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Volume No. 20
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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No. 2 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1959 5c A COPY^”
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Brunswick County
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Music Week Is
Next Program
For Assembly
Outstanding Staff Of In
structors Will Be In Char
ge Of This Interesting
Program
“THE MESSIAH” TO
BE THE CLIMAX
Training Union Now In Sev
ond Week With Large At
tendance And Inspiring
Program
More than 1,000 church music
ians will spend July 27 - Aug
ust 1 at the North Carolina Bap
tist Assembly here under the di
rection of nationally known
teachers and directors, according
to Fred J. ■ Smith, manager of the
assembly.
John Carrington, New York
City will spend these days here
with the church people from the
various parts of the state. Dr.
Othell Hand, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, Hickory, will be
conference pastor. James Berry,
Myers Park Church, Charlotte,
and Harvey Woodruff, of the
Wingate College faculty, will di
rect choral groups.
Subjects to be studied include
“Gospel Song and Hymn Playing’’
“The Beginning Organist”, “The
Progressing Vocalist”, “The
Church Pianist”, “Christian Hym
nody,” “Anthem Literature”, and
“Worship Planning”. Afternoons
will be free for swimming in the
mineral springs pools or in the
surf.
“The Messiah”, by George
Frederick Handel, will be sung
by the large choir under the di
rection of Mr. Woodruff Friday
evening. This climax of the weeks
instruction and rehearsals is ex
pected to attract a large group
of interested East North Carolina
for the evening’s program. Joseph
O. Stroud, secretary of the de
partment of church music of the
Baptist State Convention, is in
charge of the annual five-day
event.
T(iird Training Union confer
ence of the summer will be held
August 3-8 with Rev. Harold Cole
North Carolina Baptist Student
Union secretary, as conference
pastor. James P. Morgan, Train
ing Union director, has paid tri
bute to the Training Union
groups participating in the assem
bly’s programs this summer as
among the most seriously moti
vated and responsive in his ex
perience.
Rev William L. Bennett, pas
tor of the Sixteenth Street Bap
tist Church, Greensboro, serves
as conference pastor of the scond
Training Union Conference. The
Rev. Mr. Bennett’s opening ser
mon was on the theme of abund
ant living as a quality of eternal
life. “Life with Christ,” declared
the Greensboro minister, “is the
meaningful, joyous life.” Harold
Shoemaker, Tabernacle Church,
Raleigh, directed the program
while Mr. Morgan attended meet
ings of the State Convention’s
General Board in Hendersonville.
Feature on Christian Education
planned by Mr. Morgan and
Claude F. Gaddy secretary of the
Convention's Council on Christ
ian Education, was conducted by
student staffers representing
North Carolina’s seven Baptist
Colleges. Speaking about life and
work on their respective campus
es were Bruce Wayland, of Wake
Forest, Campbell College; Celia
Caldwell, Boger City, Mars Hill
Continued On Page Four
Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
MEREDITH GRADUATE
Mrs. Willamena Thomas Mil
ler, formerly of Shallotte, was
graduated at the commencement
excercises from Meredith College
on Saturday. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip L. Tho
mas of Shallotte, and has car
ried an education major at Mere
dith.
PATIENT AT HOME
Register of Deeds Henry Hick
man has been able to return to
his home at Hickman’s Cross
roads from the Wilmington hos
pital in which he was a patient,
but he still is confined to his bed
and his condition still is consid
ered serious.
VACATION VISIT
Mr and Mrs. R. W. Galloway
and Mrs. Julia Coah of Green
wood, S. C., and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Eldridge of Atlanta, Ga., spent
last week at Long Beach and
Southport with Mrs. L. A. Gallo
way. Also a member of the party
was Mark Eldridge, great-grand
son of Mi's. Galloway.
Historic Fortification
FOR—Among the interesting by-products of the ex
caxation project being carried on at Brunswick Town is
the attention that has been focused upon the earthen
brestworks that comprised Ft. Anderson, one of the Civil
War fortifications activated to help defend the Cape Fea'r
River channel through New Inlet. The man in the fore
ground above illustrates the impressive height of this
old military installation.—(Cut Courtesy State Magazine.)
