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THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Brunswick County
Volume No. 21
No. 10
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1960
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Precautions To
Observe When
Hurricanes Come
American Red Cross Issues
Information Which May
Be Needed In Event Trop
ical Storm Hits This Area
Hubert E. Bellamy, Chairman,
Brunswick County Chapter, Am
erican Red Cross, this week re
leased the following information
to residents of Brunswick Coun
ty in the event of a hurricane.
All persons are urged to note this
information carefully as thesfe ar
rangements will apply through
out the 1960 hurricane season.
SHELTERS—All school build
ings in Brunswick County, of
masonry construction, will be used
as Emergency Shelters.
DISASTER HEADQUARTERS
•—The Fire Station in Southport
will be County Disaster Head
quarters. The Public Health
Building in Shallotte will be sub
headquarters.
PERSONAL PROTECTION—
Check against the following list
the things that should or should
not be done:
If you feel insecure in your
home, go to your nearest Red
Cross shelter. Evacuate exposed
beaches and islands early. Pre
storm tides may cut you off.
Take blankets and pillows to
shelter. If special diets, medicine
or baby formulas are needed, take
them with you. Only emergency
rations will be provided.
If you are staying home, re
move or lash awnings and close
sutters. If you are boarding up,
use strong lumber and nail se
curely. Brace French doors.
Collect and place indoors loose
objects, such as garbage cans,
yard tools, and porch furniture.
Check lamps and flashlight bat
teries. Check emergency cooking
facilities and be sure adequate
fuel is on hand. Lay in a supply
of canned foods and milk. Elec
tric service may be damaged or
shut off as a safety precaution if
winds reach hurricane force.
Conserve refrigeration. Turn
your box and freezer to cold and
leave on as long as possible. Open
only when absolutely necessary
and close quickly. Refrigerators
and freezers will stay cold much
longer if these precautions are
taken.
Your water supply may fail.
Sterilize your bathtub and other
containers and fill with water.
Fill your car with gasoline.
As the storm progresses, listen
to your radio for frequent ad
visories from the weather, bureau.
These are official. Do not spread
rumors.
While storm winds blow, stay
inside. Keep a door or window
open on the side away from the
wind. Be quick to close it if the
wind changes direction and open
one on the other side.
Use flashlights if possible. A
gust of wind might upset a lamp
or candle and cause a fire.
If the storm center passes your
area, there will be a calm period
or lull lasting from several min
utes to half an hour. Wind and
rain may completely cease, but
do not be fooled. Do not go out.
The wind will resume from the
opposite direction, often with
greater force than before.
Continued On Page 4
BROTHERS AT ECC
William A. Kopp, Jr., is a sen
ior and John Richard Kopp is a
freshman at East Carolina College
this fall. They are sons of Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Kopp of Bolivia.
CHANGE NUMBERS
Members of the board of com
missioners have been advised that
highway No. 40 from Yaupon
Beach via Wilmington to N. C.
211 in Pender county has been
changed to No. 133. Signs are
being changed this month.
NO P. T. A. MEETING
Mrs. Polly Schuler, president of
the Southport Parent-Teachers
Association, announces that there
will be no meeting of this organi
zation this week. Notices will be
sent out by the students when
the first meeting of the fall is
scheduled.
REVIVAL SERVICES
Revival services will begin at
Boone’s Neck Baptist Church
Sunday, September 11 and will be
conducted by the pastaor, the Rev.
L. W. McKeithan. Services will
begin each evening at 7 o’clock
and the public is invited to at
tend.
Library Painting
WATERFRONT—City Manager C. D. Pickerreil is
shown holding a painting by Art Newton. It is to be hung
in the Southport Public Library.—(Huntley Photo.
Farm Election To
Be Held Tomorrow
Thursday, September 8, Is
Is Date For Election Of
Community Committeemen
For Coming Year
The method of holding com
munity ASC farmer-committee
elections was announced this week
by Lonnie Evans, Chairman of
the Brunswick County ASC Com
mittee.
