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Most Of The News All The Time p*' * THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Volume No. 21 No. 13 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1960 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Unusual Discovery RELICS—Stanley South, archaeologist in charge of the excavation project at Brunswick Town near Southport, is shown here as he uncovers three chicken eggs in the ruins of one of the homes in this early settlement. The insert shows a close-up of the eggs, one of them still intact. Another is cracked, and the skeleton of an unborn biddy is shown in the picture. So maticulous was South in this recovery that he used a paint brush Jo remove dirt and debris to uncover the three eggs. He esti mates that they must be at least 175 years old. The Brunswick Town excavation is a project of the State Department Of Archives and History. Plan 3rd Annual Meeting Friday Shallotte High School Will Be Scene Of Atlantic Telephone Corp. Member ship Meeting The third annual meeting of the Atlantic Telephone Member ship Corporation will be held Friday night at 8 o’clock at Shal lotte with Gwyn B. Price, chair man of the State REA Authority as principal speaker. Also present at the meeting will be Walter E. Fuller, admin istrative assistant in charge of the telephone section. Incidental ly, this will be his last official ap pearance on one of these pro grams, as he assumed his duties on October as superintendent of the Tar Heel Electric Membership Corporation. Important business will be dis cussed, including election of offi cers for the coming year. A re port will be made of the past Continued On Page 4 Telephone —— Brief Bite Of hvewsj HOUR FOR MASS The hour for Sunday morning mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Southport will change from 9:30 to 8 o’clock effective October 2. BOLIVIA BOOSTERS The Bolivia Boosters Club will meet Monday night at 7:30 o’clock at the high school audi torium. It is extremely important that all members be present. SATURDAY MEETING The planning meeting for the 1961 Beauty Pageant scheduled by the Shallotte Jaycees for to night (Wednesday) at Ocean Isle Beach Restaurant will be held on Saturday evening instead. The meeting will be held at the Shal lotte Restaurant. SENATOR ERVIN COMING Senator Sam J. Ervin, one of the ablest orators in North Caro lina, will come to Brunswick county on the evening of October 7 for a speaking engagement at a Democratic rally to be held at 7:30 o’clock in the high school auditorium in Bolivia. An invita tion is extended to all Brunswick county citizens, regardless of their ! political affiliation, to attend this meeting and hear North Carolina's : senior senator. N. C. Shell Club To Meet Here Friday About Fifty Persons From1 Every Section Of North Carolina Expected To Attend Weekend Session The North Carolina Shell Club will hold its fall meeting in South port Friday and Saturday of this week, with headquarters being in the Community Building. Mrs. Kenneth Johnson of Ra leigh is president of this organi zation and Hugh Porter of More head City is secretary. Program for the meeting calls for an informal session Friday evening in the Community Build ing at which time color slides will be shown of shells and shell ing on Sanibel Island. Mrs. Smith Whitehead of Durham will be in charge of this program. It is suggested that members and non members bring parts of their shell collections for display at this session. Arrangements are being made for a boat trip to Bald Head Is land Saturday morning for those who wish to go shell collecting. It is anticipated that these people will be back in time for a business meeting at 3 o’clock in the Com munity Building. Dr. John H. Ferguson of Chapel Hill will give a simple specimen illustrated talk on the naming of shells. About 50 species of the gastro pod Superfamily Pleurotomariacea and 70 species of the Pelecypod Superfamily Veneracea will be exhibited by Dr. Ferguson. Taxo nomic listings will be provided. After the meeting, anyone in terested is invited to participate in a Workshop to study the nam Continued Or Page 4 Specialist In This County Language Consultant Talks To Teachers About New Language Series Miss Ruth Paulk, language con sultant for the new language series adopted this year for the elementary schools in North Car olina, was a visitor in Brunswick County last week. Miss Faulk, a native of Biloxi, Mississippi, met with the elemen tary teachers and gave a very helpful demonstration on the lan guage program in the elementary school. She was introduced at the meetings by Mrs, Mary E. Cald Continued On Page 4 Progress On Light Project A meeting of the Southport Boosters Club is slated for tomorrow (Thursday) evening at the City Hall at which time a report will be made of the progress toward lighting the athletic field. The eight poles on which the lights are to be mounted already are on the field, and arrangements are being made to have them erected. Four of these are 85-foot poles. Big strides have been made in obtaining certain