To State Conven
tion Will Study Recom
mendations Of National
And International Matters
Brunswick County Farm Bureau
leaders and voting delegates will
review state Farm Bureau rec
ommendations on national and in
ternational agricultural matters
November 25 at a meeting in Ra
leigh, according to county Farm
Bureau President Joe C. Stana
land.
Because of the shift in state
Farm Bureau convention dates
the recommendations made by the
voting delegates in the 1956 con
cention will need reviewing anci
: any desirable changes will be
made prior to the 1957 Americas
Farm Bureau Convention in
Chicago in December, according
to Stanaland. The State Conven
Continued On Page Four
Sports Fishing
Continues Good
There has been little fish
ing news during the past few
days, chiefly because week
end weather was unfavorable.
However, boats that have
been out had good luck.
Reports received from Capt.
Fred Fulford of the Davis
Bros. V show that on a brief
trip Monday Dr. Wrenn and
party of Mooresville caught
74 bluefish. Last Wednesday
Dr. Warden of Fayetteville
caught 9 king mackerel and
42 blues, and the next day
John Rankin and party of
Myrtle Beach came in with
14 kings, 4 bonito and 9
blues.
Skippers say that prospects
are good for fishing when the
weather permits.
Road Sentences
For Bootleggers
Monday Was Rough Day It
Brunswick County Recor
ders Court For Liquor Lav
Violators
Prison sentences and stiff fine
were meted out Monday to sever
al defendants who were convict
ed of running bootleg establish
ments in Brunswick county, wit!
most of the evidence being pro
vided by State ABC agents wh<
recently made a study of th
situation in this area.
Joe Gause was found guilty o
possession and possession for sal
on three separate counts, and ii
each case he was given 6 month
on the roads, suspended upon pay
ment of a fine of $100 and costs
the defendant to remain of gooi
hebavior for 2 years.
Elder Hewett was found guilt;
of possession and possession fo
sale and was given 12 months o)
the roads. Notice of appeal wa
given, and bond was set at $50C
A second case was nol prossed.
Roscoe Jones was found guilt;
of possession and possession fo
sale on each of four counts, i
former road sentence was envok
ed, and he was given 6 month
on each of the four counts, or
total of 33 months on the road
and a fine of $375. He gave no
tice of appeal and bond was set a
$1,100.
D. E. Tripp was found guilt;
of possession and possession fo
sale in five separate cases. H
was given 3 months in each case
suspended upon payment of cost
and a fine of $75 in each. H
must also remain under super
vision of the State Parole Boar
(Continued on page four)
Prizes Awarded
At Rodeo Dance
For Record Fish
Awards Go To Fishermen
Whs Oiivla icLhf
Cat'ho;, hi eve., a. » ■
l.cv.t o v L'laMig LJca. on.
The Charter Boatman’s Asso
ciation Rodeo on Saturday night
brought to a close the official
season for trophy catches of fish
for 1957. While boats will con
tinue to take out parties, no
more rodeo entries will be ac
cepted until 1958.
The crowning of the queen, Miss
Helen Mallison of Southport, and
the awarding of trophies to eleven
members of the several parties
making the outstanding catches
of the season were highlights of
the evening.
Those receiving awards for out
standing fish taken were as fol
low: Aboard the John-EHen, with
Captain Walter Lewis, awards
went to George Royster of Char
lotte for the largest red snap
per; Ralph Taylor of Washington
for the largest barracuda; the
largest sailfish was taken by Cap
tain Walter Lewis; and Mrs. Wal
ter Lewis caught the largest
Mexican hogfish, which was esta
blished as a world’s record.
Other fish taken aboird the
1 John-Ellen were largest mackerel,
T. T. Gross; O. M. Gross the
( largest dolphin; largest bluefish,
R. H. Hargett, Bethesda, Md.; the
' largest grouper, Noble J. Whis
mont; the largest black-fin tuna,
James Taylor of Charlotte.
Aboard the Jo Ann with Capt.
