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[Most of the News! All The Time PORT ILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Volume No. 22 No. 33 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1963 Sc A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY New Home Of State Legislature STATE HOUSE AND BRUNSWICK REPRESENTATIVES Adult Classes In Bookkeeping And Typing Here Organizational Session Held Monday Night For New est Course In Adult Edu cation Program Adult classes in typing and bookkeeping will start Thursday night in the library and commer cial room of Southport High School at 7 o’clock, according tp Brunswick County Supt. John G. Long. Thirty prospective students at tended a preliminary planning session Monday night. It was an nounced during the meeting that Pete Worsley will teach book keeping while R. B. Davis will in 'typing. ..-*<*****-.«»* Instructor Worsley has a BS and an MA degree in Business Administration. He has a teach ing certificate and has conducted adult classes in the past. In ad dition, he has had bookkeeping experiences with several firms emu ciupiuycu uy Brunswick Navigation Co. Instructor Davis is a graduate of Appalachian State college with a BS degree. He has conducted adult classes in the past too. He has had several years of experi ence in teaching typing in the public schools and has been a typing instructor at Southport High School for the past two years. Both the typing and the book keeping course will meet on Mondays and Thursdays from 7 to 10 p. m. Bach will be conduct ed for 15 weeks or a total of 90 hours. A two dollar registration fee will be charged for either course. Typing students will be required to pay an additional five dollars (Continued on Page 4) L' Brief Bit* Of NEWS-1 SPAGHETTI SUPPER A spaghetti supper will be served in the Parish House at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Southport on the evening of Feb ruary 14. BAKE SALE Members of the Daughters of America will sponsor a bake sale Saturday morning on the side walk between Leggett’s and the post office. Fire of undetermined origin de stroyed a cottage at Holden Beach Sunday afternoon. The owners were the Moore family of Asheboro. SEVERAL CANDIDATES The following Southport men were candidates for the Shrine Degree at the state meeting last week in New Bern: Dave Gar nish, A. A. Dixon, Louis Dixon, Jimmy Russ and Preston Bryant. MEET AT YVINNABOW The Brunswick County Histori cal Society will meet Monday night at 8 o’clock at the New Hope Presbyterian Church, in Winnabow. Guest speaker for the occasion will be Stanley A. South, archaeologist in charge of Brunswick Town, who will il lustrate his talk with colored slides. The public is invited to at tend the meeting. State Legislature In New Quarters Senator Ray H. Walton And: Representative Odell Wil liamson Are Pleased With Building By WILLIAM G. ALLEN When the gavel sounds to open the 1963 session of the North Carolina General Assembly today, the eyes of Brunswick county will be focused on the new $6-million State House and the two county assemblymen, Senator Ray Wal ton and Representative Odell Wil liamson. The new five-domed State House, which was designed by world-famous achitect Edward r>ureH Stone of New Vorlr tiss every modern convenience. “It combines the spaciousness of an oriental palace with the red car i peted, dark-wooded, brass gleam ing' decor that represents govern I mental architecture around the i world,” as one well-known politi cal observer put it. “I am glad to be a member of the first General Assembly which will meet in the new State House in Raleigh,” Senator Wal ton said this week. “It is a beau tiful building—first class all the way. I’m not used to that kind of luxury, but I know I’m going to enjoy it”. “I am proud to be serving in the first assembly in the new State House”, Representative Williamson, a veteran of four terms, stated. “And I want to personally invite Brunswick coun ty residents to come to Raleigh to see it.” The new State House will be the third permanent home of the North Carolina General Assembly, i When the state was first settled, legislative groups usually met in private homes and later at the court house at the seats of the colonial governments. During 1770, Tryon’s Palace was constructed in New Bern and became the first home of the legislature, but during the Revo lutionary War, the Assembly had to meet at various locations throughout the state. After the War, Tryon’s Palace was again used but only briefly as plans were made to construct a new (Continued on Page 8) Norfolk Firm To Get Dredging Project Will Include Intra coastal Waterway In This Area' And Southport Yacht Basin Col. J. S. Grygiel, Wilmington District Engineer, has announced that Cottrell Contracting Corpora tion, of Norfolk, Virginia, was the apparent low bidder for maintenance dredging to be per formed in the Intracoastal Water way between Neuse River, and Little River, S. C., including the channel in New River and the boat basin at Southport. The bid amounted to $238,490. There were four other bidders whose prices ranged from $243, 260 to $329,730. Bids were opened January 30 in the Corps of En gineers office, at Wilmington. Under the terms of the con tract the successful bidder will be required to commence work within 30 calendar days after receipt of notice to proceed and j to complete the work not later I than 200 calendar days. |S Announce Club Plans For Month The Home Demonstration