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THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Brunswick County
Volume No. 21
No. 1
12-PAGES TODAY SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1960
5c A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Baptist Assembly Entrance
GATE—This is the attractive new entrance
gate at the Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell,
where this summer hundreds of North Carolinians
have met for various conferences. The beautifica
tion of the area about the entrance is only one of
many improvements that have been made at Cas
well since last season.—(Huntley Photo.)
New Ocean Pier
At Holden Beach
During Holiday
4th Of July Weekend Mark
ed Official Opening Of
New 1,000-Foot Pier At
Brunswick’s Oldest Resort
A new 1,000 ft. ocean fishing
pier, Holden Beach’s first, was of
ficially opened to the public dur
ing the past weekend. This mod
ern new facility, one of the fin
est of its kind on the Atlantic
Seaboard, features a grill room,
tackle shop, bait and rain shelter
pavilion. All of the safety fea
tures recommended by the Army
Engineers have been incorporated
into its structure. Fresh water
outlets are installed in each 150
ft. space throughout the length
of the pier and two wash basins
and fish cleaning areas have been
provided. Seats in pairs have been
built in the heaviest fishing areas
designed to accommodate approx
imately 250 patrons. The pier is
well lighted for night fishing
with the latest designed sea is
land light fixtures and features
in the “T” section is a large live
bait tank for use by those who
enjoy going after the larger ones.
For the convenience of the pier
patrons a modern 40-person capa
city motel has been constructed
on the adjoining lot to the pier
property. Featured also is a large
parking lot and public beach
swimming area.
The pier was built under the
direction of Lonnie D. Small, di
rector of the Holden Beach Fish
ing Pier, Incorporated, a corpora
tion formed by an association of
property owning individuals, who
have summer homes on the beach,
for the purpose of making Holden
Beach a more enjoyable and pros
perous beach community. Assisted
by contractor R. G. Coleman, the
pier was constructed by Odell
Williamson of Shallotte.
In speaking of Holden Beach
Small made mention of the fact
that this nationally known fish
ing spot is noted for its large
catches of drum, runs of blues,
pompanos, and Virginia mullet.
He believes that many of the
large fish that traditionally are
seen jumping beyond the breakers
will be caught from the new pier,
and that some of the annual
grand prize winners will be
caught there.
In his reference to grand prizes
he stated that a $100 cash prize
will be given for the largest fish
caught from the new pier during
the months of July and August.
Unofficial fishing construction
Continued On Page 4
Brio/ Bit* Of
lnewsj
FIRE ARAMS
The fire alarm early Saturday
evening was caused by a burning
transformer at the fish factory.
Later in the evening the Fire De
partment answered a false alarm
here in town.
LADIES NIGHT
The Southport Lions Club will
hold a Ladies Night program to
morrow (Thursday) in connection
with the installation of new club
officers.
New Development
Gets Big Start
Boiling Springs Lake Devel
opment Sells All Lake
front Lots And Practical
ly All In First Section
CROWDS FLOCK TO
SITE OF PROJECT
Engineers And Grading
Equipment Back At Work
To Make More Proper
ty Available For
Public Sale
Opening sales at Brunswick
County's newest resort develop
ment, Boiling Springs Lakes, en
joyed an appropriate timing dur
ing the Fourth of July weekend,
for they went off with a bang,
j Crowds flocked to the site of
this development and all lots
bordering Spring Lake, the first
section to be developed, were
sold out Sunday. All lots on de
veloped streets were sold out, and
sales continued on lots that had
i been layed out but through which
streets had not yet been im
proved.
In the face of this demand, the
engineering firm of Greer-Me
Henry was back on the job Mon
day, the Fourth of July holiday
notwithstanding, and also on
hand for further operations was
heavy machinery owned by the
J Lincoln Construction Co. With
| several thousand acres of land
available, the promoters are de
termined to keep the supply
ahead of demand.
The tremendous public demand
at this first offering may speed
plans of the developers for darn
ing up Allens Creek, a project
which would provide several
miles of lakefront lots. They also
have discussed the proposition of
building a golf course, another
project that has captured the
imagination of some of the early
purchasers.
Brunswick Boys
In Forest Camp
Two Brunswick County Boys
Attend 14th Annual For
estry Camp In Haywood
County
Ralph E. Bellamy and Howard
Benton of Brunswick County were
among the 90 outstanding North
Carolina youths attending the
14th annual Forestry Camp for
Farm Boys at Camp Hope in
Haywood County last month.
“The farm youths were picked
to attend the week-long camp
because of the interest they are
showing in better forestry prac
tices as vocational agriculture stu
dents in various schools through
out the State,” State Forester
Fred Claridge said.
