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Brunswick County
Volume No. 19
No. 52
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1959
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MISLEADING—If other Confederate military
intelligence was as faulty as the above layout of
Fort Johnston and the Town of Smithville appears
to be, it is small wonder that the cause was lost.
This map, prepared in 1865, shows the fort facing
the Cape Fear River, but it also indicates that the
town itself lay principally to the northeast. As a
matter-of-fact, the fort was at about the center of
what is now Southport, and even during the days
of the Civil War the principal business district lay
South and West of the fortification.—Cut Courtesy
State Magazine.)
Was Secretary
Of State Thad
Eure Governor
Senator S. Bunn Frink fig
ured this week that Secre
tary of State Thad Eure was
acting governor of North
Carolina for several hours
last week—and probably did
n’t even know it.
The constitution provides
that in the absence of the
governor, the lieutenant gov
ernor shall act. Governor
Luther H. Hodges has been
in Russia for the past two
weeks, and Lt. Governor
Luther Barnhardt had been
filling certain duties of that
office.
The constitution also pro
vides that in the absence of
the lieutenant governor, the
president pro-tem of the Sen
ate shall take over certain
duties of that office—and al
though it is not spelled out
in this same section, it is
assumed that in his capacity
he would move up to fill a
vacancy in the office of lieu
tenant governor.
Then it is set forth that in
the event it becomes neces
sary, the Secretary of State
may convene a session of the
General Assembly, assigning
him duties usually vested only
in the governor’s office.
Well, a week ago Sunday
while Hodges was in Russia,
Lt. Governor Barnhardt and
Senator Robert Morgan, pres
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Brief Bite Of
-NEWS-'
WEEK-END VISIT
W. P. Jorgensen, patient at
State Sanitorium at McCain,
spent the past week-end at his
home in Southport.
BUSINESS TRIP
Brig. Gen. James Glore will
leave Thursday on the first leg
of a business trip to Alaska. His
family will visit relatives in In
diana during his absence.
KING MACKEREL
J. E. Smith of Burgaw landed
a 3014-lb king mackerel at Long
Beach fishing pier Saturday after
noon. It was the first of these fish
taken at that pier this season.
BUSINESS TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rideout
of Alexandria, Va., are here on
a business trip, specifically for
the purchase of the Dr. Landis
G. Brown residence on Atlantic
avenue. Mr. Rideout is Movie
Editor for National Georgraphic
and plans to retire right after the
first of the year.
Shallotte Votes
For ABC Store
Tuesday Election Resulted
In Vote Of 125 For And
39 Against Establishment
Of Liquor Store
WILLIAMSON HEADS
ABC COMMITTEE
Selection Of Store Site And
Hiring Manager Is Now
In Hands Of This Local
Committee
Shallotte citizens gave over
whelming support Tuesday to the
proposition for the establishment
of an ABC store in that com
munity. The vote was 125 for and
39 against, with two spoiled bal
lots.
Members of the board of aider
men met last night and named
Odell Williamson chairman of the
Shallotte ABC Board, setting his
term at 3 years. E. M. Pearsall
was named to serve for 2 years;
and W. J. McLamb, Jr., was
named for a 1-year term.
Further steps in the operation
of a store new rest in the hands
of this board, who have respon
sibility for hiring a manager,
securing a suitable building for
the store and making necessary
arrangements for establishing an
inventory.
When the ABC store is opened
at Shallotte, legal sales of liquor
will be carried on at two points
in Brunswick county. An ABC
store opened in Southport two
years ago this fall.
Capt. Adams Is
No. 1 In Class
Recent Graduate Of An In
ternational Marine School
At Quantico Is Here On
Visit
High ranking graduate of an
international Marine school is
Capt. Charles M. Adams, son of
Judge and Mrs. W. M. Adams
of Amarillo, Texas.
He is married to the former
Miss Marion Frink of Southport,
and they are here with their
children for a visit.
The captain was No. 1 on a list
of graduates numbering 177, in
cluding students from 12 foreign
countries.
Capt. Adams, a West Point
graduate, is also a graduate of
the Army Infantry School at Fort
Benning, Ga., and the Air Sup
port Specialist School at Fort
Bragg, N. C. He is a veteran
of World War II and served with
the paratroops in Korea.
