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THE STATE
Volume No. 18
No. 31
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6-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
1958 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
$1.50 PER YEAR
Sullivan Heading
Drive For Heart
Funds In County
County-Wids Organization j
Set Up By Southport At-j j
torney, Who Heads Pro- 1
gram For Second Year l
SPECIAL EVENTS
ARE SCHEDULED
Chairman Sullivan Asks Co
Operation Of Everyone
In Making Appeal For
Funds For Research
Kirfby Sullivan, chairman of the
Brunswick County Heart Society,
has completed plans for a coun
ty-wide organization which will be
engaged in a fund raising effort
during the month of February.
The folla.ving persons have been
named to serve as chairmen in
their respective communities:
Northwest—Mrs. Leo Medlin;
Elah—Mrs. Catherine W. Skipper;
Leland—John D. Long and Miss
Katherine Field; Winnabow—Miss
Helen Taylor; Bolivia—Warren
Sellers; Antioch-Midway—Mrs.
Carl Ward; Southport — Mrs.
James T. Barnes; Supply—Mrs.
Albert Parker; Holden Beach
Mrs. Carvin Roach; Shallotte—
Mrs. Eli Kraviitz; Jennies Branch
—Tom Ballard; Grisset'tawn—'Mrs.
R. J. Somersett; Thomasboro—
Mrs. Hilton Pierce; Calabash_
Mis. Harry Bennett; Hickman’s
Crossroads—Mrs. Lacy Bennett;
Longwood—Herman Long; Ash—
Mrs. J. R. Evans; Freeland—Rev.
Anson Smith; Exum—Mrs. Elmo
Mintz.
For solicitation among the
colored citizens: Shallotte—Pear
son Dubar and Rev. Dave Flow
ers; Southport—Mrs. Eva Lee;
Bolivia—Otis Bryant; Leland-Win
naba.v—Van Galloway.
Efforts to raise funds for car
rying' on the program of research
in the field of heart disease are
not limited to personal solicitation,
for tomorrow (Thursday) night
there will be a benefit basketball
game, with all proceeds to go to
this cause.
Brief BitM Of
lnewsj
r. T. A. MEETING
The Southport P. T. A. meets
Thursday night in the high school
auditorium.
THURSDAY SUPPER
The American Legion Auxiliary
will sponsor a smorgasbord on
Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 o’clock
at the Community building.
HOSPITAL GIFT
Members of the Daughters of
America have given a new wheel
chair to Dosher Memorial Hos
pital, the giifit having been pur
chased from proceeds of the bene
fit supper held Friday night.
VALENTINE DANCE
A Valentine dance will be held
Saturday evening at the Com
munity Building under sponsorship
of the Southport. Lions Club. A’’
5-piece orchestra from Wilming
ton has been engaged to play for
the dance. •
NEW CALL LETTERS
Beginning Saturday morning,
February 15, Wilmington’s chan
nel 6 television station will
change its call letters from
WMFD-TV to WECT. The station
will continue to broadcast on
channel six. The only change will
be in the call letters.
BOOKMOBILE MEETING
The field librarian from the
State Library Commission, Miss
Frances D. Gish, will be. in Shal
lotte Monlday, for a county-wide
meeting of citizens who are in
terested in bookmobile service for
Brunswick county. This meeting
will be held at the Shallotte High'
School auditorium at 7:30 o’clock.
REVIVAL SERVICES
Revival services are in progress
this week at Soldier Bay Baptist
church at Ash, with the preach
ing being done by the Rev. Wood
iow W. Robbins of High Point.
He is a native of Brunswick
county. Services are being held
each evening this week at 7:S0
o’clock, and the public is invited
to attend.
EROSION survey
Announcement has been made
that the Ocracoke hurricane and
beach erosion survey being con-1
'ducted jointly by the U. S. Army
District Engineers and the State
of North Carolina will begin with
in the next few days. The Stats
is furnishing *10,500 fdr this
woi'k, with tlie government put
ting up $30,500 for this stUdy.
