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Most Of The News Ail The Time Volume No. 18 THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community No. 24 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR Garbage Disposal Plans For City Undergo Change City Officials Plan To Make Use Of Dragline To Dig Trenches For Covering This Refuse Several Times Times Each Week BUILDING LAND MAY BE RESULT It Is Believed That Marsh Areas Will Be Made Avail able For Use In Carry ing Out This Pro gram To do a better job of disposing of refuse and garbage in the City of Southport, city officials are resorting to the most used and most popular type of garbage dis posal in the country, the sanitary fill. The digging of trenches and backfilling will require an acre of land every five years for the City of Southport for a compaction depth of seven feet. The fill will settle from ten to twenty-five per cent and can be used safety again in two years after its original use. Where the land is moist and the weather is warm, the fills will become stabilized very quickly. In larger cities fills are being constructed close to good resi dences. Odors associated with work can be expected to travel approximately two-hundred feet. When people have the assurance that the work will be performed promptly, and in a business like manner to reclaim marginal prop erty and make useless property useful, these facts usually out weigh temporary complaints of nearby residents. Some cities use the trench area while others prefer the ramp method of building fills. Southport will possibly use a combination of the two methods with major emphasis on the digging of trenches and filling regularly. Southport is now equipped with a drag line for this purpose and will begin garbage burial as soon as arrangements can be complet ed for the land. With the abund ance Of marsh around and in Southport there should be no problem in obtaining a suitable disposal area. Students Visit For Holidays Number Of Southport Girls And Boys From Colleges And Prep Schools Home For Holidays A large number of Southport boys and girls, who are in college or prep school are at home for the Christmas holidays, and their presence is adding interest to life in this community. Among those at home are: Bobby Cullis, Joe Cochran, Bob by Swain, Bill Murdaugh, Paul Moore and John Sanders, at N. C. State College; Ann Brooks New ton and Jean Evelyn Thompson, at St. Mary’s; Ronnie Hood, Doug Watts, Bertram Burris, Joan Ramseur, Norma Ann Harrelson, Mary Leclerc, and Scott Roberts, at East Carolina College. (Continued oil Page Four) Brief Bit* Of '-NEWS-1 CARRIBEAN CRUISE Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Frink of Southport are spending the Christ mas vacation on a cruise of the Carribean. TROUT FISHIN G The mild weather of the past week led to some unusually good catches of trout on the part of fishermen at Lockwoods Folly in let ai\d at Davis Creek. BACH ON DUTY The U. S. E. Dredge is return ing from drydock in .-Norfolk, Va , to Wilmington, where it. has sev-. erai days of work to do in com pleting the 34-foot Cape Fear river channel. Following this the dredge is scheduled for an assign ment in the Savannah District. KAISINF FUNDS A movement started two weeks ] ago in Leland to raise funds for the purchase of an activity bus for the school resulted in the col lection of $450 that night. Last week this amount had grown to over $2,000, with the goal being the purchase price of a new bus that will cost between $4,000 and $5,000. Helicopters Hovering LIFT—One of the most interesting construction ef forts ever witnessed along the East coast was performed last Wednesday at Oak Island when three Marine Corps helicopters helped lift the light assembly for the new lighthouse into place. The aircraft at the top of the pic ture is shown settling the load into place atop the tower. — (A. E. Huntley Photo.) Helicopters Help Spectacular job U. S. Marine Corps Aircraft; Participated In Lifting Lens Protection Assembly Into Place Atop New Lighthouse THREE MACHINES HELPED WITH WORK Television, Radio And Press Coverage Of This Inter esting Maneuver Was Widespread In Area Residents of this area were treated to both a spectacular air show and a view into the future >f construction methods Wednes day when the new Cape Fear Lighthouse at Oak Island was fitted with its lens protection as sembly suspended from a hover ing Marine Corps helicopter. The air-lift was made neces sary when the construction crew found itself "painted into a corn er.” With the 148-foot support ing structure completed, it was found that tire only means of installing the protective frame work. at the top was to - set it down- in place from above. Coast Guard, officials