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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1962
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Consecration Service
SERVICE—The Rt. Rev. Thomas H. Wright, Bishop of the Diocese of East
Carolina, will consecrate St. James Episcopal Church at Shallotte on ' Friday
evening at 7:30 o clock. The church could not be consecrated until it had beeh
completely paid for. The Rev. Nelson B. Hodgkins of Whiteville is minister in
charge.—(Staff Photo by Allen.)
Cotton-Peanut .
Election Is Set
For December 11
Brunswick Farmers Will
Have Opportunity To
Vote On Continuing Quo
tas Fpr These Crops
Brunswick county cotton and
peanut farmers will go to the
polls on Tuesday, December 11,
to decide whether quotas will
be In, effect for the 1963 crops,
according to Manager Ralph I*.
Price of the Agricultural Stabili
zation and Conservation Service
In Shallotte.
This will be the seventeenth
time in the past nine years that
county cotton farmers have voted
on quotas.
Regardless of how the vote
goes, acreage allotments will re
main in effect for the 1963 crop
but could change in 1964. The
vote will be for only one year.
If two-thirds or more of the
farmers voting favor quotas on
the 1963 crop the price will be
supported at between 65 and 90
percent of parity for those who
plant within their allotment. But
those who exceed their allotment
will be subject to marketing quo
ta penalty on the excess cotton.
If less than two-thirds of the
farmers voting in the referendum
approve quotas for the 1963 the
support price will be 50 percent
of parity for producers planting
within their allotment. But there
will be no penalty for cotton
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THANKSGIVING SERVICE
Thanksgiving services will be
held at the Concord Methodist
church in Supply Thursday morn
ing beginning at 10:15, accord
ing to Rev. Harry Jeanneret.
OYSTER ROAST
An oyster roast will be held
at the Prospect Baptist church in
Supply after Trankggiving ser
vices Thursday morning.
REVIVAL SERVICES
Revival services are in progress
this week at Bethel Baptist Chur
ch near Southport with the Rev.
R. T. (Tom) Greene as guest
preacher. Services begin each ev
ening at 7 o’clock.
UNION SERVICE
Union Thanksgiving Services
will be held Wednesday evening
at 7:30 o’clock at St. Phillips
Episcopal Church in Southport.
The Rev. Mark Owens will bring
the message and the Rev. Ed
ward Jordan is host minister.
TURKEY SHOOT
The annual Winnabow Volun
teer Fire Department Thanks
giving Day Turkey Shoot will be
held at the Winnabow fire house
beginning at 1 p. m. according to
Tom Rabon. In addition, Western
Stagecoach rides will be available
for, the children. At the end of
the festivities, a drawing will be
held and some lucky child will
win a toy fire truck.
Congressman Here
On Annual Rounds
Congressman Alton A. Len
non Will Make Tour Of
Brunswick County Wed
nesday
Congressman Alton Lennon ex
pressed great satisfaction at ,the
results of the general election in
i Brunswick county during his an
! nual visitation here Tuesday.
In keeping with his philosophy
of trying -to see the people ' he
represents yearly, Congressman
Lennon was in Southport Tues
day. He will spend Wednesday
touring the county at large.
Congressman Lennon hopes ' to
learn by discussion with the citi
zens of Brunswick county some
of their problems and needs in
connection with the national gov
ernment.
“I feel that it is essential ,to
keep in contact with the people
to find- out what they are think
ing,” he stated.
Congressman Lennon said that
he would rather talk with the
people than to have them write
to him. "When a' person writes
you, he is usually motivated by
something he has read or has
been told and thus reflects more
heat than light,” he explained.
Congressman Lennon said that
he was highly pleased with the
results of the general election in
Brunswick county. "This shows
the work of a well organized and
dedicated Democratic party.”
He expressed appreciation to
the voters of the county for their
support in reelecting him to
Congress in the general election.
As for the Republican victories
in the Congressional races in
North Carolina, Congressman
Lennon said that he was "ter
ribly disappointed.”