other necessary equipment at bar gain prices, and with the cash contributions that are in hand of that have been pledged there is a definite feeling that the Southport high school football team will play on a lighted home field before the season ends. Tragedy Averted Here Saturday Boat Capsized In River At Quarantine Station And Three Rescued Persons Brought In Here A tragedy was narrowly avert ed here Saturday when a boat carrying three Thomasville fish ermen capsized at the quarantine station. Dumped into the water were Joe B. Fuller, his son, Larry, and Donnie Hinson. Their fishing companions in another small boat nearby took the boy and Hinson aboard and brought them to the Willis dock in Southport, leaving Fuller clinging to a piling at the station. Then the boat, operated by a Mr. Hayes, also from Thomasville, returned to pick up Fuller. He was near exhaustion and admitted that he could not have held on for more than five minutes longer. With Hayes in his boat was his own daughter and Jane Anne Fuller, daughter of the man who almost was lost. The party was met at the dock by members of the Southport Vol unteer Fire Department and by represntatives of the American Red Cross. Provision was made for first aid and for their immed Continued On Page 4 Polling Places Established For “Nickels” Vote Farmers Will Have Oppor tunity Friday To Vote On Question Of Continuing Financial Help To Re search Program Brunswick County farmers are urged to vote on September 30 on the assessment for agricultural research, education and extension —the program known as “Nickels for Know-How.’’ The asessment will continue to be one nickel for each ton of feed and fertilizer purchased. All persons who use feed and fertilizer and their wives or hus bands are eligible to vote. Mem bers of PFA, FHA, NFA and 4-H Clubs with crop or livestock pro jects of their own and who use feed or fertilizer are eligible. The polling places in Bruns wick County are as follows: Northwest Township, Apple white Store at Maco; Town Creek Township, Mae’s Cafe in Bolivia and A. P. Henry Store; Smith ville Township, Midway Service Station and Hugh Spencer Store Continued On Page 4 Disaster Force Check Requests For Assistance Final Number Of Apnlica tions For Red Cross Assis tance Totals 378 For Brunswick County The deadline for making appli cation for assistance from the Red Cross Disaster office in Southport ended Saturday after noon with a total of 378 applica tions having been filed. Clarence A. Wells is in charge of the office here and he has the assistance of several' field work ers whose job it is to visit the homes of persons who have made applications to determine the ex tend of damage and their degree of need. Wells said Tuesday that thus far a total of $5,137.23 has been disbursed. The Red Cross case workers visit the applicants and make notes of the information they re ceive. This made into a report, which is made to an advisory committee that is comprised of Brunswick county citizens who represent every section of the county. Thus it usually is true that each applicant is known per sonally to at least one member of the advisory group. It is the policy of the Red Cross to give assistance for the restora tion of disaster caused loss in cases where the victim is unable to help himself. This is not al ways determined in terms of net worth, as health, age and other factors also are considered. Wells said Tuesday that it is possible that other Red Cross workers will come in to help speed the processing of applications. Selecting Queen For Homecoming Great Interest In Contest }To Select Homecom’ ng Queen For Shallotte High School A campaign is in progress at Shallotte high school this week for the election of the homecom ing Queen, who will preside over the festivities scheduled for Fri day night. Green Sea will be on hand to provide the opposition in the Homecoming football game, the queen will be crowned at half time and a Homecoming Dance will follow the contest. This week the boys and girls are getting votes for their favor ite candidates, with nine pretty girls in the race. Nobody wiil know who the winner is until af ter the voting deadline Friday at 6 p. m., and the winner will not be announced until half-time at the football game. The following contestants are entered: June White, sponsored by Bobby Gore; Vicki Woodard, sponsored by Larry Ward; Joy Lee Harper, sponsored by Leguin Williams; Christine Benton, spon sored by Jerry Murden; Gail Hew ett, sponsored by James Walker; Brenda Todd, sponsored by Gene Cumbee; Dianne Hewett, spon sored by Woody Goley; Don Marie Fulford, sponsored by David Clemmons; Crystal Evans, spon sored by Jan Hewett. TIME and TIDE There was much talk of the Jenrette murder case, and a front page picture in our issue of September 25, 1935, showed the scene and some of the men who helped capture the defendant. Judge Clawson Williams was the judge designated to preside over the forthcoming trial. A survivor from the shipwrecked Dixie had written a local civic club official to say that “it was almost worth being shipwrecked to