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Volume No. 22
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
No. 38
12-PAGES TODAY
SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1962
5c A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Working On Library
PREPARATIONS—Three amateur carpenters are shown here cooperating with
Ni-ven Milhken who knows what he is doing, as they put up shelving for the
new bhallotte Public Library, which wil be activated in April. His helpers are
Robert G. Hubbard, Dr. R. B. McKnight and G. E. Henderson.
Contestants In
Dress-Making,
Friday Visitors
Representative From South,
port Woman’s Club Is
Winner In District Com
petition
The Community Building in
Southport was the scene on Fri
day of the district competition
in the Vogue Fashion Sewing
Contest which is being sponsored
by the Federation of Women’s
Clubs. The Southport entry won
in the club member category and
the Roseboro entry was the win
ner in the student competition.
The Southport Woman's Club,
with Mrs. Johnnie Duffie presi
dent, was hostess club, and the
building was decorated for the
occasion in the St. Patrick's day
motif. Punch and cookies were
served prior to the contest, with
Mrs. C. D. Pickerrel, Mrs. E. J.
Prevatte, and Mrs. Clinton Bell
amy as hostesses.
Mrs. C. A. Graham, Mrs. Fred
Willing and Mrs. Dallas Pigott
were responsible for the decora
tions.
Judges were from Fayetteville,
and special guests were Mrs.
Jethro Owen, district president,
and Mrs. David Bullard, district
secretary, both from Roseboro.
Entrants in the club member
category were from the Clinton
Jr. Woman’s Club, the Clinton
Woman’s Club, North Carolina
Sorosis in Wilmington, North
Carolina Junior Sorosis in Wil
mington, the Rose Hill Woman’s
Club and the Southport Woman’s
Club.
Entrants in the .student cate
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BENEFIT BARBECUE
The Winnabow Volunteer Fire
Department will hold a barbecue
supper at the Winnabow Grange
Hall Saturday, beginning at 5:3(5
p, m. The public is invited.
BENEFIT POSTPONED
The Fashion Show, featuring an
all-man cast, has been postponed
from Friday night of this week
to the night of March 30. It will
be presented in the Southport
High School auditorium and the
proceeds will go to the general
school fund. The postponement
was caused by the decision to
telecast the Wake Forest-Ohio
State basketball game Friday
night.
COTTON MEETING
There will be a meeting on the
production of cotton and the im
provement of quality Thursday at
the Forrest Williams store lo
cated in Northwest. A. S. Knowl
es, county farm agent, will lead
the discussion. The county agri
cultural agent said that the meet
ing will embrace a 10-point pro
gram on cotton, from its planting
to harvest and sale. Knowles
urged all Brunswick cotton grow
ers to attend.
Appointments To
Elections Board
H. Foster Mintz And Arth
ur Sue Are Democrats; L.
C. Babson Is Republican
Member
The State Board of Elections
met in Raleigh last week and
announced the appointment of the
three members of the Brunswick
County Board of Elections for
the. next two years.
The two Democrat members
are H. Foster Mintz and Arthur
Sue and the Republican member
is L. C. Babson. In making these
appointments the State Board
followed the recommendations of
the Brunswick County Democratic
Executive Committee and the Re
publican Executive Committee.
Both Mintz and Babson are
members of the present board.
Mintz not only is serving now,
but has had experience as a mem
ber of a previous board. Babson
has represented the Republicans
on the board for many years and
is experienced in the duties of
this office. This will be the first
service for Sue as an elections
board member.
The latter takes the place of
Elrich Y. Hickman, chairman,
who has announced that he will
be a candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for Clerk of
Superior Court in the forthcoming
Primary.
Members of the new board are
expected to meet within the next
week and organize.
Public Hearing
Slated March 3C
Brig. General James Glore
Says That Cooperation Ir
t Gathering Information It
A Little Slack
Brig. Gen. Janies Glore, whc
has accepted responsibility foi
preparing information for the
public hearing which the U. S
District Engineers will hold ir
Southport on March 30, make:
no bones about the fact that he
is disappointed in the response
received thus far from the boal
owners.
"This should be the group ir
Southport most vitally interestee
in two of the three proposition:
on which the public hearing wil
be conducted,” General Glore
said this week, “but thus far ;
have received very little coopera
tion and have have had little
show of interest from these own
ers.
"All I can say,” he continued
"is that if they do not choose te
j state their case in writing, I hop<
they will n^ike their plans tc
i show up in person. They have
; something at stake here, and it is
a matter which must have their
l information and cooperation on.’
The hearing is slated to begii
at 10 o’clock in the Community
Building, and will be presidec
over by Col. R. P. Davidson or a
member of his staff from the
Wilmington District office.
