EDITORIALS:
NO PLACE IN SPORTS
Last fall when Whiteville High School
played football at Shallotte, near the
close of the game a fight broke out on
the sideline. From the best information
available, it involved no player, coach
or official and the affair was charged
off to a little overexuberance among
the fans.
Last week, following a basketball
game which Shallotte High School play
ed in Whiteville, and while an activity
bus loaded with members of the Shal
lotte High School girls and boys basket
ball squad members was stopped at a
local drive-in for post-game refresh
ments, hostilities which apparently had
their beginning last fall were revived
and an unpleasant incident was avoided
when the drive-in manager demanded
that everyone leave. When this was
done, and this is based upon informa
tion. the route which the bus would
normally take to return home was
blocked by a group of automobiles, and
the driver took the alternative, long
way trip by way of Tabor City.
After a short drive down US 701,
they met a state patrolman who aided
them in returning to Shallotte via NC
130.
We will not try to fix the blame for
e’ther of these two unfortunate inci
dents, but we do have some serious
points to make.
The first of these is to point out once
more that, to the best of our knowledge,
there was no playing field or playing
floor trouble between the opposing
players which brought on the trouble.
Secondly, there is every evidence that
the offenders are former students of
both schools, probably fired up with
the excitement of an athletic contest,
who felt called upon to do or die again
for dear-old-which-ever-school he atten
ded.
Third, there is no place in the high
school athletic program for activities
such as these, on or off the field; on
or off the campus. The objective of
good sportsmanship is indefensible in
cases of this kind.
Fourth—and this should be of ex
treme interest to the young hot-bloods
who seek to carry on the fight after
hours—the entire high school athletic
program is up right now for close and
critical examination and perhaps for a
radical overhauling. Some of the criti
cisms leveled by those who would bring
about these changes are that there is
too much emphasis upon athletics,
that games take too much time from
the classroom, that too much attention
is paid to the spectator angle, particu
larly with regard to gate receipts. And
the suggestion has been made that all
night games be cut out and that after
noon games—if they are played at all
—be primarily for the students.
We do not agree with the critics of
the athletic program that these sweep
ing changes are either necessary or de
sirable. Whatever ills beset high school
athletics as we have known them can
be cured by sober-minded conscientious
effort on the part of the men who now
run the program.
But the biggest weapon that can be
placed in the hands of those who now
would cut out or cut down upon the
high school athletic program in North
Carolina are a few more incidents like
those of last week and last fall. Affairs
of tlxat kind have no part in the pro
gram, and those who help to create
and to carry on such foolish feuds are
setting the stage for cutting out inter
scholastic athletics altogether.
SANFORD AND THE SCHOOL PROGRAM
If anyone thought that Terry Sanford
was using the public school improve
ment question as a platform to get in
on, not to stand on, he has another
think coming. Since his election he has
never once deviated from this position,
and we believe that this is where his
major emphasis will lie.
Governor Charles B. Aycock is well
remembered as the father of the public
school system as we know it in North
Carolina; Governor W. Kerr Scott al
ways will be remembered as the man
who brought good roads almost every
where ; and Governor Luther H. Hodges
will doubtless go down in history as the
man who did the most to help bring
industrial expansion to this State.
This does not mean that during the
time of Aycock there was no thought
to road problems nor to the program
of business expansion; it does not imply
that Governor Scott was unmindful of
education and industry; nor does it
mean that during the days of Governor
Hodges there was no attention paid to
roads and schools. Each of these men
was an outstanding leader in his own
right, but he plugged hardest for what
he believed to be the outstanding need
of North Carolina during the days when
he served as governor.
Already we notice that Terry Sanford
has chosen to compare himself with
Governor Aycock, and there seems to
be little doubt that he has been inspired
by this pioneer in public school educa
tion. Only last week he brought about a
change in portrait hanging in the Cap
itol and wound up with a painting of
Aycock behind his desk.
Terry Sanford has a deep concern for
the proper education of North Carolina
boys and girls, for he considers these
to be our finest products, our brightest
hope for tomorrow. You can be sure
that he will back the requests of edu
cational leaders to the limit of his
power, and we expect to see significant
changes in this field.
There will be cries of anguish, for
what he proposes will cost money, and
additional taxes may be required to
finance the plan. When this happens,
the Sanford Educational Program is
sure to run into legislative opposition.