Allocation Made
Of Highway Fund
Brunswick County Will Re
ceive $247,393 For Main
tenance And $120,800
For Construction During
Next Fiscal Year
STANDARD FORMULA
FOR ALLOCATION
This Is Part Of Plan For
Equitable Distribution Of
Highway Funds To Re
spective Counties
Allocation of funds to the State
100 counties for maintenance and
construction work on the second
ary road system for the 1959-60
fiscal year were announced today
by the State Highway Commis
sion.
Total State-wide appropriation
for the current year is $42,299,585
Of this amount, $18,000,000 is
set aside for road construction
according to the Secondary Road
Plan of each county which is
now being worked up while
$24,299,585 is earmarked for
maintenance of the State’s 58,000
mile secondary road network.
The allocation for Brunswick
county is $247,393 for mainten
ance and $120,800 for construc
tion or a total of $369,193.
Harold Makepeace, Secondary
Roads Officer, said the $18,000,
000 allocation was distributed on
the basis of each county’s re
lative need determined by a
comprehensive study of all un
paved rural Secondary Roads in
the State. The survey, which was
conducted during the first 5
months of this year, carried esti
mates of cost to stabilize every
road to minimum standards and
the cost to pave those roads ser
ving more than 50 vehicles per
day. Such costs in each county
were totaled and compared with
costs in all other counties to se
cure a percentage of need for
each county. Allocations were
made strictly on the percentage
of need in the county compared
with total State-wide need. Thus
a county with 1 percent of the
Continued On Page Five
Leader Changes
In Marlin Race
Dr. N, M. Hornstein Of
Southport Loses First
Place To L. T. Davis Who
Landed 271-Pounder
Dr. N. M. Hornstein, South
port physician who had been in
first place for several weeks in
the $1,000 Blue Marlin Contest,
was displaced during the week
end by L. T. Davis of Wilming
ton, who brought in a 271-pound
er.
This brings the total number
of blue marlin caught along the
SENCland coast this season to
10.
It gives Davis the lead in the
race for a $1,000 jirize f being
offered for the largest marlin
taken along coastal SENCland
this season.
It also gives Wrightsville
.(Continued on Page Four)
New Home Agent
For Brunswick
Mrs. Thelma Upchurch was
appointed as Home Econom-....
jcs Agent by the board of
County Commissioners Mon
day to begin work August 1. '
Mrs. Upchurch is a native
of Harnett county and a
graduate of Flora McDonald
College in Red Springs.
Mrs. Upchurch will replace
Mrs. Trevah Croom who has ...
resigned effective July 31.
The area work for the new
agent will include working
with Home Demonstration
clubs, 4-H clubs. and Com
munity Development clubs.
District Officer
Training Course
Representatives From pis
trict No. 11, N. C. Feder
ation Of Woman’s Clubs
Met Last Week Ai
Wrightsville
Presidents and delegates frorr
14 women’s clubs from five count
ies met in Wilmington, Tuesday
to plan club activities for th<
year. The five counties repre
sented were: New Hanover
Brunswick, Pender, Samson anc
Duplin. Mrs. George Ross, Wil
i mington, District Eleven Presi
dent, was hostess and presidec
at the institute. Prior to the busi
ness session the 28 delegates en
joyed a social hour and luncheor
at which the teacher of the yeai
from the district was honored
Miss Emma Lawson, former ari
teacher at New Hanover Higl
School, was awarded a silvei
bowl in recongition of her out
standing service to young peoph
beyond the call of her teaching
duties. The presentation was mad<
by Mrs. George Cates of Faison
immediate past district president
Intrd Mon of officers, chair
men and club president was first
on the agenda. District officers
for the next two years will be:
Mrs. George Ross, Wilmington,
president; Mrs. Dorothy Forbes,
Wilmington, vice president; Mrs.
Ernest Bame, Carolina Beach,
secretary-treasurer; Mrs.C. V.
Brooks, Jr. Wallace, Historian;
Mrs. Robert Buck, Wilmington,
director of juniors.
