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Most Ot The News All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT Volume No. 20 A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County No. 9 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1959 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Establish Dates For Coming Bond Vote In State Brunswick County Has Pe culiar Interest In Coming Special Election Because Of Port Funds ELECTION TO BE HELD OCTOBER 27 Preposition Will Be To Re ceive Authorization To Is sue Bonds For Capital Improvements Governor Luther H. Hodges has called a special Statewide bond election to be held on October 27 on nine questions of whether the State of North Carolina shall is sue bonds for capital improve ments for State institutions and agencies and State aid to com munity colleges and for local hos pital construction. Total amount of the bond issue will be $34,350,000. Brunswick county citizens have a very special interest in the forthcoming election, for one of the items involved is $500,000 for the State Ports Authority, to be expended for port improvements at Southport if and when a need has been developed. Also involved may be the future prospects for construction of an armory at Shallotte, for $100,000 is for the benefit of the State Ar mory Commission, which must have funds with which to match available federal funds, if and when they become available. Under instructions from the State Board of Elections the reg istration books for this special election will open on Saturday, October 3 at the polling places, and remain open until sunset on Saturday, October 17. The various registrars in the county will be at their polling places for regis tering voters on the three Satur days of October 3-10-17. This is not a special registra tion, therefore, all persons who are now registered on the gener al election registration books will not have to register again to vote in this special election. Eligible citizens who are not reg istered on the general registration books in their resident precinct will have to register to vote in this special bond election. L1 Brief BlU Of NEWS-1 BACK TO SCHOOL Charles Willis has enrolled at E. M. I. in Salemburg for the fall term after having attended school there this summer. BUILDING BOAT Good progress is being made on the construction of a big new party boat for Capt. Glenn Trun nell. Herman Sellers of Southport is the builder. TUESDAY VISITORS Television Commentator Ben McDonald was in Southport Tues day morning making plans for a forthcoming boating trip down the Cape Fear liver. MARSH HEN SEASON Marsh hen hunters had fair luck Saturday on the opening day of the season, although the tide was, not high enough for best results. GETS PROMOTION Woodrow Piner, son of Mrs. Wesley Johnson and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stevens, re cently has been promoted to Air man, second-class. He is stationed at Columbus Air Force Base, TTo lumbus, Miss. He has been in service about one year. REVIVAL MEETING Revival services will begin Sun day, September 13, at Mt. Pis gah Baptist Church with the Rev. i Clark Wiseman, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Mebane as guest minister. Services will be held each evening at 7:30 o’clock, and the public is cordial ly invited to attend. The Rev. J. V. Hales, Jr., is pastor of the church. SOIL BANK DEADLINE Brunswick County ASC offi cials this week issued one final warning to farmers who may wish to participate in the Soil Bank Conservation Reserve pro gram for 1960. Thursday, Sept ember 10, is the deadline for making application. This program should be of particular interest to farmers who wish to cut down on their farm operations and who still wish to receive some return from their idle acreage. Fall Corn BWHMUMMIH FARMER—92-year-old, F. W. Milligan of Shallotte Point, proudly points to his 13-ft. high corn that he grew himself—the old fashioned way. He planted, cultivated and hoed his two acres of corn right by himself, as a kind of “hobby.” Asked what he was going to do with all of his corn, he replied, “Rec’on I’ll have to buy me a couple of pigs to feed it to over the winter months.” Sailfish Provide Big Fishing News total Of Nine Of These* Fish Brought In Over La- | bor Day Weekend By Parties Fishing From Southport i MORE FISH ARE BEING MOUNTED Good Results Reported For Other Types Of Fishing, With Good Luck For Shoals The Labor Day weekend prov ed the most productive period of the season for billfish anglers ; fishing off Southport. On Satur day through Monday, nine sail fish were hung on the dockside racks. Capt. Hoyle Dosher of the Idle On IV led off Saturday with a double header. Both fish, meas uring 3-feet 8-inches and 4-feet, were caught by E. M. Edwards of Apex. Capt. Bob Austin’s Bot fly brought in the only other Sat urday catch, a fish measuring 6 feet 4-inches, landed by Dr. W. T. Shearin of Carolina Beach. Sunday saw another double header, this one by Capt. Walter Lewis on his John Ellen. One of these fish, measuring 3-feet 5 inches, was caught by F. F. Richie of Hartsville, S. C. Capt. Raymond Lewis reported that J. A. Harris of Troy hooked and landed a fish measuring 4-feet 4-inches aboard the private boat j Flying Fish. Capt. Austin also reported a sailfish the same day, but details of the catch were unavailable. Monday’s