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THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Volume No. 21
No. 50
10-Pages Today
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY JUNE 14, 1961
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Complete First Ramp
CONCRETE—Workmen are shown here putting finishing touches on a con
crete ramp which was completed this week at the Marina at Tranquil Harbour, on
the Intracoastal Waterway. This is the first of three ramps which will be installed
for the convenience of beach visitors this summer. Another will be constructed
at the old Davis Creek landing and the third at the inlet, where so many boats
were launched last year.
Columbus Man
New Principal
For Southport
William N. Williams, Jr.
Has Been Elected Princi
pal Of Southport High
School For Next Year
William N. Williams, Jr., of
Columbus county has been elect
ed principal at Southport High
School for the next year, accord
ing to announcement made this
week by Superintendent of
Schools John G. I.ong.
Williams comes here from the
Guideway High School, where he
has served as principal for the
past four years. Prior to that he
had taught English and biology
for two years at Nakina High
School. !
The new principal is a grad
uate of Wake Forest College,
where he received his B. A. de- j
gree in 1954 with a major in
English and a minor in biology.
Ho earned his master’s degree
from the University of North
Carolina in 1959 with a major j
in Secondary Education and
Public School Administration,
with a minor in English.
The new principal is 28 years
of age and is the son of the late j
Hr. and Mrs. W. N. Williams of
Tabor City. He is married to the j
former Miss Monnie Long of !
Clarendon, and they have two
children, Melissa, age 4, and
Amelia, age 2.
Williams plans to move his
family to Southport within the
next few days.
Brief Bit* Of
lnewsj
POLICE CAIi
The Shallotte police department
has recently acquired a patrol car.
According to Mayor Roney
Cheers, a two-way radio will be
installed in the vehicle in the
near future. The car is plainly
marked with the police insignia.
BKNEFIT BARBECUE
American Legion Post No.~4~5
of Winnabow will sponsor a bene
fit barbecue supper Friday eve
ning, beginning at 6:30 o’clock.
Ii w ill be held at the legion build
ing site, one mile east of Mill
Creek Baptist Church.
ladies night
A Lions Club Zone Meeting and
Ladies Night program will be held
at the Lions Club Building in
Southport tomorrow (Thursday)
evening. Charles McCullers, for
mer secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce at Kinston, will be the
principal speaker.
M. \. F. SUB-DISTRICT
The M. Y. F. sub-district meet
ing will be held at Shallotte Skat
ing Rink Monday evening, start
ing at 7 o'clock. All local presi
dents and sub-district council
members are urged to attend a
council meeting at Camp Metho
dist Church from 7 to 8 o’clock.
Airport Authority
Being Organized
Plans Call For Long Beach,?
Southport, Boiling Spring
Lakes And Brunswick
County To Have Mem
bers
A meeting held Friday morning
at the City Hall in Southport to
discuss the formation of an air
port authority almost became
sidetracked in a discussion over
the proper location of the facility,
if and when it is established.
The' meeting was called for the
purpose of following up on en
abling legislation passed during
the current session of the General
Assembly. The bill set up pro
visions for an airport authority
with representatives from South
port, Long Beach, Boiling Springs
Lakes and Brunswick County. One
representative would be named
from each of these groups, with
these four to choose three others
to serve with them as a 7-man
authority.
Long Beach has designated A.
J. White, president of National
Development Corporation, to serve
as its representative. Harold
Greene has been named to repre
sent Boiling Spring Lakes, and
representatives from Southport
and Brunswick County still are
uncertain.
In some informal discussion
concerning the project, a site near
the Intracoastal Waterway had
been favored by some of those
interested in the project and pre
liminary steps had been taken to
bring about its purchase. At the
Friday meeting Greene said that
the developers of the Boiling
Spring Lakes property would do
nate the land necessary for an
airport.
A third suggestion was made
Continued On Page 6
Veteran Writer
Is On Pilot Staff
Eugene Fowler Will Be As
sociated With Southport
Newspaper And Will
Cover Several Areas
A new member has been add
ed to the staff of The State Port
Pilot and began work this week.
