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Brunswick County
Volume No. 21
No. 33
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1961
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Famous Battleship
BATTLEWAGON—This is the Battleship North
Carolina, which is being sought as an historic
shrine to be located at some point on the coast of
this state. Southport is among the locations being
considered. The men in the above photo talking to
Capt. B. P. Field, Jr., are members of the N. C.
Battleship Advisory Committee and are Senator
Lunsford Crew, Victor Bryant, Capt. Field, T. Ed
Pickard. Hugh Morton, another member of the com
mittee, took this picture.
Ward Changes In
Southport Being
Proposed In Bill
Representative S, B. Frink
Will Be Asked To Intro
duce Bill To Make Two
Wards, Same Member
ship
Members of the Board of Aider
men at their regular meeting
meeting Thursday night discus
sed the advisabilty of changing
the political units of the City
of Southport from three wards to
two. As a result of that meeting
City Attorney James C. Bowman
has been asked to prepare a bill,
setting out these changes.
The plan is to give the proposed
bill to Representative S. Bunn
Frink with the request that it be
introduced and passed by the
State Legislature so that it will
apply to this year’s city election.
The plan calls for dividing the
city into two wards, with the
dividing line being Howe street.
There would be three aldermen
elected from each of these two
wards, and provision would be
made for staggered terms. Men
now serving on the board under
a four-year term would not have
to stand for reelection this year.
Continued On Page 4
Briof Bit, Of
‘-NEWS-'
WOULD DAY OF PRAYER
The World Day of Prayer will
be observed with a community
wide service at the Southport
Presbyterian Church Friday, Feb
ruary 17, at 7:30 p. m.
LICENSE TAGS
Chief of Police Herman Strong
said Tuesday that the same re
gulations that apply to state auto
mobile license also go for city
tags. “They must be purchased
and displayed after today (Wednes
day),” he said.
NEW CLASS
An off-campus college credit
course is now being taught each
Monday night at Shallotte, the
cousre during the Spring quarter
being "Visual Education”. The
Instructor is Gene Piver, super
visor of elementary school in
struction in New Hanover County.
BOARD TO MEET
The Executive Board of the
Southport Woman’s Club will hold
its regular mouthly meeting at
the home of Mrs. Johnnie Duffie
on Monday evening, February 20,
at 7:30 o'clock. Members of club
are invited to attend.
Local Group Will
Seek Battleship
Representatives Of South
port Development Corpo
ration Will Appear Be
fore Advisory Committee
In Wilmington Friday
Members of the N. C. Battleship
Advisory Comitte will meet in
Wilmington Friday morning at
10 o'clock, and one of the most
important Items of business will
be to consider a site for the per
manent location of the Battleship
North Carolina, which it hopes to
bring to this state to be establish
ed as a permanent histortic shrine.
. Two sites in Brunswick coun
ty are being offered, and these
proposals are being made through
poration. E. B. Tomlinson, Jr.,
poration. E. M. Tomlinson, Jr.,
will serve as spokesmen at the
hearing.
Plans call for members of
the committee to fly over the
proposed sites in a Piedmont Air
lines plane, and a member of
this group will be James C. Bow
man, Southport attorney and
member of the Battleship Advis
ory Committee.
unuwmg xs me xext, oi a let
ter mailed this week to each
member of the committee:
“Members of the Southport De
velopment Corporation, represent
ing the Citizens of Southport and
Brunswick County, wish to invite
your considei-ation of two sites in
the Southport area as the location
of the USS North Carolina as a
war memorial.
"The two above-mentioned sites
are being offered free of charge,
together with necessary space for
establishing a permanent berth
for the Battleship North Carolina.
These offers also include right-of
way Channel approach to the
sites and will include sufficient
area for automobile parking.
