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Most Of Hie News All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County Volume No. 20 No. 42 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. (J. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1960 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Thousands Flock Into This Area During V/eekend Beach Resort Facilities From Caswell To Sunset Beach Taxed With Un usual Crowds For Off-Sea son SPORTS FISHING SEASON BEGINS Scores Of Families Took Advantage Of Having Children Out Of School To Come To Coast On Weekend Brunswick county was filled with visitors during the Easter weekend with the beach areas drawing a record off-season crowd. The weather man gave perfect coperation, and even for the sun rise services that were held at sevral points in the county the temperature was pleasant. Sunday was a time for Easter finery, and new hats, new dresses and pretty corsages were much in evidence. There were even a few who used this occasion to launch the swimming season. Religious services throughout the county were highlighted by special music, and as is the usual Easter custom, many members who are not regular in their at tendance at religious services were in church Sunday morning. Here is Southport one of the most pleasant customs of the community was renewed when a choir comprised of colored resi dents went about the streets of the city in the early dawn sing ing their songs about the cruci fixion and resurrection. Scores of upstate residents came down to Brunswick county to see how their cottages had weathered the winter and took advantage of having the children out for holiday weekend to saty an extra day. The past weekend also marked the beginning of the sports fish ing season, and seevral of the charter boats made their first runs of the year. Catches were good but not spectacular. The folks over at Tranquil Har bour say they had a flood of visitors, and they also report that sales results were highly satis factory. Contractors had many contracts with prospective build ers, and there appears to be good prospect for a great deal of building during the coming weeks. . — —• 1 Brief Bite 0/ lnewsj BENEFIT BARBECUE A benefit barbecue supper will be served Friday evening at Yau pon Beach Methodist Church, starting at 5:30 o’clock. SENIOR PLAY Members of the senior class at Southport high school will pre sent “Look Out Lizzie”, a three act comedy Friday evening at 8 o’clock in the high schol audi torium. P. T. A. MEETING The meeting of the Southport Parent-Teachers Association sche duled for last Thursday night was postponed until tomorrow (Thurs day) evening at 7:30 o’clock. Among the matters of interest will be the installation of officers for next year. FELLOWSHIP SUPPER A fellowship supper will be served by the Women of St. Phil lips Episcopal Church Monday evening at 6:30 o’clock. All mem bers and friends of the church are invited. BARBECUE SALE The Ladies Auxiliary of the Shallotte Volunteer Fire Depart ment will have bar-be-cue for sale on Saturday at the old bank build ing, next door to the drug stone, the money going to the benefit of the Fire Department. COLLEGE VISITORS Jerry Sullivan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sullivan of Winna bow, entertained the following boys from University of North Carolina of which he is a student, at Carolina Beach on Azalea Fes tival week-end. Johnny Carswell, Bill and Paul George of Waynes ville: Bill Smith, Raleigh; Bill Crutchfield, Pittsboro; Bruce Welch, Asheville; Henry Sherard, Goldsboro; John Leimone, Bur gaw; and Vic Brian, Wallace. The week-end was completed by all being dinner guests at the Sulli van home on Sunday. ( Mecca For Visitors BEAUTY—This is Orton Mansion, center this week of one of the most beautiful scenes in the entire South as the plantation gardens reach their peak period of blooming. Thousands of visitors are expected during the next ten days. Geographic Film Editor Moves Here! Mr. And Mrs. Joseph M. Rideout, Jr., Arrive In Southport Sunday From Former Home In Arling ton, Va. HE FORMERLY WORKED AT NAT. GEOGRAPHIC Career Devoted To Film Presentation Of Weekly Lecture Series In Wash ington, D. C. Joseph M. Rideout, Jr., film edi tor of -the National Geographic Society, has retired to Southport after more than 40 years of serv ice. Retirement will not sever Mr. Rideout’s bonds with the Society, however. For its annual lecture series, he plans to make a film of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a section that has long fascinated him because of its pirate lore, wildlife, and other features. Born in Herndon, Virginia, Mr. Rideout owes his “discovery" of North Carolina to his wife, who visited the State before their mar riage. The daughter of the late Chief Justice William E. Richard son of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Virginia Ride out suggested North Carolina as an ideal place for fishing and duck-shooting vacations. Loved State, People At first, Mr. Rideout saw little point in going so far for his fav ored sports, but he finally went— and fell in love both with the country and the people. “The bug bit me, and I’ve never recovered,” he said. For many years the Rideouts spent their holidays on Colling ton Island in Kitty