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Brunswick County
Volume No. 20
No. 25
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1959
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River Drainage
Offers Profits
For Landowners
Soil Conservation Service
Engineers Complete Sur
vey Of Dollar Gain Invol
ved In Waccamaw River
Project
ESTIMATED ANNUAL
BENEFIT OF $175,000
This Particular Study Had
To Do With Four Pro
jects Involved In This
Big Drainage Pro
gram
Annual benefits of about $175,
000 have been certified to the
Army Engineers as the results
that can follow flood control work
on four sections of the Waccamaw
river complex.
The report is now in the Char
leston office of the Corps of En
gineers for study under the agen
cy's small projects appropriations
program. This program limits ex
penses to $100,000.
According to a survey made by
the Soil Conservation Service at
request of the Engineers, work
on four projects will bring about
$40,000 in annual benefits from
flood prevention.
The work will also enhance
drainage for agriculture lands,
forests, lake front erosion etc.,
about $135,000 a year.
The projects are:
1. A seven miles stretch from
the lake mouth south towards
Crusoe Island.
2. The lower reaches of Juniper
creek.
3. A 2V2 miles stretch north of
Pireway, called the Reaches.
4. A 2-mile section of Seven
Creeks.
inese projects came out oi a
general discussion earlier this
year that involved the county
commissioners, Congressman Al
ton Lennon and Engineers repre
sentatives.
The area is seeking major re
lief of flooding conditions that it
feels are created by limited out
lets on the Waccamaw river.
The four projects were offered
by the Engineers as possible im
mediate work that can be done.
It was noted that anything lar
ger will take considerable involve
ment of local participation.
Frank Glover, SCS expert in
Whiteville, said the cost-benefit
ratio for the projects proposed
was about 3 to 1, and that a
strong recommendation the work
be done accompanied the report.
Glover said the estimates were
arrived at after close consulation
with all affected parties or their
representatives.
It is understood the Engineers
hope to achieve the work with
funds that will become available
during the last quarter of the
1959-60 fiscal period.
The last work that is known
to have been done on the river
of any importance was in 1934- ]
36 period of public works ad
ministration.
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DEAN’S LIST
Bobby Long of Shallotte is on
the dean’s list at Presbyterian
Junior College.
NEW YEAR’S DANCE
The Southport Lions Club will
sponsor a holiday dance on Sat
urday evening, January 2, in the
Community Building. Music will
be by hi-fi.
decorations contest
Judges for the outside Christ
mas decorations contest sponsored
this year by members of the
Southport Garden Club will make
their rounds on Christmas Eve.
EPISCOPAL SERVICES
Holy Communion will be cele
brated at a midnight service at
St. Phillips Episcopal church in
Southport on Christmas Eve. The
program will begin at 11:30
o'clock.
TO ENGLAND
Airman Woodrow Piner of
Southport left last week for an
overseas assignment in England.
He will be based near Oxford. He
is a graduate of Southport high
school and js the son of Mrs.
Wesley Johnson.
NEW YEAIt’S EVE DANCE
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Shallotte Voluntary Fire Depart
ment will sponsor a New Year’s
Eve dance at the high school cafe
teria, December 31, starting at 8.
Hefreshments will be sold, with
the money going for the benefit
of the fire department.
Gift For Mayor
PRESENT—When she was a visitor in Southport
several weeks ago, Mrs. Mae Bamber, councilwoman from
Southport, England, brought a present to Mayor Roy Rob
inson from the mayor of her city. Here she is shown with
Mayor Robinson and City Manager C. D. Pickerrell as she
makes the presentation.—(Huntley Photo.)
Shallotte Makes
Building Changes
The Rob White Building Is
Being Moved This Week
From Right-Of-Way Of
State Highway
R. D. WHITE GARAGE
AREA IS CLEARED
New Buildings During Year
Have Improved Appear
ance Of Shallotte Busi
ness District
Shallotte residents are keeping
an eye upon a building-moving
project this week in which they
are all interested. It is the two
story brick structure erected sev
eral years ago by the late R. S.
White, with the second floor be
ing the home for him and his
wife, Mrs. Katie White.
One reason for the interest is
a two-story brick building. There
are some who are skeptical about
being able to move a building of
that size and of that type con
struction. The Murray Construc
tion Co. of Rose Hill is in charge
of the project, and the men on
the scene laugh at the skepticism.
"Weil move it, all right,” they
say confidently as they go about
their work of making prepara
tions for the job. As a matter of
fact, they seem not to think that
the undertaking is unduly diffi
cult.
The new site of the building
will be about 30-feet back of its
present location. There has been
no announcement of its future
use.
