THE
PORT PILOT
Volume No. 22
No. 26
A € Newspaper In A Good Community
10-Pages Today
The Pilot Cover
Brunswick County
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IJTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1961
5c A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
decorations Are
Being Featured
This Christmas
Community Project At King,
town Receives Enthusias
tic Cooperation Of Local
Citizens
Perhaps the most colorful com
sra*™Eastern CRr°ii™
tnis Christmas is Kingtown tha(
section where Brunswick dount
comes , close to Columbus. 3
And the color? Not in the gray,
and browns of sterile December
countryside, but in the hearts and
en of'Th 7 °f th? men and worn
nil community. These peo
fr hW ^ n° °ther 'Mission than
tp brighten their little community
and, at the same time, to pa’
homage to the Saviour, went al
Z 2",“■ l?ey
ed electric light bulbs across the
highway which serves them, ther
o?eywh?hted WelcominS signs, all
°f_hr"!? Were illuminated by
night Then, and only then, did
they turn to dress up their in
SVlel'falhh°meS- ThUS the eIement
of selfishness ,n Kingtown is con
spicuous by its absence.
Being close to the soil, the
Kingtown citizens resorted to na
rai props in many instances.
,native h°Hy and
j - * u * *»»voo were JbLI'tre
y used in the unique ornamenta
tion. And this Jove for the work
ings of nature was visible in other
ways. For example, • when the
community judges viewed the dis
plays and prizes are awarded, the
first prize winner was the Silas
iviner hnmo \xri4-u r __
-—uuuaij
home next, and the Clyde Babson
home taking third prize. The win
ning display featured a manger
scene, and some of the principals,
other than Mother and Child,
which were dolls, were cypress
boles salvaged from a nearby
swamp, and robed in colorful ma
ferial.
All this, although spontaneous,
Tj'as not conducted hit-and-miss.
Tile entire community is behind
pro^ct- There’s Mrs. Jarvis
Inman, Community Development
club president, for example; and
L. C. Babson, secretary. The spe
cial Christmas decoration has been
conducted for the past three
years.
A-V MU* (V
‘-NEWSH
SHALLOTTE VISITORS
Captain and Mrs. J. B. Hughes
and family of Fort Fisher spent
Christmas with Mrs. Hughes’
mother, Mrs. W. L. Russ, of Shal
lotte.
holiday visitors
The Houston Hewetts of Ash
played host over the holidays to
their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Carr and baby of Rose Hill.
SORORITY PLEDGE
Miss Phoebe Russ of Longwood
was one of the fall pledge class
of Zeta Psi chapter of Alpha
Omicron Pi, a social sorority at
East Carolina College, who re
cently entertained their sisters at
a Christmas party held in the
social room of the Wright build
ing on campus.
native dies
A Brunswick County native,
Lonnie G. Wolfe, 79, of 417 Queen
St., Wilmington, died in Wil
mington hospital, Saturday af
ternoon. He was the son of the
late Jacob and Mary Turner
Wolfe, final rites were held Mon
day at Coble’s Oleander Chapel
with burial in Greenlawn Memo
rial Park Cemetery.
NEW YEARS DANCE
Tebo Rogers and David Ray
Garrish, Southport boys who are
now serving in the U. S. Coast
Guard, are at home for the holi
day and plan to regroup their
dance band for a Saturday night
engagement at the Lions Club
Building. This will begin at 8:30
o'clock and will be under the
auspicies of the Lions Club.
HURT IN WRECK
W. L. Russ, Jr., of Shallotte
who was injured in an automobile
accident which took place last
Thursday afternoon on the Sup
ply-South port Road, was discharg
ed from Dosher Memorial Hos
pital Sunday. He had been con
fined with a slight concussion.
Newman Bozeman, driver of the
wrecked vehicle and also of Shal
lotte, is still a patient at the
hospital suffering from the effects
of the accident, which involved
only one vehicle.
Dressed For Bowl
whT^^omprtefeSh wi “ITfe? fhe ?lake
the local lady keglers shnw^H^ I™ng-ton. Last week it was
Ralph CammackfMrs Jack dress- Left to
and Mrs. Bobby Jones. k Hlckman’ Mrs L. R. Bellows,
Bowling tel
|ume Night, as
they are Mis.
