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THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Brunswick County
Volume No. 19
No. 48
8-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1959
Sc A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
No Adjournment
This Week Seen
For Legislature
Rep. James C, Bowman
Explains Position With Re
gard To Increased Wel
fare Fund And $10-Mil
liort For Teachers
SAYS PROBLEM NOW
IS BALANCED BUDGET
Introduced Bill Last Week
Providing $2-Fee For Mag
istrates In Cases Where
Bond Is Forfeited
By JAMES C. BOWMAN
The week ending June 6 was
one of the most hectic of the
entire session to date. Sessions of
various committees were held on
Monday afternoon following by
the usual Monday night session
of the General Assembly. Each
day during the week, regular
committee meetings were held, be
ginning at 9 o’clock a. m. until
both houses convened at noon. The
Committees on Appropriations
and Finance in both Houses con
vened within 30 minutes following
the adjournment of the House
and Senate and three night ses
sions of the House were held. In
addition, many subcommittee
meetings on individual bills were
held. The House stayed in session
until almost 4 o’clock on Friday
afternoon.
Both the Revenue Bill and the
Appropriations Bill were reported
out of committee and on the
floor of the House during the
week. All efforts to exclude the
Withholding Tax feature of the
Revenue Bill and its accompany
ing 27 Vs million so-called “wind
fall” failed in committee.
The Appropriations Bill which
contains slightly over $l-million
in appropriations in excess of
funds raised by the Revenue Bill
was debated for over four hours
Friday. This excess of appropria
tions over revenue would be bal
anced by adjutsnmet in increased
revenue income estimates.
One of the hottest debates of
the whole session took place Fri
day afternoon when an attempt
was made to “break” the Appro
priations Budget by an amend
ment offered which would appro
priate $10 million for additional
teachers’ salaries. This amend
ment passed. Another attempt to
“break” the budget was by an
amendment which would appro
priate an additional $452 thousand
to the Department of Public Wel
fare. This amendment was defeat
ed. The Appropriations Bill then
passed its second reading as
amended by the inclusion of the j
additional $10 million for increas
ed teachers’ salaries. The third
and last reading was objected to
(Continued on Page Six)
Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
ON DEAN’S LIST
Bobby Long of Shallotte is on
the dean’s list at Presbyterian
Junior College for the spring
semester.
ELECTED PRINCIPAL
A. A. White, principal of Shal
lotte High School for the past
three years, has been elected prin
cipal of Manteo High School for
the next school years.
ATTENDS convention
Kirby Sullivan, Zone Chairman
for Brunswick County Lions
Clubs, attended the State Con
vention the first three days of
this week in New Bern.
BENEFIT SALE
The Daughters of America,
Friendship Council No. 18, will
hold a cake and pie sale Satur
day morning on the porch of the
corner house next door to the old
Southport post office.
FISH FRV
A fish fry will be held Satur
day night at Yaupon Beach, with
funds to go to help purchase
equipment for a police department
for that town. Supper will be
served, beginning at 5:30 o’clock,
in the park at Coastal Motel.
LAW GRADUATE
Alonzo H. Gainey Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Gainey of
Leland, was graduated from the
Wake Forest College School of
Law June 1. He was among 430
who received degrees from the
college.
COMMUNION SERVICE
Holy Communion will be cele
brated at St. Philip’s Episcopal
Church, Southport, on Sunday,
June 14, at 11 a. m. Rev. Daniel
W. Allen of Wilmington will offi
ciate This will be in place of the
0:30 Family Service.
Automobile Safety Check
INSPECTION—The Automobile Safety Check lane, sponsored each year by the Southport Lions
Club, will be in operation here for the remainde r of this week, with activities opposite the park
on Howe street. Lion B. G. Torrance, shown on the right while in action last year, is in charge
and will be assisted by volunteers. (Huntley Photo).
Frink Opposes
Present Form
Of Court BiH
Believes Legislature Should
Have Right To Approve
Rules Promulgated By
Supreme Court Governing
Lower Courts
Senator S. Bunn Frink made no
bones about being opposed to the
Court Reform Bill when he was
at home this past week-end.
Defeat of an amendment offer
ed by Senator Cicero Yow of New
Hanover, giving the General As
sembly the right to approve reg
ulations proposed by the Supreme
Court, led to the Frink decision.
As a consequence, (the Bruns
wick county man was co-sponsor
with Senator Wilbur Jolly of
Franklin of an amendment that
tacked the one-senator per county
proposition on the court reform
measure.
