Volume No. 22 No. 35 8-Pages Today
TATE PORT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
SOUTHPORT, N. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1963
5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
At Southport Public Hearing
VISITORS—Members of the State Fisheries Committee of the Department of
Conservation and Development are shown at the courth house as they listened to
county residents discuss commercial fishing Friday. They are from, left to right
Director Robert Stallings, L. D. Gurkin; Jr., Chairman Eric Rodgers, Ernest Parker,
Dr. John Dees and Lewis J. Hardee. (Staff Photo by Allen)
Road Requests
Are Submitted
To Highway Men
Commissioner Lauch Fair
cloth And Engineers Held
Public Hearing This
Morning In Brunswick
Court House
Commissioner Louch Faircloth
was in Southport this morning
for a public hearing with regard
to road matters, and a total of
12 delegations appeared berore
him to ask for work on projects
in their immediate neighborhood.
Most of the petitions had to
do with secondary roads which
have been stabilized, but which
have deteriated rapidly in re
cent weeks due to the unusually
bad weather; Commissioner Fair
cloth said that he and his forces
are conscious of these needs and
will work as hard as possible to
bring the roads back to first
class condition.
A delegation from Leland,
headed by V. A. Creech, asked
for completion of U. S. Highway
17 from Supply to Wilmington.
Commissioner Faircloth said that
this request should be made at a
meeting where other than sec
ondary road matters were being
considered. However, he express
ed a grave concern for this work,
and said that it is high on the
list of highway priority projects.
Arthur J. Dosher asked for
work on the causeway from the
inland waterway bridge to Oak
Island, pointing out that at un
usually high tides the water
comes across the highway.
Other projects were presented
as follow: Odell Jenrette, No.
1324 in Waccamaw township; W.
M. Sermons No. 1119 in Lock
woods Folly and J. C. Sermons, a
drainage project on the same
road; W. J. McLamb, No. 1302,
Shallotte township; James Little
and J. R. Simmons, No. 1339,
Waccamaw township; Homer Hol
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r
I AV Bin Of J
‘-NEWS-1
HOLIDAY FRIDAY
The county offices will be clos
ed Friday in observance of Wash
ington's Birthday.
P. T. A. MEETING
A Founders Day program will
be presented at the Thursday
night meeting of the Southport
Parent-Teacher Association. The
time is 7:30 o’clock. The Annual
Founders Day silver offering will
be taken at this meeting.
IMPORTANT MEETING
The Flue-Cured Tobacco Co
operative Stabilization corpora
tion will meet in Lumberton Mon
day at 2:30 a. m., according to
ASC Manager R. L. Price, who
urges all Brunswick county far
mers to attend.
NEW GRAY LADY CLASS
A new training class for Gray
Ladies for Dosher Memorial Hos
pital will begin training next
week, with class sessions on
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons
from 2 to 4 o'clock at the Com
munity Building. They will be
conducted by Mrs. Charles Blake,
Gray Lady Chairman for the
Brunswick County Chapter, Am
erican Red Cross.
Fishermen Heard
By C & D Members
Brunswick County Seafood
Producers Given Opportu.
nity To Express Ideas Re
garding Regulations
Proposals to reopen Comcake
Inlet, correct water pollution, re
form oyster planting, open or
close shrimping areas and an
extension of the oyster season
were made by approximately 50
Brunswick county fishermen at a
meeting with the Commercial
Fisheries Committee of the State
Board of Conservation and De
velopment and the Commercial
Fisheries Advisory Board at the
court house in Southport Friday.
Director Robert L. Stallings,
Jr., of the Department of Con
servation and Development, told
the fishermen that the commit
tees were concerned about the
prospects of the commercial fish
ing industry in the North Caro
lina coastal areas.
“Fishermen must be ready to
sacrifice for the good of the
industry," he said.
While fishermen from New
Hanover, Pender and Brunswick
counties were invited to the meet
ing, only Brunswick was repre
sented at the session. The pur
pose of the meeting was to give
commercial fisherman an oppor
tunity to present their views and
suggestions. The committee mem
bers plan to use the recommen
dations to improve the status of
commercial fishing in the state.
