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THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Brunswick County
Volume No. 21
No. 28.
10-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1961
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Dragline At Work
DIGGING—In the above photo the dragline owned and operated by the Bruns
wick County Health Department is shown as it begins digging a new ditch across the
school yard at Bolivia. The school building is in the background. Below' the finished
drainage canal is shown running off through the woods and filled with water.
Three Men Are
Bound Over To
Superior Court
Two Defendants In Leland
Robbery Case Waive Pre
liminary Hearing; Third
Man Held On Probable
Cause
Three men charged with par
ticipation in the robbery of a ser
vice station at Leland last month
have been bound over to Superior
court for trial at the term which
convenes here on January 23.
Virgil Sanderson and Calvin
Whatley, who previously had con
fessed their part in the robbery
to Sheriff E. v. Leonard and other
law enforcement officers, waived
this hearing and are being held in
default of $10,000 bond.
Troy Jack Brown, Leland man
ated in the robbery, was at the pi e
linminary hearing. At the colcluson
inary hearing. At the conclusion
of evidence Judge Earl Bellamy
ordered him held under $15,000
bond.
David Potter, Southport youth,
was found guilty of malicious da
mage to property. He was given
Continued On Page 4
Brief Bite Of
lnewsj
AT SOIL MEETING
James D. Bellamy is attending
a meeting of Soil Conservation
Supervisors this week in-Asheville.
NEW BUILDING
Construction has begun on two
new business buildings adjoining
the Piggly-Wiggly store at Shal
lolte.
SHOTGUN STOLEN
H. M. Potter of the Winnabow
community has reported that a
12-gauge shot gun was stolen
from his home during the holi
days.
Health Department
Helps Drain Bolivia
Recent Operations Result In*
The Removal Of Surface
Water Over Wide Area,
Including School Grounds
One of the most ambitions pro
jects undertaken thus far by the
Mosquito and Rodent Control sec
tion of the Brunswick County
Health Department is the drain
: age job recently completed at
Bolivia.
The drainage canal starts on the
north side of Highway No. 17
and crosses that raod near Bet
j hel Methodist Church, bisects
| the Bolivia High School campus
and then goes down through the
woods back of the school building.
The Brunswick County Board
! of Education is providing tile
: which will be placed in the ditch
and will be covered over, and |
! the resulting effect will be to have
j good drainage on and about the
; building for the first time since
! its construction.
Herbert Bellamy, who is in char
ge of this phase of the Health
Program in Brunswick county,
' says that this is just the begin
; ning of this type of work. “We
are trying to emphasize the im
portance of making lasting im
; provements in connection with
i the drainage program,” he point-1
ed out. Spraying Mosquitaes is:
i important, and it will be contin- i
: ued; but it is far better to remove
I the cause of trouble through i
J drainage.”
Bellamy has acquir ed two scr-1
j vicable draglines through surplus 1
property sales and they are now j
available for drainage projects. |
'I hope that this information j
will not bring on a flood of ap
plications which we cannot fill,” i
he said this week. “We are go- j
ing to work on this phase of our i
program, but alr eady we have;
more than one dozen major pro-1
jects which will require the ser- j
vices of our machines for months j
to come.”
Bellamy pointed out that these j
Continued On Page 4 i
Nominations For
Two Post Offices
Postmaster nomination sent
to the Senate Tuesday by
President Dwight D. Eisen
hower included two for Brun
swick county.
They were Edward V. Gore,
Jr., for the Shallotte office;
and Charles M. Taylor of
Winnabow.
These nominations are for
permanent appointment and
and must be ratified by the
Senate.
Miss Southport
Pageant Planned
Preliminary Arrangements
Being Made For Staging
Local Pageant Here On
February 18
The Miss Southport Pageant to
be held on February 18 will be
sposored by several local organiza
tions, including the Southport
Women’s Club, the Lions' Club,
the American Legion, the Wood
bine Garden. Club and the Live
Oak Garden Club, according to an
announcement by Mrs. James
Glore, temporaary chairman of
the pageant.
Several local women will act
as coaches for the local candid
ates. The group includes two
former contestants and winners in
similar beauty pageants. Candid
ates can be certain of expert
coaching in preparing their pre
sentations.