Another interest in seeing this
project completed is that this
will remove from the highway
right-of-way the last remaining
structure. The building now
stands 7-feet on the highway
property.
Another building moving job
that has recently been completed
is the razing of the old R. D.
White Garage next door to Kir
ky’s. This property was purchased
by the proprietor of this modern
department store, and for the
time being at least the area is
being used for off-street parking.
Leland Youth Is
Morehead Choice
George White, Senior At
Leland High School, Will
Be Brunswick County
Candidate For Morehead
Scholarship
Geoi'ge White, a senior at Le
land High School, has been select
sd to represent Brunswick County
in the district selections for a
Morehead Scholarship.
These scholarships, offered each
year by the Unixersity of North
Carolina to entering freshmen,
ire worth $5,000 over a four year
span.
Blizzard is president of the
Student Council, a member of the
1-H Club, Varsity Club, basketball
;eam, and is art editor of the
Continued On Page 4
Burns Fatal For
Brunswick Woman
TABOR CITY — Miss Loraine
Hewett, 17, of Shallotte, Rt. 2,
died in the Dozier Memorial Hos
pital Sunday night from burn in
juries received Sunday morning.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday at 3 p, m. at the Shal
lotte Baptist Church, conducted
by the Rev. Amos Daniel. Burial
will follow in the Mintz Cemetery.
Surviving are her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Hewett and three
brothers, Lonnie, Richard and
Larry, all of the home; one sis
ter, Mrs. Loretta Todu of Charles
ton, S. C.
Lengthy Session
Of Court Held
Cases That Have Piled Up
During Past Three Weeks
Disposed Of Before Judge
Earl Bellamy Monday
In Recorder’s court here Mon
day the docket was crowded with
cases that had piled up during
the past three weeks, with the
following judgments being handed
down by Judge Earl Bellamy;
William T. Wooten, drunk driv
ing, $100 and costs; Douglas M.
Watson, driving on wrong side of
road, $10 and costs; Howard K.
Dive, destroying public property,
prayer for judgment continued
payment of costs and $5 restitu
tion to Dosher Memorial Hospit
al.
Herman Asn, drunk driving, 4
months on roads suspended upon
payment of costs and fine of
$100, defendant to remain of good
behavior for 2 years; Charles
Faulk, 12 months on roads sus
pended upon payment of $25 per
month for support of children,
first payment of $50 to be made
immediately.
John P. Jackson, wrong side of
road, $10 and costs; Horrie O.
Johnson, failure to give warning
when passing, costs (remitted);
Luther J. Johnson, Jr., expired
operator's license, costs; John M.
James, improper passing, $10 and
costs; Lucy C. Jessup, wrong side
of road, $15 and costs; Robert T.
McKnight, license violations,
costs; Sigmund B. Smith, follow
ing too closely, $10 and costs;
Claudie T. Steele, improper signal,
costs; Clyde F. Stanley, improper
equipment, $10 and costs (fine
remitted).
John Birdsong, drunk driving,
execution ordered in previous sen
tence; William J. Moss, no regis
tration, improper license and no
insurance, nol prossed; Freddie A.
Hooper, stop violation and im
proper equipment, judgment sus
pended upon payment of costs
and $15 fine.
Sherwood Gore, possession for
sale, 15 months on roads, sus
Continued On Page 4
Program Aimed
At Problem Of
Mass Illiteracy
Television Program Over
Wilmington WECT Will
Be Designed To Assist
Adults To Learn How To
Read
NEED ASSISTANCE
ON LOCAL LEVEL
Home Economics Agent In
County Has Been Helping
Line Up Volunteer
Teachers
There are more than 270,000
adults in the two Carolinas who
cannot read or write, and moved
by this appalling figure, television
stations of North and South Car
olina have organized a series of
98 half-hour programs to teach
adults how to read and write. It
embodies the famous Laubauch
visual method, created by the
John C. Campbell Folk School of
Brasstown, under the co-ordina
tion of Mayes Behrman.
In Wilmington station WECT
will telecast the series starting
Monday, January 4. The programs
may be viewed Mondays, Tues
days, Thursdays and Fridays,
from 6 to 6:30 a. m.
Throughout the WECT viewing
area of twenty-seven counties,
County Home Economics Agents
are setting up group TV watching
classes in their communities. Vol
unteer teachers are being urged
to contribute one-hour per tele
cast at these group classes, and
co-ordinators to arrange for T\
sets and class-rooms. Teachers
will conduct a half-hour discus
sion period after each TV class.
