TATE PORT PILOT
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1962
5c A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Shallotte Will
Soon Have Plant
Ready For Work
Old Highway Prison Camp j
Rapidly Being Converted !
Into Home Of Garment i
Industry
Renovation work is going at
full speed as the Shallotte Indus
trial Corporation plans to open
its new plant within two months,
according to Odell Williamson
who is in charge of preparing
the building for use
The former state highway pris
on camp at Shallotte is in the
process of being transformed into
a modern sewing plant, and when
the operation is completed, it has
been estimated that over $100
thousand will have been spent.
The committee in charge of
fs plant operations includes Dr. M.
H. Rourk, Aubrey Johnson and
Williamson. Dr. Rourk io in
charge of purchasing plant equip
ment, Johnson with personnel and
finance and Williamson with pre
paring the building for operation.
On the exterior of the building,
all the barred windows are being
bricked' in and all traces of the
prison are being removed.
The interior of the building has
been painted green and white.
There are 52 of the 75 new sew
ing machines in the plant now
and all new equipment is being
installed.
Work has already started on
installing the heating and air
condition systems and the wiring
of the plant 1 us not been com
pleted. The special equipment
needed to put the plant into op
eration has not arrived.
The plant is designed so that
the number of machines can be
doubled when expansion time
comes with only a small capital
investment.
As for employees, the board
feels that Brunswick county can
meet the labor needs. When the
plant starts operating at full ca
pacity, 75 to 80 persons will be
employed. Most of these will be
women as only about five men ,
will be hired.
A minimum wage of $1.15 an
hour or $46 per 40 hour week
Will be paid to plant workers.
Plans are now under way to
establish a training program for j
Brunswick county women so that !
they will be able to work in the I
plant when it opens. Three women j
have already been sent to States
ville for supervisors training.
Charles Davis of Statesville has j
been hired as the plant manager j
and is working on the employ- •
ment needs of the plant now.
Victor Martin has also started!
work. He is advising the board
and is helping train supervisory
personnel.
All the work the plant plans
to handle will be of the contract
type. The first production will be
ladies wear.
The members of the board of
director of Shallotte Industries in- j
eludes Dr. Rourk, president,
Chairman Williamson, vice-presi
dent R. D. White. Other members
include G. E. Henderson, M. C.
Gore, Fred Mintz and E. H. Kir
by. There are 30 stockholders in
the company.
IN LOUISIANA
Mrs. E. H. Arrington is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Barry
Calari, and her family in Baton
Rouge, La.
BENEFIT BARBECUE
The Winnabow Volunteer Fire
Department will hold a barbecue
at the Winnabow Grange hall
Saturday, starting at 5:30 p. m.
The public is invited.
RETURN MARKETING CARDS
ASCS Manager Ralph Price
said that all Brunswick county
farmers should return their to
bacco marketing cards to his of
fice in Shallotte as soon as their
crops have been sold.
ENTERS LAW SCHOOL
Jack Newton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Newton of Southport,
has completed work for his B. S.
degree at University of North
Carolina and has enrolled in Law
School.
READING WORKSHOP
Miss Nedra Mitchell, State
Supervisor of Elementary Educa
tion, was in Brunswick county
last week cooperating with local
officials and a representative of
one of the textbook publishing
houses in holding a reading work
shop.
Last Days Of Summer
YELLOW BANKS—The warm days of September have given water skiing en
thusiasts a bonus in their use of their favorite playground, the Yellow Banks.
Weekends have found good crowds gathered at this favorite Intracoastal Water
way retreat at Long Beach.
Telephone Coop
Annual Meeting
Set Next Week
Shallotte High School Will
Be Scene For Fifth An
nual Meeting Of Cooper
ative
The Fifth Annual Meeting of
the Atlantic Telephone Member
ship Corporation will be held next
Thursday evening at 8 o’clock
in the Shallotte High School audi
torium.
Among the business to come
before the annual meeting of co
op members will be the election
of officers for the coming year.
The following men have been
nominated for directors:
Roddie Bennett, J. C. Stana
land, Harry L. Mintz, Jr., Elbert
L. Pigott, Wilson Arnold, H. Fos
ter Mintz and A. P. Henry, Jr.
