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Volume No. 18
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
No. 22
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1957
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Brunswick County
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Yaupon Beach Is
Being Aided By
New Organization
Yaupon Beach Civic Associ
ation Has Been Formed
To Assist With Various
Frojects That Will Speed
Development
FOGGING MACHINE
FIRST OBJECTIVE
Other Civic Improvements
Being Planned By Citizens
Of This New Residen
tial Development
The newly formed Yaupon
Beach Civic Association has re
ceived its charter and held its
first director's meeting on Thurs
day evening.
One of the purposes of the club
is to assist in the civic improve
ment of Yaupon Beach. A fogging
machine will be purchased before
the next summer season, and
money is already being raised for
this purpose. The Woman’s Club
of the Village has had a bingo
party and made a substantial
start towards the purchase. They
are planning other parties of a
varied nature. After the fogging
machine has been purchased, the
Civic Association has planned oth
er things such as a fire truck,
park improvement, etc.
Another purpose of the club is
to provide social and recreational
activities for residents of the
beach and also the surrounding
area. It is planned to have four
major parties or dances, one dur
ing each season of the year, and
a social get-together each month
for the members and their invited
guests. Besides the property own
ers and residents of Yaupon
Beach, the plan is to invite mem
berships from interested persons
in the surrounding area and other
friends of the village.
From this nucleous it is hoped
that a yacht club or beach club
can be organized within the near
future with its own recreational
and social facilities.
The Civic Association will also
hold the Third Annual' New
Year’s Eve Party and Dance on
December 31, and invitation to
this are nol-v being mailed. The
party should be bigger and better
than the past two years, and
many new ideas will be used. It
will be held as usual in the skat
ing rink, which will have a new
heating plant this year.
Brief Bits Of
COURT IN SESSION
A special term of Brunswick
County Superior Court for trial
of civil cases is in session here
this week, with Judge Raymond
B. Mallard of Tabor City presid
ing.
TURKEY SHOOT
The Southport Lions Club will
sponsor a turkey shoot in the gar
rison near the Community Build
ing Saturday morning, December
21, starting at 10 o’clock. Con
testants may use their own gun,
or may borrow one on the gounds.
CHRISTMAS CANTATA
The' combined c.hurcfr choirs of
Southport will present a Christ
mas cariitata Sunday evening at
7:30 b’clocH at .Trinity Methodist
Church. The music is “The Christ
mas Angel”, by Stuart Landon.
Tie cantata is being directed by
Mrs. Dallas Pigott and Mrs. A. E.
Huntley.
ATTENDS CONFERENCE
John G. Long, superintendent
of schools for Brunswick county,
is in Durham Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday of this week
attending a conference of the
division of superintendents of the
North Carolina Education Asso
ciation. He will be back in his
office on Friday.
F. T. A. MEETING
The December meeting of the
Southport RTA will be held
Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock
in . the high school- auditorium.
Everyone is -cordially invited to
attend. A Christmas program will
■be given by Mrs. Willis’ second
grade students and Mrs. Lennon’s
fifth grade students.
GRANDMOTHER DIES
Funeral services were held
Tuesday in Fayetteville for Mrs.
J. M. Wallace, grandmother of
Mrs. E. B. Tomlinson. Jr., and
Mrs. Fletcher A. Williams, of
Southport. Mrs. Wallace, 83, died
Monday after a short illness. She
is! survived by four daughters,
three pons and numerous grand
children and great grandchildren.
Aboard The Stockholm
ANTICIPATION—These three young ladies are smiling with eager anticipation
as they prepare to sail from Wilmington aboard the Swedish luxury liner, Stockholm.
On the left is Miss Ethel Botesky, Castle Hayne; center is Miss Latitia Hickman,
Southport; right is Miss Peggy Thomas, Leland. All three are employees of the Sunny
Point Army Terminal at Southport.
Local Passengers
Report Fine Time
On Luxury Liner
Three Young Ladies From
Sunny Point Army Term
inal, Pfus Two- Men Who
Are Southport Natives,
Made Trip
Three young ladies who are
employees at Sunny Point Army
Terminal lmd the time of their
lives last week when they sailed
aboard the Swedish Luxury Liner
Stockholm for Havana, Cuba, and
Nassau, Bahamas.
