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Most of the News] I All The Time - I THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County r . Volume No. 21 No. 22 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1960 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Referendum On Cotton Will Be Held Dec. 13th Cotton Producers Will Vote For 15th Time Oit Ques tion Of Whether To Con tinue Quotas The referendum on upland cot ton marketin'? quotas, to be held throughout cotton-producing areas on December 13, will be the fif teenth time growers have regist ered their choice on how they want to market their crop, Lonnie Evans, Ccairman of the Bruns wick County Agricultural Stab ilization and Conservation Com mittee, said this week. Marketing quotas have been in effect continuously for the last seven crops. The first vote on cotton marketing quotas was held in March 1938, and the last pre vious coton referendum was in December 1959. In the last vote, 95.8 percent of the farmers voting expressed approval of using the quota for the 1960 cotton crop. At least two-thirds of the farmers voting must favor quotas before they may continue in effect for 1961. Under legislative provisions, the Secretary of Agriculture must proclaim a natioal marketing quota and a national acreage allo ment for upland cotton whenever he finds that the total supply ex ceeds the normal supply. At the time quotas were pro claimed, prospective supplies of upland cotton for 1960-61 mar keting year were estimated at 21-7 million running bales, includ ing an August 1, 1960 carryover of 7.3 million bales. Thus the pro pective total supply for 1960-61 exceeds the normal supply by about 3 million bales, and quotas had to be proclaimed for the 1961 crop of upland cotton. Marketing quotas operate through acreage allotments. Un der a quota program, growers who do not exceed their cotton alloments may market free of penalty all the 1961 cotton pro duction from their farms. A grow ers who exceeds the cotton acre age allotment for his farm wall be subject to a marketing quota penalty of 50 per cent of parity on the farm's evcess production. If quotas are not approved in the referendum, there will be no quotas or penalties in effect for the 1961 upland cotton crop. However, allotment will remain in effect and price support on the crop will drop to 50 per cent of parity, as directed by law. Brief Bite Of HVEWS-1 TO ATTEND MEETING Superintendent John G. Long will attend the winter meeting of the Division of Superintendents of the NCEA in Durham on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week. EPISCOPAL BAZAAR The Annual Christmas Bazaar sponsored by members of St. Phillips Episcopal Church, will be held Friday in the Parish hall. Everyone is invited to come and do some early Christmas shop ping. FRIDAY MEETING The Annual SENCEland Area Community Development Awards Program will be held at the Cape Fear Hotel in Wilmington on Fri day evening. Supper will be ser ved at 7 p. m. Tickets are avail able in each Community Develop ment Club. Members should at tend to broaden their appreciation for the work of the local club. LIONS TO MEET The regular meeting of the Southport Lions Club will be held tomorrow (Thursday) at 6:30 at the Lions Club Building. A sports film, including shots of the NCAA championship basketball game be tween the University of North Carolina and Kansas, will be shown during the program. This feature will begin at 7:15, and visitors who do not wish to at tend the supper are invited. CRITICAL CONDITION H. T. Sanders, member of the Southport high school faculty and a former principal of this school, is a patient at Dosher Memorial Hospital following a heart attack Thursday night. There has been little change re ported in his condition, which is considered critical. He is the former owner and operator of Quack’e Sea Shack on the yacht basin in Southport. Thanksgiving Celebration GIFTS—This picture was taken on the stage of Southport high school auditor ium Wednesday night at the conclusion of the Community Thanksgiving service. In the foreground are some of the gifts of vegetables and fruit which were brought in by the children. In the left background are shown the Rev. Mark Owens, the Rev. Lawrence Bridges, the Rev. Thomas C. Clarkson and Lt. Col. Johnnie D. Duffie, all 1 of whom participated in the program. The children helped collect and display the gifts. - New City Water Tank Is In Final Building Stage [ ■ § Painting- Will Be Complet ed This Week And Sys tem Will Be Serviced From The New Structure Within Week The construction crew in charge of erecting the new water tank for the City of Southport packed up its gear Tuesday and moved on to their next job, and this a cleaning and painting gang is completing the operation. City Manager C. D. Pickerrell reported last night that the in side of the new tank is being sand blasted before receiving a coat of non-corrosive paint. When this hus been done, a coat of met alic green will go on over the bright orange color that has cov ered the structure during its construction stage. Southport was without water pressure Monday night while a new valve connection was being installed. This work was done by city workmen, who completed their task at daylight. There will be one more night of this unus ual kind of duty before the city will be tapped onto the supply from the new tank. Mayor Roy Robinson said that the men of the construction crew told him that the foundation that had