EDITORIALS
THE HIGH COST OF INACTION
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If anyone wants to know what harm
has come about through failure of the
Brunswick County Board of Education
to make use of funds appropriated for
its various needs by the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners, we would have to
give a two-part answer.
First of all, it has deprived the school
children of this county—both white and
colored—of facilities which they sorely
needed and for which funds were avail
able. For instance, when school started
this week “Sunnyside” was once more
in use at Shallotte; and at Southport
not only was it necessary to teach one
class on the stage in the auditorium,
but another was occupying a room in
the City Hall.
The second effect has been the loss
of between $40,000 and $45,000 for the
use Of public schools in this year’s bud
get. That is the difference in the 51
cents approved on two occasions by the
Board of Commissioners for use of the
Board of Education and the 35-cent
levy which has been approved after the
disclosure was made that more than
$100,000 in unexpended funds still
were on hand.
Examination of the Board of Educa
tion budget as approved by the County
Commissioners reveals that funds are
included for five major projects (in
cluding completion of the gymtorium
at Brunswick County Training School.)
It also is true that most of the funds
with which to finance this new con
struction are already in hand. This
would indicate the wisdom for starting
at once to provide building needs that
are long overdue.
We can see absolutely no excuse for
the Board of Education to delay start
on these projects.
HELP KEEP THE BOOKMOBILE
we nave oeen greatly aisturDed to
learn that funds for the Brunswick
County Bookmobile service have not
been included in the proposed budget
tentatively approved by members of
the Board of County Commissioners at
their special meeting last Wednesday.
Unless provision is made to continue
the county’s contribution of $200 per
month to the Brunswick County Library
Service, the bookmobile will cease to
operate and Brunswick once more will
become one of the 4 counties in North
Carolina without services of this kind
for its citizens.
Under the present plan of financing,
local funds come from two sources: the
City of Southport, which pays $200 per
month; and Brunswick county, which
also pays $200 per month. The State
of North Carolina matches these funds
with a $4,000 grant; and last year an
additional $2,400 in Federal .funds was
received by the Brunswick County Li
brary.
When the county ceases to contribute
to the expense of the library program,
State and Fedei'al funds will immedia
tely be withdrawn. The only thing left
will be the funds from the City of
Southport and the only service which
can then be carried out will be the ope
ration of the Southport Public Library.
We feel that our county will be tak
ing- a backward step if we discontinue
bookmobile service in Brunswick, for
the reception given to this mobile lend
ing library has been a pleasure to ob
serve in every section of the county. We
feel that it has been one of the positive
steps steps for improvement made here
during the past two years, and we hate
to think of seeing all of the interest
and enthusiasm turn to disappointment.
We hope that these feelings are shar
ed by citizens throughout the county,
both old and young alike, and that they
will appeal to members of the board of
county commissioners to try to find a
way to keep support of the bookmobile
in the budget with permissible funds.
This is not a movement to which you
are invited to give'your passive appro
val. If the bookmobile is to be saved,
action must be taken immediately to let
the commissioners know how you feel.
See them, write them or telephone
them about it. Every person who has
borrowed a book or who believes in
the project should stand up to be coun
ted before the next meeting of the
board of commissioners is held#
SCHOOL DAYS AND TRAFFIC
Obedience to traffic laws and regula
tions is a good rule to follow all of the
time, but right now it is of utmost im
portance. School days are juse ahead.
Within the next two weeks over 12,000
school children will be on our highways
and streets each morning and afternoon
for five day every week for 36 weeks.
This means that every motorist must
and should be alert to the inherent haz
ards represented by school children.
The state department of motor vehi
cles says “it is a sad duty to relate that
traffic in recent years has become the
No. 1 killer of school age youngsters,
replacing such dread and long estab
lished killers as pneumonia and can
cer.”
Every fourth person killed on the
highways last year was a tot or teen
ager, records of the department show.
For this reason, and many more, ex
treme caution should be exercised at
all times and under all conditions where
traffic and school children are involved.
The department says the fight against
this “traffic disease” is serious but it is
not without a solution. It can be solved
if drivers, parents and school faculties
will face the problem with consistent
determination. The responsibility is mu
tual. All must cooperate if our children
are to return home safely every day of
the school year. Children with the care
free abandon are unpredictable and are
prone to forget that every moving vehi
cle is a death hazard.
