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Most Of The News All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County Volume No. 21 No. 16 12-PAGES TODAY SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1960 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Raleigh Meeting Ernest E. Parker, Jr., represented Brunswick County at the Truman Dinner held in Raleigh last week. Parker met with foi’mer President Harry S. Truman, principal speaker at the Dinner, and received detailed suggestions for the campaign on the local level. Left to right are: Terry Sanford, Truman, and Parker—(Lawrence Wof ford, Photo.^) Solicit Funds For Lighting Athletic Field Poles Are All In Place And Lighting Fixtures Have Been Mounted; Prospect For Early Use. Is Favor able A concerted house - to - house drive is being held this week in Southport for the lighting of Tay lor Athelectic Field, sponsored by the Southport Sshool Booster’s Club. Following is a list of the women who will be ringing doorbells for contributions: Mrs. Landis G. Brown, Mrs. Niels Jorgensen, Mrs. James Mel ton, Mrs. J. B. Russ, Mrs. Joe Ryne, Mrs. Fred Barnhill, Mrs. William Mace.Jr., Mrs. Lewis Har dee, Mrs. Johnnie Duffie, Mrs. James M. Harper, Mrs. Davis Herring, Mrs. Reginald Turner, Mrs. Robert Jones, Mrs. Richard Brendle, Mrs. G. W. McGlamery, Mrs. William Jenkins, Mrs. Bre men Furless. Continued On Page 4 - . — Briaf Bit* Of •-NEWS-1 AT SUNNY POINT The off-campus college credit course being taught this quarter by John G. Long will meet Mon day evening at 7 o’clock at Sunny Point. MUSICAL PROGRAM The Woman’s Club will have a musical program under the dir ection of Mrs. Dallas Pigott on Tuesday evening at the Baptist Church at 8 o’clock. Memebrs are invited to bring guests, and any other interested persons are also welcome. TO ATTEND SCHOOL The Driver License Examiner’s office at Southport will be closed next Monday, and the office at Shallotte will be closed next Tues day. These offices will be closed! due to the In-Service Training i School being conducted at Chapel Hill. The Driver License Examiner will be at Bolivia on Friday, October 28. ADULT FISHING CLASS an adult commercial fisherman’s an adut commercial fisherman’s class will be held on October 26 at Union High School. Men in terested in courses in navigation and seamanship are urged to at tend. Similar courses were taught | last winter with Capt. Arthur Dosher and Principal Jonathan Hankins as instructors and proved to be worthwhile. Homecoming Day Here This Sunday Friend's And Former Mem-' bers Of Southport Baptist Church Asked To Join In Observance Of This Oc casion Dr. Luther E. Copeland, pro fesor of Missions at Southeast ern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, and former mission ary to J.apan, will be the guest speaker at the homecoming ser vices at the £>outhport Baptist Church, Sunday. Dr. Copeland received his B. D. degree from Furman University, Greenville, S. C., his Th. M. from Southern Seminary, Louisville, Ky., and his Ph. D. from Yale Univer sity. He served for a number of years as a missionary to the Ori ent with Fukuoka, Japan, as his headquarters. The Sunday School will begin at 9:30 and the homecoming ser vices at 10:30 a. m. The Church Choir will present special music. Recognitions of former pastors, new members, the extention de partment, former members of the Church’s Oak Island Mission will be made. A special fund drive for the liquidation of building indebted ness will also be a part of the day’s program. Dinner will be served at noon in the Community Building. The church families are requested to Continued On Page 4 PlanHomecoming And Harvest Day Soldier Bay Baptist Church Will Be Scene Of Special Event This Sunday Homcoming and Harvest Day will mark the beginning of Rev ival Services at Soldier Bay Bap tist Church, Ash on Sunday, the Rev. E. Y. Young, Pastor announ ced this week. Former pastors to appear on the day’s program will be the Rev. Henry Register’, pastor Mem orial Baptist Church, Kannapolis, and the Rev. Z. G. Ray, Elizabeth town. ?Services will begin at 10 o’clock with the Sunday School followed by the worship services at which time members of the church will bring their Harvest Day Offerings from the sale of some farm pro- \ duct. A goal of two thousand dollars is set to be raised to ward the budget for the new church year. Dinner will be served on the church grounds, and the public is cordially invited to attend. [ Beginning Monday evening at ! Continued On Page 4 ie Pastor REV. ROBERT W. ROLLINS Supply Baptists Call New Pastor The