Community elections will be
held in the county’s six designated
agricultural communities Thurs
day, September 8. Polls will re
main open from 7 a. m. to 6
p. m. A list of farmers who have
been nominated for election as
community committeemefi and al
ternates, and delegates and alter
nate delegates to the county con
vention was published last week.
Any farmer who as owner, op
erator, tenant or sharecropper is
participating or is eligible to par
ticipate in any program adminis
tered by the County ASC Com
mittee. is eligible to vote in his
community.
Announcement will be made of
the Community Committeemen
elected immediately after the elec
tion. Delegates elected by the
farmers will meet on September
23 to elect county committeemen.
ASC County and Community
Committeemen elected will take
office October 1.
There committeemen along with
the farmers who are elected as
county ASC committeemen, will
play a major role in the adminis
tration of ASC farm programs
in this county during the coming
year. These ASC farm programs,
Evans brought out, consist of the
agricultural conservation pro
gram, acreage allotment and mar
keting quota programs on the
basic commodities, price support
programs on the basic and sever
al non-basic commodities and the
soil bank program, as well as
other special or emergency pro
grams that might be needed dur
ing the year.
Piggly-Wiggly
Store To Open
Big New Building At Shal
lotte Being Made Ready
For Opening Next Week
end
Finishing touches are being
made this week to the new Pigg
ly-Wiggiy store which will open
for business next week at Shal
lotte.
Designed to be Brunswick
county’s most modern food store,
the building has 7,500 square feet
of floor space. It is situated east
of the old business district and
is built back from the street to
allow for a large parking area.
This parking space was paved
last week
The building is airconditioned
and the lighting effects are gay
Continued On Page 4
Members of the Shallotte
Lions Club and the Shallotte
JayCees jointly sponsored a
traffic checking station Mon
day night as a part of the
Labor Day Safety Drive.
Highway patrolmen were
on duty, and they were assist
! ed by members of the spon
soring organizations.
Free refreshments of cokes
and pepsi helped to sooth the
feelings of motorists who ex
perienced some impatience at
being halted in their travel.
These refreshments were fur
nished by area bottlers.
Grain Storage
Cited As Need
County Agricultural Agent
Says That Fanners Will
Profit This Fall By Being
Able To Hold Grain
A. S. KNOWLES
County Agricultural Agent
With a 1960 corn crop that is
estimated to yield 88.2 million
bushels in North Carolina, far
mers in Brunswick County will
find it profitable to- store corn
on the farm rather than the low
harvest season price. Approx
imately 40 per cent of the corn
crop will move out of state at
harvest only to be purchased
later in the year. The principal
reason for this is inadequate com
mercial and farm storage. The
milling and feed industries in
North Carolina do not have suffi
cient storage facilities to buy
their yearly needs at harvest;
consequently, they are anxious to
have a steady supply of good
quality corn moving through their
plants throughout the year.
The question of how to hold
corn on the farm in good quality
can be easily answered even
though field shelling has caused
problems with high moisture.
The first step is to provide
strong and tight grain buildin
This storage building can be bu
from lumber on the farm or
can be steel bin manufacturi
specifically for grain storag
During the past several years a
proximately 10 million bushels
metal bin grain storage have be
added on North Carolina farn
; The majority of these bins ha
been paid for in three years t
cause of the increased price
grain that occurs 6 to 8 mont
after the harvest season.
The second step in assuring
quality grain would be to have
I available some grain conditioning
■ equipment. Unless grain moisture
content is as low as 12 per cent,
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Two Brunswick
Locations Are
Historic Sites
Earthworks Of Fort Ander
son And Fort Caswell Are
Included On List Of Con
federate Historic Attrac
tions
Approach of the Civil War
Centennial is bringing out more
travel attractions in North Caro
lina’s Variety Vacationland.
North Carolina’s Civil War
story is that of a state which
I contributed 125,000 men to the
Confederate cause, was scene of
11 battles and 73 skirmishes, led
the South in blockade running,
and whose troops advanced farth
est at Gettysburg and fired the
last volleys before the surrender
at Appomattox.
