THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
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SOUTHPORT. N. C
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1961
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Pilot Receives Honor
HONORED—Governor of North Carolina Terry Sanford on Sunday made Capt. B. M. Burriss of
Southport an Admiral in the North Carolina Navy. Governor Sanford said: “By reason of this ship
being here, Capt. Burriss has done a masterful job . . .He placed this great ship in her slip in one
of the finest exhibitions of seamanship ever t.o be seen in North Carolina.” It was announced by
the Battleship Commission that Brunswick County, under the leadership of H. Foster Mintz of
Bolivia, has raised $1,780.25 for the state-wide Battleship Fund drive, which is 356% of the Coun
ty’s goal. *
Prevatte Made
President For j
New Club Group
Southport Attorney Named
The President Of Boiling
Spring Lakes Country
Club By Directors
i
l’he board of directors for the
Boiling Spring Lakes Country !
Club, Inc., during a meeting held '
last Thursday night in the law'
offices of E. J. Prevatte, elected
officers and appointed committee
chairmen.
Prevatte is president; H. F.
Mintz, vice-president; Kirby Sulli
van, secretary, and treasurer;
Tommy Kirby, assistant secre
tary-treasurer; and James C.
Bowman, attorney.
Bowman was named chairman
of the by-laws committee, while
Kirby and A. E. Huntley were
named as co-chairman for the
greens and golf course committee.
The board of directors will be
responsible for the clubhouse
building committee, while Mintz
was placed in charge of the mem
bership committee. Mrs. James i
Glore heads the committee on
furniture and fixtures, and Kirby
will be in charge of publicity.
The developers have agreed that
10 percent of the proceeds from
the sale of lots adjoining the new
golf course will go to the new
club, and 5 percent of the sale of
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THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS
City and county offices, the
banks and the Savings & Loan
will be closed Thursday in obser
vance of Thanksgiving. The
schools of Brunswick county will
be closed Thursday and Friday
for this holiday period.
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
A union Thanksgiving service
will be held at Trinity Methodist ;
Church Wednesday evening at
7:30 o'clock. The Rev. Drayton
Cooper, pastor of Southport Pi es- |
byterian Church, will be the |
speaker.
PRIZE WINNERS
Mrs. Penny Priquette received j
the television set given by the
Southport Savings & Loan Asso
ciation during their recent 50th
Anniversary Celebration. Julia j
Faye Lewis of the Antioch Church |
Community receive*! a transistor
radio, with another radio being
presented to D. H. Wescott of
Bolivia.
Brunswick Girls
And Boys Winners
Large Number From This*
County Participate In An-|.
nuai Event Sponsored By
Star-News Newspapers
Brunswick County 4-H Club |
members won 9 blue ribbons, 14 ‘
red ribbons anfi* 3 white ribbons
at the 4-H Honor Program finals
held at Wilmington Saturday.
The contest was sponsored by the
Wilmington Star-News news
papers, and nine Southeastern N.
C. Counties participated.
It was acknowledged to lje
the largest such achievement pro
gram ever put on in this section
of the state, with 639 separate
exhibits displayed and judged.
Some 600 persons were on hand
in Brogden Hall, New Hanover
High School, to watch the judg
ing and the dress revue and
talent show which preceded it.
Competing in the revue from
Brunswick were Meta Gail Mc
Neil and Martha Rabon. In a
tractor-driving contest, William
Hickman of Brunswick County
placed sixth.
Winners of ribbons from Bruns
wick, with color of ribbon and
category, follow:
In the Garden category, Wil
liam A. Hickman took a blue rib- 1
bon with a plate of five prize
sweet peppers; William Hickman
also took a blue ribbon with a
plate of five tomatoes.
In the Home Grounds Beauti
fication category, Kelly Holden
took a blue ribbon. In Beekeep
ing, John Grissett took a blue
ribbon for one quart of clear
honey; in the Poultry category
Priscilla Hewett won a red rib
bon, while Susan Gray won a
red ribbon for making a Church
dress.