"I was terribly disappointed
that the Eighth and Ninth Con
gressional districts did not reelect
Paul Kitchen and Hugh Alexan
der, both of whom I have known
for many years. Both were fine
Congressmen.”
- Congressman Lennon said that
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Teachers Talk
Of Home Needs
Improving Home Experien
ces Was Discussed At
Meeting Of The Vocati
onal Homemaking Teach
ers Last Week
Improving home experiences
were discussed by the Brunswick
County Vocational Homemaking
Teachers at their monthly meet
ing in Shallotte Wednesday.
In discussing home experiences,
it was pointed out that the state
requires each student to have two
home experiences during the
school year. They must be cor
related with the homemaking
taught in the classroom.
The teachers also evaluated the
visits of Miss Ann Lassiter, As
sistant State Supervisor, to the
homemaking departments of the
county’s schools. She was in Le
land Wednesday, Bolivia and Shal
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CONGRESSMAN LENNON
; Income Increase
Study Is Held
This Matter Brought Before
Brunswick County Voca
tional Council Last Week
Methods to raise the income in
Brunswick county were discussed
at the monthly meeting of the
Brunswick County Vocational
Council which met in Supply
Tuesday, according to Chairman
A. S. Knowles.
The results of a survey the
Council had made showed that
the income could be raised with
the addition of a large scale of
truck crops and livestock. In
this connection, a five-day school
on livestock started in the county
Tuesday with a tour of ' farms
around Bolivia and Shallotte.
Mrs. Ena Gray, Shallotte; Mrs.
Lorraine Soles, Waccamaw; Mrs.
Lila Hogg, Bolivia; Mrs. Jessie
Best, Leland; and ASC Manager
Ralph Price attended the meeting
and gave a report on the work
being done in their communities.
Plans for the next meeting were
discussed, which includes electing
new officers and establishing a
tentative program of work for
the council.
Soil Election
Scheduled Soon
Soil Conservation Supervisor
Will Be Elected During
Week Of December 3-8
In Brunswick
One Soil Conservation Super
visor for Brunswick County will
be elected by popular vote in an
election to be held during the
weeks of December 3-8.
The Brunswick County board of
Soil Conservation Supervisors at
a recent meeting in Shallotte, de
cided to nominate T. C. Lennon
of Supply for this post. They are
now circulating a nominating pe
Continued On Page 3
Brunswick Boys
And Girls Make
Good 4-H Record
4-H Members From Bruns
wick Make Good Showing
In Annual Honor Pro
gram Sponsored By. Star
News
Brunswick county 4-H members
made a good showing in the
Star-News Newspaper sponsored
4-H Honor Program, when they
won 7 blue, 6 red and 7 white
ribbons Saturday in Wilmington.
More than 568 exhibits were
entered in the 205 classifications
of the contest, which was spon
sored by the Star-News for the
fifth year in a row.
State 4-H Club Leader L. R.
Harrill spoke at the evening ses
sion and emphasized the import
ance of leadership in the 4-H
program.
Duplin county took first place
honors with 88 points. Carteret
was a close second with 87 and
Was followed by Bladen 74,
Sampson 65, Columbus 56, Ons
low 55, New Hanover 52, Bruns
wick 46 and Pender 45.
Susan Gray, Brunswick’s top
winner, took a blue ribbon for her
tomato juice, a red one for her
berries and white ones for her
pears, vegetable sov 3 and ceram
ics.
Belinda Holden won two blue
ribbons for pies and her native
sea shells, a red one for her:
cucumber pickles and white ones
for her beets.
Ruby L. Hickman took a blue
ribbon for her laundry bag, a red
one for her display of shrubbery
and a white one for her leaf col
lection.
Sheila Snipes won a blue rib
bon for corn muffins, a red one
for her lamp and a white one for
bar cookies.
Martha Rabon won a blue rib
bon for cucumber pickles and a
white one for her wool suit.
Harvey Bell won a red ribbon
for his plate of hot peppers and
a Wiiite one for his quart of soy
beans.
