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THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
Volume No. 22
No. 1
10-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1962
5c A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Southport Boy Scout Troop
RETURN—This is the Southport Boy S cout Troop No. 23, which spent last week
at. Camp Upchurch. In the photo, from left to right and rank, front row, Bob
Graham, 2nd class; Ricky McWilliams, 1st class; Anders Hogluud, 1st class; Ed
die James, 2nd class; Dicky Bellows, 2nd class; Landis Brown, T. F.; 2nd row,
James Manis, 1st class; Chip Graham, 2nd class; Pat Parker, 1st class; Mike
Parker, 1st class; Mike Coleman, 1st class; back row, Jack Duffle, Star; Stephen
Parker, Star; Pat Duffie, 2nd class; Darrell Wilmoth, 1st class; Jack Keith, 1st
class; and Don Briwn, Star. One Scout attending camp but not in photo, Johnnie
Melton, 1st class.
Forest Fire Control—
Green Swamp Airfield
Construction is in the final
stages on an aircraft landing
strip, 5,400 feet long, carved out
of the center of Riegel's Wacca
mavv Forest located in the Green
Swamp of Brunswick and Colum
bus counties.
This construction job by Rie
ger s Woodlands department is
part of the continuing cooperative
effort with the North Carolina
Forest Service to combat and
suppress uncontrolled forest fires
in this area.
The 250' wide airstrip will pro
vide an operating base for water
bombers working on fires in Co
lumbus, Brunswick and parts of
Bladen county. These bombers are
operated by the North Carolina
Forest Service, and we used all
over the state, wherever their
use can be effective in controll
ing wild life.
The. amount of water or fire
retardant chemical and water
mixture the planes carry is limit
ed, and in most cases repeated
crops are essential. An operating
base near the fire allows faster
cycles of attack by each plane.
Scout planes can operate more
effectively also with landing
facilities near a fire.
With the new airstrip on Rie
gers Waccamaw Forest, the total
forest acreage in Brunswick and
adjoining counties is in a better
position for effective use of air
support in fire controll activity.
Construction began in 1961 on
a series of sand ridges, known as
Bear Pen Island, located about
16 miles south of Bolton and just
west of N. C. 211 highway. These
r'dyes and interrupting bay areas
'v,,re drained, requiring about two
and one-quarter miles of canal.
High areas were leveled and low
areas filled with a resulting strip
of land over a mile long and
averaging 250 feet wide being
repaired. The center 100 feet
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HIES IN BALTIMORE
Charles L. Peacock, brother of
Mrs. Mary Bomberger of South
port died in a Baltimore Hospital
Wednesday. Mr. Peacock was a
son of Wesley Peacock and a
former resident of Southport.
FAMILY REUNION
Recent vacationers in South
port, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Mendes
and son, of Newport, Rhode Is
land, completed the reunion of
the family of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Stanley This was the first time
in several years the entire family
had been home at once. Other
than Mr. and Mrs. Mendes, were,
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Smith of
Southport, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Stanley, Jr. and Mrs. Arthur En
low of Greenville.
Riegel's Waccamaw Forest Airfield
has been seeded with Bermuda’I
! grass and the rest with lespereza [
! and soil stabilization grasses. The ;
| strip lies in a southwesterly,
! northeasterly direction taking ad
; vantage of the prevailing winds
for take-off and landing.
An access road in the strip and
along the north side has been
completed. About center way of
the strip, on the north side,, a
parking area and waterhole has
been constructed. The waterhole
is fed by springs, providing a
permanent water supply.
A water bomber, using the
strip, will be able to land at
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Family Groups
At Ft. Caswell
Sunday School Week Will
Be Observed At N„ C.
Baptist Assembly Starting
Monday
Sunday School week at the
North Carolina Baptist Assembly
(Caswell) this year, July 9-13,
will be a family affair. There will
be special conferences under the
leadership of Dr. Findley Edge,
who is a Professor of Religious
Education at Southern Seminary.
Dr. Edge’s conferences will be on
the theme of “Teaching for Re
i suits". The worship services will
!be conducted by'Dr. Ray Sum
mers, Professor of New Testa
ment at Southern Seminary.
There will be age groups con
ferences for leadership of all ages.
Separate conferences will be con
ducted for the Intermediate and
Junior children with Bible study
for each group. Provision will be
made for children eight years of
age and under during all services.
Mrs. R. S. Entzminger of the
| South Carolina Baptist Conven
tion will work in cooperation with
j Miss Hilda Mayo in conducting
i a leadership conference for ele
I mentary workers.
The theme for the week will be
"Outreach for the Unreached
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Boy Scouts At I
Camp Upchurch
Members Of Southport. Boy
Scout Troop Make Good
Record During Camping
Period
Troop 238 of Southport, spon
sored by Southport Presbyterian
Church, spent last week at Camp
Tom Upchurch near Fayetteville.
