EDITORIALS:
THEY WOULDN'T QUIT
Would that more of us were endow
ed with a determination comparable to
that the Danford family in Brunswick
county at Bolivia continues to exhibit.
Adversity—hurricanes, fires and cattle
disease—has struck the family enter
prise some discouraging- blows, but they
are coming back with heads high.
The Danfords have operated a dairy
for years. In 1947 a hurricane destroy
ed their apartment house at the beach
which they rented to supplement the
family income. In 1957 Bangs disease
took 50 of their cows. In 1958 they lost
53 cows when a hurricane blew a hay
laden barn down on them. In 1960 fire
destroyed their home at the dairy. Even
before the home burned, the Danfords
were $50,000 in debt with only a smat
tering of insurance.
But still the Danfords wouldn’t quit.
They figured the way out was to build
another herd and to that end every one
went to work. Friends raised $2,500
with a barbecue. A Shallotte man gave
them a cow. Another came from the
Sealtest people, and these plus about 30
dry cows that stayed in the woods dur
ing the storm gave them a starting
foundation. The two Danford sons rais
ed the barn themselves rather than pay
a contractor $1,950 to do the job.’Soon
the dry cows became fresh. Now they
are milking 48 cows in a herd of 71
with production averaging 10,000
pounds of milk and 370 pounds of but
terfat. They are aiming at a herd of
100-200 cows.
After a world of hard work and more
than their share of adversity, the Dan
fords are seeing light again. So a big
bow to the family that wouldn’t quit—
Ephraim Danford and Mrs. Danford,
sons Hugh and Travis and their wives
and the four grandchildren.
SCHOOLS LOSE GOOD FRIEND
Education lost a devoted friend and
dedicated worker in the death last
week of Allison Almon White. Mr.
White spent the greater portion of his
mature years either close to or in the
schoolroom encouraging and lending
guidance in training young people for a
better life.
He served Brunswick county for five
years as a principal, two at the Wacca
maw school and three at Shallotte. His
career covered 33 years which includ
ed, in addition to Brunswick county, Co
lumbus, Bladen and Dare. At the time
of his death he was principal of the
Manteo high school.
Mr. White’s career in school work
emphasizes more than ever the need for
strong, dedicated people at the gram
mar and high school level. It is at this
level that the foundation is laid for
sound book learning and intelligent
citizenship.
It isn’t given that all people in educa
tional pursuits shall rise to fill exalted
chairs in higher educational fields. To
so aspire and ascend is well and good,
but thank the Lord for the example set
by Mr. White and those thousands of
others like him who, year in and year
out, labor with our young people that
they may have a firm basis for higher
achievements.
LET'S KEEP 'CRUSOE ISLAND'
We would like to see the people of
Crusoe Island withdraw the request
that the name by which their commun
ity has been known so long- be changed
to River View.
It is understandable that the resi
dents of the island would be disturbed
to the boiling point over being pictured
to the country as ill-informed, unpatri
otic and set apart without contact with
their neighbors.
But the mean deed spouted off by
three county youths when they got in
trouble in Cleveland, Ohio, is more of
a hoax on news reporters who took the
baseless remarks without, checking1,
than it is a smirch on the people of Cru
soe Island. We understand that the boys
were from this county but at the mo
ment it is not definite.
Let’s hope the people, of .Crusoe Is
land temper their feelings about the un
fortunate incident and remain as they
are in deed and name.
We need “Crusoe Island” in the same
measure that we admire and respect
the residents for getting their dander
up over what the yappings of the three
unthoughtful boys imposed on them.
OL' BOSSY'S DOING BETTTER
National Dairy Month, June, is al
most gone for another 11 months with
out our paying tribute to those hardy
souls who rise so early seven days a
week to get our daily quota to us on
time and fresh.
The dairy business, says the National
Dairy council, has gone the way of
farms. Farms are getting to be fewer
in number but production is on the in
crease. Now it’s happening to the dairy
cow. The number is down but milk pro
duction is up. Better breeding, increas
ed efficiency in feeding1 and more scien
tific handling of milk accounts for the
cnange.
But that word “efficiency” has taken
the real goodness out of old Bossy’s
product. What’s become of that thick
fresh buttermilk, churned with those up
and down strokes of the dasher, and
that fresh soft butter to spread so even
ly on hot biscuits ? But, my, even the
biscuits are getting scarce.
Anyway, hats off to the dairyman for
this month and the next eleven.
COULD OPEN THE DOOR
The Raleigh News and Observer feels
that the General Assembly would have
been setting a “dangerous precedent” if
it had passed the Riegel tax measure
introduced by Rep. Arthur Williamson
of Columbus county. The News and Ob
server had the following to say about
the measure:
“The General Assembly is getting in
to a dangerous business when it under
takes to increase the tax levy of one
taxpayer in a county at the request of
that county’s Representative.