The three points to be con
sidered are the expansion and ini
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J Screw Worms In
Appearance Here
Brunswick livestock far
mers were alerted by A. S.
Knowles, county agricultural
agent, to keep artJIosfe watch
on their cattle, beadly screw
worm is reported already at
tacking animals in central
Brunswick County.
Knowles said that a cow
belonging to Neil Holden,
Supply farmer, was discover
ed to have the parasite in
one of her eyes. It was the
earliest date, added Knowles,
that he had ever heard of
screw worm infestation so
far north.
Plans Progress
For Golf Club
Directors Of Boiling Spring
Lakes Country Club Now
Ready To Consider Plans
For Club House
At a meeting of the board of
directors of the Boiling Spring
Lakes Country Club, Inc., held
i Friday night at the law offices
of Bowman and Prevatte in
Southport, it was revealed that
the first nine holes of the golf
course are 50 percent completed
| and that construction of a club
house is planned for the near fu
ture.
E. V. Floyd, Raleigh golf
i course builder, reported that all
: greens and tees on the front nine
holes will be planted in grass by
the middle of April. Floyd said
that he saw no reason why play
will not be possible by "midsum
mer at the latest.”
Frank Ballard, Wilmington
architect who will design the
s clubhouse, reported that blue
prints will be drawn and ready
by Friday of this week. It is
anticipated that invitations for
bids will be issued immediately
the blueprints are made available.
I A spokesman for the Country
! Club said that contracts should
be awarded by the latter part of
April.
A membership drive is now un
derway. H. -Foster Mintz of Bo
livia, vice president of the club,
is chairman of the membership
committee. Mintz said that a
- membership brochure is now be
\ ing readied on the course and the
clubhouse. Mrs. James Glore and
Hazard E. Reeves, Jr., are in
| charge of the preparation of this
brochure.
- j Mintz added that there are at
, , present "openings for new mem
• i bers”. Interested parties may
contact him or any other membei
of the board. Membership Chair
! man Mintz seized the opportunity
to request members who have
not paid their membership fee
I in full to do so at their earliesl
i convenience.
Beach Council
Holds Regular
Monthly Meet
Long Beach Officials Dis
cuss Matters Pertaining
To Streets, Taxes And
Planning
During the regular monthly
meeting of the Long Beach town
I board Saturday, seevral items
were taken under consideration.
An ordinance making it unlaw
| ful for electrical contractors or
individual electricians to connect
j power to a new building prior to
proper building permit being is
sued was discussed. No decision
was made on this issue.
The board authorized the ad
, vertisement of unpaid 1961 town
taxes in May, and changed the
due date on water bills from June
30 to April 1. The council then
: instructed Town Manager Dan’L
Walker that streets which had
| not been opened up must be open
I ed by either the devloper or the
| property owners. This was
i brought about by complaints is
i sued by certain property-owners
on the third and fourth row oi
beach property.
It was brought out during th(
meeting that the ABC board has
leased a building now under con
struction and being built by Rob
ert Jones. The ABC store will bi
opened between May 1 and 15, i'
was learned.
Other things discussed at thi
meeting concerned streetlights
which are now available to in
dividual property-owners througl
REA; and the recommendatioi
by the town manager that i
planning commission be organiz
ed.
Walker informed the board thal
publicity on the Washington’s
Birthday foxhunt held at Long
Beach reached approximately on<
million and forty-eight thousanc
subscribers through coverage it
state newspapers.
Jaycees Seek
Man Of Year
Local Organization Asks
For Nominations F o i
Young Man To Be Hon
ored With This Award
Local organizations and civil
clubs were asked this week t<
cooperate with the Southpor
Junior Chamber of Commerce ii
selecting the recipient for th<
annual Distinguished S e r v i c i
Award.
According to a spokesman foi
the Southport Jaycees, the Dis
tinguished Service Award is giver
annually by Junior Chambers o:
Commerce to the young man who
in the opinion of an impartia
committee, has contributed mosi
to community progress and de
velopment.
Nominations for the Award car
come from anyone in the com
munity, and nominations blank:
were mailed out last week to th<
several agencies and clubs ir
town. It was pointed out that th<
nominee does not have to be e
member of the Junior Chamber
but he must be between the age:
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Attracting Attention
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MYSTERY—Hundreds of visitors are making their way to Boiling Spring
every week for the past month as they seek to determine to their own satisfac
tion why this fabulous flow of water ceased to flow from its old location when
the brick enclosure was built and moved outside the wall to burst forth from
the earth in a new spot. This is one of th e principal points of interest at the Boil
ing Spring Lakes Development.—(Elgie Clemmons Photo.)
