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Most Of The News All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Volume No. 20 No. 3 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1959 5c A COPY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY In Engineers Office BRIEFING—Four of the Reserve Officers now on two weeks duty at Sunny Point are shown in the office of the District Army Engineer where they visited Mon day. On the left is Major Leonard Edelstein, who is briefing Lt. James Terranova, Lt. George Lilakos, Lt. Robert Reidenreich and 2nd Lt. Robert Delahunt on the duties of that office. All of the latter four men are in the U. S. Army Reserve, and are attached to the Engineer Corps. Mosquito Control Continues With More Equipment Additional Equipment Pro mises More Frequent Ser vice In Spraying Rural Areas Of Brunswick The mosquito control program for Brunswick county is expected to receive a boost this week with the arrival of a new spraying machine which will almost double the ability of the Brunswick County Health Department to carry on its spraying program. With a single machine to serve most of the county it has requir ed approximately 30-days to make the complete rounds. The addition of the new outfit will cut that time in half. There is hope of additional re lief if some of the communities now considering the proposition will go forward with plans to purchase their own spraying ma chines. Already they are owned and are being operated in South port, at Yaupon Beach, Long Beach, Shallotte Point and at Gause Landing. A representative of the Health Department said this week that materials are available from the health department for use in mos quito control, the only bottle-neck being machines. Although both dust and liquid forms are on hand, the Health Department has been using llie dusting method almost exclusively this summer. It has been deter mined the residual effect is bet ter, and the matter of operating the machine is simplier with solids. Health Department officials say that spraying is not the only an Continued On Page Four Brief Bile Of lnewsj BENEFIT SUPPER The Southport Woman’s Club will sponsor a turkey-shirmp buf fet supper tomorrow (Thursday) from 5:30 to 7:30 p. m. in the Community Building in Southport. WELLS RETURN Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wells have returned from Florida, where a part of the Wells shrimping fleet worked during the winter and spring. Some of those boats now are operating in Southport. FISH FRY There will be a free fish fry for members and their wives of Brunswick County Barracks No. 1744, Veterans of World War I, USA, at Ocean Isle Beach, in the old pavilion on Saturday at 6 p. m. All World War I veterans and their wives are cordially in vited to attend. ATTENDING CLASS Mrs. George Gregory and Mrs. Harold Aldridge, employees of the Clerk of Court’s office in Brunswick county, are in Chapel Hill the last three days of this week attending a short course conducted by the Institute of Government for the benefit of as sistant clerks and deputy clerks of Superior Court. Southport To Have Industrial Teacher Full Time Instructor Being Made Available For First lime This If ear 'lhrougn Program In Industrial Education COMES IN CONNECTION WITH ADULT PKUOKAlVl Balanced Program Of In dustrial Training And Ciass-Koom Instruction Will Be Offered Here Southport will have an indus trial training department this fall, and authorisation for an extra teacher has come from the Trade and Industries Department of the State Board of Education. This announcement was made by Russ ell Swindell at a special meeting of the Brunswick county board of education Thursday night. This will mark the first venture for this department into the or ganized public school program, so the work here may well be term ed a pilot project. Tommy Bow mer, a member of last year's high school faculty, will be the instruc tor. The principal emphasis of this special training program will be upon nautical vocations, and will be concerned with making it pos sible for boys who take tnese courses to earn a better living on boats or in any related nautical industry. The fact that Southport was chosen as the site for this pilot project probably stems from the fact that the Commercial Fisher men's Training program for adults received its first test in North Carolina about two years ago right here in Brunswick Continues On Page 4 Red Cross Folks Flan Fall Drive Proposition Of Conducting fund Drive During Fall Considered By Chapter Ofticials Mrs. Marion Ritzert of Southern Pines, acting Field Representative of the American Red Cross, was a visitor in Southport from Sun day until Tuesday. The purpose of her visit was to confer with Hubert Bellamy, Chairman of the Brunswick County Chapter of the Red Cross, and other chapter of ficials on a proposal for a fall fund campaign. There is a general impression among chapter officials that the true attitude of Brunswick coun ty citizens toward the Red Cross is not reflected in the poor re sponse to fund raising appeals for the past two years. They feel that the timing of the fund drive is unfortunate, so far as most of the people in