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THE STATE
PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
Volume No. 22
No. 17
10-Pages Today
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1962
5c A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
BARC Comes Ashore
AMPHIBIAN This is a U.S. Army BARC, the largest vessel-vehicle operated
by 4h1Jaxfled services. was one of two engaged in the maneuvers conducted
on Bald Head Island last week by the Transportation Corps, and spent from
Thursday morning until Saturday midnight as a major object of interest on'the
Southport . waterfront.—(Staff Photo bb Allen.)
Youth Drowns
On Bolton Road
On Beach Trip
John Archie Long, III, Dies
In Accident On Lonely
Green Swamp Road Early
Saturday
Tragedy marred ,a weekend
hunting trip by three N. C. State
College students when one, a
junior from Haw River, died af
ter his 1962 Ford convertible
plunged into a canal alongside
NC 211 in the Green Swamp, five
miles south of Bolton, early Sat
V urdayy pinning him underneath dt;
John Archie Long, III, 22,
drowned when the soft-top of the
car collapsed after flipping into
the canal with its wheels upward,
according to Coroner J. B. Long,
Jr. The coroner said no inquest
would be held in the accidental
drowning death.
Checks on the time of the fatal
accident show that it occurred
around 12:30-1 a. m., Saturday.
Both Coroner Long and State
Trooper L. H. Baker estimated
the time of accident as approx
imately 1 o’clock, while a check
on the broken clock in the almost
demolished vehicle showed it
stopped running at 12:29.
Baker said that young Long,
traveling alone, was moving at
excessive speed when the car
went out of control on a curve
and plunged into the 16-foot wide
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CANCELS APPOINTMENT
The Driver License Examiner’s
office at Southport will be closed
Monday due to In-Service Train
ing School being conducted at
Chapel Hill.
WSCS THURSDAY
The W.S.C.S. of Trinity Metho
dist Church will conduct a’ study
course on “Today’s Children for To
morrow’s World” Thursday be
ginning at 5 p. m. '
BARBECUE supper
The Womans Society of . Chris
tian Service of Ocean View
Methodist Church will serve a
barbecue chicken supper Satur
day evening at the church, from
5:30 to 7:30 o’clock. Tickets will
be available at the door.
AT MILL CREEK
Mill Creek Baptist Church,
Winnabow, has set aside Sunday
as the date for members to bring
a love offering to clear the in
debtedness of the church. A fel
lowship hour with dinner on the
grounds will be held after the
morning worship service.
PRACTICE TEACHING
Two Brunswick county students
are among the 162 seniors at
East Carolina College who are
now doing practice teaching in 30
public schools in Eastern North;
Carolina. Gene Douglas Jones of
Route 1, Ash, is teaching math
at Ayden high school and Phoebe
D. Russ of Longwood is teaching
the fifth grade at the Wahl
Coates Laboratory School on the
East Carolina campus.
Storm Cuts Army
Maneuvers Short
Operation Smith Island Ob-:
served By Capt. C. N.
Swan, Who Knows Island
Better Than Any Other
Man
“I sav; thing's on Bald Head Is
land last week that I never ex
pected to see in this world.”
That was the way Capt. Char
lie Swan, 89-year-old Southport
resident, described the U. S.
Army Transportation Corps train
ing mission - on. Smith. .Island this
morning. Capt. Swan, who lived
on the island for 30 years while
he served in the U. S. Lighthouse
Service, together with Mrs. Swan
and his son, Reece, who is care
taker of the island property of
Frank Sherrill, were civilian ob
servers during the three-day op
eration.
The maneuvers had been plan
ned to extend through the entire
week, but when hurricane ad
I visories started coming in from
the Miami Weather Bureau, a de
cision was made to withdraw the
1,400 troops and the large force
of amphibious equipment.
This was carried out Tuesday
night, and by daylight Wednes
day only one vessel remained.
Capt. Swan and his folks came
back to the mainland before noon
Wednesday. Even though the full
force of the hurricane passed well
off-shore, Capt. Swan said that
the sea had become very rough
by Wednesday morning, due to
heavy ground swells. The last
loading operation was carried out
on the river side of the island,
he said.
