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PORT PILOT
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
Volume No. 22
A Goo^wspaper In A Good Community
No. 7
10-Pages Today
PORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1962
5c A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
rrice Increase
Predicted For
Better Quality
Larger Volume Of Selling
Continues Despite Faci
That First Sales Wer«
Lower Than Expected
Fhe Whiteville tobacco market
began its first full week of sales
of tied tobacco with warehouse
men expressing optimism for
higher prices along with better
quality.
Through Friday sales of last
week, the local market maintain
ed its lead over other border
belt markets, volume-wise. The
first five selling days netted 3,
813,302 pounds for $1,936,198 and
a $50.77 average. Thursday’s aver
age. jumped 12 cents a pound to
a $58.42 from Wednesday’s $46.40
and Friday’s average went to
$58.60. Wednesday was the last
day of loose leaf sales, and a big
reason for the $12 a hundred
jump in prices.
Most warehouses are full to
day with nearly full to full sales
the forecast for the rest of the
week. Generally most county
farmers have completed baming 1
tobacco and have begun grading
and tieing. By the end of the !
week full sales will be general '
for the following two weeks.
The USDA reports that on
Border Belt markets during the
untied sales period growers placed
1.4 per cent of gross turnover
under government loan. On
Thursday, when regular tied sales |
began, 8.4 per cent of sales was !
received by stabilization for all
Border Belt markets. The in
crease of six cents per grade in
loan rates and the offering of
better quality tobacco were re
sponsible for the upturn in sta
bilization’s take Thursday and
Friday, according to reports.
The support level for all un
tied tobacco offered during the
first five days of sales, regard
less of whether placed under loan
or not, averaged $38.01 per
hundred pounds. The support -
level for the tied offerings on i
Thursday figured $56.52.
r ctrmers, warehousemen and
buyers have generally agreed that
loaf quality offered for sale so
far has been below that offered
in 1961. As farmers begin selling
“leaf” tobacco prices are expect
ed to rise to the 1961 level.
Local warehousemen have noted
that there will be plenty of room
for selling local leaf during the
next few days but also urge that
farmers reserve space to be as
sured of proper selling space.
Mr+f K*> Of
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AT ST. PHILLIPS
Services will start at 9 o’clock
Sunday morning at the St. Phil
lips Episcopal Church.
BAKE SALE
There will be a bake sale Sat
urday morning at 10 o’clock in
front of the post office building
sponsored by the women of St.
Phillips Episcopal Church.
MYF SUB-DISTRICT
The MYF sub-district rally will
be held Monday evening at Dixon
Chapel in Varnum Town. It be
gins at 6:30 p. m. with a sand
wich supper. All members are
urged to attend.
HOME FROM HAWAII
Miss Gertrude Loughlin, Bruns
wick County Supervisor of Ele
mentary Education, has returned
from a vacation visit with Mr.
and Mrs. Don Williams and fam
ily in Hawaii. Her brother, J. j.
Loughlin, Jr., is spending several
months with Mrs. W’illiams.
FISHING TRIP
On an overnight trip Sunday
night and Monday, M. Louder of
Myrtle Beach, S. C., caught 20
king mackerel, 16 dolphin, 200 to
300 pounds of red snapper and
blackfish, 6 barracuda, 2 amber
jack and 6 bonito while fishnig
with Capt. Walter Lewis aboard
the John Ellen.
ASC FALL SIGN-FP
The 1962 ACP fall sign-up will i
begin on August 20, and continue
through August 31. All farmers
needing assistance in carrying
out approved conservation prac
tices in their farms are urged to j
contact the ASCS office at Slial- !
Iotte during the above period if
possible. Some of the practices
aavilable this fall are permanent
pasture or hay, liming materials
on farmland, winter cover crops 1
tree planting, forest improvement.’ I
This Is Not Fair
Dan’D ° Wa 1 ke™Town ftiana a^,th| Tbig: fellow which
declared ineligible for tho N c"'Crab1 ??*hBeac,h.’ has
to be run on the afternoon of' Autus*?/is
Beach. That race is restricted u 2 u* J‘ong
crabs. restricted to blue, hardshell
Plans Progress For
Holding Crab Derby
Long Beach Will Be Site
For Second Annual N, C.