“It may be that the tax valuation on
the Riegel Paper Company in Colum
bus County is now too low. It may even
be that it is profiting from improper
Hie State Pert Pilot
Published Every Wednesday
Southport, N. C.
JAMES M. HARPER, JR. Editor
Sintered as second-class matter April 20, 1928
at the Post Office at Southport, N. C., and
other Post Offices, under the Act
of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Brunswick and Adjoining Counties
and Service Men . $2.00 per yeai
Six Months . $1.50
Elsewhere in United States — $3.00
Per Year;—6 Months .. $2.0(1
favoritism from local officials. But if a
member of the legislature can come to
Raleigh and get a bill passed raising
the tax levy on one taxpayer in his
county, the door could be opened to
favoritism, vindictiveness, reward, re
venge and political persecution or poli
tical payoffs. And all should recognize
that if this could be done in the case of
any one taxpayer, it could be done to
any other one.
“Representative Arthur Williamson
of Columbus, who introduced the bill,
stated that three of the five county
commissioners in his county are employ
es of Riegel. As a result, he expressed
the feeling that it was impossible to get
the assessment of this big company fix
ed at a proper level. Certainly that rais
es a real issue in Columbus County. The
assessment Representative Williamson
proposes may be a proper one based
only upon his determination to see that
equality prevails among taxpayers in
his county. 1
“Surely, however, there must be some
other remedy for this situation than one
which would countenance the legisla
ture going after individual taxpayers in
every county in the State. That could
mean that an unpopular taxpayer
might be made the target for political
punishment. It could open the door for
intimidation, retaliation, and a whole
Pandora’s Box of evils in terms of local
taxation from Raleigh in the name of
local bills.’’
“There! I Knew You Could Do It!”
Time and Tide
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Brunswick County Health Nurse; and a second primary election
was set for the following Saturday.
“THE THING.” That was the headline above a black.face, 10
point, double column bulletin on the front page of The Pilot for
June 20, 1951. This story which had been telephoned from Wash
ington by the late Congressman F. Ertel Carlyle, contained the
first official information on the decision made by the U.S. Army
to locate an outloading ammunition terminal at Sunny Point,
near Southport.
There was an illustrated, front-page feature about blueberry
culture, and the pictures showed girls picking and packing ber
ries on the farms near Southport. A freak waterspout had hit
and demolished the Seashore Grill at Long Beach; Plans were
continuing for a gala Fourth of July celebration here; and a
live clam had made the front page when it caught a cat by
the paw.
Five years ago this week there was a discussion over ways
and means to build a new farm office building at Supply. Three
vessels were loading at Sunny Point Army Terminal, one of
them being the first one to use that port, back for another
visit.
A spell of hot weather had been a boon to the beaches; Fred
Brown had been employed as manager for the Atlantic Tele
phone Coop; it had been a good week for sports fishing; and a
second primary was scheduled for Saturday.
FORMER PRINCIPAL
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of Waccamaw school in Brunswick
County for two years, before mov
ing on to the Shallotte principal
ship the next year.
He remained at Shallotte for
three years, and had been princi
pal at Manteo since. He had
planned to return as head of the
Dare County school this Fall.
Mr. White had maintained his
summer home at Gause’s Land
ing, though forced to spend much
of his other time away because
of school duties. It was at the
Brunswick County home that he
died, Friday, from a heart at
tack.
He was always a civic, church
and community leader in all areas
where he lived. He was affiliated
with the North Carolina Educa
tion Association, both on a state
wide and area basis, in many
capacities.
Funeral services were held, Sun
day at 3 p. m. at Camp Methodist
Church in Shallotte by the Revs.
Arthur Phillips and Freeman
Heath. Graveside rites and burial
were held in the Up River Friends
cemetery in Whiteston, Monday at
2 p. m.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Jewell Inman White, formerly of
Marietta, Ga.; two sons, Robert A.
White, Richmond, Va. and William
A. White of Charlotte; a daugh
ter, Mrs. Janelle W. Gore of Ra
leigh; a brother, John Thomas
White of Hobbsville; a sister, Mrs.
Willie W. Osbourne of Greens
boro; and a half-brother, Merrell
W. Winslow of Williamston.
Active pallbearers were James
Bellamy, Guy Culpepper, Aubrey
Johnson, Envie Evans, Dr. James
Marshall and Tom Ballard. Honor
ary pallbearers were former school
officials with which he had been
affiliated, including Dr. Ross W.
Williamson, A1 Williams, Charles
Pinner, Livingston Bridger, Rob
ert Ballanee, Bernard Ward, Odell
Williamson, and Wilbur Sabiston.