Loading Ramp Being Replaced
CONSTRUCTION—The boat loading ramp at the foot of Howe Street in Soutl
port ^ bemg replaced by a longer and more substantial installation, which city o:
iiciais think will be needed this spring and summer to take care of the even-increas
ing number of small boat owners who come here for fishing and other water sports!1
Gen. Houseman
Planning Visit
To Sunny Point
Commanding General U. S.
Army Transportation Ter
minal Command Will In
spect Local Army Termi
nal Next Week
Maj. Gen. Evan M. Houseman,
Commanding General, United
States Army Transportation Ter
minal Command, Atlantic, will in
spect the Sunny Point Army Ter
minal on t!he 19th anti 20th of
February. The Commanding Of
ficer at Sunny Point, Col. Jonas
S. Heiss, states that the General
will also inspect the outport ter
minals of Charleston and Savan
nah and Cape Canaveral, Florida.
These sufb-installations are under
the jurisdiction of the Sunny
Point Army Terminal.
General Houseman expects to
be present at Savannah during the
initial outloading of units of the
Third Infantry Division during
the early part of March.
General Houseman commands
all transportation terminal com
mands located on the eastern
coast of the . United States in
cluding the United States Army
Transportation Terminal Com
mand, Pepperrell Air Force Base,
St. Johns, Newfoundland. Co.
Heiss announces that this inspec
tion is not special huit in line with
the general’s policy of visiting
subordinate units as often as time
permits. General Houseman ex
. pects to depart Sunny Point on
121 February.
Travis Danford
Goes To School
Bolivia Dairyman Will At
tend Farmer Short Course
At State College And
Sponsored By N. C. Bank
ers
Travis F. pfnford of &>livi&
is attending a two-veeks Modern
Farming Short Course et ,N. C.
State College,; in Raleigh. This
short course is sponsored by the
N. C. Bankers Association. C.
Lacy Tate of Whiteville is presi
dent for' 1958.
Sponsoring the project in Bruns
wick Counity is the Waccamaw
Bank and Trust Company of ShaJ
lotte with Aubrey C. Johnson,
cashier and key banker for the
county.
This type course has been car
ried on for several years, but
this jj is the first time Brunswick
County has been represented.
While in Raleigh, Danford will at
tenld a prescribed course designed
to give the young farmers max
imum information on modem farm
practices. Instruction is provided
by members of the State College
faculty and extension specialists.
The course in modern farming
is just.: one of the many agricul
tural projects sponsored annually
by members of the N. C. Bankers
Association. The association, as a
result of its broad program, has
won the National award for its
activities for 13 straight years.
This award is presented annually
by the American Bankers Asso
ciation to the State Association
which conducts the best farm pro
Sl a?.Y dm in» the proceeding 12
monlths. NOBA president Tate
says, "The farmer’s welfare is
everytoodies’.buamesa—it cannot be
ignored.”
Contract Awarded
For Boat Ramp
New Boat Ramp Will Be
Constructed At Foot Ol
Howe Street On Water
front In Southport
WILL REPLACE
OLD LOADING RAMP
Contract Awarded For Driv
ing Heavy Piling For Fur -
nishing Support For
Installation
A contract for pile driving on
the city's new bor,t loading ramp
has been awarded to Atlantic Ter
minal Company of Wilmington,
according to announcement this
week by Mayor E. B. Tomlinson,
Jr.
All other construction on the
ramp will be performed by city
employees.
Construction of the ramp will
be under the supervision and in
spection of Mayor Tomlinson, and
Alderman ft. A. Jones.
Plans and specifications were
prepared by those two members
of the city administration. Plans
oall for a ramp 14-feet wide and
204-feet long. All material is be
ing erepsote-treated to State
Highway standards for salt water
use to provide a larger life for
the structure.
About 75-feet of the deck from
the old ramp will be reused in
order to economize on construction
costs.
Mayor Tomlinson has already
received requests for information
about the new ramp from west
ern North Carolina and South
Carolina.
New fender piling and cross
bracing will be added to the city
dock at this time.
