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Most of the News! All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community s' The Pilot Covei 1 Brunswick County Volume No. 22 No. 27 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT/ N. C_ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1962 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Committee Will Visit Southport To Study Ferry Vivian Whitfield Advises Local Citizens Of Plans For Meeting Here On January 24 Arrangements have been made for a sub-committee of the State Highway Commission to hold a public hearing in Southport on January 24 at the Lions Club Building for the purpose of mak ing an on-the-scene study of the need for ferry service across the lower Cape Fear river. Here to attend that meeting will be Lauch Faircloth, Clinton; D. G. Bell, Morehead City; Grah am Elliott, Washington; and Gil liam Wood, Edenton. On January 23, the day before the Southport meeting, this com mittee will hold a meeting at Elizabeth City. Local offiicals are very anxious to have a large representation of interested citizens attend this meeting, for they see in this de velopment encouragement for the early inauguration of ferry service from Southport to Fort Fisher. Vivian Whitfield of Burgaw, who has been named by Governor Terry Sanford as Chairman of the All-Seashore Transportation Com mittee, has made arrangements for this meeting. The Pender County man also is president of the All-Seashore Highway Asso ciation and has been interested for several years in that project. He ses the ferry service across the Cape Fear River as an im portant link in the completion of the All-Seashore Highway pro ject. The meeting will convene at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Southport Will Stage Pageant The Southport Jaycees Will Make First Move In TKT F orthcoming Event Oh Monday Night The Southport Junior Chamber of Commerce members are con cerned right now with details of their forthcoming preliminary pageant, which is being held in conjunction with the Shallotte Jaycees in selecting Miss Bruns wick County this year. In charge of the local event will be Mrs. James Glore and Mrs. Ronald Hood, and light now their chief concern is to get some con testants for the forthcoming event. With that in view, they have called a meeting of prospec tive contestants, together with, their parents, for Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Southport high school auditorium. Jaycee officials point out that contestants must be 18-years of age or older by September, 1962. They must also be high school graduates by that date and they must be unmarried. They point with pride to the fact that pulchritude alone is not enough to win the title, for final section is based upon talent and poise as well as beauty. For these reasons they contend that it is a beneficent experience for each contestant to participate in one of these events, and they hope that several girls will take ad vantage of this opportunity. BrUf Btf Of lnewsj COMPLETES COURSE Miss Lolo Mae Gore of South port has completed a two years internship at Rex Hospital in Ra leigh where she is employed as a registered medical secretary in the medical records department. PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN The executive board of the Women of the Church of Wil mington Presbytery will meet January 11 at 11 a. m. in the St. Andrews-Covenant Church in Wilmington. Mrs. J. Neill Clark of Clarkton will preside. MOVE to BAHAMA ISLANDS Mrs. W. A. Stanley, Jr., and sons, William, Kenneth and Ran dolph, of Shallotte, have left for Freeport, Bahama Islands, where they will join husband and father, William Stanley, Sr., in making their home. The latter is employed in the Bahamas as a ship captain under contract with the British government, Mrs. Stanley is the former Mary Fyna Clemmons, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ermon Ciciimioas, of Supply. The End Of The Chase CATCH—The carcases of 10 dead foxes are shown here laid'out on the strand at Lang Beach following a two-day hunt held last week by hunters from upstate. Several dogs in the pack are shown sniffing their victims, while in the back ground is the truck used to transport part of the large number of visiting hounds to Brunswick. There is a full account of the hunt elsewhere in The Pilot.