Shallotte Track
Champs Working
By JIGGS POWERS
SHALLOTTE- Coach Doug Hen
derson is looking for replacement:
in at least three departments a:
his Shallotte Pirate track team
defending champions in the ab
breviated uniform sport in thi
Waccamaw Athletic Association
goes through their daily drills.
“We will probably be some
what weaker in the weights am
distance runs,” the former Uni
versity of North Carolina tracl
star said here today. “Too, wi
are looking for replacements ii
the sprints.”
About 35 candidates are tak
ing part in the drills of th<
Pirate champs, with several out
standing members of last year’:
club on hand and getting lead;
(to go.
Shallotte lost five boys whon
they will miss considerably ii
the 1962 campaign. These includi
Jan Hewett, the WAA champior
miler and 880 runner; Lyn Hold
en, winner of the loop 440-yar<
run. who is away at prep school
Felix Cox, runner-up in the poll
vault event; Stuart Clemmons
middle-distance rimner; and Larr;
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Wed., Thur., March 28-29
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. Wilson, a sprinter, who has de
■ cided to play baseball this year,
i Top members of the champion
i ship club back for another year
. of duty includes Mike Stanley,
the conference high jump and
■ pole-vaulting champion; also
, Royce Hewett, a star in the
sprints.
The WAA discus champion,
' : James Russ, and the loop runner
up in this event, Landis Stanley,
■ are both on hand. Henderson also
‘ has Paul Grooms, his star hurdler,
1 and his middle-distance trio, How
ard Hughes, John Ganus, and
■ Jimmy Piggott, back for duty.
! Among the top prospects on
; hand for workouts, the Shallotte
i coach listed Don Gore, a sprint
' ' aspirant as one of the better look
ing hopefuls.
Henderson expects to have his
, Pirates ready to defend their loop
.1 championship by the time the
! : season rolls around.
Visiting Marine
Gets In Trouble
A 19-year-old marine attached
to Camp Lejeune passed through
Brunswick County last Wednes
day, tarrying only long enough
to plunge himself into serious
trouble.
James Wilson, a white youth
who hails from Columbus, Ga.,
may be said to have already been
in hot water before he ever
reached the Brunswick County
line. Wilson was AWOL from his
base.
Reaching Shallotte, the discon
tented marine was feeling a bit
I discouraged. It was a long way
to Columbus, and hitch-hiking
I was a slow and tedious business.
Walking across the little bridge
! which spans Shallotte River, Wil
son espied a late model pickup
; truck parked near the Brunswick
j County Health Center building,
i Slipping inside the truck, the
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Tigers Defeat
Dolphins, 5-1
In First Game
Hallsboro’s Tiger baseball team
opened its 1962 diamond season,
Friday, with a 5-1 practice vic
tory over Southport’s Dolphins on
the Southport diamond. The game
was set up at a late hour, Thurs
day.
Tommy Jernigan, star lefty of
the Tigs and Freshman Bill For
myDuval, another southpaw, hurl
ed the win for Hallsboro, allow
ing Southport but 3 hits. All of
these came off Jernigan, who
hurled the first six innings and
fanned 11 men and walked but 3.
FormyDuval came on in the 7th
to fan the side in order.
C. E. Murphy had two of South
port’s three safeties, getting a
double in the first to bat in
George Allen who had reached on
an error for the lone Dolphin
run. Murphy also singled in the
3rd and Jerry Spencer singled in
the 2nd for other Dolphin safe
ties. .
Centerfielder Buck Clewis was
the top Tiger batsman, collecting
a single and triple in three at
bats. Donnie Rhodes, Ray Rhodes,
Jernigan, Joe Faulk, Jimmy Hines
and Bill FormyDuval had other
singles for Hallsboro, which club
collected 8 off Robert Russ and
Murphy, the Dolph flingers.
Hallsboro had a pair of runs
in the 3rd to move past South
port—a 1-0 leader until that time
—with a walk to Jerry Young,
Don Rhodes’ fielder’s choice,
Clewis’ single, and error and
Faulk’s base knock.
Two more Tiger markers came
in the 4th on walks to Catcher
David Batten and FormyDuval
and Clewis’ three-bagger. A hit
batsman, Faulk’s fielder’s choice,
and singles by Jim Hines and
FormyDuval produced the other
HHS run in the 5th.
Hallsboro 002 210 0—5—8—-2
Southport 100 000 0—1—3—1
Jernigan, B. FormyDuval (7)
and Batten; Russ, Murphy (4)
and Spencer.
ieserter found the keys under the
floor matting. The truck was al
most filled with gas. Wilson and
the pickup sped towards South
Carolina.
