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Volume No. 22
No. 16
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1962
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Shallotte Boy
Honor Received Tuesday
Night By Daniel Gore Of
Troop 506 With Large
Crowd Present
Three youths, two from Colum
bus County, received Scouting’s
highest award, the Eagle, in an
impressive candlelight ceremony
Tuesday night in the county
courthouse.
Scouts Johnny Cole and Noel
Dunivant, Jr., members of Troop
513 in Whiteville, and Daniel Gore
of Troop 506 in Shallotte were
recipients of the much sought
award.
The ceremony was based on
the three points of the scout sign,
the 12 points of the scout law,
and the five ranks that precede
Eagle. Candles, located on stands
symbolizing the different steps,
were lit for each point by fellow
scouts.
As an unidentified voice spoke
from the darkness, Scout Bill
Bacon lit three candles, represent
ing the three duties of all Scouts
—to God and Country, to others,
and to himself. “Every scout
should obey the scout law,” the
voice continued, as Bacon lit 12
candles signifying the 12 points of
the laws—a scout is trustworthy,
loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous,
kind, obidient, cheerful, thrifty,
brave, clean, and reverent.
Bacon passed the candle to
Scout Vinson Bowers. "The first
rank in scouting is the Tender
foot,” the voice said, as Bowers
lit three candles. The voice con
tinued, telling some of the things
a boy must do as he moves up in
rank, as the candles were lit for
the ranks of Second Class, First
Class, Star, and Life.
Stanley Shearin, a former
scoutmaster of Troop 513, gave
the charge and administered the
Eagle Scout oath. Shearin was
leader of the troop for several
years before he was successed by
present scoutmaster- Alex Saun
An escort, made up of Scouts
y? Edward Shearin, Tommy Owens,
£y Joe Floyd, and Eddie Jones, ush
.ff, ered the parents of the recipients
to the stage, where the mothers
carried out the traditional pri
vilege of pinning the Eagle badge
on their sons.
Cole is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
> Continued On Page 2
Receives Eagle
Scout Honors
ANNUAL BAZAAR
The WSCS of Trinity Methodist
Church will hold its annual
bazaar on November 16.
CHANGE IN DATES
The fish fry originally schedul
ed for October 27 at Lebanon
Mill Creek Community Building
has been changed to November 3.
BENEFIT OYSTER ROAST
An old-time oyster roast will
be held Saturday night at Shal
lotte Fire Department Building,
starting at 5:30 o’clock. Proceeds
will go to the Shallotte Volunteer
Fire Department.
RETURN MARKETING CARDS
All tobacco marketing cards
should be returned to the ASCS
office in Shallotte at once, Man
ager Ralph L. Price said this
week. Unless the cards are re
turned, allotments may be re
duced next year.
BAKE SALE
The Episcopal Church Women
will have a bake sale on Satur
day morning beginning at 9
o’clock. It will be held on Moore
Street between the post office
building and Leggett’s Store.
YDC MEETING
The Brunswick county Young
Democrat Club will meet Monday,
at 7:30 p. m. at Bolivia high
school, according to President
Mercer Johnson. Final plans for
registration and absentee ballots
will be made at this meeting,
which will be the final one before
the election.
CEMETERY CLEANING
There will be a cemetery clean
ing at the Griffin Cemetery near
Ash on Tuesday, October 23, ac
cording to Mrs. Julin Gare. “All
having friends or loved ones bu
ried at the cemetery are ask to
come and bring tools to work
with,” Mrs. Gare said. In case of
bad weather, the cemetery clean
ing will be held on Friday, Octo
ber 26.
Eagle Scout Award
HONORED—Daniel Gore, of Shallotte, received
his Eagle Scout award Tuesday night at a Court of
Honor in Whiteviile. His Eagle Scout Badge is being
pinned by his mother as his father watches with
pride. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Allan Gore.—
(Clemmons Photo.) *
Tabor City Site
Annual REA Meet
varied rrogram Planned
For Brunswick Electric
Corporation Members On
Friday
The Brunswick Electric Mem
bership Corporation will hold its
23rd annual membership meeting,
Oct. 19, in Tabor City.