Rev. Robert W. Rollins Will Become Pastor Suc ceeding The Rev. Fred Johnson The Rev. Robert W. Rollins, a resident of Tranquil Harbour, has accepted a call as pastor of Supply Baptist Church. He succeeds the Rev. Fred Johnson who resigned recently to accept pastorate of Dudley Shoals Baptist Church in Granite Falls. He had been at Supply for four years. The Rev Mr. Rollins is former Continued On Page 4 To Help UNICEF Halloween Night Children Of Southport Chur ches Will Make House To House Calls For Dona tions To Help Feed Needy Children A meeting to organize “Trick-or Treat” for UNICEF, the annual United Nations Children’s Fund Halloween program, was held on Monday, at the Methodist Church with Mrs. Lawrence Bridges as chairman. Plans were made for the child ren of Southport and vicinity, ages (Continued On Page 2) Burning Permit Law Effective In This County List Of Pefsons And Places From Which To Obtain Necessary Permits An nounced \ j County Ranger Kenneth John son this week "eminded citizens of Brunswick County that sit is again necessary o obtain a burn ing permit before doing any burn ing within 500 ft at of any wood land. The State lay relating to the burning of brush leads as follows: “Starting fires yithin five hund red (500) feet of irea under pro tection of State forest Service - It shall be unlawf il for any per son, firm or corporation to start or cause to be started any fire or ignite any material in any of the area of woodipmd under the protection if the S ate Sc -'vice or within five hundred (500) feet of any such proteceed area during the hours starting at midnight and ending at 4:0« P. M. with out first obtaining from the State Forester or one of his duly authorized agents a permit to start or cause to he started any fire or ignite any material in such above mentioned places be tween the first day of October and the first day of June, inclus- j ive. No chtarge shall be made j for the granting of said permits, j Continued On Page 4 Five Persons Die In Traffic Accidents In Brunswick Mrs. Lovie Hewett Of Shal lotte Died Early Sunday Morning In Hospital Fol~ lowing Saturday Accident Mrs. Lovie Lee Hewett, 60 year old Shallotte woman, died early Sunday morning at Dosher Memo rial Hospital in Southport of in juries sustained late Saturday afternoon when she was struck by an automobile as she attempt ed to cress Highway No. 17 al most in front of Shallotte Baptist Church. Shallotte Police Chief Leon Gal doway said Mrs. Hewett ran from the south side of the road towards the north side and into the path of a car driven by Joseph R. Wells, advertising manager for The News-Reporter. Galloway said that his investi gation showed Wells was com pletely in the clear in the mishap. He said that Mrs. Hewett was standing with a group which in cluded her sister, Mrs. Zadie Holden and niece, Lucille Holden. He said that Mrs. Zadie Holden told him that her sister ran par tially from behind her. The group had been waiting to cross the road to Saturday night services at the Chapel Hill Baptist church. Chief Galloway said his investi gation showed that Wells was driving not over 33-34 miles an hour just before the mishap. He indicated the car was not moving over 5-10 miles an hour as Wells attempted to stop when Mrs. Hewett was struck. She was knocked 6-8 feet. As the car ap proached, the driver thought he had managed to swerve enough in face of oncoming traffic to miss her. Still coherent, Mrs. Hewett was given emergency treatment in Shallotte then taken to Southport. Until shortly before her death, her condition had been considered serious but not critical. Wells, his wife and Mrs. Leslie S. Thompson, a News-Reporter owner, were returning from an afternoon of fishing and had been caught in almost bumper-to bumper traffic. Just inside the Continued On Page 4 Negro Couple Dies In Wreck Thomas Vernon And Bertha Lee Vernofi, Of Leland Killed In Accident Satur day Night Three traffice accidents claim ed five lives and brought Bruns wick county’s highway No. 17 al for the year to nine during the past weekend. The first deaths occurred about 10:45 p. m. Saturday as John T. Wilson, county Civil Defense di rector, and head of the Columbus Civil Air Patrol squadron, was returning from Wilmington with a CAP ton and a half truck. According to reports, Wilson accompanied by his son Tommy, 5, was meeting a car on a curve about 18 miles west of Wilming ton. As he met the car, a second car approached at a high rate of speed and attempted to pass the first oncoming car. Continued On Page 4 TIME and TIDE There was a sports note on the front page of