The loss discovered, Leon Gallo
way, Shallotte police chief, was
called into action. Galloway im
mediately placed a description of
he truck, including its tag num
aers. on the wires. The results
were almost immediate.
Thursday morning Galloway
and Deputy Sheriff Drew Long |
eft for Columbia, S. C., where j
lames Wilson repined behind
bars. In the Palmetto capital,
Wilson talked freely. He had
escaped military duty, only to
fall into the hands of the F.B.I—
also a povernmerit agency. They
are holding Wilson for transport
ng a stolen vehicle across state
lines. The bond is $1,000. Wilson
today is in a cell in the top floor
3f the Richland County jail, the
fedea-al detention section.
Barcie F. Stephens
PEMBROKE—Barcie F. Steph
ens,' 51, died Thursday. He was
maaiager of Cole’s store in Pem
broke.
Final rites were conducted at
4 p. m., Sunday, at Biggs Funeral
chapel in Lumberton with the
Veteran’s of Foreign Wars in
charge. Burial was in Rice Ceme
tery in the Long Branch section.
Survivors include a brother,
Fulton Stephens of Shallotte;
three sisters, Mrs. Shell Anderson
of Proctorville, Mrs. Pope Jenkins
of Fairmont and Mrs. Blanche
Conn of Huntington, W. Va.
The male gaff-topsail catfish
incubates the female’s eggs in his
mouth until they hatch and the
fry are nearly four inches long.
OVER THE YEARS
I'VE BEEN DIABETIC,
I HAVE CERTAINLY
APPRECIATED '
WATSON'S
PHARMACY
Forestry Awards
SAFETY AWARDS were presented last Thursday to nine
Brunswick county foresters by Lee Sheffield of Whiteville and
District Forest Ranger. Above, Kenneth Johnson, J. B. McDowell
ar.d Lester Edwards, left to right, are shown after they were
presented pins and certificates noting six years each of service
without time lost due to an accident. Alton Dyson. Beulah John
son, Margie Milligan and C. N. Simmons were presented three
year accident - free certificates and Charlie Gore and Norman
Darnell received one-year certificates. The awards pere presented
at the county agent’s office at Supply.
The Farming Guide
(By A. S. KNOWLES, County Agent)
Com is a most unusual and
diversible crop. It is used in many
ways and provides much food for
human consumption, and makes
up the major energy feed for
livestock, especially hogs.
National supply of grain is great
er than present demands and a
surplus exists. But the picture is
much different in North Carolina
and Brunswick County in par
ticular. We do not produce the
corn needed to feed the livestock
that is being fed or should be
fed in the county.
Our swine and beef cattle feed
ers have recently had trouble pur
chasing corn and the prices are
too high. This situation may grow
woi’se in this area unless farmers i
that grow corn' can produce it
more efficiently.
Knowles pointed out it was less
than 20 years ago that farmers
began using more nitrogen, clos
er spacing, and hybrids to in
crease yields from around 20
bushels per acre to an average ;
bf 40 bushels per acre. The time
nas arrived that corn growers 1
must put into practice all the
known approved production prac- i
tices. In order to increase the in
come, from corn, the yields must ]
move up to an average of 80 i
bushels or more per acre. ;
SENCland corn growers now ,
have a 6 point program to follow
Knowles reports.
1. Use an adopted hybrid such
as (yellow) N. C. 270, Coker 71, j
Dixie 82, Coker 67, McNair 444, !
Dixie 18, Funk G-730, McNair 1
582, and N. C. 42. For white hy
brids use Coker 811A or Coker
911.
2. Select good soil. Take soil
test. Add lime if needed and pre
pare good seed bed.
3. Use adequate fertilizer placed
properly. Report of soil test will
recommend kind and amount. In
absence of soil test use 400
pounds 5-10-10 or 350 pounds
6-6-12.
4. Get good stand of 12,000 to
14,000 plants per acre. Plant in
3% to 4 feet rows. Treat land
with 2 pounds active ingredient
A.ldrin or Heptachlor per acre if
wire worms and other soil insects
ire problems.
5. Control weeds early by use
>f chemicals or shallow cultiva
:ion. A pre-emergency spray may
ie used to apply 2 to 4 pounds
if Atrazene or Simazin in 30 gal
ons of water per acre.
6. Apply adequate side-dressing,
ipply 80 to 120 pounds of avail
ible nitrogen per acre is 2 to 2%
’eet high. Where potash is low,
his can usually be corrected by
ipplying 100 pounds of muriate
>f potash. Nitrogen should be ap
ilied according to stand count. If
leavy rains fall soon after side
iressing it may be necessary to
i.dd more nitrogen to insure a
:rop.
