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Most of the News All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County Volume No. 22 No. 31 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1962 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Attend Policemans School LESSON Bill Johnson, FBI instructor, demonstrates technique for disarming a gunman at a session of the Police School held last week in Whiteville. The man on the extreme right is Southport City Policeman Sammy Rees. Next to him, and partially obscured by Johnson, is Leo Dowling, also of Southport. Southport Has Two Attending Police School Policeman Sammy Rees And Constable Leo Dowling Received Special Train, ing At Whiteville Sam Rees, Jr., member of the Southport Police Department, and Deo Dowling, Smithville township constable, attended a special school in law-enforcement at Whiteville for four-days last week, beginning on Tuesday. Rees reported that the course was highly instructive and most interesting. He said the classes were conducted by FBI instruc tors and that they combined the latest methods in the investigation of homicides, interrogation proce dures, defensive tactics, including the disarming of lawbreakers. On the last day of the course, Rees said that Columbus County Sheriff Ben Duke instructed the police officers in the aspects of crime-photography, a highly spe cialized field which the local pa trolman compared to the science (Continued on Page 4) Mriff Mit Of lnewsj ATTEND FUNERAL The Rev. and Mrs. Charles Lan caster were called Monday night by her mother who gave the in formation that an aunt had died. The Lancaster family left Tuesday morning for the home near Knox ville. Tenn., to attend the funeral. They plan to return Thursday. RALEIGH TRIP Two leading Brunswick County farmers, Paul Holden of Grisset town, and Homer Russ of the Exum community, left Monday morning for Raleigh and the trac tor-maintenance school for 4-H Club leaders, being conducted by State College extension service. BENEFIT BARBECUE A pit-cooked barbecue supper will be served Saturday night, be ginning at 6:30 o’clock, at Zion Methodist Church, Town Creek. The supper will be served buffet style in the fellowship hall of the church, and proceeds of the event will go to the building fund. HONOR STUDENTS Two Brunswick scholars are included on the recently-announ ced honor listings at East Caro lina College. Making the dean’s list was Mary Olivia Martin of Shallotte, while G. Lee Merritt of Winnabow made the roll-of honor. The lists are composed of those students who have excelled in academic work during the fall quarter of the present school year. MASTERS DEGREE Donald Ray Lennon of Leland is among those students at East Carolina College who have com pleted their work towards the taking of a degree at the end of the fall quarter. The Leland schol ar has finished post-graduate study which entitles him to a Master of Arts degree, and which he will receive at the annual com mencement exercises scheduled at the college for Sunday, May 27. Waccamaw School Host To Meeting District No. 5, State School' Board Association, Will Meet Next Wednesday Superintendent of Brunswick County Schools J. G. Long said Tuesday that he expected approx* imately 150 persons to attend the annual meeting of District Five, State School Board Association next Wednesday at the Wacca maw High School in Ash. Following hard on the heels of the NCEA (North Carolina Edu cation Association) and NEA (National Education Association) area conference, which was held on Wednesday, January 24, at Shallotte high school, the annual meeting of the District Five group, said Long, “has engendered considerable interest and enthu siasm locally.” The district president of the school boards is C. Y. Coleman of Ash. President Coleman will ex tend opening greetings to the educators at 4 p. m., following which L. A. Bruton, host princi pal, will extend the Waccamaw High School’s welcome. Principal speaker will be How ard Holly, former president of the district. Holly resides in Pender County. Other speakers will be Dr. Ralph Brimley of East Caro lina College- and Dr. William H. Wagoner, superintendent of New Hanover County schools. Long asked that persons who plan to eat in the school cafe teria should notify his office by February 2. The Brunswick school superintendent reminded that reg istration begins at 3:30 p. m. in the front hallway of Wacca maw High School's main building. District Five embraces Bruns wick, Sampson, Pender, Duplin, Wayne and New Hanover coun ties, and the towns of Goldsboro, Clinton and Fremont. Seed Available For Feed Strips N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission Again Fur nishing Materials To Help Conservation Program Brunswick county farmers and sportsmen may obtain free seed again this year for planting feed patches for wildlife. That information was given Monday by Harold Willetts, who assisted with this program in Brunswick last year, and is ac tive again this season. Andrew J. Weber of Lumberton, wildlife bio logist, is in charge of this area of the state. The following seed will be avail able this year. Shrub lespedeza seed units (one unit will seed 1|8 acre or a strip 10-fcet wide by 500-feet long). Sericea seed units—one unit will I seed an area 10 X 500 feet. Annual seed units—one unit will seed 1]8 acre. Multiflora rose