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Volume No. 19
No. 47
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3,1959
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Bowman Predicts
Adjournment By
Middle Of June
Brunswick County Repre
sentative Planed To In
troduce Bill Requiring Re
gular Financial Reports
On School Expenditures
FORESEES FIGHT
ON FISHING BILL
Move To Establish Separate
Department Of Commer
cial Fisheries Expected
To Meet Opposition
By JAMES C. BOWMAN
The 1959 session of this Legis
lature now appears to be on its
final lap with all indications
pointing toward adjournment by
June 13. At this point, it appears
that this schedule could only be
upset by changes in the Appro
priations Bill increasing appro
priations on either the floor of
the House or the Senate, or by
the “killing” of the so-called
“windfall” of some $27% million
which is a provision of the with
holding tax plan included in the
Revenue Bill.
If appropriations are increased
in either the House or the Senate,
it may be necessary to find a
source of new taxes. By the same
token, if the withholding tax plan
is defeated in either the House
' or the Senate, then it will be
necessary to enact legislation
which would also produce a new
source, or sources, of revenue to
take the place of this so-called
“windfall” of $27% million.
It is also possible that extend
ed debate over the proposed
changes in the State Constitution
and particularly those changes in
Atricle IV of the Constitution re
lating to changes in our State
Court System might delay an
early adjournment.
There are a number of other
important items of legislation
which are yet to be passed upon
among the several hundred bills
presently in the various commit
tees, but it is not believed that
action on any of these bills will
materially lengthen the session.
As of the end of this past
week, 1,122 bills had been intro
duced in the House and 429 in the
Senate compared with 1,383 in
the House and 501 in the Senate
at this stage of the Legislature
two years ago.
To date, 739 bills have been
ratified which would appear to
leave some 812 bills to be acted
upon. However, this is not the
case because several hundred bills
have been “killed” in committees,
or on the floor of the House or
the Senate, I do not have those
figures.
During the past week, several
bills of considerable importance
which aroused heated debate were
“killed”. Among those was a pro
posal to put Superior Court solici
tors on a full-time basis. Another
bill which would authorize the
State to assist counties in pay
ment of the cost of voting ma
chines was “killed”. The bill to
legalize dog and horse races in
the State was also “killed”. In
addition, the bill which would have
prevented the use of a chemical
referred to as MH-30 used to pre
vent suckers on tobacco was
“killed”. Accordingly, if farmers
desire, they may continue to use
this chemical.
The work of the Joint House
and Senate Appropriations Com
mittee was completed about 11
o’clock on Thursday night, May
26, following a complete review
(Continued on Page Four)
Brief Bite Of
lnewsj
LIONS CLUB
The regular meeting 0f the
Southport Lions Club will be held
at the Community Building to
morrow (Thursday) at 6:30
o'clock. Among the matters of
business to be discussed will be
the operation of a Safety Check
Lane during the month of June.
VISIT FRIENDS
Mr. and Mrs. Max Williams
.visited friends in Southport Tues
day afternoon. He is a member of
the history department at West
ern Carolina College, while Mrs
Williams was a member of the
graduating class at that school
this year.
WEEK-END VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Goodwin,
Jr., and little daughter, Suzan,
arrived Thursday of last week, for
a visit with Mr. Goodwin’s grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lind.
The Goodwins left Monday for
Davidson and will leave Saturday,
June 6, via air for Aruba, Neth
erlands Autilles, for a two months
Visit with Mr. Goodwin’s parents.
Young Angler
FISHERMAN—This happy young man is Doug White
of Gastonia, proudly displaying some of the fish he hel
ped catch while on a recent trip out of Southport aboard
the Idle-On II with Capt. Basil Watts.—(Huntley Photo.)
Southport Doctor
Lands First Marlin
Dr. N. M. Hornstein Gets
First Marlin Of Season
At Southport, And Larg
est Caught Thus Far In
Area
OUT WITH CAPT. LEWIS
FAST THE LIGHTSHIP
Other Fishing Catches Have
Been Unusually Good Re
cently, As Weather Has
Been Mostly Favor
able
Dr. Norman Hornstein finally
caught his blue marlin Tuesday.
After years of fishing for one
of these giant game fish up and
down the North Carolina coast,
the Southport physician succeeded
at last in his own back yard.
