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Brunswick County
Volume No. 21
No. 2
12-PAGES TODAY SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1960
5c A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Work At Sunny
Point Included
In Year’s Plan
Most Of Funds Scheduled
For Expenditure By U. S.
Army Engineers Will Be
At Fort Bragg
TOTAL OF $65,000
AT SUNNY POINT
Engineers Also Cooperating
With State In Five Year
Program To Eradicate
Alligator Weed
By Col. R. P. Davidson
District Engineer
The construction program for
fiscal year 1960-61 in the Corps
of Engineers’ Wilmington District
totals an estimated $7.4 million
with a majority of the projects
scheduled to be completed during
the coming 12 months.
Work in progress June 30 indi
cates a carry-over of some $10
million inArmy and Air Force
construction and Civil Works act
ivities.
Top item in the carry-over is
an award of a contract of $5,756,
500 to the H. L. Coble Construct
ion Company of Greenboro, N. C.
to build 367 units of Capehart
Famibly Housing at Fort Bragg,
N. C. for Military personnel. Al
though the housing contract was
awarded in early June, constru
ction is not expected to begin be
fore late July or possibly early
in August. Completion deadline is
February 15, 1962. The 367 units,
will bring to 1867 units of this
type of housing provided for both
officers and enlisted personnel at
Fort Bragg.
Construction for the Army sch
edule now including the Capehart !
project, totals $1,690,000, all for 1
Fort Bragg except about$65,000
which is earmarked for the Sunny
Point Army Terminal near South
port.
Main items for Fort Bragg:
three trainfires ranges, nine batt
alion storerooms, one battalion
classroom, a regimental chapel,
one battalion headquarters and
classroom building, and a instru
ment shed and classroom.
A sewage disposeal system is
in plans for the Sunny Point
Army Terminal.
Present plans for Air Forces
construction are estimated at $2.2
million and include various type of
strutures at Cherry Point, Gold
boro, Pope Air Forces Base at
Fort Bragg, Fort Fisher near Wil
mington, and at Winston Salem.
In the Civil Works program, the
District anticipates about $2.3
million in new work projects and
about $1.1 million for mainten
ance dredging activities.
New work obligations include:
The development of a drain
age project in Washington, Beau
fort and Hyde Counties in the
coastal plain affecting some 35,
000 acres of farm, pasture and
woodlands at a cost of about $60
O, 000, a part of which will be born
by local interest;
The starting of a five-year pro
gram, in cooperation with the
State of North Carolina, to erad
icate the obnoxous alllibator weed
which is gaining formidable head
way in the coastal plain impeding
water runoff and obstructing nav
igation ;
The x-ehabilitation of the dam
at Lock No. 1 near Acme on the
Cape Fear River at a cost of
approximately $800,000;
A study to determine whether
or not the five bridges the Atlan
tic Intracoastal Waterway and
owned by the Corps should be
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Brief Bite Of
■-NEWS-1
ATTEND CAMP
Carolyn St. George and Patti
Jenkins of Southport are spending
two weeks at Camp Rainbow at
Banner Elk.
LEAVE FOR CAMP
Martha Harrelson and Donna
Prevatte are attending camp this
week in the mountains of western
North Carolina.
CAKE AND PIE SALE
The Women of St. Phillips Epis
copal Church will hold their July
Cake sale at Huntley Studio, Sat
urday beginning at io a. m.
AT YAUPON BEACH
A new colin operated laundry I
service has been opened at Yau
pon Beach. The location is on
Ocean Highway, and the facility
is expected to serve Yaupon [
Beach and Tranquil Harbour resi- I
dents.
Rescue Operation
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COOPERATION—W. D. Okerson, left, is shown standing beside the raft which
he used Thursday to rescue four persons' off Long Beach. The girls are his two
daughters, Joan, left, and Nancy, right, who swam out with a line, then helped tow
the distressed survivors back to shore.
Blake President
Of Local Lions
Club This Year
Southport Building Supply
Dealer Inducted Into Of
fice At Ladies Night Pro
gram Thursday
E. C. Blake was inducted as
president of the Southport Lions
Club for the coming year at a
Ladies Night program in the
Community Building Thursday
evening.
The program for this occasion i
was unique in that there were
two speakers. The first of these
was Harold Cole, State Director
of the Baptist Student Union,
and he was followed by Brig.