have had the opportunity to come to your community and to meet the hospitable people there.” F Mrs. Annie K. Vitou had been hostess to the “F. F.” Club at a crab supper during the previous week; the editor thought that school bus drivers should be required to take a driving test; and there was a front page feature of Uncle Jim Lewis, the faithful janitor at the Southport postoffice for more than a quarter century. A front page feature in The Pilot for September 25, 1940, re counted the beginning of the merchandising career of one Harry Robinson. It was the story about the big pile of matches he salvaged when the J. Allen Taylor Wholesale warehouse in Wil j- mington burned. Gene O'Brien still was flying homing pigeons, and this time a couple of his birds were shown being released in Whiteville by the Tobacco Sales Supervisor, who sent the latest word of the high prices being paid on that market that day. W. F. Ward, who had been given up as drowned in an acci dent off Calabash several weeks before, had been found well and walking in a Georgia town. Work of dredging the Southport yacht basin had been com pleted; a headline brought word to the married men that they Continued On Peg* s our Same Officials To Head County ASC Lonnie Evans Elected To Serve Another Year As Chairman Of The County Farm Organization The ASC program in Brunswick county will be administered dur ing the next twelve months by the same committee that has had charge of its operations during the past year and Lonnie Evans, will again serve as the chairman. Vice-chairman will be Edgar Holden; Lay Long is the regular member; C. W. Knox is the first alternate and Alvin Clemmons is the second alternate. The only changes from 1960 are in the positions of first and second alternate. C. W. Knox re places Harold Willetts as first alternate and Alvin Clemmons re places his brother, Willie Clem mons, as second alternate. Election of these officers ■ was by delegates representing the six community committees in Bruns wick county. Election of these of ficials was held earlier this month, with every person engaged in the farm program in any capa city eligible to vote. Previously LONNIE EVANS there had been a slate of can didates prepared for each com munity, after which provision had been made for additional nomina tions by petition. The ASC office is located in Shallotte, on the second floor over the Coastal Drug Store. Shallotte Armory Bids Advertised —— ---3f Small Business Man Is Coming Small Business Administra tion representative Harold W. Flannigan will be in South port Thursday in the old post office building from 9 a. m. to 5 p, m. to accept applica tions from people suffering disaster damage. Loans for business and residences will be considered Contacts with Small Busi ness Administration can also be made by writing or calling their office in the Chamber of Commerce, New Bern. Any one who has a completed ap plication may bring it to Mr. Flannigan on Thursday. Jury List For October Term Judge Clawson Williams Of Sanford Will Preside Over Civil Terms Of Court Starting October 17 Judge Clawson Williams of San ford will preside over a one-week term of Brunswick county Supe rior court for trial of civil cases beginning Monday, October 17. Following is a list of names drawn for jury service at that term of court: Taft Clemmons, Rhoda R. Gainey, Thomas Stevenson, Leon M. Kirby, T. E. Brown, W. A. Caison, Suply; Carl Skipper, Wal ter Robbins, Lacy Dawkins, Geo. Beatty, Alton L. Raynor, Leland; R. T. Mercer, Warren Sellers, Carson Faulk, Bolivia; P. W. Larsen, Lewis J. Hardee, A. W. Smith, Jr., Jessie W. Dosher, Continued On Page 4 New Sanitarian For Brunswick E. R. Jones Joins Brunswick County Health Depart ment, Coming From Scot land County E. R. Jones has assumed his duties as sanitarian for the Brunswick County Health Depart ment, having gone to work in this county on September 15. Jones has had several years ex perience in this work and comes to Brunswick from Laurinburg where he was connected with the Scotland County Health Depart ment. In order to give service to residents in all sections of the county, Jones has arranged his schedule so that he will be in the Health Center office at Shallotte from 8:30 a. m. to 10 a. m. on Monday and from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. oh Friday. He will be in the Health De partment office in Southport from 8:30 until 9 a. m. each morning except Monday and from 4:30 to 5 o'clock each afternoon except i Friday. Bids For Construction Of $140,000 Building In Bruns wick County Will Be Opened On October 2S On Saturday, September 27, the Adjutant General's office in Ra leigh advertised for bids for the construction of the Brunswick County Armory building at Shal lotte. These bids will be opened on October 25 at the Front Street Armory building in Wilmington, at which time the contract will be awarded to the low bidder. The project is expected to cost $140,000, of which $95,000 will be provided by the Federal govern ment. The remaining amount will be provided by the State and through local funds. Site of