Mintz is president of the tele
phone company.
A report of progress that has
taken place during the past year
will be made to men; jers. Includ
ed will be 160-miles of new out
side construction and a new ex
change at Longwood. In addition,
proposals for further expansion
and development will be brought
before the membership for dis
cussion.
James M. Harper, Jr., of South
port will be the speaker.
Officials of the company re
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Beach Drowning
Called Suidice
Mrs. N. R. Stovall Of San
ford Drowns When Car
Which She Was Driving
Plunges Into Davis Creek
A Sanford woman was killed
Saturday when her automobile
ran into Davis creek at Long
Beach and submerged in about
10-feet of water.
Mrs. N. R. Stovall, 40, the wife
of a Sanford tobacco buyer, was
visiting Long Beach with her
family when she was reported
missing Saturday morning.
After an investigation, the car
was found submerged in about
10 feet of water near the boat
ramp.
A large number of persons, rep
resenting the Brunswick County
Sheriff Department, the U. S.
Coast Guard, members of the
U. S. Coast Guard, members of
the Long Beach Volunteer Fire
Department and members of the
Southport Rescue Squad spent
several hours in an attempt to
recover the automobile in which
Mrs. Stovall was trapped from
the deep water near the Davis
Creek ramp.
Coroner L. B. Bennett termed
the death an apparent suicide.
Mrs. Stovail had been reported in
poor health recently.
Powell Bill Pays §J
Funds In Brunswick
Preacher~ '
REV. I. B. JACKSON '
Baptist Revival
To Begin Monday
Rev. I. B. Jackson of Green
ville Will Be Guest Minis
ter For One Week Re
vival Here
The Southport Baptist Church
announced this week plans for!
revival service September 24-30
at 7:30 o’clock each evening. The
visiting evangelist I will be £he
Rev. I. B. Jackson, pastor of
Immanuel Baptist Church, Green
ville.
The music will be under the di
rection of the Rev. Judson Rotan,
director of the music department
of the Brunswick Baptist Asso
ciation. The Rev. Mr. Rotan will
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Fire Department
Has New Policy
Aldermen Rule That Calls
Outside City Limits Must
Stop After December 1
Effective December 1, the
Southport Volunteer Fire Depart
ment will not answer any call
outside the city limit except to
residences covered by special pro
vision of an endorsement to the
fire insurance policy, where a
cash bond has been posted or to
neighboring municipalities or gov
ernmental institutions.
This action was taken by mem
bers of the Southport Board of
Aldermen at their regular meet
ing Thursday night.
Continued On Page 5
‘Town Of Long Beach Is
Principal Beneficiary A*
Result Of Recent Distri>
bution
Almost $73 thousand in Powell
Bill funds have been allotted to
seven Brunswick county munici
palities, according to the State
Highway Commission.
The amount of money allocated
to Brunswick county municipali
ties includes $32,682.56 to Long
Beach, $19,659.91 to Boiling
Spring Lakes, $11,315.46 to South
port, $3,914.03 to Yaupon Beach,
$2,385.59 to Ocean Isle Beach,
$2,231.13 to Shallotte and $765.57
to Bolivia.
Over the entire state, 413
municipalities will receive $7,629,
882.79 from the Powell Bill. The
largest allocation went to Char
lotte which received $689.78 while
the smallest allotment went to
Falkland in Pitt county which
obtained only $302.47.
The funds are distributed an
nually to qualified cities and
towns for use in non-highway
system street work within their
corporate limits. They are based
on a formula using the population
and street mileage in the munici
palities.
The total allotment this* year
represents an increase of $273,
746.82 over the 1961 amount.
In the 12 years of Powell Bill
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Ferry Hearing
Scheduled For
Sept. 27 Date
Governor Terry Sanford
Will Confer With Repre
sentatives From All Inter
ested .Areas
J. Vivian Whitfield, who has
represented Governor Terry San
ford on a special committee to
help work out details which will
make possible regular ferry serv
ice from Southport to Fort Fish
er, will meet this (Wednesday)
evening with a committee of local
citizens to lay plans for a confer
ence with the governor next
Thursday afternoon in Raleigh.