Several potential candidates have
been contacted and it is expect
ed that there will be a variety of
talents represented in the group.
Continued Or; Page 4
Weather Bureau
Official Thanks
Southport Folks
Mayor Roy Robinson Re
ceives Letter Of Appre
ciation From Sam Duke
Of Wilmington Office
Mayor Rov Robi nr on ho~ re
ceived a letter from Sam Duke,
head of the U. S. Weacner i*ur
eau office in Wilmington, expres
sing his appreciation for the work
of repairing the local display tow
er recently completed by city
forces under the direction of City
Manager C. D. Pickerrell.
Duke met here last month with
a group of representative citizens
to discuss the future of displaying
storm warnings in Southport, and
sa!d that the high cost of main
tenance of steel tower on the Gar
rison indicated that some change
would have to be made.
Tentative plans ,-jr a change
were agreed upon, but following
the meeting the City Manage;
talked the situation over with
Mayor Robinson, and they dis
covered that the repair could be
made by city forces with little
expense. This was done, and the
weather bureau office was notif
ied that the display tower was
ready to do the same old stand.
Following is the text of the lettei
received by Mayor Robinson;
“X am sorry you were sick and
unable to attend the very suc
cessful meeting we had on Dec
ember 13 at which time we dis
cussed our problem of the dam
aged storm warning display tower
at Southport. However, Mr. Pic
kerrell, City Manager of South
port, an official representative of
the City, was extremely helpful
and has been very cooperative in
restoring the steel tower.
"On behalf of the Weather
Bureau I wish to express our
appreciation to the City of South
port for repairing, without ex
pense to the Bureau, the damage
done by Hurricane Donna to the
storm warning display tower.
"On my next trip to Southport,
I .hope to have the pleasure of.
meeting you and ' you have a
standing invitation to visit our of
fice at anytime.
"I extend to you a wish for a
very happy and successful New
Year.”
Shailotte Lions
Hear CoL Duffie
Commanding Officer Of
Sunny Point Army Term
inal Tells Lions That
Welcome Mat Is Out
Lt. Col. Johnnie D. Duffie was
the speaker Thursday night be
fore the Shailotte Lions Club and
left no doubt in the minds of his
listeners that Sunny Point Army
Terminal has a welcome mat at
the gate.
“The fence around Sunny Point
is not to keep people out,” he
said. “It is to prevent them get
ting into places where they may
be hurt. Our watchword is safety
and when we have guests we
see that they are conducted
about the base in absolute safety.”
The speaker told of the staff
of 200 persons, most of them civ
ilians, who operate the terminal;
and of employmentof civilian per
Continued On Page 2
Oldtimer Retires
LAST RUN—-W. F. (Bill) Fowler is shown welcoming Louis Leiner ashore from
the survey boat Carolina at the U. S. Army Engineers yard on the Cape Fear River
opposite Wilmington. Leiner retired last week after service with the Engineers dating
back to the period prior to World War I.
Louis Lenier Is
Retired By U. S.
Army Engineers
Native *0 ■-"Sooithpor* t Has
Earned Distinction As
One Of “Oldtimers” With
Wilmington District
One of the Corps of Engineers’
oldtimers, Louis Leiner, native of
Southport, plans to retire from
service Friday, Jan. 13, with a
career dating back to World War
I days.
Louis did not deliberatley
choose Friday, and the 13th at
that, to step down after 35 years
of work surveying and sounding
waterways, but Friday will be his
60 birthday and “I thought that
would be a good way to remember
my last day of work with the
Corps of Engineers.”
But for the day itself, Louis
has other intentions for he bears
a little skepticism about 13th dat
es arid especially when they fall
on a Friday. ”1 told my wife (the
former Maggie Mae Harrelson of
Southport) that I am going to
stay in bed all day and I want
my meals served in bed.”
But the word is out that Mrs.
