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V .1 •• THE STATE PORT ILOT W: -U . A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County Volume No. 22 No. 40 8~Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1963 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY “History Land Trail” Becomes State Project Organization Formed Last Week In Raleigh To Help Highlight Tourist Attract ions In Eastern N. C. In order to promote tourism along U. S. Highway 17 in East ern North Carolina, a "History Land Trail Association” was form ed in Raleigh Tuesday. The proposed “History Land Trail” project will embrace the Eastern North Carolina historical landmarks which are accessible from U. S. Highway 17. With the opening to the $220 million Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel scheduled in approximate ly one year, the idea of the trail is to attract into the State the 5,000 travelers who are ex pected to use the new facilities daily. Unless something is done, it was pointed out, the travelers will use Interstate 85 or 95 and their tourist trade will be lost. “With the opening of the Dnage-Lunnei, unaunuau ^ntuiea B. Wade, Jr., of the State Ad vertising Committee of the Board of Conservation and Development said, “the Trail can get them into Elizabeth City . . . back to Bath ... to Washington and New Bern . . . Beaufort and across the causeway to Atlantic Beach ... to Ft. Macon and to Wilmington and its great plan tations. This is the general, idea of the ‘History Land Trail.” After describing the trail route from the Virginia line to Wil mington, he told of the Bruns wick county attractions. “From Wilmington, the travel er may visit Orton Plantation and Brunswick Town, located on the west side of the river just off N. C. ' 40. The way south from Brunswick Town is by way of Southport and NC 211,” he said. “After a stop in Southport, the traveler may return to U. S. Bighway 17 at the town of Sup ply and proceed south through the varied and enchanting coastal scenery of Brunswick county toward the attractions of Sduth Carolina,” he concluded. Chairman Wade, who called the meeting, said the Trail offers one of the longest and oldest strings of colonial buildings which supersede anything in New England. He also pointed to the advant age of extending the tourist sea son from early spring to late fall and eventually to all 12 months of the year. Highway Commission Chairman Merrill Evans said the time has come to “develop tourism just like any other crop in North Carolina.” State Senator P. D. Midgett, Jr., of Engelheard was elected president of the newly formed organization while Glenn Tucker of Carolina Beach was named one of the vice-presidents. Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., of Southport, president of the North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs, was elected to serve as a director. «k at I LNEWSH ON DEAN’S LIST Phillip Wayne Lennon of Le land, George Franklin Blizzard of Navassa and Thomas Mead McLamb and Frank Mendel Nor ris, Jr., of Shallotte, made the Dean’s List for the winter quar ter at Wilmington College. TOBACCO DEADLINE Monday will be the last day Brunswick county tobacco farm ers can file lease and transfer agreements at the ASCS office, Mnager Ralph Price says. No lease or transfer will be allowed after April 1. MINISTERS TO MEET . The Brunswick Interdenomina tional Ministerial Association will meet Monday at Southport Bap tist Church to discuss organiza tion of a chapliancy program at Dosher Memorial Hospital. The ministers will have lunch at the hospital at 1:15 p.m. BANQUET MEETING . The Brunswick County Cham ber of Commerce will hold a ban quet meeting Thursday night, April 4, at Ebb Tide Restaurant at Holden Beach. One of the speakers will be Representative Odell Williamson. Banquet tickets are on sale in several locations, and those planning to attend are urged to make their reservations early. Look Over Bridge Site INSPECTION—Mayor E. F. Middleton and members of the town council of Long Beach visit site of the proposed bridge.across Davis Canal. Announcement of a gift of $30,000 from National Development Corporation for this project was made at the last meeting of the board. Left to rig ht the men above are E. W. Morgan, A. T. Hight, Middleton, Town Manager Dan Walker, W. L. Simmons and H. A. Temple- * ton, Jr., of National Development. (Staff Photo by Allen). Williamson Has Definite Plans On Commissioners Brunswick Representative Greatly Interested In His Bill For Holding School Bond Election By ODELL WILLIAMSOM After having tried to determine the wishes of the majority con cerning: the number of county , commissioners we should have and the method of nominating them, your representative has reached a conclusion and has taken a stand. Whether my position draws praise or criticism, I did promise the people that I would change the present law. If I have misin terpreted the will of the majority, then the law can be changed again at a later term of the Le gislature. Although my personal prefer ence was for a three-man board of commissioners, the majority that I have heard from seem to favor retaining the five-man board. That I intend