"I wouldn’t of missed it for
anything”, Capt. Swan declared
emphatically when asked what he
thought of the mock invasion. He
loved Bald Head Island and
knows it better than any living
man, and in answer to the ques
tion of what effect the maneu
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Leland Marine
Dies In Wreck
Glen Tyler Dies Thursday
Of Injuries Sustained In
Automobile Accident
A 22-year-old Leland Marine
died early Thursday from injuries
he received in a two car collision
in Onslow county Wednesday.
Glenn Tyler received the fatal
injuries when the . car he was rid
ing in with Sidney H.' Blanken
ship, 24, of Camp Lejeune went
out of control while being driven
at a high rate of speed at 9:20
p. m. Wednesday at Holly Ridge
on US 17. The car skidded 178
feet broadside before crashing
into a car being driven by Law
rence Russell Gulley, 29, of the
Jacksonville Marine Corps Air
Station. Both cars were demolish
ed.
All four Marines were taken to
the U. S. Navy Hospital at Camp
Lejeune where Tyler died early
Thursday morning.
Funeral services for Tyler were
held Sunday at the Leland Bap.
tist church with the Rev. Gar
land Bordeaux officiating. Burial
followed in the church cemetery
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Superior Court
In Session Here
Three divorces were grant
ed as Brunswick County Su
perior court opened .its civil
term in Southport Monday
with Judge Leo Carr presid
ing.
~ Richard D. Hancock was
granted a divorce "from Dora
Drew Hancock, Stanley L.
Rogers from Sadie Mae Rog
ers and Dolorise Budkofsky
from Harold Budkofsky.
The court is expected to
adojurn by the end of the
week.
Brunswick Town
Topic Of Talks
Archaeologist Stanley South
Will Be On Program In
Alabama Early Next
Month
Brunswick Town will be the
subject of two different talks by
Archaeologist Stanley A. South
at the Third Annual Conference
on Historic Site Archaeology
which will be held in Moundville,
Alabama, on Thursday, November
1.
During the morning session of
the conference, South will talk
about “Interpreting the Bruns
wick Town Ruins”. “Some Notes
on Bricks” will be the title of
his afternoon speach.
Archaeologist South was one
of the founders of the Conference
on Historic Site Archaeology
three years ago.
Smith will also present a paper
on Brunswick Town at the East
ern States Archaeological'Federa
tion meeting in Athens, Georgia,
on November 10. This paper will
be about the research Smith has
been doing in connection with
smoking pipes and ceramic types.
Methodists To
Conduct Revival
The Rev. Cyrus Hutcherson
Of Wilmington Will Be
Guest Minister For Next
Week Services
Revival services, will begin
Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock
at Trinity Methodist Church, with
services to continue each evening
through Friday.
Rev. Cyrus Hutcherson, pastor
of Devon Park Methodist Church
in Wilmington, will be the guest
preacher. The Rev. Mr. Hutcher
son served as a chaplain in World
War II with two years in the
South Pacific, served as Louis
ville Conference evangelist for
twelve years and has served pas
torates in Tampa, Florida, and
Memphis, Tennessee. He is a
graduate Of Asbury College and
Asbury Theological Seminary in
Wilmore, Kentucky.
The public is cordially invited
t6 Attend these services.
Halloween Help
Goes To UNICEF
From This Town
Trick Or Treat Will Have
More Serious Meaning In
Southport This Halloween
Southport children will devote
their Halloween fun to a construc
tive purpose when they wear the
masks of witches and goblins,
skeltons and spacemen on Wed
nesday night, Octaber 31, to
erase the more fearful masks of
hunger and disease from the faces
of millions of the world’s needy
children whose hope rests with
UNICEF, the United Nations
Children's Fund.
The local phase of the nation
wide UNICEF Trick or Treat pro
gram will be sponsored by South-,
port P. T. A. The children will
go out in groups under the super
vision of adults and teenagers.
Collection areas have been map
ped out, and no doorbell should
ring more than once for UNICEF
except by mistake.
