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Brunswick County
Volume No. 22
No. 10
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1962
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Whiteville Has
Total Sales Of
20-Million Lbs. I
Farmers Receive Almost
$12-Million For Sales
Through Friday Of Last
Week In Whiteville
The Whiteville tobacco market
took a holiday from its labor to
day and looked at its sales record
for the first 22 days of sales.
To date the local market has
sold 19,760,533 pounds for $11,
678,043 and a $59.10 average. This
includes the first five selling days
devoted to loose leaf sales.
Full sales were recorded Thurs
day with 1,309,594 pounds for a
$62.86 average and Friday with
1,206,748 pounds for a $63.11 av
erage. Also, for the four sales
dates this week full sales are ex
pected.
The leaf delivered to stabiliza
tion fell off from a week ago.
The USDA reports that approx
imately seven per cent of offer
ings went to stabilization as com
pared to 8.5 per cent a year ago.
Season receipts have been put at
6.1 per cent.
The average support level for
all tobacco offered last week, re
gardless of whether placed under
loan or not, averaged $55.60 per
hundred pounds. For the season
the support level has averaged
$55.80.
Farmers appeared generally
satisfied with prices last week as
much of the tobacco sold was of
the “top” variety with the buying
companies showing a strong de
mand.
Last year, at the same com
parable time, 24,717,044 pounds
had been sold. On Friday before
Labor Day last year the market
recorded sales of 839,738 for
$63.64 average.
With better quality expected
during the next four selling days,
it appears that prices and quality
and coming close to being in line
with the peak selling year 1961.
Warehousemen are urging far
jjifrs to,, reserve_ spagq jfor fjjjg,
next nine selling days ahead of
bringing the leaf to the ware
house floor for sales. They advise
that this will enable them to
guarantee sales and best service
to their customers.
On other county markets to
date Tabor City has sold 6,099,524
pounds for a $60.23 average;
Chadbourn has sold 6,324,944
pounds for a $61.39 average and
Fair Bluff 5,914,884 pounds for a
$59.43 average.
There were 38 selling days for
the local market last year. There
have been 22 sales dates this
year.
-NEWS-1
TO OKINAWA
Pvt. Neil Lewis has been trans
ferred to Okinawa following an
extended leave at his home here
in Southport.
QUIET HOLIDAY
Chief of Police Herman Strong
reported a quiet Labor Day week
end in Southport despite the in
flux of a record number of visi
tors. There were no automobile
accidents within the city limits.
NO FATALITIES
There was no report of a fatal
accident within Brunswick County
during the Labor Day holiday
period, although there were
wrecks in which property dam
age was sustained.
NURSING SCHOOL
Miss Joan Finer, 1962 graduate j
of Southport High School, has j
entered Southeastern General Hos- i
pital School of Nursing in Lumber- ■
ton. She is the daughter of Mrs. !
Wesley Johnson of Southport. !
HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE
Mrs. Sylvia James has accep
ted a position as office assistant
at Dosher Memorial Hospital in
Southport. She takes the place
of Miss Jean Cochran, who re
signed to go off to school.
SHALLOTTE P. T. A.
Principal Winfred Johnson says
that the first meeting of the
year of the Shallotte Parent
Teachers Association will be held
Monday evening. This will be in
the nature of an open house and
school patrons are invited to at
tend and meet the new faculty i
members. Thurston Mintz is'
P. T. A. president this year. j
Financial Thermometer
PROGRESS—Five Chief Ormond Leggett is shown
here as he paints a little progress on the huge ther
mometer erected next door to the Southport Post Of
•* -fice ■to show progress toward- the- goal of $3,000 for
the purchase of a Rescue Truck for the Southport
Fire Department. Douglas Hawes, left, and Durwood
Clark, right, look cn and give advice.—(Staff Photo
by Allen.)
!
jDrive Begins For
County Rescue Unit
Spectacular Display On
Moore Street Will Record
Progress In Drive For
F unds
Members of the Southport Vol
unteer Fire Department have em
barked upon a campaign for a
rescue truck, and a spectacular
method for reporting on the pro
gress of this drive is the huge
thermometer erected on Moore
Street in Southport next door to
the post office.
A minimum goal of $3,000 has
been set, and the “mercury” in
the simulated thermometer will
be red paint which will go higher
and higher as contributions come
in.
Fire Chief Ormond Leggett re
ports that more than $600 already
is in hand for this project. “We
would be able to raise the balance
right here in Southport,” he said
this week, “but most of our calls
for services of this nature have,
and will continue to, come from
points outside town.”
