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.. . ,, <■ -}; ■■ ■■ Most of trie News if ! : ¥ All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Volume No. 21 No. 47 10-Pages Today The Pilot Covers Brunswick County SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1961 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Wins Coveted Award HONOR—Bobby Charles Raynor, right, of Leland, received the Hoggard Medal dm mg graduation exercises at Wilmington Junior College Monday evening. The pre sentation of this highly coveted award, which is for outstanding achievement, is bein0 made by the Rev. Mortimer Glover of Wilmington. Social Security Funds Providing Needed Income At End Of 1960 More Than 1,/9Q Residents Of Bruns wick County Were Re ceiving Payments ,!' AJ.BHRT l\ MASON (*>■ strict Manager, Socitl N' , iiritv Administration) By tho end of 1960, more than 1,790 people in Brunswick County were receiving old-age, survivors and disability insurance benefits. The total benefits paid to these people for December, 1960, was $74,564.00, according to Mr. Al bert P. Mason, District Manager of the Wilmington, N. C., Social Security Office. “This is an in crease in the number of people receiving benefits by about 13 per cent over the same month last year,” he said. Nationally, almost 15 million people were receiving about a bil lion dollars a month in old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits at the close of 1960. -Many of these people were made eligible for benefits by the changes in the iaw made in 1960 such as the reduction in the nount of work required to quali for benefits and the removal the age 50 requirement for dis rility benefits. Payments to a retired worker th no dependents receiving t efits averaged $70.00 in De 1 iber, I960; to a retired couple, t i receiving benefits, the aver a; payment was $124.00. The ai ge for an aged widow was at t. $58.00. t was the 20th year that sue security benefits were pay abl and the 25th anniversary of the icial Security Act, which bee law in 1935. Changes in the v since 1935 have brought Continued On Fage 4 iriaf Bit* Of -NEWS 15IBL; SCHOOL Na' n Bible School begins at Trinit.' Methodist Church Monday at 9:0 m., and runs through Friday ne 2. All children from age 4 iough the 7th grade are invited i0 attend. )CIATION nport Art Association in the public library k Monday night. Those re ui^jed to attend, as importance will be dis IWPORTANT POSITION Willi an as been |'on offici 1'iunties, gradu 1 nool at and h H. Willetts of Leland ^pointed State Proba ior Wayne and Greene irting June 1. He is of Shallotte high Fast Carolina College, amily will make their lane in c dsboro. I Battery Is Birds Wildlife Personnel Making Investigation Into Tragic Conditions Following Hail Storm A- tpgic result of last week's hail storm was discovered, during i the past weekend by visitors to I Battery Island, famed rookerv on the south side of the Cape Fear River channel opposite Southport, found that death and destruction had been wrought upon the bird population. David Adams, members of the staff of the N. C. Wildlife Re sources Commission, was down Saturday for a routine check of wildlife in this area, including Battery Island, and he was ap palled to find that literally hun dreds of birds were either dead or severely injured by the hail stones that blasted them from their roosting places or crushed them in their nests last Tuesday night. Adams returned to Raleigh and reported what he had found, but here in Southport the first word of the serious situation came Mon day afternoon from John Potter, who had moved close to shore in his fishing operations earlier in the day and had discovered the havoc which had been wreaked upon the birds. He reported that there were dead birds of many species lying everywhere in sight, and that there were many survivors which appeared to be so severely injured that they would surely die. Brok en wings, broken legs and shat tered beaks were among the more apparent injuries. Jack Dermid, members of the staff of Wildlife, the official pub lication for tt(e N. C. Wildlife Re sources Commission, came down yesterday morning for a first hand inspection of the island, and report confirmed the worst find ings of Adams and Potter. Dermia saia that there appears to be about a 95-percent destruc tion of the nests and a 60-percent destruction of birds as a result of the storm. “Although this is an important rookery and has some birds rare in this area, their loss does not endanger the eradication of any species," he said. “What has happened is a terrible thing, but a natural tragedy is not the same as a human tragedy; and eventually the loss will be restor ed.” Dermid said that he has no idea that it will be practical to at tempt to save the birds by arti ficial feeding. "For one thing, these are wild birds, and they will not tolerate being handled and fed by hand. Some are so badly hurt that is the only way they could take nourishment. For another, most of them will not eat j anything except something alive which comes from the water-. That type of diet is impossible to pro-! vide.” Dermid was back on the island ' this morning, continuing his inves-1 Continued On Page 1 land Destroyed Delegate HANNAH FRINK Shallotte Girl Named Delegate Miss Hannah Frink Will Represent Brunswick At Youth Fitness Conference In Raleigh Hannah Frink, members of