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Brunswick County
Volume No. 22
No. 50
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1962
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Annual Summer
Art Festival Is
Prestige Event
Entries And Inquiries Are
Coming In From Every
Section Of North Carolina
For Coming Show
The Southport Art Association
announces that Charles I. Minott,
Assistant Curator of Education at
the North Carolina Museum of
Art, will serve as juror for the
forthcoming Arts Festival, June
29 through July 1.
Mr. Minott has a Masters de
gree in Fine Arts from Princeton
University, and has worked with
Charles Stanford, Curator of Edu
cation, for the last year. He is
also the winner of one of the
Rome Prize Fellowships this year,
to begin October 1. This fellow
ship is considered a very great
honor in the art world. Mr.
Minott wrote that he was de
lighted to be asked to jury the
Arts Festival, as he had visited
Southport several times in 1956.
He says he is looking forward to
seeing this town again.
This year the festival will spon
sor a poetry reading to take
place on Sunday afternoon. Col
leges throughout the state have
been asked to submit poetry, and
the Editor of the Wilmington Col
lege publication, Pen In Hand,
will come down to read the poetry
of that group. William Williams,
Poet Laureate for the Festival,
asks that anyone interested in
submitting poetry do so by send
ing it to him. The work will be
returned at the close of the event.
Mrs. Robert Willing reports
that inquiries have been received
from over a hundred artists
throughout the state, and that
they are enthusiastic over the
Festival.
Mrs. Thelma Bennett of Win
eton-Salem, who maintains a sum
mer home at Caswell Beach, says
that the works of approximately
fifteen artists from the Winston
Salem area will be represented in
the Festival this year.
George Parker, leader of the
Boy Scouts in Southport, has an
nounced that the Boy Scouts will
Bell drinks during the three day
event. Various church groups will
sell sandwiches, as they did last
year.
There will be eight awards for
first places this year. The South
port Jaycees are giving a silver
cup for the best in show in the
junior division. Other award are
the Pickerrell Cup for color
graphics, given by Mr. and Mrs.
C. D. Pickerrell; the Harrelson
Award for graphics, given by Mr.
and Mrs. D.an Harrelson; the pa
tron’s award for sculpture, given
by Gen. and Mrs. James Glore;
the Kings Cup for oils, given by
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip King; the
Kirby Award for ceramics, given
by Kirby’s Pharmacy; the State
Port Pilot Cup for photography,
and the Bragaw Cup for water
color, given by Dr. and Mrs. Nor
man Homstein.
The Festival will be opened by
Mayor Edward Hahn and. Cheryl
Rogers, Miss Brunswick County,
at 2 p. m. on Friday, June 29.
The judging will take place on
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AT ST. PHILLIPS
The Rev. Edward B. Jordan
will conduct services Sunday mor
ning at 11 o’clock at St. Phillips
Episcopal Church.
SOFTBALL GAME
A softball game will be played
here on Friday night at 8 o’clock
between Southport Jaycees and
Shallotte Jaycees. A donation at
the gate for the boat to be given
away on July 4 will be the ad
mission.
MEETING POSTPONED
The State Association of Coun
ty Commissioners will be in ses
sion next week at Morehead City,
and members of the Brunswick
County Board will attend. For
this reason the regular meeting
of the board will be postponed
from Monday of next week to
June 25.
ESCAPES INJURY
County Superintendent John G.
Long escaped serious injury early
Sunday morning in an accident
near Pireway. The automobile
operated by Long hit a car park
ed on the highway without lights,
and Roscoe F. Hall was charged
with improper parking. The Long
car was damaged about $300
worth.
Promotion Ceremony
HONORED—Colonel Johnnife D. Duffie, left Com
manding Officer, Sunny Point Army Terminal, pin
ning a gold oak leaf on the collar of newly promoted
Major Ralph I. Cammack, Director of Logistics, Sun
ny Point.
