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Brunswick County
Volume No. 21
No. 30
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1961
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Methodists Hold
District Meeting
With Whiteville
Dr. J, E, Garlington Pre
rides Over Annual Dis
trict Meeting On Sunday
Afternoon
Some 350 Methodist layman and
ministers met yesterday afternoon
in the annual Wilmington
District conference of the Metho
dist church at the Whiteville
Methodist church.
Dr G. E. Garlington, district
superintendent was in charge
He stated in his address the
success of the Methodist church
is that all work together. He call
ed upon every man to deliver
his own precinct-from the bis
hop to the layman. '
Albert Goldfinch of Tabor City
and district lay leader explain
ed to the group the “Every Mem
ber Canvass” (EMC). He stated
this is the way a church meets its
financial obligations through
every member participating.
Goldfinch and Wade Pierce,
Ilallsboro, were named to the dis
trict board of trustees.
The Rev. Paul Dunn, Lake
Waccamaw, presented, a progress
report of the Good Shepherd
Home at Lake Waccamaw. This
home for alcohlics is approved
by the North Carolina Methodist
conference but is not financially
supported by the conference.
He stated that in his four and
one-half years at Lake Wacca
maw tlie home had helped and
rehabilitated some 700 persons.
The Whiteville youths who are
currently preparing for the min
istery had their minister's quali
fication renewed. They are D. L.
Davis and Dan and Don Maultsby,
twin brothers.
Dr. F. Olin Hunt, director of
gifts and wills of the Methodist
Foundation, Inc, asked for the
group present to be conscious of
the church when making wills. He
also asked members of the group
to remind their home church
members to be mindful of their
church when making their wills.
The Whiteville Methodist church
choir, under the direction of Mrs.
John Arthur, furnished special
music.
Important dates for future con
ference sessions were listed. They
included: *
The district lay rally at the
5th Avenue church, Wilmington,
Feb. 21 and the Chestnutt street
church Lumberton, Feb. 22; the
vocational school institute, which
trains bible school workers, the
Chestnutt street church, Lumber
ton, April 17 and the Trinity
church, Wilmington, April 18 ; and
the commission on Christian
social concern will meet in Clin
ton March 22 for a dinner meet
ing.
The Rev. P. O. Lee is the pas
tor of the local church.
Brief Bite Of
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HOSPITAL PATIENT
John R. Swain, Southport plum
ber, was admitted Friday as a
patient at Veterans Hospital,
Durham.
MOTHER'S MARCH
The Mother’s March of Dimes is
being organized for Brunswick
county on the evening of aJnuary
31, according to Mrs. M. H.
Rourk, campaign chairman.
CRITICALLY ILL
Mrs. Prince O'Brien is a patient
at Dosher Memorial Hospital in
Southport and is in a critican
condition following a cerebral
hemorrhage suffered Tuesday
morning at her home in South
port.
TAX BOOKS AVAILABLE
Farmers who are intersted in
securing the 1961 edition of the
"Farmer’s Tax Guide” explain
ing income and self-employment
taxes should contact the County
Agricultural Rgent’s Office iin
Supply. These can be picked up
there and would be useful in pre
paring tax return forms.
INTERFERENCE
Recently Mayor Roy Robinson
has received complaints from citi
zens who have been experiencing
trobule in their television recep
tion, and some of them have at
tributed this trouble to ham radio
interference. Mayor Robinson
wishes to make it clear that this
an area over which he holds no
jurisdiction, and he suggests that
complaints of this nature be
made to the Federal Communica
tions Commission, Norfolk, Va.
At Bank Meeting
GREETINGS—Prince O’Brien, left, cashier of the
Southport branch of the Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co.,
is greeted by Lacy Tate, president of the bank system'
Friday night at a meeting of stockholders in Whiteville.
War* cam aw Bank
Has Record Year
Record Year Reported By31
Officials At Annual Meet
ing Of Stockholders In
Whiteville Friday
The Waccamaw Bank and Trust
company held its 35th annual
stockholders meeting Friday
night and from President C. Lacy
Tate came the report the 11
member banks had the best year
ever reported.
