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Brunswick County
Volume No. 22
No. 18
10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1961
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Tuesday Is Date
Of Bond Election
On State Level
Brunswick County Voters
Will Go To Polls To Ex
press Wishes In Connec
tion With Proposals
Brunswick county voters will go
to the polls Tuesday to cast their
ballots in the special bond elec
tion which has been called to
seek authorization for financing
capital improvements on the state
level.
Voting will take place in each
of the 17 precincts, just as in any
other general election, and will be
conducted under the supervision
of the Brunswick County Board
of Elections. Regular registrars
and judges will serve for this
election.
Following are the 10 points to
be decided:
1. CAPITAL AREA BUILD
ING:
The $2.8 million provided for
state office building construction
in the bond issue is to be used
to construct a state office build
ing and surplus property building.
A new state office building is
needed to relieve the overcrowd
E TUTORS NOTE: Many
voters have complained that
they do not know or under
stand the propositions being
submitted on the ballot. In
cluded in this article, and in
greater detail in the back
page of The Pilot, we have
made an effort to provide
full information on each pro
posal.
ing in the present state office
building, to give up space now
leased by the state in several Ra
leigh buildings and to vacate sub
standard buildings. The money
would provide for 150,000 square
feet to accommodate several agen
cies.
2. STATE TRAINING
SCHOOLS:
The correction and training
f'ls In North Carolina are bad
ly "overcrowded with reports in- 1
(Beaming that population in these
schools increasing 13 per cent per
year. Money from the issue would
; go toward providing accommoda
tions for 150 additional student
classrooms for 300 students al
ready committed and relieve over
crowded conditions in the school.
This section calls for $1.1 million. I
3. STATE EDUCATIONAL IN- ■
STITUTION S:
NorLh Carolina colleges are ex
pected to increase enrollment by
50 per cent in the next eight
years and the bulk of the bond
issue $31 million has been slated
for 13 colleges in the state for the
capital improvements in those col
leges.
In 1960 statistics snow that the
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LEGION MEETING
Special meeting of the South
port American Legion Post No.
194 will be held Friday, Novem
ber 3, at 7:30 o’clock at the Le
gion Building.
CHURCH MEETING
Parishioners of St. Philip’s
Episcopal Church are urged to
attend the annual meeting in the
parish house on Monday evening
at 6. A social hour will be enjoy
ed after the business meeting. All
members are urged to come and
bring another member.
BREAKS LEG
Mrs. E. C. Harrelson, member
of the staff at Southport Savings
& Loan Association, suffered a
broken left leg Saturday night
and has been out of the office of
the local financial institution this
week.
HOSPITAL PATIENT
Mrs. C. Ed Taylor of Southport
was admitted Thursday as a pa
tient at Duke Hospital in Dur
ham. She is expected to undergo
minor surgery today and the
duration of her hospital stay is
indefinite.
READY FOR WORK
In an all-out effort to retire the
building debt on Southport Pres
byterian church, members of the
senior Sunday School class have
pledged themselves available for
baby sitting and light chores for
the girls and handyman chores
for the boys. Employment of
young people will be greatly ap
preciated. Call Mrs. A1 Martin,
secretary of Sunday School, or
Leroy Stanley, superintendent, for
names and phone numbers.
State Officials
WELCOME—Governor Terry Sanford, right is extended a welcome Tuesday
by Ernest E. Parker, Jr., left, Southport attorney, who is serving as a member
of the North Carolina Board of Conservation and Development by appointment
from Governor Sanford.
National Guard
Change Is Made
For Shallotte
Capt. David Carmichael
Turns Over Command Of
National Guard To Lt.
Earlie Smith
Capt. David Carmichael has
been relieved as commanding of
ficer of the 2nd Automatic Weap
ons Battalion, 252nd Artillery
Group, of the North Carolina Na
tional Guard with headquarters at
Shallotte.
He has been transferred to
Battalion Headquarters in Wil
mington and has been succeeded
as commanding officer of the
Shallotte National Guard Unit by
Lt. Earlie Smith.