Thees two facilities attracted
many fishing enthusiasts to
Southport during 1957, Present
indications are that the improved
facilities, by attracting even more
visitors to the area, will be of I
great economic' value to the city.
Install Officers
Of Farm Bureau
Joe C. Stanaland Continues
As President Of This Or
ganization As Members
Hold Annual Meeting At
Shallotte
On ladt Monday night the
Brunswick County Farm Bureau
held its annual meeting at the
Shallotte school lunchroom.
A delicious barbecue supper was
served by members of the lunch
room staff. Guest speaker for the
night was L. v. Whitfield, of
Pender county who made an in
teresting talk on marketing of
agrlcultured products.
The election of new officers wa§
held with the following results:
President, Joe C. Stanaland; vice
president, Russell Johnson; sec
retary-treasurer, Mrs. Clarence
Lennon.
New members of the board of
directors are: Northwest, P. D.
Joyner; Town Creek, Roy Swain;
Smithville, Jack Crouch; Lock
woold Folly, Woodrow Russ; Shal
lotte, Cecil Hewett; Wacoamaw,
John Stanley and Mrs. Mizzelle
Smith.
Settlement In
Courthouse Fire
Members of the board of
county commissioners in spe
cial session here Tuesday af
ternoon reached a settlement
with the General Adjustment
Bureau representatives in the
matter of the fire loss sus
tained by the Brunswick coun
ty COUrthOtlSe on Decanter
13,
Damage to the building was
settled for $26,500 and the
figure agreed upon for loss
to furniture was $8,070.
No announcement was made
regarding plans for repairing
the damage, but it is be
lieved that work of cleaning
up and building back will be
gin right away.
Phone Company
Looking Ahead
Announcement From South
ern Bell Officials Indicate
Plans For Additional Ser
vice In This County Dur
ing 1958
I Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany announced today that iit will
spend $22,500,000 in 1958 for the
expansion and improvement of
telephone service in North Caro
lina. Projects in practically every
exchange in the state are includ
ed in the construction plans.
The State’s continued growth
and development is expected to
require the installation of 37,000
more telephones this year to meet
the state’s expanding communica
tions needs, the announcement
stated.
J. M. Wasson, Vice President
and General Manager for the com
pany’s North Carolina operations,
voiced a confident approach to
prospects for J958 saying, “We
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TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE H ARPBB
It was February 16, 1938, and it was dead winter. The Pilot
that week, in an attempt to warm everyone's spirits, ran a pic
ture of three Southport lovelies (Leila Hubbard, Mercedes Watts,
and Lois Jane Bussells) decked out in swimming gear, enjoying
the warm water of a Ft. Caswell bath. The fame of the hot
springs at the fort had been spread through the up-state news
papers, and great numbers of people were coming to enjoy the
healthful, refreshing, and warm waters. . ..
.. Th® Clvlc 0ub was at*11 bard at work trying to invent history;
. the N. C. S. U. S. U. S. D. of 1812 was planning to erect a
monument commemorating the America**. effort in the war of
that date (1812); and the Jtiegel Paper Company was starting
to restore forests with pine seedlings. x walkway was being
planned for the Shailotte River bridge, which the local school
children had to cross twice daily; and The Pilot had added an
other feature: “The Sayings of Dorcas, the Philosopher.”
It was Washington’s Birthday, 1943, and a cold spell had hit
the county on Monday. The Rev. R. s. Harrison wan, in open
meetings throughout the county, explaining the use of Ration
OontimwfrOa Page^as *~"-vC
iage Disposal
vey For City
rts This Week
E. B. Tomlinson, Jr.,
ounces Plans For Mak
king PreliminarpyNes
Preliminary Survey Of
ns For Needed Facility
pRNMENT WILL
SHARE SURVEY COST
Developed By This
ly Expected To Help
■iving At Solution
or Permanent Im
provement
lAry von Oesen and Associ
ate,! Engineers, have informed
Ma#- E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., that
won '.■/ill commence this week on
the Preliminary surveys for the
prppjsed selvage disposal plant in
Soutaport.
