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Volume No. 20
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
N°- 50 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1960 5e A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
Training Union
Has Three Weeks
At Fort Caswell
North Carolina Baptist As
sembly Has Three Week
ly Sessions On Schedule
During Summer
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONFERENCE WEEK
This Event Is Scheduled
During Week Of July 11
16 With Important Men
On The Program
Three weeks are designated as
Training Union weeks at the
North Carolina Baptist Assembly,
Caswell, at Southport. The dates
are June 27-July 25-30, and Aug
ust 1-6. Arrangements are under
direction of the Training Union
department, Baptist State conven
tion of North Carolina. Jimmy
Morgan is secretary.
Also Baptist Sunday school of
ficers and teachers will attend
conference during Sunday School
week at Southport, July 11-16.
Three North Carolina ministers
will be featured on the week’s
program. Dr. James Heaton, pas
tor of the Tabernacle Baptist
church, Raleigh, will be the in
spirational speaker. Dr. Heber
Peacock, pastor of the First Bap
tist church, North Wilkesboro, will
lead the Bible study periods. Rev.
Cliff Elkins, minister of educa
tion, First Baptist church, Win
ston-Salem, will lead the confer
ence for association officers and
special inteerst groups.
Preaching for the training union
meeting will be Rev. Herbert W.
Baucom, Oxford Baptist church,
the first week; Dr. J. Winston
Pearce, First Baptist church, De
land, Fla., second week; and Rev.
Jack Noffsinger, Knollwood Bap
tist church, Winston-Salem, third
week.
Song leaders for ' the three
weeks will be Harold I. Shoe
maker, Tabernacle Baptist church,
Raleigh; Rev. Dennis Hockaday,
First Baptist church, Durham:
and Joe Stroud, secretary church
music department, Baptist state
convention.
Preachers for the Junior As
sembly will be Rev. Frank Moore,
Oakhurst Baptist church, Char
lotte; Rev. Stanley Howard, Trin
ity Baptist church, Tarboro; and
Rev. Hoyle Allred, West Albe
marle (NC) Baptist Church.
Persons attending Caswell will
find improved physical facilities.
Apartments are available for
families and dormitory-type cot
tages are open to large groups.
Those interested in attending
should write Fred Smith, Mana
ger, North Carolina Baptist as
sembly, Southport, for reserva
tions.
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Briaf Bit* Of
'-NEWS-*
HELP BOYS HOME
The Southport Lions Club has
paid the sum of $104 into the
building fund of Boys Home at
Lake Waccamaw.
LIONS TO MEET
The regular meeting of the
Southport Lions Club will be held
tomorrow (Thursday) evening at
the Community Building. Repre
sentatives of International Paper
Co. will present the program.
CANCELLS APPOINTMENT
The Driver License Examiner’s
office at Shallotte will be closed
Tuesday, June 21, due to the dis
trict meeting in Fayetteville on
this date.
CHANGE OF FIELDMEN
J. N. Bryan, Jr.. ASC Fieldman
for the past two years, has been
transferred and O. C. Burton is
the new fieldman.
GRADUATES
Miss Mabel Jean Reid, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Reid,
Winnabow, was a member of the
graduation class at George Wash
ington University, Washington, D.
C., on June 1. Miss Reid has ac
cepted a position as a member of
the faculty of the Thomas Jeffer
son Junior High School in Arling
ton, Va., for the next school year.
NEW HOME
Mr. and Mrs. J. Lloyd Sullivan
of Shallotte are building a new
home on the Holden Beach road.
The Sullivans lived in Wilming
ton many years and Mr. Sullivan
has been connected with the auto
mobile business. He currently is
parts manager for Russ-White
Motor Sales in Shallotte. Mrs.
Sullivan is the former Frances
Tripp of Shallotte. They have 2
children.
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Safety Lane Here This Week
READY—This is the Voluntary Safety Inspection Lane which will be in opera
tion in Southport Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this, week under sponsorship of
the Southport Lions Club. On hand to help complete arrangements were Mayor Roy
Robinson, James Wolfe, Lt. Col. Johnnie D. Duffie, City Manager C. D. Pickerrell,
Lion President A. A. Dixon, Police Chief Herman Strong, H. P. Donnelly, safety direc
tor at Sunny Point, and Harold Hickman, Safety Inspector at Sunny Point. The lane
will be located on Howe Street, and the service is free.