—(Wal ker Photo.) Mrs. M. H.Rourk NamesCommiUee To Conduct Drive Annual March Of Dimes Campaign Will Be Car ried Out In Every section Of Brunswick County Mrs. M. H. Rourk will serve again this year as Brunswick County Chairman of the March of Dimes campaign, and this week she has announced the list of persons who will help carry this drive into every section of the —mmMmi m . * Mrs. Rouik warns against the feeling that the battle against polio is over since the general use of the Salk vaccine. “There still is great expense in connection with those who were stricken j years ago by infantile paralysis,” i she said this week. In fast, we I have several cases of this kind right here in our own county. “In addition,” she continued, j “there is a new outbreak every I year. There is much work yet to be done before this dread dis ease is stamped out, and most of the steps will require funds to finance them.” Following is the list of volun teer workers who will help with j the campaign in Brunswick this i year: Ash, Mrs. William Mathews; , Bolivia, H. K. Jeanneret; Boones | Neck, and Varnamtown, Mrs. Nor 1 man; Holden’s Beach, Mrs. Briles; j Exum, Mrs. Roddy Bennett; Free land. Mrs. Anson Smith; Calabash, Mrs. Harry Bennett; Leland, Mrs. Rufus Williams and Mrs. Wood berry Benton; Longwood, Mrs. W. A. Long; Hickman’s Crossroads, Mrs. Ernest Stanland; Grisset town, Mrs. Norman Grissett; Sup ply, Mrs. Garland Clemmons; Shallotte, Steve Becky; Shallotte Point, Mrs. Fred Edwards; South port, Mrs. Thomas Gilbert; Sun set Beach, Mrs. Roy McKnight; Thomasboro, Mrs. F. C. Osborn; Winnabow, Mrs. Gilbert Irvin; Myrtle Head, Lloyd Parker; Col ored Schools, A. C. Caveness. Workshop Study | At Boys Home i Jaycee Members From This County Will Attend This Meeting, Designed To Help With Project A workshop will be conducted by the 13th District Jayeees this week at Boy's Home, located at Lake Waccamaw, in preparation for the District meeting to be held at Calabash Febuary 1, and hosted by the Shallotte club. In charge of the workshop will be Marvin Wilson, 13th District vice president. Principal speaker will be John Kennedy, state chair man for the Boy’s Home. Some 40 to 50 13th District Jayeees are expected to attend the workshop, at which a banquet dinner will be served, followed by a tour of Boys Home under the guidance of R. N. McCray, director of the lakeside institution. Jaycee clubs embraced in the • 13th District include Southport, Shallotte, Elizabethtown, Tabor : City. Wallace, Burgaw, Dublin, j Lumberton, Bladenboro and Wil | mmgton. Changes Made In Tax Organization Commissioners Appoint D.? H. Hawes As Tejx Super visor, Replacing Mrs. Ressie R. Whatley Members of the Board of Com missioners in session here Tues day appointed Douglas Hawes to serve as tax supervisor in addi tion to his duties as tax collector. He had been appointed to the latter post last fall. Hawes’replaces Mrs. Ressie R. Whatley, who had served as tax supervisor for several years and who had been in charge until yes terday of the tax listing program which is carried out during the month of ^January each year. ■Hawes replaced Mrs. Betty G. Smith as tax collector. Yesterday Mrs. Smith reported for work at the tax office to serve as assistant to Carl Ward, lister for Smithville township. It was reported that Ward had been ill and was not able to carry the full load of his duties. Today he was back in the office at South port and Mrs. Smith did not re port for work. Another controversial action taken by the board yesterday was their decision not to renew the contract between Brunswick coun ty and the auditing firm of W. C. Raines Co. of Tarboro. This firm has conducted the annual audit for this county for the past twen ty-five years. The same organization has audited the accounts for the Brunswick County Board of Edu cation for a number of years. It is understood that this is a sepa rate contract and therefore sub ject to the approval of the mem bers of that body and not the county commissioners. Jaycees oponsor Boys Home Unit J. T. Clemmons Of Shaliotte Is Coordinator For This Project In This District Jaycee Clubs of North Carolina plan to erect a new cottage at , Boy’s Home at Lake Waccamaw j in the very near future, accord j ing to J. T. Clemmons. The lat ter is a co-ordinator for the 13th ' Jaycee District. Clemmons stated that the new I unit will be built along the same j lines as the Civitan and Lion cottages already in use at the ! Home. i At present there are 32 boys I enrolled at. Boys Home. When the ! new Jaycee unit is completed ; ihere will be housing accommoda tions for 16 additional boys. The expense of running the institution is secured wholly through con tributions. These include money, clothes, recreational equipment, books, magazines, games, etc. Clemmons urged that anyone wishing to make a contribution may do so through him, or direct ly to the Boy’s Home. Co-ordinator Clemmons added that “through the leadership of state vice-president Marvin . Wil son, virtually every club in the 13th District has met or has made Continued