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Volume No. 18
THE STATElPORT PILOT
No. 30
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t7 n. Anesday, February!, 1958 published every Wednesday^
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SOUTHPORT,
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
$1.50 PER YEAR
WSCS Workshof
For Sub-District
Held Wednesdaj
Brunswick County Is Repre
sented At AM Day Sessior
At Sunset Park Meihcdisl
Church
“PROMOTION” IS
PROGRAM THEME
Several Leaders Of This Or
ganization Participated In
Session Which Outlined
Future Plans
“You’re never too old to learn.
Training is a continuous process,”
the delegated officers in Woman's
Society of Christian Service re
siding in the Brunswick and New
Hanover sub-districts were told as
they gathered in Sunset Park
Methodist Church Wednesday for
a workshop on “Promotion”.
The day’s program developed
from group planning of Mrs. W.
C. Davis, Mrs. James M. Harper,
Jr., Mrs. J. E. Garlington, Mrs.
Eli Hand and Miss Nettie Ruth
Floyd who had attended the
workshop sponsored by corre
sponding officers of the North
Carolina Conference, W. S. C. S.
Principal concerns of the work
shop were modern techniques and
methods of conducting meetings
and program. Variety was sug
gested such as panels, interviews,
role-playing, buzz sessions and
field trips.
Stressed throughout the day
was the importance of group par
ticipation. The woman Ibroke up
into smaller groups and discuss
ed and reported back to the as
sembly.
The Rev. P. J. Starnes, pastor,
was recognized, and Mrs. Harper
evaluated the whole days work.
Mrs. Hand, treasurer, stressed the
importance of 5 percent increase
in giving to missions to keep the
status quo, on account of economic
difficulty.
Mis. Davis declared that mem
bers should encourage each other
to become more active. The im- ,
ym-tan.ee of each one having a I
responsibility was also stressed.
Mrs. Garlington’s subject was
“Meeting Our Tasks Today”. She
also conducted the Depth Bible
Study in a brief way, using selec
tions, from Book of Mark, with
a reading from the Interpreters’
Bible.
Miss Floyd of Fairmont, Dis
trict Secretary of Wesleyan Serv
ice Guild, with the aid of panel
and her pastor, the Rev. J. D.
Autry, presented the relationship
of W. S. C. S. to the Church.
The 70 members present were
urged to return to their local
societies and benefit from the
days school.
LBrief Bits Of
-NEWS-1
RENEW LEASE
The board of county commis
sioners on Monday approved the
renewal for one year of the lease
of the Brunswick County Board
ing Home to Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Watts.
STATE OFFICE
James D. Bellamy of Shallotte
(was elected a member of the
board of directors of the North
Carolina Cattleman’s Association
at the annual meeting held re
cently in Raleigh. Bellamy attend
ed the two-day session.
NEW SHRINERS
Among the new Shriners
initiated into membership in
Sudan Temple during the recent
Winter Ceremonial in New Bern
were Ernest Hobson Kirby of
Shallolte and Jack Leroy Reavis
of Southport.
ADMITS THEFT
Sheriff Elbert H. Gray reported
Monday that John Junius, Wil
mington Negro now serving at
the Brunswick County Prison
Camp, has admitted that he was
with James E. Johnson when he
robbed the Mintz & Co. store at
Shallotte on the night of Novem
ber 18.
MAN OF THE YEAR
Joel L. Moore, Jr., Executive
Director of the Orlando Conven
tion Bureau, was selected “The
Outstanding Young Man of the
Year” in Orlando. In addition to
promo ting a multi-million dollar
increase in Convention activity
Mr. Moore was further cited for
outstanding community service
through loyal, faithful and un
selfish efforts resulting in lasting
conti .birtion to Community and
Nation.
'Jeanne Mitchell
In Carnegie Hall
Favorable Reviews Received By Young Concert Violinist
Following Her Concert Last Week
Miss Jeanne Mitchell, daughter
I of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mitchell of
Southport, appeared in a recital
at Carnegie Hall last week as
solo violinist. It was her second
Carnegie Hall recital.
The music critic for the New
York Times had the following re
view of her performance:
“Jeanne Mitchell, violinist, tvho
made her debut here eleven years
ago, returned to the stage of
Carnegie Hall last night for a solo
recital.
“During the eleven years since
her first appearance, Miss Mitch
ell has established an enviable
reputation for herself as one of
the most promising of the young
er generation of American violin
ists. Her recital last night was
neatly divided into music she ob
viously loved and music in which
; she sounded dutiful.
