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Most Of The News All The Time Volume No. 20 THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community No. 17 8-Pages Today The Pilot Covers Brunswick County SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1959 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Association In Annual Meeting In This County Three Sessions Held Last Week, At Jennies Branch Mill Creek And Bethel Baptist Churches PROGRESS REPORT MOST ENCOURAGING All Officers Of Association Reelected And Names Sites For Next Years Sessions The Brunswick Baptist Asso ciation convened Wednesday in annual sessions held at Jennie’s Blanch, Mill Creek and Bethel. The Reverend J. D. Hales, Jr., pastor of Mt. Pisgah and modera tor of the association, presided. Kirby Sullivan, an attorney of Southport, vice-moderator, presid ed at the afternoon session at Bethel. Warren Sellers, business man of Bolivia, clerk of the as sociation, recorded the proceed ings. Day sessions were held at Jennie’s Branch and Bethel, using the theme: “One Life To Live”, A night session was held at Mill Creek using the theme: “Chris tian Education”. The Associational Missions pro gram was strongly emphasized. Mrs Margaret McRackan, Bruns wick Associational Missionary, re ported on the program in the association. The work of the Bap tist Convention, including all in stitutions, organizations and agen cies of the convention was strong ly emphasized. The Rev. Mr. Hales, thanked Mrs. McRackan and all committee officers and workers for their prayers, loyalty, cooperation and support. The highlights of the program at Jennie’s Branch included: the morning message, brought by The Rev. Jim Scales, pastor at Bethel; the message of Dr. Herman Ihley, secretary of Sunday School work of the convention, on the Sunday Schools and work of the conven tion in general; Dr. Richard Young of the Baptist Hospital, who brought a message on that work; and The Rev. Bumgarner of Wilmington, who brought a message on The Biblical Recorder and other Baptist literature. These messages were preceded by reports from these agencies and institutions. Other reports were made and adopted. The highlights of the evening session at Mill Creek were the message of greetings from the Home For The Aging, by Char- ! les Burchette; and the address i on Christian Education by Dr. j L. H. Hollingsworth of Wake j Forest College. The highlights of the session : at Bethel included the morning message brought by The Rev. M. S. McLain, pastor at Leland; the message on the Children’s Homes by The Rev. Paul Pridgen of Ken nedy Home. The Budget for the coming year was presented and adopted and other business and reports were heard and attended to. The association voted to ac (Continued On Page 4) —" — Brief Bit* Of '-NEWS-1 OFFICES CLOSED All Brunswick county offices were closed Tuesday while the Special Bond Election was in pro gress. HOME ON VISIT 2nd Lt. A. X. Purvis is visit ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A C. Purvis of Winnabow, while in the process of being transferred from Lackland Air Force Base to Keesler Field. ATTEND CONVENTION Mrs. Clifton Arnold, Mrs. Zulima Aldridge were in Raleigh this week for the State Conven tion of Kings Daughters. The headquarters were in the Sir Wal ter Hotel. EPISCOPAL SERVICES Services will be held at St. Phillips Episcopal Church Sun day, which is All Saints Day. Church School will begin at 9:45; I Holy Communion service will be held at 11 o’clock; and the pre sentation of the United Thank Offering will be at that service. METHODIST BAZAAR Members of the Woman’s So ciey of Christian Service of Trinity Methodist Church will hold their annual bazaar on No vember 13 in the old post office building, beginning at 10:30 a. m. On sale will be fancywork, aprons, j “white elephants”, cakes and! candy. This has been described as a good time to obtain some suitable Christmas gifts. Interesting Visitor II •JS JRAYELER—0ne of the most interesting visitors in Southport recently was T. W ai d Seeley, Prench-Canadian, who took off in his 16-foot canoe early Tuesday morning and headed down the inland waterway for Florida. He spent two days here, and made many friends while in Southport. Homecoming Day At Soldier Bay Baptist Church This Event On Sunday Will Mark Beginning Of Week Long Revival, With The Rev. Williams S. Jones In Charge Homecoming will be observed at Soldier Bay Baptist Church at Ash, Sunday, November 1. Services of the day will begin with Sunday School at 10 o’clock followed by morning worship ser vice at 11 o’clock. Dinner on the grounds will be served by the ladies of the church and all mem bers, former members and friends of the church are cordially