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Volume No. 18
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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No- 25 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1958 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Letter Reveals
Shrimp Activity
In English City
Lt. Col. Wm F. Murphy Dis
covers That Shrimping Is
Important Business In
Southport, England, As
Well As In Southport,
North Carolina
CRITICAL CHANGE IN
MARKETING HABITS
Information Contained In
This Article Reveals Dif
ferent Method For Haul
ing For Shrimp In
Shallow Waters Off
English Coast
EDITOR’S NOTE: Et. Col.
William F. Murphy, former
executive officer at, Sunny
Point Army Terminal, is now
stationed in England. Recent
ly he wrote to say that he
has not yet managed to make
his proposed visit to South
port, England, but that re
cently he came across an ar
ticle in a London newspaper
telling of proposed changes in
the shrimp industry in the
English city. Col. Murphy was
interested to learn that
shrimping is carried on at
Southport, England, as well
as at Southport, North Caro
lina, and he sent us the fol
lowing clipping:
“The shrimp carts were out on
the sands here today in a wester
ly gale. The fishermen huddled
against the sideboards for shelter
without much success, but the
horses had the worst of it as they
pulled the carts through the surf
at axle depth. It seemed a hard
way to make a living.
“As dusk was falling one of
the carts came back across the
sands, to the pier. Two nets 6 ft.
wide at the mouth and 20 ft. in
length has been trailed through
the water from a beam across
the cant a “boomer outer” the
fishermen call it. When the nets
were emptied there was a fine
selection of seaiweed and flotsam,
but only a few pints of shirmps.
It is a precarrious occupation at
this time of the year.
“Before morning the catch will
have been boiled and prepared by
the community of Marshside, a
Southport suburb, where “shrimp
ing is a habit”, as one of the
local people explained. But Marsh
side is wondering today whether
the Government’s clean food meas
ures will forcibly break the habit
and kill an old industry.
“Although the huddle of houses
that is Marshside is not as de
pressing as the name suggests,
the place has a workaday air.
There are men in blue jerseys
tending shrimp boilers in the back
yards and the best known names
of the district are those of the
handful of old-established shrimp
merchants Who are leaders of the
industry. An odd place to be
rubbing shoulders with fashion
able Southport, the visitor might
think, but then visitors do not
often stray into Manshside. If
they did they would find a num
ber of the older people sitting
round their firesides picking or
peling shrimps. This system of
outwork has gone on for genera
tions. The fishermen currently
pay 2s. a quart and a fast work
er can do up a quart in an hour.
“The Food Hygiene (Amend
ment) Regulations, 1957, publish
ed yesterday, are being called
here a “death blow” to the shrimp
(Continued on Page 4)
Brief BiU Of
-NEWS-1
LIONS TO MEET
The Southport Lions Club will
meet Thursday evening at 6:30
o’clock in the community Build
ing. There will be a meeting of
the board of directors at 5:45
o'clock.
HOLIDAY TODAY
This is New Years Day, and a
holiday routine is in force for
city and county employees and
at the postoffice, bank and Sav
ings & Loan Association.
PARSONAGE COMPLETED
The Methodist parsonage has
been completed and the Rev. Law- ■
rence Bridges is expecting to
move in this week. The home is
of brick construction and is lo
cated in Deepwater Heights.
ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC
The regular monthly Orthopedic
Clinic, conducted by the Crippled
Children's Section of the State
Board of Health, will be held at
James Walker Memorial Hospital,
Wilmington, Thursday, January
from 8 a. m. to 12 noon.
Highway Deaths In
Brunswick Total 9
Three Camp Lejeune Ma
rines Killed In Auto Acci
dent On Highway No. 17
On Christmas Day
ANOTHER DEATH
DURING DECEMBER
Brunswick Was Headed For
Best Record In Recent
Years Until Deaths
During Past Month
Three young men lost their
lives in an automobile accident on
highway No. 17 on Christmas day
near the South Carolina line,
bringing a note of sadness to an
otherwise happy holiday season.
These, coupled with the death
of a woman near Bolivia earlier
in December, brought to 9 the
total number of highway deaths
in Brunswick county during 1957.
| It is singular that almost one
! half these deaths came during
the final month of the year, and
that all four occurred on highway
No. 17.
There were 13 highway deaths
in Brunswick during 1956.
The latest victims were killed
Wednesday when the car in which
they were riding crashed into a
tree. Three others were injured.
The three men, Camp Lejeune
Marines, were identified as Pfc.