The Troop arrived at camp on
Sunday and was released on Sat
urday. After checking into camp,
the Scouts were given a medical
examination by the BSA medical
doctor. They were then assigned
to campsite “Ole Ring.” This site
consisted of four leanto Adiron
dyke huts directly on the lake
side.
After unpacking and getting
settled, a swimming classification
was conducted by the BSA camp
officials. The boys were classified
into three swimming groups—
non-swimmers, beginners and
swimmers. None of the troop were
classified as swimmej-s Sunday.
At the end of the camp week,
twelve had made swimmer.
The daily schedule was as fol
lows: 7 a. m., revielle; 7:15 a. m.,
chapel; 7:30 a. m., breakfast; I
8:30, clean-up campsite; 9 a. m. i
First and Second Class Scout
classes. Scouts already first class !
and above went to various merit;
badge classes for which they j
were eligible. At 10:30, an in- ■
structional swimming period: 12, I
lunch; 1 p. m. rest period; 2 p. m. !
classes resumed as in the mor- j
ning. At 4:30 p. m., a general!
swimming period was held. At j
5:45 p. m., retreat; 6 p. m., sup
per. At 8 p. m., a game was held !
Monday; Tuesday, movies; Wed- |
nesday, a council fire; Thursday, !
another game; and Friday, the !
awards recognition before the
council fire. On Saturday, the I
pathfinding obstacle course was !
run and a final swimming pei’td {
before lunch. After lunch, all
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Firemen To Get
Opportunity To
Take Training
An Organizational Meeting
Will Be Held Monday
Evening At Bolivia To Set
Up Classes
An organizational meeting for
i Fireman’s Training Class to be
conducted in Brunswick county
will be held Monday evening at
7:30 o’clock at Bolivia High
School.
The training wil consist of two
courses, each requiring 30 hours,
with a certificate to be awarded
upon Completion of the second
course. Those planning to take
the course will decide the nights
when sessions will be held and
the length of each.
Captain L. H. Wolfe, training
officer of Wilmington Fire De
partment, and Lt. J. W. Casteen
of Wilmington Fire Department
headquarters will instruct. Ac
cording td some authorities these
twc of the best fire instructors
in the State.
Volunteer Firemen will be in
structed in their own department
with their own equipment, with
at least one class to be held in
Wilmington Fire Department.
Seperate instruction classes will
be carried on at each department
n the county, provided that de
partment can furnish a minimum
if ten people to take the class.
The Brunswick County Advis
ory Committee will consist of
Howard Williamson, member of
the Board of Education and rep
resentative from each Volunteer
Fire Department in the county.
Although separate classes will
be held at each fire department,
this will be a County Adult Fire
manship Training Project.
The chief of eacn department
will be the Daison officer between
:he instructor and his local de
partment.
George West, director, Wilming
ton Industrial Center; Ralph Bor
deaux, Assistant Director, Wil
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Gives Schedule
For School Year
School Opens For Fall Term
During Last Week In
August; One Week For
Christmas Holiday
The schedule for Brunswick
county schools for the 1962-63
school year finds the opening day
coming during the last week in
August. Provision also is made
for one week's vacation for
Christmas. These and other dates
have been approved by the Bruns
wick County Board of Education
and are as follow:
Following is the complete 1962
1963 school year schedule: Aug
ust 15, principals begin work;
Friday, August 24 and Monday,
August 27, teachers begin work;
Tuesday, August 28, pupil orien
tation; Wednesday, August 29,
School begins; Tuesday, Septem
ber 25, 1st month ends.
District N. C. E. A., Tuesday,
October 16, 1 day; district
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TIME and TIDE
25 YEARS AGO
Dr. W. S. Dosher had gone to Boston to specialize in gynoco
logy and obstetics. He was to be replaced by Dr. L. C. Fergus,
a native of Wilmington and a graduate of Medical College in
Virginia. A Dutch dinner and a beer supper were given in honor
of Dr. Dosher.
The Carolina Yacht Club announced that it will hold races in
Southport in August. Entries from Miami to Norfolk were expec
ted.
A Raleigh man who visited here for the first time three years
ago and- had returned whenever possible since then commented
on the future of the town and the surrounding area. He stated
that the folks upstate would be interested in the area if more
advertising was done and they knew more about it.
L. T. Yaskell was elected head of the Brunswick County Amer
ican Legion post; a former Southport boy and his father had
come from New York in a home-made trailer, and a contractor
Was here looking over the possibilities of shipping facilities in
the area.
20 YEARS AGO
A front page picture of Little Coney, the popular swimming
site on the Southport waterfront, was featured in the Pilot. Its
use by the public had decreased since the opening of roads to the
beach area.