On Page 4 2ND LT. CORLEY Assigned Duty At Sunny Point Second Lieutenant Edward L. Corley Reports For Duty At U.S. Army Term inal Near Southport Second Lieutenant Edward L. Corley of Union, South Carolina, has recently been assigned to Sunny Point Army Terminal with duties in the Operations Director ate. Lieutenant Corley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace T. Corley who reside at 116 Arthur Boule vard of that city. Upon completing his public schooling, he attended Clemson College and was graduated in June 1961. Upon graduating he received a commission as Second Lieutenant in the United States Army and entered on active duty in October. Continued On Page 4 Baptists Begin Training Work Here Next Week Dr. John W. Shephard ,Jr., Will Lead Study Of Book Of Jeremiah For Adults And Young People The Southport Baptist Church released their plans for their an nual January Bihle Study empha sis Tuesday. Study classes will be conducted for various age groups each evening at 7:30 o’clock Jan uary 8-12. A morning devotional study will be conducted each day, Tuesday through Friday, at 10 o’clock. The adults and young people will study the book of Jeremiah from a text prepared by Dr. Clyde T. Francisco, professor of 01 d Testament Interpretation, Southern Seminary, Louisville, Ky. This study will be conducted by Dr. John W. Shephard, Jr., visit ing professor of Christian Ethics, Southeastern Seminary, Wake Forest. Dr. Shephard was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is the son of missionary parents. He re ceived his public schooling in New Orleans when his father came there to be professor in the New Orleans Baptist Theological Sem inary. He took his A. B. degree from Mississippi College and earn ed his Master of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University. He continued his education at South ern Seminary, Louisville, earning both the Bachelor of Divinity and I his Doctorate in Theology from this Institution. In 1948 he was appointed mis sionary to China and studied two years at Yale University in the Institute of Far Eastern Lan guages. The doors to missionary enterprise were closed in China by the Communists and he was sent to Japan in 1950. Since that time, he has served on the faculty of Seinan Gakuin (Baptist College and Seminary) in Fukuoka, Ja pan. During the past three years, he has been director of religious *cti vf.ties* in the college. He teach es sociology and Christian ethics. The Intermediates will study the book entitled, “Exploring the New Testament”, taught by Mrs. Margaret McRacken, missionary of the Brunswick Baptist Asso ciation. The Juniors will be led Continued On Page 4 ASC Sign-Up Is Now In Process Office Manager Ralph Price Urges Brunswick Farm errs To Apply For Help To Improve Soil Fertility Ralph Price, manager of the Brunswick County ASC office at Shallotte, reminds farmers that the initial sign-up for 1962 crops under the ASC program began this week and will continue through January 16. Price stated that the 1962 pre measurement sign-up also is now underway and will continue through March 15. This latter service is offered farmers to help them get their allotment and feed grain crops and diverted acreage accurately measured. Cost to the farmer for the service is $3, plus $1 an acre for tobacco and 80 cents per acre for other crops and land uses. The fertility level of Brunswick soil, according to the ASC, is still going down. In spite of improve j ment brought about by soil con (Continued on Page 4) TIME and TIDE There was a picture of a submarine on the front page of The Pilot for January 6, 1937. It was the Perch, which was scheduled here on Thursday of the following week. There was a. headlined rumor that a couple of pulp manufacturers were interested in Brunswick as a possible location for a mill. The master of the Greek ship Mount Dirfys, which had broken in two and sunk on Frying Pan Shoals the week before, express ed his gratitude for the hospitality and generosity of Southport citizens. The crew still was in town. There was keen interest even in the winter off-season, in a yacht basin for Southport. One month after Pearl Harbor, The Pilot came out on January 7, 1912. A front page headline announced the beginning of tire rationing, with L. T. Yaskell and Prince O’Brien chairman and secretary, respectively of the first rationing board. Another war note was the beginning of a course of instruction in home nurs ing, with Mrs. L. C. Fergus, a registered nurse, conducting the class. Word from the State Highway Commission was that a new drawbridge over the intracoastal waterway would be built at the same site that was being scryed by the pontoon bridge on the Caswell