STATE PORT PILOT
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Brunswick County
SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1963
5c A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Shallotte Business Building J
NEW—Two new business have been added to
Shallotte in the Red and White Shopping Center. One
is the tire and sales service in the forground. In the
same building is the Top Value Auto Supply, of which
Bill Tripp is manager. In the background is the Red
and White Eood Store building. (Staff Photo by
Allen.)
Friday Ceremony
To Honor Local
Gray Lady Unit
New Service Organization
At D o s h e r Memorial
Hospital Ready For For
mal Capping
Friday at 8 p. m., the Com
munity Building will be the scene
of the capping ceremony for the
first Red Cross Gray Lady class
in Brunswick County. Mrs. Char
les Blake is chairman of the
group, which was sponsored by
the Southport Woman’s Club and
, the Junior Woman’s Club. -—«*■»
For the 13 ladies receiving
their caps the ceremony will
mark the end of their training
period. This included class lec
tures and at least 10 hours of
probationary training at Dosher
Memorial Hospital.
Gray Ladies are the best known
Red Cross Volunteers in the
world today, having served in
military, veteran and civilian hos
pitals for over 46 years. Gray
Ladies started at Walter Reed
Hospital in Washington D. C.,
when the staff asked for volun
teers to help with the influx of
patients. Duties at first were of
receptionist nature but the staff
soon asked them to take on ad
ditional duties. The training pro
gram was worked out by the Na
tional Staff of American Hospital
Association, American Medical
Society, American Nursing Asso
ciation, and American Red Cross.
It is hoped that this class will
just be the beginning of Gray
Lady organizations in Brunswick
county.
IN FAYETTEVILLE
S. Bunn Frink, Southport at
torney, is a patient at Veterans
Hospital in Fayetteville where he
was admitted this week.
LICENSE EXAMINER AWAY
The Driving License Examin
er’s office at Shallotte will be
closed Tuesday, February 19,
while the examiner attends an
in-service training school at Fay
etteville.
OYSTER ROAST
An oyster roast, under the
sponsorship of Boy Scout Troop
239, will be held Saturday at the
Zion Methodist church beginning
at 5 p. m.
FEED-GRAIN sign-up
The 1963 feed-grain sign-up,
which is now in progress, will
continue through March 22, ac
cording to ASC Manager R. L.
Price.
ON TELEVISION
‘‘Garden Time Helps” will be
discussed by A. S. Knowles, Act
ing County Extension Chairman,
and John L. Stone of Shallotte on
the Carolina Farm Best TV Pro
gram Friday morning at 6:30
over WECT. The Extension Serv
ice puts on a program every
Friday morning for the benefit
of interested people of the area
and the topics discussed cover I
a wide area of interest. I
Fishermen To Meet
C & D Men Friday
Commercial Fisheries Com
mittee Will Hold Meeting
To Hear Proposals On
Legislation
Members of the Commercial
Fisheries Committee of the State
Board of Conservation and De
velopment and members of the
Commercial Fisheries Advisory
Board will meet at Southport
Friday morning at 9 o’clock in
the courthouse to diseuss com
mercial fishing problems with
fishermen of the area.
Fishermen from New Hanover,
Pender and Brunswick Counties
are invited to be at the session
to present their views to the
committee.
The meeting will not be a pub
lic hearing but will be an oppor
tunity for the commercial fisher
men to present their views and
suggestions on commercial fishing
problems to the State officials
who will be present. Every effort
will be made to answer questions
that are asked and to get view
points on regulations and legisla
tion that may be necessary to
improve the status of the fisher
men.
The delegation will be headed
by Robert L. Stallings, Jr., direc
tor of the Department of Con
servation and Development, and
those who will be present with
him are Eric W. Rodgers, Chair
man of the Commercial Fisheries
Committee, of Scotland Neck; Dr.
John Dees of Burgaw; L. W.