Two Men Seeking
Nomination For
Place On Board
(wt" Jenrette And Parley
Formy Duval Announce
As Candidates From
Waccamaw Township
There was much talk of poli
tics in Brunswick county this
. wee!:, but the only changes in
the political scene was the an
nouncement from two Waccamaw
township citizens that they will
seek the Democratic nomination
: for member of the board of coun
1 ty commissioners to represent
' that township.
, The announced candidates are
, j Odell Jenrette, who is making his
i first run for public office; and
. I Parley P. Formy Duval, who was
' a candidate two years ago for
, the Democratic nomination for
• i this office.
H. Cortez Ward was the winner
! of that nomination last year, was
i later elected and is now serving
as a member of the board. Thus
far he has not indicated whether
I he will be a candidate for re
election.
The question of what will hap
pen about Earl Bellamy and the
post as Judge of Recorder’s Court
continues to have a great influ
; ence upon the political scene, for
1 there is speculation, although un
I confirmed, that Ward may decide
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TIME and TIDE
March 24, 1962, and excitement had prevailed when a 4-pas
senger plane with motor trouble had landed at Oak Island Coast
Guard Station, where it remained for several hours, while me
chanical repairs were made. There was a report of blue mold in
Brunswick, but no great damage had resulted up to that time.
Shad season was on. but it was a poor one; students at
Southport High School had felt the touch of spring and had or
ganized a tennis tournament; and preparation had begun on a
folder advertising Southport.
On the front page of The Pilot for March 25, 1941, there ap
peared an editorial endorsing the candidacy of S. Bunn Prink for
the post of District Solicitor, for which he had filed one week
before. This was the first and only time The Pilot has ever given
editorial endorsement to a political candidate, and the editor ex
plained his position in this instance on the basis that no other
Brunswick county citizen was involved as a candidate.
The war was on, and 37 more survivors of a ship sinking off
the coast had been brought into Southport. Dave Ross had been
named chairman of the Brunswick County Board of Elections and
E. F. Gore had been recalled by the U.S. Marine Corps for active
duty.
It was March 26 &947, and Southport citizens were interested
in the forthcomingjmayor’s election, with the late Charles M.
Trott and the late John D. Eriksen as two of the candidates al
ready in the race A Southport boy, Arville Cottrell, had taken
unto himself a bri<4 , the young lady being a native of Iceland..
Bill Wells, South lort’s No. 1 fan for the N. C. State Wolf
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Long Announces
Building Plans
Pre-School Clinic
Plans Going Slow
i
W. N. Williams, Southport
high school principal, reports
that the response to the
school’s request for the early
enrollment of first-year ele
mentary school students has
been “surprisingly poor.”
Williams said that pre
school orientation day—for
merly called pre-school clinic
—has been set at Southport
for April 17. The principal
stated that the names of all
children planning to enter the
school system next fall are
needed immediately in his of
fice. A child must be 6 years
old by October 16 to be eligi
ble to enter Brunswick Coun
ty’s school system.
The educator added that
“failure to register your
child this spring might easily
result in a delay in so doing
if you wait until early fall.”
Farm Meeting Is
| Well Attended
Representative Group Hears
Explanation Of New Prac
tices At Wednesday Sess
ion
Ralph Price, Brunswick Coun
ty ASC office manager, reported
Monday that farmer's represent
ing every section of the county
attended the farm meeting held
last Wednesday at the county
agriculture building in Supply,
where, said Price, “they were
brought up to date on the 1962
farm programs as projected by
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture.”
The office manager said that
although fewer Brunswick far
mers have participated in the
new feed grain program, "Bruns
wick has surpassed last year's
sign-up acreage-wise, with 492
farmers switching 4,877 acres,
compared to 582 farmers switch
ing 4,804 acres last year from
feed grains to soil conservation
uses.
“There remain only a few more
■ days,” said Price, “to get on the
| bandwagon in this respect.” The
; sign-up program for feed grains
j closes on March 30. Advance pay
! ments this year to date amount
to $63,489. Last year’s complete
advance payment figure was
$57,404.
• County Superintendent Of
Schools Says Plans Should
Be Ready For Bids With
in Few Days
Superintendent of Brunswick
County Schools John G. Long
reported this week that overall
plans for much-needed school fa
cilities have been okayed recent
ly by the N. C. State Board of
Education’s division of planning.
Long identified the new facili
ties as two additional classrooms
at Shallotte; two at Southport;
two at Leland; two toilet rooms
at Bolivia and a sewage disposal
plant at Shallotte. Total cost of
the improvements is estimated to
be $77,500.