During the discussion, G. W.
Fisher of Southport recommend
ed that the inlet at Corncake be
reopened. Most of the fishermen
present agreed with the sugges
tion.
Chairman Eric W. Rogers of
the Commercial Fisheries Com
mittee, who presided at the meet
ing, said the problem of reopen
ing the inlet was under the
jurisdiction of the State Water
Research Commission.
Committee Member Ernest E.
Parker, Jr., of Southport, said
the prospects of the commission
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Progress Made
With Auxiliary
Membership Cards ’ feing
Offered In Three 3ate*
gories With Good ublic
Acceptance
Mrs. Nola Tyler, president of
the J. Arthur Dosher Memorial
Hospital Auxiliary, reports that
the work of the Auxiliary is pro
gressing smoothly.
Several hundred dollars have
already been collected in ex
change for three distinct types Of
membership cards, including Pa
tron, with annual dues of $25 or
more. Sponsor membership are
$5 to $25 and regular membership
$1 to $5.
Aside from the places of busi
ness which have these cards, per
sonal solicitation has begun, with
the intention of getting enough
volunteers to cover all of Bruns
wick County.
Some members of the Auxiliary
have also been making surgical
binders, some of which have al
ready been received at the hos
pital.
Mrs. Tyler expects that by next
week a full financial report will
be ready along with a more de
tailed account on the progress
of the organization.
Adjusted Rate
For Electricity
In order to encourage resi
dents to install electrical
heating systems in their
homes, the Southport Board
of Aldermen adopted a new
electrical rate system Thurs
day, according to City Audi
tor W. L. Aldridge.
“The new rates should en
courage citizens to install
electrical heating in their
new homes,” Aldridge said.
“The rates are competitive
with the other power com
panies in the area.”
The average heating rate
should come down dollar-wise
while the average electrical
rates for other appliances
should remain the same, he
said.
The new rates will apply
to homes which use electrical
cooking and|or approved hot
water heating.
Williamson On j
Key Committees
Brunswick County Repre
sentative Reports O n
First Full Week In 1963
Assembly
By ODELL WILLIAMSON
For the first full week of
the General Assembly I did not
return to Raleigh until Tuesday
—after I had voted in Shallotte’s
bond election. As I did not con
sider the proposition a financially
sound one for a town the size of
ours, I was glad that most of
the voter's felt the same way and
rejected the proposed debt.
Brunswick County will be rep
resented on several committees
whose work could be important
to both our county and the whole
State. During the first week of
I the Legislature, I was named to
! the Finance and Local Govem
j ment committees. Everyone
agrees that the work of the
finance committee will be easy, as
there is no need this year for
more money than present tax
sources are producing. In fact,
things have been so good, Gov
ernor Terry Sanford has proposed
tax relief in the form of increased
exemptions for dependents on
State income tax.
Last week Speaker of the
House Clifton Blue named sev
eral more committees. Your
Brunswick representative has
been appointed to these commit
tees: Conservation & Develop
ment, Roads, Education and Wild
j life.
; On Thursday I introduced two
bills in the House. One is to
| amend the General Statutes re
j lating to the application of the
; sales tax to resort cottages and
apartments. Present law calls for
sales tax to be collected on the
rental of resort property, but not
|on the rental of inland homes and
| apartments. As the tax is unfair
| and is not equitably enforced, 11
would like to see it removed. My
bill would exempt from sales tax
family-type cottages and apart
ments in resort areas rented for
consecutive periods of not less
than seven days to any one per
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Slow Response
Causing Delay
On Boat Harbor
Friday Night Meeting Br
ings Discussion Of Pro
perty Owners Point Of
View On Yacht Basin
Because only 25 per cent of the
property owners of the proposed
Small Boat Harbor at Southport
responded to a call to submit
prices for their land, members of
the sub-committee of the South
port Ports Authority unanimous
ly voted to try to complete the
sign-up within two weeks.
Members of the sub-committee
met Friday night to evaluate the
progress made on the Small Boat
Harbor thus far.
A mix-up on who was to pur
chase the property caused a two
week delay on the project. Ernest
Parker said he understood that
a member of the State Ports
Authority would come to South
port in order negotiate with the
land owners. But he found that
a mistake had been made.