Here in Brunswick county Mrs
Thelma Upchurch, home econo
mics agent, has been trying to
arrange for classes and to secure
volunteer teachers. Classes in this
area will have access to good re
Continued On Page 2
General Reports
On Sudan Visit
Brig. Gen. James Glore
Tells Southport Lions Club
Of Interesting Experien
ces On His Latest Trij
Abroad
Brig. General James Glore was
the speaker at the Thursday night
meeting of the Southport Lions
Club and made a report on his
recent visit to the Sudan.
This is a country in Africa,
bordering upon the Red Sea and
lying next to Egypt. General
Glore reported that it also is a
country which has come into its
independence only comparatively
recently, and this fact accounts
for many problems which exist
there today.
General Glore described the
Sudan as an area roughly the
size of the United States east of
the Mississippi. The principal ex
port crop is cotton, the greatest
source of income is from the
herds of cattle, sheep and goats,
and the chief problem for both
is water. The land was described
as being fertile, but irrigation is
a problem.
As a matter of fact, General
Glore says that the big dam
which General Nassar proposes to
construct in Egypt is to be lo
cated close to the Sudan border,
and if and when it is constructed
the major portion of the resevoir
will lie in that country. “This, too,
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V7. COME LET US ADORE HIM
Heart Trouble
Major Cause Of
County Deaths
Statistics For Last Year Re
veal That Almost One
Half Total Deaths Result
From Cardie-Vascular Di
seases
Of the 202 deaths in Brunswick
county last year attributable to
one of six of the leading causes,
100 of them resulted from diseases
of the heart or blood vessels.
These figures from the public
health statistics of the North
Carolina State Board of Health
this week. The six leading causes
of death were named as diseases
of the Heart and blood vessels,
cancer, accidents, influenza and
pneumonia, prematurity and dia
betes.
The 100 deaths charged to car
dio-vascular diseases represents
49.9 percent of deaths from these
six major causes. This is below
the national percentage of 54 on
the National level and 53.7 for
the State of tforth Carolina.
A breakdown of figures from
Continued On Page 4
TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HARrisn
It was December 20, 1939, and The Pilot carried a special item
on the edit page that week—the story of the Nativity, according
to St. Luke:
“And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a de
cree from Caesar Agustus, that all the world should be taxed.
“‘And all went to be taxed, everyone into his own city.
“And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of
Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called
Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
“To be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, being great with
child.
“And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were ac
complished that she should be delivered.
“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in
swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was
no room for them in the inn.
"And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the
field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
"And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the
glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore
afraid.
“And the angel said unto them, Fear not; for, behold, I bring
you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
“For unto you is bom this day in the city of David a Savior,
which is Christ the Lord.”
The rest of the news that week didn’t matter.
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Holiday Schedule
Goes Into Effect
Bookmobile Will
Soon Be Running
Officials of the Southport
Public Library were advised
this week that the Brunswick
County Bookmobile will be
delivered in time to start
service soon after the first of
the year.
Prior to starting regular
service, a trip will be made
through the county for the
purpose of letting the peo
ple see the bookmobile and
to become familiar with the
schedule which will be fol
lowed in its future routing.
Living Tree Is
Used In Program
Christmas Program Feat
ures Performance By Stu
dents Of Mrs. Lingle’s
Grade; P.T.A. Votes To
Buy New Piano
One of the most interesting
events of the pre-Christmas sea
son was the program put on by
the students of Mrs. Lingle’s
grade Thursday night. It featured
a living Christmas tree.
The most important business
transacted at the meeting was
the decision to purchase a new
piano for the school. The member
ship voted to go ahead with this
purchase.
The following participated in
“The Singing Christmas Tree”:
Patty Smith, Jenny Lee Austin,
Marcia Simmons, Mary L. Har
grove, Sarah Pigott, ' Beverly
Ludlum, Sandy Allen, William
Walker, Beverly Price, Charles
Clevenger, Clare Glore, Mike
Helms, Jerra Poteet, Jerry Dil
saver, Pat Parker, Sallie Tomlin
son, Margie Piner, Sandy Donnell.
Jean Burdette, Zettie Carrier,
Landis Brown, Rachel Ann Har
relson, Janet Shuler, Ruth John
son, Sarah Barnes, Lawrence
Harrelson, Tolman Lennon, Carol
Williams, Janice Self, Gene En
low, Johnny Miller, Pamela Floyd,
Dottie Long, Donna Crouch, Susan
Bellamy, Patricia Gamer, Frances
Continued On Page 4
: Schools Get Out For Christ
mas Tuesday At Noon
And Will Reopen On
Monday, January 4
CITY AND COUNTY
OFFICES TO CLOSE
Stores, Banks, Postoffices
Will All Observe Christ
mas With Some Time
Off
All Brunswick county offices
closed Wednesday afternoon in
observance of the Christmas holi
days and will not be open for
business again until Monday mor
ning.