The Camp, conducted by the
State Department of Conservation
and Development’s Division of
Forestry, is sponsored by the fol
lowing North Carolina pulpwood
companies: Champion Paper and
Fibre Co., Canton; International
Paper Co., Raleigh; North Caro
lina Pulp Co., Plymouth; and Rie
gel Paper Corp., Bolton.
Bert S. Hays, Forest Fire Pre
vention Forester for the Conserva
tion and Development Depart
Continued On Page 4
Visitor
BRIG. GEN. TANK
Brig. Gen. Tank
At Sunny Point
Commanding General U- S.
Army Transportation Ter
minal Command, Atlan
tic, Will Be Here This
Weekend
Sunny Point will have a dis
tinguished visitor this weekend
when Brig. Gen. James F. Tank,
Commanding General U. S. Army
Transportation Terminal Com
mand, Atlantic, visits that instal
lation Friday, Saturday and Sun
day.
General Tank’s headquarters are
in Brooklyn, and Sunny Point is
under his command.
On this visit he is likely to
find the Sunny Point Terminal
busy with shipping, as several
vessels are scheduled here during
this period.
This will mark his second visit
to Sunny Point, the first having
been in December of last year,
soon after he assumed his new
command.
Thunder Storms
Hit This Area
Quiet Of Holiday Weekend
Shattered By Severe Elec
trical Displays Both On
Friday And Saturday
Nights
Two of the most violent elec
trical storms of recent years oc
curred in the Southport area Fri- i
day and Saturday nights, and the
accompanying winds and rain had
some adverse effect upon holiday i
weekend visitors.
The Friday night storm result- !
ed in an interruption in electri
cal services about 9:30 o’clock,
with current being off for sev
eral hour's. The mechanism of
the Oak Island Lighthouse was
damaged to the extent that it
became inoperative early in the
evening. However, it was working
again Saturday evening, although
Continued On Page 4
Walter Caringer
Guest Artist At
Music Workshop
Nationally Known Lyric
Tenor Will Attend Bap
tist Church Music Work
shop At Caswell Week of
July 18-25
Walter Carringer, nationally
known lyric tenor of New York
City will be guest artist at the
Baptist Church Music Workshop
July 18-23 at the North Carolina
Baptist Assembly, Southport. The
workshop is sponsored by the
Church Music Department of the
Baptist State Convention of, North
Carolina.
Mr. Carringer, a native of
North Carolina, has been present
ed in concerts in Carnegie Hall.
Town Hail, Canada, Europe, and
in forty-seven states as well as
many appearances on nation-wide
radio and television networks. He
spent three years at Columbia
University in New York City, and
during his senior year he became
soloist with the Robert Shaw
Chorale. Mr. Carringer will open
the workshop with a concert Mon
day evening, July 18, at 8:15 p.
m. He will also appear as soloist
with the 500 voice Conference
Choir performance on Friday eve
ning, July 22.
Also appearing on the program
are Paul Peterson, Salem College,
Winston-Salem, N. C. who will be
conference choir director; Harvey
Woodruff, voice teacher at Wo
man’s College, U. N. C. and Char
lotte College, will be antehm
literature and voice director; Bill
Sutter, minister of music, First
Baptist Church, Charlotte, will be
Intermediate choral director; and
James S. Potter, pastor of Pritch
ard Memorial Baptist Church of
Charlotte will be conference pas
tor.
All persons thirteen years and
older who are part of the music
Continued On Page 4
Post Office To
Be Established
At Long Beach
i Postmaster J, B. Russ Re
ceives Orders To Adver
tise For Bids For Furnish
ing Necessary Service
Postmaster J. B. Russ of South
port has been advised by the
U. S. Postoffice Department of a
proposal to establish a summer
rural station at Long Beach, to
be operated during the months of
June, July and August.
The station is to be attached
to the Southport office.
Postmaster Rus3 has been auth
orized to negotiate for bids for
the operation of this station from
among suitable persons who will
accept appointment. The bidder
will be expected to provide quar
ters at a suitable location in the
area to be served.
The contractor may provide
lock boxes, at his own expense.
Currently Long Beach and the
people living along the route
from Southport to that area are
being served by daily star route
mail service.
Prior to Hurricane Hazel in
the fall of 1954 there was a rural
station office in operation at
Long Beach. There never has been
an office at either Yaupon Beach
or at Tranquil Harbour, although
it is anticipated that patrons liv
ing in both these areas will be
serviced by an office at Long
Beach.
Institute Held
For Presidents
District Club Women At
tend Session Held In Wil
mington Thursday To
Outline Year’s Work
Mrs. George Ross, President of
District Eleven, North Carolina
Federation of Women’s Clubs, pre
sided Thursday stt" the Annual |
Presidents' Institute for club- 1
women held in Wilmington. The
! meeting convened at 11:30 for;
luncheon followed by a business ;
! session. Mrs. Ross welcomed !
hirty-five delegates from the 14 i
! clubs of the district.