the new building will be next door to the Brunswick County Health Center on High way No. 17 and was donated by Dr. M. H. Rourk for this pur pose. The drive for local funds was headed by E. H. Pearsall, who also has led local volunteers in preparation of the building site for construction. The project is expected to be completed by June, 1960. Congressman Alton A. Lennon has been actively interested in ob taining this project, and recently he was advised by Major General D. W. McGowan, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, that Fed eral funds were available, subject to the completion of their obliga tions by State and local authori ties. Observe Letter Writing Week Postmasters At Two Bruns wick County Postoffices Announce Observance Of This Occasion The 23rd annual Letter Writ ing Week will be celebrated in Longwood during the week of October 2 to 8, it was announced this week by Postmaster Dessie E. Long. Postmaster Long noted that there has been a revival of per sonal letter writing during the last few years. “A letter remains the most economical, longest last ing, and sincerest means of ex tending greetings, communicating social news, and exchanging ideas.” the Postmaster said. During Letter Writing Week, Postmaster Long suggest that in dividuals write at least two let ters: one to a friend or relative from whom you have not heard in a long time, and the second as a reply to a friend or relative who recently wrote to you. She also urged correspondence to peo ple in other countries as a means of promoting greater understand ing among the people of differ ent nations. The slogan of this year's event, as indicated on more than 200,000 banners, is “Letters are Links to Friendship.” The display materials will appear on post office bulletin boards, and rural carrier vehicles, as well as in various schools and libraries. Tobacco Selling Continues Good On Border Belt Reports From Nearby Mar kets Indicate That Daily Sales Continue To Reach High Volume At Good Prices High prices for tobacco being sold on the Border Belt markets continued through the past week and indications are that Bruns wick county farmers still have a good part of their crop still un sold. Through Friday, the 31st sell ing day, Whiteville’s marketing men had traded on 30,877,874 pounds of tobacco for $19,067,622. And the average for the whole 11 days is now up to $61.75. Whiteville last year sold 31, 107,343 pounds for $19,335,840. This year the outlook is for 34, 000,000 pounds plus. Elsewhere In the county. Fair Bluff, repeated last year’s performance, closing at the end of the 31st day. But this year it had 509,718 pounds more recorded as sold for a $173,610 gain. All totaled the Fair Bluff mar ket sold 7,038,850 pounds for $4. 171,055. The $59.26 average was a little shy of the $61.23 posted in 1959. Tabor City, which last year operated for 35 days, now at the end of 31 days is about 290,000 pounds ahead of its 1959 total. It has sold 8,297,743 pounds for $5,192,380 (about $156,000 ahead of the 1959 season’s total). The average of $62.58 so far this year is slightly lower than at the same point in 1959. And at Chadbourn, which in 1959, operated for 36 days, has at the end of 31 days this year, 10,833,391 pounds for $6,751,627. The pounds for Chadbourn are already about 290,000 ahead of the total volume for 1959, and the dollars are over the total 1959 mark by $111,000. The average now at $62.32 is also slightly off of the average at the same point last year. Special Meeting Sunday Evening Supper Meeting Is Planned For Sunday Evening By Members Of Ocean View Methodist Church A family and friends night pro gram will be held Sunday eve ning from 6 to 8 o’clock at Ocean View Methodist Church at Yau pon Beach according to the pas tor, the Rev. L. D. Hayman, this week. This is the first effort of this nature undertaken by this church, and the congregation is looking forward to this event. An invita tion is extended to each family, individual members and friends in all the nearby communities in cluding Southport, to share in the event. Each person or family group is urged to bring a covered dish or picnic style supper. The food will be spread on tables and will be served picnic style. The program is as follows: 6 to 7 p. m., supper an drecreation; to 7 p. m., supper and recreation; votional; 7:30 to eight o’clock, official board meeting. “We hope to see every family of the church membership well represented”, said the Rev. Mr. Continued On Page <1 Tide Table Following Is the tlae table tor 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 bow TMs Thursday, September 29 2:16 A. M. 8:34 A. M. 3:OS P. M. 9:25 P. M. Friday, September 30 3:25 A. M. 9:42 A. M. 4:08 P. M. 10:25 P. M. Saturday, October 1 4:28 A. M. 10:45 A. M. 5:08 P. M. 11:20 P. M. Sunday, October 2 5:27 A. M. 11:41 A. M. 6:01 P. M. .• Monday, October 3 6:21 A. M. 0:11 A. M 6:51 P. M. 12:34 P. M. Tuesday, October 4 7:10 A. M. 0:58 A. M. 7:39 P. M. 1:23 P. M. Wednesday, October 5 7:58 A. M. 1:42 A. M. 8:22 P. M. 2:08 P. M.
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