Local club activities were* plan
ed for the year in a group dis
cussion. Mrs. Ross, president, gave
suggestions and other helpful in
formation regarding federated
club work. Mrs, Gardner Greer,
State Federation Gardens Divis
ion Chairman, commented on the
state project, beautification of
i grounds at Samarcand Manor,
I state correctional school for
J white girls. The members voted
to support this project again
this year.
Having had a successful Vogue
Fashion Contest and Fashion
Show last season, the group de
t Continued os page tour}
City Aldermen
Oppose Hiring
Extra Teacher
| Action On Thursday Night
Leaves Southport High
School With No Prospect
For Expanded Program
MAYOR AND THREE
ALDERMEN OPPOSE
Take Position That It Is Not
City Obligation To Fur
nish Teachers For Local
Schools
The city administration refused
Thursday night to honor a com
mittiv- at made by the former
board of aldermen to pay the sal
ary for one school year of a man
ual arts teacher for Southport
high school.
This action leaves the local
school committee and the board
of education on a spot, for a new
shop building has been construct
ed in anticipation of being able
to include this new department
in the school program this fall.
The motion for providing funds
for hi-ing a teacher for one year
was offered by Johnnie Vereen,
and voting with him were Har
old Aldridge and Otto Hickman.
Opposing the motion were Aider
men G. C. Kilpatrick, Fred Spen
cer and Crawford Ruark.
Faced with a tie vote, it then
became the duty of Mayor Rob
inson to break the dead-lock, and
he cast his vote against the pro
posal.
Mayor Robinson stated that his
reason for this vote it that he
does not feel that it is the re
sponsibility of the city admini
stration to become involved in
I running the schools.
School officials this week were
planning to search out every pos
sibility for securing funds for a
trades teacher for this year,
their contention being that shop
work is badly needed in South
port for boys who drop out of
school because of lack of ability
or lack of interest in strictly
academic studies.
Superior Court
Now In Session
Most Of Highway Case;;
Compromised; Two Trials
Result In Non-Suit; Court
Again Tomorrow
Second week of Brunswick
Reounty Superior court for trial
of civil cases is in progress this
week in Southport, with Judge
J. B. Craven, Jr., of Morgantor
presiding.
Several cases involving damage
suits against the State Highwaj
Commission were compromised
last week, leaving only one act
ion of this nature to be heard
by Judge Craven this week.
Last week the jury awarded
$10,000 damages to the plaintiff
in the case of Babson vs Jones
but Judge Craven witheld final
judgement in this matter until
this week.
Two motions for non-suit were
granted this week, these being ir
the case of Potter vs Potter and
in the, action of Merritt vs Me
Kiver.
A one-day recess was taken ir
court proceedings today, witt
trial of cases to be resumed to
morrow (Thursday) morning.
Driving Award
For Ed Red wine
Edward H. Redwine, R. F. D
carrier at Shallotte, has received
an award for 6 years of safe
driving. The presentation was
made by Acting Postmaster E.
V. Gore, Jr., on behalf of the
Postmaster General, who has
shown great interest in driving
safety on the part of postal em
ployees. Redwine’s route was
45.5 miles daily when he started
to work in August, 1952. Now
he travels 70-miles each day,
much of it over dirt roads.
Charleston Lady
Dies In Crash
Near Shallotte
Former Whiteville Woman
Is Killed Instantly In
Head-On Accident Near
Shallotte Saturday
A former Whiteville woman be
came the third member of her
family to fall victim to North
Carolina traffic accidents when
she died instantly in a head-on
collision a mile south of Shal
lotte, Saturday, at 11:30 a. m.
She was Mrs. Louise Ward
Inman, 33, of Charleston, S. C.
Death came as the result of a
severe head injury.
Also injured in the wreck was
another former Whiteville resi
dent, Mrs. Ruby Strickland, 39,
whose present address is also
Charleston. She suffered a foot
injury and lacerations, and is
said to be satisfactory at Col
umbus county hospital today.
According to reports from the
scene of the accident, the two
Charleston residents were travel
ing north on US 17 in a 1953
Ford when the vehicle collided
with a late model Cadillac, said
to have been occupied by a par
ty from Wilmington. Few details
have been obtained on the acci
dent.
