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Most Of The News All The lime Volume No. 18 THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community No. 29 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1958 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAR The Pilot Covers Brunswick County Waccamaw Will Aid In National Science Program Named By U. S. Office Of Education To Supply Needed And Important Data On Science And Mathematics Instruction SCHOOL NOW HAS GOOD DEPARTMENT School Officials Proud Of Math And Science Curri culum Being Offered Students Weldon Hall, principal of Wac camaw High School in Brunswick County, has just been notified by Dr. L. G. Derthick, United States Commissioner of Education in Washington, D. C., that Waoca maw is one of the 1,500 high schools in the Nation selected by the U .S. Office of Education to supply needed and important data on the status of science and mathematics teaching. Waccamaw has developed one of the most complete soience and math departments of any small high school in SBNCland. The curriculum includes general science, biology, chemistry, and physics, general mathematics, business mathematics, two years of algebra, plane and solid geo metry. Lay and professional groups are now reappraising the high school mathematics and science pro grams, and national and regional data on present conditions in these subjects are needed. Reliable data upon which to base judg ments to maintain a balanced high school program in these critical times is very important to .those reappraisals. The agencies and organizations that are cooperating in this sur vey are: National Academy of Science; National Research Council; Na tional Science Foundation; The President’s Committee for the De velopment of Scientists and En gineers; The American Associa tion for the Advancement of Science Cooperative Committee; National Science Teachers Asso ciation; National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Nation al Association for Research in Science Teaching; Association of Chief State School Officers; Na tional Association of Secondary School Principals. Brief Bit» Of lnewsj BENEFIT BARBECUE There will be a benefit barbecue supper served at Zion Methodist Church Saturday, starting at 6:30 o’clock. Proceeds go to the church 'building fund. DREDGE WORKING The U. S. E. dredge Henry Bacon is no.v working at Lock woods Folly inlet, closing the storm-cut inlet across the lower end of Long Beach. MEMBERSHIP MEETING The annual membership meet ing of the Southport Savings & Loan" Association will be held ifi the offices of the association on Friday morning of this week at 10 o’clock. NEARING COMPLETION Finishing touches are being made to the Southport Savings & Loan Association building on Moore street and that organiza tion will move- in within a few days.- The Southpoiit post office will move across the street into its new quarters within the next few days. PRISONER ESCAPES James E. Jordan of Halls boro, who pleaded guilty to forcible trespass at last week’s session of Brunswick county Superior court and was given 18-months on the roads, escaped from the New Hanover prison camp Monday. He had iserved less than one week of his time. LEAVE SOUTHPORT Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Blake, who have made their home in South port for the past several years, have moved to Fayetteville, where he will be engaged in business. While in Southport he has been associated with his brother E. C. Blake, in the operation of Blakes Builders Supply. Tommie fiiak'e, who has been a student at the' University of North Carolina, vrfii return home this week to assist, hie father in the operation of the -building • -supply establishment. Awarded Medal HONORED—SP3 (Specialist Third Class) Carey W. Spencer, right, of Southport, is decorated with the Sol dier’s Medal by Brig. Gen. Stanley R. Larsen, assistant commandant of the U. S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning Spencer, a member of Company B of the 29th Infantry’s First Battle Group, received the medal for heroic rescue action in Korea February 22, 1957. The pre sentation of the medal was made at formal ceremonies on Fort Benning’s Chapel Field. Southport Man Wins Decoration SP3 Carey W. Spencer Is” Awarded Soldiers Medal During Recent Ceremon ies At Fort Benning MEDAL IS HIGHEST PEACETIME AWARD Spencer Is Former South port High School Student And Is Married To For mer Miss Julia Ash burn A Southport soldier received ,the Army’s highest recognition for his contribution in the field of peace time valor at a formal guard mount on Ohapel Field at Fort Benning on January 11. The Soldier’s Medal was award ed to Pfc. Carey W. Spencer, who is assigned to Company B of the 29th Infantry’s First Bait tie Group. Spencer was cited for heroic rescue