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Volume No. 22
No. 44
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1962
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Plaintiffs Asking
Damages Against
National Airlines
Trial Of First Of Two Cases
Involving 1960 Crash Of
Plane Near Bolivia Now
In Progress Here
Trial of the suit of Johnson vs
National Airlines is in progress
in Brunswick County Superior
Court here today as Horace John
son, Bolivia farmer, seeks $10,000
as payment alleged to have re
sulted from the crash of a passen
ger plane on his lands near Bo
livia on January 6, 1960.
This is one of two suits grow
ing out of this fatal crash, which
claimed 34 lives. The other has
been brought by Richard Ran
dolph, Negro farmer, on whose
farm the main wreckage of the
plane was discovered during the
early morning hours of that fate
ful January morning. Randolph is
seeking $7,000 in damages.
The trial got underway on
Tuesday, and among the witnesses
was Mercer Johnson, son of the
plaintiff. The young man reported
that not only was damage done
to the land as a direct result of
having the wreckage strewn over
a wide area, but that pieces of
metal still are being plowed up
in the cultivation of the fields.
The Johnsons contend that
search and recovery operations
caused damage to woodland and
croyland, and point out that there
was considerable damage to
growing pine timber as a result.
A color movie showing search
operations in progress was run
off in the courtroom Tuesday.
O. R. Willingham, director of
safety for National Airlines, who
was here in 1960, appeared as a
witness. Attorneys for the airline
Indicate that the company will
issume responsibility for damages
incurred by “its agents or ser
vants after the crash, but denies
desponsibility for any damage
caused by the action of CAB or
other agencies during the search
and recovery phase.
Hogue and Hogue of Wilming
ton represent National Airlines,
while S. B. Prink and the firm of
Bowman and Prevatte of South
port represent the plaintiff.
Trial of the Randolph action is
expected to follow the Johnson
case as Superior court continues
here this week. Judge Henry A.
McKinnon of Lumberton is pre
siding.
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■-NEWS-1
BARBECUE SUPPER
The Order of Eastern Star is
sponsoring a barbecue supper to
be served Saturday, beginning at
6 o'clock, at the Masonic Hall in
Southport.
PIANO RECITAL
The piano pupils of Mrs. Carl
Watkins, Sr., will be heard in
recital on the evening of May 10
at 8 o’clock in the sanctuary of
Southport Baptist Church. The
public is invited.
BANDS IN CONCERT
The Brunswick County Training
School Bands, elementary and
senior, under the direction of J.
H. Finney, will appear in concert
Thursday, May 10, in the school
gymtorium, beginning at 8 p. m.
The public is invited free of
charge.
BOLIVIA REVIVAL
A revival meeting will be held
at Bolivia Baptist Church next
week, beginning Monday evening
at 8 o’clock. The Rev. Tom Ellis, ,
pastor of McConnell Road Bap- ]
tist Church in Greensboro, will
be the visiting preacher.
WILLIAMS REHIRED
James M. Wolfe, chairman of
the local board for Southport
High School, reported Tuesday
that Principal W. N. Williams
lias been rehired. These was no
announcement on action involving
sther members of the school
'acuity.
LIQUOR SALES
C. B. Wester, State ABC Board ,
auditor, announced this week that {
liquor sales are up 1212-percent
during the first quarter in North j.
Carolina. Here are the figures on r
gross sales during the three- p
months period at the three ac- ; a
tive stores in Brunswick County:
Dcean Isle Beach, $11,090; South- 11
port, $43,814; Shallot to, $60,890. I
Spelling Champion
WINNER—Susan Potter, seventh grade Student at
Southport High School, won the Brunswick County
Spelling Bee held Thursday at Bolivia. She will com
pete next week in the regional Spelling Bee in Wil
mington.—(Doyle Howard Photo.)
