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Volume No. 18
No. 18
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
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PORT PILOT
In A Good Community
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Heart Diseases
Principal Cause
For 1958 Deaths
Statictics Show This To Be
Leading Cause On Natio
nal, State And County
Level Last Year
85 DEATHS ATTRIBUTED
IN CLASSIFICATION
Cancer Is In Second Place
In Brunswick County Sta
tistic, With Accidents
Coming In Third
Statistics received this week in
dicate the position of Brunswick
county in relation to the six
major causes of death.
In first place, diseases of the
heart and blood vessels caused a
total of 85 deaths. These are fol
lowed by 17 deaths from cancer,
15 deaths resulting from accidents,
9 deaths resulting from influenza
and pneumonia, 6 caused by pre
maturity and 2 from diabetes.
Figures from the National Of
fice of Vital Statistics list the
leading causes of death for all
ages during 1956 as: Diseases of
the heart and blood vessels, 843,
410; cancer, 245,070; accidents,
94,350; pneumonia, 47,300; dia
betes, 26,340; cirrhosis of the
liver, 17,215.
It is interesting to note that
with the exception of diabetes,
these same causes, in the same
order, apply to deaths below the
age of 65, contrary to the wide
spread belief that most are pre
ponderantly the ailments of old
age. Below 65, diabetes is in 7th
place, with suicide in 5th. Cirr
hosis of the liver remains in 6th
place.
In North Carolina, the leading
causes of death for all ages are:
Diseases of the heart and blood
vessels, 17,125; cancer, 4,109; ac
cidents, 2,481; pneumonia and in
fluenza, 1,228; prematurity, 723;
diabetes, 543.
Nationally, diseases of the
heart and blood vessels account
for 53.9 nereent of all deaths, in
county 62-percent.
It is significant that prematur
ity rates disproportionately high
in this state, in comparison to
the country as a whole. Last year
diabetes did not appear among
the six leading causes of death,
either in the U. S. or in North
Carolina. Nephristis held sixth
place in this state.
Brief Bit§ Of
-NEWSJ
OYSTER ROAST
There is a correction to be made
in regard to the date of the oyster
roast for the Bolivia Methodist
Church. The date is Saturday,
November 16, at 6:30 p. m. on the
church grounds.
Y. T. A. MEETING
The regular meeting of the
Southport Parent-Teachers Asso
ciation will be held tomorrow
(Thursday) evening at 7:30
o’clock. Superintendent of Schools
John G. Long is slated to be the
speaker.
BROTHERHOOD MEETING
The Brotherhood of the South
port Baptist Church will hold its
annual Ladies Night at the
Church on Friday at 6:30 p. m.
The men are preparing the sup
per and the main feature will be
barbecue. All ladies of the church
are especially invited to attend.
MONDAY HOLIDAY
Monday was a quiet day in
Southport, with the county and
city offices, the Savings & Loan,
bank and, post office observing a
holiday. There was no session of
Recorder’s court. Next Monday
promises to be an unusually busy
time, with the comissioners in
session.
CHURCH SOCIALS
Friday evening at 6 o'clock all
members and prospective members
of the MYF, Bolivia, will meet
at th church with their dates to
begin the hayride planned at the
last meeting. The destination will
be the state park, where a
weiner roast will be held. The
local minister and counselors will
chaperone the group.
REVIVAL SERVICE
Revival services will be conduct
ed at New Hope Presbyterian
Church, Winnabow, beginning
Monday, November 25, and con
tinuing through December 1. The
Rev. J. A. Marrow, Jr., Pastor
of the Cape Fear Presbyterian
Church, Wilmington, will be guest
speaker. Song service will begin
at 7:15 p. m. and worship service
Rt 7:30 o’clock.
50-Years Service
RECOGNITION—Mr. and Mrs. James M. Harper,
Jr., center, look at a citation recently received from
the American Insurance Co. in recognition of the fact
that The Stevens Agency in Southport, of which they
are the owners, has represented that company for
50 years. The original contract was with Mrs. Har
per’s grandfather, the late E. B. Stevens, who found
ed the agency. On the left is Cummings Mebane,
Special agent, and on the right is John P. Young,
HI, production supervisor.
Southport Scene
Of Conference
Cape Fear Conference Of
African Methodist Epis
copal Zion Church Meet
ing At St. James This
Week
REV. E. H. STEWART
PASTOR OF CHURCH
Conference Sessions In Pro
gress From Tuesday
Through Sunday With
Bishop Walter Will
iam Slade Pre
siding
| The Amjual . Session
the African Methodist Episcopal
Zion Church is in session in
Southport this week, with sessions
scheduled to close on Sunday,
presiding with be Bishop Walter
William Slade.