In this group were Miss Latitia
Hickman of Southport, Miss
Peggy Thomas of Leland and Miss
Ethel Bobesky of Castle Hayne,
and for each of them it was their
first ocean voyage.
For Miss Thomas there was a
special thrill, for on the night
of the masquerade ball she won
first prize as Scarlet O’Hara.
Miss Hickman said that when
she asked the captain to auto
graph her menu for her on the
night of Captain’s Dinner, he told
her that he had a friend in South
port, K. A. Hoglund.
In addition to the three young
ladies, Whit Ruark, now of Oak
Park, 111., and James Furpless of
Raleigh, both natives of South
port, made the final cruise of the
season.
The Stockholm left Wilmington
Saturday morning.
Phelps Funeral
Service Today
Brunswick County Man
Died Last Week In Adak,
Alaska, Where Hs Was
On Duty With U.S. Navy
Funeral services are being con
ducted this (Wednesday) after
noon at 2 o'clock at Prospect Bap
tist Church for CM2 Coolidge
Phelps, who died at Adak, Alaska,
last Monday following an attack
of pneumonia.
The body arrived in Wilmington
yesterday, together with a naval
escort, and participating in the
funeral services this afternoon
are men from the Naval Reserve
Unit in Wilmington, a.s military
honors are observed at the burial
of this Brunswick county service
man.'
- Funeral services are in charge
of the Rev. Odell Blanton, who
is being asststed by the Rev. Rich
ard Williams and the Rev*. Tom
Johnson. The deceased was a
member of Prospect Baptist
Church, and his body is being
interred in the church cemetery.
Active pallbearers are: Warren
Sellers, Vander Clemmons, Alfred
Woodard, Weston Evans, Albert
Parker. Honorary pallbearers are:
H. L. Clemmons, Riley Clemmons,
Lindsey Clemmons, Clyde Holden,
Horace Brady, Dr. William Dosh
er, Rev. Leo Hawkins. Rev. Ben
nie Price.
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New Abatoir Now
Ready For Service
Manager Houston Hewett
Of Brunswick Cold Stor
age Ca. Announces Com
pletion Of This New Fa
cility
INCREASES SCOPE
OF OPERATIONS
mm
Farmers May Now Obtain
Complete One-Stop Ser
vice In Converting Ani
mals Into Frozen
Meat Packages
Manager Houston Hewetit of the
Brunswick Cold Storage Co. an
nounced this week that their new
abatoir has been completed and
that his plant is ready to offer
complete butchering service to
residents of this county who want
to take advantage of a complete,
trouble-free operation.
“All a man has to do now is
to load a hog or yearling on a
truck, bring it to us, and we’ll
do the rest. We plan to operate
the abatoir on Tuesday and Thurs
day, until further notice, and we
have an experienced slaughterer
in charge.
“Once in our pen, the animal
will be killed and dressed under
state approved sanitary conditions.
Then it will be taken into our
cooling room prior to being Cut
up and packaged, if the owner
desires this service. " . \
“If he wants fis .to db so, we
can quick-freeze the meat for
him;, and If. he does not‘have
facilities at home for storage', we
have lockers for. ferit.
“I guess you could properly call
this complete, one-stop slaughter
service,” Hewett said this week. -
The operation of the Brunswick
Cold Storage Co. at Shallotte has
completely revolutionized the
butchering habits of most of the
residents of the county, but there
has long been a demand for an
abatoir.
Woman Killed In
Bolivia Accident
Unidentified White Woman
Killed Tuesday When She
Jumped From Truck Into
Path Of On-Coming Car
An unidentified white woman,
about 35 years of age, was fatally
injured in a traffic accident two
miles south of Bolivia on U. S.
Highway 17 shortly after 6 p. m.
Tuesday.
Preliminary investigation of
State Highway Patrolmen S. L.
Thomas and J. C. Taylor of Wil
mington indicated she jumped
from a truck in Which she had
"hitchhiked” a ride into the path
of a passenger car.
Driver of the thick was identi
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County Fftfmer-s*'
For Cotton Quota
Brim-wick county farmers
voted overwhelmingly Tuesday
to continue quotas on cotton,
the vote, being 40 in favor and
3 against.
