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THE STATE PORT PILOT
Volume No. 22
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
No. 21
10-Pages Today
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The Pifot Covers
Brunswick County
SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1962
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Open House Saturday
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P1PE"—The Shallotte National Guard Unit
i o d ^P®1} house Saturday in their new armory
building at Shallotte. The public is invited to in
spect the building and the weapons used by the
guardsmen.
I Production Rate
jj Cited As Reason
I For Weed Crisis
- ASC Office Manager Ralph
Price Points To Increase
In Pounds Per Acre
Brunswick county tobacco far
mers produced 25% per cent
more .tobacco per acre in 1962
than the previous five years and
22% per cent more per acre than
produced in 1958, the previous all
time high, according to Manager
Ralph L. Price of the Agricultur
al Stabilization and Conservation
■| Service in Shallotte.
j*“It is becoming plain that acre
age controls alone will not con
trol production”, Manager Price
said in looking over the statis
" tics.
In 1958, the average per acre
yield of tobacco in Brunswick
county was 1695 pounds; in 1959,
1634; in 1960, 1689 and in 1961,
1639 pounds. The tentative aver
age for 1962 has been computed
at 2180 pounds per acre.
The 1962 tentative average is
485 pounds per acre above the
previous all time high of 1695
pounds in 1958. It is also 556
pounds above the 1957-1961 five
year average of 1624 pounds per
acre.
“If all other tobacco producing
counties increased production in
1962 at the same rate as Bruns
wick, this talk of a cut in acre
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NEXT WEEK’S PAPER
The next issue of The State
Port Pilot will go to press Tues
day, November 20. This is in an
effort to give all employees a full
holiday for Thanksgiving.
LIONS CLUB
The regular meeting of the
Southport Lions Club will be held
Thursday evening at 6:30 o’clock
in the Community Building.
EXTEND DATE
The final seeding date on win
ter cover crops has been extend
ed to November 30, according t<J
Manager Ralph Price of the ASC
office in Shallotte.
POSTPONE BAZAAR
The Women of St. Philips
Episcopal Church are postponing
their annual Bazaar until Decem
ber 7. It will be held in the Par
rish House from 10 until 5
o’clock.
CHURCH BAZAAR
The WSCS of Trinity Methodist
church will hofd their bazaar on
Friday starting at 9:30 o’clock
in the Leggett’s Appliance Build
ing. Lunch will be served and
home made fruit cake will be
sold.
ENLIST IN NAVY
Master Chief Petty Officer
Dale D. Cunningham, Navy re
cruiter for the Brunswick Coun
ty area, announces that Craig
M. Caster, Jr., and Robert Earl
Russ, both of Southport, have
been enlisted in the United States
Navy and are presently in San
Ihego, California for basic train
ing.
National Guard
Has Open House
Shallotte National Guard
Unit Will Observe Open
House Saturday Afternoon
Of This Week
As part of a recruiting cam
paign, the Shallotte National
Guard will observe open house
at the Armory Saturday after
noon, according to Captain Wil
ton K. Allen, battery commander.
The entire Shallotte unit will
be present in uniform in order
to show visitors .around the Ar
mory. Weapons used by the
Guard will also be on display.
“All citizens of Brunswick
county are invited to visit the
Armory during open house.” Cap
I tain Allen stated.
Sufficient personnel will be
present to explain the benefits of
the National Guard to prospective
members and to enlist anyone
interested who can meet the quali
ications.
The National Guard is interest
ed in enlisting prior servicemen,
[ men out of school who have not
i completed their military obligation
and high school seniors. Seniors
will be deferred from six-months
active duty until June.
“We are particularly interested
in enlisting men who can qualify
for state OCS and regular Army
OCS for reserve personnel to be
come officers in the National
Guard”, Captain Allen said when
asked about the programs offer
ed by the Guard.
Prominent Lady
Dies In Hospital
Mias Margaret McNeill
Tomlinson Was Resident
Of Long Beach; Funeral
Services Thursday
Miss Margaret McNeill Tom
linson of Long Beach died un
expectedly Tuesday afternoon in
Dosher Memorial hospital.
She was bom in Fayetteville in
1886. During her early life she
was active in business circles and
served for many years as secre
tary to Dr. Frank Highsmith, Sr.,
founder of Highsmith Hospital.
She was a life long member of
the First Baptist church in Fay
etteville, and was active in the
DAR, UDC and Business, and
Professional Women's clubs.