action in Korea February 22, 1957, when a C-154 plane in which he was a passenger devel oped engine trouble and crash landed on a sand bar in the Han River near Seoul. After reaching safety, Spencer with complete dis regard for his own life returned to the burning plane and carried out two badly injured men. He then assisted a survivor struggling in the icy water to reach the river bank. The young soldier is a former student at Southport high school and has been in the Army for 'the past three years. He is mar Continued On rage Four! Elect Vestry At St. Phillips Church Membership Honors J. J. Loughlin, Jr., At, Sunday Session By Mak ing Him Senior Warden. Emaritus The congregation of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church held it's annual meeting, Sunday, for the purpose of electing a vestry, the govern ing body of an Episcopal Church, The following were elected: Robert C. Ruark, Sr., 3 years; L. W. Keister, 3 years; Mrs. H. W. Hood, 3 years; S. Bunn Frink, 2 years; Harold B. Smith, 2 years; J. W. Ryne, 2 years; Mrs. F. L. Willing, 1 year; John D. Ericken, 1 year; Col. Wittier Kemper, 1 year. • - Mr. L. W. Keister was named to the position of Senior-Warden to serve- the rest of 1958. In unanwous action by the coa i Continued On Page Paul • Two Disabled Vessels Here The Southport harbor be came the haven for two dis abled ships during the past week-end when the U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Mendota towed them to safe anchorage early Saturday evening. The Navy tug Sagamore developed engine trouble off Frying Pan while towing the destroyer escort Stewart to a naval shipyard for annual in spection. The 83-foot patrol vessel at Oak Island proceed ed to the scene, and was soon joined by the Mendota, which made' the tow to safety. The two Navy vessels were able to depart about noon Sunday. County Students Honored At ECC 4 Brunswick County Boys And Girls Are Included On Honors List From College Three lists of students at EaSit Carolina who haVe received of ficial recognition from the College because of their excellent records in academic work during the fall quarter of the present school year have been announced'. Included on the lists are the names Qf. 6§9 students. Brunswick County is represent ed on' the honors lists as follows: All l’s: -Frances J. Long, Long wood; Pean’s List: James H. Russ, Southport; Honor Roll: Betty Jean Gilbert and James M. Knox, Bolivia. "Fifty-one students who made the grade -of 1 on each subject taken, the highest mark given at the college, received top honors for scholastic achievement in ah "All l’s” List. .The Dean's List of 163 students and the Honor Roll of 455. students Include the names of those whose work was considered worthy Of special men tion apd commendation. The Dean’s List, issued by Vice President, and Dean of Instruction Leo. W. Jenkins of the college, is composed of undergraduates who made at least two and one half quality, points per credit Jiour on ail.: work taken, with no grade below three. Those students did superior academic work. The Honor Roll, prepared by Registrar • Orvai L. Phillips- and .1 l (Continued bn Page 4) Board Members To Attend Meeting An invitation has been extend ed to each member of one of the local school boards in Brunswick county to attend the District No. 5 meeting of the State School Board Association at the Hobbn ■ton School in Sampson county on Wednesday, February 5. Dr, A. N. Johnson of Garland will be the speaker for the open ing program, which will be follow ed by group meetings in three classifications. These will include "Adjusting Our Cirriculum to Present Day Needs”; "Know Tour Schools” and “Evaluation of the School Product”. Following a dinner meeting at' 6:30 o’clock, the group will hear an address by Dr. I. Beverly Lake of Raleigh. John G. Long, Brunswick Coun ty superintendent of schools, has expressed the hope that this county will be well represented. March Of Dimes Now In Progress In This County Good Response Reported To Annual Fund Drive Now Being Conducted In Southport; No Report On Activities In County Mrs. S. Bunn Frink, chairman of the 1958 March of Dimes Campaign for Southport, Long Beach and Yaupon Beach, an nounced the collection of $278 by January 28. The March of Dimes Campaign in Southport and the surrounding area has been set up primarily on a house to house campaign. In addition, there was a cam paign at Southport High School which netted $94.75. Cannisters have also been placed in the va rious business places in town. The discovery of the Salk vac cine and gamma globulin have made strides toward the conquer ing of polio. However, outbreaks can still be expected to oc<|ur, and people ,can still feel its otjjjpflng effects, until most of the pfcople have been vaccinated, and addi tional research has been done. If