George Gregory
| Southport Lady
Bowlers Making
Big Impression
THi ’ .A«,Le?se’ Was True
Last Week When They
Participated In Costume
-Night Festivities
The Cardinal Bowling Lanes in
Wilmington looked on last Wed
nesday night like a League of
Nations, all on the distaff side.
he occasion was Costume Night
and whereas the bowling was not
spectacular the overdressed girls
did the best they could
On hand to bowl for Southport
on the Blake Builder’s Supply
team were five of the loveliest
strong-armed girls in this com
munity. Overburdened with cloth
mg though the quintet were, and
a bit self-conscious withal, thev
broke even on the lanes, with
two games up, two down.
The cosLume airair is an an
nual event at the Wilmington
lanes; an evening when the vigor
ous sport of ten-pinning takes on
a delicate air of make-believe.
That the Blake Builder’s team
did themselves proud is proven
by the fact that Mary Bellows
who came dressed as a Tyrolean
Maid, won a bowling bag for her
costume.
Polly Cammack with, her dark
beauty made an entrancing
b tench waitress calculated to
make Alphonse forget his French
drip coffee, what with her lace
cap, apron, short black spirt, and
black stockings with a saucy red
garter prominently displayed
In keeping with the sudden
drop m temperature, Margaret
Hickman’s Cigarette Girl costume
Continued on Page 4
Shallotte Boy
Dies Of Riirnc
F,^.'Year"OId Donn*e Earl
Clemmons Dies In Dosher
Memorial Hospital Tues
day
veai°owe Ear' CIemmons, five
Lee c em°n °f Mr’ and Mls' Earl
rtitn C,e"1mons °f Rt. 1, Supply,
Tuesri" Dosher Memorial Hospital
a™s**3"SE? ba
eaily Saturday evening when he
attempted to light a firecracker
that11 h" r1 St°Ve• “ is rePorted
that the firecracker exploded and
oil from the stove enveloped the
boy in flames.
Surviving besides the paints
*"d„ th® Paternal grandparents,
with whom the boy had been liv
are * twin brother, Ronnie,
another brother, Fredrick Allen
and a sister, Lora Ann, and sev
eral half-brothers and half-sisters
The funeral will be held today
(Wednesday) at a p. m. W1(h
graveside services in the Silent
Grove Cemetery.
Annual Tax Jistiiig
Now In Ft| Sway
Coast Guard On
Rescue Mission
The Coast Guard patrol
boat based at Southport went
ten miles out to sea on Christ
mas morning- on an errand of
mercy, to bring in a desper
ately sick seaman.
Shortly before noon on the
holiday a call for assistance
was received from the Ameri
can tanker, Mobiloil, which
- -r-wtM.u uue oi n;s crew
was doubled in cramps and
required immediate hospital
attention. The patrol boat
reached designated rendez
vous point before the tanker
and continued to sea, locating
the incoming tanker through
radar. A Coast Guard spokes
man said that the sick man
was suffering from a suspect
ed case of appendicitis.
The transfer was made
swiftly and safely and the
seaman is today a patient at
Dosher Memorial Hospital.
Seeks Help In
Locating Town
Chapel Hill Man Writes For
Information About Town
In Brunswick Called Myr
Wiljiam S. PowelJ of the
yersity of North Carolina
thlS WPPlr __ .
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wrote
'•V4 1HOUUU UUIl
cerning- a place called Myrtle
presumed to be located in Bruns
wick county.
In his letter he says that the
town was incorporated in 1903
and that two years the charter
was rescinded. He has written in
the hope that someone will fur
nish the desired information.
Text of his letter follows:
In connection with a North
Carolina gazetteer which I am
compiling I am seeking informa
tion about a place called Myrtle
m Brunswick County.
“Myrtle was incorporated by the
General Assembly on March 9,
1903, on the Wilmington and'Fay
etteville road and included the
homes of Hansley Smith, James
Morse, and Benjamin Dyson. In
1905 the Charter of Myrtle was
rescinded.
“I will be grateful to any of
your readers who can give me
some information about Myrtle—
exactly where it was located,
what is at the site today, some
thing of its history.