Miss Tomlinson and her sister,
the late Sallie Tomlinson, built
and occupied the first cottage on
the oceanfront at Long Beach
during the late 30's. This cottage
was later remodeled into a year
round home before it was de
stroyed by Hurricane Hazel. They
were among the first to rebuild
on Long Beach after the hurri
cane.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs.
Carl W. Watkins, Sr.; a brother,
I. R. Tomlinson of Warren,
Michigan; and several nieces and
nephews including Eugene Tom
linson and Carl Watkins, both of
Southport.
Funeral services will be held
in Cross Creek Cemetery in Fay
etteville at 2:30 o’clock Thursday
afternoon with the Rev. Louis S. i
Sains officiating. Burial will fol- j
low in the church cemetery. I
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Governor Sanford
Is County Visitor
Governor Terry Sanford
was a visitor in Brunswick
county Sunday evening when
he spent the evening at Boil
ing Spring Lakes Country
Club. A few Brunswick coun
ty friends were there to en
tertain him following his ap
pearance on the Veterans
Day program in Wilmington.
There was some talk about
the ferry project, and un
official information is that
the governor spoke optimisti
cally about this proposition.
Union Service
Planned Here
Protestant Churches Will
Sponsor Union Thangsgiv
ing Observance At St.
Phillips
On next Wednesday evening at
7:30 o’clock there will be a Union
Thanksgiving Service in St.
Philip’s Episcopal Church. This
will be a combined service for all
the .Protestant Churches of
Southport and the Rev. Edward
Jordan, of the Episcopal Church,
will be che host minister. The
Rev. Drayton Cooper, of the
Presbyterian Church, will read
the Old Testament lesson; the
Rev. Charles Lancaster, of the
Methodist Church, will read the
New Testament lesson; and the
Rev. Mark Owens, of the Baptist
Church, will preach on the sub
ject “Forget Not To Give
Thanks’’.
“In large measure”, the Rev.
Mr. Jordan said this week, “the
church exists to be an instru
ment through which people can
give thanks to God for His ever
lasting love and mercy toward
mankind. Aware of its nature,
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Plans Continue
For CD Training
Self-Help Medical Training
Classes Will Be Conduc
ted At Supply Starting
Next Week
The Civil Defense Self-help
Medical Care Class will start
Monday at the Agricultural
Building in Supply, reports John
G. Long, Training Officer of Civil
Defense for Brunswick County.
Classes will begin at 7:30 p. m.
and will be held each week at
the same time and place until 12
classes have been held and grad
uated.
According to Civil Defense Di
rector A. S. Knowles, other class
es can be scheduled in other parts
of thg county after the first one
or two have been held as out
lined above. The first class will
consist of a few leaders from
each school distinct who will be
willing to help with a similar se
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Historical Group
Holds Quarterly
Session Monday
C. B. Berry Of Crescent
Beach Traces History Of
Several Brunswick Coun
ty Families
The Brunswick County Histor
ical Society met Monday night in
the Parrish House of Sacred
Heart Catholic Church in South
port, and speaker was C. B.
Berry of Crescent Beach.
During the business the follow
ing slate of officers was reelected
for the coming year: Mrs. M. H.
Rourk, president; Mrs. J. A. Mc
Neil, vice-president; Miss Helen
Taylor, secretary-treasurer; Mrs.
Harry Mintz and Mrs. Edwin
Taylor, program committee; and
the Rev. 'A. H. Phillips and R. V.
Asbury, directors.
The members heard Asbury
speak about the importance of
adding to the membership in or
der that efforts of the organiza
tion might be expanded, and he
also spoke of the desirability of
producing some kind of historical
phamplet or booklet for general
distribution. He also reported a
brisk demand for placemats
dipicting historical scenes in
Brunswick county.
Hal Reeves was a visitor at the
meeting and expressed an inter
est in establishing a museum at
some central point in Brunswick.
He suggested that Boiling Spring
Lakes might be a suitable loca
tion for such a building, and the
association expressed an interest
in following up on this matter.
The speaker was presented by
Mrs. Mintz, and he spent an in
teresting period tracing the his
tory of some of the families of
Southeastern Brunswick county.
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Continue Search
For Young Girl
In Leland Area
Two-Day Search For Nude
Girl Continues Through
Second Day Without Any
Success
Search for a nude young girl
in the woods of the Leland sec
tion of Brunswick county con
tinued through the second day,
but late this afternoon law en
forcement officers and volunteer
helpers had no clue to her identy
or her whereabouts.
The search was touched off
early Tuesday morning when Mrs.
Carmelita Ganey reported that
she had seen a small, blond girl
jump from a station wagon which
had stopped behind a school bus
and escape two persuing men as
she ran into the woods near Stur
geon Creek.
