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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1958
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Brunswick County
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Solicitations In
March Of Dimes
Program Begins
List Of Workers In Each
Community Announced By
Mr3. M. H. Rourk, Who
Is Serving Again This
V ear As Brunswick Coun
ty Chairman
SPECIAL EVENTS
TO BE ARRANGED
Thursday Has Been Desig
nated A-s “Coffee Day,”
With Several Restau
rants Cooperating In
Raising Money
Arrangements are being made
for the March of Dimes campaign
in Brunswick county to get under
way full blast this week, and Mrs.
M. H. Rourk, county chairman,
has announced her list of com
munity chairmen.
Two special events are slated
during the month. The first of
these is the Coffee for Polio pro
gram that is slated to be carried
out tomorrow (Thursday) through
the cooperation of several restaur
ant owners in Brunswick. Later
this month will come the Mothers
March on Polio.
The following have been named
by Mrs. Rourk to serve as chair
man in their respective commu
nities:
Ash, Mrs. William Mathews;
Bolivia, Mrs. Foster Mintz; Boon's
Neck, Holdens Beach and Varnum
town, Mrs. Norman Bellamy;
Exum, Mrs. Roddy Bennett; Free
land, Mrs. Corbett Coleman; Le
land, Mrs. Rufus Williams; Long
wood, Mrs. W. A. Long; Hick
man's Crossroad, Mrs. Ernest
Stanaland; Grissettown, Mrs. Nor
man Grissett; Supply, Mrs. Gar
land Clemmons; Shallotte, Mrs.
Billy Russ; Shallotte Point, Fred
Edwards; Southport, Mrs. Bunn
Frink; ThomaSboro, Mrs. F. C.
Osborn; Winnabow, Mrs. Cecil
Robbins; Colored Schools, A. C.
Caviness.
Mrs. Frink, Southport chairman,
has just returned from a vaca
tion cruise and was sick the first
of this week. However, she had
laid plans for a house to house
solicitation. Already the school
children are busy collecting dimes
for this campaign.
Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
vacation trip
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Frink have
returned from a 3-weeks vacation
cruise to several Caribbean coun
tries.
TRIP TO CUBA
Mrs. Joel Moore flew to Or
land, Fla., yesterday to visit her
son, Joel Moore, Jr. While in
Florida she and her son plan to
fly to Havana, Cuba, for a va
cation trip.
BACK TO FLORIDA
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wells have
returned to Key West, Fla., after
spending the Christmas holidays
in Southport. His mother, Mrs.
Bessie Wells, returned to Florida
with them to spend several
weeks.
DEVANE DEATH
Friends of J. D. Devane in
Brunswick county received news
of his death Sunday evening at
his home in Fayetteville. The de
ceased owned a cottage at Long
Beach, and for the past 10 years
has spent most of his summers
there.
MAKING ROUNDS
Mrs. Betty Prevatte, Brunswick
County Tax Collector, is making
her round of appointments this
week for the purpose of giving
tax payers an opportunity to pay
their county taxes without the
necessity of making a trip to
Southport.
BENEFIT SUPPER
Members of the Womans So
ciety of Christian Service for
Trinity Methodist Church will
serve a barbecue supper Friday
night from 5:30 o clock until 7
in the recreation hall at the
church. Mrs. H. T. St. George
has tickets.
COLLEGE honor roll
Malcolm Knox, son of Mr. and
Mis. C. V, . Knox, Bolivia, was
recently placed on the Honor Roll
at East Carolina College, Green
ville, where he is a junior in in
dustrial arts. He was recently
initiated a member of the In
dustrial Arts Club and Alpha
Belfca Tau, the latter an honorary
fraternity based on scholastic
achievement.
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January Court To
Convene Monday
Second Floor Of City Hall"
Will Be Used As Court-1
room, With Grand Jury
Using Room In Masonic
Building
SEVERAL CASES OF
MAJOR INTEREST
Judge Malcolm Seawell Of
Lumberton Will Preside
Over One-Week Term
For Trial Of Crimi
nal Cases
The January , term of Superior
court for the trial of criminal
cases will convene here Monday,
with Judge Malcolm Seawell of
Lumberton presiding.
Court will be held upstairs in
the city hall building, which is
the old Southport high school
building and is located in Frank
lin Park. The temporary court
room has been used for each of
the past two weeks for the week
ly session of Brunswick county
Recorder’s court.