Governor Sanford has agreed to
meet with a delegation represent
ing Brunswick, New Hanover and
other coastal counties which will
be affected by the establishment
of ferry service. That conference
is scheduled for 3 o’clock next
Thursday afternooij^ in Raleigh.
The governor has expressed an
interest in seeing the proposed
ferry service established, but thus
far there has- been no definite
committment from the State
Highway Commission, under
whose jurisdiction it would be
operated. The matter of design
and cost of vessels capable of
serving this link in tourist travel
has been partially answered by
a naval architectual firm which
has come forth with ,a design
and a cost estimate.
There are several matters still
to be ironed out regarding the
car capacity of the proposed
ferry, the number of trips daily,
whether the service will be free
or toll, and the mater of where
a slip will be provided on this
side of the river.
Some of these questions will
be ironed out tonight, and the
entire matter of ferry service is
expected to be brought to a head
at the next Thursday meeting in
Raleigh.
{je^fc Funds To
Erect Museum
Request Being Made Of
Advisory Budget Commis
sion In The Interest Of
Brunswick Town
In order to exhibit and store
archeological objects now being
discovered at Brunswick Town,
the Department of Archives and
History is requesting $80,000
from the North Carolina Legis
lature to build a fire resistant
museum, according to site arch
eologist Stanley South.
Unique and irreplaceable ma
terials are now subject to loss
because there is no building at'
Brunswick Town to store them
in, according to South.
"There are no facilities at
Brunswick Town for receiving
visitors and instructing them in
the history of the site. The
toilet facilities are of the most
primitive type”, South stated.
Brunswick Town combines both
colonial and Civil War history
and is one of the most visited of
the state historic sites.
"When the museum is estab
lished, the site will have greater
appeal and doubtless will receive
vast numbers of visitors,” South
concluded.
TIME and TIDE
Twenty-five years ago this week the floating prep school,
Polaris, stopped again for a stay in Southport. The handsome
little yacht which gives prep training for the Naval Academy,
had several young recruits aboard, and was enroute to its home
port, Charleston.
An all out attack on the Southport sandspur crop was begun
this past week by the city working forces; dove hunters had been
anxiously awaiting the opening day of the season, and deer sea
son, which was to open October l; a storage shed for all Bruns
wick county school buses was scheduled to be erected at Shallotte
in the near future. , ^
Twenty years'"ago this week Brunswick county highway pat
rolmen were warned to be on the lookout for reckless motorists
who exceeded the' nation-wide 40 mile per hour speed limit. Pa
trolmen were also instructed to report all taxicabs operating out
side a radius of 25 miles from their home base. They would be
dealt with by the rationing board.
Bill Wells, Register of Deeds in Brunswick county, retained
his post after much confusion resulting from the possibility of
his being sent overseas on Naval duty.
A Southport father and his son were both in the Coast Guard.
Bunn Prink was assistant to the Capt. of the Port of Wilmington
for the U.S. Coast Guard, and his son, Malcolm, had recently en
listed in the same service.
Fifteen years ago this week the Brunswick county mullet fish
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Mercer Johnson Is
New YDC President
Bolivia Man Is Elected
President Of Brunswick
County Organization Fri
day! Night
The election of officers with
Mercer Johnson selected as presi
dent highlighted the Young Demo
cratic Club meeting in Bolivia
last week and plans were made
for another meeting Saturday.
Between 50 and 75 Brunswick
young Democrats, representing 10
of the 19 precincts in the county,
attended the conclave.
President Johnson, 26, is a life
long resident of Brunswick coun
ty. He is a Bolivia business man
who ran unsuccessfully in the
May Democratic primary for the
office of judge of the Recorder’s
court. The new president is mar
ried and has one child.
Other YDC officers elected at
the meeting include Mrs. Jean
Fulwood, vice president; Elrich
Hickman, secretary; and A. H.
Gainey, treasurer.
Ray H. Walton, candidate for
the State Senate, and Odell Wil
liamson, candidate for the House
of Representatives, spoke at the
meeting.
