The Pilot Covers
{Brunswick County
Volume 25
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
- ■ — - . - '* . - .
No. 9 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1965 ' 5* A CX>PY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Dredge Completes Ferry Slip
FINISHED—This is the dredge Enterprise which
has completed the jdb of dredging the slip and ap
proach channel for the Southport-Fort Fisher ferry
at Price Creek. The equipment now moves
the Gape Fear for similar operations at Fort
across
Fisher
On Border Belt
Tobacco Prices Show Increase -
The first two marketing days
for Columbus County tobacco
warehouses were marked by high
prices for good quality leaf, and
heavy volume.
Thursday’s opening found the
Whlteville market selling its tied
and untied offerings for a com
bined average of $60.83 per hun
dred, as compared to the 1964
average of $37.75.
On this one market more than
a million pounds were sold
Thursday and this too was a
record for the untied history of
the market.
Averages for Whiteville for
Thursday and Friday respective
ly, was $60.83 and $60.80 for
combined offerings of tied and
untied leaf.
Untied leaf is being allowed on
*“ ""'tiie—market for* the first sevetr *
sales days, and the per cent age
of tied tobacco was high on Thurs
day and Friday.
Considering the entire N.C.
S. C. Border Belt, the opening
day produced the second highest
average on record, and was ex
ceeded by the 1961 average of
$63.89 when sales were limited
to tied leaf. This year’s opening
day average was $61.59 for com
bined sales.
Increases in average prices by
grades ranged from $1 to $19
per hundred. Most untied lugs
were up $3-$6. The top prices
paid by companies was $75 per
hundred pounds.
The general quality of offerings
was much better than last year,
and the proportion of non-de
script was less than one-third
as much as was offered last
year.
Brief Bits Of
-NEWS
TO ATTEND CONFERENCE
Mrs. Sylvia James and Mrs.
Vickie Aldridge will attend the
conference for deputy clerks of
court and assistants Friday and
Saturday at the Institute of Gov
ernment In Chapel Hill.
ON DEAN’S LIST
Thomas H. Hunt, son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. J. Hunt of Fayette
ville, made the deans list at
Emory University In Atlanta, Ga.,
for the spring quarter, main
taining a 3.3 average.
BAKE SALE
Members of the Southport
Woman’s Club will hold a bake
sale next door to the post office
Saturday morning, starting at
9 o’clock. Proceeds will go to
the fund to install a new roof
for the Community Building.
NEW SUPERVISOR
Paul M. Brummett, a teach
er at Shallotte High School, has
been named supervisor of Bruns
wick county’s secondary schools.
His experience consists of 13
years teaching in Brunswick
county and a BA degree and MA
degree in school administration
from E astern Kentucky State Col
lege.
MOUNTAIN TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Young
of Leland have recently returned
from a week-end visit to the
mountains of western North Caro
lina and Virginia. Mr. Young is
an employee at the Riegel Paper
Company and Mrs. Young is a
Junior at Wilmington College.
Tina, their 17 month old daugh
ter, did not accompany her par
ents.
Lower Insurance
Rates At Shallotte
The North Carolina Fire In
surance Rating Bureau this week
announced that risks within the
city limits of Shallotte now fall
into a Class 8 category Instead
of the former Class 9A. The
new classification became ef
fective June 15. _
This will result in savings of
about 25-percent for homeowners
in Shallotte. In some cases the
savings will be even greater.
• For- instance,under the old . 4
Class 8 rating a frame or brick
veneer house might have cost
from $31 to $45 for $10,000.00
fire insurance coverage, depend
ing upon the classification of
the building. Under the new
rating the annual cost for $10,
000 fire coverage on frame
dwelling will be $22. This is
for fire along, as the extended
coverage rate was not affected
by the rerating.
Cities and towns in North Caro
lina are rated on the basis of
National Board of Fire Under
writers grading, and Shallotte has
been listed since 1955 as a rural
fire district which called for
Class 9A. The current re-rating
of the town is a result of the in
stallation of a city water system
of hydrants.