In the Senior clothing depart
ment, Martha Rabon won a red 1
ribbon for a blouse and skirt; 1
while Martha Rabon took a red
ribbon for a street dress. In the 1
Food Conservation category :
(canning), Susan Gray took a red i
ribbon for peaches, and Nancy 1
Bellamy took a white ribbon with
beets.
Susan Gray won a blue rib- i
bon with grape jelly; Meta Gail 1
McNeil a red ribbon with cucum- 1
ber, while Susan Gray won a i
red ribbon for her peach pickles, s
Meta Gail McNeil took top honors I
(blue ribbon) with her biscuits, i
and Belinda Holden a red ribbon i
with blueberry muffins. Belinda
came back strong in the cake de- ’
partment with a red ribbon atop
her pound cake. ,
Barbara Simmons won a red ;
ribbon in the Home Improvement
category, with her dresser scarf;
Ronald Holden won a blue rib
bon for book ends, with Barry
Linkoos copping a red in' the 1 ]
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Wilmington Site
For Examination
In answer to many queries
directed to this newspaper,
the regional examination for
entrance into the Peace Corps
will be held at Wilmington
and in the post office build
ing in that city on Tuesday
and Wednesday of next week.
The newly-organized Peace
Corps is open to all young
Americans who pass examina
tions, and has the blessing
of the present national ad
ministration. Members, like
military personnel, may be
sent to distant stations, both
here and abroad.
The examinations will be
gin promptly at 8:30 a. m. on
both designated days. Persons
interested in joining the
Peace Corps are urged to
apply at Wilmington a few
moments before the examina
tions are begun.
Trailer Section
Is Being Opened
The Developers Of Boiling
Spring Lakes Making a
Play For Residents With
Mobile Homes
Since a good-sized segment of
nodern America moves on wheels,
he developers of Boiling Spring
-.akes are in the process of
dealing land and building an ac
■ess road for a trailer section.
A spokesman for the big resi
lential development said Friday
hat the move was in response to
nquiries from many persons now
iving in trailers.
“Few people desire to spend
heir lives inside the cramped
luarters of an automobile trailer
lome,” he said. “Here at Boiling
Spring Lakes we are now ready
ng a section in which we will
lell lots upon which trailers may
>e parked. Most of these lots will
eventually hold permanent homes,
if conventional design.”
A tour of th esection proves
hat shade trees of all size grow
n profusion. Holly and blackjack,
>aks and gums, predominate. It
s as lovely a spot for a mobile
lome as can be found anywhere.
Through the section runs a
sand road with an historic back
ground. Once there was a village
lere; a village called Alpine, and
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Governor Names
Southport Lady
On Commission
Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr.,
Appointed Member Of
Carolina Charter Tercen
tenary Commission
Governor Terry Sanford an- I
nounced today the composition of
the Carolina Charter Tercenten- |
ary Commission for the taieunnum j
1961-1963. The following new j
persons were appointed by the
governor to serve:
Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr.,
Southport; Dr. Henry W. Jor
dan, Cedar Falls; Rt. Rev. Thom
as J. Wright, Wilmington; Mrs.
Ernest L. Ives, Southern Pinea;
Dan M. Paul, Raleigh; William
Carrington Gretter, Jr., Louis
burg; J. P. Strother, Kinston;
Mrs. Ann B. Durham, Burgaw;
and Mrs. Doris Betts, Sanford.
Commission members re-ap
pointed by the governor are
Henry Belk, Goldsboro; Dr. Chal
mers G. Davidson, Davidson;
Lambert Davis, Chapel Hill; Gray
son Harding, Edenton; Mrs. Kan
no A. Lehto, Wilmington; James
G. W. MacLamroc, Greensboro;
Mrs. Harry McMullan, Washing
ton; Dr. Paul Murray, Greenville;
Dr. Robert H. Spiro, Jr., Macon,
Georgia; Mrs. J. O. Tally, Jr.,
Fayetteville, and David Stick,
Kitty Hawk.
The Chairman of the Commis
sion, Francis E. Winslow of
Rocky Mount, also w'as re-ap
pointed by Governor Sanford for
the years 1961-1963. Mr. Winslow
has been serving in this capacity
since his appointment in 1959
when the Commission was estab
lished by the General Assembly.
