Visiting Teams Of Southport, Floyd’s Sweep Holiday Cage Twin-Bills Dixon Big Gun As Dolphs Trip Whiteville, 65-40 By JIGGS POWERS HALLSBORO—Donald “Dunk er” Dixon, the big Southport Dol phin center with the feather-like touch, was the main difference here, Friday night, as Coach Pete Lee’s Brunswick County quint whipped Whiteville’s courageous but undemanned Wolfpack, 65-40, and swept both its games in the First Annual Columbus Holiday Invitational Doubleheader. Floyd’s, S. C. downed Halls boro, 50-45, in Friday’s other tilt. Dixon, the 6’2” pivotman of Lee’s Red-and-White brigade, had scored 25 points, Thursday, as his Dolphs vanquished Hallsbofo’s Tigers, 59-50, in the ’header’s opening game. Friday night, against the boys from the Colum bus capital, he raised his ante to 30 points and grabbed rebounds a-plenty while doing the job. He had defensive rebounding help from Rodney Garner and some fancy passing from Lefty C. E. Murphy. Foxie Howard, a reserve, tallied 10 points for the winners. For Coach Buck Jolly’s White ville crew, a sub guard, Dempsey Herring, sank 8 points and joined HUFHAM'S MEN'S STORE THE HOME OF GLEN-MORE CLOTHES FACTORY TO YOU ! 123 N. Front Street WILMINGTON, N. C. Bill High and Robert Plasky in defensive leadership. WhifeviUe, welcoming their ace, Robert Leder, back to the fold af ter a day’s absence from the holi day program, had Lady Luck turn its back on them again as Leder was injured in the first quarter of the Southport game. He was hurt as he hit on his first field-goal and played only briefly the remainder of the game, due to a bad ankle. He scored but 6 points, well under the 20-plus he had averaged in other games of the early card. The Pack fought gamely and held onto an 11-11 tie at the end of the first quarter, but the supe rior speed of the Lee-coached crew and the fine under-the boards work of Dixon combined to pull the Brunswick Countians away from the co-hosts in the final half. Bill High hit on a push with 7:34 left in the first quarter to give Whiteville a 2-0 lead and Rodney Garner tallied at 7:10 to tie it for Southport. Leder made it 4-2, Whiteville with a two-han der at 6:41 and began limping immediately afterward. Dixon’s first bucket tied it, 4-4, at 6:14 and Garner sank two fouls at 5:18 to make it 6-4, Southport. Leder, though injured, gave his club the lead at 11-10, on a jump shot with 1:10 left in the quarter, but Frankie Rogers hit on a foul shot to make it 11-all at the turn. Dixon, using his soft turnshot after grabbing a rebound at 7:22, tallied and the Dolphs were out front, 13-11. Freddie Barkley grabbed a rebound and stuffed it in for the Wolves to tie the count for them one more time at 6:25, 13-13, but Dixon chalked up | a 3-pointer at 6:17 to make it Foodtown Super Market and Shopping Center JUNCTION HI-WAY 17 and 211 G. W. KIRBY & SON SUPPLY, N. C. Regular Event! HALLSBORO—Mack Edwards, director of the First Annual Columbus County Holiday Invitational Basketball Doubleheader, held at Hallsboro’s gym, Thursday and Friday, Dec. 28-29, said that the event had been declared a success. “So far as I know at this time,’’ Edwards said to day, ‘we plan to make this holiday program an annual affair for the sports-loving public of Colum bus County and the entire area. 1 feel that it has a definite purpose in our lives during the Christmas time and I feel that it will grow with the years!” Attendance was good, considering the short notice the public was given about the Doubleheader being held. Edwards decided to hold the program only a week before Christmas. Next year, with more plan ning and working time, it should be more successful. The two invading teams, Southport’s Dolphins and Floyd’s S. C. Wildcats, treated the co-hqst teams of Hallsboro and Whiteville roughly in the two-night event. Thursday night, Southport downed Hallsboro, 59-50 and Floyd’s beat Whiteville, 60-41. Friday scores showed Southport beating Whiteville, 65-40; and Floyd’s edging Hallsboro, 50-45.—(JP). 