News Bureau
Raising Funds
Mrs. Elizabeth Pickett, owner
and manager of a Long Beach
sportswear center, and David
Blackwell, a Southport attorney,
were elected Friday evening as
members of the board of di
rectors of the Lower Cape Fear
News Bureau.
During their tenure of office
Mrs. Pickett and Blackwell will
assist bureau officers, in an ad
visory capacity, in directing
activities of the organization.
They will also be key figures in
formulating additions to and
changes in operating policies of
the bureau as the need arises.
Mrs. Pickett and Blackwell, in
addition to their other duties, will
have specific areas of interest
(Continued On Page Four)
Application Is
Made For Pier
Wriley Willis of Southport has
made application for a permit
to construct a pier in Cape Fear
River 200 yards upstream from
the old Standard Oil wharf.
Plans submitted show a pier
7 feet wide extending 85 feet
channelward beyond the ap
plicants existing wharf. The
outer end of the proposed pier
is to be in water 10 feet deep
at mean low water. Plans show
ing the proposed work may be
seen at the District Engineer’s
office and in the post office at
Southport.
For accuracy and com
pleteness of the record, all data
in support 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
Department of the Army permit
merely expresses assent so far
as the public rights of naviga
(Continued On Page Four)
Assess Owners
To Raise Fund
At the regular meeting of the
board of commissioners for the
Town of Yaupon Beach on August
2 the board voted to assess 10
cents per front foot for beach
erosion control.
This assessment will be added
to the tax bill. Funds collected
to this tnaflner will be placed to
escrow for the beach erosion
control fund. It is anticipated
that by the end of four years
collections will amount to enough
to bear the town’s share of apro
ject which will protect the area
against further encroachment
from the Atlantic ocean at this
point on the coast.
Teachers Attend
State Conference
Nearly 900 persons attended
the annual Vocational Home
Economics Conference held
August 1-7 at University of
North Carolina at Greensboro.
The large attendance made it
necessary to divide the con
ference into two sessions, the
first beginning Sunday extending
through August 4, the second
set for August 4-7. More than
400 attended each session.
Identical programs were of
fered to each, according to Dr.
Catherine T. Dennis, Raleigh,
State Supervisor of Home
Economics Education, who was
in charge of the conference.
The conference theme was
"New Dimensions in Home
Economics Education.” Dr.
Dennis was the speaker at the
opening session at 7:30 p. m.
Sunday and Wednesday in Elliott
Hall.
Representatives of the Ameri
can Vocational Association, The
North Carolina Vocational As
sociation, the American Home
Economics Association, the
North Home Economics Associa
tion, and the National Educational
Association spoke to the groups
stressing the importance of
membership in the professional
organizations.
A special guest speaker was
Dr. Marjorie Brown, professor of
Home Economics Education,
University of Minnesota, and
David Parmelee of Founders
Furniture Company, Pleasant
Garden. *,
Besides consideration of all
aspects of vocational home:
economics in North Carolina the
conference devoted a con
siderable part of its time on ap
proaches to the teaching of home
furnishings. Specialists on the
subject were heard in symposia.
Teachers attending from
Brunswick County were Mrs.
Makenzie Taylor, Southport High
School; Mrs. Marlon Morris,
Brunswick Training School; Mrs.
Eva Gray, Shallotte High School;
Mrs. Ernestine Sowells, Union
High School;
Mrs. Peggy Allen, Leland High
School; Mrs. Dorothy Hankins,
Lincoln High School; Mrs. Lila
Hogg, Bolivia High school; and
Mrs. Lorraine Soles, Wacca
maw High School.
Accidents In
County Take
Lives Of Two
One woman was killed and
several other persons were in
jured in an accident near Supply
on Highway No. 17 Sunday morn
ing. Two cars were involved in
a headon collision.
Mrs. Rose H. Lewandowski,
55, of Scranton, Pa. died of
head injuries when an auto
driven by her son, Leon .Le
wandowski of Shelton, Conn,,
-collided with-a-cae-driooa-Jiy
Hentry B. Lewis Jr. of Ocean
Drive Beach, S. C., patrolmen
said.
Officers said Lewis, who is in
the Camp Lejeune Naval Hos
pital with serious head injuries,
apparently fell asleep at the
wheel at 11:50 a. nf. Sunday
and went into the opposite
southbound traffic lane.
