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THE STATE PORT PILOT
The Pilot Covers
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Brunswick County
Volume No. 22
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12-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1962
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Joint Exercise
TESTING—Photo shows personnel of the United States Army, Navy and Coast
i1uardTaboard ,th® Coast Guard Cutter Chilula while berthed at Sunny Point
Th.es® P.ersonnel a^e among those participating in various capa
v.J (raiirip the scientific explorations that are being conducted off the coast of
thTeT Gffl.ce of Naval Research. Left to right in photo are Col.
rn. T^nRnddl^0n’TVbS-AArmy;Commander Philbrick, U.S. Coast Guard; Lt.
U:S- A™y; Dr. Robert Meyer, Contract Scientist for U. S.
NaVy, and Lt. Edward L. Corley, U.S. Army.
Joint Exercise
Being Conducted
Off This Coast
Sunny Point Terminal Is Be
ing Used As Base Of Op
erations For Scientific
Experimentation
Sunny Point Army Terminal,
together with the United States
Coast Guard is currently assisting
the United States Navy in con
ducting scientific explorations off
the coast of North Carolina.
This project is under opera
tional control of the Office of
Naval Research, Geophysics Di
vision, and the chief scientist is
Dr. Robert Meyer. It will con
sist of approximately sixty small
underwater detonations at sea,
the effects of these detonations
being recorded by instruments lo
cated both on land and aboard
vessels at sea.
Sunny Point’s role in the exer
cise will be to furnish the loading
facility, some supplies and equip
ment, and render technical assist
ance in the loading of the requir
ed explosives aboard the research
vessel.
The United States Coast Guard
is furnishing the vessel and load
ing and operating personnel.
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SMORGASBORD SUPPER
A smorgasbord supper will be
served at Ocean View Methodist
Church on July 20. Serving will
be from 5:30 to 7:30 p. m. and
no advance sale of tickets will
be held.
AT CHAPEL HILL
Mrs. Susan King, Brunswick
County Librarian, is attending the
second session of summer school
at University of North Carolina
for additional credits toward a
degree in library science.
DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT
Dr. Clyde S. Boggs, district
superintendent, will preach at the
Sunday morning service at Ocean
View Methodist Church at Yau
pon Beach. The Rev. B. H. Lamb
is the new minister.
TRIP TO HAWAII
Miss Gertrude Loughlin of
Southport left last week for a
trip to Hawaii where she will
visit Mr. and Mrs. Don Williams.
Mrs. Williams’ father, J. j.
Loughlin, has been with her for
several months, so Miss Lough
lin’s visit will be in the nature'
of a family reunion.
ARTIST HONORED
Mrs. Norman Hornstein has!
been notified that her painting
in Japanese Ink, “Walden Creek"
has been selected for the travel- 1
ing show for artists of North |
Carolina for the coming year, i
Selection was made by Ben Wil
liamson, curator of the Museum
of Art in Raleigh. 1
Long Beach Gets
State Crab Derby
Announcement Made By
Board Of Conservation
And Development That
Event Coming To Bruns
wick
Long Beach will be the scene
of the 1962 Crab Derby, an event
which was inaugurated last year
and is being continued this sum
mer with the full endorsement
of the Board of Conservation and
Development in an effort to high
light the crab industry in this
state.
Dates for this year’s derby will
be August 25-26.
The derby entrants will be re
stricted to the 12 crab-producing
counties in the State. They are
Brunswick, New Hanover, Pen
der, Onslow, Carteret, Pamlico,
Craven, Beaufort, Hyde, Dare,
Currituck and Tyrrell.
The winner of the Long Beach
derby will represent North Caro
lina in the National Crab Derby
at Crisfield, Md., on Sept. 1.
C&D Director Hargrove Bowles
Jr. said he has designated Wade
Lucas, public information officer
of the C&D Department, to work
with Long Beach Town Manager
Dan L. Walker in staging the
unique derby.
The event is held to stimulate
further interest in North Caro
lina’s hard crab derby.
