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Volume 24
No. 25
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1964
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Application To
Improve Island
In This County
Ralph C. Price, Greensboro,
has made application for approv
al of plans to construct a fixed
bridge across Salt Boiler Creek
approximately 0.5 miles north of
Mad Inlet in Brunswick County.
The bride is for private use by
the the applicant and is to furnish
ingress and egress from Sunset
Beach to properties on Bird Is
land.
Plans submitted show a fixed
bridge 400 feet long which is to
provide a horizontal navigation
clearance of 18 feet and a verti
cal clearance of 6 feet above
mean high water.
The application for permit to
close Mad Inlet, submitted by
Price and Mannon C. Gore that
was announced in Public Notice
dated November 5, has geen with
drawn.
i c ucts cuso maae application
for a permit to dredge and con
struct a causeway north of Bird
Island and west of Sunset Beach
in Brunswick county.
Plans submitted for the dredg
ing show approximately 200,000
cubic yards of material are to be
removed from a borrow are
north of Mad Inlet and deposited
in the form of a causeway from
Bird I.jland to the proposed
bridge that is to cross Salt Boiler
Creek.
Plans showing the proposed
dredging area and the causeway
may be seen in the US engineers
office and in the Post Offices at
Shallotte and Southport.
For accuracy and completeness
of the record, all data in sup
port of or in opposition to the
proposed work should be sub
mitted in writing setting forth
sufficient detail to furnish a clear
understanding of the reasons for
support or opposition. While a De
partment of the Army permit
merely expresses assent so far
as the public rights of navigation
lire concerned, information from
interested persons on aspects of
the proposed work other than nav
igation will be accepted and
made a part of the record on the
application. In cases of conflict
ing property rights, the Corps of
Engineers cannot undertake to
adjudicate rival claims.
Written comments pertinent to
the proposed work will be re
ceived until 4:45 p. m. EST, Jan
uary 7, 1965.
L'
NEWS
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TURKEY SHOOT
The Southport Police and Fire
Departments will sponsor a tur
key shoot at Taylor Field all day
Friday, Friday night and all
day Saturday.
JAYCEn PRESIDENT
David Gau-.e was elected pre
sident of the Shallotte Jaycees at
a special reorganizationa! meet
ing at Calabash Monday night. He
replaces Dempsey Hewett who
has moved to Raleigh.
GLEE CLUB CONCERT
The Southport Glee Club will
present their annual Christmas
concert Sunday at 4 p. m. in the
school auditoruium. The glee club
is under the direction of Mrs.
Dorothy Glore.
EARLY NEXT WEEK
The Pilot will be published on
Tuesday next week in order to
give merchants a last opportunity
to reach the public with their
advertising program prior to
Christmas.
PUBLISHES ARTICLE
Dr. Alexander C. Mitchell, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S.
Mitchell of Southport, had an
article published in the Miedical
Clinics of North America for No
vember. Dr. Mitchell is director
of Urology, Hunterdon Medical
Center, Flemington, N. J.
LIGHTING CONTEST
The Southport Garden Club will
sponsor a Christmas lighting con
test to be judged Wednesday, De
cember 23, starting at 6:30 p. m.
Judging will be in three cate
gories, living tree, doorway and
overall house and yard decora
tion.
DRAFT BOARD SCHEDULE
The Brunswick County draft
board will be closed Dec. 23, 24,
and 25 for the Christmas holi
days. The office will reopen on
Monday, December 28 on regular
schedule. This office will also be
closed January 1, i$>65.
Water Race For Coon Dogs
TW E/ENJ^The .1®ceiwas one of the most spectacular events at the Coon
V°£ Bcrh ShowJ and Trials held Saturday at Hewett’s -Pond near Holden Beach
In the foreground is a wire cage that is being pulled across the pond with three
dogs swimming in vain pursuit. Handlers are shown in the background on the
sTuXy show. (lta«Ph“ to^by AlfenT*” a”d intereSt6d SPeCtat0rS “ttended the
Brunswick Navigation
Fish Factory Sold
Brunswick Navigation Com
pany, a menhaden processing
plant located near Southport, has
been sold to Standard Products
Company, Inc., whose headquar
ters are at White Stone, Va. H. R.