Gen. James F. Tank, who was on
an inspection tour of Sunny Point
Army Terminal.
Cole spent the first part of his
time relating a series of humor
ous stories, but he ended on a
serious note when he took stock
of existing world conditions.
“When small men cast long shad
ow,” he cautioned, “it is late in
the day”.
Brig. Gen. Tank, who as Com
manding General of the U. S.
Army Terminal Transportation
Command, Atlantic, had Sunny
Point in his territory, gave a
comprehensive report of the need
for and the value of an installa
tion such as the nearby army ter
minal. He called it the only com
plete ammunition terminal in the
United States.
President A. A. Dixon presided
over the meeting and the new of
ficers were inducted by Lion Kir
by Sullivan.
In addition to Blake, the new
officers include Prince O’Brien,
first vice-president; Clinton Bell
amy, second vice-president; James
Austin, secretary-treasurer; Roy
Robinson, Tail-Twister; and Hu
bert Livingston, Lion Tamer.
Brig Gen. Tank was introduced
by Lion L. R. Bellows and Cole
was introduced by Lion E. J. Pre
vatte.
Educators Here
During Weekend
Group Of Officials From
State Department And
Out Of State Visitors
Guests Of Supt. John G.
Long
A group of important leaders
in the field of education were
weekend visitors of Superinten
dent John G. Long at his home at
Yaupon Beach, and among their
activities was an inspection of the
Marineology Department at
Southport High School.
Included in the group was Dal
las Herring, chairman of the State
Board of Education; Dr. Gerald
James, director of vocational edu
cation for the State Department;
Wade Martin, supervisor of ;
Trades and Industries Education;
Earl Funderburk, superintendent
of Schools in New Hanover Coun
ty; Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Nerdon.
Dr. Nerdon is director of vocation- I
al education for the State of
Connecticutt.
Also on the trip were Ray- i
mond Stone, executive secretary
of the N. C. Citizens Committee I
for better schools; Herman Por- 1
ter, consultant, State Board of j
Education cirriculums; Russell !
Swindell, coordinator of commer- i
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Rescue Operation
Is Family Affair
Greensboro Father and Two
Daughters Save Four
From Drowning Thursday
At Long Beach
RESIDENTS FROM
LELAND RESCUED
W. D. Okerson Aud Daught
ers, Nancy And Joan,
Figure In Spectacular
Adventure At Beach
A rescue operation which in
volved the cooperation of a
Greensboro man and MS two at
tractive teen-age daughters pre
vented the possible drowning of
four persons about noon Thurs
day at Long Beach.
“I just guess the Lord was
with us”, said Floyd Sellers, Le
land resident Tuesday night in
describing the experience that had
almost cost him his life and the
lives of his niece, Dorothy Jean
Holmes, and Harriette Griener and
Alton Raynor.
The fact that he was alive to
tell the story he credited to the
quick thinking and swift action
of W. D. Okerson and daughters,
Nancy and Joan, of Greensboro,
who with Mrs. Okerson are spend
ing several weeks at Long Beach.
Okerson modestly gave consid
erable credit to an inflated air
mattress which he had on the
beach when the crisis occurred,
with an important assist to a
piece of clothesline which was
brought into play during the lat
ter stages of the rescue.
Sellers, Raynor and the two
girls were in swimming and were
on a sand reef 50 yards off shore
when a sudden change in current
caused the girls to flounder into
deep water. Neither of them could
swim, and when he saw they were
in trouble. Sellers, who has but
one arm, went to help them. Their
struggles soon had all three in
difficulty but fortunately Raynor
was close enough to reach them
right away.
Okerson said that had it not
been for Raynor the girls would
have drowned before he reached
them, for he managed to keep
them afloat for several minutes,
part of the time by submerging
himself and holding their heads
above water.
It was this scene of confusion,
with the accompanying cries for
help, that attracted the atten
tion of Okerson. He grabbed the
air mattress and headed for the
swimmers, and his daughter Joan
ran across the road to get the
clothesline.
Okerson got the air-inflated raft
out in time to save the girls and
to give relief to Raynor, who
was almost exhausted. Sellers had
managed to stay afloat, but was
weak and had swallowed a lot of
salt water. Okerson gave direc
tions that the mattress was to
be used to keep afloat and not to
ride on, and save for the hysteri
cal reaction of one of the girls,
everything appeared to be under
control.