Verdict Against
National Airlines
Brunswick County Jury Re
turns Verdict Resulting
In Payment Of $4,000 To
Richard Randolph
A final settlement of $4,000
was awarded to Richard Randolph
| and his wife, Letsie Ann Ran
: dolph, in a suit growing out of
the 1960 crash of a National Air
lines plane in Brunswick county.
The term of Superior Court
still in session, Judge J. H. Mc
; Kinnon presiding, awarded the
settlement on the basis of evi
dence submitted at a trial held in
i Southport last week,
Randolph had entered a 12
count suit against National, com
plaining that, as a result of the
air tragedy, he had suffered loss
es in the amount of $7,000.
The complaint, among other
things, charged invasion of pri
vacy. and damage to property and
crops planted on the property.
Most of the complaints centered
| around the allegation that both
the debris from the plane and the
: rescue crews had caused loss to
\ the plaintiff.
Randolph stated that trucks
and other vehicles used in the
rescue and salvage operations had
packed the ground in his fields
so hard, and saturated it with
oil, that it was necessary to hire
special, heavy-duty equipment to
break the ground.
In another charge, he stated
that valuable timber had been
damaged, as well as damage to
| private roads on his property.
Practically all of the remaining
| cases on the docket were routine
; items involving civil suits. Sev
j eral cases were dismissed, and
lone new trial was ordered.
Southport Man
Suicide Victim
Body Of D. P. Harrelson
Found At Home Near
Southport This Afternoon
The body of D. P. Harrelson,
: age 66, was found at his home
1 near Southport this afternoon and
j Coroner L. B. Bennett ruled that
j he had died of a self-inflicted
! bullet wound.
I Harrelson, who delivered the
j Wilmington afternoon newspaper,
j had failed to show up for his
rounds yesterday afternoon, and
when he failed to appear today,
neighbors tried to arouse him at
his home after noon. Law en
forcement officers were called,
and they broke into the home,
located at the Sawdust Trail in
tersection, to firici HbitgIsoii jy_
ing in bed, holding a pistol in
his hand and with a bullet hole
through his head. It was esti
mated that he had been dead
about 30 hours.
The deceased was married sev
eral months ago, and his wife,
Lillian, had been visiting in Wil
mington for several days.
Funeral arrangements were in
j complete at press time.
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Graduates
FREDERICK M. BANKS
Graduate Air
Force Academy
Son Of Mrs. James Eaton Is
Member Of Graduating
Class At Air Force Aca
demy
Frederick M. Banks of Caswell
Beach, Southport, was commis
sioned a second lieutenant in the
United States Air Force and re
ceived his bachelor of science de
gree at graduation ceremonies to
day (Wednesday) at the Air
Force Academy.
Lieutenant Banks will be as
signed to pilot training at Reese
AFB, Tex. He is the son of Fred
J. Banks of La Selva Beach,
Calif. His mother, Mrs. Janice K.
Eaton, resides in Southport.
A graduate of Heidelberg (Ger
many) American High School, the
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i Dairy Princess
Finals Slated
Brunswick Contestant To
Be Chosen Thursday At
Bolivia; Area Contest At
Leland Friday
For seven beautiful young
ladies Thursday evening will be
an important experience, for they
will compete in the Brunswick
I County Dairy Princess contest at
Bolivia High School auditorium.
The program will begin at 8
o’clock.
Speaker for this occasion will
I
be Leslie Gruber, farm editor of
the Wilmington Morning Star.
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First Week Of
Summer Program
To Start Monday
Royal Ambassador Camp
Will Feature Opening
Week At North Carolina
Baptist Assembly
Monday marks the opening
week of Royal Ambassador camps
sponsored by the Brotherhood De
partment of the Baptist State
Convention of North Carolina.
This opening week will be at
North Carolina Baptist Assembly,
Southport. The following week
will be held at Fruitland Baptist
Camp, Hendersonville.
The June 18 week will include
a camp for each of the three age
groups of Royal Ambassadors—
Crusaders, Pioneers, and Am
bassadors.
