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THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Volume No. 21 No. 4 12-PAGES TODAY SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1960 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County Most Of The News All The Time Ancient Foundations EXCAVATION—This is the foundation of the Nathaniel Moore home at Bruns wick Town and in the background is the Cape Fear river. This and several other in teresting illustrations are included in a recent information folder prepared by Stan ley South, archaeologist in charge of the project. It is being carried out under the di rection of the Department of Archives and History. Built Of Cardboard Strange Craft Stops Here Wilson Native On His Way To Florida From Wash ington, D. C., By Way Of Intracoastal Canal Folks along the Southport wa terfront may not have noticed anything unusual about the craft pictured above when it came to Southport last Wednesday, but its Arlington, Va., skipper realizes the uniqueness of the craft-—and its mission. A R. Patterson has been driv ing the 14-foot “paper boat” from Washington, D. C., with the ultimate destination of Miami in mind—if the boat holds together. Patterson, a native of Wilson, built the boat of scrap lumber, sheathed with corrugated box board. The cardboard was obtain ed from the firm for which he works at practically no expense to him. The only parts of wood are the frames, transom and gunwales, Patterson said. The corrugated material is built up in layers, glued together with rubber ce ment. Unfortunately, the trip hasn’t worked out as well as he dream ed it would. "I should have built the keel of wood, too,” he said. “That’s been my main source of trouble—oys ter shells and sand.” Patterson said a kayak and dingly he built of the material 1 ' Brief Bite Of lnewsj BASEBALL GAME Southport will play South Wil mington here Sunday afternoon in a Cape Fear league contest. SCHEDULE BAKE SALES The WSCS of Trinity Methodist church will hold a bake sale on August 6 and again on September 3. NEW BARBER SHOP Roland Clark has opened a new barbeshop in Southport, located across the highway from Dosher Memorial Hospital. S. L. Rogers is also working at this shop. ART ASSOCIATION A group interested in forming an Art Association in Southport will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ryne Friday night at 8 o’clock. Anyone having such an interest is invited to attend. BOLIVIA BOOSTERS . The Bolivia Athletic Boosters Club will meet at 8 p. m., Mon day, August 1. Due to the im portance of business to be dis cussed, all parents have been urged to attend. IN CHICAGO Homer J. Ingle, sales manager for National Development Cor poration at Tranquil Harbour, spent the later part of last week in Chicago on the eve of the Re publican National Convention. He says that he had intended to re main in Chicago for the conven tion, but that business engage ment made it necessary for him to fly to Southport for the week end. He has missed being at Tran quil Harbour on Sunday only one time since sales began three years ago. . . . . But Still Afloat have held up well. But the mater ial does not appear too practical for a longer boat without addi tional framing supports. ; There are too many stresses and strains, caused by simple wave action when the boat is driven by a high-speed motor, he indicated. “I’ve learned qutte a bit about boat construction on this trip and how a boat should be built,” Pat terson said. He indicated, however, that despite his misfortunes along the way, he was continuing the trip. Patterson was also surprised to learn that his adventure is not unique. In the 1880’s, and adven ture-some and penny-pinching New Englander took a paper boat down the Eastern Coast of the United States. His adventures are recounted in a book. “Voyage of the Paper Canoe,” which can be found in Organ Recital Set For Sunday Raleigh Musician Will Pre sent Organ Recital At Yaupon Beach Methodist Church Sunday Evening The friends and general public are invited to attend an organ recital at the Methodist Church of Yaupon Beach Sunday evening at eight o’clock. T. L. Newberry of Raleigh, a representative of the Stephenson Music Company, will play for the recital, using the new Hammond organ which was installed at the church early this spring. The regular offering of the eve ning will be taken and the official board has directed that the con tributions be turned over to the treasurer of the organ fund to apply on this obiligation. This is an event the congrega tion has been looking forward to all summer dependent on the date that Mr. Newberry could arrange to come and rended this program. ■ The church members are anxious to see and hear what can be done on this new church organ. The pastor, the Rev. L. D. Hay man, has issued an invitation to all friends and the public along the beach area, Southport and other nearby communities to share the pleasure of this program. The church can accommodate 275 per sons in the seating