Gurkin, Plymouth; Lorimer W
Midgett, Elizabeth City; Ernest
E. Parker, Jr., Southport; Ralph
Meekins, Wanchese; Percy Grant,
Holly Ridge; Garland Fulcher!
Oriental; Clyde Potter, Belhaven;
Lewis Hardee, Southport and
Monroe Gaskill, Cedar Island.
It is the hope of the repre
sentatives of the Department of
Conservation and Development
that a large number of fisher
men will be on hand for the
meeting. If time permits during
the day members of the commit
tee and the Advisory Board also
will visit some of the places
along the coastal area in an ef
fort to see as many commercial
fishermen as possible.
Winnabow Fire
Fighters Train j
Second 30-Hour Course In
Firemanship Completed
By Members Of Volunteer
Fire Department
Members of the Winnabow
Volunteer Fire Department re-1
cently completed the second
thirty-hour firemanship training!
course offered through the Bruns-j
wick County Board of Education, i
according to Chief Charles Tay
lor.
The course was sponsored by
the Brunswick County Board of
Education, the Wilmington In
dustrial Center, and the North
Carolina Department of Trades
and Industries in cooperation with J
the Wilmington Fire Depart
ment. It was instructed by Wil-!
liam Hutton of the Wilmington j
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| Tobacco Loan
Rate Is Raised
The average loan rate on
flue-cured tobacco will be
one-half cent higher in 1963
than it was in 1962 or from
[ 56.1 cents per pound to 56.6
cents according to Office
Manager Ralph L.. Price of
the Agriculture Stabilization
and Conservation Service in
Shallotte.
“The increase is due to the
increase in the cost of things
which farmers bought during
the past three years as com
pared with the 1959 cost, as
provided by law,” Manager
Price said.
He pointed out that these
costs are measured by chang
es in the index of prices paid,
including interest, taxes and
farm wage rates.
New Books For
Public Library
Mrs. Philip King, Librarian,
Lists Several Interesting
Titles Recently Added To
Library Shelves
A number of best-sellers in
adult fiction and non-fiction, such
as “Fail Safe,” “Seven Days in
May,” “The Rothschilds” and
“A Study in Communism,” have
been acquired by the Brunswick
County Library System, accord
ing to Mrs. Philip King, librarian.
Adult Fiction: The Sand Peb
bles, by McKenna; A pride of
place, by McGivem; Dear Papa,
by Bjorn; I take this land, by
Powell; Tales of ten worlds, by
Clarke (science fiction); Georgie
Winthrop, by Wilson; Thanks
giving weekend, by Locke; The
moonflower vine, by Carleton;
The reivers, by William Faulkner;
Morte d’urban, by Powers; Wide
is the Horizon, by Roberts;
Madame Castel's Lodger, by
Keyes; Power, by Fast; Fail Safe,
by Burdick; Clair de Lune, by
La Mure; Atlantic Fury, by
Innes; Homblower and the Hot
spur, by Forester; The Mouse on
the Moon, by Webberly; The Thin
Red Line, by Jones; Seven Days
in May, by Knebel.
Adult non-fiction: The Solar
System, by Simak; Credos and
Curios, by Thurber; A Thousand
Springs, by Chennault; Civil War
in Russia, by Footman; The
White House, White House His
torical Assn.; O Ye Jigs and
Juleps, by Hudson; Modern Nurs
ing, by Ducas; What time's the
Next Swan, by Slezak; The Big
E, by Stafford; Organized Crime
m America, by Tyler; What's a
Woman Doing Here, by Chap
pelle; The Way of the Story
teller, by Sawyer; Immortal
Lovers (Elizabeth Harrett and
Robert Browning); a Bridge for
Passing, by Pearl Buck; The
Devil's Backbone, by Jonathan
Daniels; The Civil War at Sea,
Vol. Ill, by Jones; Man on Trial,
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Williamson Has
Report On First
Week Of Session
Predicts Long Struggle Be
fore Senate Redistricting
Bill Is Finally Adopted
By ODELL WILLIAMSON
Regardless of what happens be
tween now and adjournment, the
1963 General Assembly is sure of
a place in history. This is a fact
because it is the first Legisla
ture to occupy the new $6.2 mil
lion Legislative Building.,
Although there are variedSri
actions to the architecture 6f
the new building, it really is a
beautiful structure and it should
serve its purpose well. It is de
signed to streamline the legisla
tive process by keeping, the legis
lators under one roof, not only
for the sessions of the • House
and Senate, but also for com
mittee meetings and healings on
bills. Committees will no longer
be scattered all over Raleigh with
the resulting loss of time and at
tendance.