“Getters will reach me if sent
ofT^e University of North
Carolina Library, Chapel Hill.”
work in ill
county this
of January
Ing both real
My for tax
Tax listers we^t
sections of Brunsw
week as the mo
is the time for lij
anfi personal proi
ation.
Mi's. Ressie R
I supervisor, has
with her listers
out necessary sup]
mapped out a si
respective townsi
make it conveniep* pluti
erty owners to mfet them and t
list his taxes.
'Whatley, tax
Id a meeting
id has passed
lies. They have
jedule in their
is which will
for each prop
I xoiiowing men are serving
as listers this year: E. W. Ayeoek,
Northwest; Raymond Earp, Town
Creek; Carl Ward, Smithville;
Kenneth Hewett, .Xockwoods FoJ
ly; J. B. Ward, Jr., Shallotte; and
Odell Jenrette, Waccamaw.
The law requires that citizens list
for taxation all property they own
as of January 1,1962. All male per
sons between the ages of 21 and
50 are required to list for poll
tax.
Failure to list during thq month
of January can draw a penalty,
and Mrs. Whatley urges each
property owner to Cooperate in
completing the job during the
alloted period. '
She also points out that it is
not the responsibility of the lister
to evaluate real property. That
has been done, and any appeal
from these figures must be taken
up with the Board of Equalization
and Review in March.
Jaycee Group
Begin Planning
For Pageants
A Christmas Banquet For
Shallotte Club Proves To
Be Family Affair
Christmas and the second birth
day anniversary of the Shallotte
Junior Chamber of Commerce
were celebrated by that organiza
tion simultaneously on Saturday
night at the Ocean Isle Beach
restaurant.
The dual celebration took the
form of a combination dinner
meeting and party, with the fam
ilies of the club members present.
Approximately 40 persons were
on hand to make inroads on the
turkey, enjoy the proverbial fir
tree, and to listen to Christmas
music.
President David Gause address
ed the gathering in general terms
before plans for the Jaycee-spon
sored Brunswick County Pageant
were brought under discussion.
Preliminaries to that event are
scheduled to begin about January
27. The organization now boasts
26 members and is a close-knit
and active club.
Plans for the distribution of
food-baskets for 20 needy families
residing in Brunswick were also
laid during the meeting.
The ranks were depleted some
what by the holidays, with some
members absent on visits to for
mer homes and, in some cases,
the homes of their wives. Among
members present were the follow
ing:
J. T. Clemmons and family;
David Gause and family; L. B.
Cheers and family; Roney Cheers
and family; Thurston Mintz and
“unity; Billy Gurganus and fami
Sam Inman and family; Roger
tewett and family; W. J. Me
nd) and family; J. P. Lewis
id family; Wilfred Williamson
td family, and the Billy Cheers.
In his talk President Gause
lognized the outstanding work
ing the past year by all
,, J ef the SHallotte Jaycee.
•«d that “with ad ever
growing Organization, I .feel sure
that 1962 will be bigger and bet
ter for both Shallotte and our
organization.
Prizes Awarded
For Decorations
Annual Contest Sponsored
By The Southport Garden
Club Creates Local Inter*
est
Scores of Southport residents
participated this Christmas in the
decorations contest sponsored by
the Southport Garden Club, and
prizes were awarded in three
categories.
First place winner for door
decorations was Mrs. L. J. Har
dee. The second place winner was
Mrs. Reese Swan. Honorable men
tion went to Mrs. F. L. Willing.
First prize in over-all decora
tions went to Mrs. Guy Garrett,
with second place being awarded
Mrs. E. J. Prevatte. Mrs. Harold
Aldridge received honorable men
tion.
Mrs. Albert Russ won first place
for the most beautiful living
Christmas tree with honorable
mention going to Mrs. Mark
Owens.
Judging was done Christmas
Eve night by out of town visitors.
TIME and TIDE
When you live beside the sea there are tales of shipwreck and
rescue, and such a story was going the rounds in Southport dur
ing the week following Christmas in 1936. A Greek freighter,
the Mount Dirfeys, had run aground and had broken in two on
Ikying Pan Shoals. Her crew had abandoned ship, had been res
cued and were being quartered at the U.S. Quarantine Station in
Southport.