Daughter Joan swam out with
the rope, and it was attached to
the raft. She began to swim and
to pull, and the line came free.
With an off-shore breeze blowing
the raft with its passengers began
to drift out to sea, so far in fact
that Okerson said they were look
ing inshore for a. point past the
end ot the Long Beach fishing
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MRS. MADGE \V. SMITH
Leiand Teacher
Passes Monday
Mrs. Madge Woods Smith,
1960 Teacher Of The
Year For Brunswick, Dies
Suddenly
Mrs. Madge Woods Smith of
Carolina Beach died suddenly
Monday.
Mrs. Smith was a member of
I the faculty at Leiand High School
and was named as Brunswick
j County’s Teacher Of The Year
!in Oscars For Teachers competi
i tion.
Born in Wilmington on Novem
; ber 18, 1903, she was the daugh
I ter of the late Walter A. and
Jennie Holt Woods.
Funeral services are being con
ducted Wednesday at 3 p. m. from
i Carolina Beach Presbyterian
Church with the Rev. Harry
Mitchell officiating, assisted by
the Rev. Guilford Daugherty. Bu
rial will follow in Oakdale Ceme
i tery.
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In Juneau, Alaska—
Southport Girl Beauty Queen
Miss sandra rowell Is Chos-,
en To Reign Over Fourth
Of July Festivities In
Alaskan Capitol
A Southport girl was chosen
Miss Cinderella and reigned over
Fourth of July festivities in
Juneau, Alaka, earlier this month.
She is Sandra Powell, whose
mother resides at Yaupon Beach.
This and other interesting news
was contained in a letter received
this week frim Mrs. James C.
Sanders, who moved with her
family to the Alaskan capitol 18
months ago. Following is a por
tion of her letter:
“As you can see by the enclos
ed copy, a Southport girl has won
a beauty contest here in Alaska.
We are so proud of our Sondra.
As you know, she was asked to
ride on a float in the 4th of July
parade last year—which was quite
an honor. This year 20 girls were
chosen to compete in a beauty
contest, the winner of which was
to be “Miss Cinderella” to reign
over the four-day festivities. The
big prize for the winner is to go ’
j to Seattle, Washington, all expen
j ses paid plus $50.00 spending j
money, take part in a four-day
Sea-Fair celebration, and ride on j
a special float in their big parade. '
“On Tuesday night a tea was
held to select eight finalists from
the original 20. Sondra was chos
en as a finalist to compete at the
big dance held on Friday night,
July 1. All of the girls looked
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Additional Lots
Made Available
In Development
Unexpected Demand Ab
sorbs First Section Of
Boiling Spring Lakes, But
1 Second Section Goes On
Sale This Weekend
Developers of the Boiling Spring j
■ Lake property in Brunswick coun- j
ty report that they are working i
this week on a new section bor- j
dering on another of the small j
lakes that dot the property. They !
I anticipate that by the time the '
| weekend rolls around they will j
| have lots staked out and marked i
; off, ready to show prospective
; purchasers.
So great was the response to
the initial offering that the own
ers have definitely decided to pro- !
ceed with the erection of a dam i
across Allens Creek, a project
j which will make hundreds of lake
I front lots available. The lake site
j is being cleared and engineers
are working on details.
Also at work are numerous ;
pieces of equipment belonging to !
I Lincoln Construction Co., and new !
streets are being constructed to ;
make more lots available.
Charles Pratt, who is in charge
of sales, reports that most of the
lots in the first section were pur- :
chased locally. “We haven’t begun j
to feel the effect of considerable ■
outside advertising we have done ■
yet awhile,” he said this week.
With approximately-12,500 acres
in this tract, the developers rea
lize that the possibilities for ex
pansion are unlimited. They plan
to keep up with the demand, and
to always keep in mind the pros
pect for a suitable shopping cen
ter to serve the area and facilities
for a golf course. Also a possible
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TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HAKFEK
The Naugatuck, Coast Guard patrol boat stationed at South
port, had been called out the night before our edition of July 10,
1935, to rescue a yacht off Wrightsville Beach. Mrs. E. H. Cran
mer, member of the local school committee at Southport, was
not the only woman school committee member in Brunswick,
for Mrs. J. E. Dodson had been named to a similar position at
Waccamaw. A survey had begun to determine the most suitable
route to be followed by Highway No. 130 for a proposed paving
project.
