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Volume No. 17
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
No. 1 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1953 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Brunswick County
$1.50 PER YEAR
Department Of
Public Health
Makes Report
Dr. Floyd Johnson, Bruns
wick County Health Offi
cer, Gives Summary Of
Activities Carried On
During Past Year
VARIED SERVICES
FROM DEPARTMENT
Activities Range From Pre
School Clinics To Sanita
tion Program Covering
Many Services
The annual report of the Brun
swick County Health Department
was released this week by Dr.
Floyd Johnson, health officer. It
discloses the following informa
tion:
Immunization: Diphtheria, 732,
booster 180; smallpox, 651; whoo
ping cough, 765; tetanus, 732;
typhoid, 486.
Tuberculosis control: Number
of cases under Health Depart
ment supervision, 22; eight ac
tive cases in sanitorium; nursing
to TB patients, 224.
Maternal health: Midwives un
der supervision, 22; total births
attended by midwives, 243; ma
ternity clinic patients, 135; ma
ternity home visits, 188;’ infants
attending well baby clinics, 122;
home visits to infants, 231; plann
ed parenthood receiving service,
10; number of premature babies
given service by health depart
ment, 11.
i-re-scnooi: t'rescnooi cnuaren
examined by Dr. Floyd Johnson
in school clinics, 414; number of
school children given medical ex
amination by health department,
339; nursing home visits to pre
school and school children, 384;
number of school children recei
ving corrections of medical and
dental defects, 497 (with school
health funds); number of children
referred by teacher and inspect
ed and given advice by school
nurse, 1922.
Orthopedic service: number of
crippled children in active file, 74;
number of nursing visits to crip
pled children, 115.
Sanitation: Number of visits
to schools, 54; number of approv
al, new installations of water sup
plies in private homes, 16; sani
tary privies, 31; septic tanks, 45;
number of visits to private homes
for inspections of water supplies
and sewage disposal facilities,
151; total number of inspections
of establishments under legal su
pervision for the year; number
of operations during year, 138;
total number of ratings, 283; to
tal number of visits, 583; number
of permits revoked, 35; total num
ber of water analysis examined,
30; number of foodhandlers per
mits issued, 356.
t Laboratory services: Diphtheria
'cultures, 2; malaria smears, 20;
serological test for syphilis, 674;
syphilis spinals, 24; rabies, 1;
tuberculosis smears, 17; typhoid,
feces or urine cultures, 11; urin
alysis, 211; other tests, 36.
Nutrition: During the year
there has been a nutrition pro
gram carried on in cooperation
with the nutrition division of the
N. C. State Board of Health. Miss
Marie Pfunder, qualified nutri
tionist, spent a great deal of
time in the schools with the
teachers, children and parents,
teaching nutrition. This program
is in its second year in Brun
swick County, having been start
ed with a nutrition survey last
year.
Cancer program: All suspected
persons with cancer have been
referred to the cancer diagnostic
center in Wilmington. Follow-up
work is being done by the local
health department.
Venereal disease: All venereal
diseases found have been referred
to the diagnostic center in Wil
mington for diagnosis and evalu
ation. Follow-up work is carried
on by the local health department.
Brief N«»»
Flashes
BENEFIT DANCE
Bobby Haas and his 12-piece
orchestra from Wilmington will
play for a benefit dance tomor
row (Thursday) evening in the
Southport high school gymnasi
um. Dancing will begin at 9
o’clock, and dresses may be ei
ther formal or informal. All
proceeds to go to the Southport
Parent-Teacher Association.
SINGS AT COMMENCEMENT
Miss Sue Williamson, daughter
of Mrs. Lucile Williamson of
Southport, is participating in the
commencement music at East
Carolina College, where she is a
student. Miss Williamson will
sing with the woman's chorus
during the baccalaureate sermon
this Sunday. She will also sing
at the annual meeting of the
Annual Association on May 16.
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Army Teacher
A former high school instruc
tor, Pfc. Paul Inman, son of
Mrs. Velma Inman, Freeland,
Brunswick County, is now teach
ing at the Army Educational
Center for the Berlin Command.
Inman, a member of the 7780th
Composite Service Batt a 1 i o n,
taught at the Waccamaw High
School in Ash, N. C., as a civil
ian.