The Rev. E. H. Steward is pas
tor of the host church, St. James.
The dates for the conference
are November 12-17, and both
yesterday and today there was
good attendance. However, ex
pectations are that the Sunday
convocation will number several
hundred.
Many of the delegates are
guests at homes in Southport,
while others from nearby church
es are commuting daily. There are
morning, afternoon and evening
sessions scheduled each day ex
cept Saturday and Sunday, when
there id no evening session.
The conference includes a large
portion of Eastern North Carolina.
Representatives are present from
the Wilson, Clarkton, Goldsboro
and Wilmington Districts.
Members of St. James have
been making preparations for
months to take care of this great
event and included were import
ant renovations and improvements
to the church building and Sun
day School rooms.
Signal Honor
For Local Boy
Mr. and Mrs. William Mc
Dowell Receive Letter
Notifying Them Of Honor
Recently Bestowed Upon
Their Son At Hunter Air
Force Base
Mr. and Mrs. William McDowell
of Southport recently received a
letter from Brig. Gen. Charles
B. Doughter, Commander of Hun
ter Air Force Base, notifying
them of an honor bestowed upon
their son, S-Sgt. William E. Mc
Dowell. Text of his letter follows:
“It is with great pleasure that
I inform you that your son, Staff
Sergeant William E. McDowell,
has been selected as the “Out
standing Non-commissioned Of
ficer” in the 49th Bombardment
Squadron, 2d Bombardment Wing
M Jet, Hunter Air Force Base,
Georgia, for the period 1 January
1957 through 30 June 1957.
“This award is presented each
six months to the individual in
the squadron who demonstrates
outstanding qualities In regards
to his military obligations, and
who shows outstanding individual
effort in the accomplishment of
the squadron mission. Factors con
sidered in selection your son were
performance of duty, loyalty to
unit, acceptance of responsibility,
adherence to customs of the Air
Continued On Page Two
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Workers School
Will Be Held
A meeting to arrange plans for
the Brunswick County Sub-Dis
trict Christian Workers’ School of
the Methodist Church is set for
Sunday afternoon, December 1, at
3:30 at the Concord Methodist
Church in Supply.
All pastors, church school su
perintendents, and chairmen of
the Commission on Education are
asked to meet to formulate plans
for the school.
Adams Retires
As Mail Carrier
Prominent Resident Of Le
land Community Retires
Following 48-Years Ser
vice With Post Office
Department
W. G. Adams of Deland retired
October 31, after completing for
ty-eight yeai's of service as rural
carrier from the Leland post of
fice.
He began his career as a car
rier in 1909. The Leland post
master at that time was Mrs.
Lizzie C. Adams. Because of un
paved roads, the mail was car
ried by bicycle in fair weather
and a horse-drawn buggy in in
clement weather. Later, a motor
cycle replaced the bicycle. Im
proved roads and longer routes
brought into use the automobile
as a mode of transportation.
His continuous service was in
terrupted only by his service in
the U. S. Navy during World
War I.
Mr. Adams is married to the
former Grethchen Krahnke. They
have three daughters and a son,
all married. Two daughters are
teachers, one daughter is a lab
oratory technician, and the son is
a service manager for an auto
mobile agency in Washington, D.
C.
Mr. Adams is a member of the
Continued On Fage Two
Lions To Hold
Turkey Shoot
Plans Being Made For This
Event Saturday, Novem
ber 23; Proceeds To Go
To Help Finance Club
Activities
The Southport Lions Club will
sponsor a turkey shoot on the
grounds adjoining the Lions Club
building on Saturday, November
23, beginning at 10 a. m. and
continuing until 2 p. m.
The winners will be given their
choice of a live or dressed turkey.
The club will furnish the guns or
contestants may bring their own.
The club will furnish all shells.
Everyone is invited to come and
try his luck and skill for a
Thanksgiving or Christmas tur
key. All profits will be used by
the Lions Club in aid to the blind
and other civic activities of the
club.
Clinton Bellamy is chairman of
the shoot, and Ray Walton and
James M. Harper are his chief
assistants.
Deadline Nears
For Application
For Scholarship
Ernest E. Parker, Brunswick
County Chairman For
Morehead Scholarship Co
mmittee, Gives Require
ments
PROVIDES $1,200
ANNUALLY AT UNC
Other Scholarship Help Av
ailable For Candidates
Who Fail To Qualify
For This Com
petition
The Trustees of the John Mot
ley Morehead Foundation invite
the male graduates of the high
schools of Brunswick County to
apply for a Morehead Scholarship
at the University of North Caro
lina in Chapel Hill.