Brunswick Man
Prominent In
Recent News
Dr. Walter Harrelson Is
Written Up In Time Mag
azine As A Prospective
Member Of Vanderbilt
Faculty
Dr. Walter Harrelson, Bruns
wick county native who has earn
ed wide renown as a leader in
religious education, was in South
port during the past weekend to
officiate at the wedding of his
niece and to fill the pulpit at
the Southport Baptist Church on
Sunday morning.
Last week Dr. Harrelson, who
recently resigned a? Dean of the
Divinity School at the University
of Chicago, was in the news, both
in the daily press' and in Time
magazine.
Dr. Harrelsaon plans to go to
Vanderbilt as a member of the
faculty this fall, and Time report
ed that he had been offered the
position of Dean of the Divinity
School as a replacement for Dr.
J. Robert Nelson, who resigned
during tne controversary which
followed the dismissal from col
lege of a Negro student last term
following his pareicipation in sit
down strikes in Nashville.
Dr. Harrelson stated Monday
that his only present interest in
going to Vanderbilt is as a pro
fessor of Old Testament. He ad
mitted that he has recently had
another flattering offer from
Southern Methodist in Texas; and
he said that he has been contact
ed by Princeton Seminary spokes
men with regard to work at that
school.
He and Mrs. Harrelson had an
unfortunate experience Monday in
trying to catch a plane from Wil
mington to Richmond. They miss
ed connections and were forced
to take a U-Drive-It automobile
trip to the Virginia capitol in
time for an evening speaking en
gagement.
They hope to spend a part of
the summer here.
Engineers Have
Projects Ahead
Included On List Of Upcom.
ing Projects For Wilming
ton District Engineers Are
Repairs To Sunny Point
Wharf
Construction contracts totaling
an estimated $1,650,000 are sched
uled to be awarded during the re- !
mainder of June by the Corps of ,
Engineers, Col. R. P. Davidson, j
District Engineer, announced this!
week.
Top item among the seven pro- 1
jeets listed is a $1 million radar
tower for the Air Force at Win
ston-Salem.
Others are: Post Office at Fort
Bragg to cost about $200,000; ad- |
ditions to the electrical distribu- |
tion system for the Western Elec- :
trie Company at Burlington,
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Fail To Call For
Second Primary
Southport Gets
New Teachers
James Wolfe, chairman of
the Southport school commit
tee, said Tuesday that two
new teachers have been al
lotted to Southport high
school for next year. One is a
high school teacher, the other
an elementary teacher.
Wolfe reported that the
only changes in this year’s
faculty were brought about
by two resignations. The
teachers who will not return
are Mrs. Bill Prost, who is
planning to go to France with
her husband, and Mrs. Tom
mie Bowmer.
Students Make
Good Showing
B.C.T. Chapter Of New
Farmers Of America Send
Delegates To State Con
vention
Delegates of the B. C. T. School
Chapter of New Farmers of Am
erica gave excellent representation
at the State N. F. A. Convention,
held from May 30-June 2, at A.
and T. College in Greensboro, and
at the S. B. Simmons Memorial
Camp near Swansboro.
Stephen Bernard, a district win
ner in the N. F. A. Public Speak
ing Contest in April, lost in the
semi-finals, but gave an excellent
account of himself in the very
strong and heated competition.
Stephen spoke on the subject:
“The Farmer’s Bargaining Power
and Competition for Survival”.
Howard Gardner and Chancey
Gallaway, a graduating senior,
and president of the local chapter,
respectively, brought honors to
the chapter by having nad con
ferred upon them, by the State
Association, the degree of Modern
Farmer. This degree is the high
est that the State Association
is authorized to confer upon its
members. The degree carries with
it a gold key.
The delegates regarded this
year’s convention as one of the
most challenging that they have
witnessed. The convention featur
ed many interesting highlights.
Among these were addresses by
Attorney Henry Frye, a former
N. F. A. member and now prom
inent lawyer of Greensboro, J. S.
Steward, Sec.-Tres. of the Mutual
Savings and Loans of Durham,
and President W. T. Gibbs of
A. and T. College. Other interest
ing activities were the annual
N. F. A. Social and the tour of
the college campus.