fishing accounted for the remaining two fish. Capt. H. A. Schmidt of the Idle On III boated one measuring 4-feet 1 inch for H. T. Norris of Salis bury. Capt. Austin reported the other catch, rounding out the weekend’s take. Unsettled weather on Monday and Tuesday put an end to the billfish splurge for the moment, but local captains had high hopes of continuing the take with the return of normal conditions. Incidentally, Capt. Basil Watts, local agent for a Miami taxider mist, reported that seven of the nine fish caught were to be mounted, somewhat of a record in itself. EDMUND H. HARDING Edmund Harding To Be Speaker Very Popular After Dinner Speaker Will Appear At Bolivia Lions Club Ladies Night Next Week Edmund H. Harding, famous af ter dinner speaker from Wash ington, will be the featured per former at a Lions Club Ladies Might and Anniversary Party at Bolivia on Thursday night of next week. Harding, whose last appearance in Brunswick county was at the SENCBA banquet in Southport last winter, has made countless appearances throughout the Unit ed States and his popularity is still growing. Those who have heard him are always anxious to hear him again. Invitations have been issued to members of other clubs in the county to attend this special meeting at Bolivia, but officials )f that club are urging that all ■enervations be in by Monday in jrder that final arrangements may be for the meal. A large crowd is expected for his occasion, which highlights -he social activities of the club sach year. P.T.A. Meeting Thursday. Night The first P. T. A. meeting of the school year will be held on Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock in the Southport high school audi torium. No program is planned for this meeting, but after a short business session parents and friends are invited to the school cafeteria for a social hour. All parents are urged to attend this first meeting to greet last yeai’s teachers and to welcome the new teachers into an or ganization of fellowship and co operation. Large Number Brunswick Men Serve On Hyde Arrival Of This U.S. Hop per Dredge For Work At lVlasonboro Inlet Gives Local Men Opportunity To Visit Home When the dredging industry needs good men to make up a crew, it appears that they al ways look to Brunswick county to furnish them. Take any dredge that works this area and you’ll find the roster of availables well speckled with names familiar to the Brunswick area. The Corps of Engineers hopper dredge Hyde is no exception to this assertion. The Hyde, which began last Friday a month’s maintenance dredging of Mason boro Inlet bar channel, has eight men in the crew from Southport and one from Supply. One other Tar Heel, Ira Gilikin from Beau fort, rounds out a total of 10 from North Carolina in the crew of 60. The Supply crewman is Hugh B. Gray, first assistant engineer. Representing Southport are: Jack E. Kershaw, clerk; William T. McNeil, mess attendant; John D. O’Daniel, Jr., first mate; Charles W. Southerland, second mate; David T. Fulrwood, boatswain; and William A. Russ, Sr., Julian L. Southerland and James M. Fullwood, dragtenders. The Hyde 1* schedule to pass Southport early Friday morning on her way to Wilmington to take on fuel and other supplies. In keeping with her schedule of working 10 days and tying up for four, she will remain in Wil mington harbor during the week end and return to work Monday night. The skipper is Capt. Clyde V. Testone who was stepped up to the command recently after serving aboard the Gerig as first assistant to Capt. Jarvis Midgett. The Hyde came here directly from Boston where she had been in drydock for repairs and recon ditioning. Bolivia Boosters Seeking Lights All-Out Drive For Funds For This Project Will Be Conducted Friday By Club Members Friday has been set as the tar get date for members of the Bo livia Boosters Club in their effort to raise money necessary to erect lights on the football field at their high school. Considerable progress has been Continues On Page 4 Farmers Choose Committeemen In Thursday Voting jix Communities Will Elect Committeemen, With The High Man Becoming Chairman And Delegate To County Convention DELEGATES ELECT COUNTY COMMITTEE County Committeemen Need Not Be From List Of Com munity Candidates But May Be Any Parti cipant Brunswick county farmers will vote tomorrow (Thursday) in an election which will determine the leaders of the ASC program for the next year. Polls open at 7 a. m. and close at 6 p. m., and a voting place is located in each of the six townships. A list of candidates has been prepared, and the high man in each farm community will become chairman of the community and delegate to the county convention, which will be held on September 25. The second highest candidate will be come vice-chairman and alternate delegate to the county convention. The third high man will become regular member of the community committee. The county committee will be elected at the convention on Sep tember 25, and candidates for these three posts need not be nominees for community commit teemen. The only requirement is that they be persons eligible to participate in the farm program. Any farmer who as owner, op erator, tenant, or sharecropper, is participating or is eligible to par ticipate in any program adminis tered by the Brunswick County ASC Committee, is eligible to vote in his community. To