Hs w'as granted a master of
arts in English literature at the
University of Pennsylvania in
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USE Dredge Gerig
Here Next Week
The U. S. Engineers hop
per dredge Gerig is scheduled
to arrive off Southport Tues
day for approximately 3
weeks of maintenance dreg
ing in the Cape Fear river
bar channel. The immediate
objective is to restore the
channel to 35-foot depth.
The Gerig has been at work
on the Beaufort bar channel
for approximately 6 weeks
and is scheduled to complete
that operation Saturday.
Will Consider
Disaster Plan
Miss Helen Stacy From Reg
ional Red Cross Head
quarters Will Visit Bruns
wick County Red Gross
Cross Chapter Friday
Preparedness plans to be put
into effect by the Brunswick
County Red Cross Chapter if a
hurricane strikes will be reviewed
with a national Red Cross disas
ter service representative during
conferences in Southport Friday.
Miss Helen Stacy, of the or
ganization’s Southeastern Area
headquarters disaster staff in At
lanta, Ga., will confer with the
chapter’s disaster committee on
shelter, feeding, and other emer
gency services, according to Mrs.
Phil King, chapter chairman.
The Brunswick County visit is
part of the organization’s “Opera
tion Hurricane Watch,” consisting
of conferences in chapters in 125
southeastern Atlantic and Gulf
I coast counties and parishes in
North and South Carolina, Geor
gia, Florida, Alabama. Mississippi,
and Louisiana. Chapter one-day
visits will extend through July.
Mrs. King says emergency pre
paration for adequate mass care
of hurricane evacuees or victims
will be discussed, as well as
training of volunteers for hurri
cane activity, and coordination of
Red Cross operations with those
of governmental and other agen
cies which have disaster respon
sibility.
Also to be reviewed are plans
for helping individual families
among the victims who may need
assistance beyond shelter, feeding,
and other mass care. This addi
tional aid, Mrs. King says, might
include funds to the extent need
ed for homes reconstruction and
refurnishing, hospital and medical
expenses, occupational and other
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Triplets Create
Great Interest
Over Wide Area
Communications Received
By Mr. And Mrs. Nathan
B. Miller Include Numer
ous Offers Of Help
Life may never be the same
again for the Nathan Miller fam
ily following birth of triplets at
Dosher Memorial Hospital in
Southport ten days ago.
This fact soon dawned upon the
55-year old father as he con
templated the sheer economic im
plications of three more mouths
to feed. Then when he gave voice
to this perplexity, and the
story was interpreted to mean
that he and his wife might be
giving consideration to allowing
the three baby girls to be adopted,
the deluge of mail and telephone
calls decended.
Ben McDonald, news com
mentator for Television Station
WECT, helped to level off the
reaction when he made an earn
est appeal for financial help for
them on his program Friday af
ternoon.
Since that time, offers have
fallen into three categories:
There have been those who pro
fessed to want to adopt the chil
dren, and Miller reported one
hazy offer of $50,000 for the
girls, "which I turned down. It
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Fort Johnston
Holds Important
Place In History
Information Contained In
James Sprunt’s “Sketches
Of The Lower Cape Fear”
Discloses Early Official
Action
Not only does Fort Johnston
occupy a prominent place geo
graphically in Southport, it has
■ been a place of great importance
for more than 200 years and has
rendered valuable service in the
protection of the mouth of the
Cape Fear river.
Following is an extract from
James Sprunt’s "Sketches of the
Lower Cape Fear”, and is a
quotation from a memorandum
sent Mr. Sprunt by tho War De
partment:
“The erection of the original
fort was provided for by an Act
of the Colonial Assembly held at
New Berne, April 20th, 1745
(page 94 of the Laws of North
Carolina). It recited that, ‘Where
as from the present War with
France and Spain, there is great
reason to fear that such parts
of this Province which are situat
ed most commodious for shipping
to enter, may be invaded by the
enemy; and whereas the entrance
of Cape Fear River, from its
known depth of water and other
conveniences of navigation may
tempt them to such an enterprise
while it remains in so naked and
defenceless a condition as it now
is: Therefore, for the better se
curing of the Inhabitants of the
said river from any insult and
invasion,’ etc. * * * That the
'Fort or Battery shall be called
Johnston’s Fort, and shall be
large enough to contain at least
Twenty-four Cannon, with Bar
racks and other conveniences for
Soldiers.’