Leggett recalled trips that have
been made in connection with
drowning accidents at several
points in the county where the
use of the portable respirator
(Continued On Page 4)
One Home Lost
Three Are Built
Plenty Of Action At Boiling
Spring Lakes During Past
Weekend
The E. M. Payne home in the
trailer section at Boiling Spring
Lakes was destroyed by fire dur
ing the night of August 28. The
building was a total loss.
Payne is in the TJ. S. Navy
and plans to make his permanent
home at Boiling Spring Lakes
when he retires. His wife had
spent some time here in their
new home, but was away at the
time of the fire.
Two new homes have been
started at Boiling Spring Lakes,
one by J. W. Hufman proprietor
of the new shopping center near
Conticued On Page 4
IS
Feed Grain Money
Nears $100,000.00
Feed grain payments in
Brunswick county are now
approaching the $100,000
mark but some farmers have
not received their check, ac
cording to manager R. L.
Price of the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conserva
tion service in Shallotte.
Manager Price stated that
19 Brunswick county farmers
have not collected their pay
ments and he urges them to
come by his office at once.
Amateur Show
On Two Nights
“Standing In The Aisles”
Being Presented Wednes
day And Thursday Nights
This Week
Southport will be the scene of
an amateur show tonight (Wed
nesday) with a repeat perform
ance tomorrow as "Standing In
The Aisles”, the latest Lew Pro
duction is staged for the benefit
of the Southport Boosters Club.
There’s a line in a song includ
ed in the opening number which
says "Same Old Faces In An
other Revue” which may sound
prophetic, but the fact- is that
there is much new material and
there are some “new faces” to
lend added interest to the 1962
version of a Southport Local Ta
lent Show.
Everybody in the cast is ver
satile. The dancers sing and the
singers dance—or a reasonable
facsimile! And once during the
past week when it was decided
that a new and colorful curtain
was needed to properly stage the
show, the lady members of the
cast pitched in and turned seam
stresses as they dyed and put to
gether by hand one of the most
colorful curtain drops ever seen
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Promise Action
On Replacement
Of Buoy Markers
Congressman Alton Lennon
Receives Assurance From
Coast Guard Regarding
Shrimping Grounds
Congressman Alton Lennon has
come to the aid of a Supply man
who wrote a letter to the editor
of The Pilot on August 15 pro
testing the removal of wreck
markers from the shrimping
grounds off the Brunswick coast
and feels they will be replaced
shortly.
N. C. Bellamy’s letter had com
plained about the Coast Guard’s
removing the buoys that had
marked the wrecks for more than
two decades. He cited some se
rious losses that had resulted to j
shrimp trawls and gear as a re- ]
suit of being unable to avoid the
area where the wreckage littered
the bottom of the ocean.
Representative Lennon protest
ed to Captain M. A. Whalen of
the Coast Guard on August 16.
Captain Whalen then contacted
the Fifth U. S. Coast Guard Dis
trict in Norfolk, which has juris
diction of the buoys.
A representative of the Coast
Guard held a conference with
Bellamy about- the problem last
Wednesday.
As a result of the meeting
Congressman Lennon arraigned, it
was agreeded -that five of the
ten removed buoys will be put
back or replaced, two additional
buoys would be added and two
or three of the fifth buoys tha*
had not been removed will be
relocated.
Captain Whalen has assured
Congressman Lennon it is reason
ably certain the Commandant of
the U. S. Coast Guard in Wash
ington, D. C., will approve the
agreement.
Hpwes Stays On
As Tax Collector
i
Action By Commissioners
Monday Leaves Bolivia
Man In Important County
Post
Members of the boaid of coun
ty commissioners To-appointed
Douglas Hawes tax collector dur
ing their regular meeting here
Tuesday. The session wis delayed
one day because of the Labor
Day holiday on Mondsy. R. E.
Bellamy made the motion, it was
seconded by Odell Jenrette and
the vote was unanimous.
Hawes has held the position of
tax collector as well as the post
of tax supervisor for the past
year. Prior to that time he was
engaged in the mercantile busi
ness at Bolivia, and his son still
operates the store.
Two members of the Brunswick
County Board of Education, L. C.
Rourk and Arthur J. Dosher, to
gether with Superintendent John
G. Long, appeared before the
commissioners to ask improve
ment of a school bus route on
the Bay Village Road. The clerk
to the board was directed to write
the Highway Commission and re
quest immediate action on this
project.
(Continued on Page 4)
New Motel At Southport
CONSTRUCTION—This is the new waterfront motel being erected next door
to Louis Fine Food Restaurant at the yacht basin in Southport. It is expected
this building will be ready for use early in October. The proprietor is Tommy
Phillips of Warsaw'. This will be the fourth motel in Southport.—(Staff Photo
By Allen.)
