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Most Of The News All The Tine THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County Volume No. 20 No. 46 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1960 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Commencement In Progress In All Area Schools Class Night Programs Are Being Held This Week, With Baccalaureate Ser mons Either Over Or Slat ed Sunday MONDAY IS LAST DAY OF SCHOOL Graduation Exercises Will Be Held Either Friday Night Or Monday As Closing Nears Commencement exercises are in progress in Brunswick county this week, with all of them slated to adjourn for the term on Monday. At Southport the Rev. Law rence Bridges delivered the bac calaureate sermon Sunday mor ning; the class night exercises are scheduled Thursday; and on Fri day evening Davis C. Herring will deliver the commencement ad dress. At Bolivia the Rev. W. E. Paul ey will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at 8 o’clock Sunday eve ning. Dr. Ralph Brimley of East Carolina College will deliver the commencement address on Mon day evening at 8 o'clock. A piano recital featuring the students of Mrs. A. S. Knowles will be pre sented Friday evening. At Shallotte eight grade grad uation will be held Friday eve ning at 8 o’clock; the baccalau reate services will be Sunday af ternoon at 3 o’clock with the Rev. C. D. Brearley of Myrtle Beach as the minister; graduation exer cises will be held Monday eve ning at 8 o’clock. At Leland Dr. R. Ainsley Barn well of Wilmington will preach the baccalaureate sermon Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rabbi Samuel Friedman will deliver the graduation address on Monday evening. The baccalaureate sermon at Waecamaw was delivered Sunday morning at 11 o’clock by the Rev. Harold Gore; Class night will be held Thursday at 8 o'clock; and the Graduation exercises will be held on Friday evening at 8 o’clock. The speaker will be Dr. Ralph Brimley of East Carolina College. Brief Bite Of -NEWS-1 NEW AG BUILDING The contract for the new agri culture building at Supply was has been let to C. C. Hewett of Shallotte and work is scheduled to being this week. LIONS TO MEET Members of the Southport Lions Club will meet tomorrow (Thurs day) at 6:30 o’clock. A program sponsored by the Brunswick County Cancer Society will be presented. ATTENDS CONVENTION Prince O'Brien, cashier of the Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co. in Southport attended the annual convention of the N. C. Bankers Association in Pinehurst last week. NEW VOTING PLACE The polling place for precinct No. 2 in Southport has been mov ed to Frank’s Lodge, located on Brown Street one-half block off Howe, near the city water tank. ELECT OFFICERS Brunswick County Barracks Number 1744, Veterans World War I, USA, held a regular meeting and fish fry at Tar Land ing Saturday. John H. Stephen son was elected commander and Crawford L. Rourk quartermaster. FAMILY REUNION A family reunion was held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Clark at Leland, the occasion being Mr. Clark’s 73 birthday. All seven of the Clark children and members of their family were present. The children are L. P., Durwood T., C. P., Van and Mrs. Weldon Lynch of Le land; H. P. Clark of Whiteville; and W. L. Clark of Winnabow. REVIVAL SERVICES Beginning Sunday night, May 22, and continuing through May 28 there will be a revival in pro gress at the Beulah Missionary Baptist Church one mile north of Hickman’s Crossroads in Bruns wick County. The guest speaker will be the Rev. George Langley. The public is cordially invited to attend. Services will begin each night at 7:45 o’clock. The pastor is the Rev. Elbert Sykes. Teacher Of Year HONORED—Mrs. Madge Woods Smith, member of the Leland school faculty, has been selected “Teacher of the Year” in Brunswick county and represented this county in District competition in “Oscars For Teachers” project sponsored by the N. C. Federation of Woman’s Clubs. Mrs. Smith Named Teacher Of Year t Member Of Leland Faculty’ Represented The Teach ing Profession In Compe tition For Oscars For Teachers HAS LONG RECORD OF TEACHING SERVICE Her Years Of Teaching In clude Total Of 18 As A Member Of Leland School Faculty Mrs. Madge Woods Smith has