Kirby Sullivan, chairman of the
Brunswick County Democratic
Executive committee, and Mrs. H.
Foster Mintz, vice-chairman, at
MERCER JOHNSON
tended the club gathering.
The next YDC meeting, to help
plan the. fall campaign, will be
held On Saturday prior to the
Tenth Annual Democratic Fish
Fry at D. Bert Frink’s place at
Gause Landing. The young Demo
crats will meet at 4:30 p. m.
and will then join the activities
of the campaign kick-off rally.
President Johnson urges all
young Brunswick County Demo
crats to attend both meetings.
ASC Convention
Slated Thursday
Poultry Show
And Sale Set
%ie Anmml 4^ . Pullet Show
and Sale will be held on October
3 at 2 p. m. at Washam, War
lick and Harrelson's Store in
Shaliotte. Eight 4-H boys and
girls will exhibit 12 of their finest
pullets in the show. They will be
sold to the highest bidder, re
ports A. S. Knowles, County Ag
ricultural Agent.
These pullets were purchased
from the Willard Experiment Sta
tion and are bred for high egg
production. Anyone wishing to
purchase a dozen or more pullets
can fill their order at this annual
4-H Sale.
Three New Buses
Now In Service
Help For Brunswick County
School Transportation
Problems Arrived Last
Week
In order to help in transporting
more than 4,363 students to
school and back, the Brunswick '
County Board of Education has
purchased three additional school
buses, according to Superinten
dent John G. Long.
The three new school buses are
to serve the Southport-Long
Beach area, the Leland-Woodbum
area and the Piney Grove area.
The new buses, which carry 63
passengers each, cost $3,901 plus
tax apiece or $11,878.56 for the
three.
Brunswick now has 75 school
buses in operation.
Superintendent Long said that
the average number of students
the buses carried last year was
60. Each bus averages over 6,717
miles per year or 37.1 miles per
day. They use more than 73,652.6
gallons of gasoline per year and
average 6.66 miles to the gallon.
The total operational cost amount
ed to $81,355.56.
The garage for repairing Bruns
wick county buses is located be
side Shaliotte high school. Her
man Love serves as foreman and
Bridge Sabiston ani John John
son are the mechanics. The ap
prentice mechanic is V:,. R. Sulli
van. Worth Ward i i the gas
truck driver and the cost clerk
is Thom an Brown.
In North Carolina a little more
than 50 per cent of the total
public school enrollment rides
school buses. In order to meet
this need the state owns the larg
est publicly owned school bus
fleet and has a lowest cost per
pupil for transportation than any
other state. The state owns 8,551
buses.
Announcement Made Of Re
sults Of Community Com
mittee Elections Conclud
ed Last Week
Chairmen of the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Service community committees
elected last week, will meet as
delegates to the Brunswick Coun
ty Convention Thursday at the
ASCS office' in Shallotte, accord
ing to Manager Ralph L. Price.
At the convention, which will
start at 10 o’clock, delegates will
elect a' county committee to serve
next year. The public is invited
to attend.
Members of the Northwest
committee include Chairman Paul
Brown, Vice Chairman George
Skipper, Regular Member H. O.
Peterson, Jr., First Alternate
Forest D. Williams and Second
Alternate John B. Brown.
The Town Creek committee in
cludes Chairman Roy Willetts,
Vice Chairman William P. Gore,
Regular Member Ira A. Potter,
First Alternate Dan Watson and
Second Alternate Willie Sullivan.
Smithville committee members
include President Willie Clem
mons, Vice Chairman Alvin Clem
mons, Regular Member Edwin
Monroe, First Alternate J. A. Chat
man and Second Alternate Marvin
L. Carteret.
The Lockwood Folly committee
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Committee On
Courses Meets
Advisory Group Holds
Meeting Tuesday To Con
sider Plans For Training
Programs
The high school and adult
courses in marine studies were
reviewed at great length at a
meeting of the Marine Studies
Advisory Committee in Southport
on Tuesday evening.
The committee agreeded that
only one group of adults should
train on a diesel engine at one
time. They will use the same
motor until they finish the course.
It was decided that only five stu
dents could work on one motor
effectively.
