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Brunswick County
Volume No. 21
No. 29
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1961
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Work Begins
ACTIVITY—Construction began last week on the new National Guard Armory
at Shallotte, and in the above photo Shall otte Chief of Police Leon Galloway appears
to be an interested observer as two workmen pour a section of the foundation for the
new building.
Organize New
Adult Training
Class In County
Organizational Meeting Is
Planned For Monday At
Anchor Hotel For Men
Interested In Training
A meeting will be held at the
Anchorage Hotel, Shallotte Village
Point, on Monday, January 23,
at 7:30 p. m., for all persons who
are interested in establishing
classes in any of the various de
partments of commericial fishing.
The group present will deter
mine the class or classes to be
offered, time, place and other ar
rangements. Major Henry J.
McGee, Jr., Commercial Pishing
Coordinator for the Department
of Trades and Industries, Raleigh,
J. G. Long, Superintendent of
Brunswick County Schools, will
be present.
Among the classes that can be
offered is navigation, communica
tions, diesel, gasoline motors, net
mending, rigging, boat building
and any other class that the
group feels will be beneficial to
commercial fisherman.
These courses are offered
through the Brunswick County
Board of Education by the Depart
ment of Trades and Industries,
State Department of Education,
Raleigh, with Federal matching
funds.
Brief Bit, Of
lnewsj
SMORGASBOARD
A smorgasboard supper will be
served at Ocean View Methodist
Church Friday, beginning at 5
o’clock.
BARBECUE SUPPER
Members of the Eastern Star
will serve a barbecue supper on
Wednesday evening, January 25.
Phone GL 7-4962 for tickets.
BAPTIST BROTHERHOOD
The Brunswick Brotherhood
Association is sponsoring a meet
ing at Eiah Baptist Church Jan
uary 19 at 7:30 p. m. R. T. Greene
State Director of Retirement
Plans, will be the guest speaker.
The subject of his message will
be “Stewardship in the ' Life of
Menn ". It is hoped that all church
es in the association will be re
presented.
LIONS TO MEET
The regular meeting of the
Southport Lions Club will be held
tomorrow (Thursday) evening at
6:30 at the Lions Club building.
Hugh Morton, a member of Gov
ernor Luther H. Hodges Battle
ship Advisory Committee, will be
present and will show color slides
of both the Battleship Texas and
of the Battleship North Carolina.
Visitors are invited to attend this
showing, which should begin at
about 7 o'clock.
Bolivia Pageant
Saturday Night
First Preliminary Event In5
Selection Of Miss Bruns
wick County Will Be
j Held At That School
The first local pageant in the
chain of events which will lead
to the selection of Miss Brunswick
County will be run off Saturday
night at Bolivia. Six contestants
have entered this event.
Girls entered in the Bolivia
pageant are Jackie Lewis, Marion
Reynolds, Delores Hufham, Elain
Brittin, Betty Maggard and Tonda
Willetts.
The Bolivia pageant will be held
in the high school auditorium and
will begin at 8 o’clock. It will be
under the direction of Mrs. Frank
Hogg, and the local sponsor will
be the senior class at Bolivia High
School.
There will be an impressive
group of prizes for the contestants
and the winner will have an op
portunity to advance to the
county finals which will be held
at Shallot te on the evening of
March 11.
Sponsors of the selection of
Miss Brunswick County are the
members of the Shallotte Junior
Chamber of Commerce, who have
gone all-out in their effort to
line up a series of five prelimin
ary contests which will bring a
group of outstanding contestants
to the finals.
The next local pageant will be
held at Waccamaw High School
on the evening of January 28.
John D. Eriksen
Dies In Hospital
Retired Sea Captain And
Former Mayor Of South
port Died Last Night In
Fayetteville
John D. Eriksen, retired marin
er and former Mayor of the City
of Southport, died last night at
the Veterans Hospitals in Faye
tteville where he had been a pat
ient for only a few days. He was
7? years of age.
The deceased was a native of
Norway and came to Southport
when he was a young man. He
was married to the former Esth
er Dosher and the couple had no
children. An aunt, Mrs. Thomas
Larsen, is his nearest surviving
relative in the United States.
Three brothers, Einar, Olaf and
Bernhardt Eriksen, all of Norway,
survive. In addition, he has one
uncle Kristian Torgremsen, and
two aunts, Mrs. Margareta Bliek
felt and Miss Dorothea Torgrem
sen, also of Norway, who are
among his survivors.
Eriksen was elected mayor in
the spring of 1935 and served
for 14 years as head of the city
government. He was senior war
den at St. Phillips Episcopal
Church and was active in the
American Legion.
