THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1962
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
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Volume No. 22
No. 35
10-Pages Today
5c A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Cites Important
Improvements In
School Program
County Supc rintendent John
G. Long Speaks Of Some
Changes Made Possible
This Year
A state wide poll of countj
school superintendents was recent
ly made by Dr. I. E. Ready, Di
rector of the State Curriculum
Study, to determine what the
State revenue received from th<
food tax actually means to the
students in the respective school
units throughout North Carolina.
Almost unanimously the report in
cluded: better staffs and morale,
improved libraries, reduced class
size, more instructional supplies,
more college preparatory and vo
cational courses, and significantly,
more serious study by the pupils.
It was agreed that the teachers
are given more time to teach with
fewer interruptions, are spending
more hours working at school and
that the public is more conscious
of the importance of improve
ments in every category, all oi
which helps contribute toward
providing the best quality of in
struction possible for all children.
When Superintendent J. G.
Long of Brunswick County was
questioned as to some specific
improvements that have been ac
complished in the schools of
Brunswick County with use of
these additional funds, he stated
that eight additional teachers
were allocated this county above
the number of regular state al
lotted teachers at the beginning
of the 1961-62 school year.
These teachers were allotted one
to each high school, with one ex
ception, where the teacher was
used in the elementary grades.
These additional teachers help en
able the schools to offer a broad
er curriculum, reduce class size,
and offer additional library serv
ice.
me amount of state money al
lotted for students instructional
supplies by the state was Increas
ed from $1.25 to $1.50 per pupil in
ADM and the allotment for li
brary books and supplies was in
creased from 50c to $1 per pupil.
This gave a total state increase
in Brunswick of $2,117 for in
structional supplies and $2,793 for
libraries.
The wages of school bus driv
ers was increased from $25 to
$27.50 per month and the jani
torial salaries were increased 10
per cent. The amount, paid sub
stitute teachers was increased
from $8 to $10 per day. Clerical
assistance has been afforded the
schools on the basis of $1.50 per
pupil in ADM, and this has en
abled each high school in Bruns
wick County to now have full
time clerical help.
Instructional salaries were in
creased and a two day extended
term of employment for class
room teachers was added. Super
intendent Long expressed regret
that the student enrollment of
Brunswick County is not yet suf
ficent to cause an assistant super
intendent to be allotted by the
State under the present plan.
Four workshops, tuition free,
have been scheduled for the teach
ers of Brunswick County, where
they may attend and review or
study with possible credit. One of
these workshops has already been
completed and the second is now
underway. Superintendent Long
stated that the county school sys
tem will be reimbursed by the
State for the cost paid the col
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^NEWS-1
BUFFET SUPPER
A benefit supper will be helc
Friday at the Ocean View Metho
dist Church at Yaupon Beach be
ginning at 5 p. m. Proceeds of
the supper will be used for the
organ fund.
PAINTING EXHIBITED
Ari oil painting, Eve, by Mrs,
Gilliam Hornstein has been ac
cepted for exhibition at the As
sociated Artists of North Caro
lina Exhibiting Members Show
at Greenville February 25 through
March 16.
BAKE SALE
The churchwomen of St. Philips
Episcopal Church, Southport, will
hold a bake sale Saturday morn
ing at 9:30 o’clock. The merchan
dise will be displayed between
Leggett's store and the post of
fice building and m case of rain
or bad weather the sal* win be
held at the Parish bouse.
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Fox Hunt Supper
SERVING—It required a battery of big, black wash pots to cook enough
chicken bog and rice and clam chowder to feed the more than 400 persons who
were on hand Friday night for the climatic event of the three-day Washington’s
Birthday Fox Roundup at Long Beach. Mrs. Clint Bellamy and Mrs. Dave Garrish
are shown here serving Ernest E. Parker during the indoor feasting at the You
pon Beach skating rink.
