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Most of the News All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT MMIHHi Volume No. 21 A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County No. 40 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1961 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Artists Conception WhVSUers Stench LANDMARK—This week the city forces operated on the planting around the whittler’s bench on the South port, water front, but the long range objective is to pre serve this interesting tie with the past as a permanent local landmark. The above pen drawing was done by Mrs. Joseph Rideout and shows the bench as it will be when improvements are completed. Whittlers Get New Lease On Life In Project Historic Sites Committee And City Foresees Com bine/To Insure Future Of This Landmark Southport's famed Whittier’s bench is undergoing a renovation this week as the result of ef forts of the Historic Sites Com mittee of the Southport Woman's Club. Headed by Mrs. Johnnie Duffie and with the cooperation of City Manager C. D. Picker rel, the committee has been able to carry out plans which will re sult in the Whittier’s bench con tinuing as a major point of in terest of the town. Stumps of the two old poplars, “William Jennings Bryan” and “William McKinley” have been removed and will be replaced by Continued Cn Page 4 Brbf Bit* Of lnewsj REVIVAL SERVICES Revival services are now in progress at Bolivia Baptist Church. The Rev. N. B. Edge is the visiting minister. Services will continue through Sunday, April 9, and will be held at 7:30 each evening. BOLIVIA FIREMEN A meeting of the Bolivia Volun teer Fire Department will be held Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock in the high school auditorium. First steps in perfecting this organiza, tion already have been taken, and it is urged that all persons who are interested in the project at tend the next meeting. ART ENTRIES Local artists are reminded to enter their work in the outdoor exhibit sponsored by the South port Artists Association on Sun day between 12:30 and 5:30 p. m. Entries must be delivered to Franklin Square by noon. Paint ings, drawings and water colors must be mounted, matted or framed. Long Reappointed As Superintendent Announcement Of Local* School Committees Made Following Monday Night Meeting John G. Long was reappointed Superintendent of Brunswick County Schools Monday night by unanimous action of the board of education. The motion was made by Arth ur J. Dosher and was seconded by L. C. Rourk. Other members present were C. Y. Coleman, Roy Sellers and Howard Williamson. Coleman was elected by unani mous vote to continue in his posi tion as chairman of the board. Local school committee mem bers were named for all Bruns wick county schools with the ex ception of Leland. Williamson ask ed for additional time to secure his committee there. The following appointments were made: Southport: James Wolfe, Mrs. Continued On Page 5 Higher Interest On Saving Bonds Latest Extension Offered On Old Series E Savings Bonds Is 3-3/4 Percent Interest Rate “The latest extension offered on the oldest Series E Savings Bonds at, a full 3-Oi per cent annual interest rate is a boon to the thousands of people in this state who will hold bonds bought between May 1941 and may 1949,” Prince O’Brien. Brunswick County Volunteer Savings Bond Chair man, said this week. He referred to the recent an nouncement by the Treasury deal ing with E bonds that begin to reach the end of their extended maturity in May of this year. This second 10-year extension was promised back in 1959, but the terms and interest rate were not announced at that time. Under the new ruling, these bonds will return 3-;!i per cent each year, compounded semi-annually, based Continued Oa p«£e S No Decision On Battleship There have been no new developments in the selection of a site as the permanent berth for the Battleship North Carolina, but it is possible that a decision may be reach ed this week. Legislation providing for the appointment by Governor Terry Sanford of a Battle ship Commission is in the Legislature, and there ap pears to be no opposition. Within 10 days after the pas sage of the bill, the governor is to name a 15-man commis sion, and the idea presists that Sanford will appoint members of the advisory com mittee to this permanent board. They will then meet and make a decision regarding the permanent berth for the bat tleship. Four Brunswick Students Teach Four East Carolina College Students Now Engaged In Practice