The newcomer is Eugene Fallon,
a native of New Orleans, La.,
and a veteran newsman who
comes to The Pilot from Flor
ence, South Carolina, where he
; served the Florence Morning
; News as Sunday editor for sev
I cral years.
Fallon is no stranger to East
I ern North Carolina, having served
as news editor, The Sampson In
dependent, Clinton, in the past.
He also worked for the Jackson
ville (N. C.) Daily News.
The newcomer will perform
general assignment work for The
Pilot, with special emphasis on
news and features pertaining to
the emergence of Brunswick as
a summer playground and ideal
year-round place of residence and
Continued On Page 5
Food Handlers
Holding School
E. R. Jones, sanitarian with
the Brunswick County
Health Department, reported
this morning that he was
greatly pleased with the first
day of the food handlers
school which is in progress
this week at the Agriculture
Building at Supply.
•‘We had 80 persons for the
morning session Tuesday,” he
reported, “and there were at
least one-half of them that
stayed for the afternoon ses
sions. The reaction was very
encouraging, and we hope and
expect good attendance for
the remainder of the ses
sions.”
The school, which is for
hotel and restaurant opera
tors, cafeteria workers and
any others who are engaged
in food handling occupations,
is sponsored by the Brunswick
County Health Department. It
will be concluded Friday.
Shallotte May
Get CD Hospital
Mayor Roney Cheers Re
ports Recent Conference
With Civilian Defense Of
ficials On This Subject
Chances that Shallotte will be
selected as the site for a 200-bed
hospital storage-unit for civil de
fense use are excellent, according
to Roney Cheers, mayor.
Cheers told the State Port Pilot
on Monday, that he had talked
to the director of the regional of
fice for civil defense for the
Southeast, who had left his head
quarters at Thomasville. Ga., to
come to Brunswick County to
view possible sites for the instal
lation, and that the official "seem
ed sold” on Shallotte.
Situated as it is along the coas
tal plain, halfway between Wil
mington and Myrtle Beach, Shal
lotte is ideally located to absorb
an influx of people from both
Carolinas, in case of disaster of
large magnitude. Primarily aim
ed as a refuge for stricken citi
zens in case of enemy attack, the
hospital storage-unit would also
serve the area in case of natural
disaster- such as flood, hurricane,
tornado, earthquake, etc.
Mayor Cheers pointed out that
Shallotte is not yet a definite
choice, hut added in optimistic
fashion that "a break is expected
in the devlopment by the end of
this month."
If and when the Brunswick
town is picked, there will be no
large hospital erected. Medical
supplies in bulk will be stored,
ready for emergency use, and 200
beds will await casualties or tht
Continued On Page 5
Tenth District
Rotation Plan
Is Unchanged
Bill Introduced By Senator
Hector McGeachy De
feated By Narrow Margin
In Senate Last Week
A bill introduced last week by
Senator Hector McGeachy to
change the existing plan of ro
tation between the four coun
ties comprising the 10th Sena
torial District was defeated Wed
nesday by the narrow margin of
one vote. „
Brunswick County, which would
have been adversely affected by
the passage of this legislation,
was represented in Raleigh at a
public hearing, and several spokes
men from this group bitterly op
posed the bill. The principal ef
fect would be- to increase the fre
quency of representation from
Cumberland county in the Senate,
this at the expen'se of Brunswick,
Columbus and Bladen counties.
Had this measure "become law,
there would have been lapses of
as much as eight years between
times when Brunswick sent a
man to the State Senate.
The bill was attacked by
spokesmen for Bladen and Bruns
wick counties at the public hear
ing before the Senate Committee
on Election Laws and Legislative
Representation.
Former Brunswick Rep. James
C. Bowman said it is not “proper
reapportionment.”
Bowman said he is for proper
reapportionment but this is reap
portionment on a "nibbling” basis.