“In order that there may be a
choice of location, reference to en
closed maps of the area will show
one of these sites to be located on
the eastern outskirts of the City
of Southport on the north side of
the Cape Fear River channel. The
other lies west of the main section
of Southport, partially within the
city limits.,
“Following is a more detailed
description of these two sites:
“1. SITE No. 1—(See attach
ed drawing) At Price Creek, lo
cated about 4,000-feet north of the
Southport City limits on the Old
River Road ( paved), main
tained by State Highway Com
mission. This site would require
an approach channel approximate
ly 1,000-feet long, plus a 1,000
foot ship for berthing the vessel.
This would entail about 300.000
cubic yards of soft dredging. The
spoil may be disposed of in the
marsh west of the proposed ship
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Dosher On Board
Of Education
Arthur J. Dosher of South
port was appaointed Thurs
day by the State Board of
■Education to fill the vacancy
on the Brunswick County
Board of Education created
by the death during Decem
ber of the late Thomas St.
George.
The latter was serving a
four-year term, and it will be
the duty of Representative S.
Bunn Frink to make an ap
pointment to complete the
last two years of this term.
Reading List Is
Set For Library
i Home Demonstration Club
Members Given List Of
J Books To Read; May Be
Obtained From Bookmo
! bile
| The Reading List for 1961 mem
1 bers of Home Demonstration Clubs
j in North Carolina has now been
I published, and most of the books
on the list have been received
by the Southport Public Library
for Brunswick County members.
These books are available on the
bookmobile as well as in the lib
rary in Southport.
For members who have not
received a copy of the Recom
mended Reading List, some of the
titles are:
Tar Heel Authors: Enjoy, En
joy, by Harry Golden; Mustard
Plasters and Printer's Ink, by
Dr. Allen H. Moore; On a Lone
some Porch, by Ovid Pierce; We
Made Peace with Polio, by Luther
j Robinson.
Biography: I am Anatasia, by
Roland Krug von Nidda; A Quite
Remarkable Father, by Leslie
i Ruth Howard; Subway to the Met
(Rise Stevens), by Kyle S. Crich
ton; Dr. Ida (Dr. Ida Scudder),
by Dorothy C. Wilson; Perle, My
Story, By Perle Mesta.
Concerning Women: How to En
joy Life After Sixty, by Pierre
Boucheron; The Seven Ages of
Woman, by Dr. Elizabeth Bar
ker; With Powder in My Nose,
by Billie Burke; Warden’s Wife,
byGladys C. Duffy.
Far Away Places: My Russian
Journey, by Santha Rau Rama;
The Frisbies of the South Seas,
by Johnny Frisbee; Thirty Years
With the Silent Billion, by Frank
Continued On Page 4
Girl Scouts To
Be Reactivated
By Local Groups
Both Girl Scout Tropp And
Brownie Scouts Will Be
Active In Southport With
in Near Future
Miss Elizabeth Hawley, execu
tive director of the Girl Scout
Council of Coastal Carolina, was
in Southport this week to as
sit in the reorganization of
Brownie and Intermediate Girl
Scout Troops. The final planning
session was a supper meeting at
the home of Mrs. Robert L. Jones,
who will act as neighborhood
chairman for the scouts and re
present them in the council,
which has headquarters In Golds
boro.
Brownie troop leaders are Mrs.
James Glore and Mrs. Horace Pig
gott. The troop committee for
Brownies is composed af Mrs.
James C. Bowman, Mrs. Harry
Donnell, Mrs. George Gregory
and Mrs. E. C. Harrelson.
Intermediate troop leaders are
Mrs. Darrel Smith and Mrs. Ralph
I. Cammack. Committee mebers
for Intermediates are Mrs. James
BMelton, Mrs. Harold Aldridge,
Mrs. James T. Barnes and Mrs.
Frances Key.
The Girl Scout movement in
Southport is being sponsored by
the Mary Rebekkah Circle, W. S.
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Student Council
Members Present
P.T.A. Program
Parent* Have Opportunity
To See That Achieve*
ments Of Local Students
Cover Wide And Varied
Activities
Members of the Student Coun
cil of Southport High School pre
sented a program of special in
terest at the regular meeting of
the local PTA Thursday evening.
