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STATE PORT PILOT
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Brunswick County
Volume No. 22
No. 13
12-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1962
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Shallotte Jail
POKEY—-This is the new jail at Shallotte. It is the solitary cell block from the
old State Highway Prison Camp, and when the Shallotte Industrial Corp. purch
ased that property, this building of solid masonary construction, was sold to the
Town of Shallotte for one dollar. It was moved last week to its new location di
rectly behind the Shallotte Town Hall.—(Staff Photo by Allen.)
Shallotte Is Site
< For Phone Co-op
Meet Thursday
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f Annual Session Of Atlantic
Telephone Membership
' » Corporation Will Meet At
Shallotte Thursday
The annual membership meet
ing of the Atlantic Telephone
Membership Corporation will be
held tomorrow (Thursday) eve
ning at 8 o’clock at Shallotte
high school auditorium.
Registration will begin at 7
o’clock, and President Harry L.
Mintz, Jr., urges members to ar
rive early for the meeting.
Speaker will be James M. Har
per, Jr., of Southport, and also
present for the meeting will be
officials of the State REA office.
Among the more important
items of business will be the elec
tion of members of the board of
directors and officers for the com
ing year.
Of particular interest to the
members will be a report of pro
gress during the past 12 months.
During this period the list of sub
scribers has grown from 1,300
last year to 1,602 this year. In
addition, a new exchange has
been constructed and placed in
operation at Longwood and 160
miles of outside construction has
been completed.
A portion of the program will
be devoted to a discussion of
plans for expansion during the
coming year.
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l-NEWS-1
IN NEW HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parker have
moved into their new brick home
in the Supply Community.
AT BOILING SPRING LAKES
James F. Howard has resigned
as office manager at Blake Build
ers Supply and has accepted a
position in the business office at
Boiling Spring Lakes. '
DEVELOPMENT CLUB
The Lebanon-Mill Creek Com
munity Development Club will
meet Tuesday evening at 7:30
o’clock in the club building.
Members and friends are urged
to be present.
REVIVAL SERVICES
There will be a revival meeting
beginning Monday night, October
1, at Beulah Missionary Baptist
Church near Hickmans Cross- j
roads. The guest minister will be
Rev. Elbert Sykes, the former
pastor. The pastor, Rev. C. O.
Blanton, and the church extend
an invitation to the public to at
tend these services which will be
gin each night at 7:30 o’clock.
ASC Committmen
Are Reelected
Lonnie Evans Becomes The 1
Chairman Of Brunswick
Farm Organization For
Ninth Consecutive Year
Lonnie Evans was unanimously
re-elected chairman of the Agri
cultural Stabilization and Conser
vation Service at the County
Convention on Thursday, ac
cording to office manager Ralph
L. Price.
Evans, first elected in 1954,
will begin his ninth consecutive
year as chairman on October 1.
Vice-Chairman Edgar L. Holden
and Lay Long, regular members,
were also unanimously re-elected.
This will be the tenth consecu
tive year on the committee for
Holden and the sixth for Long.
Delmas Babson of Ash was
named first alternate and George
Skipper of Leland was .selected
as the second alternate. They
will replace C. W. Knox of Bo
livia and J. Manley Bennett of
Shallotte.
The purpose of the committee
is to administer price supports,
acreage allotments and market
quotas in Brunswick county.
Crops under the committee in
clude cotton, peanuts, rice, to
bacco, wheat, feed grain crops,
corn, barley and grain sorghums.
Delegates who attended the
convention include Aldreth Phelps
of Lockwood Folly, George Skip
per of Northwest, Willie Clem
mons of Smithville, Howard Gore
of Shallotte, Roy Willetts of Town
Creek and Delmas Babson of
Waccamaw.
All committeemen will take of
fice on October 1 and will serve
for one year.
