THE STATE PORT PILOT
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10-Pages Today WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1961 SOUTHPORT, N. C 5c A COPY
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Friday Fishing Trip
RESULTS—Six Whiteville men, members of the staff of The News Reporter,
went out Friday with Capt. Walter Lewis aboard the John Ellen and had one of
the best catches made here this fall. It included 57 king mackerel, 11 bonito,
and one amberjack. Left to right, the men are Willie Hammonds, E. Sellers, Jr.,
Hubert Stanley, James Hammonds and Earl Norris. Elgie Clemmons, sixth mem
ber of the group, is staff photographer for the Whiteville newspaper and took
this picture.
County Winners
In 4-H Exhibit
Held In Supply
Total Of 60 Blue Ribbons
Awarded As 4-H Mem
bers Compete For Recog
nition Of Projects
Brunswick County’s community
4-H Clubs, although- organizer
fairly recently, have been far
from idle, according to Bruns
wick County Farm Agent A. S.
Knowles, who points out the clubs
amassed more than 100 exhibits,
to be displayed in the county
achievement program. The quality
of the work was proven by the
60 blue ribbons awarded.
The blue ribbon-winning ex
hibits will be displayed Saturday
in Wilmington and at the Star
News Newspapers Southeastern
N. C. Honor Program, for section
al judging and awards.
Martha Rabon came up with
perhaps the most unique exhibit
put together by a girl, the re
pair of a phonograph and the
manufacture of a lamp in its en
tirety. Miss Rabon took blue rib
bons on both exhibits.
On the other hand, Terry
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NEWSJ
BENEFIT BARBECUE
A benefit supper will be served
at Ocean View Methodist Church,
Yaupon Beach, Friday, at 5 p.
m. There will be a choice of bar
becued chicken or pork and all
the fixings.
BARBECUE SUPPER
The Women of the Southport
Presbyterian Church will serve a
barbecue and fish supper on Fri
day night at the Lions Club
Building from 5 to 7 p. m. The
proceeds will go toward the build
ing fund.
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
Frotestant churches of South
port will unite in a Thanksgiving
service Wednesday night 'at 7:30
at Trinity Methodist Church. The
Rev. Drayton Cooper, pastor of
Southport Presbyterian Church,
will bring the message. An offer
ing will be taken for the benefit
of the free lunch fund at the
Southport High School Cafeteria.
SHOOTING MATCH
On Thanksgiving Day at 2
o’clock there will be a shooting
match at Exum Community Build
ing for the benefit of the building
fund. At 5 o'clock there will be a
picnic supper for residents of the
neighborhood. Each family is ask
ed to bring a basket of food and
everyone is invited to come and
enjoy Thanksgiving Day at the
Exum Community Building.
State Committee
Calls New Election
New Community Elections’!
Scheduled To Be Held In
Shallotte, Town Creek
And Waccamaw Town
ships
The ASC State committee an
nounced today that special ASC
committee elections will be con
ducted in three Brunswick coun
ty communities on Friday, No
vember 24, 1961. These three com
munities are Shallotte, Town
Creek, and Waccamaw.
The Stale committee, in making
this announcement, revealed that
as a result of complaint, an in
vestigation has been conducted
which revealed that irregularities
were prevalent to the extent that
they were ordering new elections
| for these three communities. The
| State committee also stated that
| there would be no change in the
j slate of nominees, and that the
I special election will be conducted
in the same manner as the reg
ular election; however, a State
office representative will be pres
ent at each of the polling places.
The State committee did not
j disclose the nature of the irreg
j ularities; however, they did state
' that such irregularities could have
affected the results of the persons
: elected at each of the three com
| munities.
| In connection with the date of
November 24 on which the special
! elections will be conducted, the
committee announced that the
! county convention, for the pur
j pose of electing the county com
I mittee, will be held on Wednes
day, November 29, and that the
; county committee so elected will
' take office on December 1.
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Construction On
New Golf Course
Clearing Begins On Boiling
Spring Lakes Course As
Construction Of The First
Nine Begins
Construction of the first nine
holes of Boiling Spring Lakes
! Country Club, Inc., began last
! week, and according to a spokes
| man, hole number 6 is shaping j
; up nicely.
At a specially-called meeting
of the nominating committee of
the club held at Southport in the
Lion's Club building Wednesday
night, the following directors
were elected:
Mrs. James Glore, E. J. Pre
vatte, H. Foster Mintz, S. B.
Frink, Tommy Kirby, Harold
! Green and Arthur E. Huntley.