Mrs. Inman, whose family
lived for a number of years in,
and around, Whiteville, is the
daughter of Mrs. Zelia Harper
Gore Ward and the, late Gordon
Ward. The family later moved
to Ocean Drive Beach, S. C. area.
She and other members of the
family had lived in Charleston
for the last five years.
The father of Mrs. Inman—
Gordon. Ward—and a brother, Ed
ward Ward, were among the vic
tims of a head-on collision which
occurred between a fish truck
and lumber-laden truck-trailer
six miles southeast of Whiteville
(Continued on Page Four)
Foster Mintz
Area Chairman
Bolivia Automobile Dealer
Is Named Area Chairman
Of No C. Automobile Deal
ers Association
H. Foster Mintz of Elmore
Motor Company, Bolivia, has been
appointed an Area Chairman of
the North Carolina Automobile
Dealers Association.
Mintz will be the liaison man
between new car and truck deal
ers in Brunswick County and
both the state organization and
the National Automobile Deal
ers Association, said state Presi
dent C. Odell Sapp of Salisbury
(Continued on rage Four)
I
TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HAKFEK
I
It was July 19, 1939, and the USS Anderson, a destroyer
named after a Wilmington native, had spent the weekend in that
river port. Her upriver pilot had been Capt. H. T. St. George,
lit was alligator eason. This time a small one had been corner
ed and dispatched in a Southport garage. A Wilmington executive
had been in Southport, discussing the possibilities of an airport
to serve (the community; it had been learned that there was an
abundant supply of fresh water near Southport; and New Hope
Presbyterian Church was to celebrate its 45th anniversary on
the following Sunday.
Our Not Exactly newsman, back from a two-week vacation in
New York, had written long on observation made on his trip
and return: “A good two hours were spent in the Central Park
Zoo visiting friends and relatives’’ . . . “Metropolitan movie
patrons hiss lustily whenever a Nazi of Communist is mentioned
or shown’’ . . . “John D. O'Daniel in Charlotte, and Jack and
Brother Christian in Georgia are having extended vaca
tions” . . . “P. S. Arrived just in time to see Jesse James.”
It was July 19, 1944, and Southport contractor Fred Spencer
was soon to begin work on the new Antioch Baptist Church. The
building was to be 'the most modern of its kind in the county.
Rice Gwyn, a person who shoulld have known, had observed
that the current tobacco crop was the county’s best in ten
years; Cornelius Thomas lw4
recently purchased Clarendon
Plantation; and our editorial {writer had likened a tobacco barn
fire to the war in Europe.
Shallotte servicemen had comprised a large part of the news
that week. Harold M. Holrnef had been a crew member on one
Page Two
Continued On
Jeanne Mitchell
Scores Triumph
Performance Of Young Con
cert Violinist in Lewisohn
Stadium Draws Praise Of
Music Critics
Jeanne Mitchell scored another
musical recently when she cap
tivated a huge audience in Lewis
ohn Stadium with her perfor
mance of the Mendelssohn Con
certo in E. Minor.
The pretty young concert vio
linest is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph S. Mitchell of South
port.
The New York Times review
of her performance in the stadi
um concert with Thomas Scher
man conducting, had this to say
of Miss Mitchell’s artistry: “Miss
Mitchell’s playing of the concerto
was an outstanding feature of
the all Mendelssohn concert, con
ducted by Thomas Scherman. The
vionlinist was in excellant form
and her fine performance was
highlighted by an unusually ex
pressive rendition of the slow
movement.”
“Miss Mitchell made the most
of her opportunities, with the
result that the slow movement
was no less impressive than her
crisp, cleanly articulated playing
of the finale.”
The review in another metro
JEANNE MITHCELL
politian newspaper also praised
the performance of the Southern
girl, who has combined beauty
and charm with talent to -cap
tivate concert audineces both in
the United States and in Europe.
“Miss Mitchell communicates
her inherently musical nature
quite successfully, ingratiating
the listener in her individual
coloring and interpretation of a
piece for the musical values she
finds in it.”