Ernest Tubbs and his Texas
Trubadours, well known country
and western music stars, will be
the featured attraction at the
big meet, slated at the R. C.
Coleman Company 701 By-Pass
warehouse.
The Corporation is a non-profit
organization and is owned and
managed by its members. Each
member has an equal' vote and
all members have equal rights . to
share in the organization’s activi
ties and services. -
Its members total 10,711, in
cluding 9,984 residential. There
are 506 commercial members, and
211 school and churches.
Home office of the organiza
tion is located in Sliallotte. There
is a branch office in Whiteville.
Ten substations are located
'> roughout the cp-op area.
E. D. Bishop is manager. Presi
dent C. D. Branch and vice-presi
dent Dennis Anderson head a list
of eleven directors.
Registration for the Tabor City
the annual affair will officially
get under way at 1:30.
The election of directors and
reports by various officers will be
the highlights of the business
meeting. Other activities on the
afternoon’s agenda will be the
awarding of several hundred dol
lars worth ’ of prizes, including a
grand prize of an automatic frost
free refrigerator.
J. C. Brown, executive manager
of the Tarheel Electric Member
ship Association of Raleigh, will
be the guest speaker,
meeting will begin at noon and
County Income
Is Seventieth
Official Figures Show In
crease In Average Family
Income In Brunswick
Since Year 1949
The average income of a
Brunswick county family is $596
less than the average North
Carolina family income, accord
ing to a report released by the
Department of Agricultural Eco
nomics at North Carolina State.
Brunswick ranks seventieth
among North . Carolina counties
when compaired by average fami
ly incomes. The average family
here earns $2,678 per year, or an
increase of $1,218 since 1949. Ac
cording to the report, 39.3 per
cent of the families here earn
less than $2,000, 30.5 per cent
sarn between $2,000 and $3,999,
L6.8 per cent earn between $4,000
ind $5,999 and only 13.4 per cent
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Preacher
REV. MARK OWENS
Local Minister
To Hold Revival
The Rev. Mark Owen, Pas
tor of Southport Baptist
Church, Will Preach At
Calvary Baptist
The annual fall revival of the
Calvary Baptist church in Shal
lotte will be held Monday, October
22, through Sunday, October 28,
with Rev. Mark Owens as the
guest evangelist, according to
Rev. Joseph L. Lassiter.
Rev. Owens is the pastor of
; the Southport Baptist church. A
native of Whiteville, he is a grad
uate of Mars Hill, Carson-New
man college and the Southeastern
Baptist Theological Seminary in
Wake Forest. He was the pastor
of churches in Bladen county and
Greenville before coming to
Southport nearly three years ago.
The Calvary Baptist church,
one of the newest ones in the
county, is a brick structure of
modern design with complete fur
nishing and appointments. The
church itself has been organized
less than two years.
County Schools
Closed Friday
Teachers From Five Con
solidated Schools Will At
tend NCEA Meeting In
Wilmington
Consolidated schools in five
Brunswick county communities
will be closed Friday because the
40th Annual Convention of the
Southeastern District of the North
Carolina Education Association
(Continued on ifage 4)
Democrats Plan
Speaking Meeting
The second Democratic speak
ing in Brunswick county will be
held at the Winnabow polling
place Saturday night at 7:30
o’clock, according to Chairman
Kirby Sullivan of the County
Democratic Executive Committee.
All party candidates running
in the, general election will be
present and Will speak. In addition,
several well-known Brunswick
Democrats will make ■ speeches.
Other Democratic ■ speakings
have , been scheduled for Wacca
maw on October 27 and at Hick
man’s Crossroads on November
3. A speaking will also be held
at Leland before the general elec
tion.
Sports Fishing
All-Time High
Here Last Week
Fisherman’s Dream Come
True Experienced By The
Charter Boat Parties And
Private Owners
Some of the most fabulous fish
ing in history has been going on
during the past 10 days in the
waters of the Atlantic Ocean off
Southport, both on the shoals and
offshore...
While most of the interest has
centered in bluefish and Spanish
mackerel for inshore parties and
king mackerel for parties who
have done their fishing offshore,
glamour was added to the pic
ture during the past weekend
when two • big sailfish were
brought in.