Ex-officio members of the
; Carolina Charter Tercentenary
Commission are Dr. Charles F.
Carroll, Superintendent of Public
Instruction; Hargrove Bowles, Jr.,
Director of the Department of
i Conservation and Development;
and Dr. Christopher Crittenden,
! Director of the Department of
' Archives and History. Brig. Gen
John D. F. Phillips, USA (Ret.),
is Executive Secretary of the
Commission.
The purpose of the Commis
i sion is to plan the observance of
the 300th anniversary of the
| granting of the Carolina. Charter
. in 1663 to the eight Lords Pro
| prietors by King Charles II of
| England.
Soil Election Is
| Set Next Month |
) One Soil Conservation Su- J
| pervisor For Brunswick j
County Will Be Elected
One Soil Conservation Super
visor for Brunswick County will
be elected by popular vote in an
election to be held during the
weeks of December 4-9.
The Brunswick County board
of Soil Conservation Supervisors
at a recent meeting in Shallotte
nominated J. D. Bellamy, Jr., of
Shallotte for this post and are
now circulating a nominating peti
tion him. Chairman Bellamy i
stated that if there are any other i
interested groups in the county J
that have a candidate, he can !
be nominated in similar manner. I
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New Fireboat In Action
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DEMONSTRATION—The new comb ination tug-fireboat at Sunny Point Army
Terminal is shown here in a demonstration of her 4,000-gallon per minute out
put of water at 150-lbs. pressure—specifications which will greatly improve the
water front fire-fighting strength of the fire department at the nearby U. S.
Army installation.
Draw Jury List
For Two Weeks
Superior Court
Judge R. I. Mintz Will Pre
side Over Two One-Week
Special Sessions For Civil
Actions
Two one-week special terms of
Superior' Court devoted to the
trial of civil cases, will be held
beginning on, December 4, and
December ii, with Judge R. I.
Mintz of Wilmington, presiding.
Judge Mintz is a native of Bruns
wick County and a former South
port attorney. The following list
of jurors was selected by the
Brunswick; County Commissioners
in executive session held here
Monday:
First Week: V. W. Beck, D. G.
Bozeman, Donald M. Frink, J. R.
Mintz, R. H. Sellers, R. Talmadge
Hewett, W. B. Grissett, Allen
Stanley Jr., and J. E. Long, all
of Shallotte. G. M. Smith, E. H.
Cox, Frank Hewitt, J. W. Stan
ley, W. W. Babson, R. M. Piver,
Harry Gore and Wesley Smith,
Jr., all of Ash. Arthur W. Knox,
Paul McDowell, R. S. Willetts,
Jr., and Carl McKeithan, all of
Bolivia.
Also, Larry Robinson, Lennell
W. Hewett, Jack Wallace, Jen
rette Brown, Garland Clemmons
and Washley Lancaster, all of
Supply; Joe Reaves, Carl K. Lew
is, Martin Sullivan, E. O. Sulli
van, R. O. Williams and Fred
erick A. Gainey, all of Leland;
Numan King, Hoyt Inman and
Odell Evans, all of Freeland;
Robert McKenzie and L. W. Clem
mons, both of Southport, and
Charlie C. Henry, Jr., of Winna
bow.
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TIME and TIDE
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Twenty-five years ago this week the Southport Lodge of the
Junior Order observed the 40th Anniversary of its founding.
That occasion was observed at a turkey supper served in the Jun
ior Order Hall on Howe Street. (And that building now is in the
process of oeing dismantled.)
Some statistician had come up with the information that the
majority of people in Brunswick county lived on a farm- and they
still do; a very poor shrimping season had come to a close—and
that might have been written this fall; five Brunswick county
hunters had missed broadside shots at a deer—thus producing
enough shirttail material for an old-fashioned quilt.
There was kinder treatment for a baby deer, shown in a front
page picture >n our issue for November 26, 1941. His name was
Bill, and he was a .pet at Orton Plantation. There was agitation
for a causeway and bridge directly from Southport to Fort Cas
well, where the Navy had commenced construction of a Section
Base.