seedlings, plants should be set one-foot apart in a single row. Willetts said that no bicolor seedlings will be made available for planting this spring. According to his information, | the district under Weber led all1 others in North Carolina last j Continued On Page 4 Supply Host To District Meet Southeastern district farm of ficials attended a general staff meeting held Friday night in the Brunswick County agriculture building at Supply. A. S. Knowles, Brunswick Farm Agent, hosted the meeting, at tended by Grover C. Dobbins, dis trict agricultural agent, Mrs. Myrle Swicegood, district home economics agent, and Miss Mar garet Clark, district 4-H Club agent. The district farm leaders began their duties in the Southeastern District as of January 1, accord ing to Knowles. Before that date they had been attached to other farm districts. Longwood Girl Is Fatally Hurt Linda Gore Becomes The Second Highway Fatality For Brunswick County In New Year A 14-year-old Longwood girl, a former resident of Columbus County, was Brunswick County’s second traffic fatality of 1962 and six other persons were hospitaliz ed, Saturday night, as the result of a head-on collision at the Gris settown intersection of US 17 and NC 904. Coroner Lowell B. Bennett said that the victim was Linda Gore, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Gore of Longwood. She died at Dosher Memorial Hospital, Southport, about 11 p. m., Satur day, some two hours after the wreck. Death came from internal and back injuries. Hospitalized at Southport were William Henderson Williams, 31, Shallotte, Route 1, driver of the 1958 Chevrolet station wagon in which the dead girl was a passen ger; and Emma Doris Smith, 24, also of Longwood, the other pas senger with Williams; also Eaton R. “Buster” Hewett, Jr., 23, Ocean Drive Beach, S. C., Route 1, driver of the 1961 Ford—the second car in the collision; his bride of just a few hours, Mrs. Olla Patricia Hewett, 20, formerly of Fort Mills, S. C.; and two passengers' in his car, William P. Gurganous, 24, Shallotte and Samuel Thomas, 24, Ocean Drive Beach, Route 1. Williams was considered in se rious condition because he was unconscious until late Sunday, but, along with the others, was listed as fair at Dosher Memorial Hospital, Southport, Monday mor ning. Officials there reported, also, that Mr. and Mrs. Hewett had been transferred to James Walker Memorial Hospital, Wilmington, on Monday. The hospitalized suffered the following injuries: Williams, lac eration of the scalp and abrasions and was also suffering from con cussion; Doris Smith, laceration of scalp and face; Eston Hewett, broken right arm, lacerations and contusions; Mrs. Hewett, broken Continued On Page 2 Routine Cases Tried In Court Here Last Week January Term Of Superior Court Adjourned Friday j Morning Following Busy j Session Numberous cases were tried [ during the latter portion of last | week’s term of Brunswick County I Superior Court, which ended Fri- I day. Cases tried during the earlier portion of the week were carried in last week’s issue of The Pilot. Roland Brinston was found not guilty of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Goley Caison entered a plea of guilty to receiving stolen goods and drew a straight 6 months on the roads. Lloyd Gore received a directed verdict of not guilty to careless and reckless driving and man slaughter. Rudolph Smith drew 12 months in State Prison, separated as a youthful offender, on charges of forgery and larceny. jonnme wnnams was lound guilty of drunk driving and was sentenced to 4 months on the roads, with sentence suspended for 2 years on condition he re main sober and not operate a car without proper license and pay a fine of $100 and costs. Lester Moore, Jr., drew 4 months on roads on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, with sentence suspended on con dition defendant remain of good behavior, pay hospital bill and the costs of the action. Kenneth E. Canady drew 12 months on the roads for breaking, entering and larceny, with sen tence suspended for 3 years, re stitution, and fine and costs. James H. Long drew 12 months for breaking, entering and lar ceny, with sentence suspended upon 3 years probation, restitu tion and the costs of action. Woodrow S. Murrell drew not less than 18 months and not more than 24 months ih prison on charges of larceny, with Sentence suspended upon 3 years probation plus the costs of action. LeRoy Plenty was found guilty of public drunkenness and was (Continued on Page 4) House Numbers Going Up Here Members Of Southport Jun. ior Chamber Of Com merce Cooperating With This Project Members of the Southport Jun ior Chamber of Commerce are busy this week completing the job of numbering houses in South port, a prerequisite for home mail delivery service which has been promised by the XJ. S. Post Office Department as soon as this and other requirements are met. James Wolfe, chairman of the Jaycee house-numbering commit tee, says that teams of club mem bers are going house to house, block by block, telling home own ers what their assigned number is. They have uniform brass numer als for sale, but there is no obli gation on the part of the home owner to use these particular numbers. There is, however, an ordinance x-equiring that all houses and Continued On Page 4 At Ferry Hearing OFFICIALS—Lauch Faircloth of Clinton , member of the