One was taken Friday by W. E.
Furr while fishing with Capt.
Hoyle Dosher aboard the Idle On
IV. It was a 6-ft-6-inch beauty.
On Sunday R. E. Burns of Char
lotte caught a 6-ft, 8-inch sail
while fishing with Capt. Walter
Lewis aboard the John Ellen.
During the week king mack
erel catches were nmning from
25 to 50 per boat, and the fish
ran from 6 to 10-lbs in weight.
All parties managed to add to
their day’s take by trolling on
! the way to and from the waters
offshore and Spanish mackerel
and bluefish rounded out their
catches.
Some of the charter boats stay
ed on the shoals, and the run of
luck was from 125 to 200 of
these fish for a half-day. Some
of • the bluefish were unusually
large. : . ' ;
The activity at the yacht -basin
during late afternoons was some
thing to behold, and fish were
i unloaded by the tubsful. Most oi
the parties brought garbage cans
partially filled with ice to take
home their catch.
Not all fishing was done aboard
the charter boats, as many small
boat owners took advantage of
the calm waters to get in some
good licks at the bluefish and
Spanish mackerel. Catches up to
100 fish per boat were reported
by these fishermen, who were
here in great numbers.
As is the usual story at this
time of year, good fishing is ex
pected to hold out as long as good
weather lasts.
Shallotte Has
Record Number
Off To School
Academic Program At This
High School Is Regulated
To Give Pre • College
Traiiling
Twenty-five of the 74 seniors
who graduated from Shallotte
High School last year are now in
college as a result of the school’s
college prepara tory curriculum
and guidance program, according
to Principal Winfred Johnson.
Frances D. Hewett, valedictor
ian of the class, is now attending
Queens College in Charlotte; John
Ganus, salutatorian of the class,
the University of North Carolina
in Chapel Hill; Carolyn Edwards,
Miller-Motte in Wilmington; Car
olyn FormyDuval, Appalacnian
State Teachers College in Boone;
Hannah Frink, Wilmington Col
lege; Patricia Galloway, East
Carolina College in Greenville;
Dora Hewett, Campbell College in
Buies Creek; Toy Hewett, Trout
man’s Beauty School in Wilming
ton; Cheryle Jenerette, Wilming
ton College; Dora Milliken, Wil
mington College; Judy Moffitt.
Kings Business College in Char
lotte; Gracie Roberts, Wilming
ton College; Steve Cheers, Miller
Motte Business College; -Garv
Cumbee, Southern Business Col
lege in Atlanta, Ga.; Jimmy Ful
ford, Wilmington College Freddie
Gore, Wilmington College; Thoma
Gore, who made the highest scon
on the college entrance examina
tions, Drexel Institute of Techno
logy in Pa.; Seth Graham, Miller
Motte College; Paul Grooms, Wil
mington College; Kenneth Hew
ett, Wilmington College; Linwood
Lancaster, Wilmington College;
Phil Milliken, Wilmington Col
lege; LeRoy Mintz, Jr., Wilming
ton; Russell Price, Kings Busi
ness College iii Charlotte; Mich
ael Stanley, the University of
North Carolina, and Dale Suggs,
Wilmington College.
Principal Johnson said the col
lege cumcttfam at Shallotte and
the guidance program were re
sponsible *>r the large number
of graduating seniors going on
to further their education.
Starting in the ninth grade, all
students whc have college ability
are urged |o take college prep
courses. In| the freshman year,
these courses consist of Latin I, 1
Algebra I, E iglish I and Health ;
and Physic^ Education. Then a:
student may select a course' in
gehel-ar science, civics, agricul
ture, .of hone economics as his
fifth subject.
In the tenth grade students in
the college} program take Latin
II, AlegbraiH, English II, Biology
and World History. The college
preparatory program continues
through the junior and senior
years at Shallotte high school.