If parents and school teachers fulfill
their duty in drilling safety into the
minds of the children, and motorists
practice alert, cautious driving, the
problem can be licked. The time to
start is now.
LT. GOV. PHILPOTT
The people of North Carolina are go
ing- to miss a governor that was never
governor. This is an inevitable conclus
ion to draw in the death of Lt. Gov.
Cloyd Philpott.
“Few men,” says the Raleigh News
and Observer editorially, “seemed to be
moving so certainly and so graciously
to a greater destiny. He was young at
The State Port Pilot
Published Every Wednesday
Southport, N. C.
JAMES M. HARPER, JR. Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1928
at the Post Office at Southport, If. C., and
other Post Offices, under the Act
of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Brunswick and Adjoining Counties
and Service Men .. $2.00 per year
Six Months . $1.50
Elsewhere in United States — $8.00
Per Year;—(% Months.. $2.00
52. Indeed a part of his charm was the
almost boyish quality of his smile. But
no North Carolinian was more mature
in his understanding of the needs of
the state.”
Such qualities are not often found
among those who rise to the highest
levels in our state government. We are
the worst for his death, and people
will miss him, not only for what he had
achieved in good government at the
time of his death, but also for greater
contributions he seemed destined to
make.
BEST INVESTMENT
Those who want to make the right
investments often devote much time
and effort in seeking worthwhile secu
rities that will yield a good financial
return. However, there is another in
vestment that deserves our earnest at
tention. It is the desire to gain a true
understanding of God and of man’s re
lationship to Him. Gaining this under
standing is the most rewarding experi
ence one can hope for.
Time and Tide
Continued From Page One
story about Frank Rabon, who had converted a thieving bear in
to steak and a rug. Louis Newton of Southport was attending
Boy’s State at Chapel Hill.
Marsh hen season had opened on Monday of that week, but
there had been no tide; there was a notice of the graudation
from UNC of Dan Walker, Southport boy; and the tobacco mar
ket had reopened after being closed for several days due to con
gested selling conditions.
August 29, 1951, and Mrs. Marjorie Livingston had been named
acting postmaster at Southport while Postmaster J. B. Russ
was serving an active tour of duty with the U. S. Navy. South
port shrimp trawlers had paid their State license under protest,
but they had paid them; and were back at work.
A big run of big Spanish mackerel hpd provided the fishing
thrills of the past week; Claude Ford, Jr., of Southport had re
ceived his degree in mechanical engineering at N. C. State; and
school had opened throughout Brunswick county that day.
The front page picture in The Pilot 5 years ago this week
was filled with familiar faces—four members of the force of The
News Reporter at Whiteville who had been fishing with Capt.
Ray Stubbs. In the group were Willie and James Hammonds,
Hubert Stanley and Elgie Clemmons.
These fellows didn’t get one, but four sailfish that had been
caught that week made the big news in fishing. Marsh hen sea
son was scheduled to open Saturday; and schools of the county
were scheduled to open on the following Tuesday.
LONG BEACH TO
Continued From Page One
cials, y'know, and putting in an
early bid for the race next year."
“The only thing that worries
me,” cried Walker, "is that we
shall surely encounter the strong
est sort of competion from Car
teret County. I left the king on
the shores of Morehead. He look
ed back at me with something of
sadness in his bulging eyes as he
slid into his true realm—the vast
salt ocean. By next year X expect
the Carteret crabs to exhibit
strength, cannibalism, speed and
a streak of meanness native only
to crabs of Brunswick ancestry.”
ANNUAL REPORT
(Continued From Page One)
as a State execeeded its 19'il
crusade quota in the national
campaign. However, only 59 coi n
ties exceeded their individual
quotas and Brunswick" Comity
Unit was numbered among the
successful units.
“There is a feature of the Am
erican Cancer Society which is
not generally realized, and that is
to return to the County Unit a
definite percentage of 40 per cent
of all donations in order a well
defined local program of education
and assistance can be financed
and conducted, as well as to con
tribute to the State and National
programs of research and educa
tion for the detection and pre
vention of cancer.