’ Larry Stubbs, Mrs. Philbreck of
Bostic was awarded the trophy
for the largest Spanish mackerel
(Continued on Page Four*
Mrs. M. H. Rourk
Named To Head
March Of Dimes
Sti.--:
Has Served As Fund Cam
paign Chairman For This
County Every Year Since
1951; Campaign Starts
January 2
REHABILITATION OF
VICTIMS STRESSED
: ' |
Theme Of This Year’s Pro
gram Will Be Importance
Of Helping Victims As
sume Normal Roll At
Citizens
CHAPEL, HILL—Mrs. M. H.
Rourk of Shallofcte has been nam
ed to direct the 1958 March of
Dimes campaign for Brunswick
County, Paul C. Butler, state
chairman, announced today from
Chapel Hill headquarters of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
The drive opens on January 2
and continues through the 31.
This is the ninth consecutive year
Mrs. Rourk has worked as a
volunteer for the March of Dimes
organization, and she has direct
ed the county campaign every
year since 1951.
In an appeal to the people of
Brunswick County to give their
all-out support to the coming fund
raising drive, Mrs. Rourk report
ed there are more than 300,000
persons in the U. S. today who
have had paralytic polio. She said
one of every three of them is in
need of rehabilitation service. “For
them, survival is not enough,”
she said. “They have the right to
a life of happiness and usefulness,
if that can be made possible.”
Mrs. Rourk said that chapters
of the Foundation are now spend
ing 90 percent of their funds for
post-acute (long-standing) polio
patients, and only 10 percent for
new cases. “This situation shows
us that large sums of March of
Dinjes money will be needed for a
time to come, if the Foun
dation is to keep its pledge to the
American people,” Mrs. Rourk
said. The pledge is that no polio
patient shall suffer for lack of
needed assistance.
Since 1938, Mrs. Rourk report
ed, the Foundation has authorized
the expenditure of almost a mil
(Continued on Page Four)
Halloween To
Be Celebrated
Witches And Goblins Will
Hold Forth At Carnival
Events Scheduled For
Thursday Evening
Preparations are complete for
the annual Hallowe’en Carnival,
which will be held at the school
building tomorrow (Thursday)
evening under the auspicies of the
Southport Parent-Teachers Asso
ciation.
This has Decome an event eag
erly awaited by the youngsters.
As for the adults, they capitalize
upon it as one of the best money
raising ventures to help finance
P. T. A. activities.
There was a carnival held Tues
day evening at Waccamaw high
school, and two other schools have
one of these events scheduled for
Thursday night.
These are at Shallotte, where
!a dinner will be served preceed
jing the carnival, and at Bolivia,
where the P. T. A. also is plan
ning money-raising activities.
TIME ahd TIDE
By JIMMIP HARPER
Looking back over the past
that this column has recorded
local shrimp trawlers in time
yet was recorded in the issue
pound bag of grits. The most
parcel got to the ocean’s floor
cared little for the cereal. Thi
soul, tiring of the food, foun
deep-six.
The front page cut in The
wick county courthouse, constri
era were busy preparing a su]
Watts, Mary Ann Reece, Dick
named on the first grade hono
e\v issues of The Pilot we find
tony strange catches made by
est. One of the strangest hauls
if November 3, 1937, e.g. a 100
iteresting theory as to how the
i’as advanced by a faction which
group held that some kindred
e surest disposal to be the
ditto
P c|
t that week was of the Bruns
ted in 1854. Many county farm
•Jy of ‘simmon beer, and Dot
'tndel and Billy Smith had been
roll at Southport high school.
It It was Wednesday, Novemb r l, 1942, and the county elections
had just been held. Peel Willetl
winning colors for the Republ
and A. P. Russ had carried the
!an party. Thirty beer licenses
had been issued in the county < ting the year, and Mrs. Thomas,
St. George had been named su erintendent of nurses at Dosher’
Memorial Hospital.
A story in The Pilot that we k related a real cops-and-robbers
chase in which virtue eventuai 1 prevailed. The fugitive fleeing
from Police Chief Otto Hickman had driven his car to a total
Continued; on Page Four)
REA Officers
OFFICIALS—C. D. Branch, left, of Columbus Coun
ty, has been re-elected president of the Brunswick Rural
Electric Membership Corporation. E. D. Bishop, right, of
Shallotte, is manager.