16-13, SHS. Marion Davis had a 2:18 basket to tie it at 24-24 and Barkley was good at 1:48 for the Pack’s final lead, 26-24. The Pack managed to hold on until just 21 seconds before ther-half when Dix on’s two-pointer sent the viistors ahead at 31-30 as the rest-stop came. Southport led by only 33-30 when Plasky was forced to the bench because of fouls with 5:12 left in the third quarter. His height under the boards was miss ed as SHS ran its advange to 42-32. 'Bill High became the sec ond Pack player to hit the bench because of four fouls at 3:09. With these two out of the game, temporarily, Southport ran its margin to 47-32 by the close of the third quarter. High fouled out with 5:50 to go in the game, with Southport lead ing, 51-35. Then Dixon fouled out with the Dolphins ahead, 59-39 and 2:27 to go. Plasky went out with 2 seconds to go and the Southport team holding the ad vantage it held at the end, 65-40. Southport 11—20—16—19-65 Whiteville 11—19— 2— 8-40 SOUTHPORT (65)—Clive Dosh er 4, Rodney Garner 8, Donald Dixon 30, Frankie Rogers 5, C. E. Murphy 8. Subs—Foxie Howard 10, Don Hardee, Rip Howard, Ed Harper. WHITEVILLE (40)—Bill High 4, Marion Davis 5, Robert Plasky 5, Byron Wyche 6, Robert Leder 6. Subs—Freddie Barkley 6, Dempsey Herring 8, Harris Southport Slaps Tigs In Opener Of Doubleheader By MIKE SIMMONS HALLSBORO — The Southport Dolphins, led by husky center Donald Dixon, downed the Halls boro Tigers, 59-50, here Thurs day night in the opening game of the First Annual Columbus In vitational doubleheader. Floyd’s, S. C., slapped White ville, 60-41, in the second game. Dixon pumped in 25 points and snagged rebounds from all angles in pacing the smooth-working Dolphins. C. E. Murphy added 18 and played an outstanding floor game. Ronald Faircloth racked up 15 points for the host Tigers and Donnie Rhodes had 10. Coach Pete Lee’s Brunswick County crew grabbed a 2-0 lead at the 7:34 mark on Dixon’s soft jumper but the Tigs came back to make it 4-2 on successive bas kets by Faircloth and Melvin Brown. Southport hit a bucket and a free throw to take a lead they didn’t relinquish until mid way the second quarter. They built it to as much as five and the score stood, 14-11, at the quarter. The Tigers closed the gap to Pittman, Gene Watts. '61-Ford "Galaxie1'.$2,295.00 4-Dr., Biack, Fordomatic, Radio, Heater, Power Steering, Like New. '60-Ford Fairlane 500 _$1,695.00 2-Dr., Straight Shift, Radio, Heater, Black and White. 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It was the final contest of the first Annual Columbus Holiday Invitational doubleheader. 1 Southport downed Whiteville, 65-40, in the opening game of the night. The Wildcats from down South hardly looked like the team that one point at 6:10 in the second quarter on Donnie Rhodes’ 20 foot jumper and regained the lead, 19-18, a minute later on a rebound shot by Snake Russell. The lead changed hands again and again and Dixon and Fair cloth traded baskets. Then Dixon hit again to give the winners a lead which the Tigers never over came. Murphy hit two straight jump shots and the Dolphins were on their way. Suddenly mov ing into a full court press, they built their lead to a solid 12 points at the 1:40 mark. They held an eight point halftime lead, 35-27. Coach Mack Edwards’ Tigers came back in the third quarter with a 1-3-1 zone and scored the first six points of the frame to pull within two. This was as close as they got, however, as the Tigers could not overcome the sparkling play of Dixon and Murphy. With Murphy hitting long jumpers and the 6-2 Dixon stuff ing in those his mates missed, the Dolphins were never threat ened again. SOUTHPORT .... 14..21..12..12....59 HALLSBORO .... 