“The first half, including a
Vivaldi A-major Sonata and
Bach’s D-minor Partita for un
accompanied violin, was the duti
ful-sounding one. Barring a few
technical slips in the cruelly diffi
cult Chaconne from the Bach
Partita, Miss Mitchell played the
notes well enough, but without
any strong .sense of style or mus
ical urgency.
“In the Franck Sonata, which
followed intermission, she was a
different artist. All at once she
sounded spontaneous, warm and
confident.
“And she obviously enjoyed the
music. Her phrasing grew sup
ple, her tone responsive to the
fluctuations of passion, yearning,
dreaming, and she made the violin
sing. The enthusistac applause,
(Continued ou Page Four)
Sayings And Loan
Annual Meeting
Optimistic Report Made By *
President H. T. St. George
At Annual Meeting Of
Members Here Friday
WILL MOVE INTO
NEW QUARTERS SOON
Figures Furnished By Secre
tary - Treasurer Reveal
Growth During Past
12-Months Period
Despite vigorous competition for
savings and the “tightest” mort
gage money market in years,
Southport Savings and Loan As
sociation boosted its assets to
$1,554,573.04, in 1957, and looks
forward to even greater gains in
1958, H. T. St. George, president,
said at the annual meeting of
stockholders here Friday.
In the association’s^ annual re
port, Mr. St. George said that his
institution now holds more sav
ings and serves more savers than
at any time in its 46-year history.
“We are gratified,” he said,
“at the community response to
our services. In 1938, we will con
tinue to provide a safe, convenient
and profitable place for specialized
thrift and home ownership sav
ings, and will continue to offer
home buyers the superior advan
tages of the conventional home
lone.”
The savings and loan executive
summarized his institution’s 1957
oeprations as follows:
1. Net savings /were increased
by $192,685.93 bringing total sav
ings at year’s end to $1,402,527.13.
2. Savings account holders were
expanded to 911, representing a
gain of 125 more than at the be
ginning of the year.
3. A total of $43,873.84 in earn
ings, w-as paid to savers for use
Continued On I’age Pour
Southport Man
Dies In Wreck
Negro Man Dies In One-Car
Accident During Early
Morning Hours On Thurs
day
A Southport man was the vic
tim of a one-car accident early
Thursday morning to become the
second highway fatality of the
new year in Brunswick county.
The body of Julius Roosevelt
Warnett was pulled from his
wrecked automobile when it was
found almost completely hidden in
the trees bordering Prices Creek
shortly after daylight. Apparent
ly the driver had lost control
While traveling at a high rate of
speed, and the car had dug into
the underbrush before coming to
a halt. The wreck is believed to
•have occurred shortly after mid
night, and the driver apparently
had been dead for several hours.
Warnett was alone at the time,
and there was no evidence that
any other person or vehicle fig
jured in the accident.
Science Series
Show Wednesday
Mrs. C. Ti i y 1 o r liu s r e -
Ceived a, f-older from the
Frank Capra studios announc
ing the presentation next
Wednesday night of the hour
long television show, “The
Unchained Goddess”, fourth in
the Bell System Science
Series.
The program will be broad
cast over WMFD-TV, Wil
mington, at 9 o'clock.
Some of the footage for this
program was shot at South
port in cooperation with the
local weather bureau, and al
though it is not known
Iwhether any of these scenes
will be used, there will be
much interest in the Wednes
day night science show.
Richard 0. Eaton
SENCBA Speaker
Prominent Authority In Er
osion Control Will Be
Principal Speaker At Sat
urday Night Banquet
Richard O. Eaton, one of the
leading national experts on prob
lems of beach erosion, will be the
principal speaker at the Annual
banquet of the Southeastern
North Carolina Beach Association
in Wilmington.
James C. Bowman of South
port is president of the beach
association.
Mr. Eaton was born and edu
cated in Southern California. His
engineering career and his interest
in coastal problems began in 1928
when he was employed by the
City of Long Beach on the initial
construction of Long Beach Outer
Harbor. He entered the employ
of the Corps of Engineers in 1933
and for the next six years was
engaged in the planning and ex
ecution of a number of harbor
projects and beach erosion studies
along the southern coast of Cali
foria. In 1939 he was transferred
to the staff of the Beach Erosion
Board in Washington where for
two years he conducted beach
erosion studies at numerous locali
ties on the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts.
A reserve officer, he served as
Major and Lieutenant Colonel,
Corps of Engineers, in the South
west Pacific during World War
IX. Returning to civilian status
in 1946, Mr. Eaton was assigned
to the Pacific Division of the
Corps of Engineers in San Fran
cisco where he was responsible
for technical supervision of Fed
eral harbor and coastal projects
in California. In 1951 he was
again transferred to Washington
and since November of that year
has served as Chief Technical Ad
{ Continued On Page Four).