It is ironical that Capt. Car
michael had charge of the new
armory building at Shallotte for
only two days before receiving
his change of orders. That build
ing was occupied for the first
time on Monday of this week by
the National Guard.
Capt. Carmichael has served as
head of the Shallotte National
Guard for a 10-year period. He
said Tuesday that he now faces
two options: He may qualify for
promotion to rank of Major be
fore the first of the year and re
main in service; or he can retire
after 20-years service.
He admitted that he may
choose the latter course.
Smith must complete certain
qualifying tests before being pro
moted to the rank of Captain,
and he hopes to be able to com
plete this within a matter of the
next few weeks.
Dedication of the Armory
Building will not be held for at
least three months, according to
official word received Tuesday.
Jaycees Number
Houses In City
This Project Draws Ex
pression Of Appreciation
From Aldermen And Will
Speed Home Mail De
livery
The time-honored custom of
ambling down an oak-shaded
street, taking bearings by “so
many trees from the corner", to
find a house, is rapidly nearing
an end in Southport, thanks to
the local Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
Kirby Sullivan, local attorney
and president of the Southport
Jaycees, recently displayed a let
ter he had received from C. D.
Pickerrell, city manager. The let
ter forwarded congratulations to
the Jaycees, extended by both
Pickerrell and the Southport
board of aldermen "for the fine
work done by the Jaycees in num
bering our homes and business
houses. This work will hasten the
free mail delivery in Southport
by many months.”
Attached to the congratulatory
letter was a copy of a resolution
passed recently by the board of
city aldermen, in which the Junior
Chamber group were officially
designated “to accept the respon
sibility for and proceed with, the
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Governor Sanford
Visits Brunswick
First In Senes Of Education*
Rallies Held On Tuesday
Morning At Shailotte Ar
mory
Governor Terry Sanford spoke
at the newly completed National
Guard Armory at Shailotte Tues
day morning at 9:30 o’clock in
the first of four Educational Ral
lies scheduled in Southeastern
North Carolina during the day.
More than 500 persons were on
hand at this early morning hour
to hear Governor Sanford give a
progress report on the program
tor Quality Education in North
Carolina. He reminded them that
the citizens of North Carolina
had supported him in his cam
paign to raise the educational
standards of the State. He recall
ed that the last session of the
North Carolina General Assembly
had made provision for financing
the educational program. And he
reported that educational leaders
have responded to the challenge
for new ideas and new curricula.
Then he spoke directly to the
large number of high school stu
dents in the audience when he
charged them with the final re
sponsibility for the success or
failure for the program for im
provement in education. “Nobody
can present you with quality edu
cation,’’ he said. “Your State and
county officials and your school j
leaders can make these opportuni
ties available to you,” he con
tinued, “but in the final analysis
the responsibility rests with you
and upon your wjllingness to
make the most of these enlarged
and improved educational facili
ties.”
The meeting was presided over
by Dr. M. H. Rourk, member of
the North Carolina Better Schools
Committee appointed by Gover
nor Sanford. Following the open
ing song “The Old North State”,
led by Mrs. Joyce Carmichael, Dr.
Rourk led in the Salute to the
Flag.
The invocation was by the Rev.
Drayton Cooper, pastor of South
port Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Rourk extended a welcome,
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Tabor City Man
Dies In Flames
Ralph Jenkins McCollum
Loses Life When Trailer
Burns At Calabash Early
Friday Morning
Palph McCullum, 54-year-old
Tabo" City man, burned to death
in an early Friday morning house
trailer 'ire at Calabash.
Coroner Lowell Bennett of
Brunswick County said the death
of McCullum occurred about 1
a. m., Friday. Witnesses in the,
area said that they first saw the
blaze at approximately 12:30 a.
m.
McCullum, a native of Colum
bus County, had lived in Tabor
City for many years. His son,
Johnny J. McCullum, owned an
oyster garden at Calabash. It
was reported, said Bennett, that
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Call For Bids
On Dredging Job
Colonel R. P. Davidson, Dis
trict Engineer, Corps of En
gineers has announced that
bids are scheduled to be open
ed in the Wilmington District
office on 21 November for
maintenance dredging in the
Atlantic Intracoastal Water
way between Alligator River,
N. C., and Little River, S, C.
The estimated amount of ma
terial involved in this shoal
removal is 600,000 cubic
yards.