Filtds have been requested from
the Federal government for this
prfcjjjbt. If the project is carried
throligh to completion the city
will then pay a proportionate part
of tie total coslt. If for any rea
son ;the project is not approved
the survey funds are not repay
able.;
Ini entering into this project, the
city administration joins other
municipalities in the state in a
concerted effort to free the
State’s streams and rivers of pol
lution.
It is estimated that the pre
liminary surveys will take about
six weeks, after which complete
plans and specifications will be
prepared for forwarding to the
| state .officials for approval.
[Bowman Presides
At SENCBA Meet
Southport Attorney Heads
Program At Annual Aw
ards Banquet Held In
Wilmington Saturday Eve
ning
James C. Bowman, president of
the Southeastern North Carolina
Beach Association, presided over
the annual awards dinner and
'banquet held Saturday evening at
the Cape Fear Hotel in Wilming
ton.
Congressman Alton Lennon ser
ved as master of ceremonies for
this occasion, and the principal
speaker was Richard O. Eaton,
one of the leading authorities in
the United States on matters of
beach erosion.
The speaker was presented by
Col. Harry E. Brown, North Caro
lina director of the hurricane re
habilitation program.
North Carolina’s beach erosion
can be remedied, Eaton said, but
at an enormous financial outlay.
He revealed that the effects Of
hurricanes on erotsion have been
fully recognised only within re
cent years. Studies of the new
problem, he said, were started
about two and a half years ago.
The present federal policy to
ward shore protection is to as
sume one-third of the cost. Easton
said, and it’s up to local com
munities and the state to contri
bute the remainder of the expense.
Plans for constructing shallow
draft, hopper dredges to combat
erosion are now in the drawing
board stage it iwas explained.
Money already has been appro
priated by the federal government
to conduct an erosion survey ex
tending from the Virginia state
line to Hatteras Inlet, Easton re
vealed.
Among the Brunswick county
citizens attending the banquet
Continued On Page Four
Fishing Awards To
County Winners
Two World Record Breaking Entries Included In Award
Winners For Local Fishermen In 1957
Carole Lynn Kramm, age 9,
of Southport, was the youngest
fisherman to win one of
SENCBA’s annual awards in the
1957 Fishing Rodeo. Carole Lynn
caught a 1-pound 6-ounce croaker
from the dock at Southport, and
entered it in the Annual Fishing
Rodeo, thereby winning for her
self SENCBA’s annual trophy,
plus a Penn-reel donated by the
Penn-reel Company.
Southport had its other winners
in the Rodeo, too. Leo Dowling,
of Southport, not only won ,the
annual award for his 72-pound
4-ounce black drum, but also set a
new world record for 20-pound
test line.
Mrs. Louise B. Mallison, now
Mrs. Walter Lewis, se!t a new
world record with her 16-pound
4-ounce hogfish, and won a new
fishing outfit as a prize.
Capt. Walter Lewis’ “John
Ellen” produced 4 of ithe 22 award
winners. Ralph Taylor of Wash
ington was a winner with a
SENCBA all-time record breaker
44-pound 1-ounce barracuda
caught from the “John Ellen”.
O. CM. Gulledge of Charlotte, a
32-pound 8-ounce Dolphin; Calvin
Gross of Kannapolis, a SENCBA
all-time record breaker 39-pound
5-ounce king mackerel; and Mrs.
Mallison's 16-pound 4-ounce hog
fish; all caught from the “John
Ellen”.
In addition to Carole Lynn’s
croaker, McNeill Canady of Rae
ford won an annual award on a
1-pound spot caught from the
dock ait Southport; and T. V. Bar
den of Fayetteville caught an
award winning 9-pound 12-ounce
sheephead from the old quaran
tine station near Southport.
These annual awards were pre
sented at SENCBA’s annual ban
quet in Wilmington on Saturday
night at the Cape Fear Hotel.
Sweeping Change
In Hospital Board
Making Plans
For Street Work
Mayor Eugene B. Tomlinson,
Jr., has announced that ar
rangements have been com
pleted with the State High
way Commission to begin pav
ing and street repair work as
soon as the weather permits.