It doesn’t require any more
abor or time to produce a high
Meld than a low yield. It just
equires putting the known prac
ices together at one place.
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Pathetic Story Told In Pictures
On Courthouse Bulletin Board
By EUGENE FALLON
A11 the drama, the tragedy and
the poignancy found in the Bruns
wick County courthouse is not
alone unveiled on the second floor
within that great room in which
justice is meted out. Downstairs
in the hall is a corner carved
from life; mysterious, sad, in
scrutable.
Take the poster tacked on the
wall, the one with the very young
boy's likeness on it, for example.
Come closer and read for your
self, an old, old story.
“Missing Person: Alan Well
man, age 16, 5 feet, 8 inches, 120
pounds, brown hair and blue eyes.
Missing from his home for six
weeks. May seek employment in
service stations, bowling alleys,
grocery stores. Likes cars, bowl
ing, pool. If located get in touch
with Mrs. Louis Wellman, or the
Corpus Christie (Tex.) police de
partment . . .”
Alan looks out at the reader
from level eyes, wide in the fash
ion of boys. His hair is crew cut.
Just such a boy as might be
found at Southport High School.
And along Texas’ Gulf coast, a
mother lies awake at night and
weeps and wonders in what way
she had failed her boy.
The description would be worth
less without the picture. A fairly
tall and very slender 16-year-old,
off fighting dragons; grasping the
beaker of life in two thin hands
and drinking it down in great
gulps. It cannot be helped, this
sort of thing, old as the world
itself. And his favorite relax
ations, these too are commonplace
with 16-year-olds. What boy does
not love cars, flashing things
composed of wheels and gleaming,
paint? A passport to the world,
a Magic Carpet indeed. And one
cannot say that, because he likes
pool and bowling, that this is
evidence of a misspent life. Alan's
life is just beginning to unfold.
There’s time for earnestness, cul
ture, true appreciation of values.
Since Brunswick is larely un
spoiled, it comes as no surprise
to find such notices tacked as
the following tacked on the bulle
tin board: “Controlled Shooting
Preserves, must consist of not
less than 100 acres and not more
than 1,000, and shall be in one
contiguous block of land.” And
the notices on hunting and trap
ping are conspicuous, as well as
one peculiar only to ocean-bound
ed Brunswick. That one that re
veals the “Motorboat Regula
tions,” the Bible for the ever
increasing hordes who prefer
what the poet described as “the
path that is ever new.”
And the oft-told tragedy of
economics is not absent from
these public walls: such quietly
bitter notices of land and farms
for sale, and the one that pro
claims a repossessed truck up
on the auction block. Not for
whiskey violation, mind you, but
because its owner was unable to
finish paying for it. Behind this
bare notice is a bucket of tears.
What was it—ill health, a stroke
of paralysis, loss of a job, crop
failure? In might be any of these.
The possibilities are as numer
ous as they are sorrow-filled.
And there's a poem in prose,
called “This We Believe”. It has
nothing to do with Republicans
or Democrats or Socialists. It has
to do with the most fragile and
precious crop of all—our school
children. Perhaps the Board of
Education placed it there for all
to see. It is worth reading.
And last the inevitable humor
ous clippings, the poor verse, all
extolling the hackneyed moral
cliches which proclaim that right
and justice triumphs ever; that
money isn’t much; that honesty
is the fastest road-to-riches; that
all a man needs for everlastfiig
happiness is a strong back, a silly
smile, and an awesome capacity
for hard labor.
Southport Wins 8-6
Over Long Greek
Southport won its first base
ball game of the season Tuesday
afternoon with a 8-6 decision over
/isiting Long Creek. Rip Howard,
:reshman lefthander, worked the
final three innings to gain the
iecision.
The visitors got a 4-run jump
n the ifrst inning, but the Dolph
ins kept pecking away at the
lead, going ahead 6-5 in the third
inning, but allowing Long Creek
:o tie it up again in the fourth.
A. pair of tallies in the home half
af the sixth gave the home team
the victory margin.
Murphy started for Southport,
was relieved by Russ and then
:ame Howard for the mopping
up. Davis started for Long Creek,
was relieved by Rivenbark; and
the visiting catchers were Casteen
and Caison. Spencer was the
Southport receiver.
The visitors are being coached
this year by Bobby Spencer,
Southport man, who had several
of the Dolphin players on a little
league squad he coached here sev
eral years ago.
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