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Volume No. 18
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
No. 39 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1958 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
Information On
Loans Available
For Boat Owners
Representative Jamas C.
Bowman Secures Details
Of Plan That Offers As
sistance Iti Purchase Of
Refinancing
10-YEAR TERMS AND
LOW INTEREST RATE
Some Of Provisions Of This
Source Of Financial As
sistance Set Forth In
Detail In This Report
Representative James C. Bow
man said Monday that he has
obtained information relative to
loan procedures available to com
mercial fishermen as a result of
■the passage of Public Law No.
1024 of the Second Session of the
84th Congress.
As recited in the law, authority
is given to make loans for the
purpose of financing and refinanc
ing of operations, maintenance,
replacement, repair, and equip
ment of fishing gear and fishing
vessels, and for research into the
basic problems of fisheries.
The loans bear interest at the
rate of 5 percent and must be
repaid in not more than 10 years.
Applications for loans must be
made on the forms provided by
the Fish and Wildlife Service of
the Department of Interior and
forvarded to the Office of Loans
and Grants, Bureau of Commer
cial Fisheries, P. O. Box 6245, St.
Petersburg, Florida.
Representative Bowman further
stated he understood that the
loans were processed and serviced
by the Small Business Adminis
tration under an agreement with
the Department of the Interior.
He said that from information
furnished it appeared that the
terms used in the Act to describe
the purposes for which the loans
could be granted are as follow:
1. The words “operation of fish
ing gear and vessels’’ mean and!
include all phases of activity di- j
reotly associated with the cap
ture or landing of fish.
2. The words “maintenance of
fishing gear and vessels” mean
the normal and routine upkeep of
all parts of fishing gear and fish
ing vessels, including machinery
and equipment.
3. Tiie words “replacement of
fishing gear and vessels” contem
plate the purchase of fishing gear
or fishing vessels or any equip
ment, parts, machinery, or other
items incident to outfitting for
fishing to replace lost, damaged,
worn, obsolete, inefficient, or dis
carded items of a similar nature.
4. The words “repair of fishing
gear and vessels” mean the re
storation of any worn or damaged
part of fishing gear or fishing
vessels to an efficient operating
condition.
5. The words "equipment of
fishing gear and vessels” mean
the parts, machinery, or other
items incident to outfitting for
fishing which are purchased for
use in fishing operations.
6. The words “research into
the basic problems of fisheries”
mean investigation or experimen
tation designed to lead .to funda
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Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
HEART ATTACK
News was received at noon to
day that Senator W. Kerr Scott
has suffered a mild heart attack.
His condition is not believed to be
serious.
REVIVAL SERVICES
Revival services are in progress
this week at Southport Baptist
Church, with the Rev. Calvin S.
Knoght of Weldon doing the
preaching.
BROOM SALE
Members of Shallot te Lions
Club will conduct a broom sale
Friday evening. They will have
brooms, whisk brooms, doormats
and ironing board covers for sale.
Persons who wish to place orders
in advance may call Plaza 4-6373.
MAKING PROGRESS
Good progress is being made
on the job of repairing damage
done to the Brunswick county
courthouse as during a fire of un
determined origin on December 13.
L. T. Smith of Southport is the
contraator, and he has been amaz
ed with the superior quality of
materials and workmanship he
has discovered in this building.
Some heart pine beams that were
removed Thursday were declared
to be suitable for use as boat
timbers.
Announce Candidacy
RUNNING—Earl Bellamy, left, has made formal
announcement of his candidacy for Judge of Recorder’s
Court, a position in which he is now completing his sec
ond term. On the right is J. E. (Jack) Brown, who is a
candidate for the Democratic nomination to succeed him
self as Clerk of Court.
Two Officeholders
Seek Re-Election
Earl Bellamy Makes Formal
Announcement Of His
Candidacy For Judge Of
Recorder’s Court And
Jack Brown Running For
Clerk
THESE ARE ONLY
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
Rumors Continue To Fly
Regarding Other Prospec
tive Candidates, With
Deadline For Filing
On April 18
Two men now in office made
formal announcement this week
that they will enter the Demo
cratic Primary as a first step
toward re-election.
One is Earl Bellamy, now com
pleting his second term as Judge
of Recorder’s court in Brunswick
county.
The other is J. E. (Jack)
Brown, who is completing his first
term as Clerk of Court. Prior
to his election to this office he
had served as Brunswick county
tax collector.