Pictures of the outside of the
Legislative Building fail to do
justice to it. You , will have to
see it to fully appreciate it.
The Legislature got underway
last Wednesday, with the Senate
meeting at 11 a. m., and the
House at noon. Secretary of State
Thad Eure opened both houses
and presided over the swearing
in ceremony in each. First order
of business in the Senate was the
selection of Sen. Clarence Stone
of Rockingham county as presi
dent pro-tem and then as presi
dent of the Senate to fill the va
cancy created by the death of Lt.
Gov. Cloyd Philpott. Then Sen.
Ralph Scott of Alamance was
elected president pro-tem. First
business in the House was the
selection of Rep. Clifton Blue of
Moore as speaker.
Both leaders had been selected
at the Democratic caucus the
night -before. The fact that they
were able to take the top posts
without opposition means that
there should be no delay in nam
ing committees and getting down
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Extend Dates On
Open Season For
Taking Oysters
Bad Weather And Other
Difficulties That Have
Plagued Oystermen Given
As Reason For Decision
Action extending the 1962-63
open season for the harvesting of
oysters by 15 days has been an
nounced by C. Gehrmann Holland,
Commissioner of Fisheries. The
full Board of Conservation and
Development concurred in the
recommendation of the Commer
cial Fisheries Committee.
The closing date of the season
was extended from March 1 to
March 15.
Holland pointed out that
oystermen have been seriously
handicapped in their activities
this winter because of severe
storms which lasted about four
weeks in November and Decem
ber and kept the oystermen from
going out in their boats. As a re
sult the oyster take was about
15,000 tubs below the figures for
the previous year up to the first
of January, which represented
lost income of the oystermen in
the amount of about $50,000. It
was felt that the extension would
give them an opportunity to re
coup their losses.
Further than that Robert L.
Stallings, Jr., Director of the De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment, along with Eric W.
Rodgers, Chairman of the Com
mercial Fisheries Committee, and
other members of the Committee
had for two weeks been touring
the coast talking to oystermen.
Most of those approached re
quested the extension and said
they believed the best oysters
come in March, and in fact they
advocated a permanent season
which would open 15 days later in
the fall of each year and extend
15 days longer in the spring. They
said the oysters were fatter and
in better condition in the spring
while the early oysters, often af
fected by warm weather, were
le6n and had pot. . regpbed full,,
growth.
The members of the Committee
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Whiteviile Hosts
District Jaycees
District Meeting Will Be
Held Next Wednesday
Night In Whiteviile Hotel
More than 135 Jaycees from
four counties are expected to
attend the Eighth District Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce rally
in Whiteviile, Wednesday, Febru
ary 20, according to District
Vice-President Kirby Sullivan.
The meeting, which will start
at 7:30 p. m., will be held at
the Hotel Whiteviile with the
Whiteviile Jaycees acting as host.
Jayeee members from clubs in
Southport, Leland, Shallotte, Bur
gaw, Wilmington, Carolina Beach,
Acme Delco-Riegelwood, White
viile and Tabor City are expected
for the district meeting.
State President John Kennedy
will deliver the main address of
the evening.
