EDITORIALS:
UNDER CONTROL
In the realm of medical science pre
ventive medicine is considered to be one
of the most practical approaches to the
problems of health, the theory being
that it is better to keep a man from get
ting sick than it is to be forced to wor
ry about how to cure him after it hap
pens.
Apparently Principal Irie Leonard of
Shallotte subscribes to this theory, be
cause he went to considerable pains to
see to it that the stage was set for
nothing but good clean fun when the
Whiteville High School gasketball
squads visited his school last Tuesday
night.
In making these preparations, he had
the complete cooperation of Brunswick
county law enforcement officers, and
with their presence at the games in
evidence, there never was the first sug
gestion of a renewal of the post game
hostilities that have marked the last
two meetings between athletic teams
from the two schools.
Once more, let us say that neither
the fight at Shallotte last fall nor the
threat of violence that followed a re
cent basketball doubleheader in White
ville were caused by any of the high
school players, officials or coaches.
But in taking precautions against any
new outbreak last Tuesday night, Prin
cipal Leonard and the law created an
atmosphere which appeared to be un
healthy for outside troublemakers.
The quiet and efficient manner in
which this was carried out earned a
public expressien of appreciation for
Leonard last Wednesday night from B.
S. Brigman, principal of Whiteville
High School, at a meeting of officials
of the Waccamaw Athletic Association.
We would like to add our own word
of commendation to Irie Leonard for
his action, and we also have the impres
sion that the statement by Principal
Brigman was a very gracious gesture.
We suppose that if the players and
coaches can get along all right togeth
er, and if the thinking of the two prin
cipals is this well met, then the spec
tators—even the rabid ones—-will just
have to learn to get along with each
other, too.
THE LOOK OF COMPASSION
As a part of the inaugural ceremon
ies for President John F. Kennedy in
Washington two weeks ago Poet Robert
Frost appeared on the platform to pre
sent one of his poems, and when he was
unable to read a preface of apprecia
tion for being asked to participate in
the program, he created a moment of
considerable embarrassment. This situ
ation quickly was eased considerably
by the fact that he was able to recite
from momory “The Gift Outright.”
Since this incident, much has been
said and much has been written about
Robert Frost and about his poem. Jack
Parr on his program one night last
week embraced Poet Frost with lavish
words of praise; cynical old Alexander
King took gi'eat joy from the fact that
everyone seemed to be disturbed by the
occurance except Frost himself; then
guest Charles Laughton did a master
ful reading of the poem.
This is only a sample of the fuss and
talk.
But if you wish to see a story without
words, get a copy of last week’s Life
magazine and turn to page 27 for a
picture taken at the moment this oc
curred. We were fascinated by the ex
pression of mingled concern and sym
pathy on the face of Mrs. John F. Ken
nedy. She looks for all the world like a
mother who is dying a thousand deaths
while her child fluffs a line on stage.
There is tenderness and compassion in
her look.
Already we have developed an ad
miration and a fondness for our new
First Lady.
OUR EATING HABIT UNDER FIRE
Two weeks ago the man on the cover
of Time Magazine was quoted in a
lengthy article which reported his find
ings with regard to the effect of certain
fatty foods on diseases of the heart. He
singled out cholesterol, a substance
that is deposited in the human blood
vessels, as the greatest single menace
in this field. He gave the distressing in
formation that some of our most popu
lar foods are high in cholesterol con
tent among them being eggs and milk
and animal fats of all kinds.
Last Sunday one of the State dailies
had a feature article about the un
healthy possibilities of high living; and
another North Carolina daily newspa
per is carrying a series of articles deal
ing with this new development in the
realm of good health.
Doomed to die, Americans may give
serious consideration to the rapidity
with which they appear to be literally
digging their own graves with their
knives and forks; but it will take a
hard job of selling. Too many lessons
in food and nutrition are being discard
ed too rapidly for the average man to
reverse his eating habits of a lifetime.
No more ham and eggs ,the great
American breakfast? No more cream in
your coffee? No more thick, juicy
steaks with marbled fat showing the
quality of the beef? And no more ice
cream — with or without apple pie
underneath ?
