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Most of the News All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT The Pilot Covers A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Brunswick County Volume No. 22 No. 23 12-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1961 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Important Vote Scheduled For County Farmers Tobacco And Cotton Quo tas And Assessment For Promotion Of Tobacco And Peanut Sales Up For Choice Brunswick county farmers will vote Tuesday on four programs which vitally affect the agricul tural outlook of this section: To bacco, on which quotas and con tinued support of Tobacco Asso ciates will be a question; cotton, for which continuation of quotas will be up for approval; and pea nuts, for which continued support of financial backing for sales pro motion will be the question. Voting will take place at the following locations: Waccamaw Township at Waccamaw School (Agriculture Building); Shallotte Township at Parker’s Store, Gris settown; Lockwoods Folly Town ship at J. E. Kirby’s Store, Sup ply; Smithville Township at Mid way Filling Station; Town Creek Township at Barber Shop Build ing in Bolivia; Northwest Town ship at Applewhite's Store in Maco. In addition to other eligibles, the following also may vote: 1. An owner or operator can vote even though he released all of his allotment temporarily; 2. An owner or operator with an allotment who did not plant any of the commodity can vote, because the allotment is contribut ing to history acreage. "Farmers that grow tobacco, cotton or peanuts should place a big red circle around December 12 on their calendar, says A. S. Knowles, County Agricultural Agent. That’s the day of our im portant referenda on these crops. "Tobacco growers will vote on quotas for next 3 years; cotton quotas for 1962 will be up for consideration,” Knowles said. “To bacco Associates and peanut mar keting programs will get consid eration for next three years. It is very important that every eligible person vote on December 12 to let Congress and other agricultural leaders know how they stand on these important matters. Most eligible growers should be fami liar with the quota programs and what the marketing promotion programs are doing for them.” Another Brunswick County far mer favoring the agricultural re ferenda is Ira Chadwick, president of the Brunswick County Farm Bureau. “Farmers in Brunswick County possibly have more at stake in the referenda on Tuesday, than ever before in the history of agri culture,” he said this week. Our tobacco program is at stake. It is a matter of whether we will vote for marketing quotas on tobacco and cotton and whether we will vote to assess ourselves to . help promote the sale and use of to bacco and peanuts. "We need a large favorable vote to show members of Con gress and other segments of our economy that we as farmers are interested in our own welfare and that we are going to help in mak ' (Continued on Page 4) ■" »' 1 ..■** JrV ***• 0/ lnewsj RETURNS HOME Mrs. R. B. Thompson has re turned from Duke Hospital where she had an eye operation last week. BACK FROM BURMA Brig. Gen. James Glore has re turned from an overseas assign ment for the State Department in Burma. DISABLED VESSEL The fishing vessel Fire Island had engine trouble near the Cape Fear River bar Monday and was towed in by the CG-95303. The Fire Island is a menhaden fishing vessel and her skipper is Eugene Gore. ANNUAL BANQUET The Southport Women’s Club will hold its annual banquet and installation of officers on Friday evening, December 15, at 7 p. m. The banquet will be a covered dish supper and will be held at the Lion’s Club building. BENEFIT DANCE A benefit dance will be held at the National Guard Armory at ■Shallotte Saturday night w'ith music by "The Cruisers”. Pro ceeds from the dance will go to purchase furniture for the build ing. Repairing Christmas Toys WORKING—Chief of Police Herman Strong is shown here repainting a wheel toy which has been repaired and will be added to the collection of reclaimed toys which will be distributed Christmas to make the day a happy one for many kids who otherwise might not have much to show from Santa’s visit.— (Dan Walker Photo.) Butler Elected Board Chairman At Monday Meet Reorganization Of Bruns wick County Board Of Commissioners Results In Change In Chairmen Ira D. Butler was elected chair man of the board of county com missioners for Brunswick county here Monday as members of Lhat group reorganized at the end of one year as provided by law. E. J. Prevatte was reappointed county attorney and A. H. Gainey, Jr., was reappointed solicitor for the Recorder’s court. Election of Butler as chairman reverses a vote held one year ago, when both he and F. Her bert Swain were nominated. At that time Swain was elected by a 3-2 vote, with Butler voting for Swain. The latter has served as chair man of the board of commission ers for five consecutive years and as a member of the board for seven years. This is Butler’s first term as a member of the board. Other business of the day in (Continued on Fage 4) Shallotte Man Passes Friday