Thus far these men are the
only candidates who have an
nounced for these offices. How
ever, there are reports that there
are others who are eyeing these
jobs, and there appears to be a
good chance that each will have
opposition in the forthcoming pri
mary.
There has been no change in
the line-up for sheriff, where
there are nine candidates; for
senate where there are three; for
coroner where there are threein
the race; for commissioner, where
theire are four candidates for the
three positions; nor for represent
ative, where James C. Bowman
is the only formal candidate.
More Visitors
From England
Mayor And Mrs. E. B. Tom
linson, Jr., Had Five Visi
tors From British Isle On
Monday
Mayor and Mrs. E. B. Tomlin
son, Jr., had as their guests Mon
day morning five visitors from the
Brutish Isles. They were passen
gers aboard the Manchester Ship
per-, a British cargo vessel no a
unloading in Wilmington.
Imculded in tihe group were Mrs
Jean Avis of Ediinborough; Miss
Ann Evans, London; Miss Ruth
Trask, S. Albans; Walter Critch
ley, Sale in Cheshire; and Mrs
Edith Ellis, Southport, England.
The ladies are passengers
! aboard the British vessel, anc
' Critchley is the radio operator
j These folks had heard of South
| pout, North Carolina, and they
prevailed upon Mr. Lord, one ol
the agents of the shipping com
pany, to bring them clown for ar
j Easter Monday visit. The latter is
j a native of Southport, England
although he has resided in the
! United States for many years.
This was the first trip to this
country for the ladies, and South
S port was the first place they visit
j ed. The Tomlinson home was ths
first in the United States the\
! had visited, and with the holiday
! atmosphere prevailing on Monday
j the English citizens said tha
; they felt very much at home.
From Wilmington the sihip am
all of her passengers wiil go t<
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Bambi Returns
To Place In Zoo
Last week there was a re
port that the pet deer had
made a break for freedom
from its corral in one corner
of Franklin Park. Word came
'that the yearling had wound
up in the vicinity of the Yel
low Hole, but soon found that
the call of the wild held no
music for him.
Soon he showed up in the
yard of the Bob Ha vett
home, and word was sent to
Chief of Police Louis Clark
to come gat his pet. He did,
and led it home through the
streets of the city with only
a string around his neck.
Many Activities
Yaupon Church
Easter Was Climax Of Re
cent Religious Emphasis;
Building Program In Pros
pect This Summer
During the few days preceding
Easter Sunday, the pastor and
congregation of the Methodist
Church of Yaupon Village were
kept busy in church activities.
The last of the vigil prayer
■services was held in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Lewis on
Wednesday evening. At this meet
ing, the ladies of the community
and from other nearby beaches
organized the Woman’s Auxiliary
for church activities. Some 20
ladies of these communities have
requested membership in 'the aux
iliary, both local members of the
church and friends wishing to
share in the activities of this re
ligious venture.
The Easter services began at
10 o’clock, with an appropriate
; program for children and youth
chiefly. The Easter sermon was
preached by the pastor, the Rev.
L. D. Hayman.
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Collect Funds
For Red Cross
Brunswick County Cam
paign Extends Into April,
As Does National Red
Cross Fund Drive
Red Cross collections are lag
ging- in many parts of Brunswick
county, and County Chairman
Cleyon Evans reminds residents
that there is stall time to make
a contribution.
“When we needed Red Cross,”
he recalls, “that organization
came bo our assistance. Now they
need our help. Not only are col
lections behind schedule on a na
tional basis, but the recent Cali
fornia floods have placed a new
strain upon the treasury. We’ll
have to help them”.
Here in Southport Harold Ald
ridge is chairman. He reports
good results from a campaign
thrnugh the local school. Other
sources have helped to build up
the fund, and volunteer workers
are now engaged in a house to
house campaign. In addition, a
representative is calling upon the
business and professional men.
Traveling Choir
Will Appear In
Local Concert
North Fulton High School
Special Choir Will Give
Program In High School
Auditorium Next Thurs
day
APPEARANCE IS
SPONSORED BY PTA
This Organization Appear
ed In Concert Here Sev
eral Years Ago And
Lasting Impression
The 40-voice North Fulton Spe
cial Choir of Atlanta, G*a., will
arrive in Southport next Thursday
afternoon and will present a con
cert that evening in the high
School auditorium under the aus
pioies of the Parent-Teachers As
sociation.
