THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Volume No. 18 No. 17 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAR
Most Of The News
All The Time
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
Local Committee
Submits Water
Study Report
Brunswick Is One Of 23
Counties In North Caro
lina Which Has Complet
ted Preliminary Work In
This Project
WIDE INFORMATION
INCLUDED IN REPORT
Ranged All Way From
Drainage Of Farm Lands
To the Problem Of
Adequate Drinking
Water In Some
Sections
The Brunswick County Water
Problems Inventory Committee
has submitted its final report
to the North Carolina Board of
Water Commissioners. This re
port covers the various water
problems, past and prospective, in
Brunswick County, including those
of inadequate drainage of farm
lands, inadequate drainage through
many highway culverts, lack of a
ready supply of drinking water
in several localities, including
several schools, both as to quan
tity and taste, the clogging of
streams with timber and other
debris, the stopping up of streams
with sand, the poor condition of
our inlets, and many other simi
lar' problems. This study will en
able the Board of Water Com
missioners to pinpoint individual
problems and, in some instances,
to suggest corrective measures
imediately to the proper authori
ties. This study will also be of
great help to the Board in work
ing out a long range solution to
the present and anticipated water
problems of the State.
To date, '46 counties over the
entire State have made their re
ports, with Brunswick County be
isg one of the nine in the Coastal
Plains area that have reported.
It is expected that many other
counties will have completed their
report by the deadline of. Decem
ber 1.
A. S. Knowles, chairman of the
Brunswick County Committee, has
expressed his deep appreciation to
the members of the Committee
and to the many other citizens
who haVe helped in working out
the plan for the inventory, ar
ranged and attended meetings, re
ported their water problems and
in many instances possible solu
tions thereto, and aided in com
pleting the final report.
Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
OUT OF NAVY
David Swain, son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. H. Swain of Southport,
has received his discharge from
the U. S. Navy.
BROOM SALE
The Bolivia Lions Club is plan
ning a house-to-house canvass of
the school- district for the an
nual Lions Club broom sale Thurs
day afternoon, November 7.
WRONG MAN
The Walter Lewis convicted last
week in Recorder’s court on
charges of being drunk and dis
orderly is not the well-known
charterboat skipper of Southport.
TEEN-CLUB
St. Phillips Episcopal Church
- will sponsor a teen-age club that
- will meet each Saturday evening
from 7 until 10:30 o’clock in the
parrish house.
SERMON ON YOUTH
The Rev. Charles Murray has
prepared a special sermon for
youth to be delivered Sunday mor
ning at 9 o’clock at Southport
Presbyterian Church and at 11
o’clock at Bethel Baptist Church.
It is entitled “Building Life’s
Temples”.
POSTPONE SUPPER
The smorgasbord supper spon
sored by the Southport Woman’s
Club and originally scheduled to
be held last night at the Com
munity Center Building, has been
postponed until November 19. Pur
pose of the supper is to raise
funds for the scholarship that is
offered annually by this organi
zation.
POSTPONE OYSTER ROAST
The oyster roast previously
planned for this past Saturday by
the Bethel Methodist Church, Bo
livia, was postponed because of
the epidemic of influenza. Another
oyster roast has been planned for
Saturday, November 21. The oc
casion will be held on the church
grounds. All members and their
friends are invited to share in
this fellowship.
Beware The “Litterbug”
WARNING—Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., left, introduces the “Jitterbug” at one of
the district meetings of North Carolina Federation of Woman’s Clubs. She is second
vice-president of the State organization. In the center is Mrs. Aubrey Mauney of
Kings Mountain, president, and on the right is Miss Marjorie Yokley of Mt. Aiiey,
third vice-president. The “litterbug” made the rounds of district meetings this fall
as a reminder of the Governor’s clean-up campaign, now in progress.
New Commander
At Sunny Point
On November 1st
Col. Jonas S. Heise Replaces
Col. Frank T. Edison As
Commanding Officer Of
Nearby Army Terminal
Col. Jonas S. Heiss assumed
the duties of commanding officer
at Sunny Point Army Terminal
on November 1, relieving Col.
Frank T. Edson, who had been
here for the past ye’ar.
Colonel Heiss, a native of
Seneca, South Carolina, has been
in the Army since October 1941
when he was called to active duty
from reserve status as a grad
uate of the Citadel. Prior to go
ing on active duty, he had been
in highway, bridge and building
construction in the state of South
Carolina. He is a registered civil
engineer.
He graduated from Clio High
School in Clio, South Carolina, and
from the Citadel in 1926.