Leiner is seriouly considering
stepping down from her away
fronri-home job at Carolina Beach
where they have been residing for
majiy years. So, the grandiose
plans of husband Louis may
strike a snag. He may have to
Continued On Fage 4
TIME arid TIDE
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The date was January 15, 19"fi| and the cenotaph standing in
the Southport cemetery honoring! two groups of pilots who were
lost at sea was the subject for <*n illustrated feature story. An
other front page picture showea the contrast between a stand
of timber from which forest fire! nad been kept away and with
one where fires had taken their Annual toll. News of particular
interest to folks of the ShallotteJ area told of plans by Dr. M. H.
Rourk to move to that community for the practice of medicine.
Bad roads had forced the temporary shutting down of the
Waccamaw school; a quarter i>6ge advertisement proclaimed in
big type that “$25 A Month Now Buys A New Ford V-8.”
i—_
A Forest Service lookout toMler and a close-up of a towerman
on watch provided the front p^ge picture for our edition of Jan
uary 15, 1941. Plans were being made for an all-day meeting of
the Brunswick REA at Waccapiaw school on the following Sat
urday.
Former Postmaster L. T. Yaskel] had jumped the gun and had
brought in a string of freshwater fish, the first of the season;
the editor ran down a bunch t>f rumors that had to do with de
fense installations in this are£; and the H. S. Ward Store at
Hickman’s Crossroads had burned 0n the previous Sunday night.
It was Jan. 9, 1946, and met] were stfll coming home from World
War II. One was Lt. DavidI tVatson, who had served as a Navy
Courier in the Southwest Jfccific. A check-up revealed that a
total of 13 persons had their lives at the Jackies Creek
ContinuedJ On Page 4
Change Occurs In
Post Office Here
MRS. ELEANOR POTTER
Stockholders Of
Bank Will Meet
Annual Stockholders Meet
ing Of Waccamaw Bank
And Trust Co. Will Be
Held In Whiteville Ncyxt
Friday
Edmund H. Harding, known
from coast to coast for his after
dinner speeches and humor, will
be the guest speaker at the an
nual meeting of the stockholders
of the Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Company Jan. 20.
The business session and ban
quet will be held at the White
ville Edgewood school cafeteria.
The business session will begin at
5 o'clock and after a 30 minute
recess at the completion of busi
ness the banquet will be held. Fol
lowing the banquet Harding will
speak.
At the business meeting a new
board of directors will be elected
by stockholders with some 250
persons expected to attend from
the area served by the 11 Wac
camaw Banks.
Dr. R. C. Sadler, Whiteville,
and chairman of the board, will
act as master of ceremonies at
the banquet.
In making the announcement C.
Lacy Tate of the bank, said, “De
posit at all Waccamaw banks are
at an all time high again this year
as in past years we have shown
growth from previous years. We
have more depositors which means
we are serving more people.
“Our growth has not only • been
n a financial sense but we have
gained more and more good will
Torn people w'e serve. After all
.ve are a public service insti
tution and it is a pleasure to do i
Continued On Page 4 I
*ivirs. Lleanor Potter Named
j Acting Postmaster, Ite
] placing Bernice H. Russ
Mrs. Eleanor Potter has been
i named postmaster for the South
port office and assumed her dut
! >es Friday. She replaces Bernic
H. Russ in this position.
Russ was checked out Friday
by Postal Inspector W. M. Stan
ley and Mrs.Potter took over. She
had received notification of her
appointment on acting basis from
W. L. Crawford, Regional Oper
ations Director, in a letter dated
January 4.
No public announcement has
been made by any official of the
Post Office Department giving
their reason for making this
change.
There were rumors several
months ago that a change was
imminent in the local post office
set-up, but nothing more was
heard of it until the swift change,
in personnel which occurred here
last week.
Russ, a veteran of World War
II, assumed the duties of post
master following the resignation
of Postmaster L. T. Yaskell in
1946. At first it was on an act
ing basis, but later he received
a permanent appointment. His
service was interrupted at one
stage when he was called back
into service with the Navy for
two years.
Between his service in the
Navy and with the Post Office
Continued On Page 4
Methodists In
Whiteville Meet
Dr. J. Lem Stokes Will Be
Speaker At District Miss
ionary Rally Thursday Of
Next Week
Dr. J. Lem Stokes, president of
Pfeiffer college, will be the guest
speaker at the District Missionary
Rally which will be held this year
at the Whiteville Methodist
chprch Jan. 19 at 7:30.
