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Most Of The News All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County Volume No. 21 No. 15 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1960 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Pedestrians To Get Checked By Highway Patrol CpI. O. H. Lynch Warns ■ That Pedestrian Safety Week Will Be Observed October 9-15 There wil be a new type of traffic violator in conrt next week and the week followinq. He'll feel a litle foolish there be cause he or she will have been on cause he or she wil havebeen on foot and not on wheels. But, says Cpl. O. H. Lynch, these people will be there be cause they will have been walking the highways in such a manner that will lead to collisions, to injury, to death. Beginning Monday and running If the pedestrian is an adult they'll receive citations for break ing the state pedestrian laws. The law requires that pedes trians walk facing the side of the is people walk on the side of the road where the cars appoaching are cloest. And the law also requiries that when cars approach, if the pedes trians is walking on the side of i the roadway itself, he must get off and give right-of-way to the vehicle. These are the adults who in sist on walking with traffic, or who insist on walking on the road itself and not yielding right of-way to traffic. The arrests will be part of Operation Pedestrian. Lynch said, “The state average for fatalities among pedestrians is 22 percent. Ours is worse, it is 25 percent.” Started Today This is how Operation Pedes trian is going to work: Beginning today and running through Sunday, all Highway Patrolmen will take part in a program of visiting all schools, passing out literature. The children will be told that when they walk on the highways, or on roads without sidewalks, they must walk facing traffic. They’ll also be told that when cars come along, they must move to their left and give adequate right-of-way to the passing ve hicles. ‘‘We’re going to all of the schools,” Cpl. Lynch said. Then the Patrol will watch people walking. If they spot a child breaking the state laws gov erning pedestrians, the child’s identity will be obtained, and the parents will get a letter. The letter will spell out when and where the child was seen, and the parents will be reminded to have them observe safety laws. 1 1,1 Briaf Bltt Of lnewsj BENEFIT SUPPER Members of the .WSCS of Trinity Methodist Churh will serve a benefit super tomorrow (Thursday) evening in the recre ation hall of the church. AT NEW HOPE Annual Homecoming Day cere monies will be held Sunday at New Hope Presbyterian Church at Winnabow, with Chaplian Jay M. Davis, a former pastor, as prin cipal speaker. OFF-CAMPUS COURSE The off-campus course for col lege credit now in progress in Brunswick county will meet Monday night at Waccamaw High School. John G. Long is the instructor. AT MT. PISGAH Homecoming and Harvest Day will be observed at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Sunday, October 16. Regular services will be held in the morning and a special pro gram in the afternoon. All mem bers, former members, and former pastors, and friends of the church are invited to attend and share in this program. Dinner will be served on the grounds at the noon hour. BAPTIST BROTHERHOOD The Brotherhood of the Bruns wick Baptist Association will hold its Annual Meeting on Tuesday night, October 18, at 7 o'clock at the Shallotte High School Cafe teria, according to an annouce ment by S. A. Sue, President. An interesting program is being plan ned and a barbecue supper will be served. The ladies are also in vited to attend this occasion. Ar rangements are being handled-by the Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church of Shallote. Foundation Of Home EXCAVATION—This is a photograph of the foundation of the home built at Brunswick Town in 1734 by Charles Hepburn and George Reonaldi on Lot No. 71 in the town plan. The lot was purchased in 1734 for 5-shillings and was sold two years later for 580-pounds indicating that a house of considerable proportions must have been erected in the meantime. The owners were merchants in Brunswick Town. “Critical Election” Says Senator Ervin ! North Carolina’s Junior Sen ator Is Speaker Before Democratic Voters Friday Night In Bolivia Senator Sam J. Ervin of Mor ganton reminded a Brunswick county audience Friday night of the proud record of achievement of the Democratic party in North Carolina during the past 60 years, ading that “this record has been made with no breath of scandal and no trace of corruption.” Speaking to a group of about 150 Democratic leaders from all sections of the county, North Carolina’s junior senator called upon the citizens of Brunswick to not only help elect the Demo cratic ticket in the State, but to help return the Democrats to power in the executive branch of the Nation’s government. Senator Ervin was introduced to the Brunswick county aud ience by Judge Rudolph Mintz, native of Brunswick county who now resides in Wilmington. E. J. Prevatte, chairman of the Bruns wick County Democratic Executive . Committee, presided over the meeting and presented Judge Mintz. Senator