Fishing with Capt. Walter Lew
is aboard the John-Ellen some
twenty miles southeast of Frying
Pan Lightship, Hornstein landed
the ’ 230 pound fish after a 3 and
%-hour battle. The fish, the first
of the current season, jumped
three times during the fight.
Mrs. Hornstein, fishing in the
chair opposite her husband, also
hooked a marlin at the same time,
but lost it after one jump and a
15 minute battle.
Hornstein’s party left the South
port dock late Monday evening
in order to be on the grounds
well before sunup. After several
hours of unsuccessful trolling the
two fish were raised. The 230
pounder was finally brought to the
boat at 11:35 Tuesday morning.
Another Southport boat, Capt.
H. A. Schmidt’s Idle On III, was
fishing in the same general area
at the time, but reported that the
party had received no billfish
strikes.
Continued On Page Four
Vacation Bible
Schools Convene
Sessions In Progress At
Three Churches In South
port This Week With
Special Exercises Planned
Daily Vacation Bible Schools
are in progress this week at three
of the Protestant churches in
Southport.
At Trinity Methodist Church
Mrs. James Glore is in charge,
and between forty and fifty stu
dents are attending classes each
day. A graduation exercise will be
held on Friday evening at 7:30
o’clock in the sanctuary of the
church.
At Southport Baptist Church
Mrs. Margaret McRacken is in
charge of the Bible School, which
will conclude on Friday with ap
propriate graduation exercises for
participants.
Th^ Rev. William E. Pauley,
pastor of Southport Presbyterian
Church, is heading Bible School
activities in progress at his
church this week, but no definite
announcement has been received
regarding its duration. I
Two Southport
Boys Graduate
Two Southport boys, Wil
liam Elliott Hickman and
Lewis Jefferson Hardee, re
ceived their diplomas from the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill Monday eve
ning.
Hickman graduated from
the School of Business. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Hickman, who attended his
graduation.
Hardee is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. J. Hardee and
was prominent in dramatics
during his scholastic career.
His parents and his brothers
were present for commence
ment. >
Other Southport people who
attended commencement ex
ercises included Mr. and Mrs.
Handy Grant, Mrs. Jack Hick
man and Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Gilbert.
Weekly Session
Of Court Held
Variety Of Cases Disposed
Of Here Monday Before
Judge Earl Bellamy In
Recorder’s Court
Fighting led to trouble that
helped to crowd the docket in
Brunswick county Recorder’s
court Monday, with the following
cases being handled:
L. D. Benton asked for a jury
trial on charges of assault.
William H. Goodman received a
30 day sentence for assault upon
a female, but the sentence was
suspended upon payment of costs
and agreement not to molest the
prosecuting witness, and remain
of good behavior for 2 years.
The charge against Catherine
Hobbs for assault with a deadly
weapon was found to be frivilous
and malicious, the prosecuting
witness being taxed with costs.
Levi Gause, assault upon a
female, 60 days on the roads sus
pended upon payment of costs and
2 years good behavior.
Faye Daniel, assault, nol pros
with leave.
Hardy Bell, Jr. was convicted
of assault and was given 30 days,
judgment being suspended upon
payment of costs and 2 years
good behavior. .
Hardy Bell, Sr., Bobby Bell and
Louise Robinson were found not
guilty of assault.
Hazel Davis was given 30 days
for public drunkenness, but sen
tence was suspended upon con
dition that she leave the county
and stay away for 2a years.
William Smith was found guilty
of possession for sale. Sentence
of 12 months on the roads wa3
suspended upon payment of a fine
of $225 and costs. Charles Moloy
( Continued On Fags Six )
Seventy Percent
Brunswick Land
Is Forest Area
Preliminary Figures From
Latest Farm Census Re
port Indicates Only 20
Percent Being Used For
Farming
CORN COMPRISES
ONE-HALF CROP AREA
Other Interesting Informa
tion Revealed As Result
Of Information Con
tained On Analysis
Sheet
Seventy percent of all the land
in Brunswick county is classified
as woodsland or waste, according
to figures released in the pre
liminary farm census report of
1958.
A further break-down shows
only 20-percent of the. land area
classified ais harvested cropland.
Seven percent is classified as idle
cropland, while‘3-percent is classi
fied as improved pasture.
