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Volume No. 18
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
No. 34 8.Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1958 Sc A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
Lennon Making
Effort To Stop
Dredge Transfer
Congressman Requests Maj.
Gen. E. C. Itschner To
Consider Advisability Of
Keeping USE Dredge
Henry Bacon In District j
CITES AVAILABLE
MAINTENANCE FUNDS
i
Dredge Now Slated For
Transfer To Savannah
District With Lay-Off
In Prospect For
Many In Crew
Disturbed over reports that the
USE Dredge Henry Bacon is to
be transferred from the Wilming
ton District to the Savannah Dis
trict of the U. S. Army Engineers,
Congressman Alton Lennon has
made the following request to
Maj. Gen. E. C. Itschner, Chief
Of Engineers, U. S. Army En
gineers:
“The citizenry of Southport
Wilmington area of North Caro
lina urges reconsideration decision
to transfer Henry Bacon to Sa
vannah. Advised Wilmington Dis
trict has about $500,000 available
for maintenance and sincerely be
lieve dredge should not be moved
since expenditure limitations lift
ed. With plans made to step up
public works programs due to ris
ing unemployment decision effect
ing dismissal of 75 employees
seems economically unsound. Area
eiconomy has been hard hit and
Henry Bacon employment is vital.
“I trust you will act immed
iately to defer subject transfer
and will advise me in matters
early as possible.”
Unless there is a change in
plans, the Henry Bacon will go
to the Savannah District as a
replacement for the USE Dredge
Gillespie, and only the senior mem
bers of the combined crews will
be retained.
There is a strong sentiment to
retain the Henry Bacon for pro
jects in the Wilmington District,
and this action on the part of
Congressman Lennon has result
ed from several inquiries and pro
tests that have come from in
dividuals and organizations in his
congressional district.
ON DEAN’S LIST
Tommy Harrelson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Harrelson of South
port, made the deans list last
quarter at Campbell College.
TO PREACH HERE
The Rev. W. C. Porter m
from Cedar Grove will fill the
pulpit for the Sunday night serv
ice at the Southport Presbyterian
manse.
ATTENDS MEETING
S. B. Frink, Southport attorney,
attended the meeting of the State
Democratic Executive Committees
in Raleigh during the past week
end. He served as a member of
the 15-man special committee on
reorganization.
BABIES CLINIC
Dog owners in Southport will
have only one day to have their
dog given the rabies shot this
year. It will be good for 3 years.
The time will be from 1 to 4
o’clock on Thursday, March 20, at
the Fire Station. Dr. T. C. Need
ham, veterinarian, will do this
work this year.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Mrs. S. B. Frink, March of
Dimes chairman for Southport,
Yaupon Beach and Long Beach,
reports that an additional $5.80 in
collections has been reported,
bringing the total to $690.80. Two
committee members whose names
were omitted inadvertently last
week ar Mrs. W. S. Davis and
Mrs. Otto Hickman.
COMPETES COURSE
Mra. Douglas Jones, the form
er Mass Eleanor Lee Rees, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rees of
Southport, has recently completed
a course in anaesthesia at Johns
Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore,
Maryland, and is presently em
ployed as an anaesthetist at the
Arlington Memorial Hospital in
Arlington, Virginia. Mrs. Jones
was graduated from Southport
High School and later from the
James Walker Memorial Hospital
School of Nursing. She did pri
vate duty nursing in Durham for
several years and later worked
in George Washington General
Hospital in Washington, D. C
Storm-Swept Inlet
CLOSED—This is an aerial view of the inlet that cut across
the lower end of Long Beach during Hurricane Hazel in the fall
of 1954. Attempts to close this inlet proved futile until the
USE Dredge Henry Bacon undertook the task about 6 weeks ago.
Through the use of hydraulic fill, they have been able to erect
a barrier against the sea and at the same time have joined once
more the two beach areas.—Newton Photo.
Governor Hodges
Slated To Speak
Chief Executive Will Be
Principal Speaker At The
“Ribbon-Tying” Ceremony
Slated To Be Held To
morrow (Thursday) At
Long Beach
HELICOPTER WILL
BRING GOVERNOR
Preparations Being Made
For Hundreds Of Visitors
At Site Of Inlet Closing
Project
Governor Luther H. Hodges will
arrive at Long Beach at noon
tomorrow by helicopter in time to
serve as principal speaker and
guest of honor at a "ribbon-tying”
ceremony that will mark the suc
cessful closing of the inlet cut
across the lower end of the beach
by Hurricane Hazel.