the .junior class at Shallotte high school, has been selected to repre sent Brunswick county at the Youth Fitness Conference which will be held in Raleigh on June 9-10. Her selection is based upon phy sical, mental and citizenship quali fications and comps as a signal honor for the recipient. This is part of the program headed in this State by Bob Cox, former president of the U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce. He is a former varsity football player and coach at the University of North Carolina and was chosen by Continued On Page 5 Southport Lady Dies At Home Funeral Services For Mrs. Zulima Aldridge Are Con ducted Monday Afternoon At Baptist Church Funeral services for M r s. Zulima I. Aldridge, 81, were held at 3 p. m. Monday, May 22, from the Southport Baptist church with the Rev. Herbert M. Baker and Rev. Mark Owens officiating. Bu rial was in the old Southport cemetery. Mi's. Aldridge died at 7:30 p. m. Saturday, May 20, at her home in Southport following a long ill ness. She was born in Brunswick Continued On Page 5 Shrimp Season In State Water Opens Monday Season For Commercial Op erations In Inland Areas Open Week Later Than Last Year The season for taking shrimp from State-controlled waters will open at 12:01 a. m. on Monday, May 29, Conservation and Devel opment Director Hargrove Bowles, Jr., announced this week. Bowles said the 1961 shrimp season is being opened on recom mendations of State Fisheries Commissioner C. G. Holland and Dr. A. F. Chestnut, director, In stitute of Fisheries Research, Morehead City. lhe 1961 season is being open ed a week later than last year when it began on May 23. Bowles emphasized that the taking of shrimp from State-con trolled waters will be subject to regulations previously adopted by the State Board of Conservation and Development and statutory laws regarding the catching of shrimp in the counties of New Hanover, Pender, and Brunswick. These regulations prohibit the taking of shrimp between mid night Saturday until midnight Sunday throughout the year. The special law enacted in 1959 by the General Assembly relating to taking of shrimp in New Han over, Pender and Brunswick coun ties permits their catching for personal or family use at any time except from polluted areas so designated by the State Board of Health and except form areas closed by the Board of Conserva tion and Development. This law also applies to fish and clams. Persons taking shrimp, clams and fish from the waters of these three counties for personal use and then offering them for sale will under the law, be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction fined $50 or imprisoned for 3<\ days. Continued On Page 4 Whiteville Man | Holding Revival Pastor Of First Presbyter ian Church Will Be Guest Minister At Woodburn Next Week The Rev. Charles W. Worth, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Whiteville, will conduct a series of evangelistic services for the Woodburn Presbyterian Church, Leland, from Sunday, May 28, through Friday, June 2. The Rev. Mr. Worth was born in China of missionary parents, both of whom were natives of Wilmington. He is a graduate of Davidson College and Union Theo logical Seminary, Richmond, Vir ginia. He served as a missionary of the Presbyterian Church in China from 1922 to 1941, and as a Navy chaplain from 1943-1945. He | was pastor of the Bethesda Pres byterian Church, Aberdeen before coming to Whiteville in 1954. The Rev. Mr. Worth is married to the Continued On Page 4 Winner Mrs. Norman Hornstein is shown holding the Ethel Parker Cup which she won with the oil painting in the background at the North Carolina Federation Con vention in Pinehurst last week. The award is made each year to the best oil painting other than portrait submitted by a club members. Southport Lady Art Winner In State Contest Mrs. N. Hornstein Wins Cup In Competition Spon sored By N. C. Federation Of Woman’s Clubs Recognition came to the South port Woman’s Club during this past week when Mrs. Norman Hornstein won the Ethel Parker Cup in the Annual Art Competi tion sponsored by the North Caro lina Federation of Woman’s Clubs. The cup was for the best oil painting other than portrait by a woman’s club member. The painting was entitled “Midnight and presents a nature 1 scene. In addition to this cup, Mrs. Hornstein won third place in the: graphic arts division for her char coal sketch “Study of Troye”. These were two of the several divisions in which there was com petition from artists from many sections of North Carolina. Mrs. Hornstein is one of the leaders in the organization of the Southport Art Association, which has adopted for its first major undertaking sponsorship of an Art (Continued on Page 4) Local Graduates Hear Dean Crews Commencement Program At Southport High School Comes To Close Friday Night Twenty-two members of the senior class at Southport high school received their diplomas Fri day evening following the com mencement address by Dean J. M. Crews of Wilmington College. Following the invocation by the Continued On Page 5 TIME and TIDE It was May 28, 1936, and a couple of new tennis courts in ranklin Square were the latest additions to the recreational facilities of the community. Joe JeJks of Southport was to be a member of the 140-member graduating- class at Wake Forest College. Good progress was reported on the renovation of the old frame