He served on the Theater Staff
of the Commander-in-Ohief, Paci
fic Fleet and Pacific Ocean Area
from January 1944 to November
1945. He received the Navy
Bronze Star with Cluster and the
ribbons of the Marshal Islands
Campaign for this service.
He also served in Germany
where he was Transportation Of
ficer of the First Infantry Divi
sion for two and one-half years.
On the reactivation of the Seventh
Army in November 1950, he be
came Seventh Army Transporta
tion Officer, continuing in that
post until May 1952.
After attending the Armed
(Continued on page four)
Weed Specialist
To Be Speaker
Joseph R. Williams Will
Talk To Tobacco Farmers
Of This Area In White
ville, November 20
Alton Lennon, U. S. Represent
ative, announced this week that
four Tobacco Growers’ Meetings
will be held in the Seventh Con
gressional District this month.
Joseph R. Williams, Director Of
the Tobacco Division of the Com
modity Stabilization Service,
USD A, Washington, D. C., will
speak at each of these meetings.
He will discuss the problems of
the growing and marketing of the
1957 tobacco crop and also the
tobacco program for 1958. Wil
liams has assured Congressman
Lennon that the United States
Department of Agriculture is an
xious to have the views of to
bacco growers in considering the
program for the 1958 season.
Williams is a native North Car
olinian and a graduate of the
University of North Carolina. He
has devoted many years to farm
programs, organization, and busi
ness services related primarily to
the tobacco industry. From 1940
until 1946, he served as an execu
tive officer of the North Carolina
i Farm Bureau. From 1946 until
January, 1955 he was superinten
dent of sales for the tobacco mar
kets in Winston-Salem. Prior to
his appointment as Director on
December 21, 1956, he had served
Continued On Page Two
New Industry May
Be In Prospect
Former Southport School
Teacher Writes From
Florida Giving Impres
sions Of Possibility Of
Smoked Fish
SEES OPPORTUNITY
IN THIS COUNTY
Ira Butler Says That This
Process Makes Mullets
Unusually Palatable;
Process Is Relic Of
Indian Days
.
Ira Butler, a former member
of the faculty at Southport high
school, is in Florida, and one of
the main objectives of this trip
is to learn some of the require
ments for setting up a fish
smokery in Brunswick county.
A letter received from him this
week gave the following account
of his findings thus far:
“The second day I was here I
tried some smoked fish. They are
great. I will bring you some when
I return. I have been in the place
several times and have question
ed the woman who owns the esta
blishment. She has not given too
much information as yet, but I
will find out a lo£ more before I
come home.
“On the surface it appears to
be easily adaptable to Southport.
It does not require an unusually
large investment, although it re
quires a skill that can be learned
through experience only. The fish
used are amberjack, dolphin, king,
and the lowly mullet in particular.
I am sure other fish would do
as well.
"A big part of the business here
is the smoking of the catch of
the charter boats, for the fisher
men to take home with them. Tire
process seems to take around
twelve hours. It seems to me a
thing which can be developed to
great heights. J am going to in
vestigate the matter in detail and
see if something can be worked
out.”
The smoked fish industry has
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New Post Master
For Shallotte
E. V. Gore, Jr., Takes Over
Duties Of That Office As
Of November 1, Reliev
ing Mrs. Ida Parker
A change took place in the
post office ' at Shallotte Friday
I when E. V. Gore, Jr., was sworn
in as acting post moster, re
j placing Mrs.. Ida Parker.
! Her retirement was based upon
disability,
| The new post master is a grad
, uate of Shallotte high school and
is a veteran of World War II,
having served in the U. S. Navy.
When the position of rural car
rier came open several years ago
he took and passed the civil serv
ice examination for that office.
Three years ago he was Repub
lican candidate for coroner in the
general election in Brunswick
county.
Mrs. Parker has served for the
past 10 years as post master.
Outboard Boat
Has Good Luck
While he and his wife were
visiting the Phil Kings here
last week, Edgar C. Kaufman
of Washington, D. C., made
a trip out on the shoals for
. three straight days . in, Myi
open cockpit 'boat belonging
to his host. The results made
him a complete convert to
Southport fishing.
On Tuesday he brought in
51 bluefish; not bad. The
next day he eaught 85 blues;
better. On Thursday he land
ed 222 bluefish—and that did
it.
"I never saw such fishing
in my life as you folks have
here,” he declared.
