THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Volume No. 22 No. 34 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1962 5c A COPY
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Southport Club
Has Scholarship
Aid For Nurses
Southport Woman’s Club
Offering Scholarship To
High School Senior Girl
Who Seeks Nursing Car
eer
The Brunswick County Tuber
culosis association plans to give
a scholarship to a high school
senior girl in Brunswick county
who wishes and plans to pursue
a training course to become a
registered nurse.
The association, a division of
the Southport Woman’s Club, con
tinues its fight to eradicate the
dreaded disease of tuberculosis,
and this scholarship is1 a part of
that overall program.
The scholarship award will pro
vide the complete costs for
tuition, uniforms and books at
one of 23 selected North Carolina
accredited schools of nursing. The
recipient of the scholarship may
choose either of these 23 institu
tions, depending of course, upon
otherwise meeting the require
ments for entry at that school.
Each high school senior girl in
Brunswick County will be pro
vided an information sheet, the
list of selected schools of nursing,
and the scholarship application
form which is to be used. The
application form includes specific
instructions as to what must be
done by each applicant for the
scholarship and when it must be
done.
Those girls who seek the schol
arship must have their completed
applications in the hands of the
scholarship committee not later
than April 10. It is required that
completed applications be mailed
to Chairman, Scholarship Com
mittee, Brunswick County Tuber
culosis Association, Southport.
The winner of the scholarship will
be announced on April 25.
The Association hopes that the
winner of the scholarship will
graduate as a registered nurse
and that she will seriously con
sider returning to Brunswick
County to work and serve, thus
furthering their efforts toward
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More Signers
For Feed Grain
ASC Officials Report Con
tinued High Interest In
This Phase Of Farm Pro
gram
Ralph Price, manager of the
Brunswick County ASC office,
had nothing but praise for the
cooperation shown by local far
mers with the feed grain pro
gram.
"Three hundred Brunswick far
mers,” said Price, "have diverted
3.183 acres from feed grains. For
this they have already received
in advance payments the sum of
$41,019.82. This is somewhat less
than one-half the amount which
will be paid out.”
The purpose of the program is
to keep stocks of feed-grains at
a reasonable level. In 1961, de
spite a record yield, the total
grain stocks were reduced by
some 200 million bushels under
the program, which pays farmers
to divert land formerly used for
feed grains to soil conservation
uses. Within the next few years
it is expected that taxpayers will
be saved some 500 million dollars
in storage, handling and trans
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BOOSTERS CLUB
The Southport Boosters club
will hold its regular meeting
Thursday night at 8 o'clock in
the home of C. I). Pickerrell. All
members are' urged to attend.
HOLIDAY ROUTINE
All offices in the Brunswick
County coirthouse with the ex
ception of the sheriff’s depart
ment will be closed for one day.
Thursday, in observance of Wash
ington’s Birthday.
ATTENDS CONFERENCE
J. G. Long, superintendent of
Brunswick County Schools, is cur
rently attending a four-day con
ference of school superintendents
and school administrators at At
lantic City, N. J. The conference
began Saturday and Long is ex
pected to return to Brunswick
Thursday.
Self - Explanatory Sign
FOX
FOX HOUNDS
HUNTERS
HAVE RIGHT OF
POLICE DEPT
LONG BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA
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Fox Round Up
• FEB. 22,23.24
WARNING—The only comment on the above sign is that it was ordered and
put up at a good time by City Manager Dan Walker of. Long Beach, what with
the woods full of fox dogs and fox hunters this week.
Southport Man
Dies Today In
Local Hospital
B. L. Furpless Dies Follow
ing Stroke Suffered At
Home Here On Saturday
Morning; Funeral Arran
gements Incomplete
Bertram Lanier Furpless, owner
and proprietor of the Amuzu
Theatre and for the past four
years advertising manager for
The State Port Pilot, died this
afternoon at Dosher Memorial
Hospital in Southport.
He had been in a critical con
dition since Saturday morning,
when he was admitted as a pa
tient following a stroke suffered
at his home. This came two days
atfer being released as a patient
at the local hospital where he had
been for more than two weeks.
The deceased was born and
reared in Southport, the son of
the late Price and Lillie Drew
Furpless. He was graduated from
Southport High School and later
attended Davidson College.