State Highway Com mission, is shown here with Ernest E. Parker, Jr., of Southport, member of the Board of Conservation and Development, and J. Vivian Whitfield, Vict-Chair man of the All Seashore Highway Association. The latter presided over the Southport-Fort Fisher Ferry hearing held at Southport last Wednesday. Chair man Whitfield made an optimistic report to Chairman Merril Evans of the State Highway Commission. Shallotte Will Sponsor Single Beauty Pageant Decision To Combine En tries Into One Program Announced By Shallotte Officials Members of the Shallotte Jun ior Chamber of Commerce have altered their pageant plans for this y<Ja.r to the extent that all previously scheduled preliminary pageants for which they were responsible have been cancelled, and only the Miss Brunswick County Pageant will be held un der their auspicies. That event has been scheduled for Saturday, March 10, at the Shallotte High School auditorium, and entrants will be welcomed from any community in Bruns wick. This action was brought about when it was necessary to post pone the Waccamaw preliminary when there was difficulty in lin ing up contestants. This week the same difficulty was encountered in connection with the Leland pre liminary. The word is that there is a great deal of interest at Bolivia, and there was good prospect for being able to hold a preliminary there. The same was true in Shallotte. However, after calling a special meeting to consider the possibilities, the decision was reached to hold only the one pageant. There has been no final decision on the part of officials of the Southport Junior Chamber of Commerce, who were experiencing some difficulty of finding enough candidates for the local contest. There is a possibility that they may still go through with their Continued On Page 4 TIME and TIDE In our issue for February 3, 1937, there was one headline: “January Was Month Of M|W Weather.” Not so this year. The Brunswick county chairman for the American Red Cr oss express ed in print his appreciation: for the $480 contributed by citizens of this county to the Flood Relief Drive sponsored by that orga nization. The editor said that he was proud, too. Twenty-five years ago there was news from more different sec tions than now is being scut in to The Pilot. There was even one column from Bald Head Island. There also were three regular school columns—Waccaniaw, Shallotte and Southport. There was a front page story in our issue for February 4, 1942, reporting a campaign to buy a new schoolhouse bell to take the place of one that had been cracked when rung too vigorously during Halloween celebration. Victory Gardens were being sug gested, and one loyal landowner was offering free garden sites— with no takers. Groundhog day had come and gone, but in its wake was gloom: Six weeks more of winter weather was in prospect, ac cording to that superstition. Sounds like history repeated itself here recently, according to a sports headline in this edition: “Leland Boys End Southport Winning Streak.” Brunswick county was to undertake a locally administered re valuation program. That announcement was made in The Pilot for February 5, 1947. W. P. Jorgensen was tax supervisor. Repre < Continued on Page 4) Sayings And Loan In Annual Meeting District Jaycees Meet At Calabash - yiU be hosts Thursday evening to the Thirteenth District Junior Chamber of Commerce meet ing at Calabash. Present for this meeting, and scheduled to be the prin ciple speaker is John H. Mc Nair, national director. Other State and district Jaycee leaders are expected to at tend. The meeting will be held at Coleman’s Restaurant, and between 100 and 125 members are expected to attend. Seed And Grain Sign-Up Begins Program For Control Of 1962 Production Explain ed By Brunswick ASC Officials The sign-up period for corn and grain sorghum crops under the 1962 feed grain program will be gin Monday, February 5, and will extend through March 30, accord ing to a release from the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Ralph Price, Brunswick County ASC office manager, said that the early sign-up dates will give far mers and farm-servicing indus tries an opportunity to make early plans for the coming crop year. The main provisions of the 1962 feed grain program are voluntary participation; acreage diversion of not less than 20-percent of the Continued On Page 2 Need Candidate For Beauty Job SENCIand Development Or ganization Will Sponsor Float In Azalea Westival Parade Hie Community Development Division of SENCIand Develop ment Association will have a float in the Azalea Festival Parade in Wilmington this year, reports J. J. Hawes, Chairman of Community Development Club Work for Brunswick County. Each of the six counties will have a princess riding the float, j Brunswick County will select its “Miss SENCIand” by each active Community Development Club selecting a qualified girl and entering her in the county con test that will be held about the middle of March. The winning girl will be crown ed “Miss SENCIand of Bruns wick.” She will ride the float <pjd Continued On Page 2 Annual Stockholders Meet ing Held Friday, With All Officers Being Reelec ted For Another Year The annua] meeting of stock holders of the Southport Savings and Loan Association was held Friday morning in the conneil room of the association, and all officers and directors were i'e