pht through a call to the Marine Corps, which graciously loaded • two . large HR2S helicopters for the joh. ■ The aircraft, attached to the New River Air Facility, arrived on the local scene last Monday for a dry-run rehearsal. One of the machines was given the ac tual job of carring the assembly, while the other was to stand by and co-ordinate the air and tower top movements. On Wednesday the actual ex ercise took place, witnessed by Continued On Page Four Short Section Of Road Closed Notice Received That High way No. 130 Beyond Walden Creek Bridge Has Been Closed To All Traf fic Colonel Jonas S. Heiss, Com manding Officer, Sunny Point Army Terminal, has announced that N. C. Route 130 from the center of Waldens Creek north to the terminal fence is dosed to all traffic, pedestrian and vehi cular. ■ Terminal forces are construct ing a barricade across- the high Continued On Page Pour Geographic Has Local Coverage The January issue of The National Georgraphic is off the press and the lead story is “Slow Boat To Florida”, which is an account of a trip down the intracoastal water way from Annapolis, Md,, to Miami, Florida, written by Dorothea and Stuart Jones. Of particular interest to readers in Southport is the fact that five paragraphs of the story were devoted to a treatment of places and per sonalities in this town. Par ticularly mentioned were Wa ters Thompson and Mrs. C. Ed Taylor; and the authors (were apparently well impress ed with the picturesque Southport waterfront. Jury List For January Term Grand Jury As Well As Petit Jury Will Be Drawn From List Of Names Pro vided By Commissioners A one-week mixed term of Brunswick county Superior court will convene here on Monday January 20, with Judge William Bickett of Raleigh presiding. As is the custom at the Jan uary term, a grand jury will be drawn to serve for one year, so at their last regular meeting members of the board of county commissioners drew about 60 names from which this jury, and the petit jury for; the term, may be drawn.- following is a, list, of those named have been drawn for jury duty: . The following were drawn for jury duty: Adrian Hewett, John Albert Norris, Corbett Varmun, Edwin Clemmons, James Elwood Cheers, Jennings C. Robinson, Waldo Hewett, Davis Leo Clem mons, Wilbur Caison, Rufus Al bert Holden, Clyde Varnum, Dur bin Vamum, Skylie Hewett, H. D. Fulford, W. Vance Robinson, Newman Fulford, Joe B. Kirby, Garland Clemmons, Supply: Orec Gore, Sam Reese. Sr., Henry L. Swart,- A E. ..Huntley, j. B. Caster, Southport; Lane Willetts, (Continued on page four) Baptists Hold Clinic For All Church Workers Evangelistic Clinic Was Held In Southport Baptist Church With Dr. Julian K. Hopkins As Speaker MAKING PLANS FOR SEVERAL REVIVALS Session Here Attended By Several Pastors Of Bruns wick Baptist Associa tion And Other Church Leaders The churches of the Brunswick Baptist Association held their Evangelistic Clinics on December 13 at Southport Baptist Church. Dr. Julian K. Hopkins, Secre tary of Evangelism in North Car olina, was the speaker both for the afternoon and night sessions. In the afternoon plans were for mulated for the Evangelistic cru sade in April. This will be in the form of simulataneous revivals beginning April 6. All twenty-nine churches of the Brunswick Bap tist Association are urged to par ticipate. The following pastors and steer ing committee were present for' the afterhoon and supper meet ing: Rev. Avery Lumsden, direc tor, Rev. Luther Hawkins, Rev. Paul Hardy, Rev. W. T. Lundy, Rev. Charles Murray, Tyler Pot ter, Mrs. Cora Frink, Rev. M. S. McLean, Rev. Fred Johnson, Rev. Don Hales, Mrs. Catherine Skip per, Mr. Hammond, Rev. Leo Hawkins and Mrs. Margaret Mc Rackan. The ladies of the Southport W. M. S. served a delicious meal under the direction of their Com munity Missions Chairman, Mrs. E. C. Blake. After supper all workers of the Sunday School, Training Union and leaders throughout the asso ciation were stirred by the dyna mic message of Dr. Hopkins. ions Club Has Ladies Night Members Of Faculty Of Southport High School Also Honored At Thurs day Evening Banquet Session The Rev. LaFon Vereen, Meth odist minister of Farmville, was’ the speaker at the ladies night and teacher appreciation night program sponsored Thursday by the Southport Lions Club. Following the welcome and recognition of guests by Presi dent Kirby Sullivan, Lion E. J. Frevatte inducted four new mem bers into the club. Special awards were handed out by Lion A. E Huntley, the tail-twister, then Lion Ray Walton, who served as master of ceremonies, introduced the speaker. The Rev. Mr. Vereen put his audience in a hilarious mood with a rapid-fire barrage of jokes, then in the final portion of his talk grew more serious as he charged his listeners to learn to do what they have to do with what they have. “Time is divided into three parts,” he said, “past, present and future. How well we combine our efforts in taking care of the situations presented by this combination will to a large measure determine our philosophy." 