But Terry Sanford laid it on the line as
he fought through twro primaries and
the general election, and he has reason
to believe that his fellow citizens of
North Carolina have given him a man
date to bring our public school program
up to top level.
This we believe he intends to do.
"DEAR TO MY HEART"
miring- an miormai group conversa
tion following last week’s session of the
local Parent-Teachers Association one
mother said, “This school is dear to my
heart, and I want to do anything I can
to help it.”
There simply could not be a better
attitude than this on the part of a
mother or a father who is sincerely in
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terested in school improvement.
“Dear to my heart.” Sure it is. The
mother who said it has two little girls
who are in the elemeptary school. When
she said that “I want to do anything I
can to help it,” she was not merely
talking, because she has a vital concern
with the# school and its program. Her
two children are her most treasured
possessions. .
If this appears to be too sentimental
and over-simplified, it is with a pur
pose.'%e think that we have permitted
the organization and the financing and
the manipulation of our school pro
blems to drift much too far away from
the simple, basic feeling which was ex
pressed by this mother.
“Every time the average person
makes both ends meet, something
breaks in the middle.”—Earl Wilson.
Many Still Do
Fifteen years ago most people
thought that television was impossible,
and lots of people still do.
Time and Tide
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the hides of six bears they had killed while on a trip to this
county. The government had begun condemnation proceedings
in the acquisition of lands for the Brunswick River Lay-up Basin.
The Annual March of Dimes campaign was on in Brunswick.
Shallotte* was after street lights, with early relief in this area
in view; announcement was made that freshwater fishermen
must have a license to persue their favorite sport; and Capt. T.
H. Watts had acquired a 48-foot yacht, the Idle-On, which he
planned to use for sports fishing.
The January 17, 1951, issue of The Pilot told of Tommy Gar
ner’s entry into the realm of race horse owners. He had a fast
filly in training for the coming season. Our front page cut was
a waterfront scene taken in Southport, England.
There was talk of a special tax too raise funds for construct
ing a full-sized gymnasium in Southport; a fire at the Methodist
parsonage had been brought under control before extensive dam
age resulted; and the March of Dimes campaign once more was
in progress. The Rev. H. M. Baker was chairman of the Bruns
wick County Chapter and Mrs. Eli Kravitz was chairman of the
fund drive.
The big red trucks were still coming into Southport with
shipments for Sunny Point Army Terminal, and The Pilot for
January 18, 1956, sounded like this was a boon to business. A
recap of 1955 forest fires and their damage in Brunswick caused
this year to be designated the worst of modern times in this re
gard.
Ray Walton and Frank Lennon had opened their new motor
court in Southport and enjoyed the rare experience of being
sold out the first night; work had started on Long Beach fish
ing pier; and Lester Babson had been named to succeed the late
Charles M. Trott as a member of the Republican Executive Com
mittee for the State.
JANURY TERM
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ous cases involving lesser charges.
Most of these are up on appeal
from Recorder’s court, and the
majority of them involve traffic
violations.
Only one divorce action is sche
duled for trial.
PINEY GROVE IS
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Grove anc winning community
club; President of St. James-Rut
land Chapel Community club is
J. A. Chapman, and Ervin Monroe
is president of the Zion Hill com
munity club. Rieliard Randolph is
president of the Association of Co
mmunity Development Clubs.
The regular meeting of the
association will be held Wednes
day night, February 8, at 7
o’clock, at the Piney Grove Com
munity Center. It will be at this
meeting that, in addition to the
business of reorganizing for the
new year, the four trophies will
be presented 'the winning com
munity by the sponsors of the
state awards.
Association President Randolph
is urging all community club
members to be present for this
special occasion.
EQUIPMENT FOR
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construction, other courses upon
approval.
Interested persons may contact
their local high school principal
or Superintendent Long.
VETERANS MUST
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City Hall, Southport and in the
Health Center, Shallotte, or T.
Formy-Duval, District Officer,
North Carolina Veterans Comm
ission, 409 Murchison Building,
Wilmington, for assistance to
avoid an interruption of his check.