Southport Girl
Spelling Champ
Susan Potter, Daughter Of*
Mr. And Mrs. Ralph Pot- *
ter, Is Winner In Bruns
wick Spelling Bee
Susan Potter, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Potter of South
port, is the 1962 spelling cham
pion for Brunswick county. She
replaces Brenda Gail Tripp of
Shallotte in this role, and the
latter went on last year to win
the regional Spelling Bee in Wil
mington and advance to the na
tional finals in Washington, D. C.
Susan won over school cham
pions representing Shallotte, Wac
camaw, Bolivia and Leland, and
the runner-up was Mary Beth
Blake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. E. Blake of Leland.
The Southport girl will now
compete in the Regional Spelling
Bee, which will be held in Brog
den Hall in Wilmington on May
11.
She was particiularly happy to
ivin the two-year scholarship to
Wilmington College, with a value
of $450. She plans to make use of
:his to go to college when she
completes her high1’ school career.
Susan credited two of her ele
nentary teachers with having
Dlayed an important part in
equipping her for this contest,
rhe first of these was Miss Mary
-.ee Norment, her first grade
eacher, who got her off on the
ight foot scholastically. The sec
>nd is Mrs. Ruth Hood, who is
ler seventh grade teacher. '
New Shaliotte
Library Draws;
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Dr. Roy B. McKnight, The j1
Chairman Of The Library J1
Committee, Reports On '
First Few Days Activity (
The Shallotte Public Library is j *
iff to a good start, according to s
>r. Roy McKnight, chairman of 1
he Library Committee. 1
During the first 8 days the li- 1
rary was open to the public, 91 a
members were registered, 187
ersons visited the new facility, a
nd 201 books were checked out. j v
Mrs. Margaret A. Phillips, li- p
rarian, states that more children j u
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Name Carriers
For Local Jobs
"Plans for home mail de
livery service for Southport
and surrounding areas moved
a step closer this week with
the announcement by acting
postmaster Neils Jorgensen
that Odis E. Fullwood and
Franklin D. Cox have been
named to fill the two carrier
jobs which will be added to
the local postoffice staff
when the new service be
comes effective.
Jorgensen says that there
are other details which must
be ironed out before home de
livery service is inaugurated,
but that the time is near
when it will go into effect.
Honor Students
Named At School
Joyce Jorgensen Valedic
torian And Mrs. Mary
Belle Holden Salutatorian
Of Senior Class
Announcement is made this
veek of the selection of the val
edictorian and salutatorian of the
.962 graduating class from South
)ort High School.
Joyce Jorgensen, daughter of
Jr. and Mrs. W. P. Jorgensen,
vill be the valedictorian and Mrs.
Jary Belle Holden, daughter of
Jr. and Mrs. R. L. Jones and
rife of Samuel W. Holden, Jr.,
rill be the salutatorian.
These girls were awarded
uition scholarships from Atlantic
'hristian College this week. These
cholarships were made available
1 the amount of $300 for the
wo highest rating members of
he graduating class of each high
chool in this area.
In addition to their scholarship
wards, each of these two girls
’ill participate in the graduation
rogram which has been sched
led for Monday, May 21, in the
igh school auditorium.
Southport Finals
Featuring Many
Varied Events
May Day Festivities Friday,
Glee Club Concert Sun
day, Are First Events
Slated
Numerous activities are sched
uled at Southport High School
during the coming weeks.
On Sunday afternoon at 4
o’clock the Student Council will
present the Glee Club and the
Southport Womans Choral Society
in concert. The Glee Club is led
by Mrs. Dallas Pigott, Mrs. E. J.
Prevatte, Mrs. J. B. Warth and
Mrs. James Glore. A total of 38
high school students are members
of this group.
On Friday at 1 p. m. the sopho
more class, sponsored by Mrs.
Bernard Davis and directed by
Mrs. Rudolph Lingle, will present
the May Day program. This will
be followed by a semi-formal
dance at 8 p. m. in the school
gymnasium. All classes will par
ticipate in the May Day program.
Friday, May 11, will be Senior
Day. Activities sponsored by the
Student Council are planned for
that day. The public is invited to
the assembly program to be held
at 2 p. m.