Experienced men were wanted by officials in Washington to
handle large anti-submarine boats off Cape Fear. Local men who
knew the waters of the area were asked to volunteer and several
local seamen showed interest. The Fourth of July was properly
observed in a celebration here during the past week. A commun
ity picnic and dance were held as part of the festive occasion.
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U.S. Army Field Trip
INSPECTION—Men of the U.S. Army Transportation Terminal Training Unit
from Meridian, Miss., are shown here on a visit to the famous Boiling Spring,
which is a near neighbor to Sunny Point Army Terminal. These men are spend
ing two weeks at the nearby terminal, the third year they have been here for
training.
Sunny Point In
Use Again For
Army Training
U. S. Army Terminal Trans
portation Unit From Mer
idian, Miss., Is Here For
Two Weeks
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The U. S. Army Transportation 1
Terminal Unit (7468), Meridian,]
Mississippi, has returned to Sun
ny Point Army Terminal for the
third consecutive year to per
form its two-weeks annual ac
tive duty for training.
Members of tile unit will again
perform actual on-the-job train
ing, working side by side with
their counterparts at Sunny
Point. Since most members of the
unit have been to Sunny Point
previously and have some knowl
odge of the area and operation,
less time will be required for
orientation and familiarization
and more time will be spent with
actual training.
The U. S. Army Transportation
Terminal Unit (7468) has 21 of
ficers and 1 enlisted man at
Sunny Point this year. Colonel
Warren E. Regland is Terminal
Commander; Lt. Colonel Robei’t
R. Harmon, Executive Officer
Commander; Lt. Colonel Charles
E. Callaway, Director of Opera
tions; Lt. Colonel Theo G. Wat
son, Director of Administration;
Lt. Colonel Ralph S. Treadwell,
Director of Logistics; Lt. Colonel
Paul H. Bubeck, Comptroller;
Captain Howard G. Secrest, Gen
eral Supply Officer; Captain
George L. Follett, Chief, Procure
ment Division; Lieutenant Jerry
A. Stewart, Finance Officer; Cap
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Long Beach Hit
By Twister Today
Bolivia Men Are
Returned Safely
An uneasy period of watch
ing and waiting had a happy
ending early Sunday morning
when Mercer Johnson and
Louis Harvell, two young men
of Bolivia, returned safe and
sound from a trip to Bald
Head Island after being
marooned there for several
hours by bad weather.
A general alarm had spread
that these men were missing
in a small boat after leaving
from Southport early Satur
day afternoon. The Coast
Guard and other volunteer
searchers looked for them in
vain, and a growing crowd
along tne Southport water
front felt a gi'owing uneasi
ness as the night wore on.
About 3 a. m. word came
that the men had made con
tact with Reese Swan at Bald
Head and were safe.
Weekend Storm
Is Felt Here
Record Low Temperatures
For This Time Of Year
Recorded Saturday By
Weather Observer
A northeast- storm that devel
oped rapidly just off the North
Carolina coast brought unseason
ably low temperatures and high
rainfall to Southport last week.
For a period of nearly 36 hours
the center of this low pressure
system remained stationary off
shore, and residents of the area
began to wonder where summer
had gone.
Representative temperatures
from across the southeastern sec
tion of North Carolina showed
new record lows in some locali
ties. Here in Southport the low
est recorded during the three-day
cool spell was 55 degrees, the
recorded low for Saturday.
The temperature was 59 de
grees at noon Saturday, however,
probably the lowest noon-day
reading in some years for this
season.
Rainfall for the period measur
ed 2.91 inches, or an average of
less than an inch per day. Al
though this was high, it was as a
sprinkle compared to the 13-inch
deluge that soaked Oriental, dur
ing the same period.
Sunday dawned clear and warm
and temperatures rapidly advanc
ed to more normal levels. “If
people thought it was hot Sun
day,” Rev. Drayton Cooper, local
weather observer, stated, “it was.
Our high officially was 94 de
grees.”
For the Fourth of July holiday
the weatherman were dubious.
There should be partly cloudy
skies, with some scattered show
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'Damage Done To Several
Buildings And Two Trail
ers; Torrential Rains Here
In Southport
A small tornado struck South
port beach area early this mor
ning, inflicting some damage to
both residential and business
buildings.
The twister hit Long Beach at
approximately 5 a. m. and up
rooted a number of trees and
caused roof damage in several
spots.
Two house trailers in the Tran
quil Harbor area were overturned,
but no one was injured, accord
ing to reports available.
A house trailer belonging to a
Mr. Frye and the one next door
were overturned, while the Tran
quil Harbor field office, among
other buildings, suffered extensive
! room damage.
Several oak trees were uproot
ed in the yard of E. L. Champion.