Program for February will be making “New Furniture From Old,” Mary W. Earp, Acting Home Economics Ex tension Agent, said this week. "Many items of furniture and accessories are put in the attic or under the shed that could be refinished and made beautiful as well as useful,” she said. — A workshop will be held at the Extension Agricultural Building in Supply in March. This will enable the women in the county to learn the steps of refinishing. Anyone interested in attending this workshop, which will last two days, should contact the Home Agent’s Office for fur ther information. Peace Corps In Meed Of Ag Help A. S. Knowles Tells CM Need For Men With Ex pert Knowledge Of Farm ing Practices "I wish I knew more abou! agriculture so X could be of more help here,” writes Peace Corps Volunteer William Weinhold from Kuala Lumpur, Malaya. Weinhold whose home is in Kobler, Wiscon sin is a graduate of DeVry Tech nical Institute in Chicago. He is assisting a BBC expert from Eng land design new studios and sta tions for Radio Malaya. ‘‘Malaya is one of the fastest developing countries in all oi Asia, but,” says Weinhold, ‘‘it needs trained agronomists to con duct a soil survey of the coun try.” In a letter to Evan Hursch of Sheboygen Falls, Wisconsin, he asks his friend to do what he can to get ‘ag’ people to volunteer for the Peace Corps because of the great need in many coun tries. “Some countries need people who can operate tractors and get up dairy farms. Some need skill ed Veterinarians. I believe there are wonderful opportunities for young agriculture graduates in the Peace Corps.” A. S. Knowles, Acting County Extension Chairman of Bruns wick County, says the requests for volunteers with farm back grounds and training in agricul ture, forestry and homemaking are increasing with every new Peace Coi-ps project. The demand for college trained volunteers far exceeds the pres ent number of qualified appli cants. They are being requested to work in agricultural extension projects, in rural community ac tion projects, as teachers in school systems, as instructors in colleges and universities, and, in some cases, as researchers. There are also opportunities for men and women without college train ing, provided they have farm ex perience, vocational agricultural training, or good 4-H back grounds. Appiicants are now be Coattnued On Page ft Two Men Killed Early Saturday At Dance Hall Charlie Hill Being Held Without Bond For Hear ing In Fatal Shooting Of Two Brothers Two brothers are dead and another man is in jail as a re sult of a shooting at a dance hall near Shallotte early Saturday morning, according to Brunswick County Coroner Lowell Bennett. Robert Lee Hill, 33, and James Henderson Hill, 34, were killed by a 22 calibre pistol during an argument early Saturday morn ing. Charlie Hill, 45, cousin of the victims, is being held in Brunswick county jail without privilege of bond in connecting with the shooting. . . f According to witnesses, tne three men had an argument about 12:15 a. m. at a tavern owned by Otto Gause which is located on the Shallotte-Ocean Isle Beach road. The tavern is approximate ly three miles from Shallotte. Henderson Hill was shot four times in the chest with a nine shot .22 calibre pistol while Lee Hill was. shot twice in the chest. After being hit, Henderson Hill fell to the floor. He was taken to Powell Funeral home by ambu lance service but was dead-on arrival. Lee Hill ran approximately 33 yards into a field behind the tavern after being shot. After investigating the shoot ing, Sheriff Ed Leonard arrested Charlie Hill at his home about 2 a. m. the same night. No re sistance was offered by Hill. A preliminary hearing has been tentatively set for February 11. Hill told officers that the argu ment occurred because one of the victims accused him of help ing to get a warrant against him. He said he thought they had a knife and a pistol, but officers say the weapons have not been discovered. Charlie Hill at first denied that he owned a pis tol, but the 22 calibre weapon Continued On Page 4 PCA Loans To County Farmers Shows Increase Two Brunswick County Men Serve As Members Of Board Of Directors For Association "The Wilmington Production Credit Association enjoyed a good year in credit service to agricul ture by extending 51,741,134. in short-and intermediate-term credit to farmers in the association’s territory during the calendar year i962,” H. B. Rivenbark, general manager of the association report ed this week. i ne association is a rarmer owned and operated credit coop erative serving farmers of Bruns wick, Pender and New Hanover counties with the principal office located at Wilmington, and part time field offices located at Shal lotte and Burgaw. “In keeping with the coopera tive principles of the association, $4,533. in dividends and $11,950. in patronage refunds were paid to members during 1962, thus re ducing the actual cost of the credit service,” he added. Rivenbark said the PCA has extended $22,i97,383. in credit service since its organization in 1934 and now has $296,475. in member-owned capital and $186, 288. in accumulated earnings. Officers and directors of the association include Chas. R. Rog ers of Rocky Point, president; Albert D. Cox, Jr., of Castle Hayne, vice-president; Edwin S. Clemmons of Supply, John B. Ward, Jr., of Longwood, A. B. Herring of Watha, directors, H. B. Rivenbark, general manager; and R. W. Geddes and Ruth Wat son, assistant secretary-treasurers. Miss