Gerard Edward Fredette, Jr., 19,
of Westhaven, Conn., Cpl. James
T. 'Corrigan, Jr., 19, of New York
City and Pfc. Richard D. Wiatrak,
20, of Clinton, Penn.
Three other Marines, one seri
ously injured, are: Cpl. James H.
Dussean, 18, of Toledo, Ohio, who
suffered a brain concussion; Cpl.
Charles E. Hattman, 21, of Corao
polis, Penn., and Cpl. Ronald F.
Seyno, 21, of Cransville, Penn.
Shallotte Man
Back From Trip
James D Bellamy Spent
Full Week At Goodyear
Farms, Litchfield Park,
Arizona
When this winter is over and
an accounting is made of the
cold weather, James D. Bellamy,
Shallotte farmer and supervisor
of the Lower Cape Fear Soil
Drainage District will come up
missing, for he was one of the
one hundred of the nation’s out
standing conservation-minded far
mers and ranchers who have just
returned home after collecting
their reward for being named na
tional soil conservation cham
pions. The day the thermometer
was 14-degrees in Brunswick, the
reading was 85-degrees where he
was in Arizona.
Bellamy was one of the winners
of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Com
pany’s tenth annual Soil Conser
vation Awards program covering
the fiscal year 1956-1957. The
grand award was a week’s vaca
tion trip to the Wigwam, a
luxurious guest resort on Good
year Farms, Litchfield Park,
Ariz.
Each winner was named by a
board of impartial judges, com
prised of leading agriculturalists,
in 50 competing units covering
every state in the country.
The soil awards program is de
signed to increase good soil con
servation practices. Grand prizes
are awarded to soil conservation
districts in the 50 competing units
who are considered outstanding
for the year in regular soil con
servation work. The winning soil
conservation district in each com
peting unit or state sends its gov
erning body member who has
worked the hardest and aeoom
(Continued on Page Four)
*
Announce Winners
In Light Contest
Winners in the outdoor
Christmas contest sponsored
by the Southport Garden Club
were as follows:
Living tree: First, Mr, and
Mrs. Albert Russ; second, Mrs.
Alberta McLeod; third, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Potter.
Overall: First, Mr. and Mrs.
James Bowman; second, Mr.
and Mrs. Wiley Wells; third,
Mr. -and Mrs. John D.
O’Daniel.
Doorway: First, Mr. and
Mrs. Hubert Livingston; sec
ond, Dr. and Mrs. F. M.
Burdette; third, Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Hickman.
Judges for the contest were
Dr. and Mrs. Randolph Gard
ner and Donald Tydings.
Lengthy Docket
Tried In Court
Long List Of Cases Before
Judge Earl Bellamy In
Brunswick County Recor
der’s Court Here Monday
A variety of cases was dis
posed of here in Recorder’s court
Monday with the session being
held once more in the Community
Building. The following judgments
were handed down:
William W. Skipper, reckless
operation, $75 and costs.
Harvey Everett, pleaded guilty
to charges of driving with im
proper equipment and without op
erator’s license. He was fined $35
and costs.
Joshua J. Soles pleaded guilty
to permitting the operation of a
vehicle with improper equipment,
but was found not guilty of per
mitting driving without' a proper
license. Costs were combined with
another case.
R. G. Causey, Richard Causey
and George K. Causey were all
charged with being drunk and
disorderly. Judgment was with
held until March 14, with provi
sion made that each defendant
not further molest ithe other, and
pay costa
Harry Gore was found not guil
ty of possession of non tax-paid
liquor.
Ezekial and Willie Bland were
defendants in cases charging af
fray and disorderly conduct. The
former was given 30 days, the
latter 90 days, both sentences be
ing suspended upon payment of
costs and good behavior for 2
years.
Earl Gore was found guilty of
disorderly conduct and was given
4 months on the roads, judgment
suspended upon payment of costs
and fine of $50, with the further
provision that he .be of good be
havior for 2 years.
John Jenrette was found guilty
of assault with a deadly weapon
and was given 6 months, judg
ment being suspended upon pay
ment of $20 to the clerk of court
for Willie Bland, 2 years good
behavior, fine of $25 and costs.
Bernice Mill was found not guil
ty of assault.
Fran:is Skipper was found not
guilty of assault.
Harits Ludlum was found guilty
of non-support, but judgment was
withheld upon payment of $10
per week to clerk of court for his
wife until child is bom.