For the first time in his
tory, a Brunswick county man
also voted in the referendum
on rice. He was Oakland
Smith, who planted 18 acres
this year. According to ASC
officials at Shallotte, there is
only one other rice farmer
in North Carolina, up in Hyde'
county.
Engineers Will
Conduct Hearing
Open Meeting Will Be Held
Thursday In The Customs
House To Hear Objection*
To Changing Hours For
Tending Bridge
A request by the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad, that the open
ing schedule of the Hilton Rail
road bridge across the-Northeast
Cape'Pear River here be altered
will.be:.discussed at an open meet
ing in-.Wilmington .Thursday*
The meeting -is scheduled for. 2
fContinued on Page Four!
Clearing Site
For New Church
/
At Yaupon Beach
Members Of Yaupon Beach
Methodist Church And
Friends Will Gather For
This Purpose On Saturday
Morning
CHURCH WILL BE BUILT
NEAR THE HIGHWAY
The Rev. L. D. Hayman Ex
tends Invitation To All
Friends And Well
Wishers To Assist In
First Project
On Saturday morning the
friends and members of the
church at Yaupon Village are to
gather at 8 o’clock to begin clear
ing away the underbrush and
undesirable trees to make ready
to lay off the ground for the
erection of the ndw church, which
is planned in that community in
the spring of 1958.
Recently, the congregation has
acquired a lot of the main high
way about the middle of the Yau
pon Village development and not
far from the Tranquil Harbor de
velopment. The lot takes in 240
feet on the highway from street
to street, a city block in width,
then runs backward on these two
side streets 300 or more feet.
The pastor the Rev. L. D. Hay
man, and congregation are now
making a study of several modern
church plans, and a selection of
a layout of the entire structure
of the church will be posted.
The first step is to clear the
lot and level whatever ground may
toe necessary for the structure.
Friends are invited to join the
members on Saturday morning for
this eventful day in the religious
life of the community. The odor
of fried chicken with all the trim
mings is on the agenda for the
day. Most of the work will be
done with the bulldozer and the
mechanical power bush cutting
machine. Just enough exercise is
in store for all who report for
duty to whet the appetite.
'‘This is a cordial, general in
vitation to share in this first
real physical work of the new
church soon to be erected at Yau
pon Village,” said the Rev. Mr.
Hayman.
Stanley Stevens
Is Visitor Here
Visit In Southport Coincides
With Story In Life Maga
zine About His Son, Rog
er Stevens, And His Suc
cess As Play Producer
Stanley Stevens, a former resi
dent of Southport, left Thursday
for Charleston, S. C-, following
a visit here with his sister, Mrs.
C. Ed Taylor; and one the day
of his departure Life Magazine
arrived with several pages devoted
to a write-up to his son, Roger
Stevens.
The elder Mr. Stevens is a re
tired real estate man, who enjoy
ed a successful business career
both in Detroit and in New York.
It was from him that his son
received his early training that
has led to his recognition as one
of the shrewdest real estate
brokers in the United States.
“Roger was at the University
of Michigan, making good grades
and spending most of hia time
playing,” said his father. “I ask
ed him if he didn’t want to come
Continued On Page Four
TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HAULER
It was December 15, 1937, and an atmosphere of suspense had
fallen over the entire county. The cause of this suspense became
clear in The Pilot of that day: Bill Payne and Wash Turner, Bad
Men, were suspected to be at large somewhere in the area. Guy
A. Cardwell had assured the readers that a sweet potato was
not a yam, and three county schools had one hundred per cent
membership in the current Red Cross drive.
The thermometer had dropped t0 25-degrees during the past
week, and the local hospital had received a portable rotary
compressor: Sears in Wilmington was advertising a wrist watch
"Worthy Of. a' $3 price tag’’-for only $1.98; and Recorder's Court
had tried a number of traffic cases.
On December 16, 1942, local menhaden boats were being put
into service for the winter months—by the Navy. Tire crews,
however, had not been asked to go along with the deal, and
hopes were high that the vessels would be returned to private
owners with the return of fishing season. School was out for
the holidays: the L. J. Hardee home had suffered minor fire
damage; and this year the temperature had dropped to 23-de
grees.