Mrs. Ganey said that the girl
was slightly built and appeared
to be 10 or 11 years old. She said
that she called to the child, and
that when she did the girl fled
into the woods. That was the
scene of te search Tuesday, Tues
day night and Wednesday.
This involved not only a small
army of law enforcement officers
and volunteers, but the use of
bloodhounds and even aerial ob
servation.
ine temperature dipped to the
low thirties in this area this
morning, meaning that any un
clothed person would have spent
a miserable night in the woods.
A check was made of the
schools in Brunswick and adjoin
ing counties, but there was no
report of a missing girl which
might shed any light on the case.
The only clue uncovered thus far
were three bare footprints in the
soft earth of the swamp.
In addition to Brunswick sher
iff’s department, under Sheriff E.
V. Leonard, other groups partici
pating in activities at the search
areas include:
Winnabow Volunteer pre De
partment;, cm! Air
eral Point and Wilmington,
Wrightsville Beach Police Depart
ment, and the Coast Guard unit
there, Wilmington Police Depart
ment, Pender County Rescue
Squad, New Hanover County Res
cue Squad, Elizabethtown Rescue
Unit, Citizens’ Band group, New
Hanover Sheriff’s Department,
Salvation Army, Leland Volun
teer Fire Department and numer
ous individuals.
Lennon Plans
County Visits
The Congressman Announ
ces Visitation Plans For
Next Few Weeks In Dis
trict
Congressman Alton Lennon,
who plans a thorough visitation
of his Seventh District between
the time Congress adjourns and
the end of the year, will be in
Brunswick county on November
20 and 21 in order to discuss the
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TIME and TIDE
Twenty-five years ago this week a badly listing freighter en
route from Texas to Maine pulled into the Southport harbor to
correct the problem. The ship was carrying approximately 3,600
tons of sulphur. After lying at anchor in the harbor awaiting the
lifting of a heavy fog, the freighter then proceeded on to Wil
mington for necessary repairs to her damaged hull.
Interest was already mounting in anticipation of the fishing
roadeo scheduled to be held here the following spring. Plans were
announced hy the local Civic Club; at a Wilmington meeting of
the Carolina Yacht Club plans were made for the yacht races to
be held in the local harbor the next summer.
Twenty years ago this wee the war was showing its effect
on the yacht travel along the Inland Waterway. The time of year
for the yachts to pass had already passed, and not one yacht
had been through here on its way south. This was far from the
annual average of three hundred craft that normally passed
through the Southport waterfront.
A front page photo showed Robert B. Thompson and W. L.
Styron, two members of the Cape Fear Pilots Association. Both
were serving in the seafaring divisions of the armed services. The
latest rationing action by the war department had been a limit
on the number of miles that a motorist could travel.
Fifteen years ago this week building funds had been raised by
the PTA members of the Brunswick County Training School for
the construction of a new building to be used for educational pur
poses. This marked a milestone in the Progress of the school
located here in Southport. :.(.
In the first round of the 1947-1948 cage season, the Bolivia
girls beat the locals by a score of 21-12, after leading by a score
of 12-1 at halftime. However' ttie Bolivia; boys fell to the local
five by the high score of 16-15 after the Southport boys held an
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Revival Services
At Bethel Baptist
The Rev. R. T. Greene Will j
Be Guest Preacher At j
Church Near Southport
Next Week
Bethel Baptist Church, South
port, announces revival services
beginning Sunday morning at 11
o’clock and continuing through
Friday, Nov. 23. Night services
will begin at 7 o’clock and mor
ning services will be conducted
at 10 o’clock on Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Friday.
Guest evangelist will be the
Rev. R. T. (Tom) Greene who is
now working with the Baptist
State Convention of North Caro
lina as Secretary of Christian
Education Advance. The Rev.
Mr. Greene is a native of North
Carolina, having been bom in
Vance County. He is a graduate
of Wake Forest College and the
Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary. He has had wide and
varied experience in the field of
Christian Service and has pastor
ed churches in North Carolina,
Indiana and Kentucky. The Rev.
Mr. Greene has served as Asso
ciational Missionary to the West
Chowan and Cabarrus Associa
tion, both located in North Caro
lina. He is also a frequent contribu
tor to the Baptist periodicals of
the Southern Baptist and State
Baptist Convention. At one time
he wrote a Biblical series for a
chain of weekly newspapers in
North Carolina and in 1963 re
ceived a citation for “Distinct Con
tribution in the Field of Church
Writing.”
