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THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Brunswick County
8 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1960
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At Yaupon Beach
COOLING—Hot weather which prevailed throughout last week and the past weekend brought
literally thousands of persons to the beach for relief and recreation. This was a typical Sunday
scene at nearby Yaupon Beach about mid-afternoon. The Yaupon Beach Fishing pier is shown in
the background.— (Huntley Photo;.
Ignorance Will
Be No Excuse
This November
Southport Public Library
Has Numerous Volumes
That Will Provide Ample
Background For Two
Candidates
‘‘Ignorance of the background
of the two principal candidates in
the presidential electrion this fall
will be no excuse," said Mrs. Phil
King this week, “because we have
gone out and got the books that
will provide the history of both
Vice President Richard M. Nixon
and Senator John F. Kennedy.
These “Election Year Specials”
include:
John Kennedy, (a biography) by
James MacGregor Burns; The
Remarkable Kennedys, by Joe
McCarthy; The Real Nixon, by
Bela Kornitzer; The Facts about
Nixon (an unauthorized bio
graphy) by William Costello; The
Challenges We Face, by Richard
M. Nixon; The Affluent Society,
by John K. Galbraith; and on or
der, but not received; The Strate
gy of Peace, by John F. Kennedy.
“The above “Election Year Spe
Continued On Page 4
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Brief Bite Of
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BAKE SALE
The ladies of St. Philip’s Epis
copal Church will hold their an
nual Labor Day weekend bake
sale at Carr Insurance Agency
on Saturday, September 3, be
ginning at 9:30 o’clock.
FATHER DIES
Fred M. Burdette, Sr., died
Sunday at his home at Simpson
ville, S. C., and funeral services
were held Tuesday. He was the
father of Dr. Fred M. Burdette,
Jr., of Southport.
GOES TO UNC
Henry Coleman, who graduated
last spring from high school in
Shallotte, has been accepted for
admission to the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, for
the fall term beginning Septem
ber 8. He will study pharmacy.
ATTEND CONVENTION
The following members of the
Southport Volunteer Fire Depart
ment attended the convention of
the State Fireman's Association
last week at Carolina Beach:
Chief Ormand Leggett, Otto
Hickman, Jack Hickman, Harold
Aldridge, Walter Hufham, James
Wolfe. Robert Green, Ivan Lud
lum and A1 Martin.
REPORT MEETING
A report meeting for the
Brunswick County Committee
which is raising funds for Camp
bell College will be held tomor
row (Thursday) evening at 7:30
o’clock at Bolivia Baptist Church.
H. L. Clemmons, who is heading
this drive in Brunswick county,
reports that approximately 10-per
cent of the goal of $25,000 for
Brunswick cpunty already has
been reached. '
Schools To Open
Monday Morning
Everything In Readiness For:
Opening Of Fall Term At
All Schools Of Brunswick
County
Rrunwick County schools will
open for the fall term on Mon
day, with this day being desig
nated as “teacher-pupil orientation
day”.
Principals of all schools in the
county have been on duty since
Tuesday, August 16, and many of
the preliminary details for school
opening have been ironed out.
Included has been a county-wide
teachers meeting.
Teachers will report for duty
on Friday.
Bus drivers were checked out
in tests given on Monday and
Tuesday of this week, and drivers
will pick up their buses tomorrow
(Thursday).
During the holiday period
numerous repairs have been
made to buildings and much re
painting has been done. Superin
tendent John G. Long reports
that buildings are in good condi
tion for the beginning of the fall
term.
Here in Southport two new
teachers have been added, and
since no additions have been
made in classroom space, the
prospect is for some crowded con
ditions to exist in the local plant.
One new teacher has been add
ed to the high school faculty at
Southport and an additional teach
er has been allotted for the ele
mentary school.
Curtis Cox Is
V-C Official
Native Of Brunswick Coun
ty Elected A Vice-Presi
dent Of Firm At Meeting
Last Week In Richmond
Curtis A. Cox, general manager
of fertilizer manuaftcuring at Vir
ginia-Carolina Chemical Corpora
tion, last week was elected a
vice president of the firm.