this area are concerned. That is the thinking behind the idea of holding a fund drive in the fall, when farmers have just sold their tobacco and when fish ermen are engaged in productive activity. Preliminary plans are under consideration, with more news to come up later on this subject. *' Poultry men To Meet Friday Roddy Bennett, president of the Brunswick Poultry As sociation, announces that Norman Rebert, Jr., of Rose Hill will be at the agricul ture building at Shallotte Fri day night for an 8 o'clock meeting to discuss an egg marketing program for Brunswick county. Bennett urges that all far mers interested in commer cial egg production make plans to attend this meet ing. Local Library Proves Popular * - Records During Month Of July Indicate Increased Use Of Library f acilities Jerry ’ Dilsaver~ was the**10Gth person in Southport to register for a borrowers card at the Southport Public Library since it’s opening the lirst of July in new quarters in the City Hall. This was done on Monday with one more library day beiore the end of the month. The report of number of books borrowed during the month shows a remarKable increase in the use of the library facilities and the Board of Trustees is pleased with the increased interest, especially among the children. During July, 4t>5 cooks have been borrowed thus far and this figure for the month is approximately one fourth of the total for the entire year preceding. This indicates that tne library is being used more and therefore that the change in location and increased activity by volunteer workers has shown results. Many new books have been given the library and more are in the offing, so the prospect is for even greater use of the library (.Continued on Page Four) former County Agent Visitor R. T. Melvin, First Man To Fill This Position In Bruns wick County, Now At Holden Beach R. T. Melvin, first man to serve as county agent for Brunswick county, is spending this week at Holden Beach with his family, in cluding his daughter and her hus band, Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Weber. The latter are from Wilmington, Del. Mr. Melvin came here in 1915, and says that for the first few months of his duties in Bruns wick county he and his family lived in Southport. "The farmers out in the county rose up in arms about this arrangement, so (Continued on Page l'wof Reserve Officer Group Training At Sunny Point USAR Transportation Train ing Unit Spending Two Weeks At Nearby Term inal For Summer Training SEVERAL VISIT ENGINEERS OFFICE Twenty-Three Officers And Two Enlisted Men Are Performing On-The-Job Duties At Sunny Point The USAR Transportantation Terminal Unit (7459) is now at the U. S. Army Transportation Terminal at Sunny Point for two weeks of summer training. The unit consists of 23 officers and two enlisted men and is com manded by Col. Norman F. Bissell I of Marshfield, Massachusetts. The 7459th mission is to acti vate and operate on ammunition terminal similar to Sunny Point in time of emergency. The 7459th is the first of two such units that will train at Sunny Point this summer. These units are newly organized and their per sonnel will perform on-the-job training with their counterparts at Sunny Point. Boston, Massachusetts is the headquarters of this Unit. On Monday several of the men in this unit who are in the Corps of Engineers Branch of the Army visited the Wilmington District office, where they had an oppor tunity to study first-hand some of the operations carried on dur ing peace time at one of these installations. BCT Vocational Program Studied J. A. Francis, Vocational Agriculture Teacher, Has Been Asked To Cooperate In Survey Of Teaching Practices v Jesse A. Francis, teacher of agriculture and head of the De partment of Agriculture at the Brunswick County Training School since 1947, has been chos en to participate in a National Research Study being conducted by the American Vocational As sociation’s Committee on Research in Agricultural Education. The research project will at tempt to identify and analyze certain teaching practices and procedures being used in select ed young farmer classes through out the country and to evaluate these practices and procedures in terms of their adaptability to present and future changes in ag ricultural education. The local agriculture depart ment was also selected as one of the trial centers in North Carolina, and the Young Farmer Class that has been organized and conducted by the teacher very successfully for several years will supply some of the data that will be used in the na tional study. Francis will work with a state team of selected teachers under the direction of Dr. Gerald James, Assistant Director, Curri culum Study, and G. Herman Por ter, Research Analyst, State (Continued on Page Four) Awards At Sunny Point AWARDS—Lt. Colonel W. S. Norman, Commanding Officer, U.S. Army Trans portation Terminal Sunny Point, at Southport, recently presented certificates and awards to Sunny Point civilian employees as follows: Left to right, Charles R. Wal lace, Plant Engineer Division, Suggestion Award, $10.; Roy Arnsten, Supply Division, Sustained Superior Performance Award, $150.; Marvin E. Scott, Plant