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Most of the News 1 All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT ■ A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County Volume No. 22 No. 6 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1961 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Quarterly Report On Health Work In This County Varied Activities Of Health Department Revealed In Statistics Contained In Report The following is a summary of the Brunswick County Health De partment activities for the month of April, May and June: Commubicable disease control— Immunizations: Diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus com bined, 307; smallpox, 138; typhoid, 18; polio, first dose, 190; second, 145 third, 163; booster, 215. Health Education: talks made or group discussions led 6. Tuberculosis control: new cases reported, 1; visits to patients, con tacts and suspected cases, 19; tuberculin test 1; X-rays, 44. Maternal health: Expectant mothers given medical supervision, 71; visits by expectant mothers to medical clinics, 62; postpartum nursing visit, 9; women given postpartum medical examination in approximately 3 months, 6; visits to midwives, 7; classes for midwives, 3. Child health: infants given med ical supervision in pediatric clin ics, 54; visits by infants to med ical pediatric clinics, 54; nursing visits to infants outside pediatric clinics, 21; children given medical supervision in pediatric clinics, 151; visits by children to medical pediatric clinics, 151; children giv en nursing supervision, 17; nurs ing visits to children, 17. School Health: visits to schools by public health nurses, 32; chil dren referred for medical or den tal care, 1; children secured care by physician, 2; children attending pre-school clinics, 251. Vital statistics: Birth certifi cates received and processed, 67; death certificates received and processed, 27; stillbirth certifi cates received and processed, 1. Laboratory service: Water sam ples collected for analysis, 12; feces samples examined, 244; feces samples positive for hookworm, 66; blood test, 68; hemoblobin test, 52; urinalysis, 65; diabetic screening test, 5; rabies cat and dog head, 2; sputum examinations, !• Other programs: nursing visits to mental cases, 8; health cer tificates issued, 43; nursing visits to chronic patients, 42. General Sanitation: (school sanitation > —schools under super vision, 11; visits to schools, 7; (water supply and excreta dispos al i—inspection of private water supplies, 92; approval new water supplies installed, 78; inspections of sewage disposal facilities on 1 private premises, 139; septic tanks installed, 84; new privies installed, 2; plumbing inspections, 94; plumbing installations approved, Continued On Page 4 Brief Bits Of lnewsj AT ST. PHILLIPS Morning worship services at St. Phillips Episcopal Church in Southport will be at 8:30 o’clock Sunday instead of at the usual 11 o’clock hour. BENEFIT FISH FRY Members of the Leland Volun teer Fire Department will hold a benefit fish fry Saturday after noon at the fire station, beginning at 5 o'clock. This event will be followed by a square dance later in the evening. TO RECEIVE DEGREE Donald Hickman of Shallotte will be among the 98 students re ceiving Bachelor of Science de grees to be awarded by Appa lachian State Teachers College at its August 18 commencement ex ercises in Boone. typewriter stolen The Rev. Mark Owen, pastor of Southport Baptist Church, report ed this week that a wide-carriage Royal typewriter had been stolen from the pastor’s study in the church sometime last Wednesday night. Local police are investiga ting. ASCS SIGN-UP The dates between August 15 and August 31 have been estab lished as the time for making ap plication for participation in the 1961 conservation program. All farmers who have not participated thus far this year are urged to visit the ASCS office in Shallotte during that period to investigate the possibilities the program holds for them. Visiting Military TRAINING—Above are shown membbers of the U.S. Army Terminal Unit from Boston, Mass., who are on two weeks active duty for counterpart training at the U.S. Army terminal on the Capt Fear River near Southport. This is the fourth such group to visit Sunny Point this summer. August 29th Is Set As Opening Date For School Principals Will Begin Work On August 15; Teachers To Report For Work On August 24 The schools of Brunswick coun ty will open for the fall term on August 29, according to an nouncement made this week by Superintendent John G. Long, but prior to that time there will be new periods of employment for principals and teachers, as pro vided under the changes in the school program. Principals start to work on August 15 with janitors and maids scheduled to begin work one week later on August 22. Two days later the teachers report, on Aug ust 24. The day before schol actually begins has been designated as stu dent orientation day. That is Mon day, August 28. The fall term for mally starts on Tuesday. Bus drivers will meet at Shal lotte on August 24 to receive in structions and to get their buses. Incidentally, the monthly salary for these drivers had been increas ed from $25 to $27.50. A further extension of the school schedule shows that Thurs day and Friday, November 23-24 will be holidays for Thanksgiving; the Christmas vacation begins