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THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Brunswick County
Volume No. 22
No. 32
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1962
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Tractor Maintenance School
oivjl/i—ncturea a,Dove are nomer Kuss ot Exum, left, and Paul Holden, cen
ter, as they listen and observe J. S. Ferguson, Extension Agricultural Engineer,
explain points concerning leader training school. Russ and Holden were attend
ing a 4-H Tractor Leader Training workshop conducted by the Extension Agri
cultural Engineers and the State 4-H Club Office in Raleigh. With the informa
tion obtained from the school and their own knowledge of tractors the two Bruns
wick men feel sure they will be able to help with the county 4-H tractor program.
Bolivia Man Is
Fatally Injured
In Tractor Fall
William J. Brown Died
Monday Morning In Wil
mington Hospital Follow
ing Sunday Accident
Willie J. (Willie) Brown, 54, of
Bolivia R1 died early Monday
morning from injuries received
from a fall from a farm tractor
Sunday afternoon about 3:30 on
the Howell’s Point road.
Brown was taken to Dosher
Memorial hospital following the
fall but was removed later to
James Walker Memorial hospital
for surgery. He died in the Wil
mington hospital.
According to State Trooper W.
H. Morgan. Brown was riding on
a tractor operated by Charles C.
Smith. Smith told Morgan that
Brown raised his hand to wave
I and lost his balance, fell against
the tractor wheel and was pulled
under the wheel. The wheel ran
over Brown's leg and his head
was dashed to the pavement.
Brown was a farmer and a na
tive of Brunswick county.
Final rites were held Wednes
day at 3 p. m. at Antioch Baptist
Church by the Rev. James C.
Alley, with burial in the church
cemetery.
Survivors include his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown; his wife,
Mrs. Dorothy Clemmons Brown;
four sons, Clifton, Hugh, W. B.
and Donald Brown; and two
daughters, Mrs. Thelma Spencer
and Mrs. Evie Bowling, all of
Bolivia; and 11 grandchildren.
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ATTENDING CONFERENCE
Dan Walker, city manager, and
Clay Jordan, supervisor of public
works, for the Town of Long
Beach are attending a conference
being held this week at N. C.
State College.
CATAWBA GRADUATE
Norman McDowell, son of Mr.
and Mrs, William McDowell of
Southport, graduated last week
from Catawba College. This week
he accepted position as a member
of the Bolivia High School facul
ty
RECEIVES PROMOTION
James M. Harper, III, son of j
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Harper,
Jr., is serving in the U. S. Navy
and recently was promoted from
the rank of Ensign to Lieutenant,
junior grade. He is stationed
aboard the USS Farmington at
Chicago, 111.
MOVE TO SOUTHPORT
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blake and
son have moved to Southport
from Chapel Hill, where the head j
of the family graduated at the
end of the winter term. They are
living on the Southport water
front, next door to Miss Annie
a May Woodside.
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Three Boy Scout
Troops In County
| Active Organizations In Op
eration At Southport,
Shallotte And Bolivia;
Now Observing Boy Scout
Week
Brunswick county has three
Boy Scout Troops which' are join
ing in observance of National Boy
Scout Week. These troops are
located at Shallotte, Southport
and Bolivia.
The Shallotte Scout Troop has
as its scoutmaster Moore Gore,
a retired navy chief, now an em
ployee of Eiegel Paper company.
Paul Hardee, forester with Inter
national Paper company, and Rob
ert Watts, Brunswick Electric
Membership corporation, are the
assistant scoutmasters.
The troop is 40 strong and in
cludes one Life Scout, Danny
Gore, and a Star Scout, Jimmy
Marshall. According to Scoutmas
ter Gore several boys are now in
the process of qualifying for such
rank.
i The Shallotte American Legion
Post 247 is the sponsoring agent
for the Troop.
The Troop belongs to the Mid
dle District and is a member of
the Cape Fear area council. Sev
eral times the troop has won at
tendance awards at the monthly
Court of Honor Session for having
the most members present and
traveling the most miles to the
meetings.