arrangement, inculding the educational unit, and in full view of the organ during the performance. This church can be opened so that every room is available for an occasion such as this. Continued On Page 4 the Wilmington Public Library. The original adventurer was royally entertained by Wrights ville Sound residents when he I spent a few days there. His boat— built of brown paper on wood frames—was paddled and sailed over a route which later became the inland waterway. The account of his trip is still fascinating today. ——- | Watermelon Case Tried In Court Four Youthful Defendants Joined In Court By Two Others Who Faced Char ges Of More Serious Na ture Four boys, three of them from Southport, were tried Monday in Brunswick county Recorder’s court and pleaded guilty to charges of destroying public prop erty and petty larceny (water melons ). Evidence showed that the mar auders were not content to take and eat of the fruit, but that they were unnecessarily wasteful in that they busted melons they did not eat. Furthermore, they tore down a gate in the course of their depredations. For these transgressions they were required to make restitution amounting to $10 each to the prosecuting witness, J. B. Coch ran, to pay costs and to remain of good behavior for 2 years. The defendents were Arthur LeClerc, Donald Burris, Charles Trott and Harry Wilder. Leon Hilburn was tried for lar ceny and receiving and was given 12 months, judgement being sus pended upon payment of costs and Continued On Page 4 Anniversary Of Tranquil Harbor Sales Manager Homer J. Ingle Recalls First Sale, Other Interesting Inci dents Homer J. Ingle recalled this week that the first sale of a lot at Tranquil Harbour was to C. D. | Brothers of Lumberton. That was three years ago last week, and the developers of this 1 hriving resort development ran ,a full page advertisement, which they plan to repeat in at least one large upstate daily. Ingle said that more than 3,500 i (Continued On Page 2) Folder Provides Information On Historical Site Stanley South, Arrhae^'o gist In Charge, Has In teresting Printed Informa tion Regarding Project Being Carried Out At Brunswick Town Brunswick Town, until recently a little-known ghost of the past, has now developed a literature of its own. Stanley South, archaeologist in charge of the Old Brunswick re storation, is its spokesman; a De partment of Archives and His tory pamphlet its medium. The recently published pamph let, designed to clarify the history of Brunswick Town and outline the aims of the restoration, gives a chronological sketch of the town’s growth from its inception in 1726 to its final abandonment in 1830. A brief history of Ft. Anderson, constructed on the town site during the Civil War, is also given. Much of the pamphlet is de voted to the work currently going on—the re-discovery, and partial restoration of structures in the town. The work of locating the old streets and the foundations of early homes and shops in the town was begun by Dr. E. Law rence Lee in June, 1958. Jungle like underbrush was cleared from parts of the site, revealing many remains of house foundations built of ballast stone. In August, 1958, a permanent archeologist was as signed to the project to begin ex cavations in order to recover, not only the early house foundations, but the objects lost or discarded by the people of Brunswick some two hundred years ago. To date, seven of the sixty foundations located have been completely uncovered by the archeologist and many objects of scientific and historical interest Continued G:> Page £ New Miss North Carolina Named Miss Ann Farringten Of Winston - Salem Is First Cousin Of Southport At torney Davis Herring Miss Ann Farrington Herring was crowned Miss North Carolina Saturday night in Charlotte to climax this year’s beauty pageant sponsored by the North Caroilua Junior Chamber of Commerce. The victory was of particular interest to Southport people, since the winner is the first cousin of Southport attorney Davis Herring. Her parents are Dr. and Mrs. Owen F. Herring of Winston Salem. She has visited Southport and Long Beach many times. In fact, her parents are scheduled to be at the Baptist Assembly next week, but it is doubtful that the new Miss North Carolina will be with them. She has many committments prior to her com petition in Atlantic City for the title of Miss America. There was one other local angle to the Charlotte contest. Miss Tenita Deal of Hickory, third runner-up, was escorted by Wil liam E. Hickman of Southport. Counterpart Training I TRAINING—Lt. Col. Myriam Smith, center, is comptroller for the Headquarters Transportation Ammunition Terminal group from Mobile, Alabama. She is seated between Lt. Col. L. W. Doyle, former comptroller, on the right and Russell Hewett, deputy comptroller, left, as she is engagedin counterpart training at Sunny Point Army Terminal. Spanish Mackerel Showing Up Here In Big Numbers Capt. H, A, Schmidt Had Biggest Catch Of Season Of These Fish Monday, With 325 On