Children will gather at the
Southport School immediately
after the costume parade. They
will -be given their containers and
be assigned' their block at that
time.
• Tnck or Treaters sharing their
fun with less fortunate children
in other parts of the world will
be officially identified by a stick
er and tag showing the silhouette
of a mother and child in black on
an orange background. Only
bearers of this identification are
authorized to collect "treats” of
coins for UNICEF.
Following the collection, a party
will be held at each church for
their children.
Last fall, about three million
American boys and girls in some
11:000 communities Trick or
Treated for UNICEF and raised
$2 million.
“We want to have our share
in an even more successful pro
gram this year,” Mrs. Susie Car
son said. “For one dollar,
UNICEF supplies 17 hungry child
ren with a daily glass of milk tot \
a>—«rontlr. One dollar can also
mean the vaccine to protest 10f>
children from tuberculosis, or the
insecticides to protect eight child
ren from malaria for a year.”
Scholarship Aid
At N. C. State
Talent For Service Is Name
Of Scholarships Being
Offered For North Caro
lina Students
In order to aid talented North
Carolina students train in any
field of study offered at N. C.
State College, Talent For Service
Scholarships are now being offer
ed by the School, according to
Superintendent John Long.
The chief purpose of the finan
cial aid program at the college is
to help superior students achieve
an education which might be
denied them because of insuffi
cient resources.
Any graduate of a No -t.h Caro
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State Fair Booth
HOSTESSES^—Cheryl Rogers, left, Miss Brunswick County, and Lois Jane Sel-.
lers, right, were hostesses at the Boiling Spring Lakes booth last week in the
Commercial Building at the N.C. State Fair in Raleigh. Thousands of North Caro
linians had an opportunity to leam about Brunswick county in general, and
Boiling Spring Lakes in particular, as they visited this attractive display. Both
Miss Rogers and Miss Sellers are employed at the business office at Boiling
Spring Lakes.—(Staff Photo by Allen.)
King Mackerel
Catches Start
Following Ella
Off-Shore Trips By Local
Charter Boats Indicate
Some Of Best Late Fall
Fishing In Years
King mackerel catches reach
ed, the peak attained prior to
last week's threat from Hurricane
Ella when the three Idle-On char
ter boats of the Watts fleet had
a combined catch of 124 of these
fish Tuesday.
These boats had been charter
ed by Hunt M. Whitehead of
Chatham, Va., and came in with
the following results: Capt. Basil
Watts had 42, Capt. H. A.
Schmidt had 41 and Capt. Hoyle
Dosher had 41.
Out the same day with Gene
Kelly and party from Kingsport,
Tenn., Capt. Fred Fulford report
ed a catch of 35 king mackerel.
There appears to be little doubt
that catches of these fish will be
good as long as favorable weath
er holds out. Based on experience
of other years, it is even likely
that the daily catch of these fish
may go even higher before winter
weather sets in.
Fishing on the shoals is an
other matter. Thus far the water
has been muddy "following the
storm, and no good catches of
bluefish and Spanish mackerel
have been reported. Prior to the
storm, even small boats going out
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TIME and TIDE
Twenty five years ago this week there was a picture of the U.S.S.
Blue, a Navy destroyer that recently passed through the South
port harbor enroute to Wilmington. The craft was brought safely
into port by local pilot Bill Styron.
Joseph Rourk, a Brunswick native, was named head of the Wil
mington Police department; a minor clean-up campaign was star
ted in Southport. A few of the weather beaten houses were re
ceiving a new paint job; the third anniversary of Camp Sapona
here in Southport was observed.
Twenty years ago this week a local boy away in service in the
Solomon Islands in the South Pacific survived the sinking of the
ship on which hS was a crew member. The destroyer U.S.S. Lit
tle, was sunk, and after spending hours in the water he was res
cued by another passing U.S. ship.
A Shallotte boy was on board the aircraft carrier Wasp when
the craft was last heard from; a telephone call to board head
quarters had made it possible for the local ration board to clean
its retread files.
