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THE STATE
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Volume No. 22
No. 49
10-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY,
PORT PILOT
In A Good Community
JUNE 6, 1962 5c A COPY
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At Public Hearing
DISCUSSION-—E. C. Hubbard, left, director of the Division of "Stream Sanita
tion for North Carolina, is shown here pointing to the area under discussion at the
public hearing held in Southport Friday for the purpose of considering a re
quest for the reclassification of waters west of Southport. In the center is W.
G. Wells of Southport and on the right is Henry Von Oesen, consulting engineer.
Measurement Of
Cropland Being
Carried On Now
Office Manager Ralph Price
Says Large Number Of
Farms Overplanted In
Quota Crops
Ralph Price, manager of the
Brunswick county ASCS offices,
announced this week that nearly
one of every three farms meas
ured have exceeded their tobacco
allotments.
So far 741, farms have been
measured out of a total of 1775.
Of the completed measurements,
27 percent were found to be over
planted.
Price stressed that farmers
Whose lands are overplanted will
have only seven days in which
to notify his office of the dis
position they intend to make of
the over-planting. Notices of ex
cessive allotments are being mail
ed from the Shallotte office this
(Wednesday) morning.
On most crops, a total of 15
days is allowed for contacting the
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BEGIN CONSTRUCTION
Work is scheduled to begin this
week on the construction of the
Oak Island Golf Course Club
house.
BENEFIT SUPPER
The W. S. C. S. of Trinity
Methodist Church will serve a
chicken salad supper on Thurs
day, beginning at 5:30 o’clock.
BAKE SALE
The women of St. Phillips Epis
copal Church will hold a bake
sale Saturday near the entrance
to Leggett’s store.
METHODIST HOMECOMING
Homecoming will be observed
at Trinity Methodist Church in
Southport Sunday, with dinner on
the grounds at noon. Former
members and friends are parti
cularly urged to attend.
REVIVAL SERVICES
The Rev. Robert S. Link, pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church
at Chadbourn, will be guest
preacher for a series of revival
services at New Hope Presbyte
rian Church at Winnabow next
week. The revival extends from
Monday through Friday.
AT CAPE CANAVERAL
Bertram Burris, Jr., is serving
as librarian at the FTO Technical
Library at Cape Canaveral, Flori
da. Burriss is a Southport boy,
son of Capt. and Mrs. B. M. Bur
riss, Sr., and is a graduate of
East Carolina College. He is mar
ried to the former Miss Greta
Hill of Sneeds Ferry, and the
couple has one daughter.
Stream Sanitation
Committee Meets
Southport Host To Session
Of This State Body For
Thursday And Friday
Sessions; Public Hearing
Held
Members of the State Stream
Sanitation Committee ef the De
partment of Water Resources met
for two days last week in South
port and on Friday morning held
a public hearing at the Communi
ty Building in the matter of re
classification of waters west of
the city as a first step in the
possible erection of a sewage dis
posal plant.
City officials, faced with the
problem of providing a sewage
disposal plan which will not vio
late stream sanitation regulations,
have explored the possibilities of
using a lagoon type of plant, and
one of the locations under con
sideration is an area of marsh
lying across the Intracoastal Wa
terway from Southport.
When news of the hearing was
released, a delegation of local
citizens appeared to protest the
request for lowering the present
classification of the waters.
Among them was Raymond Car
| ter, who has been engaged in
collecting oysters in the affected
area for planting at other points
in the county. Another opponent
for the plan was W. G. Wells,
who spoke in behalf of other in
dependent shell fishermen. Several
other local persons spoke in op
position to the plan for locating a
sewage disposal plant in that par
ticular area. However, the Stream
Sanitation Committee was con
cerned only with the manner that
such an installation would affect
the classification of waters.
The proposed plan was prepar
ed by Henry Von Oesen, eonsult
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Dr. McKnight
On City Board
Retired Charlotte Surgeon
Becomes Member Of The
Board Of Commissioners
For Ocean Isle
Ocean Isle Beach gained a new
commissioner Saturday night
(June 2) when Dr. Roy B. Mc
Knight, retired Charlotte surgeon,
j was sworn in to replace George
Sloane, who resigned last sum
mer to manage the Ocean Isle
ABC store.
Clerk of Court Jack Brown ad
ministered the oath to Dr. Mc
Knight, who has been a resident
of Brunswick county since his
j retirement in April, 1961.
Mayor Odell Williamson, Demo
! cratic nominee for the House oi
i Representatives, presided at the
meeting of the beach commission
ers.