•There are several cases of in
terest, including one in which a
white man is charged with sta
tutory rape and incest. There is
another case in which rape is
charged, and there are several
cases of store-breaking and lar
ceny.
The grand jury is due to be
drawn at this session, and ar
rangements have been made to
have one of the rooms in the
Masonic Building used as a grand
jury room.
These makeshift arrangements
are necessary because of the fire
which on December 13 caused ex
tensive damage to the Brunswick
county courthouse, including dam
age to the court room.
College Credit
Classes Formed
Two Courses Being Offered
For Benefit Of Students
In This County; Still Time
To Enroll
Two classes for college credit
have been organized in Brunswick
county and both are still open
for late registration.
Mental Hygiene is being taught
each Monday afternoon at 5:30
o’clock at Shallotte high school
by Weldon Hall, principal of
Waccamaw high school. Hall
taught a course last fall and prov
ed to be a popular instructor. He
has had college teaching exper
ience and is well qualified for this
assignment.
Visual Aids is being taught by
Talmadge Page, high school super
visor from New Hanover and a
former prinoipal at Bolivia. His
class meets at 5 o’clock each Wed
nesday afternoon at Shallotte.
Each of these courses will give
3 hours of college credit, and they
are particularly recommended for
teadhers who wish to renew their
certificate, raise their certificate j
or for those who are working to
ward a college degree. Admission
is not restricted to teachers, and
several outside the profession have
enrolled in one or more of the
four classes that have been ar
ranged through this program.
The courses have been planned
by the Extension Department of j
Continued On Page Pour
No Settlement
In Fire Claim
Members of the Board of
County Commissioners last
week filed a proof of loss
with the insurance company
as a result of the December
13 fire that caused extensive
damage to the Brunswick
county .courthouse.
This action was taken af
ter it appeared that no pro
gress was being made in the
effort to settle the claim. The
commissioners, using figures •
submitted by four independent
contractors, have asked for
about $30,000 damages to the
building and for $10,000
damages for the equipment.
The adjustors have refused
to go above the $25,000 figure
on damages to the building.
Speeding Cases
Heard In Court
Lengthy Docket Disposed
Of Here Monday, With
Numerous Cases Based
On Traffic Violations
Three Brunswick county men
were convicted in Recorder’s court
Monday on charges of hunting
deer illegally, viz with an artifi
cal light at night. The defendants
were C. T. Long, Palmar Bellamy
and R. S. Holden. They were
given 90 days on the roads, judg
ment suspended upon payment of
fines totaling $250 and cost of the
case.
Most of the other cases tried
were for speeding and other traf
fic violations. The following were
convicted of speeding: George K.
Evans, 80-mph, $35 and costs;
Richard V. Bibberstein, 60-mph,
$10 and costs; Sam S. Earl, 65
nph, $10 and costs; John H.
Gavin, 65-mph, $10 and costs;
3. A. Heath, 65-mph, $10 and
costs; Paul F. Hardee, 70-mph,
?15 and costs; Craven C. Jones,
i5-mph, $10 and costs; Kenneth
Myers, 65-mph, $10 and costs
(Costs remitted); Luther C. Press
ey, 65-mph, $10 and costs ($5 of
fine remitted); Yvonne LeGrand
Phelps, 65-mph, $10 and costs;
Hubert E. Strand, 75-mph, $15
rnd costs; Max Sheppard Smith,
35-mph, $10 and costs; Harlee
Sellers, 65-mph, $10 and costs
(fine remitted); LeRoy Williams.
55-mph, $10 and costs; Bernice B.
Woodcock, 65-mph, $10 and costs;
loseph Frink, 70-mph, $15 and
costs ($10 of fine remitted).
James Davis was convicted of
iriving 80-mph and reckless op
eration and was fined $60 and
costs or 60 days on the roads. He
vas found not guilty of driving
m the wrong side of the road.
Jerry W. Stephenson pleaded
?uilt.y to charges of failure to
comply with restrictions imposed
n his driving license. He was
lined $20 and costs.
Kenneth W. White was found
guilty of driving too fast for con
ditions and was fined $10 and
costs.
William P. Wilson was found
juilty of driving with improper
equipment and. without chauffer’s
(Continued on' Page Four}
Specialists Will
Talk To Farmer
Group Thursday
Tobacco Program Will Be
Discussed Tomorrow Of
terncon At Meeting Sche
duled At Shallotte
TO STRESS QUALITY
AHEAD OF POUNDS
This Thinking Is' In Line,
With December Confer
ence Regarding Flue
Cured Tobacco
Latest information on tobacco
production will be given at a
meeting at Shallotte School audi
torium tomorrow (Thursday) af
ternoon at 3:15 o’clock.