Cub Scouts In
Planning Meet
Applications For Member
ship Being Received As
Activities Begin For New
Year
Pack Number 238, Southport
Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts of Am
erica, held its first fall meeting
at the Southport Presbyterian
Church.
Purpose of this meeting was to
select den mothers; enroll new
cubs, and to plan the fall cub
scout program.
To be eligible to join the cub
scouts, a boy must be at least
eight years of age; not have
reached his eleventh birthday, and
must have his parent’s written
permission.
When organized, the pack will
be divided into dens consisting
of about eight boys to a den who
will meet at the home of the den
mother once, a week and work
on projects outlined in club scout
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Promotion Group
To Meet Friday
A meeting' of members of
the Southport Development
Corporation will be held at 6
o’clock Friday evening at
Louis Restaurant at the
Yacht Basin.
Among business to be con
sidered will be a report of ac
tivities carried on by this or
ganization during the past
year. Also on the agenda will
be the election of , members
of the board of directors and
officers for the coming year.
Members and other inter
ested citizens are urged to at
tend.
Jaycee-Faculty
Hear Mrs. King
Shallotte Junior Chamber
Of Commerce Entertained
Members Of Shallotte
Faculty Thursday
Mrs. Philip King, Brunswick
County Librarian, was the speak
er Thursday evening when mem
bers of the Shallotte Jaycees were
hosts to members of the Shallotte
high school faculty and their
wives at a dinner served in the
Shallotte high school cafeteria.
Presiding as master of cere
monies was Bobby Russ, who
called upon Principal Winfred
Johnson to introduce members of
his faculty. Later he presented
Miss Cheryl Rogers, Miss Bruns
wick County for 1962, who ex
pressed. her appreciation to the
Shallotte organization for spon
soring the event which gave her
the title.
James M. Harper, Jr., of
Southport introduced the speaker,
who chose to talk about the Red
Cross, an organization whose ac
tivities she knows well. She serv
ed as a Field Worker overseas
during World War II, and con
tinues her connection today as
volunteer home service chairman.
Mrs. King disarmed her audi
ence by her declaration that she
wanted to tell them about “an
organization which has done more
things wrong and made more peo
ple mad during the past fifty
years than any other in exist
ence.”
But as her talk unfolded the
message began to come through
that despite its bumbling the
American Red Cross has brought
i great amount of comfort and
relief to many thousands of peo
ple in all parts of the world.
In closing, Mrs. King became
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Superior Court
Term Comes To
End Thursday
Variety Of Cases Disposed
Of Before Judge Leo Carr
During September Term
Brunswick County Superior
Court adjourned Thursday with
Judge Leo Carr presiding over:
the criminal term during which
an unusually large number of
cases were disposed of.
Otho L. Lowe pleaded nolo con
tendere to a charge of escape.
He was sentenced to eight-months
in jail. The term will begin at
the completion of the sentence
he is now serving.
, Marvin B. Smith pleaded nolo
contendere to a charge of forgery
and was sentenced to eight
months in jail and assigned to
work under the State Prisons
Department. The sentence was
suspended upon condition that he
pay court costs and remain of
good behavior and violate no
laws for a period of two years.
Gurley L. Evans was acquitted
of a charge of improper equip
ment.
Henry L. Patrick pleaded guil
ty to a charge of larceny of pulp
wood. He was sentenced to 18
months in jail and assigned to
work under the State Prisons De
partment.
Mose Roberson pleaded nolo
contendere to a charge of drunk
driving. He was sentenced to 90
days in jail and assigned to work
under the State Prisons Depart
ment. The term was suspended
upon the condition that he remain
of good behavior and violate no
laws for a period of two years.
He was also fined $100 and tax
ed court costs.
The case of David C. Rourk,
charged with reckless operationn,
was non-suited.
Winfred Lesh pleaded nolo con
tendere to a charge of simple as
sault and was fined $10 and tax
ed court costs. i
James Dorsey Benton pleaded
guilty to charges of breaking
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Replacement Of >
Buoys Promised
Admiral E. J. Roland Of
U.S. Coast Guard Notifies
Congressman Alton A.