At the present time, the school
is going Jthrough a re-evaluation
program ,i:i an effort to improve
instruction, organization, Curricu
lum and administration at the
school, ^he program consists of
visits to the school by .members
of the Slate Department of pub
lic Instruction in Raleigh to eval
uate the work being done. They
(Continued on Page 4)
Five years ago this week two fish caught by local anglers were
recognized as world records. Leo Dowling caught a 72 pound, 4
ounce black drum while fishing off Bald Head Island with a 20
pound test line. Mrs. Walter Lewis caught a 16 pound hogfish
from the John Ellen.
The fall run of king mackerel and bluefish had arrived. Some
boats caught as high as 60 king mackerel and Capt. Fred Ful
ford reported a catch of 456 bluefish. Tragedy was averted when
Joe Walton of Southport was shot in the head accidentally by his
father while they were squirrel hunting; The wound was not
critical.
Ten years ago this week more than two hundred people were
involved in the exodus of the premises included in the Sunny
Point Army Terminal* Real estate claims were settled for the
more than 100 tracts of land involved in the project. The expanse
of the modern transportation terminal was to cover more than
16,000 acres,, instead of the originally proposed 20,000.
A giant anchor was hauled up in a local shrimp net and was
considered to be a very large catch. The anchor weighed between
eight and ten tons and it was necessary to have the bouy tender
come to place the rusty artifact on dry land.
Fifteen years ago this week a front page picture of Bill Sharpe
and Bill Keziah, Southport’s one man chamber of commerce, ap
peared on the front page. Sharpe was then director of the State
Advertising Bureau.
An angler from this area caught what was classified as a prize
winning red drum. The 40-pound fish was caught by Billy Jenkins
of Wilmington; fall fishing was expected to improve if the
weather remained satisfactory; a picture of Hulan Watts, local
angler, appeared on the front page of the State Magazine. The
photos about Southpcrt in the magazine -were taken by Hugh
{Continued on Page j
Bolivia Homecoming Queen
iitiii
CROWNED—Cheryl Rabon, right, is the new
Homecoming Queen at Bolivia. Hifeh School. She was
crowned during halftime ceremonies Friday night by
School Superintendent John G. Long. Her twin sister,
Gayle Rabon, served as crown-bearer.—(Staff Photo
by Allen.) .
Sunny Point Used
-*
Visitor
*o»«
MAYOR CLIFFORD J. OWENS
Australian Is
At Sunny Point
Visiting Officer Has Oppor
tunity To Observe Opera
tions Carried On At Ter
minal
Major Clifford J. Owens of the
Royal Australian Army Ordnance
Corps is a visitor this week at
Sunny Point Army Terminal.
Major Owens has been in the
United States the past several
months visiting installations
which deal with the manufactur
ing, handling, storing, and sur
veillance of ammunition. . •
While at Sunny Point, Major
Continued On Page 4
State Shell Club
Enjoys Session
State Organization Holds
Fall Meeting At Holden
Beach This Year
•
A discussion of cone shells and
allied groups was held during the
regular fall meeting of the North
Carolina Shell Club at JJoidens
Beach.
Dr. Furgerson of the Univer
CoaUnuea on Page 2
U.S. \rmy Terminal Used
As Staging Area For
Training Operation On
Bald Head Island
■, - * •
Sunny Point Army Terminal
was used as a staging area dur
ing the past weekend for the
1,400 men involved in the maneu
vers that have been in progress
this week at Bald Head Island.
The forces began to arrive ear
ly last week from Fort Eustis,
Va., and the men set up their
tents and assembled their equip- j
ment in an area giving access to
the beach prior to embarkation
Monday morning.
None of the docking facilities
were used, as one objective of
this operation was to determine
how to operate in the event no
port facilities were available on
either encl. ■
Included in the amphibious as
sault were many types of landing
craft, all manned by U. S. Army
personnel; and the proposition
was to establish the feasibility of |
having a Transportation Corps j
unit seize a beach and secure it
against., a hostile force, prelimin
ary to setting up a re-supply op
eration.
“Soldier ' first, technician sec
ond”, became the watchword.
Plans call for the troops to
withdraw from the island Friday,
to reassemble at- Sunny Point
and to depart early next week for
Fort Eustis.
Unless the threat of storm up
sets present plans, it is likely that
Southport residents may have an
opportunity to have a closeup
view of some of the unusual
types of equipment which as been
in use in the area the past few
days.
