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r.VTl THE STAT1P0RT PILOT b"1 I i p ''•‘“■"•'•STi* — A Lrood \ewspaiji A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County 'NO. 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, DNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY SI.50 PER YEAR Employment In Brunswick Has Some Increase F,ByreStftt,eF8ed1Thi8 Week curif* r EmP,0yn»ent Se Shows Quarter^6*86 F~ S.cond note UPSURGE in claims in state PedrZ°cTT ueaSOn h Cit For E^n rbut,ng Cause fr y Seasonal Rise In Unemployment Claims SLweek Uy C(>mmiSslon safd 4J^aw' *laims ro»e some 12 per oveJ 30er Septamber and were *| ’nS,B22,S,K““1 I season.” ^ tobacco Pressing tew^11 Said a comParison of new claims activity m u BZ dominantly tobacco areas shals I! 73 percent increase in a ctaims ,o« “** “» ' aoout 5 September, claims for benem" were running more than a S 2s,ih“ r^'r s *S*£35 32“ *” tS farmertohWan, a *harp droP to non Plaeements during the September—and a “pa/'Tf this decline was due to fe£er to bacco placements. lion’s report on second quarter ta^fwe^k. aJs° re' This report noted that the „ T Z average of insured work toy ^nUle SeCOnd <Juarter reached 827,300, a rise of almost 7,000 from the first quarter level. How ever, second quarter insured em ployment lacked 1,200 attaining the level of the same quarter (Continued on Page Fourj Brief BUt Of NEWS CHRISTMAS DANCE Plans have been completed b\ the Live Oak Garden Club for a Christmas dance to be held at the Community Building on Saturday, December 21. Proceeds will go to wards beautifying ,the school grounds. Tickets are on sale by the club members. SHAJLLOTTE P. x. A. Ihe Shallotte Parent-Teachers Association will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday evening 7nJhe ^*gh, school auditorium at 7.J0 o clock. All parents and friends are urged to attend, as a good program has been planned toy the program chairman. BOLIVIA P. X. A. The Bolivia P. T. A. will meet in the school auditorium Decem ber 9th. Everyone is urged to at tend "to learn of the progress made thus far on projects spon sored by the organization. Re ports will be given by all chair man. The home economics de partment will be in charge of the program. Barbecue supper A barbecue supper, pit-cooked on church grounds the day of serving, will be held Saturday beginning at 6:30 p. m., at Zion Methodist Church, Town Church. The supper will tbe served in the Fellowship Hall of the church, buffet style. Home-made cakes and pies will be on sale, and also a bazaar table will be featured. The public is cordially invited. FOLIO SHOTS Mrs. Ella Aldridge, Brunswick county - health nurse, this week issued a warning for those who have not taken polio shots to do so at once. “At present we still have a supply of Salk vaccine,” she said, “but our stock is short ” Persons up to 19 years of age are eligible. The hours for the clinic at the health department in South port are from 11 to 2:30 o'clock on Tuesday. At the district health office at Shallotte the office Jjoiurs are from 1 to 4 on Tburs-1 day afternoon. I • Southport Man Reports On Trip SoSKt if'hJlneS’ native 0f C Washington, <D. to’ the ArntmemC>rable exPed’tion of a shirfe*! reg:ions in search vide ! P Channel which will pro CveLer r°Ute f°r °Cean^ Jones, who is a good amateur gmT'took coior ss?it this histone expedition, and re newgpap^"* color pictures rt was the dream of early ex ^'ZteJTsh“ turerfwaf/ f modern adven _ t0 cha« a course for posits “ “le vast mineral de 'f northern Canada Thev fSrVecirtheir g°al th“ faU m^he North SSan^Sf the Oeep-dr^ht^er^X * The story of the search for a H97 dates back t0 149 when John Cabot headed a iwilds eIXploration into the Arctic I ilds. Jacques Cartier followed in 1 "'"■' R“M Amundsen i„ 1803.°6'M - ™ k^uhsi Lfuard mtfAM were joined by the CanL breaker Labrador in A^»f Ice and the four cZt *♦ Waters Continued o. Speedy Job Made On Bridge Repair F S„ D™ Syed Severa Spans Of Bridge Over In tracoastal Waterway Al Holden Beach Last Wed nesday WORKERS STAYED OM j Traffic Abie To Resume Normal Flow Yesterday; State Official Praises Work Of Highway Force Hie State Highway Commission announced yesterday the comple tion of a repair job on the Holden Beach bridge, just 6 days after several spans were destroyed by fire last Wednesday afternoon. In making the announcement of the reopening Highway Director W. F. Babcock and Chief High way Engineer W. H. Rogers Jr., praised the efforts of the bridge maintenance crew who worked round the clock to make it possi ble, ahead of schedule. “Within three hours after word was received that several spans on the ocean-side approaches to the bridge, linking Holden’s Beach and the mainland, plus the bridge tender house, had been destroyed by fire, assistant .bridge i maintenance Engineer K. R. Scott moved in his crew and started the repair. "Working night and day, Thanksgiving, Saturday and even | Sunday, the men were able to restore the bridge to service with in six days—one day earlier than we anticipated,” Rogers said. "After a fire, apparently from Continued On rags s our Soil Election Now Being Held i' i,...