Considering the increasing
number of cottages at Ocean Isle
the commissioners decided thej
could hold the line with the same
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Graduates
JAMES ALLEN HEWETT
Shallotte Boy
Duke Graduate
James Allen Hewett Re
ceived AB Degree At
Commencement Exercises
Monday
More than 1.100 Duke Univer
sity students, including- James
Allen Hewett of Shallotte, receiv
ed degrees during Duke’s 110th
Commencement exercises on Mon
day morning.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd G. Hewett and was award
ed his AB degree.
Duke University’s 1962 class
includes students from 40 states,
the District of Columbia and 15
foreign countries. They will re
ceive a total of 21 dif^rent de
grees, ranging from the BA to
the Ph.D.
Dr. Gaylord P. Harnwell, presi
dent of the University of Penn
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Dairy Princess
Contest Slated
Number Of Contesants Will
Participate In Finals On
June 14 At Bolivia High
School
The Brunswick County Dairy
Princess Contest will be held the
night of June 14 at Bolivia high
school, reports Carl Lewis, chair
I man of the June Dairy Month
i program.
| Lewis said that six girls are
; already entered in the contest.
| They are Sheryl Rabon of Win
nabow, Belma Gainey of Leland,
Hanna Prink, Nancy Price, Jean
| Marie Benton, and Sherill Jenrette,
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Changes Occur
On County Jobs
During Session
Cortez Ward Resigns As
County Commissioner To
Become Recorder; Odell
Jenrette Named To Board
Cortez Ward resigned as a mem
ber of the board of county com
missioners Monday to accept ap
pointment as Judge of Recorder’s
Court and Odell Jenrette was
elected by the board to fill Ward’s
unexpired term as a county com
missioner.
The motion to name Ward to
the new position was made by
F. Herbert Swain and was sec
onded by D. B. Frink. Ward voted
in favor of the motion and R. E.
Bellamy voted no. Ward’s resig
nation was accepted.
The motion for the appoint
ment of Jenrette was made by
Frink and was seconded by
Swain. Bellamy abstained from
voting.
In other action by the board,
J. B. Ward was appointed to a
full term on the Brunswick Coun
ty Welfare Board. He had been
serving as a member while filling
out the unexpired term of the late
R. O. Lewis.
James C. Bowman, Southport
attorney, has been serving as
Judge of Recorder’s Court since
the resignation of Earl Bellamy.
Three weks ago he submitted a
letter to the commissioners ask
ing that he be relieved of these
duties as soon as possible.
Ward was an applicant for ap
pointment, but when the matter
was brought before the commis
sioners no motion was made to
appoint him. This brought out
right criticism by Ward of his
fellow board members at that
time.
W accamaw High
Finals Program
Seniors Hear^ Address By
Lee J. Greer, Clerk Of
Superior Court In Colum
bus County
Lee J. Greer, Clerk of Superior
Court for Columbus county, was
the commencement speaker at
Waccamaw High School at the
final program on May 22.
Baccalaureate services were
held on May 20, with the sermon
by the Rev. Robert S. Link, pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church
of Chadbourn.
Following the senior proces
sional the invocation was given
by Mary Frances Browning. The
salutatory address was by Thel
ma Little and the president’s
message was delivered by Vernon
Hughes.
The Glee Club, Mrs. Betty
Smith, director, sang “May the
Good Lord Bless and Keep You”.
The speaker was introduced by
Principal L. A. Bruton and the
address by Mr. Greer followed.
The seniors were introduced by
Mr. Bruton and diplomas were
awarded by J. B. Ward, Jr.,
chairman, Waccamaw School
Committee.
The valedictory address was
given by Marie Hughes and the
senior recessional closed the grad
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Heading For The Dock
SAFE—This is the Ocean Queen, head boat fishing out of Little River, S. C.,
as she approaches the Thompson Marina in Southport Sunday afternoon. The fish
ing vessel is trailed by the U.S. Coast Guard light tender, which met the Ocean
Queen at sea. The USS Plover, which rendered assistance and escorted the fish
ing vessel to safety, proceeded up river to her berth at Wilmington and the
Ocean Queen headed for the Thompson dock under her own power.—Photo By
Frank Hutton.)
South Carolina
Fishing Boat In
Trouble Sunday
Ocean Queen Required As
sistance From USS Plover
While Offshore Sunday
Morning
The Ocean Queen, head boat
operating- out of Little River, S.
C., came in to Southport at 3
o’clock Sunday afternoon and
docked under her own power af
ter receiving assistance at sea
from the crew of the USS Plover,
Naval Training vessel.
The Plover, operating in the
area on a weekend cruise, inter
cepted a distress message to the
U. S. Coast Guard requesting
that an auxiliary pump be flown
by helicopter to the vessel.