Seedlings Now
Ready For Farm
Assistant State Forester
Says That Supply Of Most
Species Are Still Avail
able For Planting
Except for such species as yel
low poplar and slash pine, there
are still plenty of forest tree
seedling's available for 1957-58
planting, P. A. Griffiths, assistant
State forester, said this week.
Griffiths, in charge of nurseries
and forest management for the
Department of Conservation and
Development’s forestry division,
said the State-owned nurseries
thus far have orders for about 55
million seedlings, but that such
species as loblolly, shortleaf and
white pine as well as red cedar
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Annual Meet Of
Dock Association
Held Last Week
Organization Asks That
Judgment Be Withheld
In Question Of Dancing
At Wake Forest And
Meredith College
JONES RE-ELECTED
TO MODERATOR POST
One Day Session Of Next
Year’s Session Will Be
Held At Myrtle Head
Baptist Church In
Brunswick County
Members attending the annual
meeting of the Dock Baptist As
sociation in a two-day session
last Friday and Saturday voted
to continue support of Christian
education and requested members
churches to withhold judgment of
Wake Forest and Meredith col
leges in regard' to dancing until
after the meeting of the State
Baptist Convention.
The association also passed a
resolution requesting the Bruns
wick Electric Membership Asso
ciation to change its annual
meeting date so as not to con
flict with the annual meeting
dates of both the Dock and Col
umbus Baptist Associations.
All officers of the association
were re-elected in the Saturday
session held at Magnolia Baptist
church on Crusoe Island. Officers
are M. M. Jones, Nakina, mod
erator.; Rev. G. W. Piver, Ash,
vice moderator; Austin G. Long,
R 3, Tabor City, clerk-treasurer.
The executive committee elect
ed is composed of M. M. Ray,
chairman; Harvey L. Smith, Jim
Smith, Eddie Grice, Dillon Jac
obs, A. O. Norris, Ralph Jolly,
J. S. Gore, Rev. E. D. Gaskins,
Rev. Garland Long, Rev. W. V.
Simmons, Quincey Little, Rev. H.
C. Powell, J. M. FormyDuval,
(Continued on Page Four)
Aldermen Hold
Special Meeting
Continuation Of Earlier
Meeting This Month Is
Held Thursday Evening
By City Board
Members of the board of aider
men held a second session of their
regular October meeting, and dis
posed of several important items
of business.
Mayor E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., and
City Manager Carl W. Galloway
were authorized to pick an en
gineer to go ahead with the Pre
liminary Survey required by the
N. C. State Stream Sanitation
Committee as the first step in
removing raw sewerage from the
Cape Fear river. The city man
ager whs authorized to obtain
money for this purpose, interest
free, from the community Facili
ties Administration of the Feder
al Government.
Alderman W. R. Jenkins was
selected to serve as an ex-officio
member of the Zoning Board for
the City of Southport.
A motion was made by Aider
man Harry Sells and seconded by
Alderman A. E. Huntley regard
ing use of the City dragline:
“When the newly purchased drag
line is not in use by the City of
Southport and a city employee
can be spared to run it, it can be
rented to a citizen of Southport
at a minimum charge of $15 or
Continued On Page Four
TIME and TIDE
- By JIMMIE HARPER
The time was November 10, 1937, and the place was South
port. The story was that a summons had been served to each
member of the local bar association. The fact behind the story
was that the members were being summoned to appear at the
annual meeting of the bar members of the Eighth Judicial Dis
trict.
About this time the Corps of Engineers was planning con
struction of a local yacht basin. Southport was doing a thriving
tourist business with transien yachtsmen and was receiving rave
notices on game fishing potentialities. And this ties in with the
fact that the Southport Civic Club was planning a fishing rodeo
for the summer of 1938. And all of this various and sundry in
format idn was assimilated in The Pilot on the above mentioned
date.
Susan Augusta Davis had recently become the bride of Na
thaniel Merrit Moore, and to further emphasize this June in Nov
ember, Mildred Aldridge and Ivan Ludlum had also spoken the
marriage vows.
It was November 11, 1D42, and the three-masted schooner
Mayfair had sunk somewhere off Frying Pan Shoals. That she
went down for natural causes was a source of no small amaze
ment, for the inner reaches of the Atlantic were at that time
open country for Axis submarines. The front page cut of The
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Presents Award
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PRIZE—Mrs. P. O. Leggett (left), flower show sweep
stakes winner, receives a silver trophy from Mrs. Hubert
Livingston (right). The silver was given to the Southport
Garden Clubs by Mayor Mae Bamber of Southport, Eng
land. Each year it will be handed down to the sweep
stakes winner of the Flower Show. Mrs. E. B. Tomlinson,
Jr., (center) is the president of the Live Oak Garden
Club.