SENCland To Be Selected Brunswick County W ill Hold Contest To Choose Candidate For. District Honors This Month SENCland Development Asso ciation will sponsor a contest again this year to select a Miss SENCland in each of the six counties comprising the associa tion. The Miss SENCland of Brunswick County contest will be held at Extension Service Build ing in Supply on February 25 at 7:30 p. m. according to A. S. Knowles. Acting County Exten sion Chairman, and Mrs. Mary W. Earp, Acting County Home Eco nomics Agent. The winner in each of the coun ties will ride on the SENCland float at the Azalea Festival. in April. Any active community de | velopment club in Brunswick County may enter one or two girls jin the county contest. These [ girts I to be eligible must be reg j ularly enrolled in a senior high ; school, must be single and not j have jbeen married, and must re I s'de in one of the communities I whiclf is participating in the as sociation program. The Extension Service Office shoulc be notified by February 18 the name or names of the participates. The Clubs are asked Continued On Page 4) TIME and TIDE Twenty-five years ago this week tte salary of the Brunswick county Recorder was cut from $100 to j$75 per month. The board of County Commissioners decided th$ issue at their monthly meeting. Fishing activity was unusually high for this time of the year. An additional fifteen or twenty boats were brought into the area to take part in the shrimping which had become unusually abundant for this time of the year. Whenever the weather per mited, approximately seventy five boats are engaged in the shrimping operations. Twenty years ago this week a bill was introduced that would allow a vote to be taken that would decide the location of the county courthouse. There was argument that the courthouse should be located in a more central part of the county. fi1'- R. C. Daniels was elected president of the Southport Savings and Loan Association. Rationing restrictions were placed on shoes. Not all shoes were involved, however. Only those containing leather or having rubber soles. Excluded from the list were any foul weather shoes and baby shoes. Fifteen years ago this week a committee from the State Board of Education announced that it would cost a million dol lars to place the public schools of Brunswick county in a satis factory condition to provide proper educational facilities. Shallotte municipal leaders were planning a survey of the water needs of their community with the purpose of setting the minimum requirements. They hoped to expand the system in the near future in relation to the growth of the town. Continued on page t At Dosher Memorial Auxilliary Reactivated HOBSON KIRBY AND MRS. NOLA TYLER Shallotte Citizens To Vote On Bonds Homecoming At Leland Friday Leland High School will ob serve homecoming when the Tiger boys and girls play Waccamaw Friday night, ac cording to Principal Rock fellow Venters. A barbecue chicken supper will be served in the Leland school cafeteria beginning at 5 o’clock. The basketball games against Waccamaw will start at 7 o’clock. Between games, Brunswick County Superintendent John G. Long will crown the home coming queen and gifts will be presented to the youngest and oldest school mother and to the mother with the larg est number of children en rolled in the Leland school. Shallotte Scout Troop Observing Boy Scout Week Special Observances Include Encampment Inside City Limits And ; Church Ser vices ■ 1 Boy Scout Troop 506, Shallotte, has completed plan for observ ance of Boy Scout Week, Feb ruary 7 to 13, it was announced this week by its Troop Commit tee. The Scout Week theme will be “Strengthen America—Be pre pared—Be Fit.” On February 8, the 53rd anniversary of Boy Scouts of America, members of Troop 506 will be wearing their uniforms all day. On Saturday, the troop will be camping inside the Shallotte town limits and will hold open house at the camp site. Visitors will be welcome all day. Church services are planned for the boys and their parents at the camp site. Monday night the scouts will participate in a program for the Shallotte P. T. A. From February 7-13, there will be scouting displays in four loca tions in town. Merchants of the town have donated Window space for the displays. It is hoped that events of the Scout Week will better acquaint the public with the aims of scout ing and result in greater par ticipation of the young boys of the community. Leland Senior Girl Is Honored Sandra Corbett Wins First Place In Homemaker Of Tomorrow Contest At Le land High School A Leland senior girl has been selected Homemaker of Tomor-' row at her school and will com pete for the state title later in the year, according to Mrs. Jessie Best, home economics teacher. Sandra Corbett was presented a personal letter from Betty Crock er and a Homemaker of Tomor row lapel pin by Mrs. Best in Continued On Page 4 Decision Will Be Made Re* garding Municipal Water System To Serve Town Of Shallotte Shallotte citizens will go to the polls in a special election Tues day to decide whether to sell bonds to finance the installation of a municipal water system to serve the town. The following proposition will be submitted: “Shall an ordinance passed on January 2, 1963, authorizing the Town of Shallotte, North Caro lina, to contract a debt, in addi tion to any and all other debt which said Town may now or hereafter have power or authority to contract, and in evidence there of to issue Water