Jimmy Gray won a blue rib
bon for his cushaws while Bar
bara Knowles took a red one for
her washable cotton blouse and
skirt. Meta Gail McNeil was
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Atkinson Gets
Dredging Work
Norfolk Concern Will Carry
Out Certain Maintenance
Dredging Operations On
River
Atkinson Dredging Company, of
Norfolk, Virginia, is the apparent
low bidder for maintenance dredg
ing to be performed in Wilming
ton Harbor. Bids were opened in
the office of Colonel J. S. Gry
giel, District Engineer, Wilming
ton Corps of Engineers District,
last week. Atkinson Dredging
Company bid was $533,520. Three
other bids were received for the
work, and ranged in price from
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Discuss Plans For Brunswick Town
DISCUSSION—Mrs. 01m B. Sikes, of Monroe, front center, was in Southport
Friday for a discussion of the project for restoration of certain gardens at Bruns
p^Tcf °™n‘ h®r ln th? Picture are, front row, Mrs. Roscoe D. McMillan, of
Red Springs first \nce-president; and Mrs E. A. Palmgren of Charlotte, past
president and member of the committee, on the back row are Stanly South, arch
aeologist in charge at Brunswick Town; Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., member of
the committee, and Mrs. Henry Stevens of Warsaw, also a member of the commit
tee.—(Staff Photo by Allen.)
Shallotte Man
Dies Instantly
Of Pistol Wound
Arren Cox Dies Instantly
After Being Shot In Chest,
Reportedly By Lee An
drews
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An estranged husband, for
sometime a resident of Whiteville,
remained in critical condition at
Jamfs Walker Hospital in Wil
mington at noon today, following
what Brunswick County officers
have called murder and attempt
ed suicide which occurred in the
Gause Landing area about 2 p.
m., Friday.
Arren Taylor Cox, 73, a retired
government employee, was shot
to death in the bedroom of his
home after what is believed to
have been a recurrence of domes
tic troubles. Lee Andrews, in his
40s, son-in-law of the victim,
is a patient in the Wilmington
hospital with a .22 calibre pistol
bullet wounds in his chest and
forehead.
Brunswick Coroner Lowell Ben
nett said Cox was shot three
times, also with a .22 calibre re
volver, with one bullet glancing
off his hand and going through
a bedroom window. The other
slugs entered his heart area,
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TIME and TIDE
Twenty-five years ago this week the Intracoastal Waterway
was unusually crowded. During a period in the preceding week a
total of 37 boats and yachts stopped at Southport. The reason for
the large number of these pleasure craft was that it was time
to begin the migration to the warmer Florida waters during the
cold weather up north. Also, Southport is almost precisely the
halfway point between New York and Miami.
Local citizens were looking forward to the Thanksgiving day
feast to be held in every home the following Thursday; efforts
were being made to collect delinquent taxes that were due this
county; a Japanese bishop was to speak at a Thanksgiving day
service.
Fifteen years ago this week a food campaign was being carried
on in Southport as part of the Catholic project to raise food for
the needy persons in Europe. It was to be a part of the world-wide
campaign to supply the poverty stricken people as a result of the
war. The project was called “friendship train."
A gas-tanker truck went out of control and crashed into a
filling station at Leland. E>amage to the store was estimated to
be in excess of $5,000. Tax. listers for the coming year had been
appointed; fine catches of jockfish were made, with one weigh
ing 19-pounds. |
Ten years ago this wee| the citizens of Southport, especially .
those on the waterfront, jwere disturbed over the decision to .
move the Coast Guard Patio! boat from the Cape Fear area. The i
boat was ordered to Norfik 43 days before and was yet to re
turn. However, the Air did have boats almost identical to
the 83-footers, but to theiesidents who had become used to the 1
craft it was not the sam« tiling. j
The docks in Souths* were becoming crowded with the in- s
creased waterway traffwJmd plans were being made to enlarge
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State Garden Club
President Visitor
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Holidays Begin
For Thanksgiving
All consolidated schools
of Brunswick county will ad
journ for the Thanksgiving
holidays at noon Wednesday
and will return Monday
morning. City and county of
fices will be closed Thursday.