One of the tobacco specialists
will be present to bring the latest
research findings.
Tobacco farmers are invited to
come to the meeting and get
started right in producing a qual
ity crop that will meet market
demands and return the most
money possible.
On December 20, the United
•States Department of Agriculture
and cooperating State agencies
held a ‘‘Flue-cured Outlook Con
ference” and issued a statement
covering general recommendations
relating to the quality of flue
cured tobacco currently in de
mand.
The statement of the Flue-cur
ed Outlook Conference was as
follows:
“Since 95 percent of the flue
cured tobacco is used for cigar
ettes, growers should strive to
produce ripe, mellow tobacco hav
ing medium body, rich, clear color
and possessing full flavor and
aroma. They should harvest to
bacco only when ripe, irrespective
of variety, and should avoid prac
tices that result in heavy-bodied,
leathery tobacco.
“It was generally agreed that
the best way to produce tobacco
(with qualities acceptable to the
different segments of the trade
Safely Program
For Shallotte
Parent-Teachers Association
Sponsoring Movement De
signed To Make Each
Student Aware Of The
Importance Of Safety
A school safety program will
be put on at Shallotte High
School, sponsored by the local
PTA group. The program is en
titled, “Never Feel Too Sure
You’re Safe”. Under the leader
ship of flarold Hickman, the pro
gram will be organized under a
director; a senior safety commit
tee; committees and advisors for
the three main divisions of the
school, primary grades, elemen
tary grades, and high school; and
representatives for each classroom.
^The Shallotte PTA hopes that
this safety program will empha
size the need for safety in the
schools to each and every student,
and will establish correct safety
habits for each student. Publicity
is expected to bring awareness.
The program will be two-fold:
It will point out the individual’s
responsibility for the safety of
himself and his classmates, and
it will try to eliminate any poten
tially nazardous conditions in the
school plant.
Continued On page Four!
Luxury Liner
SAILS—This is the Arosa Sky, 20,000-ton cruise ship, which sailed through the
Southport harbor about noon Thursday. This huge passenger ship presented one of
the most spectacular views ever seen in these Lower Cape Fear, waters. Among the
passengers making the trip to the Caribbean were Governor and Mrs. Luther H.
Hodges.
Beautiful Ship
Sails Through
Here Thursday
Luxury Liner Orosa Skj
Sails For Ports In Carib
bean With Governor And
Mrs. Hodges Aboard
Symbolizing the growth ol
Wilmington as the state’s largest
port is the M. V. Arosa Sky
which sailed through the South
port harbor about noon Thursday
for the Caribbean with Governoi
and Mrs. Luther H. Hodges, call
ing attention to the cruise chas<
of North Carolina’s three hun
dred million dollar travel industry
The 20,000 ton ship, largest evei
to sail from a North Carolina
port, will complete its 6,000 mil<
cruise on January 23. This luxurj
liner is slated to return to Wil
mington on March 17 for anothei
cruise to Martinique, Haiti, Jama
ica and other Caribbean points.
The port of Wilmington in re
cent years has seen tremendous
Continued Oh Uage Hour
7-County Group
Schedules Vote
Brunswick County Has Com
munities Participating In
This Organization
Election of new officers for the
SENCland development association
is scheduled for 4 p. m. Jan. 27
at the civic room of the First
National bank in Whiteville.
The election will be conducted
by the members of the board of
directors and the division chair
men. President of the group for
its first year of organization was
Horace Carter, Tabor City editor
Members of the board of di
rectors, elected at the annual
meeting early in December in
Wilmington, include the following
from Columbus county:
Bill Hooks, C. D. Raper, Mrs.
Henry Bullock, Charles Council,
Horace Carter and Henry Wyche.
Other directors include:
Brunswick county, Wilbur Earp,
(Continued On Page Four)
TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HARPEB
It was January 19, 1938, and the campaign against free-roam
ing felines that had been announced by the SoutljP°rt Civic
Club on the previous week was getting hearty approval from
local upland 'game hunters. H. B. Smith had recently been ap
pointed Chief Boiler Inspector for the State; and Clifton Moore
had entered the race for district Superior Court Judge.
