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Volume No. 22
No. 11
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1962
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Confer In Raleigh
TALK—Odell Williamson of Shallotte, left, Democratic candidate for State
House of Representatives, and Ray H. Walton of Southport, right, Democratic
candidate for the State Senate, are shown conferring with Merrill Evans, chair
man of the State Highway Commission, during the Campaign Conference held last
week in Raleigh. '
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AT CITADEL
Fred Burdette, Jr., and Edward
L. Oliver of Southport have en
rolled for the fall term at The
Citadel in Charleston, S. C.
SOUTHPORT P. T. A.
The first meeting of the year
for the Southport Parent-Teacher
Association will be held Thursday
night at 7:30 o’clock in the high
school auditorium.
CIRCUS TICKETS
The Southport Boosters Club
will begin selling tickets Thurs
day to the circus which will play
here during the first week in Oc
tober. The local organization will
receive a substantial percentage
of all advance sales.
BAKE SALE
The Women of St. Philips Epis
copal Church will hold a bake sale
on Saturday morning, September
15, on Moore street between Leg
getts and the Post Office. The
sale will begin at 9 o'clock.
ENTERS WCUNC
Miss Betsy Duffie, daughter of
Col. and Mrs. Johnnie D. Duffie,
left today (Wednesday) for
Greensboro where she will enter
Womans College, University of
North Carolina.
MEREDITH STUDENTS
Three Southport girls were
among the more than 300 new
students who enrolled at Mere
dith College in Raleigh Monday.
Mary Louise Herring, Karen Hog
lund and Joyce Jorgenson started
their freshman year at the Bap-:
tist college. Returning students
reported back Tuesday.
YDC MEET FRIDAY
An organizational meeting of
the Brunswick county Young
Democratic Club to prepare for
the fall campaign will be held
on Friday night at Bolivia High
School. President A. H. Gainey
, says that David Reid of Green
ville, candidate for the presidency
on the state level, will attend.
DAIRY SHOW
The Southeastern Junior Dairy
Show is being held in Wilming
ton on Thursday afternoon and
Friday morning of this week. It
will be held in the Livestock Show
Arena, reports County Agricul
tural Agent A. S. Knowles.
Brunswick County people are in
vited to see the judging on Fri
day morning.
recover auto
Two juvenile boys were arrest
ed Friday night by Chief of Po
lice Leon Galloway and his re
lief man, Donald Ray Hewett, af
ter they had stolen an Olds
mobile belonging to Homer Mc
Keithan of Southport. The car,
which was taken from in front
of the Amuzu theatre in South
port, was recovered after being
overturned in a ditch on the
Holden Beach road.
New Commander
National Guard
Capt. Wilton K. Allen Of;
Wilmington Takes Com
mand Of Shallotte Orga
nization
Capt. Wilton K. Allen of Wil
mington has been assigned as
commanding officer of the Shal
lotte National Guard at Shallotte,
succeeding Capt. Early J. Smith,
Jr., who has been assigned to
Group Headquarters.
Other officers are Lt. Donald
M. Lofton, executive officer. Sgt.
Sam Fletcher Frink is Adminis
trative Supply Technician.
Capt. Allen is from Wilmington,
and this is his first command.
He expressed his pleasure with his
present assignment and told a
group of citizens attending a Red
Cross meeting at Shallotte Mon
day night that he hopes to see
the building use for a variety of
community functions.
The Shallotte unit is comprised
of three officers and 58; enlisted
men, and Capt. Allen says that
there are vacancies in the unit.
He says that he is particularly
interested in new men who may
wish to enter OCS training. The
unit meets for drill' each Mon
day night at 8 o’clock at the
armory.
! Capt. Allen says that the Shal
lotte boys won the 252nd ADA
efficiency training award this
summer at Fort Stewart, Ga.
He says that plans for holding
a dedication ceremony for the
Shallotte Armory building cur
rently are under advisement, and
that a definite announcement
will be made soon regarding this
matter.