It was decided to use the ma
rine engine's course being offered
at Morehead City only after it
had been adapted to meet the
local needs. Floyd Dilsaver. Otis
Garner, Worth Ward and Thomas
Bowmer were named to a com
mittee to set up the adult diesel
engine program. Their recommen
dations will be presented to the
full committee for approval.
Some of the probable instruc
tors for the course include Chief
Floyd McGowan, Clifton Arnold,
Dick Lewis, J. B. Warth and
Sammy Rees.
Marineology Instructor Bow
mer gave a detailed description
of the organization, curriculum,
operation, and results of the high
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Superior Court '
Handles Large
Number Of Cases
Judge Leo Carr Presiding
Over September Term F'lr
Trial Of Criminal Cases
A Leland man pleaded guilty
to a charge of intent to rape a
Wilmington woman as the crim
inal term of Brunswick County
Superior court entered its third
day in Southport with Judge Leo
Carr presiding.
Elmer Yow was sentenced to
two years in jail and was as
signed to work under the super-’
vision of the State Prison’s De
partment. The sentence was sus
pended upon the condition that
he remain on good behavior and
violate no laws for three years. -
He was also fined $500 and taxed
court costs.
Woodrow Lewis was found guil
ty of a charge of drunk driving
and was fined $100 and taxed
court costs.
The case of Dwight Hewett,
charged with non support, was -
continued until the January term
of court. During the period be
fore the term he must pay $40 -
a month for the support of the
child.
R. L. Chadwick and Vance L. "
Hewett pleaded guilty to a charge *
of a shrimping violation. They ’
were sentenced to four-months in
jail and assigned to work under
the State Prison’s department.
The sentence was suspended upon
the condition that they remain
on good behavior and violate no
laws and violate no provisions or
rules and regulations of shrimp
ing issued by the Department of
Conservation and Development
for a period of two years.
Agus Hewett, found guilty of
a charge of drunk driving in Re
corder’s court and fined $100 and
taxed court costs, accepted the
lower ruling.
The state took a nol pros with j
leave in the case of W. V. Ser
mons. /
Curtis H. Long, pleaded nolp ''\L
contendere to a charge of beingT "
a common nuisance, and was sen- 4
tenced to six-months in jail and
assigned to work under the State
Prison’s Department.
Elijah R. Smith pleaded nolo
contendere to charge of driving
after his license had been sus
pended and no insurance. He was
sentenced to jail and assigned tp
work under the State Prison’s
Department. The sentence was sus
pended upon the condition that he
pay a fine of $200 and court cost
and that he remain on good be*
havior and violate no laws for a
period of two years.
Ormond Caison pleaded guilty ‘
td a charge of driving without art
operator’s license and was sen
i tenced to 30-days in jail and as
j signed to work under the State
Prison’s Department. The sen
tence will begin at the end of the
sentence he is now serving for
breaking and entering and lar
ceny. He also pleaded guilty to
a charge of operating a motor
vehicle without complying with
the financial responsibility act.
j He was sentenced to 30-days in
i jail and assigned to work under
I the State Prison’s Department.
This sentence will start when he
completes the term he is serving.
Henry Lee Patrick pleaded guil
ty to a charge of larceny and
was sentenced to 18-months in
jail and assigned to work under
ihe State Prison’s Department.
James Robert Roberson pleaded
nolo contendere to charges of no
operator’s license and following
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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.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, September 20,
0:34 A. M. 6:49 A.
1:06 P. M. 7:38 P.
Friday, September 21,
1:34 A. M. 7:49 A.
2:06 P. M. 8:41 P.
Saturday, September 22,
2:36 A. M. 8:51 A.
3:07 P. M. 9:41 P.
Sunday, September 23,
3:36 A. M. 9:49 A.
4:03 P. M. 10:35 P.
Monday, September 24,
4:32 A. M. 10:44 A.
4:55 P. M. 11:23 P.
Tuesday, September 25,
5:23 A. M. 11:34 A. M.
5:41 P. M. 12:08 P. M.
Wednesday, September 26,
5:08 A. M. 12:19 A. M.
6:22 P. M.
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