He was active in business and
civic affairs of his home com
munity and had held numerous
positions of honor and responsibil
ity .He was a past president of
the Southport Lions Club and in
past years had been active in
Sunday School and Church work.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Cora Lee Walker; by two
children, William and Amy; and
by one brothel-, James Furpless,
of Raleigh.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon
at 3 o’clock at Trinity Methodist
Church with the Rev. Charles
Lancaster, the Rev. Drayton
Cooper and the Rev. Homer Mc
Keithan officiating.
Board Proclaims
4 - H Club Week
Boys And Girls Of Bruns
wick Wll Join In Observ
ance Of This Event On
March 3-10
The Brunswick County Com
missioners in a Monday session
passed a resolution approving the
week of March 3-10, for 4-H Club
observance.
That week will be observed
throughout the United States to
focus attention on the many help
ful activities of the 4-H organiza
tion, according to James Goff, as
sistant county farm agent and lo
cal 4-H club mentor.
‘The 4-H Club is the largest
organization of rural boys and
girls in the world,” pointed out
Goff, “and for the past several
years we have had nearly 1,000
boys and girls enrolled in Bruns
wick.”
The assistant farm agent called
attention to the fact that “4-H
in this county has been recently
shifted from school clubs to com
munity clubs, and the active en
rollment is presently at the low
est figure in years.
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Holiday Fox Hunt
For Long Beach
Republicans To
Meet On Friday
The Republican District con
vention, encompassing eight
counties will be held in
Whiteville Friday night at
the county courthouse start
ing at 7:30.
Lester C. Babson of Free
land is the District chairman.
Included in the convention
will be the selection of a dis
trict chairman to serve for
two years and the delegates
to the state convention set
for March 3 in Durham.
The eight counties included
in the district are Columbus,
Bladen, New Hanover, Pen
der, Brunswick, Robeson,
Scotland and Cumberland.
Templeton Heads
Long Beach Sales
Charleston, S. C., Man Is j
General Manager For Na-j
tional Development In
Big Project
The appointment of Hanon A.
Templeton, Jr., as general man
ager of the National Development
Corporation of Long Beach was
recently announced by officials
of that organization.
Templeton, a pleasant, dark
haired young man, is already set
tled in his combination office and
living quarters, situated near the
Tranquil Harbour restaurant on
Long Beach's Ocean Highway.
The new manager is no stran
ger to these precincts, having
long been associated with E. F.
Middleton in supervisory position
with Carolina Lands, Inc. A na
tive of Savannah, Ga., Templeton
is married and the father of two
young sons. His wife, Florence,
and sons Phillip and Al, present
ly reside at Charleston, but plan
to join him here upon the con
clusion of this school year.
As general manager, Templeton
will have charge of the large
ocean-front development in its en
tirety. including the subdivisions
of Tranquil Harbour and King's
Lynn. A sales office, separate
from the administration offices,
is located within the Tranquil
Harbour portion of Long Beach.
Templeton was poring over
some corporation records and sta
tistics when The Pilot represent
ative interviewed hint on Friday.
Proudly he showed some fig
ures proving an amazing fact—
that sales cancellations affecting
the vast seaside properties cur
rently run less than one-half of
one percent. This is an unheard
of record in land promotion any
where.
Asked of the corporation's im
j mediate plans, the new manager
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Hunters And Packs Of
Hounds From All Sec
tions Of State Expected
Here For Washington
Birthday Hunt
The foxes of Long Beach, 'jCraa
tjuil Harbour and Oak Island are
today (Wednesday) enjoying a
last reprieve for beginning to
morrow and extending through
Saturday the big push to rid them
from the island will be on.
Dan’ L. Walker, town manager
of Long Beach, revealed the lat
est battle plans on Wednesday.
Hinkle Schilling, of Centre, Texas,
a man known as “Mr. Foxhunter”,
is even now flying from Texas
to act as Master of the Hopnds
(all 500 of them). He will share
this honor with Clarence R. Gil
more of Siler City. Gilmore is the
immediate past secretary of the
N. C. Foxhunters Association,
while Schilling formerly held the
same position in the National
Foxhunters Association. That
takes care of the dogs pretty
thoroughly.