Right now the men of this
group are busy preparing for the
annual general inspection, which
is scheduled to be held on Sep
tember 26.
Local Library
Hours Extended
Southport Public Library
Will Be Open Saturday
Morning From 9 To 12
O’clock
Effective September 15, the
Southport Public Library will
be open on Saturday mornings
from 9 o’clock to 12 noon, This
action is being taken to provide
additional opportunities for em
ployed persons to use the library
as well as for students to. work
on research, projects.
In announcing the additional
hours, Mrs. Philip King, acting
county librarian, states that the
Southport Public Library will now
be open to the public a total of
24 hours per week, contrasted
with the 12 hours provided when
the library was opened three
years ago. She also pointed out
that the Shallotte Public Library
is providing 6 hours service per
week, and the Brunswick County
Bookmobile approximately 14,
making a total of 44 hours of
library service per week now
available to residents of Bruns
wick County.
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Criminal Court
Here Next Week
Cases involving murder,
carnal knowledge and intent
to commit rape are amoung
the major charges which will
be tried during the criminal
term of Superior court which
will meet in Southport next
week with Judge Leo Carr
presiding.
James W. Clemmons is
charged with murder, Robert
P. McMeekins with carnal
knowledge and Elmer Yow
with intent to commit rape.
A number of traffic viola
tions, particularly drunken
driving, will alsp be tried
during the session.
The grand jury will meet
Monday, September 17, at 10
o’clock.
Caswell Veterans
Visit Old Scenes
Members Of Reserve Corps
WLI Held Reunion At
Caswell And Southport
Saturday
By HARRY HAYDEN
A motorcade from Wilmington
arrived here around noon Satur
day, bringing a group of World
War I members of the Reserve
Corps of the old Wilmington
Light Infantry to this abandoned
fortification site, where they had
trained for overseas service dur
ing the first global conflict.
The band of “Old Soldier” was
headed by Captain James B.
Lynch, World War Commander
of the WLI, then the 8th Com
pany, North cJarolina National
Guard, one of six state guard
units on duty in the Defense of
the Lower Cape Fear.
The motorcade, which was in
charge of J. Kyle Bannerman,
was met at the' city limits of
Southport by city officials includ
ing Mayor Pro-Tern Harold Ald
ridge; Crawford Rourk, Veterans
Service Officer . for Brunswick
county; and Chief of Police Her
man'Strong.
This official escort guided the
World War I veterans through
the city of Southport and through
adjacent communities, in which
beautiful and modern dwellings 1
have just recently been erected,
indicative of a genuine progres
siveness of the “Go! Go! Go!”
type in this one-time sleepy hol
low.
The veterans marveled at the
fine condition of the dwellings,
once the officers’ quarters at Fort
Caswell, now owned and operated
by the North Carolina Baptist
Assembly, of which Fred J.
Smith is manager. The buildings
are spic and span; the landscap
ing is in excellent condition; and
even the o.1 dismantled gun bat
teries are in good condition.
The “Old Boys”, such as
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Mercer Johnson
Named Chairman
For Red Cross
Young Bolivia Business
Man Succeeds Hubert H.
Bellamy As Head Of
Brunswick County Chap
ter
Mercer Johnson, Bolivia busi
ness man, was elected chairman
of the Brunswick County Chapter,
American Red Cross, at a meet
ing held Monday night in the
city hall at Shallotte. .He suc
ceeds Hubert H. Bellamy.
Elected to serve with Johnson
was Douglas H. Hawes, Bolivia
resident, vice-chairman; Mrs. A1
Martin of Southport, secretary
treasurer; Major James Eaton,
disaster chairman; Mrs. Philip
King, home service secretary; E.
B. Tomlinson, Jr., First Aid and
Water Safety; and James M.
Harper. Jr., publicity.
A decision was reached to ap
point a three-person committee
to screen prospects for the pur
pose of naming a Red Cross Fund
Chairman in order that a cam
paign may be conducted during
the month of October. There has
been no fund campaign for the
Red Cross in Brunswick county
since March 1961.''