been named “The Most Outstand ing Teacher in Brunswick County in i960’’ by the Southport Wo man’s Club. She was chosen from five nominees submitted by letter by the county school principals. Mrs. Smith has taught in public schools for thirty-two years. Three years were spent at Acme-Deleo School, nine years in Wilmington schools, two years in Monroe, and eighteen year at Leland as a sixth grade teacher. Her beginning salary was $100 per month, which rose to $133, then dropped to $85 per month during the depression. Born in Wilmington, she is a graduate of New Hanover High School and Elon College. She has attended summer school and done extension work with the Univer sity of North Carolina. Her favorite hobby, as she states it, is “training spirited little boys.” Other hobbies include music and gardening. She states that one of the most rewarding aspects of a teaching career has been the op portunity to have as fellow teach ers some of her former students. William McDonald, the son of Mrs. H. B. Strickland, was a coach at Leland. James Lewis, the son of the former Miss Lee McDowell, is now industrial arts Continued On Page 4 Banquet Honors New Officials New Officers Of Shallotte Junior Chamber Of Com merce Installed At Ban quet Meeting New officers were installed at a banquet held by the Shallotte Junior Chamber of Commerce Wednesday evening at the Ocean Isle Beach Restaurant. New officers are J. T. Clem mons, president; Dykes Hewett, vice-president; W. J. McLamb, secretary; Grover Holden, treas urer; Thurston Mintz, State di rector; Billy Gurganus and Gene Blair, local directors. The visiting speaker for this occasion was an outstanding Jaycee Houston Brisson, State Vice-President of the 13th dis trict. «%* # Other honored guests included Mr. and Mrs. ,-Aubrey C. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Culpepper, and i Raymond Bellamy. In' his speech of acceptance President Clemmons said he hopes he can carry out the goal work that the club had started under outgoing president Thurston j Mintz. Honored DR. STUART WILLJS National Honor For Dr. Willis Dr. Stuart Willis Is Named President Of National Tuberculosis Association Friday Two North Carolinians were chosen to fill high offices in the national voluntary TB control movement last week in Los An geles. Dr. Stuart Willis of Chapel Hill, a noted scientist and one of the nation’s most vigorous TB fight ers, was named president-elect of the National Tuberculosis Associa tion Friday at an all-day meeting of its board of directors. The board meeting trailed the association’s five-day 56th annual meeting which was concluded Thursday at the Statler Hotel. Earlier last week, C. Scott Ven able of Raleigh succeeded to the highest elective office for profes sional TB association workers, president of the National Confer ence of Tuberculosis Workers which met concurrently. Venable is executive director of the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association. ur. wims heads North Caro lina's official treatment attack against TB as superintendent medical director of its sanatorium system, and is presently at the helm of the voluntary TB control efforts' as president of the State TB association. In 1956, he was the recipient of the Southern Tuberculosis Conference's award for “outstanding contributions to TB control in the South.” Dr. Willis has been a board member of the national associa tion for many years and is a past president of its medical section, the American Trudeau Society. He belongs to eleven professional organizations concerned with the control of TB. A noted researcher and scien tist, Dr. Willis has contributed over 90 scientific articles to med ical periodicals and is the author of two books on the laboratory aspects of TB. His experimental Continued On Page 4 Superior Court Criminal Docket Completed Here Murder Charge Against Hardy Bell Is Dropped When Defendant Entered Plea Of Guilty Of Man* slaughter JUDGE R. I. MINTZ PRESIDING JURIST First Time Brunswick Na tive Has Held Superior Court In His Hoftie County The May term of Brunswick county Superior court for trial of criminal cases came to a close today. The presiding jurist was Judge Rudolph I. Mintz, native of Brunswick county, who was hold ing court here for the first time