“Under this bill, our senator
would be a freshman every time
Continued On Page 5
Start Movement
For Waterworks
Municipal Water System Is
Ultimate Objective Of
Shallotte Town Officials
Wheels are turning- in Shallotte
towards the acquisition of a new
water system long-needed in the
thriving Brunswick town lying
athwart a main North-South
highway, U. S. 17.
Mayor Roney Cheers said that,
following- a town board meeting,
the engineering firm of Boney
and Newcomb, Raleigh, was hired
to make a preliminary survey of
the present waterworks here, and
resultant recommendations for a
brand new system.
The one hurdle remaining, add
ed the mayor, is the Local Gov
ernment Commission at Raleigh,
to which body the engineering
firm's recommendations will be
brought for approval.
If cleared in the capital city,
the project will still have to face
special referendum by the voting
citizens of the town, apropos the
issuing of bonds to finance the
operation.
Cheers said, however, that he
looked for no hitch from the local
voters, most of whom appear to
be quite enthusiastic about the
project.
Giiten Soldiers Medal—
Ash Man Cited For Bravery
Th’j Soldiers Medal has been
awar-jed to Sergeant First Class
selfisft heroism enacted last Oc
tober in New Mexico.
Thi:j citation accompanying the
medal points out that Sgt. Long
probably saved a man’s life by
pulling him from a burning trail
er while the sergeant was travel
ing from White Sands missile
range to Las Cruses.
Observing the burning trailer
along the roadside, the citation
points out, Sgt. Long rushed to
the scene, helped extinguish the
fire and then helped get the
trapped man out.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Obbie Long, and together with
his wife Henrietta, and sons
George, Jr., Donald and Jimmy,
are spending two weeks with his
parents at Ash, Route 1.
The Army version of the heroic
act says:
“Sergeant First Class George
E. Long, Military Police Corps,
a member of the U. S. Army
garrison, Detachment four, White
Sands missile range, New Mexico,
distinguished himself by heroism
on 6 October 1960, at Organ,
New Mexico.
“While traveling enroute from
White Sands missile range to Las
Cruses, Sgt. Long saw a house
trailer on fire, drove immediately
to the scene and assisted in ex
tinguishing the blaze.
“In the process of combatting
the fire and after being informed
that a man was trapped inside,
the intense heat from the burn
ing shellacked trailer walls ignited
and exploded several thousand
rounds of small arms ammunition.
“In the face of overwhelming
heat, heavy smoke and the possi
ble danger of being hit by flying
bullets, Sgt. Long entered the
flaming trailer, and without re
gard for his own personal safety,
located and aided in carrying the
victim to safety.
‘t#xomptlJ administering first
w
Long of Ash for un
aid, he then placed the uncon
scious man in a vehicle for trans
port to the United States dispen
sary at White Sands missile
range.
“During the more than 13-mile
drive to the dispensary, Sgt. Long
applied artificial respiration to the
victim who apparently suffered
action taken by Sgt. Long un
doubtedly saved the man’s life.
“Sgt. Long’s unselfish heroism
is in the most cherished traditions
of the United States Army, and
reflects distinct credit upon him
from cyanosis and shock.
“The prompt and courageous
(Continued on Page 4)
Drive Continues
For Battleship
Historic Shrine
H. Foster Mintz, Chairman
For Brunswick County,
Reports Good Response
From Various Sections
H. Foster Mintz, Brunswick
county chairman for the N. C.
Battleship memorial fund drive,
reported this week that both Wac
camaw and Bolivia schools have
reported 100-percent enrollment
and that a benefit is being held
at Leland this week with the ob
ject of earning that same dis
tinction for that school.
The practical effect is that if I
a school pays the equivalent of
10-cents per pupil then every child
enrolled will be entitled to one
free admission to see the battle
ship once it has been moored and
Continued On Page 5
TIME and TIDE
Twenty-five years ago this week lights were being installed on
the tennis courts at Southport. That information came from a
front page story in The Pilot for June 17. Two Southport youths
Tommy Thompson and Harris Sentelle, had sailed from Southport
to Wrightsville Beach the hard way—outside.