high school building in Franklin Squire, now in the process of being made into a city hall and community center. On the society page there was a photo of Mrs. Fred Covington, whose marriage had taken place during the past week; Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Hood and son had moved back to Southport from Bald Head Island; and Shallotte Trading Co. (Kirby’s) had a special on ice cream freezers. The May 28, 1941, edition of The Pilot carried the headline: “Rural Electrification Program Six Years Old.” Members of the N. C. Bird Club had held a meeting in Brunswick county and had visited Orton, Battery Island and Bald Head Island, among other places. Announcement had been made that Orton pond would be open to the public, for a fee The late FDR had given up on his purpose to advance the ac cepted date for Thanksgiving and had announced that henceforth the observance would be on the last Thursday in November; there was a full page co-op advertisement for the forthcoming Southport Flower Show; and the child of Deputy Sheriff Drew’ Long had been treated for rattlesnake bites. May 22, 1946, and the pavilion at Dong Beach had changed hands. The new owner was the lat< John F. Garrell of Whiteville. Work had started on a brick huihiing at Shallotte, to house a branch office of the Waccama.vj Bank & Trust Co. (Continued on Page 4) Foster Mintz To Head Ship Drive Bolivia Automobile Dealer Calls Upon Citizens To Do Their Part In Battleship Fund In This County Governor Terry Sanford has an nounced the appointment of H. Foster Mintz of Bolivia to head the drive in Brunswick County to save the Battleship North Caro lina. Mintz is busy this week lining up a working organization which will cover every section of Bruns wick county, and next week the personnel for this whirlwind cam paign will be announced. “I hope that we can do a good job with this”, Mintz said Mon day. "We are living in a county adjoining the proposed site of the battleship and in several ways we will benefit from having this at traction right next door to us. It is up to those of us down here on the coast to do more than our share to underwrite the cost of bringing the battleship North Carolina to this State for estab lishment as a permanent historic shrine.” Mintz, who has been named along with 99 other county drive chairmen as an “Admiral of the Fleet” in the North Carolina Navy, will direct the Brunswick County effort to provide its share of the $250,000 needed from public subscription to tow the giant ship from Bayonne, New Jersey, to Wilmington, N. C., and establish it as a permanent educational ex hibit and memorial to men and women of all the U. S. Military services in World War II. Completed in 1940 and com missioned in 1941, the U. S. S. North Carolina was affectionately nicknamed the “showboat” by the Navy because she was the first warship to carry 16-inc^i guns along with modern anti-aircraft weapons. She served in the Pacific theatre for 40 months during World War II, taking part in vir tually all major engagements from Guadalcanal to Tokyo Bay. In all she earned 12 battle stars. The Navy originally planned to scrap the North Carolina, but ef forts of residents of the state for which she was named have begun to save her. With a successful campaign to raise the $250,000 necessary to preserve her, the U. S. S. North Carolina will be come the only World War II bat tleship in the nation to be open to the public. Mintz pointed out that any Continued On Page 4 Hail Damage Soars As Study Is Made ■J Alew Exec. MAJ. CARL MANIS, JR. New Executive Officer Here Major Carl Manis, Jr., As sumes Duties As Execu tive Officer At Sunny Point Terminal Major Carl Manis, Jr., has been assigned as executive officer of Sunny Point Army Terminal, and has moved to Southport. Major Manis recently was awarded the Army Commandation Medal for outstanding service while assigned to the Military As sistance Advisory Group, Taiwan. The citation, in part, reads as follows: “Major Carl Manis, Jr., 0545432, Transportation Corps, United States Army, distinguished him self by exceptionally outstanding service as Chief of the Plans, Op erations and Training Branch, Transportation Advisory. Division, Army Section, Military Assistance Advisory Group, Republic of China, from 14 February 1959 to 10 February 1961. While in a TDY status, during the period 30 August 1960 to 10 December 1960, he served as Chief, Kinmen De fense Advisory Team and concur rently as Transportation Advisor. Through his sound judgment, su perior and application of his vast experience and knowledge, out standing leadership, devotion to duty, and • his untiring efforts the combat support effetciveness of the Chinese Army Transportation Service has been substantially raised. While serving in the capacity as Chief, Kinmen Defense Ad visory Team during a particularly precarious and critical period in the defense of the off-shore is lands, Major Manis was continual Continued On Page 4 'Insurance Adjusters Have Been Busy For Past Week Settling Claims For Roof And Automobile Damage First estimates of the damage resulting to property in Southport as a result of last Tuesday night’s hail storm appear to have been low and first impressions that windows and shrubbery constitut ed the major loss appears to have been erroneous. Hundreds of windows were broken and trees and shrubbery did take a brutal beating, but