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Most of the News All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT A G»ood Newspaper In A Good Community Volume No. 21 The Pilot Covers Brunswick County pr. ' No. 42 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1961 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Class At Sunny Point PRACTICE—Photo shows Mrs. George Parker of Southport simulating the ad ministering of First Aid to Lewis Harvell, an employee of Sunny Point Army Ter minal. A Course In Red Cross First Aid is in progress there this week, with Her bert Nicholas as instructor. Brunswick Bills In Legislative Mills This Week Two ABC Store Bills Go To Senate After Passing The House; Airport Authority Bill Introduced Among the bills introduced in the State Legislature last week were two of local nature by Rep resentative S. Bunn Frink. The first of these has to do with the authorization of an Airport Com mission, the provisions of which are as follow: HB 437—Introduced by Frink, Apr. 11 "Authorizing the City of Southport, the Town of Boiling Springs Lake (sic), the Town of Long Beach, and Brunswick Coun ty to establish an airport com mission, which commission shall be vested with the power of eminent domain and the power to issue bonds or other securities or obligations for the purpose of providing funds for the acquisition of lands, construction and opera tion of said airport facility to gether with all powers as set out in Chapter 63 of the General Statutes of North Carolina.” Creates Airport Commission of Southport, Boiling Spring Lakes, Long Beach, and Brunswick Coun ty composed of 7 business man members to be appointed (no qualifications as to residence) as provided in GS Ch. 63 (GS 63-56(d) as modified by GS 63-57 (b) authorizes members ap pointed by governing bodies of each county and municipality in volved, the number to be appoint ed by each to be provided for by the agreement for the joint ven ture). Members receive no com pensation but will be reimbursed actual expenses incurred in trans acting commission business. If any of named local governments do not enter into airport commission agreement, remaining ones may form commission and change name to conform to membership. Confers on commission, in addi tion to powers in GS Ch. 63, Continued On Page 5 Briof Bit* Of lnewsj SMORGASBORD SUPPER There will be a smorgasbord supper at the Ocean View Metho dist Church on Friday at 5:30 o’clock. BOOSTERS CLUB MEETING The Southport Boosters Club j will meet Thursday night, April 1 27, at 7:30 o'clock at the City Hall. Since several important de cisions will have to be reached, everyone is urged to attend. The meeting was originally scheduled for Thursday night of this week but has been postponed because of conflicting programs. ON HOSPITAL BOARD Ray Walton, Southport attor ney, has been appointed by mem bers of the board of county com missioners as a member of thej board of trustees for Dosher j Memorial Hospital. He replaces1 Representative S. Bunn Frink, I who was ineligible to continue as j a member of the board by virtue of his position as State Repre- j sentative. More Candidates In Southport Election Opposition Developes For' Mayor Roy Robinson As Eddie Hahn Announces; More Men Out For Aider men Candidates for the office of Mayor of the City of Southport and members of the Board of Aldermen have until noon on Sat urday to file for the municipal election which will be held here on May 2. Already in the race is incum bent Roy Robinson, and yesterday he received his first opposition when Eddie Hahn, local building contractor, filed for the office of mayor. There are several candidates for aldermen from the first ward, where C. L. Rourk is the only hold-over member and where two are to be elected. Among them are Fred W. Spencer, Ronnie Hood, Boyd Moore and Harry Sell. In the second ward Johnnie Vereen, member of the present board of aldermen, is a candidate, along with J. A. Gilbert, also a member of the present board. Strangely enough, through the new districting plan, only one man is to be elected from this ward this year. D. C. Herring and Haiold Aldridge are hold-over members. Monthly Meeting Of Leland P.T.A. Discussion Concerning A Fence And Additional Equipment For Play ground Area Attracts At tention The Leland P. T. A. held its monthly meeting April 10 with Shelton Rooks presiding in the absence of President James Thompson. Kenneth Roberts led the devo tional period with a passage from I Corinthians and closed with prayer. Mrs. Abba Crumpler, treasurer, gave her report, which showed a balance of $693.13. The room count was taken and winners were Mrs. Abba Crum pler, primary grades: Mrs. Mary Austin, grammar grades: Ken neth Roberts, junior high: Miss Harris, high school. New business brought out the fact that the playground needs to be fenced in and also needs a slide board. After due considera tion it was decided that the play ground committee should investi gate the cost and report at the May meeting. Mr. Mitchell then made a motion that the P. T. A. j purchase a slide board. Motion was seconded by Louis Howlett and was carried. Mr. Rooks appointed a nominat ing committee to select a slate of P. T. A. officers for the coming school year. They are