The next meeting was set for
Thursday night in the law offices
of E. J. Prevatte, at. which time
J organizational details will be
worked out, including the election
of officers and the appointment
of several committees such as a
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Speaker
DR. A. C. DAWSON
State Education
Leader Coming
Dr. A. C. Dawson Will Be
Speaker At The Annual
Brunswick County NCEA
Banquet Here Monday
Dr. A. C. Dawson, Executive
secretary of the North Carolina
Education Association, will be the
principal speaker at the annual
Brunswick County NCEA banquet
in Southport Monday evening.
The meeting will be held in
the Lions Club Building and will
begin at 6:30 o'clock.
Prior to accepting the position
with the North Carolina Educa
tional Association Dr. Dawson
served as teacher, principal and
later as superintendent of schools
at Southern Pines. He was presi
dent of the N. C. Education As
sociation in 1948-49.
Dr. Dawson received his A. B.
degree from Atlantic Christian
College, his masters from the
University of North Carolina and
his doctor’s degree from Atlantic
Christian College.
The speaker is no stranger to
Brunswick county, for in addition
to many visits made here in pro
fessional capacity, he also served
for several years as referee for
the annual Brunswick County
Basketball Tournament.
RALEIGH TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. H. Foster Mintz
of Bolivia are scheduled to attend
the N. C. Automobile Deader’s
working conference, to be held at
the Sir Walter hotel in Raleigh
on Friday of this week. The cou
ple will also attend a banquet and
floor show slated for the same
evening. Mintz is Brunswick
County chairman for the Auto
Association.
Winnabow Will
Get New Post
Office Building
Post Office Department An
nounces Plans For Chang
ing Location From Pres
ent Office
A contract has been awarded
to Tom B. Rabon, Winnabow, to
rent new quarters to the Post Of
fice Department, on U. S. High
way Number 17, approximately
1.15 miles North of present quar
ters, to improve postal operations
in Winnabow, Postmaster Gen
eral J. Edward Day announced.
“We are continuing to build
new post offices where they are
needed,” Day said, "but we are
constantly re-assessing our lease
construction program to de
termine whether present build
ings can be remodeled, or whether
our postal needs can better be
served by moving to an existing
building at a new location.
“We now have about 45,000
post office locations throughout
the country, handling a volume
of 65 billion pieces of mail a
year. By 1970 it is expected to
rise to 90 billion. It is clear,
therefore, that we must redouble
our efforts, not only in expand
ing our capacity but also in de
vising new postal techniques to
meet the demands of our grow
ing population.”
Under the Department’s Con
struction program Rabon will im
prove the building according to
departmental specifications and
rent it to the Department for a
period of three years.
The Department’s capital in
vestment is limited substantially
to postal equipment, while the
building remains under private
ownership, with the owner paying
local real estate taxes.
“This formula,” Day said,
“utilizes the resources and in
vestment funds of private enter
prise for needed postal buildings.”
The new quarters at Winnabow
will contain 673 square feet of
floor space.
Prominent Exum
Citizen Passes
Isaac B. (Ike) Vereen Died
Suddenly Tuesday; Fu
neral Services Scheduled
This (Wednesday) After
noon
Isaac B. (Ike) Vereen, prom
inent Brunswick County citizen,
dieda t his home in the Exum
area, Monday night, after sever
al years of declining health. He
was 75 years of age.
Mr. Vereen was well-known in
his county, being a prominent
merchant and civic leader in the
Exum community for many years.
He was a lifelong resident of
Brunswick County and operated
Exum Grocery in his home com
munity.
Final rites, in charge of Pow
ell Funeral Home of Shallotte,
were held Wednesday at 2 p. m.
at New Life Baptist Church at
Exum by the Rev. Richard Wil
liams, with burial in Columbns
Memorial Park in Whiteville.
He is survived by a son, Terry
Vereen of Baltimore, Md.; five
brothers, Waldo, E. L. and E. I. Ve
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INFORMATION—One of the first projects for the Kingtown Community De
velopment Club was the erection of a “Community Directory” which is erected
on Highway 130 Near New Britian Bridge. Upon it appear the names of each
family in this prosperous Brunswick county community. — (Elgie Clemmons
Photo.)
Parent-Teacher
Association In
Drastic Action
Motion Passes To Eliminate
Sale Of Chances At All
Future Halloween Carni
val Events
The Southport Parent-Teachers
Assbciation held it's regular
monthly - meeting in the school
auditorium on Thursday night.
The meeting was called to or
der by President J. F. Howard
and the Revt Drayton Cooper,
pastor of the Southport Presby
terian Church, conducted the de
votional.
Mrs. Lingles’ class won the $2
check given by the PTA each
month to the elementary grade
with the highest percentage of
parents in attendance. The per
centage of parents representing
Mrs. Lingle s room was 103 per
cent. Mrs. Glore’s senior class
won the $2 check for the high
school with 28.5 percent parental
representation.