Ervin lived up to his reputation as a gifted story tell er, and time after time he drew bursts of applause from his aud ience as he drove home important points. Senator Ervin gave three reasons why he is an enthusiastic sup porter of Senator John F. Kennedy to be the next presi dent of the United States. “I have served with him for six years in the United States Senate,” he said, “and have sat side by side with him as a mem ber of the rackets committee. I have great respect for his judge ment and for his determination to be of service to his fellow citizens. “My second reason for sup porting Senator Kennedy is based upon his action when an ammend ment came up in the bill for Federal aid to education. When the proposal was made that Fed eral aid be extended to Catholic Paraehiol schools, he voted Continued On Page 4 Red Gross Still Helping Victims Clarence Wells, in charge of the Red Cross Distaster Rlief office in Southport, said Tuesday that disburse ments made thus far total $9,521.50 for damage caused by Hurricane Donna. This figure does not in clude several of the major losses with which Red Cross will help, as the building ad visor and other workers still are completing details prior to final settlement. No money is disbursted, but purchase orders are made out to merchants, building supply dealers and contractors nam ed by the beneficiaries of these Red Cross grants. Making Plans For Local CAP Concern Felt For Missing Gap In Coverage Along North Carolina Coastline The Southport-Long Beach area is the only open spot in the Civil Air Patrol network along the North and South Carolina coast line. CAP activities in the units at Federal Point, Shallotte and Myr tle Beach have closed the gap by expanding their patrols to cover this vicinity and offer all the protection to the people in this vicinity that they possibly can. North Carolina Civil Air Patrol officials are concerned over this hole in their network of commun ication and patrol activities and would like to plug the gap by establishing a CAP unit in Southport. The membership of a CAP Flight Squadron consists of men and women, and also Junior Cadets of high school age. Activi ties include air and sea search Continued On Page 4 Southport Boat Lost Saturday Jackie-B, Owned By W. S. Wells, Sinks Off Florida Coast On Way To Key West W. S. Wells, Southport sea food dealer, learned Saturday that his trawler the Jackie-B, had sunk off the coast of Florida while making the outside trip from Rockvile, where she had been working this summer, to ' Key West, FLa. Wells said that the Coast Guard had the Jackie-B in tow when she finally went down after springing serious leaks. The crew escaped to the Coast Guard ves sel. The accident occurred between Fernandina and Mayport, Fla. The loss is estaimated at $20,000, with no insurance. Continued On Page 4 l Sport Fishing Reaching Peak In This County Charter Boats Are Having Usual Good Fall Catches With Beach And Pier Fishing Also Improving This is the fall fishing: season in Brunswick county, and the fishing is good. That much is proved by reports during the past week from each of the ocean piers, from persons fishing from small boats in the river and bays, surf casting or from those who made exucsions offshore in local charter boats. Capt. Glenn Trunnell had a Badin party out aboard the Rip tide Friday and they caught 125 Spanish mackerel and blues. On Saturday he had a Larinburg party who had 50 Spanish marel and blues, 8 king mackerel, 6 bon ito and 1 dolphin. A Washington, D. C.., Party was out with him Sunday and they came in with 14 king mackerel, 6 barracuda, 1 amberjack, 3 bonito and 20 Spanish mackeral. i On Friday Capt. Fred Fulford had a party of Charlotte fisher man out with him aboard the Davis Bros and they caught 18 king maceral, 3 bonito, 3 dolphin and 4 amberjack. On Saturday a Lowell party came in with 18 king mackerel and 71 Spanish j mackerel. Another Charolotte par ty was out Sunday and reported 6 king mackerel, 10 amberjack, 4 bonito and 15 bluefish. On a Sunday trip with a Faye tteville party aboard the Beth Capt. Tommy Bowmer had 197 ; bluoes and Spanish mackerel, i On a Saturday trip Capt. Dick Skiper had a Virginia party out I with him aboard the Eva Kay ! and came in with 300 bluefish and i Spanish mackerel. On Sunday a ' Charlotte had 8 king mackerel, 2 bonito and 200 blues and Spanish mackerel. A large Fayetteville party split up on the Idle ON II, Capt. Continued On Page 4 Two Restaurants Now In Business Quack’s Sea Shack Under New Name, New Manage ment; Tranquil Harbour Restaurant Opens Two important changes have aken place this week among the food serving establishments of this area as Quack’s Sea Shack was purchased by Louis Dixon from H. T. Sanders and became christened Louis’ Pine Poods. The other development is the opening of Tranquil Harour res tuarant on Ocean Highway at Long Beach, with Dub Clewis of Whiteville owner and manager. Dixon will be in charge per sonally of the Southport restaur ant and he has 10 years back ground of experience as chef in restaurants and hotels in West Orange, N. J. Hies a native of Wallace and married a Southport girl. Clewis has been working at