“We favor having local people
deal with local people on projects
like the Small Boat Harbor,” Di
rector James Dyvis said.
Parker then wrote letters to the
property owners and asked them
to make appointments with him
concerning the purchase of their
land.
Only five visited Parker and
four made definite offers. The
four own approximately 25 per
cent of the area of the proposed
harbor.. ♦
Parker pointed out one of the
major problems he is having in
negotiating with ' the property
owners.
“We can not tell the property
owners exactly what is going to
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Superior Court
Term Cancelled
y' v,..,;/
Absence Of Several Mem
bers Of Brunswick Coun
ty Bar Results In This De
cision
The February term of Bruns
wick County Superior court has
been cancelled because several
lawyers are unable to attend the
session, according to Assistant
Clerk Joy Gregory.
The civil term was to begin on
Monday in Southport with Judge
W. C. Hall of Durham presiding.
No plans have been made to re
schedule the session.
Some of the attorneys who are
unable to attend include S. Bunn
Frink, who is sick; Ray Walton,
who is serving in the General As
sembly, and James C. Bowman,
who is serving as district solici
tor in a criminal term in another
county.
The next civil term of Bruns
wick County Superior court is
scheduled to begin the week of
April 29. j
Gray Lady Class Honored
■mn
CAPPING—Dr. F. M; Burdette, right, is shown capping members of the first
class of Gray Ladies at their graduation Friday night in the Community Building.
Members of the class are Mrs. Trudy Huffham, Mrs. Bud Powell, Mrs. E. C. Blake,
Mrs. Herman Strong, Mrs. C. E. Bellamy, Mrs. Kay Barnes, Mrs. Dan Harrelson,
Mrs. Johnnie D. Duffie and Mrs. Roy Arntsen, who is being capped and Mrs.
James Melton. Mrs. Charles Blake was Chairman of the Red- Cross Committee in
charge of the project.
Bolivia Firemen
Honored In Cash
Award Contest
Bolivia Volunteer Fire De
partment Has Been Fully
Organized And Is Work
i ing For Community
The Bolivia Volunteer Fire De
partment won first place in the
weekly awards given in the
Fourth Annual Community Club
Awards Campaign conducted by
WMFD Radio in Wilmington. The
campaign will last fifteen weeks,
and every other week $100 will be
given away in five prizes to five
participating clubs.
When the first turn in of
Proofs-Of-Purchase was made
February 6, and the five winners
were announced, the Bolivia Vol
unteer Fire Department was
pleased to learn that it had won
first place, which carries with
this honor an award of $30.
This money will help in this
much needed project.
Officers of the Fire Department
are: H. Mercer Johnson, presi
dent; Fire Chief, Robert C.
Phelps; Asst. Fire Chief, Hayes
Hawes; 1st. Lieut., James Forest
Jones; 2nd. Lieut., Edward Mur
rell; Captain, Lewis Harvell; Wil
liam A. Kopp, Jr., is secretary
and Warren Bullard is treasurer.
Graham A. Willetts is chairman
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TIME and TIDE
Twenty-five years ago this week record numbers of tourists
flocked to Ft. Caswell to visit the scenic attractions at the his
toric emplacement. Of main interest was the artesian flow of
hot mineral waters. The 95-degree waters are suspected to origi
nate in the Appalachain Mountains of western North Carolina.
An estimated 400 car loads of visitors saw the flow the preced
ing Sunday.
A front page photo pictured Aunt Ann Galloway, 107 year
old Southport negro, doing her weekly wash. This was one of
her regular activities.
Twenty years ago this week three members of the Cape Fear
Pilots Association were pictured on the front page after receiv
ing commissions in the Coast Guard. Pictured were Lt. Com
manders J. I. Davis and H. T. St. George and Lt. Fred Willing.
The bill proposing that the citizens be able to vote on the
location of the county courthouse was reportedly receiving un
favorable attention. The reason was the county’s bonded indebt
edness, which would not permit any further bonds being issued.