The value of the Undergrad
uate Morehead Scholarship for
each college year until changed
by the Trustees is. twelve hun
dred and fifty dollars per annum,
or five thousand dollars ($5,000)
for four college years.
In making nominations, com
mittees will have regard to the
qualities laid down by Mr. More
hehd in the Indenture creating the
Foundation and as follows:
(a) Scholastic ability and at
tainments.
(b) Qualities of manhood, truth
fulness, courage, devotion to duty,
sympathy, kindliness, unselfish
ness and fellowship.
(c) Evidence of/ moral force of
character and capacities to lead
and to take an interest in his
schoolmates.
(d) Physical vigor, as shown
by interest in competitive sports
or in other ways.
Candidates will be selected by
County Morehead Scholarship
Committee from applicants sub
mitted by the Principals of the
City and County High Schools.
Financial need has no bearing
on the selection and awarding of
l oOltUllllti. I,,. ,(i;.
Moore head Witt '
Become Pastor
Well Known Baptist Minis
ter Takes Over Responsi
bilities As Pastor of Bap
tist Church At Howell
Point
In a called business meeting
Sunday night, the Antioch Bap
tist Church of Bolivia extended
an unanimous call to the Rev.
W. R. Moorehead to become pas
tor of the church’s mission at
Howell Point.
For the past two years the
church has been operating the
Howell Point Mission at Howell’s
with members of the church and
others alternating with the pas
tor, the Rev. W. Luther Hawkins
in holding services. A Sunday
School has been in operation there
for several years with Jimmy
Jones as superintendent. The
Antioch church expresses appre
ciation for the work done by Mr.
Jones, who has recently united
with the Bolivia Baptist Church.
The Rev. Mr. Moorehead holds
a responsible position with the
Timme Corporation in Wilming
ton and will, continue in that
position, giving all the time he
can to the work at Howell Point,
and holding services there each
Sunday afternoon. He has accept
ed the work to begin next Sunday
afternoon, November 17, at 3
i’clock.
Commander
COL. JONAS S. HEISS, who
assumed duties as commanding
officer of Sunny Point Army Ter
minal effective November 1. He
and Mrs. Heiss are making their
home in the Officers Quarters
here in Southport.
Sport Fishing
Continues For
Local Boatmen
Despite Bad Weather Of
Past Week-End, Two Suc
cessful Trips Reported By
Capt. Walter Lewis; Par
ties Continue Bookings
Although the calendar says that
the 1957 fishing season is over
and more and more of late this
fact is being backed up by the
weather man, the fact remains
that some mighty fine catches
continue to be made by parties
fishing out of Southport.
On Saturday C. B. Lewis and
party of Kannapolis were out
with Capt. Walter Lewis aboard
the John Ellen and brought in
56 king mackerel, 6 bonito and 2
j amberjack.
On Sunday Tom Jetter and par
ty of Gastonia were out with him
and they brought in 15 king
-mackerel, 6 bonito and 150 man
grave snapper.
These trips were made after
week-end weather had threatened
cancellations.
Capt. Hulan Watts said Monday
that there are plenty of fish still
here and that bookings continue
to come in. “We” have good fish
ing for awhile as long as we have
weather fit to go out in”, he pre
dicted.
Willis Purchases
Local Pharmacy
Local Druggist Becomes
Owner Of Southport’s
Only Drug Store Follow
ing Purchase From Arr
ington Estate
R. M. Willis, druggist at Wat
son’s Pharmacy since 1942, has
purchased this business from the
estate of the late E. H. Arring
ton. The transaction was effective
as of October 1.
Willis is a graduate of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, and
prior to coming to work in South
port had worked in Chadbourn,
Burgaw and Wilmington. He is
married and his wife, Mrs. Thel
ma Willis, is a member of the
Southport school faculty. They
have one son.
Watson’s Pharmacy is one of
Southport's oldest businesses,
Continued On Page Four
TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HARPER
Wednesday, November 17, 1937 found S. B. Frink the new
vice-president of the Eighth District Bar Association. The Chapel
Road School of the Northwest township had just undergone a
beautification program and was featured in a front page picture.
Camp Sapona was planning to have a representative basketball
team, and the boxing program there was still going strong.
The cargo of a passing freighter had shifted and the craft had
put into Southport to readjust the load in the hold. Lebanon
Baptist Church was planning a homecoming, Seth Smith was
selling “young, fresh” mules, and a group of “former dramatic
stars” of the Southport community was set to present “The Ab
sent Minded Bridegroom.”