Walker revealed that “more
than 300 invitations to the hunt
have already been accepted. They
will come from near and far in
answer to our appeal for eradi
cation of varmints from the most
beautiful beach in the world.”
Walker, armed with the heavi
est caliber weapon allowed on
this particular hunt—a club two
inches through the middle—took
a whack at an imaginary skulker
and only succeeded in raising a
lump on his shin and a loud howl
before resuming his diatribe:
“I hate foxes," he said, "and
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Shallotte Lions
Observe Charter
Night Thursday
The Rev. Arthur Phillips,
Sr., Is Principal Speaker
At Annual Observance
Held By Shallotte Lions
The 15th anniversary of the
Shallotte Lions Club was celebrat
ed Thursday evening at the club
house on Sunset Terrace with
an overflow crowd of 64 Lions
and their guests in attendance.
Pointing out that for a club
comprised of 25 members, such
attendance was most commend
able, Robert G. Hubbard, presi
dent of the club, said that special
recognition was accorded the fol
lowing five charter members of
the organization present at the
celebration: Dr. R. H. Holden, E.
D. Bishop, LeRoy Mintz, E. H.
Kirby and Henry Stone.
The meeting was called to order
by the president, following which
the Rev. Arthur Phillips, Jr., pas
tor of Camp Methodist Church,
gave the invocation.
President Hubbard then intro
duced the guests, who numbered
Wallace West an international di
rector of Lions, and wife; Roy
Sandlin and wife and Joe Hood
and wife, both of whom are coun
selors for Lions International.
Other guests were Gordon Weeks
of Goldsboro, district governor for
Lion’s International, and R. N.
McCray, director of Boys Home
at Lake Waccamaw.
It fell to the Rev. Arthur Phil
lips, to introduce the featured
speaker, who was none other
than the Rev. Arthur Phillips, Sr.,
father of the local minister. The
senior Phillips is pastor of the
Rockwood Methodist Church at
Rockwood, Tenn.
Making his address follow the
toastmaster approach, the featur
ed speaker kept the crowd laugh
ing at his droll stories, only
turning serious at the end of his
remarks.
President Hubbard imported
that the meeting was "one of the
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Southport Boy
Receives Honor
Cadet Fred M. Burdette, Jr.
Of Southport Is Gold
Star Student At The Cita
del In Charleston, S. C.
.Cadet Fred M. Burdette, son of
Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Burdette,
Southport, was among 31 cadets
at The Citadel who won the
coveted Gold Stars for academic
achievement for the semester end
ing January 26, 1962.
At The Citadel a Gold Star,
symbol of the highest scholastic
rating, is worn on either side of
the collar of the dress and full
dress blouses of the cadet uniform
during the semester following the
one for which the award is made.
Gold Stars are awarded to
those cadets who made grade
point ratios of 3.6 or higher the
previous semester. This is the
approximate equivalent of four
A’s and two B's.
The highly-prized stars are one
inch in diameter and are made
from gold-plated metal. Recipients
of Gold Stars are also automati
cally entitled to wear the Dean’s
List Medal.
TIME and TIDE
A front page article in The Pilot for February 24, 1937, not
only reported steps being taken in an effort to secure a yacht
basin at Southport, but related that this movement dated back
to 1930 when the National Association of Engine and Boat Manu
facturers had conducted a study and had recommended such an
improvement here.
Orton gardens were in bloom.—about six weeks earlier than
usual; the USE Dredge Comstock had stopped over in Southport;
and death had removed one of Southport's all-time colorful char
acters, the late Pack Tharp.
There was front page photo in The Pilot for February 25, 1942,
showing some snow scenes in Southport. The cutlines said this
was the heaviest snowfall here in five years. Bids for construc
tion of the new bridge over the inland waterway on the Fort
Caswell road were being advertised.
A Southport boy, Teddy Lewis, was in flight training with the
Army Air Corps; a 'bond'’ fire had been held by county offi
cials, who had destroyed $120,500 of redeemed bonds in a public
display; and Miss Louise Lewis had become the first full-time
clerk-typist with the Brunswick County Rationing Board.