Baccalaureate services will be
held at 11 a. m. on Sunday, May
20, in the auditorium. The Rev.
Daniel W. Allen, Executive Secre
tary of the Episcopal Diocese of
East Carolina, will deliver the
sermon. The Southport High
School Glee Club will sing the
anthem.
Commencement exercises will
be held at the auditorium at 8
p. m. on Monday, May 21. Dr.
Wiliiam H. Wagoner, Superinten
dent of New Hanover County
Schools, will be the speaker for
this occasion.
Boy Scouts Enjoy
Weekend Outing
Visit To Bald Head Island
Made By Members Of
Scout Troop No. 238 Of
Southport
During: the past week end, Fri
day through Sunday, Troop No.
238, Boy Scouts of America, spent
two days and two nights in the
field on Bald Head Island as a
pretraining exercise for their
summer encampment in June.
Friday evening the Scouts and
Scout Leader, George Parker, em
barked in small craft at the
Southport City Dock and depart
ed for the island.
The first evening was spent
preparing the camp site, tent
pitching and preparing the eve
ning , meal. Saturday was spent
in improving the camp site, cook
ing, instruction in compass read
ing, fishing and a four-mile hike.
Sunday morning the Scouts
cooked breakfast, struck tents,
policed the area and hiked to the
boathouse where they boarded
small craft and departed for
Southport, arriving at the city
dock at noon.
Scouts who participated in the
exercise were Landis Brown,
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Brunswick Voyage
EMBARKING—A group of boats from the Fayetteville Yacht Club are shown
here at Tranquil Harbour Marina at Long Beach Sunday as they prepare for
their trip down the Intracoastal Waterway to Calabash and return. Twenty boats
and more than fifty persons made the trip.
Precincts Will
Organize With
Saturday Vote
Both Chairmen And Vice
Chairmen Will Have A
Voice This Year In Exe
cutive Committee
E, J. Prevatte, chairman of the
Democrat Executive Committee,
reminds ail party members that
organization on the precinct levei
will be held on Saturday of this
week.
“I have instructed all precincl
chairmen to call their meetings
at either 12 o’clock noon or at
7:30 o’clock in the evening,” Pre
vatte said. “These meetings must
be held at the regular polling
place, and if this location is not
available, it must be held near the
site so that there can be no con
fusion as to the place of meet
ing.”
Prevatte pointed out a majoi
change that has come into the
party plan of organization for the
first time this year. “This year
there will be a woman from each
precinct with equal voting rights
as the man who normally has
represented the precinct,” Pre
vatte said.
He said that the plan of or
ganization calls for the election
of five persons who must then
select a chairman and a vice
chairman. One of these two of
fices must be held by a woman,
and both the chairman and the
vice-chairman will serve as dele
gate to the county convention
and will have an equal vote in
the election of the Executive
Committee Chairman.
The county meeting will be held
on Saturday, May 12.
May 5, 1937, and Ester Mae Potter (not Mrs. Joseph Willetts)
had graduated from Southport High School with a record of
never having been late or tardy. There appeared to be a revival
of interest in sailing, and Allen C. Ewing had purchased a shar
pie and was using it in and agout the local harbor.
Z. G. Ray had been elected principal at Waceamaw High
School; Dr. Frank P. Graham, president of the University of
North Carolina, had visited Southport; and there was a news
report that former Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels and Mrs.
Daniels were to visit here during the coming week.
The year was 1942, the month was May, and in the first week
there were political rumblings. Both of the men who were can
didates for the Democratic nomination for State Senate have
since passed on, but that week one had charged that the other
should resign as Chairman of the Democratic Executive Com
mittee; and he had co-countered with the charge that even
though he was party chairman, he was not being properly con
suited regarding dates for political speakings.
One-third the population of Brunswisk had registered on the
first day for War Ration Books; gasoline rationing was to be
next on the war program, with registration due the following
week; and Doris Corlette, (Mrs. Ed. Harrelson) was to be a
member of the May Court at Atlantic Christian College on the
coming Saturday.