During the celebration of Na
tional Scout Week the Troop will
hold a Father-Son banquet at the
Dockside Restaurant Friday night
at 7 o’clock at Calabash. Lee J.
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Offer Teachers
Scholarship Aid|
State Department Extends ;
Offer Of Assistance To
Young People Planning
To Enter Teaching Pro
fession
The State Department of Public
Instruction has set March 1 as
the deadline for receiving appli
cations for new Scholarship Loans
for Prospective Teachers for the
1962-63 school year, John G. Long,
Brunswick County School Super
intendent, said this week. Appli
cation blanks may be obtained
from the local high schools or by
writing directly to Prospective
Teachers Scholarship Loan, De
partment of Public Instruction,
Raleigh.
This scholarship-loan program
was enacted by the 1957 Legis
lature, providing three hundred
scholarship-loans annually of $350
each. This was increased to 450
awards annually by the 1961 Leg
islature. Any residents of North
Carolina who is interested in pre
paring to teach in the public
schools of the State is eligible to
apply, with priority being given
to high school seniors Jn making
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Here’s New Angle
—Dog Shoots Man
It may not be news when
a man shoots a dog, but when
a dog shoots a man, it is.
That’s what happened Sat
urday afternoon when Alfred
G. Miller, a Southport native,
was advised of the death of
his uncle, P. T. Tart. He cut
short a bird hunt, and was
preparing to dress and come
here for the funeral. As he
prepared to put the dog in the
car, he laid his shotgun on ■
the ground, and as his over
eager pointer danced gleefully
about, he stepped on the safe
ty and the trigger. The com
bined action caused the gun
to discharge, and young Mill
er had a partial load of bird
shot driven through his hunt
ing boots and into his leg.
Election Board
Nominations Due
Democratic Executive Com
mittee Will Meet Monday
Night At Bolivia To Nom
inate Three Candidates
For Appointment
A meeting of the Brunswick
County Democratic Executive
Committee has been called for
Monday, February 12, at the
Bolivia High School at 7:30, it
was announced this week by
County Chairman E. J. Prevatte.
The meeting has been called
for the purpose of recommending
appointees as Democratic mem
bers for the county Board of
Elections. The county executive
committee will select' the names
of three Democrats to submit to
State Chairman Bert Bennett,
who in turn will make recommen
dations to the State Board of
Elections for appointment for
two-year terms.
In a letter to all Democratic
county chairmen this week, Ben
nett asked that the county com
mittee submit the names in the
order of local preference, since
two will be recommended. The
third member of the local elec
tions board is a member of the
Republican Party selected in a
similar manner.
In his letter calling the meet
ing, Bennett pointed out that all
100 county executive committees
in the State will be meeting on
the same day, but that the exact
time and place of meetings set
at the discretion of the county
chairman. The State Board of
Elections will meet in March to
make the official appointments
for boLh parlies.
Prevatte, in announcing the call
for the special meeting, urged all
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First Teacher
Work Shop For
Brunswick Ends
Final Session Conducted
Monday At Bolivia; New
Work Shop Series Begins I
Next Week
The first in a series of four (
Teacher Workshops planned for I
Brunswick county was completed
Monday evening at Bolivia High
School where for the past five
weeks teachers representing the
five consolidated schools of the
county have been taking a course
in “Art Appreciation”.
The workshop was conducted
by Miss Ruby Ball, member of
the faculty at East Carolina Col
lege. It began on January 8, and
met from 4 to 7:30 o’clock each
Monday evening. Sixty-six persons
received credit for the course, al
though the enrollment figure
reached 77.
Among the group was one New
Hanover teacher and one from Co
lumbus county.
Another of the workshops will
get underway next week, same
time, same place. The new classes
will be on ‘‘State and Local Gov
ernment”, and the instructor will
be Dr. John Howell, also a mem
ber of the East Carolina College
faculty.
This series of workshops is be
ing sponsored by the State De
partment of Public Instruction in
an effort to give teachers
throughout the state an oppor
tunity to- have access to refresher
information within their home
county. Brunswick was one of the
first counties in this area to in
augurate this program, and plans
are to conduct a total of four be
fore the end of this school term.