Teaching Duties East Carolina College's student teaching program, listed with quarter includes 218 seniors who are conducting classes in more than thirty-two public schools in Eastern North Carolina. Sixty seven are doing work in the pri mary and grammar grades, H3 in high schools, and eight are teach ing either art or music at all grade levels. Brunswick County students who are participating in the student teaching program, listaed with their assignments are: Mary Z. Bennett, Shallottc, Wahl-Coates Laboratory School on the campus of East Carolina College, 2nd grade; William A. Kopp, Jr., Bo Coutmued On Page 4 Cancer Society Members Hear Mrs.Tyson Talk Bill Smith, County Crusade Chairman, Outlines Plans For Fund Campaign The Brunswick County Unit of the American Cahcer Society met at the County Agriculture Build ing in Supply Wednesday night with representatives of practical ly all areas of the county present. Mrs. Foster Mintz, vice-president, presided. Discussion of service activities resulted in the definition of amount and types of service available to Brunswick County residents. Mrs. C. D. Pickerrel' of Southport is the newly-appoint ed service chairman. Members of a cancer patient’s family, physi cians and nurses may contact her to determine what aid can be given in each case. Services will be available in terms of funds for drugs or medical services, or of transportation to physicians or hospitals for treatment. Mrs. Bert Tyson, District Field Representative, was introduced by Bill Smith, County Crusade Chairman. She gave an inspiring and helpful presentation concern ing crusade organization and operation. Smith announced plans for the Brunswick County Crusade to be conducted this month. Area repre sentatives were asked to solicit business firms prior to the mid dle of the month. On April 15 the house-to-house canvassing of individual givers will begin. The goal for this year slightly ex ceeds that of last year, but there is no question that the citizens of Brunswick County will meet it, Smith said. Boosters Will Sponsor Banquet Southport High School Ath letes WiH Be Guests Of Honor At Event In May A meeting of the Southport Booster’s Club was held Thurs day in City Hall. It was report ed that $1,904.47 waa still due on the lights for the athletic field, and the Finance Committee head ed by Mrs. Frances Burdette, re ported that plans were being formulated to inaugurate a “Dol lar-a-Month” Club. James F. Howard was appoint ed chairman of the trustees of Taylor Athletic Field to formu late policies concerning use of the field by the various baseball organizations. May 6 was set for the annual athletic banquet for Southport High School at the Lions Club Building. The following chairmen were named: Mrs. E C. Blake, banquet; James M. Harper, Jr., program; T. Lee and Thomas Bowmer. student participation; James Wolfe, letters to be award ed. Otis Gamer was appointed chairman of the baseball diamond improvement and grandstand committee, and was also appoint ed to look into the feasability of a Father and Son baseball game to benefit the light fund. Continued On Page 4 Welcome Abroad VISITOR—Former Vice-President Richard M. Nixon is shown at the left as he arrived at the airport at Accra, Ghana. On hand to greet him was Dr. David Stratmon, Southport native, who was serving at that time as Cultural Affairs Officer at the American Embassy. At the right of the above picture is the wife of the Southport man. New Minister Assumes Duties At Local Church The Rev. Drayton Cooper Will Serve As Pastor Of Southport Presbyterian Church And At New Hope The Rev.’ Drayton Cooper, who recently completed his theological studies at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia, has begun his service as pastor of the Southport Presbyterian Church of Southport, and the New Hope Presbyterian Church, Winnabow. Cooper, a native of Sumter, South Carolina, is a graduate of Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina., and prior to his entering the ministry was asso ciated with several radio and tele vision stations in South Carolina and Georgia. He was associate news editor at WSPA Radio and Television in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and worked in the news department of WSB Radio, Atlan ta, Georgia. While in the seminary in De catur, he served a clinical intern ship as pastor of the Edisto Is land Presbyterian Church, Edisto Island, South Carolina, and was also student supply pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Williston, South Carolina. During his first