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Most of the News is:? All The Time i Is » I THE STATE PORT PILOT The Pilot Covers A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Brunswick County Volume No. 22 No. 16 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1961 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Tour Of Inspection -. i m VISITOR—Miss Susie Parsons, home economist for Carolina Power and Light Co., shows Mayor J. Edward Hahn of Southport a turkey in the process of being roasted in the owen of one of the model homes at Boiling Spring Lakes Sunday. Mayor Hahn and Attorney Kirby Sullivan, right, with back to camera, were among more than 5,000 guests who visited the Medallion Model Homes during open house at the big residential sub-division near South port. King Mackerel Make Big News Here In Fishing Charter Boats Still Report ing Good Daily Catches With Good Weather Pre vailing Friday the thirteenth is tradi tionally a day of ill-luck the world over; but in Southport, or rather in waters off Southport, this past Friday was a day of bountiful harvest for sports fishermen. On Friday the Riptide, Capt. Glen Trunnell, carrying the J. A. Morris party of Charlotte, fetched in .31 king mackerel, 13 bonito, 1 barracuda and 1 dolphin. On the same day the Idle On II, Capt. Basil Watts, sailed the Andy Kistler party of Morganton to a date with 38 kings, 4 bonito, one sailfish measuring 3 feet and four inches, and one dolphin. On Saturday the same boat car ried the same party to 30 kings, 20 barracuda and 5 dolphin. On Monday the same boat carried the George Stow party of Chatham, Va., to 38 kings, one barracuda and one bonito. .Also on Monday, Continued Or, Page 6 ■ News —Briefs— P. T. A. CALENDAR Those who wish to have their names on the Southport P. T. A. Birthday Calendar this year should contact Mrs. Bryant Pot ter or Mrs. L. J. Hardee before the end of the week. CEMETERY CLEANING There will be a general clean up at Griffen cemetery in Ash on Thursday, October' 26. Mrs. Olin Gore invites all interested parties to pack a lunch and come prepared to stay until the job is finished. SAFETY AWARD E. V. Gore, acting postmaster at Shallotte, recently presented Edward H. Redwine, rural free delivery carrier, an award for having successfully driven his route for eight years without ac cident. Redwine’s travel entails 79 miles daily, six days per week, with 450 stops each day. VENISON NOTE Seen heading north on Shal lotte’s main street, one car, carry ing two local men and one nice 10-point buck. This on Monday, opening day of the deer hunting season in Brunswick County. Shirley Woodard and Huey P. Hewett, both wearing hunting clothes and big grins, were the hunters. Thousands Visit At Boiling Springs Open House Observed Ats Development Near South port During Past Week End The Open House conducted at Boiling Spring Lakes during the past weekend, when a row of brick model homes, completely furnished, were unveiled to the visiting public, drew such crowds that the showing has been extend ed to run through the balance of this week. Harold Greene, general man ager of the big development, ex pressed himself as greatly pleas ed with the public reception. Greene estimated that “more than 5,000 visitors thronged the grounds over the weekend,” and added that “Good numbers still were showing up Monday and Tuesday”. This led to the de cision to extend the showing to a full week. According to Greene visitors ar rived in such number that it was physically impossible for all of them to enter the homes and that many of these took opportunity to tour the 15,000-acre city-in-the pines. There was much to see, including 45-miles of streets, the layout of an 18-hole golf and country club, sparkling lakes numbering fifty, all in various stages of improvement and beau tification. An added inducement to visi tors was registration for a let to be given away absolutely without cost to a lucky family. Drawing for this prize will take place on October 30. There will be other valuable prizes given free of cost Continued On Page 4 Union Service Being Planned Prominent Layman Will Ad dress Union Congrega tion On Evening Of Oc tober 29 All Southport Protestants will have opportunity to gather be neath one roof on Sunday night, October 29, in a special union ser vice to be held at the high school auditorium, beginning at 7:30. Featured speaker will be Ken neth S. Keyes, prominent Presby terian layman and successful real estate broker of Miami, Fla. Keyes comes to Southport upon invitation of the Southport Pres byterian Church. Layman Keyes has been active ly associated with Florida real estate since the boom and bust days of the middle twenties. To day his companies in and about the magic city employ 250 per Continued On Page 4 No Word On ASG Vote Investigation Ralph Price, ASC office manager for Brunswick coun ty, said this morning that there has been no official word on the results of the in vestigation into alleged ir regularities in voting during the ASC Community Elec tions several weeks ago. Price said that he is ex pecting some word soon. Meanwhile, it has not been possible to hold a County Convention to elect a new county committee, and mem bers of the