Bids for this work are soli
cited from small business
concerns only.
October Term
Of Court Ends
Several Civil Actions Dis
posed Of Before Judge
R. B. Mallard Here Last
Week
Eight divorces were granted
during last week's term of Supe
rior Court devoted to the trial of
civil cases, with Judge Raymond
B. Mallard of Tabor City presid
ing.
A heavy docket greeted Judge
Mallard and the term ran out its
full five days, although several
cases were non-suited after long
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Promotion For
Col. J. D. Duffie
At Sunny Point
Promotion To This Rank Ef
fective October 1 For
Commanding Officer At j
Army Terminal
Headquarters, Department of
the Army has promoted Lt. Colon
el Johnnie D. Duffie, Commanding
Officer of Sunny Point Army Ter
minal, to the rank of full Colonel
effective 26 October 1961.
Colonel Duffie, who is from
Columbia, South Carolina, assum
ed command of the U. S. Army
Transportation Terminal, Sunny
Point, on 1 January 1960, coming
here; from an assignment in the
Office of the Army Chief of Staff.
He enlisted in the South Caro
lina National Guard in 1936 and
was commissioned a Second Lieu
tenant in 1940. During World War
II he served in Europe with the
84th Infantry Division, participat
ing in four major campaigns.
His decorations include the
Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf
Cluster, Army Commendation
Ribbon with Oak Leaf Cluster,
and the French Croix de Guerre
with Silver Star.
Colonel Duffie has studied at
William and Mary College, Amer
ican University, Taiwan Univer
sity, Stanford University and
Northwestern University.
Among the Army Service
Schools he has attended are the
Transportation Officers Advanced
Course, Command and General
Staff College, The Army Supply
Management Course, and the U.
S. Management School.
Sunny Point Army Terminal,
which he commands, was con
structed for the sole purpose of
loading and discharging ammuni
tion, and features the most mod
ern developments in ammunition
loading. Safety devices and pro
tective mechanisms are incorpo
rated throughout its construction.
The Sunny Point Army Terminal
is a subordinate installation of
the £». Armjr Transportation
Terminal Command, Atlantic,
Brooklyn, New York.
Colonel Duffie is married to the
former Mary E. Lahey of Colum
bia, S. C. They are presently re
siding in Southport with their
three children.
No change in duty assignment
is expected due to Colonel Duf
fie’s promotion.
Golfers To Meet
Thursday Night
Architect For Boiling Spring
Lakes Golf Course Will
Attend Membership Meet
ing
A meeting of the members of
Boiling Spring Lakes Country
Club, Inc., has been called for
tomorrow (Thursday) evening at
| Southport and beginning at 8
o’clock. Meeting place will be the
Southport Lions’ club building.
According to Kirby Sullivan,
member of the committee on
charter and by-laws, many im
portant items are scheduled for
the meeting, including the possi
1 ble election of a board of direc
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TIME and TIDE
Twenty-five years ago this week the new flatbed press at The
News Reporter plant in Whiteviile was used for the first time
to print The Pilot. The most significant change was in the size
of the paper, which now went from seven to eight columns. There
had been a general election the day before, and the late Clyde R.
Hoey had been elected governor of North Carolina.
The season’s first frost already had hit here, on October 30.
The James Roosevelt yacht, Half-Moon, had been in the South
port harbor and a missing shrimp trawler had been found by
the Coast Guard after her skipper had swam ashore to notify
them of her position.
Five years later, on November 5, 1941, the Outdoor Writers
were back in Southport and with them was the late Dr. T. Gil
bert Pearson, noted ornithologist, who was back in his favorite
haunts. State American Legion officials were coming here for
a District meeting and there was a front page story telling that
the CCC Camp at Bolton soon would be closed.
In connection with the coming of the Legionnaires we had one
of the most ambitious co-op advertisements we ever carried in
this newspaper. It was a double page spread, and there were
24-advertisers. The central theme was a welcome to the veterans
at their meeting here.
