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Most of the News All The Time THE ‘STATE PORT PILOT 1 The Pilot Covers A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Brunswick County Volume No. 21 No. 39 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1961 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Inspect Hospital mmmmnmm * ?.•: VISITORS—Mrs. Margaret C. McRae ken, left, and Mrs. E. H. Smith, both of Southport, are shown in the main lobby of the new Progressive Care Center of Bap tist Hospital at Winston-Salem. Miss Annie Mae Woodside, who accompanied them, was not present when the picture was made. Southport Ladies Are Visitors In Winston - Salem The Local Ladies Impressed With Facilities Of Baptist Hospital During Recent Inspection Trip •Three- prominent Baptist wo men of Southport were recent guests of Baptist Hospital in Win ston-Salem for a preview of its new Progressive Care Center prior to its opening for patients. They were Mrs. Margaret C. McRacken, associational mission ary for the Brunswick Baptist Association, Mrs. E. H. Smith, as sociations! hospital representa tive, and Miss Annie Mae Wood side. In addition to visiting the Cen ter, they participated in a meet ing held to make plans for the Mother’s Day offering, which is contributed by Baptists of North Carolina to help support the care of the needy sick at the Hospital. Forty percent of its work is for patients who must have financial aid. The Center consists of 80 pa tient rooms and auxiliary facili ties. It is designed for those who come to the Hospital for diagnosis and for patients who are con Continued On Page 4 Brief Bit t Of lnewsj BENEFIT FISH FRY The Winnabow volunteer Fire Department will hold a fish fry at the fire house Friday, begin ning at 6:30 p. m. The public is invited. JAYCEE PRESIDENT HERE A1 Sharpe of Lumberton, State president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and Everett Henry, also of Lumberton, were visitors here Friday night. PRE-SCHOOL CLINICS Pre-school clinics will be held by repreesntatives of the Bruns wick County Health Department on Friday, April 7, at Union High School; and on April 11 at South port High School. EASTER CANTATA Members of the choir of South port Baptist Church will present an Easter Cantata, “Our Risen Lord at 7:30 o clock Sunday eve ning. Mrs. A. E. Huntley is the director. The public is invited. SUNRISE SERVICE An Easter Sunrise Service, sponsored by the Supply Com munity Development Club, wall be held Sunday morning at 5:45 at Supply Baptist Church. Choir members of each of the five co operating churches wall bring music for this occasion and the sermon will be by the Rev. Fletch er Edens of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church. Pastors of other partici pating churches will assist with the program. Introduces Bill For Development Under Provisions Of Bill In-! troduced Last Week By Representative Frink An other Development Tax Vote Will Be Held Brunswick county citizens may have another opportunity to vote on the question of levying a de velopment tax if a bill introduced last week by Representative S. Bunn Frink becomes law. Following are some of the pro visions: “To authorize the Board of County Commissioners of Bruns wick County to call a special elec tion for the authorization of a resources development tax for Brunswick County and to create and fix the powers of a Resources Development Commission for Brunswick County.” Requires board of commission ei's to call special election, upon petition of 500 qualified voters of county, within 60 days after fil ing of petition, to determine whether voters wish commission ers to levy and collect annual Re sources Development Tax not to exceed 10c per $100 valuation, funds, from tax to be used to at tract new and diversified indus tries to county, for the processing of agriculture and seafood pro ducts, and to encourage business, industry, tourist trade, and de velopment of recreational areas. No new registration of voters I is to be held. Sets out details of registration of new voters, and requires notice of such registra tion to be published in newspaper circulated in county at least 30 ! days and not more than 40 days before closing of books. Commis sioners shall fix date of election, I to be coirducted between hours of 7 a. m. and 7 p. m. under con trol of county board of elections. Prescribes form of ballot and procedure for counting and can vassing vote. If vote is unfavorable, new election may be held not earlier than one year thereafter and only upon petition of 1000 voters. If vote is favorable, commissioners may levy tax, and may reduce or increase the rate (not to exceed 10c) upon recommendation of 2 3 of Resources Development Com mission. Resources Development Com mission to consist of 9 bi-partisan members to be named by countv commissioners, one from each of Northwest, Town Creek, Srnith ville, Lockwoods Folly, Shallotte, and Waecanraw Townships, and three from county at large. Mem bers to serve 3-year staggered terms, with first board appointed 3 for 1 year, and 3 for 2 years. Commission to meet within 30 days after appointment and elect chairman, vice-chairman, secre tary and treasurer, and draw up bylaws. Treasurer to furnish bond as required by county commis