The date was February 26, 1947, the war was over and there
was agitation to have the State of North Carolina take over Fort
Caswell for operation as a State Park. David W. Watson, princ
ipal of Southport High School, was resigning to become a Special
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New Contestants
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TWO—Mary Frances Browning, left, of Long
wood, and Velma Lora Ganey of Leland, right, are
the latest entries in the Brunswick County Pageant,
which will be held on March 10 at Shallotte.
Floating Lab Here
On Way To Haiti
Williamson In
Race For House
Speculation regarding a
Democratic candidate for
House of Representatives
came to a head this week
with the announcement by
Odell Williamson that he will
seek election to that office
for the fourth time.
Williamson is a successful
Shallotte business man and
real estate developer. He was
first elected in 1946, repeated
in 1948 and was elected again
in 1952. He has made two
unsuccessful races for nomi
nation to the State Senate.
This is the only formal an
nouncement to be made this
week, but there are rumors
of other announcements which
will affect several county of
fices.
More Entrants
Being Received
Plans Developing For Inter
esting Event In Shallotte
High School Auditorium
March 10
More entries for the Miss
Brunswick County Pageant were
received this week by the Shal
lotte Jaycees, and a meeting of
pageant officials with all contest
i ants and the man who will serve
| as master of ceremonies is slated
! for tomorrow (Thursday) night
at Bolivia.
In making a progress report
on pageant plans, Shallotte Jay
cees announce that Waccamaw
Bank & Trust Co., through their
Southport and Shallotte branches,
in cooperation with the Southport
Savings & Loan Association, are
giving a $350 college scholarship
as first prize for the pageant
winner.
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Wil
mington is donating $100 worth of
! trophies.
Among the new contestants are
two young ladies from distant
| points in Brunswick. Mary Fran
ces Browning is from Longwood,
near the South Carolina line; and
Velma Lora Ganey is from Le
land. *
Mary Frances is the brown
haired, blue-eyed daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Travis Browning. A
senior at Waccamaw High School,
she stands 5 feet, six inches, with
120 pounds nicely distributed over
35-22-36 figures. A well-rounded
girl in other ways, Mary Frances
writes for a hobby, sings for glee
club, plays basketball and cheers
for the Waccamaw male athletes.
She still finds time for the happy
and healthful 4-H Club activities.
Writing seems more than a mere
hobby, since the pride of Wacca
maw is a district winner in essay.
Velma Lora is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Ganey
and is a statuesque type at five
feet, eight inches, and 130 pounds.
Velma has haze) eyes and brown
hair, and as to be expected at
her height, a basketball player at
Leland high. Her vital statistics
arc 37-25-37, and she is a mem
ber of the F. H. A., an actress
in school dramatics and a former
contestant tor Homecoming
Queen.
‘ Unique Vessel And Crew
Of Volunteer Workers On
Way To Island For Cam
paign Against Tubercu
losis
The sleek white vessel which
slid in to Thompson’s Esso Dock
on the Southport waterfront Sat
urday morning had an official air
about it, as well it should, having
once served the U. S. Navy as
YP boat, and presently being used
as a floating laboratory for
HATI (Haitian-American Tuber
culosis Institute). Southport was
next to the last stop this side of
the West Indian island of Haiti.
The Hait gleamed antiseptically
white On the Cape Fear. From her
disembarked two men and six
young .ladies. A trim young man,
Dr. H. .Mac .Vandiviere, was in
charge of all but the maritime
duties. An interview followed on
the dock, with gulls wheeling
overhead.
The HATI, said Dr. Vandiviere,
has recently acquired a home
port—Washington, N. C. She is
intended to transport trained
medical personnel between the
city on the Pamlico River and
the tiny port of Jeremie, Haiti.
The purpose is to help fight tuber
culosis in the island once referred
to as “The Black Kingdom.”
Dr. Vandiviere said that tuber
culosis is “seventy to eighty times
as prevalent in Haiti as it is in
the United States. Down there”,
said the doctor, "it ranks as num
ber one killer.”
Jeremi is roughly 1,500 sea
miles from Washington. The ship
will take about 12 to 14 days,
weather permitting, to reach the
Island of Espanol, of which Haiti
is approximately one-half. The
! other half is the Dominican Re
public. The trained crew of the
ship—North Carolinians all—will
remain in Haiti for about four
months. While there they will
work in association with the
| Haitian Ministry of Health, and
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Last Chance For
Property Listing |
I
Tax Supervisor D. H. Hawes
Cites Responsibility Of
Owner To List New Buil
dings And Improvements
D. H. Hawes, Brunswick Coun
ty Supervisor, said this week that
there are an unusually large num
ber of property owners who have
not yet listed their property for
taxes.