The action, taken this morning
at a regular meeting of V-C’s
Board of Directors, gives the com
pany six vice presidents in addi
tion to Executive Vice President
Charles T. Harding.
Cox has been with V-C 24
years, starting in 1936 as a ship
ping clerk in Selma. Later, he
was promoted to acid foreman and
transferred to Rome, Ga.
He has been assistant superin
tendent of V-C’s plant at Charles
ton, S. C., and superintendent at
Agusta, Ga. he became assistant
manager of fertilizer manufactur
ing in 1950 and general manager
last summer.
He was chairman of the fertili
zer section of the Southern Safe
ty Conference in 1953 and served
in the same capacity for the Na
tional Safety Conference in 1954.
An alumnus of Duke University,
Cox and his wife reside in Rich
mond. Their son, Donald, is now a
student at Duke. He is a native
of Brunswick county and is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Kendall Cox
of Bolivia.
Courthouse Is
Changing Looks
If the next time you see
the Brunswick county court
house you think that you sud
denly have gone blind, do not
be unduly alarmed. Indeed,
something new has been add
ed.
That new look is being
created by a coat of white
paint, which not only is lend
ing a bright, new look to the
building but is also serving
the more practical purpose of
water-proofing the exterior
walls of the building. The
ancient brickwork has be
come pourous, and it became
necessary to take some meas
ure for protection against the
effects of wind-blown rain.
Report Meeting
Shows Progress
Preliminary Report Made
At Friday Meeting Re
veals That 10-Percent Of
County Goal For Camp
bell Reached
Campbell College got a refresh
ing boost Friday night when the
Brunswick county expansion com
mittee met and reported nearly
ten per-cent of the 25,000 goal
already pledged or paid, according
to campaign chairman H. Lyndon
Clemmons of Supply.
Brunswick boosters for Camp
bell attending this first report
meeting in Shallotte included:
Chairman Clemmons; J. H. Hol
den, Supply; Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Hawes, Supply; Mrs. Margaret
McRacken, Southport; Tim Cor
bett, Leland; Edwin Clemmons,
Supply; and Rev. J. D. Hales,
Supply, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald H.
Sorensen, Buies Creek, were on
hand to represent Campbell Col
lege and to receive the report.
The $2,000,000 Campbell Cam
paign is being waged in an effort
to push the 73 year old Buies
Creek junior college into a fully
accredited four-year coeeducation
al institution. This drive was
sparked 16 months ago when the
Baptist State Convention gave the
“go ahead” to Campbell to add
the junior and senior years of
college work. The campaign offi
cially began last September. Since
then nearly $1,000,000 has been
subscribed.
With the removal of Wake For
est College to Winston Salem
several years ago, an educational
void was created in the Eastern
half of the State. On attaining the
four-year goal Campbell will be
able to offer a full liberal arts
business curriculum to 1250 stu
dents, most of who will come from
Eastern North Carolina.
The Brunswick workers plan to
meet for their second report ses
sion on the evening of Thursday,
August 25, at the Bolivia Bap
tist Church.
Farmers Voting
On Nickels For
Know-How Soon
Voluntary Assessment On
Feed And Fertii»^.e» ja.co
Helps To Finance Valu
able Farm Programs
The Agricultural Foundation at
N. C. State College ha3 done an
outstanding job of helping im
prove agriculture during the past
few years, and among other
things it has provided funds to
obtain and keep outstanding
teachers and research personnel.
This is one of the reasons why
the Nickels-For-Know-How vote
on September 30 is so important.
One might ask where did the
agricultural foundation get the
funds to assist with this im
provement? Part of it came from
the Nickel for Know-How several
years ago,” says Herbert Swain,
Jr., one of the directors of the
foundation. "The funds have been
spent wisely, for the directors al
ways keep in mind the welfare
of farmers and spend the funds
where it will do the most good
for the investment."
"Farmers have approved this
program every three years since
it was started,” Swain said.