A report on Boys Home will
be given by State Secretary and
Boys Home Project Chairman
Marvin P. Wilson. Last year, dis
trict clubs raised money for the
project by selling chances on a
lot at Tranquil Harbour, which
was donated by the National De
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| TIME and TIDE
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Twenty-five years ago this week the Pilot had a front page
photo of three young ladies bathing in waters of an artisan flow
at Ft. Caswell. Bathing in the warm waters on a cool, wintry
day were Mercedes Watts, Lela Hubbard and Lois Jane Bussells.
Members of the Board of Education were trying to get a
walkway constructed spanning the Shallotte River so the Shal
lotte school students would not have to walk across the bridge
on their way to the school. It was considered to be a hazard to
the children's safety. i
Twenty years ago this week shoe rationing went into effect
with an. explaination for the action given. The reason was that
the war had brough about a reduction of both manpower and
materials.to make shoes, and '.he armed forces were also in need
of the leather and rubber used in tho construction of footwear.
New air raid warning signals were going into effect. A pre
liminary signal would be given, announcing the possibility of a
sighting of an enemy aircraft.
Fifteen years ago this week complaints were heard concerning
the practice of leaving unattended or improperly marked fishing
nets in the Inland Waterway. The obstructions had caused sev
eral minor accidents on the waterway.
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Coming To Shallotte
PAGEANT—Miss 'Janice Elizabeth ' Barron of
Morganton will be guest of honor at the Brunswick
County Pageant, which will be sponsored by the Shal
lotte Junior Chamber of Commerce and will be held in
Shallotte High School auditorium on the evening of
March 16. ?
Applications For
Telephone Co-Op
Shallotte Votes
Down Water Bonds
Shallotte voters rejected
the proposition for a $190,000
bond issue for installing a
municipal water system in
voting Tuesday,, the margin
being 142 against, 87 for.
This represents an unusual
ly large percentage of the
registered voters and re
flected something of the in
terest in the issue. The city
officials had gone to consid
erable trouble to bring the
matter to a vote and sup
ported the bond proposal. '
Mayor Roney Cheers said
Tuesday night that he is dis
appointed with the x-esults.
Physician Talks
To Local Lions
Dr. M. H. Rourk Talks On
Diseases Of Heart And
Circulatory System A t
Thursday Meeting
Dr. M. H. Rourk was speaker
at the regular meeting of the
Southport Lions Club Thursday
night and talked on the subject
of diseases of the heart and cir
culatory system.
Dr. Rourk, who is a recognized
heart specialist, spoke of some of
the great gains that have been
made in the realm of cardiology
during the past twelve years. At
one point he declared, “It is sin
gular that this period of scientific
break-through has coincided with
the activities of the American
Heart Society.” He spoke in
praise of the aims and achieve
ments of that organization.
Dr. Rourk strongly recom
mended periodic check-ups and
listed early detection of any
heart trouble as one of the best
chances to effect a cure. Con
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: Officials Pleased With Re
sponse To Effort To Get
650 Applications In Order
To Quality For Loan
V r
Officials of the Atlantic Tele
phone Membership Corporation
are busy accepting applications
frpm prospective subscribers who
may not desire telephone service
immediately,- but who are listing
their, needs in .advance in order
to help the Brunswick county
cooperative qualify for a $1.5
million loan for improvement and
expansion. /
Here front State REA head
quarters .are, Marion Shufler and
J. M. Chesnut, who are visiting
varipus areas of the county ex
plaining the proposition which
makes it necessary for 650 addi
tional propective users to file an
application before the loan will
be granted.
Manager Earl Bellamy said
Tuesday that telephone company
officials are pleasea with the re
sponse thus far and says that
some of the best reaction has
come from persons who plan to
builds new vacation or- retirement
homes in the future, but who
want to help now to make sure
that communications facilities will
be available to them when they
wish to be connected for service.
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Princeton Has
Hornstein Bust
Work Of Art By Famous
Sculptor Sir Jacob Ep
stein Had Dr. N. M.