Gets Degree
WALTER HARRELSON will
receive his degree as Doctor of
Theology next week from Co
lumbia University. He is the
son of the late Sheriff and Mrs.
I. D. Harrelson and has been
teaching this year at Andover
Newton College in Massachusetts.
He and his family will spent
part of the summer here in South
port.
School Schedule
For Coming Year
Schools Of Brunswick Coun
ty Will Open For Fall
Term On September 2,
According To Superinten
dent
HOLIDAYS ARE
SET FOR YEAR
Information Being Furnish
edNow For Convenience
Of Future Planning By
Teachers Of County
All Brunswick county school
principals have been re-elected
for next year, according to Su
perintendent J. T. Denning.
Supt. Denning stated that pa
trons of the schools, as well as
teachers, are interested in the
1953-54 school program as such
information enables them to make
plans during the summer months.
Schools will open for the full
term September 2, 1953, this ap
plying to both white and colored
schools.
Superintendent Denning stated
yesterday that arrangements for
the retroactive 10 per cent in
crease in pay for teachers and
other employees was not made
in time for the extra money to
be included on the checks for
the last month. They will,
therefore, receive a supplemen
tary check covering the amount
due them in short order.
November 20 has been set for
the NCEA meeting to be held
in Wilmington from 10 a. m., to
4:15 p. m. This will constitute
a holiday.
Thanksgiving Day, the last
Thursday in November, will be
a holiday, as will ihe follcAving
Friday.
Christmas holidays will begin
on December 23 and schools will
reopen on January 4th.
Easter Monday, April 19, will
be a holiday.
The 1953-54 session of the
schools will close on May 27,
1954.
Safety To Play
Important Part
Record In This Respect Has
Been Outstanding Thus
Far In Work On Ammu
nition Outloading Depot
Safety oi an workmen has
been stressed in every detail of
the Sunny Point construction
work. It will continue to be
stressed through every detail of
the construction work and there
after in the actual operation of
the installation.
Checking Sunday on the re
sults of the safety requirements,
it was found that out over 300
men employed in dredging and
dike construction since the first
of the year, only one man has
had treatment for a slightly cut
finger. Another has received a
scratch on the face.
With the number of work
men to be greatly increased this
week by railroad construction,
safety requirement for workmen
will be stressed more strongly
than ever. This entire job is one
in which there is no place for
:he careless or indifferent work
nan.
Not only must the workmen
jive due regard to personal safe
;y, their work must consider
safety for others, now and in
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Lost Gator Back
After One Year
A year ago someone caught
and brought a 3-foot alligator
into Southport. The critter was
bought by W. B. Kesiah for $1,
th4 intention being to ' present
it to a friend from up-state.
The friend did not show up
and Mike Sanders offered ev
en money for the 'gator to pre
sent it to his son, John San
ders. John named it ’‘Bill”
and got an appropriate den,
from which the critter escaped
after a couple of months.
This week, Mr. S anders
found the escaped alligator at
his ice plant. The critter had
probably hibernated in Fiddlers
Drain during its period of free
dom Now it is about four feet
in length. .
Raising Money
To Back Band
Fishing Expedition Adds
Unusual Angle To Effort
To Secure Funds With
Which To Finance Trip
To Chicago
Citizens of the Shallotte com
munity continue their activities
toward raising funds with which
to send their high school banc
to the convention of Lions Inter
national in Chicago in July.
One of the most interesting ef
forts in this fund-raising pro
gram will come tomorrow (Thur
sday) when 12 persons will gc
out from Shallotte Point aboard
the Bon-Jon and will go black
fishing near the lightship. Each
passenger will pay $10 for the
day’s fishing and when they re
turn the fishermen will sell their
catch Skipper John Garner will
charge only the expense of his
trip against the gross proceeds.
On Saturday night of this week
there will be a street dance on
the parking lot at the school.
Music will be furnished by a
string band and all proceeds will
go to the band.
One week from Saturday night
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Former Local
Citizen Dies
N. M. Moore, Former Mer
chant Of This City, Died
Monday At Home In
Beaufort
N. M. Moore died at his home
in Beaufort early Monday morn
ing. He was a former resident
of Southport and was engaged in
the dry goods business here until
I about 1927.