This will be the second appear
ance in Southport for this famed
high school musical organization,
and local music lovers recall with
pleasure their performance here
several years ago.
On Friday evening they are
scheduled to appear at Shallotte
high school.
The choir recently received a
“Superior” rating in the Regional
Competition-Festival, thereby
keeping intact on unbroken record
of twenty years of “Superior"
ratings. Dr. Luther Richman rated
.this group “Superior plus” in an
other festival.
An eight-week European tour,
an annual spring tour, and one
trip to Cuba are past history,
and another European tour is
scheduled for 1959.
• Being cited by the Austrian
government for its outstanding
performance in the All-Austrian
Youth Festival in Salzburg, and
being permitted to present the
first encore allowed in three years
at the Llangollen International
Eisteddfod were high-lights of the
recent European tour. In Wales
the Choir received two fifth
places against over thirty choirs
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Plaintiff Gets
$30,000 In Suit
A Brunswick County Jury
Awards This Amount To
Ennis Long And Wife As
Result Of Right-Of-Way
Damage From Highway
17
A Brunswick counity jury last
week awarded Ennie Long and
wife the sum of $30,000 for dam
ages alleged to have resulted from
the relocation of the right-of-way
of Highway No. 17 near Supply.
Attorneys for the State High
way Commission gave notice of
! appeal, but thus far it has not
| been perfected.
Two and one-half days were
; consumed in this case, which in
| volved the greatest amount of
| damages , claimed thus far by
I property owners along this high
| way. Several other suits are pend
ing.
In the only other came of major
importance, the will of Miss
Flaxie Stanaland was upheld by
action of the jury.
Brunswick REA Directors
OFFICIALS—The above group of men from Brunswick and Columbus counties are members of
the Board of Directors of the Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation. Sitting left to right,
they are: J. B. Ward, Jr., Longwood-Thomasboro; W. A. Mintz, Freeland-Ash; A. P. Henry, Sr.,
Winnabow; and C. D. Branch, Evergreen, who is president of the organization. Standing, left to
right,,are Roy Swain, Bolivia; Dennis Anderson, Cerro Gordo-Taibor City; M. M. Ray, Old Dock-Na
kina; T. D. Lindsey, Shallotte-Supply; H. D. White, Jr., Chadbourn; L. C. Batten, Welches Creek;
and Fred Lay, Pireway-Dothan.
Head Boat Will
Operate Out Of
Here This Year
New 50-Passenger Vessel
Now Being Constructed
And Will Be In Operation
By June 15
Locke Byrd of Whiteville was
in Southport Saturday and dis
closed plana for the operation of
a head boat out of Southport this
season.
A ‘head’ boat is one on which
individual fishing privileges are
sold, and the one which will work
out of Southport can carry about
50 passengers. This type of op
eration is carried on at Little
River, S. C., and at Morehead
City with great success.
‘'We have studied the situation,”
Byrd said Saturday, ‘‘and we are
eonvintpd,. that we can make trips
to the' rocks off Southport *.>i
can please the fishermen better
than at any other point along .this
section of the coast. The fishing
out of Soulthport is the best.”
The vessel will be operated by
the By-Mac Corporation, and will
be newly constructed for this pur
pose. It is now being built by a
well-known Brunswick county
Continued On Page Two
Litterbugs Are
Being Arrested
Corp. O. H. Lynch Warns
Against Throwing Trash
F rom Automobiles, Say
ing Arrests Will Be Made
Corporal O. H. Lynch said Tues
day .that he and his men have or
ders to begin making arrests of
persons who deliberately violate
the law prohibiting throwing
trash from automobiles.
“We have adopted a policy of
being very lenient upon motorists
for violations of this nature,”
Lynch said, “but now we must
get a little tougher. We are go
Continued On Page Two
TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HARPER
It was April 13, 1938, and in that issue of The Pilot was a
story of how Capt. Bill Styron had been forced to accompany a
tanker, which he had piloted down-river from Wilmington, all
the way to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. High seas on the Cape Fear bar
were to blame. According to a front page cut and feature story,
Franklin Square in Southport was all decked out in Spring green,
and another sign of the time (spring) was that a measles epi
demic had hit the local school.
A photographer from the New York Times had been a guest
of the Civic Club during the preceeding week, taking publicity
shots for that metropolitan daily, plans were being laid for the
construction of a battery of tourist cabins along the Southport
waterfront; “Two Days to Marry,” a “three act comedy with
two black faces,” was being presented by the Southport High
School Junior class; and the editor had made another nomination
for the “Meanest Man Alive.”
