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Most Of The News All The Time Volume No. 18 T in v i THE STATE fORT PILOT _ _A Good Newspaper IlA Good Community —N°' — 6-Poaes Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNEsj FEBRUARY 19, 1958 5c A COPY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Local ocen^ in Television Film About Weather “Unchained Goddess,” One Of Bell Science Series Shows, Will Be Shown Tonight Over Wilmington Station MRS. C. ED TAYLOR IN BRIEF SCENE Frank Capra Production In About Weather, And Uses Animated Cartoon Tech nique In Addition To Pictures The story of weather and what scientists are doing to predict and control it will be presented in a one-hour show on television to night (Wednesday). And the pro gram may be seen in the South port area over WBCTT at 9:00 p. It is the fourth in a serious of programs presented by the Bell Telephone System which are designed to provide popular en tertainment and at the same time stimulate interest and understand ing of science. Produced by Academy Award Winner Frank Capra, “The Uni chained Goddess” stars Richard Calson as Fiction Writer and Dr. Frank Baxter as Dr. Research. A leading role in the show is taken toy Meteora, the goddess of weath er, a fictional animated cartoon character. ine unchained Goddess" ex plains tihe causes of winds, clouds, rain, thunder and lightning and shows the work of scientists in weather bureau. Tornadoes and hurricanes are described in detail, with some unusual storm scenes, together with the work of the ‘‘hurricane hunters,” the men who track these storms. Some of the film for this show was taken in Southport, and folks who had a chance to prevue ‘‘The Unchained Goddess" last week re port that at least one local scene was included. This showed Mrs. C. Ed Taylor, local volunteer weather observer taking a meas urement of the rain guage in her 'backyard. This scene comes after the midway point of the show, atfd is a part of the round-up of sources from which weather in formation is obtained. Other Bell System programs hive included: “Our Mr. Sun,” ,‘Hemo the Magnificent,” and •The Strange Case of the Cosmic rtays,” which was recently given an award by the Edison Foun dation as best science program for youth on television in 1957. All of these programs are avail able to local groups in 16mm motion picture color films through the Wilmington Southern Bell bus iness office. Brief BiU Of '-NEWS-' SERIOUSLY nx Joe Ramseur, manager of Pleasant Oaks Plantation, is se riously ill at Dosher Memorial Hospital. bank holiday Both the Southport and Shal lotte branches of the Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co. will be closed Saturday in observance of Wash ington’s Birthday. DAY OF PRAYER The World Day of Prayer will be held on Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the Southport Presbyterian manse. The theme will be "The Bread of Life”. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. •1UKJN UV1SB KEYS Work on the new posit office building in Southport has been completed, and the keys were turned over to Postmaster J. B. Russ last week. The local post office official is awaiting instruc tions regarding when to move from the present quarters into the newly completed building across the street. Plans are be ing made for a formal ceremony at that time. FbORll)\ TRir Mrs. james M Harper, Jr., of Southport, Mrs. Gordon Mad ,’5y °* AhosWe and Mrs. Victor Creech of Taiboro left Monday morning for a Southeastern Dis trict meeting of the Federation of Womans Clubs in Tampa, Florida.. Also making the trip was Mrs. C. Ed Tayi0l. of port who will visit her brother at Indian {locks, Fla.. Successful Operation w —■ . ii 111 illllilBIMIBMWBI • ject to close the hui^cane-swepf hil^t acr^thTTn BaC°n’aW h is workin£ on a pro, was closed last Thursday, but work continues as thArfredcA Lonff Beach- The breach which will help to withstand any future storm tLilfv'£?'