the Oldsmobile place in Whiteville, but he has had several years ex perience in the restaurant busi ness. His building is new and has all-new equipment. Both places wil serve roast ed oysters. TIME and TIDE October 9, 1935, and a front page headline told of the convic tion of Dillon Jenrette for second degree murder and of his sen tence by Judge Clawson Williams, to serve 20-30 years. The Southport plant of the North Carolina Fisheries, Inc., had been opened with the late Chas. E. Gause as manager. And a front page feature told of the place in history that had been earned by Fort Caswell. Twenty-five years ago this week the editor wrote that it would would be a good thing to have a fire escape leading from the courtroom; home economics and public school music had been in cluded in the curriculum of Southport High School after an ab sence of several years; and application had been made for a truck franchise to supplement the freight-hauling efforts of the j W.B.&S. from Southport to Wilmington. The late H. M. Shannon had been named chairman of the Local Draft Board. That action was reported in our issue of October 9, 1940. Another front page story told of the appointment of J. J. Hawes as chairman of the Brunswick County Board of Elections. Proof positive that this was the political season was summed up in the announcement that a Four-County Democratic Rally would be held in Whiteville later in the month. A Brunswick county man had shot and killed a $350 mule while trying to kill a chicken with a rifle; Mrs. Maxine Fulcher had been hostess at a birthday party for her son, 'Phillip Agnew, on his 7th birthday; and 21 Brunswick county young men had enlisted in the U.S. Army. Continued On P*ge H our Southport Man Going To Europe Southport Man Is One Of Winners In Hotpoint Sales Contest For Three States E. C. Blake, proprietor of Blake Builder’s Supply, has won a trnp to Europe as a result of the record of Hotpnint appliance sales made during the past few months. The Southport man recleved the following telegram this week: "Congratulations on winning a Sell and See Spain trip. Suggest you immediately apply for pass port and get your smallpox va cination. Mark application for passport ‘rush’. Wire me accept ance and full name and address of person who will make trip.” He has set about the business of getting everything ready to make the trip. This entails be ing in Charlotte Monday morn ing for a flight to New York. The overseas flight from New York will be in London before night fall. This will begin a busy week of activities, which will include trips to Spain and Portugal among other places of intesest. Arrange ments have been made for the Hotpoint dealers to attend a bull fight. Blake was one of fifty winers out of 600 dealers. More inport E. C. BLAKE ant is the fact that Blake Build ers Supply won second place in its classification in a 3-state area. An idea of the Blake volume is received from recent figures on appliances sold this year in Brun swick County. It shows that the local firm has sold more than one half of all the appliances in this county this year. Bookmobile Goes All Over County A. H. Gainey, Jr. Leiand Citizen Heart Chairman A. H. Gainey, Jr., Will Head Brunswick County Heart Council For Com ing Year A. H. Gainey, Jr., resident fo Leiand and practicing attorney in Southport, has been named chairman of the Brunswick Co unty Heart Council. Gainey is associted with James C. Bowman in the practice of law, with offices here in South port. He is a native of Brunswick county, having graduated from Leiand High School. Later he at tended Campbell College, Wilm ington College and Wake Forest. He is a vetetan, having served in the U. S. Army from 1953 55. He is maried to the former Barbara Lewis and they have three children. Mayor Receives Thank You Note President Of North Carolina Shell Club Writes To Ex press Appreciation To Mayor Roy Robinson Mayor Hoy Robinson of South port has received a gracious let ter from Mrs. Kenneth Johnson of Raleigh, president of the North Carolina Shell Club, in which she expresses her appreciation for the hospitality extended to club members by the mayor 'and cit izens of Southport during their recent fall meeting here, Following is the text of her letter: “We, the North Carolina Shell Club, were honored by your pre sence at our meeting held in Southport last week. We appre ciate your kind words of welcome Continued On Page 4 ' Librarian Reports On Ser vices Rendered And Ex periences During First Months Of Operation By Susan T. King In addition to a typewriter, one would need a map, camera and a tape recorder to adequately cap ture the meaning of Bookmobile Service to Brunswick County. The map would show a county 873 square miles in area, 5th largest in North Carolina; bor dering on the Atlantic Ocearf and divided by the Green Swamp. The | re is no incorporated town of t more than 2,500 population and only one public library within its boundaraies. A camera could record the faces of the 19,000 residents of the county as they go about their daily occupations, chiefly farming the sea or the land. In the many isolated coastal comm unities would be seen the fisher men, the