Lilly May Ray was found guil
ty of being drunk and disorderly,
resisting arrest, assaulting an of
ficer and being a public nuisance
(Continue^ on Page Four;
Norman Bellamy
Named President
Of Inlet Group
Lockwood Folly Inlet Im
provement Ass’n. Held
Third Meeting Saturday
At Sabbath Home Baptist
Church
FULL SLATE OF
OFFICERS NAMED
Meeting Attended By Con
gressman Lennon, Repre
sentative Bowman And
Fred Whitaker, Exe
cutive Secretary
N. C. Fisheries
A spontaneous community ef
fort begun in September to ef
fect the improvement of Lock
wood Folly Inlet has become a
full-fledged organization under the
name of the Lockwood Folly In
let Improvement Association. The
aotion took place at the third
meeting of the group in the Sab
bath Home Baptist Church at
Holden Beach on Saturday.
Elected president of the associa
tion was Norman C. Bellamy of
Supply, who was one of the ori
ginal steering committee with
Lucian Fulford and Bill Grady.
Other officers elected were Earl
Bellamy, vice-president; Goodman
Fulford, treasurer; and Mrs. Nor
man Bellamy, secretary.
Among those attending the or
ganizational meeting were Con
gressman Alton Lennon of the
Seventh District, Brunswick Coun
ty Representative James C. Bow
man of Southport, and Fred
Whitaker of Kinston, executive
secretary of the North Carolina
Fisheries Association.
A principal part of the meet
ing was taken up with the review
of material being compiled for
presentation to the Corps of En
gineers, U. S. Army, at a public
hearing which will be set after
passage of a resolution through
the Public Works Committee of
The Congress. Cong.es .men Len
non in advising the group eon
grafiflated those present for thet
Work they had done. He pointed
out that previous attempts to
secure relief from the navigation
al hazard and handicap of Lock
wood Folly Inlet had come to an
unsuccessful conclusion for lack
of preparation and cooperation on
the local level.
The work being done now in
preparation for the public hear
ing is in cooperation with the
North Carolina Fisheries Associa
tion. The association group hopes
that the public hearing can be
scheduled some time in the Spring
of 1958.
Naval Reserve
Unit Activated
Total Of 27 Officers And
Men Are Affiliated With
The Local Organization,
Which Has Held Its Fifth
Muster
The Southport Naval Reserve
unit held iits fifth meeting Decem
ber 30 at the Lions Club Building.
This was the latest in a series of
twelve drills required before the
unit can attain full accredition.
Since its formation on Novem
ber 27, 1957, the unit has grown
to number 27 officers and men.
Unit officers include John
Vereen, James B. Russ, Ray H.
(Continued on Page Four)
New Presbyterian Church
START—This is an architects drawing of the new Southport Presbyterian Church
tor which ground-breaking ceremonies will be held here Sunday afternoon at 2
o clock. Actual work of construction will begin the following day, with completion of
the educational building and fellowship hall scheduled to precede work on the sanctu
ary.
Board Confers
With Insurance
Fire Adjusters
Board Of County Commis
sioners Have Estimates
From Several Different
Contractors Upon Which
To Base Claim
Members of the board of county
commissioners have been in con
ference this week with fire in
surance adjusters with regard to
settlement of the claim for dam
jijne sustained toy the Brunswick
county courthouse during the fire
on December 13.
In preparation for these discus
sions, members of the board se
cured damage estimates from Rob
ert L. Jones, Fred Spencer and
DeArmond Swain and from Wil
mington architect, Julian Alto
belis working in conjuction with
a Wilmington contractor. In ad
dition, R. E. Bellamy, one of the
members of the board, made an
estimate of his own.
It is significant that even
though these four estimates were
made independently, when they
were compared it revealed that
they fell within $400 of each oth
er. All were slightly over the
$30,000 figure for damage to the
building, with loss to furniture
and equipment estimated at more
than the full amount of coverage,
which was $10,000.
No final action resulted from
yesterday’s conference, but it is
reported that the figures sub
mitted by the adjuster are below
those of the independent con
tractors estimating the damage.
However, one county official said
today that there appears to be a
good chance to reach an agree
ment within the next few days.
Meanwhile, the courthouse re
mains in partial use, with the
register of deeds occupying the
offices formerly used by the board
of education. That body is located
in the garrison building on the
waterfront. The Brunswick county
Continued On rage Four/
TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HARPER
During the past week the calendar had turned over a new leaf,
and now it was 1938. Wednesday, January 6. Already tobacco
beds were appearing throughout the county, and that issue of
The Pilot was plugging a new sport—that of hunting diamond
back terrapins with dogs.