Successful Event—
Hundreds Fox-Hunt
First Annual Washington’s'
Birthday Fox Roundup At
Nearby Beaches Is Out*
standing Success
By EUGENE FALLON
The first annual Washington
Birthday Fox-Roundup at Long
Beach, Yaupon Beach, Tranquil
Harbour and Oak Island was held
over the past weekend and is now
a record in the listings of super
sporting evsnts in North Carolina.
Ban’ L. Walker, town manager
for Long Beach and guiding spirit
of Fox-Extermination, Inc., ex
pressed himself as “completely
satisfied” with the hunt-promo
tion.
The vital statistics pertaining to
the great hunt run as follow:
Fox population reduced by 33;
400 registered hunters from all
corners of North Carolina and
other states; 384 tired but con
tented hounds; invaluable publici
ty for Brunswick County and
strands; an influx of prospective
property-purchasers to what is
undoubtedly one of Carolina's fin
est residential resort areas.
The three-day hunt was led by
Hinkle Shillings of Center, Texas,
and Clarence R. Gilmore of Siler
City, whose duties were to sound
the horn which sent the hounds
into full cry and chase—Masters
of the Hounds, in other words. I
And the hounds, in turn, be
came masters of the wily pre
dators who were becoming a
nuisance on the lovely isle where
everything grows and multiplies
under the magic touch of Mother
Nature.
Walker, who can wax poetic
upon the drop of a hat, pulled out
all stops in the following bit of
oratory: “This hunt is being con
ducted not in the interest of kill
ing but in preservation of such
defenseless things as baby sea
turtles, birds and squirrels.”
On Friday evening the throng
of hunters were feted by their
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Change Made At
Local Hospital
W. A. Mace Becomes Ad
ministrator, And Replac
es Harold Aldridge, Who
Recently Resigned
William A. Mace, former super
intendent of Southport Fisheries,
will assume the duties of admin
istrator at Dosher Memorial Hos
pital tomorrow. He replaces Har
old Aldridge, who has resigned
to become sanitarian with the
Brunswick County Health Depart
ment.
Mace has had no prior experi
ence in the operation of a hos
pital, but he has been actively
engaged in admisistrative work
with the big manufacturing plant
for the past four years. He has
had other similar experience be
fore coming here.
The new administrator is from
Beaufort, but has lived in South- |
port since assuming his position
; with Southport Fisheries. He is
I married, and they have one child.
| He is an active layman at St. |
j Phillips Episcopal Church in |
! Southport.
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Announced Today—
New Industry
The Solvay Process division
of the Allied Chemical cor
poration announced today that
plans are underway to build
a chemical plant on the Cape
Fear river adjacent to the
Itiegel plant near Acme.
Construction of the plant is
expected to begin within the
coming few weeks and is
scheduled to be completed by
late 1963 with operations to
begin in early 1964.
R. Largent, vice president
of Solvay, told Columbus
county commissioners early
Wednesday that the plant will
employ about 50 people In the
beginning stage and all labor
except key engineers will
come from the local area.
Largent said the facility
will produce chlorine and
caustic soda for use by the
Riegel plant and other cus
tomers throughout the state.
Young Couple
Return To City
Mr. And Mrs. Agnew Ful
cher Will Operate The
Carr Insurance Agency Ir
Southport
A young couple has recently
returned home following an ab
sence of several years to carry
on a family business.
Philip A. Fulcher, Jr., and his
bride of four years, Betsy Carr
Fulcher, are back among familial
scenes following the untimely
death of her mother, Mrs. Georgia
W. Carr, in order to manage, as
a team, the Carr Insurance Agen
cy, a concern which has been
identified with Southport since the
mid-twenties and with the Carr
family since the mid-thirties.
Fulcher, soc of Mrs. Maxine
Fulcher of Southport, a graduate
of the local high school, is 28
years-old and a former N. C
State Highway Patrolman. His
wife, 23, also graduated from
Southport High School and latter
attended East Carolina College at
Greenville.
Fulcher resigned from the
Highway Patrol following three
years of service, during which he
had been stationed at Elizabeth
town. During her husband’s tour
of patrol duty, Mrs. Fulcher hac
been employed in an insurance
office in the Bladen county seat
The couple have a son, Philip A
Fulcher, III, now 11 months ol
age. They are both members ol
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church ir
Southport.