The State’s participation in the
nationwide Centennial observance
from 1961- through 1965 is being
planned and coordinated by the
! North Carolina Confederate Cen
tennial Commission, authorized by
the General Assembly of 1959.
and appointed by Governor Luther
H. Hodges. The Commission has
opened offices in Raleigh, and is
developing a program of special
events and exhibits which, with
significant Civil War sites from
mountains to coast, will tell the
story of North Carolina in the
Civil War years.
Major Civil War sites at which
restoration work is well under
way in North Carolina are Ben
tonville Battleground, scene of the
last major Confederate offensive
and the bloodiest battle fought on
North Carolina soil; Fort Fisher,
where the largest land-sea action
of any war up to 1865 cut off the
last of the Blockade runners
which were the “lifeline of the
Confederacy”; and Bennett House
near Durham, where General Jo
seph E. Johnson surrendered the
last major Confederate army to
General William T. Sherman on
April 17, 1865. These are North
Carolina State Historic Sites
where work is supervised by the
Department of Archives and His
tory. Through the State agency
and local groups, additional sites
will be marked or restored in lo
calities ranging from Cape Hat
teras to the Blue Ridge Moun
tains.
One of the most complete and
best preserved fortifications iden
tified with the Civil War is Fort
Macon, a year-around historical
attraction in Fort Macon State
Continued On Page 4
Shallotte Boy
Highway Victim
Edward G. Hewett Died To
day Of Injuries Sustained
In Saturday Wreck On
Howell’s Point Road
Edward Gene Hewett, 12-year
old Shallotte area boy, died Wed
nesday at 2:45 p. m. in Dosher
Memorial Hospital from injuries
received in a one-car accident on
the Howell’s Point Road near
Shallotte, Saturday at 1 p. m.
According to State Patrolman
W. H. Morgan, Jr. and Bruns
wick Coroner Lowell Bennett,
young Hewett was thrown from
an auto which went out of con
trol and overturned. A head in
jury caused his death, Bennett
Continued On Page 3
TIME and TIDE
The late Dr. W. R. Goley was mayor of Shallotte in 1935, and
his picture appeared on the front page of The Pilot for Septem
ber 4. A momentous event of the past week had been a meeting
in the lower part of the county for the purpose of changing the
name of No. 5 Crossroads”, and the new name* which it bears
to this day was "Thomasboro”.
August had been an unusually hot month that year, with the
mercury going above the 90-degree mark on 13 days; the editor
had written an editorial entitled “Pay The Preacher”; and the
upcoming movie was “Steamboat Round The Bend”, starring
Will Rogers.
A photo of the batteries at Fort Caswell dominated the front
page of The Pilot for September 4, 1940. It was noted in the cut
lines that the cannon had been removed and that swimming
pools had been constructed atop the fortifications. Archaeologists
from the University of North Carolina had expressed the theory
that piles of earth located on Bald Head island were Indian
feast mounds.
Walter Aldridge had brought in a half-ton sawfish that he
had taken on a shrimp trawl, and Curator Harry Davis of the
State Museum had sent along the belated word that these fish
are edible. The parents of Movie Star Joseph Cotton had been
here on a visit, the elder Mr. Cotton having been a former
resident, and the first of the season’s political announcements
had appeared and from one of the Republican candidates.
Continued On Page h our
Water V/onderland
PLAYING Spring Lake of the Boiling Spring Lakes Development was turned
into a conventional water playground last week when Garret Greer brought his
speedboat down on his trailer to try it out on this body of water He found some
enthusiastic passengers in the pratt family, and here they are shown getting ready
to take off on their motorboating excursion.— (Huntley Photo.)
Strong Submits
Resignation As
Chief Of Police
Says That Interference
From Members Of Board
Of Aldermen Influenced
His Decision To Resign
Herman Strong resigned Tues
day as chief of police for the City
of Southport, a position he as
sumed last December, and in do
ing so was critical of interference
which he said came from at least
one member of the board of ald
ermen. r"'
He did not identify this aider
man by name, but he said that
constant criticism and pressure
made him feel insecure in his
position and ‘'took all the pleas
ure out of a job that I really
enjoyed doing.”
Strong said that his working
relationship with City Manager C.