Introduced at the meeting was !
.Mrs. W. H. Fussell of Rose Hill, i
j District Teacher of the Tear. She |
! was presented an engraved silver
bowl form the district for her out- !
standing services as a teacher.
Special guests at the Institute j
were: Mrs. A. G. Hutton, Wil- ;
mington, State Federation Junior j
Secretary; Mrs. James M. Har
per, Southport, member of State !
Board of Trustees; Mrs. Gardner I
Greer, Wilmington. State Chair- !
man of Gardens Division; Mrs. j
j C. Wayne Spencer, State Chair- ;
jman of Libraries; Mrs. Colon
j Churchill, State Chairman of Gen
| eral Federation Magazine, and
Mrs. Marion Collier, Carolina
j Beach, and Mrs. W. H. Sloan,
; Garland, two past district presi
dents.
During the business session,
the president, Mrs. Ross, made
remarks on the NCFWC Council
Institute, held recently in Greens
boro, where a new state adminis- j
tration began its program. The 1
NCFWC theme for 1960-1962 is
Continued On Page 4
TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HARTER
Members of the board of county commissioners had restored
the office of Home Demonstration Agent. That was the announce
ment in the issue of July 3, 1935, and Miss Marion Smith had
been appointed to fill the job. Heavy rains finally came to the
assistance of foresters to help put an end to a blaze which had
burned over thousands of acres of Brunswick county woodlands.
An important business note was that plans for refunding the
county indebtedness had been approved by the commissioners.
Another headline heralded the passing of an era in the trans
portation history of this section, for final approval had been
given the sale of the ferry John Knox, which had operated across
the Cape Fear river in Wilmington for 15 years prior to the
building of the bridge. Mrs. E. H. Cranmer had been named a
member of the local school committee.
The week-long reunion by members of Trench Mortar Batta
lions B and C, who had trained at Ft. Caswell prior to World
War I, had reached a climax on Tuesday when the Democratic
nominee for governor, J. Melville Broughton, had delivered a
patriotic address at a picnic given in their honor by citizens of 1
Southport. This was two days before the Fourth of July, 1940
and it made the prospects for any celebration of our Nation’s
birthday appear to be tame by comparison. Movie Star Randolph
Scott, who had been invited, had wired his regrets over his in- 1
ability to be here, hut some of his buddies planned to write
him about the event. 1
There was news of another meal on the front page of this !
edition. Guests of Churchill Bragaw at Orton had been served j j
frog legs for breakfast, alligator steak for lunch and roast rattle
Continued On Page Four
Forestry Students
ATTENTIVE—Two Brunswick county boys attended
the Forestry Camp for farm boys held last month at
Camp Hope in Haywood county. At the top Ralph Bel
lamy, right, listens to Instructor Myron Tupper as he ex
plains about pulpwood harvest. In the bottom photo How
ard Benton, left, looks on as Instructor Jack Formyduval
demonstrates a point in connection with forestry studies.
Methodists Make
Only Two Changes
Returning
REV. L. A. BRIDGES
New Quarters At
Leland Office
Post Office Department Ad
vertises For Bids To Fur
nish Facility Containing
Minimum Of 600-Square
Feet
Postmaster General Arthur E.
Summerfield announced this week
that advertisement has been post
ed to secure post office quarters
at Leland on a monthly rental
basis for a fixed term of five
years. Specifications call for a
faculity containing approximately
S00 square feet of floor space, 84
square feet of platform space, and
2,500 square feet of parking and
truck maneuvering area.
According to the postmaster,
Mrs. Margaret L. Rourk, bids
should be submitted to Mr. Carl
Bolt, Assistant Regional Real
Estate Manager, Post Office De
partment, 421 Federal Annex
3uilding, Atlanta 3, Georgia. In
vested bidders may obtain more
ietailed information from Mr.
Bolt.
Postmaster General Summer
ield has indicated the need for
nodernization or replacement of a
:otal of 12,000 of the nation's post
jffices because of lack of space
md obsolescence.
Summerfield further noted that
huing the last session of Con
fess, Congressional approval was
Jiven to the Postal Modern iza
ion Program which will provide
n fiscal year 1960 alone 1,400
Continued On Page 4
*
The Rev. L. A. Bridges Re
turns As Pastor Of Trinity
Methodist; The Rev. L.
D. Hayman To Yaupon
Beach
REV. H, A PHILLIPS
AT SHALLOTTE CAMP
Changes Occur At Bolivia,
Shaliotte Circuit A«* Ap
pointments Are Made
Public
Only two changes were made
in Methodist appointments for
churches in Brunswick county at
the close of the annual session
of the North Carolina Confer
ence in Rocky Mount last week.