The Plover came alongside at
10:45 a. m. and placed Aboard a
pump and left three members of
its crew to man the operation.
A crewman reported that the
Ocean Queen had a starboard list
at that time, but water had not
come up into the engineroom to
a sufficient depth to affect the
operation of the engines.
The Ocean Queen was pumped
out and headed into Southport,
where she discharged her passen
ger at the Thompson Marine Sta
tion.
There was no sign *f hysteria
on the part of any of the passen
gers, but in response to a ques
tion as to whether they feared
for their safety, Mrs. Robert H.
Sikes, Jr. of Langley, S. C., said
“I don't know about anybody else,
but I was scared. Who wouldn’t
be when they had heard the boat
was sinking?”
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TIME and TIDE
Judge Sam Ervin was to hold court in Southport the week of
June 9, 1937. There was a weekend rush to rent small boats for
fishing, and many fishermen had to fish from the shore. Inquir
ies about the coming boat races were being received, and a party
of Wilmington fishermen returned with a good trout catch after
going with Capt. H. T. Bowmer.
An average of 106 children attended Bible School during the
preceding week; and a table radio was offered as Grand Prize
in a photo contest sponsored by this newspaper.
Twenty years ago this week was a period for the extermina
tion of several types of wildlife around here. C. E. Brown killed
22 snakes while clearing his lot, and the late W. B. Keziah came
by on horseback and complained that these were the snakes that
he used to rid his food bin of rats.
An alligator hunt was conducted by several local youths, three
State College students and the same Mr. Keziah. Three alliga
tors were captured and Mr. Keziah was nipped on the wrist by
an angry gator.
Scrap metal was being collected to aid the armed services.
During the week of June 11, 1947, it was announced that Dr.
L. C. Fergus was leaving for California. Two new shrimp boats
arrived in Southport that week and 17-year-old Billie Wells was
named captain of one of them.
Leon J. Phelps had graduated from Shallotte High School with
the distinction of going through 12 years of school without miss
ing a day.
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Second Primary
Election Called
Graduates
EMILY KIRBY SELLERS
Brunswick Girl
WCUNC Grad
Mrs. Emily Kirby Sellers Is
Member Of Graduating
Class At Woman’s Col
lege
The 70th commencement exer
cises of the Woman’s College of
U. N. C. was held at 11 o’clock
Sunday morning in Greensboro
War Memorial Coliseum.
Over 5,000 parents and friends
of the 455 candidates for degrees
were on hand to witness the cere
monies, led by Governor Terry
Sanford, President William Fri
day of the University, and Chan
cellor Otis A. Singletary of the
college.
Preseding the awarding of de
grees the baccalaureate sermon
was preached by Dr. John A.
Redhead, Jr., pastor of First
Presbyterian Church in Greens
boro. His sermon topic was “Is
Religion an Elective?”
The governor and the univer
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National Guard
Attending Camp
Men Of National Guard
Unit At Shallotte Are
Among Trainees On Ac
tive Duty For Two Weeks
At Georgia Camp
National Guardsmen from Geor
gia and North Carolina will be
rolling into Fort Stewart Satur
day and Sunday, the first to ar
rive for the annual summer train
ing period.
Georgia National Guardsmen
training from June 3rd through
17th are members of the 878th
Engineer Battalion, headquarter
ed in Atlanta. The Construction
Continued On Page 2
^Run-Off Contest For County
Commissioner And Judge
Of Recorder’s Court; Al
so Constable Race
E. C. Mize has filed for a sec
ond primary race against R. L.
Rabon for the Democratic nom
ination for commissioner from
Town Creek township and H.
Mercer Johnson has filed against
W. J. McLamb for Judge of Re
corder’s Court.
The third nomination which will
be contested a second time is
for the Democratic nomination
for constable from Northwest
township. In that race the high
man was Samuel O. West, who
had 231 votes to lead his nearest
rival, James C. Carroll, by a sin
gle vote. The latter has called
for a second contest. There
were two other candidates in this
race, Golden Thornton with 141
votes and Dave Dilda with 111
votes.
Members of the Brunswick
County Board of Elections met
Tuesday and offiically scheduled
the second primary and ordered
ballots to be printed. The same
persons will serve as registrars,
and there will be no registration
prior to the primary on June 23.
In other results not announced
last week in the race for con
stable for Lockwoods Folly town
ship T. Lennox Long received 163
votes; Robert Lee Clemmons re
ceived 245 votes; and James
Leonard Lyles received 346 votes.
There was no call for a run-off.