Supervise Census Report Takers WU1 Begin Task Of Collecting Infor mation On Farms During November Appointment of Everett L Peterson of Clinton as a field as sistant for the 1959 Census of Agriculture was announced this week by the Bureau of the Cen sus, Department of Commerce. Peterson will direct a force of 20 crew leaders and 294 census takers in 16 counties in south eastern North Carolina. Counties in which Peterson will supervise the farm census this fall include: Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin, Harnett, Jones, New Han over, Onslow, Pender, Robeson, Sampson, Wayne. Peterson will enter on duty on September 21 and receive several days of training which will cover administrative procedures and other duties and responsibilities connected with the job. He will be responsible for recruiting the crew leaders who will enter on duty on October 26. The crew leaders will in turn recruit the census takers who will enter on duty on November 18. The 1959 Census of Agriculture will collect information on the number and size of farms, acre (Continued on Page Four) TIME and TIDE By JIMMIE HAKt'EK It was September 6, 1939, and Southport Presbyterians had launched a drive for new classrooms and a brick veneer of the entire church. There was news that week of a late season build ing boom at Long Beach; the Rev. A. L. Brown had consented to be roll call chairman for the Brunswick Red Cross affiliate; and the L. J. Hardee home was undergoing extensive repairs, includ ing the addition of a terrace. A news story that week brought out the fact that for some time now the county administration had been operating in violation of one of the State’s statutes: namely, that each courtroom must display a State flag in a prominent spot. This situation had been rectified, and now both the State and National ensigns were in their proper places. Our columnist circulating Just Among the Fishermen had noted with some surprise that the hammerhead shark was native to the North Carolina coast. This fact was uncovered by a group of biologists working from the trawler of Homer and Leon Mc Keithan. Schools, getting a late start this year, were due to open on the following Monday; our editorial writer was reviewing the possibilities of having increased tourist facilities; and, due to some mixup, there had been no Recorders Court that week. It was September 6, 1944, and, some two months after it had happened, the story of the Normandy invasion was reported by one of The Pilot’s correspondents. Robert Marlowe, serving with the Navy aboard one of the invasion ships, had written a vivid eye-witness account of the landings aad subsequent happenings. Also aboard during the operation was his brother, Ed. Miss Marion Frink was graduated that week from the University of North Carolina with a degree in Journalism; word had come Continued On Pag* Four Heads New Department SPECIALIST—Dr. M. H. EourJk of Shallotte becomes head of Department of Cardiology at Dosher Memorial Hospital. The Shallotte physician hopes to devote an in creasing amount of his time to treatment of diseases of the heart. Rourk Specializes In Heart Ailments Cow’s Stomach Yields Yarn Amos Splawn, Walden Creek farmer, was telling a story this week about un winding a ball of tobacco twine that had been swallow ed by the family cow—with out harm to either the ani mal or the string. They were tying tobacco one day last week and had tossed the ball of thread over the limb of a tree so that it would feed off evenly and would not become tangled. The cow came grazing past, and the next thing the tyer noticed was that the string wasn't coming off as freely as it should. She looked up, and there stood the cow with the little white line leading into the dark caverns of her stomach. Splawn said that he thought that probably the cow might have digested this strange morsel, but decided to make an attempt to. retrieve the string. This he did by pull ing slowly but steadily on the . free end, and he was able to reel every bit of it from the stomach of the cow, who stood patiently by for tliis unusual operation, Growing Rabbits Good Business Longwood Man Says That This Is One Possible Way To Supplement Farm In come A Longwood man this week was advocating rabbit raising as a good means to supplement the average Brunswick county farm income. “It's better than raising chick ens”, said M. E. Smith, who is now up to here in the rabbit business. “They are easy to raise, clean to keep and there is a ready market,” he continued. “Also”, he added, "they are good breeders”. This point he illustrated with the news that he got his start with 10 rabbits, has sold more than one hundred, and still has a large breeding stock. The largest litter he ever had born in his hutches was 19, and of this number he was able to raise 15. This he did by farming out the baby rabbits to other less prolific mothers. Does will produce a new litter each month, Smith said, the time being from 28-32 days. One family is weaned before a new batch comes off, and it is possible to produce an animal of suitable market size in about 10 weeks. "They grow faster than chickens,” he said as he took another swipe at the poultry industry. The desired weight at market time is about 4-pounds, the Long wood grower said. The market hovers around the 25-cents per pound figure and right now the Shallotte Physician Plans