1 With reference to the phrase -the good old days.” the speaker Continued On Page Four TIME and TIDE By JIMMIE HARPER It was December 29, 1937, and the year had all but officially ended. All the news which had preceded Christmas had become history, and The Pilot that week took a good look at the year past. It was noted that the business district had changed quite a bit over the past twelve months: Mack's Cafe had started operation; the Specialty Shop had shifted its location; also mov ing-to new quartei-s was Rogers Shoe Shop; and to complete the list, of changes, Galloway’s CHothing Store, which had opened n 1937; was during the next-week to occupy still another building. '.Capt. H. T. Bowmer hadn’t permitted- winter to curb his shrimping operations. One day’s catch had netted him over fifty dollars-— a. good haul in pre-war days. A British cruiser, H. M. S. Apollo, was scheduled to pass through Southport harbor on a good-will visit to Wilmington, an international incident with Japan had appeared to be cleared up, and one fashion expert, (non-local) was predicting topless bathing suits for women in 1940. Then it was 1942, December 30 to be exact, and topless bath ing suits had yet to become papular. The international incident with Japan hadn’t turned out too well either; and, as a result, people of this area had to do with little fuel that winter. Ser vicemen at Caswell Section Base h ad received 15,000 free Continued On rage Pour Brunswick Citizen SENCBA President James C. Bwman Re-Elect ed Head Of Southeastern North Carolina Beach As sociation At Quarterly Meeting This Mouth Brunswick County Representa tive James C. Bowman has been re-elected president of the South eastern North Carolina Beach As sociation. This action was taken last week following: the quarterly re port, which revealed successful operations from every point of view during the past season. One of the encouraging items was financial, with a balance of $2,204.76 in the treasury with which to begin operations for an other year. Mrs. Alice Strickland, executive manager of the association, re ported excellent results from the advertising program carried on by the beach 'association during the year and expressed her ap preciation for assistance that came from the press, radio and television organizations of the State. Other officers elected by the beach association were: J. E. Hicks, Wilmington, first vice president, J. V. Whitfield, Burgaw, second vice president, Capt. Mart Fulcher, Sneads Fer ry, third vice president, Joel Her ren, secretary. Retained as executive manager was Mrs. Strickland of Carolina Beach and Mrs. Sallie S. Birming ham of Wilmington as secretary. A tentative date of Jan. 25 was set for the annual banquet and arrangements are being made to obtain a speaker. Board Working On Fire Adjustment i Holidays Start For Officials Brunswick county offices close this (Monday) after noon for the Christmas holi days, with business to be resumed on Friday. Here in Southport, the city officials shut up shop at the close of business today and will not be back ot work until next Monday. The only exception will be trash col lections in the business dis trict on Friday. Schools let out for the Christmas holidays on Friday and will not resume opera tions until Thursday, January 2. Retirement For Shallotte Man W. T. White Retires As Su perintendent Of Bruns wick County Prison Camp After Thirty-One Years Service W. T. White, veteran employee of the State Highway Commission, retired on November 1 as super intendent of the Prison Camp at Shallotte. Mr. White put in a total of 31 years with the highway depart ment, 4 of them with the county and the last 27 with the State. As superintendent of the Bruns wick County Prison Camp he gained recognition for being a fair but firm man, and the re t Continued On Page Four) ' Members Board Of Coun ty Commissioners Have Benefit Of Expert Advice In Arriving At Court house Fire Loss SPECIAL SESSION IS HELD MONDAY Board Seeking Full Infor mation Prior To Settling Recent Fire Loss With Insurance Folks Members of the board of coun ty commissioners have called upon expert advice in reaching a settle ment with the insurance company for the fire loss sustained at the courthouse on the morning of De cember 13. Robert Jones, Southport build ing contractor, has prepared a preliminary report and today Julian Altobelis, Wilmington archi tect, was here in company with a Wilmington