sioners. Funds may not be in vested in stock or capital assets of any business or industry. De velopment Commission shall su pervise bureau to promote pur poses of commission, and may Continued On Page i c Franklin Park Motel Is Sold The Franklin Park Motel in Southport has been pur chased by Mrs. Annie Rose Raybourne from Mrs. Ben nett. Mrs. Raybourne is a native of Southport and is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Burris. The Franklin Park is the first of three motels erected in Southport and was built several years ago by the late Sam T. Bennett and Mrs. Bennett, who has continued its operation following the death of her husband. Mrs. Ray bourne also purchased the Bennett home next door. Fishing Ponds Produce Food Soil Conservationist Says That Good Returns Come From Fertilizing Pond Areas Fertilizing a fish pond to make the fish grow may sound odd, but the Soil Conservation Service re ports that it works. According to H. F. Kizer, Brunswick County Conservation ist, more than 40,000 ponds have been built in this state as part of basic conservation plans de veloped by landowners in coopera tion with Soil Conservation Dis tricts. These ponds offer a tremen dous potential in fish production. When a pond has a desirable bal ance between the bass and blue gills and is properly fertilized, be tween 100 to 300 pounds of fish per acre can be produced annual ly. The average annual catch on such a pond runs between 150 and 170 pounds per acre. This is how fertilization of a fish pond w’orks: A farmer spreads a chemical fertilizer such as 8-8-2 or 20-20-5 over the shallow parts of his pond. This is the first step in the "food chain.” The elements in this fertilizer are used directly by microorgan isms in the water known as plankton. These are tiny plants and animals that, where present, give fertile water its greenish color. The plankton provides food for aquatic insects such as stoneflies, Mayflies, dragonflies, caddisflies, and water bettles. The more plankton in a pond, the more food there will be available for insects, and consequently, the more insects the pond can support. The next link in this food chain is the small bass and bluegills who feed upon the insects. Then these smaller fish in turn are fed upon by larger bluegills and bass. Continued On Page 4 Distribution Of Surplus Foods Being Planned Dperation In Brunswick Will Be Responsibility Of Welfare Department Plans are now underway for the distribution of surplus foods in Brunswick County, and Ken neth Hewett will supervise the distribution of these commodities. Certification of need will be the responsibility of the Department of Public Welfare. In order to determine eligibility for this program, applications will be accepted three days a month from three different points to ac commodate the different areas. Residents of Ash, Longwood, Freeland, Shallotte and Supply should make application on Fri day, April 14, at the Shallotte Health Center and afterward ap plications will be accepted on the second Friday in each month. Residents of Waccamaw, Bolivia and Southport should make appli cations on the third Monday, April 17, in the Welfare Depart ment at Southport and on the third Monday in each month thereafter. Residents of Leland, Navassa and North West Township should make applications on Friday, April 21, at the post office in Leland and after that applications will be accepted on the third Fri day in each month. Anyone wishing to apply for food should have with them names of all the members of the family, their ages and the amount of income of all members of the family. Applications cannot be completed without the proper in formation and the head of the family is the one to apply. , The food will be distributed from the agriculture building at Supply and the public will be in former later of the days for dis tribution for the different areas. Persons now on welfare roles for Old Age Assistance, Aid t*, Good Friday services at St. Phil Partially Disabled and Aid to the Blind need not apply as plans already are being made to serve their needs. Boiling Spring Street Paved Preparation Being Made To Qualify For FHA Loans For Building In Area A building area is being pre pared at Boliing Spring Lakes with all facilities to comply with FHA requirements, Harold Greene, sales manager for this de velopment said this week. Greene said that paved streets are being laid, city water is be ing provided with an 8-inch water main and fire hydrants. There also are street lights. Building lots are 70 x 150-feet, and persons who own lots in other sections may trade for one in this section if they are ready to begin construction immediately. This is being done in an effort to accelerate the building pro gram, and last week Greene met Continued On Page 4 Scene At Orton BEAUTY—One of the most beautiful scenes at Orton Plantation is this white garden, with the pieces of statuary as a centerpiece. This Brunswick County show place is expected to be at the peak of its beauty during the next ten days. Work Started On First Golf Course * Commander Writes Magazine Piece Lt. Col. Johnnie D. Duffie is author of a magazine article which appeared in the current issue of “Transportation”, a nationally circulated publica tion sponsored by the Nation al Defense Transportation