<.uCrew P“®P» »*> material half the crew of the Henry BacL are from Br^nsWt ™ th*e coas$- More than one vessel is to be transferred to the Savannah District Tth ntf' and word that this has been greeted with disappointment by residents oAhU »!' USL0n oft:his operation her continue to operate in the Wdmington District ’ Wh° had hoped to see -A--—-_ ( r d LA_ Inlet Closing Is / Almost Complete U.S.E. Dredge Henry Bacon Has Succeeded In Filling Storm-Swept Inlet Across Lower Section Of Long Beach ENGINEERS TAKE PRIDE IN JOB Much Credit For Successful Operation Belongs To Men Of Henry Bacon Crew, Many Of Whom Live In Brunswick Water isn’t flowing through Long Beach Inlet any more be cause Long Beach Inlet isn’t any more. Hurricane Hazel’s most publi cized and, perhaps, her most can tankerous act of devilment, com mitted October 15, 1954, is only a memory now. Hazel’s ill deed -was buried firm ly, and we hope forever, at 3:30 p. m. last Thursday, February 13, by the Corps of Engineers’ dredge Henry Bacon in the face of a lick ing tide. ■Since early morning, officials of the Corps and crew members of the dredge, all shivering in sub freezing weather, had a hand in the race between the ocean’s ris ing tide and the Henry Bacon’s powerful efforts to keep sand pouring into the final narrow beach. The big dredge, some 3,000 feet inland, appeared to be a bul wark of assurance that this first attempt to close an inlet by hydraulic fill would be crown ed with success. Her tall stacks belched great billows of confid ence, perhaps a token of honor to her namesake, Engineer Henry Bacon, who shut off the ocean from the Cape Fear River at (Continued on page four) Heart Drive In Action Sunday Solicitations Will Be Con ducted In Several Com munities On That Date; Another Benefit Basket ball Game Planned Major emphasis will be placed upon the Heart Fund campaign Sunday, as this day will be form ally designated as “Heart Sun day’’. Here in Southport, anci at other communities throughout the coun ty, there will be a genera! solici tation on that day. Some of the committee chairmen have elected to carry on their px-ogi-am through one or more churches, and this will tie in with this plan. Chairman Kirby Sullivan re ports the appointment of two more community chairmen. They are Mrs. Lottie Chadwick at Vil lage Point and Mrs. Every Lums den of Mill Creek. He also reports that about $50 was raised for the Heart Fund at the benefit basketball game here Thursday night. A return engagement has been scheduled for Shallotte on Tuesday, March 4. * Gall For Bids On Courthouse Job Members of the board of ■county commissioners are ad vertising this week for bids for the job of making neces sary repairs to the Bruns wick county courthouse, which was damaged by fire during the morning hours of De cember 13. Pians and specifications call for restoring the build ing to a condition as good or better than it was prior to the fire. Separate bids are being asked for general con struction and for electric wiring. Bowman Speaks To Lions Club Southport Attorney Stresses Importance Of Inducing Industry To Move Into Brunswick County James C. Bowman, Southport attorney and representative from Brunswick county to the House of Representative, addressed the Shallotte Lions Club at their first February meeting at the Henry Stone cafeteria at Shallotte school. The speaker made a thought provoking talk on “The Future of Brunswick County.” “Brunswick county has a proud heritage from the past”, he said. “Here the first resistance to the British Stamp Tax took place, in broad daylight, with some of the most prominent men of the com munity, gun in hand, defying the Governor, the British Navy, and the. Tax Collector. This act of defiance took place 10 years be fore the Declaration of Independ ance, 9 years before the Battle of Lexington, and 8 years before the Boston Tea Party. In those early days of the country, our county produced many national and state lead el's. “Today our county still has out standing men”, said Bowman. “Our citizens of high caliber need to be in contact with citizens of other counties in the state and other states in order to spread the good news of Bruns wick county, and to attract men to equal stature to our area. "Brunswick county's chief draw back is a lack of diversified sources of income”, he declared. Our two principal sources of in come are fishing, a seasonal occu pation, and farming, which, with increasing restrictions, affords us less income each year. Somewhere, we must find new sources of in come, or find ourselves in a position where our people cannot remain in this county because they cannot earn a living here. “We need a regular payroK from year-round industries in the county”, he continued”, (but it is impossible to attract industry until. we have some type of or (Continued. on Page 4) Henry Bacon To Be Transferred Out Of District Plans Call For Dredge Oil ,e‘P.ieL T° Be Up, With Consolidation Of The Two Crews Resulting On Basis Of Seniority Announcement was made tjiis, week by Major General F. jM. Albrecht, Division Engineer, U.