It was Wednesday, November 18, 1942, and the Navy recruiter
was again making his rounds in the county. His returns were
bound to improve because the new teen-age draft law was going
in effect. Two former members of the Pilots Association, Roberi
Thompson and Bill Styron, were now serving in the armed
forces. Their pictures graced the front page of this week’s issue
of The Pilot.
All motorists were being told (by the proper agencies) to turn
in their extra tires, and now mileage, rather than gasoline, was
being rationed. Students at Southport High School were being
Shallotte throughout the week, peanut and pecan prices were
Continued On Page Four),
Shallotte Camp
In New Building
First Services In Newly
Erected Building Will Be
Held Sunday, With Dr.
J. E. Garlington As Guest
Preacher
The congregation of Camp
Methodist Church at Shallotte will
hold their first services Sunday
morning in their new building,
with Dr. J. E. Garlington, district
superintendent, serving as guest
minister.
The Rev. William B. Starnes is
pastor.
Church School will begin at 10
o’clock, followed at 10:55 by mor
ning worship at 12:30 dinner will
be served in the Henry Stone
Cafeteria at Shallotte High School
and all members and guests are
invited. At 5 o’clock there will
be an organ recital in the church
sanctuary, with Mrs. T. L. New
berry of Raleigh in charge. At 6
o’clock there will be a fellowship
supper and at 7 o’clock Sunday
Evening Fellowship, which will in
clude family activities.
The new building is of masonry
construction, and in addition to a
spacious sanctuary, includes class
rooms for Church School and a
recreation hall. It has a warm air
heating system and is air con
ditioned. A new Hammond organ
has recently been installed. New
furniture has been purchased for
REV. WILLIAM B. STARNES
the educational building.
Cost of the new structure is
about $63,000. The general con
tractor is J. V. Stanley of Wil
mington and the architects are
Ballard and McKimm.
A new brick parsonage has been
completed during this year at a
cost of $12,500.
The initial building fund raising
effort for this project was started
(Continued On Page Four!
Second Tobacco
Crop Is Harvested
I
Work Starts On
Health Center
The foundation has been
laid for the Brunswick Coun
ty Health. Center at Shallotte
and workmen are making
good progress on the struc
ture.
F. R. King Construction
Co. of Wilmington is the con
tractor and the architect is
W. M. Moore Webber of Ra
leigh.
The new building is situated
on the north side of U. S.
17 about two hundred yards'
west of the intersection with
highway No. 130 on the new
route.
Special Service
At Thanksgiving
The Rev. Lawrence Bridges
Will Preach On Thanks
giving Eve At St. Phillips
Episcopal Church
The community Thanksgiving
service will be held on the Wed
nesday evening before Thanksgiv
ing in St. Philip’s Episcopal
Church.
The Rev. Lawrence Bridges,
pastor of Trinity Methodist
Church, will deliver the sermon.
The service will be conducted by
the Rev. Leo Hawkins of the
Southport Baptist Church and
Captain Henry Howard of the
host church.
This will be a union service, and
everyone is invited to participate.
Similar efforts have been made
in past years, with the services
usually scheduled for the mor
ning of Thanksgiving Day. It was
the feeling of the committee in
charge that attendance will be im
proved at an evening service.
Music will be furnished by a
combined church choir, with Mrs.
Dallas Pigott as organist.
Episcopaleans To
Be On Television
Bishop Wright Will Appear
On Program Along With
Several Other Prominent
Church Leaders
A special television program
featuring the work of the Epis
copal Church in eastern North
Carolina and world will be pre
sented Thursday evening at 7:30
o’clock over WMFD-TV, Wilming
ton.
The Rt. Rev. Thomas H.
Wright, D. D., Bishop of the
Diocese of East Carolina, will ap
pear on the program with clerical
and lay leaders. These include:
The Rev. Charles I. Penick, rec
tor of St. Stephen’s, Goldsboro;
The Rev. John W. Drake, rector
Continued On Page Two
I Oakland Smith Prt»duces
Second Crop In One Year
From Same Field By Cul
tivating Sucker On Each
Stalk
COLD FINALLY ENDS
STRANGE HARVEST
Estimates Production T o
Run About 1,200 Pounds
Per Acre For Second
Crop After Geting
2,600-lbs First
Oakland Smith, Brunswick coun
ty farmer, has confounded tobac
co experts this fall by successful
ly producing a second crop of
tobacco on the same field, and
frost recently cut short his pro
duction.
After producing 2,600-lbs per
acre from his first crop, Smith
went into his field and cut each
stalk off even with the ground,
save for one sucker. Then he
side-dressed with 400-lbs of fer
tilizer and plowed the field. The
plants began to grow, and long
before frost he began his second
harvest.