Crab Derby Held As Pro
motion For Crab Industry
Indications are that a large
crowd will be present at Long
Beach August 25 for the running
of the second annual North Caro
lina Crab Derby to select an entry
to repreesnt the State at the
National Crab Derby in Crisfield,
Md., September 1.
The event, designed to stim
ulate interest in and increase
consumption of crab meat taken
fi om millions of crabs now
caught in State waters, is being
promoted by the Town of.Long
Beach, in cooperation with the
Vorth Carolina Department of
conservation and Development.
Champion crabs from North
-.aroilna’s 12 crab-producing coun
:ies will race each other down a
i i-.jui. piywooci track here at
' : 2:30 p. m. on that day for the
1 j ri&ht t° represent the State’s
crustaceans in ‘he annual Na
tional Crab Derb %
| > *
j This State’s crab-producing
j counties are: Currituck, Tyrrell,
j Dare, Hyde, Carteret, Brunswick,'
New Hanover, Onslow, Craven,
Pamlico, Pender, and Beaufort.
More than 16 million pounds of
hard blue crabs were taken last
year from the waters of these
counties, according: to the U. S.
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries.
North Carolina has more than
i doubled its crab production in the
! Past eight years and now ranks
fourth in the nation in the output
of this delicacy of the sea.
Dan L. Walker, Town Manager j
| of Dong Beach, says preparations i
are being made to handle a large !
crowd expected to attend the !
unique race. Other events will
also be on the program.
Judges for the derby will be: '
Woodrow Price, Managing Editor,
' News and Observer, Raleigh; Ed
ucat'd H. (Duck) Lewis, secretary,’
North Carolina Motel Association! I
Raleigh; and Robert L. Lowery'
secretary, North Carolina Asso- I
eiation of Quality Restaurants.
Ben McDonald, News Director '
Station WECT-TV, Wilmington!
will be master of ceremonies.
Wade Lucas, Information Offi ^
cer for the N. C. Department of
Conservation and Development, is j
helping to coordinate and pro- I
mote the event on behalf of the
State agency.
Three trophies will be awarded
in the Crab Derby, for first, sec- I
ond and third place finishes, in (i
addition there will be a contest I
for the best deviled crabs and JI
crab cakes, with six entries in! (
(Continued On Page 4)
School Safety
Man Is Coming
The Safety representative
of the State Board of Educa
tion will be in the county
August 20-24 to certify school
bus drivers who have not al
ready been certified, Supt.
John G. Long said this mor
ning.
Supt. Long said the repre
sentative. H. Crowley, will be
at the Shallotte garage and
at the Waccamaw school
Monday, at Southport, Leland
and Bolivia Tuesday, Union
school Wednesday, Lincoln
Thursday and at the Bruns
wick Training school Friday.
Get Inquiries
On Marinology
Brunswick County Board Of
Education Served As Pi
oneer In Program At
Southport
j A Jetter received recently from
Gloucester, Mass., by John G.
; Long, superintendent of Bruns
wick County Schools, indicates
the widespread interest in the
course in Marinology that has
been offered at Southport High
School for the past several years.
Text of the letter follows:
"T h e Gloucester Vocational j
School received an outline of your
Fishing Course in 1958 during an
investigation of subject material,
''ith the intention of program
ming a fisheries course at Glou
cester Vocational School. This
course, Fishing and Vessel Man
agement, is due to begin this
coming school year. X was em
ployed as Co-ordinator-Instructor,
and am in the process of taking
the 1958 program and adapting
it to present conditions for pre
sentation this fall.
I am writing to ask you if
there have been any changes in
course content or time devoted
to the various subjects. Such in
tot mation would be of assistance
to us in our program.”