people will make use of the vac cine available and contribute to ward the purchase of additional vaccine, it may be possible to give polio a knock-out blow within the next year. There is now a good supply of polio vaccine at the Brunswick Continued On Page Bouf Improvements In City Departments Sanitary Landfill Now Use For Disposing Of Garbage; New Have Been Added System Str Si In pity ets To ai 1 City Manager Carl A. Gall reports that several unproven have been made in Southpor. cently. Prom the traffic control safety point of view, a new way stop light has been insi at the main intersection of caution lights have been put operation at Mac's Cafe the intersection of Atlantic enue with Moore Street. The sanitary landfill for bage disposal has been into full operation in the at the western end of 9th S Another fill will soon be i: eration on the eastern town, which will not only the efficiency of the garbag .(Continued oxi page foul ( SIC i hi 1 way ents re and t (rec alled >wn; into at Av gar flaced i|arsh reet. op of p in op Brunswick NCEA Holds Thursday Afternoon Meet Panel Discussion On “School Public Relations” Presen ted Under Direction Of Host Principal White MRS, HAWKINS IS GROUP PRESIDENT Other Matters Of Routine Business ' Disposed Of By Teachers At Session Following Program On Thursday afternoon the Brunswick County Chapter of NCEA met at the Shallotte High School. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. Pearl Haw kins, of Bolivia. Group singing was led by John H. Holden of Shallotte, accompanied at the piano by Miss Marion Galloway. The minutes of the last meet ing were read and approved, after which various committee reports were given. A nominating com mittee was appointed composed of Weldon Hall, chairman, Waoca maw, A. A. White, Shallotte, and Mrs. Dorothy Evans, Bolivia. A panel discussion was then presented by Mr. White on “School Public Relations”. Paul Weatherly ; served as moderator of this group, which were com posed of A. C. Greene, Paul Brum mett, David- Cairoichel, Ira G. Long, LeRoy Miritz, Eugene Nance, Tom Welbb and Superin tendent J. G. Long. An interesting and timely discussion was enjoy ed by the group. After the panel discussion, Su perintendent Long made a short announcement to the group and the meeting was adjourned by Mrs. Hawkins, president. The group was served refresh ments on the front hall before the meeting began. Examination For Postmaster Job Announcement Made By U. S. Civil Service Commis sion Of Examination To Fill Vacancy At Shallotte An examination for Postmaster at Shallotte, $4,890 a year, will be open for receipt of applica tions until February 18, the Civil Service Commission announced this week. The Commission is taking all possible steps through special pub licity to civic and other com munity organizations to encourage well qualified persons to apply for the examination. Competitors for the postmaster vacancy in this city must have at least 2 years of experience showing that they have the ability to conduct and manage the com munity’s postal business efficient ly and to supervise employees so that customers are satisfied with the service. Competitors must show that they can deal with the public agreeably and effectively and that they are reliable citizens who would command the respect and confidence of patrons of the post office. Applicants must take a written test. Those who pass will be as signed final ratings on the basis of this test and on their exper ience, ability, and character. There is a 1-year residence requirement and applicants must have reach ed their 18th birthday on the closing date for receipt of appli cations. Persons over 70 years of i Continued On Page Four TIME and TIDE By JpiMIB HARPER It was Wednesday, Feb nary 2, 1938, and the news had just come out in The Pilot tha Town. (Creek was the site of the first cotton-growing experimen' in North Carolina. This story was borne out fayan article u The-State magazine. Plans were un derway to re-open the £« i factory located some ten miles up river from Southport, an< a giant whale, reported to be about 125-feet long, had been (ighted on the shrimping grounds off Southport. S. B. Frink..had just an lounced his candidacy for the nomina tion for State -Senator in 1 he upcoming Democratic primary. The motor ship Chelsea had b' rned and sunk above Southport earlier in the week. The crew m :mber* and captain had escaped with out injury. A movement cas underway to have a new pontoon bridge placed across the 3 hand; Waterway on the Caswell Beach road; a county-wide deba ing contest was being planned; and a Southport family had lef' . . on a week’s trip to points of interest in Florida . , Times change. and,tin* .