invited to attend. Beginning with the Homecom ing Service at 11 o’clock, a series of revival services will start and continue throught Sunday mor ning, November 8. The Rev. Wil liam S. Jones, pastor - First Bap tist Church, Darlington, South Carolina, will be the visiting evangelist beginning with the Monday evening service at 7:30 o’clock. In preparation for the revival a series of cottage prayer meet ings are being held this week. The schedule of cottage prayer meetings is as follows: Monday in the home of Mrs. Odell Smith and Mrs. Myrle Evans with Thurston Hughes and Dillon Ward as leaders; Tuesday in the home of Preston Evans and Mrs. Mag gie Matthews with Parley For myduval and Mrs. Mary Long as leaders. On Wednesday night the regular mid-week prayer serv ice will be held at the church with Mrs. Claire Evans leading. Thurs day evening meetings will be held with George Milligan and Mrs. Caroline Hughes with Emory Young and Kenneth Johnson lead ing, On Friday evening J. W. Stanley and B. A. Williams will conduct prayer services with Neu man Smith and Dalton Simmons. The public is cordially invited to attend these prayer services and the revival next week. Monthly Grange Meeting Is Held Booster Club Program Fea tures Regular Meeting Of Town Creek Grange The Booster Night Program was the feature at the October meeting of Town Creek Grange No. 1206. The meeting was opened with the regular Grange ritual with the worthy master Charles Tay lor, presiding. Homer King was voted into membership and Thom as Howard, W. L. Rabon, T. B. Rabon and William Sellers were proposed for membership. Mrs. Leroy Hooks, lecturer, presented the booster program. D. A. Lanier read the scripture appropriate for the occasion and Delbert Wolfe gave an interesting and informative lecture on “The History of the N. C. State Glrange’’. For the lighter side, an old time quilting party was acted out t>y Delbert Wolfe, Woodus Mercer and W. B. Henry dressed as adies. One lady, Mrs. D. E. Mitch -11, was shown and told, in an old fashion gossip men’s session, that she did not know how to quilt t Continued On Page 4) Marathon Canoeist Stops Over Here T. Ward Seeley, French Canadian, Arrived Sun day Night In Difficulty, Departed Tuesday In Good Shape IS GRATEFUL FOR LOCAL HOSPITALITY Visitor Turns Out To Be Friendly Fellow Who Is Having Many Adven tures On His Water Journey By JAMES F. HOWARD A chapter in the odessey of “Le Voyageur”, a 16-foot, 70 pound, patched-up fiberglass canoe, skippered by a 6-feet, 170 lb French-Canadian, came to an end at 9 o’clock Tuesday morning when T. Ward Seeley shoved off from the City Dock and headed down the Inland Waterway on a rising tide. His ultimate objective is Miami, or possibly even Key West of Havanna. This chapter began at 8:30 Sunday morning, when Seeley left Wilmington and paddled down the Cape Fear hoping to reach South port before nightfall, but the real story began some eight or nine months ago in Thetford Mines, near Quebec, Canada. At that time, Ward, a World War II veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, and a former travelling Beauty Supply sales man, was an obscure assistant to a mining engineer in Thetford Mines. He had arrived in that small village some two years pre viously when his mother lay dying of cancer, and his father, an Episcopalian Minister, had sent for him to be with her during her last illness. After his mother’s death, Ward remained in Thet ford Mines to care for his aging father. His father, remarried about the first of this year and Ward, feeling that he was no longer needed at home and realiz ing that he had advanced as far Continued On Page Five Fire Department For Winnabow Leaders In That Community Hoping To Organize And Equip Volunteer Fire De partment A group of citizens at Winna bow have organized a Volunteer Fire Department and are now in the progress of raising funds for the purchase of a fire truck and other necessary equipment. Mrs. L. A. Bridges is adult counselor for the Youth Fellow ship. Chairman of the committee in charge of this movement is Elmer Skipper, and Tom Rabon has been named treasurer. He already is receiving contributions to the fund with which to make the necessary purchases. The plan is to organize a group of volunteer firemen who will be able to offer fire protection in a radius of 3-miles of Winnabow. It is pointed out that this will result in a reduction in insurance rates covering property in this area. The next meeting of the group will be held on November 7i County Officers Capture Big Still Brunswick county Sheriff E. V. Leonard and his depu ties captured and put out of business Tuesday one of the largest stills ever located in this area. The outfit, estimated to