Primary attention will be giv
en to patching and maintain
ing existing pavdd streets. As
funds permit, unsurfaced
Streets will be paved.
Several new streets have
been opened up by city forces
to provide easier access to
areas in the wetstern part of
town. These new streets will
increase the amount of Powell
Bill funds the city will re
ceive in July, thereby provid
ing more money’ for 'future
street development says May
or Tomlinson.
Monday Session
Of Court Held
Heavy Docket Disposed Of
In Recorder's Court This
Week Before Judge Earl
Bellamy With Traffic Vio
lations Predominating
A long list of cases were dis
posed of here in Recorder’s court
Monday, with the following judg
ments being handed down by
Judge Earl Bellamy:
Daniel Ray Bellamy, charged
with assault upon a female, had
his case noi prossed.
Haywarld Garner was found
guilty of assault and his sentence
of 30 days was suspended upon
payment of co^ts and 2 years good
behavior, with restitution to be
paid to Wm. T. Boney.
John C. Frank pleaded guilty
to driving too fast for conlditions
and was fined $15 and costs.
Roy M. Ganey was found guil
ty of drunk driving and was fined
$100 and costs with a 10-day stay
of execution being granted.
Harry C. Gore pleaded guilty
to charges of reckless operation
and drunk driving and was fined
$100 and' costs.
John Lowery pleaded guilty to
charges of assault and his sen
tence of 30 days on the roads was
suspended upon payment of costs.
James Maggard pleaded guilty
to charges of reckless operation
and was fined $50 and costs.
James Maggard pleaded guilty
to charges of reckless operation
and was fined $50 and costs.
Foster Robbins pleaded guilty
to driving 70-mph and driving
with an expired operator’s license
and was fined $15 and costs.
Lester Benton pleaded guilty to
public drunkenness and sentence
to 30 days on the roads was sus
pended upon payment of costs.
Wm. O. Browning pleaded guil
ty to reckless operation and was
fined $25 and costs.
David Bryant was found not
guilty of possession and driving
with improper equipment' but was
Continued On Page Four
City Names Four New Rep
resentatives To Board Of
Trustees For Dosher Me
morial Hospital
SAME TRUSTEES
FROM THE COUNTY
Division Of Responsibility
Between City And County
{Calls For Representa
tives From Each
At their last regular meeting,
members of the board of aider
men made a clean sweep of city
appointees to the board of trus
tees for Dosher Memorial Hos
pital, and on Monday night these
new board members attended their
first meeting.
These men are Phil King, Dear
morid Swajin, Dempsey Coleman
and Dr. C. 'A. Graham. The lat
ter was not present Monday night,
and there is some question re
garding his eligibility to serve as
a hospital trustee, since he al
ready is a member of the medical
staff alt the hospital.
Replaced by this action of the
aldermen are Prince O’Brien, who
has served as chairman of the
board of trustees for the past
several years, G. E. Hubbard arid
James M. Harper, Jr., all of
whom have served for more than
10 years on the board. The fourth
vacancy was held by James Carr
prior to his death.
At their last meeting, members
of the board of county commis
sioners reappointed the five repre
sentatives from their group t6
the hospital board. These are W.
P. Jorgensfen, S. B. Frink, Gil
bert T. Reid, Fred Mintz and
Lester Babson. All of these men
Continued On , Page Four)
County Farmers
Buy Fertilizer
Reduction Noted In Purch
ases Of This Commodity
During 1957 By Bruns
wick County Farmers
Farmers in 76 counties in North
Carolina bought less fertilizer last
year than they did the year be
fore, and Brunswick county was
one of them, explains A. S.
Knowles, county agent.
He reports that Brunswick
county farmers bought 6,820 tons
last year. TTii's figure represents
82.3 percent of the purchases in
the previous fiscal year, 1955
1956. The sales in North Carolina
were down 14-percent for the
same period.