The Southport Independants had recently won a basketball
contest from the crew of the cutter Modoc, 48-21. High scorer:
Willing, 13 points. H. M. S. Apollo, an English gunboat, had
made a brief appearance in Southport harbor earlier in the
week, being piloted to Wilmington by Capt. Harold St. George.
The occasion had warranted a recess for the local school. The
new Fords had just come out and werer advertised at around
$650. With 22 to 27 miles per gallon too! And a Whitevilie firm
was offering Competition with good mules and Hackney wagons.
It was January 20, 1943, a war year, and Americans every
where were working furiously at providing food for their forces
overseas. Locally, clam-digging had begun to boom again, and
some service men were soon due for a good mess of clam chow
der. The recent cut in auto travel was noted to have increased
wear on shoe leather a good deal. The editoi-s of both The
Lighter Side and Not Exactly News had noted the unique birth
announcement sent out by Mr. and Mrc. Jim Ferger; and two
Northwest township establishments bad., been, visited by a group
Continued On Page Sour
Henry Bacon Will
Work On Project
Urges Adults To
Get Polio Shots
Mrs. M. H. Rourk, Bruns
wick County Chairman of the
March of Dimes program,
urges adults to make Jan
uary the month in which they
Ibecome immunized against
this dread disease.
The drive chairman, stress
ed again, that the threat of_
polio is still imminent. She
said too, that the protection
of the Salk serum does not
cure or help those already
stricken.
And she points out that
the level of adult protection
by Salk serum is so low as to
make that group probably
the most susceptible. “Polio
among adults, who are al
ready taking their place in
life as breadwinners or home
makers can be a worse
tragedy than among child
ren,” she noted.
Phone Company
Expands Locally
New Telephones Added
And Change Made In
Modernization Of Dial
System During The Past
Twelve Months
Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany reported last week that $24
mililion was spent during 1957 on
the state-wide construction pro
gram to meet the telephone needs
of North Carolina’s expanding
economy.
Evidence of Southport’s con
tinued growth is reflected in this
areas gain of 65 telephones in
1957.
J. L. Haselden, Manager for
Southern Bell in Wilmington, re
ported that in addition to provid
ing telephone service to many
new customers during the year,
much effort was directed also to
i ward making service for existing
customers even better.
In 1957 new exchanges were
established at Acme and Bolton.
Southern Bell Telephone Company
purchased the Pender Telephone
Company in Burgaw and assumed
operation of that exchange.
Southport, Carolina Beach,
Wrightsville Beach, and Wilming
ton as well as the new exchanges
of Acme and Bolton were con
verted to the nation-wide uniform
2-letters and 5-numerals telephone
numbering system, preparing for
the day when telephone users can
dial their own long listance calls
throughout the nation and to
points in Canada and Hawaii.
“Southern Bell continued in its
role as one of the major indus
tries contributing to the state’s
economy. During 1957 the Com
pany paid over $5-million in lo
cal and state taxes. The annual
payroll for its approximately six
thousand employees in the state
amounts to over $25-miHion,” Mr.
Haselden stated.
“The increasing value of tele
phone service to the state’s pro
gress can be seen in the number
of calls made, each day,” he said, j
Continued On Page Four
1U. S. Engineers Dredge
Scheduled To Work On
Closing Long Beach Inlet
After Completing Wil
mington Job
PROJECT TO CLOSE
STORM-CUT INLET
Pipe - Line Dredge Will
Throw Up Sand To Pro
vide Right-Of-Way For
Broken Link In State
Highway
The job of closing the hurricane
inlet across the lower end of Long
Beach moved one step closer this
week with the announcement that
the U. S. Army Engineers will
send the dredge Henry Bacon to
work on this project just as soon
as it completes its present assign
ment in the Wilmington harbor.
The Wilmington work is for the
removal of a rock ledge, and it is
expected that it will be completed
within the matter of a few days.
Originally, the Henry Bacon was
scheduled to go to Savannah for
a project in that district, but now
plans call for the work at Long
Beach before the vessel heads
south.
The county commissioners are
meeting this (Wednesday) mor
ning to prepare a resolution re
quested by the U. S. Engineers.
This is expected to be no more
than a formality.
Unofficially, it has been learn
ed that the dredge will approach
the inlet from the inland water
way side, probably through the
channel of Lockwoods Folly inlet.
Since it will be necessary to get
material to pump into the inlet,
it apepars quite possible that the
Lockwoods Folly channel will be
dredged deeper up to the beach
line.