|S. Engrineer Division, South transfer of the IT. S. Arm'y Eft gineer Dredge Henry Bacon from Wilmington, to Savannah, Geor gia. Current plans are to take the U. S. Army Engineer Dredge Gillespie, which is at Savannah, out of operation for the present time. The dredging work load in the South Atlantic Division is not suf ficient at this time to keep both dredges busy on a full-time basis. The Corps of Engineers has chosen to operate the Henry Bacon at Savannah, Georgia, as in recent years sne was repower ed and is more economical to operate than the Gillespie. The forces of the two dredges have been integrated to determine reduction priorities, based on length of service and on veterans (Continued on Page Fouri Announce Plans For Expansion G. V. Barbee Says That Present Motel Will Be Doubled Before Summer Construction has been started on 18 more units to be added to the motel at Yaupon Beach and this netw addition will complete the original plans of the motel which will consist of 9 complete kitchennette units, 7 units with private baths, an apartment and office for the manager. During the past two seasons the motel has been filled most of the time, with many having to be continued On Page Two jachers Hear Specialist Talk About English s Julia Teasley Spoke efore Brunswick County sachers At Meeting Held fonday Afternoon At Bolivia ACHING METHODS UP FOR DISCUSSION saker Stressed Importan ) Of Giving Children lood Foundation In Language During For mative Years runsiwick county teachers rd Miss Julia Teasley conduct >rogram on English teaching hods Monday afternoon at Bo 1, and the general concensus i that she was right when in she claimed that it is of lost importance to give the s and girls of the elementary des a good foundation in lan ige during their formative rs. lias Teasley, who represents of the textbook companies, ited out multiple meaning of te of our words, and stressed importance of never leaving Shild guessing concerning the of the word in the sentence ig used. iie also pointed to the con m that can come from the of various suffixes and pre s, and the lack of uniformity pelling. isa Teasley did not rely upon iture to drive home her points, made liberal use of a black 'd, and resorted to questions to hold the attention of her ence. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. Luther Hawkins, and be fore adjournment Superintendent John G. Long made several an nouncements of general interest to teachers present. fishing Survey Boat Off Coast New Effort Is Cooperative Venture Between N. C. Fisheries Association And U. S. Fish And Wildlife Service The coastal waters of North Carolina below 50 fathoms will be probed intensively by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service begin ning February 14 in an explora tory cruise of theiMjV Delaware The new exploration is a part of long range planning initiated by the North Carolina Fisheries As sociation in cooperation with the Fish and Wildlife Service. NCFA President Roy Watson has received word from H. E. Crowther, chief of the Division of Industrial Research and Serv ices of the Federal agency, that the Delaware will leave Boston on February 14 and continue ex ploration of North Carolina’s coas tal waters for more than a.month. The last exploratory cruise of the Service in North 'Carolina was during this past June by the MIV Combat. 1 The primary objective of the exploratory cruise of the Delaware will be to seek information on edible fish by botton trawling at depths below the 50 fathom line. The cruise was set this year dur ing the so-called “off season’’ of the North Carolina fishery to as certain whether or not fish can be found at the greater depths dur ing the cold winter months. At the same time work will be (Continued on Page Four) TIME and TIDE By JIMMIE HARPER It was February 23, 1838, and independant basketball had be come so popular locally that an independant invitation tourna ment was being seriously considered. Henry C. Stone and W. R. Ungle had been re-elected to the office of principal at Shallotte, and Southport, respectively. The ’38 Esso road maps were featur ing Brunswick county as being the home of the Venus Fly Trap, and accidents had killed some hundred thousand Americans dur ing 1937. The front page cut of The Pilot that week showed Aunt Mary Ann Galloway, 107 year old Southport Negro, doing her washing in a back-yard wash pot. Our editorial writer was praising the work of fox hunters in reducing