Lennon Of Proposed Ac
tion
The buoys that were recently
removed from the entrance of the
Cape Fear river are going to be
replaced, according to Admiral E.
J. Roland, commandant of the
U. S. Coast Guard.
He has informed Congressman
Alton Lennon that six of the
buoys will be replaced, three of
the existing buoys will be re
located to mark the snags better
and that eight of the buoys will
be renamed to permit easier iden
tification by the fishermen. After
these changes are complete, there
will be 21 buoys marking the
snags at the entrance of the
Cape Fear river, according to
Admiral Roland.
In 1937, 25 buoys were estab
lished on the Brunswick coast to
mark the snags located at the
bottom. Recently, it was reported
to the Coast Guard that the snags
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Plan Maneuvers
PLANNING—U. S. Army officers from Fort Eustis,
their arrival this week at Sunny Point Army Terminal
large scale Army maneuvers which are to take place
Head Island during October.
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, Virginia, shortly after
for the planning of the
in this area and on Bald
Proponents Ut
Ferry Service
Go To Raleigh
Appointment With Gover
nor Terry Sanford And
State Highway Officials
Set For Thursday After
noon
In order to cut 40 miles off the
trip from Southport to Fort Fish
er, a group of Brunswick county
pleaders will meet and discuss a
■ferrvproject with Governor Terry
Sanford in Raleigh Thursday af
ternoon.
Formal request has been made
that ferry service between where
NC 211 ends near Southport and
where US 421 terminates at Fort
Fisher be established. It is pro
posed that the State Highway
Commission operate the ferry
service.
The group will try to convince
Governor Sanford that by adding
the missing link to the all-Sea
shore Highway with the proposed
ferry across the Cape Fear river
the tourist trade will be increas
ed.
The group will present the Gov
ernor the results of a survey to
show that the needed $500,000 to
$1 million will be justified by the
increase in tourists to the area.
Whether for ferry service will
be granted will depend on the
State Highway Commission which
can approve or disapprove the
project Chairman Merrill Evens
will also attend the meeting with
Governor Sanford.
It has not been established
whether the proposed ferry will
be free or a toll service. From
what the Governor has said pre
viously, it would seem that the
ferry will be free. “We already
have one toll ferry in the state
and we don’t need any more if
we can help it’’, Sanford has
said of the Atlantic to Ocracoke
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TIME and TIDE
Twenty-five years ago this week shrimping news was of main
interest around Southport. In one day the preceding week twenty
tons of shrimp were brought in here. About 100 shrimp trawlers
were presently operating, with others arriving from other North
Carolina ports to join the fleet. The captains ignored the small
craft warnings hoisted -here to take advantage of the catches
that were regarded as too good to pass up. The fleet of trawlers
also mena much work for the Oak Island Coast Guard Station,
who had the responsibility of watching over the shrimpers.
A Brunswick county deputy sheriff risked his life in the appre
hension of a burglar. Dillon Ganey surprised the thief, deflected
his weapon, and seized him. The late Charles E. Gause was ap
pointed county tax collector, replacing the late S. K. Milliken.
Twenty years ago this week campaigns were still being con
ducted for the collection of scrap to be used by the armed ser
vices. The most recent was conducted by the boys and girls of
Southport high school. Progress was being made in the making
of surgical bandages for the wounded overseas.
A report was made by the rationing board of its activities dur
h. the preceding month; farm machinery was being rationed at
the county office; the Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co. was doing
satisfactorily in its first few years after organization, it was re
ported in a statement released by bank authorities.
Ten years ago thi3 week a survey was taken concerning the
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Seven Injured In
Boat Explosion
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Gall For Bids
For Stevedoring
The U. S. Army Transpor
tation Terminal Command,
Atlantic (USATTCA) is soli
^citiug fcjr. stevedoring
and related terminal services
to be rendered at U. S.