—.. ___i .. _ c«un’y that have not already i voted are urged to cast their bal- : lots at the most convenient place ; listed above before the voting closes. , Brunswick county is a part of ; the Lower Cape Fear Soil Con- i servation District. Other Counties 1 m the District are Bladen, Co- ; umbus, New Hanover and Pender. I Shallotte, t x arker s Lonnie Evan’s Store- i Washam-Warlick-Har- ' )re; Supply, Parker's . Dredge Working Inland Waterway on" & maintenance areugms project for the intracoastnl waterway at Calabash, ex tending northward to Beau fort. The object is to remove several shoals that have built up in the waterway along this route. The work is being done by the dredge Northwood of the Atkinson Dredging Co. and it is estimated that it will re quire about 3 months for com pletion. About 300,000 cubic yards will be removed. Busy Session Of Court Is Held m Numerous Cases Disposed Of Monday Before Judge Earl Bellamy In Bruns wick County Recorder’s Court A variety of cases were dis posed of here in Recorder's court Monday before Judge Earl Bell amy> with the following judg ments ‘being handed down: Clara Jones not guilty of as sault upon a female. | Marion McDonald was found1 'guilty of driving without an op erator's license and was fined $25 land costs. He was found not guil [ ty of possession. . The case .charging. Guy Willetts with having no operator’s ■ license was nol pressed, He pleaded guil ty of driving with improper equip-J ment and was fined $10 and costa. Katie Anderson and William An-! deison asked for a jury trial on charges of being drunk and dis orderly and affray. Bond was set at $100. 1 Devon Hughes was found not guilty of assault with a deadly weapon, but ,was convicted of dis orderly conduct. Judgment was suspended upon payment of costs and $25 fine, defendant to ,be of good behavior. Charles Ray Vaught pleaded guilty to charges of larceny. Sen tence of 9 months was suspend ed upon payment of costs, 2 years good behavior and payment of $20 ■? Robert McLamb-. . . The case against Robert E. Vlayo for driving on the wrong >ide of the road and giving an mproper signal was nol prossed. James C. Lowery is now serv ng sentence imposed for driving rfter revocation of his license on i charge of drunk driving. Jhe following speeding cases vere settled: James M. Daniel, 0-mph, $15 and costs; Jesse W Catkins, 5o-mph, $10 and costs; Irookfisinre D. Moore, 70-mph, >15 and costs; Gene Willetts, 65 Continued On Rage <fotir Referendum Cotton Wil Held Next \ Tuesday, December As Date For Cott ™er* To Visit Pig Purpose Of Wishes On Co* Quotas USTwOF POLLING PLACES ANN( Decision Of This dum Will Have tant Bearing Upon “rice Support F'l 1958 erSB w!!fWiCk Ooua*y- cott ers mil lg0 to the day, December 10 to I Teff nflarketin& quota] effect for their 1958 cr? ■The Secretary of Aerici required by J(j to *23 unln" w qUOtaS if the SI* upland cotton is more 3 J®””? suPPly- Such a pi m h X°ur the 1958 orop hi made by Secretary BensJ Cotton Allotment Notices 1 ?h?edJ° COtt°n wie referendum to be h December in ™ Marketing quota8 canj continued in effect hi MUiout the app„v,i 0, ‘ voting in a referendum queauon. The next step™ i a referendum in which f! who engaged in the producl to vaonte. C°tt0n in 1957 are 195fi r,q,10tas are approve 1958-crop upland cotton pri port be available to growers at a level between 90 percent of parity the mi s sr time th! SUPPly situat)on time the support is dete Y quotas are disapproved acreag-e allotments without ketmg quotas will ^_■ _ 75 1 'f<w w,l4r *wuain j»r lect, but price sunnorf t^ 31, Br“-T£®r'# -4 anilTp!rCTH _ ___ J. E. Kirby’s Store; North "VVestj Applewhite's Store; Smilhville, Midway Station; Shallotte, Grisr settown, Parker’s Store; Towi Creek, Bolivia, Douglas Hawefe Store; Waccamaw, Waccamaw School, agricultural bldg. (Veter ans work shop). Brunswick Man Dies