Following the recommendation
made by a State Board of Edu
cation consultant the improve
ments were given final approval
last November by the Brunswick
Board of Education and the coun
ty commissioners. Long said that
Architect Leslie Boney of Wil
mington was notified on the same
day of official approval and was
requested to start drawing blue
prints immediately.
The struggle to provide proper
facilities for Brunswick students
was an involved one, and got its
first impetus after basic plans
were submitted to and approved
by the Division of Planning, State
Board of Education. Topographi
cal maps were then drawn and
submitted to the planning divi
sion, and approved last Friday.
Supt. Long- stated that Boney
had informed him in a phone
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Local Librarian
Talks To Lions
Mrs. Philip King Speaker
At Regular Session Of
Shallotte Lions Club On
Thursday Evening
I Southport Librarian Mrs. Philip
King was a guest of the Shallotte
Lion’s club at their regular week
ly meeting, Thursday night at the
Shallotte restaurant.
Mrs. King spoke to the group
on the "Importance of Books in
the World”. The featured speaker
pointed out that “our advent into
the world is recorded in a book,
as well as our departure.” The
guest added that “we cannot get
along without books; the printed
word holding all the records and
the rules from which we govern
| our conduct and draw knowl
edge.” She followed this declara
| tion w'ith an imposing list, in
i eluding phone books, bank books,
law books, text books, credit
books, among others.
(Continued on Page 4)
Anniversary Of
Girl Scouting Is
Observed Here
■ ~ ■
Attended Worship Service
At Trinity Methodist
Church; Reception Later
In Week
The 50th Anniversary of Girl
Scouting in the United States was
marked by two observances in.
j Southport.
On Sunday, members of both
! Brownie Troops and the Inter
| mediate Troop commemorated
i Girl Scout Sunday by attending
church in a body. Trinity Metho
dist, which is the sponsoring or
ganization for the scouts in
Southport, was host. The brown
and green uniformed girls were
led into the church by a Color
Guard, followed by troop leaders
| and assistants, members of troop
committees and parents. Follow
ing presentation of the colors, the
Girl Scout Hymn was sung. Rev.
Charles Lancaster, pastor, noted
the work of the Girl Scouts both
in his sermon and at several oth
er points during the service.
Tuesday evening was ‘‘thank
you” night, when the Intermedi
ate Girl Scout Troop gave a re
ception to thank all those in the
community who had assisted in
organizing and carrying forward
their program. All decorating and
preparations for the reception
were made by the girls, including
cookie and cake baking. The
table featured a centerpiece of
yellow flowers with punch bowl
and cups, cookies and cakes and
Girl Scout napkins.
Many interesting displays had
been prepared, including one to
symbolize each day of Girl Scout
Week. There were objects to de
note Safety, Arts & Crafts,
Homemaking, Citizenship, Out-of
doors, Girl Scout Sunday and
World Friendship.
Badge work was exhibited in
puppetry, arts and crafts, books,
rocks and minerals, salt water
life, woodwork and knot tying.
As part of their work toward a
child care badge, Lee Dowling and
Jqan Smith presented a skit on
how to be a good baby sitter.
Girls from the older patrol gave
a fashion show in connection with
their good grooming badge. De
picting an average day in the life
of an average girl, the fashions
shown included pajamas, school
dresses, sport clothes and party
dresses. The show was narrated
by Lorri Smith and models in
cluded Ellen Miller, Bobbi Smith,
Vicki Smith, Susan Bellamy, Jean
Burdette, Leonne Arntsen, Susan
Harrelson and Cora Pigott.
Southport Man
To Attend Duke
Bobby Spencer Receives Na
tional Science Foundation
Grant For Study Next
Summer
A Southport man, now employ
! ed as a teacher in the Pender
County School system, has been
selected by Duke University to
receive stipend from Duke Uni
versity with which to further his
education.
Bobby Spencer is the honored
teacher. He will attend the Na
tional Science Foundation Sum
mer Institute, beginning on June
18 and continuing through Aug
ust 22. The program is a part of
the National Defense Act, and is
designed to acquaint teachears
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Tide Table
0 10 A.
12:28 P.
Followin
table for Southport during
the week. These hours are
approximately correct and
were furnished The
Port Pilot through
courtesy of the Cape
Pilot's Association.
Thursday, March
8:24 A. M.
8:49 P. M.
Friday,
8:56 A. M.
9:21 P. M.
Saturday,
9:27 A. M.
9:53 P. M.
Sunday,
10:00 A. M.
10:31 P. M.
Monday,
10:41 A. M.
11:15 P. M.
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