It was April 14, 1943, and our Not Exactly editor had advised
the public that there would be two frosts in the month of April.
In support of this statement, a local citizen had explained, “There
was thunder in February.” The W. B. & S. had added another
round trip to Wilmington to its daily bus schedule; a group of
Army and Navy personnel had paid a visit to Orton gardens; and
the Bolivia graduation exercises had been consolidated into one
ceremony.
On the political front, Southport Mayor John Ericksen was
apparently going to succeed himself in office, being unopposed
in the election. The season’s first strawberries had appeared on
the Tabor City market; Miss Loui Cox and Master Ralph Molly
check had both celebrated their sixth birthdays; and, according
Continued On Page Four
Visiting English
Mayor Makes Hit
*
Minister Serves
jAs Baby Sitter
The unsung hero of the re
ception h>eM last Wednesday
evening in honor of Mayor
Mae Bamber was a bachelor
minister who did not even at
tend.
His excuse was that he was
baby sitting for his fellow
minister and a neighbor who
is a member of the board of
aldermen. In all, he had cus
tody of six children while
their parents helped to enter
tain this ''Visiting dignitary.
First Class For
Fishermen Set
Course In Net Mending Will
Be Organized Friday,
With Interested Parties
To Meet At Dallas Pigott
Seafood House
The first class in the new fish
ermen’s training program will be
organized Friday afternoon, with
interested parties being invited to
assemble at 1:30 o’clock at the
Dallas Pigott Seafood House. This
will be a course in net-mending.
This is the first class to be or
ganized in connection with the
new program designed to train
fishermen to make a better living
for themselves and their families.
In addition to this course in
mending nets, there is a possibil
ity of courses in diesel motors,
navigation, boat building and re
[ pair and in communications. Much
| of the future plans will depend
j upon the response to this first
effort.
The work is under the direction
of the Brunswick County Board
of Education, which has invited
the use of an advisory committee.
Flag Presented
For School Use
District Solicitor John J.
Burney Makes Presenta
tion To Waccamaw School
On Behalf Of Woodmen
ASH.—Waccamaw School is
flying a new United States flag,
the gift of Woodmen of the
World Camp No. 1092, Exum.
The presentation was made in a
public gathering in the school’s
■auditorium the afternoon of
March 19th.
District Solicitor John Burney
of Wilmington made a patriotic
address to the approximately 450
people gathered for the presenta
tion. Burney presented the flag
to Boyd Evans, president of the
school’s student body.
WOW Council Commander I.
V. Bennett presided at the meet
ing and presented WOW District
Manager George D. Walter of
Wilmington. Walter introduced
Solicitor Burney. Walter also
presented to Principal Weldon
Hall a gold history award, a his
tory certificate award and a
Patriot’s handbook for- the school.
Arrangements for the program
and the awards were made by
Continued On Page Two
Round Of Entertainment
And Official Functions
For Mrs. Mae Bamber
Here Last Week Proves
Her Popularity
MET WITH CITY
COUNCIL THURSDAY
Scores Of Southport Citi
zens Attended Reception
Given In Her Honor In
Community Building
Mrs. Mae Bamber, Mayor of
Southport, England, and ambassa
dor of good will for town and
country, departed Southport last
Thursday afternoon with fond
mqmpfnda* of another pleasant visit
•to Southport, Ndhtih Carolina.
She had arrived the previous
afternoon and on Wednesday eve
ning was guest of honor at din
ner at the home of Mir. and Mrs.
H. A. Livingston. Members of the
official family of the ciity and
their wives were also guests for
this occasion.
Later she was entertained at a
recreation in the Community
Building, which was beautifully
decorated for this occasion. Scores
of local residents participated in
this social function, and during
the evening Mrs. Bamber showed
colored movies of her home city.
©he was the overnight guest
of the Livingstons.
On Thursday morning she was
taken for a tour of nearby beach
es and other points of interest,
but returned in time to preside
over a session of the Board of
Aldermen. She expressed her ap
preciation for the hospitality
which she had enjoyed, not only
on this visit but when she was
in Southport eight years ago.
One important matter that
came up at this called meeting
was the matter of approving
plans for a new police building
and information center, and she
affixed her signature to a copy
0 fthese plans.