The Pilot for November 6, 1946, showed scenes from the Hal
loween Carnval at Southport. Janice Swan was the queen, Gene
Fulwood was the king, and the crown bearer was little Michael
Hardee.
Shallotte citizens were seeking dependable telephone service;
Continued On Page 4
Receives Promotion
COL. JOHNNIE D. DUFFIE
Seek Information
On Labor Supply
Big Attendance
At Open House
On a recent Sunday the
James Browns of Boiling
Spring Lakes entertained
company—4,832 persons, to
be exact.
The husband and wife team
- aab-irv the
new ranch-type brick home
and nodded to throngs and
shook hands until they were
ready to drop with exhaus
tion. In fact, James, an auto
mechanic at nearby Bolivia,
is said to have taken to his
bed the minute the last visi
tor disappeared.
The occasion had nothing
to do with a Brown anniver
sary. Instead, the couple had
graciously allowed hundreds
to pass through their com
fortable home on a tour of
inspection connected with an
open house event held by the
developers of one of North
Carolina’s largest and new
est real estate subdivisions.
At Boiling Spring Lakes.
Burning Permit
Law In Effect
Persons Desiring To Do Any
Outside Burning Near
Woodland Are Required
To Obtain Permit
County Ranger Kenneth John
son this week reminded citizens
of Brunswick County that it is
again necessary to obtain a burn
ing permit, before doing any burn
ing within 500-feet of any wood
land.
The State law relating to the
burning of brush reads as follows:
“Starting fires within five hun
dred (500) feet of areas under
protection of State Forest Service
—It shall be unlawful for any
person, firm or corporation to
start or cause to be started any
fire or ignite any material in any
of the areas of woodland under
the protection of the State Forest
Service of within five hundred
(500) feet of any such protected
area during the hours starting at
midnight and ending at 4:00 p. m.
without first obtaining from the
State Forester or one of his duly
authorized agents a permit to
start or cause to be started any
fire or ignite any material in such
above mentioned places between
the. first day of October and the
first day of June, inclusive. No
charge shall be made for the
granting of said permits.
“During periods of hazardous
forest fire conditions, the State
Forester is authorized to cancel
all permits and prohibit the start
ing of any fires in any of the
woodlands under the protection of
the State Forest Service or with
in five hundred (5Q0) feet of any
such protected area. Any person,
firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this act shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be fined not
more than fifty dollars ($50.00)
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Women Desiring Jobs In
Garment Industry Urged
To Fill Out Information
Sheet And Return Imme
diately
An effort is being made this
week to secure information de
sired by the owner of a garment
plant as to the availability of
trained sewing machine operators
in this area, and the results are
expected to influence his decision
■regarding .tho possible location of
a plant in the Southport-Boiling
Spring Lakes section of Bruns
wick county.
A labor survey form is being
reproduced on the back page of
today’s issue of The Pilot, and
women who desire regular em
EDITOR’S NOTE: As a pub
Uc service, we are printing
on the back page of today’s
State Port Pilot a labor sur
vey form which may be used
to help obtain industry for
Brunswick County.
ployment in a garment manufac
turing plant near home are urged
to fill in this information and re
turn it as soon as possible. It may
be mailed to P. O. Box 548, South
port, or may be delivered in per
son to Kirby Sullivan, president
of the Southport Junior Chamber
of Commerce, or to James M.
Harper, Jr., president of South
port Development Corporation.
Both of these men wish to
make it plain that no final com
mitment has been made by the
industrialist to build here. He has
shown enough interest in this lo
cation to come here on a tour
of inspection, and he has follow
ed up this visit with a request
for information regarding avail
able labor. He was particularly
interested in the number of ex
perienced operators he might be
able to find in Brunswick county.
This is just another step in a
concerted effort that is being
made to make jobs available here
in Brunswick county and to de
velop a regular payroll. In addi
tion to the efforts of the two
above-mentioned groups, the Shal
lotte Jaycees also are active, and
official of that organization said
yesterday that he and his fellow
members stand ready to assist in
any way possible with this labor
survey.