During the business session the
Southport PTA approved expen
ditures of $370 for two electric
water coolers, one to be installed
on the first floor and the other
on the second floor; and $307.50
for five banks of lockers for the
high school students. Each bank
of lockers will have fifteen in
dividual storage spaces with ade
! quate room for textbooks and
i coats. The Student Council had
j earlier presented a request to
j the PTA Executive Committee for
; the lockers and had presented a
plan of locker rental that will
j provide lockers for the entire high
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TIME and TIDE
A headline in The Pilot for November 18, 1936, stated: "Hog
Killing Based On The Weather.” It is easy to see that this was
25-years ago—well before the day of the modern facilities of the
cold storage plant. The second floor of the city hall was being
converted into a recreation room, with preparations already un
derway for a formal dedication.
Basketbail practice had started at the CCC Camp, and leading
contenders for first team berths were G. W. McGlamery and Tom
Hunt; the Southport Baptists were holding a congregational
meeting to decide upon a successor for the Rev. T. H. Biles, who
had resigned; and the Rev. E. M. Hall, pastor of Trinity Meth
odist Church, was attending annual conference in New Bern and
waiting to find out if he would be back here.
We think 1941 must have been a good year, because quail sea
son opened on November 20. But fishing also was in the news,
and Ray Martin of Winnabow had landed 27 red drum and puppy
drum while surf casting at Long Beach.
Commander Haskell had taken charge of Fort Caswell, which
was to become a Navy Section Base; Mrs. L. C. Fergus had be
gun teaching a Nurses Aid Course for the Red Cross; and Lt. L.
G. Brown had been assigned to the Section Base at Southport as
medical officer. There were sure signs that the war was closing
in.
The time was November 20, 1946, and the first 4-mile stretch
of the River Road—at the other end—was being paved. The
Acme Fertilizer Plant had suffered a $200,000 fire loss.
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Sunny Point Has
New Tug-Fireboat
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Applications For
Peace Corps Now
Several Brunswick county
postmasters have sent in no
tices this week calling at
tention to the fact that en
trance tests for the Peace
Corps will be given on Tues
day and Wednesday, Novem
ber 28-29.
Further announcement will
be made as to the time and
location for examinations in
this area, and in addition to
being posted on the bulletin
board at the respective post
offices, the information will
appear in The Pilot.
Those who are interested
should make inquiry of his
postmaster.
New Fire Truck
Now At Bolivia
Volunteer Fire Department
Receives Their First Ma
jor Piece Of Equipment
For Operations
The recent acquisition of a fire
truck has brought the town of
Bolivia closer to an organized fire
department than at any time in
its history.
The purchase of the truck is
the latest outcome of a determin
ed drive to secure fjre protection
for this thriving community.
Late last March the ball start
ed rolling when a group of safe
ty-conscious citizens held a meet
ing. During subsequent gatherings
it was decided to form a paid
membership interested in the es
tablishment of a Volunteer Fire
Department.
Only recently the group elected
R. C. Phelps, a local merchant,
and one who had been very ac
tive in the drive, as fire chief. At
the present time more than 50
members are in good standing.
These include the following per
sons and business firms:
Mae G. Atkinson, Kermit Beck,
H. C. Bland, F. T. Brittan, Henry
Brown, E. W. Bullard, O. C. Bur
ton, Erastus Carroll, J. C.
Comeau, George Danford, L. L.
Edwards, Jr., J. A. Elmore, Eu
clid Eichorn, John Gails, James
Goff, B. G. Harvell, D. H. Hawes,
Mrs. N. Howard.
Also, H. Mercer Johnson, J. D.
Johnson, J. K. Johnson, Milton
Johnson, Jean A. Johnson, . F.
ones, Frank Keller, J. M. King,
Arthur Knox, C. W. Knox, J. O.
Knox, A. S. Knowles, W. A. Kopp,
O. T. Lewis, Sr., Dave McKeithan!
Gladys McKay.
Also, B. B. Mercer, D. J. Mer
cer, O. E Mercer, R. T. Mercer, I
Worth Mercer, A. R. Mintz, Eld- j
ridge Mintz, H. F. Mintz and El- '
more Motor Co., E. B. Murrell, !
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•mg new vessel Arrived At
Nearby Army Installation
Last Week From Florida
Shipyard
A new combination tug-fireboat
was delivered at Sunny Point
Aripy Terminal last week to
greatly upgrade the waterfront
firefighting facilities of this in
stallation.
The new vessel is unique in that
she embodies every required spe
cification as an ocean-going tug
and as a fire boat. She is 107
feet in length, has a sleek hull
and is of 1,200-horsepower. Her
official designation is LT2091, and
this boat is one of four built for
the U. S. Army in 1954.
When the matter of converting
he? for use as a fire boat was
first discussed, the first require
ment was that none of her char
acteristics as a tug should be de
stroyed in the process of conver
sion.