Record Throng At
Annual Meeting
First Frost Of
Season Monday
The first frost of the sea
son occurred in Brunswick
county Monday, with black
ened potato vines in every
area showing the tell-tale
signs.
Along the coast the killing
effect was not severe, but in
other parts of Brunswick
there was little doubt that
winter’s first breath had been
blown.
The official reading at the
TJ. S. .Weather Station in
Southport was 34-degrees,
with Tuesday’s low tempera
ture being two or three de
grees higher.
Shallow Dredge
Now In Prospect
Governor Luther H. Hodges
Interested In Possibilities
For Improvement Of Coas
tal Inlets
Governor Hodges has been ad-!
vised by Brigadier General J. L.
Persons, Assistant Chief of En
gineers for Civil Works, that the
Chief of Engineers has auth
orized the design of a new type
of shallow-draft, multi-purpose
hopper dredge for use in exposed ;
channels such as the inlets along
the North Carolina coast.
“The need for a shallow-draft
dredge has long been recognized
by state officials and others who
are concerned with navigational
problems along our waterways
and through our coastal inlets,”
the Governor said. “Fortunately,
Colonel Henry C. Rowland, Jr.,
upon his assignment last July as
District Engineer, Wilmington
District, Corps of Engineers,
quickly recognized this need, and
prepared and submitted to Corps
headquarters a preliminary sketch
of a shallow-draft dredge that
would be capable of working wa
ters such as Masonboro, Oregon
and other inlets, Wallace Channel,
and Wainwright Slough. I under
stand the District Engineer has
in hand an unobligated balance
for expenditure of $306,000 at
Masonboro Inlet and $39,000 at
Oregon Inlet. These funds can
not be expended for navigational
improvements because the shal
low-draft dredges required to ac
C Continued On Page Four>
Civics Project
By Bolivia Class
Students Prepare To Debate
Question, “Should Teen
Agers Have The Right To
Vote At 18”
"Should teen-agers have the
right to vote at 18?” ig the ques
tion providing the source for a
project of the civics class at Bo
livia high school. The idea of this
project is to select the best argu
ments on both sides of the ques
tion and then present the findings
to the students and public in
general. In this way the class
hopes to arouse interest in the
issue so as to awaken the
thoughts and minds of both teen
agers and parents.
Continued On Page Skrnr
Crowd Estimated At 6,000
Present For Annual Mem
bership Meeting Of Bruns
wick Rural Electric Mem
bership Corporation
NATIONAL OFFICIAL
PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
Congressman Alton Lennon
Also Spoke; C. D, Branch
Named To Head Board
Of Directors Again
A crowd estimated at about
6,000 persons, gathered at the
Liberty warehouse in Whiteville,
Friday for the 19th annual mem
bership meeting of the Brunswick
Electric Membership corporation,
heard an address by O. W. Briden,
northeast area director for the
Rural Electrification administra
tion of Washington, D. C.
The speaker said that “to main
tain proper perspective, it is im
portant to take the time occasion
ally to look back in the past and
to turn our eyes toward the years
ahead.”
Briden said, “Rural electrifica
tion progress required faith
faith on the part of the co-op
organization, its leaders and man
agement and its individual mem
bers.”
In citing the problems ahead for
the co-op enterprise, Briden stated
that the members’ help and in
terest is needed now just as much
as it was when the cooperative
was organized.
“To meet future power needs
adequately, calls for long range
planning. It also calls for the
systems to do everything they can
to strengthen their financial con
dition, so they will be in a favor
able position to get loans for any
system improvements and expan
sion they may need,” Briden
stated.
Briden concluded with the state
ment that in view of the past per
formance of the Brunswick Co-op,
that, he, without any doubt, knew
that by working together, they
Continued On Page Two
Interest Shown
In Highway 74
Brunswick Represented At
Meeting Held Last Tues
day In Lumberton In Con
nection With Project
Carl W. Galloway, city manager
for Southport, attended the High
way 74 meeting in Lumberton last
week, and during the course of
the meeting had an opportunity to
make the following statement:
“I’m certainly glad that you did
not forget our beaches, and I’d
like to also point out that the
small boat industry is certainly
one of the fastest growing indus
tries in our State, and is gaining
Momentum as a hobby and as a
sport. Also fishing—this highway
would help us to some of the best
fishing grounds on the eastern
seaboard. This highway would run
the total length of Brunswick
county. We are with you one hun
dred percent and hope to see you
at the November meeting in Ra
leigh.”
