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 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 . 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