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Most of the News i All The Time Volume No. 22 THE STATE PORT PILOT The Pilot Covers ■ A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Brunswick County No. 9 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1961 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Crab Derby Winner WINNERS: Attending North Carolina’s First Crab Derby Saturday, left to right, Wade Lucas, Public Information Officer of the Department of Conserva tion and Development, sponsors of the event; Dan .Walker, Long Beach, who raced Brunswick’s Bru no I, 3rd place winner; Jim Nelson, New Bern, rac ing Craven’s Earl Craven, in 2nd place; Dan Holt, Carolina Beach, with New Hanover’s winning Caro lina Bill; and Woodrow Price, managing editor of the News & Observer, one of the judges.— (Photo by Bob Simpson.) High Prices Continue For 1 obacco Sales The Y\ hiteville tobacco mar ket, continued to seil over a million pounds of leaf every day last week. In comparison to last: year s sales the local market has sold approximately three mil lion more pounds for two and one-half million more dollars than the official 1960 sales for the same comparable period. The average price per hun dred weight is running at $4 better than last year’s aver age at the same comparable period. Another week of full sales Is the forecast for this week. Through Friday the local market sold 18,724,678 pounds ior $11,967,809 according to official United States Depart ment of Agriculture data. Wednesday the market sold 1,216,340 pounds for a $66.38 average. Thursday 1,250,033 pounds were sold for a $66.37 average and Friday 1,261,646 pounds at a $65.60 average was sold. Mrtqf Bit* 0/ lnewsj ATTENDS SESSION Judge Earl Bellamy attended the Governor’s Traffic Safety Conference in Raleigh on Thurs day. SUPERIOR COURT Judge Hamilton Hobgood of Louisburg will preside over the one-week term of Superior court for trial of criminal cases which is scheduled to convene here on Monday, September 18. UABOR DAY Labor' Day will be observed by many business firms, including the banks and Savings and Loan. The county offices will be closed and j there will be no session of Record- ; er’s court. The city force also will 1 observe this holiday. ATTEN DING SCHOOL F. K. Fogleman, of the Cape Fear Area Council Staff, Boy Scouts of America, is attending a 6-weeks session at the National i Training School at Mendham. N. J. ATTENDS CONFERENCE Thomas S. Bowiner, instructor of marinology at Southport high school, attended the Trades and Industries Conference at More- j head City last week. Dr. Dallas j Herring, chairman of the State j Board of Education, was one of, the featured speakers. Dr. Walsh : of the U. S. Department of Health and Education, also appeared on . the program and praised the pro-: gress that has been made in this i field in North Carolina. Survey Southport For Mail Delivery wr ik Stanley And Actong-Post master Neils Jorgensen Complete Study Southport and surrounding area is under consideration by the U. S. Postoffice Department for home delivery mail service and a study of facts and figures has been underway here during the past several days. Here for that purpose has been W. M. Stanley, postal inspector, who with Acting-Postmaster Neils Jorgensen, has made a house-to house canvass to determine the probable number of persons to be served. A formal request for this de livery service was made several months ago by City Manager C. D. Pickerrell, and the survey was promised. The area to be served extends beyond the city limited to other nearby concentrations of population. Here in Southport, two require ments will be to have names prominently displayed on all streets, a project which already has been largely carried out by j city forces. In addition, houses must be numbered. It is under stood that the Southport Jaycees have undertaken this as a pro ject and that good progress has been made in this connection. Acting-Postmaster Jorgensen said this morning that no im mediate announcement is expect ed concerning the inauguration of i this service. lake 1 wo Men Tending Still Brunswick County Sheriff’s Officers Arrest Two Wil mington Negroes While Operating Still Brunswick deputies and two ATO agents from Wilmington slipped through thick woods in the Supply section of the county on Friday afternoon and effected the capture of two Negro moonshiners without a struggle. Arrested were Alexander Hall j Jr., 24, and Charles Murray Cros by, 35. Both men gave Wilming ton addresses. Sheriff E. V. Leonard said that the prisoners were captured “arm deep in a poisonous mess of smel- ' ly mash.” The still was submarine-type '• and of 150-gallon capacity. The : raiding officers destroyed about J 100 gallons of mash before blow- j i ing up the outlaw contraption. An ' 1 old model Chevrolet was also seiz- j < ed near the site and confiscated 11 by the officers. i ] The prisoners made bond of j 1 $500 each, and will be tried in Recorder’s Court sometime in Sep- i tember. August Is Wet Month In County August has been a wet month in Brunswick county, and during this period the records of the IT. S. Weather Bureau in Southport shows a total of 7.75-inches of precipi