Conference On
Church Music
Two Concerts Included On
Program For This Week
At North Carolina Bap
tist Assembly
The annual Church Music Con
ference of the Baptist State Con
vention of North Carolina is in
progress at the North Carolina
Baptist Assembly this week.
The Conference features two
concerts. The first will present
Beverly Wolff, mezzo-soprano,
Sumter, South Carolina, tonight
(Wednesday) at 8 p. m. On Fri
day evening at 8 p. m. the sec
ond concert will be by the As
sembly Choir composed of over
500 voices. The choir will present
ELIJAH by Mendelssohn under
the direction of Dupree Rhame,
Professor of Music at Furman
University, Greenville, South Car
olina. Soloist include Mrs. W. R.
Phillips, soprano, who is Minister
of Music at Knollwood Baptist
Church, Winston-Salem; Mrs.
David Galbach, contralto, Char
lotte; Bill Stutter, tenor, who is
Minister of Music at First Bap
tist Church, Charlotte; and James
Berry, bass, who is Minister of
Music at Myers Park Baptist
Church, Charlotte.
The morning schedule features
classes in theory, hymnology, or
gan, voice, graded choirs, and
conducting. The conference is un
der the general direction of Jo
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Honored
Pvt. James R. Huestess, son
of Mrs. Fred Barnhill of South
port and a former student at
Southport High School, received
a Certificate of Honor when he
graduated recently from the Sig
nal School at Fort Gordon, Ga.
The Brunswick county boy fin
ished among the first 10 men in
his class and qualified for Radio
Relay training at Fort Hood,
Texas, where he is now stationed.
Committee Will
Name Solicitor
Resignation Of John J. Bur
ney As District Solicitor
Leaves Vacancy On Demo
crat Ticket
Wilmington Attorney Addison
; Hewlett, Jr., has been named
chairman of the 8th district Dem
ocratic Solicitorial Committee and
will call a meeting prior to Aug
ust 15th for the selection of a
Democratic nominee for 8th Dis
trict Solicitor.
State Democratic Party Chair
man Bert Bennett announced that
the committee meeting is neces
sary in order to name a can
didate as successor to Solicitor
John J. Burney, Jr., who last
week announced that he is leav
ing his post at the completion
of his term this year.
Hewlett is expected to call the
meeting sometime prior to Aug
ust 15 as this is the deadline as
set by the State Board of Elec
tions in order to have the nomi
nee’s name placed on the official
ballot.
Committee members, as chosen
at the State Democratic Conven
tion in May include:
D- T- Clark, Leland; J. C.
Stanaland, Ash; James M. Wolfe,
Southport; James Dick Proctor,
White ville; William Johnson.
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Fire Department
Is Being Formed
At Long Beach
Organization Being Formed
To Speed Movement For
Fire Protection Through
Beach Area
When organizational plans are
completed Long Beach may be
the smallest incorporated com
munity in the world in size of
population to have an organized
fire department. Plans were an
nounced this week for the or
ganization of a Volunteer Fire
Department with an auxiliary
group of senior citizens forming
a Fire Fighters Buff group. The
term "Buff’ is ued to refer to
interested but non-active or de
partmental enrolled fire fighters.
Both groups will be expected
to take the training course offer
ed by the North Carolina State
Board of Education in conjunc
tion with the Brunswick County
Board of Education and being
held in Southport. Classes start
Monday July 23. And will be held
in two groups, one group Monday
and Wednesday evening starting
at 7:30 p. m. and the other Tues
day and Thursday. They will be
held at the Southport Fire De
partment.
While not having an organized
department, it was pointed out
that Long Beach in one year had
grown from four fire buckets to
ownership of a 1,200 gallon tank
truck with six wheel drive and
having two pumps. One a new
low volume, high pressure pump
and the second is a rebuilt aux
iliary high volume, low pressure
pump. The town also has 550
gallon tank for water mounted on
a trailer. During this same time
three valves have been installed
in the water mains to facilitate
filling both the tank truck and
the trailer tank.