"This was before the opening
of New Inlet. This opening, which
was caused by a violent equinoc
tial storm in 1761, increased in
importance, so as to form a new
mouth for the Cape Fear River,
deepening from 6 feet at low
water in 1797 to 10 feet at low
water in 1839, had marked ef
fect upon that river, dhninishing
the depth of water upon the main
bar entrance from 15 feet in 1797
to 9 feet in 1839. Prior to the
opening of New Inlet, and even
until 1839, Baldhead channel was
the natural and main entrance
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Lions Hear Of
Pakistan Trip
Brig. General James Glore
Gives Interesting Account
Of Recent Visit To This
Foreign Country At Thurs
day Meeting
Brig. Gen. James Glore, who
returned last month from a 5
weeks stay in East Pakistan, gave
a report of that visit to the
Southport Lions Club at its meet
ing Thursday night.
General Glore was in that
country on a mission to study
the transportation problems,
which are considered to be basic
where an organized effort is to be
made for economic improvement.
He expressed the opinion that
the paritition of India so that
Pakistan is divided into two parts,
located a distance of 1,200 miles
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TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HARfER
It was July 5, 1939, and the Moores and McRAckens were
combining to flood the Southport watermelon market. Wallace
and Claude Moore had a total of 36 acres, Thompson and Robert
MeRacken 32, and they were all coming in at once. The sports
fishermen were still on the barracuda kick, and a news story
that week insisted that these fish were found “at only one point
in North Carolina . . . out 20 miles and more from Southport.’’
Light Keeper F. Mollyeheek had a mystery on his hands: the
Snow’s Cut beacon, in its proper place on Thursday afternoon,
could nowhere be found on Friday morning; Mrs. Mollyeheek
had also figured in the news: she had caught a 6-pound large
mouth bass during the past week; and Postmaster and Mrs. L.
T. Yaskell were visiting relatives in Pennsylvania.
A road crew was in Southport to widen the highway from
Sawdust Trail to the railroad station some two feet. Three of
the menhaden fishermen of Brunswick Navagation had been re
cently equipped with ship-to-shore radios; a power cruiser owned
by Frank Sherrill soon to be based at Southport was reported to
have the same convenience; and our Not Exactly newsman had
made passing comment on a local, neo-Grecian physique.
It was July 5, 1944, and commercial fishermen had been warn
ed that there would be live (practice) firing in the area from
Cape Fear to Shallotte Inlet. The full impact of this notice from
the Army Air Corps had not yet been felt, but there was much
pessimistic speculation, for commercial fishing had just sprung
back into pre-war proportions. The Amuzu theater was offering
a free show to thos who purchased a War Bond on the follow
ing Thursday; Ray Walton had just completed training as a
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Name Principal
For Shallotte
Ire Leonard, Former Princi
pal At Southern Pines,
Will Head Big Brunswick
County School This Fall
Irie Leonard is the new princi
pal at Shallotte high school.
He comes to Brunswick county
from Southern Pines, where he
served for 8 years as high school
principal and head football coach.
Prior to going to the Moore coun
ty school, Leonard was teacher
and coach at Walnut Grove.
The new Shallotte principal is
a graduate of Guilford College,
where he received his A. B. de
gree in 1948. He received his
Masters from the University of
North Carolina in 1951.
The new Shallotte principal is
married to the former Roxie
Jane Robeson of Graham, and
they have two sons, one age 6,
the other 10-months old. Mrs.
Leonard also is a teacher, with
a major in English.
During World War II Leonard
served in the U. S. Army Air
Corps for 3%-years and won the
Distinguished Flying Cross and
Air Medal, with two Oak Leaf
Clusters. He was active in the
European theatre of operations.
Leonard has a solid background
of athletic interest and achieve
ment. It started in college, where
he won 8 varsity letters while
playing football, basketball and
baseball. He has coached both
IRIE LEONARD
6-man and 11-man football teams,
and has carried 6 teams to the
State finals in this sport.