D. Pickerrell hart been very plea
Continued On Page 3
Democrats To
Open Campaign
Opening Rally Of Fall
Campaign Slated For
Gause Lauding Saturday
Afternoon
Brunswick county Democrats
will launch their fall campaign
with a fish fry Saturday after
noon at the Bert Frink place at
Gause Landing. Judge Raymond
Mallard of Tabor City will be the
principal speaker.
Chairman E. J. Prevatte says
that arrangements are being made
to take care of a large number of
interested voters. “In addition to
Judge Mallard,” he said, “there
will be other speakers, and the
candidates will have an oppor
Continued On Page 3
Special Tax May
Go Before Voters
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Prospects For
Lighting Good
Lighting the local athletic
field still is the No. 1 project
of the Southport Boosters
Club and Mrs. Frances Key,
president, reported Tuesday
that an important meeting of
Members of llhis organiza
tion will be held Thursday
evening, September 15, to dis
cuss immediate plans.
Some of the needed equip
ment, including four of the
85-foot poles that will be re
quired, have now become
available and Mrs. Key has
expressed the thought that
football may be played under
lights on the local field this
fall if a few loose pieces be
gin to fall into place.
General Pershing
Will Be Honored
Sunny Point Army Terminal
Will Join In Celebration
Of 100th Birthday Anni
versary Of Famous World
War I General
Tuesday, September 13, is the
100 anniversary of the birthday
of General John J. Pershing’,
Commander in Chief of 'the Allied
Armies during World War II and
the Sunny Point Army Terminal
will join in observing this occa
sion.
As a part of this observance,
Mayor Roy Robinson of South
port has issued the following pro
clamation :
“WHEREAS September 13,
1960, will mark the one hundredth
anniversary of the birth of Gen
eral of the Armies John J. Persh
ing; and
“WHEREAS General Pershing
was a great and patriotic military
leader whose long and distinguish
ed life was dedicated solely to
his country; and
“WHEREAS our Nation will be
forever grateful to General Persh
ing for his leadership in briging
victory to the Allied cause in
World War 1; and
“WHEREAS, by joint resolution
approved June 1, 1960, the Con
gress has requested the President
to proclaim September 13, 1960, j
as a day upon which all Amer
icans should pay honor and re
spect to General of the Armies j
John J. Pershing and the men j
who served under him:
WHEREAS The President of
the United States has proclaimed
September 13, 1960, as General
of the Armies John J. Pershing
Centennial Day:
“NOW, THEREFORE, I ROY
ROBINSON, Mayor of the City of
Southport, North Carolina, do pro
claim September 13, 1960, as Gen
eral of the Armies John J. Persh
ing Centennial Day; and I invite
the people of this community to
observe that day with appropriate
ceremonies designed to comrnemo
rate the life and accomplishments j
Continued On Page 4
: Petitions Being Circulated
Requesting That Proposi
tion For Industrial De
velopment Tax Be Sub
mitted At November Elec
tion
Action is now being taken on
the proposition of holding a spe
cial vote in Brunswick county on
November 8 on the question of
authorization of a special indus
trial development tax.
Basis for this special issue is
legislation introduced during the
last session of the North Caro
lina General Assembly by Repre
sentative James C. Bowman.
Since that time both Bladen and
Robeson counties have approved
a special tax to help finance a
development program on the
county level.
The act passed for Brunswick
county makes provision for levy
ing up to 10-cents per hundred
to finance industrial development.
The act also provides for the
creation of an Industrial Develop
ment Commission. It is contem
plated that this include one mem
ber from each of Brunswick
county’s six townships and for
three members at large.
In order for this proposition to
be submitted to the voters the
name of fifty qualified voters will
have to be presented on a petition
to members of the board of coun
ty commissioners. Petitions are
now circulating, and more than
the required number of names
already have been obtained.
Following is the wording of the
petitions:
“In accordance with the pro
visions of Chapter 197, 1959 Ses
sion Laws of North Carolina, the
undersigned, all being citizens and
residents of the County of Bruns
wick, State of North Carolina,
and qualified voters in said
Continued On Page 4
To Participate
In Health Meet
Mrs. Virginia Bellamy Will
Be On Program Of N. C.