SPECIAL TERM OF
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M. Williamson, Shallotte; Oliver
Smith, W. D. Smith. P. D. Smith,
Conley Simmons, M J. Jones,
Houston I. Hewett, Ash; Alton
Hewett, Cobie Hewett, Supply;
Milton Johnson, Judson Ward,
Harold M. Williams, Bolivia; W.
P. Benton, Henry Bowen, Kenneth
R. Babson, H. B. Inman, B. H.
Evans, Freeland; Forest D. Wil
liams, H. O. Peterson, Jr., William
D. Sullivan, Leland; Joe W. Wal
ton, Jr., R. W. Duncan, Guy Shul
er, Jr., Southport; G. S. Bordeaux,
Navassa; R. L. Rabcm. Thomas A.
Henry, Jr., L. V. Walton, Winna
bow; D L. Parrish, W. E. Ben
ton, Longwood.
Tentative Budget
A tentative budget for the City of Southport for
the year 1961-62 has been approved by members
of the Board of Aldermen and lies open for inspection
at the City Hall until July 13, 1961. If there is no ob
jection raised at or before that time it will be finally
adopted.
W. L. ALDRIDGE
City Auditor
EXCEED QUOTA IN
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Mrs. J. B. Ward, Jr., $22; Long
Beach, Mrs. Dan Shannon, $10.70;
Exum-Waccamaw, Mrs. J. B. In
man, $100; Tar Heel Land Acres,
Mr. Henderson, $25; Town Creek,
Mrs. E. G. Goodman, $28; Winna
1 bow, Mrs. A. P. Henry, Jr., $15
and Caswell Beach, Mrs. Jim
Eaton, -$2.
Service has been given to sever
al cancer patients duiing this pe
riod. This has included supplying
of equipment and dressings, and
payment of ambulance, drug, and
medical charges. Persons knowing
of patients needing assistance
should contact their area repre
sentative or Mrs. C. D. Pickerrell,
Southport, service chairman.
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Never before in the month of June did a fire in the fireplace
feel so good as it did Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights of
the past weekend. Folks who had their heaters down and stored
for the summer were uncomfortable; sweaters and jackets
came out of storage; and smoke came curling out of chimneys
that had been clear for several weeks • . . Statistically, it was
the coldest weather ever recorded here during the month of
June.
When the Carolinas Chess Tournament was held here two
yeais ago it was during one of the hottest spells of the sum
mer. Therefore when arrangements were being made to play
host to this year’s event, an air conditioning unitj was installed,
courtesy of Vereen’s and the good services of Johnson Cumbee.
And it is a fact that this year’s tournament was held during
the three coldest days, straight-running,i that we ever saw in
June . . . Mrs. Gilliam Hornsetin served as director of the tour
nament, and one of her duties was to keep order. At intervals
she would utter a crisp, quiet command: "Quiet, please," and
any rustling and bustling would cease for a time. Right after
one such admonition, there was a resounding crash when the
lady in charge inadvertently dropped an ash tray on the hard,
oak floor. “Quiet please,” she said . . . And it seemed strange
to one uninitiated in the ways of chess, to see stop clocks at
the elbow of each pair of players. The pace would have sugges
ted that alarm clocks might well have been more appropriate.
They’re never out of mind, even though our of season. Today
on the way to Whiteville we saw two separate pairs of quail
feeding on the shoulders of the highway between Southport and
Beaver Dam . . .-There’s a pretty little sailboat that has been
moored in the stream off the Wells dock for the past week . . .
Seems to us that tobacco made the greatest improvement of
the season since we traveled through the better farming areas
last week.
There’s a sign in the marsh alongside U.S. Highway No. 17
inside the city limits of Shailotte extolling the advantages of
“Ocean Drive Beach.” Nowhere along the highway do we recall
having seen a comparable sign about any one of the several
beach developments we have along the coast of Brunswick.
Maybe that one of the more important ways in which these folks
to the South are ahead of us is in letting the world know of
their advantages.
"Angel Baby" is the weekend show at the Holiday Drive-In
at Shailotte . . . Here in Southport the weekend feature will be
"Cry For Happy,” starring Glenn Ford . . .-.Trampolines and
midget cars have been added to the carpet golf course facilities
at Long Beach as an amusement center near the pavilion. That
will be operated as a bath house this summer.
SCHOLARSHIP FOR
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Macdonald College at Red Springs.
Jean Adair, a business major,
achieved the dean’s list each
semester at Flora Macdonald. The
Shallotte girl was accepted into
the National Honor Society during i
tier junior year at the Red Springs j
college. She also served as a
marshal and secretary of. the jun
ior class, and will fill the same
position in her senior year at St.
Andrews. The pretty, blue-eyed
brownette was chosen president of
the FBLA (future business ladies
of America) and was one of the
most popular students at the all
girls Flora Macdonald College.
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