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THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Brunswick
Volume No. 22
No. 25
12-PAGES TODAY
SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1961
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESL
Installation Ceremony
, OFFJCERS-Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., right, is shown here as she installed
new officers of the Southport Woman’s Club Friday night at the annual banquet
tor this organization. Next to her is Mrs. Johnnie D. Duffie, who was reelected
president; next is Mrs. E. C. Blake, vice-president; and the third officer shown is
Mrs. Ronnie Hood, secretary. Not shown is Mrs. H. T. St. George, treasurer.
Draw Jury List
For Court Term
Here In January
Judge Henry A. McKinnon
Of Lumberton Will Pre
side Over Criminal Court
Session
Members of the board of coun
ty commissioners in session here
Monday drew a jury list for the
January term^ of Brunswick coun-,
ty Superior court for trial of"
criminal cases. Judge Henry A.
McKinnon of Lumberton will pre
side.
The following names were
drawn for jury duty:
Dykes Hewett, W. H. Milligan,
W. G. Gurganus, Henry C. Ben
ton, J. A. Stanley, Jr., J. M. Mc
Lanrb, H. C. Frink, Dorsey Wil
liams, S. L. Bennett, James R.
Inman, Charles L. Gore, John
Howard Gore, Z. G. Williams,
Marvin L. Stanley, Charley Ben
ton, R. R. Sommersette. Shallotte;
J. O. Smith, Sr., A. P. Jackson,
C. H. Reaves, W. A. Coleman,
Ash; Wm. Agnew Clemmons, L.
J. McKeithan, G. R. Holden, Gene
A. Johnson, Bolivia; Art E. New
ton, Wesley E. Garner, Albert L.
Phelps, Horace Pigott, Robert L.
Dosher, James E. Pinner, Roy
Swain, G. W. McGlamery, South
port; Harry Galloway, Talmadge
T. Varnam, David Leo Fulford,
Floyd R. Varnam, K. T. Bellamy,
Ralph Varnam, B. E. Hewett, El
bert A. Kirby, J. E. Kirby, Alfred
Stanley,. J. Maston Varnam, Jr.,
Supply; J. B. Potter. William G.
Sullivan, L. W. Sellers, W. L.
Clark, W. H. Seagraves, G. E.
Earp, Winnabow; Alex Scoggins,
H. W. Paden, R. L. Stewart, John
nie Coker, O. R. Nelson, F. L.
Gore, Jr., B. R. Sullivan, V. D;
Long, John Joseph Childs, A. H.
Perry, Fred C. Costin, Leland.
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HOSPITAL PATIENT
Miss Kay Shelby of Southport
is a patient at Memorial Hos
pital in Chapel Hill.
WINNABOW TURKEY SHOOT
A turkey shoot will be held at
the Winnabow fire house begin
ning at 1 p. m. Saturday. The
public is invited.
SHALLOTTE TURKEY SHOOT
The American Legion Post 247
of Shallotte will sponsor a turkey
shoot Saturday beginning at 11:30
o'clock at the Legion hut.
SHALLOTTE DANCE
The “Cruisers” will play for
a benefit dance Saturday night at
Shallotte National Guard Armory,
from 8 to 12 o’clock.
SATURDAY DANCE
The Continental Quintet will
play for a benefit dance Satur
day evening at the Lions Club
Building in Southport, starting at
8:30 o'clock. This dance is under
the auspicies of the Southport
Liont Club.
Install Officers
i At Annual Banquet
Mrs. Johnnie D. Duffie Re-'
ports Activities Of Club
During Past Year And
Praises Cooperation
The Southport Woman’s Club
held it’s annual banquet Friday
night in the Lion’s Club building
building with a large number of
members, -their husbahds am
guests present.
Mrs. Johnnie D. Duffie, club
president, presided at the banquet.
The Rev. L. D. Hayman gave
the Invocation after which spe
cial guests were recognized,
among them Mrs. Mary Cranmer,
the club’s only charter member;
and Mrs. Duffie’s mother, Mrs.