Plans also are being laid for
holding classes for First Aid In
structors, and it is planned to
hold swimming classes at several
points in Brunswick next sum
mer.
The meeting was attended by Bill
McDonald Field * Representative.
Present for the meeting were rep
resentatives of various groups and
organizations, including Bolivia
Fire Department, Shallotte Fire
Department, Long Beach Fire De
partment, the Town of Shallotte
and other interested citizens.
Attends Clinic
For Publicity
Southport Represented At
Woman's Club Publicity
Clinic In Raleigh Tuesday
Mrs. Johnnie D. Duffle, presi
dent of the Southport Woman’s
Club, and Miss Betsy Duffie,
member of the Sub-Junior Wo
man’s Club of Southport, were
among the state, district and
area leaders of the North Caro
lina Federation of Woman’s Clubs
who attended a Publicity Clinic
in Raleigh Tuesday.
The clinic, presided over by
Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., State
President, was one of 50 current
ly being held throughout the
country to implement the biennial
program outlined recently by Mrs.
Dexter O. Arnold of Concord, N.
H., President of the General Fed
eration of Women’s Clubs.
A panel of specialists in news
paper, radio, television and public
relations discussed how best to
obtain publicity and community
support for local club projects.
Panelists included Mrs. Harriet
Pressly, WPTF Radio, Raleigh;
Miss Betsy Marsh, state society
editor of the Raleigh News and
Observer; Mrs. Tom Davis, edi
tor of the Johnstonian in Sel
man; and Miss Peggy Mann,
WTVD woman’s director, Durh
am. Dr. W. Amos Abrams, edi
tor of the North Carolina Edu
cational Magazine, served as mod-’
erator.
TIME and TIDE
Twenty-five years ago this w<
oeist from Philadelphia stopped 1
eling through the Intracoastal W
mer home in West Palm Beach,
for exercise, having been a fine
Pennsylvania, and once holding tl
C. Ed Taylor, a local attome;
State Junior Order committee c
life insurance statistics; a nautical
moving to Southport; the shrin
of the season; the decision was r
local high school sports team to
Twenty years ago this week it
be no more truck tires issued in
because the quota had been reac
E'U Wells resigned his positio
Bunn Frink resigned his position
in service. The government aske
minimum; rigid restrictions were
strong demand "'as found to exi
exist in large numbers on Bald :
to make surgical bandages was i
was i
Fifteen years ajgo this week i
boat was brought! to Southport t
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Bald Head Island Will Be Used
For Army Maneuvers In Oct.
ADDITION—This is the two-room addition to Southport High School, and
workmen are shown making finishing touches to the exterior of the building. It
is expected that the new rooms will be available for use within a few days.—
(Staff Photo by Allen.) ’i ri V ;
Magazine Has
Picture Story
Of Fox Roundup
Hunting Annual Of Sports
Afield Ha» A Six-Page
Spread On Long Beach
Fox Hunting Extravagan
za
A belated by-product of the
Washington’s Birthday Fox Hunt
at Long Beach is a six-page
spread in the 1963 Sports Afield
Hunting Annual, due to hit the
news stands this week. The story
is by Bruce Roberts and the
photographic illustrations are by
Roberts and George L. Honeycutt
of Charlotte. The latter recently
was voted the outstanding news
paper photographer in the United
States for last year.
There was some skepticism ex
pressed when Long Beach Town
Manager Dan L. Walker and Ern
est E. Parker, Jr., came forth
with the idea of the big fox
roundup, but several hundred
hunters and more than three
hundred hounds showed up, the
event had all the makings of suc
cess; for it was a well-known fact
that Oak Island held abnormally
high fox population. More than
two dozen of these animals were
killed and accounted for during
the two-day event.