Bonds in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $190,000 for the pur pose of providing funds, with any other available funds for con structing a waterworks system for said Town, including the ac quisition of any necessary land and rights of way, and authoriz ing the levy and collection of a sufficient tax for the payment of the principal of and the inter est on said bonds, be approved?” At a recent public hearing rep resentative citizens of the Town of Shallotte aired their views. One side took the position that the town should not go into debt,, but that an effort should be made to save money and enter into this improvement at a later date. Doubt was expressed that anticipated revenue will be suffi cient to gay off the bonded in debtedness, and that a tax in crease will be needed to retire me Donas. Those who favor the proposi tion take the position that the Town of Shallotte is being .held back in its development because of an inadequate and unsatisfac tory water supply. They point out that the existing tax rate is very low and that the town is without bonded indebtedness. They report that when several recent develop ment prospects were considered, one of the first questions raised had to do with the water supply. They also cite lower insurance rates as one of the dividends which will come from the propos ed municipal water system. There has been great interest in this proposal, and a large turn out of voters is anticipated. Leland Jaycees Plan Pageant Miss Leland Will Be^Select ed As Preliminary To Brunswick County Finals Leland Jaycees are making plans to sponsor a Miss Leland contest in conjunction with the Miss America Pageant. President Thurston Lynch says this will be a preliminary to the Miss Brunswick Pageant, at which time a representative will be picked for the State pageant. Mrs. Harold Geedy, Leland High School teacher, says that eight contestants are tenta tively set, and the contest is open to any girl who meets the re quirements of the Miss America Pageant and is a resident of the Leland School District. This pageant will be held Feb ruary 23rd. at 8 p. m. at the Leland High School. Tickets are available from any of the Lelanc (Continued On Page 4) Brunswick Citizens Urged To Participate In Activit ies In Support Of County Hospital At Southport The Dosher Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, an active body from 1934 to 1957, picked up the threads of its organization re cently after a few years of in activity. Their aim at this time is to help start similar groups throughout different areas of Brunswick County, all working together to help the hospital. The first meeting was held Wednesday with 16 present. Among these was Miss Frances Tillit, Hospital Administrator, who had been invited to give pertinent information concerning the needs of the hospital. Many major items were mentioned, however those present agreed that since the hospital is in sore need of a new anesthesia machine for the operating room, this will be their first project. In order to achieve the first troa.l r>f thp rpar.tivatpr! fl.11xilin.rv a fund-raising campaign will be launched immediately. This will be initiated with a Membership Drive through the whole county. Plans have also tentatively been made for a supper in the near future. Membership cards will be avail able starting Friday for con tributions of $1.00 or more. In dividual solicitation will be car ried on, but cards will be avail able at the following business places in Brunswick County: State Port Pilot Office, South port; Elmore Motors, Bolivia; Babson’s Gen’l Store, Freeland; Kirby’s Ben Franklin, Shallotte; Kirby’s Food Center, Supply; ' 1 Boiling Spring Shopping Center, Boiling Springs; A. P. Henry’s Store, Winnabow; Dan Walker’s Store, Tranquil Harbour; Dan Shannon’s Store, Long Beach; Gwynn’s Country Store, Long wood; Milligan’s Gen’l Store, Ash. The organization plans to ,hold monthly meetings, scheduled for each third Wednesday at 3:30 p. m. in the Southport High School auditorium. The first meeting will be February 20 and it is urged that a good representation from all over the county be present, since the cooperation of all Brunswick citizens is needed to help make Dosher Memorial Hos pital the very best. Improvements In City Hall Office Wing Converted Into Coun cil Room For Board Of Aldermen And Office For City Manager The lower northern wing of the Southport City Hall has been re modeled recently by the city forces at a cost of about $500, according to City Manager C. D. Pickerrell. The ceiling in the wing has been lowered, the walls refaced with tempered masonite and new doors have been hung. A new asphalt tile floor and new base boards have also been installed. The large wing has been divid ed into two rooms. One part has been converted into an alderman’s council room while the other serves as the city manager’s of fice. The council room is furnished j (Continued 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, February 7 7:04 A. M. 0:51 A. M. 7:27 P. M. 1:30 P. M. Friday, February 8 7:49 A. M. 1:36 A. M. 8:11 P. M. 2:12 P. M. Saturday, February 9 8:29 A. M. 2:20 A. M. 8:53 P. M. 2:53 P. M. Sunday, February 10 9:05 A. M. 3:02 A. M. 9:31 P. M. 3:31 P. M. Monday, February 11 9:43 A. M. 3:42 A. M. 10:09 P. M. 4:09 P. M. Tuesday, February 12 10:17 A. M. 4:22 A. M. 10:47 P. M. 4:45 P. M Wednesday, February 13 10:53 A. M. 5:03 A. M 11:26 P. M. 5:23 P. M.
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