Spokesmen for the Town of
Long Beach observed that while
this progress was good and in
the proper direction, all equip
ment being to specifications of
the office of the State tfire Mar
shall and State Insurance Depart
ment, that trained personnel is
needed to bring about the desired
reduction in insurance rates and
to properly afford the fire pro
tection needed.
The proposed organizations not
only will give the community ade
quate fire protection, its benefits
will be a fellowship center and
many worthwhile community pro
jects can be achieved through the
Volunteer Firemen’s organization.
City Has New
Well Of Water
Third Supply Of Fresh
Water Being Tapped This
Week With Fourth To Be
Reclaimed
A new 8-inch well to increase
the supply of drinking water for
the City of Southport has been
completed and has been cut into
the main line this week.
The well was dug by the J. D.
Bigford Contracting firm of Long
Beach. It is 171-feet deep, has a
capacity of 250-gallons of water
per minute, has a 100-foot pump
setting and a 19-foot draw-down,
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TIME and TIDE
Twenty-five years ago this week two young federal foresters
spent two nights in the Green Swamp before being rescued by a
search party led by Frank Rabon.
A mention was made of a report on a story about the Stuart
House that appeared in the Wilmington Messenger in 1897. It
said that the Stuart House may have been the oldest hotel in
North Carolina, having been opened in 1830.
Entries were coming in for the sailing regatta to be held in
August, case workers were ready to begin social security; and
the Waccamaw Lumber Co. had sold all of its Umber land.
Twenty years ago this week shrimping was well underway in
Southport. Good catches were reported and there were four
shrimp houses here to accept the loads of shrimp. The Menhaden
boats were given permission by the board of Conservation and
Development to catch mullets. They were not to take any within
300 yards of shore.
Capt. I. B. Bussells, H. T. Bowner and Crawford Ruark caught
130 sea trout and 20 bluefish while fishing. Sports fishing near,
Southport has been prohibited during the past several months,
reason for this ruling was that the area has been classified in
the defensive area of the port of Wilmington.
Sharks were hindering the shrimpers by becoming entangled in
their nets; a number of Southport boys were arrested for steal
ing watermelons; and a warning siren was sounded before dawn
because of an unidentified craft off the North Carolina coast.
Fifteen years ago this week Prince O’Brien, alert cashier in
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Visiting Flotilla
CRUISE—These boats are members of the Clinton Boat Club who converged
upon the area during the. past weekend, using the Long Beach Marina as a base
ol operations. The boatmen spent some time ashore, making contact with their
former fellow townsman, E. G. Sinclair, at his motel at Yaupon Beach.
City Tentative
Budget Has Tax
Rate Set At $1.30
Budget Will Be Open For
Inspection For 30 Days
Prior To Final Adoption
By Board
Members of the board of aider
men in session here Thursday
night approved a tentative budget
based upon a tax rate of $1.30,
the same as last year.
Following the first reading of
the budget, the proposal will lie
open for 30 days, and if no ob
jection is raised it will be finally
adopted at the regular meeting
of the board on August 9.
The total amount of the bud
get for the next year is $209,853,
which includes payment on the
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Seek Improved
Bank Facilities
Board Of Aldermen Ask
Appointment Before State
Banking Commission To
Seek Relief
Members of the Southport
Board of Aldermen have directed
City Manager C. D. Pickerrell to
request an appointment with the
State Banking Commission so
that official request can be made
to improve what have been term
ed unsatisfactory and inadequate
banking facilities here.
City officials have been con
cerned with this matter for more
than two years and have held a
series of conferences with offi
cials of Waccamaw Bank and
IYust Co., which has a branch in
Southport. They have contented
that the present bank building is
lot large enough to provide facili
ties which are needed here and
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Ferry Service Is
One Step Closer
Demonstration Of
Tobacco Varieties
Tobacco farmers can ob
serve the performance of 22
varieties of tobacco at a field
meeting near Exum on J. D.