"They will have a chance to ex
press their wishes again on Sept
ember 30 when they vote in a
referendum. They will decide
whether to contribute 5c per ton
of fertilizer and feed to be pur
chased during the next 3 years.
Two-thirds of those voting must
favor the 3-year extension for it
to be in force and a large vote
is needed.”
Add Three Tree
Farms In County
Increase Of 59 Projects
During Past Year Moves
North Carolina Closer To
1,000-Farm Goal
North Carolina has added 59
Tree Farms and moved up an
other rung in national standing,
Chairman Donnie Todd of the
North Carolina Tree Farm Com
mittee announced this week.
During the past year new Tree
Farms have been established in
Brunswick county by J. F. Jef
freys, R. D. Miller, E. G. Dale
and J. R. Simmons.
As a result of the latest meet
ing of the committee at Robbins
ville, North Carolina pushed its
total of certified properties to
610 encompassing over one and
a quarter million acres. This ad
vance places North Carolina tenth
from the top .in number of Tree
Farms certified nationally.
“Only five states have passed
the 1,000 mark—Alabama, Min
nesota, Mississippi, Texas and
Louisiana. We hope to make
North Carolina the sixth,” said
Todd.
While in Robbinsville members
and their wives were the guests
of Bemis Hardwood Lumber Co.
The North Carolina Tree Farm
program is a part of the Amer
ican Tree Farm System conduct
ed by American Forest Products
Industries, Washington, D. C. The
Continued On Page 4
Explains Proposal
SPOKESMAN—C. D. Pickerrell, Secretary of the Southport Development Corporation, is shown
second from the right as he points out on a chart the location for a proposed artificial reef. On
the left is Eric Rogers, chairman of the Commercial Fisheries Committee; next to him is William
Saunders, chairman of the Board of Conservation and Development; and the man on the extreme
right is Percy Grant, member of the Advisory Fisheries Committee.
Whiteville Man
Luncheon Guest
Of John Kennedy
First Hand Report Of Im
pressions Of Democratic
Presidential Nominee Is
Made By Newsman
BY JIM HIGH
Whiteville News Reporter
Sen. John Kennedy was host to
apprririmately 100 Tar Heel news
men in Washington, Tuesday, and
if he captures the people of this
state on his visit September 17
the way he did the news media,
he may very well sweep this
state’s electorial vote.
An awesome display of Demo
cratic power was shown at the
luncheon as Sen. Lyndon Johnson,
Democratic vice-presidential nom
inee, and Sen. Henry Jackson,
Democratic national chairman,
joined Kennedy in welcoming the
delegation.
Two North Carolina House and
Senate members welcomed the
group and added an old home
week touch to the session.
Sitting with Kennedy were
Senators Sam Ervin and B. Ever
ett Jordan. Throughout the room
vve' e house members who could
V) sit only a short time before
mswering a roll call.
This district’s representative,
Congressman Alton Lennon,
ambled through and spoke to con
stitutants and friends in his
easy manner. He expects to be
back in his home district soon."
The luncheon preceded a 30
minute question and answer
(Continued On Page 2)
TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HARTER
A front page story in our issue of August 28, 1935, declared
that record prices were being paid for tobacco, and averages
quoted for succeeding days were: $26.04, $28.03, $24.63 and
$24.32—but it is well remembered that this was in the mid
thirties and that the depression was not long past. Schools were
to open that fall on September 19.
Mrs. Dave Davis of Southport owned a time-keeping machine
that had the 8-day clock backed off the boards. Her clock,
brought over from Switzerland by her father, the late L. Miller,
required winding but once each year. Efforts were being made
for a cooperative advertising venture for promotion of Bruns
wick county.
A headline in our edition for August 21, 1940: “Tobacco
Averages 20 Cents On Opening ’. And the story said that far
mers were pleased with prices being paid. This was back in the
days when Mr. Wallace Moore was farming in Walden Creek,
and he had invited not only the members of the Men's Bible Class
at Trinity Methodist Church to come out to his place for a Sun
day afternoon watermelon feast, but earlier in the day had
played host to a bunch of boys from the Sunday School class of
his son, Wallace, Jr.