Funeral services were conduc
ted at Beaufort yesterday after
noon at 2:30 o’clock from the
•Methodist Church. Funeral was
at Straits near Beaufort.
Mr. Moore is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Allie Chadwick Moore,
and by five children from his
first marriage, Mrs. Fred Cov
ington of Hampton, Va„ Mrs. W.
C. Norton, Jr., and Mrs. Coy
Mercer of Southport; two sons,
Merritt and Boyd Moore of South
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Explanation Is
Made Of Plans
For Fund Uses
Advocates Of Special School
Tax For Shallotte District
Point Out That Disburse
ment Is Controlled
NOT EFFECTIVE
UNTIL NEXT YEAR
Money Will Be Spent Under
Budget Approved By
State Department; Col
lection Through
Tax Office
Citizens of the Shallotte S.'hool |
District who favor the special
school tax on which qualified
voters may cast their ballot on
May 30 wish to make it clear
that money realized from this
i source will be handled through
the Brunswick County tax depart
ment, must be spent according to
a budget which is approved by
the State Board of Education
and cannot become effective un
til 1954.
If the issue carries it is esti
mated that the 15-cent per hun
dred dollar valuation which will
result will amount to about
$4,000 per year. The following
breakdown shows a proposed use
of these use of these funds dur
ing the first year:
Industrial supplies, grades 1
through 12, $1,300. Science sup
plies, elementary school, $200.
High school, $500. Office supplies,
$50. Salaries supplement, $750.
Agricultural department, $100.
Home economics departm e n t,
$100. Playground supplies, grades
1 through 8, $400. Libraries, el
ementary, $300. High school, $300.
Former Southport
Man Recognized
James Oliver Brown Is j
Veteran Employee Of
State Highway A&d Pub
lic Works Commission
And Is Well Known Here
Construction Inspector Janies
Oliver Brown of the State High
way Commission has inspected
new State highways and bridges
all over southeastern North Car
olina.
Brown started with the High
way Department back in 1932.
His early project included inspec
ting bridges over Brunswick Riv
er, Alligator Creek, Neuse Riv
er, Albermarle Sound and the In
land Waterway at Southport.
In looking back on his 30-odd
years of highway service, he
says, “I’ll never forget the twen
ties — the rigors of living in
tents on location, riding a bicy
cle or walking several miles to
bridge construction sites. I re
member the muck and mud, and
my run-ins with snakes and ga
tors.”
Brown was born some 60 years
ago in Pickens County, S. C.
"I grew up on a cotton farm
where everybody had to work—•
or else. I worked.”
His first wife was the former
Etter Dickens of Maxmeadows,
Va. By a second marriage to
Mrs. J. A. Rowe of Burgaw, he
has three stepchildren: Carlon,
Ronald and Barbara Rowe.
Off the job, Brown likes to
tinker with tools and repair
household electrical appliances.
Mr. Brown is well known in
Brunswick county, and lived for
several years in the C. E. Brown
cottage on the waterfront in
Southport.
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Seeking Data On
The Wheat Crop
G. R. Holden, chairman of the
Brunswick County PMA commit
tee, says County PMA Commit
tee will start immediately to as
semble wheat history for all
farms planting- wheat for har
vest in 1951, 1952 and 1953. This
information will be necessary if
acreage allotments are required
on the 1954 crop.
All fanners planting wheat in
any and all of these years Will
be expected to furnish this in
formation to the county commit
tee or county PMA office not :
later than May 27.
Annual Marathon
Motorboat Race
Scheduled June 3
Annual Southport To Myrtle
Beach Outboard Marathon
Will Be Feature Of Sun
Fun Festival This Year
The 1953 Southport to Myrtle
Beach Annual Outboard race has
been definitely set for Wednes
day, June 3rd, according to in
formation received this week by
this paper from H. T. Wilcox
of the Myrtle Beach Chamber of
Commerce.
It is interesting to not here
that the .June 3rd marathon
from Southport to Myrtle Beach
is one of the features of the ex
travagant Annual Sun-Fun Festi
val that is staged there each
summer.