The Amuzu theater in Southport had been closed for repairs;
“knee-Action" had been introduced as a feature on one of the
popular new automobiles; and Miss Marion Ruark had become
the bride of Kenneth McDonald in a ceremony performed at
Trinity Methodist Church, with the Rev. Henry Ruark, cousin of
the bride, officiation.
The year was 1940, the date July 10, and the Democrats were
off to Chicago for their National Convention. With the North
Carolina delegation was S. B. Frink, who was heading west to
help nominate F. d. R. for a third term. Shrimp were late arriv
ing, birt finally they had appeared in good number. Sports fishing
was reported to be good.
Jack, the town's pet pointer, had attracted attention to him- j
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SANDRA POWELL
lovely, but Sondra was positively |
radient and beautiful. We were
so proud of her. When last years'
queen walked over to Sondra and
placed the crown and cape on her
as this year's winner, we were so
pleased. Of course, we knew she
was the lovliest girl in the com
petition.
“The Sea Fair in Seattle is to
be held the first week in August,
and Sondra plans to make a trip
to Southport after the celebration
there. She is working for the
State Department of Labor here
as a stenographer, so her time
will be limited. However, she has
not been home for a year and a
half and is quite homesick to see
all of her friends and family.
“My father died in February, so
I went to Iowa and brought my
mother back. We were only home
two and a half weeks when Gary
became ill. He spent one week in
the hospital here and five weeks
in the hospital in Seattle, two c.
which were in an iron lung. We
have to return to the Seattle hos
pital for further examination and
checkup in December to see how
his recovery from the paralysis is
progressing. Needless to say, all
this has ended our plans for a
trip to Southport this summer.
We do hope to be able to make
it next summer however.
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Tobacco Prospect
Good This Season
Mew Polio© Gar
Now In Service
Boys and gills who have
been playing car tag with a
green and cream colored Ford
better be prepared to change
the rules of their game this
week, because the City of
Southport has traded in the
old Police Car for a black
Ford.
The purchase was made
from R, D. White and Sons of
Shallotte and delivery was
during the past weekend.
The board of aldermen will
hold their regular monthly
meeting tomorrow (Thurs
day) night.
Improvements In
Brunswick Roads
State Forces Grade, Drain
And Stabilize Secondary
Road In Leland Area
Improvements were made to
more than 9 miles of roads last
month in the Third Highway Di
vision, according to a report from
Division Engineer T. J. McKim.
In Brunswick County, State
forces graded, drained and stabi
lized 1.8 mile of a secondary road
off US 17 southeasterly to appro
ximately 1 mile from the junction
of US 17, 74 and 76; and 0.3 mile
of road 1125.
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X-Ray Machine
Being Installed
Important New Piece Of
Equipment Will Be In
Operation At Dosher Me
morial Hospital Thursday
A new X-ray machine has ar
rived and is being installed at
Dosher Memorial Hospital. It will
be ready for use tomorrow
(Thursday).
The machine is a 300-milliam
pere, which is 30-times the power
af the machine that is being re
placed. It is the same type of
equipment that is being used in
many of the larger hospitals.
The cost is $13,000, and is be
ng shared by the city and coun
ty.
The old machine has been offer
ed to Brunswick County Health
Department for use at the Shal
iotte clinic.
Technicians who will operate
:he new equipment at the local
hospital are Mrs. Bette Leggett
tnd Mrs. Dot Schmidt.
:Trip Through County Re
veals Outstanding Crop
| In Making For Brunswick
Tobacco Growers
HARVEST APPEARS
LATE THIS YEAR
Figures For North Carolina
Indicate That 1960 Pro
duction Will Exceed
That Of Last Year
Brunswick county appears to be
beaded for one of the best crops
of tobacco ever produced, but
appearances this week indicate
that harvest is running about one
week to 10 days behind schedule.
John B. Wark, Waccamaw
township farmer, said Monday
that he never has seen better
crops growing in this county, and
he included corn in his estimate.
When the Border Belt tobacco
markets open, should be definitely
decided Thursday night.
This is the information from
; George Gold, secretary of the
I Whiteville Tobacco Board of
j Trade.
The decision will come at the
annual meeting of the Border
Belt Tobacco warehousemen’s as
sociation. It will be held Thurs
day, 7 p. m. at Johnson’s restau
rant in Lumberton.
In addition to setting the open
ing date for the markets, the
group will also elect officers.