The Sports Afield picture story
will be of interest not only to
followers of the sport of fox
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ek a 69 year old veteran can
ere. C. T. Beachwood was trav
iterway on the way to his sum
Florida. He did things like this
athlete at the University of
te national pole vault record,
r, was named to an important
ealing with the mortality and
preparatory school was possibly
pers reported their best catch
lade to change the name of the
the Southport Dolphins.
vas announced that there would
Brunswick county that month,
hed.
i as Register of Deeds and S.
of county attorney, each to go
d that phone calls be kept to a
placed on hardwood lumber; a
3t for Dogdoow, a growth that
Head Island; and the campaign
tow in full swing.
i specially made shark fishing
> catch some of the species for
Page Four.)
Nearing Completion
Three Day Holiday
On Tobacco Sales
Small Tract Of
Land Is Sold
The State Board of Education
unanimously voted to sell 3.74
acres of marshland in Brunswick
county located near the Lockwood
Folly River at its meeting in Ra
leigh Thursday.
The board listed the price as
$200, but it will have to be ap
proved by the Council of State.
An offer of $25 an acre was
made by Corbet Vamum, who
wanted to use, the land as an
access route to the river. The
board rejected' the offer and
Board Member John A. Pritchett
of Windsor recommended that the
property be sold for a little more
than double the price offered by
Varnum.
Democrats Will
Hold Big Rally
Saturday, September 22, Is j
Date For Brunswick Coun- j
ty Conclave At Gause j
Landing
Congressman Alton A. Lennon,
Judge Raymond B. Mallard and
Judge Rudolph I. Mintz will be
the feature speakers at the Tenth
Annual Democratic Pish Fry
which will be held Saturday
night, September 22, at D. Bert
Frink’s place, according to Chair
man Kirby Sullivan of the Bruns
wick County Democratic Execu
tive Committee.
“This will be the kick-off. rally
for the fall campaign and Demo
crats from all over the county
as well as the congressional dis
trict are expected to attend”,
Chairman Sullivan stated.
The fish fry will be held from
6 to 7:30 o’clock. After supper
the speakers will be heard.
All Brunswick County Demo
cratic candidates running in the
fall election will be on the pro
gram. District Campaign Chair
man Robert Weinstein of Lum
berton will also be present.
Mrs. H. Foster Mintz of Bo
livia, vice-chairman of county
executive committee, will be at
the meeting. She is now organiz
ing Democratic, women’s clubs
throughout the county.
The fish-fry-rally, which will
be free, will mark the start of a’
seri« of other Democratic rallies
which will be held all over the
county.
■Five State Tobacco Ware
house Association Takes
Action As Result Of Dis
satisfaction Over Prices
All tobacco markets except the
Old Belt will close for three days
beginning Monday, September 17.
The action closing markets for
a three-day holiday was taken at
a meeting in Raleigh Tuesday
night by the five-state Bright
Belt Warehouse association.
The order affects the Border
Belt, Eastern Belt and th<. Mid
dle Belt. It is the first such ac
tion since 1956.
Fred S. Royster of Henderson,
association managing director,
said general dissatisfaction over
prices was the case in point.
, It was his opinion that the
quality of tobacco going on the
floor this season is equal to that
of 1961 but prices are not on a
level with last year’s.
He said the holiday plan was
called, to find out what could be
done about the price situation and
that they would take a second
look after sales resume following
the closing.
The report said nine of the 10
members of the Sales Committee
were present and all favored the
three-day closing. About 20 ware
housemen also attended the meet
ing and applauded the action.
Royster said the Old Belt was
not discussed because that mar
ket has been closed and is sched
uled to reopen next Monday. No j
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American Legion
Post Buys Lot
Commander Of Bellamy
Joyner Post Reports On
Purchase Agreement
The Bellamy-Joyner Post No.
213, Southport, has obtained an
option on approximately nine
tenths of an acre of land as a
site for the post home. In May
the members of the post assess
ed themselves ten dollars each to
pay for the site. The first half
of the assessment was due in
June arid the second half in Aug
ust. Most of the members have
paid their first half and several
have paid ' their second.