Hawk Bay, but last July bought a house in Southport. The move is now be ing completed. Mr. Rideout’s career with Na tional Geographic was devoted to film presentations at the Society’s weekly lectures in Washington. He helped many famous people prepare their films and lectures. Among celebrities he worked with were Martin and Osa Johnson, Roy Chapman Andrews, William Beebe, Richard Halliburton, Her mit Roosevelt, Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Auguste Piccard, Amelia Earhart, Lowell Thomas, Eleanor Roosevelt, James Forrestal, Gen eral Henry H. Arnold, Admiral William M. Fechteler, Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau, and Mil ton Eisenhower^ _ Mr. Rideout vividly remembers a moment of concern when Wil liam Howard Taft, then Chief Justice of the United States, ar rived to read a paper before the Society—without his eyeglasses. Members of the audience sent up JOSEPH M. RIDEOUT theirs in baskets, and a suitable pair was found. Meanwhile, a messenger hurried to the former 1 President's home for the missing spectacles. Served In Navy Born on January 1, 1895, Mr. Rideout attended schools in Wash- | ington, D. C. He served as a Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919 and was on convoy duty aboard a destroyer working out of St. Nazaire and Brest, France. He Continued On Page 2 Long wood Youth Held For Murder Hartie Dell, Jr., Being Held Without' Bond For Fatal Stabbing Of Arthur Stan ley Saturday Hartie Dell, Jr., 20 year old Longwood Negro, is being held in the Brunswick county jail at Southport without privilege of bond for the murder of Arthur Stanley, age 19, Negro youth of j the same community, Saturday night. According to reports, Stanley j died of a knife stab in the heart, I j said to have been inflicted by jDell in a fight over a girl. The ' action occurred at Peg's Place at Longwood. Dell was arrested by Constable Adron Long and was brought 1.1 J jail aL Southport.. He_will be given a preliminary hearing Mon day before Judge Earl Bellamy in I Recorder’s court. Coroner L. B. Bennett said this jweek that no inquest will be held, jas Dell has admitted that he in flicted the fatal wound. Confusion Over Nomination Of Board Members Members Of The Brunswick County Election Board Conferred Tuesday With Attorney About Compli cations Members of the Brunswick County Board of Elections met here Tuesday and finally faced up to their confusion over the proper administration of the new five-man board of county com missioners law. County Attorney D. C. Herring was called in for consultation, and he in turn contacted the of fice of the attorney general, and still the question is unsettled. The 2awr provides for the elec tion of five members of the board, not more than one from any of the six townships. The wording of the law deals only with the term "election” and not with the word "nomination”. This would seem to leave the way ppen for more than one nominee Continued On Page 2 CancerCampaign Now Under Way In This County Brig. Gen. James Glore Is Chairman Of Brunswick County Unit And Cam paign Chairman COMPLETE LIST OF OFFICERS ANNOUNCED Volunteer Worker* Will So licit Funds In Every Com munity In Brunswick This Month The Brunswick County Unit of the American Cancer Society opened its fund-raising drive1 Monday and area chairmen and their workers plan to make it possible for every resident of the county to have an opportunity to support the Cancer Crusade with in the next two weeks. The newly-organized unit an nounces the members of the board of directors to include the officers, committee chairmen, and area chairmen listed below: Brig. Gen. James Glore, presi dent; Dr. Fred M. Burdette. 1st vice president; Mrs. Foster Mintz, 2nd vice president; Mrs. C. A. Graham, secretary; and Mrs. James Barnes, treasurer. Committee Chairmen include Gen. Glore as Chairman of the 1960 Crusade; Dr. Fred Self, bud get; Mrs. James C. Bowman, edu cation; Mrs. Thelma Upchurch, service; and Mrs. James Glore, Continued on Page 2 Tank Location Finally Settled Special Meeting Of Board Of Aldermen Held Thurs day Afternoon To Choose Location Members of the board of aider men voted Thursday afternoon to construct the new water tank for the City of Southport at ap proximately the same location oc cupied by the present tank. Henry Von Osen, consulting' en gineer, explained that this will be possible through the medium of placing pressure on the water mains and supplying the town in that manner during the brief pe riod when the town will be with out the services of a water tank. There had been talk that the new tank would be erected be hind the fire station in the edge of Franklin Park, and this had brought on a delegation of inter ested citizens. Von Osen stated that from a strictly engineering point of view the city park was the best loca tion in' town for the new tank. However, he later admitted that the present location is sound from an engineering point of view. The question was solved when G. C. Kilpatrick made the mo tion to use the present location and received a second from Otto Hickman. The motion was passed without a dissenting vote. Bids already have been invited and will be opened next month. Continued On Page 2 TIME and TIDE By JIMMIE HARt'KR One of our all-time favorite pictures