year at Decatur, he served as as sistant to the pastor of the North Decatur Presbyterian Church, one of the outstanding suburban churches in the Presbyterian Church's General Assembly. Cooper is married to the for mer Hazel-Thomas King of Lake City, South Carolina. She is a graduate of Agnes Scott College, Continued On Page 4 TIME and TIDE ,m awaa^ini - ^iln Back in 1936, before Orton Gardens were formally opened to public admission, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lawrence Sprunt, the owners, set aside a Saturday afternoon on which admission would be charged, with all proceeds to go for the benefit of the hospital at Southport. That was reported in our edition for April 8, 1936. A local seafood dealer had gone to Wilmington, purchased four boxes of fish and had sold them out almost immediately to a fish-starved Southport population. Bolivia girls had defeated Waccamaw in a play-off for the county basketball championship; and citizens of Southport were being urged by Mayor John D. : Ediksen to make the most of a clean-up campaign which was in | progress. There was a pretty picture of Orton Plantation on the front page of our publication for April 9, 1941. Miss Annie May Wood side had been re-elected County Superintendent of Schools and a list of local school board appointments had been announced. Judge John J. Burney was presiding over a term of Superior court for trial of criminal cases, and in the absence of Solicitor Dave Sinclair, local attorneys were taking turn-about in serving as prosecutor. On the society page there was a write-up of the third birthday party for little Miss Betty McGlamery in South port. April 3, 1946, and there was a half-page advertisement announ cing the opening of Mac’s Home Supply at Leland, with Mac F. Jones and his father, Dawson L. Jones, the proprietors. There was a business announcement from Shallotte, too, where a new ice plant had been opened for Operation. Continued On Page 4 Southport Man In Overseas Position 5 Candidate MAYOR ROY ROBINSON, who is the first to announce his can didacy for re-election in the Southport City election on May 2. He is now completing his second term as mayor. Azaleas To Be At Best Sunday Coming Weekend Promises To See Flowers Of Bruns wick At Peak Of Their Beauty Brunswick county’s famed azaleas are in full bloom. "This- is one of the most beau tiful displays of azaleas we've ever had,” said Alex Bogie, manager of Orton Plantation. A gradual warming trend this spring produced an even maturing of the azaleas. “We have a small azalea (Kurume) which usually blooms before the tall variety (in dica),” Bogie explained. “But both varieties are in full bloom to gether this year. He expects the beautiful show of azaleas to continue for several weeks. “The azaleas have just reached a peak,” he said. "And they will remain in full color well into April.” A host of other flowers have joined the azaleas in bloom, turn ing Southeastern North Carolina into a virtual "fairy land” of blazing color. h lower lovers in the area are pleasantly surprised with the blooming of the pansies. They have been in bloom for nearly two weeks, and it looks as if they will continue to hold their color tor at least two more weeks. Thousands of visitors from many parts of the nation have come to see the beautiful displav of flowers. “For the next several weeks the azaleas will be in full bloom,” Bogie concluded. The five-mile drive along the shores of Greenfield Lake in Wil mington, offers an endless array 3f color from the beautiful flow ers. !Dr. David Stratmon Going To Khartoom, Sudan, As Cultural Affairs Officer At U. S. Embassy David L. Stratmon, a native of Southport who has been assigned by the U. S. Information Agency to a post in Khartoum, Sudan, visited his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Martha Gordon, here last week. Dr. Stratmon, who has just re turned from an intensive two year course in Aiabic at the USIA Area Language School at Beirut, Lebanon, will serve for the next two years as Cultural Affairs Officer at Khartoum, Su dan. Accompanying him are his wife, Freddie M., a native of Gary, In diana, and their three children, Laurice, 18, David, Jr., 5 and James, two. Mrs., Stratmon at tended Roosevelt High School in Gary and his daughter is now attending Frebel High School there. Dr. Stratmon received his B. A. degree from Howard University in Washington, D. C. in 1947 and from 1948 to 1950 served as agent-cashier and administrative assistant with the U. S. Public Health Service at Monrovia, Li beria. He received