A break-down of the crops har
vested shows that 50-percent of
the land was devoted to produc
tion of corn, or a total of 15,485
acres.
Last year there were 3,080
acres devoted to the cultivation
of tobacco compared to 3,197 the
year before. This was about 10
percent of the total cropland of
the county.
The fact that there is consider
able diversification in farming in
Brunswick county is borne out by.
the number of crops included in
the report. These include oats,
wheat, soybeans, peas, had crops;
vegetable crops of various kinds,
including Irish potatoes and sweet
potatoes; poultry and livestock.
The latter runs heavily to hog
production, with beef cattle out
numbering milk cows. Poultry
flocks in Brunswick number more
than 30,000 chickens.
Engineers Will
Have Birthday
Governor Luther H Hodges
To Be Principal Speaker
At Observance Planned
In Wilmington, June 16
Governor Luther H. Hodges will
speak in Wilmington June 16 as
the principal feature of the ob
servance of the founding of the
Army Corps of Engineers June
16, 1775.
The occasion will make the
Corps’ 184th anniversary which
antedates by more than a year
the historic Declaration of Inde
pendence and the beginning of
this nation.
From a nucleus of three of
ficers who participated in the Bat
tle of Bunker Hill, the Corps has
grown to a. world-wide organiza
tion with some 60,000 military and
50,000 civilian personnel.
Established originally for mili
tary expediency, the Engineers, as
foreseen by Washington, soon be
came a dual purpose organiza
tion. They assumed, in addition to
their military obligations, the
civil works mission of developing
and conserving the nation’s na
tural resources. These include
navigation, flood control, the sur
veying of railway routes and num
erous other functions requiring
engineering skill.
(Continued on Page Six)
TIME and TIDE
• By JIMMIE HARftK
It was May 31, 1939, and it was Alligator season. Featured on
the front page of The Pilot for that week were three pictures
of an alligator—the same reptile in each case. Also featured in
one of the photos was G. T. Bullard, a Columbus County man,
who had “brought ‘im back alive’ ”, The mysterious lights of
Maco are always interesting reading, and were so that week.
The current theory had it that the light came from some super
natural gas, and an intriguing twist was that several scientists
were currently trying to capture one (or some). The Pilot Tower
in Southport (the old, wooden one) was being painted; the
season’s baby show had been indefinitely postponed; and a sum
mer school for swimming instruction was being planned.
Our Not Exactly newsman had looked into his crystal ball on
theater, and had forseen some good entertainment in the near
future. Coming soon to the Amuzu were “Drums,’’ “Algiers”, and
“Tom Sawyer.” Misses Annis Jean and Barbara Weeks were
visiting New York; the offshore fishing season was soon to be
inaugurated; and our editorial writer had spoken with foresight
of the threat of polii^melitis.
t was May 31, 1944, and the fox war had taken a new twist. Fox
had met fox in combat, both had been killed, and The Pilot ap
plauded the outcome on page one that week. Menhaden fishing
was good—almost tragically so. One of the local boats had had
to beach, in order to save its capacity-plus catch. The trick had
come off with no trouble whatsoever. W. T. Fulwood was home
on leave from the Coast Guard after a year’s absence; the
Southport Post Office was to be closed on Saturday afternoon
Continued On Page Four
Princess Candidates
CONTESTAN FS—These are the finalists in the Brunswick County Dairy Prin
cess contest, which was Held Saturday. The winner was Hilda King, of Waccamaw,
right rear. On hand to welcome these visiting beauties was Mayor Roy Robinson. The
girls are, front row, left to right: Alice Mills and Linda Benton; back row: Joyce Sul
livan, Imogean Lanier, Emily Kirby, Mayor Robinson, Gail Lewis and Hilda King.
Negro Post Of
American Legion
Holds Memorial
Mehtorial Day Services Are
Held Saturday With Prin
cipal A. C, Caviness Of
Brunswick County Train
ing School As Speaker
Services honoring the war dead
vfere held at John Smith Ceme
tery, Southport, at 11 a. m. on
Memorial Day by American Le
gion Post No. 213.
*l’he Brunswick County Training
School Band opened the program
with the playing of the National
Anthem, following which the in
vocation was given by H. V.