been prepared for the new tank was as good as could be provided. This work was done by the city crew at a savings of several thousand dollars. Prince O’Brien Is Key Banker This Designation Is Given Cashier Of Waccamaw Bank And Trust Co. At Southport A prominent Southport banker has been named to coordinate farm activities of the N. C. Bank ers Association in this area. NCBA President J. Ernest Pas chall of Wilson has announced the appointment of Prince O'Brien as ‘ County Key Banker” for Bruns | wick County fluring the next 12 j months O'Brien is Cashier Wac ; camaw Bank & Trust Co. Paschall emphasized the import ance of North Carolina’s 100 County Key Bankers. Through their efforts on the farm program of NCBA, he said, North Carolina has won a natioal award for Tar Heel bankers for 15 consecutive years. And Paschall paid tribute to his local Key Banker appointee. '‘O’Brien,’' he said, "has shown his sincere interest in the welfare of the farmers of this area. More over, he recognizes the import ance of a sound farm economy in Continued O.- t age 1 Long Beach Has New City Manager Dan L. Walker, Formerly^ Of Beaufort, Has Assum ed Full Time Duties At Brunswick Resort Com munity Long Beach Mayor E. M. Und erwood, Jr., of Sanford announce today the appointment of Dan L. Walker of Beaufort as the first full time city manager of the nearby resort community. This move will be received with inter est by residents of Brunswick County who have watched with admiration the growth of this develoment. Mayor Underwood stated that, “Long Beach has experienced un precedented growth as a vaca tion and retirement seaside com munity and the board of commis sioners realized that in order to assure that this growth continue in an orderly and healthy manner the full time services of a man trained in municipal administrat ion was needed. We feel most fortunate in securing the services of Mr. Walker, who received his training at Davidson College, Southeastern Institute and The Institute of Government and comes to us higly recommended by 15 years successful experience in organizational and municipal administration.” The board of commissioners is composed of E. F. Middleton, mayor pro-tern of Charleston, S. C. and Long Beach; A. T. Hight of Fayetteville, H. T. St. George (Continued On Page 2) Soil Election On Next Week Byron Smith Has Been Nominated As Candidate To Fill Place On Bruns wick County Board Of Soil Conservation Super visors One Soil Conservation Super visor for Brunswick County will be elected by popular vote in an election to be held uurinp the weeks of December 5-lu. The Brunswick Co mty Board of Soil Consercation Supervisiors at a recent meeting in Shallotte no minated Bryan Smith of Long wood for this post. They are now circluating a nominating petition for Smith. Chairman James D. Bellamy, Jr., stated that If there are any other interested groups in I the county that have a candidate, he could be nominated in such manner also. Brunswick County is a part of the Lower Cape Fear Soil Conser vation District. Others counties in the district include Bladen, Col umbus, Pender and New Hanover. | Open House For Supply Building The new County Office Building in supply will be dedicated with a fish fry and open house on Friday, December 9. The fish fry will start at 6 p. m. At 7:30 p. m. a short program of dedication will take place in the auditorium. Open house will be held from 8 to 9 p. m. During this period an inspection of the building can be made and refreshments will be served. Everyone is invited to par ticipate. Morman Church Hosts Singers Group Of Young Men And Women Will Present Pro gram In Ash Morman Church Saturday The “Mormon-aries” will be at the Mormon Church of Ash in Brunswick county Saturday night at 7:30. Continued On Page 4 xmm Four Varieties Of Tobacco Are Ready For Use Research Into Desirable Characteristics Have Re-1 suited In Release Of New Tobacco Seed Four new tobacco varieties will be released for 1961 planting. These four are included in the 16 varieties tested this year by the North Carolina agricultural ex periment station. The four new varieties are NC 75, McNair 10, McNair 12 and Bissette 11. Variety evaluation tests are conducted by the experiment sta tion each year. The tests are de signed to compare the most com monly planted flue-cured tobacco varieties and advanced breeding lines under different soil and climatic conditions. Dr. Guy L. Jones, who conducts the variety tests, points out that results are not to be taken as of ficial recommendations. Instead, they are to serve as guides in helping North Carolina farmers choose their 1961 tobacco variety. Yield Per Acre Per acre yields of the 16 varie ties tested this year ranged from 2,070 pounds for Bell 16 to 2, 558 pounds for Bissette 11. On basis of dollar value per acre the varieties ranged from $1,166 for Coker 187 to $1,459 for McNair 12. Hicks Broadleaf continued to bring the highest price per hun dredweight, averaging $63.84. Bis sette 11 had the lowest average, $55.39, reflecting its lowed quality. Color, Body, Texture Research workers used a “Qual ity Index” again this year in comparing varieties on the basis of color, body and texture. Hicks Broadleaf was again high scorer in the quality field with an index of 60. McNair 121 scored lowest on the Quality Index with a 24. Other varieties ranged be tween these two extremes. As for chemical make-up, two -new varieties 3et the extremes in nicotine content. McNair 10 was highest in nicotine