The obvious strategy behind
this move was to hobble big
county support of the Court Re
form Bill as now written, but
Monday morning Senator Frink
had defense for the amendment
of which he was co-sponsor.
“I see no reason why represent
ation in the State Senate should
be based upon population,” he
said. “That is taken care of in
the House of Representatives.
Let’s keep on doing like we have
been, and like the United States
does. Let the membership of the
Senate be based upon the coun
ties, the membership of the House
be based upon population figures.
That way we have check and bal
ance.”
Senator Frink said that he had
been requested to block Repre
sentative James C. Bowman’s bill
on financial matters pertaining to
the Board of Education. “I told
them I couldn’t do that,” he said.
Continued On Page Four
Former Pastors
Being Invited
The Fact That Conference
Meets The Day Following
Homecoming Means Sev
eral Former Ministers
May Return On June 21
Special invitations are being
mailed to former pastors of Trin
ity Methodist Church to attend
Homepoming Day here on Sun
day, June 21. The Annual North
Caroilna Conference of the Meth
odist Church convenes the follow
ing day in Wilmington, and it is
believed that several of the for
mer Southport residents will come
to conference one day early in or
der to be present for this special
occasion.
A general invitation has gone
out to former members of the
chui'ch and friends who have
moved from Southport. They have
been invited to attend the pro
gram and the dinner which will
be served at noon at the church.
(Continued on Page Four)
Improvements Give
i Beach “New Look”
! “Teachest” Brings
Books From Britian
Shades of Seventy-Six!
That was the first reaction
this week to notice that ship
ment of a consignment of
books from England would
arrive in Wilmington on
June 19 in—of all things—a
teachest.
However, there is neighbor
ly comfort in the thought
that the books are being
donated to the Southport
Public Library by friends in
Southport, England, through
the good offices of the Lord
Mayor of that fair city, Mrs.
Mae Bamber. Hence there is
not likely to be any tea con
tained within the chest, hence
no tax; hence no trouble.
Short Session
Of Court Held
Brunswick County Record
er’s Court Lasted But Few
Hours Monday, With Nu
merous Cases Continued
An abbreviated session of
Brunswick county Recorder’s
court here Monday resulted in the
disposition of a variety of cases,
with the following judgments be
ing handed down by Judge Earl
Bellamy:
E. R. Thomas, worthless check,
90-days on roads suspended upon
payment of restitution in the
amount of $120 and costs.
Nesby L. King was found guil
ty of possession and was fined
$10 and costs.
Robert Robinson was charged
with drunk driving, possession and
improper registration. Sentence of
3 months on the roads was sus
j pended upon payment of a fine of
i $100 and costs. Notice of appeal
was given and bond was -set at
$200.
The charge against Walter D.
Cox for passing worthless checks
was nol prossed with leave.
William H. Price was found
i guilty of drunk driving and was
given 90 days on the roads. His
j 10-day sentence for driving on the
I wrong side of the road will be
! served concurrently.
Ed Higdon was found guilty
| of possession of apparatus for
manufacturing whiskey. Sentence
I of 15 months on the roads was
| suspended upon payment of costs
! and a fine of $250, upon the
further condition that he remain
of good behavior for 3 years. No
tice of appeal was given and bond
was set at $500.
George W. Hughes was tried on
a similar charge, and the same
disposition was made of the
1 .(Continued on Page Four)
; New Paving Project Gives
New Approach To Strand
At Long Beach, With
More Lots Available
PAVING CONTINUES IN
TRANQUIL HARBOUR
Several Blocks Parallel
With Beach Line Paved
In This New Section;
Much New Building
Going On
Major changes are taking place
at Long Beach, some of them
growing out of the recent legis
lation providing for the consolida
tion of that incorporated town
with the new development at
Tranquil Harbour.
Advertising for the latter de
velopment has read “Tranquil
Harbour Section of Long Beach”,
and as a result of a bill passed
in the current session of the
State Legislature, this area now
comprises one large, incorporated
town.
The most evident change is the
new approach to the ocean front.
Instead of following the old high
way route, the bad curves north
of the beach have been eliminated.
The highway continues past the
office of Tranquil Harbour, and a
righl-angle turn routes traffic to
within one block of the beach. An
other right angle turn brings the
motorist on the old road running
(Continued on pa£e four)
TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HARPER
It was June 7, 1939, and the front page of The Pilot that
week carried an interesting account of the long history of the
St. Phillips Church at Old Brunswick. Another news item an
nounced that the Green Swamp was being “whittled down to
size” by a Riegel Paper Co. dragline. Bill Sharpe, North Caro
lina’s chief tub-thumper of the time, had made the prediction
that the State’s biggest treasure find would be made someday
on Bald Head Island. (He has not yet been proved wrong).