J. T. Denning had been elected Superintendent of Brunswick
County Schools on the Monday night next • preceeding our issue
for May 7, 1947. Three of the famous Cape Fear River planta
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Shallotte Jaycees
Install Officers
_
May Day Will
Be Celebrated
Students Of All Grades Will
Participate In Program
Friday Afternoon At The
School
The Southport High School will
present a May Day Exercise on
Friday at 1 o’clock with admis
sion free. The theme of the pro
gram will be “Music Around the
World.” The various classes and
groups will entertain with sing
ing and dancing. The performance
will be staged on the lawn and
walks in front of the building.
The processional of the May
court will initiate the program.
The court consists of Sally Ward,
queen; Suzan Key, maid-of-honor;
Jean Cochran and Carolyn Bar
bee, senior attendants; Beverly
Lewis and Beverly Howard, jun
ior attendants; Ellen Newell and
Donna Prevatte, sophomore at
tendants; Joyce Gurley and Bren
da Jordan, freshmen attendants;
and Eddie Hahn, crown bearer,
<jnd Katherine Huffham, flower
girl, senior mascots.
The Glee Club, comprised of
high school students, will sing
four American folk songs. The
remainder of the program will
be the dances as follow:
Children’s Polka (German)—
first grade; Hula (Hawaiian)—
second grades; Cshebogar (Hun
garian)—third grade; Mexican
Hat Dance—first and second
giades; Bleking (Swedish)—third
and fourth combination; The
Handkerchief Dance (Czech)
fourth grade: couple Dance
(Dutch)—third and fourth com
bination.
Carsican Dance (French) fifth
and sixth combination; Irish :
Washer Woman (Irish)—third
and fourth combination; Square
Dance (American)—sixth grade; :
Highland Fling (Scotch)—seventh :
grade; Minuet—sixth and seventh ■
grades; Fluttering Fans (Japa- :
nese)—ninth and tenth grades;
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President Of Organiza- i
tion During Coming Year
Gene Blair was installed as the
new president of the Shallotte!
Junior Chamber of Commerce at j
the annual banquet held Friday i
night at Calabash. Kilby Sulli
van, Southport attorney and dis
trict Jaycee vice-president, was
the installing officer as Blair took
over the reins of leadership from
David Gause.
J. T. Clemmons served as mas
ter of ceremonies for the ban
quet. The invocation was by the
Rev. J. C. Furr, who later made
a few appropriate remarks.
James M. Harper, Jr., editor
of The State Port Pilot, was the
speaker, and he urged the Shai
lotte organization to continue the
strong program it has carried out
since its beginning. He listed
three headings under which this
might well be done.
The first was through seeking
out industry, in order that more
jobs may be provided and more
payrolls can be circulated in this
area.
The second point was to ad
vertise Brunswick county, not
only through the recognized
media for this expression, but
through personal enthusiasm and
word of mouth advertising. This
was called by the speaker one of
the more effective plans for let
ting the world know about this
section.
Finally, the speaker pointed
out that the Jaycees were of age,
and that they would take an ac
tive interest in good government.
The following were inducted to
serve with President Blair: J. P.
Lewis, vice-president; David
Gause, State Director; Kenneth
White, secretary; Jackie Thomas,
treasurer; Billy Gurganus and
Bobby ftuss, local directors.
The following men complete the
current roster of the Shallotte
Jaycees:
R. C. Arnold, Billy Cheers, R.
W. Cheers, L> B. Cheers, J. T.
Clemmons, Elwood Fulford, La i
Vem Hewett, Roger Hewett, Sam !
Inman, W. J. McLamb, Thurston
Mintz, Wilfred Williamson, Harry
White.
Plans Continue
For Flower Show
Saturday, May 19, Is Date
For Flower Show Spon
sored By Live Oak Gar
den Club
The flower show scheduled for
Saturday, May 19, at the Com
mtnity Building, and sponsored
)y the Live Oak Garden Club of
Southport, is engendering much
nterest locally.