tation. The temperature fell into two classifications: Extremely hot during the first two weeks; from moderate to cool during the final half of the month. The temperature reading occurred on August 1, when the mercury rose to the 95 degree mark. Southport Man Board Member Kirby Sullivan Appointed As Town Commissioner At Boiling Spring Lakes And Named Mayor Pro Tern At a meeting of the town board of Boiling Spring Lakes Friday afternoon, it was agreed that Ar thur E. Huntley represent the town on the Brunswick County Airport Commission, along with duly appointed commissioners from the City of Southport, the Town of Long Beach and the bounty of Brunswick. The resolution in hand contain ed the appointees of the other corporate bodies concerned in the petition, whose names and ad dresses are as follow: H. A. Tem pleton, Jr., of Charleston, S. C., and Long Beach; G. E. Cumbee if Yaupon Beach; Anson Lewis af Southport; Dan Shannon of Long Beach; Fred J. ' Smith of Baptist Assembly, Southport; and Sf. A. Worsley of Southport. Kirby Sullivan, Southport at ;orney, was elected mayor pro-tem )f Boiling Spring Lakes at the nee ting. The town clerk is Mrs. Catherine R. Tate, who also func ;ions as tax collector and town accountant. Charles A. Tate was :lected as town treasurer. Two town commissioners ten lered their resignations during he meet. These were Henry B. Smythe and Grange S. Cuthbert, II. Both are from Charleston, and esigned following the removal of he base of operations from that south Carolina city to Southport ind the development itself. Char es A. Tate and Sullivan were ap sointed by the board to replace he resigning members. It was resolved that the board neet in executive session on the (Continued on Page 4) Long Beach To Offer Site For 1962 Crab Derby City Manager Dan Walker Believes That Good Pro motion Is Possible For This Annual Event S" The Brunswick entry in the re cently-held Crab Derby at More head City beat out nine other en tries from as many Coastal Coun ties. Trouble was, there were two racers who came in ahead of King Bruno 1. The well-known trainer-of-rac ing crabs, Dan’l Walker, was in terviewed at dinner—which meal looked suspiciously like hard shell, blue crab. Dan'l brushed away the last remnants of his royal feast (King Bruno?) and launched into a diatribe. “The late, lamented King Bruno,” shouted Walker “let us down! He was capable of a better race than he ran at Morehead. Actually, the long trip up nawth took a lot out of our contestant. Fact of tlie matter is, it took a lot out of me.” ‘ At this point the noted trainer held aloft his left hand. From the index finger a chunk of flesh was conspicuous by its absence. “Bruno bit me bad,” said Wal ker simply. “I cannot help but feel guilty to some extent for his disapponting race.. In my mind lies no doubt whatsoever that in digestion plagued the king all the way down that 16-foot track.” Here Walker got down to the meat of .the thing. “I am working” said the man ager of Long Beach, “to bring the ' 1962 Crab Derby! to the beaches of Brunswick. Contacting offi (Contiriued on Page 4) Name Candidates For Community Committee Jobs September 11 Is Date For Electing Committee Mem bers In First Step Of Or ganization ASCS The Brunswick County ASCS office has released the names of those persons who have been nominated for the position of community committeeman for the ASCS program in 1962. The nom inees will compete in the Septem ber 11 vote for local committee men in the huge program. Names of the nominees and the community they represent are as follow: From Lockwood’s Folly, Stanton Brown, Ishmel Chad wick, Floyd Hewett, Carl Holden, Aldreth Phelps, Edwin Sellers, H. T. Sellers, J. B. Sermons, and Henry C. Williams. From North West: Elmer Ay cock, Paul Brown, H. C. Peter son Jr., Willis Peterson, Relmar Potter, Burke Tillman, John Smith, Rufus Stewart, Charlie Sykes, and Forest Williams. From Smithville: Marvin Car teret, Alvin Clemmons, Willie Clemmons, Edgar Finch, J. E. Gilbert, T. J. Gilbert, Hoyd Lan caster, Clarence Lennon, and L. P. Richardson. From Shallotte: Lonny Black man, John Howard Gore, Annie Belle Hewett, Grover Hickman, Paul Holden, Horry Jenrette, Robert McLamb, Wilbur Regis tetr, Rufus Sommersett, and Fred Watts. From Town Creek: Taylor Al bright, Raymond Earp, John Gales, Clyde Galloway, William P. Gore, Homer Holden, Sherwood Johnson, Norwood Lewis, Alden Potter, Dan P. Watson, and Roy Willetts. From Waccamaw: Isaac T. Benton, Jesse H. Evans, Roy W. Hughes, Jennings King, James F. Little, Otha J. Long, Gardner McCumbee, Elliott Mintz, Durant Pruitt, and Jim D. Vereen. Polling places for each com Vii n n 11 y are designated as follows: J. E. Kirby’s store for Lockwood's Folly; Applewhite’s store for North West; Midway Service Station for Smithville; J. S. Parker’s store at Grissettown for Shallotte; the Old Barber shop for Town Creek; and the agricultural building at Wacca ma.w school for Waccamaw. Those candidates who are in first place in the election on September 11 will attend the county convention to be held on September 21, where they will help elect county committeemen for the ASCS program for next year, a program which vitally affects