The N. F. A. students attending
the S. B. Simmons Memorial
Camp last week were Arthur
Williams, Webster Johnson, Rob
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Deadline For Call By Coun
ty Candidates Expires
Monday Without Any Ap
plicants; Governor’s Race
Only Contest
The second primary for Demo
cratic candidates for county c*i
missioner that everyone expected
has failed to materialize, with the
deadline for giving notice of this
purpose having expired Monday
afternoon at 6 o’clock.
According to last week's r iling
of the State Board of Elections,
R. Eugene Blair had the rignt to
call D. Bert Frink for a run-off
in Shallotte township and Parley
Formyduval was eligible to call
for a second race for the Demo
cratic nomination against H Cor
tez Ward in Waccamaw town
ship. Neither man called.
The State Board ruled that F.
Herbert Swain. R. E. Bellamy and
Ira D. Butler had been nominated
in the first primary, and on Fri
day the Brunswick County Board
of Elections met to rescind a
former action that was contrary
to this ruling.
There will be a second primary
election, however, involving the
two candidates for the Democratic
nomination for Governor. Terry
Sanford, Fayetteville attorney,
will be opposed in a run-off race
by Dr. I. Beverly Lake, former
Wake Forest law professor. San
ford led Lake by more than 80,
000 votes in the first primary, in
which there were four candidates.
Knowles Tells
Of Diversified
County Farming
Tobacco Still Occupies Place
As Big Cash Cron. Rut [
Other Production Is Be
coming More Important j
HOG PRODUCTION
NOW IMPORTANT
Dairying On Increase In
Brunswick, With Increas
ed Interest Also In
Poultry Industry
By A. S. KNOWLES
County Agricultural Agent
Brunswick County is predomin
ately rural and • therefore depen
dent upon agriculture for its
major income. Agriculture is con
stantly changing. New methods,
new varieties and new experiences
are the common run of the mill.
Many things have changed
about tobacco production, harvest
ing, and marketing, but tobacco
has remained our most important
"cash” crop. The crop was the
second largest on record in 1959
in yield per acre, averaging 1634
pounds and selling for $2,885,390.
Tobacco is the only crop grown
in this area where the leaves are
harvested and sold. It requires
skill and know-how to produce a
quality crop, because this crop is
very exacting in its requirements
of soil, fertilizer, and insecticide
to satisfy the manufacturer. Far
mers have learned about these
things and have kept abreast in
using desirable varieties. Farmers
have accepted gassing of plant
beds as a common practice to
control weeds and disease of this
site. They have learned that when
nematodes become "big” problems
that gassing the field pays off.
The mule was used for a long
time in carrying tobacco from the
field to the barn. Tractors do this
job now. Many producers are us
ing larger “slides” or “trucks” to
carry tobacco to the barn and
“strihg” ‘ ft without unloading.
Curing has changed. It is no Ion
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Bridge Clearance
Set At 65 - Feet
U. S. Army Engineers Ap
prove This As Vertical
Clearance For Bridges
Over Intracoastal Water
way
Lieutenant General E. C. Itsch
ner, Chief of Engineers, U. S.
Army, Saturday announced that
the standard 80-foot vertical
clearance required for bridges
over the Atlantic Intracoastal
Waterway from Norfolk, Virginia,
to Port Everglades, Florida, has
been reduced to 65 feet, effective
immediately.
This decision was reached fol
lowing a 2-year study by the
i Army engineers. Highway inter
ests had urged a reduction to 55
j feet. Navigation interests urged
i that the 80-foot, standard be re
tained.
“The results of the study, in
cluding an economic analysis, and
full consideration of the needs of
navigation, land traffic and the
national defense indicate that the
overall national interests can best
Continued On Page 4
TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HARHir.it
June 12, 1935, and a front page story said that Reginald Turner
had been re-elected principal at Shallotte High School. A Wil
mington Chinese laundryman was at liberty under $1,000 bond after
being held in the Brunswick County jail for several weeks on ,
a hit-and-run charge. Judge J. Paul Frizzelle was coming here
for the June term of court, scheduled for the following Monday.
A feature, complete with picture, paid tribute to the contribu- i
tions made to the educational progress of Brunswick county by i
the late B. R. Page, a former county superintendent. Brunswick i
was on the upgrade, population-wise anyway, with the announce
ment that during the month of May births had doubled deaths. 1
The editor was on safe ground as he praised the good work of 1
Vacation Bible Schools; and he lingered on to invite contributions !
of news and interesting information to The Pilot.