old committee will continue to serve until their successors are elected and duly qualified. Homecoming Day For New Hope Annual Event Will Be Ob served This Week With All-Day Session And A Special Program Homecoming Day will be cele brated at the New Hope Presby terian church in Brunswick Coun ty this Sunday, and the celebra tion begins with morning worship scheduled for 11:30 o’clock. An annual event, the Home coming Day at New Hope draws former members and friends of the church from miles around. Rev. Drayton Cooper, pastor of the church, said that a large crowd is anticipated for this year’s observance of Homecoming. The schedule of activities for the day includes Sunday School at 10:00 o’clock, morning worship services at 11:30, dinner on the grounds at 1:00, and the after noon session at 3:00. The Sacra ment of the Lord’s Supper will be served during the. morning church service. A highlight of each Homecom ing Service at New Hope is the afternoon session at which char ter members of the church, who are still active in the work of the congregation, are recognized. Pre siding over this particular meet ing will be Gene Maultsby of Jacksonville, N. C., a former member of the church. In announcing the Homecom ing Day services, Rev. Cooper remarked “This is a significant eyent in the life of New Hope church. The public is cordially in vited to attend the services and (Continued on Page 4) l i Committee Will Explain Issues Of Bond Vote John W. Umstead Announ ces Appointment Of Bi Partisian Group Of Lead ers Fourteen persons of Brunswick County have been appointed to the Citizens’ Committee For a Better North Carolina supporting the capital improvements bond I election on November 7th. John W. Umstead, chairman of the state committee, in announc ing the appointment, states that this committee will head the drive in Brunswick County to acquaint the citizens with the importance of a successful passage to the ten issues to be voted on in No vember. The Brunswick County Citizens’ Committee includes the following members: Lester Babson, Ash; Foster Mintz, Bolivia; Elmer Ay cock, V. A. Creech, Jr., Leland; W. E. Bellamy, Jr., Cleyon Evans, Elrich Hickman, Aubrey C. John son, R. D. White, Shallotte; James C. Bowman, James M. Harper, Jr., Kirby Sullivan, Southport; Earl Earp, Harold Willetts, Winnabow. Included in the bond issue are improvements in state education Continued On Page 4 Sanford Names Dr. M. H. Rourk On Committee Shallotte Physician Appoin ted Member Of North Carolina Committee For Better Schools Dr. Henderson Rourk, Shal lotte physician and prominent Brunswick County education lead er, has been appointed by Gov ernor Terry Sanford to the North Carolina Citizens Committee for Better Schools. As a member of the State Com mittee, Dr. Rourk will participate in a state-wide campaign to pro mote and support school improve ment. The Committee for Better Schools will work with state and local educational leaders to help build public understanding and support of high quality education. One of the first responsibilities of the members of the Better Schools Committee will be to work with local school officials to organize an education rally in the county to which the Governor will be invited to speak. At the rallies, emphasis will be placed on citizen, parent, and student responsibility for school improve ment. The Brunswick County rally will be held on Tuesday, October 31, at 9:30 a. m., according to Dr. Rourk. It will be the first of four rallies held in Southeastern North Carolina on October 31. Later rallies during the day are planned for Columbus, Bladen, and Rob eson Counties. Plans are already underway for the Governor’s visit. Working with Dr. Rourk in the formulation of plans for the rally is J. G. Long, superintendent of schools. Persons attending the rally will be given an opportunity to par ticipate actively in a survey of opinion about Brunswick County Schools. The results of the survey will be used to identify public thinking about needed school im provements. Dr. Rourk and Long have urged all interested citizens to atten^ the rally. Art Contest Is Being Sponsored American Art Week And National Children’s Book Week Will Be Properly Observed An art contest, for all children residing in Southport or attending Southport High School is being held jointly by the school and the Southport Art Association to cele brate American Art Week, No vember 1-7, and National Chil dren’s Book Week, November 12 18. Entries will be judged in four different age groups, and in five categories. The age groups in clude preschool children, ages six through nine, ten through four teen, and fifteen through eigh teen. Categories include graphics (pen, pencil and charcoal), color ed graphics (pastels and crayon), water colors (water color, tem pera, poster paints), and oils (oils and enamels). There will be a separate cate gory for posters on National Chil (Continued on Page 4) TIME and TIDE Believe it or not, but 25 years ago this week a front page headline in The Pilot proclaimed: “Considerable Agitation For Sunday Mail Service.” Up until that time there had been none for patrons of the Southport office. There also was a meeting called at Shallotte for all citizens interested