Also injured in the Lewandow
ski car were Leon Lewandow- 1
ski Jr., age three, who is in •
serious condition at James
Walker Memorial Hospital; Mrs.
Leon Lewandowski who was
admitted with facial injuries;
and another son, 22-month-old
Paul Lewandowski who was ad
mitted for observation. Leon
Lewandowski Sr. was treated
and released.
On August 1 Edgar L. Pen
nell, a Washington, D. C„ man
working in Wilmington, was killed
in a one-vehicle crash on High
way No. 17 near Wlnnabow.
According to Highway Patrol
man G. C. Howell, the 34-year
old man was killed when the
truck he was driving left the
road and struck an embank
ment before 2:5G a.m.
*
Caw Caw Work
Goes On While
Hearings Held
Judge Raymond Mallard is
now presiding over the Caw Caw
hearings, with a hearing of the
attorneys for deciding on fine
points of law having been held
on August 3 and another such
hearing scheduled for September
18.
There is a lot of work yet to
be done by the Caw Caw land
owners while the legal proceed
ings are being ironed out in
court, soil conservation officials
point out. The land treatment
phase of the project must be
planned and the application of
this treatment begun on the land.
This phase of the project is
not up to any court to decide,
they remind the landowners. It
is up to each individual to de
cide whether or not he will
treat his land according to its
needs. Only the individual can
decide if he wants to or can im
prove his methods of land use
and in turn increase his own
income from the land.
The channel excavation in Caw
Caw is being done only for the
purpose of making the best type
of land treatment feasible. There
is much which can be done now
to get the program under way.
Good plans need to be made,
outlining step by step pro
cedures for carrying out the
needed land treatment. These
plans should include measures
for the protection of eroding
land, upbuilding of poor soils,
good management of timber,
drainage of wet fields, proper
use of water, good pasture man
agement and many other items.
The Soil Conservation Serv
ice, with the help of the Forest
Service, Farmer’s Home Ad
ministration, A. S. C. S., and
the Extension Service, will pro
vide the help necessary to make
these plans and then will help
in any way possible to put them
■into practice.
Man Being Held
“lit Death Case
Richard Jackson of Bolivia is
being held in New Hanover county
jail without privilege of bond on
a charge of murder for the death
of a 45-year old seaman from
Texas, according to Sheriff E. V.
Leonard of Brunswick County.
Leonard made announcement
oi the arrest after receipt of an
FBI fingerprint report which
identified the victim as Ralph
ael Talledo, a Peruvian sea
man from Port Arthur Texas.
Talledo, shot in the mouth,
was found dead Sunday, lying
face down in a pool of blood
near a dirt road about 6 miles
north of Wilmington, in the.
Green Swamp area. The dis
covery was made by a couple
out riding.
Jackson was arrested in Wil
mington Wednesday and lodged
in New Hanover County Jail,
pending transfer to the Bruns
wick County for preliminary
hearing on the murder charge.
No date has been set for the
hearing, Leonard said
Sheriff Leonard said investi
gation revealed Jackson and
Talledo had been riding togeth
(Continued On Page Four)
Time And Tide
In our issue for August 7, 1935, announcement was made that
the appointment of L. T. Yaskell as Southport Postmaster had
been made permanent. He had served as acting postmaster since
March of that year. There was word that the USE Dredge Com
stock would be based at Southport for some time while engaged
in projects in this area. The Border Belt Tobacco market was
scheduled to open the following day.
The editor had taken his pen in hand to advise tobacco farmers
to pay their bills before they turned frivilous with their tobacco
money; new booths were being installed at Watson’s Pharmacy;
and Guy and Vernon Garrett, twin sons of Sgt. and Mrs. J. j.
Garrett, had met here for a part of their vacation before Guy
returned to Aruba, Netherland West Indies.
i —
;
}
The 150th anniversary of the founding of the Coast Guard had
been observed Sunday at nearby Oak Island Station. W. H. Barnett
was in charge of the station, and among the crew were A. E.