Engineer Divis ion, Sustained Superior Performance Award, $150.; and William P. Horne, Plant En gineer Division, Suggestion Award, $15.00. Season’s Sixth Blue Marlin Is Taken Tuesday Dr. N. M. Hornstein Is Dis appointed In Efforts To Regain Lead In Area Blue Mariin Derby It looked like a hanging was coming off down at the Tar Heel Sports Shop last night about 10 o’clock, and as a matter of fact, that is just about what happen ad. But the object of interest for the large crowd that had gathered was a big blue marlin that had just been brought in by Capt. Walter Lewis aboard the John Ellen; and the actual 'hang ng’ was nothing more- serious than a weighing in to determine f Dr. N. M. Hornstein had man iged to regain the lead in the fl,000 Blue Marlin Contest! He hadn't. The fish weighed only 197-lbs, and already this /ear Dr., Hornstein had checked in with one that was larger, a 230-pounder. This latter fish had, in fact, held first place for the Southport man for several weeks, out last week L. T. Davis of Wilmington moved into top spot ■vith a marlin that tipped the scales at 271-lbs. In addition to the fish brought in last night by the Southport party, another marlin vas taken in this area over the .veek-end when Billy Decover of Wilmington reported a 167-lb oeauty. The party out with Capt. Lewis (Continued on Page Four) TIME and TIDE By JIMMIE HABTEft I It was July 26, 1939, and The Pilot that week carried a front page plug for sanitation. The item mentioned that one non hygenic practice was the use of second-hand chewing gum. Snow’s Cut, above the Quarantine Station had been recently opened, and a story noted that the new water passage would allow "shallow” Carolina Beach boats to visit Southport. The Frank Sherrill yacht, yet unnamed, was to remain in Southport for some time. A special notice announced that the following week’s paper would be the annual Tobacco Edition; Bill Wells had predicted that shrimp would appear in large numbers local ly within two weeks; and Neils Jorgensen had been nominated by our Not Exactly newsman ag All-American soda jerker. Joe Cotton, one generation senior to the movie star, had visit ed Southport during the past week; David Watson was current ly calling numbers at a Carolina Beach bingo emporium; and Charlie Mathews had been appointed manager of the soon-to be developed Smith Island property. It was July 26, 1914, and there was much weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth among the younger set. Schools, it was announced that week, throughout the county would begin their fall sessions on August 31. The other big news that week was the announcement that the Coast Guard had lifted the ban on sports fishing, and that licensed boats could once again carry parties outnide. The Edgewater, formerly the Hotel Miller, had been opened to the public on the proceeding Saturday afternoon; Bald Head Island had been treated to a hail storm during the past week; and Ennis Weeks, after 26 months in Pacific areas, was on his way home. Continued On Page Two Tobacco Markets Ready For Opening Large Family Gathering Held It required 15 houses to accommodate the Dr. R. M. Wilson family for their re union last week at Holden Beach. There were 57 present. Dr. Wilson is a retired Presbyterian medical mission ary, and spent 40 years in Korea. He established a repu tation for being one of the foremost authorities in the world on leprosy. Dr. Wilson has 5 sons, four of whom are doctors. The fifth married a doctor. Tranquil Harbor Has Own Dentist Dr. Fred Self, Formerly Of Lincolnton, Opens Office There For Practice Of Dentistry An important step was taken this week in the establishment of a permanent, year-round com munity at Tranquil Harbour when Dr. Fred Self opened his office for the practice of denistry. The office is located in a newly constructed building on the cor ner of Charleston Avenue and Ocean Highway. He and his fam ily presently are residing at Oaks Apartments in Southport, but they plan to build a permanent home in Tranquil Harbour. Dr. Self attended Lincolnton City Schools and Appalachian State College for two years of predental education. He spent 4 years at Atlanta Southern Dental College, Emery University, in At lanta, graduating with the Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree in 1941. His internship was at U .S. Marine Hospital, Staten Island, New York. He served with the U. S. Coast Guard for 4 years as dental officer during World War II. He has practiced in Lincolnton since leaving military service in 1946. He is a member of the Amer ican Dental Association, N. C. Dental Society, Association of Military Surgeons of the U. S., of the Gaston County and 1st District Dental Society and is a Mason and member of Oasis Tem ple of the Shrine, member of V. F. W. and American Legion. He and his family are Methodists. Dr. Self is Dental Surgeon in the U. S. Public Healtli Service Reserve, Participating Dentist to the Veteran Administration and member of the F. C. D. A, He is married to the former Dorothy Louise Ward of Balti more, Md., and they have 3 chil dren, Fenton, Janice and Fred. ..