The program resource leaders
include: Rev. Robert Harris, mis
sionary to Peru: Rev. Jose Cantu,
missionary among Spanish group,
Texas; Rev. Scott Turner, Buies
Creek, Shell and Craft specialist;
along with counselors consisting
of laymen and pastors from Bap
tist Churches across the state.
The first state Royal Ambasso
dor camp was held with Mars
Hill College, July 28-August 6,
1925, under the leadership of Wo
man’s Missionary Union. Royal
Ambassador work was started in
1908, and in the early years of its
life it was seen that Christ and
missionary emphasis could be pre
sented through a camp program
as in no other way. This has
been the emphasis of Royal Am
bassador camps since the first one
in 1925.
Approximately 1500 Royal Am
bassadors in the state will take
part in the seven weeks of the
state Royal Ambassador camps
this summer. These camps will be
under the direction of Rev. B. W.
Jackson, Associate Brotherhood
Secretary.
Board Votes To
Retain Auditor
Rescind Previous Action To
Make Change In Audit
ing Firms For Brunswick
County
Members of the board of coun
ty commissioners voted Monday
to reemploy the W. C. Raines
auditing firm to make the annual
audit of Brunswick county and
thereby rescinded their action
taken last January when the
board voted to change auditing
firms.
A special meeting of the board
was held Monday to consider the
business of employing an auditor
for the coming fiscal year. R. E.
Bellamy made a motion that the
S. Preston Douglas firm be em
ployed, but there was no second
to this motion.
F. Herbert Swain then made
a motion that the Raines Com
pany be reemployed, and this
motion was seconded by D. Bert
Frink. Odell Jenrette, newest
member of the board, voted yes.
R. E. Bellamy voted no.
At a meeting on January 2
the matter of employing an au
diting firm came before the com
missioners, and a motion made by
Swain and seconded by Frink to
reemploy the Raines firm failed
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Four Persons Killed Monday
Night In Highway Accident
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WRECK—The body of one of the four victims of Monday night’s Automo
bile accident near Bolivia is shown in the foreground and in the background is
the wreckage of the car in which the three young men were traveling South on
U.S. Highway No. 17.—(SECO Photo.)
Home Delivery
Of Mail Begins
Here June 23rd
Patrons Must Provide Suit
able Mail Receptacle And
Provide Street Address
The Post Office Department
has announced that mail delivery
to homes will begin on June 23
Patrons of the Southport Post
Office desiring this service should
see to it that their mail recepta
cles are properly erected.
Those on the route to be serv
ed by the mounted carrier should
have their rural type box erected
as nearly in front of their resi
dence as possible, convenient to
the carrier. These boxes should
be set so that they will be be
tween four and one-half to five
feet in order that the carrier
may reach out of the window of
his vehicle to deposit or collect
mail.
To those patrons who have not
completed a change of address
order, it is requested that they
call by the local post office as
soon as possible to sign these
forms which have been completed
by the clerks.
Local postage rates for first
class mail wall be four cents in
cluding mail addressed to post
office boxes. Post office boxes
for rent will also have a new
rate.
For the information of beach
patrons. Long Beach Rural Sta
tion, a branch of the post office
in Southport, is now open for
their convenience.
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TIME and TIDE
Twenty-five years ago this week sailfish were spotted for the
first time off Southport and it was suspected that there might
be some of these gamefish in the area. The reason why they
were not seen or caught before was that the charter boats did
not operate farther than 12 miles from shore at that time.
Capt. Fred Burris caught 150 pounds of shrimp in a period of
three hours one day during the past week, and all of these
shrimp were sold at 15c per pound. The menhaden boat South
port ran aground at Lockwoods Folly Inlet for two days and all
the fish spoiled and had to be thrown away.
C. Ed Taylor was named solicitor of Recorder’s Court by the
county commissioners; and Bill Jorgensen was named tax collec
tor.
Twenty years ago this week Bald Head Island was reported to
be completely deserted except for a few Coast Guardsmen. For
the past few summers the island has been inhabited by tourists.
But because of the war, vacationists have been hesitant to visit
the island. Many people were awaiting the end of the war so the
large island could develop into a vacation resort.