Also participating in the pro
gram will be high-ranking repre
sentatives from the U .S. Corps
of Engineers and from the Civil
Defense Administration. James C.
Bowman, Southport attorney, will
serve as master of ceremonies.
A speaker's stand has been
erected at the site of the dredging
project which is at the end of
existing paving. Several hundred
citizens of this section of North
Carolina are expected to attend
this ceremony.
The occasion was made possible
by the efficient work of the USE
Dredge Henry Bacon and mem
bers of her crew, who achieved
spectacular success in this inlet
closing project. Several previous
attempts had been made, all
without success; and considerable
doubt was expressed when the
U. S. Army Engineers proposed
that the jab be done by hydraulic
fill.
Once the Henry Bacon moved
into position, members of the crew
settled down to the task at hand,
and on the afternoon of February
13 the first closing was effected.
Since that time this powerful
24-inch dredge has continued op
erations designed to 'build up a
barrier capable of resisting the
action of wind and wave and
tide.
The Henry Bacon will still be
in operation, and this is one of
the attractions that spectators
have in prospect when they visit
the beach tomorrow.
Incidentally, Governor Hodges
and a few other high officials will
have lunch aboard. Coffee and
doughnuts will be served to mem
bers of the crowd through the
courtesy of the Town of Long
Beach.
It
English Mayor
Planning Visit
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Living
ston have received word from
Mi's. Mae Bamtoer, mayor of
Southport, England, that she
is planning a return visit to
the United States, and she
expressed the hope that she
would be able to come to
Southport, North Carolina,
again.
She will fly from Man
chester to New York on
March 21 on a publicity mis
sion for the British Travel
and Holiday Association and
plans call for her to return
on April 9. She has a sister
living in the United States.
Mrs. Bamber was a visitor
to Southport when she was
in this country several years
ago, and the Livingstons have
kept in close touch with her
since that time.
Student Grades
Get Attention
Principal A. A. White An
nounces Plan For Help
ing Students Who Are
Down In Academic Work
At Shallotte
Shalloltte High School is putting
emphasis on bringing up the
grades of students who are fail
ing one or more subjects, and
A. A White, principal, in close
cooperation with the faculty, has
brought out two survey sheets,
one for pupil self-evaluation and
one for teacher evaluation of the
individual failing pupil.
Each failing student will ex
amine the causes for his own
failure through his survey sheet,
and is urged to make a sincere
effort at self-improvement. The
teacher survey sheet is to be fill
ed out by the teacher in whose
subject the student is failing.
From bath viewpoints of self
evaluation and outside criticism,
the administration believes that
individual weaknesses are more
clearly pointed out, and when
realized, can be more easily con
quered.
By home visitation and individ
ual letters to the parents, Shal
Jotite hopes to stress the import
ance of the part the parent must
play in education. The parent’s
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Organize Civil
Air Patrol Unit
In This County
First Unit Of This Organi
zation Has Been Holding
Meetings Each Friday
Night At Shallotte Legion
Hut
LT. HENRY L. CARTER
COMMANDING OFFICER
Members Of This Outfit Re
ceiving Training In Vari
ous Phases Of Rescue
Operations
Brunswick County's first unit of
the Civil Air Patrol is in the pro
cess of toeing organized in Shal
lotte and is meeting each Friday
night ait 7:30 o’clock in the Amer
ican Legion Hut at Shallotte.
Boys and girls, men and women
of almost all ages are eligible to
join.
The Civil Air Patrol is an aux
iliary unit of the U. S. Aar Force
used for search and rescue with
in this and surrounding counties.
This unit, commanded by 1st Lt.
Henry L. Carter of Shallottte, has
trained pilots with aircraft, jeeps,
boats and cars, all equipped with
radio. In case of any local disas
ter or emergency all equipment
goes into immediate use.
Some of the things that will
toe taught within the unit are:
Search and rescue, first aid, radio
and communications, transporta
tion and aircraft maintenances.
All persons in this county who
are interested in helping in time
of emergency should contact 1st
Lt. Carter at Shallotte.