An outline of the upcoming
workshop gives the following
headings: General Introduction to
State and Local Government; Poli
tical Action; Structure of State
Government—Separation of Pow
ers; Functions of State Govem
: ment; Local Governments.
Appeal For Aid
For Clean City
City Manager C. D. Pick
errell Urges Cooperation
In Keeping Business Sec
tion Tidy
City Manager C. D. Pickerrell
this week appealed to the citizens
of the City of Southport to co
operate with the city in helping
to keep the down town business
area clean.
“Each week on Monday morning
and Friday morning the city
sweeps all the trash from the
sidewalks and gutters”, he said.
“This is done to clean up the city
after the weekend and prior to
the weekend. However, by late
Monday afternoon and later Fri
day afternoon the streets are
littered with paper drinking cups
to the extent that it appears no
effort has been made to clean
the streets. Despite the fact that
there are trash receptacles placed
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Enter Brunswick Pageant
ENTRIES—Three Bolivia girls, Rachel Kye, Blennie Yvonne Lewis and Mary
Ruth Lewis, are the first to enter the Miss Brunswick County Pageant, which will
be sponsored by the Shallotte Lions Club on Saturday, March 10, in the Shal
lotte High School auditorium.
First Pageant
Entries Coming
In From Bolivia
Three Young Ladie* From
That Community Express
Interest In Competing For
Miss Brunswick Title
Three Bolivia girls became the
first offiieal entrants in the Miss
Brunswick County Pageant this
week when they sent in their
official entry blanks to the Shal
lotte Jaycees, the sponsoring or
ganization.
There will be no preliminary
pageants this year, and Miss
Brunswick County will be chosen
on March 10 in a pageant that has
been scheduled for Shallotte High
School auditorium. Girls from
every section of the county are
invited to enter.
Among the first entries, Rachel
Magaline Kye is the daughter of
Mrs. Ruth Kye and the late Sgt.
Lee Kye of Winnabow. She is a
5-3 brunette, with brown eyes and
brown hair. She sings and plays
her own piano accompaniment.
She has been active in student ac
tivities while at Bolivia High
School. She will graduate this
year and hopes to become a stu
dent nurse.
Blennie Yvonne Lewis is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Lewis of Leland. She graduated
from Bolivia High School last
year and currently is enrolled at
Miller-Motte Business College in
Wilmington. She would like to
continue her education at East
Carolina, She is 5-3, has brown
eyes and is a blond. She, too, was
active in student activities while
a student at Bolivia High School.
In her talent category she will
sing.
Mary Ruth Lewis is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Lewis
of Winnabow and is a student at
Wilmington College. She grad
uated last year at Bolivia, and
would like to continue her edu
cation at East Carolina. She is
5-8, has blue eyes and dark blond
lair. Among her honors while a
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TIME and TIDE
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It was February, and no month for water sports. Yet two
local crews had spent the previous Sunday afternoon sailing
in the Southport harbor, following the proposed course for' the
South Atlantic Regatta, scheduled here later in the year. This
was during the first week in February, 1937, and was reported in
The Pilot for February 10.
The Coast Guardsmen from Oak Island, who had been out to
Louisville, Ky., on emergency flood duty, had returned home.
Good progress was reported from Fort Caswell, which was being
made ready for use as a resort during the coming season.
The USO Building was all set for formal operation at South
port, and Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were coming here as the first
director team. That was front page news in The Pilot back in
1912, our edition for February 11. Another war note: Orders had
been received to lock the post office lobby each evening at 8
o'clock for the duration.
The Brunswick County Rationing Board was in big business:
It had been given the responsibility for rationing automobiles.
School officials were lining up the instructional program provided
by the 12-grade plan, one up from the old 11th grade graduation.
In our February 12, 1947, edition there appeared two stories
of new residents here. Mr. and Mr#. J. A. Gilbert had moved
from Raleigh to Southport; and Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Waggett
were moving to Southport from Hartwell, Ga. Shallotte was hav
ing growing pains, and city officials were making plans to ex
tend their city limits.