The program was under the direc
tion of Mrs, Dorothy C, Glore,
sponsor of the Student Council,
with 28 high school students par
ticipating and giving highlights of
the many activities of the stud
ent body. The new charter of
the Student Council was also dis
played at this time.
The president of the Student
Council, Harold Dozier, pre
sided and introduced Jimmy
Swain, president of the senior
class, who introduced other class
officers. Bonnie Bellows introduc
ed the officers of the junior
class. Bubba Rogers introduced
the officers of the scophomore
class and Pattie Jenkins intro
duced the officers of the fresh
man class.
Jim Evans spoke about the
football team and Dickie Dixon
told of the school’s excellent bas
ketball rating. Jean Cochan
spoke about the girls’ basketball
team and Judy McKeithan, chief
cheerleader, spoke for the cheer
leaders.
Mary Belle Jones told about the
newly organized Science Club, and
Sharron Grant i ntrouted the
staff of the school annual, “The
Dolphin”.
Work of the committee for cha
pel programs was reported by
Beverly Lewis. Sandy Potter,
freshman, reported on the mock
election held by the school at the
time of the National election;
And James Heustess, junior rep
resentative, reported on the sug
gestion box.
Achievement awards were re
ported by Harold Dozier, ment
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Methodists At
Beach Are Busy
The Rev. L. D. Hayman Re
ports Activity On Part Of
Membership Committee
The Membership Commission of
the Ocean View Methodist Church
is off to a good start with its
evangelistic survey, according to
a statement this week by the
Rev. L. D. Hayman, pastor. Five
new members were received into
membership last Sunday, and the
propective membership list is
said to be promising.
The pastor has conducted train
ing programs for his workers the
past two Sunday evenings from
7 o'clock until 8 o'clock conclud
ing with a coffeg-break and gen
eral discussion period of ways and
means of carrying on this pro
gram to a successful conclusion.
These one-hour meetings are
used to inform the workers in
detail about how to carry on a
program of evangelism. Workers
will be commissioned at the meet
ing next Sunday evening, to begin
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Members of the board of aldermen for the City of Southport
were working; on a project for a new cemetery, to be located on
the property near the CCC camp site. Incidentally, Camp Sapona
was under quarantine because of a mild epidemic of influenza
in this area.
This was happening during the week of February 19, 1936.
The WPA payroll, a sum of about $5,000 twice each month,
was a boost to the county economy; shad fishermen were report
ing good luck; and there were signs that this would be a good
season for horse traders, as several truckloads of farm animals
had been seen in and about the county.
Five years later to the day and final census figures for 1940
showed Brunswick with a total population of 17,125. Lockwoods
Folly led all other townships with 3,433 people. Dr .Archibald
Henderson, professor at UNC, had recently written an account
of a duel involving Robert Howe, a native of Brunswick, and this
piece was ‘lifted’ from his history book and was reprinted in The
Pilot.
A group of Cabarrus county fox hunters had enjoyed good
sport on a recent expedition to this county; and Orton Nursery
was in the news due to their use of live fishworms to turn the
dirt in pots where plants had been transplanted.
February 13, 1946, and there was a front page picture announ
cing that George Warren, who had served as executive officer at
the Navy Section Base at Fort Casw'ell during World Wax- II,
Continued On Page 4
Death Car
WRECKED—This is the automobile in which Irving
V. Palmiter of New York was riding when he was fatally
injured in a collision which occurred at Grissettown Sat
urday. It was the first fatal accident in Brunswick county
this year.—(Clemmons Phqto.)
Grissettown Has
First 1961 Fatality
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Parking Poses
Local Problem
Chief of Police Herman
Strong said this week that
the parking problem on Moore
street between Howe and
Davis and the area around
the courthouse is causing
more than a little concern,
particularly on Monday.
‘‘I want to appeal to the
people who work down town
to cooperate by parking either
at off-street locations or on
side streets,” he said this
week. “This problem must be
worked out, and it would be
nice to be able to do it with
their cooperation.”