In Alaska Funeral Arrangements For Coolidge Phelps Incom plete Pending Arrival Of Body Relatives in Brunswick county were advised Monday of the death in Adak, Alaska, of CM2 Coolidge Phelps, who died of brochial pneumonia in a Naval hospital. The deceased, who was 32 yeai B of age, was serving with the navy and was a veteran of World War II. He was due for discharge early next year. His body .was being. flown to Bremmerton, Washington, from which point it will be brought to his home for burial. ..Funeral ar rangements are incomplete, pend ing further word. concerning ar Continued On Page Four rax Listers Are Named By Board Members of the board of county commissioners appointed tax list 2rs at their regular meeting here Monday. The following were named: Northwest, Elmer Aycock; Town Creek, E. O. Rabon; Smithville, Carl Ward; Lockwoods Folly, Murphy Hewett; Shallotte, J. B. Ward, Jr.; Waccamaw, Bessie Lou Coleman. Upon motion of R. E. Bellamy, seconded by Durwood Clark, it was decided to make no charge in the present organization of the .board of cimmissioners, of which F. H. Swain has served as chairman for the past year. The commissioners voted to al low the county attorney 15-per cent of funds collected for judg ments in old age assistance cases. Fishing Reports Continue Even Into December Unusual Catch Of Trout Taken In New inlet At Long Beach Tuesday; King Mackerel Still Being Caught One of the best fishing stories of the season was reported here yesterday toy Roscoe Staley of High Point, who owns a cottage at Long Beach. While fishing for 45 minutes at the new Long Beach inlet he caught 39 trout, ranging in weight from 3'/z to 4 Dounds. He was plugging, using a mir ror lure. , And while is the most spec tacular report received this week, there was evidence of other fish continuing to toite, despite the fact that this is December. On the list are king mackerel, and on Sunday Capt. Hulan Watts had Dave McCall and party of Charlotte out aboard the Idle On IV. They returned with 60 of these fish. That day Capt. Basil Watts had &. L>. Reed and party of Badin out aboard the Idle On II and caught 55 kings. •Among the inside fisherinen, the Lumber-ton, who added a 16-lb and 18-lb rockfish to the 22-pounder they caught 10 days ago. Brunswick Man Wins Vacation James D. Bellamy Leaving Saturday I* or Vacation trip lo Litchfield Park, Arizona North Carolina’s two winners >f tlie tenth annual soil conser 'ation contest sponsored by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Oo. are leparting from Wilmington, Dec. to join 98 other winners from .11 parts of the United States tor our, fun-packed vacation days at he Wigwam resort hotel at Litch ield Park, Ariz. The outing is grand prize for \ te nation's farmers and ranch- < rs selected as outstanding soil onservationists in their home ; tales each year. North Carolina’s winners are j; antes Bellamy, of Shallotte, who | ■ ’as chosen to represent first place ; ower Cape Fear soil eonserva- i on district, and F. D. Hawes, f. Watha, who was named the , strict’s outstanding cooperator ) t conservation practices. - < Continued On Page Four t TIME and TIDE By JIMMIE HARPER Pilot ^a,Sri!?^eSKay’ December 8. 19”, and on that day The nel' head: “Plan t0 Abandon CCC Camp at S u poit. Indeed, the CC camp was soon to depart, and the same week it was learned that another institution, the Peoples United Bank, had already faded from the local scene. In its place came the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company, and to the post of cashier came Prince O'Brien of Fairmont. * n lVinter” had made a Srafid entrance the Friday before, heralded by. a few snow.flurries; the Norwegian tanker -Irma” m gone, aground off Battery island;, and Sheriff j. A Russ . ad made several raids on. county moonshineries in an- effort to .nsure a dry Christmas. Local .industry was on the upswing, and n ccpmg with the movement, it was announced that South port was scon to become the site of an eel smokery. On December 9, 1942, the WpT^ogram had been discontinued by President Roosevelt. Columbus County had been hit by a de nf h!wh 01 na °’ and 'I'he Pil0t that week had given good notice of both occurances. On the local scene, it was announced that ™rS necJ noL bave iwmlte to kill hogs; and a deer had com bGing ChHSCd by a P'OUP of local hunters. rt ^ DaJIas Pl8ott had enlisted in the Coaot Guard reserve., areas up t* 25 miles’ distance from the coast were being, “dimmed-out” nightly; and '"The Lighter Side” (Continued