People were being warned to stay away from strange looking
objects on the beaches because they could be bombs of some
kind; a campaign to collect scrap rubber was being held to
strengthen the nations supply of surplus goods; and the second
primary was to be held soon.
Fifteen year's ago this week the shrimping grounds
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around
Brunswick County
Airport Listed
Promotion For
Sunny Point Man
Captain Ralph I. Cammack,
Director of Logistics, Sunny
Point Army Terminal, has
been promoted to the rank of
Major by a special order
from Headquarters, Depart
ment of the Army, Washing
ton, D. C. His promotion was
effective 29 May 1962.
Major Cammack is a native
of Emmettsburg, Iowa, and
has been assigned to Sunny
Point since March 1960. His
military service consists of
more than nineteen years ac
tive duty, with overseas as
signments in North Africa,
Germany, Italy and Korea.
The new Major is presently
residing in Southport with j
his wife and two children.
New Engineer
In Wilmington
■
Col. Joseph S. Grygiel Will
Arrive This Week As Dis
trict Engineer Replacing
Davidson
Colonel Joseph S. Grygiel is ex- j
pectecl to arrive in Wilmington
on June 15 to assume the duties
of District Engineer, Wilmington
District, Corps of Engineers.
Brunswick county is within this
district.
Colonel Grygiel succeeds Colon
el Richard P. Davidson who de
parted June 9 for a new assign
ment at Redstone Arsenal, Ala
bama after a tour of three years
as Wilmington District Engineer.
The incoming District Engineer
is a native of Nashau, New
Hampshire, and a 1941 graduate
of the U. S. Military Academy,
West Point.
In World War II he served in
Ilaska with the 42nd General1
Service Regiment, and then at the
Basic Training Section, Fort Lew
is, Washington.
He attended Iowa State College
1946-47, where he received his
Masters Degree in Civil Engineer- :
ing. He then served for three i
years in the Seattle District, as
Assistant District Engineer, then
as Assistant Chief and Chief, Op- 1
erations Division. He was Post
Engineer, Army and Navy Hos
pital, Hot Springs, Arkansas <
1950-54. After a short tour of:
duty at Fort Lewis, Washington, ■ \
he was fox- a year in Korea as ; i
Battalion Commander in the i
417th Engineer Aviation Brigade.
From 1955 to 1958 Colonel Cry- j:
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Encouraging Progress In
Work For Establishment
Of Airport Near South
port And Beaches
The office of the Federal Avia
tion Agency in Washington an
nounced this week that Bruns
wick County has been approved
and placed on the National Air
port Plan this brought to light a
year’s quiet work that had been
done by the Brunswick County
Airport Commission appointed by
the commissioners of Brunswick
County, Boiling Spring Lakes,
Southport and Long Beach.
Representative Bunn Frink in
troduced permissive legislation in
the 1961 Session of the North
Carolina General Assembly to al
low Brunswick County and the
municipalities of Southport, Boil
ing Spring Lakes and Long Beach
to appoint an Airport Commis
sion. This commission membership
includes H. A. Templeton, Jr.,
chairman; Fred J. Smith, vice
chairman; Arthur E. Huntley,
secretary; and G. E. Cumbee, An
son Lewis, Dan Shannon, N. A.
Worsley members with Frink
serving as attorney and John T.
Talbert of Wilmington as en
gineer.
The work on this project start
ed last year when Dan’ L. Wal
ker, Town Manager of Long
Beach,' on behalf of the Airport
Commission canvassed by mail
some two thousand aviation en
thusiasts for their opinions on
the need for an aiiport in Bruns
wick County. With the response
to these inquiries salient facts
and statistics were added and
documentation of some eighty
pages was presented to the Fed
eral Aviation Agency, requesting
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Southport Boy
Goes To Italy
Thomas J. Harrelson To
Spend Next Year At Uni
versity Of Rome And
Live With Uncle
Dr. Walter J. Harrelson, head
>f the Department of Religion at
Vanderbilt University, has been
iwarded a Fulbright Fellowship
'or one year’s writing and study
ibroad and had been granted a j
eave of absence from his duties, i
3e will spend the next year at
he University of Rome.