in construction of REA lines along U S. No. 17 in Brunswick county. Shrimping operations had hit a season’s high the first of that week; Mrs. W. C. Biggs of Leland had won the county canning contest; and the W. K. Vanderbilt yacht, Alva, had spent the night in the Southport harbor. Time had marched on—to October 22, 1941. There was an un official report that the newly approved USO hut would be lo cated on the waterfront in one corner of the Garrison. Once more shrimping was a bustling business here, and a front page picture showed Lewis J. Hardee busy mending a net. One of the famous Bing Crosby and Bob Hope “road” pictures was playing at the Amuzu—“The Road To Zanzibar.” Five Southport boys had passed their Boy Scout swimming test, in cluding Bobby Jones. Douglas Jones, John Carr Davis, Jimmie Sutton and Joe Sam Loughlin. Bald Head Island made the front page of The Pilot in two places on October 23, 1946. One was a couple of pictures, one showing the old Bald Head lighthouse the other showing tropical vegetation overlooking the bay. And a front-page story reported that a landing strip was being constructed on the island with the object of being able to afford easier access. Plans were announced for the annual Halloween Carnival here; Continued On Page 4 Dr. Winston Will Speak In County State Commissioner Of Pub lic Welfare Will Explain Program At Shallotte On Tuesday Dr. Ellen Winston, state com missioner of public welfare, will be the principal speaker at a pub lic forum to be held at Shallotte High School next Tuesday night. The subject of Dr. Winston’s talk will be the public welfare program as administered by the State of North Carolina, and will touch on many things of immed iate interest to all North Caro linians, regardless of age and economic status. Included in the subject will be Old Age Assistance, legal adop tions, requirements for a career in public welfare such as case worker, etc. Past surveys, official and other wise, have revealed that the aver age citizen is almost totally igno rant of the wheres, whys and workings Of public welfare. In Dr. Winston, Brunswick County citizens will be privileged to hear not only North Carolina’s irn. JUidLiyiN VV1MS1TO public welfare commissioner, but a woman who ranks high among the nation’s experts in the realm of public welfare. The program begins at 7:30 p. m. I Unofficial Report On T obacco Meet Some Oysters Are Contaminated Now Reliable rumors reaching the Commercial Fisheries De partment are to the effect that a certain boat using Brunswick waters has been gathering oysters from pollut ed areas and selling same for ! human consumption. An investigation of the rumors has already begun. In the meantime, officials warn ed that persons purchasing oysters be certain they are getting them from a reput able source. “Oysters,” stated an offi cial, “are easily spoiled. An epidemic of serious sickness with fatal results could re sult from this sort of care less greed.” t Highway Patrol To Crack Down Objective Is To Cut Down Highway Traffic Toll In This Section Of North Carolina “Brunswick County had a total of 10 highway deaths during 1960 and we are going to do every thing in our power to reduce this alarming toll this year,” Sgt. A. H. Clark, officer-in-charge of District VI, Troop B, N. C. High way Patrol said this week. “Gov. Sanford has called for a campaign of strict enforcement of all road and driving laws. We are asking each and every motor ist to do his part and assist us in preventing accidents,” he said. The patrol has begun a drive to not only enforce the law but to remove unsafe vehicles from the highways. A series of check ing stations will be held day and night to weed out vehicles with faulty equipment. Brakes, lights, windshield wipers, home and other safety features will be checked. Wolf pack patrols, speed clocks, radar cars and unmarked patrol cars will be used on all roads in the county to bring violators to jus tice, patrol spokesmen said. “This campaign will be exten sive and continue for an indef inite period. It is our hope that all operators of motor vehicles will become safety conscious and help us in our efforts,” Clark re ported. “It is not a job for the patrol alone but should be a project for every citizen. The youngest and the oldest can do his part to make our highways safer,” he said. It is not the desire of the High way Patrol to make wholesale arrests but when violations are observed—action will be taken, patrol spokesmen warned. With winter on the way addi tions road hazards are likely to be encountered. Ice on the high ways, shorter hours of daylight and fog and rain are just a few of the dangers which accompany (Continued on Page 4) *The Brunswick ASC Office Manager Ralph Price At tended Session Where New Program Was Ex plained Ralph Price, manager of the ASC office at Shallotte, attended an area meeting of ASC person nel at New Bern Thursday and Friday and his unofficial resume of what took place at the meet ing follows “The new legislation which pro vides ('or lease and transfer of tobacco allotments from one farm to another in 1962," said Price, “pertains only to allotment farms. The lease and transfer of tobacco allotments will not be made on land which