(j-g-J -S-JB. Frink, UacG wd - •?:* £#oti uei. changes. Feibruary 3, 1943, found Dt promoted to the lank of full ;e Four ^apro Mi Wilmington Man Admits Robberies James E. Johnson, Wilmington Negro, Admits Breaking Into Mintz & Co. Store At Shailotte Twice Jame3 E. Johnsoh, Wilmington negro, was arrested last Tuesday as a suspect in the recent rob bery of the Adrian Phelps store at Winnabow, and during the course of investigation by Bruns wick county officers has admitted that on ttvo occasions he entered and robbed the Mintz & Co. store at Shallotte. Johnson, who has a long crim inal record, was released from his last prison sentence on Septem ber 17, and Sheriff Elbert H. Gray believes that he was soon back in business, with his ac tivities being centered in Bruns wick. Following the robbery of the Phelps store, a cache of stolen goods was discovered in the woods nearby, and Deputy Sher iff Charlie Skipper kept a watch on it. When Johnson showed up at the scene, he was taken into custody. He was fingerprinted, and through the cooperation of the State Bureau of Investigation lab it was found that his prints matched' those found at the Mintz store. Foil lowing further question ing, he admitted those robberies. Sheriff Gray said Monday that while Johnson had admitted the earlier robberies at Shallotte, he maintains -that he did not rob the Phelps store. However, on Mon day he waived preliminary hear ings on each of these three charges and has been bound over to Superior court. According to investigation, Johnson seems to have preferred to work alone although he may have had an accomplice on one or more of his Brunswick visits. He usually borrowed a car—with out the permission of the owner— and made his trips here in a stolen vehicle, according to in formation given Sheriff’s officers. One bit of evidence that ties him in solidly with the Mintz robberies is the discovery of a radio in his home that was one of the items taken from the Mintz store. New Registration In One Precinct Farm Bureau In Annual Meeting The 11th annual meeting of the Brunswick County Farm Bureau will be held in the SJiallotte High School cafe teria on Che evening of Feb ruary 3, at 7 o’clock. 3". V. Whitfield of Burgaw will deliver the main address. As has been the custom heretofore, dinner will be served at the rate of two plates per family for the in dividual membership. All far mers who are not already members are invited to come prepared to join and partici pate in the entire activities of the meeting. Court Session Is Cut Short Adjournment Comes Early Due To Illness Of Judge Earl Bellamy During The Morning Session Of Re corder's Court Proceedings in Brunswick coun ty Recorder’s court were cut short Monday when Judge Earl Bellamy became ill and was forced to return to his home. Reports indicate that he is suffering from flu, but that his condition is im proved. Before adjoumament, the fol lowing case® were disposed of: Clyde Carlilse pleaded guilty to possession and was fined $25 and costs. Wilbert Mosley was found guilty of non-support, and must pay $8 per week to the clerk of court for support of his child until it is 18 years of age. Manley Hammond pleaded guil ty to charges of drunk driving and no operator’s license and was given 4 months, suspended upon payment of $100 and costs. Luther M. Stevens was found not guilty of giving improper sig nal. James H. Stephenson pleaded guilty to driving a truck 55-mph and operating with improper equipment. He was fined $15 and costs. Smithie Williamson was found guilty of being drunk and dis orderly and sentence was com muted to time served. Acie Williamson was found not guilty of permitting a drunk driv er to operate but was convicted of permitting an unlicensed opera tor to drive. Sentence of 30 days on the roads was commuted to time served, defendant to pay $10.55 to R. L. Sullivan. Paul A. Woodard was found not guilty of improper passing. Paul Bucklicht pleaded guilty to drunk driving and driving 66 mph and was fined $100 and costs. Alfred! R- Holden pleaded guilty to driving without operator’s li cense and his sentence of 30 days (Continued .os Page Four). 1 Members Of Board Of Elec tions Order This Action When Registration Book Is Missing Following Fire OTHER BOOKS TO BE TRANSCRIBED Registration Books Will Be Open At L. C. Rourk Store On February 15 22 And March 1 A new registration has been ordered by the Brunswick Co un ity Board of Elections for Frying Fan precinct, with the books to be open for the first time on Sat urday, February 15. This action was taken when members of the election board were unable to find the registra tion book for this voting precinct following the fire that caused great damage to the Brunswick county courthouse on December 13. An inspection of the registra tion- books for all other precincts revealed the possibility of using the information contained therein, but it will be necessary for each of them to be