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1 Volume No. 20
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
No. 19 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1959 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
Mysterious Turn
In Missing Man
Case This Week
Body Of George W. Garring
Has Not Been Recover
ed Following Reported
Drowning Last Week
SEEK INFORMATION
ABOUT FOUL PLAY
Investigation Continues As
FBI Plans To Seek addi
tional Information
On Case
An element of mystery was in
ected into the case of missing
eaman George W. Garring this
eek as searchers thus far have
iled to discover the body of
e man reported to have drown
at the Southport yacht basin
st Monday night.
Word was received here yester
y that Garring's wife had re
ived a note dated several
onths ago saying that in the
ent of his death or mysterious
^appearance certain information
evidence was being deposited
a safety deposit box in one of
banks of a big eastern city,
he Federal Bureau of Inves
ation has this information and
1 make every effort to dis
er if this latest development
ased upon fact. Chief of Po
James F. Howard, who has
:ed local investigation, said
y that this probably will re
je several days,
agging operations by the U.
oast Guard were abandoned
week, but a close lookout has
keel maintained for the body of
Garijng, last seen alive early in
the Vvening of November 2. At
that? time he had started aboard
the yacht Tara, moored at the
Thompson Marine at the South
port yacht basin. He was in com
pany with Thomas A. Gray, a
shipmate, and the latter reported
that Garring slipped from the
dock. He recounted that he had
S.
made a futile effort to drag Gar
ring back to safety, and that
while making preparations for
further rescue attempts he had
fallen asleep. He said that both I
he au,i tKe missing man had spent
most of their time for the pre
vious sevral hours drinking.
The Tara departed Southport
about noon last Wednesday, con
tinuing her way down the inland
waterway to Miami, Fla.
Brief Bite Of
'-NEWS-1
CAKE AND PIE SALE
The Women of The Presbyterian
Ifiurch will have a pie and cake
laic in front of Ormond Leggett's
I it ore at 9:30 o’clock Saturday
r.orning.
j IONS BARBECUE
Members of the Southport Lions
| Club will sponsor a barbecue
supper next Thursday night at
the Community Building. Serving
will begin at 6 o’clock and will
continue until 8 o’clock.
CONDITION SERIOUS
Mrs. Vienna Leggett, prominent
Southport lady, is in serious con
dition at James Walker Memorial
Hospital, Wilmington, where she
is suffering from a broken hip,
suffered in a fall here last week.
HOLIDAY HOUSE
Holiday House will be sponsor
ed this year by the Southport
Garden Club on Sunday, Decem
ber 6. This organization will also
sponsor the outside Christmas
lighting contest this year in
Southport.
BROOM SALE
Members of the Southport
Lions Club have brooms made by
the Blind Industries for sale.
Anyone desiring to have one de
livered to his home may tele
phone GL 7-3121. Fruit cakes
also are available.
AT FORT EUSTIS
CWO Egan Hubbard and his
family left Wednesday for Fort
Eustis, Va., where he has been
assigned duty following three
years in England and Germany.
They visited Mr. and Mrs. G. E.
Hubbard here prior to reporting
at Fort Eustis.
METHODIST BAZAAR
The annual bazaar and bake
sale, sponsored by members of
the Woman’s Society of Christian
Service, will be held Friday in
the old post office building. Sales
wili begin at 10:30 o’clock and
will continue until all items are
sold. The ladies in charge call
attention to the fact that this
will be a good opportunity to pur
chase unusual and distinctive
Christmas gifts.
Get Big Deer
BUCK—One of the largest deer reported killed in 1
the county this season was the 8-point,; 160-pound buck
killed by Frank Rabon, veteran hunter, left front above.
Also on the front row are Wilbur Rabon and Howard In
man. The man standing beside the deer is Daniel Rabon.
First Services
In New Church
Members Of Congregation
Of Yaupon Beach Metho
dist Church Looking For
ward To This Important
Occasion
FINISHING TOUCHES
APPLIED THIS WEEK
Sunday Services Will Not
Be Formal Opening, But
Will Mark First Use Of
New Facilities
Preparations are being made
th;s week to hold services for the
first time in the new Yaupon
Beach Methodist Church next
Sunday morning.
Despite unfavorable weather
conditions, the corner stone lay
ing service was held out of doors
last Sunday. The marker gives
the date of organization of the
church as August 25, 1957, and
the date of completion of the
new edifice as November 8, 1959.