be capable of turning out $10,000 per day in bootleg liquor, was destroyed, and 80-cases of the bottled product was taken. ^ In addition, there were two / 55-gallon drums of whiskey in the bulk. The location of the still was in Lockwoods Folly township, near where another big still was captured three years ago. Bond Sales Run Less This Year Increase In Rate Of Interest Expected To Quicken Rate Of Purchase For Rest Of Year The sales of Series E and HI Savings Bonds in North Carolina i during September totaled $3,498, 613. In Brunswick County, sales for ■ September were $1,018.25. For the I year, Brunswick sales amounted to $47,701.00, which is 62.4 per cent of the county’s quota. For the first three quarters of this year cummulative sales in the state reached $34,673,414, which is 68 per cent of the state's 1959 quota and 5 per cent behind last year’s performance. Hoke, Macon, Pamlico and Continued On Page Two Mrs. Rourk To Head March Of Dimes Campaign Shallotte Lady Has Been Active In This Work For Past Twelve Years CAMPAIGN TO BE HELD IN JANUARY Brunswick County Leader Expresses Appreciation For Cooperation She Has Had From Fel low Citizens Mrs. M. H. Rourk of Shallotte has been appointed Brunswick County Director for the new March of Dimes for I960, it was announced this week by William A. Creech, Campaign Chairman. The drive, which will be held in January, will help support the new and expanded program of The National Foundation, which is now attacking the crippling diseases of birth defects and arth ritis just as it attacked the prob lem of polio. Mrs. Rourk is a graduate of Woman’s College. She is a ♦mem ber of the Business and Profes sional Women’s Club, P. T. A., and Association of University Women. She and Dr. Rourk are members of the Presbyterian Church of Myrtle Beach. She has been active in March of Dimes work for twelve years. “The people of Brunswick County who helped make the Salk vaccine possible by previous March of Dimes contributions,” Mrs. Rourk said, “have an even greater stake in this new March of Dimes, because one out of four families is affected by these three diseases—the nation’s big gest cripplers.” “The National Foundation,” she continued, “is embarked on the largest and most ambitious pro gram ever undertaken by a vol untary health agency, and needs your support more than ever. March of Dimes funds will be used to finance extensive medical scientific research, train young people in the health and medical professions, and provide better treatment for many crippled ehil Continued From Page Two j Mrs. Key Heads Boosters Club Organization Reports Pro gress In Project To Light Local Athletic Field For Night Games The Southport Boosters Club met last week to receive reports on the progress made toward procuring lights for the athletic field. Rev. W. E. Pauley told of his efforts to get the necessary poles and also gave approximate prices on the lights. Robert L. Jones, chairman of the fund raising com mittee, said his report was in complete but to date over $1,000 has been raised. Officers for the coming year were elected and the following will serve: president, Mrs. Fran ces Key, secretary, Mrs. R. L. Jones, treasurer, Mrs. Harry S. Donnell. The next meeting will be held immediately following the P. T. A. meeting and all who are in terested are urged to attend. TIME and TIDE By JIMMIE HAKfEK It was October 25, 1939, and Henry Stone, principal at Shal lotte High School, had recently completed work for his master’s degree at Duke University. Formerly he had been principal at Supply. An English sparrow, making a rest stop on Frying Pan Lightship, had been captured some two weeks before and subse quently released ashore in Southport. Due to the unsettled condi tion of the international situation, plans for a Navy Day celebra tion in Southport had been abandoned; the old, four-story hotel structure on Bald Head Island had been desortyed by fire; and the homes of H. S. Smith and Capt. Fred Willing were being repaired and painted. According to a headline, the Venus Flytrap was the strangest form of plant life known to man. Whether this plant deserved this highest honor is not known, but there was an interesting feature on these botanical carnivores that week. The lady hypnotist-swindlers reported the week before had moved on to Columbus County; Harry Sells had been chased by a wild boar and black bear, alternately, through most of the woods (a lot) north and east of town; and Robert Willis had gone to work with a Chadbourn drug concern. It was October 25, 1914, and over two hundred persons had attended the 50th anniversary homecoming at New Hope Presby terian Church. Harold Aldridge was serving with an artillery out fit in England; the