No Change In
Soil Bank Fund
ACP Office At Shallotte Ac
cepting Requests For
Placing Tobacco Acreage
In Soil Bank Through
March 7
The Brunswick counity ACP of
fice had to stop accepting signed
applications for placing cotton and
tobacco in the Soil Bank Acreage
Reserve until additional funds
ware received. Requests for plac
ing tobacco in the soil bank are
still being accepted, but February
20 was the last day for accepting
cotton soil bank acreage reserve
agreements.
If additional 'funds are made
available the Acreage Reserve
money will be committed on a
first com e-first, serve basis. ACP
officials will immediately notify
the farmers who have made re
quests (when and if funds are re
ceived.
To be on the safe side, farmers
should visit the County ACP of
fice at the earliest possible mo
ment when notified and put to
bacco in the Acreage Reserve if
desired.
Brunswick Men
On Derrickboat
Seven Of Eight Men On
Northeast Are From This
County; Report Is That
Vessel Will Tie Up
There are 8 men on the U. S.
Derrickboat Northeast, and 7 men
are from Brunswick county. The
other is from New Hanover.
These men are Edsel Norris,
master, Supply; Earl Kirby, der
rick operator, Supply; Junior
Thompson, Elroy Robinson and
Continued on Page Four)
Southport Cub Scouts
BANQUET—Following are members of the Cub Scout Troop of Southport, who were entertain
ed at a banquet last Wednesday night in the recreation room of Trinity Methodist Church. They
are, top row, left to right: Joseph O’Neil, Darrell Wilmouth, Clarence Johnson, Davis Herring,
Chip Graham, Johnnie Simmons, Dickie Aldridge, Steve Clark, Tommy McGlamery, Billie Norton,
Basil Ray Watts, James Sanders, Jack Keith, He rman Bennett, Larry Potter. Botton row, left to
right: Jerry Swain, James Gerock, Franklin Barbee, Gary Sanders, Gregory Cumbee, Sydney Man
gum, Steven Parker, Kenneth King.—Huntley Photo.
Candidates For
Sheriff Number
Nine Thus Far
J. Pearlie Russ Adds Name
To List With Announce
ment That He Will Seek
Democratic Nomination
J. Pearlie Russ, Shallotte busi
ness man, has announced his can
didacy for the Democratic nom
ination for sheriff, bringing to
nine the number of men who have
announced their intention to en
ter this race.
Russ is a son of ex-sheriff J. A.
Russ and never before has been a
candidate for public office.
Other recent announcements
KaVe' come from Talmetdgw Var
nam, who currently is engaged in
marine construction work. He,
.too, has never before sought pub
lic office.
Clinton Bellamy, Southport
building contractor, threw his hat
into the ring several weeks ago.
He has never held public office,
but four years ago was a can
didate for the Democratic nom
ination for the House of Repre
sentatives.
Two former sheriffs have avow
ed their intention to once more
seek election to this office. They
are E5d V. Leonard and Dillon L.
Ganey.
Drew Long, who served as chief
deputy under Sheriff Leonard, was
one of the first candidates to en
ter the race. Also among the
early runners are Ken Milligan
of Bolivia and Ulyses Grainger
of Longwood. Doug Norton of
Southport rounds out the field of
current prospects, but there is a
feeling that not all of the names
are yet in. Sheriff Elbert H.
Gray has made no formal an
nouncement of his plans, although
there is no reason to doubt that
he hopes to retain his office.
Thus far there have been two
candidates announce for the State
Senate, S. B. Frink and Ray Wal
ton, both from Southport.
Lowell Bennett has announced
his candidacy for the Democratic
nomination for coroner, a position
now held by G. C. Kilpatrick.
There has been no formal an
nouncement for clerk, Recorder,
house of representatives nor coun
ty commissioners.
TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HARPER
It was March 9, 1938, and the last of the Southport bathing
beauties was wading out of ,the hot springs pool at Ft. Caswell.
Pictured in this issue ,was Evelyn Laughlin who had been en
joying an early season dip. The cutline apologetically explained
the profusion of the Caswell pool shots with the announcement
that over a thousand persons a week were now visiting the spot.
Harry Mintz, Jr., has been elected president of the sophomore
class at Pfiffer Junior College, and Dr. M. M. Rosenbaum had
opened a clinic and set up practice at Shallotte. In the county
basketball tournament, ’38 model, the Waccamaw boys and Shal
lotte girls had emerged champions. Mrs. J. I. Davis was sponsor
ing a Bunko party; North Carolina Safety Week had begun Sun
day; and, for a change, there were no announcements of candi
dacy for political office during the past week.