Fifteen years ago this week, Sheriff John G. White had died
suddenly and W. M. Stanaland had been named to fill this office. 1
After a local survey, it was decided that the two things that 1
Southport needed most were a hotel and a yacht basin. Also giv- s
en was the opinion of a local charter boat captain who thought 1
that the fishion rodeos to be held here in the future would c
never be a success without these accommodations. *
Ten years ago this week fishing for the coming month of No- £
vember was prediced to be one of the finest ever here, based 11
upon the first fishing reports. Catches of king mackerel in excess r
of fifty and catches of bluefish ovev 200 were already heing re- j
ported. Excluding the possibility of stormy weather, the abun- i
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Boiling Springs
Has Big Weekend
Hurricane Ella
Misses This Area
Hurricane created a great
deal of apprehension among
Brunswick county residents
on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday of last week—but
nothing more.
This big and dangerous
tropical storm had appeared
at one time to be heading in
this direction, but cooling
temperatures caused it to
veer to the northeast and
out to sea, leaving the North
Carolina coast unscathed.
Since the storm had
stretched over such a wide
area, it had been feared that
heavy winds, and probably
some rain, would result; but
there was no cause for alarm.
Winds on Thursday reached
gale force, and storm warn
ings were flown by the U. S.
Weather Bureau. On Friday
and Saturday the weather
was calm again.
Democrats Will
Hold Meetings
Congressman Alton A. Len
non Will Speak Saturday
Night At The Waccamaw
School
Congressman Alton Lennon will'
make the feature talk at a Demo
cratic Speaking at Waccamaw
Saturday night at 7:30 and three
more party rallies will be held
before the general election, ac
cording to Chairman Kirby Sulli
van of the Democratic Executive
Committee.
Other county Democrats and
:andidates will appear with Con
gressman Lennon at the Wacca
naw rally.
On Thursday night a Demo
;ratic speaking will be held at
3hallotte Village at D. E. Tripp’s
dace. Leading Brunswick coun
y Democratic will take part in.
he program, which starts at
':30.
A Democratic rally will be
teld at Bolivia high school Mon
lay night at 7:30 o’clock. All
he local candidates will be pres
snt and will speak.
Following this meeting the
Jemocratic Women’s group will
neet ip a short business session,
.nd the Young Democratic Club
vill do the same. This will be to
ispose of matters peculiar to
hese two organizations.
John J. Burney, who leaves his
ost as district solicitor in Jan- ,
ary, will make the main speech ■
t a rally at Hickman’s Cross
oads on Saturday night, Novem- j
er 3, at 7:30. All part candidates i
unning in the general election ■
vill' be present. 1,
Dedication Of New Club
House, Opening Of New
Shopping Center And
Other Feature Events
>v '
An estimated 25,000 persons
visited Boiling Spring Lakes dur
ing the big three-day promotion
which included attractions design
ed to appeal to people of all ages.
Perhaps the peak crowd was
assembled Sunday afternoon when
the Skydivers put on the second
of their two shows and while Ed
Hiler was still performing his
western tricks to the delight of
young and old. The Wells Fargo
Stage Coach, free pony rides, not
to mention the drawing for the
pony, bridle and saddle also help
ed to pack them in.
During the afternoon there was
a round of visitors at the model
home, the home under construc
tion and at Boiling Spring Lakes
Country Club. The weather dur
ing the three-day event was per
fect, and people took advantage
of it to get out of doors in family
groups, with something for every
member to. find interesting.
Among these was a plan for
free greens fees on the nine-hold
golf course which a large number
of visiting golfers found both
beautiful and interesting to play.
The day before a water skiing
group from Southport braved the
chill to put on a water show near
the dam on the big lake.
. The country club was dedicated
Saturday during ceremonies in
the- lounge-dining room of the
$83,000 building. Hazard E.
Reeves, Sr., developer of foiling
Spring Lakes, was' the feature
speaker. He told the gathering
about plans to beautify, the golf
course. Already, he said, more
than $3 million have been spent
in developing the Boiling Spring
Lakes area.
Club President James Prevatte
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Democrats Plan
District Rally
State Treasurer Edwin Gill
Will Be Principal Speak
er At Lumberton Meeting
On October 30
The Seventh Congressional dis
trict Democratic rally for 1962
will be held in Lumberton, Tues
day evening, Oct. 30.