Waccamaw
Teen-Age Ceni
For Recreatil
First Session Held On
urday Night, With Fa^
able Response From
Young People Of Cj
munity
SEVERAL SPONSORS
BACKING PROJEi
School Committee, Facu|
And Student Governme
Helping To Work Out|
Plans For Healthful
Recreation Program
A Teen-age Center was open,
at Waccamaw School Saturd;
night. It is a movement sponsors
by the School Committee, tl
faculty, the student governmen
and the Waccamaw PTA to pn
vide the teen-agers with whole
some recreation on Saturda
nights.
The opening night was a grea
success. It was held in the nev
lunch-room that has just beer
completed by the people of th
Waccamaw community. Plenty o
games and refreshments complete
ly fascinated the large crowd that
attended. Not only did the stu
dents of the Waccamaw Schoo
attend, but many of last year’!
graduates, home on the weekend
were present.
They played such games as
table tennis, checkers, canasta,
dominoes, and a surprising num
ber found entertainment in the
old fashioned game of Old Maids.
Also, a record player and a large
selections of records brought a
favorite pasttime—dancing.
This effort is a part of the;
‘Waccamaw Plan” for giving the
Waccamaw students a well-round
ed program that includes cultural
development along with their edu
cational and academic progress.
It was so well received by the
students that there is no doubt
but that it will be a permanent
arrangement every Saturday
night.
Mrs. Tony Tysinger, vice-presi
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Street Lights
Help Shallotte
Lions Club Committee Gets
Speedy Action Of Street
Lighting Project For Main
Street
A portion of the business dis
trict of the town of Shallotte is
bathed in soft, blue light at night,
thanks to the efforts of a Lions
Club Committee which has
brought about the purchase and
installation of 6 of the proposed
lighting units.
This action resulted from the
cooperation of members of the
club, town officials, REA officials
and private citizens. A total of
$531 was raised in cash donations,
most of this amount coming from
merchants and business men. The
lights have been erected at a
cost of about $150 each.
The practical effect is to replace
the old lights with a mercury
type bulb, with a 300-watt bulb
giving light equivalent to a 1,000
watt bulb of the old type. When
the other eight installations are
made the main street will be
lighted with mercury bulbs from
the ice plant to the Shallotte river
bridge.
Members of the committee who
helped make these improvements
possible are Hubert Bellamy,
chairman; E. M. Pearsall, Bert
Russ, E. H. Kirby and Carl An
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Fores
THIS GREEN AND YELLOW «*h ‘J"Zi
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for duty earlier this month. _____
'lane Service
Added To Fire
Fighting Force
orestry Plane And Pilot
For This District Now
Stationed In Whitevdle
And Will Assist In Fire
Control
spying the skies over Colum
p, Brunswick, Bladen and two
ner counties now is a pert
tie green and yellow Super Cub.
;i is the new North Carolina
Barest Service plane assigned
ypcmanently to a Whiteville base
p fhe plane, Tom Rhyne, district
Ifcester, says, will be used for
fcest fire enforcement work.
I At the controls is Brantley
I V. Brown, 25, Ocraeoke Is
i and native, who has been
)stationed (here by the state
orestry service. Besides the
rhrfi^ counties mentioned, he’ll
afca f£y Robeson and Pender
Vounl W - a** one of three
ntfVbt service In the state. It
ta<l long been sought by this
district. Early in 1957 the
General Assembly approved
njoney for the plane, but it
f not become available un
ruly.
B own, who did much freelance
pub city and photo work with
his ’ather Aycock Brown, widely
knofm Dare county journalist, be
flying in 1950. He financed
lessons and flying by going
ea as a merchantman. He
pea ssses a commercial pilot’s
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his
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oreboard And
Clock Sought
Ca ipaign To Install This
quipment In Southport
ymnasium Headed By
unior Garden Club
]ia\
anc
to
full-scale effort is being made
outhport to raise funds for
installation of a scoreboard
a,nd time clock in the high school
gyn lasium, with the members of
Junior Garden Club leading
ray.
e immediate objective is to
the new equipment purchased
installed in time for use dur
the Brunswick County Bas
ket all Tournament, which is due
e held here this year.
's. F. M. Burdette is chairman
he adult advisory committee
contributions may be hand
Continued on page four)
TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE H VKFER
It was Wednesday, Febraary 9, 1
had been pictured in the Phiiad<
Treasure Chest recently unearthed
cut appeared on the initial sheet
by Bill Sharpe.) Brunswick County
ed persons, but at the same time )
gaged in some sort of commercial
time the weather allowed.