Too far, too fast. Only those living
on borrowed time will want to go along
with this new concept in living.
STILL A GOOD QUESTION
Twenty-five years ago we carried a
house advertisement on our editorial
page which asked the very pertinent
question, “Where will your advertising
be when the ink is dry”?
It might be pointed out that at the
time this advertisement was published,
circulars and direct mail were the prin
cipal competition in the local advertis
ing field. So, the following questions
were posed for those who had been set
to thinking:
“Thrown in tne gutter? Hidden un
der shrubbery? Blown against the
hedge? Just rubbish on the lawn?
The State Port Pilot
Published Every Wednesday
Southport, N. C.
JAMES M. HARPER, jR. Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1928
at the Post Office at Southport, X. C., and
other Post Offices, under the Act
of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Brunswick and Adjoining Counties
and Service Men . $2.00 per year
Six Months ... $1.50
Elsewhere in United States — $3.00
Per Year;—6 Montns . $2.00
Thrown into the waste paper basket?
Consumed by the trash burner?
And then there was added this
brighter paragraph:
“Or will it be under the reading lamp
inside the home—a cherished and in
tited member of the family circle. This
is where your advertising message will
be if it is inserted in this newspaper,
which is a welcomed visitor in the
homes wherever it goes.”
This advertisement, as we mentioned
before, was published twenty-five years
ago, in the. days before radio became a
competitor on a local level and before
television had been thought of as com
petition for the local advertising dol
lar. But we have been thinking that it
really is not so very much out of date.
Change a word here and there, and it
still is a good advertisement. Like:
“Whei'e will you be when your ad
vertising comes on the air? In sound of
your radio? In sight of your television
set? Or will the sight and sound, excel
lent though they may be, fade away
never to be seen or heard ?
It s^ill makes out a pretty good case
for attractive display advertising, print
ed in your local newspaper which, even
after a quarter century, still is a wel
comed visitor in the home wherever it
goes.
“While people seem to think that
money still talks, actually it’s more of
a sneer.”—Frank P. Jones.
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FLIGHT OF THE SALARY
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Time and Tide
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like Sam T. Bennett, Dillon L. Ganey and John G. Caison among
those announced for office. Announcement was made that there
were no plans to retain the USC operation in Southport.
A party of four Southport hunters had bagged a wild billy
goat while on an expedition near town; Smith-Douglas had begun
the erection of a new fertilizer plant in Northwest township; and
developers at Long Beach were predicting big things for that re
sort area during the coming months.
In our issue for January 31, 1951, the front page picture show
ed the presentation of a gold watch to the late John Jenrette in
recognition for his many years of faithful service as clerk of the
Brunswick Baptist Association. Announcement also was made
that activities at the nearby Brunswick Baptist Assembly would
be expanded during the coming summer season.
Southport had new and wider streets, and with them had come
new regulations governing jay-walking and turning cars around
anywhere along the block; the names of ladies were being drawn
for jury service in Brunswick, but most of them were hesitant
to serve; and Tax Collector Ed Redwine reported that collections
were up 6-percent from the year before.
February 1, 1956, and we had a front page story about Rice
Gwynn and his bird feed project on his farms near Longwood.
There was a picture to go with the story. Aubry C. Johnson,
cashier of the Shallotte branch of the Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Co., had been named chairman of the Brunswick County
Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
Good progress was reported in the construction of the fishing
pier at Long Beach; basketball was in full swing, and Leland ap
peared to be in the driver’s seat. During the past week they had
scored double-header victories over both Shallotte and Southport.
Letters To
Editor
Troop “B”, District VI
Wilmington, North Carolina
24 January 1961
Editor
STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, North Carolina
Dear Sir:
On behalf of Troop “B”, Dis
trict VI, of the Highway Patrol,
I should like to express to you
and your staff our thanks for
yuor untiring efforts in assist
ing us in the promotion of high
way safety, not only in Troop "B”,
but in all of southeastern North
Carolina, during the past year.
We are very grateful to you
and other members of your staff
for your assistance with our safe
ty programs and for helping us to
remind the traveling public of
their responsibility, not only to
Highway Patrol, but to themsel
ves as well.