Charlie Dosher of Southport had been the first World War I
veteran in Brunswick to receive his bonus bonds; on the society
page there was an'account of the wedding of Miss Virginia Dod
son to Colon Mintz; and in the advertising section there was a
description of a kerosene-burning refrigerator, a real luxury for
people who lived where there was no electric current available.
This was the year 1936.
On the front page of The Pilot for June 18, 1951, there was a
photo of the graduating class from the School of Nursing at
James Walker Memoriai Hospital. Two girls from Brunswick
county were included: Ada Marie Bennett of Shallotte and Lucille
Alberta King of Freeland. Capt W. H. Barnett and 10 men of the
crew of Oak Island Coast Guard Station had been transferred,
leaving A. E. Huntley in charge of the local unit.
A party fishing with Capt. Victor Lance aboard the Joja had
brought in the first sailfish of the season; the Southport Volun
teer Fire Department had run into a perplexing problem when
called to put out a fire in a privy; and J. J. Hawes had a special
on "E. V. Stock & Cattle Powder” at his store in Supply: You
could get a 1%-Lb. package for 35-cents.
The newly completed Soldier Bay Baptist Church was pictured
on the front page of The Pilot for June 12, 1946. Lawyer Davis
Herring of Southport had been elected Commander of the Amer
ican Legion Post No. 194.
Tobacco curing already was in progress in some sections of
Brunswick; there also was tire conflicting news that dry weather
(Continued ©u Page 4)
Chess Champion
Will Be Crowned
*
Director
MRS. EMMA TATUM
Mrs. Tatum New
Welfare Director
Shallotte Lady Is Former
Assistant Case Worker
And Has Just Completed
Graduate Work At UNC
Mrs. Emma Tatum of Shallotte
has assumed the duties of Direc
tor of Public Welfare for Bruns
wick county after completing
nine months of study at the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
She attended the university on
a leave of absence after serving
for several years as case work as
sistant with the Brunswick Coun
ty Welfare Department. Her stu
dies were in the field of social
studies and she had now complet
ed one-half the required work to
ward her master’s degree.
Mrs. Tatum is a graduate of
Mex'edith College and for several
years was a member of the high
school faculty at Shallotte. Later
she worked in the R. D. White
office at Shallotte and prior to her
experience with the Welfare De
partment had been employed by
the board of • education at the
maintenance garage at Shallotte.
She is a native of Wake county
and is the widow of the late Har- !
ry Tatum of Shallotte, who died I
last year of injuries sustained j
in a garage fire.
Southport Will Be Host
Starting Friday For Caro
linas Championship; Local
Man N. C. President
With the beach season already
launched in lower Brunswick
County, Southport opens what
promises to be a highly success
ful series of cultural affairs this
weekend, when it hosts the 1961
Carolinas’ Open Chess Champion
ship tournament at the Lion’s
Club building, beginning at 1 p. m.
Friday.
The three-day tournament is an
annual affair jointly sponsored by
the N. C. Chess Association and
the S. C. Chess Association. The
practice has been to alternate the
tournaments in the sister states.
Last year’s meet was held at
Charleston, whereas in 1959 the
tournament attracted some 43
participants to Southport, not to
mention a sizable quota of
“kibitzers.”
Players from Maine, New York,
Minnesota, Florida, the District
of Columbia, and other points, as
well as the Carolina contingents,
are expected to be on hand to
carefully escort their men across
a checkered board—to victory or
encirclement and defeat.
Southport itself holds strong
hopes of championship in the per
son of Dr. Norman Hornstein,
who presently holds the title of
North Carolina state champion.
Another strong contender from
southeastern N. C. will be Oliver
Hutaff of Wilmington.
The ancient and learned pas
time called chess, while still far
from being the national game in
the United States, continues to
grow in the .affections of Amer
icans. Upwards of one million
chess sets are purchased in Amer
ica each year. Still, small Euro
pean countries such as Switzer
land, Denmark and the like,
boast from three to four times as
many chess devotees as does the
U. S.
Mrs. Gilliam Hornstein, wife of
one of the favored contestants,
will act as director of the tourna
ment. She, too, is a chess player
of some note.