An interesting visitor in the Southport harbor was the sailing '
schooner Morning Star, a floating prep school, and several front ^
page pictures illustrated a story of this interesting experiment in
education. This was back in 1940, and the date was June 12. ^
Extensive repairs were being made to the Brunswick County i
courthouse; E. D. Bishop was cheered over a big federal appro
priation for REA construction and hoped to get a portion of these (
funds for work in Brunswick; and Judge J. Paul Frizzelle was £
coming for another term of court the following Monday. c
Fishermen were optimistic, predicted that the coming weekend ,:c
would bring the best fishing of the season; tennis enthusiasts
were holding a meeting to discuss plans to push that sport back !
to its former place of prominence locally; and Lee Greer was jt
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Interesting Visitor
HERE—An overnight visitor in Southport tonight is
Johnny Phillip Morris, who is on his way down the inland
waterway from New York to Florida in his new sports
cruiser. Mayor Roy Robinson and other city officials were
on hand to meet this little man with the big voice that
has made him famous to radio and television fans all
over the United States.
Fire Razes Miller
Hotel In Southport
Corporal Lynch
Being Transferred
Corporal O. H. Lynch of the
State Highway Patrol has re
ceived orders to move his
• residence to Wilmington in or
der to be closer to his base
of operations in the district
office. He still will be in
charge of patrolmen in Bruns
wick county.
Corporal Lynch came to
Southport in 1951 from Jack
sonville and during his years
of residence here he and his
family have earned a place of
affection and respect from
their fellow citizens.
A new member of the High
way Patrol will be assigned
to Southport. He is a Lum
berton man who is now at
tending school at Chapel Hill.
Spraying Crew
Makes Progress
Alligatorweed Control Pro
gram Gets Underway In
Area With Men Working
Near Lake Waccamaw
The alligatorweed spraying crew
worked over 2.6 miles of a tribu
tary canal at Lake Waccamaw
last week and evidence of good
kill of the above water portions
of the plant was observed on Fri- 1
day, O. H. Johnson, Jr,, of the
Corps of Engineers advises.
Johnson said results of the
2, 4-D spray could be seen after
one day, but at the end of the
week the tops of the weed had
turned brown, indicating that the
preparation was having a killing
effect. What effects the herbicide
will have on the underwater-roots
cannot be determined now.
The area sprayed is on the
northwest side of the lake near
a number .of summer cottages.
In the course of the work, the
water hyacinth, not generally
known in the State, was found in 1
numerous places. Johnson said he
was told that, evidently, the hya
cinth had been brought in from
Florida as an ornamental plant.
It is understood that Florida has
a law prohibiting the transport
ing of the plant from one area to
another.
He said the alligatorweed in
festation had a good foothold and
the infestation was “heavy” in
some instances.
John Steenis of the U. S. Fish
and Wildlife Service spent one
iay with the crew and appeared
well pleased with the spraying
work.
Spraying is continuing this
week on Tranters Creek border
ng Martin County.
The program to eradicate the
obnoxious weed is a Corps of En
gineers obligation with the State
jf North Carolina bearing 30 per
;ent of the cost. This is the be
ginning of a five-year program
o eradicate the plant which hin- ,
iers boating and impedes water ,
■unoff, to mention a few of its j;
luisances. i j
* Southport Volunteer Fire
Department Performs A
Miraculous Task Of Pre
venting Spread To Other
Buildings
Fire razed the Miller Hotel on
the corner of Bay and Howe
streets in Southport shortly after
midnight Monday and firemen
continued their fight to prevent a
general conflagration for several
hours.
The fire was discover about
midnight by Fire Chief Ormand
Leggett, who turned in the alarm
and was quickly joined by a large
contingent of members of the
Southport Volunteer Fire Depart
ment. Within minutes a hot fire
was blazing in an upstairs bed
room of the old hotel building, and
it appeared that the local fire
men would have more than they
could handle to control the blaze.
Three lines were quickly con
nected and three streams of wa
ter were brought to bear upon the
flaming building. It soon became
apparent that the firemen would
be able to contain the fire, thanks
in part to a metal roof that pre
vented a draft. However, this
same roof presented a cover for
some stubborn flames that burned
through the attic region, and it
was not until firemen were able
to climb into the overhead that |
the last fire was doused. This i
effort also was aided by a crew
of men who climbed to the roof
of the building and played their
hose upon the burning rafters
through a hole chopped in the tin
cover.