The committee in charge of the
show is headed by joint chair
nen, Mrs. D. F. St. George and
drs. Clinton Bellamy. Mrs. Tom
Gilbert will be in charge of stag
ng; Mrs. Jack Hickman will head i
publicity; Mi's. Albert Dosher will j
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Music Festival
Held In Bolivia
Tuesday Evening
Varied And Interesting Pro
gram Presented By Stu
dent Groups, With Choral
Society Guests
The third annual Brunswick
County Music Festival was held
Tuesday night in the auditorium
of Bolivia High School with three
of the five high schools in the
county represented. Principal J.
P. Snipes made the welcoming
speech.
The program began with the
elementary chorus of Bolivia High
School, under the direction of
Mrs. Abner Knowles singing
"Cradle Song” and “ ’Tis Spring
time” a capella.
The Southport High School
Chorus, under the direction of
Mrs. Dallas Pigott, sang "I Walk
With God”, “Why Do I Love
You?”, “Mighty Lak a Rose”,
and “God of Our Fathers”. Mrs.
E. J. Prevatte was the accompan
ist.
The Leland High School Chorus,
under the direction of Mrs. Sylvia
Moore, who also accompanied the
group, sang “O, Lovely World”,
"My Blue Heaven”, “Green Cathe
dral,” “In the Still of the Night”,
and “Allelulia”.
The Bolivia 7th and 8th grade
chorus sang “The Orchestra
Song” and “She’ll Be Cornin’
'Round the Mountain”. M r s.
Knowles also directed this group
and they were accompanied by
Miss Carolyn Seagraves.
The Southport Choral Society,
directed by Mrs. Pigott and ac
companied by Mrs. James M.
Harper, Jr., sang “My Lord,
What a Mornin’ ”, “Now is the
Month of Maying”, “Dream”, and
“Canticle of Praise”.
The Bolivia High School Chorus
sang “Mr. Wonderful”, “Lawd, I
want to be a Christian”, and
“Children of the Heavenly King".
Mrs. Knowles directed and Miss
Seagraves accompanied.
“The Classmates”, a group from
the Bolivia school, sang “Chris
topher Robin Is Saying His Pray
ers” and “Desert Song’4. This
group is composed of Misses
Sandra Bowling, Libby Phelps,
Dianne Willetts, Carolyn Sea
graves, Barbara Knowles, Sharon
Eaden, and Betsey McKeithan.
Mrs. Knowles accompanied them.
The program was brought to a
close with the entire assemblag®
singing "America”, “This is My
Country”, and “The Star Span
gled Banner”.
Dinner Guests
Hear Admiral
Rear Admiral William S<
Maxwell Tells Southport
Audience About The US5
North Carolina
Rear Admiral William C. Max
well was the speaker here Thurs
day night at a dinner at the
Community Building, and the
superintendent of the USS North
Carolina War Memorial spoke
chiefly about a subject that is
dear to his heart—the Showboat.
Admiral Maxwell helped to
build the big battlewagon; was a
member of the first crew when
she was commissioned; served for
three years aboard the North
Carolina during World War II;
and was aboard when they
brought her up the Cape Fear to
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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.
Thursday, May 3,
7:03 A. M. 1:08 A. M.
7:27 P. M. 1:21 P. M.
Friday, May 4,
7:55 A. M. 1:58 A. M.
8:18 P. M. 2:09 P. M.
Saturday, May 5,
8:45 A. M. 2:47 A. M.
9:06 P. M. 2:57 P. M.
Sunday, May 6,
9:34 A. M. 3:36 A. M.
9:54 P. M. 3:44 P. M.
Monday, May 7,
10:23 A. M. 4:24 A. M.
10:42 P. M. 4:31 P. M.
Tuesday, May 8,
11:14 A. M. 5:12 A. M.
11:30 P. M. 5:19 P. M.
Wednesday, May 9,
12:06 A. M. 6:02 A. M.
6:11 P. M.