Property owners who have lots
west of the new inlet are eager
ly awaiting the completion of this
work, for some of them have im
mediate plans for building col
tages. It is understood that the
highway department will replace
the broken link in the roadway as
soon as the base has settled.
Colonel Heiss
In Savannah
Is Formulating Plans For
Overseas Movement Of
Troops From Ft. Penning
Through That Port
The Department of the Army
recently announced that the Third
rnfantry Division, presently sta
tioned at Ft. Benning, Georgia,
will move to Europe through the
port of Savannah, Georgia. The
division consists of approximately
14,000 officers and enlisted men
with 6,000 dependents. The port
>f Savannah ia a subordinate in
stallation under the jurisdiction of
Sunny Point Army Terminal, com
manded by Colonel Jonas S. Heiss.
Col. eHiss stated that there is (
i long standing Army policy to
move personnel o forganized units,
ncluding Gyroscope units, through
:he port nearest the home station j
whenever training benefits and j
overall savings to the Govern- j
ment can be achieved. Col. Heiss j
s how in Savannah, Georgia,
Continued On Page Four
County Health
Department To
Train Visitor
Mrs. Chaon Rodpotong, Na
tive Of Bangkok, Thia
land, And Wife Of Army
Colonel, Wi;l Gain Prac
tical Experience In Public
Health Work
BRUNSWICK HEALTH
DEPARTMENT HONORED
Selected As Place For Pro
viding Training For Nurse
Under International
Training Program
The Brunswick County Health
Department has been selected as
a cooperating agency with the
International Cooperation Admin
istration in the education of a na
tive of Thailand as a Public
Health Nurse, and Mrs, Chaon
Rodopong of Bangkok is sched
uled to arrive here this week.
Dr. J. B. Davis, Brunswick.
County Health officer, says that
he feels that this is a distinct
honor for the local organization,
and he is looking forward to this
new experience.
Mrs. Rodopong is the wife of
Col. Prayong Rodopong of Bang
kok and has served as a public
health nurse in her own country.
She will be assigned to the Shal
lotte District Health Office and
will work with Miss Davis.
As a part of its Technical As
sistance Training Program under
the International Cooperation Ad
ministration (I. C. A.), the United
States Government is bringing a
number of foreign nurses to this
country for advanced study and
training. These participants are
granted I. C. A. Fellowships and
the Public Health Service is
charged with the responsibility of
planning professional programs for
those studying in the various
fields of health and medicine.
Mrs. Rodpotong has had sev
eral years experience as a nurse
supervisor in a provincial health
department in Thialand, but her
experience has been largely re
stricted to the medical care as
pects of nursing, with little train
ing or experience in the field ac
(Continue.: on Page Four)
Light Station
At WrightsviHe
Coast Guard Light Attend
ant Station Established
With Six-Man Crew Be
ing Assigned, Together
With Three Boats
On January 1, with the co
operation of the Town of Wrights
ville Beach a Coast Guard Light
Attendant Station (Rescue) was
established at 400 Waynick Blvd.
The city officials built an 80
foot finger pier for the specific
use of the Coast Guard and leased
land beside the Town Hall for the
construction of a suitable build
ing readily available to the pier.
The new six man unit iwill have
charge of three boats and the
responsibility of certain aids to
navigation as well as rescue work
in the lower Cape Fear River
area.
It will also service and main
tain 19 unwatched lights and 51
daybeacons from 24V2 miles north
to 13 miles south of Wrightsville
Beach on a schedule which re
quires each aid to be boarded and
examined at least once every two
weeks throughout the year.
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 Ia>w Tide
Thursday, January lfi,
5:01 A. M. 11:14 A. M.
5:12 P. M. 11:25 P. M.
Friday, January 17,
5:56 A. M. 12:05 A. M.
6:06 P. M. 0:00 P. M.
Saturday, January 18,
6:45 A. M. 12:14 A. M.
6:55 P. M. 12:53 P. M.
I Sunday, January 10,
7:30 A. M. 1:01 A. M.
7:39 P. M. 1:37 P. M.
Monday, January 20,
8:11 A. M. 1:44 A. M.
8:21 P. M. 2:18 P. M.
Tuesday, January 21,
8:50 A. M. 2:26 A. M.
9:00 P. M. 3:00 P. M.
Wednesday, January 22,
9:26 A. M. 3:06 A. M.
9:38 P. M. 3:35 P. M.