iMost of the News 1 All The Time f ■ ' T* \ Volume No. 22 THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community No.^T 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1962 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY More Pageant Entries CONTESTANTS—Julia Mae Gray, Dora Ann Hewett and Toy Lane Hewett, all from Shallotte, are the latest entries in the Miss Brunswick County Pageant, which will be held at Shallotte on March 10. Tickets for this event go on sale this week by members of the sponsoring Shallotte Jaycees. More Entries Coming In For New Pageant Ranks Of Contestants In creased This Week By Three Entries From Shal lotte Community Perhaps encouraged by the en try of three Bolivia girls, a like number of young ladles from Shallotte entered the Brunswick County Pageant this week. The pageant, sponsored by the Shallotte Jaycees, will take place in the Shallotte High School audi torium on March 10. Last year there were several contests, run as preliminaries to a final con test. This year only one pageant will be held. Toy Lane Hewett is the daugh- I ter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Wal ker Hewett. Miss Hewett, a sen ior at Shallotte High, is just under 5 feet, six inches, with dark hair and fair complexion. Her eyes are blue and she tips the scales just under 100 pounds. Her vital statistics read, top to bottom, 34-22-36. Toy Lane is a fine musician and student, having sung and played piano all through her school career. A bit of a journal- I ist, Miss Hewett has written for the school paper and authored the "Pirate Log” in the State Port Pilot. She is active in B. T. U. work, both in secretarial j and musical fields. Another entrant is Dora Ann I Hewett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | D. L. Hewett. A petite type, Dora Ann is 5 feet, two, and may be described as a "brownette”, what with brown eyes and hair and a faintly olive complexion. She also is a senior at Shallotte high school. This contestant weighs in at 105 pounds, with 34-24-35 sta tistics. The young lady shows thespian promise, having been in turn May Queen, in the Valentine Court, Sweetheart Queen, and a member of the cast of the junior play. Julia Mae Gray is the daugh Continued On Page 4 P JW* M Of -NEWS-1 JOINS LAW FIRM Loius Knox Newton has join ed the law firm of Carter, Murch ison & Fox at it’s new offices 16 North 5th St. Wilmington. CONDUCT SUNDAY SCHOOL Members of the Supply Boy Scout Troop conducted Sunday School at Concord Methodist Church this week. Ronald Holden, Michael Ingram, Gary Chestnut and Alan Holden conducted the classes. W ACC AM AW BENEFIT The Parent-Teachers Associa tion of the Waocamaw High School at Ash is sponsoring a barbecue supper Friday in the school cafeteria from 5 to 7 p. m. The public is invited and pro ceeds will be used for equipment needed at the school. CONFERENCE HELD Mrs. Myrle Swicegood, district home economic agent, will attend a conference, meeting with the staff of the Brunswick farm agent cy group Thursday evening. Mrs. Swicegood will talk to local home demonstration leaders and will also discuss the possibility of a home economic agent for Bruns wick County. O’Brien Retires As Bank Cashier Official Retires From Wac-5 carr.aw Bank & Trust Co. After Serving For Twen ty-Five Years Prince O’Brien has retired as cashier of the Southport Branch of the Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co. after 25 years service with that institution. On Monday, W. B. Garald of Tabor City assumed the job. ’O’Brien retires following 44 years in banking service. A native of Rockingham, he started his banking career with the Bank of Ellerbee. Later he worked in the National Bank of Sanford and as an employee of the Federal Re serve Bank of Charlotte. In February, 1937, he came with the Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co., serving first at Fair mont, where he remained until December of that year. That is when he came to Southport, where he became cashier. The retiring banker has been active in religious, civic and so cial affairs of the community and has held numerous position of prominence. He served for several years as chairman of the board of trustees for Dosher Memorial Hospital, has held numerous of fices in the Southport Lions Club, of which he is a member; and as an official of Trinity