Record Mackerel
Catches Made Here
*
Restock Streams
With Fingerlings
In accordance with pre
vious plans Wildlife Re
sources Commission has com
pleted stocking of 8,000 blue
gills averaging 1%-inches in
length, in the waters of Wac
camaw River and Town Creek.
These fish were produced at
the State Fish Hatchery lo
cated near Fayetteville and
District Game and Fish Pro
tector H. T. Bowmer directed
the release of the fish.
The Wildlife Resources
Commission points out that
the cooperative effort of all
those interested in the State’s
fish and game resources will
be required to bring about
better fishing, the favorite
outdoor recreation of so many
Americans.
Johnson Named
As Key Banker
Honor Comes To Cashier Of
Shallotte Branch Of Wac
camaw Bank And Trust
Company From State
President Lacy Tate
North Carolina’s bankers, who
have led the nation for 13 straight
years in farm financial service,
have announced pains for an
other year of expanded farm ac
tivities.
In Whiteville, the president of
the North Carolina Bankers As
sociation has announced the ap
pointment of Aubrey C. -Johnston,
cashier, Waccamaw Bank & Trust
Company, Shallotte, as “County
Key Banker” for Brunswick coun
ty for the next 12 months.
NCBA President C. Lacy Tate
said that this committee of 100
top-flight bankers, representing
each of the State’s 100 counties,
will coordinate banker-farmer ac
tivities "to work for a better
balance agriculture and other seg
ments of the State’s economy.”
Tate, himself a farmer, is presi
dent of Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Company, Whiteville. He
paid tribute to his appointee in
this county. “Mr. Johnston,” Tate
said, “is a banker who has a deep
interest in the farmers of his
area. He recognizes the import
ance of agriculture in this pre
dominantly agricultural state of
ours. I am delighted that he has
accepted appointment as County
Key Banker.”
The North Carolina Bankers As
sociation recently was advised
that it had won—for the 13th
straight year—the top national
award offered by the American
Bankers Association for its con
structive work in agriculture.
The ABA award is based upon
the numerous farm projects spon
sored by Tar Heel bankers. The
Association spends thousands of
dollars annually in promoting up
to-date farm practices.
It sponsors a two-week school
at State College each February,
attended by about 150 young farm
leaders from throughout the State.
All expenses of the young farm
ers are paid by their hometown
banks.
The Association also sponsors a
two-day farm credit conference, at
which the State’s financial leaders
study the current agriculture pic
ture with farm leaders. Another
project sponsored by the Associa
tion is a land judging contest to i
Continued On Page Two I
Ideal Weather And Plenty
Of Parties Resulted In
Great Number Of King
Mackerel Being Brought
In During Week-End
GOOD WEATHER AND
FISHING CONTINUE
Boatmen Believe That The
Fish Will Hold Out Just
As Long As The Weath
er Remains Good
Some of the best king mack
erel catches ever made here were
brought in during the past week,
and it is quite possible that more
of these fish were brought in
during the past week-end than for
any comparable period before' in
the history of sport fishing in
Southport.
The weather was ideal and the
fishermen were here in numbers.
Apparently every skipper who
wanted a party had one, and all
of the parties contacted were well
pleased with their results.
On Saturday Capt. Walter
Lewis had O. M. Morrow and
party of Mooresville out aboard
the John Ellen and brought in 20
blues, 46 kings and I amberjack.
The next day C. E. Williams and
party of Winston-Salem had 56
kings, 5 bonito, 6 amberjack, 1
dolphin and a 40-lb cobia. On
Monday Bryan Lynch and party
of Lincolnton caught 47 kings and
4 amberjack.
L. I. Campbell and party of
Fairmont caught 386 bluefish
while fishing with Capt. Fred
Fulford Friday aboard the* Davis
Bros. V. On Sunday T. J. Faulk
ner and party of Charlotte caught
10 kings. The Monday trip with
George Reeves and party of Char
lotte resulted in 37 kings, 3 bar
racuda, 1 amberjack and 3 bonito.
On Saturday Capt. Basil Watts
had Ted Drum and party of Hick
ory out aboard the Idle-On II
and brought in 45 kings. On Sun
day H. C. Smith and party of
Burlington caught 38 kings, 6
bonito, 2 amberjack and 3 bar
racuda. On Monday M. L. Nixon
and party of Charlotte had 39
kings, 4 bonito, 4 barracuda and
1 amberjack.