This week workmen who par
ticipated in the various phases of
construction are busy completing
their jobs, so that the building
will be ready for use on Sunday
morning. Considerable work has
been done in cleaning up the
grounds, marking out the drive
way and in other chores attendant
to the occupation of the new
building by the congregation._
Services Sunday will be simple
and are not intended to be the
formal opening. This is to come
later after pews and an organ
have been installed. Right now,
the educational building is con
sidered to be ample for the needs
of the congregation. This unit,
complete with a furnished kitchen
and social rooms, will help pro
vide the needs for well-rounded
church life, according to the pas
tor, the Rev. L. D. Hayman.
A cordial invitation has been
extended to all members and
friends of the church to attend
services Sunday morning. Sunday
school will begin at 10 o’clock,
followed by a sermon by the pas
tor at the 11 o’clock hour.
Local Baptists
Calling Minister
The Rev. Mark Owens Of
Greenville Will Assume
Pastorate Of Southport
Baptist Church December
First
The Rev. Mark Owens, pastor
of Arlington Street Baptist
Church, Greenville has accepted
a call to serve as pastor of
Southport Baptist Church. He will
assume the duties of his new
pastorate on December 1.
The new minister is a native
of the Western Prong community
of Columbus county. He grad
uated from Fairmont high school,
attended Carson-Newman College
and graduated from the South
eastern Baptist Theological Sem
inary at Wake Forest.
Prior to his service as pastor
of the Greenville church he had
served as pastor of White’e
Creek and Shady Grove Baptist
Churches in Bladen county.
The Rev. Mr. Owens is mar
ried and the couple has two chil
dren, Mary, age 5 years, and Tim,
age 4-months.
The last full-time pastor for
the local church was the Rev. Leo
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Shallotte River
Group To Meet
The Shallotte River Asso
ciation will hold an anniver
sary dinner next Thursday
evening at 7 o’clock in the
Shallotte high school cafe
teria.
On hand for this occasion
will be Col. R. P. Davidson,
chief of the District U. S.
Army Engineers. The speak
er will be Representative
James C. Bowman and the
toastmaster will be Senator
S. B. Frink.
Lennon Planning
Visits In District
Congressman Plans Sched
ule That Will Place Him
In Contact With People
Congressman Alton Lennon has
set up his annual fall-winter
schedule of visitations throughout
the Seventh Congressional district.
This year he’ll be in Columbus
county during the Nov. 16 week,
week of Nov. 30, and in Bruns
wick county during the Dec. 7
week.
The visits are scheduled so the
representative can be reached
more easily by his constituents.
The Columbus native will be at
his Wilmington office in the post
office building, Nov. 16. Then the
next two days, Nov. 17-18 he’ll
spend the time in Columbus coun
ty going from one section to an
other.
On Nov. 19 from 9 a. m. until
5:30 p. m. he’ll make his head
quarters at the courthouse in
Whiteville. On Nov. 20 he’ll be
back in his Wilmington office.
For Bladen county, he’ll start
the week off at his home office,
Nov. 30. Then Dec. 1-2 he’ll visit
throughout Bladen county, mak
ing his headquarters at the court
house in Elizabethtown on Dec.
3. On the 4th he’ll be back in his
Wilmington office.
After a day at the office on
Dec. 7, the congressman goes
throughout Brunswick county on
Dec. 8-9, and will be at the
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Children Visit
Local Library
This Is Part Of Effort To
Acquaint Young People
With Services Available
Through Library
Students of the Southport ele
mentary and high school have
been taking “field trips’’ to the
new Southport Public Library to
learn something of its history,
plans for the bookmobile and to
become acquainted with facilities
available to them.
Last class to make such a visit
was Miss Gertrude Loughlin’s
sixth graders. Upon their return
to the classroom each student
wrote a letter to Mrs. Philip
King, acting librarian, .thanking
her and commenting on the
things which most interested
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Menhaden Help
Pile Up Record
Cargo Tonnage
Figures Released By U. S.
Engineers Department In-1
dicate 35,000 Tons Caught
Here During 1958
WILMINGTON PORT
FIGURES INCREASE
These Figures Are A Part
Of 4,826,608 Tons That
Passed Through The
Harbor Last Year
The menhaden industry at
Southport had one of its best
years in 1958 with a catch of
some 35,000 tons (87,675,000 fish),
according to the Corps of En
gineers.
The 1958 total exceeds by 8,678
tons caught in 1957 when the
take was 26,322 tons.
The menhaden total is a heal
thy contribution to the 4,826,608
tons of waterborne commerce that
was either handled or passed
through the harbor last year. The
total for 1958 was some 74,000
tons higher than 1957 and an
all-time record.