HEARING SLATED
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The north end of the bridge
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south end would have ten 67%
foots spans. Two 140 foot spans
and one 160 foot span would be
built in the middle of the struc
ture in the area of the Inland
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In the classified columns of last Sunday’s News
& Observer there was an advertisement from a
man who said that he has a pack of Beagle
hounds that will run bobcats to a gun. He invited
persons living in areas infested by these miniature
wildcats to contact him, and said that he would
plan a hunting expedition. Sounds interesting, and
we would recommend the area lying between
Southport and Walden Creek . . . Ormond Leggett
says that he bought some especially nice oysters
at Howells Point during the past weekend, and
on Monday we had the best we have seen this
year. These came from Lockwoods Folly, and Joe
Kirby, more famed as a fisherman than as an oys
terman. had gathered them himself.
We are among those who have not yet purch
ased their new automobile license plates, so we
are keenly conscious of the fact that more and
more of the 1961 orange-on-black tags are show
ing up on cars. The folks who sell them warn not
to wait until the last minute . . . Southport has
a team in the bowling league in Wilmington, and
we understand that it has been doing rather weil.
We’ll try to get up some statistics on the record
of the men who represent our town every week.
This has been a cold winter, but you couldn't say
that it has been characterized by bad weather.
Farmers have been taking advantage of dry fields
and are well along with their work, considering
the time of year. This may turn out to be a
mighty good thing if later we fall into a rainy
spell . . . Another group taking full advantage of
the dry weather is the State Highway Commis
sion, which is cleaning out ditches and pulling up
shoulders along many of the roads in the county.
We have traveled along Highway N6. 130 from
Whiteville to Shallotte countless times at night,
but only recently did we see for the first time a
floodlight atop the Shallotte Fire Tower. It was
strange to us, and it gave us an errie feeling to
see this big, white light that appeared to be com
ing down the road in our direction. (The light, of
course, was stationary—we were the one that was
moving.) . . . . “G.I. Blues", starring Elvis Pres
ley, is the weekend show at the Amuzu .... At
the Holiday Drive-In at Shallotte “Girl Of The
Night", with Lloyd Nolan, will be playing on the
same dates.
Waterway Channel.
JOHN D. ERIKSEN
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Funeral services will be held
tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon
at 3 o’clock from St. Phillips
Episcopal Church with the Rev.
Thomas C. Clarkson in charge
Members of the American Legion
will serve as pallbearers.
METHODISTS IN
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world missions. I was especially
pleased to be named to the con
ference Board of Missions in
1936. It has been a great joy
to me to have a strong mission
ary emphasis on the campus at
Pfeiffer College including our
unique “Missions Garden” and
“Missions Center,” Dr. Stokes
said.
He will come to the Mission
ary conference almost directly
from attending the annual
meeting of the Woman’s Division
of The Methodist Board of Mis
sions in Buck Hill Falls, Pa. Dr.
Stokes was at the meeting to
make report on the college, sup
ported by Methodist Women
through local Woman Society of
Christion Service organizations.
A private pilot and owner of a
four passenger plane, Dr. Stokes,
maintains a full schedule of
speaking engagements before
church, professional, and civic
groups. He has taken part in
religious activities programs on
both east and west coast col
lege campuses and is a frequent
speaker before summer youth as
semblies and conferences.
During his administration as
President of Pfeiffer College, the
faculty has increased from 14
to 60, the student body increased
from under 200 to 850, the col
lege accredited in the shortest
possible time as a senior liberal
arts college by the Southern As
sociation of Colleges and Secon
dary Schools.
An individual possessing a
quick and inquiring mind, by his
early teens, he had memorized
all 150 Psalms of the Bible. He
holds an AB degore from Asbury
College, his BD from Duke Uni
versity and in 1936 was awarded
his Ph. D. at Yale university.
An avid follower of sports, Dr.
Stokes won letters in basketball,
baseball, track and tennis during
his college days. Since then, he
has ^transferred his athletic
aspiration to the golf course but
does find time to work out on
the Pfeiffer tennis courts.
Dr. Stokes came to Pfeiffer
from the position of Secretary
of Religion in High Education of
The Methodist Board of Educa
tion, Nashville, Tenn. Prior to
that time, he served appoint
ments in Randleman, Franklin
and Elkin and Rock Hill, S. C.
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of cargo—enough to fill 950,000
freight cars or 3,800 cargo ships.
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The tradition stems from Charles
II, who predicted that England;
would fall if ravens ever left the;
Tower.
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