Leland Junior
Chapter Planned
Preliminary Steps Taken In
Organization Of This Pro
motional Group j
A second meeting to organize |
a chapter of the Junior Chamber
of Comerce in Leland will be held
Thursday night at 8 o’clock at the
Leland Fire Department building.
“The Characteristics and Pur
poses of the Jaycees” will be dis
cussed by Afton’ W. Smith, Jr.
W. A. (Bud) Powell will tell
those present about “State, Na
tional and International Jaycees"
while Southport President H. A. j
Schmidt will talk about the |
“Meaning, Organization and Ob !
jectives of a Local Jaycee Chap- j
Continued On Page 2
Promotion At
Boiling Spring
Lakes Planned
Spectacular Entertainment,
Free Favors, Free Prizes
And Important Events To
Highlight Weekend
The biggest promotion ever un
dertaken in Brunswick county is
slated for Boiling Spring Lakes
this, weekend where several top
priority projects are being com
pleted at the same time.
Included on the list are the
new shopping center, the new club
house, and several projects in
connection with home building.
There will be suitable ceremonies
for each of these events, and in
addition provision has been made .
for a round of entertainment and
activity that will give eevryone,;
old and young alike, something -
to do throughout the three-day'
period. ‘
Dedication of the new shopping •
center will take place Friday mor- I
ning at 11 o’clock when the new •
business operated by Mr. and *
Mrs. James Hufham will be for- -
mally opened. Hazard Reeves, Sr., *
head of Reeves Broadcasting Cor- '
poration, will be the featured -
speaker.
The Boiling Spring Lakes Club -
House and golf course will be ~m
dedicated with a formal program -
Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock. *
Heading the entertainment I
plans will be Ed Hiler, “The Old
Texas Ranger’’, who will give'
shows Friday, Saturday 'and Sun
day. -
Another headline attraction will -
be the Sky-Divers, who will 'stage ]
a show on Saturday at 12 noon •
and again on Sunday at 1:45. *
There will be a water skiing -
show Saturday, starting at 1 p. ]
m. on the big lake.
Of chief interest to the kids ■
will be the spotted pony which -
will be given to some lucky per- "
son- Sunday afternoon. Meanwhile,
there will be free pony rides, free
rides in a miniature stage coach,
free, balloons and other attrac
tions for' the- young people*: * 'f 1
No green fee will be charged
for play on the new golf couris $
during this three-day period, anf
open house will be observed al
the club house.
County Farmers
Get ASC Funds
Total Of $170,823 Paid
Through ASC Office In
Connection With Feed
Grain Program
The Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation office in Shal
lotte has paid 735 Brunswick
county farmers $170,823 to re
tire their feed grain crops this
year, according to Manager Ralph
L. Price.
In cooperation with the 1962
feed grain program, the ASCS
office paid out $3,335 for the re
tirement of barley lands, $11,650
for wheat lands and $155,838 for
feed grain lands.
The 1963 wheat stabilization
program, which was to have gone
into effect Monday, has been de
layed because of a great many
complications. In order to solve
these problems, ASC personnel
will meet in Fayetteville on Fri
day.
After the meeting, farmers will
be notified of their base acreage
and the pay rate per acre.
Continued On Page 4
Tide Table
Following is the tide
tattle for Southport during
the week. These hours are
approximately correct and
were furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot's Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, October 18,
11:41 A. M. 5:25 A. M.
6:11 P. M.
Friday, October 19,
0:11 A. M. 6:20 A. M.
12:38 P. M. 7:10 P. M.
Saturday, October 20,
1:11 A. M- 7:19 A.
1:35 P. M. 8:10 P.
Sunday, October 21,
2:10 A. M. 8:21 A.
2:33 P. M. 9:08 P.
Monday, October 22,
3:08 A. M. 9:19 A.
3:27 P. M. 10:01 P.
Tuesday, October 23,
M.
M.
M.
M.
10:1%
10:50
4:03 A. M.
4:1$ P. M.
Wednesday, October
4:43 A.M. 11:06
5:04 P. M. 11:33