our edition for October 16, 1935: Frank Niernsee, a Southport boy, had won the fall tennis tournament at High Point College for the second year in a row. He also was a varsity basketball player under Coach Vir gil Yow. A front page photo showed workmen atop the steeple of Southport Baptist Church, repairing damage caused by a re cent bout of lightning. ■ Friendship Baptist Church in Waccamaw township was to be host later that week at the annual meeting of the Brunswick Baptist Association; Belk’s in Wilmington (it was Belk-Williams back in those days) had men’s suits advertised for $18.94—and they were all wool; but on the editorial page the editor had a piece about “The High Cost of Living.” . It was the fall of 1940, October 15 to be exact, and R. Gregg Cherry was coming here for a political speech in the courthouse. Col. Earl I. Brown had been named District Engineer for the Wilmington District, U.S. Army Engineers. The late Senator J. W. Bailey had been a visitor in Southport aboard the engineer’s yacht, Kittyhawk. A service station man had lifted the hood of a car owned by a Shallotte citizen and had discovered a bird nest on top of the engine—“Guess This Motor Hummed Like A Bird,” quoth the headline; and the congregation of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church were hosts to the Brunswick Baptist Association of that year. A headline on the front page of The Pilot for October 17, 1945, Continued On Page Four Gavin Coming To Brunswick Monday Republican Nominee For Governor Will Speak At 9:30 O’Clock Monday Morning In Shallotte Robert L. Gavin, the Repub lican nominee for governor of North Carolina, will be in Bruns wick county Monday, October 24, and will speak in the business district of Shallotte at 9:30 o'clock. Gavin will come here from Wil mington and will be met ta the Brunswick River Bridge inter section by a motorcade which will escort him to the site of his speaking engagement at Shall otte. Cleyon Evans, chairman of the Brunswick County Republican Ex ecutive Committee, also announces that the Brunswick county head quarters for Gavin will be opened in the building next door to the Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co. in Shallotte on Monday. Evans also announced that in addition to Gavin, candidates for ROBERT L. GAVIN county offices will be present for this morning meeting at Shall otte. CAP To Organize Southport Unit 3* Chairman J. J. HAWES Hawes Heading Campbell Drive Replaces H. L. Clemmons As Head Of Brunswick County Committee When Latter Is Forced To Rest J. J. Hawes, general insurance agent from Supply, has relieved H. L. Clemmons as chairman of the Brunswick county Expansion Drive for Campbell College. Hawes accepted this post at the request of Mr. Clemmons, who has been put to bed by his doctor bepause of a heart codition. Roald H. Sorensen, Campbell College public relations director, who has worked with Mr. Clem mons in Brunswick county ex pressed the appreciation of Camp bell officials for the “second mile” service rendered by the Brunswick Continued On Page 4 Lennon Is Named Kennedy Advisor Seventh District Congress man Named To Natural Resources 'Advisory Com mittee Congressman Alton Lennon has been named to the Senator Ken nedy's natural resources advisory committee, according to an an nouncement from the Democratic nominee’s headquarters. The announcement is part of the policial activities of the Dem ocratics as they move towards the Nov. 8 general election. In the state, this week, Thur day through Saturday, the North Carolina Young Democrats clubs will hold a convention in Ra leigh. Continued On Page 4 First Meeting Scheduled Thursday Night In Bruns wick Courthouse At 8 O’Clock First Lt. I. F. (Bud) Quist of the North Carolia Civil Air Pat rol is more than a little enthused over the interest that has been displayed in Southport over the tentative establishment of a CAP Squadron for this area. North Carolina CAP Headquarters will go all out to insure that the best and most up-to-date equipment will be made available for the local unit and that the most experien ced members of the headquarters staff will be assigned to get the Southport Squadron off the right foot. The need for a local CAP unit was brought out in a recent article appearing in a Wilming ton newspaper which described the activities of the CAP Units based in New Hanover County. The New Hanover Squadron made at least seven rescue flights during the past year and several stranded fishermen were rescued from their disabled boats only a few miles from Baldhead Island, an area that will be included