content with 3.16 per cent. Bissette 11 was Continued On Page 6 Leland Youth Is Struck By Auto Leland Youth Recovering From Injuries Sustained When Hit By Auto Fri day Night A 14-year-old Leand boy, Jim my Douglas Jackson, was first re ported critically injured after be ing hit by an anto, six miles west of Leland on US 74-76, Fri <1ay night, but was later reported out of danger. State Patrolman W. H. Morgan, Jr. said the boy apparently darted from the sholder of the road into the path of an atuo driven by Walter Lee Hogan, 47, Asheville. Hogan told the officer it happened so quickly he didn’t have time to apply brakes. The early report indicated the youth was in critical condition. But, a later report from James Walker Hospital, Wilmington, where he is recuperating, said he was ‘ ‘satisfactory.” No charges have been made against Hogan, Morgan stated. TIME and TIDE &»$£ v ‘‘fi-j. 8?" •?" ' ii\ The date was November 27, 1935, and tomorrow was Thanks giving. There was a front page picture showing the pilgrims on their way to church, and a front page editorial on Thanksgiving. Shrimping still was good, even that late in the season, and 140 boats were working here. In an early season basketball game, the Southport girls had defeated Shallotte by a score of 11-10; boxing bouts were being scheduled for the following Tuesday night at Camp Sapona; and there was a front page note which said: “News crowded out this week will appear next week.” Five years later to the clay, on Thanksgiving eve, the editor had this to say about a world that already was at war: “Each day that we stay out of the present European conflict it appears that we get that much further away from active participation; but no nation now in existence will be able to escape the repre cussions of this madness. It is for our opportunity to use all of the resources at our command for good that we should be truly thankful; and if we are to have a reverent attitude of grateful ness, we must dedicate the efforts of our people toward the re storation of world sanity.” November 28, 1945, and although the war was over, the front page still carried news of war. Returning service men were re cording their discharges, and on the foreign front a new deal for the Chinese situation had been proposed by Chiang Kai-Sheck. Continued On Page 4 Continue In Office OFFICIALS—Mrs. Ressie R. Whatley, left, has re ceived her appointment for another four years as Bruns wick County Auditor. By special act of the legislature this appointment is made by the Secretary of State, and her new commission is signed by Edwin Gill. On the right is Mrs. Betty G. Smith, who has been appointed by the county commissioners to serve for another year as county tax collector. Information On Deeper Channel Award Contract For Stevedoring A contract for more than a one and a half million dollars worth of services at the Sunny Point Army Terminal, Southport, and the Port of Wilmington has been awarded by the Army's Thansport Terminal Command at Brooklyn, Senator B. Everett Jordan (D.,N. D. C.), announced this week. The contract, $1,546,142, was awarded to Morace Stevedore, Inc., of New York for one year’s stevedoring, car, barge, truck and terminal services at the North Carolina coastal locations. Ralph L. Price Heads Committee Shallotte Man Is Named Chairman Of Brunswick County Emergency Plan ning Committee Ralph L. Price manager of that Brunswick ASC county office has been appointed as Chairman of the USDA County Emergency Planning Committee (EPC) for Brunswick county. This appoint ment wp.s made by the State Emergency Planning Committe. USDA Emergency Planning Co mmittees were established within the U. S. Department of Agricul ture by the Secretary of Agricul ture for the purpose of planning activities essential to meet food needs and other agricultural re quirements of the Nation in a time of national crisis. Price says that the major ob jective of the plan was the de velopment of “built-in readness,” integrating, insofar as feasible, defense planning as a part of regular and continuing program and activities. Other members of the Commit tee for Brunswick county are A. S. Knowles, County Agricultural Ag;ent, and H. F. Kizer, SCS Tec hnician. Specialists Will Talk On Tobacco Brunswick County Farmers Will Have Opportunity To Learn Latest Information Neixt Tuesday On Tuesday at 2 p. m., tobacco growers are invited to an impor tant tobacco production meeting at the new County Office Build ing in Suply. “This will be our only county-wide meeting on to bacco culture to be held this winter’’ said County Agricultural Agent A. S. Knowles this week. Leading the discussion of the various cultral practices will be two outstanding men in their field. The general practices will be discussed by S. N. Hawks, ex- i tension tobacco specialist, and j disease and insect control will be ' covered by F. A. Todd, exten sion plant pathologist. “Come to this meeting to get first hand information on the lat Continued On Page 4 : Details Of U. S. Army En gineers Recommendation Listed In Release From Headquarters Additional information on specifi cations that have been recom mended for Cape Fear River cha nnel improvement by U. S. Army District and Division Engineers has been released from Washing ton. In accordance with law, the Based on information now avial able, the reporting officers find that Wilmington is primarily a petroleum port and that a por tion of the petroleum products deliveries ate being-made in par tial