since his appointment by Gover nor Luther H. Hodges last year. The case involving the most serious charge was that of. mur der against Hardy Bell, young Longwood Negro. He entered a plea of guilty of manslaughter and this was accepted* by the State. After hearing evidence, Judge Mintz sentenced Bell to serve from 10 to 12 years for the fatal knifing of Arthur Stanley. Many of the other cases were of minor importance and in numerous instances the defend ants entered a plea of nolo con-' tendere or a plea of guilty. A report of the disposition of other cases will appear next week. First Goal For Armory Is Met Office Of N. C. Adjutant General Advised That Necessary Funds For Sponsoring Project Are Available E. N. Pearsall, chairman of the fund raising committee for the Brunswick County Armory re ports that the deadline has been met and that the Adjutant Gen eral of the state has been notified that the funds are now cn deposit with the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Co. of Shallotte in the amount of $16,425. Pearsall had nothing but praise for the public-minded citizens who tightened up their belt and gave so generously to this worth while cause. He said, “I did not meet a man who was against the pro ject, and of every community could close ranks as ours has what a wonderful place we would have in which to live. It has been a pleasure to work with them this project. The Adjutant General’s depart ment will proceed to Washington with the project to gain final ap proval before bids can be ac cepted. It is expected that the Adjutant General will begin to accept bids on or about the first of July and the contract for the building will be let by the first of September. In the meantime the people must attack another project. The building site must be filled to the level of highway 17. This project presents no easy task although Continued On Page 4 Bolivia Girl Winner WINNER—Hazel Robbins of Bolivia, third from right, is shown receiving a $100 scholarship check for finishing first in the girls division of the fifth annual school bOs roadeo held Friday in Whiteville. Miss Robbins will go to Chapel Hill later to compete for the state title and a chance for a $500 scholarship to any college of her choice. J. Harris Campbell (right) is presenting the check for Home Finance Wil mington. D. N. Tucker (left) is presenting Charles Piner of Wilmington with a $100 scholarship check for N. C. Chain Store, Council. Piner was the winner in the boys division. Schools Praised In Report Made By Grand Jury A Brunswick county grand jury wMch five months ago made an exhaustive and high ly critical report of the schools of Brunswick county made a report to Judge Ru dolph L Mintz here this mor ning praising the board of education for their work in straightening out conditions at. iueland add at other schools In the county. The report of the jury also praised members of the board of county commissioners for 'the improvements that have been made at the Brunswick county jail, which also was criticized at considerable length in the January report. Members of the jury ap parently were making a dili gent search into the poUcy followed in making purchases for the county, for on Tues day they came into court and asked Judge Mintz for an in terpretation of the law gov erning the matter of a mem ber or members of the board selling to or doing business with the county while serving as a member of that body. They Inquired, too, if there were a violation involved In a member or members of the board selling to or doing business with the board of education. In their report today mem bers of the jury included the statement that the court had instructed them that there would be no violation involved if a member, or members, of the board of commissioners Continued On Page 4 TIME and TIDE By JIMMIE HARPER The time was May 15, 1935, and the news was that a Cuban stowaway had jumped from a ship opposite Old Brunswick in the Cape Fear river and had swam ashore. A few hours later he had been captured b yBrunswick county officers and was be ing held for imigration authorities. Members of the board of county commissioners had approved plans for renting the Hood Building for use as additional office space. The Peoples United Bank, forerunner