Morehead City had 506,600
tons, an increase of 53,000 tons
over the year before.
Col. R. P. Davidson, District
Engineer, said thg figures are pre
liminary and do not become of
ficial until they are published in
the annual report of the Chief of
Engineers.
In 1957, traffic at the two ports
was 50,000 tons under the total
for 1956. Wilmington’s ’58 total
was an all-time high.
Wilmington imports in the
1957—58 order, went up from 382,
873 tons to 490,340 tons for an
increase of 107,467 tons. The hike
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Numerous Cases
Heard In Court
Most Of Day Consumed In
Disposing Of Variety Of
Cases Before Judge Earl
Bellamy
A variety of cases were dispos
ed of here in Recorerd’s court
Monday before Judge Earl Bell
amy.
Hubert Stevens was found guil
ty of public drunkenness and was
fined $25 and costs.
Harry Burst was found guilty
of assault with a deadly weapon
and was given 9 months, sus
pended upon payment of a fine
of $25 and costs, with the pro
vision that he make restitution
of $36 for the prosecuting wit
ness. He gave notice of appeal
and bond was set at $300.
Cecil G. Benton was found guil
ty of speeding 100-mph. Sentence
of 6 months on the roads was
suspended upon payment of a
fine of $200, 2 years good be
havior and attendance at a driver
clinic.
Mayland Graham was found
guilty of possession of apparatus
of manufacturing liquor and of
possession of liquor. Sentence of
12 months on the roads was sus
pended upon payment of a fine of
$250 and costs and 2 years good
behavior. He appealed and bond
was set at $300.
William H. Hill was found
guilty of assault with a deadly
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TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HARl'ER
It was November 8, 1939, and Mrs. J. E. Dodson had won top
honors in the recent county-wide canning contest. Capt. Hulan
Watts had purchased the Sea Girl in a move to expand his
sportfishing enterprises. He was planning to equip the craft with
new engines. John Boyd Finch had received honorable mention
as one of ten finalists in a recent nation-wide song writing con
test; tickets to the Thanksgiving game between The Citadel and
Wofford in Wilmington were on sale locally; and in the open
forum a letter urged citizens to become familiar with their
local library. It was signed Susie Sellers, librarian.
George Watson, second officer aboard the S. S. Eastern Guide,
was on his way to Honolulu, thence to Japan, Russia and the
Philippines on a six-month cruise. The nation was to celebrate
Thanksgiving on November 23, North Carolina on the 30th; our
fishing editor had written on the proper method of rockfishing;
and our editorial writer, basing on the "idle mind’’ theory, was
writing with approbation on the new playground facilities in
Southport.
It was November 4, 1944, and FDR was in for another term.
His picture dominated the front page that week. Mrs. Maxine
Fulcher, disturbed by noises from her chicken coop one recent
night, had armed herself with a stout stick and had cudgeled a
marauding possum to death. The Southport Halloween Carnival
had been reported a success; Roy McKeithan was a crew-member
aboard an LST due soon to be taken to a combat zone; and
Johnnie Simmons was due home on leave after serving with the
Coast Guard in the South Pacific.
County offices would be closed on the following Saturday in
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Company Commander
1st Lt. Fisher, Company Commander, “D” Co., 1st Airborne Battle Group, 505th
Infantry salutes Lt. General Francis W. Farrell, 7th Army Commander, as he troops
the line in parade held Saturday, October 24th. Also walking with General Farrell
is Major General Lloyd R. Moses, Commanding General, 8th Infantry Division, Col
onel Theodore C. Mataxis, Commanding Officer, 505th Infantry, and Lt. Colonel
Frederick N. Oettinger, Deputy Commander, 505th Infantry. Lt. Fisher is a native of
Southport, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Fisher, Sr.
Southport Man
Honored With
New Assignment
Lt. Darrell Fisher Is New
Commanding Officer Of
D Company, 18th Army
Battle Group, 550th In
fantry
New Company Commander of
“D” Co., 1st Airborne Battle
Group, 505th Infantry, 1st Lt.
Paul D. Fisher, recently was re
viewed by Lt. General Francis
W. Farrell in a parade, held Sat
urday, October 24, in Mainz, Ger
many. Besides General Farrell,
Lt. Fisher -was formally inspect
ed by Major General Lloyd R.
Moses, Commanding General, 8th
Division, Colonel Theodore C.
Mn.taxi^, Commander, 505th In
fantry, and Lt. Colonel Frederick
N. Oettlnger, Deputy Commander,
505th Infantry.