As in previous years the Myr
tle Beach Outboard Motor Boat
Club is sponsoring the event.
Encouraged by the success of
the past three years Mr. Wilcox
writes that it is the plans to
put on a really big event this
year It is already anticipated
that at least a hundred boats
will make the race.
As in past years the boats
will assemble at Southport on
the morning of the 3rd, and it
is expected that the operators
will put on a big show on the
Southport harbor as they Warm
up their motors and otherwise
get ready for the start. This
warming up and the impromptu
races staged in the harbor have
always drawn a crowd.
The starting time will be 2
p. rm and it is expected that
the leading boats will begin ar
riving at Socastee, on the inter
coastal waterway near Myrtle
Beach, about one hour after
leaving Southport.
This year there will be 10
classes of boats, with three tro
phies going to each of the 10.
The class with which a boat is
to run will be determined by the
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Educator Will
Deliver Speech
Dr. C. F. Brown Of Univer- •
sity Of North Carolina
Will Make Commence
ment Address At Bolivia
Monday
Bolivia high school continues j
its commencement program with
the senior class exercises Thurs- (
day night. 1
On Monday night at 8 o’clock
19 seniors will receive their di- j
plomas for the 26th annual com- ,
mencement of Bolivia High School.
Dr. C. F. Brown of the Uni
versity of North Carolina School
Df Education will deliver the ad
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I
W. B. kbztah
Our
ROVING
Reporter
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With the Southport menhaden
fleet now in operation and their
product having no food value
rating locally, except for roe in
the fall, it may be interesting
to point out here that it is men
haden that fill most of the sar
dine cans that are found in
grocery stores throughotu most
of the world. The small fish
known as sardines after they are
processed are the offering of
menhaden and herrings. The
mehods of taking and handling
for food purposes are, of course,
different from those employed
here in taking and handling the
more adult fish for the making
of oil, fishmeal and fishscrap i for
fertilizers.
Maps of Yaupon Village ( at
Long Beach arrived Saturday,
and investigation led to the bis
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covery that Keziah Avenue was £
surrounded on one side by Trott '
Avenue and on the other by
Middleton Avenue. Could have ‘
been a lot worse.
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We have always thought that ‘
Rice Gwyn of Quail Rest Farm ^
at Longwood was a better hunt
er than a fisherman. At any
rate, we have never rated him al- £
ongside of ourself as a fresh- 1
water fishermon. He apparently
does not agree with us. In the t
mail this week was a letter from i
Rice and he disposed and said, I
"Dear Bill: from the ink that you a
have been spreading over the \
papers in North Carolina regard
ing Sunny Point, I personally be
lieve that you are working too
hard. At any rate I think that
a vacation of one day’s fishing
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May Day Program
Held At W accamaw
Colorful Event Staged By Students In Continuation Of
Annual May Festivities
ASH. — Waccamaw School held
ts annual May Day program
Friday, May 1, with Queen Bar
jara Mintz and King Keith In
nan reigning over the event.
The front lawn of the school
vas the setting for the occasion,
vhere the queen’s throne was ero
ded at the front entrance. Over
:he throne was a mass of many
lolored flowers.
The program was opened by a
military drill and flag-raising, in
■vhich Sgt. Jesse Little and the
ligh school boys took part. The
-hythm band, composed of the two
second grades, was led by Major
Jttes Mary Ellen King, Patricia
Inman, Marilyn Standland, Nellie
Smith and Diane Russ.
Following a Fairies and Brow
nies dance by the first grades,
the May Court entered. Among
the others in the court wer, maid
of honor, Mary Peearl Wright;
her escort, McRoy McLamb; her
ald, Glenn Greene; flower girls,
Judy Milligan and Mary Brown;
and crown bearer, Johnny Evans
and Dore Evans. The attendants
and arch bearers wore evening
gowns.
A ballet and folk dances were
also a part of the program.
The May Day Committee was
composed of Mrs. A. G. Green,
Mrs. A. J. Walton, Jr., and Miss
Patsy Blake.
Selecting Jury
In Murder Case
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Local Paintings
Sold To Clubs
The fact that Southport scen
ery appeals to inland visitors
was attested again last week
at an exhibition by North Car
olina artists presented by the
North Carolina Federation of
Women’s Clubs at its conven
tion at Wrightsville Beach.