Humphrey's is president of the
Virginia corporation.
The sale includes the factory
and the five vessels now owned
and operated by Brunswick Nav
igation. 'They are the Anderson,
Brunswick, Cape Pear, Morehead,
Cozart and Morehead.
It is reported that while sale
negotiations have been agreed
on, the actual transfer of interest
will not take place until the end
of this fishing season, which nor
mally will be sometime after the
first of the year.
The local menhaden boats are
fishing in the Morehead City
area and are under contract to a
fish factory there until Christ
mas. After that time they will
follow the fish in their movement
down the coast, and if weather
permits, will fish for and bring
their catches in for processing at
the plant in Southport.
As far as has been determined,
local people will continue to be
employed in the operation of the
factory and as members of the
crews of the menhaden boats.
Standard Products Co., Inc., is
a big producer in the field of
menhaden products.
Former Citizen
Makes Magazine
Mrs. Charles Ryan of New
Bern was notified last week that
Good Housekeeping Magazine has
accepted her story titled “His
tory By the Mile” for its first
Travel Section in an early issue
in 1965. She writes as “Ethel
Ryan,” Her story deals with his
toric New Bern, Edenton and
Bath.
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan came to
New Bern from Lumberton in
October, 1963, when Mr. Ryan
became news editor of The Sun
Journal. They live in the Pine
crest community. ' 1 1 '
'Mrs. Ryan is a member of the
New Bern Woman’s Club and its
Current Events Division.
The Ryans formerly lived in
Brunswick County at Shallotte,
where Mr. Ryan edited the Bruns
wick Sentinel and wa's a member
of the Lion’s Club.
Ethel Ryan wrote frequently for
the State Port Pilot. In 1955 she
received a citation from the N. C.
State Department of Arohieves
and History for her feature
stories about historical land
marks in this county, “thereby
stimulating interest in local his
tory’’ according to the award.
Mrs. Ryan has been a special
feature writer 'for The Greens
boro Record, afternoon daily of
Greensboro, during the past 15
years and has also conducted for
them a column each week call
ed “Take A Bow-Wow" the sub
ject of which is dogs, her fav
orite hobby.
While living in Shallotte, Mrs.
Ryan was an active member of
the Business and Professional
Woman’s Club.
Decision Today
In Caw Caw Work
Commissioned
L. UUKE
Commission For
Southport Man
Willie L. Gore of Southport, a
graduate of A. & T. College with
a B. S. Degree in biology, was
commissioned 2nd Lt. in the U. S.
Army Infantry Corps Wednesday.
Lt. Gore was president of the
biology club, a member of the
Scabbard and Blade Society, a
member of the marching band,
was honored distinguished mili
tary graduate, and served as sup
ply officer of Battalion Staff. Lt.
Gore at present is employed by
the University Biology Co. of
Greensboro. He will report to
Fort Benning, Georgia, for nine
weeks for branch school and
three week's airborne training.
Dr. G. T. Rankin of A. & T.
College made the address and Lt.
Col. Goode, instructor in military
science, administered the oath.
Witnessing the ceremonies
were his wife and her mother,
Mrs. C.: S. Salter of Greensboro!.,
his father, Eugene Gore, and
Robert McKenzie, of Southport.
Special Meeting
OfCommissioners
The Brunswick County Board
of Commissioners held a special
meeting Friday to discuss the
Health Department and financial
matters.
Dr. John R. Black county health
director, told the board that the
employment of Mrs. Ester P.
Robinson as the Shallotte health
nurse has been terminated. “The
position is being terminated after
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^ i ne taw (Jaw Swamp Water
‘shed is expected to receive iinlff
approval today (Wednesday) dur
ing a hearing before the State
Board of Water Resources in Ra
leigh and survey work will start
soon.
Steering Committee Chairman
Leon Norris, James Bellamy,
Willie Joe McLamb and Henry
Hickman made the trip to Ra
leigh to request approval of the
plan, which is sponshardluhrdlm
plan, which is sponsored by the
Caw Caw Swamp Watershed
Cape Fear Soil and Water Con
servation district.