“These people are now delin
quent in this respect,” he said
this week, ‘a'nd are subject to
penality and fine. However, we are
much more anxious to get the
job completed and urge all who
have not done so to come in and
list before the end of this month.
There will be no penalty if they
will do this.”
Hawes says that his department
has run into considerable con
fusion regarding responsibility for
reporting new building and other
improvements made to real prop
erty. “It is the responsibility of
the property owner to take care
of this,” he said. “Where con
fusion exists, we are inviting the
owners to come and discuss the
problem with us. We want to get
a fair and equitible listing, and
we must do it right away. We
want to make a fair appeal to
these people to cooperate with us
in this matter.”
Progress Being
Made In Library
For Shallotte
New Quarters Being Made
Ready And Supplies Are
On Hand For Placing
Shallotte .Unit In Opera
tion
The physical appointments nec
essary to setting up a public li
brary in Shallotte • for 1 the first
time in its long history are mov
ing right along, according to G.
E. Henderson, Shallotte pharma
cist.
Henderson, member of a com
mittee delegated by the Shallotte
Lions Club to aid and abet in the
worthwhile project, reported that
the construction of shelves is now
underway in his home workshop,
and that painting will follow the
installation in the Bellamy Build
ing, located next door to the
post office in Shallotte.
Dr. R. B. McKnight, a member
of the State Library board, is the
chairman for the committee. Oth
er members of the group are Mrs.
M. H. Rourk and the Rev. Arthur
Phillips, Jr. Mrs. Rourk is in
charge of the decorations, and
Phillips was named as publicity
man. The Shallotte Lions all will
donate their labor to the project.
To Mrs. Rourk was entrusted
the task of locating a qualified
person to supervise the lending
of books and the cataloging of
same.
In Southport, Mrs. Philip King,
librarian, said on Tuesday that
“all necessary reference books,
library supplies, etc., are on hand
to start the Shallotte branch.’’
These only await the readying of
the building. The Shallotte library
will receive books via a rotation
system from the Southport Publia
Library. The addition of library
facilities at Shallotte will not af
fect the bookmobile schedule, it
was reported.
New Operation
For Building
Community Building In
Southport Will Be Under
The Supervision Of Joint
Board Of Governors
The Community Building in
Southport henceforth will be op
erated by a board of governors
comprised of five members from
the So'uthportLibns Club and five
members from the Southport
Woman’s Club.
There will be two custodians,
one for the building proper and
the other for Utensils- and fur
nishings. A close inventory of
equipment has been made and
will be maintained.
There will be a new schedule, of
charges, with a minimum fee for
community related projects. A
schedule of appointments will be
maintained, and it will be wise
for organizations and individuals
who wish to use these facilities
to make their requests well in
advance.
The board of governors includes
Clinton Bellamy, president of the
Lions Club; E. C. Blake, L. R.
Bellows, H. A. Livingston and
Ray Walton. From the Womans
Club it includes Mrs. Johnnie D.
Duffie, the president; Mrs. Fran
ces Key, Mrs. H. T. St. George,
Mrs. Dallas Pigott and Mrs.
James Barnes.
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 22,
9:26 A. M. 3:39 A. M.
9:50 P. M. 3:58 P. M.
Friday, February 23,
9:57 A. M. 4:16 A. M.
10:23 P. M. 4:32 P. M.
Saturday, February 24,
10:30 A. M. 4:56 A. M.
11:00 P. M. 5:07 P. M.
Sunday, February 25,
11:09 A. M. 5:39 P. M.
11:45 P. M. 5:47 P. M.
Monday, February 26,
11:56 A. M. 6:28 A. M.
6:35 P. M.
Tuesday, February 27,
0:40 A. M. 7:27 A. M.
12:52 P. M. 7:34 P. M.
Wednesday, February 28,
1:42 A. M. 1 8:32 A. M,
1:57 P. M. S.10 P. M.