11..16..11..12....50 SOUTHPORT (59) —Rodney Gar ner 14, Frankie Rogers, Donald Dixon 25, Clive Dosher 2, C. E. Murphy 18. Subs—Foxie Howard, Jerry Spencer.HALLSBORO (50) —Ronald Faircloth 15, Melvin Brown 2, C. Y. Powell 4, Johnny FormyDuval 6, Jimmy Hines 9. Subs—Donnie Rhodes 10, Snake Russell 4. swamped Whiteville, 60-41, the night before but an aggressive Hallsboro defense had much to do with this. The Tigs ran a tight sone defense most of the contest, collapsing three and four men on 3-4 % pivotman Cary Elvington when he had the ball. This bit of strategy "held” the high-scoring center to 14 points and forced the Cats to shoot from the outside. Albert Johnson opened the scor ing with a jumper at the 6:20 mark, but' Jimmy Hines came back for the Tigers with a bucket to tie the count seconds later. El vington sandwiched the next two field goals around a Tiger free throw and the score stood, 6-3, Floyd’s. Ossie Buffkin hit for the ’Cats, Hines followed with an other jumper, and Randy Shelly hit as the buzzer sounded to make the score, 12-8, Floyd’s at the quarter mark. Hines continued to have the hot hand for the Tigers as he cut the lead to two at the 7:40 mark of the second quarter. Shelly hit two straight sets to push the lead up to six, but Hines and Melvin Brown hit for the Tigs to cut it back to two. Then Ronald Faircloth knotted it at 16-all with 4:35 showing on the clock. A Shelly bucket and two free throws sent the ’Cats back in front by four. Johnny FormyDuval and El vington traded baskets, the Tigs hit a couple of free throws, and Elvington hit again and the score stood, 26-20 FHS, at the half. Floyd’s maintained its six-point lead throughout the third quarter and held a 38-32 lead going into the fourth frame. * The Wildcats built up their biggest lead, 12 points, early in the ’ final quarter as they hit three straight buckets. Hallsboro began to move at this point and fought back to cut the lead to one. 46-45, at the 1:10 mark with Faircloth and Brown leading the surge. The Tigs could not score again, however, as the ’Cats froze the ball and hit four free throws to wind up the scoring. Floyd’s had four men in double figures. Randy Shelley led the attack with 15, but he was fol lowed closely by Cary Elvington with 14, Danny Hammond with 13, and Albert Johnson with 12. Melvin Brown of the Tigers was high man in the game with 16. Jimmy Hines had 10. Floyd’s 12—14—12—12-50 Hallsbora 8—12—12—13--45 FLOYD’S (50)—Randy Shelly 15, Ossie Buffkin 4, Cary Elving ton 14, Albert Johnson 12, Huey Bullock 2. Subs—Danny Ham mond 13, James Causey. HALLS BORO (45)—Melvin Brown 16, Ronald Faircloth 9, C. Y. Powell 4, Jimmy Hines 10, Johnny For myDuval 4. Subs—Snake Russell 2, Donnie Rhodes. Remount Remount your diamond’s in modern settings for your Christmas. Many exquisite styles to choose from. Mo derately priced. See us to day! CHARGE ACCOUNTS INVITED Wilmington's Fine Jeweler and Silversmiths 212 N. Front St. WILMINGTON, N. C. L W. Godwin’s Sons “EVERYTHING TO BUILD THE HOME” Phone RO 2-7747 — Castle Hayne Road WILMINGTON, N. C. COASTAL INSURANCE Agency CLEYON EVANS, Agent Main Street Next To Bank Building Ph- PL 4-6488 ShaHotte, N. C. FINANCIAL STATEMENT BRUNSWICK COUNTY Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1961 ASSETS and RESOURCES I IWIML Petty Cash and Change Funds .... 176.77 Cash In Banks. 164,012.66 Savings & Loan Deposits. 49,709.78 jUnpaid Taxes Less Estimated Amount For Uncollectibles .... 97,121.16 Inter - Fund Accounts. 3,534.67 Property .. 647,447.20 Amount To Privide Future Payments On Outstanding Bonds. 1,296,574.35 TOTAL . $2,258,576.59 LIABILITIES, RESERVES and FUND BALANCES 1961 Taxes Paid In Advance. 9,422.10 Inter - Fund Accounts. 2,428.60 Reserves For Unpaid Bills. 11,589.41 BONDS OUTSTANDING: State Literary Fund. 26,106.60 General County Obligations .. 1,270,467.75 Invested In Property . 647,447.20 Fund Balance & Surplus. 291,114.93 TOTAL . $2,258,576.59 SUMMARY OF I960 LEVY: Total Property. 30,972,560.00 Poll Taxes. Dog Taxes. Delinquent Penalties & After Lists... Special District Tax. TOTAL. Percentage Of Taxes Collected At 6 - 30 - 61 .... OtlMcKAL COUNTY 175.00 33,077.65 49,709.78 64,794.18 2,095.60 1,270,467.75 $1,420,319.96 9,422.10 2,251.64 11,589.41 1,270,467.75 126,589.06 $1,420,319.96 RATE 1.31 Mrs. Ressie R. Whatley, County Accountant BOARD OF EDUCATION 1.77 130,935.01 32,326.98 1,439.07 647,447.20 26,106.60 $ 838,256.63 176.96 26,106.60 647,447.20 164,525.87 $ 838,256.63 TAX 405,737.86 6.780.00 2.652.00 906.21 9,923.43 $ 425,999.50 .81.8%

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