the predator population of the area (and urging continued success), and the -38 Chevies were advertised as having ‘‘genuine knee-action and 85-h.p. engines.” The Southport (or rather, Ft. Caswell) bathing beauties were getting fan mail from distant states; the Southport High School juniors were to present "Here Comes Charlie”; and some county farmers had experienced trouble with chicken thieves. It was Wednesday, .February 24, 1343, and the war was still OaaSmued On Fafi* Pteu: S Earth Tremor Felt i Here Again Today Galloway Resigns As City Manager Action Taken At Meeting Of Board Of Aldermen On Thursday Night, And Became Effective February 14 Carl A. Galloway has sub mitted his resignation as city manager, and members of the board of aldermen already are at work trying to fill the vacancy created by this ac tion. The resignation was handed] to the board at the regular meeting on Thursday night, and was to become effective on February 14, or the fol lowing day. Mayor E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., reported last night that sev eral applicants have made in quiry concerning the position, and that it is believed that a suitable replacement will be made within 10 days. “We firmly believe in the city manager form of govern ment”, he said, “and we will fill the existing vacancy aa quickly as possible. We are pleased that we have some good men from which to make our choice.” Commissioners See Cut In Tax Rate Stray Dogs Will Be Impounded Chief of Police Louis dark has been instructed by Mayor E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., to be gin at once the strict enforce ment of the law pertaining to dogs running at large. The law provides that stray dogs which are not wearing city dog tags, may be em pounded and held for 24-hours before being destroyed. The tags cost $1.50 each, and must be worn by all dogs in the city. Mayor Tomlinson said Tues day night that this action is being taken as a health and sanitation measure. “First of all,” he said, “there is the matter of rabies to consider. In addition, there is the men ace to health and sanitation that comes from stray dogs roaming the streets, turning over trash cans and scatter ing garbage.” Library Folks Attend Meeting Representative From State Commission Explains Con ditions For Obtaining Bookmobile Service A county-wide meeting to con sider Bookmobile service for Brunswick county was held Mon day evening at Shallotte, with Harry L. Mintz, Jr., presiding and with Mrs. Frances D. Gish of the State Library Commission present to explain the program. She reported that Brunswick is now one of six counties in North Carolina without bookmobile serv ice. She pointed out that in order to begin this program it will be necessary for the county to ap propriate $3,000 for the next year from non-tax funds. The State will match this with $4,000, she said; and she also expressed the Continued On Page Four Nitrogen Helps Increase Yield County Agent A. S. Kuowies Point* To Certain Con tributing Factors In This Connection During the four-week period of February 15 and March 15 most farmers can make good money by topdr easing small grain with nitrogen. This is the period that topdressing pays off best. In addition to the right time of application A. S. Knowles, county agent, points out that proper rates should be used. He explains that general recommendations are: 30-45 l'hs. of actual nitrogen per acre on heavy soils such as clays and clay loams; and 60-80 lbs. on sandy or very sandy soils. - In experiments conducted by Continued Os Page Two 1 Board Predict* That They Will Be Able To Reduce Current Tax Rate From $1.80 To Around $1.10 And Still Provide For Budget Need* INCREASE MADE IN TAX VALUATION Tax Value For Real Prop erty Will Be Double Old Figure, Even Using 50 Percent Of Actual Value With most of the figures com plete for the 1958 jab of listing real and personal property for taxes in Brunswick county, mem bers of the board of commission ers feel safe in predicting a sub stantial decrease in the tax rate, which is $1.80 at the present time. This week Mrs. Ressie R. What ley, Brunswick county tax sup ervisor,- reported'- that the present tax valuation for real property in this county is $20,000,000. This is a substantial increase over the old figure of approximately $10, 500,000. Personal property valua tions still are incomplete. In carrying out their assign ment of revaluating property in this county, Associated Surveys of Raleigh placed what they con