Ernest E. Parker, Sr., Dies In Wilmington Hospital Where He Had Been Taken As Heart Patient Ernest E. Parker, Sr., promin ent Shallotte citizen, died Friday morning in a Wilmington hospital where he had been taken on Thursday as a heart patient. However, no official word regard ing cause of death had been made Tuesday, since the ambulance bearing him to the hospital had been involved in an accident after reaching Wilmington. Parker was formerly mainten ance superintendent for school bus transportation in Brunswick coun ty. He is the father of Ernest E. Parker, Jr., Southport attorney; and his wife is a former post master at Shallotte. The deceased was a veteran of World War H. In addition to his widow and his son, Parker is survived by two sisters, Mrs. W. E. Stanland of Ash, Mrs. James Chadwick of Shallotte; brothers, Otis Parker of West Palm Beach, Fla., Pres ! ton Parker of Fayetteville, New j land Parker of Winston-Salem. Funeral ser vices were conducted i Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock at {Continued On Page lij, Christmas Parade Here Monday Night Colorful Event Will Ushers In Christmas Shopping Season For The Southport Business Places Southport will be the scene of a colorful Christmas parade Monday night, starting at 7 o’clock, and hundx-eds of visitors are expected to be here to witness this opening of the Christmas season by mer chants of this community. Featured, of course, will be Santa Claus himself, who prob ably will come roaring into town aboard a big, red firetruck in the absence of the traditional sleigh and reindeer. There will be other units in the parade. One of the big attractions will be the Brunswick County Train ing School marching band. This organization has participated in several parades already this fall, and under Director Finney are ex pected to add a musical note to this festive occasion. Street lights went up in South port the first of the week, and on Tuesday night were switched on for the first time this season. Several business firms already have completed their holiday dec oration motif. Also in the Christmas spirit is the work that members of the Southport Police Department and volunteer firemen have been doing in the matter of collecting used (Continued On r-age 2) New Tax Law To Affect Vessels All Boats Used Primarily For Commercial Fishing Come Under New Tax Schedule January 1 All boats used primarily for commercial fishing in North Caro lina waters are affected under the new tax schedule which goes into effect January 1, the De partment of Conservation and De velopment announced this week. Under the new schedule as en acted by the 1961 General As sembly, taxes must be paid an nually by owners of commercial fishing boats and by owners and operators of such other1 type craft as trawl boats, dredge boats, motorboats, and haul boats using commercial fishing equipment. Another 1961 legislative act provides that a commercial fish ing boat, which has been pre ^Con Unued On Page Tobacco Expert County Speaker S. N. Hawks, Extension To bacco Specialist from N. C. State College, will lead a dis cussion on 1962 tobacco pro duction practices at Shallotte High School auditorium on Wednesday, December 13, at 7 p. m. This meeting is being ar ranged by A. S. Knowles, County Agricultural Agent, for the benefit of all tobacco growers. He urges all inter ested growers to take advan tage of this information as it will cover subjects such as varieties, plant bed manage ment, field practices of fer tilizer placement and control of insects and diseases. Corporation Has Annual Meeting At Long Beach White Reelected President Of National Development Corporation At Meeting Monday The annual meeting of stock holders and board of directors for National Development Corpora-: tion was held Monday morning at Tranquil Harbour restaurant. In his report to the stockhold ers, President A. J. White pointed out that during the year emphasis had been shifted to the sale of more improved property, with 650 homesites being sold at an aver age of $760 per lot as compared to sale of 1,117 homesites during' the previous year for an average price of $589.28. President White called parti cular attention to the fact that during 1961 the first 40 of the canal front lots had been placed upon the market, and that to date 27 of these have been sold. Despite the fact that during the first nine months of this year the business climate of the United States was not favorable, Presi dent White pointed out that by a cut in overhead and with in creased efficiency of operation, another good year had been com pleted by National Development. “We firmly believe we have the finest resort and retirement prop erty offered for sale anywhere in the country and expect next year to be a boom year,” he said. une encouraging item contaifi ed in the auditor's report is the fact that the stockholders equity has risen from $1.16 per share in 1960 to $1.30 per share this year. National Development stock is sold over the counter. White was reelected president of the corporation and E. F. Mid dleton was reelected chairman of the board. O. Carol Jones was re elected vice-president