Huntley, A. L. Willetts, Garfield Clemmons, Ralph Sellers, Connie
Lupton, Roy McKeithan, B. B. Oden, and Dave Garrish. This was
in our issue of August 7, 1940.
An 11-day stretch of 90-degree weather had been broken by a
cool spell during the previous weekend; work had started in laying
out the boundaries of the Southport yacht basin; and an informal
survey revealed that more than 50 Brunswick county young men had
joined the Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard since the
first of the year.
That the war was grim was attested by the headline “Eyeglass
Frames To Be Collected”, which appeared on the front page of our
August 8 issue in 1945. There was more substantial evidence, to be
sure, in the headline which announced that Russia had declared war on
Japan. The Border Belt tobacco market had opened with the al
most-unheard-of result that all farmers had expressed their satis
faction with prices being paid.
G. O. Rogers of Whiteville had been elected principal for South
port High School for the coming year; the W. R. Lingle family
was moving to Jacksonville, where he was to be principal of the
(Continued On Page Pour)
Big Ones At Home
Otha P. Bellamy of Hickman’s crossroads shows
off “just an ordinary pumpkin” he pulled from his
patch the other day when bug's attacked the melon.
Bellamy says he has some big ones still in the pat
ch and still growing. This one tips the scales at 81
pounds. He took a 94-pound watermelon to Loris, S.
C- fair last year and fellow next to him had a 100
pound1 pumpkin so this year he ’lowed he see what
he could do at growing one a little bigger.
Southport Shrimp
Trawler Rescued
•*: VHW m
RICHARD JONES
Brunswick Boy
Attending Camp
Richard Jones has been se
lected as the 4-H Club rep
resentative from Brunswick
County to attend the annual 4-H
Forestry Camp now in progress
at Camp Millstone near Rocking
ham. He is the son of Earl Jones
of Shallotte.
One hundred boys, each a 4-H
Club forestry leader in his
county, converged on Camp Mill
stone in Richmond County for
the annual 4-H Forestry Awards
Camp during this week.
Southern Bell will again spon
sor the camp in cooperation with
the Extension Forestry Depart
ment and 4-H Club Department
of the North Carolina State
College Extension Service. The
purpose of the camp program
is to further develop, among the
young people of the state, forestry
knowhow and leadership in the
conservation and development of
a priceless natural resource.
Special features of the camp
program are training in forestry
skills such as planting and caring
for trees, identifying trees, prop
er cutting of forest for timber
purposes, proper use and care
of forestry equipment, and other
forestry skills.
In many respects the camp
resembles a “lumber jack, on
the-job training camp.” It’s a
“working” camp—where the
boys learn by doing. There are
a few lectures, but most of the
learning takes place in outdoors
as experts skillfully guide the
boys in actual forestry skills.
(Continued On Page Pour)
The Southport trawler Leila
H. was saved from shipwreck
Wednesday through the swift as
sistance of nearby boats engaged
in shrimping operations on the
Cape Fear Shoals and as a result
of the intelligent rescue
operations by their captains.
The troubled trawler is owned
by Dallas Pigott, Southport sea
food dealer. Difficulty began
when one of the outriggers aboard
the Leila H. collapsed and
lowered some of the boat’s fishing
gear into the water. This im
mediately became entangled in
the wheel, leaving the craft with
out steerageway and going
aground. This had happened be
fore the first rescue vessel in
the area, the Penny with Captain
Jimmy Moore, had reached her
side. The Ada D., with Captain
Herman Sellers aboard, quickly
followed.
With only one hour before high
water, the problem was to float
the stranded Leila H. before ebb
tide, and some speedy and ef
fective seamanship transpired
during the next hour as this
mission was accomplished. In
order to get a line from the
Penny aboard Joseph White,
captain of Leila H., swam be
tween the vessels to hook them
up. Then, taking advantage of
each Incoming swell, Captain
Moore “gunned” the Penny’s
motors and finally was able to
dislodge the hull of the Leila
H. from her sandy mooring.
Little by little the movement
increased until finally the
stranded craft floated free.