New ABC Board Is
Named In Shallotte
No News About
Highway Post
Governor Luther H. Hodges
is due back in Raleigh this
week from his visit to Rus
sia, and one of the first dut
ies will be to fill the vacancy
on the State Highway Com
mission created during his
absence by the death of the
late E. L. White of Wilming
ton.
Friends of Representative
James C. Bowman feel that
the Brunswick county man
will be strongly considered
for appointment to this im
portant office. Reports from
many sections of the State
indicate that this is true.
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More Books From
British Donors
Additional Valuable Books
Received At Southport
Public Library From Eng.
land
Several weeks ago the Pilot
started listing the many valu
able books which came in two
separate shipments from friends
in Southport, England, to the
Southport Public Library. The
list was the first shipment, and
the second list included books
sent personally by Mrs. Mae
Bamber, former mayor of South
port, England, who was respon
sible for the project.
Following is the final list of
books received, and includes many
which came from both private
sources and organizations:
Given by the chairman and
Members of the Publicity and
Attractions Committee and the
Directors of the Visitor Group of
Newspapers, Southport, England,
‘Official Guide to Southport, Eng
land (1959)”; by the Publicity
and Attractions Committee,
Drinkwater’s “The Outline of
Literature” and ‘Orpen and Rut
ter’s “The Outline of Art”; by
the Rotary Club Stamp’s,
“Britain’s Structure & Scenery”;
by the Southport Hotel & Board
ing Houses Association, Fuchs
and Hillary’s, "The Crossing of
Antarctica”; by Round Table No.
43 Thomas’s, “Under Milk Wood”;
Shakespeare’s “The Oxford
Shakespeare”, and Baily’s “The
Gilbert & Sullivan Book”.
By The Southport & District
Branch, National Union of Re
tail Tobacconists, Quennell’s “A
History of Everyday Things In
England” (Volume I and II); by
The Transatlantic Brides Parents
Association, Hellyer’s “English
Gardens"; by The Southport
Corporation Flower Show Com
mittee, Hellyer’s "Flowers In
Color”; by The Southport Corp.
Flower Show Committee, White
head’s “Encyclopedia of Garden
ing" and “The Amateur Gardner’.
By Charles L. Bott, Principal
of The Technical College, Tyr
rell’s “The Earth and It’s Myster
.(Continued on Page Four),
Board Of Aldermen Met
Last Tuesday And Rescin
ded Previous Action, Then
Appointed New Board
DR. M. H. ROURK
IS NEW CHAIRMAN
Board Is Proceeding With
Plans For Opening ABC
Store In Kravitz Build
ing As Soon As Pos
sible
Members of the board of aider
men for the Town of Shallotte
met last Tuesday night and re
scinded their previous action of
appointing an ABC Board, nam
ing three new men to administer
the business management of the
legal sale of liquor.
The new board has Dr. M. H.
Rourk as ehairman, and Dawson
Lewis and McKinley Hewett as
members. The original board,
named the night of the ABC
election in Shallotte, had includ
ed Odell Williamson as chairman,
E. M. Pearsall and W. J. Mc
Lamb, Jr., as members.
Sunsequently, Pearsall had re
signed and Herman Stanland had
been named in his place. The lat
ter was named to the board last
Tuesday night, but indicated that
he could not serve. Hewett was
appointed in his place.
Grounds for re-opening the
matter of appointments apparent
ly were furnished by technicality
that the aldermen had acted pre
maturely when they named the
first board before the ABC elec
tion ballots had been canvassed.
The new board is proceeding
with the business of getting the
store in operation as soon as pos
sible, and arrangements have
been made for quarters in the
Krivitz Building in the location
formerly occupied by the televis
ion service department.
Timely Rescue
At Ocean Isle
Bascom Pearce, George
Hughes And Two Sons
Play Important Roles In
Saving Pair From Drown
ing
Two Fort Bragg men owe their
lives this week to four Brunswick
county residents and their re
sourcefulness in bringing about
their rescue and fix-st aid Sun
day afternoon at Ocean Isle
Beach.
The men in danger were Lt.