The men's basketball team of Southport High School had de
feated that of Whiteville on Tuesday night with Captain Vic
Bartels playing a leading role. R. L. Thompson had been recent
ly appointed alderman in the 1st Ward, and while high school
faculties were returning, college students—thirteen in number—
were leaving for their respective campuses.
On January 6, 1943, it was announced that Dosher Memorial
Hospital had been fully accredited by the American College of
Surgeons. The Southport (bank had been entered on the previous
Saturday night, but to no avail, and it had been learned that the
ocal menhaden boats had been granted a reprieve. Our “Not
Exactly” editor had observed that there were but two community
water systems in Brunswick county, with one of those being at
Dongwood.
This issue of The Pilot boasted one of the most colorful society
pages ever, with three recent Brunswick County brides pictured
there. They were Mrs. John Whittaker, Mrs. John Griffin, and
Mrs. Jack McCracken. The Wilmington shipyard, which was
employing many local laborers, had been recently awarded the
Continued On Page 3our
Ground Breaking
For Presbyterians
Air Rifles Get
Boys In Trouble
City Manager Carl W.
Galloway thinks that Santa
Claus was more than ■ gener
ous with his gifts of new air
rifles to the boys of South
port this Christmas; but more
particularly he is disturbed
over some of the targets that
have been selected by the
young marksmen.
Street lights have been a
major casualty, and the city
manager is urging the use of
less exciting targets. There
have been several complaints
regarding shooting song birds
inside the city, and this is in
conflict with the State law
making Southport a bird sanc
tuary.
There have been some com
plaints by property owners
who have suffered broken
window panes from rifle fire.
Request Farmers
For Information
Important Findings Result
From Information Furnish
ed By Farmers In Annual
Farm Census
North Carolina’s farm landown
ers will be asked to cooperate
during January in the state’s
1958 Township Farm Census.
Tlie annual census will be taken
as farmers list their 1958 taxes
Tax listers cooperate in the un
dertaking so that needed data
may be obtained concerning North
Carolina agriculture.
The census is required by law
and the state Department of Ag
riculture and boards of county
commissioners are charged with
the responsibility of carrying it
out. All agricultural agencies co
operate in the statewide survey.
The information obtained is held
in confidence and used only for
the purpose of compiling accurate
statistics on lard use, crop acre
ages and livestock numbers.
David S. Weaver, director of
the N. C. Agricultural Extension
Service, advised farmers not to
confuse the annual North Carolina
Township Farm Census with the
Federal government’s general ag
ricultural census every five years.
“Through the annual North Caro
lina. Farm Census said Weaver,
ve have the machinery for ob
taining vital statistical data that
helps keep this state on the right
road, agriculturally.'’
Weaver is but one of the state’s
leading agricultural figures who
has cited the importance of the
annual farm census. Others in
clude Li. Y. Ballentine, state com
missioner of agriculture; D. W.
Colvard, dean of agriculture at
N. C. State College; A. G. Bull
ard, state supervisor of vocation
al agriculture education; Horace
Godfrey, state ASC administrator;
H. J. Isenhower, state director of
Continued On Page Four
* Ceremony Will Be Conduc
ted Sunday Afternoon At
2 O’Clock At Site Of New
Church In Deepwater
Heights
CONSTRUCTION TO
BEGIN ON MONDAY
First Phase Will Be Con
struction Of Education
Building Including
Fellowship Hall
Members of the congregation of
Southport Presbyterian Church
will observe ground breaking cere
monies at 2 o’clock Sunday after
noon for the construction of the
educational building and fellow
ship hall on their site in Deep
water Heights.
The Rev. Charles W. Worth,
pastor of First Presbyterian
Church, Whiteville, is chairman
of the Home Missions Committee
of the Wilmington Presbytery and
will be in charge of the program
here Sunday.
William Webb is chairman of
the building committee and will
turn the first spade of dirt.
The new building will follow
plans that were prepared about
one year ago by Leslie Boney,
Wilmington architect. The present
contract is for the construction
of the educational building and
the fellowship hall, and the latter
will be used for church services
until the sanctuary is completed
at a later date.
General contractor is Leon
Smith, Southport building con
tractor. He recently purchased the
old Presbyterian Church and
Youth Center, and beginning this
week Sunday School and church
services will be held in the manse,
located on the yacht basin.