Special Session
Superior Court
Ends Thursday
Several Matters Settled
During Civil Court In
Session Here Last Week
With Judge Clark Presid
ing
More than $2,942 was awarded
in three different cases and four
divorces were granted as the Spe
cial August term of Brunswick
County Superior court with Judge
Edward B. Clark presiding met in
Southport last week.
In the case of Michael Brent
Williams by his next friend Mor
ris B. Williams versus
Samuel Arthur Sue and Eugene
Franklin Sue, a compromise was
reached.
In this case, young Williams,
10, substained “personal or bodily
injuries or damages” in an auto
mobile accident that occurred on
December 7, 1960, on Highway
1426 near its intersection with
Highway 1432 in Brunswick coun
ty.
• The court ruled that, young
Williams “had received adequate
and Complete medical care and
had satisfactory recovered. His
only permanent injury is the loss
of two teeth. He now lives an
active and normal life.”
The Sues denied liability and
without admitting liability
agreeded to compromise on their
differences. The Sues agreeded to
pay young Williams $1,539.65 and
to pay $260.35 for his medical
bills. Thay would do this in order
to settle the case permanently.
The Williams’ accepted and the
court so ordered.
In the case of Christina. Hope
Dowling by next friend Leo An
thony Dowling versus Southport
and H. A. Livingston, in which a
city owned motor vehicle hit a
child, the court ordered that the
Dowlings be paid $500. The city
was also taxed court costs.
Continued On Page 4
TIME and TIDE
Twenty-five years ago this week the season’s second deep sea
expedition had departed, from Southport. Those on the trip were
members of the Dolphin Club, comprised mostly of New Hanover
county fishermen. The first expedition two weeks previously had
proved to be a worthwhile venture as some sixty fishermen took
part on the Gulf Stream trip.
Battery Island, located in the Southport harbor, was recognized
as a bird rookery and it was felt that the island should be made
into a preserve because of the rare birds that exist there.
Waterspouts appeared near the mouth of the Cape Fear River.
Capt. Robert Thompson, piloting a tanker less than a mile away,
said that the spout lasted about 10 minutes and caused great dis
turbance, on an otherwise smooth sea.
Twenty years ago this week .anticipation of a forestry com
pany moving into this county was mounting. The Army had ex
pressed interest in a sawmill located in the area to aid in the
supply of the raw ihaterials to the armed services overseas.
Materials for thc( surgical dressings had finally arrived and
work was to begin by the local ladies on the project; a salvage
campaign of household products was underway; a trial blackout
in Southport led to the changing of some Civil Defense rules;
hunting licenses we*e now being issued.
Fifteen years agojthiij week the annual North Carolina fishing
roadeo was inderw#y and the top catches were expected to be
token here. The cafi prizes in the event totaled $15,000.
A U.S. Navq P.T, boat was being taken through the inland
(Continued On Page Four.)
After School
BUSY—What does the principal of a big consoli
dated high school do when classes end for the day?
Well, yesterday Principal Winfred Johnson of Shal
lotte used a new riding mower he had on approval
to mow the big lawn in front of the school building.
In the process he took a lot of kidding from passing
students and school patrons. — (Staff Photo by
Allen.)
Plan Important
Red Cross Meet
Planning Session Is Sched
uled For City Hall At
Shallotte Monday Night
All persons having interest in
Red Cross programs or services
are invited to an open meeting
next Monday night at the Shal
lotte City Hall. Hubert H. Bell
amy, who will act as chairman,
has called the meeting for 7:30
o’clock.
"Our greatest need right now is
for people who are willing to as
sist in first aid and water safety
training”, Bellamy states, “and
anyone with previous Red Cross
training in these fields is urged
to attend.”
Other subjects to be discussed
are disaster preparedness and a
fund campaign. Bellamy points
out that the preservation of life
and property along Brunswick
County’s miles of valuable coast
line is a matter of vital interest
to every resident or property
owner in the county. Anyone will
ing to assist in warning, evacua
tion, shelter, feeding or medical
care will be particularly welcom
ed. Organized groups, such as
civic, fraternal, clubs, patriotic,
church, fire departments are re
juested to have representatives
present.