He is a member of the South
ern Pines Lions Club, Southern
Pines Moose Lodge, Sandhills
American Legion. He is a mem
ber of the board of directors of
the N. C. Coaching Association
and is a former member of the
Board of Control of the North
Carolina Athletic Association.
He is a member of the Board
of Deacons of the Congregation
alist church in Southern Pines.
First Hurricane
Menacing Coast
Senator Jordan
Fishing Visitor
P'dutiiport "'continri'es to at
tract distinguished visitors
this summer, and Saturday
evening Senator Eevrett Jor
dan was dinner guest of Rep
resentative and Mrs. James
C. Bowman. The next day he
went out on a fishing trip
with a party of upstate men.
This visit follows in the
heels of the visit last week of
several of the outstanding
members of the State Legis
lature, both the Senate and
House, who were here as
guests of Senator S. Bunn
Frink and * Representative
James C. Bowman.
English Mayor
Donates Books
Another Tea Chest Filled
With Books For Southpore
Public Library Arrives
From England; Hought
ons Give Books
Another tea chest filled with
books donated by citizens of
Southport, England, to the South
port Public Library has arrived,
and included among its contents
are several volumes from Mrs.
Mae Bamber, mayor of that Eng
lish city.
As other contributions to the
local library come in, notable
among "the books received are sev
eral volumes from Mr. and Mrs.
William Houghton, who will leave
soon for duty with the U. S.
Army Transportation Corps in
France.
The Bamber collection includes
the following volumns: “The
Country of the Pointed Firs” by
Jewett; “The Cathedral,” by
Walpole; “Twenty Pomes”, by
Bamber; “Murder In The Cathe- I
clral”, by Eliot; ‘Horses, Hounds, j
and Humans” by Noakes; “Caus
tic Carols” by Hobson: “Mythas
and Legends of the Middle Ages”,
by Guerber; “The English Poets”,
by Cecil; “The Song of Berna
dette”, by Werfel; “The Week
end Book,” by Meynell; “The
Admirable Crichton”, by Barrie;
“Present Indicative,” by Coward;
“Much Ado About Mowbray”,
Hatton; “Wanderlust”, by Rim
mer; “Satirical Poems”, by Ses
soon; “Modem Poetry”, by Lynd;
“The Cruel Sea”, by Monsarrat;
“The Flashing Stream”, by Mor
gam; “Peace Among the Peli
cans”, by Foster; “Choral
Speech”, by Burniston; “My Gar
den” by Davies; “Phaygoing” by !
Agate; “Cheaper By The Dozen” j
by Gilbreth; “Radio Plays and !
How To Write Them,” by Hat- j
ton; “Mr. Everyman” by Hat- 1
ton; “Gilbert Frankau’s Self-Por- j
trait” by Frankau’s; “The Golden i
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Tropical Storm Hovering
Off The Atlantic Sea
board Packs Winds Of
Gale Force, With Velo
city Increasing
COURSE AT NOON
AWAY FROM SHORE
Indications Point To Heavy
Rainfall With Tides Slight
ly Above Normal To
day (Wednesday)
Hurricane Cindy, the first
tropical storm of the seasoan to
menace the Carolina coast, is
sulking off the coast of South
Carolina this afternoon trying to
make up her mind whether to de
velope into a full-blown hurricane
and trying to decide which way
to travel.
At noon the location of the
center of this disturbance was
located about 110-miles east of
Charleston, S. C., with winds
near the center up to 70-milea
per hour. Its course was described
as erratic.
A close eye was being kept
trained upon the area by the
Hurricane Watch forces of the
U. S. Weather Bureau, which had
not called for a Hurricane Alert.
Gale storm warnings were be
ing displayed from the tower in
the Garrison at Southport this
morning and strong winds were
accompanied by heavy rainfall.
There was little evidence of un
usually high tides, and there was
no evidence of great concern on
the part of local residents.
Ex-Brunswick
Sheriff Dies
Jasper A. Russ Died Thurs
day In Columbus County
Hospital In Whiteville
Following Extended Ill
ness
Jasper A. Russ, a former sher
iff of Brunswick County, died in
Columbus County Hospital here,
Thursday at 11:30 a. m. after an
extended illness.