all farmers on the coun ty, state and national level. Good Fishing Continues Here Few Reports Of Activities During Past Week Re ceived, But Parties Ap pear Satisfied There are still plenty of fish in the ocean and there are still many days left in the fishing sea son; but news of fishing during the past week was a little scarce at Southport. On Saturday Capt. Basil Watts had W. E. Jacobs and party of Sumter, S. C., out aboard the Continued From Page 5 TIME and TIDE 1 On September 2, 1936, and local residents still were talking about the hot weather of August, with the thermometer showing j a high temperature of 90-degrees or above on nineteen days dur- i in that month. The school textbook rental plant had gone into < effect for the approaching school year and parents were advised a that costs would be approximately one-third that of outright purchase. j On the sporting scene, the local tennis tournament had reached 1 the men’s singles, with about a dozen players participating. An- 1 other sporting note reported that the weekend had been a good C time for fishing, and that there had been more parties than c boats. e September 3, 1941, and REA was planning to help in the con- s servation of food for defense. The strange thing was that the < emphasis was not upon freezing, as would now be the case, but 1 upon dehydration and canning. ’ 1 The monthly draft quota was for 11 white men; Brunswick V county schools were getting ready to open on Monday of the fol lowing week; and the Outlook Writers of America were planning * another fall convention down here in Brunswick. ' v In The Pilot for September 4, 1943, there was a front page 1: Continued On Page 4 Brunswick Boy Receives Honor Airman l|c Steve Varnum Named Airman Of The Month At Air Force Base In Alaska Steve J. Varnum, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle Varnum of Sup ply, recently won the commenda tion of “Airman of the Month” at the Cape Lisburne (Alaska) AFB, where he is stationed. With the coveted commendation goes a $25 U. S. Savings Bond. Varnum, a 1958 graduate of Shal lotte high school, is married to the former Jean Oxley of Cali fornia. He is an Airman, Second Class. The award is given to that en listed man deemed “most deserv ing at the base” and is awarded on the basis of job proficiency, self-improvement, military bearing and responsibility. STEVE VAKNUM Tentative Budget Sets Rate At $1.35 Price Support To Be Increased On the ASCS bulletin (a weekly newsletter mailed to all Brunswick rural address es) appears this week the following notice: “An increase in Prices be came effective at 6:40 p. m. August 20, 1961. Amount of increase: 1 boy; weight 11 pounds. Name, William David. Owners are listed as Ralph and Velma Price.” Ralph Price is manager of the Brunswick ASCS office. Library Board Protests Action Letter To County Commis sioners Request That The Bookmobile Funds Be Re instated in Budget Members of the board of trus tees for the Brunswick County Library held a call meeting Mon day night to discuss the situation which has come about as a result if the decision of the board of bounty commissioners not to in clude funds for the bookmobile n the new budget. The library officials expressed concern over this step, particular ly in view of the general use be ng made of library facilities. They took the position that if the com missioners are urged to reconsid er their action in the light of re sults thus far achieved, they might still include this item in :he budget. With this object in view, board members instructed their chair man, Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., ° write a letter to the commis sioners, urging them to reconsider :his action. Text of her letter fol ows: “We have been distressed to earn that when you adopted the ;entative budget last Wednesday, <’ou failed to include funds for ;ontinuation of county-wide li brary service. This must have seen done not realizing the signi ficance of your action, because cannot believe that the board v o u 1 d take this backward itep to save the small amount of unds involved. “For this reason, I want to >oint out some facts which the library Board of Trustees hopes vill lead you to reconsider your lecision and re-insert this item ^hen you next meet. “We are asking for only $200 ler month, which is about 1|3 of per cent of your total budget, ’ailure to receive this means not nly the loss of $2400 from the ounty, but a loss of $4,000 from itate funds and $1,300 from Fed ral funds. We would also lose the' tookmobile. The allocations of ! tate and federal funds arc for ounty-wide library service; and wo years ago we received $8,128; ist year $6,523 and this year it nil be $5,300. “There is no possibility of con inuing or extending rural library ervice, which has come to mean o much to Brunswick County, uthout your help. It cannot, by iw, be done with funds from pri Continucd On Page 4 *Rate Represents Increase Of 4-Cents Over Last Year’s Levy Of $1.31; Schools Get 35-Cents Brunswick county government is a million dollar business, and that fact is born out in the tenta tive budget adopted Wednesday by the board of county commissioners and totaling $1,005,676.76. The proposed rate necessary