Noted Layman
Is Heard Here
Kenneth S. Keyes Speaks
On Subject Of Tithing
Before Audience In High
School Auditorium
Kenneth S. Keyes, nationally
known layman, was speaker Sun
day evening at the first of the
Fifth Sunday Evening Union
Services being planned by the
Protestant ministers of Southport.
Scene of this meeting was the
Southport High School audito
rium, and the speaker spoke on
the subject of “Stewardship”, with
special emphasis on the topic of
tithing.
The speaker declared that the
sin of partial surrender is the
greatest transgression of the av
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Waccamaw Girl
Is Essay Contest
Winner For REA
Announcement Made At
Annual Membership Meet
ing Held Friday In White
ville Warehouse
A Brunswick county student at
the Waccamaw High School took
first place honors in the essay
contest conducted by the Bruns
wick Electric Membership co-op
erative.
Announcement of the winners
was made at the annual meeting
of the co-operative held Friday
afternoon at Smith's warehouse in
White vi lie.
The first place winner was Fran
Browning, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Travis Browning. Her prize
was $30.
Second place went to Carol C.
Pridgen, of the Mt. Olive high
school and daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence L. Pridgen. Her
prize was $20.
me imra place winner was
Reva Mae Cartrette of the Wil
liams township school. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
J. Cartrette. Reva received $10.
An estimated 5,000 people from
the four-county area served by
the co-operative were present for
a full afternoon of music, speech
es, receiving of numerous prizes
and general social amenities.
Speakers for the meeting in
clude Walter E. Fuller of the Tar
Heel Electric association and Con
gressman Alton A. Lennon who
has attended every meeting of
of the co-op since he was elected
to Congress.
Top feature of the business
phase of the session was the elec
tion of 11 directors to serve dur
ing the coming year, which part
of the program was conducted by
Attorney D. F. McGougan. The
directors are: C. D. Branch, presi
dent, Evergreen; Ennis Anderson,
vice-president, Fair Bluff; T. D.
Lindsey, secretary-treasurer, Shal
lotte; L. C. Batten, Hallsboro; J.
B. Ward, Jr., Longwood; H. D.
•White, J«W Chadbouxn; .Fred . E.
'Lay, Tabor .City; Roy Swain, '
Winna.bow; F. D. Inman, Ash; M.
M. Ray, Nakina; and R. T. Mer
cer of Bolivia. There were no
nominations from the floor.
Congressman Lennon, in brief
impromptu remarks, urged his
listeners for continued support in
the trying times ahead by call
ing attention to Russia’s inten
tion of destroying the country
economically.
Then he emphasized the levity
of the times with a quote from
President Kennedy’s inaugural
address: “Not what your country
can do for you but what you can
do for your country.”
The Congressman brought the
challenge closer with the Presi
dent’s significant remark at
Chapel Hill a few weeks ago: “It
is very likely that all of us here
today will live out our lives in
danger and peril.’’
President Branch, commenting
that this was the 23rd annual
meeting of the co-operative, said
membership increased four per
cent last year but power sales
were up 10 per cent during the
year. lie went on to point out
that the co-operative would con
tinue to grow because towns and
cities are growing and people
are moving out into rural areas.
Touching on the fiscal aspects
of the facility, he said the co
operative’s borrowing credit was
good because its financial stand
ing was good.
It was pointed out that the
co-operative has not only met all
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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, November 2,
2:59 A. M. 9:17 A. M.
3:13 P. M. 9:53 P. M.
Friday, November 3,
3:52 A. M. 10:12 A. M.
4:03 P. M. 10:40 P. M.
Saturday, November 4,
4:39 A. M. 11:03 A. M.
4:50 P. M. 11:25 P. M.
Sunday, November 5,
5:24 A. M. 11:51 A. M.
5:34 P. M. 12:05 P. M.
Monday, November 6,
6:05 A. 3 '"M \ M.
6:16 P. ft
Tuesi
6:47 A.
6:56 P.
W’edn
7:27 A.
7:35 P.
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