The Rev. Mr. Greene is no
stranger to the Baptist of Bruns
wick County, and the membership
of Bethel Church wishes to make
this public invitation to his many
friends in this area to attend
these services.
No Changes Result
From Vote Canvass
Ports Authority
Members Coming
' * * Severs*‘ ■
State Ports Authority will he
in Southport Sunday, includ
ing Chairman John M.’
Reeves.
Others scheduled to be here
for the meeting are Ed Rich
ards, acting director; William
G. Clark, Jr., vice-chairman
of the authority; James F.
Latham and Louis S. Ficklen,
members of a sub-committee
named last year to study the
port potential at Southport.
Also scheduled to meet
with these men is Henry
Von Ossen, consulting en
gineer of Wilmington.
Utility Charges
Cash Proposition
City Manager C. D. Picker
rell Points Out That No
City Employee Has Right
To Change Policy
No employee of the city oi
Southport has the authority to
act on his own in the matter of
extending credit beyond the final
due date of a water or electric
account, according to City Man
ager C. D. Pickerrell.
“Ever so often it becomes nec
essary to call to the attention of
the public the importance of
meeting the payments of their
water and electric accounts be
fore the close of business .the
25th of the month,” City Manager
Pickerrell said.
On the ■ statement card sent
out each month, there appears in
the upper left hand comer a
full and complete explanation of
the time limit for the payment
of the account. “Accounts become
due the 15th of the month. If
not paid by the 25th they are
subject to being discontinued”.
“Many customers wait until the
morning of the 26th to phone
the auditors office and ask for
several days more extension and
this often occurs after the cut
off list has been given to the
workmen”, he said.
“Others come in on the mor
ning of the 26th and offer the
auditor a post dated check. AU
of which causes confusion and
ill feeling in many cases.”
Several years ago the proce
dure of paying the light and
water accounts was drawn up and
ssablished by the mayor and
ooard of aldermen. This pro
3edure has not been changed and
s in full force and effect as of
:oday. No employee of the city
ias the authority to act on his
>wn in the matter of extending
:redit beyond the final due date
)f the water and electric ac
tuate.
*Some Changes Made In
Vote Totals But Demo
crat Candidates Still Re
I main As Winners
Nearly' six thousand Brunswick
county voters went to the polls
Tuesday to eltot. all Democratic
candidates for state and county
offices by majorities ranging
from 13 to; 1,117, according to
final returns released by Chair
man H. Foster Mintz of the
Brunswick County Board of Elec
tions.
Congressman Alton Lennon led
the state Democratic ticket which
swept 29 candidates into office.
All six constitutional amend
. ments were defeated • by large
majorities although they carried
on the state level.
It was only on the township
level that a Republican won and
he had no opposition.
On the (county level, James C.
Bowman, who was unopposed, re
ceived 3,512 votes for Solicitor of
the Eighth District. Ray H. Wal
ton received 3,944 and Carl
Meares 3,108 while Republican
Warren H. Coolidge got 2,284 in
the race for the State Senate.
Odell Williamson defeated J.
Rogie Evans for the State House
of Representatives by a vote of
3,407 to 2,601.
W. J, McLamb received 3,539
votes to 2,537 for M. Thurston
Hughes in the race for judge of
Recorder court. Sheriff E. V.
Leonard remained in office by de
feating Harold Willetts by 3,311
to 2891. Lowell B. Bennett re
ceived 3515 votes in defeating
J. Ellsworth Reynolds, who got
2398, for coroner. J. E. Brown
defeated Lester Walton for the
office of clerk of Superior court
by a vote of 3481 to 2599.
In the race for County Com
missioners, Dillon L, Ganey re
ceived 3153, R. L. Rabon 3086, F.
Herbert Swain 2923, Ira L. Chad
wick, the high vote getter, 3186
and D. B. Frink 3141. The Repub
lican losers included C. W. Knox
2811, Dan Harrelson 2810, J. B.
Sermons 2643, A. W. Bradsher
2691 and C. Floyd King 2678.
Swain’s 13 vote victory over
Harrison was the closest race in
the county.
Congressman Lennon defeated
James E. Walsh, Jr., by 3699 to
2318. Senator Sam J. Erwin, Jr.,
won reelection by receiving 3633
votes to 2281 for Claude E.
Green, Jr., Edwin S. Lanier was
elected to the office of insurance
commissioner over Claude E.
Billings, Jr., by a vote of 3574
to 2279.
Emery B. Denney defeated
Lewis P. Hamlin for the office
of chief justice of the Supreme
court by 3366 to 2278. Justice
Susie Sharp defeated Irvin B.