Capt. Robert Thompson had piloted the tanker Pan Massachu
setts up-river to Wilmington for a new draft record of 31 feet,
5 inches; our Not Exactly newsman noted that both Calendar
Newton and M. R. Sanders held unlimited licenses for marine
engineering; and, while this column missed the item, a front
page story mentioned that a 26-foot python had escaped from
the New York World’s Pair grounds.
Tom Gilbert, John D. O’Daniel, and Buster Northrop had
figured heroically in a near-tragedy on the Oak Island beach;
the menhaden fisherman Alert had lived up to her name, catch
ing some 200 thousand fish between Ft. Caswell and Bald Head
Island; and Ramona and Her Men Of Music were playing at
the Whiteville armory.
It was June 7, 1944, D-day plus-one. The news of the Norm
andy invasion was out, and the editor took cognizance of the
fact in a front page editorial, urging, “Now that the invasion
has really come, it is important that we do not put too much
stress on the significance of initial successes . . . there is a lot
of fighting to come and we are going to witness the greatest
Continued On Page Four
Construction Is
Started On New
Church At Beach
Hinas Construction Com
pany Of Wilmington And
Carolina Beach nav’ Con
tract For Yaupon Beach
Methodist Church
BALLARD AND McKIM
ARCHITECTS FOR JOB
The Rev. L. D Havman An
That Total Value
Of Project Will Run In
Neighborhood Of
$SG:000
Construction of the Yaupon
Beach Methodist Church got un
derway this week, with the build
ing contract being handled by
Hines Construction Co. of Wil
nington and Carolina Beach.
The beautiful, wooded lot which
is the site of the new church is
on the highway leading to Long
Beach and comprises a full city
block. It was donated by the late
G. "V. Barbee and members of
bis family for this purpose, and
the sign and sound of busy ac
tivity is expected to continue until
the project is completed.
The Rev. L. D. Hayman, pastor,
stated that he and his congrega
tion are delighted to have the
work contracted by the Hines
Construction Company of Wil
mington and Carolina Beach. The
firm of Ballard & McKim, Archi
tects, designed the church and
will supervise construction. Dr.
J. E. Garlington, District Super
intendent, together with the pas
tor will also render help and
supervision as need arises dur
ing the building period.
In announcing the names of
the contractors and the architects
to his congregation last Sunday
the Rev. Mr. Hayman also stated
that he will appoint a local com
mittee on planning and for such
supervision as the building pro
gram will need. This committee
of some five to seven persons
will be und§r the direction of the
pastor on matters of landscaping,
church furnishings, and other im
portant matters related to the
building program.
While at this time the exact
Continued On Page Five
Drainage Talks
At Whiteville
No Immediate Relief Prom
ised For Large Area Af
fected In Several Counties
In This Part Of State And
Upper South Carolina
Representatives from three
North Carolina counties and one
in South Carolina were told Mon
day that strong local effort will do
more for their flood control prob
lems than anything else.
The statements came during a
hearing with Congressman Alton
Lennon on major improvements
of the Waccamaw river water
shed. It extends from Bladen
county by way of Brown marsh
and White marsh to the ocean
through Columbus and Bruns
wick counties through South Car
olina’s Horry county.
Here for and conducting the
hearing was Congressman Alton
Lennon, representatives of Col.
Stuart Parker of the Charleston
District Corps of Engineers office
(Continued On Page Six)
Adverse Weather
Affects Fishing
Fine Catches Made Off Southport During Past Week
End Expected To Attract Another Capacity
Throng This Week
Following good luck during the
latter part of last week, local
sportfishing has fallen prey to the
bad influence of easterly winds.
The coming of the ill wind on
Sunday greatly hampered South
port charter boats, and the ill
effects were still present Tuesday.
On Friday several boaits had
good luck with king mackerel
found close inshore east of Frying
Pan shoals. This freak appearance
of the big fish so close to land
continued through Saturday and
Sunday, with boats reporting
catches of from -40-60 fish per
party. Often during these days
the “offshore” boats were fishing
within sight of others fishing for
bulefish and Spanish mackerel on
the shoals.
Shoal fishing during the Friday
Sunday period was also exception
al, with a number of boats re
porting catches of over 400 blue
fish and mackerel.
Another success story in marlin
fishing was almost written on
Thursday when Capt. Raymond
Lewis aboard the private boat
Flying Fish raised and hooked
a blue marlin in the Gulf Stream
southeast of Frying Pan light
ship. The fish was lost after a
short fight.