A local lady had experienced considerable difficulty rescuing
her pet dog from the back seat of her burning automobile—the
dog persisted in re-entering the blazing vehicle; the Not Exactly
editor had had some warm words of praise for Clyde Dyson,
obliging bread deliveryman—who has been inactive during recent
weeks because of his health; and this was an unusually good
edition of The Pilot from the point of school columns, there be- J
ing three of these in that issue.
The front page of The Pilot for November 27, 1916, really had
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Special Election
For ASC Friday
MRS. C. ED TAYLOR
Prominent Lady
Dies Suddenly
Mrs. C. Ed Taylor Died Sat
urday Night Soon After
Returning Here From
Durham
Mrs. Jessie Stevens Taylor, 82,
widow of C. Ed Taylor, died at
the home of a daughter, Mrs.
James M. Harper, Jr. in South
port, Saturday night.
She was a prominent church,
civic and social leader in South
port and had returned home only
a few hours before her death from
Durham, where she had been a
patient at Duke Hospital and
visited with relatives.
Mrs. Taylor was nationally
known as the oldest volunteer ob
server for the U. S. Weather Bu
reau. She received widespread
publicity following Hurricane
Hazel in Oct. 1954, from action
she carried out in her observer
post. She had held this position
for many years and was still in
charge of the Southport station
at the time of her death.
In 1955, Mrs. Taylor was invit
ed to Washington for a decoration
for her continuous work as a
weather observer. The Secretary
of the Interior presented her . a
citation for 50 successive years
in that post.
She was an active member of
Trinity Methodist Church in
Southport, from which final rites
were held Tuesday at 10 a. m.
by the Revs. Charles Lancaster
and R. D. Hayman, with burial
in Old Southport Cemetery.
Survivors include a son, Ed
ward B. Taylor of Auburn. Ala.;
three daughters, Mrs. Harper,
Mrs. Earl I. Blown of Durham
and Mrs. R. J. Kiddoo of Tucson,
Ariz.; and two brothers, Vincent
S. Stevens of Cleveland, Ohio and
Stanley L. Stevens of New York !
City.
Active pallbearers were Ed
win Taylor, Russell Johnson,
Davis C. Herring, E. C. Blake, j
Dan Harrelson and Ormond Leg- i
gett, Prince O’Brien and W. P.
Jorgensen.
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Three Communities Will Be
Involved In Farm Elec
tion Which Has Been
Called By State Commit
tee
A special election will be helc
to determine the ASC Community
CQpmiit|eepj,e« Jfe>m tlyee Bruns
wick County townships, FWcfay.
The election affects the com
munities of Shallotte, Town Creek
and Waccamaw, and is being helc
at the request of the N. C. State
ASC Committee. By this action
the former election held Septem
ber 11 is declared null and void
The action by the state com
mittee follows investigation oi
charges of irregularities at the
polls in the above-mentioned com
munities during and immediately
following the last election.
The polls will open at 8 a. m
and close at 6 p. m„ at the fol
lowing polling places: In Shal
lotte, the old Sommersett Garage
at Grissettown; in Town Creek,
the old Willett’s Store at Bolivia;
and in Waccamaw, the Agricul
ture Building at Waccamaw
School. The candidates will be the
same named on the ballot in the
previous election.
It was further ordered by the
state committee that ballots be
tabulated publicly by the county
committee at the ASC office in
Shallotte, as soon as possible af
ter the polls are closed. Any
questions as to eligibility to vote
or hold office will be settled by
the county committee, subject tc
appeal to the state committee.
Candidates from Shallotte are
Lonny Blackman, John Howard
Gore, Annie Belle Hewett, Grove:
Hickman, Paul Holden, Horry
Jenrette, Robert McLamb, Wilbur
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Information On
Labor Comes In
Return Of Questionnaire:
Indicates High Percent Of
Experienced Workers In
County
The response to the request foi
applications from workers for £
small garment industry planl
which possibly may locate in the
Southport-Boiling Spring Lakes
has been gratifying. To date, be
tween 150 and 200 forms have
been filled out and returned and
the applications show little sign
of slowing down.