Carr Insurance Agency was for
merly operated by James E. Carr
an uncle of Mrs. Fulcher, anc
was later taken over by Thomas
B. Carr, Betsy Fulcher’s father,
in 1950. He operated the business
until his death in 1952, at which
time his widow took charge. Mrs.
Carr died last January 12.
The husband and wife insur
ance tesim both expressed pleas
ure to be back in Southport.
“We find the work interesting,”
said family spokesman Agnew,
"and are both naturally very
happy to be home once again
among lifelong friends and neigh
bors.”
Furpless Rites
Held Thursday
Prominent Southport Man
Died Wednesday After
noon Following Illness In
Hospital
Funeral services for Bertram
Lanier Furpless were- held Thurs
day afternoon at Trinity Metho
dist Church and interment follow
ed in Northwood Cemetery.
Services were in charge of the
Rev. Charles Lancaster, the Rev.
Drayton Cooper and the Rev.
Homer McKeithan.
Active pallbearers were Robert
Thompson, Preston Bryant, Carl
Kirby, John Henry Johnson, Or
mond Leggett and James M. Har
per. Jr. Honorary pallbearers
were W. Li Styron, S. D. Rankin,
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Plane Crash Is
Subject Of Suit
In Court Here
Two Plaintiffs Are Seeking
Damages Totaling Ten
Thousand Dollars As Re
sult Of Wreck
One of the most unique civil
actions ever to be aired in Bruns
wick County Superior Court is
slated to be heard this week be
fore Judge Henry McKinnon of
Lumberton. The case referred to
is an outcome of the air disaster
which brought sudden death to
more than 30 persons in rural
Brunswick about midnight on
January 6, 1960.
The proprietors of two farms
located near Bolivia, Horace John
son and Richard Randolph, are
the plaintiffs in the actions
brought against National Airlines,
Inc., in attempt to recover dam
ages said to have been caused
to the affected properties.
On the cold and rainy night of
January 6, 1960, a National Air
lines plane suddenly disintegrated
in the tortured skies over Bruns
wick County. Eyewitnesses claim
ed they saw a red flash, immed
iately followed by the sound of a
sharp explosion and the sight of
flaming fragments of the ill
fated craft plunging toward earth.
Evidence was later painstakingly
recovered from larger pieces of
debris, which tended to point the
finger of suspicion toward one
of the passengers; a man who
had heavily insured his life short
ly before boarding the non-stop
flight from New York City to
Miami, Fla., and whom had
brought aboard the airship a suit
case, which he kept close to his
person right up to the moment
of disaster.
Plaintiffs Johnson and Randolph
have set forth, through counsel,
the following allegations: that
within a short period of time
following the crash their lands
and premises “became a mad
house of confusion, with people
and equipment everywhere, invad
ing the private lives of plaintiffs’
I families and denying them of any
degree of access to their lands
and that this condition existed
for one month or more after the
accident and even then for sev
eral months thereafter, all as a
result of said crash.”
The plaintiffs further state that
pastures were cut down, fences
torn and trampled, roads dam
aged, timber and topsoil ruined,
to the amount of some $10,000.
National Airlines countered that
the area damaged on said farms
was “very limited” since the huge
plane practically disintegrated in
the air and its rubble was dis
tributed over a wide area. Na
tional Airlines also set forth in
answer that any damages done af
ter the crash were the “necessary
work of such agencies, separate
and apart from the airline, as
the Civil Aeronautics Board, the
U. S. Marine Corps, the N. C.
National Guard, etc.; and that
information was to the effect that ;
the properties were completely
restored to original condition by
said agencies mentioned above.”
Somewhere along the line the
wording of one of the plaintiffs’
allegations was ordered stricken
from the record—the one which
referred to “human scavengers”
poking among the debris of the
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TIME and TIDE
On the front page of The Pilot for March 3, 1937, was the an
nouncement that the Cape Fear Pilots Association had purchased
a new pilot boat and had christened her the “R.R. Stone.” She re
placed the old “D. H. Penton.” A public meeting was slated to
be held here the following day on the question of a yacht basin
for Southport.