Chief Strong suggested that
unless some improvement is
made, there is a good chance
that this area will be de
signated for one-hour park
ing. He also said that the
police department plans to
enforce the 15-minute zone
regulations at the post office.
Scholarships For
Teaching Service
•
State Offers Financial As
sistance To Students To
Attend College If They
Will Go Into Profession
The State Department of Public
Instruction has set March 1 as
the deadline for receiving appli
cations for Scholarship Loans for
Prospective Teachers for the
1961-62 school year. Application
blanks may be obtained from
the local high schools or by writ
ing directly to Prospective Teach
ers Scholarship Loan, Department
of Public Instruction, Raleigh.
This scholarship-loan program
was enacted by the 1957 Legis
lature, providing three hundred
scholarship-loans annually of $350
each. Any resident of North Caro
lina who is interested in prepar
ing to teach in the public schools
of the State is eligible to apply.
In making the awards consider
ation is given to such factors and
circumstances as aptitude, pur
posefulness, scholarship, charac
ter, financial need, and areas or
subjects in which the demand for
teachers is greatest.
A recipient receiving the award
for four years would be obligated
to teach in the North Carolina
public schools for four years. If
for some acceptable reason the
teaching obligation is not com
pleted, repayment must be made
in cash.
At present, 1,059 prospective
teachers are enrolled in 47 North
Carolina colleges as recipients of
this financial aid. One hundred
seventy-six public school teachers
currently teaching in North Caro
lina received aid through this
program, with on hundred eighty
more qualifying to teach at the
end of this school term.
During the four years the
Scholarship Loan Program has
been in operation, there has been
an average of twelve hundred
applications each year for the
three hundred available awards.
:Irving V. Palmiter Of New
York Becomes The First
Brunswick County High
way Victim In Saturday
Wreck
A collision between a New
York family and a car-load of
Bladenboro residents at Grisset
town in Brunswick County, Sat
urday night, caused the death of
one person and sent 11 others to
Columbus County Hospital in
Whiteville.
Irving V. Palmiter, 61-year-old
grandfather of Alfred Station, N.
Y. was killed almost instantly
and five members of his family
were injured. All six of a group
of Bladenboro youths were also
hurt in the crash.
The accident occurred at the
crossing of US 17 and NC 904 at
the Grissettown crossroads, ac
cording to Patrolman H. F. Deal,
who investigated along with
Patrolman Roscoe Edwards. Deal
said it occurred at 7:15 p. m.,
Saturday, and the location was
listed as some seven miles south
of Shallotte on US 17.
Deal reported that the death
dealing crash occurred when an
auto driven by Dalton Ray Nor
ton, 17 of Bladenboro came out
of NC 904 and hit the Palmiter
auto, moving north on US 17,
broadside.
Suffering lacerations and shock
and admitted to Columbus Coun
ty Hospital were Norton; Janis
Davis Causey, 22; Hazel Pridgen,
19; William T. Kinlaw, 18; Alice
Faye Hester, 16; and Shelby Jean
Kinlaw, 20, all of Bladenboro; and
Palmiter’s son and daughter-in
law, Lyle and Thelma Permiter,
each 36 years old; and the latter
couple’s son, Terry Permiter, 12,
all of Alfred Station, N. Y.
Also treated and released were'
the dead man’s wife, Mrs. Mar
gurite Permiter, 61, and grand
daughter, Pamela, 9, from New
York.
Officials at the hospital said
Monday morning that all of those
admitted were listed as satisfac
tory. Patrolman Deal said in
vestigation was continuing in the
collision.
Rabies Clinics
Start In March
County Health Officer An
nounces Plans To Have
All Dogs Innoculated This
Year
Brunswick County is planning
a rabies or hydrophobia control
program for the month of March
in cooperation with other counties
in North Carolina, Dr. C. E. Davis
announced this week. He pointed
out that cooperation is necessary
because several counties in the
state reported rabies in their
animals during the past year.