upon closer investigation it be came apparent that roof damage had been great and that few automobiles that had been out in the open escaped with anything less than major damage. As a result a squad of insur ance adjusters have been busy during the past week inspecting homes and automobiles and ad justing claims. At first it was thought that roof damage might be limited to slate and asbestos coverage. Now it appears that asphalt shingles also took a beating as did wood shingle roofs. Building contractors have stop ped all other work in their effort to get sound roofs back upon the homes in this community as prop erty owners attempt to put things in shape following the storm. Hail damage is covered under the extended coverage feature of the insurance policy, and from this there is a $100 deductible. This means that a considerable part of the loss must be borne Continued On Page 5 Banquet Honors Local Athletes David W. Watson, Special Agent For F.B.I. And Former Principal Here, Principal Speaker David W. Watson, special agent for the F. B. I., a former principal of Southport High School and a graduate of the same school, was speaker at the annual Boosters Club Banquet this year. James M. Harper, Jr. served as master of ceremonies. Watson urged upon his young listeners the importance of con tinuing their formal education and submitted financial statistics to j justify his claim that this train ing will enable them to enter into fields of more gainful employment. I He also pointed up the valuable j lessons that are learned from | competitive sports and congratu- ; lated the boys and girls upon j their outstanding achievements. The speaker was introduced by I Reginald Turner, principal; the invocation was by the Rev. Dray ton Cooper, pastor of Southport Presbyterian Church and special music was presented by a trio j comprised of Brenda Jordan, i Brenda Pendergraph and Martha I Continued On Page 5 ' County Farmers Cooperating In Feed Grain Plan Latest Figures Reveal That More Than $50,000 In Advance Payments Have Been Made Interest continues in the feed grain program which will permit Brunswick county farmers to re duce their acreage planted to corn and milo this year and collect in advance for the profit they might have made. Ralph Price, manager of the Brunswick ASC office, reported this morning that thus far a total of 468 farms have signed up. They represent a total corn base of 6,501 acres of which 4,177.3 has been diverted. In addition, 21-acres of the county's 135-acre milo base ’.as been diverted. lhe total advance payments thus far is $51,037.95. Price ex plains that this is less than one half the total which each farmer ■ will receive for his participation. In order to accommodate far mers who can transact such busi ness only during the weekend period, the ASC office at Shallotte will remain open Saturday from 8 a. m. to 1 p. m. for the purpose of receiving applications for par ticipation. “Most of the folks who under stand this program are enthusias tic about the opportunity to par ticipate,” Price said this morning. “The deadline is May 31, and we are anticipating more signers be fore this time next week.” The average number of acres diverted from production of corn and grain sorghums under the 1961 Feed Grain Program in North Carolina is exactly one-half of the average on farms through out the Nation. The average farm in North Carolina will divert a total of 11 acres from the produc tion of corn or grain sorghums as of the report for the week j ending May 12. The average diver- / sion per farm throughout the Na- '* tion as of a week earlier, May 5, ’ ; is 22 acres. " The average per farm payment for this diversion in North Caro lina is somewhat better than half of the average payment for the Nation. For North Carolina the average advance y2 payment for participating in the feed grain program through May 12 was $158, while through May 5 for the Nation was $288. During the first weeks through May 12, of the signup under the 1961 Feed Grain Program, 37,122 farms in North Carolina had sign ed up to participate in the pro gram. This week's report shows an in crease of 62,135 acres from the 341,728 acres of diversion being reported under the program last week. It is further reported that 383, 454 acres of corn and 20,409 acres of grain sorghums on the “partici pating” farms had been signed up for diversion to a conservation use. The cooperating farms have 1959-60 base acreage totaling 702, 991 acres for corn and 29,985 acres for grain sorghums. For all farms signed, advance payments under provisions perrnit For all farms signed, advance payments under provisions per mitting about half of the pay ments to be made this spring :ome to $5,854,531. This repre sents a total possible payment for these farms of approximately $13 Continued On Page 4 Tide Table Following Is the tide table tor 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 Tide Thursday, May 26, 3:23 A. M. 10:08 A. M. 4:14 P. M. 10:44 P. M. Friday, May 26, 4:16 A. M. 10:58 A. M. 5:02 P. M. 11:36 P. M. Saturday, May 27, 5:06 A. M. 11:45 A M 5:50 P. M. Sunday, May 28, 5:55 A. M. 0:27 A. M. 6:37 P. M. 12:31 P. M. Monday, May 29, 6:45 A. M. 114 4. M 7:25 P. M. l:i6 P ^ Tuesday, May 30, 7:35 A. M. 2:03 A. M. 8:13 P. M. 2:04 P 'M. Wednesday, May 31, 8:26 A. M. 2:50 A. M. 9:02 P, M. 2:53 P. M.
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