EDITORIALS
DASH FOR FREEDOM IN CUBA
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When 16 people including a mother
and her two children risk their lives in
a dash in a bus through a concrete wall
for greedom, the kind of life to which
they have been exposed must he intoler
able to say the least. Such has been the
pattern in Berlin since last August but
now the latest occurred in Castro’s
Cuba.
Intrigue, conspiracy and exploitation
marked the regime of deposed Batista.
Castro’s emergence to power two and a
half years ago offered hope of better
times, but not for long. Hunger and in
security prevail there now. Worse, per
haps, than the Batista offerings.
Well-armed Castro, with Russian
weapons, notwithstanding, Cubans will
not for long1 abide slavery and'suppres
sion even if relief from the yoke takes
their blood and lives.
THE TASK: TEACHERS, STUDENTS, PARENTS
We are grateful to a reader for send
ing us an article on education taken
from the Ladies Home Journal and
written by Sterling M. McMurrin, U.S.
Commissioner of Education. To be spec
ific, it is about schools, teaching and
those processes wdiich make for a high
er level of learning by all students.
Among many key expressions in the
article appears this one: “When we de
mand of our schools something less
than the individual is capable of doing,
we rob him of his self-respect and de
prive him, his community and the na
tion of the personal and social divi
dends that can come from a full devel
opment of his talents.”
At times, the author asserts, we have
been far too willing to tolerate school
programs that entertained and amused
our children when they should have
been disciplined, directed and inspii’ed.
Discussing teacher qualifications, the
author says there are many highly qual
ified and dedicated teachers who serve
our schools, but in general, he says
“the quality of teaching in our schools
and colleges is lower by far than it
should be.”
The problem of quality in teaching,
Mr. McMurrin goes on, will not be solv
ed merely by increasing teachers’ salar
ies. But certainly it will never be solved
until the average salary levels for teach
ers are at least competitive with salary
levels in other employed fields.
The Commissioner’s words are well
said. Yet, let us not forget, teachers
should not be expected to make the
whole contribution to the learning pro
cesses. Students, and their parents, have
an obligation. If every member of every
faculty in the land had a Ph. D. degree,
all of that collective knowledge would
be worthless in a classroom without
dedicated student interest and willing
ness. Indifference among some students,
resistance to discipline among others,
are knavery thieves. Those so afflicted
rob themselves of opportunities and
othei's of added knowledge resulting
from interrupted teaching.
Encourage and assist Phi Beta Kappa
potential, yes, but seek, at the same
time, a formula for diverting indiffer
ence to interest. This is a co-operative
task of teachers, students and parents.
When we all join in the common bat
tle, the desired improvement will be ac
complished, but not until then.
WEAPON OF ENSLAVEMENT
Iii these times when enough to eat is
taken for granted in this country, it is
suggestive of the dark ages to know
that millions in other parts of the world
are hungry to death. Their lands will
not produce enough to sustain them, at
least with their still primitive farming
methods, and their peers deny them the
sustenance free people elsewhere would
provide willingly.
Stewart Alsop, noting in a recent ar
ticle that Red China’s industrialization
flopped and that last year’s poor har
vest brought no relief, says the only
way out for China’s 600,000,000 is for
about a quarter of them to die. He says
that is the only way to adjust the land
to-population imbalance.
His suggestion means that 150,000,
000 Chinese would have to die that the
remaining 450,000,000 might live.
There are already indications that forc
ed undernourishment is reflected in a
decrease in births and as time advances
the drop is expected to be more precip
itous.
Meanwhile Mao Tse-tung and his
Peking government forge ahead using
hunger as the weapon of enslavement.
Frightening, all the Communist way of
gaining and keeping control. Americans
would do well to study closely what is
happening in China and other Commun
ist dominated countries.
EDITOR MIFFED OVER MENU
The editor of the Canton Enterprise
went out to lunch the other day and
came away disgusted. For one thing, he
was indignant because they served
blackeyed peas cooked without season
ing sidemeat. Then, the worse, there
were no stewed tomatoes on the menu.