G. C. Lahey from Columbia, S.
C.
The president gave a resume of
work accomplished during the
past year through the various de
partments, speaking principally of
the mass chest X-ray conducted
by the club throughout the county
last summer.
A short sKit, "A Typical Day
of a Clubwoman”, written and
directed by Mrs. Dallas Pigott,
was presented. Those who were in
the cast were Mrs. Lewis Hardie,
Mrs. Bryant Potter, Mrs. E. J.
Prevatte, Mrs. James M. Harper,
Jr., and Mrs. Pigott.
Officers for the coming year
were installed by Mrs. Harper,
these being; Mrs. Duffie, presi
dent; Mrs. E. C. Blake, vice
president; Mrs. Ronnie Hood, sec
retary; and Mrs. H. T. St.
George, treasurer. Mrs. Harper
expressed the appreciation of the
club for the excellent work done
in the club by Mrs. Duffie. The
benediction was giveii by the Rev.
Drayton Cooper.
In charge of arrangements for
the dinner was Mrs. Clinton Bell
amy. Mrs. E. J. Prevatte was in
charge of the decorations.
Tug Loses Tow
Off Southport
Some Confusion Results In
Cape Fear River Near
Quarantine Station Wed
nesday
A commercial tug towing sev
eral flatboats bearing long sec
tions of pipe ran into difficulties
last Wednesday in Southport har
bor when the towline parted and
the brages went off, willy-nilly,
in several directions.
It was nip and tuck for a
quarter-hour, but the tugboat cap
tain remained master of the un
usual situation. The tug, accord
ing to reports, played monitor in
all points of the compass, round
ing up the stragglers like 4.
cowboy herding steers.
Someone called the U. S. Coast
Guard, but things were under con
trol by that time. One of the
channel buoys was torn from its
moorings and bobbed off some
700 yards from its accustomed
place- -thus creating, for a brief
space, an added headache for any
mariner who had happened along
Continued On Page 1
Christmas Parade
Draws Big Crowd
One of the most successful
promotions ever undertaken
m- • Snath port, merchants %As •
the Christmas Parade last
week, when several hundred
persons were attracted to the
downtown business district to
witness the arrival of Santa
Claus by firetruck.
The musical background
for this event was provided
by the Brunswick County
Training School Band, which
stopped at several points in
the parade route to put on a
demonstration of intricate
marching and to play appro
priate Christmas music.
There were several attrac
tive floats and special fea
tures of the parade.
SENCland Group
Plans Campaign
Positive Action Will Be
Taken For Promotion Of
County Attractions
The Board of Directors of the
Brunswick Area of SENCland
Development Association met in
the County Agent's office last
week to lay plans for the 1962
development program for Bruns
wick County.
O. P. Bellamy, Brunswick chair
man pointed out the need for im
provement of N. C. Highway 87.
C. D. Pickerrell, City Manager of
Southport, reported that this
highway was a direct connecting
link with the Blue Ridge Park
way and as such could funnel
mountain traffic to the coast, if
improved.
A resolution was passed re
questing the State Highway Com
mission to install a ferry from
the Southport area to the Fort
Fisher area. This resolution will
be presented by James C. Bow
man, Chairman of Tourist & Rec
reation Division, to the Highway
Commission in Southport at a
hearing to be held the first of the
year on the ferry.
It was pointed out by the Board
members and visitors present
that adjoining counties, being
more aggressive in their adver
tising, created the impression
that many of Brunswick County’s
tourist and historical assets lay
within their county. As a start to
aggresively advertising Bruns
wick's own assets in their true
light and locale, Pickerrell and
Dan’L. Walker, City Managers of
Southport and Long Beach, re
spectively, were appointed to in
vestigate and plan large bill
boards at the north and south
entrances to Brunswick County
on U. S. 17.
Other directors and their divi
sions are J. J. Hawes, Supply,
Commercial Development; Aubrey
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Highway Safety
Being Stressed
During Holidays
Corporal O- H. Lynch Issues
Friendly Warning Regar
ding Driving During The
Christmas Season
With the long Yuletide holidays
coming up the North Carolina
Highway Patrol is going all out
in a campaign to keep drinking
drivers from killing themselves
and many other motorists, Cpl.