Another part of the Red Drum
party was out Saturday with
Capt. H. A. Schmidt aboard the
Idle-On III and caught 41 kings.
On Sunday Fred Watler and par
ty of Salisbury caught 38 kings,
(.Continued On Page Four!
Varied Docket
Tried In Court
Several Cases Of Serious
Importance Tried Before
Judge Earl Bellamy In
Recorder’s Court Monday
A nol pros was taken Monday
in two eases charging assault
with intent to commit rape when
the prosecuting witness failed to
appear. The defendants were Don
nie Bland and Enoch Thomas.
W. E. Simmons was convicted
of drunk driving and operating
without a license. Sentence of 6
months on the roads was sus
pended upon payment of costs and
a fine of $125.
A nol pros was taken in the
case charging Sallie Russ with
assault.
The charge of speeding against
John G. Autrey was nol prossed.
Similar action was taken in the
case charging Allen Hughes with
public drunkenness.
The charge against Benjamin
Ringold for driving too fast fori
Continued On Page Two
Inland Waterway
Depth Study By
Army Engineers
Information Will Be Used
In Preparation Of Project
. For Deepening Intracoas
tal Waterway To 12-Toot
Depth
DERDGING FUNDS
AVAILABLE IN MARCH
Commercial Traffic On Wa
terway Has Shown HeaL
thy Increase And Ha«
Resulted In Im-prove
ment
The Corps of Engineers District
office in Wilmington reported this
week that surveys will begin this
month preparatory to restoring
the Intracoastal Waterway in
North Carolina to project depth
of 12 feet.
Funds have been received te
start the dredging next March
in the vicinity of the Neuse River
and to work southward as far
as the funds will permit, accord
ing to Col. H. C. Rowland, Jr.,
District Engineer. The South Car
olina line is the southern bound
ary of the Wilmington District.
Since 1952, the inland route
has been maintained at a 10-foot
depth because of the restriction of
funds for that purpose. However,
in areas where the depth was
found to be less than 10 feet, it
was restored to 12 feet.
Commercial traffic on the
waterway has shown a healthy
increase from the beginning in
the 1930’s and particularly since
the second World War. In 1947,
for example, 875,000 tons were
carried on the waterway. In 1950
there were 1,250,000 tons; 1953—
1.500.000 tons; 1955—1,800,000
tons; and 1,900,000 tons in 1986.
Principal commodities last year
were petroleum products, 380,00®
tons; pulpwood, 600,000 tons; men
haden fish, 80,000 tons; and paper,
430.000 tons.
It was pointed out that the 10
foot depth will permit barge-tug
units and other craft to navigate
the channel with greater safety
than has been the case with the
existing controlling depth of 10
feet. It is for these reasons that
steps are being taken to provide
the maximum 12-foot depth which
will be done on an annual basis
as funds are allocated.
Endorsement Of
Highway Route
The Southport Development
Council And Board Of
Directors Of Lions Cjiib
Urge Improvement Of
Highway No. 74
Two endorsements of the ffjgh
way No. 74 project have gone OU
from Southport during the pda;
week. ■ *
The first of these is from th<
Southport Development Council
and was signed by E. B. Tomlin'
son, Jr. The text is as follows:,
“The Southport Developmen,
Committee enthusiastically en
dorses the East-West Highwa; ■
Program.
“We believe most sincerely thal
if the southeastern area of pus
state is to continue its progress
siveness improved roads must ba
provided. f
“The sporting and resort facili-i
ties have only been touched iii
our area compared to what their
capacity is. We have recreation
Continued On Page Two
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 Associatioa
High Tide Low' TMr
Thursday, November 7,
7:26 A. M. 1:16 A. M.
7:45 P. M. 1:49 P, M.
Friday, November 8,
8:04 A. M. 1:54 A. M.
8:22 P. M. 2:30 P. M.
Saturday, November 9,
8:43 A. M. 2:33 A. M.
9:00 P. M. 3:11 P. M.
Sunday, November 10.
9:24 A. M. 3:14 A. M,
9:42 P. M. 3:53 P. M,.
Monday, November 11,
10:09 A. M. 3:57 A. M.
10:30 P. M. 4:38 P. M,
Tuesday, November 12,
10:59 A. M. 4:45 A. M.'
11:26 P. M. 5:27 P. M.
Wednesday, November 13,
11:54 A. M. 5:40 A. M.
0:00 P. M. 6:22 P. M.