Methodist Church, where he also is a mem ber. In addition, O'Brien is a mem ber of the Cape Fear Navigation and Pilotage Commission to which he has been reappointed by Gov ernor Terry Sanford for four years. In fact, he is in Raleigh today being sworn in for his new term. He has three children. Two sons, Frank O’Brien, editorial writer for the Star-News, and Eugene O’Brien, post office em ployee, living in Wilmington. A (Continued on Page 4) Solicitor Files For Re-Election John J. Burney Gives No tice Of His Intention To Seek Reelection To Dis trict Post Solicitor John J. Burney of j Wilmington has filed for re-elec tion as solicitor of the eighth solicitorial district which com prises the counties of Brunswick, Columbus, Pender and New Han over. Solicitor Burney, 37, graduate of Wake Forest law school, and combat veteran of the last world war (Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster), became solicitor in 1953 by appointment of the late Gov ernor Umstead and has served the district since. His x-ecord shows that he has tried over 10,000 cases in the dis trict’ and has never been forced to call a special session because of the continuing heavy load. Burney has been active in the Democratic party since entering the practice of law in Wilming ton in 1951. He is a foi'rner presi dent of the New Hanover County Young Democratic club, member if that county’s Deniocratic Exe cutive committee, and was named one of the state’s outstanding Young Democrats for 1959. He is also a member of the American1 Legion, the Kiwanis club. Elks, and a Mason and a Shriner. He is a Baptist, married with Lhree children, his wife being the :ormer Catherine fivans of Dillon, s. c. PRINCE O’BRIEN H. L. Willetts Is Party Chairman Brunswick County Republi cans Elect Veteran Cam paigner To Direct Activi ties As Executive Commit tee Leader H. L. Willetts was elected chairman of the Brunswick Coun ty Republican Executive Com mittee at a party rally Friday night at the Shallotte Armory. He succeeds Cleyon Evans and re sumes a role he has held on sev eral previous occasions. Other officers are Mrs. Betty Bennett Warren of Freeland, vice chairman; Mrs. G. L. Reynolds, Bolivia, secretary; Gilbert Gris sett, Shallotte, treasurer. Members of the executive com mittee are Ira Jacobs, Northwest; Russell Johnson, Town Creek; J. A. Eaton, Smithville; J. T. Clem mons, Lockwoods Folly; Gilbert Grissett, Shallotte; and Walter C. Wilson, Waccamaw. Plans were made for a good attendance by party members at the District Republican Rally in Whiteville on February 23. L. C. Babson, Freeland merchant and (Continued on Page 4) Shallotte Club District Host Overflow Crowd Attends District Junior Chamber Of Commerce Meeting Held At Calabash Some 140 Jaycees attended the 13th District's meeting held re cently at Calabash. Host club for I the event was the Shallotte Jay cees. Principal speakers were John McNair, Jaycec national director, and Albert Sharpe of Lumberton, immediate past president of the state organization. McNair makes his home in Laurinburg. J. T. Clemmons . reported that “the turnout was tremendous; wc hadn’t expected over one-hundred members to show up.” The meeting was held at a restaurant hard by the water front and a shore dinner was en joyed by the large crowd. Clemmons said the speeches made by the officials named above "were well received”, and that a general planning session was held following the addresses. Draw Jury List February Term Superior Court Judge Henry McKinnon Of Lumberton Will Preside Over Term For Trial Of Civil Cases A term of Brunswick County Superior Court devoted to the trial of ciyil cases, is scheduled to start Monday, February 26, with Judge Henry McKinnon of Lum berton, presiding. List of jurors drawn to serve during the term, follows: From Southport: M. M. Hood, George R. Clemmons, Sr., James A. Joyner, and J. Brice Helms. From Shallotte: E. P. Hewett, C. A. Hewett, Lennon McLamb, G. C. Stanley, Sr., Thomas F. Gray, J. H. Bozeman, H. F. Milliken, and Robert McLamb. From Ash: J. J. White, W. L. Carlyle, D. O. Wal ton, Richard White, and Johnnie Cox. From Leland: William E. Nel son, Allen Childs, and Daniel Rabon. From Bolivia: W. G. Moore, Roy E. Swain, Homer L. Holden, and A. R. Clemmons. From Supply: Linwood Brown, James P. Clemmons, Olaf C. Var nam, and Carl Bowling. From Longwood: D.