O. H. Lynch said this week.
Since alcohol consumption ac
counts for a large part of the
fatal accidents which take place
on the nation’s highways, the pro
gram will be two-pronged—with
both the driving public and the
highway patrolmen themselves
given lessons in what constitutes
an intoxicated driver.
The patrolmen have been brief
ed since November 16 on this alL
important issue. The idea that a
driver has to be “dead drunk”
to qualify as a mortuary customer
has been completely disproven. If
the blood alcohol level is over
.05 percent, drjving is impaired
to the level of great danger, tests
show. The so-called “social drink
er” can be, as much of a safety
menace on the roads as the con
firmed drinker, officials point out.
Corporal Lynch warned those
who drink and drive in Brunswick
County “that the Highway Patrol
will be out in force and will con
duct checking stations through
out the county all through the
long holiday period embracing
Christmas and New Years.”
Greetings From
Post Commander
Colonel Johnnie D. Duffie
Speaks Of Appreciation
For Southport And Bruns
wick County Hospitality
mantling officer of Sunny Pj.rfnt
Army Terminal, has addressed the
following Christmas letter to the
residents of Southport and sur
rounding area:
“Through the medium of your
fine newspaper, I would like to
express a few thoughts of the
season. *
“On this second Christmas sea
son that my family and I have
been in the Southport-Brunswick
area. T would be yideed remiss
if I did not acknowledge the many
warm greetings, oral and written
that have been extended to us.
Yet, to attempt to respond by
card, letter, or in person instan
taneously would be virtually im
possible, even though we, of
course, prefer to do so. Hence, it
is hoped you’ll find a suitable
niche in your paper for this note.
“The Spirit of the Season
Peace on Earth, Good Will To
ward Men—is seen by me and my I
family each day of our stay here.
The warmth, friendliness and feel
ing of acceptance we experience
both from my wonderful em
ployees and the residents of the
area, truly epitomizes the basic
theme of the Season. In addition
to this, we are continually amaz
ed at the hidden talents that crop
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Applications For
Mail Deliverymen
Being Accepted
Another Step Taken In Put
ting Home Delivery Ser
vice For Southport Into
Practice Soon
The U. S. Civil Service Com
mission announces that an exam
ination for substitute clerk and
substitute carriers for the town
cf Southport is scheduled for the
near future.
This follows a drive by local
citizenry to get home delivery of
mail in Southport for the first
time in the long history of the
county seat of Brunswick.
Southport falls under the cate
gory of first and second-class
post offices, and the pay scale
for substitute clerks and carriers
in such category is $2.16 an hour.
Persons wishing to apply for
the positions should fill out card
form 5000-AB which can be se
cured at the Southport post of
fice. The completed card should
be mailed to the Executive Secre
tary, Board of U. S. Civil Service
Examiners, U. S. Post Office,
Charlotte 2. The written examina
tion will be held at Wilmington,
and applicants will be notified
at a latter date of the exact time
and place to report for the test.
(Continued on Page 4)
TIME and TIDE
Our Christmas week issue of The Pilot for 1936 came out on
December 24, and for this one time we used green ink, a sort of
color printing that was 20 years before its time. May it never be
said that The Pilot is not a pioneer! (confidentally, it was a sort
of sickly green, barely legible. And we never have tried it
again.) The Southport business district was decorated for Christ
mas, with colored lights across the streets at the four principal
business intersections.
There was good news from the Post Office Department; Sun
day morning delivery in Southport was scheduled to begin on
January 3, 1937. Shipments of Christmas evergreens, principally,
holly, was adding to the income of several Brunswick farmers;
and Christmas vacation for Brunswick county school children
had included those for the one-teacher unit at Bald Head Island.
December 24, 1941, and World War II was two weeks old.
There had been a report from the Potter boys, Frank and Bryant,
that they were safe aboard their ship in the Pacific. The N.C.