The following telegram from
Mayor E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., was
read at the meeting:
“Southport is vitally interested
in an improved highway 74. A
lighway of the type proposed
would not only aid us economical
ly, but would be of incalculable
ralue in civil defense of this
:oastal area.”
County Baptists
Conclude Annual
Meet Thursday
High Point In Last Week’s
1 wo-Day Session Came
With Address By Dr. Lu
ther Copeland Of South
eastern Seminary Faculty
.IEV. J. D. HALES IS
NAMED MODERATOR
succeeds Rev. Leo Hawkins
As Head Of Brunswick
County Group; Other
Major Officers Are
Re-Elected
The highest point in the two
iay meeting of Brunswick Baptist
Association last week was an ad
dress by Dr. Luther Copeland,
Professor of Missions from South
eastern Seminary at Wake Forest.
At least three hundred people
gathered at Mill Creek Church on
Wednesday evening to hear re
ports from A. S. Knowles about
visual aids, Miss Annie May
Woodside about the Baptist As
sembly, John G. Long about the
child care program, and Rev,
Avery Lumsden about evangelism.
All these reports came before Dr.
Copeland gave his inspiring ad
dress about the needs of the world
and how little is being done about
it.
Earlier the same day the asso
ciation met at Old Shallotte
Church to take care of the neces
sary business of the organization,
receive financial pledges from the
churches and hear reports from
the treasurer, Mrs. Ressie What
ley, and from the associational
missionary, Mrs. Margaret Me
Racken. These reports were most
encouraging, indicating that the
29 Baptist Churches in Bruns
wick county have had their best
year of cooperation.
The sermon by Rev. Harold
Gore, third year divinity student
at Wake Forest, concluded the
morning meeting. After the plen
tiful lunch served by the folks
of Old Shallotte Church the as
sociation heard reports from the
Woman’s Missionary Society, the
Brotherhood, and the Associational
Music Report.
On Thursday morning the asso
ciation met at Supply Baptist
Church. Four speakers were heard
concerning various parts of de
nominational work. These speak
ers were Rev. Roger Williams
from the orphanges, Dr. W. K.
McGee from the Baptist Hospital,
Dr. Leslie Campbell from Camp
bell College, and Rev. Charles
Burchette from the Homes for
the Aging. The sermon was
preached by the same man who
leads music in the association,
the Rev. Avery Lumsden of Mill;
Creek.
>i, (
The highlight of the afternpan
session was the election of offi
cers. The major officers of the
new year are: moderator, Rev.
J. D. Hales of Mt. Pisgah; as
sociate moderator, Kirby Sullivan;
clerk, Warren Sellers; associa
tional field worker, Mrs. Margaret
McRacken; and treasurer, Mrs.
Ressie Whatley.
In the afternoon the association,
had reports from the Sunday;
School, the Training Union, and
several committees. The final re
port of the clerk was encouraging
in many ways, but showed that
member churches give only 12
percent of their income to alt
mission causes.
Next year the association will’
meet at Leland on the first day
and Antioch on the second day.
The evening service on Wednes
day will be kept as a regular
(Continued oil 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 Low TIdf
Thursday, October 81,
2:05 A. M. 8:09 A. M.
2:37 P. M. 8:48 P. M.
Friday, November 1,
3:00 A. M. 9:08 A. M.
3:27 P. M. 9:39 P. M.
Saturday, November 2,
3:52 A. M. 10:03 A. M.
4:16 P. M. 10:28 P. M.
Sunday, November 3,
4:40 A. M. 10:54 A. M.
5:02 P. M. 11:12 P. • M.
Monday, November 4,
5:25 A, M. 11:41 A. M.
5:46 P. M. 11:55 P. M.
Tuesday, November 5,
6:08 A. M. 0:00 A. M.
6:28 P. M. 12:26 P. M.
Wednesday, November 6,
6:47 A. M. 12:36 A. M.
7:07 P. M. 1:07 P. M.