Recorder’s court officials were noticing a marked drop in traf
fic cases; appeals for more snap metal were going out; and
readers' learned that Sugar Stamp No. 10 was good for three
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Community Award
AWARD—A happy grin breaks across Wilbur Earl
Earp’s face as he receives a special award for the Leba
non-Mill Creek community development association. John
Fox, Wilmington, made the presentation at the annual
banquet of the SENCland Development Association in
Wilmington last week. The cup was for extraordinary
accomplishment in friendliness for work in restoring a
church steeple. Earlier the association received a $100
award as the outstanding group in Brunswick county.
Helicopters Will
Be Used For Lift
-ai
Mail Christmas
Packages Early
In the last few years peo
ple have become more and
more aware of the value of
shopping and mailing early.
It is really a time saver in
the long run, says J. B.
Russ, Southport postmaster.
"We the peopre that work in
the mail appreciate the fine
way that most everyone has
helped by mailing cards and
letters early. All of this helps
us to get 'the job completed
on time and that is before
December 25,” he said.
"If we are to mail early it
must be done in the next 10
days. Anything later is not
early. There are only 15 more
days till Christmas.
Combination Of
Farms Possible
However, Seller And Pur
chaser Both Have Obliga
tion To Inform ASC Com
mittee Of Any Change
In Status Of Farm
Persons who are buying or sell
ing farmland for which an acre
age allotment has been establish
ed have a definite responsibility
for becoming familiar with the
regulations of the Secretary of
Agriculture governing combina
tion and division of allotments
and for advising County ASC
Committees when purchases or
sales have been made. Brunswick
ASC Committees, said this week.
ASC committees are not in a
position to know of all land sales
and purchases and, therefore, can
not make a change in the acreage
allotments for the land involved
until a request for a division or
combination is filed by the inter
ested producers. The regulations
and instructions issued by the de
partment of Agriculture tell how
allotments may be divided or com
bined. County ASC committees
must follow these regulations in
all cases.
Many farmers have had some
sad experiences in the past be
cause they did not determine in
advance how the acreage allot
ments would be divided before
they bought or sold land covered
by the allotments. Both the buyer
and seller have a responsibility
for notifying the County ASC
office as soon as possible after
land is sold and of requesting the
County Committee to make a
division of- the allotments for the
farm if only a part of the farm
is sold.
If tiie purchaser owns other
land and wishes to combine the
newly purchased land with the
other land, he must file a request
with the county committee for the
combination. The county commit
tee may not approve a combina
tion unless the tracts are operated
in the manner prescribed by the
Secretary’s regulations and in
structions. Before approving a
combination, county committees
are required to determine that a
Continued On Page Four
Announcement Made That
These Machines Will Be
Used To Lift Light Sec
tion In Place On Top Of
New Tower
NEXT WEEK-END
PROBABLE DATE
Great Interest Expected To
Center In This Unique
Construction Operation
Here
A new development in construc
tion practices will be attempted
here next wek when a helicopter
will be used to lift the new light
assembly into place atop the new
Cape Fear Lighthouse at Oak Is
land Coast Guard Station.
Plans for this unique operation
were announced this week by Lt.
Commander C. S. Rojeski, com
manding officer of the Wilming
ton Coast Guard Group. Tentative
plans call for this operation to be
carried out sometime next week.
The light assembly consists of
the wiring and light that will
furnish illumination for the new
lighthouse, and it is expected to
arrive in Southport Saturday
aboard the Coast Guard Cutter
Narcissus. It is being brought
here from Portsmouth, Va.
Special arrangements have been
made with the U. S. Marine Corps
to furnish helicopters for this op
eration, Commander Rojeski said.
With the thought that this un
usual operation may have consid
erable news interest, an alert is
being sent out to several news
magazines and to one of the Na
tional television networks in the
hope that they will cover the at
tempt.
Sees Nephew In
Big Stage Hit
Milton H Lindner Recently
Had Opportunity To See:
12-Year-Old Bobby Lind
er In “Auntie Mame”
A strange sequence of events
recently gave Milton Lindner of
Southport an opportunity to see
his 12-year old nephew, Bobby
Lindner, on the stage in Cleve
land as a member of the cast of
the road company of “Auntie
Mame”. Star of the show is Con
stance Bennett.