General cleanup operations have
already begun at Long Beach and
Tranquil Harbor.
This was the first of two freak
ish weather occurances here to
day. The other was a torrential
downpour which occurred early
this morning when 5.25 inches of
rain fell within the space of a
couple of hours.
This figure was announced by
Rev. Drayton Cooper, U. S.
Weather Bureau observer, who
said that this is within 1-inch of
the all-time record of 6.5-inches
during a 24-hour period in the
month of July.
During the early morning
downpour the gutters and storm
sewers in the business area were
unable to accommodate the wa
ter, and the streets were flowing
like rivers.
There was no report of proper
ty damage here in Southport.
Veterans Need
Certain Data
Service Officer Reminds
Those Seeking Assistance
To Bring Along Informa
tion
Veterans who need the assist
I ance of their County Veterans
Service Officer will obtain earlier
and more efficient service if they
will observe the following sug
gestions made by Crawford L.
Rourk, County Veterans Service
Officer, when planning a visit to
his office.
First, the veteran should bring
his discharges from all periods of
service. Second, the veteran
should bring his Veterans Admin
istration claim number. Third, the
veteran should bring all corre
spondence with him that he has
received from the VA. Fourth, if
; the veteran needs assistance with
I his government insurance, he
j should bring all policy or policies
number's.
Rourk, whose office is in the
| Police Station, will be able to
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Festival Wins
Weekend Bout
With Weather
More Than 300 Entries Re
ceived In Second Annual
Southport Arts Festival
Last Week
The Southport Art Association
played host to a crowd of well
over 1500 art enthusiasts for the
annual Arts Festival which was
held here during the past week
end.
The showing of all forms of art,
from water color to ceramics, was
held this year at the City Hall,
the high school gymnasium and
The Gallery. Over 350 entries
were on display.
The show attracted artists from
Maine to the Panama Canal Zone
and from 16 cities.
Festivities were opened Friday
afternoon when Harold Aldridge,
speaking on behalf of the City
of Southport, welcomed the visi
tors to the town. Cheryl Rogers,
reigning Miss Brunswick County,
cut the ribbon in front of City
Hall steps, and Dr. Norman Horn
stein, president of the Southport
Art Association, acted as master
of ceremonies.
One of the sidelights of the
festival was the presence of David
Stanley, an itinerant artist from
Pittsburgh. Stanley is travelling
across the country, paying his
way through sale of his paintings.
While here, he sold several of
his works to local people. “I like
Southport very much,” Stanley
said. "This is the first time I’ve
ever been this far South, and
these trees of yours are just
beautiful.”
Awards were given on Sunday
afternoon, and a throng of over
800 jammed City Hall to witness
this event. Rain and cloudy skies,
which put a damper on the festi
val on Saturday, gave way to
sunshine and many Sunday paint
ers stood around beneath the oaks
and talked shop.
During the afternoon, poetry
was read under the direction of
Southport’s Poet Laureate, Wil
liam Williams.
Several Southport artists took
honors at the festival. The judg
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1 wo thanges In
Church Pastors
Ministers Serving Southport
And Shallotte Are Re
turned By North Carolina
Conference
The Rev. L. D. Hayman re
tired again this year following
North Carolina Conference at
Kinston, and the Rev. B. H.
Lamb was assigned as pastor of
Ocean View Methodist Church at
Yaupon Beach.
This is one of the two changes
that occurred among Methodist
ministers serving churches in
Brunswick county.
The other sends the Rev. H. B.
Harrell to Town Creek as a re
placement for the Rev. Charles
Eakin.
Returning to their old appoint
ments were the Rev. H. K. Jean
nerette to Bethel at Bolivia and
Concord at Supply; the Rev. H.
T. Pickett to Shallotte Circuit;
the Rev. H. A. Phillips to Shal
lotte Camp; and the Rev. Charles
H. Lancaster to Trinity Methodist
Church in Southport.
Dr. Clyde S. Boggs returns as
Superintendent of the Wilming
ton District.
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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, July 5,
10:14 A. M. 4:14 A. M.
10:21 P. M. 4:20 F. M.
Friday, July 6,
10:57 A. M. 4:55 A. M.
11:00 P. M. 5:04 P. M.
Saturday, July 7,
11:40 A. M. 5:36 A. M.
11:39 P. M. 5:49 P. M.
Sunday, July 8,
12:26 A. M. 6:18 A. M.
6:39 P. M.
Monday, July 9,
0:22 A. M. 7:04 A. M.
1:14 P. M. 7:33 P. M.
Tuesday, July lit,
1:08 A. M. 7:53 A. M.
2:04 P. M. 8:30 P. M.
Wednesday, Julj 11,
2:00 A. M. ' 8:44 A. M.
2:58 P. M. 9:29 P. M.