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Volume No. 22
No. 39
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1963
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Four Eagle Scouts
HONORED—The four Shallotte Boy Scouts who received their Eagle Scout
badges in a history making ceremony Tuesday night are shown with their parents.
They are, from left to right, Charles G. Holden, Steven D. Holden, Mr. and Mrs.
Audrey Holden, Mrs. James Marshall, James A. Marshall, Dr. James Marshall,
Mrs. E. H. Redwine, Edward D. Redwine and E. H. Redwine.. (Staff Photo by
Allen)
Williamson Has
tExplanation Of
| ; Stand On Bills
Advances Plan To Cover
Rotation Problem In Elec
.‘a; tion Of County Commis
sioners
By ODELL WILLIAMSON
Last week the House disposed
of two well-publicized bills just
as I predicted in my previous
column—the bill to provide day
light saving time was defeated,
A «,.f and the bill to require the in
. V. stallation of automobile seat belts
: # was passed.
- Another bill which your repre
f sentative expects to see defeated
■vv- ,• '.--.-is "~4he proposal introduced by
Rep. Steve Dolley of Gaston to
make it a misdemeanor for school
officials to allow anyone to ride
a school bus unless there is seat
space for him. This bill is sup
posed to be a safety measure in
that it would prevent children
from having to stand while riding
the school bus. But with North
Carolina’s outstanding safety re
cord in operating the nation’s
largest school transportation sys
tem. I do not see that we have
a safety problem in this field.
Although the state does not as
sume responsibility for transpor
tating pupils living within a mile
and a half of school, I think it
is much safer for the children
to ride standing up than it is
for them to walk along the high
way. The fact is that children
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‘-NEWS-1
P.T.A. MEETING
Open house will be observed
Thursday night by Southport PTA
which meets at 7:30 o’clock at
the high school, according to Prin
cipal W. N. Williams.
COUNTRY COUSINS COMING
The Country Cousins will ap
pear in Southport Saturday, at
the high school auditorium at 8
o’clock, sponsored by the 8th
grade. Advance tickets are'being
sold by the 8th graders.
ON DEAN’S LIST
Larry Wolfe, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James M. Wolfe of South
port, member of the senior class
at the University of North Caro
lina, made the deans list for the
fall semester. He is married to
the former Brenda Wilkes.
MIDDLETON FILES
E. F. Middleton, mayor of the
Town of Long Beach, has filed
for reelection as a member of the
town council in the forthcoming
municipal election. Bernard L.
Heath, formerly of Greensboro,
now of Long Beach, also has filed
for the council. There are three
vacancies to be filled.
RESIGNS AS CHAIRMAN
W. P. Jorgensen has resigned
as chairman of the board of trus
tees for Dosher Memorial Hospital
but is remaining as a member of
that body. He said that he ' was
taking this step because of his
health. A. H. Gainey, Jr., was
unanimously elected to replace
him as head of the board.
Four Boy
Get Eag
First Court Of Honor For:
This Purpose Ever Held
In Brunswick Conducted
At Shallotte Tuesday
History was made Tuesday
night when four Shallotte Boy
! Scouts were presented their
Eagle Scout badges in Brunswick
county at the Waecamaw iDstrict
Court of Honor held in Shallotte
High School auditorium.
Although a number of Bruns
wick county boys have received
scout’s highest award, this was
the first time the Eagle Scout
badge presentation has been held
in Brunswick county.
Shallotte Boy Scouts who re
ceived their Eagle Scout award
during impressive candle light
ceremonies were James A. Mar
shall, 16, son of Dr. and Mrs.
James Marshall, Edward D. Red
wine, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. H. Redwine, and Charles G.
Holden, 15, and Steven D. Holden,
12, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Audrey
Holden.
The awards were presented by
Lee J. Greer of Whitville, to the
mothers who pinned the badges on
their sons. The scouts in turn
pinned a minature Eagle Scout
badge on their mothers.
Judge Greer, Chairman of the
Court of Honor, said the whole
Waecamaw; district is proud of
Shallotte for having four eagles
at one meeting.
“It is a tribute to the interest
the town of Shallotte is showing
toward the scouting program,” he
said.
All four new eagles are
members of Shallotte Troop 506
and their scoutmaster is Paul
Hardy.