These animals do not recognize
county lines, he said, and endan
ger other areas. “A four-point
program is being launched by
counties throughout North Caro
lina,” Dr. Davis said. “This pro
gram includes: (1) Vaccination of
all dogs against rabies; (2) Eli
mination of stray dogs by county
dog wardens in cooperation with
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Miss Leland Is
Crowned Before
Large Audience
Miss Elizabeth Ann Johnson
Will Represent Her School
District In Brunswick
County Finals
Miss Elizabeth Ann Johnson
was chosen Saturday night to be
the Leland contestant in the Miss
Brunswick County Pageant cur
rently being conducted by the
Shallotte Jaycees. She won over
a bevy of beauties after compet
ition in both talent and beauty
categories at Leland High School.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Johnson of Leland.
Approximately 600 persons at
tended the local elimination and
saw the five-feet-five cheerleader
walk away with top honors. First
runner-up was Harriett Ann
Brew, 18. who is a student at
Wilmington College and the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. T.
Brew. Second runner-up was Jo
Ann Mintz, 17, Leland High
School senior, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Mintz.
Mrs. Venneta Geedy was in cha
rge of the pageant. Judges were
Mrs. Olive King of Ash, Mrs.
Wilbur Sabiston of Shallotte, Joe
Ganey of Leland, John Naylor
of Shallotte and Gene O'Brien of
Wilmington.
Following are the talent en
tries of the various contestants:
“First Breakfast”, a monologue,
by Miss Johnson; “Goofus”, song
and dance, by Miss Brew; “Min
nie Skates” a monologue, by Miss
Mintz; "Football”, a monologue
by Linda Lou Benton; “St. Louis
Blues” pantomine, by Theresa
Gale Ganey.
“Mom, Can I Have A Dime?”,
monologue, by Mary Magalen*
Greiner; “Bali Hai”, song by Ter
ry Lynn Williams; “Whatever
Lola Wants, Lola Gets”, panto
mine, by Linda Lou Klutz; and
“Yes, Sir, That’s My Baby”,
song and dance, by Nancy Faye
Lewis.
Adult Class Is
Being Taught
Class In Navigation II Now
Being Taught Each Mon
day Night At Shallotte
Point
A Class in Navigation II is be
ing held each week for commer
cial fishermen and others of the
Shallotte Point and Holden Beach
area.
This course follows Navigation
I which was taught last spring. It
will last for 10 weeks and the
group will meet each Monday
night at 7 o'clock for a three
hour session. Major Frank Moffitt
is the instructor.
An advisory committe has been
appointed, which consists of
Frank Garner, Paul Denis
William Tripp, Archie Caisonand
Herman Love. There is no tuition
and this course is made available
through the Brunswick County
Board of Education by the Com
mercial Fisheries Training Pro
gram of the Trades and Indust
ries Department, North Carolina
State Department of Education.
Among those attending the Or
ganizational meeting were Dr. A.
T. Chestnut, Director of Recearch
of Marine Life, University of
North Carolina, K. R. Marshall
Director Goldsboro Industrial Cen
ter, Russell Swindell and Major
Continued On Page 4
Tide Tahle
Following la the tide table
for Southport during the next
week. Those 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 Tide
Thursday, February 16,
8:44 A. M. 2:33 A. M.
9:01 P. M. 3:06 P. M.
Friday, February 17,
9:34 A. M. 3:24 A. M.
9:51 P. M. 3:54 P. M.
Saturday, February 18,
10:22 A. M. 4:13 A. M.
10:43 P. M. 4:42 P. M.
Sunday, February 19,
11:11 A. M. 5:03 A. M.
11:33 P. M. 5:29 P. M.
Monday, February 20,
12:01 A. M. 5:55 A. M.
6:17 P. M.
Tuesday, February 21,
0:25 A. M. 6:49 A. M.
12:52 P. M. 7:09 P. M.
Wednesday, February 22,
1:19 A. M. 7:46 A. M.
1:47 P. M. 8:04 P. M.