Johnson Clardy, Mrs. Ernestine Long and Mrs. Clara Gainey. Principal Homer Thomas gave a report of what had been accom plished during this school year and made several important an nouncements of coming school ac tivities. Mr. Rooks invited everyone to the cafeteria for refreshments fol-1 lowing the meeting. Artists Display Work In Library Nine local artists have ex amples of their work on dis play in the Southport Public Library through April 28, and everyone is cordially in vited to see them. The exhibit includes works in oil, water color and pencil. Artists who have loaned pic tures for this display are: Lucille Newton, Art Newton, Watei-s Thompson, Joseph Ryne, Maria Ryne, Gilliam Hornstein, Virginia Rideout, Bette Leggett and Alberta Willing. Although the display was planned in connection with observance of National Li brary Week, April 17-22, the artists have agreed to leave them for an additional week so that everyone interested will have the opportunity to see them. Training School Host At Meeting New Farmers Of America Chapter Members From Thirteen Other Hi Schools Attend The Brunswick County Train ing School Chapter of New Farm ers of America was host to thir teen other high school N. F. A. Chapters from Columbus, Bladen, New Hanover and Brunswick Wednesday as the schools com prising the R. R. Taylor Federa tion met to conduct their an nual N. F. A. competative leader ship activities. The contest consisted of public speaking on an agricultural sub ject, talent, quiz contest on N. F. A. history and parliamentary procedure, and livestock judging. Each N. F. A. Chapter entered a contestant in each activity, and was awarded a certain number of points for its entry. The winning chapter of each contest was as follows: The first place winner in the livestock judging contest which included beef cattle, dairy cows, breeding gilts and laying hens was shared by the Spaulding-Monroe High School and the Brunswick County Training School chapters. These schools tied for first place with a total of 1170 points each. The winning quartet was from the Central High School of White ville. The quiz contest was won by the Union High School Chap ter. The winner of the public speaking contest was from the Brunswick County Training School, and the winner of the supervised farming contest was a member of the Westside High School Chapter of Chadbourn. The winner in each contest will j represent the Federation in the district contest that will be hold during the week of the State N. F. A. Convention, at the A. and T. College, from June 5 through June 9. The visiting chapter members | and their advisors were served a very wholesome lunch in the B. C. T. School cafeteria. The local Continued On Page 5 Charter Night Is Held For Jaycee Members Here Former President Of U. S. Junior Chamber of Com merce Bob Cox Is Prin cipal Speaker Thursday Night The Southport Junior Chamber of Commerce held its Charter Night Banquet Thursday to bring to a climax two months of thorough planning by a group of young Southport men to form a local chapter of this organization. The principal speaker for the occasion was Bob Cox, former president of the 'Ll. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, who prov ed to be a forceful and dynamic personality as he charged the new Jaycee members to be: 1. Positive In Your Approach; 2. Be En thusiastic. He spoke of tne accomplish ments of Jaycees and had par ticular praise for the Shallotte Jaycees, who not only conducted their successful Brunswick County Pageant this year but who were the sponsors of the Southport or ganization. Officers of the Southport Jay cees are: Kirby Sullivan, presi dent; H. A. Schmidt, vice-presi dent; Ft. N.. Hood, secretary; J. W. Dosher, treasury; James N. Russ, state director; Eddie Hahn, and Harold Aldridge, Board of Direc tors. The goal of Southport Junior Chamber of Commerce is to pro mote the development of South port's potential and to make Southport a better place in which to live. Members believe that Southport has a bright future, and they wish to help achieve this future. The Junior Chamber of Com merce is a civic service organiza tion whose membership is open to young men between the age of Continued On Page 4 Ocean Isle To Hold Election Balloting Will Be Conduc ted By Mail To Fill Offi ces Of Town Commiss ioner Eight candidates have filed for seats on the six-man board of commissioners of the Town of Ocean Isle Beach, reports Mrs. Willa Rae Sloane, town clerk. Ballots will be mailed to the ap proximately 350 qualified voters by Saturday, April 15, and must be returned to the town clerk by May 2. In the race five of the present commissioners: Odell Williamson of Shallotte, George Sloane of Ocean Isle, Homer Johnston of Charlotte, Watt Suntley of Ra leigh, and N. E. Meggs of Clark ton. Commissioner W. T. Wimbish of Greensboro did not offer for re-election. Other candidates are John Ed wards, civil engineer of Raleigh; R. F. Rogers, plumbing contractor of Shallotte; and W. T. Russ, automobile dealer of Shallotte! With the exception of Rogers and Continued On Page 5 Jaycees Officials OFFICERS—J. T. Clemmons, president of the sponsoring Shallotte Jaycees, is shown standing next to Adrian Verzaal, state vice-president, at the Charter Night pro gram held here Thursday. Kirby Sullivan, president of the new organization, is standing next to Bob Cox, former president of the U. S. Junior Chamber of Com merce and speaker at the Thursday night meeting.