At the meeting, the Shallotte
troop was presented awards for
advancement, inspection and at
tendance. They also received a
|blue ribbon of their displays dur
| ing Boy Scout Week in February,
j Scout Executive W. C. Wall of
the Cape Fear Area Council of
Wilmington, District Executive
Leon Guthrie of Waecamaw Dis
trict o f Whiteville, advance
ment Chairman P. P. Rinfrow of
Fair Bluff, and Col. Motiff of
Shallotte, a member of the Ad
vancement Committee, attended
[the Court of Honor.
List Pre-School
Clinic Schedule
County Superintendent Urg
es Importance Of Having
Children Attend One Of
These Clinics
The following schedule of pre
school clinics has been announced
by the Brunswick County Health
Department:
Waccamaw School - Tuesday,
March 16; Bolivia School - Friday,
March 29; Piney Grove School -
Tuesday, April 2; Leland Sehool
- Thursday, April 4; Lincoln
School - Friday, April 5; South
port School - Friday, April 12;
Union School - Tuesday, April 16;
Cedar Grove School - Tuesday,
April 16; Bruns. Co. Training
School . Thursday, April 18;
Shallotte School - Friday, April
19; Longwood School - Tuesday,
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Scouts
jle Award
k
Math Workshops
Set For Teachers
Basic mathematical concepts
will be discussed at two work
shops for the consolidated schools
in Brunswick county Tuesday and
Wednesday, according to Super
intendent John G. Long.
On Tuesday, the Waccam'aw
and Shallotte teachers will meet
at the Shallotte school at 3:30
while the teachers at Bolivia
Southport and Leland -vill gather
at Bolivia school on Wednesday
at 3:30.
The workshops will be conduct
ed by Miss Nedra Mitchell, super
visor of elementary education for
the State Department of Public
Instruction in Raleigh. Miss Mit
chell was formerly employed as
as arithmetic consultant with the
Winston company, publishers of
the basic text book used n the
grades three through eight in
| the county.
Two Brothers
Die Suddenly
Lawton James Muncey Dies
While Here To Attend
Funeral Of Vincent Mun
cey
A prominent Ohio industrialist,
stricken while visiting a brother
in Southport, died in James Wal
ker Memorial Hospital, Tuesday
morning.
Lawton James Muncey, 59, of
Cincinatti, Ohio, died after a
short illness. He had been visit
ing his brother, Vincent Muncey,
who died in Dosher Memorial
Hospital, Sunday when stricken.
Lawton Muncey was general
superintendent of General Motors
Norwood Plant in Cincinnati and
both he and Vincent were sons
of the late Allen and Polly
Wooten Muncey. He was a native
of Hyden, Ky. and a member of
St. Gertrude Catholic Church in
Cincinnati. Pinal rites are to be
held in Cincinnati, Friday.
He is survived by a brother,
Bige Muncey of Southport. Also,
he is survived by his wife, three
daughters, a son and two other
brothers and three grandchildren.
Vincent Muncey, 64, of the
Midway section of Brunswick
County near here, died early,
Sunday morning in Dosher Me
morial Hospital.
Final rites were held Monday
at 1:30 p. m. from the chapel of
Kilpatrick Funeral Home by the
Rev. Homer McKeithan, with
burial in Hyden, Ky.
■Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Florence Muncey of the home;
five sons, Heech Muncey, Scott
burgh, Ind., Eugene Muncey, Cov
ington, Ky., Lawton Muncey,
Dayton, Ohio, Bruce Muncey, Cin
cinnati, Ohio and Luke Muncey,
Dayton, Ohio; four daughters,
Mrs. Dorothy Campenella, Cin
cinnati, Ohio, Mrs. Edith Brown,
Southport, Mrs. Polly Lewis,
Clarksville, , Ohio, Mrs. Zilphia
Mobley, Miami, Fla.; four broth
ers* Bige Muncey, Southport,
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Southport Club
Offers Nursing
Scholarship Aid
rwo Full Scholarships
Be Offered Again This
Year By Southport Wo
man’s Club To Senior
Girls
Two full three-year pursing
scholarships are to be awarded
to high school senior girls in
Brunswick County through the
Southport Woman’s Club, it was
announced this week by Mrs.
Johnnie D. Duffie, president.