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Budget Includes
Local Projects
Included in the 1962 budget
for the Wilmington District,
U. S. Armjr Engineers, are
two items for improvements
in Brunswick County.
One item provides for-f 12,000
With which to make a study
of needs at the Southport
yacht basin, with consideration
to the matter of ample space
and facilities.
The second provides the
sum of $15,000 for the main
tenance of a clear channel in
Lockwoods Polly River from
the intracoastal waterway to
the highway bridge.
Piney Grove Is
Given Honors
Community D e v e I opment
Club Wins Over-All Plac
ing Among Negro Com
munities Of Area
In a recent announcement by J.
W. Crawford, Community Devel
opment Specialist, N. C. State
College, the Piney Grove Com
munity near Bolivia has won the
Over-All Placing among the Ne
gro Communities in area judging
in the SENCland Area Develop
ment Association.
In a letter to J. A. Francis,
Teacher of Agriculture and super
visor of the winning community
development program, the State
Community Development Specia
list also named the Brunswick
County Community as a winner in
each of the other three incentive
award placings. In the area of
Increased Income, Piney Grove
community won 1st place; in
Home Improvement, this com
munity took 3rd place; and in
the area of Youth Activities, Pin
ey Grove won another 3rd place.
The Piney Grove Community is
one of three communities organ
ized under the Adult Education
program carried on by the Voca
tional Agriculture Teacher at the
Brunswick County Training
School. The other two communi
ties are Zion Hill and St. James
Rutland Chapel. In an earlier
County run-off of the Community
Development Contest, St. James
Rutland and Zoin Hill won 2nd
and 3rd place, respectively, be
hind Piney Grove. These three
communities are a part of an As
sociation of Community Develop
ment Clubs that serves as a co
ordinating agency for all activi
ties of a community development
nature.
The presidents of the various
community development groups
are as follow: William K. John
son is president of the Piney
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Cemetery Care
Being Studied
For Southport
Aldermen Name Committee
To Investigate The Long
Range Plans For Perpet
ual Care Of Cemeteries
In order to assure continued
maintance of all Southport ceme
teries in a manner in keeping
with the balance of the city’s
operations, and at the same time
offer some means of perpetual
care for both cemeteries, some
means of investing the funds
from the proceeds of the sale of
lots, together with some regul
ations as to the future develop
ment, is being considered by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
At present, all sales from the
proceeds of Northwood Ceme
tery go directly into the general
fund. No other white cemetery
sells lots in Southport. The John
F. Smith colored cemetery is not
operated by the city but the city
street , department does a token
maintance of this property. This
cemetery is operated by a com
mittee, representing the colored
churches.
The Northwood Cemetery offer
lots 18 ft. X 15 ft. which were
orginally designed for six graves.
Originally there were 407 lots sur
veyed in this cemetery. About
two-thirds of these lots have been
sold. Northwood Cemetery has
undeveloped property equal in size
to that which has already been
developed, for future expansion
and development.
The Mayor has appointed a
Qemetery Committee to make a
complete study of the future oper
ation and maintance of all the
cemeteries in Southport. This co
mmittee includes C. L. Rourk of
the Board of Aldermen, the City
Attorney, the City Auditor and
City Manager, and that this com
mittee is to serve as a fact
finding committee only. Their
finding will be passed on to the
board of aldermen for final con
sideration.
Methodists In
Whiteville Meet
Dr. J. Lem Stokes Will Be
Speaker At Diistrict Miss
ionary Rally (Tomorrow)
Thursday Night
Dr. J. Lem Stokes, II, Presi
dent of Pheiffer College, who
will address the Methodist Dis
trict Missionary Institute sche
duled for Thursday at the White
ville Methodist church will be
speaking on a subject close to
his heart.
Born in Korea, the son of Dr.
and Mrs. M. B. Stokes, mission
aries of The Methodist Church,
President Stokes has a record of
almost continual membership on
some committee or commission
promoting the missionary enter
prise of the church. Currently, he
is vice-chairman of the Board of
Missions and Church Extension
of The Western North Carolina
Methodist conference.
"Since I joined the Western
North Carolina Conference in
1931, I have constantly sought
ways to promote the cause of
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Extends Welcome
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GREETINGS—Lt. (j.g.) Christopher M. Holland, Jr., left, is shown here being
greeted by Mayor Roy Robinson last week upon his arrival to Southport aboard the
new Coast Guard Patrol Craft. Lt. Holland is skipper of the new 95-ft. vessel which
will be based here permanently.
January Term
Superior Court
Begins Monday
Judge William Y, Bickett
Of Raleigh Will Preside
Over Term Of Criminal
Court Here Next Week
Three men will face trial in
Brunswick County Superior court
here next week on charges of
armed rdbbery and conspiracy of
armed robbery.