shirmpers, the oyster men; and the boatbuilders and merchants who supply them. Go ing inland, a camera would show the farmers and their families, young and old; all “in the fields’’ caring for crops or livestock. A tape recorder would preserve their words as to what it means to them to have access to "some thing to read” through Book mobile Service. Many families do not have enough money to pur chase even the cheapest books, adults or juvenile. Some have been driving 20 to 30 miles to the nearest public library. Others have borrowed, exchanged—or go ne without books they wanted. There are adults in the county who “quite” before finishing high school, and who have not read a book since. The Book mobile covers 7 separate routes, travels 500 miles and makes 82 community stops every three ! weeks. It has brought new opport unities, new interests, even new dimensions into many lives. Perphaps in another year, our Bookmobile Service will have been in operation long enough to eva uate its influence on individuals. After only 5% months in 1960, its value to patrons is apparent in these fields: Vocational—The mother work ing toward a high school diploma and her daughter studing for a Civil Service exam. Students tak ing high school, college and ex tension correspondence courses. Ministers, teachers, artists, sea men, farmers “brushing up” on a subject. Public Affairs and Citizenship— The socially-conscious readers, bo th Negro and white, who to know what is going on in inter national affairs—political, histor ical and economic. Attempts are made to offer both pros and cons on all issues. Cultural and Spiritual—There has been an unaticipated inter est in reading the classics of liter ature, in religion, philosophy and in the arts. One cooperotive ser vice has been that of carrying on the Bookmobile books recommend Continued On Page 4 Democrats Plan District Rally In Fayetteville Congressman Alton Lennon Announces Plans For A Meeting On October 25 At 7:30 P. M. Congressman Alton Lennon has announced that the Seventh ' Con gressional district Democratic rally for 1960 will be held in Faye ttevile, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p. m. The meeting will be held at the Big Farmers Tobacco warehouse, located on the Gillespie street ex tentsion. A barbecue dinner will be ser ved at 6 p. m. with the program starting promptly at 7:30 p. m. Governor Luther Hodges, mem bers of the council of state, U. S. Senators Sam J. Ervin and B. ’ Everett Jordan, and state Demo- * cratic party officials are sche duled to attend. The principal speech will be made by Fayetteville and Cum berland county's favorite son, Honorable Terry Sanford, the Democratic nominee for governor of North Carolina. The Demicratic executive com- ■ mittee and Young Democratic club of Cumberland county are hosts for the rally. Chairman George Quillin of Fayetteville has . announced that tickets for the dinner will be placed in the hands of the Democratic chairman and - the president of the YDC in each of the counties of the Seventh I district immediately. Congressman Lennon stated that there was much interest and enthusiasm being shown in plans for this rally and it was believed ! that a large crowd would be in attendance. For District Seven Young Dem ocrats the rally will be preceded by the YDC 25th annual conven- . tion Oct. 20-23. Headquarters for the convention will be at the Sir Walter hotel, Raleigh. YDC in North Carolina was bom in 1928. Through the years this organization has joined with the senior Democrat party in making known to the people of North Carolina the party’s en thusiasm for its program and its confidence in its leadership. This silver anniversary celebra tion appears to be following the same vigorous pattern. The “kick-off” speaker, Oct. 20 is Senator Henry M. Jackson, Democrat from Washington and the newly appointed national I Democrat party chairman. Monthly Meeting Of Leland PTA Husband Of Last Year’s Teacher Of Year In Brun swick County Attends Meeting The Leland P. T. A. holds its regular monthly meeting on Wed nesday night, with the president, James Thompson, presiding. A de votional period was led by Mr. Gainey. Mr. Thompson introducted Glenn Tucker of Carolina Beach, and Mr. i Cliff Smith, husband of the late Mrs. Madge Smith who taught in the Leland Sshool for 18 years. On behalf of the P. T. A., Mr. Tucker presented a book entitled “DESIGN WITH FLOWERS” to the president for the Leland School Library. Mr. Smith pre sented the “Teacher of the Year” award which had been presented to Mrs. Smith last year to the Continued On Page 4 Tide Table Following la t|ie tide table (or 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 Tide Thursday, October 13 1:41 A. M. 7:48 A. M. 2:02 P. M. 8:32 P. M. Friday, October 14 2:40 A. M. 8:46 A. M. 2:57 P. M. 9:27 P. M. Saturday, October 15 3:34 A. M. 9:44 A. M. 3:49 P. M. 10:19 P. M. Sunday, October 16 4:26 A. M. 10:37 A. M. 4:39 P. M. 11:05 P. M. Monday, October 17 5:14 A. M. 11:27 A. M. 5:26 P. M. 11:50 P. M. Tuesday, October 18 5:59 A. M. - 6:11 P. M. 12:14 P. M. Wednesday, October 19 6:42 A. M. 0:31 A. M. 6:54 P. M. 12:59 P. M.
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