The Rev. D. K. Norris was as
signed to Bethel Methodist Church
at Bolivia and the Rev. H. J.
Pickett was assigned to Shaliotte
Circuit.
Returning to their former
churches are the Rev. L. A.
Bridges, Trinity Methodist Church
in Southport; the Rev. L. D.
Hayman, Yaupon Beach Methodist
Church; the Rev. H. A. Phillips,
Shaliotte Camp; the Rev. Char
les Eakin, Town Creek; and the
Rev. Gerald Vaiden, Concord
Evergreen.
Dr. J. E. Garlington was re
turned as district superintendent
of the Wilmington District.
One apopintment that will be
of interest to friends in Bruns
wick county sends the Rev. Russ
ell Harrison, a former pastor of
Trinity Methodist Church in
Southport, as pastor at Grace
Methodist Church in Wilmington.
The Rev. W. B. Starnes, for
j merly of Shaliotte, is serving as
chaplain in the United States
j Army.
Funeral Monday
For Gib Collins
Elderly Resident Of South
port Laid To Rest Follow
ing Death Friday
Funeral services for Weston
(Gibb) Gibson Collins, 79, of
Southport, who died Friday at
Dosher Memorial Hospital, were
held at Sacred Heart Catholic
Church at 10 a. m. Monday.
Interment was in Northwood
Cemetery with military honors by
the Oak Island Coast Guard Sta- I
tion and crew members of the !
U. S. Coast Guard Patrol Boat
based in Southport.
Rosary vyas recited at 8 p. m.
Sunday at Gilbert's Funeral
Home.
Continued On Page 3
County Beaches
Showing Signs
Of Development
New Street Lights Installed
At Long Beach To Give
This Resort New Look
During Evening Hours
MUCH BUILDING
NOW IN PROGRESS
Digging Of Deepwater Well
And Extension Of Water
Mains Are Also Part
Of Expansion Pro
gram
Holiday visitors at the three
beach developments nearest
Southport saw numerous improve
ments that have been made dur
ing the past few months.
Among the more noticeable at
Long Beach were 36 mercury
vapor street lights, already in
stalled and burning. These are
concentrated in the old business
area of Long Beach and in the
area close to the new city hall.
The paving project down Ocean
Highway has recently been com
pleted to the point where a street
crosses from Tranquil Harbour to
intersect the highway running
down Long Beach.
Also among the improvements
at Long Beach has been the ad
dition of a new deepwater well,
which has been sunk near the
city hall. This is coupled with the
addition of more than one mile
of water mains, which run down
Long Beach almost to Lockwoods
Polly inlet.
Numerous new buildings have
been added, among them being
the new Red and White store,
which was open for business for
the first time during the holiday
weekend. Up at Yaupon Beach, a
new restaurant at the Sinclair
Motel is now in operation and
catered to holiday weekend
crowds. Another restaurant is un
der construction in Tranquil Har
bour; and a new Texaco service
station is being erected on Ocean
Highway. A Launderette now is
in operation at Yaupon Beach.
The Long Beach pavilion is
open under new management, and
the carpet golf course was back
in business during the past week
end.
Also on the amusement scene,
at Yaupon Beach the rides and
amusements were doing a thriving
business during the past weekend,
with all of them in operation.
Business was good at the fish
ing piers both at Yaupon and at
Long Beach, although nothing
spectacular in the way of catches
was reported.
Red Cross Field
Man Here Today
Paul H. Ostborg Of Fort
Bragg Meeting Today
With Lt. Col. W. S. Nor
man To Discuss Hurri
cane Disaster Plans
Lt. Col. W. S. Norman, newly
appointed Disaster Chairman for
the Brunswick County Chapter,
American Red Cross, said Tues
day that Paul H. Ostborg. a rep
resentative of Southeastern Area
Hedaquarters Disaster Service,
Atlanta, Georgia, is meeting to
day with the Brunswick Co. chap
ter’s disaster committee. The
meeting is to review and discuss
Continued On Page 3
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 tew Tide
Thursday, July 7,
6:07 A. M. 6:18 A .M.
6:51 P. M. 12:24 P. M.
Friday, July 8,
7:06 A. M. 1:13 A. M.
7:46 P. M. 1.19 P. M.
Saturday, July 9,
8:03 A. M. 2:05 A. M.
8:40 P. M. 2:12 P. M.
Sunday, July 10,
8:59 A. M. '2:56 A. M.
9:33 P. M. 3:05 P. M.
Monday, July 11,
9:55 A. M. 3:47 A. M.
10:25 P. M. 3:58 P. M.
Tuesday, July 12,
10:48 A. M. 4:37 A. M.
11:17 P. M. 4:51 P. M.
Wednesday, July 13,
11:44 A. M. 5:27 A. M.
5:46 P. M.