loads or in light-draft tank ers. They also find that the trend in the tanker fleet is toward wid er and deeper draft tankers. After making population and consumption studies, and consid ering current delivery practices and tanker trends, the reporting officers conclude that existing channel dimensions are inadequate to accommodate, with reasonable saftey and convenience, the large tankers expected to deliver pet roleum products to this port during the life of the project. They herefore recommend that the xisting Federal project for Wilmington Harbor be modified to provide for deepening the chan nel from the 40-foot contour in the Atlantic Ocean to the natural deep water opposite Southport, to 40 feet and widening to 500 feet, with increased width at bends; deepening the reaches of the 400 foot-wide river channel from Southport to the foot of Cartle Street in Wilminton to 38 feet, including the existing anchorage basin with, increased width at bends; all at an estimated first cost to the United States of $6,364,000 for new work, with an estimated increase of $10,000 for annual maintenance; subject to the conditions that no dredging will be accomplished by the Unit ed States closer than 50 feet to any established pierhead line, wharf, or structure; and that local interests agree to: (a) pro vide without cost to the United States ail lands, easements, and Continued On Fage 4 Wilmington Man Killed By Tree James Littles Killed By Fal. ling Tree Tuesday After noon In Woods Near Win nabow James Littles, 42-year old Wil mington negro, was killed Tues day afternoon when he was struck by a falling tree while working with a timber force near Winna bow. According to Coroner L. B. Bennett, Littles was standing with his boss, L. M. Morgan, when the tree started down. Mor gan jumped from the path, but according to eye-witnesses, Littles ran into the path of the flailing limbs and was fatally injured. He died enroute to the hospital. He was employed by the Coast al Wood Corporation. By strange co-incidence James Arthur David, 18-year old woods worker for . the same company was killed on August 18 of this year at almost the exact location when a tractor overturned on him. Phone Deposit Cost Reduced By Cooperative New Subscribers Mow Must Pay Only $10 As Com pared With Original $50 Charre; Certificates To Old Subscribers The board of directors of the Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation at its meeting' on Monday evening, took action set ting the membership fee of the cooperative at $10., which must be paid before a new subscriber may have a telephone installed. This action was taken to further the expansion and growth of tele phone service by the cooperation and to provide the widest poss ible area coverage. This anticipa ted growth also moans more per sons will be helping to repay the loans obtained by the co-opera tive. This change in the membership fee was provided for by a change in Federal Rural Elictrification Authority regulations and was strongly recommended by both the State and Federal Rural Elect rification Authority officials. Each present member of the cooperative will receive an equity capital certificate in the amount of $40, which will be redeemed as funds become available. This $40 represents the difference betwen the $50 membership and equity fee paid by all present members and the new membership fee of $10.00. In other action the board of directors set the installation fee for new subscribers at $6.50. Present at this meeting were Marion Shuffler, Field Represent ative, North Carolina Rural Elect rification Authority, and S. L. Moore, Loans Representative; Fe deral Rural Electrification Auth ority, both of whom were in fa vor of the actions taken by the board and who explained the bene fits to be deived from these changes. Making Support Loans On Corn Corn Producers In Bruns wick County Advised To Consider Advantages Af.» forded By Storage Corn farmers throughout tha State were urged this week to i keep in mind loan rates and avail . ability of loans through their ASC j office. In a statement issued by Lonnie | Evans. Chairman of the Agricul , tural Stabilization and Conservat ! ion county Committee, he brought | out the fact that current prices j for corn on most markets are | below the applicable loan rate. ! With the support rate in this [ State of $1.15 per bushel, mar j ket price in Brunswick county I currently is 90-eents. j According to Evans this is about I the same picture that prevails during the height of harvest sea son on most commodities under support. “That's why price sup i port loans are made available to | farmers — to premit farmers to store their grain instead of dump ing it on the market as soon as it is harvested.” ASC’s price support programs support programs in general, in addition to providing for orderly marketing of grain, also provide a dollars and- cents minmum or Continued On Page 4 I Fide 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 Cow TM* Thursday, December 1, 6:28 A. M. 0:05 A. M. 6:48 P. M. 12:41 P. M. Friday, December 2, 7:11 A. M. 0:48 A. M. 7:30 P. M. 1:25 P. M. Saturday, December 3, 7:52 A. M. 1:30 A. -M. 8:11 P. M. 2:06 P. M. Sunady, December 4, 8:29 A. M. 2:10 A. M. 8:48 P. M. 2:46 P. M. Monday, December 5, 9:06 A. M. 2:49 A. M. 9:25 P. M. 3:25 P. M. Tuesday, December 6, 9:41 A. M. 3:28 A. M. 10:02 P. M. 4:03 P. M. Wednesday, December1}, 10:17 A. M. 4:06 A. M. 10:40 P. M. 4:42 I’ M,
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