- S. Russ and D .S. Gore. From Freeland: Weston Evans and Otis L. Evans. From Winnabow: W. E. Lewis and W. C. Gore. Feed Grain Plan Attracts Many ASC Officials At Shallotte Say That Unusual Inter est Has Been Shown In This Program Thus Far The 1962 feed grain sign-up got off to a fast start in Bruns wick County with 60 local farmers signing agreements on the open ing day of the-program last week. Well over $13,000 went to early signers on that day, in the form of advance payments. Ralph Price, manager of the Brunswick ASC office, declared himself pleased with the early response. "Last year 577 Bruns wick farmers signed up in all,” stated Price, "and in the first week this year we’ve had 193 signers. The program is running well ahead of last year’s.” Broken down, the first week's sign-up shows that on 193 farms with a feed grain base-acreage of 3,331, there are 2,277 acres now assigned to diversion; and at the end of the first week $29, 546.41 has been paid by the local ASC office in advance payments. Price pointed out that “the pro gram is just getting underway, since there are 1,735 farms in the county with base acreage.” Important dates to local far mers, as enumerated by the ASC manager, follow: "February 15: deadline for new grower allotment applications for tobacco, cotton and peanuts. Feb ruary 28: deadline for returning 1961 peanut marketing cards. March 15: deadline for making applications for premeasurement services. March 23: deadline for releasing unused cotton allotment and requesting acreage. March 30: deadline for signing up to partici pate in the 1962 feed grain pro gram. New Educational Building ADDITION—An important addition is being made to Antioch Baptist Church with the construction of a spacious educational building. The design ties in with the architecture of the church and makes this one of the most complete and at tractive church properties in Brunswick County—(Elgie Clemmons Photo.) Fourth Highway Death Of Year Occurs Saturday Infant Was Fatally Injured When Northbound Auto Runs Into Ditch On U. S. Highway No. 17 The death of a three-months old girl, killed early Saturday morning near Shallotte when a car went out of control and hur tled into a ditch, was termed an unavoidable accident after inves tigation. This was the fourth traffic death on Brunswick county high ways this year. The infant, identified as Chari to NUgid, daughter of a U. S. Navy enlisted man, was riding in the back seat of the wrecked vehicle between her mother and father when the accident took place. Driving the car was Felicisimo D. Macamay, also a Navy man. Macamay was the owner of the vehicle which was headed toward Baltimore, Md., where the men had been assigned for duty. None of the other occupants of the death car wer£ seriously hurt in the accident. Macamay was held at Southport Continued On Page 2 Dr. Wells Writes Of Book Review Retired College Professor Expresses Pleasure at Re cent Treatment By Eu gene Fallon Eugene Fallon, who conducts the ‘‘Brunswick Between Book ends” column each week in The Pilot, has received the following letter from Dr. B. W. Wells, whose “Natural Gardens Of North Carolina” was given a re view last week: “I wish to express appreciation for your Pilot review of “The National Gardens”. As you may Continued On Page 6 TIME and TIDE There were several stories of provocative interest in The Pilot for February 17, 1937: A decision had been reached by State Highway officials to relocate Highway No. 130 and to have it in tersect U.S. No. 17 at G. T. Rourk Store before being hardsur faced; Publicity about flogging cases in Brunswick was gaining unfavorable reation from people upstate; a local doctor had charged political favoritism with regard to admission as patients at Brunswick County Hospital (later Dosher Memorial); and the Southport waterfront was being cleaned up, the old Praeger Shrimp and Fish Co. house being one of tlxc buildings to go. In our issue for February 18, 1947, there was a headline "USO Hut Intended To Be 'Home Away From Home’ ”. Capt. and Mrs. Fridolf Anderson had arrived as directors of the local installa tion. Dwight McEwen was named chairman of a committee in charge of obliterating all signs which might be helpful to enemy aircraft. A new selective service registration had added 850 eligible names for the draft; a one-act play contest