Most Of The News All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County 8-Pages Today Volume No. 18 No. 16 SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAR Dry-Land Bridge " . 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.

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