This means that in addition to
her prowess as a fire-fighting
ship, she can—and probably will
be—used for operations at the
terminal now carried out by a
smaller tugboat.
It also meant that in convert
ing her to use as a fireboat it
was desirable to use small, pow
erful engines in order to con
serve space iri the engineroom.
Two gas turbine engines were
used, and they are capable of
supplying 2,000-gallons of water
per minute, with 150-lb pressure.
This is made possible by the fact
that the engines operate at 37,000
revolutions per minute. Compare
this figure with the fact that
reciprocating engines turn up 3,
600-rpm to gain an idea of the
extreme speed of the fire-fight
ing engines.
The new boat is not second
hand, even though she was com
pleted in 1954. Since that time
she has been in storage in Char
leston, S. C., and when the de
cision was made to convert her
into a combination tug-fireboat,
she was taken to a Jacksonville,
Fla., shipyard for the necessary
alterations.
In addition to her powerful
pumps, the new boat has fire
monitors mounted fore and aft on
her decks to direct the stream of
water which will gush from her
nozzles.
The vessel is capable of cruis- I
ing at 12-knots, draws 14-feet of
water and hence cannot operate
in the Intracoastal Waterway.
She has a cruising range of 3,000
miles.
When alterations were complet
ed at Jacksonville, a crew from
Sunny Point went down to Flor
ida to bring her to her new home.
In this group were Frank Potter
and Donald St. George and Otto
Hickman and Anson Lewis.
For the time being, the old;
fire boat and the small tug will j
continue to operate at the nearby i
army terminal, but it is expected j
that eventually the duties and re
sponsibilities of these smaller
craft will be taken over by the i
larger and more powerful vessel. J
Health Director
Change Indicated
In Board Action
Notification Is Given New
Hanover Health Depart
ment That Part-Time Ser
vices Of Dr. C. B. Davis
Insufficient
Members of the Brunswick
County Board of Health have re
quested the New Hanover Coun
ty Board of Health to terminate
on December 1 the existing ar
rangement which provides for
sharing the services of Dr. C. B.
Davis on a part-time basis as
Director for the Brunswick Coun
ty Health Department.
The letter was written after
two meetings at which considera
tion was given to some plan
which will afford Brunswick
County a greater degree of super
vision which will be in keeping
with the rapidly increasing de
mands upon the .Health Depart
ment.
Text of the letter follows:
“We, the undersigned members
of the Brunswick County Board
of Health, after much deliberation
have come to the conclusion that
Brunswick County is not receiv
ing the required attention in the
realm of the direction of the
Health Department that is neces
sary. Under the present agree
ment with the New Hanover Con
solidated Health Department it is
provided that your director de
vote one fifth of his time to the
Brunswick County Health Depart
ment.
“This condition is no doubt cre
ated by increased demands of the
health program in New Hanover
County. The same growth in
Brunswick County has also placed
more demand for service on our
health program and consequently
demands more supervision by the
director.
“In replacing a qualified sani
tarian we have been made to
realize that our entire organiza
tion must be revamped for the
benefit of the health program.
This is to notify you that we
are entertaining applications for
another Health Director and re
quest that Dr. Davis’ services
be terminated on December 1,
1961.”
Members of the Brunswick
County Board of Health include
F. H. Swain, chairman; R. M.
Willis, Dr. F. B. Burdette, J.
Edward Hahn, Dr. R. H. Holden
R. L. Rabon and John G. Long.
New Building At
Sacred Heart
New Structure Will Serve
As Educational Building
And Rectory For Catholic
Church In Southport
A new brick building enclosing
approximately 2,200 square feet
of space is presently being added
to the Sacred Heart Catholic
Church in Southport.
The new facility will serve
Sacred Heart in the dual capacity
of educational building and rec
tory. Ground was broken in a
brief but impressive ceremony
held a week ago.
A church spokesman said that
the new building fills “a long
felt need at Sacred Heart,” and
added that visiting priests serv
ing the church in the past have
had to secure outside living quar
ters.
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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
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
high cow
Thursday, November 16,
1:52 A. M. 8:21 A. M.
2:30 P. M. 9:04 P. M.
Friday, November 17,
2:58 A. M. 9:30 A. M.
3:33 P. M. 10:02 P. M.
Saturday, November 18,
4:00 A. M. 10:32 A. M.
4:32 P. M. 10:58 P. M.
Sunday, November 19,
4:58 A. M. 11:30 A. M.
5:27 P. M. 11:49 P. M.
Monday, November 20,
5:52 A. M. 12:24 A. M.
6: 17 P. M.
Tuesday, November 21,
6:43 A. M. 0:38 A. M.
7:08 P. M. 1:14 P. M.
W'ednesady, November 22,
7:31 A. M. 1:23 A. M.
7:55 P. M. 2:01 P. M.