on December 21 and extends until January 2. School will close next spring on May 22. Letter Praises Local Hospitality Resident Of Garner Writes Letter To City Manager Following Recent Visit Here City Manager C. D. Pickerrell of Southport felt well-rewarded this week for guide service he gave a Wake County family while they were visitors in Southport two weeks ago. Text of the letter follows: “Actually, I should be writing this letter to the whole town of Southport—because we fell in love with it. I do hope you will men tion it to the Board of Commis sioners because we know you make such a good City Manager, one who had time not only to an swer our letter but took time to talk with us and point out many facts we could not have otherwise known. “Whereas my family was sup posed to be spending the week at Long Beach, we ended up with staying all day in Southport on ! Monday, Wednesday and Friday, j simply because you sugested thfet j we visit your library and also j Captain Charlie Swan. (Incident | ally, we found his wife just as en j tertoining and his tales marvel 0US|) Mrs. Jones was so kind to us at the library, and we espe cially enjoyed scanning the three volumes of “Acorns, Atoms, and Azaleas” by Harry Hayden. “We accidentally met Mrs. E. \ H. Arrington, who invited us to visit her home. Of course, that was worth the trip to Southport! Then she suggested we see the Indian Trail Tree and speak with i her mother. Mrs. Cranmer and Morris were both so gracious, and we learned so much about the his tory of your region. We were Confmued On Page 4 Officers Training At Sunny Point Boston U.S. Army Termi-* nal Unit Is Going Through Two Weeks Training At Nearby Terminal The United States Army Ter minal from Boston, Massachusetts, has arrived at Sunny Point Army Terminal for its annual fifteen days Active Duty for Training. During this period, the unit will assist in the actual planning for the loading of vessels which are to be on berth at SPAHT dur ing the unit’s stay at the installa tion. Additional training for the unit will be conducted by Sunny Point personnel and will consist of chamical -biological and radiologi cal training which is a field exer cise in which the personnel will participate in simulated radiologi cal surveys throughout the Ter minal. Another feature of the training will be a Command Post Exercise which will test the unit’s ability to react correctly under certain emergency conditions. Following is a roster of person nel assigned to the unit: Colonel Norman F. Bissell, Lt. Colonel John D. Sloan, Lt. Colonel Frank C. Cate, Jr., Lt. Colonel Richard A. Lamphier, Lt. Colonel George S. Hoar, Lt. Colonel Joseph M. Fahey, Lt. Colonel George F. Donahue, Major Joseph W. Hall, Major Charles W. Stiles, Major Francis L. Scarano, Major Wilbur J. Burchstead, Major Charles D. Casey, Major Henry J. Langill, Major John A. Tierney, Jr., Cap tain Charles M. Bernier, Captain Ronald C. Curhan, Captain James Terranova, Captain Albert W. King, Captain Paul F. Todd, Cap tain George W. Sullas, 1st Lt. Charles S. McGuire, 1st Lt. Robert M. Delahunt, 1st Lt. Paul D. Surdam, Sgt. Ralph T. Vernile, Jr., and PFC Donald A. Siirrette. Brunswick Third In Wood Income Figures Released By Indus try Indicate Importance In Economy Of This County Puipwood produced in North Carolina last year totaled $45, 472,000 in volue, a gain of 6 per cent over the $42,916,000 reported for the 1959 crop, according to H. J. Malsberger of Atlanta, gen eral manager of the Southern Puipwood Conservation Associa tion. The figures were based upon the results of a 12-state puipwood pro duction survey made by the U. S, Forest Service Experiment Sta tions in Asheville, N. C., and New Orleans, La., in cooperation with SPCA. North Carolina’s share in the production of raw material for the pulp and paper industry, Mals | berger explained, was part of an ' all-time high puipwood harvest for ! the South as a whole. The value S of the region's total for 1960 was $471,020,000, a gain of 4 per cent over the $455,002,000 reported in 1959. Among the 97 counties in North Carolina where puipwood is pro duced, leading were Columbus, Onslow and Brunswick with pulp wood crops valued at $1,541,080, (Continued on Page 4) Dredgeing Work At Sunny Point The Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers, has is sued bid invitations for main tenance dredging to be per formed at the Sunny Point Army Terminal at Southport. Colonel R. P. Davidson, Dis trict Engineer, said that bids are scheduled to be opened on August 29. The dredging will start about 30 days later. The job involves the re moval and disposal of about 2,000,000 cubic yards of ma terial in the entrance chan nels and basins near Wharves Nos. 2 and 3 at the terminal. Suny Point Army Terminal is located on the west side of the Cape Fear River. Preparation Of Budget Ordered Commissioners Set No Date For Meeting To Discuss Special Report Of Audi tor Mrs. Ressie W. Whatley, Bruns wick county auditor, was ordered by the board of county commis sioners Monday to proceed im mediately with the preparation of a budget as prescribed by law. Mrs. Whatley said Tuesday af ternoon that this will entail the necessity of obtaining budget esti mates from each department head, these figures to be based upon last years expenditures, the amount of funds still on hand and an estimate of what the operating