The scholarships are made pos
sible by the Brunswick County
Tuberculosis Association and the
local Society for Crippled Chil
dren and Adults, both of which
are divisions of . the Southport
Womans’ Club. Funds for these
organizations are raised by the
Womans’ Club, which also ad
ministers their programs within
the county in cooperation with
the County Departments of
Health and Welfare.
The scholarships will provide
the complete costs for tuition,
uniforms and books at one of 23
selected North Carolina Accre
dited Schools of Nursing. The
recipients of the awards may
choose any one of these institu
tions, depending upon their ability
to meet entrance requirements.
All girls in . the senior classes
of the five white and three negro
high schools in the county are
eligible to apply. Information
sheets, list3 of selected Schools
of Nursing, and scholarship appli
cation forms have been sent out
to each girl in the graduating
classes. The completed applica
tions are to be in the hands of
the Scholarship Committee by
April 15, and announcement of
the winners is expected on April
25.
Judging will be on the basis
of mental achievement, moral in
tegrity, physical condition and
evidence of sincere desire to be
come a Registered Nurse. The
judges are to be qualified persons
outside of Brunswick County.
- Wbilgjt ig; not made a require
ment, it is hoped thait recipients
of the scholarships will return
to work in Brunswick 'County
upon completion of their training.
Last year, the Woman’s Club
awarded one scholarship, won by
Miss Rachel Kye of Bolivia. She
is now in training at the James
Walker Memorial Hospital School
of Nursing in Wilmington.
Career Day Is
Held At Union
Students From Four Other
Schools Participated In
Program To Consider Fu
ture Plans
Career Day was observed Fri
day at Union High School, with
students from Lincoln, Brunswick
County Training School and
Chestnut also attending.
Featured speaker for the occa
sion was Miss Lorraine Cumbo,
guidance consultant for the State
Department of Public Instruction.
She spoke to the students on
“Your World In 1980”—and de
voted her talk to practical dis
cussion of how they can best
fit themselves for life in the
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TIME and TIDE
Twenty-five years ago this week the Southport Civic Clubs
announced plans to hold outboard motorboat races at Southport
in the near future. The big Southport harbor would provide plen
ty of room for the swift little craft.
The shifting shoals off Cape Pear was expected to affect
fishing slightly in the coming seasons. Small passages now us
able were to be closed but others would probably be opened as
a result.
Twenty years ago this week a committe of Southport busi
nessmen visited Charleston with the hope of acquiring a Naval
Air Base for Brunswick county. Also during the visit attempts
were made to save the doomed W.B.&S. Railroad.
The county was threatened with the possibility of not reach
ing its goal in the drive for Red Cross funds. The goal had been
set at $4,000.
Fifteen years ago this week the possibility of Long Beach
getting a fourth class post office were reported as being good.
The office would be served through the Southport office and the
postmaster was to receive no salary.
The schooner Atlantis was off again in search of more
shrimp. The purpose of the next investigation was to determine
where the shrimp go after they leave our coastline.
Ten years ago this week the dredging at Sunny Point was
disturbing the snakes that abound in the area and was forcing*
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Miss Brunswick County
WINNER—The new Miss Brunswick County, Carolyn Johnson of Bolivia, is
shown in the center after receiving the crown Saturday night in Shallotte. On her
right is Lydia Long of Southport, the first runner-up. Second runner-up, Jean Gil
bert of Southport, is on her left. On the second row are, left to right, Cheryl Rog
ers Watts, last year’s queen, Jaycee President Gene Blair, and J. T. Clemmons,
pageant public relation man. (Staff Photo by Allen)
Walton Planning
Bill To Increase
County Salaries
Brunswick Senator Discuss
es Other Matters Of Le
gislation Affecting This
County
Higher salaries for county
workers, dissatisfaction, with the
present method of appointing
school boards, stronger laws per
taining to the Board of Education
audits and confusion over a plan
aaisa.:. canafcy, ^pra*
missioned were some of the pro
blems discussed by Senator Ray
Walton in Southport Saturday.
“Salary adjustments for county
employees must be made for the
continued growth of the county”,
Senator Walton stated. “We must
attract and keep qualified per
sons.” He ^aid he definitely would
introduce legislation on the sub
ject.