Southport school was planning a Halloween Carnival; the hurricane of the preceeding week had failed to reach the Brunswick area; Dr. and Mrs. E. G. Goodman had an nounced the birth of a son; and a Home Demonstration Club was to be set up in the Funston section. Continued On Page Four Whiteville Scene Of REA Meeting L. Y, Ballentine, Commissi oner of Agriculture, Will Be Principal Speaker For The Annual Membership Meeting Friday A shorter program stripped of what have been called detracting exhibits and concessions, will be an innovation of the annual Brunswick Electric Membership Corp. meeting this year. The meet is scheduled for Liberty warehouse, Whiteville, Oct. 30. Registration opens at noon, with the meeting beginning at 1:30 p. m. E. D. Bishop, co-op manager, says that the meeting, in the past an all-day affair, is being cut to half a day, and is also be ing stripped of its exhibits, dem onstrations, and eating conces sions. He explained that the meeting’s purpose is to give the member owners information about their business and that “about two thirds of our members cannot hear the important factors of our program.” Key speaker for the 1959 meet ing will be L. Y. Ballentine, North Carolina secretary of agri culture. The program will be opened at 1 p. m. for a half hour of coun try music by Grandpa Jones and L. Y. BALLENTINE his Grand Old Apry aggregation. There will be the business re ports as presented by the officers, and the members will also name a new board of directors. As usual the cooperative will offer prizes for those attending. Nominated for the 11 positions as directors are the following: Dennis Anderson, J. B. Ward Jr., H. D, White Jr., C. D. Branch, F E. Lay, R. T. Mercer, T. D. Lindsey, L. C. Batten, M. M. Ray, Frank D. Inman and Roy Swain. Outcome Of Bond Vote Is Uncertain Much Activity At Sunny Point Facilities at Sunny Point Army Terminal found a new use this week as members of the Second Marine Division are loading troops and equip ment aboard several Navy ships for participation in At lantic Fleet Marine Force and the Atlantic Fleet Am phibious Force maneuvers. Yesterday several of the big ships of various sizes and descriptions came into the Southport harbor and con tinued up river to their berth at the Sunny Point docks. Welfare Official Cites Program R. Eugene Brown, Director Of Public Acsistance For State Board Of Public Welfare, Spoke Thursday Night In Southport R. Eugene Brown, director of public assistance for the North Carolina Department of Public Welfare, was speaker at a meet ing in Southport Thursday even ing. The State official, speaking be fore an audience which included many of the public officials of Brunswick county, outlined the many services provided by the Welfare Department and told of the history of the development of this program in North Carolina. He pointed out that an act passed in 1917 set up the first welfare organization as such, and he praised the thinking and plan ning that went into this legisla tion. The handicap for many years, he said, was lack of funds; and he told how the conditions in this field have changed. He said that, in this connec tion, there appears to be no way to escape a reduction in payments after January 1 to per sons receiving checks through the Old Age Assistance program. The State contribution to the total amount of these payments will be reduced from 85-percent to 80-percent. He said that the State contribution to the total amount of these payments will be reduced from 80-percent to 75 peicent in checks to the Perm anently and Totally Disabled. Brown expressed the belief that too much criticism has been leveled at the Aid to Dependent Children program, saying that no public funds are expanded for the care of about 92-percent of all illigitimate children born in North Carolina. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. E. H. Arrington, chair man of the Brunswick County Welfare Board. Earl Bellamy, judge of Brunswick county Re corder's court, introduced the (Continued On Page 4) 'Incomplete Returns Indicate Considerable Opposition To All Nine Proposals In Brunswick SIX OF NINE SURE TO PASS IN STATE Fate Of Armories, Historic | Sites And Funds For Port Development At South port In Balance Early returns from Tuesday voting in the Special Bond Elec tion resulted in approval of six of the nine proposals, totaling $33,550,000. Left in doubt were the three issues in which there wa« a special local interest here in Brunswick. Incomplete returns from this county made it virtually impossi ble to determine the fate of the bond proposals at the hands of Brunswick voters. Here in South port a light vote was cast, but it was preponderantly in favor of all nine provisions