The meeting will be held at the
Lumberton armory, located at
the corner of Cedar street and
'he Elizabethtown highway. A
aarbeque dinner will be served at
r p. m. with the program start
ng promptly at 8 p. m.
Governor Terry Sanford, mem
bers of the council cf state, the
state's two U. S. senators, and
itate Democratic party officials
vill attend.
The principal address will be
nade by State Treasurer, Edwin
Jill. Gill is a native and legal
•esident of Scotland county of
his district.
Tabor City Is
Scene Of REA
Annual Meeting
Crowd Estimated At 3,500
Attends Annual Meeting
Held In Tabor City On
Friday Afternoon
The Brunswick Electric Mem
bership corporation hosted ap
proximately 3,500 persons Friday
at Tabor City in its annual meet
ing.
Those attending Heard reports
from officials, singing by Ernest
Tubbs and his Texas Troubadours
and had a chance to visit with •
friends and neighbors.
One of the highlights of the
session was the naming of the'
annual essay contest winners. •
First place went to Thomas Gore *
of Nakina and son of Mr. and ^
Mrs. Albert Gore. He received a •
$30 cash prize. Second place went I
to Patricia Lewis of Bolivia and -
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne "
Lewis of Leland R2. She received I
a $20 second prize and a $10 *
cash award for being first in her I *
school. Third place went to John -
Ganus of Shallotte and son of l
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis F. Ganus. -
He -was awarded a $10 cash *
award and also a $10 cash award -
for first place in his school.
Corporation President C. D. I
Branch of Evergreen reviewed the t
duties of the board of directors. ~
He pointed out that the board is "
not salaried and added “Our *
Brunswick REA is now of age -
and it must play its part in the
power industry of today.” He I
said that the local co-op will -
meet its obligation in the expand- ‘
ing rural economy.
General Manager E. D. Bishop '
noted that the local REA began -
in 1939, “And has shown a steady ‘
growth each year, in people serv- I
ed, plant facilities and equity”. ■
He said the annual report for 1
1962 shows no changes. -
Bishop reported that during thej
past year, 550 new service con
nections were added bringing the
total to 11,227. He said crews had
approximately 4,000 service and
1,000 trouble calls during the pre
vious year and that during the
course of a month some 23,000
pieces of mail is distributed from
the business office.
He compared the 1939 begin
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Mrs. Duttie Is
man’* Club Will Be Head*
ing District 11 Of N. C4
Federation
Mrs. Johnnie D. Duffie, presi-'
dent of the Southport Woman’s
Club, has been eelcted president r
of the 11th District for the North
Carolina Federation of Women's
Clubs.
The 11th District is comprised
of Sampson, Duplin, Pender, New
Hanover and Brunswick counties.
There are 10 senior woman’s clubs
and four junior woman’s clubs.
In addition, there are two sub
junior clubs, which are not fed
erated. i
Mrs. Duffie is now serving her
third term as president of the
Southport Woman’s Club. She will
assume the duties of her new of
fice following the annual meet
ing of the State Federation next
spring.
The new district secretary is
Mrs. A. E. Huntley, also of South
port.
District
President Of Southport Wo*
I
Tide Table
Following Is the tide
table for Southport during
tuu wcclt. Thsss 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 25,
5:37 A. M. 11:52 A. M.
5:46 P. M.
Friday, October 26,
6:19 A. M. 0:13 A. M.
6:26 P. M. 12:36 P. M.
Saturday, October 27,
6:57 A. M. 0:52 A. M.
7:03 P. M. 1:17 P. M.
Sunday, October 28,
7:34 A. M. 1:28 A. M.
7:39 P. M. 1:57 p, m.
Monday, October 29,
S:08 A. M. 2:04 A. M.
5:12 P. M. 2:36 P. M.
Tuesday, October 30,
5:42 A. M. 2:38 A. M.
3:44 P. M. 2:15 A. M.
Wednesday, October 31,
9:15 A. M. 3:13 A. M.
948 P. M. 3:55 P. M.