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I Most All The Time Volume No. 22 No. 13 THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community 12-PAGES TODAY SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1961 5c A COPY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Postpone County ASC Convention Due To Protest Federal Investigator Is In Brunswick Investigating Charges Of Voting Irre gularities Due to the filing of formal charges of irregularity during the recently-held ASC election for Brunswick community committee men, the ASC county convention scheduled for last Thursday was postponed and will not be held un til investigation of the charges has been completed, according to Ralph Price, manager of the Brunswick ASC office. Price revealed on Monday that a federal agent had been dis patched to Brunswick County, from the investigative department of the Atlanta office, to make a “thorough investigation of charges and counter-charges arising from the election.” Price added grimly, “and there are counter-charges.” The election was for the pur pose of selecting community com mitteemen who would attend the Brunswick County convention, and there help elect county committee men for the ASC 1962 farm pro gram, which plays a major role in the life of all American far mers. Held on Monday, September 11, a record number of qualified Brunswick farmers—1,857 in all— turned in their votes. That record was marred offi cially, one week later when for mal protests were lodged on Mon day, September 18, by five of the six participating precincts, with the ASC board at Shallotte. Last week Lonnie Evans, chairman of the board, promised a full inves tigation of the charges of irreg ularity in tjie vote. Formal protests came from Shallotte township, Waccamaw township, Smithville township, Town Creek township and Lock woods Folly. This left only North west township unheard from and, presumably, satisfied. Briaf Bit* Of lnewsj TAX COLLECTOR Newly appointed Tax Collector Douglas Hawes will assume his new duties on Monday. The tax office will be closed on Thursday and Friday of this week due to the audit which will be in pro gress. CORRECTION It was erroneously reported in last week’s issue of The Pilot that the case of Johnnie Nance, charg ed with assault upon a female, had been continued until the Jan uary term of Superior Court, when actually the grand jury had returned a no true bill against the defendant, clearing his name. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION A meeting of the Brunswick County Historical Association will be held Monday evening, October 2, at 7:30 o’clock at Shallotte Camp Methodist Church. All mem bers and persons interested in the history of Brunswick county are invited to attend. ANTIOCH HOMECOMING The Annual Homecoming of the Antioch Baptist Church, Bolivia, will be Sunday, October 1. Serv ices will begin with the Sunday School hour at 10:00 a. m. and will continue through the lunch hour at 12:30. Former members and friends of the Church are invited to come, bring a basket and spend the day. FAVOR PROMOTION The Sweet Potato Referendum met with favor by the Brunswick growers last Saturday, according to County Agricultural Agent A. S. Knowles. Only nine growers bothered to take part in the re ferendum, but all nine favored the proposed promotion program. State returns have not been made available, but the program will go into effect October 1 if tw-o thirds of those voting favor the program. DEVELOPMENT CLUB PLANS Officers of the Community De velopment Clubs of Brunswick County are being asked to meet Bob Long, Extension Community Development Specialist at Exten sion Service Office in Supply on Wednesday, October 4, at 3 p. m. He wants to be of assistance in completing the year's work and make arrangements about com munity judging. County Agricul tural Agent A. S. Knowles urges all club officers to be present to make plans for their annual picnic and meeting. Officials Meet Here VISITORS—One of the most distinguished group of visitors to this county in recent weeks was the conference of Assistant Directors of Industrial Education Centers, which met last week at Yaupon Beach, with headquarters at Loraine Motel. The above picture was taken while the group was visiting the Marinology Department at Southport High School. Principal W. N. Williams is shown seat ed at the left. Standing are County Superintendent John G. Long, Instructor Thomas C. Bowmer, and Paul K. Weatherly, assistant State Superintendent of Industrial Education. Making Plans To Conduct Special Bonds Election Members Of Brunswick County Board Of Elec tions Held Meeting In Southport Thursday Members of the Brunswick ; County Board of Elections met ; Thursday afternoon in Southport I to set in motion machinery which will be in charge of the Special ! Bond Election which will be held i throughout North Carolina on No vember 7. E. Y. Hickman, chairman of the election board, informs all eligi ble votei's who are not registered that the books will be open on October 14, 21, and 28, from 9 a. m. until sunset at all county precincts. Non-registered voters, reminded Hickman, will not be eligible to cast their ballots. Hickman designated November 4 from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m., as Challenge Day at all precincts, when registrars will sift com plaints. For busy persons the following program has been worked out: during