Tucker, Jr., by 3600 to 2279 for
her place on the high court.
Other justices elected included
William H. Bobbitt with 3595 and
William B. Rodman, Jr., with
3609. They ran unopposed.
District Superior court judges
elected Tuesday include Chester j
Morris with 3610 votes, Malcolm
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Achievement Day
For County 4 - H
Held Saturday
Outstanding Exhibits Show
Calibre Of Work Being
Done By Organization In
County
The awarding of three citations
for outstanding work highlighted
the 1962 Brunswick County 4-H
Achievement Day program hi
which 55 blue ribbons were pre
sented during the day-long cere
mony in Supply Saturday.
Belinda Holden of Shallotte,
Barbara Knowles of Bolivia and
William Hickman of Bolivia were
presented Key Awards for out
standing work during the past
year.
Aubrey Johnson and Mrs. Eva
Gray were also honored for their
work with the 4-H program in
the county.
Achievement Day marked the
close of the county’s first year
under the community 4-H pro
gram. In that time, eight clubs
have been organized with a total
of 150 members. County Agent
A. S. Knowles said that new
clubs will soon be organized in
Bolivia, Supply, Shallotte, Civie
town, Exum, Grlssettown, and
Hickman’s Crossroads.
A large crowd was present in
the Brunswick County Agricul
ture Building to see the exhibits
and prizes awarded.
The blue ribbon winngps will
enter their exhibits in the Wil
mmgton Star-News Newspaper
sponsored 4-H program Saturday.
President Martha Rabon of the
Brunswick 4-H Council presided
at Achievement Day. County
Agent Knowles presented the
awards.
Only five boys were among the
55 exhibitors who were awarded
blue ribbons. The high honor was
presented to the following 4-H
members:
Martha Rabon, dress and jack
et; Martha Rabon, wool suit;
Meta Gail McNeal, unlined
drapes; Barbara Knowles, school
dress; Barbara Knowles, blouse ‘
and>skirt; Carolyn Segraves,
school dress; Carolyn Segraves, ^
blouse and skirt.
Jane Massingale, apron; Ruby
Lee Hickman, blouse; Ruby Lee
Hickman, laundry bag; Ruby Lee
Hickman, rooted shrubbery;
Sheila Snipes, record books.
Martha Rabon, evening dress;
Susan Gray, night gown; Susan
Gray, vegetable soup; Susan
Gray, tomatoes; Susan Gray,
sweet pickles; Susan Gray, cu
cumber pickles; Martha Rabon,
cucumber pickles; Belinda Holden,
pound cake; Regina Hewett,.
pineapple coconut cake; Susan
Gray, drop cookies.
Sheila Snipes, com muffins;
Sheila Snipes, com muffins; Be-'
linda Holden, fruit pie; Jacquelyn
Hubbard, fruit pie.
Belinda Holden, cucumber pick
les; Belinda Holden, beets; Mar
tha Inman, figs; Martha Inman,
drapes; Susan Gray, berries;
Susan Gray, pepper relish; Susan
Gray, tomato juice; Sheila Snipes,
leather crafts.
Sheila Snipes, leather crafts;
Belinda Holden, sea shell crafts; '
Mary Anne Bellamy, ceramics;!
Delinda Denton, ceramics; Med
ford Mintz, ceramics; Sheila
Snipes, leaf collection; Ruby Lee
Hickman, leaf collection.
Jimmy Gray, garden; Allen
Russ, com; Freddy Edwards,
com; Ruby Lee Hickman, com;
Harvey Dell, forage crops; Med
ford Mintz, poultry; Harvey Dell,
garden; Ruby Lee Hickman, com
mercial garden; Susan Gray, gar
Coutinued On Page 4
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.
HIGH low
Thursday, November 15
10:22 A. M. 4:09 A. M.
10:51 P. M. 4:52 P. M.
Friday, November 16
11:13 A. M. 4:49 a. M.
11:44 P. M. 5:44 p. m.
Saturday, November 17
12:04 A. M. 5:50 A. M.
6:37 P. M.
Sunday, November 18
0:40 A. M. 6:46 A. M.
12:58 P. M. 7:32 P. M.
Monday, November 19
1:36 A. M. 7:44 A. M
1:49 P. M. 8:27 P. M.
Tuesday, November 20
2:31 A. M. 8:43 A. M.
2:42 P. M. 9:19 A. M.
Wednesday, November 21
3:25 A. M. 9:39 A. M.
3:33 P. M. 10:08 P. M.