Fisher was born and raised in
Southport and attended South
port High School, after which he
graduated from the Citadel in
South Carolina. Fisher was as
signed to the 505th Infantry,
October 4, 1958.
Since entering the service he
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Bolivia Citizen
Goes To Reunion
Open House Will Be Held
This Week-End At State
College For Former Short
Course Students
Travis Danford of Bolivia plans
to attend a statewide reunion of
young farmers who have taken a
Short Course in Modern Farming
at N. C. State College on Friday
and Saturday of this week.
A. S. Knowles, Brunswick
County Agricultural Agent, says
the reunion will be a part of the
“open house” program being spon
sored by the N. C. State College
School of Agriculture on Novem
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King Mackerel Big
News In Fishing
Memorial Books
Given Library
The Southport Public Library
was the recipient this week of a
contribution made in memory of
Price Furpless, beloved South
port resident who died last week.
The donation was made by Mr.
and Mrs. A. D. Harrelson and
will be used for the purchase of
books.
The library now has on hand
memorial book plates to be placed
in all volumes given in memoriam.
Southport Ladies
Attend Meeting
Local Club Members Attend
District Meeting At Caly
pso Friday; Interesting
Program Presented
“Clubwomen of America must
help build a better world, and
the only way each can begin is
with herself, her home and com
munity. Begin by building a bet
ter you”, Mrs. Raymond T. Dent
told around 120 women in Calypso
Friday. The Spruce Pine woman
is president of the North Carolina
Federation of Women’s Clubs and
principal speaker at the annual
meeting of the 11th District, held
in the Calypso Presbyterian
Church. Included in her talk on
the subject “Opportunity We
Have”, was a resume of state
wide club projects for the year.
Other state officials taking part
were Mrs. Doc P„. Oliver, Pine
Level, second vice-president, who
spoke on “Service Unlimited” and
Mrs. H. J. Sharpe of Thomas
ville, third vice-president, whose
topic was “Clubwomen in Today’s
World”.
Mrs. George Ross of Wilming
ton, district president, conducted
the meeting, recognized special
guests and presented the speak
ers. Hostesses for the day were
members of the Calypso Adel
phian Club. Mrs. C. L. Sloan, its
president, was in charge of ar
rangements, assisted by Mrs. S.
D. Davis.
I
Registration, beginning at 10
a. m., was combined with an in
formal get-together for Junior
Club members present and a cof
fee hour for everyone.
The day’s business included the
choice of a District 11 candidate
for the state nominating com
mittee, Mrs. George H. Cates of :
Faison, and the acceptance of
three Clinton clubs’ invitation to
hold the 1960 meeting there. Host
ess clubs will be the Clinton Wo
men’s Club, the Clinton Study
Club and the Clinton Junior Wo
man’s Club. These groups will
also entertain the District clubs
on the occasion of the annual
district Vogue sewing contest to
be held in the spring.
At the luncheon at North Dup
lin High School, Mrs. Ross an
nounced winners of the District
awards for the year 1958-59. The
Jessie Taylor Silver punch bowl, j
went to the Junior Sorosis Club j
of Wilmington for outstanding;
service. Mrs. George Sloan, presi
dent of the winning club, ac
cepted the bowl from Mrs. Tay
lor, who made the presentation.
Individual club yearbook award
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: Local Charter Boats Have
Been Bringing In Large
Catches Of These Fish
During Past Week
TOTALS RUN UP
TO 68 PER BOAT
Weather Is Now Principal
Factor Affecting Activi
ties Of Charter Boats
As Season Nears
Close
The big run of king mackerel,
one of the fishing events to
which hundreds of North Caro
lina sports fishermen look for
ward each year, is now on, and
only the weather threatens the
success of this almost fabulous
luck.
Last week boats going offshore
came in with catches of these
fish ranging up to 68. Capt. Hulan
Watts says that they ran to
about 10-lbs in weight, with many
of them larger than this average.
After some good days last
week, weekend weather put a
temporary stop to off-shore ac
tivities. Again Monday and yes
terday the boats were out again,
and today almost every boat in
the local charter fleet is out af
ter king mackerel.
Good catches of other fish are
this time of year seem to favor
the kins. For one thing, they are
a good, game fish and afford
plenty of sport. For another, they
are mighty handy to take home
and put in the freezer.
Brunswick Men
Work On Dredge
Majority Of Men Working
Aboard Pullen At Sunny
Point Are From This Part
Of State
Sam Piver and Rifton Hewett,
superintendent and master, re
spectively, of the dredge Pullen,
now working at Sunny Point
Army Terminal, extended Bruns
wick county a gracious bow the
other day.