His report to stockholders gath- ;
ered at 5 o’clock was one of
progress made during the past
year. He stated the net earnings
for the year were $288,579, 10
per cent above those for 1959.
“I’m also happy to report we
gained two and one-half million
dollars in deposits during 1960.
We are particularly pleased with
this growth as it has not come
from a merger with other banks,’’
said Tate.
Some 9,500 loans for nearly $8
million were made during the
past year. This does not include
installment credit of weekly and
monthly loans.
In his report of bank offices
Tate said there are 16 offices of
the Waccamaw bank. He reported
on the new bank at Riegelwood
and called the new drive-in at
Chadboum one of the most mod
ern and attractive banks in the
state. He also announced the
drive-in bank near the court
house in Whiteville is nearly com
pleted and is expected to begin
full operation soon.
After his report, election of
directors took place. They in
clude the same board members
of last year. They are: Dr. Ralph
C. Sadler, C. Lacy Tate, B. L.
Nesmith, Jr., Glenn F. Strole, J.
Rufus Marks, Daniel L. Todd,
Raymond B. Mallard, W. D. Herr
ing, Milford Quinn, and V. J.
Griffin.
Quinn, Griffin, and Herring
joined the board during 1960.
There are 677 stockholders of
the Waceamaw Bank and ap
proximately 250 attended the
annual meeting.
The stockholders meeting was
followed by a banquet and an
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Seeing Eye Dog
Being Exploited
Warning Given Regarding
Certain Gimmicks Which
Have Been Used To Vic
timize Public
Mrs. Florence Price, Brunswick
County Caseworker for the Blind,
says that there are reports that
some people are being fooled
about certain opportunities to as
sist in the Seeing Eye Dog Pro
gram. She brought along a copy
of the following statement:
“Seeing Eye Dogs cannot be
obtained through the collection of
match folder covers, of cellophane
strips from cigarette packages or
of any other article."
Henry A. Colgate, President of
the Seeing Eye, made that state
ment this week in what he said
was a “continuing effort to
stamp out a pessistent rumor
which crops up periodically and
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New Policeman
On Duty Here
Sammy Rees, Jr., has as
sumed the duties of policeman
for the City of Southport
and is now working with
Chief Herman Strong.
He replaces Charlie John
son, who had served in that
capacity for several years.
Johnson previously had ex
perience as a lineman with
the City electrical force, and
an emergency developed re
cently in this department,
Johnson went back to that
duty.
H. G. Ratcliffe, who work
ed for several weeks with
the- City of Southport Police
Department, has gone back
to his old position os de
puty and jailer.
Morton Tells Of
Plans For Ship
Southport Lions See Color
Slides Taken By Wil
mington Man Of Battle
ships Texas And North
Carolina
Hugh Morton, member of the
State Board of Conservation and
Development, had the program
for the Southport Lions Club
Thursday night, showing color
slides which he had taken of the
Battleship Texas and of the Bat
tleship North Carolina while on
recent trips as a member of the
Battleship Advisory Committe
named by Governor Luther H.
Hodges.
Morton reported that members
of his committee, which included
James C. Bowman of Southport,
bad recommended to Governor
Hodges that every effort be made
to bring the Battleship North Car
ilina to this state to be establish
ed as a permanent historical
shrine.
The color slides showed the lo
cation of the Battleship Texas
in a permanet berth near the
Houston Ship Canal. Morton re
ported that from the modest fee
charges each visitor, sufficient
funds are being raised to maintain
the ship and to accumulate a
small surplus.
Governor Hodges, before he left
office, sent a request to the Navy
Department to delay plans they
had to scrap the North Carolina,
and this they have agreed to do
until after July 1, 1961. Morton
said that it is expetced that the
forthcoming Legislature will name
a North Carolina Battleship Au
thority, which will have legal sta
tus and wall be able to make
definite financial arrangements to
acquire the ship and to locate
it at some favorable point along
the North Carolina coast.
Morton tactfully refused to be
drawn into a discussion of where
he thonght this location should
be', saying that “I beleive the
first and most important thing
is to get it for our State.”