Vereen’s farm Friday at 2
p. m., says A. S. Knowles,
County Agricultural Agent.
The varieties being tested are
on badly infested Black
Shank soil and farmers can
study their resistance to this
deadly disease.
Some of the varieties are
well known and established
while others are now varie
ties that may be put out next
year. Seeing is believing in
this case.
A new film on preparing
loose leaf tobacco for market
will be shown at the Exum
community house at 3 p. m„
for the benefit of those at
tending the field meeting and
others interested, reports the
County Agricultural Agent.
Army Training
Unit Arrives
U.S. Army Terminal Train
ing Unit From Boston
Spending Two Weeks At
Sunny Point
Officers and enlisted men of the
U. S. Army Terminal Unit (7459)
with headquarters at the Boston
Army Base, Boston, Massachu
setts, arrived Saturday for their
two-week Annual Active Duty,
on-the-job training with the Sun
ny Point Terminal.
The men of the 7459 Terminal
Unit are not strangers to the
Sunny Point Terminal, as they
are returning for their third visit
within a four year period.
Col. John P. Reddington is the
new Terminal Commander of the
Unit, having assumed command
June 28.
This Boston-based unit consists
of varied civilian occupations
which have their counterparts in
the Army Terminal Operations.
Civilian railroad, auditing, tele
phone & electronics equipment,
systems analysis, ship scheduler,
engineers, and administrative per
sonnel.
This type of civilian background
blends will with the job to be
performed. The men of the 7459
Terminal unit are looking for
ward to further on-the-job train
ing with their counterparts at the
Sunny Point Terminal.
The following, men are with
the unit:
Col. Reddington, commanding;
Lt. Col. John D. Sloan, Lt. Col.
Frank C. Cate Jr., Lt. Col. George
S. Hoar, Major Wilbur J. Burch
stead, Major Charles D. Casey,
Major Henry J. Langill, Major
Charles W. Stiles, Major John A.
Tierney, Jr., Major Joseph W.
Hall, Capt. John E. Ago, Capt.
Charles M. Bernier, Capt. Albert
W. King, Capt. George W. Sullas,
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'Naval Architect Has Figures
Showing Cost Of Vessel
Suitable For Local Use
Interested Southport citizens
have been asked to attend a meet
ing Thursday night at 7:30
o’clock in the City Hall to dis
cuss local plans for the South
port-Ft. Fisher ferry service
which appears to be more and
more within the realm of possi
bility.
Among the propositions to be
considered will be the recommen
dation of a location for a landing
slip on this side of the Cape Fear
river.
During the past week it was
learned that a naval architectural
firm has completed a study of
plans and specifications for a
suitable vessel for ferry service
across the lower Cape Fear. These
plans, together with the estimat
ed cost of construction and op
eration, will be presented to
members of the State Highway
Commission at their next meet
ing.
Brunswick County and South
port city officials have been seek
ing the Southport-Fort Fisher
link for a number of years.
Some top Highway Commission
officials are now known to favor
approval of the service and con
struction of at least one ferry
boat to haul cars and passengers
between the two points. Commis
sion engineers have recommend
ed that specially-built vessels be
constructed for the route because
of the strong tides in the lower
Cape Fear River and have esti
mated that $500,000 would buy
one boat and get the sendee un
derway.
1 raining School
For Firemen Set
Firemen Will Receive Train
ing In Series Of Adult
Education Classes
First classes in the Firemanship
Training- class, sponsored by the
Brunswick County Board of Edu
cation in cooperation with the
Wilmington Industrial Education
Center and the State Board of
Education were held Monday
night at Bolivia.
Others starting this week were
in Leland, Winnabow and Shal
lottle, with classes on Tuesday
night.
Classes for the Southport and
Long Beach Volunteer Fire De
partments will begin on July 23.
They will be conducted in the
Southport Fire Department Build
ing and will meet on Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day nights from 7:30 to 10:30
o’clock.