in the flights of the Southport squad ron after it is established on an operational basis. The first meeting of the South port CAP Squadron will be held in the courthouse on Thursday night, at 8 o'clock. Indications are that a large crowd of pros pective charter members will be present when Colonel Donald Denton and Major E, Adams ar rive to help the local leaders gets the Southport Squadron underway. Harry R. Tatum Dies Of Burns Prominent Shallotte Citizen Died Friday At Dosher Memorial Hospital; Fun eral Services Sunday Harry R. Tatum, prominen Shallotte resident, died Friday at Dosher Memorial Hospital in South Port as the results of injuries sus tained in a fire at Verne’s Serv ice Station on October 2. The decased and Linwood Gray were Working on an automobile when gasoline from the vehicle ignited and caused serious burns to them both. Gray still is a pat ient at the local hospital. Tatum was a Mason and for the past two years was the master of Pythagaras Lodge 249 of Southport. He was employed by a Shallotte oil company. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Emma Barker Tatum; his mother, Mrs. Daisy G. Tatum, Shallotte; two brothers, Charles E. Tatum, Wilmington and Edgar H. Tatum, USAF, Hawaii; and two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Chambers, Shallotte and Miss Ella G. Tatum, Balt Continued On Page 4 Two Southport Children In stantly Killed Monday Night When Struck By Car On Howe Street Two Southport chldren, William Clarence Williahson, age 8, and Donald Stidham, age 9, were kill ed Monday night when struck by an automobile on Howe street be tween their two homes. Malcolm Frink of Southport was arrested following the acci dent and is being held on an open charge under $1,000 bond. Act ing-Coroner G. C. Kilpatrick has set November 10 as the date for a coroner,s inquest. Highway Patrolmen who invest igated the accident reported that a car driven by Frink apparently struck the boys as Frink passed a pick-up truck being driven by C. R. Poindexter. Both vehicles were headed out of town and Frink had no chance to see the boys in the road ahead. Poindexter said that he saw them lying in the road and pulled to his right away from them. He did not say whether they were alive at the time. The boys are reported to have been playing in the road prior to the accident. Sgt A. H. Clark, who assisted Patrolmen H. F. Deal and Rosce Edwards in the in vestigation, said the boys were playing and “may have laid down in the road”. Other investigation officers were the Southport policemen and Sheriff E. V. Leonard. The victims were classmates in the third grade at Southport High School. Double funeral will be held here tomorrow (Thursday) after noon at Southport Baptist Church at 4 o’clock. The Rev Mark Owens will offi ciate, assisted by the Rev.Homer McKeithan. Burial will be ia Northwood Cemetery. The bodies will lie in state in the chapel of Gilbert’s Funeral Home until one hour prior to the service. William C. Williamson is surviv ed by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Williamson, two brothers, Continued On Fage 4 New Post Office apace At Bolivia Advertisement Being Made For Suitable Housing For Post Office Facility At Bolivia Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield announced this week that advertisement has been post ed to secure post office quarters at Bolivia on a monthly rental basis for a fixed term of five years. Specifiations call for a facility containing approximately 600 square feet of floor space, 84 square feet of platform space, and 2,500 square feet of parking and truck maneuvering area. According to the postmaster, Mrs. Ruby P. Edwards, bids should be submitted to Carl Bolt, Assistant Regional Real Estate Manager, Post Office Department, 428 Federal Annex Building, Atl anta 4, Georgia. Interested bidd ers may obtain more detailed in formation from Bolt. Postmaster General Summer field has indicated the need for modernization or replacement of Continued On Page 4 Tide Table Following Is 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 Cape Fear Pilot's Association High Tide Cow TMs Thursday, October 20, 7:25 A.M 1:13 A.M 7:37 P.M. 1:44 P.M. Friday, October 21, 8:09 A.M. 1:56 A.M. 8:21 P.M. 2:31 P.M. Saturday, October 22, 8:55 A.M. 2:39 A.M. 9:07 P.M. 3:18 P.M. Sunday, October23, 9:45 P.M. 3:25 A.M. 9:58 P.M. 4:07 P.M. Monday, October24, 10:38 A.M. 4:13 A.M. 10:54 P.M. 5:00 P.M. Tuesday, October25, 11:35 A.M. 5:07 A.M. 11-54 P.M. 5:58 P.M. Wednesday, October 26, . 6:07 A.M. 12:39 P.M. 6:59 P.M.
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