contractor for a re port of damages that was pre pared after they had previously inspected the structure. The commissioners felt that they wanted as much information as possible before entering into negotiations with the insurance adjuster. Total amount of insur ance was $90,000 on the building and $10,000 on the contents. In addition to information re ceived from these men, the board has the benefit of the experience of one of its members, who is a building contractor and has good practical knowledge of building costs. The board members were in Southport this morning, and this afternoon have gone to Wilming ton in an effort to arrive at a settlement of the insurance loss just as soon as possible. Brunswick Bond Sales Show Gain County Chairman Prince O’Brien Says That Quota For This Year Is Now Al most In Sight During November the sale of Series E Savings Bonds showed an increase of 5.3 percent over November of a year ago. The com bined sales of E and H Bonds were $3,797,641 which was $12, 000 beldw November 1956 sales. This amounts to only .3 of 1 per--] cent decrease for the month, How ever, November a year ago had one additional sales reporting day. ] January-November 1957 sales passed the $43 million mark which is over 79 percent of the annual quota for 1957. Redemptions of matured and ! unmatured E and H Bonds dur ing November were the smallest volume of cash-ins for any month since November 1956. With both sales and redemptions taken into consideration, November was the best savings bonds month of this year. “Sales in Brunswick County*1 (Continued on Page 4) Tax Supervisor Says Listing To Begin January 6 Mrs. Ressie Whatley Says That Fire In Courthouse Is All That Prevented Be ing Able To Start Listing Job On January 1 PERSONAL PROPERTY LIST IS REQUIRED Tax Officials Say That Ad justments Must Come From Board Of Equali zation And Review Pre-listing of real estate con tinues in the office of the Bruns wick County Tax Supervisor in preparation for the January 6 deadline for starting the job of listing both real and personal property for 1958 taxes. Mrs. Ressie Whatley said this week that had it not been for the fire that damaged .the Court house on the morning of Decem ber 13 this part of the listeing op eration would have been completed in time to start on December 1. “If taxpayers will cooperate with us,” she said, “we feel that no serious loss of time will result, for this job of pre-listing will take a big load off the shoulders of the township listers.” The values included on these sheets will be based upon the recent revaluation of property in this county, with 50-percent of actual value being used as the base figure. Bach taxpayer is urged to take a list of his per sonal property when he goes to list, and the same 50-percent rate will apply to these listing, Mrs, Whatley says. She stresses the importance of having each property owner list his property in his own township. “This will be the only chance he will have to learn what his new real estate vaules are,” she point ed out, ‘and a great deal of con fusion will be avoided if this plan is followed.” Mrs. Whatley says that there will be no appeal from the newly established valuations until the Board of Equalization and Review meets in March and she urges citizens who may be unhappy with their new figures not to try to have them changed by the tax lister, the tax supervisor or the board of county commissioners prior to the meeting of the Board of Equalization and Review. That is the only body with auth ority to make any changes”, she declared, “and this is State law, not county regulations.” Waccamaw Bank Pays Dividend Officials Of Organization Announce Approval Of Fourth Quarterly Divi dend Of 45-Cents C. Lacy Taite, 'president of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Com pany, announced this week that ithe Board of Directors has ap proved payment of the 4th quar terly dividend of 45c per share, which makes a total annual divi dend of $1.80 per share paid to all stockholders of record for the year 1957. Tate further states that the deposits and earnings of the bank shows an increase over the year 1956, and that the year 195t has been a very satisfactory' year from all angles for the bank. 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 Tldr Thursday, December 26, 11:23 A. M. 5:03 A. M. 11:45 P. M. 5:38 P. M. Friday, December 27, 0.00 A. M. 5:48 A. M 12:0.5 P. M. 6:22 P. M. Saturday, December 28, 12:31 A. MV 6:37 A. M. 12:49 P. M. 7:09- P. M. Sunday, December 29, 1:21 A. M. 7:32 A. M. 1:38 P. M. 8:00 P, M. Monday, December 30, 2:12 A. M. 8:31 A. M. 2:31 P. M. 8:53 P. M. Tuesday, December 31, 3:08 A. M. 9:32 A. M. 5:26 P. M. 9:47 P. M.
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