Efforts of the Southport Vol
j unteer Fire Department were ably
supplemented by the firemen from
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Col. Davidson
Receives Medal
Chief Of Wilmington Dis-'
trict, U. S. Army Engin
eers. Decorated For Work
At Thule
Col. R. p. Davidson of the
Corps of Engineers was presented
the Legion of Merit today in At
lanta by Maj. Gen. F. M. Al
brecht, the Corps’ Division En
gineer of the South Atlantic Di
vision.
Colonel Davision, District En
gineer of the Wilmington District,
was cited for “meritorious con
duct” while Area Engineer of the
Thule Air Force Base in Green
land from July 1958 to July 1959,
immediately prior to coming to
Wilmington.
While at Thule, Colonel David
son was responsible for all con
struction including the multimil
lion dollar Ballistic Missile Early
Warning System (BMEWS) and
involving over 1,500 government
and contractor employees.
Col. Davidson appeared as
speaker at a recent meeting of
the Southport Lions Club and pre
sented an interested illustrated
lecture on the construction of the
air base at Thule.
The citation said his “exemplary
performance of duty in this as
signment is worthy of emulation
and reflects distince credit upon
himself, the Corps of Engineers
and the military service.”
Non • Suit Ruled
In Carroll Suit
Against Railroad
Considerable Interest In
Case Growing Out Of
Death Of Three Children
In Crossing Accident
OTHER CASES ARE
SETTLED IN COURT
Judge J. B. Craven Of Mor
ganton Presided Over
Two-Weeks Session Of
Civil Court
In Superior court here last
week a motion for non-suit was
granted in the case of the estate
of Jimmie Alson Carroll against
the Seaboard Railroad.
Trial of this action, based upon
a crossing accident at Eastbrook
last summer in which three Car
roll children lost their lives, began
on Monday and came to an abrupt
ending on Wednesday afternoon
at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s
evidence.
At that point counsel for the
defense made their motion, and
it was granted by Judge J. B.
Craven, who presided over the
term. Notice of appeal was given.
In another action during the
two weeks special term R. S. Wil
letts was awarded a verdict for
$3,942 damages in his suit against
the State Highway Commission.
The suit of the George F. Wil
letts heirs against H. L. Willetts
was non-suited.
A compromise agreement was
reached in the case of Mathew
Jordan against the Service Com
pany, with $6,500 being paid for
the benefit of the plaintiff in this
action.
The court refused to grant a
restraining order in the case of
Mrs. Pauline Tripp against W. T,
White and wife.
A compromise agreement for
$750 damages was agreed upon in
the action of William Henderson
Williams against the Fireman’s
Fund Insurance Co.
Farmers Receive
Acreage Figures
Notices Of Measured Acre
age Being Received By
Brunswick Farmers, Start
ing This Week
Beginning Monday, Brunswick
County farmers started receiving
notices of measured acreages of
allotment crops.
ASC officials urge each farmer
to look carefully at these notices
because the excess and the with
in notices will be identical except
for the entries for each crop. For
a within farm the word “none”
will be entered in the excess
column and on an excess notice
the allotment, the measured acre
age and the amount of excess will
be shown.
It is important that those re
ceiving an excess notice contact
the ASC office as soon as possible
but in no case later than 7 days
from the date of the notice be
cause a late charge of $1 per day,
not to exceed $5 will be added
for each day over seven. Growers
are urged to please read the im
portant notice which will be en
closed with the notice of measur
ed acreage.
The cost of disposition will be
$5 plus $1 for each place over
one. The cost of remeasurement
is $1 per acre with a minimum of
$8 per farm.
Tide Table
Following to the tide table
for Sonthport 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 TMto
Thursday, June 16,
1:32 A. M. 7:44 A. M.
2:05 P. M. 8:12 P. M.
Friday, June 17,
2:28 A. M. 8:38 A. M.
3:02 P. M. 9:13 P. M.
Saturday, June 18,
3:23 A. M. 9:32 A. M.
3:56 P. M. 10:10 P. M.
Sunday, June 19,
4:15 A. M. 10:21 A. M.
4:47 P. M. 11:03 P. M.
Monday, June 20,
5:04 A. M. 11:08 A. M.
5:34 P. M. 11:51 P. M.
Tuesday, June 21,
5:52 A. M. 11:53 A. M.
6:18 P. M.
Wednesday, June 22,
6:36 A. M. 0:36 A. M.
6:58 P. M. 12:35 P. M.