Department of Conservation and Development had an official
Christmas card that year that carried a Brunswick county fish
ing scene. We had received one.
Christmas decorations had made their appearance in South
port; two sons of Sheriff I. D. Harrelson, Walter and Ed, had
dropped out of college to enter military service; and Southport
was one of the few towns in the State where Christmas lights
were being used as street decorations that year-.
Our issue for December 25, 1946, hit the target for Christmas
day, but of course we printed one day early that week. Quite
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Brunswick Votes
For Crop Quotas
■3j
Schedule For
Holidays Are Set
The schools of Brunswick
county will get out today
(Wednesday) at noon for the
Christmas holidays.
County and city offices will
close Thursday afternoon and
will not be open for business
again until Wednesday follow
ing Christmas. The banks and
the savings & loan will be
closed on Monday and Tues
day of next week.
The post offices will be
closed for business on Christ
mas Day.
In Southport the city force
will pick up trash in the
mornings on Friday, Saturday
and Tuesday.
Glee Club In
Sunday Concert
Varied Program Of Christ
mas Music Presented In
High School Auditorium
The auditorium in Southport
High School rang with music Sun
day afternoon, when the fresh,
young voices of the high school's
Glee Club were raised in a con
cert in their Christmas program.
Interspersed with the religious
numbers were Christmas songs,
Dickensonian in style and re
plete with visions of snows, Saint
Nicholas and the keening of
skates across frozen lakes and
ponds.
The concert was arranged by
the Student Council of Southport
High. Directing the voices were
Mrs. Dallas Pigott, Mrs. E. J.
Prevatte, Mrs. J. B. Warth and
Mrs. James Glore. Mrs. James
Barnes was in charge of the
splendid stage decorations.
The program got underway
with that perennial favorite, “Jin
gle Bells”, followed by “Deck the
Halls”. “Winter Wonderland” was
sung next and belied the mild
Southern climate without the
school doors. “Silver Bells” tin
kled next, before the glee clubbers
sang—withal a bit wistfully—“Let
it Snow.”
The beautiful myth of Santa
Claus then took over the hall,
with “Santa Claus Is Coming to
Town”, “’Twas the Night Before
Christmas” and “Jolly Old Saint
Nicholas”, before the choristers
rendered “We Wish you a Merry
Christmas” and "White Christ
mas.” An intermission followed.
The second half of the concert
Continued On Page 4
: Farmers Of This County
Give Overwhelming En
dorsement To Cotton And
Tobacco Quotas
Preliminary returns from the
marketing quota program-refer
endums voted upon December 12,
as tabulated by the ASC, show
that Brunswick County farmers
went along with the national
average in overwhelming favor of
keeping the present quotas for
the next three years.
Broken down, the vote in
Brunswick went 1,067 for tobacco
quotas, with only 24 votes
against; in the cotton quotas ref
erendum the voting was 149 for
and only one vote against. In the
tobacco assessment, Brunswick
farmers voted 919 for and 37
against, and in peanut assessment
it was eight for and 2 against.
This vote reflected directly on
the natural interest in the univer
sal crop of tobacco grown here,
and the lesser interest that was
generated in the cotton and pea
nut referendums.
The national (belt) average
show that tobacco marketing
quotas carried by 98.3 percent,
with the cotton marketing quotas
favored at 98.2 Belt-wise, the to
bacco assessment, with 95.6 in
favor, and the promotion program
on peanuts, 97.8, were pnly slight
ly below that favoring tobacco.
All four referendums were carried
favorably with far more than the
two-thirds vote necessary to keep
them alive during the next three
years.
Ralph Price, manager of the
Brunswick County ASC office at
Shallotte, stated that "The over
whelming support of Brunswick
County farmers for all the mar
keting quotas up for vote on De
cember 12, proves they were en
tirely in accord with reducing pro
duction where needed; with pena
lizing farmers who do not reduce
production, and assurance of a
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Shallotte Fire
Department Aids
Fast Work On Part Of Vol
unteer Firemen Saves One
Home From Burning On
Thursday Night
Fast work by the Shallotte Fire
Department saved the Graham
home in Shallotte Point from de
struction by fire Thursday night.