Another boat, Capt. Basil
Watts’ Idle On II, made the long
run offshore for marlin on Mon
day. Capt. Watts reported that no
billfish were raised.
Monday fishing elsewhere was
also rather sketchy. Inshore boats
reported little success on the
shoals, and offshore boats had
similar slight success.
Tuesday, the charter fleet found
improved conditions and better re
sults. Inshore fishermen reported
catches of around 100 bluefish
and Spanish mackerel, while off
shore boats had small catches of
amberjack and dolphin.
Offer $1,000 Prize
For Biggest Marlin
Brunswick Men
To Be Honored
Three Brunswick county
men will share in 60 service
and safety awards to be pre
sented by the Corps of En
gineers next Tuesday, in Wil
mington.
Ephraim Swain of South
port and Herbert C. Hewett
of Supply will receive safe
driving certificates, the for
mer for 8 years without an
accident and the latter for 1
year.
David L. Fulford, also of
Supply, will receive a 10
year service award.
The occasion will mark the
184th anniversary of the
Corps of Engineers. Governor
Luther Hodges will be the
speaker.
Three Finish At
State College
Southport, Winnabow And
Supply Residents Includ
ed In This Year’s Gradu
ating Class At N„C. State
Three Brunswick county boys
were in the graduating class at
N. C. State College this year.
Albert Columbus Purvis son of
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Purvis, Sr.,
of Winnabow received his B. S.
degree in Agricultural Education,
graduating with honors.
Purvis attended Bolivia High
School, having graduated in the
class of 1955.
While attending college he was
a member of two honor frater
nities, Phi Eta Sigma and Gam
ma Sigma Delta, and one pro
fessional fraternity, Kappa Phi
Kappa.
He was commissioned as second
Lieutenant in the United States
Air Force.
William Hugh Gray, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh B. Gray, of Sup
ply received his B. S. degree in
Electrical Engineering with two
electives, Power and Control. He
was valedictorian of the grad
uating class of 1951 from Shal
lotte High School.
He entered the U. S. Navy
July 2, 1951, and was discharged
as an Aviation Electricians Mate,
First Class, July 2, 1955. While in
the Navy he served aboard the
U. S. Aircraft Carrier Franklin
D. Roosevelt, Wasp VIII and the
Coral Sea. He entered State Col
lege September 12, 1955.
During the summer of 1958 he
worked for the Florida Power and
Light Company out of Punta
Gorda, Fla. He has accepted a
job with Duke Power Co. of Char
lotte, beginning June 8.
Attending his graduation were
his parents, his sister, Miss Betty
Lou Gray, R. N., senior student
of the School of Anesthesia in
Watts Hospital, Durham; two
aunts, Mrs. Sarah H. Sellers and
Mrs. Ethel H. Hewett; a cousin
Miss Priscella Gaye Hewett; all of
Supply.
Robert Cullis, son of Mrs. Bes
sie Cullis of Southport, received
his B. S. degree in Electrical En
gineering. He is a graduate of
Southport High School, attended
East Carolina College for one year
(Continued on Page Four)
:Blue Marlin Committee Of
Southport And Wrights
ville Beach Pool Resour
ces To Offer Attraction
For This Type Fish
ONE-HALF OF THIS
FUND RAISED LOCALLY
All Fishermen Are Eligible,
And Prize Catch May Be
Made From Private Boat
As Well As From
Charter Boat
The-people, of Southport, have
gone a long way in the past few
days toward creating a private
fishing tournament of their own.
Following an idea forwarded by
the Blue Marlin Committee of
Wrightsbille Beach, local charter
boatmen, business firms, and pri
vate persons have contributed or
pledged almost $500 to be award
ed to the person catching the
largest blue marlin in this area.
The committee has collected a
like amount in Wrightsville
Beach, and the two sums will be
combined for a $1000 prize to the
angler boating the largest blue
marlin off Southport or Wrights
ville Beach. The competing an
glers will weigh in their fish at
one of two official weighing sta
tions in these ports.
Mrs. Walter Lewis, who spark
I ed the drive for local contribu
tions, reported that she met with
fine cooperation on the part of
Southporters. Among tjie funds
already collected is a $50 contri
bution by the Southport Develop
ment Corporation.
All fishermen will be eligible
for this prize. No registration fee
is necessary, and anglers on pri
vate boats will be given equal
consideration with those on char
tre boats.