The Carolina Puppeteers had made a tour of Brunswick County
Schools, teaching their object lesson of oral hygiene; prospects
for an unusually early spring had been literally nipped in the
bud when sub-freezing temperatures followed a few days of kid
ding around with warm weather during the month of February;
and Waccamaw’s old log gym was to be the site for the Bruns
wick County Basketball Tournament starting the next day.
There was a prophetic headline on the front page of The Pilot
for March 4, 1942; ‘‘State Begins Preparing For Rationing of
Sugar.” Registration was to be conducted through the schools,
the story said.
A sub-station of the Southport Post Office was being set up
at the Naval Section Base at Fort Caswell; Highway Patrolman
James Smith had discussed driving safety for school busdrivers
at a meeting of the Brunswick Schoolmasters Club; and there
was an ominous front page column: “The War At A Glance.”
During the first week m March back in 1947 Capt. Rudy Gray, ]
a Brunswick county native, was in the international news spot- ]
light with his ship, the SS Martin Behrman, being held by the i
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Republican Leaders
OFFICIALS—L. C. Babson, left, is the outgoing
chairman of the 7th Congressional District Republi
cans, who met Friday night in Whiteville. On the
right is John W. Sellers of Lumberton, secretary.
New Candidates
Add To Interest
Contestants
HANNAH FRINK
WAYNEA LEE JOHNSON
Added Progress
Made On Pageant
Three Additional Entries
Received For The Coming
Event Sponsored By Shal
lotte Jaycees
Tickets for the forthcoming
Miss .Brunswick County Pageant,
scheduled for Shallotte High
School on the evening of March
10, are now on sale in every part
of the county.
In addition to being able to
purchase tickets from members of
the sponsoring Shallotte Jaycees,
they may also be obtained at
either of the two drug stores at
Southport and Shallotte; at El
more Motor Co. in Bolivia and at
Rourk’s Grocery in Leland Ad-'
vance tickets are twenty-five per-'
:ent cheaper than they will be at j
:he door on the night of the
lageant.
Three new contestants are an
lounced this week, one of them
i finalist in last year’s county
:ontest.
From Shallotte comes Hannah j
lllis Frink, daughter of Mr. and
Jrs. Sam Joe Frink. A senior at
Shallotte High School, Hannah
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: W. J. McLamb Announces
For Recorder’s Court Post
Which May Become Vac
ant Soon
The announcement of two new
candidates has stirred the politi
cal waters of Brunswick county
again this week, but there have
not caused as much of a splash
as another rumor that is making
tU**- jeowuds
The word is that Karl Bellamy
has been approved by the board
of directors for the Atlantic Tele
; phone Membership Corporation for
the position of general manager,
and although no official announce
ment can be made until and un
less this action is approved on
both the State and Federal level,
it already is causing considerable
speculation.
For one thing, if Bellamy is
approved and if he does accept
this post, it is almost a certinty
that he not only will not be a
candidate for reelection as Judge
of Recorders Court, but he prob
ably will resign within the im
mediate future. This is because
of the non-political nature of the
position with the telephone com
pany.
If he is approved, and if he
does accept, and if he does re
sign, then the matter of naming
his successor is a political prob
lem which would come up immed
iately.
One of the first to come into
the picture is W. J. McLamb,
Shallotte businessman, who for
merly served in this office. He has
announced that he will seek the
Democratic nomination in the
May Primary.
The* only other official an
nouncement this week comes from
Ira D. Butler, who seeks the
Democratic nomination for re
election as a member of the board
of county commissioners. He is
now serving his first term and
is the new chairman of the board.
He is from Northwest township.
Small Increase
In Leaf Quota
Information Received Today
From Congressman Alton
Lennon Reports 4.3-Per
cent Increase
Rep. Alton Lennon advised by
wire yesterday that the U. S.
Department of Agriculture had
authorized a 4.3 per cent increase
in the tobacco acreage allotment
for the 1962 crop year.