He wrote that you can eat stewed to
matoes without blackeyed peas, but
who ever heard of eating blackeyed
peas without stewed tomatoes?
Frankly, he has put the question in
a new way. We have enjoyed black
eyed peas and tomatoes cooked togeth
er, and with a generous slice of home
cured meat of course, but in our book
that was “Hoppin’ John.”
This piece-de-resistance is said to
have originated by necessity during a
storm years ago at Pauley’s Island just
below Myrtle Beach.
A rising tide and whistling winds
took hold of Uncle John’s cabin and
floated it mainlandward across the in
undated marsh while the old fellow was
cooking dinner, blackeyed peas in one
spot and tomatoes in another. Flooded
out below*, he poured the tomatoes into
the yeas, scrambled onto the roof and
spooned away all but oblivious to na
ture’s fury. The concoction has been
“Hoppin’ John” since that day. It’s sus
taining when accompanied by a pone or
knuckle-patted cornbread.
ANOTHER CHANCE--TO KILL
Two youths, one 17 and the other 18,
were given their third life sentences to
prison in Virginia a few days ago. First
they had robbed and killed a taxi driv
er. Then, last December, they killed a
The State Port Pilot
Published Every: Wednesdav
Southport, N. C.
JAMES M. HARPER, JR. ........ Editor
Sintered as second-class matter April 20, 192t
at the Post Office at Southport, N. C.t and
other Post Offices, under the Act
of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTkON RATES
Brunswick and Adjoining Counties
and Service Men . $2.00 per yea*
Six Months .. $1.50
Elsewhere in United States — $3.00
Per Year ;—6 Months_ $2.00
truck driver and took $10, all he had,
from his pocketbook. So each must live
the res„ of his days under three life
sentences. The 17-year-old was an ille
gitimate child, got through the sixth
grade and had been in numerous other
scrapes with the law. The 18-year-old
had a similar record.
What happened in the case of these
two boys proves many things but. most
ly, that delinquency, illiteracy, and ille
gitimacy go hand in hand with crime.
If there was ever a case where two
humans were judged unfit to live with
society, certainly, these are prime ex
amples. Yet, some will sav: just an ex
ample of misguided youth; give them
another chance. They had that chance
under parole and went out and duplica
ted the crime.
Agriculture Helps America Grow gives
these and other facts about how farm
ers contribute to our expanding econ
omy.
Time and Tide
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tions were going in for more farming: Grain and cattle were the
main operations at Pleasant Oaks; a. well-rounded farm plan was
being carried out at Clarendon; and Orton had stepped up its
nursery operations.
Mayor Peon Galloway had swept back into office at Shallotte
and the late John D. Eriksen was retained as Mayor of South
port in city elections; collections totaling 5408.36 had been made
in the Cancer Fund Dri'-e. with Mrs. M. M. Rosenbaum as chair
man for Brunswick.
Last week we recounted the visit to Southport 10 years ago of
movie star Jennifer Jones. A sequel in our issue for May 7, 1957,
was that she had invited her local hostess, Mrs. Lou Mallison
(Lewis) to go with her to Hollywood to serve as diction coach
during the filming of “Ruby Gentry.”
Announcement was made of the purchase by N. C. Pulp and
Paper Co. of a 13.000-acre tract of land between Southport and
Supply; all county offices had agreed to go on a 5-day week,
eliminating Saturday office hours; and sports fishing was off to
a big start, with bluefish catches running to as many as 200
to the boat.
May 8, 1957, and E. B. Tomlinson had been elected Mayor of
Southport: Henry C. Stone was to be honored when Shallotte
High School officials named the new cafeteria for him; and a
memorial fund was building for the late W. B. Kozinh.
The Summertime" motif was to be carried out in the annual
Flower Show: Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Jones and J. Baylor Roberts
member of the staff of Tire National Geographic, had stopped at
Southport on their way South while doing a story about the
Intracoastal Waterway.
Letter To
The Editor
Shallotte, N. C.
April 25, 1962
Editor
The State Port Pilot
Southport, N. C.