Supt. Long says that this is
.ypical of inquiries that have come
n from near and far, some of
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Jay Dance
Tllp Raise
cer Funds
Satut^eptember 1 Has
Be4f As Date For
Ben Project To Aid
Caj|? rive
As gt of the failure of
the aipund drive in Bruns
wick <j|to reach the success
ful ie« the two preceding
years, puthport Jaycees have
initiat&roject to conduct a
benefitf' at the Community
Buildii&Southport on Satur
day e\ft September 1.
Brigi James Glore has
stated 1 the failure to make
an a® showing for the j
Ameripmcer Society in the
is due to several
principally to the
absent in Burma dur
al time.
nt of the Brunswick
t of the American
iety, General Glore
[hat in 1960 the coun
raised some $13000,
1961 exceeded that
me $200. At present,
62 Crusade there is
imately $600 on hand,
sections of the coun
t to be heard from.
Shallotnd Iceland areas have
been Urtant regions in past
1962
reaso
fact
ing t;
As
Coun
Cane
point;
ty C:
and
figuri
for
only
and
ty
crus;
Th,
Sout;
the
sade
whici
of t;
G;
rts of the Jaycees in
are expected to exceed
esults in the last cru
o the record of success
attended other efforts
anization.
Glore has asked that
all visually support the Can
cer Cr des, and have not been
contact this year, respond to
the Ja e project for the com
munity ance on September 1.
He|th Workers
FuU Salary
Vacancy Ocmrs In Staff Of
. Brunswic* bounty Health
(DepartmentAnd Replace
ment South
With a spefia: grant from the
I State Board of Health, beyond
their normal contribution to the
Brunswick Count Health Depart
ment, the coSnty commissioners
have - provide^!sufficient funds to
meet in full the budget submitted
I by the County^ Board of Health.
This is particularly pleasing to
Health officials as the new 1962
63 Merit System Salary Scale had
made sizeable increases in the
I minimum mandatory salaries in
a number of| positions.
David I. Alford, sanitarian, is
resigning the last of this month
to accept a ppsition with the Vir
ginia Sch ol l System. The Sani
tary Engiiefang Division of the
State Boa d Df Health is being
contacted nin effort to replace
him. The hsj ections and grading
of all foodiar Uing establishments,
meat martel i, motels, etc. will
be brought u to date before the
termination < : Alford’s services.
The Stael Board of Health
usually dots ] lot have a waiting
list of qiali ied trainees. Any
Continued on Page Three
TIME and TIDE
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host to tlie
and over t
The
favored ‘‘S;
board.
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of four
heads. John! ii
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fr
fi'Pt
c years ago this week the sailing regatta was over
o isidered to be a successful venture. Southport was
yachting crowd with various kinds of entertainment
thousand visitors that saw the races,
ee” of Savannah, Ga„ took the Class “A” title from
yfidicate” when the skipper of the Latter fell over
>m the Holden’s Beach prison camp saved a family
drowning when they went in water over their
ie Varnurn was credited with this dramatic rescue.
Twenty y iars ago this week a scrap metal drive was being'
conducted b r the Southport churches. The proceeds from this
campaign w ire to go to the churches.
Dances Wire being held in the U.S.O. building once again.
>, along with games and movies, highlighted the ac
ervice men in this area.
The makiig of surgical bandages was postponed because the
material had not arrived due to unavoidable difficulties; two men
escaped through the front door of the jail with the hel pof a
hacksaw; fifst aid classes for the Civilian Defense and the Red
Cross disaster relief committee were being held here.
F ifteen years ago this week a wide variety of fish were caught
offshore and were highlighted by eight sailfish strikes and two
catches. The biggest sail measured 7’2” and weighed 55-pounds.
The Brunswick cold storage plant at Shallotte was to open in
the coming week; Bill Sharpe, director of the State News Bu
reau, was to make a picture story of the intracoastal waterway
as soon as he finished his vacation; Long Beach was growing
Continued On Page 2
Turtle Egg Hunt
SJ -# t ' .. <
DIGGING—Mrs. Reese Swan and Mrs. Kenneth Stiller watch in amusement as
their children burrow in the sand to recover eggs from a new-found turtle nest.