to do. It will be my purpose to in troduce a bill to let candidates run from all six townships. Then, the five men receiving the high est vote in the leading five of the six townships will be declared nominated. In other words, the high man in each of the five leading townships will be the nominees. No one will have the opportunity to call for a second primary. It is my belief that, generally speaking, the high man is in most cases the people’s choice. By eliminating the second primary, we can probably save money for the county and at the same time clarify the law so that there will be no question as to who the nominees will be. Continued On rage « Sam Inman Made Jaycee President New Officers Of Shallotte Organization Will Be In stalled At Meeting In April xne election of new officers, j with Sam Inman selected as president, highlighted the meeting of the Shallotte Junior Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night at the Shallotte Restaurant. The new officers elected in ad dition to President Inman in clude Vice-President David Cause, Secretary Dempsey Hewett, Treas urer Bill Gurganus, State Director J. P. Lewis, and Directors W. J. McLamb and Billy Cheers. The new omcers win be in stalled in late April and will take office on May 1. It was reported that the Jay cees mad enough money from the Miss Brunswick Pageant to send Carolyn Johnson to Greens boro for the Miss North Carolina Pageant in July. Bobby Ray Russ was elected Miss Johnson’s busi ness manager and will act as her official escort in Greensboro. : Mrs. Peggy Hood of Southport j will serve as her official chaperon [,at the state pageant. Ports Authority | Options Property Sub-Committee For South-’ port Project Submits Findings A t Monday Meeting In Morehead A decision to take a six-month option on approximately 50 acres of land and to hire an independ ent appraiser to look into the valuation of other needed pro perty for the Southport small boat harbor highlighted a meeting of the State Ports Authority in Morehead City Monday. Cooper Cass of Winston-Salem, chairman of the special sub-com mittee studying the proposed small boat harbor, reported on his Friday visit to Southport. Chairman Cass said the City of Southport has agreeded to sell to the state approximately 50 acres of land just adjacent to the pre ent basin with a 2,400-foot front age on the Inland Waterway for $9,000. This is the amount the $9,000. This is the amount the city originally paid for the pro perty. Because his group had received prices on a substantial amount of the needed property and they were judged to be too high, Chairman Cass recommended hir ing an independent appraiser to study the land valuation. ' With this information, mem bers of the State Ports Authority voted to hire the appraiser and to option the city property until the survey is completed. It is hoped the survey will be complet ed within six-months. Chairman Cass said he had 'also contacted the State Highway Commission to find out if the Southport dock for the proposed Southport-Fort Fisher ferry could be located, at the proposed small boat harbor. He recommended this because he said persons waiting for the ferry could use the facili ties of the harbor. , As for the prospect of receiv ing matching funds from the Pub lic Works Program, Director James W. Davis said it could not be done at the present time be cause a cost estimate and plan must be submitted with the ap plication. Brunswick Folks To Attend Dinner At Least Four Representa tives From This County Expected To Attend Jef ferson-Jackson Day Event At least 4 Democrats from Brunswick county will attend the annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Raleigh on March 30, according to Kirby Sullivan Coun ty Chairman. Party members attending from this county have also been invit ed to a reception honoring Mrs. Lydon Johnson scheduled for 3:30 p. m. at the Hotel Sir Walter. The dinner, which will be held at the Dorton Arena at the N. C. | State Fair Grounds, will begin [ (Continued On Page *1 <• Power Cut-Off Again Sunday Electric power will be off in Southport Sunday afternoon '‘bfe tween the hours of 2 and 5:30 o’clock while emergency crews for Carolina Power and Light’ Co. make important improvements in the transmission line from Wil mington to Southport. The project calls for installing shielded _ wire, which will provide protection during electrical storms. Crews, can work on these high voltage lines only during daylight hours and under ideal conditions. It is anticipated that there will be one more power interruption period before the project finally is completed. Joe Loughlin Dies In Hawaii Prominent Southport Man Dies Following Operat ion; Funeral Services Here Saturday Joseph J. Logulin, 70, died Sun day at Tripler Army Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was visiting a daughter, Mrs. D. B. Williams, whose husband,'is serving with the U. S. Coast Guard in Hawaii The deceased was the son of the late J. J. Loughlin, Sr., and Susan T. Loughlin, and lived Continued On Page 6 Schedule Joint Parent-Teacher Session Monday State And District Officials Will Meet Here Monday With Southport And Bo livia High School Patrons