Four times he cropped tobacco,
and as a result he estimates that
he has produced an additional
1,200-lbs to the acre. It would
have been even more if he could
have completed his harvest.
The leaves are large and well
developed and cured out nicely.
If there is any deficiency, it came
from the fact that some of the
leaves were harvested before they
ripened, ahd there is more green
than would appar. This probably
resulted from the need to get the
crop in the barn before frost.
There have been no report of
sales of this second crop, but his
case did cause a special inquiry
to the State Committee to learn
Continued On Page Two
Teen Age Club
At St. Phillips
Boys And Girls Invited To
Enjoy Recreation And
Refreshments Each Satur
day Evening
“For you boys and girls who
like to dance, eat good home
made cookies, drink Pepsis and
cokes and have a good time the
opportunity exists at St. Philip’s
Episcopal Church of Southport
each Saturday evening,” said
Capt. Henry Howard this week.
“All this is available the teen
agers of our community for free.”
“This activity is being con
ducted every Saturday night from
7 until 10:30 o’clock at the Parish
Hall. Each teen-ager is welcome
to attend these events so long
as the party doesn’t get rough.
We proved Saturday night that
we can all have a good time, so
come on out and join us.”
Capt. Howard, the 'new Epis
copal minister, is in charge and
says, "Maybe we can develop even
more activities from this. It takes
you to make it a success.”
Southport Club
Sponsors Sale
Of Xmas Seal
Mrs. C. E. Bellamy Will
Serve As Chairman Of
This Activity Of South*
port Woman’s Club This
Year
THREE-FORTHS OF
FUNDS STAY IN COUNTY
Seal Sales Serve As Educat
ional Program As
Well As Fund Rais
ing Effort To Com
bat Tuberculosis
Mrs. Clinton Bellamy will head
the 1957 Christmas Seal Sale in
Brunswick County. Mrs. E. J.
Prevatte, president, Southport
Woman’s Club, today announced
that Mrs. Bellamy had accepted
her appointment to head the an
nual educational and fund-raising
sale.
In accepting the appointment,
Mrs. Bellamy said, “Our plans
are well under way to raise the
money to support the year-round
efforts of the TB Association.’’
She emphasized that the Seal Sale
was an educational drive as well
as a fund-raising event, and point
ed out that the tuberculosis
group hoped to focus the atten
tion of the people of Brunswick
County on the problem of tuber
culosis and facts about the dis
ease during the sale.
Seventy-five percent of the
money received from the Christ
mas Seal Sale in this county will
remain here. Funds are used for
many activities of the National
Tuberculosis Association. Some
activities are: Health Education
in the principles and practice of
tuberculosis prevention; Coopera
tion with health and welfare de
partments, schools, sanatorium
authorities, medical societies and
many other agencies; Research
and Study to find better methods
of controlling, preventing, and
curing tuberculosis; and Main
tenance and Organization of
i tuberculosis administration.
Dairymen Using
New Type Semen
Use Of Frozen Product
Makes Service Of Best
P ossible Bulls Available
In County
Columbus, Bladen, and Bruns
wick County dairymen can now
breed their cows to better bulls
and not worry about bull pens
or busy bus drivers.
With the development of frozen
semen, stored and carried at 317
degrees below zero, local dairy
men can now call their local tech
nician, Carl Lewis, who has a
supply of frozen semen on hand
at all times.
Their supply of frozen semen
is replenished every two weeks.
They carry with them a choice
of seven Holsteins, four Guern
seys, and four Jersey bulls. Mem
bers of the Columbus-Bladen
breeders association may chose
the bull he wants.
This change comes about as a
result of much research and de
velopment and has been through
ly tried and tested in the mid
west. In fact, over 50,000 mid
west cows were bred last Decem
ber in the midwest using frozen
semen. Technicians report better
results with frozen semen than
they had with liquid semen.
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 Tide
Thursday, November 14,
12:28 A. M. 6:42A. M.
12:55 P. M. 7:21 P. M.
Friday, November 15,
1:35 A. M. 7:48 A. M.
1:58 P. M. 8:23 P. M.
Saturday, November 16,
2:41 A. M. 8:56 A. M.
3:00 P. M. 9:24 P. M.
Sunday, November 17,
3:45 A. M. 10:01 A. M.
4:03 P. M. 10:23 P. M.
Monday, November 18,
4:45 A. M. 11:02 A. M.
5:01 P. M. 11:18 P. M.
Tuesday, November 19,
5:43 A. M. 1:57 A. M.
5:58 P. M.. 0:00 P. M.
Wednesday, November 20,
6:37 A. M. 12:10 A. M
6:50 P. M. 12:50 P. M