Cancer Society
Meet Scheduled
Here Wednesday
Brig. General James Glore
Calls Meeting Of Offici
als Of Organization To
Be Feld In Southport
Brig. Cen. James Glore, presi
dent of the Brunswick County
Unit of the American Cancer Soc
iety, has called a meeting of offi
cials of this organization to be
held at Southport next Wednesday
night at 7:30 o'clock in the Lions
Club Building.
All officers, including members
of the board of directors, area
chairmen and committe chairman,
are expected to attend.
On the agenda for this meeting
will be a discussion of activit
ies which have been earrned out
during the past year, reports will
be received from officers and
committe chairman, plans will be
discussed for local service during
1961, new officers will be elected
and a Cancer Cru3ade chairman
will be elected.
Arrangements have been made
to have one of the high state
officials present for this meeting.
General Glore reports that the
Brunswick County Unit exceeded
its guota for the first time last
year. He also reports that last
year was the first in which there
was a complete organization in
this county and he expresses the
hope that this will be just the
start of a more vigorous and in
telligent effort on the part of
local citizens to combat this
dread disease.
Brunswick Man
Shot To Death
Barney Ludlum Dies Of
Gunshot Wounds Suffer
ed Sunday Night In Cum
berland County
Barney Ludlum, 42-year-old na
tive of Ash, was fatally wounded
at Fayetteville Sunday night by
a shotgun blast fired through the
front door of a one-room shack.
Sheriff W. G. Clark said a frist
degree murder charge has ben
made against A. C. Beard, 56, un
employed laborer, as a result of
the fatal shooting.
Two other persons narrowly es
caped death as the load of buck
shot from the gun tore throught a
plywood door of the shack.
Ludlum was hit in the right
chest and right arm.
Stray pellets struck Charles
Brunson in the throat.
Mrs. Ethel Elizabeth Wade
was standing beside Ludlum when
he was wounded, but she was not
hit.
Sheriff Clark said his investi
gation indicated Beard had been
drinking a potent mixture of
canned heat in the shack before
the shooting.
Several empty cans that had
contained canned heat were found
in the house, police said.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. at Sold
ier Bay Baptist Church by the
Rev. E. F. Young, with burial
in Griffin Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, five
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THE COUNTY’S FIRST TRAFFIC FATALITY of 1961 was John Fred Allen, 74, of Ash. He
was struck down by an oil tanker Thursday night after he had walked head-on into the vehicle
according to Pfc. Mike Byrd, the investigating officer. Above, local Mortician Oscar Edwards is
placing Allen’s body on a stretcher. Bystanders with grim faces look on. The fatality was recorded
approximately 200 yards west of the NC 87 and US 74-76 intersection near Delco.
Waccamaw Man
Dies In Wreck
At Acme-Delco
John Fred Allen Instantly
Killed Thursday Night
When Struck By Oil
Tanker On Highway No.
74-76
John Fred Alien, 74-year-old
resident of Ash, Route 1, be
came Columbus’ first 1961 traffic
victim wher he was struck
and killed, by an oil tanker at
7:25 Thursday night.
Patrolman Mike Byrd, the in
vestigator, said the accident oc
red about a quarter-mile east of
Delco on US 74-76, just west of
the intersection of that highway
with NC 87.
Byrd reported that Allen appar
ently walked head-on into the
path of the oil tanker, driven by
Allen Bilton, 36, of Mullins, S. C.
The heavy vehicle was heading
west at the time.
Coroner J. B. Long, Jr. said
that Allen’s body was. badly brok
en, with severe head and chest
injuries being the main cause of
his death. He said no inquest
would be held and ruled the death
was caused by an unvoidable acci
dent.
Byrd said that Bilton told him
he was meeting an oncoming car in
the drizzling rain that was fall
ing at the time and that he saw
something in front of his vehicle,
but he could not apply brakes in
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TIME and TIDE
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Announcement was made in our edition for January 29, 1936,
that George W. Bunker was to arrive later that week as the new
cashier for the Peoples United Bank of Southport. U.S. Army
Engineer spokesmen said that the Intracoastal Waterway link
between Winyah Bay and Little River would be completed about
the middle of the following month, and Congressman Allard H.
Gasque of South Carolina already was sponsoring a bill to deepen
the channel of the waterway to a depth of 12-feet.