of the Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co. in South port, had received news of the removal of all restrictions by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Tho Fastern North Carolina Hospital Association was to meet the following day in Southport; five patients had undergone op erations for appendicitis in a single day at Dosher Memorial Hos pital; and Manager G. E. Hubbard had called for candidates for the Southport Town team to report for practice at the old ball diamond. It was May 15, 1940, and a new method of communication had been tried out by a visiting upstate fisherman: The late Wiley Sholar of Greensboro had sent news of his fishing catch to his wife at home by way of carrier pigeon. S. B. Frink had been a member of a delegation that called on President Franklin D. Roosevelt to invite him to come to Southport on a fishing trip. This might well have been holy week in Southport, for revival services were in progress at three churches. Bingo, the famous Irish setter belonging to Mayor John D. Erik sen, had passed on to the happy hunting grounds; Crawford Rourk had reported catching a snipe 35-miles offshore while fishing with Capt. Barkley Tomlin aboard the Maude and Bable; and there seemed to be a general feeling that the Flow- i er Show held on the preceeding Friday was the best in history, the climax having been reached at the dance which • followed— Continued On P*g* Four Prevatte Named Party Chairman ~a Chairman E. J. PREVATTE “May Frolics” Presented Here Delightful Evening’s Enter tainment Presented Un der Auspices Of Local PTA On Friday evening a delightful program of songs and dances was presented in the high school audi torium by the dancing school stu dents and sponsored by the South port Parent-Teachers Association under the direction of Mrs. Ed Harrelson, Mrs. Fred Burdette, Mrs. J. T. Barnes, Mrs. J. T. Bowman, Mrs. Allen Graham, Mrs. Dallas Pigott and Mrs. J. B. Warth. The program, “May Frolics”, was announced by Patty Key. It included the following numbers: “Love Somebody”, Mary D. Swan, Jennie King, Cornellia Bowman; “77 Sunset Strip”, Sandy Potter, Martha Mallison, Martha Harrel son, sarah Barnes, Mary Pat Bur dette, Ellen St. George; “Pretty j Baby”, Landis Brown, with “Bet 1 You Tell That to All The Gins", Jean Burdette, Rachel Ann Kar relson, Jennie King, Cornellia Bowman, Mary D. Swan, Patty j Swan. Rosie Gregory, Joanne Gregory, Janet Shuler; "stupid! Cupid”, Ellen St. George; “Little Dutch Kindergarten” Rachel Ann Harrelson, and Susan Harrelson j with Jennie King, Mary D. Swan, Joanne Gregory, Rosie Gregory, j Cornellia Bowman, Patty Swan; “Fairyland”, Sarah Barnes;; “Sweet Georgia Brown” Marilyn j Aldridge, Jean Burdette, Billy i Mace, Joanne Gregory, Rachel Harrelson, Janet Shuler; “Oh You Beautiful Doll” Susan Harrelson; [ “High Hopes” Martha Mallison, Linda Pigott, Diane Warth, Vall ria Swain, Jeanne Brown; “Little Bit Independent” Joanne Greg- j ory and Rose Gregory; “Five ! Litle Pennies”, Mary Pat Bur- I dette, Martha Harrelson, Sarah I Barnes, Ellen St. George, Susan I Harrelson, Sandy Potter; “Sunny | Continued On Page I Southport Attorney Elected j Chairman Of Brunswick County Democratic Exe cutive Committee Satur day SUCCEEDS KIRBY SULLIVAN AS HEAD Harmony Was In Evidence Throughout Meeting At Bolivia, With Candi dates In Evidence E. J. Prevatte, Southport at torney, was elected chairman of the Brunswick County Democratic Executive Committee Saturday prior to the Convention of Bruns wick County Democrats in the Bolivia high school auditorium. He succeeds Kirby Sullivan in this position. Senator S. Bunn Frink made a motion that outgoing chairman Sullivan be given a vote of appre ciation, and Ernest Parker moved! that Sullivan be given a rising vote of thanks for his good serv ices. This carried unanimously. There was further unanimous action upon the motion that all Democrats in good standing go as delegates to the State Convention in Raleigh this week. Only a brief period was devoted to business then candidates for county offices and representatives of candidates for state offices were given an opportunity to speak. James C. Bowman spoke for Claude Philpot, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Addison Hewlett, candidate for