Also observing the Thanks
giving holiday will be the
post offices, the banks and
Southport Savings & Loan.
Most of the business estab
lishments of the county will
remain closed on Thursday.
Drayton Cooper
To Leave County
Tenders Resignation As Pas
tor^ Of Southport Presby
terian Church And New
Hope
Rev. Drayton Cooper, for- near;
ly two years pastor of the South
port and New Hope Presbyterian
churches, announced to his con
gregations Sunday that he is re
signing his post, effective Dec. 16.
The Rev. Mr. Cooper told his
churches that he has received, and
accepted, a unanimous call from
the congregation of the First
Presbyterian church in Kershaw,
South Carolina. The town of Ker
shaw is located in piedmont South
Carolina, about 50 miles south of
Charlotte.
“We have enjoyed our work in
these communities very much,”
the Rev. Mr. Cooper said, “but
we feel very definitely, that we
should accept the work in South
Carolina.” The Kershaw church
has nearly 150 members, and is
considered one of the leading
congregations in Bethel Presby
tery.
Since coming to Southport, the
minister has been active in both
church and civic affairs. During
his pastorate here, the local Pres
byterian church paid out the re
maining indebtedness on the new
educational building, formed a
new Boy Scout troop and added
learly a dozen new members,
most of them on profession of
:aith.
He- is a member of the South
port Junior Chamber of Com
merce in which he served on sev
eral committees, is active in the
eity Civil Defense organization,
ind is the local observer for the
Jnited States Weather Bureau,
■le is also an active amateur
adio operator and has had sev
:ral articles published in national
nagazines of both religious and
ecular nature.
Mrs. Cooper has been an active
Continued On Page a
'Mrs. Olin B. Sikes Of Mon
roe Attended Meeting Of
Committee On Brunswick
■ Tow»' Project " ’ -■*- *■** i
The Brunswick Town Project
Committee of the Garden Clubs
of North Carolina held its first
meeting in Southport on Friday
morning and later in the day
visited the site £.t Brunswick
Town which is to be the next
major project ot this statewide
organization.
Mrs. Olin B. Sikes of Monroe,
state president, and Mrs. Roscoe
D. McMillan of Red Springs, state
first vice-president, met with the
committee which is composed of
Mrs. James M. Harper,. Jr., of
Southport, project chairman, Mrs.
Henry Stevens of Warsaw, Mrs.
E. A. Palmgreh of Charlotte, and
Mrs. Earnest Parker of Southport.
Prior to the morning meeting
members of the three garden
clubs of Southport, which were
responsible for the projects ac
ceptance by the state group, were
invited to Mrs: Harper’s, home for
coffee and to meet the state
president. ' : ■ • ,
• Stanley South, archaeologist in
charge of excavation at Bruns
wick Town for. the State Depart
ment of Archives and History,
appeared before the group' and
told of the history of the site
and explained the connection be
tween-the work being done now
and the work the ciubs are be
ing asked to undertake. He show
ed slides of the ruins and the
area which will be beautified.
It was decided by the group
to concentrate on the Nature
Trail as the first part of the pro
ject, leaving the restoration of
Maurice Moore’s Garden as a sec
ond step. Ways of financing this
were discussed.
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Leland Jaycees
Seeking Charter
Dale Coker Elected Presi
dent Of New Organiza
tion Which Is Being Spon.
sored By Southport Jay
cees
In order to complete application
forms to the state and national
headquarters,' the newly organized
Leland Jaycees will meet Friday
night at the Leland Fire Depart
ment, according to President Dale
Coker.
During tl\e meeting final details
will be worked out in order for
the chapter to join the state and
national group. A report from the
membership committee will be
heard and the date for “charter
night” will be selected.
The club last met on Thursday,
November 8, at which time offi
cer’s and directors were elected.