As to the science itself (it is,
avers its disciples, more than a
game), its origins extend far, far
back into the mystical and roman
tic age of chivalry. The modern
game has suffered few radical
changes in the last 1.600 years,
and comes redolent with medieval
figures of knights, pawns, bis
Coatinued oa Page a
First Assembly
Program Being
Held This Week
Many Improvements Made
In Physical Plant Since
Last Summer; Young Peo
ple In Opening Program
By EUGENE FALLON
The North Carolina Baptist As
sembly, religious retreat situated
on 286 sundrenched acres steeped
in history and located between the
Cape Fear River and the Atlantic,
opened its summer program Mon
day with some 65 registered
guests, gleaming fresh paint and
renovations.
The summer opening marks the
10th season for this Baptist As
sembly-by-the-sea, and the first
two weeks are given over to the
junior and intermediate Royal
Ambassadors, who will be under
the charge and direction of B. E.
Jackson, head of all RA work in
North Carolina.
The property consists of some
40 buildings and is managed by
Fred J. Smith, who with his wife
and three other families reside
at the huge retreat, the year
around.
It is a sprakling place this
seaside camp; the waters mirror
the sun and fling golden shafts
upon the white buildings, original
ly built as officer’s quarters dur
ing the first World War, when
old Fort Caswell had been re
activated.
Last year’s summer program at
tracted 6,000 registered guests to
the assembly grounds; and an es
timated 20,000 visitors passed
through the sprawling installation,
according to the manager.
This summer season marks a
milestone for the Assembly, with
the first completely new unit,
called Oceania, built as family
residence and ready for occupan
cy. Other renovations include a
new, full-length guard rail affix
ed to the fishing pier, and a new
dietary unit added to the kitchen.
The retreat will accommodate 1,
000 residents, and is often filled
during the summer, according to
Smith.
There are a number of chapel
buildings and several auditorium.
The manager stated that mor
nings are largely given over to
conferences, Bible study, and
methods and courses, while the
afternoons are taken up in relaxa
tional and recreational pursuits.
Besides the fishing pier there
are two swimming pools available,
both situated on these elevated
plots of ground which supported
cannon and artillery pieces back
during the Civil War. These pools
are fresh water, packed with min
erals and served by artesian over
flow wells.
One ot the features of opening1
week with an especial appeal to
the small fry, is an Indian con
vert from the high plateaus of
New Mexico. The American abori
gine is named Tony Jojolo (pro
nounced in the Spanish fashion of
Hohola). The western guest en
tertains the Royal Ambassadors
with native dances and tales
which bring back memories of
Hiawatha:
“At the door on summer evenings
sat the little Hiawatha
Hearkening to tales of lightning
and white water,
Tales of adventure; tales of won
der . .
There’s water at the Assembly
by-the-sea, and deep peace under
a kindly sun. Thousands of Bap
tists will assemble here in the
warm months to come. All will
Continued On Page 4
Tide Table
Following is the tide
table for Southport during
the week. These hours are
approximately correct and
were furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, June 15,
9:14 A. M. 3:21 A. M.
9:26 P. M. 3:23 P. M.
Friday, June 16,
9:52 A. M. 4:02 A. M.
10:02 P. M. 4:04 P. M.
Saturday, June 17,
10:33 A. M. 4:41 A. M.
10:39 P. M. 4:45 P. M.
Sunday, June 18,
11:15 A. M. 5:21 A. M.
11:18 P. M. 5:29 P. M.
Monday, June 19,
11:59 A. M. 6:03 A. M.
6:15 P. M.
Tuesday, June 20,
0:01 A. M. 6:47 A. M.
12:48 P. M. 7:09 P. M.
Wednesday, Ju he 21,
0:47 A. M. 7:36 A. M.
1:40 P. M. 8:07 P. M.