sidered to be the fair market value on all property. Then, after con ferring with a local board of ap praisers, members of the board of commissioners decided to take 50 percent of the true value as a basis for taxation. Continued On Page Two Anartic Ship I At Sunny Point Cargo Vessel Returning From Supply Mission To That Region Makes First Stateside Stop Here The Towle, a Navy ship enroute from the Antarctic, sailed from Sunny Point Monday for Nor folk and New York. Sunny Point Army Terminal was the ship’s first continental port of call since leaving the South Pole. The Towle was returning from its annual voyage of carrying sup plies to personnel of the opera tion “Deep Freeze in” located at the lower end of the world. The Towle and her sister ship, the Greenville Victory, make reg ular annual voyages to the South Pole for logistical support of the Navy’s antarctic progrom. The Towle, captained by Char les C. Barrett, has a crew of eight officers and 40 men. Most of the crew wear beards as na tural protection against the ela ments. Also aboard the ship was a Navy Construction Battalion, bet ter known as Seabees. Reports from the crew indicate that 'the temperatures in the Antarctic Circle were between 10 and 40 degres during thir stay there. "It was warm enough for the men to get out on the ice shelf and play baseball during their oaf duty hours,” they said. Earthquake Felt In This Area For Third Consecu tive Morning, With Same Time Schedule Being Maintained INFORMATION CHECKS WITH INSTRUMENTS Seismograph At University Of North Carolina Recor ded Disturbance On Monday, But Was Not In Commission On Tuesday For the third consecutive mor ning an earth tremor was felt in the Brunswick county area about 9:30 today. The first of these disturbances was felt Monday morning, when a vibration that lasted for be tween ten and twenty seconds oc curred shortly after 9:30 o’clock. Reports from Chapel Hill indicat ed that the seismograph at the University of North Carolina snowed mat uiere nan ueen a, mild earthquake in this area. On Tuesday, morning, just a few minutes earlier than the tre mor was felt the day before, there was another disturbance, this time of shorter duration and aparently not as severe. There was no record on the scientific instruments at Chapel Hill, as the seismograph was being serviced at the time. This morning at exactly the same time that yesterday’s tre mor was felt, the earth began to shake again. Walter Aldridge, city auditor, reported that he tim ed today’s earthquake, and that it lasted for 8 seconds. “It was of about the same severity as that of yesterday”, he stated. There was no word from Chapel Hill regarding the recording of to day’s tremors. Here in Southport no great damage has been reported from any of the three strange occur ances. A window at Watson’s Pharmacy was shattered Monday, and at the home of Mrs. David Baker on the Beach Road a chimney was pulled away fx-om the house. However, reports are that this settled back into place within a few hours. There were also window damages at the Earl continued On Page Two Coast Guard In New Term Plan Announcement Made Of Arrangement For Men In Certain Age Group To Serve 6 Months On Active Duty, Then 5 Yg Years In Reserve A new Coast Guard Reserve six months training program for a limited number of / young men, IS 1'x to 21 years otfage, was an nounced today by /Rear Admiral H. C. Moore, Cominander of the Fifth Coast Guard District. These young mei will be order ed to 6 months t: lining duty at Coast Guard Tra ning Stations, Cape May, New J xsey and Gro ton, Conn. After Returning from this duty they wif be required to participate in drils of Organized Units for only |!<> years. This satisfactory parjplpation entitles Continued Ox Page Two Tide Table Following k the tide table for Southpoi during the next week. These hours are ap proximately! correct and were furnished Se State Port Pilot through tm courtesy of the Cape Feat! Pilot’s Association. High Tid Low Tide ThursJiy, February 20, i:58 A./M. 2:55 A. M. ®:09 P.jM. 3:17 P. M. Fri(l,y, February 21, i 9:30 Aj M. 3:31 A. M. 9:43 Ff M. 3:51 P. M. Saturday, February 22, |®:®1 -A. M. 4:08 A. M. f):16 P. M. 4:27 P. M. Sunday, February 2S, :32 A. M. 4:45 a. M. |:53 P. M. 5:04 P. M. Monday, February 21, 108 A. M. 5:28 A. M. 1|35 P. M. 5:45 P. M. Tuesday, February 25, 1*0 A. M. 6:12 A. M. P- M. 6:31 P. M. Wednesday, February 26, l-'J A. M. 7:06 A. M. P. M. 7:25 P. M.
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