Beach road. “If The Girls Don’t Marry Seems Its Then Continued On Page 4 I I '-*• * Sheriff Leonard Seeks Re-Election Becomes First Man To An nounce In Forthcoming Primary Election In This County Sheriff Ed V. Leonard this week became the first man to formally announce his candidacy for office in the Primary election when he declared his intention to seek re election. Sheriff Leonard is now complet ing his sec9nd term as sheriff. He was first elected in 1950, and at the conclusion of that term ill health prevented him from run ning for office again at that time. Four years ago he had re gained his health and won the Democratic nomination over a large field, although it required a second primary run-off with Elbert H. Gray, who had succeed ed him in the office of sheriff. Prior to his first election as sheriff, Leonard had served as Chief of Police at Southport and later at Carolina Beach. He also had served as a deputy sheriff in Brunswick county. Although this is the first poli tical announcement to be made thus far, it is expected to be the forerunner of many, for there are several offices to be filled at the General Election next fall. In or der to qualify as candidates, Democrats first must survive a primary battle to obtain nomina tion. ED V. LEONARD In addition to the office of sheriff, races which will be on for Clerk of Superior Court, Judge of Recorders Court, State Sena tor, Representative, five members of the Board of County Commis sioners in addition to the pre ferential vote for three members of the Board of Education. This latter will affect the Shallotte, Southport and Bolivia School Dis tricts. In addition to these county of ficers, there will be considerable interest in township races in some sections of the county. Sell Large Section Of Holden Beach * First Native Of Boiling Spring The 7-lb, 10-ounce son bom to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Elwood last week is the first human being who can say he was bom at Boiling Spring Lakes, North Carolina. What’s more, the event occurred on Christ has Day. Actually the place of birth was Dosher Memorial Hos pital, but the child’s parents are residents of Boiling Spring Lakes, where they re cently moved into one of the newly completed Medallion homes. The mother is the former Miss Linda Hickman, deputy for several years in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court, and more recently stenographer for E. J. Pre vatte, Southport attorney. Commendation Is Given Local Post American Legion Post No. 213 At Southport Has Ex ceeded Quota For 1962 Membership I Post No. 213 of The American Legion has exceeded its member ship Incentive Goal for 1962 ac cording to information received here from State Headquarters of The American Legion in Raleigh. Horry O. Gore, Commander of the Post, has received a letter from the Legion State Adjutant, Nash McKee, expressing congrat ulations and thanks to the Mem bership Chairman, all Post Offi cers, and membership workers for their effort. Ben B. Halterman, of Wilming ton, N. C. Department Comman der of The American Legion, is sued a statement of high praise for the local post. Commander Halterman said, “I am proud to congratulate the of ficers and members of Post No. 213 upon this notable achieve ment. All of the programs and services of the Legion are made possible through dues paid for membership, and we appreciate the great part played by Post No. 213 of Southport. Sincere 1 thanks to every member of the Post who had a part in the mem bership work.” The Incentive Goal of Post No. 213 is 37, and the membership for 1962 to date is 37. Incentive Goals are assigned each American Legion Post by the State Head quarters and are based on last year’s membership of that Post i plus 2 per cent. “We do not intend to stop our membership drive now that we (Continued on Page 4) South Carolina Men Ac quire Property Located At Holden Beach, Robin son Beach And Colonial Beach Large - acreage in Holden's Beach and Colonial Beach, a six mile stretch of Brunswick strand changed hands last week and is now owned by the Southeastern Development Corporation. The corporation is headed by B. Frank Boyd, John D. Home and Cecil Horne, who allowed the Pilot a peek at their plans for the vast coastal properties con cerned in the sale. The first project to be under taken by the new owners involved the building of a road from the terminus of Ocean View Boulevard to Shallotte Inlet, a matter of one and one-half miles; this hither tofore has been a virgin stretch of waterfront served by no road, and the laying off of lots to form a housing development therein will soon follow. Also high on the priority list is a channel residential develop ment to be