was on the front page of The Pilot for Wednesday, April 17, 1940. The subjects were a boy and his horse, and they were Brother Christian and Cherry five-gaited class at the Cape Fear Horse Show. A report from McDonald, and together they had won first place in the local five-gaited class at the Cape Fear Horse Show. A report from the grand jury indicated a concern with school bus transporta tion, for members of that body were asking for better buses. A Greensboro sports fisherman was coming here on an experition and was bringing along his own supply of homing pigeons, which were to be used to carry back daily reports of his trip. The late F. D. R- also figured in the local fishing news, this time for a trip he was not going to make. One North Carolina senator was writing to explain that every reasonable effort had been made to have President Roosevelt visit the coast of Bruns wick, but this section had lost out. Frank Sherrill, owner of the S & W Cafeterias and also of Bald Head Island, had purchased a 78-foot yacht, which local chamber of commerce represent atives hoped would be based at Southport. Deanna Durbin—re member her ?—had matured to the point where she was play ing the lead in “First Love”; the red tulips in the Cranmer front yard had come in for special attention; and a Southport boy, Franklin Potter, had joined the Navy. The front page of Wednesday, April 18, 1945, left no doubt that the war was on and we were in it. There was another bat tle report from Lt. j. H. Garrett, this one covering his par ticipation in the invasion of Iwo Jima. Lt. Preston Bryant, whose picture was on the front page, was the new command ing officer of a Navy cargo ship. And twenty-five men had been called up by the Selective Service Board. News from the Brunswick County Ration Board was that there would be some canning sugar available, but that appli cants would be required to appear in person to claim their credentials of purchase. The death of President Franklin D. Continued On Page Four Political Opponents ANNOUNCE—S. Bunn Frink, left, and J. Worth Stanley, right, are opponents in the coming primary for the Democratic nomination for member of House of Re presentatives. Frink currently is serving as State Senator. Stanley is a former member of the board of education. Big Field Files For May Primary Cattle Rustlers In This County "Saddle up, Boys and let’s ride. There's cattle rustlers in these hear parts.’’ This is not what Sheriff E. V. Leonard had to say this week after a couple of beef catle had been stolen from a pasture near Midway, but it might have been. What he did say is that he is making a personal offer of $50 re ward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons re sponsible for the disappear ance of the animals from the White and Danford herd sev eral days ago. One was recovered while grazing alongside the high way bypass near Orton Plan tation. Mosquitoes Are Trouble Source Health Department Recog nizes This Pest As Being Second Only To Common Fly In Threat To Health Following very closely to the house fly as the No. 1 Public Health pest is the mosquito”, a representative of the Brunswick County Health Department said this week. mosquitoes cause great surter ing and economic loss because of their blood-sucking habits. They occur in tremendous numbers throughout most of the world, not only in tropical and temper ate regions, but also in the Artie during the short summer season. Mosquitoes are vectors of malaria, Yellow Fever, Dengue, and Fila riasis, four of the most important diseases of the tropical and sub tropical parts of the world to day, the first three of which have often occurred as devastating epidemics in the United States. Fortunately, control programs and climate have now reduced these four diseases to minor or his torical importance in this coun try. On the other hand, epidemics of three types of Encephalitis continue to occur in many parts of this country and are the most important mosquito-borne diseases in the United States today. Mosquitoes have probably had a greater influence on human welfare throughout the world than any other group of insects. This is not only because of the important human diseases they transmit, but also to a consider able extent because of the great annoyance they cause. The so called “nuisance” mosquitoes have been receiving more and more at tention during recent years. Public health has become something more than the absence of disease. Physical efficiency and comfort, on which mental equanimity de pends to a substantial degree, may be seriously disturbed by the continued annoyance of pestiferous mosquitoes which may or may not have disease trans mitting potentialities. Mosquitoes breeding places,_ like fly breeding, can be ‘eliminated and most certainly reduced in numbers by the house owner. Typical breeding places are flow er vases, tin cans, jars, discarded automobile tires, unused water Continued On Page 2 !J. Worth Stanley Files On Last Day As Opponent For Senator S. Bunn Frink In Race For Representa tive REPUBLICANS HAVE PRIMARY CONTESTS Total Of Sixteen Democrat ic Candidates File For Commissioners Con test Opposition developed for S. B. Frink for nominations Democratic candidate for member of the House of Representatives before the deadline