Here in Southport city em
ployees are working today, but
will be off for the rest of the
week. They will be back on the
job Monday morning.
Schools were out Tuesday at
noon, and the Yuletide holiday ex
tends to Monday, January 4.
Teachers received their salary
checks before they left for their
homes, a condition that had much
to do with their prospect for
Christmas shopping.
The Waccamaw Bank & Trust
Co. branch at both Southport and
Continued On Page 2
Adult Training
Classes Praised
Russell Swindell, Represent
ing N= C Department Of
Public Instruction, Is Here
On Inspection Trip
Russell Swindell, representing
the trades and industries section
of the N. C. Department of Pub
lic Instruction, was in Brunswick
county last week for the purpose
of looking into the adult training
program for fishermen.
“I am delighted with progress
that has been made during the
past year,” he said. “One of the
best classes we have had is now
in progress at Union High School. '
I visited it last night, and I was
tickled to death with what they
are doing.”
Swindell started work with the
department late last year, and one
of the first areas in which he op
erated was Brunswick county. For
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Riegel Charity
Fund Is Help In
Local Activities
Contributions Based Upon
Number Of Employees
From Each Of Surround*
ing Counties
SEVEN PERCENT
FROM THIS COUNTY
Fletcher O. Simmons Is
Brunswick Representative
On Committee In
Charge
The employees of Riegel Paper
Corporation contributed a total of
$12,306 in the recent charity drive
conducted at the Carolina Division
in Riegelwood. This money was
pledged to be deducted through
a payroll deduction plan, and will
be distributed at the end of each
of the four quarters in 1960.
Each employee’s donation will
be given to charities within the
county in which he lives. Of the
employees of Riegel’s Carolina
mill, 63 percent live in Columbus
county, 24 percent in New Han
over county, 5 percent in Bladen
county, 1 percent in Pender coun
ty, and 7 percent in Brunswick
county.
Donations not made to specific
charities will be distributed by a
contributions committee. This
committee consists of a represent
ative from each of four counties,
a representative from the com
pany, and a representative from
the union.
Committee members are: J. C. ]
Lennon, Columbus; Barbara Craig,
New Hanover; Julian H. Priest,
Bladen; Fletcher O. Simmons, .
Brunswick; Henry Gardner of
Wilmington representing the un-.
ion; and R. H. Aranow of Riegel
wood representing the company. ;
In last year’s campaign, which
resulted in a total of $10,325,
donations were distributed as fol
lows:
Columbus county $6,109; New
Hanover $2,742.50; Brunswick
$702.50; Bladen $695; Pender
$51; Robeson $25.
The contributions committee
will meet early in 1960 to decide
on the contributions to be made
in each county. Announcement
will be made at a future date of
the exact amounts contributed for
each county and of the charities
receiving this money.
Census Job Now
Nearly Complete
Estimated That Job Of Con
ducting Farm Census In
Brunswick County Is Now
98-Percent Complete
Over 98-percent of the enumer
ation calls in the 1959 farm cen
sus in Brunswick County have
been made and 2462 A-l ques
tionnaires have been filled in the
crew leader district of Brunswick
and New Hanover Counties.
The few calls that remain are
for farm operators who have
moved, leaving no forwarding
addresses, and for the few others
whom the enumerators have been
unable to contact.
Enumerators have found many
acres lying idle. Areas that were
rural less than 5 years ago are
thickly populated now by former
farmers who are now engaged in
public work, some of them driv
ing over 20 miles a day to their
jobs. In some sections, land that
less than 10 years ago was
farmed, then offered for sale as
a farm, has been sold as building
Continued On Page 2
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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 lew TM»
Thursday, December 24,
2:16 A. M. 8:39 A. M.
2:30 P. M. 8:58 P. M.
Friday, December 25,
3:22 A. M. 9:45 A. M.
3:35 P. M. 10:00 P. M.
Saturday, December 26,
4:25 A. M. 10:48 A. M.
4:38 P. M. 11:00 P. M.
Sunday, December 27,
5:25 A. M. 11:47 A. M.
5:39 P. M. 11:57 P. M.
Monday, December 28,
6:25 A M. 0:00 A. M.
6:38 P. M. 12:42 P. M.
Tuesday, December 29,
7:20 A. M. 0:52 A. M.
7:36 P. M. 1:36 P. M.
Wednesday, December SO,
8:14 A. M. 1:45 A. M.
8:30 P. M. 2:27 P. M.