Also at this meeting Mrs. Bam
ber expressed a desire to make a
contribution to the Bill Keziah
Memorial Fund. On her first visit
many of the arrangements for her
entertainment were made by the
late Southport newsman, and un
til tihe time of his death he cor
Continued On Page Four
Visitation Set
For Shallotte
Parents And Patrons Of
School Invited To Partici
pate In School Program
Tomorrow
Shallotte High School plans a
school visitation by parents to
morrow (Thursday).
The faculty committee in charge
of arrangements consists of Mrs.
Soles, chairman, Mrs. Isabelle
Taylor and Mrs. Ralph Bellamy.
They plan a program to run from
1 to 3 p. m., with a welcome by
A. A. White, principal; an audi
torium program; a discussion by
Ira Long; classroom visiting; re
freshments in the home economics
room; and parent teacher confer
ences.
Parents and friends of the
school are urged to attend in or
der to become better acquainted
j with the school system and to
i discuss any problems they might
' have.
Test Patterns
Scheduled For
New Lighthouse
May 1 Is Date for First Of
Daylight Test Operations
For New Equipment Lo
cated On Oak Island
STATION GOES IN
OFERATION MAY 15
Plans Call For Abandon
ment Of Cape Fear Light
And Bald Head Radio
Beacon After May 15
The Commander, Fifth Coast
Guard District will, commencing
on or about 1 May, institute day
light test operations incident to
establishment of Oak Island Light
in approximate position 8,850
yards from Cape Fear Light.
The test operations will consist
of operating the main light at
random intervals for synchorniza
tion of characteristics. Simultane
ous test operations of .the radio
beacon equipment which is an in
tegral part of Oak Island Light
will also be conducted by trans
mission of station characteristics
on 302 Kcs. During test opera
tions of the radiobeacon all radio
beacon signals will be on a closed
circuit, and not broadcast over the
air.
Alt 6 p. m., E. S. T. on 15
May, Oak Island Light will be
placed in regular operation and
will show a Group Flashing White
Light every 10 seconds (4 flashes
one second apart, eclipse 7 sec
onds) of 20,000,000 candlepower
when the atmospheric visibility is
less than 12 miles, and 2,000,000
candlepower when the atmospheric
visibility is greater than 12 miles.
The geographic visibility of Oak
Island Light will be 19 miles. The
cylindrical concrete tower with
main light about 169-feet above
water has the top third painted
black, middle third painted white
and bottom third a natural con
crete color.
Oak Island Light Radiobeacon
will be placed in regular operation
at the same time as Oak Island
Light and will transmit station
3 dshes superimposed on a car
rier which is on for 60 secuiui.-,
and off 120 seconds on 302 Kcs.
There will be no distance finding
facilities at this station.
On 15 May, when Oak Island
Light and Radiobeaoon are placed
in full operation, the existing
Cape Fear Light and Bald Head
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Galloway To Be
County Manager
Accepts Position In Ala
■nance County, Beginning
June 1; Recently Resign
ed Post Here
The position of Alamance Coun
ty Manager was filled on Monday
evening of last week when the
Board of County Commissioners
unanimously elected Carl W. Gal
loway to this position.
Garland M. Newlin, chairman of
| the board, stated that Galloway
will begin work on June 1. Of
fices of the new manager will be
located in the courthouse.
Galloway served as City Man
; ager of Southport until his recent
resignation.
Mrs. Galloway is the teacher
of commercial subjects and Eng
j lish at Southport high school. The
Galloways plan to move from
| Southport immediately after the
| close of school in May.
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 TMr
Thursday, April 10,
1:02 A. M. 7:15 A. M.
1:14 P. M. 7:28 P. M.
Friday, April 11,
1:50 A. M. 8:13 A. M.
2:14 P. M. 8:30 P. M.
Saturday, April 12,
2:47 A. M. 9:09 A. M.
3:12 P. M. 9:30 P. M.
Sunday, April 13,
! 3:41 A. M. 10:02 A. M.
4:05 P. M. 10:26 P. M.
Monday, April 14,
4:32 A. M. 10:51 A. M.
4:54 P. M. 11:16 P. M.
Tuesday, April 15,
5:19 A. M. 11:36 A. M.
5:40 P. M. 12:02 P. M.
Wednesday, April 16,
6:02 A. M. 12:18 A. M.
6:20 P. M. 0:00 P. M.
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