The project has already re
ceived the approval of federal au
thorities and all the state agen
cies except the Board of Water
Resources. Most of the men con
nected with the project believe
the project will receive final ap
proval today.
County Soil Conservationist
W. L. Foutz said if approval is
not granted, adjustments will be
made to meet the requirements.
“Of course, we still have a few
local problems to overcome,” he
added.
Once approval is received from
the Board of Water Re ources, a
survey party will be sent into
Caw Caw area, which is located
in the Hickman’s Crossroads 'sec
tion of the county, within sec
month. The survey party will lo
cate the center line of the main
ditch and obtain other informa
tion for the final design of the
Caw Caw Watershed, which will
be the first of its kind in Bruns
wick county when completed.
Adult Program
Of Education
Planned Here
An organizational meeting for
person's interested in enrolling in
adult educational classes in sev
eral commercial fishing subjects
will .be held at the Marineology
Building in Southport Monday
night at 7:30 o’clock.
William A. Hurst, coordinator
for the fishing program in North
Carolina and a representative of
the Industrial Educational Cen
ter in Morehead City will attend
the meeting to discus's the pro
gram and answer questions.
Principal L. R. Biggerstaff, a
member of the local advisory
committee, says courses in diesel
mechanics, welding, navigation,
rigging and line splicing and net
mending will be discussed.
At the end of the meeting, Prin
cipal Biggerstaff says a survfy
will be made to determine what
courses are preferred by the ma
jority of the adults attending the
meeting. If enough persons sign
up, more than one course will
be offered.
He urges all interested persons
in the Southport area to attend
the meeting. "It is very import
ant that all interested adults at
tend the meeting Monday night
in order for us to determine just
what courses they wish to take
and in what order,” he declared.
Member’s of the Southport
Adult Educational Advisory com
mittee beside Principal Bigger
staff, include Chairman Leon MJc
Keithan, Floyd Dilsaver, Frank
Lennon, Worth Ward and Bill
Jenkins.
Promotion For
Naval Officer
Lieut. Robert T. Nixon, U. S.
Navy, Military Sea Transport
ation Service Representative,
gqnqy Point Army Terminal, has
'recently been promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant Commander
by Secretary of the Navy letter
dated November 23.
The new lieutenant commander
whose date of rank is as of Sep
tember 1, 1964 was bom in Irwin,
Penn., where he attended the
public schools completing high
school in June 1948.
Immediately j following gradu
ation, he enlisted in the United
States Navy and after serving
seven years in an enlisted status
was selected to attend Officer
Candidate School at Newport,
R. I., under the Navy’s Seaman to
Admiral program.
Lieutenant Commander Nixon
was commissioned in the regular
Navy In July 1955 and served
aboard the Destroyer USS Seg
oumey for j the next three
years.
His next assignment was as a
student at Ohio State University
for two years from which he gra
duated with a Bachelor of Science
degree in education and having
the distinction of graduating as
the number one student in his
class.
Commander Nixon then served
aboard various Naval vessels un
til January 1963, at which time
he was assigned to Sunny Point
Army Terminal as the Military
Sea Transportation Service Re
presentative.
The Nixon family consisting of
his wife, Agnes, and daughter,
Teresa Ann, age six, reside at
Yaupon Beach. They have an
other son, Larry, who is in the
United States Navy.
TIME and TIDE
It was December 16, 1959, and the Southport Woman's Club
had. observed., their 50th anniversity with a banquet at the
Community Building Thursday. Mrs. Robert Jones was named
acting librarian at the Southport Public Library.
A large group of county citizens attended a public hearing
with officers of the Highway Commission Tuesday in Southport,
but little progress was made on paving Brunswick roads. Calvin
Dennis was serving as president of the Longwjod Community
Club.
It was December 15, 1954, and ASCS Chairman Lonnie
Evans said Brunswick's tobacco allotment acreage had been cut
240.1 acres. After averaging 10 bushels a boat Monday, South
port s shrimp fleet was held in port Tuesday because of high
winds.