Please feel free to call upon us
at any time that we can be- of
assistance to you, and at any
time you see that we are not
doing our job in a commendable
manner, we welcome and criticism
that you have to offer and we as
sure you that we will make every
effort to correct it.
Thank you for past favors and
we will appreciate your contin
ued cooperation during 1961, for
without your assistance our ef
forts would be in vain.
Sincerely,
A. H. Clark, Sergeant
State Highway Patrol
SAVINGS & LOAN HAS
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was reelected president; D. C.
Herring, first vice-president; Joel
L. Moore, second vice-president;
W. P. Jorgensen, secretary-treas
urer; S. B. Fring, L. J. Hardee,
James B. Church and H. Foster
Mintz, directors.
HILDA KING WINS
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17-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Thurston Hughes.
Miss Little and Miss Hughes
are both member of the senior
class at Waccamaw High School.
Both girls sang.
The welcome was extended by
Neil Singletary, principal of Wac
camaw School, to an audience of
over 400 persons.
Huston Brisson of Dublin, state
JC official, was master of cere
monies. He introducted Delores
Huffham who was recently nam-j
ed as Miss Bolivia.
At the half time of the progarm
a dance routine and song were
presented by Brenda Tripp and
Marilyn Stanaland, respecitively.
Judges were Mrs. Madeline
Phelps of Ash, Mrs. Alice Cul
pepper of Shallotte, James Thom
pson of Leland, A. S. Knowles of
Bolivia and Mrs. Grace Jordan of
Whiteville.
SOUTHPORT MAN
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is, Robert Willis, John G. Swan,
Ed C. Newton, H. B. Smith, Ro
bert Nicholson, Roy Robinson,
Rich St. George, Fred Willings,
Crawford Rourk, Robert B. Thom
pson, Dallas Pigott, Dr. Fred
Burdett, George Whatley, Arthur
Dosher and W. L. Styron.
FATHER OF LOCAL
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Sue Horne, and A. C. L. Agent
Lacy Hunt from Whiteville.
Bob Flippn of Chadbourn also
received his award.
“TRASH FISHING”
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Bowles said Asst. Atty. Gen
Andy Jones agreed to draft sev
eral sample regulations. Members
of the State Board of Conserva
tion and Development’s commer
cial fisheries committee would
then pick the proposal that best
fitted the problem.
The catching of trash fish has
been the source of a running con
traversy between the State’s com
merical and sports fishermen.
Many sports fishermen and pier
operators claim that the catching
of undersized fish in commercial
quantities will spoil coastal fish
ing in future fishing seasons.
Some members of the commer
cial fisheries committee indicated
early this month that they fa
vored a regulation that would al
low commercial fishermen to sell
trash fish accidentally caught.
But the committee said it did
not want a law that would en
courage the intentional catching
of undersized fish.
FUNERAL MONDAY
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The Rev. Lawrence Bridges and
Rev. L. D. Hayman officiated.
Burial was in the Northwest Cem
etery.
Active pallbearers were: Ray
Walton, Jimmy Prevatte, Floyd!
Dilsaver, B. L. Furless, Dan Har
relson, William Oberjohann, and
A. W. Smith, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers were: Dr.
Fred Burdette, Dr. Jack Perkins,
Dr. Landis G. Brown, Dr. Robert
M. Willis, the Board of Stewards
of Trinity Methodist Church, and
the Board of Directors of the1
Waccamaw Bank and Trust Com
pany.
One thing we found out for sure this week is
that fifteen years is too long to go between times
if you are going to do any horseback riding. But
we did discover that it still is a fine sport . . .
Bird hunting on horseback—boy, that’s something!
R. E. Nickolson stopped us on the street Tues
day to tell us that he has a theory as to why it
was so cold during January. “Did you know that
we had two full moons during the month,” he ask
ed. We confessed that we did not. “And we do not
have a full month in February.” he confided. We
said that we thought this was something, only did
it have anything to do with the weather? “Oh, I
don’t know about that, Nicholson said. “I was just
looking around for some excuse to make for the
kind of weather we’ve been having.”