expenses will be during the com ing year. Mrs. Whatley said that the spe cial audit ordered by the commis sioners from the W. C. Rains firm is due Friday. This morning Chairman F. Her (Continued on Page 4) Establish Dates For Election Of ASC Officials Community Committeemen Will Meet Friday In Shal lotte To Set Up Election Machinery Community Committeemen in the ASCS program will meet Fri day at the county office in Shal lotte to receive instructions for holding this year's election. August 21 is the final date for presenting petitions for candidates for election as community com mitteemen, and on August 25 the full slate of candidates will be an nounced. September 11 is the date for holding the election for communi ty committeemen, who not only have the responsibility for helping to administer the farm program on the local level, but with the chairman serving as delegate to the county convention for election of the county ASCS committee. On September 21 the county convention will be held, and the county committee will be elected. The newly elected offiicals will take office on October 1. This proceedure has been called one of the most democratic pro cesses yet devised for giving every participant a voice in the administration of the program in which he is interested. ASCS of ficials warn that this is true only to the extent that those with in terest at stake carry out their responsibilities. “I hope that we will have great interest and a record participation in the vote this year,” ASCS of ficer manager Ralph Price said today. Bolivia Athletes Serving In Navy • : Bobby Clark And Conrad Benton Will Complete Boot Training This Week At Great Lakes Two former Bolivia high school athletes, Robert H. Clark and Conrad C. Benton, are this week completing their boot training pe riod at Great Lakes. Bob Clark, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Clark, of Winnabow. Prior to enlisting in the Navy June 1 in Wilmington, Bob graduated from Bolivia High School where he was very active in sports. Bob lettered in football 2 years, baseball 3 years, basket ball 2 years, was president of the Beta Club for 2 years, and also president of the Monogram Club, 2 years. Bob was chosen by his Company Commander to be squad leader and is responsible to his Company Commander for his 1 squad, and entitled to wear stripes of Recruit Petty Officer 3rd Class. Conrad C. Benton son of Mrs. Addie C. Benton of Leland en listed in the Navy June 1 in Wil mington, and graduated from Bo livia High School, where he was also very active in sports. Conrad lettered in baseball 4 years and served team captain for 2 years. He also lettered in football 2 years and basketball his senior year, was president of the Mono gram Club, and president of the F. F. A. his junior year. The young seamen are sched uled to graduate from recruit training, August 12, when they will be granted a 14 day "Boot” leave before reporting to their next duty assignments. i TIME and TIDE i It was back in the days of 1936, August 12, to be exact, that a front page story reported a rash or optimism over the pros pects for a Coast Guard air base in Brunswick. There was other service news: A crew from Oak Island Coast Guard Station had gone offshore at midnight, only to find that the flickering light they had spotted was from a Southport fishing boat which had decided to remain outside overnight. During the heat of August, announcement was made of the dates for the various hunting dates for the coming season: good catches of shrimp and fish had been reported at Southport; and the Southport Tennis Club was getting ready to stage a men’s doubles tournament. On August 13, 1941, We had a front page headline which gave September 8 as the opening date of Brunswick county schools. The Border Belt Tobacco Market had opened and farmers were well pleased with prices—26-27-cents per pound. ‘Just Among The Fishermen” was the title of a new column in The Pilot, and the name suggested the subject matter. The legionnaires had held a fish fry; a prisoner in the local bastile had attempted suicide—a busy week in town, no less. In The Pilot for August 14, 1946, announcement was made of Continued On Page 4 Inspect Replica RECRUITS—Bobby Clark, left, and Conrad Ben ton, right, are shown at Great Lakes, where they now are in the latter stages of boot training. In the background is a replica of the USS Mississippi, whose glory is being recalled by a petty officer. Two Schools Have Principal Vacancy Resigns IRIE LEONARD Name Leaders In 4-H Drive Effort Will Be Made Next Month To Raise Funds To Support 4-H Program In County Community leaders have been named to assist in a .fund drive for the county 4-H Development Fund organization, reports A. S. Knowles, County Agricultural Agent. The steering committee members met at the county office building in Supply last Friday night where they completed nam ing a chairman for each communi ty. Community chairmen that have been enlisted so far include Mrs. Elmo Mintz for Exurn, Clyde R. Babson for Kingtown, G. M. Smith for Ash, O. K. Bellamy for Hick man Crossroads, Early Evans for Myrtle Head, Mrs. W. C. Carlisle for Mill Branch, Mrs. Paul Hol den, Grissettown, Mrs. Sam Joe Frink for Thomasboro, Mrs. Jack White for Shallotte, and Mrs. S. D. Stanaland for Calabash. Each community chairman will select 3 to 5 other people to help promote the