The increase is the first for
flue cured tobacco growers in 11
years and is expected to mean
about $25 million more for grow
ers throughout the state.
Rep. Harold Cooley, chairman
of the House Agriculture com
mittee, hailed the move as good
news for the farmers.
Rep. Cooley said burley grow
ers got a six per cent hike last
year and another six per cent
increase this year.
He said flue cured growers !
would have received an increase l
earlier had it not been for the !
1955-56 crops held by the Flue
Cured Stabilization corporation.
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Republicans In
District Meet
Friday Night
Brunswick County man Was
Retiring Chairman Of
Seventh District Organi
zation
A Republican who said he
learned the difference between
“civil right” and “civil wrong”
when he got old enough to read
will pit his wits against Rep.
Alton Lennon for the Seventh
District congressional seat this
fall.
"I want you to understand,”
James E. Walsh, Jr., declared last
Friday night, “that I am running
to win, that I consider myself as
a favorite, and that I will not
consider myself a long-shot can
didate.”
“I am sick to death of bu
reaucracy,” Candidate Walsh told
100 listeners at the Seventh Dis
trict Republican convention held
in the courthouse replete with
numerous caucuses, motions and
counter motions and impromptu
speeches, all aimed at victory
in the Seventh District next Nov
ember.
Of the eight counties in ths
District, only five were represent
ed—Columbus, Brunswick, Cum
berland, New Hanover and Robe
son; Hoke has not organized and
that county plus Scotland and
Bladen did not have delegations
present.
Attorney Warren Harding Coo
lidge, of Fayetteville, was named
District chairman for a two-year
term succeeding L. C. Babson of
Freeland, Brunswick county, who
asked that he be relieved of the
chairmanship.
Mrs. Ann Raybon of Wilming
ton was chosen vice chairman
and John W. Sellers of Lumber
ton was re-elected secretary to
round out the staff of District
officers.
Candidate Walsh, of Whiteville,
and William E. Bailey, of Chad
bourn, were elected members of
State Executive committee to
represent Columbus county at
the state convention next Satur
day at Durham.
In the absence of a keynote
speaker for the convention, Walsh
ascended to the podium for some
observations about Republicanism
m the District and, as it turned
out, became the keynoter himself
to the resounding acclaim of his
audience. Moments after taking
his seat, he was the candidate
for the Seventh District con
gressional post.
He said that if he were elect
ed he would turn" the government
of Columbus county, the Seventh
District, North Carolina and the
government of the United States
back to where it belongs—to the
people.
X will turn the pot over,” he
exclaimed, “and I will stir it and
I will do my best.”
A former school teacher at
Tabor City and Whiteville, and
now teaching in Clarkton, Walsh
driving a barb at the Quality
Education program, said not half
of the high school students who
will graduate this spring “know
how to read,” and added that the
same applies to adults for “if
they knew how to read so many
would not be voting with the
Democrats.” That, too, brought
booming applause.
Throwing a broadside at school
text books, he declared that “I’ve
rewritten 100 text books so that
X could teach from them.”
He went on to the effect that
there are plenty of teachers who
know how to teach history, for
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I
Tide Table
Following is the tide
table tor Southport during
the week. These hours are
approximately correct and
were turnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
Thursday, March 1,
2:50 A. M. 9:38 A. M.
3:06 P. M. 9:48 P. M.
Friday, March 2,
3:57 A. M. 10:40 A. M.
4:15 P. M. 10:53 P. M.
Saturday, March 3,
4:59 A. M. 11:38 A. M.
5:17 P. M. 11:52 P. M.
Sunday, March 4,
5:58 A. M. 12:32 A. M.
6:16 P. M.
Monday, March 5,
Wednesday, March 7,
8:38 A. M. 2:32 A.
8:57 P. M. 3:01 P,
7:47 A. M. 1:41 A.
8:04 P. M. 2:12 P.
6:54 A. M. 0:48 A.
7:12 P. M. 1:23 P.
Tuesday, March 6,
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