It was March 10, 1943, and a group of Southport citizens was
hard at work trying to save the old W. B. & S. railroad at
Southport. The old road was to be sold and all property disposed
of. The lowly catfish, then abundant in local waters, had been
marked for extinction by being considered fit for human con
Continued On Page Four
Brunswick Joins
4-H Observance
Southport Man
Sells Post Story
John W. Newton, Long
Beach plumber and contrac
tor, received word last week
from the editors of The Sat
urday Evening Post that a
story he recently submitted
had been accepted for pub
lication, and a check in pay
ment was enclosed.
This was Newton’s first
literary effort, and was ac
cepted for use in the depart
ment “What Would You Have
Done” ? The local man asked
advice on future writing and
received the following reply
from one of the associate
editors:
“The best advice on how to
become a writer perhaps can
be given in one word: ‘Write’!
It takes a great deal of prac
tice, plus some judgment as
to what to write about, plus
a dash of luck.”
Wallace Given
Job Promotion
State Highway License Ex
aminer Promoted To Posi
tion Of Assistant Super
visor For District 3
Friends in Southport and Bruns
wick county will be interested in
the recent promotion of E. M.
Wallace to Assistant Supervisor
of District B of the Driver’s Li
cense Bureau of the State High
way Patrol. His headquarters will
be in Wilmington.
He will have the following
towns and counties in his area:
Bladenfboro, Bladen county: Bo
livia, Shallotte and Southport,
Brunswick; Chaclbourn, Tabor
City and Whiteville, Columbus;
Kennansville, Beulahville and Wal
lace in Duplin; Atkinson and
Burgaw in Pender; Wilmington in
New Hanover.
Some of his new duties will be
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Southport Man
Buried Friday
Charlie Hewett Died Wed
nesday Following Period
Of Failing Health
Funeral services for Charlie N.
Hewett of Southport were con
ducted here Friday afternoon,
with the Rev. Homer McKeithan,
pastor of the Apostalic Faith
Church, in Charge. Burial was in
Northwood cemetery, with the fol
lowing serving as pallbearers:
Allen Hall Merret, Breman Fur
pleas, Dick Rankin, Julian South
erland, Jessie Johnson and Walter
Aldridge.
Honorary pallbearers were: Dr.
L. G. Brown, Dr. F. M. Burdette,
H. J. Ingle, J. J. Laughlin, Eddie
Spencer, J. A. Gilbert.
Survivors include: his wife,
Mrs. Oneida Chadwick Hewett:
two daughters, Mrs. Violet Hick
Continued On Page Feur
‘Boys And Girls Of Bruns
wick County Have Parti
cipated In This Program
On Many Levels During
Past Year
LIST OF OFFICERS
OF VARIOUS CLUBS
4-H Club Leaders Have
Satisfaction Of Seeing
Good Results From
This Program
This is National 4-H Club Week
all over the United States and its
territories, and Brunswick county
boys and girls along with all the
other 4-H youth in this country
are celebrating the week of March
1-8 as the highlight of the year.
4-H club members in Brunswick
county and North Carolina have
had many opportunities during
the past year to avail themselves
to training in better living
through better citizenship. Each
white school in the county has
one or more 4-H cluibs meeting
each month. The total county
membership is approximately 1000
boys and girls. The club officers
who preside over the meetings
each month are as follow:
Bolivia Junior Club: Ella Jane
Willetts, president; R. G. Sellers,
vice president; Jimmy McNeil,
secretary-treasurer; Cheryl Ben
ton, reporter; Curtiss Maggard,
devotional leader; and Sharon
Eadon, song leader.
Bolivia Senior Club: Jimmy
Albright, president; Porky Mintz,
vice-president; Donald Willetts,
secretary-treasurer; Hayes Hawes,
reporter; Betty Jo Darnell, de
votional leader; and Betty Mag
gard, song leader.
Leland Junior Club: Nicky
Ganey, president; Dicky Burgess,
vice-president; Lorene Blake, sec
retary-treasurer; Phillip Gallo
way, reporter; Linda Benton, de
votional leader; and Jean Lynch,
song leader.
Leland Senior Club: Barbara
Corbett, president; Frankie Thom
( Continued on Page Four!