The local man knew thait his
nephew had landed this import
ant juvenile role, and that he was
traveling. He is a traveling man,
too; being engaged in the truck
ing business. He was in Florida,
waiting for a load to New York
when the broker said, “I can't
load you out until Monday for
New York, but I have a trip to
Cleveland.”
Knowing that his nephew was
appearing in the Ohio city, Mr.
Lindner took the load and ar
rived in Cleveland. He found that
he could get tickets for the sho,v.
so he went out and bought a suit
appropriate to wear to the the
atre. He says that he thoroughly I
enjoyed it, and that he thinks his
nephew is doing a good job. In
cidentally, the boy’s father is
traveling with him, so it was a
sort, of family reunion.
This was the first trip the local
man ever made to Cleveland; and
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Holiday House
Here Sunday Is
Enjoyable Event
Festive Atmosphere Provid
ed With Scores Of Beau
tiful Arrangements And
Novel Ideas At Commun
ity Building
TWO SETS OF JUDGES
INSPECTED ENTRIES
Interesting Comparison Of
Of Decorative Taste Of
Men And Women Pro
vided By New Judg
ing System
Southport’s “Holiday House”
was held on Sunday in the Com
munity Building under the spon
sorship of the Southport Garden
Club and was considered a success
from every standpoint. The many
entries gave numerous ideas for
Christmas decorations to the large
number of people who attended
(from Southport, as well as from
Wilmington and the county.
Tea was served during the af
ternoon and a childrens choral
group sang Christmas carols to
get everyone in the holiday frame
of mind.
As a novel idea, there were two
sets of judges. In order to con
trast the feminine and masculine
points of view in regard to ar
rangements and ideas, the judges
were Mr. and Mrs. Tom Webb,
Rev. and Mrs. Henry Howard and
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Haughton. Their
decisions were not always un
animous.
Both sets of judges agreed that
in the dining room class the ar
rangement of pink and silver
magnolia leaves by Mrs. Dan Har
relson was best and the arrange
ment made by Miss Margaret
Dosher was second. However the
ladies gave Mrs. Bobby Jones
honorable mention in this class
while the men gave mention to
Mrs. Harry Sell.
In ‘he living room class the
men thought Mrs. Davis Herring’s
Christmas flowers on greenery
was best, while the ladies liked
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College Student
Makes Complaint
Bertdam Burris, Jr., Reports
Finding Marsh Hen Pic
ture In National Publica
tion, With Cutline Credit
To Another State
Bertram Burris, Jr., student at
East Carolina College, Greenville,
has a complaint to make about
some good publicity that South
port, and the State of North
Carolina, missed in a recent issue
of a National Publication.
Following is the text of this
letter from the local student:
“In glancing through the 1958
edition of Sports Afield Hunting
Annual, I came across an article
entitled, “Mystery Birds Of The
Marshes’’. It was interesting to
note that the photograph on page
70 of Mr. Louis Hardee, display
ing a bag of marsh hens, which
in all probability were killed in
the marshes near Southport, was
supplied through the courtesy of
the Commission of Game and In
land Fisheries of Virginia. An ex
planation of the photogrpah also
identified Mr. Hardee as a Chesa
peake gunner!
. “Just think of the publicity
Southport missed by this errone
ous information, not. to mention
tlie state of North* Carolina!”
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 TUk
Thursday, December 12,
11:41 A. M. 5:28 A. M.
0:00 P. M. 5:04 P. M.
Friday, December 13,
12:18 A. M. 6:28 A. M.
12:38 P. M. 7:00 P. M.
Saturday, December 13,
1:20 A. M. ' 7:31 A. M.
1:38 P. M. T:5B P. M.
Sunday, December 15,
2:25 A. M. 8:37 A. M.
2:40 P. M. 9:01 P. M.
Monday, December 16,
3:29 A. M. 9:43 A. M.
3:42 P. M. 10:00 P. M.
Tuesday-, December 17,
4:30 A. M. 10:44 A. M.
4:42 P. M. 10:57 P. M.
Wednesday, December 18,
5:28 A. At. 11:41 A. M.
5.39 P- M. 11:50 P. M.