In 1938 The Pilot was fortunati
rate correspondents at points in
were submitted specifically concern
bow and Makatoka. Vincent Steve) s
newspaper, The Southport Leadei
Pilot offices; the Civic Club was
ing sites; and the Waccamaw 4
le
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V ELS
We don’t know whether there
newsprint (paper) in 1943, but the
is definitely the lightest of the f'
with. The edition of The Pilot da
Continued On
, and two Southport misses
Phia Inquirer, inspecting a
at Fort Caswell. The same
The Pilot that week. (Photo
currently had 717 unemplov
me 75 power boats were en
■ishing out of Southport any
to have a number of first
county, and regular items
>ng Bolivia, Freeland, Winna
), editor of the old Southport
had been a visitor in The
investigating early ship-build
lifb had met.
a shortage of news or of
'13 volume of our back issues
iv we are currently working
elined February 19, 1943 was
’age Four
try Service Plane
Shallotte Group
Sponsors Armory
Brunswick Boy
Dies In Wreck
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Holden
of Supply were notified Mon
day that their son, Roy Hen
derson Holden, was a passen
ger aboard the Military Air
Transport plane that crashed
at Norwalk, California, Sat
urday.
The message came from
Vice-Admiral H. P. Smith,
chief of naval operations, who
expressed sympathy and stat
ed that confirmation would
follow.
a inter message reported
that lire Brunswick c-Ohinty
fboy’s toody had been identi
fied and was being prepared
for burial. No funeral plans
have been completed.
The young man was 23
years of age and was a grad
uate of Shallotte high school
where he was a star football
player.
Recorder Hears
Numerous Cases
Variety Of Charges Dispos
ed Of Before Judge Earl
Bellamy In Recorder’s
Court Here Monday
■Several cases covering a wide
variety of offenses were disposed
of here Monday before Judge Earl
Bellamy in Recorder’s court. The
following judgments were handed
down:
Albert Lewis was found not
guilty of failure to yield right
of way.
Olivia W. Morgan was found
not guilty of driving too fast
for conditions.
LeRoy Hill was convicted of
non-support and must pay $7 per
month for the support of his
illigitimate child.
Wilbur K. Lehew was found
guilty of reckless operation and
was fined 550 and costs.
John E. Todd was found guilty
of driving too fast for conditions
and was fined 510 and costs.
Donald W. Holden was found
guilty of driving 45-mph in a 35
mph zone and was fined 510 and
costs.
Will Massey, Jr., faced charges
of indecent exposure, disturbing
the peace, being drunk and re
fusing to leave the scene. Sen
tence of 30 days on the roads was
suspended upon payment of costs,
a fine of 525 and the defendant
to be of good behavior.
Homer Boykin was relieved of
blame for contempt of court when
it was revealed that the defendant
was not notified.
Arthur W. Newkirk, Jr., was
found guilty of driving too fast
for conditions and was fined 510
and costs.
Willie Sloan was found guilty
of non-support and must pay 59
per month for the support of his
children or serve a 6 months sen
tence.
Similar action was taken
against Joseph C. Robinson in a
like charge.
David W. Kerr was convicted of
driving 65-mpli and was fined 510
and costs.
John H. Hakins pleaded guilty
to driving 65-mph and was fined
$10 and costs.
Committee From Lions Club
Appeared Before County
Commissioners On Mon
day To Seek Financial
Aid
FACE DANCER OF
LOSING PLACE ON LIST
Building Would Cost Be
tween $110,000 And
$130,000 And Principal
Cost Would Come
From Federal Gov
ernment
A committee of Shallotte citi
zens met Monday with the board
of county commissioners and re
quested an appropriation of $10,
000 toward the erection of a type
“A” armory in that community.
The cost would be about $130,000.
The group, which was a com
mittee from the Shallotte Lions
Oluib, pointed out that the new
armory would be more than just
a local project, since it would
serve as the home for the Na
tion Guard unit which serves
Shallotte, Supply, Waccamaw, Bo
livia and Southport. Figures fur
nished by the committee showed
that during the past 9 years
$189,881.66 has been paid out in
this county as a result of having
the National Guard unit at Shal
lotte.
Shallotte now stands 6th on the
list for North Carolina in per
ference rating for armory con
struction projects. The cost is
furnished 75-percent by the gov
ernment, 17^2-percent by the
State with the remaining 7Vi
percent to come from local funds.
The committee estimates that it
will take about $15,000 in local
funds, but the members believe
that they can raise about $5,000
locally.
A 4-acre tract of land located
near the health center on U. S.
17 has been deeded to the Na
tional Guard as a site for the
armory.