Shallotte Legionnaires were on the move, too, and had purchas
ed a lot for the construction.of a Legion Hut. Two badly needed
bridges at Brunswick River and at Alligator Creek, had been let
to contract by the Highway Commission. Even fifteen years ago
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State Organization
May Adopt Project
Manager
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HAZARD E. REEVES, Jr.
New Manager At
Boiling Springs
Hazard E. Reeves, Jr., Has
Assumed Duties Of Sales
Manager For Brunswick
Residential Development
A young man with a master’s
degree in industrial management
from Georgia Tech has taken over
this week as sales manager for
the Boiling Spring Lakes residen
tial development in Brunswick
county.
Hazard E. Reeves, Jr., has mov
ed his family into one the newly
completed medallion homes on the
property and has set about the
business of keeping up the sales
tempo of one of the county’s
biggest real estate developments.
Until the end of the first se
mester young Reeves was teach
ing at the school from which he
was graduated in 1958, and from j
which he later obtained his mas- i
ters degree. Then the opportunity
to become active in the real es- !
tate development business came'
along, and he quickly decided to
make the chance.
“X liked teaching very much,"
he stated quite frankly. “How
ever, I do not believe that I
would have elected to remain in
that field. As a matter of fact, I
was planning to go into the tele
vision business when this oppor
tunity came along.
“I came out here, took one look
and knew right away that this
was something I wanted to do.
We came last week, and every
thing I have seen and everybody
I have met has helped to con
vince me that this was a wise
decision.”
During his undergraduate days
at Georgia Tech young Reeves :
was active in extra curricular
activities and attained the coveted
distinction of serving as president
of the student body during his
senior year. As an undergraduate
he also was active in sports, be- j
ing a member of the varsity |.
swimming team. j
The young man spoke of one i
highlight of his college gradua- <
tion: “It occurred 30 years to I
the day from the date that my 1
lather graduated from Georgia
reeh", he said with pride. i
Between his graduation and the ’
;ime when he returned to his i
Uma mater for graduate study ’
/oung Reeves spent two years as <
a second lieutenant in the U. S. 1
Army, being stationed at Fort I i
McClelland, Alabama. I \
The new family includes, in ad- j
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''Two Representatives Of
Southport Garden Clubs
Appearing Before Garden
Clubs Of N. C., Inc., To
day
Two members of garden clubs
in Southport are in Pinehurst to
day carrying out the second step
of an undertaking which, if suc
cessful, will result in the accept
ance of the restoration of an 18th
Century Garden and nature trail
Word has been received
that the Executive Committee
of the Garden Clubs heard
the proposal with interest
and recommended on Wednes
day morning to the Board of
Directors that a committee be
appointed by the President,
Mrs. Oiin B. Sikes of Mon
! r°e, to investigate further the
prospects. This recommenda
tion was adopted without dis
sent and it is anticipated that
this will be done at an early
date. The committee was ex
tended an invitation to visit
the Brunswick Town site and
to confer with officials of the
Dept, of Archives and His
tory.
at Brunswick Town as a state
project of the Garden Clubs of
North Carolina, Inc.
During the fall the local gar
den club members secured the
endorsement of District Eight at
their meeting at Jacksonville.
This week’s meeting is the Win
ter Board Meeting, and the plan
will be presented to the Executive
Committee on Tuesday night and
to the Board of Directors on
Wednesday morning. If each of
these groups approves the plan,
the final step will be taken in
Morehead City when the conven
tion is held in April.
Spokesman will be Mrs. James
M. Harper, Jr., a member of the
Southport Garden Club and she
will be supported by Mrs. Johnnie
Duffie, a member of the Wood
bine Club. Mrs. J. B. Warth, a
member of the Live Oak Club, has
been serving as chairman of this
committee but was unable to at
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Revival Service
Set For Concord
The Rev. Cyrus B. Hutcher
son Will Be Guest Preach
er For Meetings At Sup
ply Methodist Church
Revival services will be held at
Concord Methodist Church at
Supply beginning- Sunday, Feb
nary 18. The meeting will run
.h rough February 24 with the
*ev. Cyrus B. Hutcherson, Evan
gelist of the Methodist Church i
or fifteen years and pastor at
Oevon Park Methodist Church,
Wilmington, as guest minister.