There followed the ticklish
business of determining whai, if
any, damage had been done to
the bottom of the Leila H; and
(Continued On Page Four)
Bolivia Woman
Is Found Dead
The body of Mrs. Retta Moore
was found at her home at Bo
livia Wednesday afternoon and
Brunswick county officers still
are investigating the cause of
her death.
She was well known in South
port, having worked here for
some time at Louis Fine Foods
at the Southport Yacht Basin.
According to reports, the wom
an apparently had been dead for
some time before her husband,
Walter G. (Billy) Moore reported
finding her dead upon his re
turn from work about 4:45
o’clock. She had cuts on both
arms, it is reported.
The deceased was a native of
Brunswick county, the daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Lesh. She was a member of
Antioch Baptist Church.
Seeking Leases
For Oil Search
In This County
Community meetings have
been scheduled by the residents
ot several communities in the
area to discuss and complete
the signing of land leases be
tween the North Carol’n-* '< 1
and Gas Company and land*
owners.
Two Brunswick county men
have been named members of
the board of directors. They
are G. W. McGlamery of South
port and Guy Willetts of Bolivia.
They say that a public meeting
will be announced for Brunswick
county soon for the purpose of
discussing lease agreements.
There have been many ques
tions, concerning the leases,
put forward by the landowners.
The most asked question
seems to be “Why do I need to
sign a lease with the North
Carolina OU and Gas Com
pany?”
The answer from Sholar came
thiy way, “Should this venture
be successful, and we are con
fident it will be, it would afford
an income with no effort and a
minimum of investment. This
income would be year round as
long as the supply lasts and
offer a boost to the .economy
of this area that is unbelievable.
You need to sign a lease to help
us help you.”
The next question asked is one
like this, “How soon would yon
begin drilling on my property?”
The answer Pat Sholar gave
on this question stated simply:
“This would depend to a large
extent on how soon a sufficient
amount of land in your area is
under lease. Sesmic equipment
is being prepared for shipment
to this area now, but it must be
pointed out that no sesmic
studies will be made on any
land not under lease, and drill
ing operations will not begin
until the sesmic studies determ
ine the most potential areas to
begin drilling operations. There
fore, it is important to you as
a landowner to assist in obtain
ing leases in your own com
munity.
....“If I sign a lease just what
do I stand to make or lose?”
was the next most frequently
asked question and on this on»^fe j
Sholar simply showed a copy
of the lease which is self ex- *
planitory.
“You will receive 25c per
acre annually for land leased
(Continued On Page Four)
Shooting Case
Is Accident
Ronnie A. Bell, a soldier
stationed at Southport as a mem
ber of the crew of one of the
U. S. Army T-boats, sustained a
serious injury to his eye Wed
nesday evening when a pistol in
the hands of another soldier,
George Ferrier, was accidentally
discharged.
Bell was rushed to Dosher Me
morial Hospital where he re
ceived emergency first aid treat
ment before being transferred to
Wilmington. He will be taken to
Fort Bragg to the hospital this
week.
The men lived in one of the
Stubbs houses near the old yacht
basin and the accident occurred
there about 9:30 o’clock last
Wednesday evening. The soldiers
told Police Chief Herman Strong
that they had been cleaning the
weapon preparatory to packing
gear and making ready for trans
fer back to Fort Bragg.
Use of the T-boats here is
being discontinued pending fur
ther arrangements. Meanwhile
two men will be left in South
port as a skeleton crew in charge
of the two boats.
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
TIDE TABLE
Thursday, August 12,
7:41 A. M. 1:59 A. M.
8:10 P. M. 1:59 P. M.
Friday August IS,
8:20 A. M. 2:37 A. M.
8:44 P. M. 2:38 P. M.
Saturday, August 14,
8:54 A M. 3:12 A. M.
9:16 P. M. 3:15 P. M.
Sunday, August 15,
9:28 A. M. 3:48 A. M.
9:46 P. M. 3:53 P. M.
Monday, August 16,
10:04 A. M. 4:22 A. M.
10:18 P. M. 4:32 P. M.
Tuesday. August 17,
10:46 A. M. 4:59 A. M.
10:56 P. M. 5:16 P. M.
Wednesday, August 18,
11:35 A. M. 5:40 A. M.
11:42 P. M. 6:06 P. M.