To Devote Increasing Amount Of Time To Care Of Patients In This Field PLANS DAILY TRIPS TO DOSHER MEMORIAL New Department Expected To Serve Greater Number Of Brunswick County Patients Dr. M. H. Rourk, Shallotte phy sician, has been named head of the Department of Cardiology at Dosher Memorial Hospital and is making daily visits to the hospit al, which will be his headquarters for the treatment of heart pa tients. Starting next week he plans to spend most of each afternoon at the hospital, with the mornings and evenings for the other phases of his practice. “I hope to be able eventually to devote my entire time to treatment of heart pa tients,” he said. “This is the field of medicine in which I am most keenly interested, and I plan to specialize in it.” Dr. Rourk will read and eval uate electrocardiographs taken at Dosher Memorial Hospital. He has equipment necessary for this work, and some of the members of the technical staff at the hos pital will assist in taking pic tures. me decision wmcn has resulted in this important development for Dosher Memorial Hospital was taken at a recent meeting of the medical staff with the hospital administrator. All four of the Southport physicians expressed their interest in the expansion of facilities for the treatment of heart patients at Dosher Memo rial Hospital, and they have promised their full cooperation. Hospital officials feel that the addition of a department of car diology will mean that more pa tients will make use of local hos pital facilities. This may bring on a problem with regard to available space, but it is felt that use of the wing formerly devoted to nurses quarters will allow for any immediate expansion. Dr. Rourk is well known (Continued on Page 2) Traffic Death Sunday Morning Negro Man Killed In Auto mobile Accident Near Bo livia Early Sunday Morn ing The Labor Day wek-end was marred by one traffic death in Brunswick county. The fatality occurred Sunday morning near Bolivia when 22 year-old Robert Lee Holt was thrown from an automobile and instantly killed. Driver of the car, Rudolph Granthum, was charged with driv ing too fast for conditions and manslaughter, according to inves tigating Highway Patrolman Seth L. Thomas. No announcement has been made regarding an inquest into this accident. Higher Prices Big Help For Weed Average Volume For Border Belt To bacco Markets Off Last11 Week But Dollars Paid Out Close To 1958 Figures WEEK’S PRICES UP FROM PREVIOUS HIGH Market Officials Optimistic Concerning Tobacco Pros pects Following Holi day Break Volume for the four Columbus tobacco markets dropped of“ slightly last week, but averages Eor leaf soared to new heights. Seasonally, through 27 selling days volume is only about 6VZ - percent off the heavy 1958 crop, and averages that are at least - $1.70 higher have cut the money ~ difference to only 3% percent. These facts are taken from a * survey of U. S. Department of I Agriculture figures. Last week the four markets, * Chadbourn, Fair Bluff, Tabor - City and Whiteville sold an ag- * gregate of 9,294,890 pounds for I an average of $63.56 The weight was about 2 mil- " lions off the weight heavy week snding August 28, but the aver- ' age was up 50 cents. I At the end of the 27th selling - day, every market in the county 1 was well over the $60 mark for - season average. Chadbourn, taking full advant- - age of its excellent local crops " had a season total of 8,980,403 I pounds for $63.04. Fair Bluff, hit - by a slow start, has come back “ with 5,969,888 pounds on a $61.28 - average. Tabor City, always a strong . market with its access to earlier * maturing South Carolina fields, has 7,127,256 pounds for a $62.85 average. And Whiteville, a bulk, three-buy'»r market that attracts much early upstate tobacco has 24,658,435 pounds for a $61.44_ average. A check of grade for grade averages across the North and to $4. In Whiteville, today, George Gold, sales supervisor, said a full market is; expected for Tuesday, the first sale after the Labor Day holiday. Conference On Federal Funds Supt. John G, Long And Two Members Of Office Staff Will Attend Meet ing In Raleigh A meeting of all school super intendent’s in North Carolina who are making application for Fed eral Financial Assistance under Public law 874 and 815 will be held in Raleigh Friday at 10:30 o'clock. Dr. Woofter, Regional Repre sentative of the U. S. Department of Education, Region III, will be present to explain changes in pro cedures. Mr. Latham of Raleigh, who is the State Representative, also will attend. Brunswick County will be re ported by Superintendent John G. Long and by Mrs. Frances Young and Mrs. Annie Laurie Ramseur, bookkeepers in the Board of Edu cation office who deal with statis tics and forms concerning this reimbursement. An administrative school unit is eligible for Federal financial as (Continued on Page Four) 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 TMe Thursday, September 10, 1:17 A. M. 7:32 A. M. 2:08 P. M. 8:23 P. M. Friday, September 11, 2:25 A. M. 8:38 A. M. 3:14 P. M. 9:28 P. M. Saturday, September 12, 3:31 A. M. 9:44 A. M. 4:16 P. M. 10:28 P. M. Sunday, September 13, 4:33 A. M. 10:44 A. M. 5:13 P. M. 11:23 P. M. Monday, September 14, 5:30 A. M. 11:38 A. M. 6:06 P. M. 0:00 P. M. Tuesday, September 15, 6:22 A. M. 0:11 A. M. 6:53 P. M. 12:28 P. M. Wednesday, September 16, 7:10 A. M. 0:56 A. M.