Bellamy, post chaplain. Miss
Ennis Wortham recited “In Flan
ders Field” and the song, “Amer
ica The Beautiful” was sung by
Ephriam Swain.
A. L. Davis, Commander of
Post 213 introduced the speaker,
Professor Alvin C. Caviness, prin
cipal of Brunswick County Train
ing School, who made the main
address. Robert Davis, Jr. sang
“God Bless America” and Mrs.
Orie Gore, President of Post 213
American Legion Auxiliary, placed
a memorial wreath on the grave
of a deceased veteran.
(Continued on page four)
July 7th Set
For ABC Vote
Advertisement Begins For
Holding Election For Es
tablishment Of Liquor
Store At Shallotte
Tuesday, July 7, has been set as
:he date for the special election
vhich will give the citizens of
(Continued on Page Four)
Waccamaw Girl
Dairy Princess
New Principal
For Southport
Reginald Turner has been
elected principal of South
port High School, succeeding
Thomas Webb, who recently
resigned.
Mr. Turner is well known
in Brunswick county, and at
one time was a teacher on
the Southport High School
faculty. Later he was prin
cipal at Shallotte for several
years, leaving there to go to
Asheboro as principal of the
high school in that city.
A. A. Dixon has been ap
pointed to fill the vacancy
on the local school board
created by the resignation of
Harold Aldridge. James Wolfe
is the new chairman.
Print Text Of
New School Bill
Degree Of Interest In Legis
lation Being Introduced
This Week Prompts Ac
tion
Because of the interest in the
proposed legislation governing fi
nancial reports on school ex
penditures, the text of the bill,
which is being introduced this
week by Representative James C.
Bowman is printed below:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN
ACT PROVIDING THE MACH
INERY FOR MAKING AND
ADOPTING SCHOOL BUDGETS
OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCHOOL
UNITS AND FOR THE AC
COUNTING OF PUBLIC
SCHOOL FUNDS.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section 1. School Budgets—(a)
Each district school committee
shall submit on or before April
fifteen of each year to the county
superintendent of schools the esti
mated school needs for each
school in the district, from which
and from any other information
available, the superintendent shall
prepare, in such detail as the
county board of education may re
quire, a tentative countywide
school budget for the ensuing
year. The district requests and
the proposed countywide school
budget shall be submitted to the
county board of education on or
before the first Monday in May
for study and consideration in the
determination of the school pro
gram for all schools in the county
administrative school unit and the
preparation of the countywide
school budget, showing estimated
school income by sources, includ
ing Federal funds, and estimated
expenditures for the current year
and for the ensuing year, as re
quired by the provisions of G. S.
115-78, G. S. 115-80 and other
applicable statutes.
(b) In a similar manner, for
each school district which has
voted a supplemental tax under
the provisions of Chapter 115,
(Continued on page 6)
'Miss Hilda King Chosen
For This Honor After
Spirited County-Wide Con
test With Many Lovely
Entries
SUCCESSFUL TOUR
MADE SATURDAY
Kick-Off Breakfast At Bo
livia Launched Observan
ce Of Dairy Month For
Residents Of Bruns
wick
Miss Hilda King was crowned
Dairy Princess for Brunswick
county as a climax of Saturday’s
observance of June Dairy Month.
The pretty winner is the daugh
ter of Mrs. ElRoy King and the
late Mr. King of Freeland, and
represented Community Develop
ment Clubs in the contest. She
graduated last week from Wacca
maw high school.
Yesterday she represented
Brunswick county in the District
Contest at Penderlea and was
second runner-up.
The Brunswick county obser
vance got underway with a kick
off breakfast served at the Bo
livia School Cafeteria. More than
fifty persons attended, and joined
in a tour of the dairies of Bruns
wick, a trip that carried the par
ty to Winnabow, The Lewis
Dairy, to Southport, Supply and
Shallotte. Refreshments were serv
ed along the route, and talks
were made regarding the dairy
industry.
Principal speaker at the break
fast was Representative Addison
Hewlett of New Hanover county;
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives. He was introduced by
Representative James C. Bowman.
Herbert Swain, Jr., president of
the Brunswick Dairymen Associa
tion, presided.