and treasur er; D. C. Herring, secretary. Serv ing with these officers as mem bers of the board of directors are D. W. "Sneeden and Charles F. Jones. A. H. Templeton was appointed acting assistant secretary. Admiral Is Here For Inspections Rear Admiral Henry J. Wuensch Heads Inspec tion Party For Inspection Of Vessels And Coast Guard Station The Oak Island Coast Guard station and two Coast Guard boats stationed here came out with flying colors following an in spection last week by top offi cials from the Fifth District of fice at Norfolk. Ensign Cassiano, Skipper, said the 95-footer 303, was given a rating of "appearance throughout very good to excellent.” Personnel inspection got an “excellent” and “shows careful at tention to maintenance,” rating. The inspecting party was com posed of Rear Adm. Henry J. Wuensch, District commander, Continued On Page 2 TIME and TIDE Our issue for December 9, 1936, reported the call of a special session of the State Legislature, and the late Representative R. E. Stelle of Brunswick was getting ready to go to Raligh. The State Forestry Department was seeking five locations in Bruns wick for demonstration timber growing projects. A member of the Capt Fear Pilot Association had returned from a trip to Florida aboard a palatial yacht, which he had guided through the intracoastal waterway; a group of northern sportsmen were backing a hunting preserve project near Winna bow; and “The Last of the Mohicians” was showing at the local moving picture emporium. Wednesday, December 8, 1941, was our first edition after Pearl Harbor and this time we went outside Brunswick County for our big, black headline; “U.S. Declares War On Japan." There was a sidebar story which was of great local interest: “No Reports Re ceived Of Brunswick County Boys.” On the local front, the USO Hut was completed and ready for use: the survey had been completed for a new draw bridge over the intracoastal waterway from Southport to Fort Caswell; and W. S. Wells, chairman of the Brunswick County Defense Council, urged vigilance on the part of volunteer aircraft spotters. Fifteen years ago this week the war was over, and had been for a little over one year. An inland waterway count had reveal ed that yacht travel southward had reached almost 1,000 already that year, indicating that America had resumed the habits of luxurious living. A release from the State Advertising Bureau de tailed that fact that sports fishing was big business. Fog had caused a traffic jam of ships in the spacious South Continued On Page 4 String Christmas Lights I _ I.v.tut..*.r w imm—— n iiiniii iiiiiii ..in.. LIGHTING—Members of the city crew is Shown here putting up strings of colored lights in the South port business district Tuesday. On the pole is John son Cumbee, and others in the picture, left to right, are Charlie Brown, Jerry Spencer, George Fisher and Robert Johnson.—(Dan Walker Photo.) Members Of Ports Authority Visitors Vandals Blow Up Mail Boxes Person or persons as yet unknown made a riotous pil grimage from the South Car olina line north along U. S. 17 Monday night, blowing up mailboxes with heavy fire crackers. “'they must have fortified their nerve before they set off on that trip,” Deputy Sheriff H. G. Ratcliffe said Tues day, “because every time they set off a firecracker they committed a federal offense. The Post Office Department doesn’t like to have anybody messing with mail boxes, whether they are in a post office building or not.” The case currently is un der investigation by Bruns wick County Sheriff’s offi cers. Injured Seaman Brought In Here Coast Guard Boat Makes Emergency Trip Offshore Saturday Night To Take Injured Man Off Ship The crew of the Coast Guard’s patrol boat 303 maintains that the 95-footer is the fastest in the Fifth District and just last Satur day they had an opportunity to test her speed in a mercy mission. About 5:30 p. m. that day the crew received an order to proceed to the location of menhaden fish ing vessel Barracuda midway be tween Southport and the Frying Pan lightship to remove an in jured man. The 303 arrived at the scene about 7:30 o’clock and found the man, Eugene Allison, brother of the skipper, Edwin Allison, in a serious condition. He had been caught in rotating deck machin ery and was suffering intense pain. Allison was taken aboard the 303 and hurried to Southport where an ambulance was waiting to rush him to Dosher Memorial Hospital. The Barracuda was operating out of Beaufort and is owned by the Reedville Oil and Guano Co. The crew, under direction of Chief Floyd McGowan, bad put the 303 under a full power run November 21 and at that time she was operating with larger fuel lines installed earlier in Wilming ton. On this run, she turned up 700 mphs on each shaft better than ever has been done in the boat’s history. She made 19.3 knots in a moderate sea off Fry ing Pan shoals. It is believed that she could make 21 knots under ideal con (Continued on Page i) cTwo Members Of Sub-Com mittee Here To Investi gate Possibilities For De velopment Of Port Facili ties Two members of a three-man sub-committee recently appointed to make an expeditious