“We in Brunswick County are
responsible for our own people iri
he event of a hurricane”, Bell
amy points out, “and the Red
”ross is the organiza’ .on through
vhich we carry out these re- ,
sponsibilities, I sincerely hope
hat every person reading this
vill seriously consider what he
night do to help, and come to :
he meeting on Monday night”.
| Southport High
| Gets Good Start
Principal W. N. Williams
Announces Record Enroll
ment With Possibility Of
New Teacher
Southport High School got off
to a good start for the 1962-1963
school year with a record enroll
ment. According to W. N. Wil
liams, Principal, the elementary
school has enrolled more than
380 students and the high school
nearly 140.
It was pointed out that if at
tendance is good, there is a slim
possibility of being allotted an ad
ditional teacher after the first
ten days of school.
Several changes have been
made in the organization and
curriculum of the school. In the'
high school the second year
Marineology program is being re- ,
vamped.
Last year the college prepara
tory program was strengthened |
by the addition of solid geometry !
and trigonometry. This year the !
Vocational program will be
broadened.
The seventh and eighth grades i
have been reorganized on a junior
high school basis, the most ob
vious change being partial depart- i
mentalization. Mrs. Ruth Hood i
teaches English and arithmetic i
in both grades. T. M. Lee has i
science, health and physical edu
cation in both grades. Ronald
Hood teaches social studies. and '
spelling in both grades. These
subjects are divided into one-and
i-half hour blocs.
In the elementary school both j
straight grades and combination
■trades contain a balanced cross- \
section of students. “We have i
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ASC Election Is
Being Conducted
By Mail Ballot
Voters Must Mark Ballot
And Return To ASC Of
fice Not Later Than Mon-,
day, September 10
A11 ballots for the Brunswick
County A SC Committee elections
have been mailed to the eligible
voters and anyone who has not
received one should notify the'
Shallotte office, according to
Manager R. L. Price of the Agri
cultural Stabilization and Con
servation Service.
Manager Price said that all bal-~
lots should be returned to his of
fice by not later than Monday*.
September 10.
The ballots will be opened on.
Wednesday, September 12, at the
office in Shallotte. All interested '
persons are invited to come to
the office on that date and wit
ness the counting. After the votes .
have been tabulated, the results
will be announced to the public. I
The top vote-getter in each
community will be the chairman, I
the second man will be the vice
chairman, the third man will be
the regular member and the
fourth and fifth men will be the
first and second alternatives.
The top five elected men will
then serve as delegates to the -
county convention which will be
held on Thursday, September 20.
At the convention, members who
will serve on the county commit- ~
tees will be selected. These mem
bers will take office on October 1. *
Shallotte Man
On Committee
Grover R. Gore Appointed
Member Of Three-Man j
Committee Serving Agen
cy In Brunswick
Grover R. Gore of Shallotte has
been appointed as a member of ' fs
the three-man Brunswick County
Farmers Home Administration
committee, the agency’s County
Supervisor Carroll Gore announc
ed this week.
The appointment is for three
years and was effective July 1.
Gore succeeds Aaron E. Inman
whose 3-year term expired this
year. The other two members
serving with Gore are Ivan V.'
Bennett, Ash, and L. J. McKeith
an, Bolivia.
The local Farmers Home Ad
ministration county committee re
views applications by farmers and I
other rural families for six differ-;
ent types of agricultural, housing J J
and water loans made in Bruns- f jf
wick County. In addition, the ■
committee advises with the coun- ■
ty supervisor regarding the j
adapting of national loan .policies
to local conditions.
During the past fiscal year
ended June 30, a total of $54,770
in Farmers Home Administration
loans were made through the
agency’s Brunswick county office.
Each loan is accompanied to the
extent necessary by technical
farm and financial management
assistance.
County Supervisor Carroll Gore
says that Grover Gore’s practical I
farming experience will enable 1
him to make a real contribution 1
to the county committee’s actions
when they review loan applica
tions.
The Farmers Home Administra
tion, an agency of the U. S. De
(Continued On Page 4)
Tide Table
Following ii 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.
high low
Thursday, September 6,
12:24 A. M. 6:13 A. M.
7:08 P. M.
Friday, September 7,
0:27 A. M. 7:07 A. M.
1:23 P. M. 8:11 P. M.
Saturday, September 8,
1:28 A. M. 8:11 A. M.
2:27 P. M. 9:14 P. M.
Sunday, September 9,
2:36 A. M. 9:17 A. M.
3:32 P. M. 10:16 P. M.
Monday, September 10,
3:43 A. M. 10:22 A. M.
4:33 P. M. 11:13 A. M.
Tuesday, September 11,
4:46 A. M. 11:22 A. M.
5:30 P. M. 12:06 P. M.
Wednesday, September 12,
5:44 A. M. *12:18 A. M.
6:25 P. M,