The fire-fighters were not in
time, however, to save a four
room frame house owned by Capt.
D. E. Tripp from burning to the
ground with a loss estimated at
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Weed Farmers
Hear Specialist
Tell Of Tobacco
New Methods And Results
Of Tests On Various
Types Of Tobacco Was
Theme Of Talk At Shal
lotte
Brunswick County tobacco
growers can now get detailed in
formation on varieties available
for their 1962 crop from their
county extension office, according
to S. N. Hawks, Extension Spe
cialist from N. C. State College,
who spoke Wednesday at Shal
lotte to a large group of tobacco
farmers.
Included in the tests were 12
of the most commonly planted
flue-cured varieties, plus five new
varieties that will be offered for
planting for the first time in
1962.
“Results of these tests are not
to be taken as official recom
mendations,” Knowles said. “But
we do believe the results can
serve as useful guides in helping
Brunswick farmers pick the best
variety for 1962.”
Included in the tests this year
were Hicks Broadleaf, Vesta 5,
N C 95, Coker 316, Coker 187
Hicks, Coker 128, McNair 121,
McNair H-2, McNair 10, Speight
31, NC 75 and Reams 51.
In addition, there were the
five new varieties: McNair 12,
Reams 64, Coker 80 F, Speight
G-3 and Speight G-10.
Since most farmers have not
had an opportunity to observe
thr ee new varieties, Knowles pass
es along the following descriptions
prepared by research and exten
sion workers at State College:
McNair 12—(developed from a
cross of McNair 121 x Coker 139)
produced a medium high yield of
tobacco rated generally as accept
able in quality by tobacco com
panies. The plant was low in
height with a medium leaf count
and a medium number of suckers.
It had medium broad leaves of
medium length. The cured tobacco
was medium, in body with rela
tively light color. The per cent
reducing sugar was medium high,
nicotine and total alkaloid was
medium with a medium nitrogen
to nicotine ratio. McNair 12 is
rated as having high resistance
to black shank, high resistance
to Granville wilt, susceptible to
Fusarium wilt and low loss from
brown spot.
Reams 64—(developed from a
cross of Coker 187 x White Gold)
produced a high yield of tobacco
with this, papery textured leaf
at the bottom of the plant but
fairly good texture in the up-stalk
tobacco. The plant was medium
low, with broad, long, upright
fairly blunt leaves at the tip.
Leaves are close spaced. The
cured tobacco had medium to thin
body with dull lemon color at
the bottom of the plant and a
rich lemon to orange color in the
up-stalk tobacco. The per cent
reducing sugar was medium, nico
tine and total alkaloid low with
a fairly high nitrogen to nicotine
ratio. Reams 64 is rated as hav
ing high resistance to black
shank, susceptible to Granville
wilt and Fusarium wilt.
Speight G 3—(developed from a
cross of Vesta 30 x Coker 187)
produced a high yield of tobacco
with relatively good texture. It
was medium in height, with a
medium number of leaves and a
medium number of suckers. It
had broad, fairly long leaves,
fairly blunt at the tip toward the
bottom of the plant. The width
carried well to the top of tho
Continued On Page 4
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 21,
7:11 A. M. 1:01 A. M.
7:34 P. M. 1:41 P. M.
Friday, December 22,
7:55 A. M. 1:45 A. M.
8:17 P. M. 2:25 P. M.
Saturday, December 23,
8:36 A. M. 2:27 A. M.
8:58 P. M. 3:07 P. M.
Sunday, December 24,
9:15 A. M. 3:08 A. M.
9:38 P. M. 3:47 P. M.
Monday, December 25,
9:52 A. M. 3:48 A. M.
10:17 P. M. 4:27 P. M.
Tuesday, December 26,
10:29 A. M. 4:29 A. M.
10:58 P. M. 5:06 P. M.
Wednesday, December 27,
11:07 A. M. 5:12 A. M.
11:41 P. M. 5:47 P. M.