— (Photo by Len House.) First Aid Class Being Conducted At Sunny Point Members Of Sunny Point Woman’s Club Among Those Who Are Enrolled In Class Sctnny Point Army Terminal is this week conducting a First Aid Course with personnel from the terminal and the surrounding com munities in attendance. The objective of this course is to impart to these personnel new and useful information which will improve their knowledge of health matters and safe practices which in turn will contribute toward bet ter citizenship in all its respon sibilities. Subject being taught include the following: “The How and Why of First Aid”, “Wounds”, “Infec tions”, “Bandaging”, "Traumatic Shock”, “Asphyxia”, “Causes of Asphyxial Accidents”, "Prevention of Asphyxial Accidents”, “Oral Poisoning”, “Skeletal Fractures”, “Head Injuries”, “Sprains”, “Dis locations”, “Strains”, “Thermal Burns”, “Sunburn”, “Chemical Burns”, “Heat Exhaustion”, “Heat Stroke and Heat Cramps”, “Pro longed Exposure to Cold”, "Com mon Emergencies”, “Principles of Transportation of the Injured”, “Techniques for Moving the In jured”. The course being conducted is the Standard American Red Cross First Aid Course, the instructor being Herbert A. Nichols, a quali Continued On Page 5 TIME and TIDE g . ' s mm . Three members of the Cape Fear Pilots Association had had a thrilling experience on the Thursday before our issue for April 22, 1936. The water pump on the little pilot boat, the R. R. Stone, had become disabled and the craft had filled with water. The men of the Oak Island Coast Guard station saw the dis tressed craft and rescued all hands aboard. The late Dr. Roy C. Daniels had been elected president of the Southport Building & Loan Association, succeeding his father, the late J. N. Daniels, in that office. Dr. Ralph McDonald, candidate for governor, was coming to Southport for a Saturday speech; the thermometer had dropped to a cool 39-degree reading during the previous weekend; and Ira Chadwick had been named the most athlete boy at Shallotte high. The paving project on the road to Long Beach was nearing' completion, or at least it said so in the front page ol The Pilot for April 23, 1911. Early truck crops produced in an experimental ■farming operation on Bald Head Island were harvested and on their way to market. The late John Eriksen had been nominated for a fourth term as Mayor of Southport, young Joel Moore had decided to give up alligator hunting for the season after he had almost grabbed a rattlesnake by mistake; and Mrs. George Cannon of Bolivia was leading the Cancer Crusade for Brunswick county. A. letter from the White House revealed that the name of Mrs. Harry S. Truman had not been placed on the registration books at Orton Plantation by the First Lady, but by some prankster. Continued On Page 4 Wilmington Site For Battleship Drainage Meeting Set In Whiteville There will be a hearing in Whiteville at the court house on the Waccamaw River Drainage project on Thurs day, April 27. It will begin at 11 a. m., says A. S. Knowles, Brunswick County Agricultural Agent. Farmers and others having knowledge of the losses that occur on the river watershed should be there to get it in the re port. Factual information to jus tify the diversion canal about the State line is what is need ed. Officials need amount of damage in dollars, how often flooding occurs and any other information by those living and owning property in the watershed. B&PW Members Aid Scholarship Shallctte Club Members Participate In Program To Encourage Higher Education The Shallotte Business and Pro fessional Women’s Club is spon soring various projects to promote career advancement. A scholarship loan fund has been established and will later be available to girls who merit such aid toward their higher education. Another loan fund available is the state-wide Elsie G. Rittiek Loan Fund for which the local club can take ap plications. Information on scholar ships offered at each college in all the fifty states was prepared and made available for high school students at “Career Day”. In addition to scholarship in formation the club’s reference list also gives a variety of general information which may be helpful to students and parents who are considering college training. The study of all these colleges reveals the fact that there are many col leges besides the more popular ones, offering quality training at less expense. The listed sixty-five colleges in North Carolina and over 2200 colleges and univer sities in this country offer un counted opportunities for all types of training. For most careers the colleges in North Carolina offer adequate training; however, a few types of training are offered only in schools outside this state. The Career Advancement Com mittee of the Shallotte BPW club will continue to make available the variety of information on col lege education and vocational training. •Recommendation Made By Advisory Committee Fol lowing Hearing In Chapel Hill Friday Members of the N. C. Battleship Advisory Committee met in Chap el Hill Friday and voted to recom