elected. These include H. T. St. George, president; D. C. Herring, first vice-president;. Joel L. Moore, sec ond vice-president; W. P. Jorgen sen, secretary; and L. J. Hardee, J. B. Church, S. B. Frink and H. Foster Mints, members of the board of directors. In his annual report to the as sociation members President St. George announced that total as sets had increased to $2,903,119.64, a gain of 13-percent over the fig ure included in last year’s report. He said that the association forged ahead in all phases of its business activities during 1961, despite the tardiness of an expect ed genera] economic recovery. Net savings gains of $243,000 were listed in the 1961 report, bringing the Southport Savings and Loan Association’s total sav ings capital to an all-time high of $2,415,305.63. Nationally, Sav ings and Loan Associations at tracted a record $8.5 billion in new savings. The total number of Southport Savings and Loan customers rose to 1490 by the end of the year. They received a record $87,651.37 Continued On Page 2 Area Education Meeting Success Joint Session Of NCEA And NEA At Shallotte Last Wednesday Was Well At tended The NCEA-NEA Area Confer ence held by state and national educators at Shallotte High School Wednesday evening was termed a decided success by Brunswick Schools Superintendent John G. Long. The Brunswick educator de scribed the attendance as “larger than expected” and said that, in spite of some last-minute sub stitutions in speakers’ ranks, the area conference was "probably the most all-around satisfactory one ever held in this county.” Dr. A. C. Dawson, scheduled to make one of the main ad dresses to the group, was unable to be present, but Dr. Amos Abrams, editor of The National Education Association magazine, and secretary for the national group, speaking in Dr. Dawson’s place, delivered a stirring ad dress, interlaced with sufficient humor to hold the interest of the large crowd. Don Morrow, an NCEA official from Raleigh, followed with a! talk striking closer to home and Continued On Page 2 Shallotte Will Organize Own Industrial Unit Charter Is Being Prepared And Papers Being Drawn For Shallotte Industrial Corporation Shallotte citizens are moving forward with plans for the organi zation of the Shallotte Industrial Corporation, and Ernest E. Par ker, Southport attorney, hasi been employed to draw up the neces sary papers and make application for the charter. These steps were taken at a meeting held Friday night. G. E. Henderson, retired drug gist, is chairman of the group - and a temporary board of direc tors includes the following men: Dr. M. H. Rourk, E. H. Kirby, Fred Mintz, R. D. White, Jr., Eli Kravitz, Odell Williamson and Aubrey C. Johnson. An immediate objective is to raise $75,000 in sale of stock, and already $40,000 of this amount has been pledged. This was en tirely through offers to purchase large shares of stock, and plans are to give other investors an op portunity to have a share in this venture to attract industry into the Shallotte area, and to help with the local financing. The point has been made that the purchase of stock is not to be confused with contributions, and that any undertaking will be made upon a sound financial foot ing, with the object that local in vestors will be protected. Johnson, cashier of the Wacca maw Bank & Trust Co. at Shal lotte, is serving as chairman of the finance and organization com* mittee. Harold Greene, real estate de veloper, met for the second time with this group and gave encour aging news of prospects for at tracting a garment industry to Brunswick county. He said that he feels that success of this effort will depend upon a labor survey, which now is underway. He said that some announcement regard ing the outcome could be expected before the middle of February. Another immediate objective of this newly organized group is to acquire if possible the old prison camp property which has been abandoned by the State for use for that purpose. The industrial group feels that it will be advan tageous to own a site which may be offered for industry or for some other suitable development, and they plan to make an active effort to acquire this property. Brunswick Has Housing Count U.S. Census Report Shows Total Of 6,616 Housing Units In County In 1960 A release from the U. S. Com merce Department provides some intersting information from the 1960 census on housing in Bruns wick County. At that time there were 6,616 housing units in the county, of which number 5,014 were oc cupied. Owners lived in 3,918 units and 1,096 of the dwellings were rented. Less than one-half of all the county housing units were in sound condition and with full plumbing facilities, however. And a look at the median rentals prove that Brunswick rentals fall Continued On Page 4 Tide Table FoUowing 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. HUGH LOW Thursday, February 1, 4:26 A. M. 11:09 A. M. 4:38 P. M. 11:16 P. M. Friday, February 2, 5:24 A. M. 12:l)4 A. M. 5: 37 P. M. Saturday, February 3, 6:20 A. M. 12:12 A. M. 6:34 P. M. 12:56 P. M. Sunday, February 4, 7:14 A. M. 1:05 A. M. 7:29 P. M. 1:46 P. M. Monday, February 5, 8:06 A. M. 1:56 A. M. 8:22 P. M. 2:35 P. M. Tuesday, February 6, 8:58 A. M. 2:48 A. M. 9:14 P. M. 3:24 P. M. Wednesday, February 7, 9:48 A. M. 3:39 A. M. 10:07 P. M. 4 14 P. M /.
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