was scheduled for Southport High School that week, with four of the consolidated schools entered; and J. B. Sutton had resigned as business man ager at Dosher Memorial Hospital. A four-column layout of the buildings which comprised the U. S. Quarantine Station dominated the front page of The Pilot for February 19, A representative of the Public Buildings (Continued on Page 4) New Educational Building At Antioch Election Board Members Named Members of the Brunswick County Democratic Execu tive Committee met Monday night in Bolivia and voted to nominate H. Foster Mintz of Bolivia for the post of Chairman of the Brunswick County Board of Elections. Arthur Sue of Leland was recommended for appoint ment as a regular member, with Dillon L. Ganey being third on the list of recom mendations being passed along to the State Board of Elections, who makes the ap pointments. Officers Seek Murder Suspect James McMillan Died Sun day Morning In Wilming ton Hospital Of Mysteri ous Injuries The death of a middleaged Town Creek Negro under myste rious circumstances early Satur day morning has resulted in the arrest of one man and a search for another by the Brunswick County sheriff’s department. Deputy Sheriff Charlie Skipper was called to the home of James McMillan, located in the Snow Field section of the county, where he found McMillan lying uncon scious in his yard near the porch of the small house. The victim, a man about 50, had been discover ed by a married daughter who lived nearby. Taken to a Wilmington hospital, McMillan died without regaining consciousness. A thorough inves tigation by Deputy Skipper led to Archie Allen, a 35-year-old Negro, who gave a Wilmington address. Allen told the lawman that he had carried McMillan home from a “party” held in the vicinity the night before, and that he had left him lying on his porch, before driving away. The victim, Allen told Skipper, “had been drinking a little,” and that he (Allen) thought McMillan would “sleep it off.” Not satisfied with the story, Deputy Skipper continued his in vestigation of the case and came up with Willie McMillan, a 24 year-old Negro, who is said to be no relation to the dead man. The suspect had in his possession some of the deceased's effects—includ ing a pocket knife. The suspect, was jailed for safekeeping until the investigation of the death is complete. An autopsy was ordered by Brunswick County Coroner Loweil Bennett, to be conducted at Wil mington. Sheriff Ed Leonard said on Tuesday morning that his depart ment is searchig for another fig ure believed connected with this case. “It might well be murder,” he added. On Wednesday morning (today) two county offiicals brought the case up to date with the follow ing information. Sheriff Ed V. Leonard said that his department had located sev ConUuued On Pa^e 4 I5 Spacious Addition Nearing Completion At This Rural Baptist Church Between Southport And Bolivia An impressive new addition to Antioch Baptist Church is being completed and soon the members of that congregation will be able to use their spacious educational building. The Work is' being done by Hines Construction Co. of Caro lina Beach, which built Ocean View Methodist Church at Yau pon Beach and Bethel Baptist Church in Southport. » With t&e completion of this building Antibdh will have one of the most complete church plants to be • found in any rural area, and this is possible beacuse their big, brick sanctuary was built and paid for almost twenty years ago. Back in 1942, Fred W. Spencer, member of the Southport Board of Aldermen but still a member of the church he joined 60 years ago, took the lead in a building program which led to the con struction of the new building. An active building contractor, he used his knowledge and his contacts to secure scarce materials back in the early days of World War II, and when the new church was completed it was possible to hold a dedication service. The work had been accomplished without going into debt. The Southport contractor is modest about the part he played in that project, and freely admits that he could not have accom | plished it alone. He mentions sev ; eral names of members, both liv | ing and deceased, who donated generously of their time and money to make it possible. There is one thing about the church building, however, in which Mr. Spencer does take a peculiar