Fifteen years ago this week a ninteenth birthday celebration
was held in honor of a 76-year old resident of Ash. D. E. Stana
land was born on leap year February 29, a date which comes
only every four years.
Prospects of the State obtaining Ft. Caswell as part of the
mountain-seashore park system appeared much brighter than
before. A state-owned and operated park was seen as a big boast
to the county’s travel Industry.
Five years ago this week a reversal of the ceromonial rib
bon-cutting usually’held as part of the construction of a new
route was to be held at the site of the former inlet at Long
Beach. A "ribbon-tying” was to be held marking the closing of
the hurricane-washed inlet on the western end of Oak Island.
Theories on the earth tremors frequently experienced here
had been received. The steady rumble sounds much like a jet
breaking the sound barrier, but the sound was of much longer
duration.
i
Second Fox Hunt
Scheduled Friday
s
Directories For
City Distributed
Directories for the City of
Southport can now be obtain
ed at the City Hall, accord
ing: to City Manager C. D.
Pickerrell.
Only one book will be is
sued to each home and only
adults may acquire them at
City Hall.
‘‘No children will be given
directors because the supply
is limited,” Pickerrell stated.
The books, which were
printed at ho expense to the
tax-payer, contain the
names, address and telephone
numbers of every person and
business in the City of South
port.
Citizens Enroll
For Tour-Arama
Much Interest Being Shown
In Series Of Training
Classes For Brunswick
Residents
A large number of Brunswick
county residents are currently en
rolling in the big and important
travel, historic, and recreational
program for Southeastern North
Carolina.
The first program in the series
will begin in Shallotte on Tues
day, March 12. Each ses
sion will be held from 7:30 to
9:30 p. m.
Several well-known area and
state leaders will be in charge
of the various discussion periods.
This program is designed for
all people who are interested in
promoting the travel industry in
Brunswick county.
A victory dinner will be held
March 21, at the Cape Fear Coun
try Club in Wilmington for all
participants in the six-county
area.
This program is being develop
ed by the Adult Education De
partment of Wilmington college
headed by W. K. Dorsey, the In
dustrial Education Center of New
Hanover county, and the North
Carolina Distributive Education
service.
The purpose of this Tour
Arama program is to point out
the importance of the travel in
dustry to the state, area and
county and how everyone bene
fits from this industry; to aid in
the development of new travel at
tractions and to further promote
the present activities; and to
generate enthusiasm by a better
understanding of what the coun
ties and area have to sell
‘‘travel-wise.”
Dr. Henderson Rourk of Shal
lotte is sponsor for Brunswick
county.
Individuals and groups who are
extended a special invitation to
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’Long Beach Will Be Host
To Larger Number Of
Hounds And Hunters For
Washington’s , Birthday
Event
LONG BEACH—It will be foxes
first, with assorted hounds and
hunters, while motorists and
pedestrians shift for themselves
as Long Beach holds its Annual
Fox Round-Up Friday and Sat
urday, Feb. 22 and 23.
A large sign at the entrance of
Long Beach already serves notice
to all visitors that, for this sea
son, all hounds, foxes and hunt
ers have the right of way as this
sporting traffic crosses the
streets.
Last year’s event drew four
hundred fox hunters from five
states and from points as distant
as Texas. Three hundred and
eighty-seven fox hounds almost
equalled the participants in num
ber. Thirty-eight foxes were tail
ed with an unknown, number
downed (only foxes whose tails
can be produced by the hunters
are counted, hence the term
“tail-ed”).
Unique in that the Chase is
held by the hunters following on
foot or in jeeps, cars or trucks
over the grid of streets which
cross the Town every four hun
dred feet. Transportation has
ranged from model A’s and beach
buggies to Cadillac limousines. To
date no horses have been enter
ed, but the sponsors admit that
there is no closed rule on their
use, properly niounted by a vice
president of the association.
The Long Beach Fox Hunters
Club was organized last round
up with two thousand card carry
ing, non-dues paying vice presi
dents. All participants are eligible i
for this district honor shared by
Governor Terry Sanford and other
sports enthusiasts.
Some have complained that the
only disadvantage to membership
in this organization is that the
vice presidents must arise at five
a. m. in order to “Cast Out” the
hounds for the Chase at» six
o’clock.