In obtaining the option one
half of the cost of the site was
paid with balance due in sixty
days. Commander H. O. Gore is
asking all members to fir.ish pay
ing their assessment soon, so that
the deadline of the option can be
met.
The commander also is asking
all members to attend the post i
meetings each first and third j
Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock.)
• Announcement Made Today
Of Plans For Training
Exercise Which Will Af
fect This Area
The U. S. Army Transportation'
Center, Fort Eustis, Va., will con
duct a series of military maneu-_
vers in the Southport and Sunny
Point Army Terminal area dur
ing the month of October. Bald
Head Island—officially known as
Smith Island—will be used as ’
one of the areas for the exercises.
The troops to participate in the
operations are Regular Army
units of the Transportation Corps.
Included will be a Terminal Bat
talion, Army Harbor Craft Units, -
Terminal Service Units, Beach "
Reconnaissance units, Movement -
Control Trucks and other units ’
and personnel required to accom- -
plish the Army’s vital transporta
tion mission. While it is the gen- -
eral policy of the U. S. Army -
to place as much of its commer- 1
cial type functions with civilian -
industry as practical, the Army *
must nevertheless be prepared to ■
perform its military missions, par- *
ticularly shipping functions, unin ’
terruptedly, both within and with- -
out the continental limits of the I
United States. For this reason, •
there is. a necessity for realistic *
instruction and training for indi- .
viduals and for groups of individ- "
uals—military organizations.
me overall maneuvers will be
under the direction of Major Gen
eral Norman H. Vissering, Com- '
manding General of the U. S. I
Army Transportation Center and -
Fort Eustis, Virginia. Colonel'
James W. Gunn, Commanding Of- •
ficer of the 3rd Transportation
Terminal Training Group, will be •
the principal control and eoordi-'
nation Officer. Upwards of 20.
officers, in addition to officers as
signed to participating units, to
act as “umpires,” will be utilized
to, provide more realism to the
problems. A control and direction
center (headquarters) will be set V
up at Sunny Point Army Termin
al to “run the war.”
A variety of Army Harbor
Craft, boats, landing craft, etc.,
will be employed in the exercises.
These are utilized to deliver per
sonnel, supplies, and equipment
to “hostile shores” over the
beaches, and to provide control;
vehicles to assist in managing
such sensitive and important
functions. Army Harbor Craft"
companies and battali ns are or
ganized, equipped, and trained to
do this job. The beaches of Bald*
Head and the Cape Fear River"
area in the Sunny Point-South-,
port area are excellent locations
for training of units of this type.":
The Terminal Service Com
panies and Battalions are the
Army’s Stevedores. They are
trained, staffed, and equipped to
load and unload ships in termin
als (ports) or in undeveloped port
areas and over the beaches. It is
obvious that the Army’s essential
personnel, supplies, weapons, and
munitions must be transported to
the point of need. The loading
and shipping of these items must
continue without interruption or
interference if the U. S. Army is
to accomplish its national mis
sion of defending the United
States of America against all its
enemies, whomsoever. This train- ‘
ing exercise is to test Terminal
Service Companies in their opera
tions to load and unload and the
transport of Army’s essential
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Tide Table
Following Js the tide
table for Southport during
the wiek. These hours are
approximately correct and
ivere furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot's Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, September 13,
6:40 A. M. 0:56 A. M.
7:17 P. M. 1:12 P. M.
Friday, September 14,
7:34 A. M. 1:44 A. M.
8:08 P. M. 2:04 P. M.
Saturday, September 15,
8:26 A. M. 2:31 A. M.
8:59 P. M. 2:56 P. M.
Sunday, September 16,
9:19 A. M. 3:20 A. M.
9:49 P. M. 3:47 P. M.
Monday, September 17, /
10:12 A. M. 4:09 A. M.
10:42 P. M. 4:40 A. M.
Tuesday, September 18,
11:08 A. M. 4:59 A. M.
11:36 P. M. 5:36 P. M.
Wednesday, September 19,
12:06 A. M. 5:52 A. M.
6:35 P. M.
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