Most gratifying, is the fact
that the majority of the appli
cants boast of experience in the
operation of sewing machines and
other light industrial machinery,
something which stands high on
the priority listing of the inter
ested manufacturer.
The information contained in
the applications is now being pro
cessed and will be forwarded to
the out-of-state interested party
as soon as it is completed.
Women with sewing skills are
arged to fill out Lhe forms which
lave appeared in recent issues
of The Pilot.
County Teachers
Hear Education
Secretary Speak
Dr. A. C. Dawson Speaker
At Annual NCEA Ban
quet Held In Southport
Monday Evening
Approximately 150 educators
attended the annual banquet
meeting of the Brunswick County
unit of the North Carolina Educa
tion Association held here Mon
day night at the Southport
Lion’s Club building.
The Thanksgiving Day motif,
, which included Pilgrims, Indians,
! turkeys, com tassels and • real
Brunswick County pumpkins, was
the work of Southport school stu
dents and set the stage for a
purely educational meeting, which
was opened with Invocation by
Thomas Bowmer, marineology
teacher at Southport High School.
Following the formal welcome,
delivered by Mrs. James Glore,
president of the Brunswick NCEA
unit , Superintendent of Schools
John G. Long addressed a few
remarks to the large congrega-’
tion of teachers, principals and
other educational leaders, before
an Indian Dance was performed
by an elementary group of stu
dents from Mrs. W. R. Lingle’s
class.
Dinner followed before W. N.
Williams, principal of Southport
High School, introduced the chief
speaker, Dr. A. C. Dawson of
Raleigh. Dr. Dawson is Executive
Secretary for the NCEA.
After the usual opening pleas
antries the speaker launched im
mediately into the heart of his
subject. In taking note of the
recent bond issue defeat suffered
, by Governor Terry Sanford and
the people of North Carolina, Dr.
Dawson said: “The forces which
have always opposed progress in
North Carolina are making the
most of this setback. On every
side you hear, 'Sanford had his
ears pinned back,’ and not a
1 word about the defeat of a pro
gram which held quality educa
tion as one of its good, right
arms! A pity.”
The guest speaker related that
he “did not have to remind his
listeners that he was not a politi
cal appointee, but one of them; a
teacher chosen from the ranks,”
since he had, in the past, often
journeyed to Brunswick County
to officiate at basketball tourna
ments.
“The only axe I have to grind
is the fine edge of learning, of
education in my native state,” he
stated.
As a goal in the immediate
years ahead, Dr. Dawson pointed
up the improvement of education
in this state by means of “a fine
instructor supervisory program
already underway in North Caro
lina.”
And the Executive Secretary
posed the following question to
his audience: “Does spending
more money improve the quality
of education?”
“Statistics, polls and surveys,”
said Dr. Dawson “answer this in
the affirmative." Taxes, said the
educator, “are necessary evils in
any system of public education;
else, where is the money to come
from ?”
The guest speaker exhorted his
! listeners to greater effort.
“The ball is now rollihg,” he
I said. “No longer does a North
i Carolina teacher have to lea ve
the state for economic reasons.
We in the teaching profession,
are slowly coming into our own.”
Dawson warned that the strug
gle is not yet over and done with,
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Tide Table
Following is the tide
table tor Southport during
the w'eek. 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, November 23,
8:17 A. M. 2:08 A. M,
8:40 P. M. 2:47 P. M.
Friday, November 24,
i 9:01 A. M. 2:50 A. M.
9:23 P. M. 3:31 P. M.
Saturday, November 25,
9:43 A. M. 3:32 A. M.
10:06 P. M. 4:15 P. M.
Sunday, November 26,
10:24 A. M. 4:15 A. M.
10:51 P. M. 4:58 P. M.
Monday, November 27,
11:06 A. M. 5:00 A. M.
11:37 P. M. 5:43 P. M.
Tuesday, November 28,
11:50 A. M. 5:46 A. M.
6:30 P. M.
Wednesday, November 29,
0:27 A. M. 6:38 A. M.
12:37 P. M. 7:20 P. M.