registration period quali fied voters may register at the home, or place of business, of reg istrars, except on Sunday. “If you are already duly regis tered," said Hickman, “it is not necessary to register again, unless you have moved from the precinct where you last voted.” The election will take place on November 7, and polls will be open from 6:30 a. m.'to 6:30 p. m. Besides Chairman Hickman, other members of the Brunswick County Election Board are H. Foster Mintz and L. C. Babson. Baptist Revival Here Next Week The Rev. J. M. Wallace Of Elizabethtown Will Do The PreachingAt South port Baptist Church The Southport Baptist Church is one of the thirteen Churches in the Brunswick Baptist Associa tion participating in the simul taneous Revivals in October. The services will begin at the Southport Church on Wednesday, October 4, at 7:30 p. m. and will extend through Friday evening, October 13. Morning devotional services will be conducted each day at 10:00, beginning on Octo ber 5. The Rev. J. M. Wallace, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Elizabethtown, will be the visit ing speaker. Mr. Wallace is a na tive of Rockingham. He received his B. A. degree from East Caro lina College, Greenville, N. C. and completed his B. D. and THM de grees from Southeastern Baptist Seminary, Wake Forest, N. C. He also holds a certificate for work in Clinical Pastoral Training j from the Baptist Hospital’s lie- j partment of Pastoral Care. The public is cordially invited j to attend these services. Chilean Delegation Southport Visitors Brig. Gen. James Glore Has1' Visitors Here To Inspect Sunny Point, Southport Harbor Brig. Gen. James Glore arrived in Southport Saturday with a visiting delegation from Chili who are in the United States making a study of transportation prob lems. The group spent Saturday mor ning on an inspection tour of Sunny Point Army Terminal, with Lt. Col. Johnnie D. Duffie serving as host. Later the visitors came to Southport to observe undevel oped harbor facilities. Saturday evening the group were dinner guests at the Glore home on the Cape Fear River near Southport; and they spent the night here at the Hollyoak Inn. Sunday morning, following breakfast at a local restaurant, they left for Wilmington where they vyent by air to New Orleans, La. They were accompanied by General Glore, who will conduct them on an inspection of that port, before returning to his home. Gen. Glore explained that it was a new experience, the squir ing around of a group of visitors since all his previous duty had been in being escorted about for eign countries ... ‘‘I was obliged to be very nice to them,” he said, “as partial repayment for the many courtesies paid me on dis tant shores.” The group from the High Andes was the first to avail itself of Glore's invitation, through the (Continued on Page 4) Drive For 4-H Funds In County First Money-Raising Efforts Begin With Other Com munities To Follow Lead Much interest in the 4-H Devel opment Fund Drive was shown by community chairman at the kick off meeting at Supply last week. About twenty communities were represented, reports A. S. Knowl es, County Agricultural Agent. Mrs. W. M. Sermons and her workers at Supply lost little time in starting their fund drive. They put on a barbecue last Saturday evening and raised over $50 to ward their goal of $100. The Mt. Pisgah Community, with Mrs. C. C. Hewett as chairman, will serve barbecue and fried chicken Sat urday, September 30, starting at 5 p. m., at the County Extension Service Office in Supply. Everyone is invited to eat supper with them and help promote 4-H Club work. “Other communities will use different methods of raising their quota,” Knowles said. “When citizens have an opportunity to help, you will be helping to mold our youth into better future citi zens.” Poultry Sale Is Set At Shallotfe A good place to buy pul lets for the family egg sup ply is at Washam, Warlick, and Harrelson’s in Shallotte on Thursday, October 5, at 2 p. m. At that time 120 pul lets, or ten pens of 12 birds each, will be sold. These are the cream of the crop in ten 4-H club Poultry Chain pro jects. The breed is the Harco Reds, similar to those of past 2 or 4 years that lay so well. Friends of 4-H Club and those needing a family-size flock should be there says County Agricultural Agent A. S. Knowles. “One pen of 12 should fur nish eggs for a family,” Knowles said. “Come early to the show. Inspect the 6 month old pullets and decide on buy ing your year’s egg supply in this manner.” Hospital Is Given Duke Foundation Fund Allotment Dosher Memorial Hospital Receives $2,905 From Latest Payment From Duke Fund The Duke Endowment announc es today that the Dosher Memo rial hospital will receive $2,905 for free care of ill persons. The Endowment, which helps in the care of the needy sick on the basis of $1 for each day of free bed care in assisted hos pitals, reports that for 1960 total hospital payments (including spe cial appropriations for capital purposes) reached an all-time high of $2.1 million, with 179 hos pitals participating. In North Carolina 83 of the state’s 100 counties received assistance from the Endowment. Crediting the record hospital contributions to population growth, plus 1960’s slight eco nomic decline, the report dis closes that the average stay in general hospitals was six days for paying patients and 9.8 days for charity patients. Carolina hospitals have 