This da>vnward trend in use of
fertilizers should be observed
carefully by every farmer. It
means that the average farmer
is making less use of one of his
best tools for increasing profits
from crop production. Fertilizer
applied according to soil and crop
needs lowers production costs per
unit of crop yield and this in
creases net profits.
Figures for Brunswick county
last year, Knowles points out,
show that 3-9-9 wias the leading
grade in sales. It represents 26
percent of the countyls total sales.
Next in line was 5-10-10 which.
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Directors Hold
Planning Meet
In City Monday
SENCland Delevolment Di
rectors Held Business Ses
sion In Southport School
Lunch-Room
REFRESHMENTS ARE
SERVED BY LADIES
Organization Is Planning
Preparation Of Promot
ional Literature For
This Area
The Executive Committee of
SENCland Development Associa
tion met at ithe High School
Cafeteria in Southport Monday
afternoon for the purpose of for
mulating a program for the year
1958.
Memibers of the Executive Com
mittee are: Elmo Blizzard, Seven
Springs: Horace Carter, Tabor
City; Roy Carter, Wallace; W. T.
Chaffin, Burga(w; Chatham Clark,
Elizabethtown; Dr. John Dees,
Burgaw; John Fox, Wilmington;
Carl W. Galloway, Southport; F.
B. Graham, Wilmington; Clyde R.
Jordan, Jr., Elizabethtown; R. L.
Thompson, Jr., Wilmington.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Thomas H. Watts of the
Southport Charterboat Association
and by Mrs. L. B. Bennett repre
senting the Southport Motels.
Directors from Brunswick Coun
ty for the SENCland Develop
ment Association are: Wilbur
Earp, Mrs. Mabel Reid, A. S.
Knowles, Aubrey Johnston, Carl
Galloway and Charlie Taylor.
During 'the meeting a budget
was set up, new vice-chairmen
were chosen for the fields of in
dustry and Agriculture, commu
nity prizes were discussed, and
a publication giving the assets of
the various counties and towns in
this area was considered. The
North Carolina Department of
Conservation and Development has
offered to work with the associa
tion in the preparation of this
publicity.
County Working
On Bond Quota
Prince O’Brien, Chairman
Of Savings Bond Sales In
This County, Makes Re
port On 1957 Purchases.
..The calendar year of 1957 end
ed with sales of Series E and H
Savings Bonds increasing and re?
demptions decreasing, it was an
nounced today by Prince O'Brien,
Volunteer Chairman for Bruns
wick county.
In Brunswick county, sales fo<
December were $4,331.45 and foj
the year $58,730.06. This was 89.9
per cent of the county’s 1957 goal.
In North Carolina, total sales
for 1957 were $46,851,664 which
was 86 per cent of the state’s
annual quota. Final state figure?
show 1957 as being behind 1956
sales by 9 per cent. This decrease
was brought about primarily by
a decline in the sale of large
denomination bonds. With a more
favorable interest rate and im
proved market conditions, the year
ended with definite improvement
in the sales of the larger bonds.
December sales of Series E and
H Bonds were $3,686,550. For the
month the Series H Bonds show
ed an increase of 8 per cent while
the E Bonds show a decrease of
8 per cent from the sales of De
cember, 1956.
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 TMr
Thursday, February IS,
3:46 A. M. 9:57 A. M.
4:00 P. M. 10:10 P. M.
Friday, February 14,
4:44 A. M. 10:o3 A. M.
4:57 P. M. 11:05 P. M.
Saturday, February 15,
5:38 A. M. 11:43 A. M.
5:50 P. M. 11:55 p. M.
Sunday, February 16,
6:26 A. M. 12:28 A. M.
6:3.7 P. M. 0:00 P. M.
Monday, February 17,
7:09 A. M. 12:40 A. M.
7:19 P. M. 1:10 P. M.
Tuesday, February 18,
7:48 A. M.* 1:24 A. M.
7:58 P. M. 1:49 p. m
Wednesday, February 19,
8:23 A. M. 2:03 A. M.
8:34 P. M. ■ 2:27 P. M.