M. T. Westerfield and Eddie Lee
Johnson of Ft. Bragg. It was re
ported that they had waded out
at low tide to a sand bar off the
beach, and that in attempting to
return to shore after the tide
had started to rise they were in
danger of drowning.
Bascom Pearce, veteran beach
fisherman, is one of the men
who spied the men in trouble, and
his efforts, along with those of
George Hughes and his two sons,
James and Albert Hughes,
brought them to safety.
It is reported that the elder
Continued On Page Five
Opening Sales
Of Tobacco Set
For Next Week
Thursday, July 30, Set As
Date For Opening Of
Border Belt Tobacco Mar
kets This Season
MARKETING CARDS
BEING MAILED OUT
Brunswick ASC Office Will
Mail Cards Friday To All
Growers Within Quota
And Not Indebted To
U. S. Government
Whiteville’s tobacco market
will open sales on Thursday, July.
30, as will all other markets in
the county and throughout the
Border belt. Decision to open the
N.. C.-S. C. Border belt markets
on July 30 was reached at a I
meeting of the N. C. - S. C.
Warehouse Association held in*
Lumberton last Thursday evening.
The Georgia-Florida markets
will begin auction sales Thurs
day, July 23, compared to open- -
ing July 29 last year.
The Brunswick county ASC of- -
fice has announced that 1959 to
bacco marketing cards will be -
mailed Friday morning. The an
nouncement stated, “Producers
who will need their cards before -
they arrive by mail should call
at the county office before 5
o’clock Thursday, July 23. Farm- -
ers are requested to send a Writ-.'
ten notice if they ask someone
else to take their marketing card
to them”.
The statement continued:
“It is essential for tobacco
growers to take their tobacco
sales cards to market when the
tobacco is weighed and placed on
the floor for sale.
“Each year the county office'
personnel have farmers to report
they have not received their mar
keting cards or that the cards
have been lost, destroyed or stol
en. Due to the importance of pro
per safe guarding tobacco cards
and for better adminstration of
the marketing quota program,
regulations now provide that any
producer reporting his marketing
card lost, destroyed or stolen
must file a report of this in the
county ASC office in which the
card was issued.
“After the producer files his
report in the county office a
three (3) day waiting period
shall be observed prior to issu
ing a replacement card. This will
allow time for any investigation
deemed necessary and to notify
appropriate persons of the can
cellation of the card which has
disappeared.”
Due to the rains of the past;
10 days some local warehouse
men are of the opinion the mar
kets are opening too early. “How
ever”, they say, “If the rains’
had not come the opening date
would be about right”.
According to County Agent
A. S. Knowles, tobacco damage
due to the rains have been slight
Knowles said if farmers find
their tobacco has started wilt due
to the wet weather they can run
a “bull tongue” down the middle
of the row and “air it out”. This
effort, he said, will also help
drain the excess water off.
The average loan rate or sup
port price for flue-cured tobacco
this year has been set at 55.5
cents per pound. This level is
based on 90 percent of parity
as of July 1. The average loan
rate on the 1958 crop was 54.6
cents per pound. Around 40 per
cent of the grades this year were
raised from one to six cents over
their 1958 levels while about one
third as many were lowered one
to five cents, with the remaining
unchanged.
Tide Table
Following la the tide table
tor 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 TMo
Thursday, July 23,
10:18 A. M. 4:04 A. M.
10:42 P. M. 4:16 P. M.
Friday, July 24,
11:05 A. M. 4:48 A. M.
11:26 P. M. 5:03 P. M.
Saturday, July 25,.
11:53 A. M. 5:33 A. M.
0:00 P. M. 5:52 P. M.
Sunday, July 26,
0:10 A. M. 6:19 A. M.
12:41 P. M. 6:44 P. M.
Monday, July 27,
0:56 A. M. 7:07 A. M.
1:32 P. M. 7:39 P. M.
Tuesday, July 28,
1:46 A. M. 7:57 A. M.
2:23 P. M. 8:36 P. M.
Wednesday, July 29,
2:38 A. M. 8:49 A. M.
3:15 P. M. 9:34 P. M.