study of the port development potential at Southport completed their visit here today. Chairman of the sub-committee is James F. Latham of Burling ton, who arrived here Friday and made trips over the area, both on the landside and waterfront. With him was Cooper D. Cass of Winston-Salem, who arrived on Saturday and spent two days on the survey. Third member, of the sub-com mittee, which was appointed by Chairman John M. Reeves of the State Ports Authority, is Louis S. Ficklen of Greenville, who was unable to make the trip to South port due to press of business which has carried him out of state. The detailed inspection here was predicted upon the language of the legislative act creating the present State Ports Authority, wherein it was provided that the board be created with the “ob jective of developing to the ut most the port possibilities of the State of North Carolina.” The act further set out that it’s purpose was to “develop and improve the harbors or seaports at Wilming ton, Morehead City and South port.” After seeing the natural har bor at Southport, and after mak ing a personal inspection of the U. S. Army Terminal at Sunny Point, Chairman Latham said: “In the improvement of our port facilities, necessary in order to Continued On Page 4 Superior Court Moves Rapidly Indications Indicate That First Of Two Special Terms May Adjourn Dur ing The Day The first week of two one-week special terms of Brunswick county Superior court for trial of civil cases was ready to adjourn today after a rash of settlements had cut short the docket slated for trial. Presiding over this term was Judge R. I. Mintz of Wilmington, who will return next week for a second term, which will convene Monday. Settlements were reported this week in the case of Fault vs Sty ron, Simmons vs Robinson, Clark vs Seaboard Railroad, and Brooks vs U. S. F. & G. and Springfield Insurance Co. This morning Judge Mintz was I hearing pleas prior to making a I decision regarding money settle ConUnued On Page 4 ‘Old-Fashioned’ Is Theme Given Holiday House Annual Event To Be Held In Southport Sunday Will Feature Ideas Adaptable To Practical Use Plans have been completed for the Christmas Holiday House which will be held on Sunday in the Lion’s Club Building and which will be in the form, this year, of an Idea Show. Many at tractive and original ideas will be shown and those who view the exhibits are urged to take notes and copy them if they will. The show is not confined to members of the three garden clubs, and others who are inter ested or who have something they think will add to the show are asked to enter them. There will be no judging and no prizes—just fun and ideas for all. Entries may be brought to the Lion’s Club Building from 2 o’clock on Saturday afternoon un til 6 o’clock. Registrars will be on hand to make note of the methods and interesting materials used in each entry for the benefit of those who may want to know how the things are made. The show will be open to the public on Sunday afternoon from 2 o’clock until 6 o’clock and will reopen after church that night and remain open until 9:30. En tries may not be removed until 9:30, and persons may wait and take them home between 10 and 11 on ’ Monday morning, if they wish. Refreshments will be served all during the time the show is open, and though there is no ad mission, a silver offering will be taken at the door. Mrs. C. G. Ruark and Mrs. J. E. Dodson will take this offering. In last week’s account of the committees and chairmen, the names of Mrs. E. E. Parker was inadvertantly omitted. She will have charge of the door decora tions. It has been stressed that there are many categories, and that there will be a place for any dec orations which are brought. These Continued On Page 4 Dr. Elliott New Health Director Former Member Of State Health Department Has Accepted Post As Head Of Local Health Depart ment At a meeting of the Brunswick County Board of Health Friday night Dr. A. H. Elliot was em ployed as Director of the Bruns wick County Health Department. Dr. Elliot recently retired from the State Board of Health and prior to this he served as Health Director for New Hanover Coun ty. The Board of Health feels very fortunate in being able to obtain his services. The Board also called for an audit of the Insect and Rodent Control Program and an inven tory to determine the equipment owned by the Health Department and the location of this equip ment. The members of the Board of Health are: F. Herbert Swain, chairman, Dr. F. M. Burdette, J. Edward Hahn, Dr. R. H. Holden, J. G. Long, R. L. Rabon and R. M. Willis. 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, December 7, 7:01 A. M. 0:58 A. M. 7:11 P. M. 1:41 P. M. Friday, December 8, 7:48 A. M. 1:42 A. M. 7:58 P. M. 2:28 P. M. Saturday, December 9, 8:35 A. M. 2:27 A. M. 8:47- P. M. 3:14 P. M. Sunday, December 10, 9:24 A. M. 3:13 A. M. 9:38 P. M. 4:02 P. M. Monday, December 11, 10:16 A. M. 4:03 A. M. 10:34 P. M. 4:53 P. M. Tuesday, December 12, 11:11 A. M. 4:56 A. M. 11:33 P. M. 5:46 P. M. Wednesday, December 13, 12:09 A. M. 5:54 A. M. 6:42 P. M.
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