The golf-ball looking white objects in the foreground are the fruit of the hunt.
Two of the kids are so enthusiastic in their search they have almost disappear
ed from sight into the sand nest.
County Baptists
Mission Schools
To Start Sunday
A Simultaneous Educational
Program Will Be Conduc
ted Throughout Bruns
wick By Visiting Leaders
The Brunswick County Baptist
Association is sponsoring a School
of Missions during the period of
August 19-24 which will involve
a large number of the churches
of this county in a simultaneous
training program under the lead
ership of several outstanding in
structors.
Participating churches include
Leland, Elah, Town Creek, Leban
on, Mill Creek, Peace, Bolivia,
Southport, Antioch, Bethel, Oak
Island, Supply, Mt. Pisgah, Oak
Grove, Calvary, Jennie Branch
and Shallotte.
The plan calls for a different
speaker each night following the
mission study session, and these
will include persons prominent In
the field of foreign missions as
well as home missions and state
mission program. This will afford
an unusual opportunity for Bap
tist laymen to learn of the scope
and pur poses of the entire mission
program of the church.
Among the speakers will be
missionaries home on leave from
Tiawan, Philippines, Costa Rica,
Continued On Page 4
Brunswick County
Schools To Open
Graduates
2ND LIEUTENANT ARNOLD
Supply Man 1$
Air Force Grad
2nd Lieutenant Wilson T.
Arnold Receives Pilot
Wings Following Gradu
ation From Training
Second Lieutenant Wilson T.
Arnold of Supply has been award
ed United States Air Force pilot
wings following his graduation
from pilot training at Reese
AFB, Texas.
Lieutenant Arnold, a graduate
of East Carolina College, Green
ville, flew the T-37 and the new
supersonic T-38 jets during the
year-long flying training course.
Continued On Page 4
Insect Stings
Are Dangerous
Brunswick County Health
Officer Issues Warning
Concerning These Com
monplace Hurts
Venom from honeybees, bum
blebees, Wasps, yellow jackets and
hornets is drop for drop just as
potent for certain susceptible per
sons as deadly rattlesnake venom,
says Dr. A. H. Elliot, Director,
Brunswick County Health Depart
ment. Authorities believe that
stings by these insects kill more
people in the United States than
the feared rattler. One prominent
specialist suggests that some of
Continued On Page 4
♦Principals Begin Work This
Week, With Opening Day
Of School Set For August
28th
Brunswick county school princi
pals are back on the job begin
ning today (Wednesday) and
there are other signs of prepara
tion for the opening of schools
for the fall term.
First day on the job for Bruns
wick county school teachers will
be Friday, August 24.
Pupil orientation, actually the
first day of school, since all stu
dents are expected to be present,
will be on Tuesday, August 28.
Classes will begin on the follow
ing day, August 29.
Superintendent John G. Long
reported this week that every
thing is shaping up well for the
new school year, with a minimum
of teaching vacancies to be filled.
There will be only one change
in principals, this being at Leland
High School. Rockfellow Ventters,
formerly principal for three years
at Long Creek-Grady in Pender
County, will be the new man.
He is a graduate of East Caro
lina College, from which he also
holds a masters degree. He has
8 years experience as principal,
plus 11 years as teacher. He is
married and has a son who will
be a member of the junior class
at East Carolina this fall.
He is a Methodist, a 32nd De
gree Mason and a Shriner.
Receiving Feed
Grain Payments
ASC Official Estimates Pay
ments About One-Third
Complete In Brunswick
Ralph Price, ASC office man
ager at Shaliotte, reported Tues
day that about one-third of the
eligible farmers in Brunswick
county have received their final
payments in the Feed Grain Pro
gram.
When a sumary was made Mon
day, Price says that figures show
ed 262 farmers have received
$27,900.58 in final payments under
the program. There were 670 far
mers to sign up, earning a total
of about $100,000 in payments.