U. S. Sen ate, and Malcolm Seawell for Governor. A. H. Gainey, JL, spoke in be half of the candidacy of Dr. I. Beverly Lake; and Ernest E. Par ker spoke for Terry Sanford. During the talks by local can didates, some spoke briefly and Continued On I-age 4 Benefit Dance In Cancer Drive Plans Announced For Hold ing Dance At Community Building On May 21 The Brunswick County Unit of the American Cancer Society is sponsoring a Benefit Dance on Saturday, May 21. at Commun ity Building. The proceeds of the j dance will be added to the Cancer } Crusade funds. Dr. Fred Self of Tranquil Har- j bour, crusade chairman, has ap pointed several committees to complete arrangements • for this affair. The Mid-Nighters of Southport will provide the music. This com bination has become quite a fa vorite as a result of their re cent appearances in this area. There will be door prizes do nated by merchants and interest ed sponsors. Refreshments will be available. “This is an opportunity to have a fine evening of fun and relax ation while you support your Can cer Society,’’ Dr. Self said this week. Bolivia Student District Winner In Bus Roadeo Hazel Robbins Is Winner In Girls Division Of Dis trict School Bus Roadeo Competition ADVANCES TO STATE FINALS LATER IN YEAR Brunswick Girl Wins Cash Scholarship And Becomes Eligible For Further Honors Hazel Robbins of Bolivia was named winner in the girls division of the fifth annual school bus roadeo held at the Columbus coun ty bus garage, Whiteville, Friday. Charles Piner of New Hanover was declared winner in the boys division. Both won the right to represent District 14 in the State contest later at Chapel Hill. The two winners received a ?100 cash ■ scholarship to ■ any school of their choice and also competition in the state contest will give them a chance to add a ?500 scholarship to their win nings. Also the local district winners may receive a two-year scholar ship to Wilmington college as presented by the college. District 14 encompasses Bruns wick, Columbus, Pender and New Hanover counties and for the first time District 13, Bladen and Rob eson counties, joined in to form a dual meet. Approximately 48 drivers from the six counties participated in the contest that tested the skills of the students on paper as well as on the job driving. The roadeo was supervised by Ollis D. Griffin, director of driv ing education and accident records division, department of motor vehicles, Raleigh. D. N. Tucker, representative of N. C. Chain store, Council .pre sented Piner with his $100 schol Continued On Page 4 College Course Date Is Changed Arrangements Being Made To Complete The County Course In Time For Stu dents To Attend Summer School The dates of the Brunswick County off-campus college courses have been changed in order to allow those who wish to attend the first term of summer school to complete this study before they leave for their summer session. The first meeting of this course, Arts and Crafts 370G and In dustrial Arts for Elementary Teachers 245, will be held on Tuesday, May 24, at 6:30 p. m. at Bolivia High School home eco nomics department. This will be the first meeting and the location and time may be changed by the group present, providing the majority wishes to do so. The last meeting will be held on Friday, June 3. This credit may be used toward raising a certificate, obtaining a degree, renewal of certificate or graduate credit toward obtaining a masters degree. “The success of this course, which will require a minimum of 23 students, will go far toward assuring other workshops and sources in our county,” Supt. John G. Long said this week. Tide Table Following la the tide table tor Southport during the next week. Theee hours are ap proximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. High Tide Low TMo Thursday, May 19. 2:57 A. M. 9:10 A. M. 3:28 P. M. 9:40 P. M. Friday, May 20, 3:57 A. M. 10:03 A. M. 4:24 P. M. 10:37 P. M. Saturday, May 21, 4:48 A. M. 10:53 A. M. 5:15 P. M. 11:29 P. M. Sunday, May 22, 5:37 A. M. 11:39 A. M. 6:02 P. M. Monday, May 23, 6:22 A. M. 0:17 A. M. 6:45 P. M. 12:22 P. M. Tuesday, May 24, 7:06 A. M. 1:00 A. M. 7:26 P. M. 1:04 P. M. Wednesday, May 25, 7:46 A. M. 1:42 A. M. 8:03 P. M. 1:44 P. M.
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