The institution of this prize
award is seen as a step forward
in sports fisliing promotion for
the Southport area. It is expected
that publicity arising from the
Blue Marlin Committee program
will stir interest in truly big
game fishing off Frying Pan
shoals.
Boys And Girls
Going To Camp
Brunswick County 4-H Club
Members Leaving Mon
day To Spend Week At
Camp Millstone
Twenty-nine 4-H club members
from Brunswick County will be
leaving for 4-H Camp at Camp
Millstone on Monday, June 15.
Camp Millstone is located near
Rockingham and is one of the
4 Stat'e 4-H camps in North Caro
lina. The address of the 4-H
members while at camp will be
Millstone 4-H Camp, Route 3,
Rockingham, N. C. Accompanying
the club members to camp will be
Mrs. Bobby Rogers of Ocean Isle,
Melvin Smith of Bolivia, Jjmmie
Albright, a former 4-H club mem
ber from Bolivia, and S. H. Lee,
Assistant County Agricultural
Agent.
Brunswick club members will be
camping with culb members from
Lenoir county. Among the ac
tivities at camp are recreation,
handicraft, wildlife, swimming
lessons, soft ball, horseshoe, and
volley ball.
(Continued on page 6)
Library Moving
Project Now In
Progress Here
Southport Public Library
Being Moved From Room
In Community Center To
Second Floor At City Hall
SPACIOUS QUARTERS
BEING PROVIDED
Groups Of Volunteer Work
ers Experiencing Muck
Hard Work In Making
This Move
Volunteer workers began the
tedious and mammouth job on
Monday of moving the Southport
Public Library from its quarters
in the Community Building to the
new and more adequate space in
the City Hall.
Workers are busy every day
processing each book that is
brought over and getting every
thing in order as the books are
placed on the newly erected
shelves. Working under the di
rection of Miss Gertrude Loughlin,
the ladies are putting new poc
kets, date due slips and numbers
in each book and recording the
name and title of each. Since
there are approximately 3,000
books in the library at the pres
ent time this means that the
ladies have their work cut out
for them for the next couple of
weeks.
Mrs. Robert Jones has been in
charge of securing volunteers to
help with the processing. Typist3
during the past two days have
been Mrs. Chancey Stanaland,
Mrs. Mary Russ and Mrs. Susie
Carson. Assisting with the books
have been Mrs. C. D. Pickerrell,
Mrs. Phil King, Mrs. E. R. Weeks,
Mrs. S. T. Bennett, Miss Beth
Grimes, Mrs. James Harper, Jr.
and Miss Rebecca Pickefrell.
The City of Southport has pro
vided the new and spacious quar
ters and has recently undertaken
a complete renovation of the en
tire seqond floor of the City Hall
for this purpose. As soon as the
sflaPe for Public view
ing there will be an “open house”
at which time the citizens of the
town will be able to see the trem
endous improvement in this civic
project and will be able to ex
press in person their appreciation
to the city officials for their for
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Supply Man Dies
Of Gun Wounds
Details Scarce In The Fatal
Shooting Last Wednesday
Of Dallis Varnum At
Charleston, S. C.
Two Supply men and a maa
from Conway are being held in
Charleston, S. C., in connection
with the slaying of Dallis Var
num of Supply.
Held on murder is Charles Skip
per Jr., 20, of North Charleston
and Conway. Held as material wit
nesses are James Lovitt, 25, and
Woodrow Hewett, 22, both of Sup
ply
Charleston police said Varnum
was struck by the full charge of
a 16-gauge shotgun blast fired by
Skipper after an argument in a
Charleston bar Wednesday.
Police were told the quartet
left the bar during an argument.
They said Skipper went to his
car, parked nearby, got the shot
gun and fired the fatal blast.
Funeral services were held Fri
day at 3 p. m. from the Union
Chapel Holiness Church by the
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 Low TMs
Thursday, June 11,
11:00 A. M. 4:59 A. M.
11:12 P. M. 5:08 P. M.
Friday, June 12,
11:50 A. M. 5:44 A. M.
0:00 P. M. 6:01 P. M.
Saturday, June 13,
0:03 A. M. 6:34 A. M.
12:47 P. M. 7:02 P. M.
Sunday, June 14,
0:59 A. M. 7:30 A. M.
1:50 P. M. 8:07 P. M.
Monday, June 15,
2:00 A. M. 8:29 A. M.
2:53 P. M. 9:14 P. M.
Tuesday, June 16,
3:05 A. M. 9:31 A. M.
3:57 P. M. 10:18 P. M.
Wednesday, June 17,
4:09 A. M. 10:50 A. M.
4:58 P. M. 11:19 P. M.