pride. That is the steeple, which he admits he designed and built himself. Continued On Page 4 Judge Mallard To Run Again Tabor City Man Will Run For Re-Election As Super ior Court Jurist Judge Raymond B. Mallard of Tabor City has announced that he will be a candidate for re election as judge of the 13th judi cial district which comprises the counties of Columbus, Bladen and Brunswick. Judge Mallard, former practic ing attorney of Tabor City and Columbus county, has achieved a record of distinction since he was appointed to the bench in 1954 by Governor Luther Hodges. One of his more imposing as signments v/as as the presiding judge in the Henderson cotton mills strike trial a few years age which resulted in the sentencing to jail of the top labor leader in North Carolina. Judge Mallard is a member of the Baptist church, a Rotarian and a Mason. Me is not only popular as a jurist but also his services as a leader in civic affairs has been and continue to be much in de mand. He. is a Democrat and his bid for re-election is subject to the wishes of that party. Waccamaw Site For Educational Meet Wednesday Large Crowd Attended An nual Session Of Fifth Dis trict Of The State School Board Association The annual meeting of District Five of the State School Board Association, with more than 400 educators in attendance, was held last Wednesday at the Wacca maw High School in Ash. The District president is C. Y, Coleman of Ash, and L. A. Bur ton is principal of the host school. Supt. John G. Long said that he was ‘‘particularly proud” of the Brunswick turnout, which con stituted roughly about one-third of the gathering. District Five includes six counties, plus the towns of Goldsboro, Clinton and Fremont. The main speaker was Dr. Everett Miller, assistant state su perintendent of Public Instruction. Whereas the speaker expressed conviction that N. C. education has progressed steadily, he went on to warn that much remained to be accomplished before ‘‘we can rest on our laurels.” "On the debit side of the ledger are the dropout figures in our state” said Dr. Miller. “In 1949 118,668 children entered schools in this state for the first time. In 1961, (12 years later) only 50,187 graduate dfrom our public school system, leaving 68, 481 students who dropped out before graduation.” Dr. Miller brought the problem closer to home by giving Bruns wick student statistics over the same period. In 1949 in this county 652 entered the first ele mentary grade. Twelve years later only 228 took high school diplomas, said Miller. In regard to these distressing figures, Superintendent Long pointed out that transfers to other school units outside this county undoubtedly account for part of this poor record. The Fifth c.atjrjct includes Brunswick, Pender, Duplin, Samp son, Wayne and New Hanover counties, and the town units men tioned above. Girl Scouts In Sale Of Cookies Annual Fund Raising Ef forts Will Help Defray Expenses Of Operating Troop In Southport Southport residents will have the opportunity, beginning Thurs day, to indulge in some of the famous ‘'Girl Scout Cookies'1, when local troops start their an nual sale. Profit from the sale goes direct ly toward maintaining and estab lishing qualified camping for Girl Scouts, and members of the local intermediate troop are already packing their bags in anticipation of a stay at Camp Pretty Pond this summer. The cookies come in three de licious flavors; the regular sand wich-creame, a new Round-up cake, and the ever popular mint.' They are stamped with the Girl Scout Insignia and will sell for fifty cents per box. Members of the two Brownie Troops are to confine their sales to relatives, friends and telephone sales. The Intermediate Troop may make door-to-door sales. Continued On Page 4 Tide Table Following Is the tide table tor 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 15 4:52 A. M. 11:24 A. M. 5:19 P. M. 11:31 P. M. Friday, February 16 5:42 A. M. 12:12 A. M. 6:07 P. M. Saturday, February 17 6:28 A. M. 0:17 A. M. 6:52 P. M. 12:55 P. M. Sunday, February 18 7:09 A. M. 1:02 A. M. 7:34 P. M. 1:35 P. M. Monday, February 19 7:47 A. M. 1:43 A. M. 8:11 P. M. 2:13 P. M. , Tuesday, February 20 8:22 A. M. 2:23 A. M. 8:46 P. M. 2:50 A. M. Wednesday, February 21 8:55 A. M. 3:01 A. M. 9:18 P. M. 3.25 P. M.

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