Bolivia Citizen
Dies Suddenly
Funeral Services For James
V. Gore Conducted Sun- j
day At Mill Creek Church i
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at Mill Creek Bap
tist Church for James V. (Jim)
Gore of Bolivia, who died sudden
ly Friday afternoon at Cape Fear
Memorial Hospital. He was 62
years of age.
In charge of funeral services
was the Rev. Avery Lumsden.
Burial followed in the Robbins
cemetery, with the following serv
ing as pallbearers:
Charlie Taylor, Tyler Fotter,
Alton Potter, Wilbur Earl Earp,
Roy Swain and Jack Caton, all
members of the American Legion
Post 445. Honorary pallbearers
were other members of the local
post.
He is a native of Brunswick
County, a son of the late Joseph
O. Gore and Mary Jane McDow
Gore. He was in the 113th Field
Artillery during World War I, a
member of the American Legion
Post 445 at Winnabow.
(Continued on Page Four)
Jury Deadlocked
In Highway Suit
Here Last Week
Suit Of Ennis Long And
Wife Against State High
way Commission Results
In Mistrial When Jury Is
Unable To Agree On The
Amount Of Damage
SPECIAL COURT
TERM IS CALLED
Other Cases Of Minor In
terest Settled Before
Judge Malcolm Seawell
Last Week
The case of Mr. and Mrs. Ennie
Long vs the State Highway Com
mission required two days last
week for trial, then ended up
with no decision when the jury
was unable to agree on the
amount of damages that should
be allowed. Judge Malcolm Seaw
ell, who presided over the case,
ordered a mistrial.
A special term of court for
trial of civil cases is scheduled
to convene on Monday, March 31,
with Judge Susie Sharpe presid
ing. It is quite possible that this
case will come up for trial again
at that time.
Queenie Corrib ee was granted
$5,700 from the Norfolk Dredging
Co. in a consent judgment. This
matter grew out of the death of
her son.
In the case of James L. Hardy
vs. the Tommy L. Tharpe estate
the plaintiff was awarded the
sum of $2,250.
Luann Shuler was awarded $750
in her case against Mrs. Elizabeth
Robinson.
The following divorces were
granted: Sylvie vs Gleen C. Wal
ter; Betty W. vs Loui A1 Lewis;
Arlene vs. Joseph M. Little; Bob
by Ann vs Hubert W. Todd; J. H.
vs Mittie B. Alexander; Minnie G.
vs Rudolph Caison; Emma vs Roy
Carroll; Betty J. vs Lonnie Tomp
kins .-Joseph E. vs Sharon M.
Hewett; Virginia C. vs Zez Hollo
man.
Election Board
Nominations In
Executive Committee Met
Saturday Afternoon To
Nominate Three Men For
Appointment To This
Board
Members of the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee met Saturday
afternoon at Bolivia to nominate
three men for appointment to the
board of elections for Brunswick
county.
High man in the voting was H.
Poster Mintz, member of the
present board. The second man
was Eldridge Hickman. In third
place was Arthur Dosher, who
has served for the past two years
as chairman of the board. The
only other candidate was Homer
Russ.
The results of the voting have
been forwarded to the State
Board of Elections, which will
make the final appointments.
Members of the Republican Ex
ecutive Committee met Saturday
afternoon and designated L. C.
Baibson, a member of the present
board, as the representative of
their party.
At this same meeting, H. L.
Willetts was re-elected chairman
of the Republican Executive Com
mittee.
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 Cow Tldr
Thursday, March 6,
8:09 A. M. 1:12 A, M.
8:38 P. M. 2:35 P. M.
Friday, March 7,
9:00 A. M. 3:03 A. M.
9:31 P. M. 3:23 P. M.
Saturday, March 8,
9:51 A. M. 3:54 A. M
10:24 P. M. 4:11 P. M.
Sunday, March 9,
10:43 A. M. 4:46 A. M.
11:19 P. M. 5:02 P. M.
Monday, March 10,
11:38 A. M. 5:42 A. M.
0:00 P. M. 5:56 P. M.
Tuesday, March 11,
12:17 A. M. 6:39 A. M.
12:35 P. M. 6:53 P. M.
Wednesday, March 13,
1:17 A. M. 7:40 A. M.
1:36 P. M. 7:55 P. M.