“As a result of its efforts to
date, the County Unit has for the
forthcoming year a local budget
of $743.58. This amount has been
budgeted as follows:
“Travel expense for the trans
portation of voluntary workers in
the service of education and as
sistance within the County, $50;
“Telephone and Telegraph, $15;
“Stationary, printing, office sup
plies, $25;
“Postage, and mailing, $10;
“Rental and Service Equipment,
$5;
“Expense of meetings, $25;
“Materials from NC Division for
the purchase of educational and
Crusade materials to conduct the
annual program of the unit, $150;
“Direst Assistance Items
“Purchases, $35;
“Transportation of patients to
pay direct car expense in needy
cases for travel to treatment cen
ters, $50;
"Dressings to purchase dressing
materials for volunteer workers to
prepare for patient use, $30;
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| “Loan Closet Items to equip a
loan closet at Supply where needy
cases can be loaned equipment to
improve their home care, $50;
“Special Assistance for the pur
chase of prescription drugs,
| $298.58;
“Total, $743.58.
“The budget itemized above is
j flexible and reflects the planned
program of the County Unit for
the coming year. The success of
the program, particularly in the
direct assistance items, will be
determined by the number of
needy cases which are reported
to the unit as needing assistance.
The Chairman of the Service Com
mittee, Mrs. C. D. Pickerrell of
Southport, is the proper person to
notify when assistance is needed.
The address for the unit is:
Brunswick County Unit, American
Cancer Society, P. O. Box 754,
Southport.
“The officers of the Brunswick
County Unit are greatly encour
aged by the improved results of
the current year and look for
ward to an expansion of the Coun
ty program during the coming
year. Any expansion of effort
must necessarily depend upon the
continued strengthening of the ef
forts of the fine group of area
chairmen who have contributed so
successfully to the effort thus far,
and to the prompt notification to
the unit of cancer cases which
need assistance not otherwise
available to them.
“In addition to the direct as
sistance to needy cases, a most
important part of the Unit pro
gram is the educational activities
which are continually needed for
the prompt and early detection of
cancer. The unit is ready to assist
any organization in the County
with speakers, printed materials
and 16mm movies for educational
purposes.”
LIBRARY BOARD
Continued From Page 1
vate sources.
“As far as the legality is con
cerned, library funds must come
from non ad-valorem tax money;
but you have the power to allo
cate non-tax funds where you
think they are most needed.
“I’m sure you have problems
in connection with the budget, but
I cannot conceive that your prob
lems will be solved by withholding
this $2400. Establishment of coun
ty-wide library service is one real
ly progressive step we have taken
in the past two years. Surely
FISHERMEN and HUNTERS
Everything For Your Boat
SHRIMP & GILL NETTING
CORKS & LEADS
Get Ready, Fishing
Season Is Here, Rods,
Reels, Line.
Fall Hunting
Is Near—
Camping
Equipment
Gun Shells
D. C. ANDREWS
SPORTSMANS HEADQUARTERS
SHALLOTTE, N. C.
Brunswick County, if it is to
prosper, must not go backward;
especially in an area which will
help our citizens to become better
educated citizens. The average
school year completed by Bruns
wick County residents is 6th
Grade. We must raise that educa
tional level if we are to progress;
and county-wide library service is
making excellent contributions to
that end. Last year 3,592 persons
used the Bookmobile and 9,916
used the main library.
“Our application for state and
federal aid had to be submitted
prior to August 1, in order to re
ceive any funds for 1961-62, and
this was done. At that time, an
appropriation of $2400 was in
cluded in your budget. Since Aug
ust 1, the State Library Board
has approved the allocations for
Brunswick County. We have al
ready received the first payment
of $1,000 which we cannot use
until we are sure that you will
continue to allocate the $200 per
month. Our position is one of hav
ing applied in good faith, been
approved in good faith, and now
finding that Brunswick County
does not plan to keep its part of
the bargain.
“I, and others, would like to be
present at your next meeting and
will be glad to give you any fur
ther information you desire about
this matter.’’
SOUTHPORT MAN
(Continued From Page One)
first Friday in each month.