The advantages of member
ship, however, are realized when
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Bolivia School
Boiler Trouble
Main Building Practically
Without Heat During
Three Days Last Week
As Troubles Continue
Three days last week the main
building at Bolivia High School
was practically without heat as
a result of furnace troubles but
all was well Monday.
It is believed that the boiler
on the main furnace at the
school is causing the heating
troubles.
Both Thursday and Friday class
rooms were being heated in a
checkerboard fashion with alter
nating warm and cold rooms.
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Capping Friday
Climaxes First
Gray Lady Class
Dr. F. M. Burdette Capped
Members Of First CIa33
Sponsored By Red Cross
And Woman’s Club
The first class of Red Cross
Gray Ladies in this county were
capped Friday night at the Com
munity Building by Dr. F. M.
Burdette. Assisting him was Mrs.
Roy Daniel, Director of Nurses
at Dosher Memorial Hospital.
At the start of the program
Rev. Charles Lancaster gave the
invocation. This was followed by
a welcome from Mrs. Philip
King, who is Red Cross Home
Service Chairman for Brunswick
County. Dr. Burdette spoke brief
ly concerning the work of Gray
Ladies after which he and Mrs.
Daniel placed the cap on each of
the ladies in the class.
Mrs. Ronnie Hood. President of
the Junior Woman’s Club, pinned
each Gray Lady, as Mrs. Charles
Blake presented them with a cer
tificate and identification card.
Following this, Mrs. Frances
Key, as a representative of the
Southport Woman’s Club, pre
sented this class of Gray Ladies
to Miss Frances Tillit, Adminis
trator of the hospital here. She
in turn gave a speech accepting
the group and expressing appre
ciation for the work they are do
ing.
The ladies receiving their caps
were: Mesdames C. E. Bellamy,
J. D. Duffie, J. T. Barnes, W.
Hufham, Dan Harrelson, Bill
Love, R. L. Jones, William Pow«
ell, E. C. Blake, James Melton, '
Herman Strong, and Roy Arnt
sen. One member, Mrs. Pete *
Worsley, was unable to attend.
Local Scenes In
State Booklet
“Variety Vacationland” Has
Three Scenes From Bruns
wick County In Full Color
Emphasizing things to do as
well as see in North Carolina,
the 1963 edition of “Variety Va
cationland” . is off the press and
being distributed free on request
by the Travel Information Divi
sion of the Dept, of Conservation
and Development, Raleigh.
There are three Brunswick
county scenes in the colorful new
promotional booklet. One shows a
scene at the Southport Yacht
Basin, another was taken at
beautiful Orton Plantation and a
third shows the third hole at Oak
Island Golf Club.
Director Charles Parker of the
Travel Information Division said
the new book combines specific.,
information with 88 colored pic
tures and maps of vacation at
tractions from mountains to coast
to make it a useful guide both to
planning a North Carolina vaca
tion and selecting a vacation or
retirement home.
New features include descrip
tions of major festivals and fairs
and a listing of principal private
ly operated tourist attractions.
Outdoor recreation is emphasiz
ed with a new map locating state
and national parks, forests, park
ways, historic sites and rest
areas.
New highways and bridges (all
toll-free in North Carolina) are
shown, offering easy accessibility
to all areas of the state and con
necting with new highways lead
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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.
high low
Thursday, February 21,
5:38 A. M. 12:14 A. M.
5:52 P. M.
Friday, February 22,
6:29 A. M. 12:22 A. M.
6:44 P. M. 1:03 P. M.
Saturday, February 23,
7:19 A. M. 1:13 A. M.
7:33 P. M. 1:49 P. M.
Sunday, February 24,
8:07 A. M. 2:00 A. M.
8:21 P. M. 2:35 P. M.
Monday, February 25,
8:54 A: M. 2:50 A. M.
9:12 P. M. 3:21 P. M.
Tuesday, February 26,
9:43 A. M. 3:39 A. M.
9:02 P. M. 4:08 P. M.
Wednesday, February 27,
10:33 A. M. 4:30 A. M.
10:56 P. M. 4:56 P. M.