All of this was reported in our edition for December 30, which
also had .reported that otherwise the Christmas in Southport had
been uneventful. Another group of visitors for whom prepara
tions were being made was the crew of the submarine Perch,
which was due here in two. weeks on a shake-down cruise. Also
on a nautical note, there was encouragement for a project to
dig a yacht basin at Southport.
Blackout drills were being carried out in Southport during
Christmas week of 1941, for World War II was not then three
weeks old. That was reported in our December 31 issue of The
Pilot. Peacetime pyrotechnics also were causing their troubles, and
a firecracker had shattered the windshield of the Prince O’Brien
family on a trip from Wilmington late at night. (The Banker’s
first thought was that he was being bombed!)
One of the first contacts that Southport, N. C., had with
Southport, Englad, was reported in that issue. The crew of a
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Law Partners
ANNOUNCEMENT—James C. Bowman, left, and
J. Prevatte, right, have announced the. formation
of a law partnership, effective January 1. Both have
practiced in Southport for several years and arc well
known throughout the county.
New Law Firm Has
Been Formed Here
New Year Break
Next On List
City and county employees
were back on the job this
morning- after a Christmas
holiday break. Employees in
the three financial institutions
which serve the county also
were back at work today.
There will be another in
terruption in normal business
routine next Monday when
practically every office and
institution will remain closed
in observance of New Years.
This will include the banks
and post offices.
When business is resumed
next Tuesday it will be for
everyone, for that is the day
when the children will go
back to school following the
yuletide holidays.
Shallotte Troop
At Scout Court
Brunswick Group Draws
Praise Of Presiding Offi
cer Lee Greer At Last
Session
The highest achievement honor
in Scouting, the Eagle Scout
award, was presented to Robert
Leder last night at a Court of
Honor ceremony in the Columbus
county courthouse.
The presentation came as the
final event of a full evening of
honors heaped on Scouts from
over the county and a troop from
Shallotte.
Lee Greer presided and special
messages and words of encour
agement were voiced by guest
speakers including Dr. James
Marshall, Rabbi Samuel Friedman
of the B’Bai Israel synagogue of
Wilmington, Stanley Shearin, mas
ter of Troop 513 of Whiteville,
Bill Williamson, of Chadboum,
Carlie Simmons, and others.
When two would-be Scouts
stood firmly before Greer asking
that they be accepted for mem
bership, Greer told them that they
were welcome and further that
they would get out of Scouting
just what they put in it.
Later, noting that the Shallotte
troop had 62 Scouts and support
ers present, highest by far of
any other group there, Greer ob
served that “I am also certain
that a community, and Shallotte
in particular, will be rewarded
fully for what they put into
Scouting.”
The Shallotte contingent had
come the greatest distance and
they were there “with the most
est.”
Immediately prior to the award
ing of the Eagle Scout honor to
Leder, Billy Enzor, David Small \
and Billy Renfrow of Fair Bluff’s
troop 503, received the Gold Palm
award for extra service to Scout
ing, they having earned the Eagle
Scout honor earlier.
The Eagle Scout winner Robert
Leder is the son of J. Herman
Leder and Mrs. Leder of White
ville. He is president of the
Whiteville high school senior class
and a member of the basketball
and football teams.
In addition to the Eagle Scout I
award, other awardees were: I
Second Class, Troop 501, Jim
my Davis, David Bullard, and
Fred Shearin; Troop 508, Evan
Continued On Page 4
Jamies C. Bowman And E.
J. Prevatte v Announce!
Plans, To Form Partner
ship For Practice Of Law
A new law firm has been form
ed in Southport by James C.
Bowman and E. J. Prevatte, who
have announced that they will be
associated in the general practice
of law effective January 1, 1962.
The firm name will be Bowman
and Prevatte, and the offices will
be located in the Harrelson Build
ing on Howe Street, where each
has occupied his respective office
for the past several years.
Prevatte moved to Southport
in July 1939, and the following
year became associated with the
late C. Ed Taylor, with whom he
practiced until the latter’s death
ip i«*:~ -
In 1951 Prevatte farmed a law
partnership with Ray H. Walton,
with whom he was associated un
til October 1951, when he moved
to Lumberton. He returned in
1953 and since that time has prac
ticed alone.