Said Sam and Rifton nodded
agreement: “What would we do
for a crew without Brunswick?"
And how right they are. The
Pullen has a crew of 32 men and
22 of them are Brunswick coun
ty people.
Heading the roster is venerable
Emerson Fulford of Supply. Emer
son, both Sam and Rifton figure,
is a veteran of “at least 46 years
of life on a dredge" and he is
still going strong as a leverman.
No absenteeism for Emerson, he’s
steady as Gibraltar, they say of
him.
In numbers, the Hewetts lead
the pact with six regulars.
Here is the list as they appear
on the time roll:
Cleveland Gore, Minor Hewett,
Winfred Hewett, Marvin Fulford,
O Neal Varnam, Rufus Gore,
Perry Hewett, Elbert Goce, Rich
ard Piver and Henderson Caison.
Lindsey Lewis, Otis Fulford,
Shelton Gore, William Floyd,
Franklin Hewett, Henry McCall,
Franklin McCall, Lloyd McKeith
an, Jackie Varnam and Emery'
Sewett.
The Pullen expects to finish
the Sunny Point job a day or so
before Thanksgiving. Where she
will go from here is not known
now.
4-H Achievement
Winners Named
Thursday Night
Exhibits Demonstrate Vari
ed And Valuable Exper
iences Of Youngsters
Who Have Carried Out
Projects
WINNERS TO ENTER
DISTRICT CONTEST
This Will Be In Progress In
Wilmington During The
Coming Week-End With
Brunswick To Be
Represented
Brunswick county boys and
girls from all sections participated
in the 4-H Achievement Day pro
gram Thursday evening at Shal
lotte, with winners eligible to
participate in the Southeastern
North Carolina 4-H Honors Day
this week-end in Wilmington.
Leading winners in the county
competition were Meta McNeil
and Martha Rabon, both of Bo
livia.
Ribbon winners were:
Electrical appliance mad e—
Sherwood McNeill, Shallotte, code
tapper mechanism, blue; Martha
Rabon, Bolivia, red, model house
lighted; Kenneth Bellamy, Shal
lotte, white.
Electrical appliance repaired—
Sherwood McNeill, Shallotte, blue,
heater repaired.
Garden Crops
Turnips — Elon King, Wacca
maw, blue.
Yams—Elon King, Waccamaw,
blue.
Corn — William Hickman, Bo
livia, blue; Elon King, Waccamaw,
red, Donald Long, Waccamaw,
white.
Forage — soybean hay, James
Bland, Waccamaw, red.
Beekeeping — honey — Martha
Rabon, Bolivia, blue.
Poultry — eggs, Jo Ann Sel
lers, Shallotte, blue, Sadie Cook,
Leland, red; Martha Rabon, Bo
livia, white.
Home Grounds
Flower arrangement — Martha
Rabon, Bolivia, blue.
Fruit bowl — Martha Rabon,
blue.
Wildlife
Nesting box—James Bland and
Donald Long, Waccamaw, blue.
Bird house — Wayne Morgan,
Shallotte, blue.
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Thieves Enter
Union School
Sheriff E. V. Leonard And
Deputies Working On
-Leads They Hope Will
Turn Up Stolen Equip
ment
j
Sheriff E. V. Leonard and mem
bers of his department have been
at work during the past few days
trying to recover the 8 type
writers and other equipment stol
en from Union High School dur
ing the week-end of October 30
November 2.
Missing at the result of this
robbery were 8 of the 13 type
writers owned by the commercial
department of that school; an
electric handsaw, an electric San
der and a drill.
The State Bureau of Investiga
tion has been called in on the
case and police officials in several
nearby cities have been alerted
in the hope that some of this
missing equipment can be re
covered and the thief arrested.
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,
5:37 A. M.
5:59 P. M.
Friday,
6:21 A. M.
6:40 P. M.
Saturday,
7:00 A. M.
7:20 P. M.
Sunday,
7:39 A. M.
7:58 P. M.
Monday,
8:15 A. M.
8:33 P. M.
Tuesday,
8:50 A. M.
9:09 P. M.
Wednesday,
9:25 A. M.
9:43 P. M.
P.
11,
M.
M.
P.
11
M.
M.
November 12,
11:46 A. yi
11:59 P. 4’
November 13,
0:00 A
12:31
November
0:40
1:12
November
1:19 A.
1:53 P.
November 16,
1:58 A.
2:32
November
2:35
3:10
November
3:12 J
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