On Page 4) Army-Navy Club SCENE—This is the old Army-Navy Club Building in Southport, which was the World War I counterpart of the USO during World War II. Later this building was used as a gymnasium but now it has been removed. County Community Contest Winner Extend Time For Farm Practices Due to rains and' unfavor able weather conditions in late November the Brunswick County Technical Committee has requested an extension of time on seeding permanent pastures. The State Commit tee approved the request to extend the seeding date from November 30 to December 10. Farmers are urged to com plete their seeding by Decem ber 10 and report completion to the ASC Office at Shal lotte by December 15. Complete Teacher Training Course Seventeen Brunswick Coun Cast Carolina Course At Bolivia On Monday night 17 teachers and residents of Brunswick coun ty completed the East Carolina College extention course which was taught at Bolivia by Weldon Hall, principal of Waccamaw High School. The following were granted credit for the teaching oi Read ing: Ruth ,W. Adams, Carolina Beach; Mary S. Austin, Acme; Claire T. Evans, Ash; Pearl K. jsouvia; iJJtneiyn G. Hawes, Supply; Betty Anne Hew ett, Shaiiocte; Jessie F. Laws, Walnut; Alice Lesh, Bolivia; Daisy Long, Ash; Pearle U. Mc Niel, Bolivia; Pansy' Page, Ash; Dra Galloway McKeibhan, Bolivia; Harry L. iwintz, Jr., Shailotte; Dottie Russ, Ash; L'arol Sellers Stanaland, Shailotte; Lsther Daphene Suggs, Ash; Mrs. Roy iwain, Bolivia. The teachers taking this course lave appreciated tne practical iresentauons of leading problems md have been making appdica ions of the principles discussed, encouraging results have been re >orted. This is one of the two extention worses taught for the first time his year in this county, and all f the teachers expressed a hope hat the arrangement may be con inued. Three. Suspects Are Bound Over Trio Captured By Sheriff’s Officers Saturday In Shal lotte Are Suspected Of Burglary Attempt Three men armed to the teeth with sawed off shotguns and oth er weapons and having in their possession burglary tools, were captured at . Shallotte Saturday <yi<3 on Monday were .hound over to .Superior court under bonds of $2,500 each following - preliminary hearings. The men are Hiram C. Butler, James Jordan and Kenneth Smith, all of New Orleans, La., but with two of them having been born and reared at Hallsboro. They were spotted while seated in their automobile bearing a Louisiana license plate parked at a service station on U. S. 17, and sheriff’s deputies were called by ; a man who recalled--that the get- : aiv ay car in the Red ■ and - White ; robbery attempt last week bore license tags from that State. ,1 Continued On Page Bour Special Award Received By Lebanon-Mi?l Creek Com munity For Friendliness During Past Year HEAR ADDRESS BY AGRICULTURAL LEADER Awards Made At Banquet Held In Wilmington Mon day Evening; Duplin Folks Top Winners The Mill Creek-Lebanon Com munity Council won a special award in the form of a trophy for good neighborliness at the An nual SEN Gland Development As sociation banquet in Wilmington Monday night. The award was received on be half of his fellow citizens by Wil bur Earl Earp. John Fox, presi dent of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, made the presenta tion. Top winner in the community competition was Pleasant Grove of Duplin County, and runner-up was Bladen Union. _, ,_„_t of the meeting, whic atives from various eastern Noft Carolina communities, was an ac dress by True P. Morse, Und« Secretary of Agriculture, wh spoke of the increasing desii ability of combining farm livin with work in industry. He pointe out that the trend toward dis persal of industry is assisting i this plan of living. The national Rural Develop ment Program will make it possi ble for people to continue to live on the land.