Army Transportation Termin
al Activity, Sunny Point, lo
cated at Southport. The job
is to be run from December
1, 1962 through November 30.
1963.
Sealed bids in duplicate will
be opened at 10 a. m., EDST,
October 22, in the offices of
the Contracts Division,
USATTCA, located at Brook
lyn Army Terminal, 58th
Street and 1st Avenue,
Brooklyn 50, N. Y.
For further information, in
terested firms may contact
the Contract Specialist at the
Terminal.
Training School
Adult Education School In
Firemanship Training Will
Be Conducted There Star
ting Monday
A School in Firemanship train
ing will begin Tuesday in the
Long Beach Town Hall. This
course is being held under the
sponsorship of the Brunswick
County Board of Education, the
New Hanover County Industrial
Education Center and the North
Carolina State Department of
Public Instruction. Classes will be
held each Tuesday and Thursday
nights for five weeks and will
start at 7 p. m.
Some forty members of the
Southport Volunteer Fire Depart
ment and the newly organized
Long Beach Volunteer Fire De
partment completed the same
course of instruction held in
Southport and the course is being
repeated for the benefit of those
members unable to attend the
first session. Certificates of com
pletion will be awarded and cards
will be issued by the State of
North Carolina to all that take
the full thirty hours.
This course covers the funda
mentals of fire fighting including
a course on pumps and water
presure. Much favorable comment
was made by those completing
the first course on the knowledge
they gained that was beneficial
in fields other than fire fighting.
There is no registration fee
and the course is open to all who
would like to attend, whether
they are a member of a Fire
Department or hot. The roster is
however limited to thirty persons.
All wishing to enroll may meet
at the Long Beach Town Hall
Tuesday.
■Menhaden Vessel Bruns
wick Shaken By Strange
Blast Tuesday Afternoon
As She Returned To Port
The Southport waterfront was
thrown into a scene of confused
activity late Tuesday afternoon
when an explosion occurred
aboard the menhaden vessel
.Brunswick, causing a fire which
left seven members of her crew
injured.
The blast and ensuing fire oc
curred opposite the pier at Fort
Caswell and happened as the boat
was headed to the Brunswick
Navigation Co. plant to discharge
her cargo of approximately 350,
000 fish.
Capt. Dewey Willis of Morehead
City is master of the Brunswick,
and immediately following the
blast he ordered his crew into
purseboats, with the injured be
ing brought to the Thompson
Marine dock. From that point
they were taken to Dossier Memo
orial Hospital, where first aid was
given and where treatment began
for the more seriously injured.
Meanwhile, Capt. Willis had
sent a message to Capt. Homer
McKeithan aboard the Cape Fear,
and he stood by as the crippled
Brunswick made her way to the
Thompson dock. Members of the
Southport Volunteer Fire Depart
ment were on hand and used
their equipment to bring fire
aboard the vessel under control.
Later the Brunswick was able to
make her way to the factory to
discharge her cargo.
The sudden arrival of seven
emergency patients at Dosher
Memorial Hospital was handled
without difficulty when a large
number of volunteer helpers
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Second Monthly
Meeting Planned
Leland Parent-Teacher As
sociation Will Be In Sess
ion Monday Night
The second monthly meeting of
the Leland PTA will be held
Monday at 7:45 o’clock p. m. and
an interesting program has been
planned, according to President
Garland Bordeaux.
The executive committee has
authorized A. J. Gainey, Jr., to
present “The Community Birth
day Calendar Plan” to the PTA
at the meeting as a means of
raising funds. The committee will
also make a recommendation for
the PTA to help in purchasing
new uniforms for the girls and
boys basketball teams.
Mr. Powell of the Employment
office will show a film and give
a brief commentary on “Drop
outs in Schools” as the special
program feature.