These men are John C. Whaley
and Virgil Sanderson, who face
the first of these charges; and
Troy Brown, who is being held
for trial on the latter count. All
three are charged with being
participants in the robbery of the
Willetts Service Station near Le
land before Christmas.
Presiding over this forthcoming
term of court is Judge William
Y. Bickett of Raleigh.
There are others cases in which
the defendant faces a serious
charge.
Bruce Bosweil is charged with
rape; Joseph M. Powell faces
charges of manslaughter; Mathew
Jordan is being held on a similar
count; and Carl Reeves is charged
with assault with a deadly weap
on with intent to kill.
All of these cases will be turned
over to the grand jury for action.
On the trial docket are numer
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TIME and TIDE
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A picture of the Brunswick County Hospital (Dosher Memo
rial) appeared on the front page of The Pilot for January 22,
1936. It carried with it the story of the report of the previous
year, and this reflected the great good for which this institution
was responsible in the matter of the health of Brunswick county
citizens. The Hungarian ship Csikos, aground in the Cape Pear
since Sunday, had freed herself by her own power Tuesday night.
There was a front page story on how to set out a dogwood
tree no doubt inspired by an editorial of the previous week urg
ing a program of beautification for Southport; news of internati
onal import appeared in The Pilot that week: Rudyard Kipling,
famed English poet, was dead. '
An influenza epidemic caused the Waccamaw High School to
be closed temporarily during mid-January of 1941. This was re
ported in our edition of January 22 of that year. Another front
page story had to do with a new theatre building for Southport,
with work in progress to convert the former Northrop store
building into a new and larger theatre.
Several Southport boys, including Johnnie Simmons, were in
terested in the Wilmington Goiuen Gloves Tournament; a group
of Maryland sportsmen, including Joe Brooks, noted author of
wildlife books and stories, were here for a few days of hunting
in Brunswick; and Leland had won a double-header from Shal
lotte in the first game of pre-tournament championship play in
Brunswick.
It was January 16, 1946, and a group of out-of-state hunters
were posed for a front page picture showing their bear dogs and
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New Coast Guard
Patrol Boat Here
Renovation Of
Old Post Office
The old Southport post of
fice on Moore street is un
dergoing a complete renova
tion and will be the future
home of Arrington’s, a local
store featuring ladies ready
to-wear and clothing for other
members of the family.
Not only is this building
famous as the site of the post
office for many years, but
the upstairs was used as the
law office of Cranmer and
Davis and later was used by
Judge R. I. Mintz as his law
office and later still byt
Dwight McEwen for the same
purpose.
More recently it has been
used as an artist’s studio.
Hearing Slated
On New Bridge
A High Level Span Over
The Intracoastal Water
way Near Carolina Beach
Will Be Up For Discus
sion
The State Highway Depart
ment will hold a public hearing at
Carolina Beach Thursday in con
nection with the proposed new bri
dge over the Inland Waterway
on US 421/
Commission officials emphasi
zed that the hearing will be con
cerned with the bridge structure
only and a future public hearing
will be held on the roading ap
proacheh north and south of the
bridge.
The public hearing: is slated
for 2 P. M., Thursday, in the
Carolina Beach Town Hall and is
for the purpose of hearing any
comments locals citizens may
have on the economic impact or
other effect of the bridge cons
truction.
Under the proposal to be pre
sented, a 2,060 foot long bridge
would be built approximately
475 feet east of the existing stru
ture with a 65 foot clearance
above mean high tide provided
at the Inland Waterway Channel.
A 100 foot horizontal clearance
will be proposed. Provisions for
the 65 foot vertical clearance
would eliminate the need for a
draw span in the $1,600,00 struc
ture. Specifitions call for a 56
foot clear roadway allowing four
lanes of traffic separated by a
raised median strip. Three-foot
sidewalks will be proposed for pe
destrians.
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New 95-Foot Craft Arrives
Here To Replace 83-Foot
er; Occupies Berth At
Yacht Basin
The new Coast Guard patrol
boat assigned to Southport ar
rived here last week and was
greeted upon her arrival by May
or Roy Robinson and other city
officals and private citizens.
The new patrol craft has a cm-o
foot vessel and is under the com
mand of Lt. (jg) Christopher M.
Holland. It came here from Nor
folk, Va., as a replacement for
the old 83-footer, which had been
in service here for several years.
The new patrol boat is the WPB
95303. She has a steel hull and is
powered with a 2,000-hp diesel
engine.
The old 83-footer had a wood
hull.