—out in rural America —and still participate in our great prosperity," he said. County History To Be Discussed N. C. Society For Preserva tion Ut Antiquities Will Hear Or. b. Lawrence Lee laik About LMd brunswick Tlie Utile-known town of " Bruns- ; wick and the - welt-known town': of New Bern will be'“m the spot-' light when the North Carolina' Bo-! ciety for the - Preservation' of An-j Equities hoia its-afinual meeting: this week in Raleigh. Ur. E. Lawrence Lee, Jr., Pro-1 fcssor of American Colonial His tory at the _Citaaei,. wilt-speak at the luncheon meeting about the j past, present, and future of Old j Brunswick town, the pre-Re volu tionary town which has been buried in the jungles of the lower Cape Pear for nearly two hun dfed years and, at the evening meeting, the Society will hear the culminating report on the Tryon Palace Restoration project. Active work will begin soon on the Brunswick site, which is 12 miles from Southport on the west foank of the Cape Fear. It may become the North Carolina Count erpart of Virginia's Jamestown project. At present all that can oe seen is the shell; of' the' old Church. Dr. LAe has made pre-' Jim inary exploration of' a portion of the site and will' shoe . slides of tho remains which lie found. .The town was orree a social and J commercial center, but it was abandoned when bombarded by the British during the Revolu tion. The program on Tryon Palace will be most timely since this great project, which has been un rer construction for several /ears m rapidly nearly comple hon. Of the three buildings in j he project,--the main" budamg and [ me wing building have been re. instructed on the original foun (Continued on Page Four; Annual Meeting Of Production Credit Group Twenty - Fourth Annual Meeting Held In Wilming ton With President John R. Morris Making Annual Report ASSOCIATION SERVES BRUNSWICK COUNTY • 5 * • . Important Gain Shown Dur ing Past Year In Number Of Desirable Loans By Association The 24th Annual meeting of the Wilmington Production Credit As sociation was held Friday, Novem ber 22 and according to John R. Morris, President of the Associa tion, the volume of loans out standing in the 87 Production Credit Association in the Third Farm Credit District is 39 per cent greater than one year ago. Morris, who had just returned from a meeting of PUA Executive Committee held at Goldsboro, re ported that the increase in loan volume throughout the district is due mainly to the increased volume of Intermediate-Term loans for capital purposes, plus loans to members who have not been borrowing for several years but are now coming back to the associations for needed funds. Morris was accompanied to tile Goldsboro meeting by H. B. BUv enbark, secretary-treasurer of the. Wilmington Association. Reports made at the meeting by K. A. Darr, President of the federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Columbia, indicated tnat tne quality of loans as revealed by credit examinations is good and all 87 associations are in a sound position to provide their farmer members with constructive loans. Darr further reported that during the first nine months of 1957, tne 87 production credit associations had shown an increase in their combined net worth of $1,273,177. Morris reported the Wilming ton Production Credit Association has extended credit during the r past twelve months to 639 mem I bers in an amount of $1,415,447 Jin New Hanover, Pender, and . counties. The officers of the Wilmington association are John R. Morris, president, Clias. R. Rogers, vice president; H. B. Rivenoark, sec retary-treasurer; R. W. Geddes, J asst, secretary-treasurer; and John ! B. Ward, J. W. Sellers, Jr. and | A. B. Herring, directors. Restrictions On Portion Of River Approach Chanei To Sunny roint Army lerminal Classified As Restricted Area Notice has been received that a certain area of the Cape Fear river in the vicinity at Sunny Point has been restricted, with the following conditions prevailing' 30 days after 26 November, 195,: “207.164a Cape Fear River and tributaries at Sunny Point Army Terminal, Brunswick County, North Carolina; restricted area, ia) The area.- That portion of » Cape Fear River due west of the main ship channel-extending from U. S. Coast Guard buoy No. 31A at the North aproach channel to Sunny Point Army" Terminal to U. s. Coast Guard buoy No. 23A at the south approach 'channel to tJouuinieu ou J?'our| Tide Table Following Is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are ap proximately correct and were furnished The State Fort Filot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Filot’s Association. High Tide Low lid* Thursday, December 3, ■ ; 6:17 A. M. 0:00 A. M. 6:36 P, M. 12:42 F. M. Friday, Decemiber 6, 7:01 A. M. 12:46 A, JS*. 7:1V P. M. 1:26 P. M. Saturday, December 7, 7:43 A. M. 1:29 A. M. 8:03 P. M. 2:09 P. M. Sunday, December 8, 8:27 A. M. 2:13 A. M. 8:46 P. M. 2:53 P. M. Monday, December 9, 9:11 A. M. 2:57 A. M. 9:33 P. M. 3:37 P. M. Tuesday, December 10, 9:58 A. M. 3:44 A. M 10:23 P.M. 4:23 P.M. W'edneMlay, December 11, , 10:47 A. M. 4:34 A. M, 11:18 P. M. 5:11 P. M
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