J. W. Casteen will be the in
structor of the local class; Leon
Thomas is instructor at Shallotte;
Bill Hutton at Winnabow; L. H.
Wolfe at Leland; and Clayton
Burton at Bolivia.
These classes have resulted
from the organizational meeting
held on July 9 at Bolivia. Howard
Williamson, member of the Bruns
wick County Board of Education,
will serve in an advisory capa
city.
August 2nd May
Be Opening Of
Border Markets
County Agricultural Agent
Gives Information To
Growers Regarding New
Sales Plan
The date for the opening of
the North and South Carolina
Border Belt tobacco markets will
be set tonight at Lumberton.
The session Wednesday is ex
pected to confirm that the local
markets will open Aug. 2, the
same date that South Carolina
markets will open. Their opening
date was set last Friday at their
session in Florence. Usually Bor
der Belt markets open the same
day as those in the South Caro
lina belt.
The Georgia market will open
one week earlier, on July 26.
The first five selling days will
be devoted to the selling of loose
leaf.
The new program will work as
follows:
1. Price support will be avail
able only on lugs and primings
and nondescript grades thereof,
which are offered fore sale during
the first five sales days at each
market. No price support will be
available for tied tobacco during
the first five days.
2. Grading and inspection by
the Federal Inspection Service
will be limited to untied tobacco
as long as there is enough untied
tobacco offered for sale to fill
the warehouse basket limit under
the customary trade regulation*
for each market.
3. Any tied tobacco offered to
fill the basket limit not used by
untied tobacco must be displayed
separately from the untied tobac
co on the warehouse floor prior
to inspection.
Accoring to Fred Barnes of the
Stabilization Corporation there
will be no support price on tied I
tobacco sales, should there be to- I
bacco sold in this form, during j
the first five days. /
He explained that if a ware- t
houseman fails to have hi a aU v
lotted number of spaces filled
with leaf, the remainder may be
utilized for tied tobacco, without
support price. He added that it
was his understanding that the
tied tobacco would be graded in
case the tied leaf is needed to
fill the number of piles allotted
for the day’s sale.
4. Beginning with the sixth day
of sale at each market, price
support will be available only on |
tobacco offered for sale in tied 1
form.
5. The new experimental pro
gram will be tried out this mar
keting season at all flue-cured
markets outside the Georgia-Flor
ida Belt. This includes the mar
kets in the flue-cured areas o|
South Carolina, North Carolina)
and Virginia.
USD A noted that this changi,
is experimental for the 1962 mar-1
keting season. Whether it will bel
continued will depend on experi-j
ence obtained during this season.\
USD A pointed out that price!
supports for untied tobacco willl
be less than rates for the samel
grades in tied form. The depart
ment, in announcing the flue
cured price support rates for thel
1962 flue-cured crop, stated that!
the loan rates for untied tobacco!
would be $6 per hundred pounds <
less than the rates for tied to- i
bacco. This is the same differen
tial that was in effect in 1961
for untied tobacco on the Georgia
Florida markets.
The decision to limit price sup
port to untied lugs and primings
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Tide Table
Following: is the tide
table for Southport during
the week. These hours are
approximately correct and , t
were furnished The State ■
Port Pilot through the j
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
Thursday, July 19.
9:02 A. M. 3:20 A. M.
9:36 P. M. 3:26 P. M.
Friday, July 30,
9:55 A. M. 4:08 A. M.
10:27 P. M. 4:18 P. M.
Saturday, July 21,
10:50 A. M. ‘ 4:57 A. M.
11:19 P. M. 5:13 P. M.
Sunday, July 22,
11:47 A. M. 5:48 A. M.
6:12 P. M.
Monday, July 23,
0:15 A. M. 6:43 A. M
12:47 P. M. 7:13 P. M.
Tuesday, July 24,
1:13 A. M. 7:40 A. M.j /
1:49 P. M. 8:18 P. M./ |
Wednesday, July 25,
2:12 A. M. 8:39 A. M
2:51 P. M. 9:24 P. V
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