The seven Dairy Princess can
(Continued on Page Four)
Methodists Plan
Homecoming Day
Special Event Being Plan
ned At Trinity Methodist
Church Qn Sunday, June
21; Program Plans Later
Members of Trinity Methodist
Church in Southport are making
preparations for observance of
Homecoming Day on Sunday,
June 1.
Invitations are being mailed to
all former pastors, former mem
bers and friends who have moved
from this city, urging attendance
on this occasion.
Arrangements are being made
for a picnic dinner, which will be
served in the grove if the weather
is good.
The program has not been com
pleted, but emphasis will be placed
upon the history of this church,
for which records dating back
almost two hundred years are
available. Special music will also
be a part of the program.
Homecoming Day falls upon the
last Sunday in this conference
year.
Local Hospitality
Makes Friends
Of Army Group
Men Of U. S. Army Survival
Team Write Letter Of
Appreciation To Chief Of
Police Louis Clark
BALD HEAD ISLAND
SCENE FOR TEST
Problem Was To Survive
Off The Land For Several
Days, And Southport
People Could Not
Stand Seeing Hun
gry Men
“The best laid plans for mice
and men”—or of the U. S. Army
—can sometimes go awry, espe
cially if these plans are contrary
to the principles of good Southern,
or Southport, hospitality.
For instance, a couple of weeks
back a group of Ft. Bragg para
troopers were ordered to undergo
sevral days survival training on
Bald Head Island. This would
mean living in the elements, and
worse, “living off the land”—they
were to take no food with them.
The survival team, part of the
77 th Special Forces Group, ar
rived in Southport with all equip
ment necessary for training. Part
of this equipment were rubber
rafts to be used for transporta
tion. Phil King, a person interest
ed in such matters, asked about
their outboard motors. “They said
they were going to paddle over
there. I told them that the ebb
time would give them trouble,
but they went ahead. The last
thing I saw of them that day,
they were over by Caswell dock,
paddling like Indians on the war
path.”
The next Southporter who saw
the paratroopers, and the one who
started the chain of hospitable
events, was Capt. John Swan. He
was returning from a fishing
trip several days later, and sight
ed the two rafts near Battery
Island. “I saw they were using
their fatigue jackets for sails
and thought they might be ship
wrecked. Then I saw they were
paratroopers. I towed them to the
City Dock.”
King, wno naa witnessed the
departure a few days before, also
was present for the somewhat
ignoble return. He said later that
the troopers suddenly developed
a great respect for Cape Fear
mud.
When the team had waded
ashore, the tackle shop owner pro
vided them with a garden hose
shower bath. The group of sol
diers then fell into the hands of
soft-hearted Southporters.
Miss Lillian Collins, a waitress
at Mack’s Cafe, decided that the
“survivors” needed some civilian
food and provided a large plat
ter of hush-puppies. Mack (Mc
Glamery) donated a huge pot of
coffee to the cause of survival,
and this too was gratefully ac
cepted.
Chief of Police Louis Clark hap-1
pened by and provided more nour
ishment for the troopers, who, by
this time, were fully aware of
Southport’s concern for bedragled
strangers, survival training not
withstanding.
When Crawford Rourk offered
sleeping space for the night, Capt.
Robert Korchek, commander of
the team, decided to ditch all
thoughts of further training. The
entire group moved to the City
Hall, where they spent the night
in the American Legion offices.
The next day, to complete the
saga, an army vehicle arrived and
transported the team and its
equipment back to Ft. Bragg.
Continued On Page Six
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 lew TM»
Thursday, June 4,
6:24 A. M. 0:21 A. M.
6:46 P. M. 12:24 P. M.
Friday, June 5,
7:06 A. M. 1:04 A. M.
7:24 P. M. 1:05 P. M.
Saturday, June 6,
7:45 A. M. 1:45 A. M.
8:02 P. M. 1:45 P. M.
Sunday, June 7,
8:22 A. M. 2:24 A. M.
8:37 P. M. 2:24 P. M.
Monday, June 8,
8:59 A. M. 3:02 A. M.
9:12 P. M. 3:02 P. M.
Tuesday, June 9,
9:36 A. M. 3:40 A. M.
9:48 P. M. 3:40 P. M.
Wednesday, June 10,
10:15 A. M. 4:18 A. M.
10:27 P. M. 4:22 P. M.