The new patrl craft has a com
plement of 14 men and at present
she has 13 men in her crew. Of
this number, 5 are from the old
83-footer, including both of the
chief petty officers.
Lt. Holland took charge of the
boat in Norfolk in May of last
year. Prior to that he had been
on ice patrol duty in the North
Atlantic. This morning he was
standing out on deck in his shirt
sleeves, and when asked if he
were not cold he said, “Not since
I’ve been down here. We’re been
where it’s really cold”.
Lt. Holland is a 1958 grad
uate of the U. S. Coast Guard
Academy in New London.
Equipment For
Class Available
Coordinator Of Commercial
Fisheries Education, Tells
Of Training Aids Which
Are Available
A recent survey conducted by
J. G. Long, County Superinten
dent of Public Instruction and
Major H. J. McGee, Jr., Coor
dinator of Commercial Fishing
Education of North Carolina, in
dicated an interest in adult even-1
ing classes within fishers occu-!
pation of Brunswick County. The
program is administered through;
the County Superintendent’s of-!
fice with the approval of the j
County Board of Education.
Major McGee has five, six
cylinder Gray Marine diesel en- !
gines and will locate two in ;
Brunswick County, should public
interest demand. Tools for these j
courses have been approved and
are on purchase.
Other courses available are: net
mending, navigation, ship to
shore radio, rigging, (equipment i
in order), boat building, crab pot j
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Firemen Douse
Dangerous Fire
Friday Evening
Blake Builder’s Supply Sav
ed From A Destructive
Blaze Through Efforts Of
Southport Volunteer Fire
Department
Quick action on the part of
members of the Southport Volun
teer Fire Department prevented a
fire of major proportions Friday
night when they answered a call
to the Blake Builder’s Supply of
fice at the Sawdust Trail and put
out a fire in the main office build
ing before it had spread beyond
the room in which it had started.
Shortly after the building sup
ply business had closed up for the
day Horace Pigott and Mrs. Hugh
Spencer noticed smoke coming
from the building next door to the
Sr oncer Service Station. Pigott
went closer -to determine the
cause, and when he told Mrs.
Spencer that there was a blaze
inside the Blake office, she phone
in the alarm.
In a matter of minutes the first
fire truck was on the scene, and
fortunately this piece of equip
ment carried several fire extin
guishers. The firemen went to
work, and actually before other
vehicles arrived the fire was under
control.
The Blake office building is of
frame construction, and located in
adjoining rooms was a quantity
of paint, turpentine, oils and other
highly inflamahle materials. The
fact that the fire never got out
side the office prevented a fire of
great destruction.
Control of the situation is even
more remarkable in view of the
fact that the scene of the fire is
outside the city limits and well
beyond the reach of the nearest
fire hydrant.
From best information, the fire
came from the faulty performance
of the heating system, a hot-air
plant with the heating unit in
one side of the office.
While the area of the blaze v i
restricted, the damage amounted
to several hundred dollars and
includes damage to office equip
ment and machinery and smoke
damage to some merchandise.
The loss was covered by insur
ance.
Veterans Must
Submit Report
Annual Income Question
narie Must Be Submitted
By Veterans Concerning
Non-Service Disability
Veterans and widows of vetar
ans who receive non- service con
nected disability pension or death
pension are reminded by Craw
ford L. Rourk, Brunswick County
Veterans Service Officer, that
their annual income questionnar
ies must be submitted to the Vet
erans Administration on or before
January 31st.
The County Service Officer said
that if the annual income ques
tionnaries is not sent in, the Vet
erans Administration will stop
payment of the pension. Rourk
will be happy to help Vetarans
Administration beneficiaries pre
pare, secure, and send in the in
come questioniare.
The County Service Officer
urge all veterans who have not
sent in their annual accounting
to contact his office, located in
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Tide Table
Following b the tide table
(or Southport during the next
week. These hours are ap
proximately correct and were
furnished The State Fort Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot’s Association.
High Tide Cow Tide
Thursday, January 19
9:54 A. M. 3:41 A. M.
10:14 P. M. 4:10 P. M.
Friday, January 30
10:47 A. M. 4:33 A. M.
11:08 P. M. 5:10 P. M.
Saturday, January 31
11:39 A. M. 5:18 A. M.
6:01 P. M.
Sunday, January 33
0:03 A. M. 6:22 A
12:22 P. M. 6:53 p'
Monday, January 23
1:12 A. M. 7:20 A.
1:27 P. M. 7:48 P.
Tuesday, January 34
1:55 A. M. 8:22 A.
2:22 P. M. 8:43 P.
Wednesday, January 25
2:51 A. M. 9:22 A.
3:18 P. M. 9:37 p.