They fixed the stoplight at the corner of Howe
and Moore streets here Tuesday, but before they
did the lights were flashing on and off like a pin
board machine. It took an alert driver to tell when
to go, and to make the getaway in time . . . The
cover of ice and snow that greeted early risers
Thursday morning had a near repeat on Sunday,
although that last batch didn’t last very long.
Even so, there still were patches of white showing
in sheltered areas out in the county this morning.
The community at New Britian Bridge is adding
a big, new business building . . . Today we saw
Forest Warden Kenneth Johnson on the way to
Whiteville, and lie said that the bad weather of
last week had not been all wasted. "We do not
have a single forest fire going,” he said. Before
that for several days he and his forces had been
plagued with outbreaks in several sections of
Brunswick e< unty.
"My Three Sons”, one of the better additions to
this year’s television bill of fare, has shifted to a
Friday night, time. We have enjoyed this series,
which has shown a sympathetic side of brash Fred
MacMurral. We rate this show light along with
“The Donna Reed Show” for good family enter
tainment . ... We liked the Sunday night Chevy
show for which Kay Starr was the m.c. Tony Ben
nett helped things along, as did OR Louie Arm
strong .... This week on the movie front “G.I.
Blues” with Elvis will be playing at Holiday Drive
In at Shallotte . . . Here in Southport Bing and
Fabian will be playing in "High Time” at the
Amuzu.
SUPERIOR COURT
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hew Jordan with manslaughter.
Julian Wilson entered a plea of
nolo contendre to charge of re
sisting arrest. He was given 90
days, suspended upon payment of
a fine of $75 and 3 years good
behavior.
Buck Hankins, charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill, was given 18 mon
ths, suspended upon pay: rent of
$319 to Dosher Memorial Hospital
for the benefit of the prosecuting
witness, the defendant to remain
of good behavior for 3 years.
Glenn H. Adair was found guilt
ty of driving too fast for condi
tions and was taxed with costs.
Prayer for judgement was con
tinued against Wallace Milligan,
charged with assault with a dead
ly weapon.
Henry F. Phillips was found
guilty of reckless operation. Sen
tence of 30 days on the roads was
suspended ifpon payment of costs
and a fine of $10.00.
A nol pros was taken in the
case charging Julian Wilson with
being drunk and disorderly.
Bruce Boswell pleaded guilty to
charges of carnal knowledge and
was given from 10 to 15 years
in the penitentiary.
Bail for Troy Brown, being held
for trail on charges of conspiracy
to do armed robbery, was re
duced from $15,000 to $10,000.
The grand jury returned not a
true bill against Joseph M. Powell,
who was charged with manslaugh
ter.
Ralph Ware entered a plea of
nolo contendee to charge of theft
of an automobile. Sentence of 2
years on the roads was suspended
upon payment of the costs, the
sum of $300 to C. Ij. Sides and
5 years of ggood behavior.
BRIG. GEN. GLORE
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erly a part of French West Afri
ca.
General Glore is general chair
man of the joint committee for
improvement of the Cape Fear
River, comprised of representat
ives from Brunswick and New
Hanover counties. The vice chair
man of the joint committee-, is
Col. George W. Gillette, who Ms
chairman ot the Wilmington Port
and Waterways Commission.
The joint improvement com
mittee has been strongly instr
umental in bringing to a succes
sful conclusion the support re
quired by the Wilmington District
Engineers in connection with the
recent survey which recomends
approval of the deepening of the
I Cape Fear River channel to a de
pth of 38-feet.
With The Men
fn Service
Army Sergeant First Class Paul
J. Klut Jr., whose parents live at
Leland, recently was assigned to
the Signal Missile Support Agency '
at White Sands Missile Range, N. ■
M. Sergeant Klutz, a radar spec
ialist with the agency, entered
The Army in 1948. He attended
Leland High School. His wife,
Ursula, lives in Las Cruces, N. M.
- Farm production per farm re
sident .in' North Carolina has in
creased 75 per cent over the last
three decades.
Forty-one per cent of the nat
ion’s population is located within
a 500-mile radius of the geogra
phic center of North Carolina.
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