Shoals Trip It appears that the fishing famine that has plagued this area for several weeks finally has end ed, and the most conclusive proof that this is true came Monday when a Fayetteville party fishing aboard the Idle On III with Capt. H. A. Schmidt brought in 325 Spanish mackerel. This was the first big catch of Spanish mackerel made here this season, although two South port boats had hit them a fair lick on Sunday. These boats were the Botfly of Capt. Rob Austin, which had 100 of these fish, plus an assortment of others; and the Rip-Tide of Capt. Glenn Trunnell, which had a few over 100. Capt. Ray Stubbs was out Mon day aboard the Carol-Lynn and had 114 Spanish mackerel, One of the best catches of these fish was reported by Capt. Fred Ful ford, who was out Monday with only one man fishing, and came in at 10:30 after catching 80 of ihese fine fish. The fact that Spanish mackerel have been slow to show up here this season has been attributed to the fact that there have been few menhaden in the area. It may be of considerable significance that the biggest catches of the year of menhaden also were made on Monday. At any rate, Southport char ter boatmen are optimistic about the future and are lining up bookings that will carry them through some of the best weeks of the fishing season. TIME and TIDE By JIMMIE HARPEJC Ever dream of having all the bananas you could eat or haul away, free for the taking? Well, that’s what happened in South port twenty-five years ago this week, and the story appeared in tha July 24 issue of The Pilot in 1935. This banana bonanza developed when a shipment of 2,000 bunches was turned down in Wilmington, and the crew of the Norwegian freighter that carried them as cargo started throwing them overboard as soon as the ship passed the Cape Fear river bar. An incoming tide brought in this unexpected harvest, and all along the Soutrport waterfront people were fishing bananas from the river. Else where in the news, Reginald Turner had resigned as principal at Shallotte and was going to Asheboro; the first case of typhoid fever in recent years was reported in Brunswick; and there had been no weekly session of Brunswick county Recorder's court for the very good reason that there were no cases to be tried. The Democrats had held their nominating convention in Chica go and had named Roosevelt and Wallace as the standard-bearers for the 1940 general election. Pictures of these men were on the front page of our July 24 publication. Back in those day, school opened later than it does now, and September 12 had been set as the opening date in Brunswick county. Herbert Rogers had been named acting chief of police for Southport. “Why We Should Protect Our Forests From Fire” columns still were running in The Pilot, and the one for this week was by Harold Aldridge of Southport; Mickey Rooney was the star of “Young Tom Edison”, a coining attraction at the Arnuzu; and sports fishing had been reported good during the preceeding Continued On Page Four Reserve Officers In Strange Roles ->t Heart Victim DR. L. C. FERGUS Dr. L. C. Fergus Passes Suddenly Former Southport Physician Dies In Los Banos, Cal., Hospital Following Heart Attack Dr. L. C. Fergus, native of Wilmington and former resident of Southport, died last Tuesday night in the hospital at Los Banos, Cal., following a sudden heart attack. He was 50-years of i age. Dr. Fergus moved to Southport in the late thirties to take over the practice of Dr. William S. Dosher when the latter left here : to go to Boston, Mass., to spe cialize. He practiced medicine here l and was chief of staff at Dosher I Memorial Hospital until June, ! : 1.947, when he and his family i | moved to Los Banos. Dr. Fergus enjoyed the reputa- i tion for being an outstanding ! physician and surgeon, and during I the years he was in Southport he performed a prodigous amount of work, being the only active doctor in Brunswick county for months i on end during the war years. According to information relay- j ed by a member of the family, Dr. Fergus came in from a meet t ing of the Lions Club and com- ! j plained to his wife that he felt bad. He asked her to get his med- : ! icine bag for him, then decided j ■ to go for it himself. A few min iutes later Mrs. Fergus received a | call from the hospital, saying that Dr. Fergus was there and in a critical condition. She rushed over, j and found her husband under i oxygen. A few minutes later he i died. Dr. Fergus was the son of the | late Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Fergus of Wilmington. He is survived by I his wife, Mrs. Mary Fergus of the home; a daughter, Mary Ma- 1 honey Fergus of the home; a son, j Leroy Clark Fergus of the home; j Continued On Page 4 Men Of Headquarters Tran sportation Ammunition Terminal Of Meridian, Miss., Desert Civilian Oc cupations MOBILE UNIT ALSO AT SUNNY POINT Two Groups Will Complete Their Annual Summer Training Program Here This Week There are no doctors or Indian Chiefs in the crowd, but other wise there seems