Senator Walton expressed
strong dissatisfaction with the me
thod now being used to name
school board members. This week
the bill to appoint the board in
the counties will be introduced in
the House and then go to the
Senate. The boards will be hamed
by Tuesday in crder for the mem
bers to take office by April 1.
“We have the responsibility to
appoint the school boards mem
bers this year and I hope it is
the last time,” he declared.
A bill has been introduced in
the General Assembly to have the
people elect the boards directly
and Senator Walton is one of its
strongest backers.
“I favor electing school boards
and I will do everything I can
for such a bill”, he stated em
phatically. “If the people are go
ing to vote on the school board
members, then they should elect
I them and not leave the respon
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Carolyn Johnson 18
Is Miss Brunswick
■3
Change Days Of
Health Clinics
X-ray and general immuni
zation clinics in Brunswick
county will be. held only
every other week beginning in
f according JtaL, County -,
ffeer‘^:'-3t.li5siiEI».h''
ott. X
The x-ray clinics will be
held in Shallotte on the first
and third Monday of every
month only. The time will be
from 9 to 12 o’clock.
The general immunization
clinic in Southport will be
held on the first and third
Tuesday of the month from
1 to 4 o’clock.
The Shallotte immunization
clinic will be conducted on
the first and .third Thursday
of the month from 1 lo 4
I o’clock also.
Health Meeting
Held At Supply
Further Information Is Giv
en Regarding Home Nurs
ing Program In Bruns
wick County
The Brunswick county program
to provide home nursing care for
chronically ill patients was dis
cussed today at a health meeting
in Supply.
The Advisory Board of the
home nursing program met at
2:30 at the Agricultural Building
to iron out the detail of the
service. Members of the board
include Brunswick Health Officer
Dr. A. . H. Elliott, Mrs. Ruth
Harrington; Mrs. Lottie Massey
and Mrs. Ella Aldridge, county
nurses, Miss Frances Tillett, ad
ministrator of Dosher Memorial
Hospital, Mrs. Julia Daniels, head
nurse at the hospital, Dr. B. B.
Ward, Dr. Fred Burnett, and Mrs.
Emma Tatum, County Welfare
superintendent.
In addition, Miss Barbara L.
Kahn, consultant on Health Edu
cation for the State Board of
Health, Miss Ruth Dixon, physi
cal therapist consultant of the
chronical disease section of State
Board of Health, and Miss Ann
Lamb, district nursing consultant
of the State Board of Health,
attended the meeting.
At 3:30, a general meeting oi
interested residents of the county
was held. Members of the board
explained the policies of the
home nursing program to the
community representatives. They
in turn will explain the policies
to the resident of their com
munities.
Community representatives at
tending the meeting included Mrs.
Foster Mintz of Bolivia; Mrs.
Henry Pike of Ash; Mrs. A1 But
ler of Leland; Mrs. Catherine
Savage of Southport; Thurston
Mintz of Shallotte; A. S. Knowles
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; Bolivia Girl First Place
Winner In Jaycee Pag
eant Saturday Night At
Shallotte High School ,
A raven-haired beauty from
Bolivia with tears of joy flowing
down ' her cheeks, Miss Edith
Carolyn Johnson, was crowned
Miss Brunswick County of 1963
before an audience of more than
1,000 persons at Shalotte High
school- aatarday-nigtt,;.,. ,,
The new Miss Brunswick Coun
ty, the 18 year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Johnson
of Bolivia, was selected from nine
other contestants entered in the
pageant. She was crowned by
last years queen, Mrs. Cheryl
Rogers Watts of Southport.
Miss Johnson will represent the
county at the Miss North Carolina
Pageant in Greensboro in July.
She won a $500 scholarship, a
princess diamond ring, a two
weeks vacation at Sunset Beach
a trophy and a wardrobe oi
clothes.
Miss Johnson, whose measure
ments are 33-23-36 stands five
feet-three inches tall and weighs
110 pounds.
For her talent presentation, the
new Miss Brunswick County sang
“You’ll Never Walk Alone”. Mrs,
C. A. Graham of Southport serv
ed as her accompanist on the
piano. Miss Johnson also made
the dress she wore when she
sang, a navy blue basic sheath
with a tulle overskirt of the
same color.
In the semi-finalist quiz, Miss
Johnson was asked two questions
When asked to name anyone ir
the world with whom she woulc
like to hold a three minute con
ference and why, Miss Johnsor
answered, “Nikita Khrushchev . . ,
I would like to know what he
thinks and what his plans are
for Russia.”