to finance this operation for the next fiscal year is $1.35, up 4-cents from last year’s rate of $1.31. It is based upon a valuation of $29% -million with 90-percent col lection anticipated. A copy of this budget proposal is available for inspection in the office of the Register of Deeds, where it will remain for 20 days. If no objection has been raised at that time it will be adopted on September 20. A breakdown of the budget shows $665,535.12 for county ex penses and $340,141.64 for schools. In this latter category $182, 431.30 has been budgeted and ap propriated for current expenses; $141,923 for capital outlay; $6, 387.56 for debt service and $9, 399.78 for the Leland school fund. Of the capital outlay fund for the school $59,618 will come from the unexpended balance on hand and $82,305 from the 31-cent levy for this purpose within the school budget. In the current expense fund for the school $45,953 will come from the unexpended balance, $26,500 from fines and forfeitures, $15,000 in federal funds and only $7,965 from the 3-cent levy allow ed. Capital outlay items approved for the board of education by the (Continued on Page 4) Yam Referendum On September 23 Farmers Who Grow Sweet Potatoes For Market Eli gible To Cast Ballot In Election Brunswick farmers who grow sweet potatoes and who are inter ested in promoting a better and larger market in the state and elsewhere, will have the oppor tunity to vote upon that issue come Saturday, September 23. The referendum is open to all i farmers who grew this crop for I sale last year in certain counties in N. C., including Brunswick. A. ! S. Knowles, county agricultural j agent, explained that the referen- ' dum offers farmers the chance to levy upon themselves a yearly , assessment of 2-cents per bushel for market potatoes and 2-cents ! per hundred pounds for canning stock. Sponsoring the referendum is * the N. C. Sweet Potato Associa- i tion, Inc., a group composed of growers, shippers and processors. A two-thirds majority vote wi1' carry the referendum. If passed, the funds will be used in prom Carolina sweet p-1 advertising, c and other means., There will be tv» in Brunswick, W and Harrelson’s at % D. H. Hawes store in \ ing will be held from\ til 6 p. m. Annual Report For Brunswick Cancer Society Brig. Gen. Janies Glore Makes Report Of Prog i ress For This Organiza tion During Past Year Following is the annual report of the Brunswick County Unit of the American Cancer Society as made by the president, Brig. Gen. James Glore: “During the year 1959-60 the Brunswick County Unit was or ganized and conducted its initial crusade for funds. This occasion marked the advent of the Unit 1 among the counties of North Car j olina which regularly maintain or j ganized cancer assistance activi ■ ties and contribute, on an or | ganized basis, to the National and State program of research and as sistance conducted by the Amer ican Cancer Society. The first year was eminently successful from the county view point in that an organization was estab lished, a reasonable quota of donations was attained, and a modest program of assistance to needy cancer patients was estab lished. “However, due to lack of know ledge of available assistance, the initial year was completed with a balance of funds available for spe cial assistance in the amount of $152.78. “Under the splendid leadership and forceful efforts of William Smith, a young Southport attor ney, the year ending with August 1961, produced an outstanding re sult for the Brunswick County i Unit. As Crusade Chairman ha perfected the Area Representative principle of the County Unit, and the crusade produced a total dona ! tion of $1477.00. North Carolina Continued On Fage 4 “Lights On For Safety” Urged H. E. Hickman, Co-ordina tor Of Traffic Safety For Brunswick County, Asks Driver Cooperation The Safety Division of the N. C. Highway Patrol, eyeing the ap proaching Labor Day holidays with some trepidation, have come up with a new safety idea which they hope will help make this the safest holiday period in many years. The plan was revealed by H. E. Hickman, co-ordinator of traffic safety for Brunswick County, and attached to the Safety Division at Sunny Point. Hickman said that the idea “is a simple one; an appealing one, and one calculated to arouse the sporting instinct in every Tar Heel driver.’’ It con sists of the voluntary pledge to comply with all safety rules and regulations at all times, and par ticularly from 6 p. m. Friday, Sept. 1, to 8 a. m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Hickman asked that the motor ist burn his car lights continuous ly during that danger period, both night and day thus indicating to other motorists that he has pledg ed his part in the effort to cut down on the accident toll. “This lends a sort of comraderie to safety-conscious drivers,” said Hickman. “Only by good will and concerted effort will our state highways and our streets be kept bloodless during the long holiday weekend coming up.” Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. HIGH LOW Thursday, August 31, 12:06 A. M. 5:53 A 6:3'’ Friday, Septen*' 0:30 A. M. 1:02 P. M Satur 1:2F
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