As sociation. The title is "Sunny Point Army Terminal Provides Unique Transportation Func tion”, and it is the lead arti cle in this publication. The text tells of the plan ning that went into the selec tion of the site and in pro viding safety factors of the nearby terminal, which was designed to be the most mod ern facility of its kind in the world. Red Cross Drive Still Underway Active Fund-Raising Effort Being Conducted In Vari. ous Communities In Brun swick Hubert Bellamy of Southport is heading the Red Cross Fund Drive in Brunswick county this year and active solicitation al ready is underway. The following persons have been named to serve as chairmen in Continued On Page 5 TIME and TIDE There was a front pag" picture of Baxter Durham in The Pilot for April 1, 1936, and with it was the announcement that he was a candidate for re-election as State Auditor. A 100-ft. fire tower was being constructed at Maco as an aid to the forestry pro gram in Brunswick. The Southport Building & Loan (Savings & Loan) had obser ved its 25tli anniversary: a Southport girl had been elected maid of honor in the May Court at Greensboro College; and Judge R. Hunt Parker was coming to hold court the following week. One of our all-time favorite Pilot photos was on our front page back in April, 1941. It showed the youthful horseman, Brother Christian, and Cherry McDonald, pretty sorrel mare owned by Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Fergus, and it told of the workouts the boy and his mount were taking daily in preparation for the forthcom ing Cape Fear Horse Show in Wilmington. Four negroes lost their lives when the automobile in which they were riding plung ed into the waters of Sturgean Creek near Leland. There was a picture, too, of the chapel at Orton Plantation; more REA lines were soon to be energized in Brunswick; and that was the week that there was a front-page business announ cement that we had purchased one-half interest in this news paper. Here it was the last week in March, and the Brunswick county basketball championship had just been settled. The winners were the Bolivia girls and the Leland boys. The Red Cross quota for Brunswick still had not been reached. This was back in 1946, and the date was March 27. Orton Plantation was at the peak of its beauty, and Governor Continued On Page 4 Area Fronting On Atlantic Ocean And Part Of Yau pon Beach Property Is Site Of Links And Pro posed Club House Work began this week on the first golf course in the history of Brunswick County, an 18-hole championship layout which was designed by George W. Cobb. It will be ibiiuated o» property which formerly was a part of Caswell Beach, now owned by Barbee’s Inc., developers of Yaupon Beach, and lies within view of the At lantic Ocean. In addition to Yaupon Beach, other adjacent resort areas in clude Long Beach, the Tranquil Harbour section of Long Beach, the N. C. Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell and the City of Southport. Although Brunswick County has earned a wide reputation for its wide variety of possibilities for natural recreation, the facilities of a golf course have never been made a part of this over-all pic ture until a local group began several months ago to make plans for the construction of this ocean side links. Simultaneous with the start of construction, announcement has been made of the formation of a golf and beach club which has been chartered as the “Oak Island Club”, a non-profit organization which already has been' registered in the office of the Secretary of State. The incorporators are D. C. Herring, Hay H. Walton and Ern est E. Parker, Jr. As spokesman for the group, Herring said this week that the project has been in the planning stage since last fall, with much of the intervening time being spent in completing plans for the golf course and for the residential sub division surrounding the area. Herring said that the 160-acre site for the golf course is being Continued On Page 5 Name Committee County - Wide Organization Ready To Make Annual Solicitation Of Funds Dur ing April Committee members have been named to represent their areas in the Brunswick County Cancer Crusade, which begins next week. “Everyone is urged to contrib ute to this worthly cause during the month of April,” William Smith, Southport Attorney and Chairman of the drive, said this week. The following committee mem bers have been named: Mrs. I. D. Butler, Mrs. James Thompson, Mrs. Lloyd Bordeaux, Mrs. Helen Best, Mrs. Dick Sanders, Miss Lin Saunders; Winnabow, Mrs. A. P. Henry, Jr., Miss Helen Taylor; Bolivia, Mrs. Foster Mintz, Mrs. Dorothy Brittian, Mrs. Ruby Jac obs; Southport, Mi s. Johnnie Duf fie, Mrs. Robert Thompson; Cas well Beach, Mrs. Jan Eaton; Long Beach, Mrs. Dan Shannon; Tran Cuntwued On Page 4 Cancer Flower Lovers Due For Treat In Coming Days Orton Plantation Gardens Will Be Center Of Inter est For Thousands Of Persons During Next Two Weeks A magnificent display of aza leas throughout Brunswick coun ty is expected Easter weekend. “Already,, the flowers are be ginning ■Wi'WBom and by next weekend they should reach a peak,” said Alex Bogie, manager of Orton Plantation. Bogie, a veteran of more than 25 years of flower growing, an ticipates one of the best displays of Azaleas