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Members of the committee here j
Monday were Capt. David Car- j
michael, commanding officer of ,
the unit; James D. Bellamy, Lions j
Club president; E. M. Pearsall, j
Sam F. Frink, A. C. Johnson, jj
Hubert Bellamy and Hobson Kir- -]
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Sheriff Makes
Annual Report
Statistics Give Picture Of
Law Enforcement Officers
In County During 1957
Sheriff Elbert H. Gray submitt
ed his annual report Monday,
showing that during the past 12
months 54 stills have been cap
tured and destroyed in Brunswick
county.
These units had a capa.city
tatalling 70,450-gallons. A total of
49,350-gallons of mash was de
stroyed and 196-gallons of whis
key was taken. There were 24
persons arrested in this connec
tion.
A breakdown of arrests for all
causes show Gray making 32;
Deputy Leon Galloway 22; Dep- |
uty Henry Pike 61: Deputy H. G.
Ratcliffe 10; and Deputy Charlie
Skipper 11.
A total of 74 warrants werci
served in thi3 county and 34 in
other counties. There were 235
civil papers served in Brunswick
and 81 in other counties.
REA Delegates
Attend Meeting
In Dallas, Tex.
Group Left Sunday For Na
tional Convention And
Will Return To Their
Homes Thursday
SEVERAL COUNTY
RESIDENTS GO
Representatives From 900
Similar Organizations Are
Attending This Annual
Meeting
The Dallas Memorial Audito
rium is the scene this week of the
16th Annual Meeting of the Na
tional Rural Electric Cooperative
Association, of which Brunswick
Electric Membership Corporation
is a member. Delegates from this
area together iwith some 1,000 oth
er electric cooperatives will rep
resent more than 4,000,000 rural
families now being served by
rural electric co-ops in 45 of the
48 states at the meeting.
Seven members of the Board
of Directors, including C. D.
Branch, president, Dennis Ander
son, vice-president, J. B. Ward,
Jr., ass’t. secretary-treasurer, L.
C. Batten, M. M. Ray, Roy Swain,
D. F. McGougan, Jr., attorney
for the cooperative, E. D. Bishop,
manager, and Hugh D. Vance,
Electrification Advisor, left Sun
day, for Dallas to attend the
meeting. The seven members of
the board of directors, managers
and electrification advisor will
represent the 9,300 members of
local co-op at the Dallas meeting.
A four-day program of confer
ences and panel discussions has
been planned to enable all REA
Cooperatives to become better in
formed in order to carry out their
responsibilities to render adequate
service to member consumers
through out the rural areas they
serve.
A host of prominent national
personalities and government of
ficials are scheduled to address
the meeting in the largest and
most modern auditorium in the
nation. Only New York, Chicago
and Atlantic City can match the
overall convention facilities that
Dallas offers.
Health Board
Holds Meeting
Decision Reach To Hold
Quarterly Sessions During
Coming Year; Business
Matters Discussed
Members of the Brunswick
County Board of Health met last
Tuesday and heard a report from
Dr. C. B. Davis, health officer,
covering the past year’s activities
A decision was reached to meet
quarterly during this year.
Dr. Davis announced that
Thomas Seawell has been employ
ed to fill the vacancy of sani
tarian in the health department
staff.
Members of the board attending
the meeting were Dr. Davis, E. B.
Tomlinson, Jr., Dr. R. H. Holden,
H. F. Swain and J. G. Long.
Other members are Earl Earp,
R. M. Willis and Dr. F. M. Bur
dette.
Four members of the health de
partment staff attended the Pub
lic Health Conference in Fayette
ville Friday. These included Mrs.
Ella Aldridge and Miss Annie
Lou Davis, nurses; Mrs. Chaon
Rodpotong, student nurse; and
Thomas Seawell.
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 Tide
Thursday, February 6,
9:16 A. M. 3:06 A. M.
9:45 P. M. 3:33 P. M.
Friday, February 7,
10:06 A. M. 4:00 A. M.
10:39 P. M. 4:21 P. M.
Saturday, February 8,
11:00 A. M. 4:50 A. M
11:35 P. M. 5:12 P. M.
Sunday, February 9,
11:52 A. M. 5:46 A. M.
0:00 P. M. 6:06 P. M.
Monday, February 10,
12:34 A. M. 6:47 A. M.
12:51 P. M. 6:05 P. M.
Tuesday, February 11,
1:37 A. M. 7:49 A. M.
1:52 P. M. 8:07 P. M.
Wednesday, February 13,
2:40 A. M. 8:54 A. M.
2:56 P. M. 9:10 P. M.