Dr. R. H. Holden, Shallotte dentist and Holden Beach de
veloper, predicted that 60 or 70 new cottages would be built
at the resort area before summer. Ann Allen outscored Polly
Lanier 59 to 50 as the Leland girls downed Bolivia 108 to 93.
The Lion's dub was to sponsor the ShaUotte Christmas parade
Friday.
It was December 14, 1949, and six Southport shrimp boats
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Brunswick Farmers
Back Weed Quotas
Recently Promoted
NAVY—This is Lieut-Commander Robert T
Nixon, who recently has been promoted from the rank
of lieutenant in the Navy. He is MST officer at Sunny
Point Army Terminal at Southport.
Begin Job On Long
Beach Fire Station
Holiday Plans
Affect County
Brunswick county schools will
close for the Christmas vacation
season at noon next Tuesday.
Tuesday also will be the last
day next week for city and county
offices to be open for business,
as the governing body of each
unit has indicated that the Chrlst
the close of the work day on De
mas vacation will begin with
the close of the work day on De
cember 22.
Announcement will be made
next week concerning holiday
dates for financial institutions
and the post offices.
Students Hear
Talk On Drink
The hidden dangers of consum
ing alcoholic beverages were dis
cussed at an assembly program
at Southport High School Friday
afternoon.
‘‘Think before you drink or you
won’t be able to think after you
drink,’’ says D. P. McFarland,
executive director of the Chris
tian Action League in Raleigh.
“Alcohol is a narcotic drug, a
poison which is habit forming,’’
he declared. “Don’t be deceived,
by misleading advertisements.’’
When a person drinks, some of
the ethel alcohol goes into the
blood stream. “When one ounce
of alcohol equal's 1,000 parts of
the blood, the person goes into
eclipse,” he declared. “When the
amound reaches five ounces, he
passes out. The drinker dies when
the amount goes to six ounces.’’
“When a person reaches the
first stage, he is one-sixth of the
way toward death,” he said. “A
little drinking does hurt, you
see.”
McFarland warned the students
not to be deceived about alcohol.
He asked them what contained
the most alcohol, a shot glass of
liquor, a small wine glass or a
beer. An overwhelming majority
of the student's said the shot glass.
But proved matematically that
tire beer was the most dangerous.
“Don't be deceived by alcohol,”
he declared.
“Every time a person drinks,
part of his brain is damaged.
Every year, more and more peo
ple become alcoholics, he added.
“The choice of whether you
drink is yours, MIcFarland de
clared. “If you must drink, know
the facts and don’t be deceived
about alcohol.’’
Construction of a new station
house to house the Long 'Beach
Volunteer Fire Department be
gan this week, according to Chief
O. G. (Nick) Coleman.
In making the announcement,
Chief Coleman had high praise
for Long Beach property owners
in several states who have re
sponded to a call for donations
from the Department.
With less than 2 percent return
ed on the initial mailing, 20 per
cent of the needed funds have
been raised, Coleman said.
The new fire house will be built
on the southeast corner of Ocean
Highway and Scotland Avenue in
a central location where paved
streets give quick access to all
area's of Long Beach. The choice
corner location was donated to
the Fire Department by National
Development Co. of Long Beach.
The building will have space for
three vehicles, two fire trucks and
a rescue truck. A rescue truck is
being equipped at the present
time and a second fire truck is
scheduled to be purchased with
funds from a proposed bond issue
which will pay for a complete
water system for all of the town.
Construction of the new station
house is part of an overall plan
for improving the fire department
so that property owners will have
lower fire insurance rates. With
the purchase of a fire alarm sys
tem, now on order, the depart
ment will be able to apply for a
new rating.
Once this rating is granted, in
surance rates should drop auto
matically, Coleman said.
Although the initial response to
the fund raising drive has been
good, Coleman emphasized the
necessity of further contributions
from property owners. He said
donation of building materials
such as cement block or lumber
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Bellamy Gets
Another Term
James D. Bellamy, Jr., of Shal
lotte was easily re-elected to his
fifth three-year term of district
supervisor of the Brunswick Soil
and Water Conservation district
in Friday’s election which saw
more people than ever before go
to the polls.