In Shallotte township J. Her
man Osborne received 476 votes
for constable; Aaron McLamb re
ceived 491 votes; and Charlie
Tharpe received 90 votes. There
was no call for a second primary.
In voting for U. S. Senator in
the Republican primary Charles
N. Babcock, Jr., received 63 votes
and Claude L. Greene, Jr., re
ceived 91 votes.
State Officials
At Legion Meet
Installation Of District Com
mander And Local Legion
Officials Slated At Shal
lotte
Installation ceremonies will be
held Saturday, June 9, at the
Hut, Shallotte Post No. 247, for
post officer's for the coming year.
Steve Becky, of the Shallotte
post will be inducted at the same
time as 9th District Commander.
Nash McKee, Department Ad
jutant, Raleigh and Ben Halter
man, Department Commander,
Wilmington, will be in charge of
the ceremonies.
Post officials who will be in
ducted are:
Post Commander, Gilbert Gris
ett; 1st Vice Commander, Merell
Hawes: 2nd Vice Commander,
Arthur W. Bellamy; Adjutant,
Rozell Hewett; Historian, Harlee
Hewett; Chaplain, John Johnson;
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Library Card
No. 1,000 For
Library Issued
Figures For First 10 Months
Operation For This Fiscal
Year Reveal Widespread
Use Of Library Facilities
Brenda Burney, 10-year old
daughter of Mrs. Laveda Burney,
recently received membership
card No. 1000 from the Southport
Public Library. Card No. 1 was
issued to Miss Mary Lincoln Cate
on July 1, 1959, opening date of
the reorganized library.
Figures for the first 10 months
of the current fiscal year show
that 10.729 persons have made
use of the libraries in Southport
and Shallotte and the Brunswick
County Bookmobile. More than
24,000 volumes have been loaned
during that same period.
Book lending has been only
part of the job of the library
staff. They have ordered volumes
on special subjects through the
Inter-Library loan service; order
ed free films through the Adult
Film Project, and have assisted
in answering some 12,000 refer
ence questions.
oome oi me questions posed
have been: (1) who was the first
negro? Local ministers were call
ed in to help find an answer to
this one—but to date no proven
answer has been found. (2) A
resident of Ohio wanted to know
the exact date of death, date of
the funeral and burial place of
Colonial Governor Arthur Dobbs.
This took a surprising amount of
research. (3) How to go about
getting a birth certificate from
the Bronx, New York. (4) What
was the first educational institu
tion in the United States strictly
for women. It was Middlebury
Academy. (5) What was the
name of Iraq before it was Iraq?
The answer is Mesopotamia.
How-to-do-it books have been
high on the list of those borrowed
from other libraries on inter
library loan. How to learn Rus
sian at home, tan a rattlesnake
skin, start a hydroponic garden,
pass Givil Services exams^i* and
how to rig a model three-masted
sailing schooner of the type used
off the N. C. Coast in the 1700’s
are typical. More unusual requests
for books have been novels in
the German language for a young
German born woman who finds
reading in English still a chore;
copies of the United States and
North Carolina budgets for th«
current year. The North Carolina
budget alone consists of two val
umes and more than 1400 pages.
Volumes have been borrowed for
garden clubs interested in know
ing exactly what flowers would
have been growing in the gardens
at Old Brunswick; on Zen, hyp
notism, the sign language used
by the deaf in the U. S., falconry,
hallmarks on silver and a wide
range of subjects in the fields of
j literature, history, and sociology.
The library staff admits that it
failed to secure materials in an
swer to two requests. One was
for statistics on inter-racial mar
riage in the U. S. and the other
on how to coach and 8-man foot
ball team. Failure in these in
stances was due to the time ele
ment within which the statistics
would have to be used and that
no book on coaching 8-man foot
ball teams had at that time been
published.
The wide range of subjects
| covered in books circulated from
; the county-owned book stock,
plus the requests for additional
materials has proven to the per*
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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, dune 7,
11:34 A. M. 5:30 A. M.
11:40 P. M. 5:37 P. M.
Friday, June 8,
12:23 A. M. 6:16 A. M.
6:27 P. M.
Saturday, June 9,
0:25 A. M. 7:04 A. M.
1:13 P. M. 7:21 P. M.
Sunday, June 10,
1:12 A. M. 7:54 A. M.
2:04 P M. 8:18 P. M.
Monday, June 11,
2:00 A. M. 8:44 A. M.
2:56 P. M. 9:15 p. m.
Tuesday, June 12,
2:51 A. M. 9:35 A. M.
3:46 P. M. 10:11 P. M.
Wednesday, June 13,
3:43 A. M. 10:23 A. M.
4:35 P. M. H:04 P. M.
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