Dear Sir:
I want to ask your help in
getting a bill passed in the next ]
state legislative session: Take all ,
state tax now collected on gaso
line used by boats on waterways ]
and use and apply it to water- ,
ways, It is now turned over to ,
the Highway Department for use .
on roads. ,
Three years ago, I asked Mr. j
Bunn Frink (then State Senator)
to pr'sent such a bill. He agreed
and asked the Attorney General’s I.
office to draft the bill. Unfor- j
Innately, it was not properly \
drawn and so much time elapsed j ■
that we were not able to get a )
proper one presented during that! ,
session.
When Mi. Sanford was in Shal- ! ]
lotto before election, I asked if 1 ] t
could getj his support on such a 11
bill if Jifj were elected Governor, t
He answered he was very much
in favor of such a bill and as j
proof, he had presented this bill :
ir, 1953 when he was a represent- '
a;ive. He got it through the!
House but the Senate rejected it.!
After election, I wrote him that. I
wonted to again get the bill pre- j
ser ted and asked if he would I
make a public statement that he
favored it. He did not answer my
first letter, and his brief reply
to tiie second letter said to take
this up with Bunn Frink.
Th re is between $150,090 and
$200,000 paid the Slate yearly for
tax on gasoline used on waiter
ways. If this were used intelli
gently on the waterways, we
could develop miles of attractive
waterfront lots with access to
deep water and the ocean. We j
could improve rivers and lakes in !
Western North Carolina, all of
which would attract and bring to
the State hundreds of retired per- i
sons and others interested in fish
ing, boating, and skiing.
If you know or will look into
what has been done by Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, it will be
easy to see the tremendous possi
bilities of such a program.
Yours very truly,
Congreve Jackson, j
WEEKEND CAMPING
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Donald Brown, Johnnie Brown, j
Ricky McWilliams, Jack Duffie,
Pat Duffie, Stephen Parker,
Michael Parker, Patrick Parker, |
Anders Hoglund, Jimmy Manis,
Richard Bellov. Eddie James,
Clyde Graham, Jack Keith and
Johnnie Melton.
Adults who pai ticipated in the '
operation were George Parker,
Reese Swan, Kenneth Stiller,
Allen Graham and Leslie Bellows, j
MAY DAY WPJL~~
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and May Pole : h grade.
The May Court ! ..•cessional will
conclude the pr .mi. Everyone
is cordially invited to attend.
In the evening ar o’clock the
sophomore class wid jonsor the
May Day Dance. T event will
ho held in the gy : u.isium, and ,
this dance will he ,s i , -formal.
Read I he W ant Ads !
HOT DOGS—
SANDWICHES—
FRY
DAM - MAID
SHALLOTTE. N. C.
DINNER GUESTS
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ler present berth.
To hear him tell it, this latter
*-as one. of her most perilous ex
Jloits, and he confessed that to
>ring her up the river and place
ler in her slip was a feat that
lefied reason. “But there she is,”
ie bald.
Admiral Maxwell told his audi
‘nee that he was bom in Russia,
md he had some sincere sound
ng words to say about how
ucky his audience is to be able
o enjoy live in the United States.
Announcement was made that
3rig. Gen. James Glore won the
ontest for which the television
et was first prize, and aeeept
nce was made by his young
laughter, Clare Margaret Glore.
NEW SHALLOTTE
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;nd young people are using the
ibrary now than are adults; but
he hopes that when word gets
round as to the variety of adult
ooks available, they will use it
lore.
The library now has more than
oOO volumes on its shelves,, with
he resources of the 13.000 books
elonging to the Brunswick Coun
y Library System to be called
on when a particular title is de
sired.
PLANS CONTINUE
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take care of entries and Mrs.
Basil Watts will take charge of
classifications.
Entrusted with the securing of
judges, will be Mrs. Bobby Jones;
Mrs. J. B. Warth will head hor
ticulture; Mrs. Hoyle Dosher, spe
cial exhibits.
Doing the clerical work for the
exhibition will be Mrs. Roscoe
Rogers, Jr., Mrs. Harold Aldridge,
Mrs. Harold Spencer and Mrs.
Albert Dosher.