Hornstein As Model
A bronze bust of Dr. Norman
Hornstein of Southport has re
cently been purchased by Prince
ton University for over $5 thou
sand and is now on display at
the school’s Art Museum.
The late Sir Jacob Epstein, a
world famous sculptor who lived
in London, created the bust of
Dr. Hornstein when he was in
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Brunswick Man
Presides Over
District Meet
C. Y. Coleman Officiated At
District 6, State School
Boards Association, Wed
nesday
President C. Y. Coleman of
Ash presided during the annual
meeting of District Five of the
North Carolina State School
Board Association which was, held
at Roland Grise junior high
school in Wilmington Wednesday.
Secretary John G. Long, su
perintendent of Brunswick coun
ty schools, spoke words of wel
come to the 250 school board
members and educators who at
tended the Association meeting.
After hearing Associate Execu
tive Secretary W. O. Fields, Jr.,
of the North Carolina State
School Board Association praise
education’s past accomplishments
and warn of future troubles, the
educators and school board mem- ,
bers separated into group discus
sions. Principal William N. Wil-'
liams of Southport High School •
and Principal J. P. Snipes of Bo- ;
livia High School served as dis- !
cussion leaders.
, New officers of the Associa- !
tion include President William M. •
Johnson, Jr., of Clinton, Vice-'
President Frank Strickland of.
Duplin and Secretary E. C. Sipe
of Clinton.
Field, during his speech, point-,
ed out the inadequates in curri
cula, financial support and plant!
facilities. He warned that unless •
changes are made, local school!
boards will find some of their,
local control removed.
Already, he said, the trend is
to shift controls of education to;
higher governmental authorities,
because of complex problems.
Fields pointed out the problem!
of hiring and keeping good teach-,
ers in order to prepare students'
in modem schools with up to!
date equipment for their life’s
work.
Girl Scouts Xo ^
Hold Cookie Sale
Southport Troop Will Bene
fit Directly From Pro
ceeds Of Annual Cookie
Sale Starting Next Week
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Brunswick County’s own Camp
Pretty Pond will be one of the
direct recipients of funds raised
from the annual Girl Scout cookie
sale, which begins Thursday . '
The purpose of this annual
money-raising event is to maihr
tain and establish camping sites
for Girl Scouts. Camp Pretty
Pond is now being operated for
Intermediate and Senior Scoutsj
and Camp Traillee, near GpldsX
boro, for Brownies, Intermediates
sind Seniors. These two establish^
ed camps serve all Girls in the
Coastal Carolina Scout Council. [
Mrs. Charlotte (Mickey) Haiti
Cookie Sale Chairman, states -thajt
Brownie and Intermediate Scouts
will begin their selling on Feb
ruary 14 and continue for two
weeks, or until the quota iS
sold.
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This year the girls will , be
offering four different kinds ojf
cookies; the regular sandwich
cream, a new peanut butter sand
wich, sugared shortbread and the
always popular chocolate mint.;
In addition to the money which
goes to support the established
camps, five cents per box goes
directly into the local troop
fund. Southport's Intermediate
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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
Fort Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot's Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, February 14
11:30 A. M. 5:46 A. M.
6:03 P. M,f
Friday, February 15
12:08 A. M. 6:34 A. M.
12:12 P. M. 6:48 P. Af,
Saturday, February 16
12:57 A. M. 7:28 A. jifc.
1:00 P. M. 7:39 P. M."
Sunday, February 17
1:50 A. M. 8:28 A. Iwt.
1:57 P. M. 8:36 P. Af.5
Monday, February 18
2:48 A. M. 9:30 A. M. '
2:59 P. M. 9:36 P. M. ‘
Tuesday, February IS*,,. / .
3:48 A. M. 10:29 AIM*
3:59 P. M. 10:35 P. M.
Wednesday, February 20
4:45 A. M. 11:24 A ffl'
4:57 P. M. 11:30 P. «£