Dr. Stokes has been president
of Pheiffer college since July 19-:
53. He was born in Songdo, Korea
and the son of Dr. and Mrs. M. B.
Stokes, missionaries of the Meth-1
odist church. His early schooling
was under' his mother who was a
school teacher.
He was graduated from the
Seoul Foreign school, Seoul, Korea
in 1926. His a. b. degree was re
ceived at Asbury college in 1930
and in 1932 in received b. d. de
gree from Duke University. In
1936 he received his p. h. d. from
Yale University.
He received his first appoint
ment in North Carolina in 1936
Continued On Page 4
Contestants In
Bolivia Beauty
i Pageant Climb
Five Sure Contestants Al
ready Signify Intention
To Enter Local Pageant
On January 21
I
I The next “Miss North Carolina”
| may come from Brunswick Coun
| ty. Bolivia is the first community
: in the county to hold their beauty
pageant for a representative in
the "Miss Brunswick County” con
test.
Each area is planning a pag
1 eant which will furnish the first
representative for B r unswick
County.
In addition to the three con
testants listed for the Bolivia af
fair in last week’s issue are the
names of Elaine Brittian. Tonda
Willis and Betty Haggard. How
ever, these three haven’t offici
ally entered the contest yet. Fur
ther data will be released later.
It is hoped that at least 12
girls will enter the Bolivia con
tesa, which is scheduled for Sat
urday evening, January 21 begin
ning at 7:45 in the school auditor
ium.
The county contest will be held
in March 11 under the auspicies
of the Shallotte Junior Chamber
of Commerce at Shallotte.
Jackie Lewis, Marion Reynolds
and Delores Hufham, who were
pictured as the first entries in the
contest last week and today are
preparing for the contests which
will judged on three phases, beau
ty, talent and personality.
Local talent will preform at
the intermission for a brief per
'od while contestants change cos
tumes for the second portion of
judging.
singly with the same qualifica
songly with the same qualifica
tions being used in the “Miss
North Carolina” contest held an
nually in July.
Mrs. Frank Hogg, home econo
mics teacher, is directing the con
test and program which is spon
sored by the senior class with
Thomas Davis as advisor.
Harriette Elaine Brittian and
Betty Lea Haggard have offici
ally entered the “Miss Bolivia”
contest in addition to the other
three mentioned before.
Harriette Elaine is the 17 > ear
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd T. Brittain of Bolivia. She
loves sports and does her part by
| cheering her teams to victory. For
Continued On Page 3
Annual Meeting
Of Credit Union
! Plans Are Being Made For
Brunswick County Credit
Union Annual Meeting
Tuesday Night
Members of the Brunswick
County Credit Union will hold
their twelfth annual membership
meeting Tuesday night, January
17, at the Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church, Shallotte.
The program eommitte has pre
pared an interested program for
the evening. The meeting will be
called to order at 7 p. m. by H.
Orie Gore, president, who will
make his address at the begin
ning of the program. Committee
reports and the roport of the secr
etary-treasurer will follow. The
last item of business will be the
election of members of the board
of directors, credit committee, ed
ucation committee and supervi
Continued On Page 2
Tide Table
Following to 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, January 12.
3:16 A. M. 10:00 A. M.
3:30 P. M. 10:00 P. M.
Friday, January 13,
4:19 A. M. 11:02 A. M.
4:33 P. M. 11:11 P. M.
Saturday, January 14,
5:20 A. M. 12:01 A. M.
5:35 P. M. 0:05 P. M.
Sunday, January 15,
6:18 A. M. 12:56 A. M.
6:33 P. M. 0:00 P. M.
Monday, January 16,
7:16 A. M. 1:03 A. M.
7:31 P. M. 1:48 P. M.
Tuesday, January 17,
8:09 A. M. 1:57 A. M.
8:25 P. M. 2:40 P. M.
Wednesday, January 18,
9:02 A. M. 2:49 A. M.
9:20 P. M. 3:31 P. M.