ever. “The conditions are just right for an excellent show of azaleas,” he said. At Orton, site of one of the most colorful flowers displays in the nation, the boloming of the azaleas will climax an exciting show of spring flowers. “Once the azaleas reach full bloom, we will have a peak dis play for three weeks or more,” Bogie said. He pointed out that in the past, some of the azaleas have bloomed befoi’e others. “But this year it looks as if the azaleas are all going to pop out about the same time,” he said. “For this reason I expect one of the finest dis plays in 25 years.” During the past week the pan sies and daffodils have been a riot of color. The white flowering peach is in full bloom, and the pink peach is beginning to bios given to the club by Barbee's Inc. In addition to this outright gift of land, these developers have given to the “Oak Island Club” an option to purchase 50 of the lots surrounding the golf course for $150,000. When these lots are sold by the club the proceeds are to be used for the construction of the club house and the first nine holes of the course. Herring explained that the charter of "Oak Island Club” limits the number of full members to 100, and for the time being, Contibued On Page 5 Gause Is Elected Jaycee President Organization At Shallotte Holds Annual Election Of Officers Wednesday Eve ning David Gause, a charter member of the Shallotte Junior Chamber of Commerce, was elected presi dent of that organization at a meeting last Wednesday evening. He succeeded J. T. Clemmons, who becomes State Director. Billy Gurganus was elected vice president; San Inman was elected secretary; and L. B. Cheers was elected treasurer. The two direc tors are Harry White and R. C. Arnold. Among other business discussed was that of chartering a Junior Chamber of Commerce chapter in Southport, with arrangements be ing made to hold a meeting on Friday night, at which time A1 Sharpe of Lumberton, state presi , deut, would b6 present. Historic Homes And Gardens To Be On Schedule Woodbine Garden Club Of Southport Is Sponsoring This Tour For First Time On Sunday, April 9 Visitors to Southport who are inclined to think of it only in terms of fishing, boating and beaches, are in for some surprises if they take the Home & Garden Tour to be held on Sunday, April 9, from 12:30 to 5:30 p. m. Among the surprises in store are chur ch altar linens older than the United States of America; fans that once belonged to Marie Antoinette and Empress Eugenie; an authentic Colonial fireplace with baking oven; an Indian Trail tree marking the Indian's route to the coast for their annual salt gathering; and a completely mod ern contemporary waterfront home. The tour, being sponsored by the Woodbine Garden Club, is a concerted effort of townspeople to encourage visitors to stop, look and learn about historic old South port rather than rushing franti cally through it to the nearest fishing grounds or beach. South port (then Smithville) was incor porated in 1792 and was an esta blished community long before that date. It has been under five flags, and while out-of-towners are prone to call it “quaint” Southporters, themselves, know that the town is just “settled”— it has been here for a long time and will be for a long time to come! In addition to the Home and Garden Tour itself, there will be an outdoor Art Show by the Southport Artists Association and a plant sale. Tickets may be pur chased for the entire tour, or for individual homes or gardens. Included in the tour are: Home of Colonel and Mrs. Earl I. Brown; Indian Trail tree in garden of Mrs. Edward H. Cramner; .“Garrison House”, residence of n * Continued /age 4 — Easter Services Being Planned Variety Of Events Will Hold Interest Of Resi dents During The Coming Weekend There are varied programs in prospect for Southport and vicin ity during the coming Easter weekend, starting tomorrow (Thursday) evening with Com munion Services at Trinity Meth odist Church and at St. Phillips Episcopal Church. Ministers of several protestant churches will participate in the Dependant Children. Aged and lips, beginning at noon and con tinuing until 3 o’clock. A sunrise service is being planned on Sunday morning at 5:45 o'clock, with special music by the band from Brunswick County Training School. This probably will be preceeded by the pre-dawn singing by a choir com prised of colored residents of the community, one of the traditional observances of Easter observance in Southport. There will be special Easter music at the various churches during the morning services, and in the evening there will be a cantata presented by the choir of the Southport Baptist Church. This will be at 7:30 o'clock. Tide Table Following to the tide table tor 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 Law Tide Thursday, March 30, 6:28 A. M. 0:39 A. M. 6:58 P. M. 1:01 P. M. Friday, March 31, 7:06 A. M. 1:21 A. M. 7:35 P. M. 1:39 P. M. Saturday, April 1, 7:46 A. M. 2:03 A. M. 8:12 P. M. 2:16 P. M. Sunday, April 2, 8:23 A. M. 2:43 A. M. 8:49 P. M. 2:54 P. M. Monday, April 3, 9:01 A. M. 3:25 A. M. 9:29 P. M. 3:32 P. M. Tuesday, April 4, 9:55 A. M. ‘ 4:09 A. M. 10:14 P. M. 4:01 P. M. Wednesday, April 5, 10:28 A. M. " 4:55 A. M. 11:04 P. M. 4:59 P. M.
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