Bowman moved to Brunswick
in 1952. He was twice elected to
the House of Representatives
from Brunswick county, serving
during the 1957 and 1959 sessions.
He is a graduate of the Washing
ton College Law School in the
class of 1958.
Prevatte is a graduate of Wake
Forest College Law School in the
class of 1936. Currently he is
serving as chairman of the Bruns
wick County . Democratic Execu
tive Committee and as county at
torney,
These men have purchased the
Williamson property on the court
house square.„ A, residence which
has stood there for many years is
being removed and they hope to i
erect a modern law office at this
location.
Boiling Spring
Lakes Growing
Progress Report Indicates
Activity Continues Dur
ing Holiday Period
With the end of the year ap
proaching, Brunswick County’s big
new real estate deevlopment girds
for a banner year in 1962. In
the meantime the guiding hands
at Boiling Spring Lakes can point
to several recent accomplishments.
North Lake, one of the three
artificially-constructed bodies of
water on the vast property, has
risen some 19-inches during the
past ten days as a result of the
transferal of water by pumping
from 300-acre Boiling Spring Lake
nearby.
Draglines have been busy cut
ting drainage ditches in the golf
course area.
The holidays brought a large
crowd of viistors out in brisk but
fine weather on Tuesday; sorhe
carloads from as far away as
Canada.
And an airplane swooped down
last Friday to land with ease and
safety on that wide avenue call
ed the Boiling Springs Road.
Navigator of the light plane was
Southport’s own Wes Jones, and
he came not merely to exchange
seasonal greetings, but to exhibit
a bag of ducks slain, not by whir
ring propellers, but by scatter
shot from his trusty gun.
A rather sad hunting note wasj
the disappearance of the semiJ
domesticated and clipped-winged
mallards set out on some of tbv
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Shallotte Folks
Organize Church
In New Section
Construction Of Calvary
Baptist Church Well Un
derway In Shallotte Heig
hts Sub-Division
On December 13 a new Baptist
Church was organized in Shal
lotte. The group chose as their
name, Calvary, and presented
their organizational Charter, to
which 26 names were affixed.
The" organizational program was
presided over by the Rev. Mark
Owens, Moderator of the Bruns
wick Baptist Association, who \
was assisted by Mrs. Margaret \
McRacken, Associational Mission- \
ary. A constitution, with its by
laws and covenant, was presented
and adopted. It was agreed to
leave the charter for membership
open until June, 1962. Those unit
ing with the church, until that
time, will constitute the official
charter membership.
Mrs. Woodrow Russ served as
the clerk for the organizational
meeting. The officers, including
trustees, deacons, clerk, treasurer,
Sunday school superintendent,
pianist, and song leader were
elected. A pastor has not yet
been chosen, but preaching ser
vices are conducted on regular
schedule.
This church has their new
building well underway in the
Shallotte Heights sub-division. It
is of brick and masonry construc
tion and is a contemporary de
sign of architecture. When com
pleted, the sanctuary will seat
about 200 persons. The comple
tion of the building is expected
soon.
Holiday Letter
Tells Of Japan /
n
Mrs. Eloise Jervis Writes * *
About Family Experien
ces Since Taking Up Resi
dence That. Country | w
A holiday letter from Mrs.
Eloise Jervis to friends in South
port contained some interesting
sidelights upon the life of the
Jervis family, former Southport
residents, in Japan.
Portions of the letter follow:
“Almost six months has passed
since our departure from South
port, but our memories are re
freshed often as we talk about
our friends. We compare our tiny
“Japanese House” to the lovely
home with spacious rooms and
central heating that we enjoyed
so much in Southport. I’m sure
that our Japanese House would
fit nicely in just the living room
of the Tydings House. We are
learning to appreciate the Japan
ese bath—Ofura—but at first it
was a joke to fold up our long
legs to fit into the small deep
tub.
We feel like "010 Timers” as
we have experienced several
earth quakes, in fact there were
two last night during the nigh|
We were awakened
gentle swaying and rocking
house. Also we have
typhoons—but were well
in advance and suffered*
comforts. Our house
shutters and we close
take the car over
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flounder the pastj
is constantly
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he has purchase/
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