Dr. Harrelson is a native of
3runswick county and is the son
>f the late Sheriff and Mrs. I. D. 1
■farrelson. His family will accom
)anv him abroad for the year of
itudy.
In fact, this year’s residence !
n Rome will involve another j
nember of the Harrelson family,
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2 Columbus County Youths
Numbered Among Victims
In Brunswick’s Worst Ac
cident Of Year
Two former All-Columbus bas
ketball players were killed, along
with another Campbell College
classmate and the wife of a Ma
rine lieutenant, in a two-car head
on collision near Bolivia on US
17, about 9:30 p. m., Monday.
Coroner Lowell Bennett said
that the dead were John Frank
lin Icard, 20, of Evergreen; Jon
Michael Aldridge, 18, New Car
lisle, Ohio; and Mrs. Jo Hutzler,
21, Long Island, N. Y., all of
whom were killed instantly; and
Henry Donald Horne, 20, .of
Whiteville, Route 1, who died
later in James Walker Memorial
Hospital, Wilmington.
Seriously injured, and a patient
at the Wilmington hospital, is
1st Lt. Karl Hans Hitzler, the
husband of the female victim of
the wreck. Hutzler is said to
have been based with the Marine
Corps at Quantico, Va.
The coroner said that State
Troopers H. F. Deal of Woodburn
and Roscoe Edwards of South
port, who led in the. investigation,
told that a 1959 Pontiac belong
ing to Aldridge was traveling
south on US 17. The car driven
by Mrs. Hutzler was proceeding
north on the same highway when
the two collided.
Investigation showed the car
bearing the three youths had just
rounded a slight curve and that
the two vehicles apparently col
lided head-on. They were found
some 130 feet apart, Bennett stat
ed.
Mrs. Hutzler, Icard and Ald
ridge died almost instantly, while
Horne was carried to James Wal
ker Hospital and died soon after
admission, the coroner reported.
The fatal mishap occurred in
the vicinity where an National
Airlines passenger plane crashed
on January 6, 1960, carrying 34
persons to their death.
Brunswick county’s traffic
death toll showed a shocking in
crease in this grinding, head-on
collision. The death count stands
now at 16, twice as high as all
of last year's fatalities. Ironically,
one of the dead Columbus county
boys was the first cousin of High
way Patrolman Edwards, one of
the investigating officers of the
crash.
Both Horne and Icard were
outstanding athletes during their
high school days at Evergreen.
Horne was named to The News
Reporter’s All-Columbus Basket
ball Team in 1960, while Icard
was chosen as a member of the
same honor club in 3961.
Both also were members of the
Evergreen Wildcat baseball team
during their scholastic days, stu
dent leaders, captains of the cage
teams and presidents of the Wild
cat Monogram Club.
Both were sophomores at
Campbell and attending summer
classes there.
Horne was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Horne of the Oakdale
section of Columbus County, while
Icard was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack B. Icard of Evergreen.
Young Aldridge was listed in
the coroner’s report only as a
j summer student at Campbell Col
| lege. It is' thought that the three
I young men were enroute to one
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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, June 14,
4:33 A. M. 11:10 A. M.
5:22 P M. 11:52 P. M.
Friday, June 15,
5:21 A. M. 11:54 A. M
6:06 P. M.
Saturday, June 16,
3:08 A. M. 0:40 A. M.
3:49 P. M. 12:38 P. M.
Sunday, June 17,
3:54 A. M. 1:25 A. M.
r:33 P. M. 1:22 P. M.
Monday, June 18,
r:40 A. M. 2:10 A. M.
3:17 P. M. 2:06 P. M.
Tuesday, June 19,
3:27 A. M. 2:55 A. M.
1:01 P. M. 2:52 P. M,
Wednesday, June 20,
):15 A. M. 3:41 A M
1:49 P. M. 3:39 p M