At the September meeting, the
parents met the new principal,
Rockfellow Venters, and the new
teachers. The PTA also voted to
install two outside lights, one in
front of the school building and
one at the rear. The lights have
been erected and are now in op
eration.
Preparations For
Army Maneuvers
Being Perfected
Between 1,150 And 1,200
Men Will Participate in
Training Operation On
Bald Head Island
Col. James W. Gunn and other
officers from Fort Eustis, Va.,.
have been at Sunny Point and
vicinity this week reeonnoitering
and completing plans for the full
scale maneuvers which will be
conducted by the U. S. Army.
Transportation Corps during Oc
tober.
Included in the group of visit-'
ing officers are Col. Gunn, who
is commanding officer of the 3rd'
Transportation Terminal Training'
Group at Fort Eustis; Lt. Col. -
Paul Miller, commanding officer ~
of the 159th Transportation Boat -
Battalion, Fort Eustis; Lt. Col. C. "
A. Lewis, commanding officer of
11th Transportation Battalion, -
Fort Eustis; Lt, Col. Richard By- I
waters, chief aviation officer at -
Fort Eustis; Lt. Col. D. E. John- *
son, who will be the chief testing
officer.
Plans call for the participation
of between 1,150 and 1,200 men, '
who will make a seaborn assault -
upon the semi-tropical island ‘
which lies offshore from South- -
port at the mouth of the Cape
Fear river. The staging area will ’
be the Sunny Point Army Ter- -
minal, 'and outloading will be over '
the beach and on amphibious •
craft of various classifications. *
Included will be five of the
Army’s Class A vessels (combina- *
tion freight and supply and pas- •
sengers); 10 LCM’s, 10 LCU's,
2 J-bpats, 2 T-bpats 1 65-foot.'
tug and 1 100-foot tug. In addi
tion there will be about 30 amphi
bious trucks (DUKW’s) and 2
BARC’s. This later is a huge, 100-'
ton self-propelled, amphibious re- -
supply barge. It is doubtful that'
a vehicle of this type ever befora
has been seen in this area.
Other U. S. Army equipment
to be used includes a truck com
pany with about 60-trucks of 2l£-C
ton capacity; there will be a
considerable number of Jeeps for
use in command and control; and
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Museum Project
Has Supporter
Exchange Of Letters By Of
ficials Indicates Interest
In Brunswick Town Work
The chairman of the Advisory
Budget Commission has informed
Congressman Alton Lennon that
he favors building a museum at
Brunswick Town.
Chairman Thomas H. Woodard
assured Congressman Lennon that
every possible consideration will
be given to the request.
“I look with favor upon it,”
Chairman Woodard said.
After the Department of
Archives and History requested
the money to build a museum at
Brunswick Town, Congressman
Lonnon wrote a letter to Chair
man Woodard in support of the
recommendation.
“This project would eminently
foster and preserve North Caro
lina’s early colonial history. Be
cause of the remarkable visitor
attraction the USS North Caro
lina has become, I believe that
nearby Brunswick Town could
well share the interest of the
visitors,” Congressman Lennon
stated.
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 27,
6:49 A. M. 0:48 A. M.
7:00 P. M. 1:02 P. M.
Friday, September 28,
7:27 A. M. 1:25 A. M.
7:36 P. M. 1:42 P. M.
Saturday, September 29,
8:02 A. M. 2:01 A. M.
8:09 P. M. 2:21 P. M.
Sunday, September 30,
8:36 A. M. 2:35 A. M.
8:41 P. M. 2:59 P. M.
Monday, October 1,
9:08 A. M. 3:09 A. M.
9:11 P. M. 3:38 P. M.
Tuesday, October 2,
9:40 A. M. 3:42 A. M.
9:42 P. M. 4:16 P. M.
Wednesday, October 3,
10:15 A. M. 4:16 A. M.
10:18 P. M. 4:58 P. M.