A Southport woman, Mrs. J. N. Arnold, had walked through a
plate glass window which workmen were carrying across a Wil
mington sidewalk and had escaped with only a minor bruise;
city employees were busy setting out trees in a beautification
project; and plans were being made for a Presidents Birthday
Ball at Camp Sapona.
Five years later to the day and war clouds had cast their
shadow on the front page of The Pilot: Dr. M. M. Rosenbaum of
Shallotte had been ordered to report for active duty and the
front page photo was of a group of PT boats had passed through
here on their way South. There was one of our patented pre-war
rumors: A northern firm was interested in acquiring a site here
for a shipyard.
An influenza epidemic had forced the closing of Southport high
school for one week; a front page story seemed to be rushing
the season when it reported that “Orton Gardens Scene Of
Beauty”, with early blooming varieties of azaleas already in
bloom.
A front page story on January 23, 1946, carried the news that
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Superior Court
Now In Session
Issues Warning
On Firing Range
The Commanding Officer,
Fort Fisher Air Force Station,
Fort Fisher, has advised that
the area in the Atlantic
Ocean directly adjacent to the
Fort Fisher Air Force Station
one mile south of Kure Beach
will be hazardous to navi
gation because of small arms
firing exercises February 15
25 between the hours of 8 a.
m. and 5 p. m. for a distance
of 6,000 yards seaward.
All vessel navigation should
avoid the above area during
the periods stated.
Leland PTA
Holds Meeting
Important Business Dispos
ed Of At Last Regular
Meeting Of This Organi
zation
The Leland P. T. A. held its
regular monthly meeting January
9 with James Thompson presid
ing.
Thompson introduced the Rev.
Bruce Lanier, pastor of the Elah
Baptist Church, who led the de
votional period.
Mi’s. Crumpler, treasurer, gave
her report with a balance of
$694.28. She stated that the asso
ciation now has 155 paid mem
bers.
In the new beusiness, Thompson
announced that the cafeteria tab
les and chairs will soon be paid
for and he brought a new pro
ject before the P. T. A. He stated
that members should work to
landscape the campus and he
asked for a discussion of the
pubject. It was decided that the
School Improvement Committee
should work in cooperation with
the Student Government and
should have a meeting in order
to make plans.
The president recognized Mrs.
Strong, who asked for the co
operation of all parents and teach
ers on her junior class project.
Room count was taken and
winners were: Mrs. Crumpler, pri
mary grades; Mrs. Austin, Gram
mar grades; Mr. Roberts, junior
high; Miss Harris, high school.
Homer Thomas, principal, an
nounced current school activities.
The Industrial Arts Department
has a metal lathe, the Science
Department has had a new mic
roscope and science equipment
given to the school by the county,
the library is in the process of
ordering new books and supple
mentary books will be ordered.
The Driver’s Education Depart
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‘Judge Heman Clark Of
Fayetteville Is Presiding
Over Term Due To Illness
Of Judge William Y.
Bickett
Trial of three men for armed
robbery and conspiracy to com
mit armed robbery was continued
until the May term this week
when Solicitor John J. Burney
said that he needed an “exhibit”
now in the hands of the F. B. I.
in order to gel. along with his
case.
Being held under $10,000 bond
are Virgil Sanderson and John
C. Whaley who have confessed to
officers their participation in the
robbery of a Lei and service sta
tion last month. Troy Brown is
being held under $15,000 bond
and contends that he is in
nocent of charges of conspiracy.
In cases tried during the first
two days of court before Judge
Heman Clark of Fayetteville was
Golie Lewis, found not guilty
of possession for the purpose of
sale. A nol pross was taken in
the case charging William Cook
and Archie Hollis with the same
offense.
The case against Buck Hankins
and Geneva Hill charging fornica
tion and adultery also was nol
pressed.
Alex R. Holden and Fred E.
Mathews were found not guilty
of drunk driving, but Jack Bry
ant was convicted on this charge
and was given 90 days, judgement
suspended upon payment of costs,
a fine of $100 and 5 year good
behavior.
Sherwood Gore was found guil
ty on two count of driving after
revocation of license and was
given 90 days in each case, the
sentence to ran concurrently.