Public Health Association
In Durham
Mrs. Virginia Bellamy, clerk in
the Shallotte office of the Bruns
wick County Health Department,
is in Durham this week attending
the N. C. Public Health Associa
tion Conference where she will
take part on the program.
For one session the theme will
be “Do You Rate An Oscar”,
highlighting the fact that the re
ceptionist has a responsibility to
carry on as best she can when
higher officials are not around.
Mrs. Bellamy will have about 10
minutes to give some of the high
lights of her duties.
She has been asked to give \
particular attention to the Dia- j
betic Detection program now be- ;
ing carried out at both offices of I
the Health Department in Bruns- !
wick. Mrs. Bellamy has been '
taught to do the laboratory work
in connection with this program,
this in addition to her duties as
clerk and receptionist.
Tobacco Prices
Reach All-Time
High This Week
Whiteville Market Reports
Average Of $65.80 For
Sales On That Market
Tuesday, With Large Vol
ume Offered
An all time record was set by
the Whiteville tobacco market
Tuesday when 1,340,968-lbs were
sold for $872,697.59 and an aver
age of $65.08 per hundred.
This was the highest average
ever paid for a day’s sale on this
Border Belt market.
At the end of the 17th sale day,
Friday, the Whiteville market,
celebrating its 50th golden year of
selling the golden leaf, was over
2.2 millions pounds ahead of its
1959 record.
And the money was nearly $1.4
millions more than at the same
point a year ago. The average of
course, $60.04 makes in the only
one of the multi-buyer markets
to break the $60 season average.
The results, as they stand,
shows Whiteville to be the only
big market to better its pounds,
dollars and averages for 1960.
By U. S. Department of Agri
culture preliminary reports, the
Whiteville market has sold 15,
889,976 pounds for $9,540,250 or
$60.04 average so far.
Every day last week was a
millions pounds day.
The other Border Belt markets
in the county have also been
experiencing successes.
Chadbourn is up on pounds and
dollars selling 5,493,440 pounds
for $3,350,038 for $60.98; Fair
Bluff is up on pounds and dollars
too, 4,026,486 pounds for $2,344,
203 or $58.22. Tabor City is off
on volume but has a good aver
age, $3,985,159 pounds for $2,
478,849 or $62.15.
The North Carolina average
stands at $59.62 according to
USD A on the nearly 73 millions
pounds sold so far.
College Course
Being Offered
“Home - School - Commun
ity Relations” Will Be
Taught In County During
Fall Quarter
John G. Long, superintendent of
Brunswick county schools, has an
nounced the organization of an
other off-campus course for col
lege credit to be taught during
the fall quarter. He will be the
instructor.
The course to be offered is
“Education 334-G—Home-School
Community Relations”. It will
earn 3 quarter hours credit at
East Carolina College toward
teacher’s certificate, raising cer
tificates or for undergraduate or
graduate credit.
The organizational meeting will
be held Monday evening at Bo
livia high school at 6:30 o’clock.
The time and place where the
classes will be held will be decided
by those registering for the
course.
Superintendent Long urges sub
stitute teachers, college students
who are not presently in school
and others interested in earning
college credit to enroll for this
course. He thinks that the sub
ject matter is important and may
be of interest to teachers who
previously have taken this course
and who would not now be taking
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 TM»
Thursday, September 8,
9:55 A, M. 3:38 A. M.
10:18 P. M. 4:02 P. M.
Friday, September 9,
10:40 A. M. 4:22 A. M.
11:03 P. M. 4:48 P. M.
Saturday, September 10,
11:27 A. M. 5:06 A. M.
11:48 P. M. 5:36 P. M.
Sunday, September 11,
. 5:52 A. M.
12:15 P. M. 6:28 P. M.
Monday, September 12,
0:36 A. M. 6:41 A. M.
1:05 P. M. 7:23 P. M.
Tuesday, September 13,
1:29 A. M. 7:35 A. M.
2:00 P. M. 8:19 P. M.
Wednesday, September 14,
2:24 A. M. 8:31 A. M.
2:53 P. M. 9:18 P. M.