As guests of the meeting, Fred
Royster, general manager of the
Bright Leaf warehouse group; L.
T Weeks, top Stabilization offi
cial; and Joe Williams, tobacco
division of the TJ. S. department
of agriculture, are expected.
Gold said the date setting pro
cedure is one that was instituted
last year when the Georgia-Flori
da markets failed to set their
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Arrests Made In
Weekend Raids
Undercover Men From Al
coholic Beverage Control
Board And Sheriff De
partment Crack Down On
Liquor Sales
Undercover men from the State
Alcoholic Beverage Control en
forcement division teamed up with
members of Sheriff E. V. Leon
ard’s department to crack down
on the sale of liquor in Bruns
wick county. Seven arrests were
made.
Among these were Marie Wil
letts, Goley Lewis, John Garner
Horace Hewett, Elmer Mooney,’
Ishmael Chadwick and Leo Sel
lers. All are white.
These defendants will be tried
at the regular weekly session of
Brunswick county Recorder’s
court.
Brunswick Rates
Ninety - Sixth In
Per Capita Pay
Unenviable Position Is Re
vealed Through Figures
Just Released By N. C.
Department Of Tax Re
search
FIGURES REVEAL
STATUS IN 1960
Average Income Per Person
In Brunswick During That
Period Figured To Be
Only $706.00
Brunswick county occupies the
unenviable ranking- of 96th among
the 100 counties of North Caro
lina, based upon the 1958 income
and estimated population.
This information was contained
in a release from the State De
partment of Tax Research.
Figures show that Brunswick
had 19,970 people, for whom the
income was $14,090,000, for a per
capita income of $706. The aver
age for the State was $1,420 per
person.
The personal income of the res
idents of each county was com
puted by starting with the U. S.
Department of Commerce totals
for the State. Forty-four differ- .
ent items of income as reported
by the Department of Commerce
were separately allocated to the
100 counties. The (44) items of
income include 15 different sour
ces of wage and salary income,
12 different types of proprietor’s
income, and 17 other types of in
come, including welfare payments,
social security benefits, retirement •
benefits, veterans’ benefits, un
employment compensation, divi
dends, interest, rents, etc. Various
means were used for allocating
these items to the counties. For a
number of items actual data were
available, such as welfare pay
ments and certain payments made
to farmers. In developing the allo
cator to be used in distributing
farmer proprietor’s income among
the 100 counties, 39 sources of
income from ' farm marketings
were used. Estimates of gross
proceeds of marketed crops, dairy
products, livestock, and forest
products by county were obtained
from the Department of Agricul
tural Economics at N. C. State
College. In addition, the Depart
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Former County
Official Dies
W. E. Bell Dies In Durham
Hospital Following Heart
Attack Suffered Two
Weeks Ago
W. E. Bell, former Southport
resident and Brunswick county
coroner, died Tuesday in Watts
Hospital, Durham, where he had
been a patient since suffering a
heart attack two weeks ago. He
was 53 years old.
Bell moved from Southport to
Durham about 10 years ago and
had been engaged in the barber
trade. He suffered a heart attack
two weks ago, and on Saturday
he had a second attack.
He is survived by his wife;
one son, W. E. Bell, Jr.; and one
daughter, Mrs. Grady Thomas of
Morganton.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow (Thursday) morning at
11 o’clock in Durham, with inter
ment in that city.
Tide Table
Following In the tide table
for Southport during the next
week* These hours are ap
proximately correct and were
furnished The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
C*pc Fear Pilot’s Association.
High Tide tew Tide
Thursday, July 21
6:08 A. M. 0:09 A. M.
6:30 P. M. 12:09 P. M.
Friday, July 22
6:51 A. M. 0:52 A. M.
7:11 P. M. 12:52 P. M.
Saturday, July 23
I 7:33 A. M. 1:33 A. M.
7:48 P. M. 1:33 P. M.
Sunday, July 24
8:10 A. M. 2:11 A. M.
8:22 P. M. 2:12 P. M.
Monday, July 25
8:46 A. M. 2:47 A. M
8:57 P. M. 2:51 P. M.
Tuesday, July 26
9:22 A. M. 3:23 A. M.
j 9:30 P. M. 3:30 P. M.
Wednesday, July 27
9:58 A. M. 4:00 A. M.
10:06 P. M. 4:11 P. M.