In addition to President Coker,
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Christmas House
Scheduled For
December 9th
Three Garden Clubs In
Southport Cooperating In
Presenting This Year's
Holiday Event
“Christmas From The Forest”
will be the theme of the annual
Christmas House sponsored by
the Southport Garden Club with
the cooperation of the Live Oak
and Woodbine Clubs, according
to Mrs. J. A. Gilbert and Mrs.
L. J. Hardee, general chairmen.
The show will be held on Sun
day, December 9, in the Com
munity Building and will be open
to the public from 2 until 6 in
the afternoon and from 8:30 until
9:30 o’clock that evening.
A chairman of each division *
has been appointed from the I
Southport Garden Club, with one *
member from each of the other !
clubs to assist in securing & -
number of entries in each. It is I
hoped that persons other than -
club members will enter their ar- *
rangements and ideas so that the «
community may profit from this. ;
Following are the division chair
men:
Registration and Placement: I
Mrs. Dallas Pigott, Mrs. J. M. -
Harper, Mrs. Grace Rourk, Mrs. *
M. M. Hood, Mrs. Harold Aid- *
ridge, Mrs. C. E. Bellamy; Tree: "
Mrs. A. D. Harrelson, Mrs. Leslie l
Bellows, Mrs. Tom Gilbert; Win- "
dows: Mrs. J. T. Barnes, Mrs. I
Clinton Bellamy, Mrs. C. D. Pick- -
erell; Doors: Mrs. D. C. Her- *
ring, Mrs. Roy Robinson, Mrs. *
Basil Watts; Fireplace: Mrs. C. ;
A. Graham, Mrs. Johnnie Duffie, *
Mrs. Alice Henry.
Mobiles: Mrs. E. C. Harrelson, I
Mrs. Henry Harry Donnell, Mrs. -
J. B. Warth; Living Room: Mrs. *
Fred Burdette, Mrs. E. J. Pre- *
vatte, Mrs. Harold Aldridge; *
Coffee Tables: Mrs. Dallas Pigott, -
Mrs. M. M. Hood, Mrs. H. A. “
Schmidt.
Dining Room: Mrs. Alice St.
j Geofge, , Mi;s. Grace Rourk, Mrs.
G. ,W,- Fisher, \ g
Guy Garrett, Mrs. Fran Key, Mrs.
Bobby Jones; Wreaths or Wall
Hangings: Mrs. Ernest Parker,
Mrs. Bryant Potter, Mrs. Jack
Hickman; Kitchen: Mrs. J. E.
Continued on Page Three
Urge Purchase
Of More Bonds
State Savings- Bond- Chair
man Urges More Purchas
es Of U. S. Savings Bonds
During This Crisis
W. H. Andrews, Jr., Jefferson;
Standard Life Insurance execu-.
tive and North Carolina State
Savings Bonds Chairman today
called on County citizens for ad
ded support of the U. S. Savings,
Bonds Program in light of the
Cuban crisis.
In a letter to Aubrey Johnston,
Brunswick County Savingsj
Bonds Chairman W. H. An
drews, Jr., repeated an appeal
from Treasury Secretary Doug
las Dillon which stressed the “vi
tal importance of keeping our1
country strong” and stated that
“the help and participation of
every citizen is a necessary part
of such national strength.”
Secretary Dillon’s appeal noted
that Savings Bonds contribute
greatly to the economic strength
on which our defense efforts de
pend, and called the act of buy-"
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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, November 22,
4:15 A. M. 10:31 A.
4:21 P. M. 10:54 P.
Friday, November 23,
5:01 A. M. 11:21 A.
5:06 P. M. 11:36 P.
Saturday, November 24,
5:45 A. M. 12:07 A.
5:50 P. U.
Sunday, November 25,
6:26 A. M. 12:17 A.
6:30 P. M. 12:51 P.
Monday, November 26,
7:04 A. M. 12:57 A.
7:08 P. M. 1:33 P.
Tuesday, November 27,
7:42 A. M. 1:34 A.
7:46 P. M. 2:14 P.
Wednesday, November 28
8:19 A. M. 2:12 A.
8:23 P. M. 2:55 P.
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