Mr. Russ was a native of Shal
lotte and the son of the late
Zack and Delphia Russ of Bruns
wick County. He served as Bruns
wick County’s sheriff for three
terms, from 1932-38, and later
was in the merchantile business
in Shallotte until retiring several
years ago. He was a member of
Camp Methodist Church, Shal
lotte. Mr. Russ was 69 years of
age.
Funeral rites were held Friday
at 3 p. ni. at Camp Methodist
Church by Revs. W. R. King,
Frank Johnson and H. A. Phil
lips, Jr.; with burial in Books
Cemetery.
Survivors include three sons,
Woodrow, Bailey and Pearlie
Russ, all of Shallotte; three
daughters, Mrs. Parker Felton
of Wilmington, Mrs. Harry
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Numerous People
Endorse Bowman
For Highway Job
Representative From. Bruns
wick County Has Been
Prominently Mentioned As
Possible Appointee
GOVERNOR HODGES
TO FILL VACANCY
Vacancy Created By Death
Of E. L. White Of Wil
mington Will Be Filled
Upon Hodges Return
From Russia
A strong movement is on foot
in support of Representative
James C. Bowman of Brunswick
county for appointment to
the State Highway Com
mission, succeeding the late
E. L. White of Wilmington,
whose death occurred late last
month while on a business trip
at Linville.
Members of the board of coun
ty commissioners sent a letter
to Governor Luther H. Hodges
Monday, strongly urging his fa
vorable consideration of the
Southport attorney for this va
cancy. It is understood that
similar action will be taken by
members of the Board of Aider
men for the City of Southport.
Kirby Sullivan, chairman of the
Brunswick County Democratic
Executive Committee, has called
a meeting of this body for Fri
day night at Bolivia for the pur
pose of phrasing an endorsement
of Representative Bowman.
Both the News and Observer
and the Wilmington Star-News
have listed Representative Bow
man as a likely prospect for this
appointment. In the Sunday Star
News one of the staff men re
ported an interview with Senator
S. Bunn Frink, in which the
Brunswick county senator strong
ly endorsed his colleague in the
legislature.
Bowman is expected to have
strong support from other areas
outside Brunswick county. Not
only was he well-liked by his
fellow legisators, he is a native
of Anson county and thonefawo
has interests that are not con
fined to Southeastern North Caro
lina. That is considered to be an
asset, since the seven-man high
way commission is State-wide in
scope of operations.
Bowman is now serving for a
third term as president of the
Southeastern North Carolina
Beach Association, and in this
role has led several important
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Shailotte Man
Dies Suddenly
Death Of Harvey L. Stanley
Wednesday Night Attrib
uted To Heart Attack
Harvey Luther Stanley, 55, died
at the home of his brother,
James A. Stanley, in Shailotte,
Wednesday night, after suffering
a heart attack.
The deceased is well known
throughout Brunswick county,
and for 28 years served as rural
mail carrier for Shailotte.
He was the son or the alte Mr.
and Mrs. John A. Stanley.
Final rites were held from the
graveside of Chapel Hill Ceme
tery, Friday at 5 p. m. by the
Rev. H. B. Bennett. Survivors in
clude a brother, James A. Stan
ley, Shailotte and two nephews,
Lt. D. L. Stanley, Ft. Bragg and
R. B. Stanley, San Angelo, Texas.
Tide Table
Following In 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 TMa
Thursday, July 9,
9:55 A. M. 3:54 A.M.
10:07 P. M. 4:03 P. M.
Friday, July 10,
10:40 A. M. 4:35 A. M.
10:52 P. M. 4:50 P. M.
Saturday, July 11,
11:31 A. M. 5:20 A. M.
11:42 P. M. 5:43 P. M.
Sunday, July 12,
0:00 A. M. 6:09 A. M.
12:28 P. M. 6:43 P. M.
Monday, July 13,
0:37 A. M. 7:05 A. M.
1:29 P. M. 7:47 P. M.
Tuesday, July 14,
1:39 A. M. 8:05 A. M.
2:35 P. M. 8:54 P. M.
Wednesday, July 15,
2:45 A. M. 9:09 A. M.
3:40 P. M. 10:00 P. M.
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