Expect Action
From Caw-Caw
Word From This Commun
ity Development Club Is
That New Interest Has
Been Generated In Pro
gram
Election of officers and plan
ning for goals for the new year
were features of the initail 1961
meeting of the Caw-Caw Comm
unity Development Club, held
Monday night.
Ernest Stanland was named as
president; O. P. Bellamy, vice
president; and Skyler Stanaland,
secretary-treasurer.
Among the goals set up for the
year, the one of safety and wel
fare will, perhaps, receive the
greatest emphasis in the com
munity. The members believe this
to be a problem for every family
to help solve. It was pointed out
at the meeting that every per
son was subject to injury of some
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Dolores Hufham
Winner In First
Beauty Pageant
Pretty Blue-Eyed Redhead
Is Winner Of Miss Boli
via Title In Premiminary
Contest Saturday Night
Miss Dolores Hufham, a petty
blue-eyed redhead, was declared
winner of the first preliminary
pageant in the selection of Miss
Brunswick County Saturday night
when she won first place in the
Bolivia contest.
The Bolivia event was the first
in a series of five elimination
contests, and the finals will be
staged at ShalloLte on the even
ing of March 11. The entire pro
ject is being sponsored by the
Shallotte Jaycees. and the winner
in the finals will earn the title
of Miss Brunswick county and
will compete in the state contest.
Miss Hufham used a talent rou
tine which saw her sketch a
picture of Eivis Presley while
singing “Too Sonn To Know”.
Jackie Lewis was the runner
up in the Bolivia contest, and for
her talent competition did a
dramatic reading, ‘‘Dear Dairy”.
The second runner-up was Mar
ion Reynolds, who modeled a
dress which she had made and
played “Black Hawk Waltz” as a
piano solo
The other three contestants
were Elaine Brittian, who did a
pantomine, “Many, Many Tears
Ago”; Betty Maggard, who sang
“Autumn Leaves”; and Tonda
Willis, who sang, “Somewhere I'll
Be Listening.”
Miss Bolivia is the 17-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Hufham. She is senior at Bolivia
High School and for winning
first place she received a 17-jewel
wrist watch. The second place
winner received a transistor radio
and the second runner-up receiv
ed a pen and pencil set.
Adrian Verzaal of Wilmington
served as master of ceremonies,
and Mrs. Frank Hogg was in
charge of local arrangements.
Judges at Bolivia were Mrs.
Betty Hewett, of Waccamaw, Mrs.
M. H. Rourk of Shallotte, Mrs.
Lucille Lewis of Leland Harold
Willetts of Bolivia, and Mrs. Jack
Hickman, Southport.
Search Goes On
For Eligibility
Social Security Administra
tion Trying To Locate
25,000 Persons Eligible
For Benefits Under Chan
ged Law
The Social Security Administra
tion is trying to get in touch
with about 25,000 people who are
now able to collect monthly social
security benefits as a result of
recent changes in the law. They
are the survivors of workers who
died after March 31, 1938, and
before January 1, 1940, after
working under social security for
at least a year and a half before
their deaths. Included among
those newly eligible are widows,
aged dependent parents, and dis
abled children age 18 or over.
The original Social Security
Act provided benefits only for
retired workers. The Act was
amended in 1939 to make benefits
payable to the survivors and de
pendents of workers, but no pro
vision was made to pay monthly
benefits to the survivors of work
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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 Tide
Thursday, January 26,
3:48 A. M. ‘ 10:18 A. M.
3:13 P. M. 10:29 P. St.
Friday, January 27,
4:40 A. M. 11:13 A. M.
5:03 P. M. 11:18 P. M.
Saturday, January 28,
5:28 A. M. 12:01 A. M.
5:51 P. M. 12:02 P. M.
Sunday, January 29,
6:14 A. M. 12:45 A. M.
/6:35 P. M.
Monday, January 30,
6:54 A. M. * 0:49 A. M.
7:17 P. M. 1:27 P. M.
Tuesday, January 81,
7:33 A. M. ' l':30 A. M.
7:54 P. M. 2:05 P. M.
Wednesday, February 1,
8:09 A. M. ' 2:10 A. M.
8:30 P. M. 2:43 P. M.