3.2 beds for each 1,000 population, as compared with the national average of 3.5 for each 1,000. The Duke Endowment is a perpetual trust founded by the late James B. Duke for the “greater good” of North and South Carolina and “to make pro visions in sme omeasure for the needs of mankind along physical, mental and spiritual lines.” Since its founding, the total amount given by the Endowment to hospital and child care is $41 million. During 1960 a charity load of 16.7 per cent was reported by the 175 general and four special hospitals assisted. The general hospitals reported an average length of stay of patients as 6.5 days, an increase of .2 a day over 1959. Pay patients stayed an average of six days- and charity pdtients an average of 9.8 days. Average cost per patient per day, without allowance for replace ments and|or depreciation, in terest, rent, and taxes, ranged from $19.22 in the smaller hos pitals to $26.55 in the larger ones. Expect Decision On Water System Mayor And Aldermen Of Shallotte Will Meet With Raleigh Official To De termine Future Plans By next Wednesday the town of Shallotte will know if much planning and an engineering sur vey of its water and sewage sys tem will have paid off or come to naught. On that date the entire town board, headed by Mayor Roney Cheers, will keep appointment at 10:30 a. m., with W. E. Easter ling, head of the local government Continued On Fage 4 TIME and TIDE One of the front page pictures in The Pilot published 25-years ago this week showed the Price Creek Lighthouse, and the story told of the part it had played in the Civil War use of New Inlet as the principal shipping channel of the Cape Fear. The road from Southport to Caswell Beach was being paved, although rain that week had handicapped the project. Brunswick teachers had received their first month checks, add ing between $11,000 and $12,000 to the economy of the county; the Whiteville tobacco market was to close on October 9 that year; and the editor had counseled everyone to forget business problems and politics and to get in the mood for the upcoming World Series, between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees that fall. of th The best fishing picture we ever saw was on the front page of The Pilot for October 1, 1941. it showed Capt. O. L. Hawks and Dave Roberts of the Outdoor Writers Association struggling with a 40-lb. red drum in naked-handed combat in the waters off Bald Head Island. Later, this picture literally was published everywhere. The AWA had met here in Brunswick, and members of this nationally famous organization had voted to come back for an other session. Camellia Inn was being opened for paying guests; Daylight Saving Time had been abandoned for the season, caus ing more than a little commotion; and there was a birth an nouncement that week for Charles M. Trott, Jr. Fishing pictures have a way of making news in the fall, and in our issue for October 2, 1946, John F. Holden of Holden Beach was shown with a big catch of sheephead. A record rainfall dur ing September had amounted to 18.72-inches; and one result had been a cave-in on Howe Street. Plans were being considered to print an advertising folder for Continued On Page 4 USS North Carolina Is Due To Arrive Sunday Shallotte Speakers MAYBE—Senator Sam J. Ervin, left, and Cong ressman Alton A. Lennon, right, are scheduled to ap pear on the Fourth Annual Atlantic Telephone Mem bership Cooperative meeting tomorrow (Thursday) evening at Shallotte. Their presence may depend upon whether or not Congress has adjourned. Telephone Co-Op Meeting Thursday County Budget Is Finally Approved The 1961-62 budget for Brunswick county was for mally adopted last Wednes day by members of the board of county commissioners in special session. There was some discussion, but no changes were made in the tax structure as advertis ed in the tentative budget. This called for a rate of $1.35, which is up 4-cents from the $1.31 rate of last year. New Feed Grain Crops Are Added Local Farmers Are Invited To Come In For Sign-Up For Wheat And Barley Control Practices All wheat and barley farmers in Brunswick County must sign a contract with the ASC office at Shallotte in order to participate in the wheat stabilization program and acrue benefits. The sign-up begins on Thursday, September 28, continues through December 1. Ralph Price, manager of the Brunswick County ASC office, said that notices will be mailed out this week to local farmers, informing those who grow barley of the.ir base-acreage allowances and the pay rates they may re ceive for diverting their barley acreage to soil-conserving crops in 1962. Continued On Page 4 Ash Boy Dies Of Traffic Injuries Eddie Allen Hughes Dies Of Injuries Sustained When Hit By Automobile Sat urday Eddie Allen Hughes, seven year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Hughes of Ash, Route 1, died instantly about 12:50 p. m„ Saturday, when hit by an auto near the home of his grand parents. Coroner Lowell Bennett of Brunswick County said the boy's accident happened on the Ash Hicknian’s Crossing road, a paved highway, about 3 miles west of Regan. Eddie, a first-grade stu dent at Waccamaw School, died instantly of multiple injuries. State Trooper W. H. Morgan, Jr. of Shallotte said Eddie alight sd from another car in front of the home of his paternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. I. (Continued on Page it) k Interesting