undertaken on Robin son Beach. Other projects include the construction of a marina and the digging of six canals, also on Robinson Beach. A modern office building will be constructed some where along the six-mile stretch, probably to be centrally located. Robert B. McHenry, registered surveyor of Southport, will handle the engineering work for the cor poration. Boyd said that work will be started immediately and will con sist at the beginning of mapping for road-building purposes. Holden Beach was purchased from Dr. R. H. Holden, S. E. Hol den and Mrs. McMillan. Parts of Colonial and Robinson’s Beaches were purchased from Odell Wil liamson, owner of Ocean Isle Beach. Funeral Chapel For Shallotte James Powell Announces Additional Facilities For Funeral Services In Brun swick James Powell, Shallotte busi ness man, has begun the con struction of a chapel at the funeral home which he operates at Shallotte, and when completed it will afford seating arrange ments for 150 persons. In addition to the chapel, pro vision is being made for a family room, a music room and a slum ber room. This is being accom plished by making an addition to the present funeral home facili ties. These are at the old Dr. Rosenbaum residence. The addition is being done by Dave Beimctt and his men and Rowell says that he hopes to have (Continued os Page 4) Public Hearing Scheduled Here On Improvement U. S. Engineers Planning Public Hearing Regard ing Requested Improve ments On Southport Wat erfront A public hearing pertaining to improvements on the Southport waterfront will be held in the Lion’s Club Building in Southport on January 22, according to a re lease from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District. The public hearing is an out come of a resolution passed by the Committee of Public Works, adopted July 16, 1958, which di rected the “Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors” to re view reports on the Intracoastal Waterway, “particularly with re spect to the construction of a re taining bulkhead along the South port waterfront, the enlarging of the Southport boat basin, and the addition of a small-boat, safe har bor.” All interested parties are in vited to attend the public hear ing, including property owners concerned. All will be given op portunity to express their views. The existing project for the In tracoastal Waterway in the vicini ty of Southport provides for a 12-foot-depth through channel in the Cape Fear River, around the harbor point of Southport, con tinuing west generally parrallel to the ocean; and specifically for a yacht basin 230-feet wide, 450 feet long, and 12-feet deep near Southport. Desired improvements include a retaining bulkhead along the waterfront of Southport, the en largement of the existing basin, and the provision of a new basin for small craft. Sponsors of the desired im provements are urged to present factual material bearing on the general plans of improvement. Opposing interests, if any, are also urged to state the reason for their opposition. Bank Officials Monday Visitors President C. Lacy Tate And Several Other Officers Of Waccamaw Bank And Trust Company Here Officials of the Waccamaw Bank and- Trust Co., - headed by President C. lacy Tate, spent New Years Day on a tour of inspec tion in and about Southport, and apparently they were much im pressed with progress and devel opment that has taken place in this section of Brunswick county during the past year. The itinerary included a trip to the business office of Boiling Spring Lakes and a tour of that property. Close attention was paid to the golf course, now under construction. The group then went to Yau pon Beach, Long Beach and Tran quil Harbour, and once more an added recreational feature receiv ed their close attention when they appeared to be much impressed with the golf course at Oak Is land Estates. The first nine holes of this 18-hole lay-out are near ing completion. They also visited various points of interest in and about Southport and had lunch at a Southport restaurant. Continued On Pasre 4 I - Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the week. These hours axe approximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. HIGH LOW Thursday, January 4, 5:51 A. M. 12:30 A. M. 6:00 P. M. Friday, January 5, 6:42 A. M. 0:33 A. M. 6:53 P. M. 1:19 P. M. Saturday, January 6, 7:33 A. M. 1:22 A. M. 7:45 P. M. 2:08 P. M. Sunday, January 7, 8:23 A. M. 2:12 A. M. 8:36 P. M. 2:57 P. M. Monday, January 8, 9:13 A. M. 3:01 A. M. 9:29 P. M. 3:45 P. M. Tuesday, January 9, 10:04 A. M. 3:53 A. M. 10:23 P. M. 4:35 P. M. Wednesday, January 10, 10:58 A. M. 4:46 A. M. 11:19 P. M. 5-27 P. M. i
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