for filing Friday when J. Worth Stanley entered this race. There were two more surprise developments, both in the race for Democratic nominations for commissioner, when D. B. Frink filed as a candidate from Shal lotte township and Robert L. Jones filed as candidate from Smithville. Following is a list of candidates for Democratic nominations: House of Representatives—John Worth Stanley, S. Bunn Frink. Register of Deeds—Durwood T. Clark, H. G. Ratcliffe. Judge of Recorder’s Court— Joe C. Stanaland, W. E. Bellamy, Jr. County Commissioners—Robert L. Jones, Lowell B. Bennett, F. Herbert Swain. P. E. Allen, Leo Medlin, Ira D. Butler, Ed A. Ganey, G. Kenney Lewis, Ira L. Chadwick, R. E. Bellamy. D. B. Frink, R. Eugene Blair, Otho P. Bellamy, H. Cortez Ward, Leon L. Tripp, Parley P. Formyduval. Board of Education—Leland School District—Sam J. Corbett, Sr., Howard F. Williamson; Wac camaw School District—C. Y. Coleman, Garland Long. The following are candidates for Repviblican nominations: Register of Deeds—Louise B. Lewis, L. V. Walton. County Commissioner—J. Ells Continued On Page 2 Advises Careful Choice Of Pay Veterans Service Officer Points Out Certain Ad vantages In Pension Pay Plan The Brunswick County Veter ans Service Officer edvises vet erans who are receiving the non service connected pension from the Veterans Administration to carefully consider their entitle ment under the new pension law. The new law will increase the monthly amount of pension for some veterans. However, others will not want to change to the new law. The County Officer said that under the new law a veteran with an Annual income of less than $1,000 and three dependents can receive $100 per month. While a single veteran with an income be tween $1200 and $1800 would re ceive only $40 per month. In the first case this would be an in crease, but in the second, a de crease. Service Officer C, W. Ronrk said that each case must be con sidered separately since no two claims are alike. He suggested that veterans with any question about the new law discuss it with him in his office located in the City Hall at Southport Safety Council For Brunswick May Be Formed Steering Committee Named Following Initial Meeting Two Weeks Ago Now Working On Plans Tor Organization FIRST AID CLASSES ARE BY-PRODUCTS Dr. L. G. Brown HoWilftS That Final Results W¥fl Be More Careful Hand ling Of Accident Victims Members of the steering com mittee for the movement for the organization of a Brunswick County Safety Council met Thurs day night in the courtroom to hear H. V. Hawley of the High way Safety Division outline plans. Members of this committee tfre P. H. Swain, R. E. Bellamy, Dur wood T. Clark, Dr. Fred Self, Harold Aldridge and Herbert J. Bryant. Aldridge was named temporary chairman. Dr. Landis G. Brown, who with Corporal O. H. Lynch of the State Highway Patrol is respon-. sible for starting this movement, explained that some first aid' training already is in progress. He expressed the hope thafc this soon will extend to ambulance. drivers and to others who handle accident victims. H. F. Nichols met Monday night - with a group at the Southport; Volunteer Fire Department to be-, gin a Standard Red Cross First; Aid Course. There is also hope of forming a course in advanced first aid. The following persons recently - have completed a Red Cross First Aid Course under Mr. Nichols: James R. Craig, John W. Davis,' Hugh P. Donnelly, Woodrow Fow ler, Clarence D. Gidley, Harold E. Hickman, William R. Jervis, Rob-' ert D. Moore, III, Bertram L. Parmenter and William J. Smith. Commissioners In Special Session Board Hears Appeal From Hospital Group For New X-Ray Equipment; Arm ory Delegation Appears Members of the board of coun ty commissioners held a special session here Tuesday and devot ed most of their time listening to requests for money for various operations. One of the concerns was the advertisement for bids for the new agriculture Dunamg at Sup ply, and although they already have this included in their plans, it is going to cost money—almost $20,000, in fact. A delegation representing Dosh er Memorial Hospital and headed by the Dr. L. G. Brown, chief of staff, asked for help in purchas ing a new x-ray machine, and the board has the request under ad visement. A group of Shallotte citizens also appeared before the board to ask for a sponsor’s share in the construction of a new armory in that community. That, too, is being further considered by the board, since the amount involved is $20,000. A lesser amount was involved in the request from the board of elections for new ballot boxes, to be built in compliance with State specifications. Tide Table Following |« the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours ere ap proximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of tbs Cape Fear Pilot’s Association High Tide Low TMs Thursday, April 21 4:20 A. M. 10:31 A. M. 4:46 P. M. 10:59 P. M. Friday, April 22 5:16 A. M. H:22 A. M. 5:39 P. M. 11:52 p. M. Saturday, April 23 6:06 A. M. . A. M. 6:27 P. M. 12:08 P. M. Sunday, April 24 6:52 A. M. 0:39 A. M. 7:11 P. M. 12:52 P. M. Monday, April 25 7:35 A. M. 1:23 A. M. 7:52 P. M. 1:33 P. M. Tuesday, April 26 8:15 A. M. 2:06 A. M. 8:31 P. M. 2:13 P. M. Wednesday, April 27 8:53 A. M. 2:46 A. M. 9:08 P. M. 2:51 P. M.