Thfee clubs of the Federa
tion won cash awards to pur
chase works from the exhibi
tion, and two of the pictures
selected by these committees
were Southport scenes, both
being oil paintings by Mrs. J.
M. Waggett of Southport, one
titled “August Moonlight on
Southport Waters’’ and the oth
er “Carolina Coastal Waters”,
showing Captain C. N. Swan’s
boat, the “Marie-Hose” leaving
the yacht basin.
Local Woman
Heads District
Mrs. Jaimes M. Harper, Jr.,
Installed As President Of
11th District Of North
Carolina Federation Of
Woman’s Club
Mrs. J. M. Harper, Jr., repre
:ented the Southport Woman’s
Ulub at the annual convention of
he N. C. Federation of Women’s
-lubs at Wrightsville Beach for
:hree days last week. As in
coming president of District 11,
ihe attended a luncheon on Wed
lesday of district presidents and
he State Director of Districts
it the Ocean Terrace Hotel. Mrs.
Ed Taylor, a past district
^resident, attended the conven
ion on Thursday and Friday.
Following the annual banquet
m Wednesday night the delegates
leard Salom Rizk, world renown
id lecturer and author of “Syr
an Yankee”. At a luncheon on
rhursday the speaker was Mrs. I
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Mrs. Young New
PTA President
'inal Meeting Of Year Saw
Interesting Variety Pro
gram Presented By Chil
dren Of First Three Grad
es In School
Mrs. Francis D. Young was
lected and installed on Tues
lay night as president of the
louthpbrt Parent-Teacher Associ
tion for the coming year. She
ucceeds Mrs. J. M. Harper, Jr.,
rho installed the new officers,
frs. Bryant Potter was installed
.s vice president, succeeding Mrs.
)avis Herring. Mrs. Jack Hu
;hes was re-elected secretary
.nd Mrs. W. P. Jorgensen suc
eeds Mrs. Robert Thompson as
reasurer.
Mrs. Ed C. Newton gave her
nnual report on the school lunch
oom.
The program was given by
he first, second and third grades
nder the direction of Miss Mary
,ee Norment, Mrs. R. M. Willis,
nd Mrs. Lucille Williamson. It
■as as follows:
First grade: “Welcome Song”.
Pledge of Allegiance.
“My Country ’Tis of Thee”.
“The Old North State”.
“Who has seen the Wind?”—
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Trial Of Luther Smith On
Charge Of First Degree
Murder Expected To Be
gin Today In Superior
Court
JUDGE NIMOCKS
PRESIDING JURIST
Special Venire Called For
Purpose Of Speeding Se
lection Of Jury
In Case
Work of securing a jury for
the trial of Luther Smith in the
B. W. Simmons murder case was
scheduled to get underway in
Superior Court this morning. A
special panel of 100 men and
women were ordered summoned
by Presiding Judge Q. K. Nim
ocks. Summoned by Sheriff
Leonard and deputies, this spe
cial panel appeared at 2:30 yes
terday afternoon and was dis
missed with orders to return this
morning at 8 o’clock. Another
case requiring a long time for
disposal prevented the start of
the selection of the jury yester
day.
Smith is charged with the shoo
ting of Simmons at his home in
the New Gritain Bridge >commu
the New Britain Bridge commu
was reported to to be the out
growth of domestic trouble be
tween the two men.
Most of the men and women
forming the special panel are
understood to be from the eas
tern and northern part of the
ciunty. Attorneys stated yester
that they anticipated very little
trouble in obtaining a jury. So
licitor Moore will press for a
first degree murder verdict. Smith
is defended by Attorneys Frink
and Herring of Southport. E. J.
Prevatte and Ozmer L. Henry of
Lumberton. A large number of
witnesses have been summoned
and opinion is that the case may
consume some time. All of the
parties involved are white.
Up until last night only two
jury cases had gone through the
mill of the court, with sentences
not passed in either case. A num
ber of divorces have been grant
ed and defendants have plead
guilty in a few minor coses.