Program Plan ned For Fourth Annual Membership Meeting At Shallotte Success of the Fourth Annual session of the Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation tomor row (Thursday) night in Shallotte literally will depend upon an act of Congress—in this case adjourn ment. Senator Sam J. Ervin notified President Harry L. Mintz last week that he would be present to serve as principal speaker for the occasion; and Mintz also had received assurances from Con gressman Alton A. Lennon that he would be on hand for the meet ing. But the big trouble is that both of these committments were made in the firm conviction that Con gress would adjourn by last week end; and as of the time the paper went to press, Congress still is in session. What the program committee will be able to come up with in a case like this is problematical, but the meeting has been adver tised and will be held at 8 o’clock in the Shallotte High School audi torium. If the worst comes to the worst and the principals are unable to appear on the program, there still will be plenty of business to hold the interest of telephone (Continued on Page 4) Forest Service Buys Pine Cones Seed Needed For Planting At State Tree Nurseries In North Carolina To Grow Seedlings The N. C. Forest Service will purchase 1,000 bushels of long leaf pine cones within the next one or two weeks, it was an nounced this week. Only freshly picked, worm-free, clean, unopen cones are accept able. The seed collected from these cones will be used to produce sedlings in the State Forest Tree Nursery s. The Division of Forestry will pay 75-cents per bushel for each bushel of acceptable cones col lected and brought to the County Forest Ranger’s home or office. Cones can be collected behind logging operations if the trees have not been cut over one or two days. If pine cones are collected from trees that have been cut for several days, the cones will become open and a portion of the seed will be lost in handling. Cones in this condition are not' acceptable. Persons who are interested in collecting Longleaf pines cones I should contact Kenneth Johnson, County Ranger, or District Fores ter Leonard Killian at the N. C. Forest Service District Office in Whiteville on definite time and date to start collection. ^ Thousands Expected To Visit City To See Mighty Battleship Enter Cape Fear River For Trip To Wilmington Thousands of North Carolinians, anxious for the last view of the USS North Carolina afloat, are (expected to throng the Southport waterfront early Sunday morning when the big ship is due to cross the Cape Fear River bar and head upstream to her permanent berth in Wilmington. The battlewagon will be con trolled by a battery of tugboats and will be in charge of Capt. B. M. Burris, member of the Cape Fear Pilots Association. He will have the assistance of other members of that association as he undertakes the ticklish task of safely navigating the twists and turns of the Cape Fear River channel between the bar and the side opposite the U. S. Custom house where the big ship is sched uled to be permanently moored. Capt. Burris, who has had pre vious experience handling a sis ter ship of the North Carolina, says that the worst moment is likely to be at the moment when the ship crosses the bar. That is scheduled to be done shortly after daylight, at dead low water, with the object of being able to carry the ship up the river on a flood tide. It is estimated that the voy age will require about eight hours. Members of the Cape Fear P;lots Association are donating their services for this project. With the big “S” channel sweep from Southport to the mouth of the river, and counting the visi bility upstream, spectators in Southport should be able to have the ship and her tugs in view for an hour or more. The great ship is being moved down the Atlantic coast behind two powerful tugboats owned by a commercial line at about five miles an hour. The hour of her arrival at Southport, however, de pends in large part on wind weather and water conditions she I encounters in the long six-day voyage under tow. A distance of almost 700 miles separates Bay Continued On Page 4 Waccamaw Bank Raises Interest President C, L. Tate An nounces New Payment For Funds Left On De posit In Bank C. L. Tate, President of the Waccamaw Bank & Trust Com pany has announced that the rate of interest that they pay on Sav ings Deposits has been increased to 3 percent. That rate is as much as any financial institution, having mem bership in the Federal Deposit In surance Corporation, is permitted to pay. They have also inaugurated what is termed “Instant Daily Interest”, which means that in terest starts on date of deposit. Interest is paid quarterly instead of the customary six months. The Waccamaw Bank is the only financial institution in this area that uses these modern fea tures in calculating interest pay ments. 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, September 28, 10:42 A. M. 4:31 A. M. 11:07 P. M. 5:08 P. M. Friday, September 29, 11:33 A. M. 5:18 A.. M. 6:00 P. M. Saturday, September 30, 6:09 A. M. 12:25 P. M. _ 6:55 P. M. Sunday, October 1, 0:52 A. M. 7:03 A. M. 1:19 P. M. 7:53 P. M. Monday, October 2, 1:48 A. M. 8:01 A. M. 2:16 P. M. 8:50 P. M. Tuesday, October 3, 2:44 A. M. 9:00 A. M. 3:09 P. M. 9:45 P. M. Wednesday, October 4, 3:39 A. M. 9:56 A. M. 4:01 P. M. 10:36 P. M.
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