Bellamy polled 657 vote s to 95
for Guy A. Hughes of Freeland
for the supervisor’s position. Bel
lamy carried Southport, Leland,
Shallotte, Winnabow, Hickman
Crossroads and Longwood while
Hughes was ahead in Freeland
and Supply.
W. L. Foutz, head of the Soil
Conservation Service in Bruns
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-• Mjarketing quotas for the next
three crops of flue-cured tobacct)
were approved by growers vot
ing in a referendum Tuesday,
Lonnie Evans, Chairman, Agri
cultural Stabilization and Conser
vation County Committee, said
this morning.
Action by farmers in Bruns
wick county was right in line
with that of other sections of
North Carolina and the flue-cured
growing states of the United
States. There was an overwhelm
ing vote favoring continuation of
quotas and price support.
The preliminary tabulations
show 2281 voting in favor bi
quotas to only 66 against for ap
proval by 97.2 percent of the total
vote. A favorable vote of at least
two-thirds of the total votes was
necessary in order to make the
quotas effective.
In the same referendum cotton
growers in Brunswick County vot
ed approval of cotton quotas, 174
to 2. The preliminary tabula
tions show approval by 98.9 per
cent of the total of 176 growers
voting.
As a result of the referendum,
price support will be available to
growers who stay within theit
flue-cured tobacco and cotton
acreage allotments, and market
ing quota penalties will apply to
the excess production of farm
ers who exceed their farm allot
ments.
The total vote in Brunswick
County by communities was—
Lockwood Folly, Tobacco, for
465, against 15; cotton, 8 for,
2 against.
North West, tobacco, 176 for,
2 against; cotton, 31, for 2 against.
Smithville tobacco, 163 for, 0
against; cotton, 41 for, 0 against.
Shallotte, tobacco, 647 for, 6
against; cotton, 42 for, 0 against.
Town Creek, tobacco, 250 for,
29 against; cotton, 19 for,.) 4) “2"
against. (
Waccamaw, tobacco, 580 for,
14 against; cotton, 52 for, 0
against. t
Tobacco assessment carried by
a vote of 1678 for to 140 against. •
Eleven peanut producers favor-,
ed the two-cents per hundred as
sessment to pay for promotion
while none voted against it. . ’
Little Business
Before Aldermen
The Southport Board of Aider
men held a short, routine meet- i
ing at the City Hall Thursday?
night. v
The board set Christmas holi- )
days for all city employees De- :
cember 23, 24, and 25. The ac
tion was taken on a motion by ‘
Harold Aldridge, seconded by J. f
A. Gilbert.
The board also unanimously
voted to give each city employee i
a $15 bonus for Christmas. The *
action was taken on a motion by j
Johnnie Veree” and 'seconded by■
Alderman Gilbert. y
William C. Love was re-ap- C
pointed to the Southport Ports;
Commission for a two year term, j
Joe 'Walton and Mrs. Alice Ar- ,
rington were elected, to member- ,
ship on the Southport Zoning i
Committee. They replace the late ’
Robert Willis and Mrs. A. E.
Huntley.
Hubert Brittian was appointed
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Tide Table
Following: la 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, December 17
5:58 A.M. 12:38 A.M.
6:21 P. M.
Friday, December 18
6:53 A. M. 0:47 A.
7:17 P. M. 1:32 p.
Saturday, December 19
. :48 A. M. 1:38 A.
8:13 P. M. 2:25 P.
Sunday, December 20
8:42 A. M. 2:30 A. M.
9:08 P. M. 3:18 P. M.
Monday, December 21
9:36 A. M. 3:23 A. M.
10::05 P. M. 4:09 P. M.
Tuesday, December 22
10:31 A. M. 4:17 A. M.
11:03 P. M. 5:03 P. M.
Wednesday, December 23
11:26 A. M. 5:12 A. M.
5:57 P. M.
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