First efforts toward the new
construction program were start
ed in January, 1956. A suitable
site was acquired in the new
residential development east of
; town, and last year the grounds
we re cleared.
Presbyterian church officials
extend a cordial invitation to the
general public to participate in
j the Sunday ceremony.
Service Station
Activity Grows
New Stations Nehring Com
pletion Between Business
District And The Sawdust
Trail Intersection
Two new service stations are
under construction on Howe
street, bringing to nine the num
ber of retail gasoline outlets be
tween the stoplight in the busi
ness district and the Sawdust
Trail.
As evidence that the oil com
panies are greatly impressed with
the potential in this area, one of
them has an option on another
piece of property along this route,
and negotiations are underway
for a major deal which will bring
one of the big companies into
Southport with their outlet.
Continued On Page Four)
All In Readiness
For Tax Listing
To Start Monday
List Of Appointments Given
For Several Listers, With
Other Announcements To
Be Made At Later Date
TAXPAYERS URGED
TO LIST AT HOME
County Tax Supervisor Says
Much Confusion Can Be
Avoided By Listing
With Lister In Own
Township
The task of listing property
for 1958 taxes begins Monday,
with tax listers in each township
having in their possession tax ab
stracts that have been filled out
with the new real estate values.
This will be the first opportu
nity that property owners will
have to learn the results of the
revaluation program, and there is
more than the usual amount of
interest in the forthcoming list
ing.
Mrs. Ressie R. Whatley, Bruns
wick county tax supervisor, stress
es the importance of property
owners bringing a list of their
personal property with them when
they go to list. "Real estate is
being listed at one-half its assess
ed valuation,” she said this week,
‘and personal property will be list
ed at this same rate.”
Mrs. Whatley also pointed out
■that taxpayers who may be dis
pleased with their new valuation
figures will have opportunity to
register their complaints with tht
Board of Equalization and Review
in March. “Do not fuss with your
tax lister or try to get him to
change your values,” she says,
“for he does not have that auth
ority. That is what the Board of
Equalization and Review is for.”
-She also stressed the import
ance of each property owner list
ing in his own township.
Following is a schedule of ap
pointments that will be followed
by listers in four of the six towh
ships:
Following is the schedule for
E. O. Rabon, lister for Town
Creek: Hawes store, Bolivia, Jan.
6, 9 a. m.-12 noon; Frink store.
Piny Grove, Jan. 6, 12 noon-2:30
p. m.; Lofton Lewis store, Bo
livia, Jan. 7, 9 a. m.-12 noon;
Goley Lewis store, Bolivia, Jan.
7, 12:15-2:30 p. m.; Dark Branch
Montgomery store, Jan. 8, 9 a. m.
12 noon; Dudley’s place, Lower
Town Creek Bridge, Jan. 8, 12:15
2:30 p. m.; Creech Brothers Groc
ery, Jan. 9, 9 -a. m.-l p. m.; Char
lie Robbins, Jan. 9, 1 p. m;*3 ~jr;.
m.; Pen Benton home, Jan. 10,
9 a. m.-12 noon; G. L. Skipper’s
store, Jan. 10, 12:15-2:30 p. m.;
J. L. Bishop’s store, Jan. 13, 9
a. m.-l p. m.; A. P. Henry’s
store, Jan. 14, 9 a. m.-12 noon;
S. & W. store, Leland, Jan. 15,
9 a. m.-12 noon.
Following is the schedule for
Carl Ward, lister for Smithville
township; Southport, Monday
through Friday, each week of
January 1958: Howell Point, 9
a. m. to 12 noon, 11th of Jan
uary; Cox’s sltore, 1 p. m. to 3
p. m., 11 of January; Mrs. Ar
nold’s store, 9 a. m. to 10:30 a. m.,
18th of January; Willie Hewett’s
store, 11 a. m. to 1 p. m., 18th
of January; Beach road, Garner’s
store, 9 a. m. to 11 a. m., 25th
of January; Lawrence Smith’s
store, 12 noon to 3 p. m., 25th of
January.
Following is the schedule for
M. L. Heweltt lister for Lock
wood Folly: M. D. Reaves home,
C Continued On Pape Four)
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 Ix>w TIdr
Thursday, December 26,
11:23 A. M. 5:03 A. M.
11:45 P. M. 5:38 p. M.
Friday, December 27,
C:00 A. M. 5:48 A. M.
12:05 P. M. 6:22 P. M.
Saturday, December 28,
12:31 A. M. 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. 0:32 A. M.
3:26 P. M. 9:47 p.