his M. A. de gree in Public Administration from the University of Michigan in 1952 and his Ph.D. in Political Science in 1955. His first post abroad with USIA was in Ghana where he served as Cultural Affairs Officer from 1956 to 1958. During the war he served in the European Theater with the First Army from 1943 to 1945. Big Still Blown At Thomasboro One Of Largest Outfits Dis covered In Recent Years Destroyed Friday What has been called the lar gest bootleg whiskey operation ever destroyed in Brunswick County and one of the largest ever dynamited in Southeastern North Carolina, was torn up by agents of the Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division near Thom asboro, Friday. Four men were charged with violation of the Internal Revenue laws pertaining to the manufac ture of non-tax-paid whiskey. Arraigned before U. S. Commis sioner Robert E. Lewis in Wil mington, Friday evening, were Robert Joe Staley, 29 of Elkin; j Robert Leslie Mineey, 45 of' Longs, S. C.; Jennings Dozier) Edge, 26 of Ocean Drive Beach, I S. C., Route 1; and Earlie C. I Weavil, 60 of Fair Bluff. Weavil, Staley, and Mineey j Waived preliminary hearing and) were bound over to the June term of L. S. District Court in) Wilmington. Edge demanded a; preliminary hearing and it was set for Friday, April 7, in Lewis office, at 3 p. m- All four have j Continued on Fa^e 4 1 Dr. Lawrence Lee To Speak Sunday At Saint Phillips Man Who Started Project For Excavation Of Ruins At Brunswick Town Will Speak At Special Service Dr. E. Lawrence Lee Jr., as sociate professor of history at The Citadel in Charleston, will be the principal speaker at commemor ation services climaxing the Azalea Festival April 9. Services will be held on the ruins of St. Philip’s church near Orton plan tation and Old Brunswick at 3 p. m. The commemoration services will begin with a Celebration of Holy Communion (Episcopal) at 11 a. m. presided over by the. Rev. Thomas Clarkson, rector of St. Philip's church at Southport. Rev. Clarkson is a descendant of Col. Maurice Moore, who laid out the town of Brunswick in 1725. Services honoring the early set tlement of Old Brunswick will begin at 3 p. m. with selections provided by the 2nd Marine Divi sion Band and Chorus from Camp Lejeune. Following a short invocation at 3:30 p. m. will be a Presenta tion of Colors. After an opening prayer, the Marine Band Chorus will sing “In Solemn Silence,” with the congregation joining in the chorus of “God Bless Our Na tive Land.” A scripture reading and the Lord's Prayer will be led by Rev. Alexander Miller. Stanley South, archaeologist at nearby Old Brunswick, will introduce Lee as the principal speaker. Following Dr. Lee’s historical address, the Marine Band will play "The Battle Hymn of the Re public” and will include the con gregation in a rendition of “Faith of Our Fathers.” A benediction (Greek Orthodox) will mark the close of services, with the Marine Band playing “Onward Christian Soldiers". Continued On Page 4 Navy Ships Will Pass Thursday Two Destroyers, One Sub marine And Other Sur face Units Will Attend Azalea Festivities Two Navy destroyers, a sub marine and four mine sweeping boats will pass through Southport tomorrow (Thursday) on their way up the Cape Fear for a visit in Wilmington during the North Carolina Azalea Festival the week end. The submarine USS Chivo and destroyers USS Lowry and USS Kraus will be open for inspection Friday, Saturday and Sunday af ternoons from 1 until 4 o’clock. The smaller mine sweeping craft will be used to take Festi val visitors on short cruises on the Cape Fear River. Navy offi cials said there would be no charge for the trips but that groups would be limited to 10 per sons on each trip per boat and that the minimum age limit would be 13. Visitors will be able to inspect the submarine at the Custom house dock and the destroyers and the mine sweeping boats will be at the Sprunt Docks. The USS Lowry (DD 770) was commissioned in 1944 and was named after Comodore Reigert Continued On Page 5 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 Low TMs Thursday, April 5, 11:22 A. M. 5:46 A. M. 5:53 P. M. Friday, April 7, 0:03 A. M. 6:45 A. M. 12:25 P. M. 6:55 P. M. Saturday, April 8, 1:06 A. M. 7:50 A. M. 1:33 P. M. 8:01 p. M. Sunday, April 0, 2:15 A. M. 8:56 A. M. 2:44 P. M. 9:15 P. M. Monday, April 10, 3:22 A. M. 9:58 A. M. 3:51 P. M. 10:20 P. M. Tuesday, April 11, 4:25 A. M. 10:57 A. M. 4:52 P. M. 11:22 P. M. Wednesday, April 1:;, 5:24 A. M. 11:51 A. M. 5:19 P. M.
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