contained on the ballot. At Shallotte and in Frying Pan precinct, approval also was given to all proposals; but Town Creek and Supply both went against all measures by at least a 2-to-l margin; and at Freeland, the only other precinct from which complete returns were available this morning, the vote on the various proposals ranged from 3-to-l to 5-to-l against. Using the returns from these seven out of 17 precincts as a basis for estimate, it would ap pear that there is just about an even chance for a vote of ap proval in Brunswick. In gravest danger on the State level are the proposals which would provide $100,000 for match ing funds for armory construc tion; $250,000 for buildings and improvements at Historical Sites; an $500,000 for contingency funds for port improvement at South port. In the county, there appeared to me little discrimination among Continued On Page Two Named Leader Of Farm Census Stuart D. Patrick Of Wil mington Has Been Ap pointed Crew Leader For Both Brunswick And New Hanover Counties Appointment of Stuart D. Pat rick as a crew leader for the 1959 Census of Agriculture was an nounced this week by Field Di rector Joseph R. Norwood of the Census Bureau’s regional office at Charlotte. Patrick will direct a force of j census takers who will canvass all farms in Brunswick County and New Hanover County. Be fore assuming his post, he will' go to Fayetteville where he will receive five days of training by a member of the Census Bureau’s staff. Topics to be covered include procedures for recruiting of cen (Continued On Page 4) Trick Or Treat Will Have New Twist In Town Members Of The Methodist Youth Fellowship Will Visit Homes On Thurs day Evening For UNICEF OTHER CONVENTIONAL ACTIVITIES PLANNED Schools Of County Follow ing Long-Established Cus tom Of Raising Needed Funds At Carnival Members of the Methodist Youth Fellowship in Southport will follow a new pattern with their “trick or treat” activities this year when on Thursday night they collect funds for UNICEF. Instead of candy and other goodies, children of members of the MYF will collect "treats” in form of pennies, nickels and dimes for the world’s needy children. The “treats” will go to United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to help needy children all over the world. UNICEF was started nine years ago when a small Sunday school decided on Halloween to do some thing for the world’s needy chil dren. Today that small organiza tion has grown to over 10,000 communities participating and more than two million contribute mg. Mrs. Bridges said: “Last year UNICEF benefited more than 50 million children and mothers. We are happy to say that our con tributions last year helped aid ' that many people in our small way and wc are looking for ward again to another good drive. The children will be carrying milk cartons with orange and black UNICEF bands around them when they start their cam paign Thursday night. Mrs. Bridges gave the following ; data as to how pennies would help. “The price of a small piece of chewing gum represents the price of vaccine against tuberculosis, i The price of a three cent stamp | will provide a needy child with a glass of milk a day for two weeks. “The cost of daily newspaper means the pencillin to cure a ; child of yaws, a tropical disease ! which cripples and maims. For I the cost of a gallon of gas, a child can be successfully treated for trachoma, an eye disease which often leads to blindness. “These are but a few of the ways UNICEF helps. We of Southport are very lucky that we live in a land of penty, and I hope everyone will contribute a little to help those in need.” Achievements To Be Highlighted Home Demonstration Club Women Will Meet Next Tuesday At Bolivia For This Event The Brunswick County Home Demonstration clubs will hold their annual achievement night on Tuesday at Bolivia High School. The program will begin at 8 o’clock and all exhibits should be in by 6:00 p. m. J P. Snipes, Bolivia principal, will speak to the group on “Scholarship,” after which the loving cup will be presented to one of the Brunswick Clubs by a representative of Brunswick Elec Continued On Page 2 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 Tide Thursday, October 29, 5:15 A. M. 11:34 A. M. 5:32 P. M. 11:53 P. M. Friday, October 30, 6:07 A. M. 0:00 A. M. 6:23 P. M. 12:27 P. M. Saturday, October 31, 6:59 A. M. 0:42 A. M. 7:15 P. M. 1:18 P. M. Sunday, November 1, 7:51 A. M. 1:31 A. M. 8:06 P. M. 2:09 P. M. Monday, November 2, 8:42 A. M. 2:20 A. M. 8:59 P. M. 3:01 P. M. Tuesday, November 3, 9:36 A. M. 3:10 A. M. 9:54 P. M. 3:53 P. M. Wednesday, November 4, 10:32 A. M. 4:02 A. M. 10:52 P. M. 4:47 P. M.
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