Thus far during the term chief
interest has centered in the tri
al of Fred Thompson on multiple
charges growing out of an alleg
ed beating given Mrs. Gladys
McCoy by the defendant. The
jury found him guilty on only i
one of six counts, assault upon a j
female.
Pipeline Dredge
To Work Canal
Shoals Will Be Removed
From Inland \Vaterway
At Lockwoods Folly By
Dredge Northwood
The 16-inch pipeline dredge
Northwood, of the Atkins Dred
ging Company of Norfolk, will
:omplete the task of removing
ihoals from the Cape Fear Riv
;r channel between Wilmington
and Orton within the next two
ir three weeks.
From this work she will move
iown the intercoastal waterway
removing shoals. Her first job
if ter leaving the river is to re
nove the bad shoal in the wa
terway at Lockwoods Folly. It
vill require the dredge about six
lays to remove this shoal, it is
said.
Several boats and one large
large have been in serious trou
ile on this shoal during the past
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Deeds Recorded
To Give Title
To Government
Description Of All Parcels
Of Property Purchased
For Ammunition Outload
ing Depot Consolidated In
One Deed
CONTRACT FOR WELL
BEING ADVERTISED
Bids For Construction Of
Docks Expected To Be
Called For This Week
By District Engin
eers
By W. B. KEZIH
The Sunny Point lands are now
being officially recorded as the
property of the United States
Government, as a single deed
covering the huge tract was fil
ed here in the office of Register
of Deeds Amos J. Walton last
week.
The purchasing of the many
tracts embraced in the deed be
gan more than a year ago. Un
til all tracts were purchased, no
title or tiitles could be recorded*
The entire area now gets on the
books as one tract.
As predicted recently, things
are now stepping up for full
scale construction efforts. Friday
of this week the Army engin
eers will issue invitations for bids
on water supply well for the in
stallation.
The invitations will call for
bids on the drilling of two test
wells. If they provide water of
acceptable quality and quantity,
four additional wells will be con
tracted. With the already known
water resources of the area, it
is expected that no trouble will
be encountered in securing an
adequate supply for all purposes.
This past week Col. R. C.
Brown, Wilmington district en
gineer, called for bids on the
construction of the three huge
wharves. They may be let singly
or as a unit, each with facilities
for loading three huge freighters
at one time. This will be toe
largest construction project of the
installation, and about twenty
one months will be allowed for
finishing the last of the three.
They will be of reinforced con
crete decking, supported on con
crete pilings. Three railroad
trains will go on the docks at a
time to have their cargoes un
loaded and onto the ships. The
docks or wharves together will
have a mooring frontage totaling
almost a mile.
The first dock must be com
pleted by the contractors within
15 months after they receive no
tice to proceed. The second in
18 months and the third in 21
months. All will have 37-foot we
ter frontage depth to allow for
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Solicitor Moore
Friday Speaker
Commencement Address To
Be Brought By Clifton L.
Moore; Class Night Exer
cises Thursday
“Ridin’ on A Rainbow, or
Round-up Time at the Bar None
Ranch,” will be presented by the
senior class of Southport High
School Thursday evening in an
nual class night exercises.
Commencement exercises will
be held Friday evening at 8
o’clock with an address by Solic
itor Clifton L. Moore.
This year’s valedictorian is
Nadine Clemmons, the salutatp;
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Tide Table
Following Is the tide iable
for Southport during the next
week. These hours are approxi
mately correct and were furn
ished The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Gape Fear Pilot’s Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, May 14
8:45 a. m. 2:43 a. m.
9:09 p. m. 2:42 p. m.
Friday, May 15
9:35 a. m. 3:30 a. m.
9:56 p. m. 3:28 p. m.
Saturday, May 16
10:24 a. m. 4:17 a. m.
10:42 p. m. 4:15 p. m.
Sunday, May 17
11:14 a. m. 5:03 a. m.
11:27 p. m. 5:03 p. m.
Monday, May 18
12:03 a. m. 5:50 a. m.
0:00 p. m. 6:49 p. m.
Tuesday, May 19
0:14 a. m. 6:39 a. m.
12:55 p. m. 6:49 p. m.
Wednesday, May 20
1:02 a. m. 7:29 a. m.
1:47 p, m. 7:46 p. m.