program. The teams will be given a goal and trained to put on the fund campaign the middle of September, according to County Chairman Wilton Har relson of Shallotte. ►Irie Leonard And Neil Singl etary Resign As Principal At Shallotte And Wac camaw, Respectively Two resignations within the past week have left the two larg est high schools in Brunswick i county without a principal for the coming year. Affected are Shal lotte and Waccamaw high schools. At Shallotte Irie Leonard has resigned to accept the job as prin cipal at Gibsonville in Alamance i county. Waccamaw lost its prin cipal when Neil Singletary resign ed to become principal of La grange High School in Lenoir County. Leonard came to Shallotte two years ago from Southern Pines, where he had served for 8 years as high school principal and head football coach. Prior to that he had served as teacher and coach at Walnut Cove. One reason for his decision to accept the offer of the Alamance county position was the opportuni ty to be near his home, and near the home of his wife, who also was a member of the Shallotte school faculty. Both are graduates of Guilford College. j Singletary has completed three years as principal at Waccamaw, where he came following one year as principal at Townsville High School. He is a native of Bladen county and is a graduate of East (Continued on Page 4) License Examiner Has Extra Help Driver License Examiner L. E. Sessoms Has Two Of His Superior Officers At Monday Appointment Persons having business in the office of the Driving License Ex aminer in Southport Monday could not fail to be impressed with the high brass on hand to attend his needs, for in addition to Examin er L. E. Sessoms also present were J. P. Price of Fayetteville, Supervising Examiner for District B; and E. M. Wallace, Senior Examiner of District B, Area 4. Purpose of the visit by the two j higher officials was to give spe cial examinations. Price said that his department I is proud of the fact that again j this year it has earned the rating of No. 1 in the nation on the Continued On Page 4 Tobacco Prices High As Border Markets Begin Opening Sales In Whiteville Average $51.36 For In crease Over Opening Sales Last Year The Whiteville tobacco mar ket sold 2,128,842 pounds of tob acco for the first two selling days last week for $1,306,288, a $61.36 average. This average is better bv $3 than for the last year’s opening sale for the local market and $3. better than the belt average. Thursday the local market sold 1,141,366 pounds and dropped to 987,476 pounds Friday, giving the' market better than two million pounds for the first two selling days. Whiteville sold more tobacco Friday than any other of the 18 markets on the North and South Carolina Border Belt. Even with three sets of buyers more pound age was sold here than on mar kets with four sets of buyers. George Gold, secretary of the Tobacco Board of Trade said, “We are witnessing the highest prices here than the market has ever recorded. Also, it appears growers are realizing that our market is one of the best on the entire belt and are selling their offering where they can expect more money and better service. “Today’s market will probably sell its allotted 6,600 baskets and there is a good chance that a full sale will be realized tomorrow. Warehousemen generally expect Wednesday and Thursday sales to be light but Friday is expected to be a heavy day and then offer ings heavy for the next week or so.” On other county markets Fair Bluff sold 553,810 pounds for a $62.39 average. Chadbourn sold 445,439 pounds for a $62.39 ave age and Tabor City averaged $60.64 for 506,090 pounds. All tobacco sold on North Carolina markets averaged $61.31. First Medallion Home Completed Construction Finished On First Of Model Homes At Boiling Spring Lakes; Re finements To Follow Of the half-dozen brick Medal lian homes now in process of erection at Boiling Spring Lakes, one already stands ready for oc cupancy and the new home office building is half-completed, with plans calling for completion with in the next ten days. The dam across Allen's Creek has been raised 1%-foot recently, thus containing more water with in the largest lake on the lake studded property. This has hither td been known as Big Lake, but has now been rechristened “Boil ing Spring Lake.” The lake ex tends just under two and one half miles in length and cover about 350-acres. The third artifically-created body of water, called North Lake, and covering some 40 acres, is now in the process of being filled with a natural flow of spring waters. A spokesman added that work is going on at a i-apid pace in the street-cutting-in and the road-building department, and that the demand for lots “shows no sign of slackening.” i —___ Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Fort Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. HIGH LOW Thursday, August 10, 1:00 A. M. 7:13 A. M. 1:01 P. M. 7:32 P. M. Friday, August 11, 1:36 A. M. 7:53 A. M. 1:41 P. M. 8:08 P. M. Saturday, August 12, 2:14 A. M. 8:31 A. M. 2:21 P. M. 8:41 P. M. Sunday, August 13, 2:48 A. M. 9:05 A. M. 3:00 P. M. 9:14 p. m. Monday, August 14, 3:23 A. M. 9:40 A. M. 3:38 P. M. 9:45 P. M. Tuesday, August 15, 4:00 A. M. 10:14 A. M. 4:17 P. M. 10:17 P. M. Wednesday, August 16, 1 4:32 A. M. 10:52 A. M. I 4:58 P. M. 10:55 P. M.
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