(Continued on Page Four) Reports From Farmers In Brunswick Indicate Most Of Them Still Are Busy In Fields AREA WAREHOUSES READY FOR SALES Reports From Georgia-Flor ida Opening Sales Give Promise Of High Prices This Year The feverish excitement that goes with anticipation has a grip on the county as warehousemen, farmers and others prepare for the Thursday, July 30, opening of the Border Belt tobacco market. Reports from all sections of the county indicate that farmers are expecting abanner year. As good, or better than last years sales that netted farmers $33, 544,013.00 from four Columbus county markets. Weather and seasonal changes will have an effect on the mar keting. Until July 5 the county had very little rain fall and the tobacco crop was from two to three weeks advanced from last year. Then the rams came. From July 5 through July 23 rain had been reported in most sections of the county, nineteen straight days. Evenso very few farmers had drowned tobacco. Generally the rains have delayed the crop and some feel that the market opening is a few days premature. While others have nearly completed their work in green tobacco and will have some leaf ready for the auctioneer’s chant. Whiteville, largest of the four county markets, will have 10 warehouses in tip top shape for the Thursday opening. Whiteville sold 32,847,721 pounds for $19, (Continued on page luuri Two Named For Welfare Board R. O. Lewis, Former County Commissioner, And Elmer Aycock Sworn In As Member Of This Body Two new members have been sworn in for duty on the Bruns wick County Board of Public Wel fare. They are Ft. O. Lewis, for mer member of the board of county commissioners and a mer chant from Thomasboro; and El mer Aycock of Northwest. Mrs. E. Fi. Arrington of South port is chairman of the board. Lewis was appointed by the commissioners, then he and Mrs. Arrington exercised their right to name a third member. Lewis suc ceeds Dalton Simmons of Ash as a member of this board while Aycock replaces M. B. Chennis of Northwest, who resigned be cause of his health. Handel’s Messiah To Be Presented Friday Evening This Presentation Will Come As Climax To Music Week At North Carolina Baptist Assembly At Fort Caswell PUBLIC INVITED TO THIS PROGRAM Walter Carringer, Internat ionally Known Concert Artist, Helping With Preparations For The Messiah A thousand church musicians are spending July 27-August 1 at the 1959 Church Music Con ference of the North Carolina Baptist Assembly. Walter Carringer, native of Murphy, who has become inter nationally known as a concert art ist, will be assisting with the five-day event which will close Saturday at noon. A lyric tenor, Carringer began advanced train ing as a scholarship winner of the North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs. He teaches at the Haithcock School, Greenwich, Connecticut. Joseph O. Stroud, state-wide music secretary of the Baptist State Convention, points out that a distinguished faculty of leaders will offer instruction throughout the week. A string quartet made up of Major Kutschinski, Raleigh, first violin; Mrs. Robert Norwood, Asheville, second violin; John T. Laverty, Durham, viola; and Mrs. Fred Kelly, Salisbury, cello, will take part in a presentation of Handel’s "Messiah” Friday eve ning, in the assembly auditorium. The program is open to the pub lic. Harvey Woodruff, Charlotte musician, will direct the confer- - ence choir. Soloists will be Doro thy Roberts, alto, of Mars Hill; ' Barbara Morris Lewis, soprano, of Charlotte; and James Berry, bass,~ minister of music, Myers Park Baptist Church, Charlotte. Dr. Othell Hand, pastor of Hickory’s First Baptist Church, will lead services of worship each evening. Some four hundred and fifty boys and girls aged 9 through 12 are at the Assembly this week for a Junior Choir Camp. Roy Scoggins, minister of music, First Baptist Church, Oxford, is in gen eral charge of this group. Instruc tion in theory, piano, voice, hym nology, and choral work will be offered by a staff of outstanding ministers of music from various parts of the state. Supply Merchant Is Badly Injured Floyd W. Kirby, Sr., Is Pa tient At James Walker Memorial Hospital In Wil mington Following Sun day Accident Floyd W. Kirby, prominent Supply merchant, is a patient at James Walker Memorial Hospital in Wilmington suffering from a broken right hip, sustained in an accident at his home Sunday mor ning. He and Mrs. Kirby had started to church, and he had returned inside the house for something while she backed the car out of the garage. When he stepped out of the door he walked into the path of the backing car, and was knocked to the ground. (Continued on rage Four) Tide Table Following Is tbe 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 80, 3:32 A. M. 9:42 A. M. 4:06 P. M. 10:28 P. M. Friday, July 31, 4:25 A. M. 10:33 A. M. 4:55 P. M. 11:19 P. M. Saturday, August 1, 5:16 A. M. 11:22 A. M. 5:42 P. M. 0:00 P. M. Sunday, August 2, 6:04 A. M. 0:05 A. M. 6:25 P. M. 12:08 P. M. Monday, August 8, 6:48 A. M. 0:48 A. M. 7:07 P. M. 12:52 P. M. Tuesday, August 4, 7:30 A. M. 1:29 A. M 7:47 P, M. 1:35 P. M.' Wednesday, August 5, 8:11 A. M. 2:10 A. M. 8:26 P. M. 2:18 P. M.
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