Mary Morrison had found a Duke ring owned by John Gar
rett and lost 6 years before at Caswell Beach; the vocational
agriculture class at Bolivia had spent the past week at Tom
Brown Camp at Bernardsville; and a 60-day duck season had
been approved for the year by the Federal Wildlife Commis
sion.
It was August 22, 1945, 4nrl tobacco prices had stepped up
considerably during the inteiji'ening five years. Average for the
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Artificial Reef Is
One Step Closer
New Building Is
Being Constructed
Work is well under way on
a big, new building of
masonry construction located
on the northwest corner of
the junction of U. S. High
way No. 17 and Highway No.
211 at Supply.
It is being constructed by
the Kirby’s and will be the
site of their new store. Their
old store and the entire con
tents was destroyed by fire
early this month.
The new building will be
75x90-feet and will be of mod
ern design.
Methodists Give
Church New Title
Church At Yaupon Beach Is
Named Ocean View Me
thodist Church At Con
ference Sunday
By official action of a Church
Conference held Sunday morning
the name of the new Methodist
Church at Yaupon Beach was
changed to “Ocean View Metho
dist Church”.
This action was reported by
the Rev. L. D. Hayman, pastor,
who also explained the thinking
behind this move.
‘‘For some time, stretching
back over a period of months”,
the Rev. Mr. Hayman said, “there
has been a growing desire to give
to the Methodist Church erected
at Yaupon Beach a name which
would be applicable to one sec
tion of its area as another. The
church serves a wide area, includ
ing Caswell Beach, Tranquil Har
bour, Long Beach and Yaupon
Beach, as a religious center for
all who may wish to attend its
services or share in an contribute
to its growing development.
“The idea originated in a reg
ular meeting of the Woman's So
ciety of Christian Service and
accordingly, a resolution was
drawn up by the women of the
church, present the name of
‘Ocean View Methodist Church”
to the governing powers and the
congregation for approval.
“This resolution was sent up
to the official board of the
church, which gave its approval
in a regular meeting held August
7. The proposal so approved by
the offiical board carried the re
quest to the pastor to designate
a session of the Church Confer
ence in order that the congrega
tion might have an opportunity
to consider the name.”
In accordance with the rules
of the church, the pastor desig
nated Sunday morning, August
21, for this purpose and for any
other business needing attention.
At the church conference which
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Board Of Conservation And
Development Gives Ap
proval For Establishment
Of Fishing Attraction
Off Bald Head Island
The Board of Conservation and
Development in session Tuesday
at Nags Head gave its approval
to the construction of an artifi
cial reef off the coast Of Bruns
wick county near Bald Head is
land as a means for attracting
more game fish into this area.
That action followed the pre
sentation of the request Saturday
morning in Morehead City before
the Commercial Fisheries Com
mittee. C. D. Pickerrell, secretary
of the Southport Development
Corporation, was spokesman for
a large delegation of local citizens
who traveled by chartered bus to
Morehead City for this hearing.
The request appeared to meet
with a favorable reception from
members of the Commercial Fish
eries Committee and the Advisory
Committee on Commercial Fish
ing, but final action was left up
to the entire board at its meeting
the first of this week at Nags
Head.
Approval by the C & D body is
the second in a series of three
which must be had before the
project may be started. The first
request was made to the Navy,
and permission was granted. Now
the C & D board members have
added their approval, and the
next step is to ask permission
from the U. S. Army Engineers.
It appeared this week that a
formal hearing before represent
atives of that agency may be
necessary, probably on next Wed
i nesday. This was brought about
[ when the engineers received a
letter from W. G. Wells, South
j port seafood dealer, who wished
| to be advised as to the steps that
Jare being taken to make sure
that the component parts of the
artificial reef are anchored in a
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Grandson Gets
Scholarship Aid
Frederick Guthrie Dosher
Is Recipient Of Health
Scholarship From Nation
al Foundation
Frederick Guthrie Dosher of
Salem, Oregon, has been award
ed one of the 1960 National Foun
dation Health Scholarships in
medical social work and will re
ceive $500 per year for four years
to help defray expense of study.