Also present at the meeting was
Harold Greene, mayor of Boiling
Springs Lakes; Carl E. Kleimo,
treasurer for Boiling Spring
Lakes, Inc., and Douglass M.
Bradham, member of the board
of trustees, Reeves Broadcasting
and Development Corporation.
TENTATIVE BUDGET
(Continued From Page One)
commissioners include $1,000 for
site acquisition; $20,000 for two
classrooms at Shallotte; $20,000
for two classrooms at Southport;
$20,000 for two classrooms at Le
land; $23,000 to complete con
struction of the gymtorium at
Brunswick County Training
School; and $8,500 for construc
tion of a cafeteria at Lincoln High
School.
On the $1.00 rate for county
purposes, 30-cents goes to debt
service; 20-cents to the general
fund; 5-cents for the outside poor;
714-cents for county accountant;
5-cents for the farm agent; 16y2
cents for the various welfare pro
grams; 14-cents for public health;
and 2-cents for revalution.
No provision was made in the
budget for the Brunswick county
bookmobile; for Civil Defense; for
the Shallotte Armory, for South
eastern North Carolina Beach As
sociation of for SENCland Devel
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Overheard last week: “Shrimp are so high you :an’t even af
ford to buy them for bait, much less buy them to eat”! . . . For
some time now Governor Terry Sanford has been taking it on
the chin at the grocery check-out counter. Seldom do you pay
without a comment “And this is for Terry,” “This goes to the Gov
ernor,” or “You’ll have to do your part for Education.” Well,
Sunday we heard President John F. Kennedy get in on the act
for the first time. We had purchased some razor blades and
asked the price. The young lady told us how much they would
be, then added sweetly “and 2-cents for Kennedy.”
This week we received a postcard from Mrs. Madeline Hayes
Gardner from Southport, England, where she and rev husband
and family are vacationing this summer instead of a tthe Rob
bins Nest at Southport, North Carolina. Madeline said that a
couple of golf courses nearby had proved to be a major attrac
tion for Randy. This means that we must write to tell her that,
come next summer, they may return to their old haunts and be
able to enjoy these same advantages. We believe they will be
playing at Oak Island Golf and Beach Club and at Boiling Spring
Lakes by then . . . Speaking of sports, Saturday we saw three
young ladies riding horseback together—and not one of their
mounts was either of the two we already knew about here. This
brings the number of riding horses in and around Southport to
five—and maybe it indicates a rebirth of interest in riding.
There’s a baseball game here tonight—which we hope to be
home in time to see . . . Friday night there will be more sports
under the lights when Bolivia plays host to Waccamaw in a non
conference game and Shallotte entertains the strong North-Du
plin eleven . . . Celosia again is in bloom at the Linder Farm
near Southport, and Mr. George’s crop is as pretty as ever again
this year. . . . Long Beach swimmers tell us that mullets are be
ginning to jump in the surf, which means that soon we will bo
hearing of the big hauls being made at the beach fisheries . . .
You can buy almost anything at Leggett’s in Southport-including.
that horse collar hanging on the wall behind the cash register.
Incidentally, Ormond says you would be surprised at how many ,
people come in and have no idea what it is.
“On The Double” is the weekend show at Holiday Drive-In at
Shallotte . . . Here in Southport Tony Curtis will be playing in
“The Great Imposter.”
opment Association. These latter
two agencies had received an an
nual cash contribution to area
promotion programs.
John W. White Is
Buried On Sunday
John Willie White, Sr., 43, died
at his home in Wilmington, Fri
day. Final rites were held Sun
day at 3 p. m. at Walnut Street
chapel of the Coble Funeral home.
Burial was at Chapel Hill Ceme
tery at Shallotte.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
June White; three brothers, J. W„
Bobby and Harry White, all of
Shallotte; three sisters, Miss
Helen White and Mrs. Olive John
son, both of Wilmington and Mrs.
Margaret Simmons, Rocky Mount.
GOOD FISHING
Capt. Herbert L. Robinson, who
has been carrying fishing parties
out of Holden Beach this summer,
says that bottom fishing has been
the best he has ever seen it and
added that trolling has been very
good at times during this season.
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