“This would indicate that we
are about one-third complete”,
Price figured.
He said that Waccamaw town
ship farmers are the only ones
who have not yet been mailed
their cards. He says these will go
out this week. “Any farmer who
has not received his notice within
the next 10 days should come to
the office to see us, Price said.
He urges farmers who have re
ceived their cards to bring them
when they come to the office for
i final setlement.
Historical Group
Holds Meeting In
Leland Section
Largest Crowd In History
Of Brunswick County His
torical Association Hears
Rev. H. A. Phillips
The Brunswick County Histor
ical Society met Monday night at
the Woodburn Presbyterian
Church with approximately 70
people attending the third meet
ing of the year. This was a rec
ord-breaking attendance for the
society meetings.
This speaks well for Leland,
host to the Historical Society for
this meeting, at which time the
speaker was Rev. H. Arthur
Philips, pastor of the Camp Meth
odist Church in Shallotte. The
Rev. Mr. Philips gave the back
ground history, leading up to the’
granting of the Carolina Charter
of 1663.
Mrs. M. H. Rourk, president of
the group, mentioned that in the
coming year there will be a cele-.
bration, referred to as the Ter
centenary. Mrs. Rourk, who is!
Brunswick County representative
on the Commemorative Events
Committee of the Tercentenary
said that markers will be placed
at historic points, designating
roads, ferries, homes of leading
personalities, etc. of the 1663-1763
period.
The second portion of the pro
gram was conducted by one of
the directors, R. V. Asbury, Jr.
as an informal discussion about
the history of the local area. Due
to the absence of Bill Adams,
Asbury related that Leland was
named for Leland Adams. Years
before, this community was called
Gay’s Station, but when the Post
Office Department wanted to
open an office there, several
names were submitted. The name
Leland was chosen and went into
effect on February 10, 1898.
Asbury called upon W. J. But
ler, who gave information on the
plantations in the Northern part
of the County: Port Vernon,
| Green Banks, Wanet, Roan, Point
Repose, Magnolia, Auburn, Dalli
son, Mulberry.
Mrs. Lee Blake gave a report
on some graveyards she has visit
ed and epitaphs she had record
ed. She brought to the meeting
several interesting ' artifacts,
which weer exhibited along with
the other displays.
One of the other displays was
a large map of the county show
ing locations of historic sites and
their names. There was also one
on the Carolina Charter, showing
pictures of six of the eight Lord
Proprietors and a picture of a
map showing the land which the
Charter covered. The third dis
play dealt with old buildings and
was titled "A Historic House of
the Past and Present”. It tied in
with N. C. Travel Council Statis
tic which states that in 1960
tourists spent $2,505,000 in Bruns
wick County. The point was made
of the importance to preserve
buildings to show posterity as
well as the motoring tourists.
Asbury pointed out to the group
that the Historical Society wel
comes questions and inquiries
about the county history from
school children and adults, alike.
Anyone interested in joining the
group should contact Miss Helen
Taylor, secretary-treasurer, Win
nabow.
Rev. Randolph W. Graham, pas
tor of the Woodburn Presbyterian
Church, host to the society, con
cluded by inviting the group of
historians to return for future
meeting to hear more about the
history of the Northern section
of Brunswick County.
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.
Thursday, August lh‘
7:52 A. M. 2:10 A. M.
8:28 P. M. 2:20 P. M.
Friday, August 17,
8:45 A. M. 2:57 A. M.
9:18 P. M. 3:12 P. M.
Saturday, August 18,
9:37 A. M. 3:45 A. M.
10:09 P. M. 4:04 P. M.
•Sunday, August 19,
10:32 A. M. 4:34 A. M.
11:01 P. M. 4:58 P. M.
Monday, August 20,
11:29 A. M. 5:25 A. M.
5:55 P. M.
Tuesday, August 21,
6:17 A. M.
12:28 P. M. 6:55 P. M.
Wednesday, August 22,
0:54 A. M. 7:15 A. M.
1:29 P. M. 8:00 P. M.