The Rev. Mr. Hutcherson is a
[raduate of Asbury College and
Vsbury Theological Seminary. His
>astorates have included churches
n Memphis, Tenn., Tampa, Fla.,
ind Paducah, Kentucky. In addi
ion he served as an Army Chap- i
ain during World War II.
Members of Concord Methodist
Church extends to qne and all a;
varm invitation to come and join i
n these special services. There |
vill be special music by the adult j
hoir and youth choir. Men's!
■light, Youth Night and Family!
■fight will be observed during the i
veok.
Services will begm each eve- i
ing at 7:30 o’clock. '
Joint Session
Library Board
Meeting Monday
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Committee From Shallotte
Lions Club Attends Mon
thly Meeting Of Library
Trustees
Members of the Library Com
i mittee of the Shallotte Lions Club
j have set a tentative date during
i the week of April 8-14 for open
! ing of a permanent Public Ii
j brary there. This was reported
on Monday night when members
of the Lions Club Committee met
with Trustees of the Southport
Brunswick County Board at their
regular meeting.
Dr. R. B. McKnight, retired sur
geon and member of the North
Carolina State Library Board, is
acting as chairman of the Lions
Club committee and made the
overall report on progress to date.
He reported that space had been
secured in the Bellamy Building
next door to the post office in
Shallotte, and that necessary ren
ovations would begin within the
next week. Rev. H. Arthur Phil
lips stated that donations of paint
and material had been secured
and that the Lions would act as
a volunteer labor force. Mrs. M.
H. Rourk, member of both the
Shallotte committee and the Coun
ty Board of Trustees is assisting
with decoration of the quarters
and securing services of a libra
rian. G. B. Henderson, another
Lion, is in charge of having suit
able shelving built and securing
needed furniture.
Dr. McKnight stated that he
has received promises of special
book donations to augment the
basic collection which will be pro
vided from the County Headquar
ters Library in Southport. It is
planned to rotate the books placed
in the Shallotte Public Library
at regular intervals so patrons
will have the opportunity to
choose from the entire county
owned collection.
Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr.,
Chairman of the Board, pointed
out that opening of the library in
Shallotte will not affect Book
mobiles schedules in the rest of
Brunswick County; but will per
mit it to give more and better
service.
Deputy Brings
Theft Charges
Two Ash White Men Face
Trial For Burglary Of
Vacation Homes At Shal
lotte Point
A burgairy case which dated
bach to last November 21 was
wound up Saturday by Deputy
Sheriff Drew Long when he ar
rested Freeman Smith and J. C.
Stanley, white men of Ash, and
charged them with breaking and
entering the vacation home of
Clyde Pearson at Shallotte Point.
Pearson is a High Point furni
ture manufacturer.
Among the items listed as miss
ing when Pearson reported the
burgalry were a battery charger,
kerosene lantern, jacket, blankets
and other furnishings. After
weeks of work and countless in
terrogations, Deputy Sheriff Long
came up with practically all of
the stolen merchandise in addition
to arresting the two men he has
charged with the thefts.
They are scheduled for trial in
Brunswick county Recorder's
court on March 5.
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 LOW
Thursday, February 8
10:t0 A. M. 4:3a A. M.
10:01 P. M. 5:03 P. M.
Friday, February 9
11:34 A. M. 5:26 A. M.
5:55 P. M.
Saturday, February 10
6:23 A. M.
12:29 P. M. 6:49 P. M.
Sunday, February 11
12:57 A. M. 7:24 A. M.
1:26 P. M. 7:47 P. M.
Monday, February 12
1:56 A. M. 8:28 A. M.
2:26 P. M. 8:46 P. M.
Tuesday, February 13
2:57 A. M. 9:31 A. M.
3:27 P. M. 9:45 P. M.
Wednesday, February 14
3:57 A. M. 10:30 A. M.
4:25 P. M. 10:40 P. M.