is not already under allotment. A limit of five acres per farm can be rented to one person. If more tobacco allotment remains, it can be rented to oth ers, and all transfers must be within the county wherein the farms are located. “History credit,” went on the ASC manager, “will stay with the farm for which the allotment was originally established. Before any transfer can be made a normal yield must be established for both farms. In establishing this yield the average production from 1956 through 1960 will be used. If the normal yield for each farm is within 10-percent of each other, the allotment may be transferred acre for acre. If more than 10 percent difference for normal yields is found, the acreage will be transferred on a percentage of productivity basis." Price emphasized the fact that the lease must be legally drawn up and signed by both parties concerned in the lease and trans fer. Price said that official instruc tions are expected within the next few weeks. Two Vocational Teachers Added Vocational Home Economics Department Added At Leland And Lincoln High Schools In This County The Home Economics Depart ments of Leland and Lincoln High Schools were given final approval to be made vocational by the North Carolina State De partment of Education, Raleigh, this week. Notice of this approval was given Superintendent John G. Long of Brunswick County Schools by Mrs. Catherine Den nis, State Supervisor of Home Economics Education, via tele phone, which will be followed by a letter of confirmation. This change will be retroactive from the beginning of the 1961 62 school year and Mrs. Jessie McYawhorn Best and Mrs. Doro thy B. Hankins, present non-vo cational home economics teachers at Leland and Lincoln, respective ly, will continue in their present positions on a vocational basis. Adjustments will be made con cerning their salary, travel and other arrangements. Superintendent Long stated j Continued On Page 5 Annua] Meeting Brunswick REA On October 27th Whiteville Warehouse Wilt Be Scene For Business Session Of Electric Co-op This Year The annual meeting of the Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation will be held in Smith's Warehouse at Whiteville on Friday afternoon, October 27. Starting time is 1:30 p. m. Principal speaker at the meet ing will be Walter E. Fuller of Raleigh, executive manager, Tar heel Electric Membership Associa tion. He is well known through out the South as a progressive* leader in many allied electrical fields. Business to be conducted in cludes the election of 11 directors and the reading of annual reports of officers, directors and com mittees. The following men have been nominated by the committee on nominations for the position of directors of the cooperative: T. D. Lindsey, L. C. Batten, J. B. Ward, Jr., H. D. White, Jr., F. E. Lay, C. D. Branch, Dennis Anderson, Roy Swain, Frank D. Inman, R. T. Mercer and M. M. Ray, Additional nominations may be made from the floor at the meeting. All terms are of one year duration. A spokesman for the co-op promises that “all attending mem bers are assured of an enjoyable time. Not only will each regis tered member receive a door prize, but many other valuable prizes will be given away; prize* which include such things as tele* vision sets, automatic washer, bicycles, electric blankets, irons and ovens among others.” Entertainment will be furnished on a fine scale, with the “Blue Ridge Quartet” on hand to sing. These musical lads from the high countree have sung as a group , since 1948, and have proved most popular from Florida to Canada, and from the Atlantic Ocean to the high plateaus of New Mex ico. i Ordination Is Set For Sunday The Rev. Drayton Cooper Will Be Ordained And Officially Installed At New Hope Sunday Rev. Drayton Cooper, a resident of Southport since April, and pastor of both the Southport and New Hope Presbyterian churches, will be ordained and officially in stalled as pastor of the two churches at a special service Sun day afternoon at the New Hope Presbyterian Church. The ordination service, schedul ed as part of the New Hope Presbyterian Church’s Homecom ing Day, will be presided over by a commission of the Wilmington Presbytery. Several ministers and elders of various churches in the Wilmington area will be present for the service. Serving as moderator of the commission will be Dr. John Mac Kinnon, pastor of the First Pres byterian Church, Wilmington. Dr. MacKinnon will ask the constitu tional questions of the congrega tions and pastor, as stated in the Book of Church Order, the offi cial book of discipline of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. Rev. Russell W. Park, Sr., of (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 Low Thursday, October 19, 3:09 A. M. 9:45 A. M. 3:52 P. M. 10:25 P. M. Friday, October 20, 1:13 A. M. 10:48 A. M. 4:52 P. M. 11:21 P. M. Saturday, October 21, 5:14 A. M. 11:47 A. M. 5:48 P. M. Sunday, October 22, 8:07 A. M. 0:13 A. M. 6:40 P. M. 12:41 P. M. Monday, October 23, 7:01 A. M. 1:01 A. M. 7:30 P. M. 1:31 P. M. Tuesday, October 24, 7:51 A. M. 1:47 A. M. 8:18 P. M. 2:20 P. M. Wednesday, October 25, 8:39 A. M. 2:32 A. M. 9:04 P. M. 3:08 P. M.
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