transcribed. The registrar for Frying Pan, Mrs. Leslie Chadwick, will be in charge of the job of re-registra tion, and win start on Saturday, February 15, at which time she will have the books at the L. C. Rourk store at Shallotte. She will be at this place again on Satur day, February 22, and on Satur day, March 1. On other days she will register eligible applicants at her home. The work of transcnoing nam es from the old registration books into the new will be han dled by the registrars of the re spective precincts. They will work under the supervision of members of the election board. Students Form NewOrganization Representatives From New Hanover High School At tend Initial Meeting Of Future Business Leaders Of America The organization Future Busi ness Leaders of America was in stalled at Shallotte School at a high school chapel program held Friday, by officers from New Hanover High School. Present from Neiw Hanover High School were Mrs. Julia Bray Florentine, sponsor; Sherman Jackson, president, assisting the installing officer; Mary Lou John son, installing officer; Mary Mar garet Ginn, secretary; Nancy Her ring, reporter; and Irene Turner, treasurer. The officers spoke of the meanings of the words in the name of the organization. Installed as charter members were the following Shallotte High School students: Emily Kirby, president; Betty Roach, 1st vice president; Betity Edge, 2nd vice president; Geralding Fuifard, . treasurer; Rosa Holden, secretary, [ Apoattsuea Op Page Fourl Huge Payroll At Sunny Point Is Business Boon Expenditure For Salaries & Wages During ’57 Amoun ted To Two And One Quarter Million Dollars MONEY GOES INTO MANY CHANNELS Brunswick Leads In Num ber Of Employees, With New Hanover And Co lumbus Furnishing Workers During the calendar yeiar of 1957, the scope of operations of the Sunny Poinlt Army Terminal enitailed an expenditure for sal aries and wages of approximately two and a quarter million dollars in the loading and discharging of ships. The cargo, with minor ex ceptions, consisted of ammunition for the military services through out the free world. This terminal is the only facil ity in the United States which was designed, constructed and is functioning for the sole purpose Of shipping ammunition. Many features to provide for safety are incorporated ip the construction of the terminal and safety of op erations is the primary considera tion in all activity. The quarter of a million dollar payroll materially contributed to the economy of the southeastern part of North Carolina. Col. Jonas S. Heisa, the Ter minal Commander, states that the average number of employees working in the terminal during 1957 was 384. A little over one half are Federal Civil Service personnel and the remainder are employed by commercial firms holding contracts with the govern ment. It is interesting to note that 178 of these employees are from New Hanover county and 204 from Brunswick county. Co lumbus county is also represented. Salaries and wages do not con stitute all of the terminal’s eco nomical benefits to southeastern North Carolina. Col. Heiss points out that it is the policy of the Department of the Army to patro nize small business in local areas. This policy is being follow ed in this community. Sunny Point Army Terminal purchases many items of equipment and material, as well as services, from local merchants, vendors and dealers. Col. Heiss states that he is very pleased with the services rendered by personnel employed at the ter minal as evidenced by the num ber of ships moved in and out of Sunny Point in a safe and eco nomical manner. ; Jury List For Superior Court Judge Malcolm B. Sea well Will Preside Over Term Of Court Convening Here Monday, February 24 A one-week term of Brunswick county Superior court for trial of civil cases will convene here on Monday, February 24, and Judge Malcolm B. Seajwell of Lumber ton is scheduled to preside. The following list of jurors was drawn by members of the board of county commissioners for service during this term: Julius W. Hewett, Clement Hol den, John F. Holden, Marshall M. (Continued ou Page Fouri Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are ap proximately correct and were furnished The State Fort Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. High Tide Low Tide Thursday, January 30, 9:40 A. M. 3:28 A. M. 9:53 P. M. 4:05 P. M. Friday, February 1, 10:39 A. M. 4:27 A. M. 10:51 P. M. 5:03 P. M. i Saturday, February 2, 11:34 A. M. 5:25 A. M. 11:44 P. M. 5:56 P. M. Sunday, February 3, 12:24 A. M. 6:19 A. M. 12:36 P. M. 6:48 P. M. Monday, February 4, 1:12 A. M. 7:11 A. M. 1:27 P. M. 7:37 P. M. Tuesday, February 5, 2:00 A. M. 8:02 A. M. 2:17 P. M. 8:26 P. M. Wednesday, February 6, 2:46 A. M. 8:53 A. M. 3:06 P. M. 9:16 P. M.
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