to be an almost complete complement of men from other walks of life this week at Sunny Point Army Ter minal with the Headquarters Transportation Ammunition Ter minal (7468) from Meridian, Miss. There is a similar unit from Mobile, Alabama, and the same i holds true with regard to their | assignment to strange duties. As I a matter of fact, their forces are unusual in that they include Lt. Col. Myrian Smith, the only WAC in either outfit. She is comp troller for the Mobile unit. The Meridian group is under the command of Col. Oliver W. Brackman, whose civilian duties are with the Fores ter-Flintkote Co. His deputy is Lt. Col. Warren E. Ragland, a District engineer for Southern Bell. Down the line there are attor neys, accountants, postal em ployees, salesmen, scientists, en- | gineers and one man who is a cattleman. A count-down seems j to favor post office employees among the men who man the jobs of this military outfit. There are two men in the field of radio and television, and at least one holds a compatible as Continued On Page 4 Man Is Charged With Boat Theft Deputy Sheriff Drew Long And Owner Harlee Hew ett Recover Craft Early Sunday Morning At Vil lage Point A shrimp boat is just a little too big to steal and get away with, at least that is what Joseph B. Milliken discovered early Sun day morning when he was greeted at the dock at Shallotte Point by Deputy Sheriff Drew Long and Harlee Hewett. The latter is the owner of the shrimp boat that had disappeared from Georgetown, S. C., late Sat urday afternoon. With a boat there are only a few ways to go from Georgetown, and a little checking revealed that this one had headed north in the inland waterway. That is when Hewett called in Deputy Sheriff Long for consul- I tation. Between them they check ed the progress of the craft as it | passed bridges and other check points. And that accounts for the fact that when he docked at j Shallotte Point they were there to greet him. Milliken still was in jail Tues- j Continued On Page 4 August 11 Set For Opening Of Border Markets Possibility Exists That Date May Be Advanced To August 9 In Event South Carolina Markets Change Date TRACE HISTORY OF WHITEVILLE MARKET This Year Will Mark 50th Anniversary Of Tobacco Marketing In Columbus County Town August 11 has been officially set as the opening date for the Border Belt tobacco market this year—but there are certain re servations. It will be the opening date un- - less the South Carolina markets * decide to open on August 9. In - that event, the border markets will move up their opening to! coincide with that of the South' Carolina markets. So far however, South Carolina apparently is sticking to its Aug- ’ ust 11 day also. For Whiteville, 1960 will signal the 50th year of continuous, grow ing tobacco sales. J. A. Maultsby recounted some of the history of the market and of tobacco production in this area, “Frank M. Ray came down here from Mt. Airy in the late 1890s and was the first to begin growing tobacco,” Maultsby recalled. “He got my father, J. D. Maultsby interested, and from these two, others joined in the spreading enterprise.” There was a warehouse here in 1902, built on Main street where the old Lea’s warehouse was, • Maultsby recalled. “It was about 60 by 100 feet in size, a frame building. It lasted a year.” That initially attempt at to bacco auctioning died after the first year, and the building was acquired by J. T. McKenzie and turned into a livery stable. “In 1910 the old Bank of Whiteville put up $1,500, and the old Bank of Columbus put up $1,000 and they built the old Growers’ warehouse,” Maultsby said. It is still standing and is known as Nelson’s warehouse on Virgil street. It was operated by Continued On Page 2 Boiling Springs Sales Continue Strong Demand For Lake front Lots Continues; En gineers Must Have Time To Stake More Lots Crowds continue to flock to the Boiling Springs development on Allen Creek each weekend and developers are making every rea sonable effort to allow engineers to catch up with sale of property. Engineers also are busy con tinuing their plans for a dam across Allen Creek and a boun dary survey also is in progress. Charlie Pratt, in charge of sales, said this week that all lake front lots on Spring Lake were sold out the first weekend. The next lake to be staked was named for the late Bill Keziah, and de mand for property bordering on this body of water also was brisk. The last lake to be staked out Continued On Page 4 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 TMb Thursday, July 28, 10:38 A. M. 4:37 A. M. 10:46 P. M. 4:55 P. M. Friday, July 29, 11:26 A. M. 5:18 A. M. 11:33 P. M. 5:45 P. M. Saturday, July 30, . 6:04 A. M. 12:19 P. M. 6:42 P. M. Sunday, July 81, 0:27 A. M. 6:58 A. M. 1:20 P. M. 7:46 P. M. Monday, August 1, 1:28 A. M. 8:00 A. M 2:27 P. M. 8:54 P. M. Tuesday, August 2, 2:35 A. M. 9:05 A. M. 3:33 P. M. 10:00 P. M. Wednesday, August 3, 3:43 A. M. 10:10 A. M. 4:37 P. M. 11:02 P. M.
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