Besides the various ribbon
awards to be given participants,
the top award for sweepstakes
will be the annual Silver Trophy
which was presented to the
Southport Flower Show in 1957
by Mrs. Mae Bamber of South
port, England, and designated to
be held annually by the winner
of the yearly event.
Good Fishing
Being Reported
First Big Catch Of King
Mackerel Of Spring Is
Brought In By Saturday
Fishing Party
Good fishing and good weather
got together again during the
past weekend to bring some good
fishing for parties going out of
Southport aboard local charter
boats.
The first king mackerel of the
season were caught Saturday, and
good reports continued to come
in from parties fishing for blue
fish on the shoals.
Capt. H. A. Schmidt had Ray
Cauble and party of Granite
Quarey out with him aboard the
Idle On III and came in with 36
king mackerel. That same day
J. D. Skelton and party of Char
lotte, fishing aboard the Idle On
II with Capt. Hoyle Dosher had
27 king mackerel and 25 blues.
Capt. Rob Austin and an unre
ported party also had about 20
kings for their Saturday catch.
Capt. Basil Watts had part of
the Cauble party out with him
Saturday aboard the Idle On II
and came in with 160 bluefish.
On a Sunday trip Capt. Dosher
and the Skelton party of Char
lotte brought in 61 king mackerel. I
Earlier last week Capt. Watts
Tad the Goldsmith party of Co
lumbia out aboard the Idle On
II and they had 112 blues.
iSot Exactly ISews
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One of the most convincing recruiting pitches we ever heard
made on behalf of the U.S. Navy was made by Rear Admiral
William S. Maxwell durirg his speech here Thursday night. He
came out second, however, when Little Clare Margaret Glore
came up to receive the television prize won by her father. The
young lady stuck out her hand and said, “I enjoyed what you
said about the Navy, Sir, but I have been an Army brat all my
life, and I think that I shall have to remain loyal to the Army”
... And the Admiral stooped over and kissed her!
We thought we were witnessing a roadside robbery Tuesday
night when we saw some cars, some men walking around and
some strange lights in the woods near the blueberry farms close
to Southport. We were right about the robbery, all right, but
not the nature of the occasion. It was H. T. Bowmer doing a
little work with his bees, and it could be that there was a little
harvesting of honey included in the operation. They used to all
that “robbing the bee lives” . . . Incidentally, the location of the
apiary across the road from the blueberry farm probably is no
accident, for during the past few weeks there probably was more
nectar accessible out there .than at any other point in the county.
Dan Walker had a good fish picture last week, and before he
could get a print made they had caught another—and bigger
one. Both of them made the newspapers . . . The Sunday ex
cursion by the Fayetteville Yacht Club is an example of what
there could be more of if a concerted effort were made to at
tract visitors into this area for their recreation.
Every time we go to Calabash we discover something new and
nice about it. Recently we discovered a new place, Colemans.
Friday night we had our first meal at the Thomas place. Both
of them made it possible for us to say again: “We have never
had a poor meal at Calabash.” ... It takes a lot of water to
make things too wet in the spring when sap is rising. Until this
week the water in the canals beside the highway in the Wacca
maw river swamp was out of its banks. If it continues for an
other week like it is going now,'the canals may be dry by next
Wednesday . . . There’s that limb with yellow leaves showing up
again on the right of the highway just across New Britain
Bridge going toward Whiteville.
Tender Is The Night” is showing this weekend at Holiday
Drive-In at Shallotte . . . Here at Southport "Splendor In The
Grass” is showing at the Amuzu . . . And don’t forget that next
Wednesday is North Carolina Night on the Perry Como Show.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Blake
mnounce the birth of a son at a.
Greensboro hospital on April 29.
FIRST GAME FRIDAY
The Southport Little League
jaseball team will play the Wil
nington Fire Department nine
lere Friday night at 7:30 o’clock
n the first game of the season.
There are over 11,000 different
types of insects native to North
Carolina, including over 2,000
types of flies.
Lake Baikal in Russia is the
world's deepest lake (5,315 feet)
and Eurasia’s largest body of
fresh water.
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quarterly. Cur current dividend rate is the highest in the history of our
association.
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