If she made two dates for the
same evening Miss Johnson saic
she would “call a girl friend ovei
and have a party.”
Miss Johnson said her winning
the contest was a gpreat surprise
“I did not expect to win and just
worked to be one of the five
finalists”, she said, “and Satur
day I did not think I would dc
that”.
After she was announced the
contest winner, Miss Johnson saic
that she was all mixed up.
“I lost my pocketbook, lip-stick,
compact, and comb after the
pageant,” she stated. "I was jusl
in a daze.”
Winning a beauty contest is
nothing new for Miss Brunswick
County. She is a former Miss
SENCland and a Dairy Princess
An active senior at Bolivia higl
school, Miss Johnson is a membei
of the Science Club, Beta club
Monogram Club, Glee Club, FHA
4-H, Junior play staff, chiei
cheerleader, a former sophomori
class officer, a bus monitor, sen
ior superlative and a class mar
shal.
She plans to attend Wilmingtoi
College in the fall and major ij
sociology and minor in music. Shi
plans eventually to become s
social worker.
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l
Long Beach To
Hold Election
On Water Bonds
National Development Cor
poration Makes Gift Of
$30,000 For Construction
Of Canal Bridge
Acceptance of a $30 thousand
gift to construct a canal bridge
and a calling for a $325 thousand
bond election to finance a propos
ed water system highlighted the ,
meeting of the Long Beach Board
of Commissioners Saturday at the
Town Hall.
Town Manager Dan L. Walker
read a letter from National Deve
lopment Corporation offering to
give Long Beach $30 thousand
for the construction of a creasoled
timber bridge on Lincolnton street
across from Davis Canal.
Mayor E. F. Middleton of Char
leston, S. C., who presided at the
meeting, is president of the cor
poration which developed the
Brunswick county beach town.
The bridge will provide a 12
foot mean high water clearance
over the dredged area.
During the discussion, it was
pointed out that while the bridge
will enhance the property of the
development company, it will also
raise the town’s income via pro
perty values.
The bridge will make possible
the drainage of more than 1,200
acres of marsh lands in the area.
This in turn will provide better
mosquito control for the beach
community.
On Commissioner E. W. Mor
gan’s motion, which was seconded
by Commissioner W. L. Simmons
of Greensboro, the board unanim
ously voted to accept the gift.
The board will turn the money
over to the State Highway De
partment who will construct the
bridge.
The Board also "unanimously
passed an ordinance calling for
a $325-thousand water system
bond election with the hope of
matching funds from the Acce- j
lerated Public Works Progarm.
Brunswick county recently has
been declared a disaster area and
is eligible to receive matching
' fed?*ral " fUndS* for public* workir *-*
projects.
If the grant is not honored,
the town will need to call for
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College Credit
Course Begins
Teachers And Students
With College Credit May
Attend Course In Guid
ance Being Taught At
Bolivia
The second class in Education
360 G., Principal of Guidance, will
be held Monday night at Bolivia
High School beginning at 6:30
o’clock according to Brunswick
County Superintendent John G.
Long. ,
The course is being offered by
East Carolina College and three *
quarter hours toward renewal of
an “A’’ or “G” certificate will be ?
given. The course will run for |
ten weeks and classes will be
three hours in length.
Ethel D. Booth will serve as
course instructor. She is widely
recognized in the field of guid
ance and is highly recommended,
Superintendent Long said.
Twenty persons from Brunswick,
Columbus and New Hanover
counties attended the first session
and enrolled in the class.
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, March 21
4:07 A. M. 10:50 A. M.
4:28 P. M. 11:03 P. M.
Friday, March 22
5:06 A. M. 11:43 A. 31.
5:25 P. M. 11:58 P.M.
Saturday, March 23
6:00 A. M. 12:33 A. M.
6:20 P. M.
Sunday, March 24
6:53 A. M. 0:52 A. M.
7:12 P. M. 1:21 P. M.
Monday, March 25
7:44 A. M. 1:43 A. M.
8:03 P. M. 2:08 P.
Tuesday, Maivh 26
8:33 A. M. 2:33
8:54 P. M. 2
Wednesday,
9:24 A. M.
9:46 P. M.