mend that the USS North Caro lina be located at a permanent berth in Wilmington. The next step in connection with the effort to return the famous ship to this state is for Governor Terry Sanford to name a Battleship Commission compris ed of 15 persons. This group will be charged with the responsibility of raising funds with which to finance the project and for work ing out the business and technical details for bringing the ship from Bayonne, N. J. It has been esti mated that $250,000 will be re quired for this purpose, and no tax money may be used to do the job. The Friday hearing in Chapel Hill was the last in a series of meetings that have ben held for the purpose of studying the pro position. Members split into two groups last fall, with one-half go ing to Houston, Texas, to see how the folks down there had made use of the Battleship Texas and the other half going to Bay onne to see the North Carolina. Upon their return they recom mended that the Governor of North Carolina make a request of the Navy Department that the ship not be cut up into scrap and that consideration be given to bringing it to this State for use in the establishment of a per manent historic shrine. In February a hearing was held Continued On Page 5 Shallotte Man Makes Complaint L. C. Rourk Sets Record Straight Regarding His Interest And Action In ABC Profits Discussion L. C. Rourk, members of the Brunswick County Board of Edu cation, stated Monday that he is! unhappy over the false impression that is given in a report of his trip to Raleigh last Tuesday as a member of the delegation of Shal- ! lotte citizens protesting the bill introduced last week by Rpresent-' ative S. Bunn Frink relative to j the distribution of profits from' the Shallotte ABC Board. "The newspaper article said i that 1 was asked three times before I would say how I stood on this matter. I was asked three times, by three different people. The fii'st two times I answered that I was opposed to the bill. The third time I never even both ered to answer because I felt like I had already made my positions Continued On Page 4 Protection Is The Theme Of Cancer Drive This Year Educational Material Is Be ing Handed Out By Per sons Soliciting Funds Dur. ing Crusade The three-word imperative, “Guard Your Family", is again the theme of the American Can cer Society Crusade which open ed its house-to-house solicitation in Brunswick County on April 15. For the third successive- year, the family theme will be used in conjunction with the life-saving phrase, "Fight Cancer with a Checkup and a Check”, it was announced by Bill Smith, crusade chairman. “The combined slogan sums up the cancer problem and what to do about it,” said Smith in dis cussing plans for the Society’s 1961 educational and fund-raising crusade. “Two of three families here and in the country at large will eventually be struck by can cer. Regular health checkups axe their best protection against the disease, and checks are the means to support the scientists who are searching for a cancer cure or pi’eventive.” Pointing out that 85,000 Amer icans die needlessly of cancer each year because they went to their doctors too late, Smith the So ciety gives top priority in its April Crusade to its educational effort to prevent the tragic loss of life. “The free literature dis tributed by volunteers in their house-to-house calls,” he said, “is designed to stimulate regular health checksup among all adults for early detection of cancer, when most cancers are readily curable.” The fact that more than 1,000, 000 Americans now living have been cured of cancer, Smith said, is diamatic proof of the effective ness of the educational program of the American Cancer Society, the national voluntary organiza tion fighting cancel; through, re search, education and service to cancer patients. “We need more funds to save more lives today and to support research which will find the cure we all pray for”, said Smith. “Remember the slogan—‘Guard Your Family. Fight Cancer With A Check’.” _ Long Beach In Election Throes Several Candidates For Three Vacancies Existing On City Board The municipal election for the Town of Long; Beach now is in progress, with balloting by mail. Ballots must be completed and returned to E. Y. Hickman, chair man of the Brunswick County Board of Elections on or before May 2. Candidates for the three vacan cies on the town council are E. M. Underwood, Jr. of Sanford, present mayor; A. Turner Hight of Fayetteville; Wiley W. Snow of Fayetteville; and Johnnie Vereen, E. W. Morgan and Carol Watkins of Southport. Holdover members of the coun cil are A. H. Cromer of Long Beach; W. L. Simmons of Greens boro; and E. F. Milddeton of Charleston, S. C. Continued On Page 5 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 Low Tide Thursday, April ill 11:42 A. M. 5:43 A. M. 12:55 P. M. 5:52 P. M. Friday, April 21 12:31 A. M. 6:32 A. M. 6:43 P. M. Saturday, April 22 0:45 A. M. 7:25 A. M. 1:25 P. M. 7:39 P. M. Sunday, April *3 1:36 A. M. 8:19 a. M. 2:21 P. M. 8:37 P. M. Monday, April 24 2:29 A. M. 9:15 a. M. 3:17 P. M. 9:35 p. m. Tuesday, April 25 3:23 A. M. 10:07 A. M. 4:08 P. M. 10:29 P. M. Wednesday, April 26 4:14 A. M. 10:56 A. M. 4:56 P. M. 11:20 P. M.
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