He is the son of Mrs. Mary
Dosher of Salem and of the late
Fred Dosher, whose death occur
red recently in Chicago, 111. His
paternal grandmother, Mrs. Eula
Dosher, lives in Southport.
A junior this year at William
ette University, Dosher will take
two more years at Williamette
and follow this with two years of
graduate work at Boston College,
Continued On Page 4
Tobacco Prices
Still Ahead Of
1359 Averages
Heavy Volume Of Sales AI«
so Marks Activity .rvt bor
der Belt Market During
Past Week Of Operation
At the end of sales for the
seventh day, WhlteviUe re
ported a season average of
$58.14—nearly a dollar better
than last year—for the 5,
489,716 pounds sold. The
money in total was $3,191,
837,
The poundage is about 1.7 mil
lions more than at the same time
last year, and the dollars, nearly
one million more.
Tobacconists in Whiteville con
tinue to agree that it is truly a
golden year for the golden leaf
for the central Columbus county
market’s 50th birthday.
The • North Carolina Border
market according to U. S. De
partment of Agriculture reports
also show gains in average and
pounds over 1959. The average is
up half a dollar to $57.38, and
the pounds at about 24.2 millions
are 6.6 millions more. There have
been about $4 millions more
turned loose for a total of about
$14 millions.
While the South Carolina
markets are making progress,
so far they are lagging about
3 millions pounds, and the
average is off $1.33 from
1959’s $60.98,
In the county, USDA reports
show that Chadbourn and Fair
Eluff have gained in pounds over
1959, Chadbourn up 200,000 to
1,608,291,
Fair Bluff up 300,000 to 1,
255,666 pounds. Price average!)
for the two markets though are
off from the 1959 marks. Chad
bourn now has 58.99, and Fair
Bluff 55.80.
Tabor City has gained some on
its average up to 58.97 from
58.26, but the pounds are down
about 450,000 to 797,450.
Most of the averages for
the county markets took
something of a beating Fri
day as farmers apparently
began selling off their lowest
quality tobacco in great quan
tities.
Some reports indicate that
Fiue Cured Stabilization took a
higher percentage Friday than
heretofore. Evenso, USDA re
ports that gross receipts by FC
are only 5.8 percent, a consider
able improvement in the 9 per
cent reported at the same junc
ture a year ago.
Columbus county markets ap
parently proved an exception ta
the overall belt reports of light
volume.
Overall quality was reported as
improving. While heavy selling
broke here Thursday, it is ex
pected generally this week
throughout the belt. As has been
experienced in the past, the price
increases were greater percent
agewise for the lower quality to
baccos.
Averages are expected to
move up for the Wlilteville
Golden Anniversary market
and other markets in this
area as farmers begin offer
ing their better quality to
bacco this week.
Elsewhere on the tobacco mar
keting scene, warehousemen in
the Eastern Belt are preparing
to open Tuesday. And along the
Georgia-Florida markets, USD A
reports prices and quality lower
although the volume is up.
Last week was lower than the
week before. The season average
is $57.28 against a 1959 figure
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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 tbs
Cape Fear Pilot’s Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, August 25,
9:33 A. JM. 3:30 A. M.
9:43 P. M. 3:51 P. M.
Friday, August 26,
10:15 A. M. 4:09 A. M.
10:25 P. M. 4:36 P. M.
Saturday, August 27,
11:04 A. M. 4:50 A. M.
11:13 P. M. 5:26 P. M.
Sunday, August 28,
. 5:38 A. M.
12:01 P. M. 6:24 P. M.
Monday, August 29,
0:09 A. M. 6:34 A. M.
1:02 P. M. 7:28 P. M.
Tuesday, August 30,
1:13 A. M. 7:38 A. M.
2:10 P .M. 8:35 P. M.
Wednesday, August 31,
2:23 A. M. 8:47 A. M.
3:18 P. M. 9:42 P. M.