The Parent-Teacher Associations of Bolivia and Southport High Schools will hold a special meet ing in the Southport High School auditorium Monday evening, at 7:30 o’clock. The occasion for this joint meeting is a visit by Miss Frances Setzer, Field Secretary of the North Carolina State Congress pf Parents and Teachers, and Mrs. R. M. Piver, District Director. A discussion-type program is planned during which the district and state officials will interpret to the local groups their role in obtaining PTA objectives. These objectives are stated as being to promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, church and community; to raise the standards of home life; to secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth; to bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may co-operate in telligently in the training of the child, and to develop between edu cators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for every child the highest advant ages in physical, mental, social and spiritual education. Parents of all students enrolled in the Bolivia and Southport High Schools are urged to attend. Good Results From Testing Report On Result Of Iowa Tests Taken By Shallotte High School Students Are Encouraging Students in the. .9th and llth, grades at Shallotte High School have received their scores on the Iowa Test of Education Develop ment, Principal Winfred B. John son announced this week and the administration, teachers and stu dents are well pleased with the results. This test covers a wide area of educational development. There Were 9 separate and distinct areas of testing. The tests were given by the faculty at Shallotte High School but were graded by ma chines in Chicago, Illinois. The areas tested were: 1. Background of social studies 2. background of natural sciences 3. correlation of expression 4. quantative think ing (math) 5. reading natural sci ences 6. reading social studies 7. reading literature 8. general vocabulary 9. use of sources. The student received a percen tile score on each of these areas. This percentale score is the stu dent’s score matched against the national average. The student also received a composit score; that is all their scores averaged together matched against the national av erage. In other words, a student with a composite score of 50 per centile means that 50 percent of all the people who have taken this test are below him. When you see a score of 99 percentile that means 99 percent of the people who have ever taken the Continued On Page 6 TIME and TIDE Twenty-five years ago this week Bald Head Island was pur chased by Frank Sherrill, owner of the S&W cafeteria chain. The Charlotte businessman, according to rumors was planning to begin at once on a new home for himself there and hoped for the island to be developed, featuring sports fishing. The protection of area shrimp was left up to the shrimpers as the state put no seasonal dates on shrimping for the coming season, except in inland waters. Twenty years ago this week freshwater fishing season was closed April 5 for the annual spawning period. The season was to be reopened May 15. The Red Cross fund drive was winding up with $3,000, or % of the county’s goal collected. The Methodist Church suffered fire damage to one of its classrooms in a pre-church Sunday morning blaze. The fire was extinsuished before it spread to other parts of the church. Ten years ago this week the three dredges at Sunny Point were working at-top speed around the clock in efforts to rush the project. Onfl| dike surrounded 1,100 acres that were being raised from 8 to|18 feet above its normal level as the filling is completed. i The work o^jj the Yaupon Beach project on Oak Island was slowly progresHifg. The oceanside development already had half a dozen homes |ompleted and more under construction. Barbee, Inc. was plaii!11^ a more extensive plan for future development. I .(Continued On Page 4^ | Cleaner Carolina ..PRESENTATION—Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., of Southport is shown here presenting Governor Terry Sanford with a supply of the litter bags being distri buted by N. C. Federation of Women’s, Club in their “Keep North Carolina Green and Clear/’ campaign. Mrs. Harper is president of the State Federation. Appoint Members Board Of Education -,-:---> Speaker REV. DALLAS GREEN Missionary To Hold Services The Rev. Dallas Green Will Conduct Services Next Week At Supply And Bo livia Churches A man who has served as a missionary in the North African Missions will be the guest speaker at the Concord Methodist Church in Supply and the Bethel Metho dist Church in Bolivia next week, according to Rev. Harry Jean neret. Rev. Dallas S. Green, who is serving in Sudan, Africa, will be at the Concord Methodist Church on Wednesday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, at 11 a.m. He will speak at the Bethel Me thodist church on Thursday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sun day, at 10 a.m. While emphasizing the spiritual (Continued On Page 4) Religious Books AddedTo Library New Volumes Dealing With This Subject Matter Not able Among Additions To Library During February Books in the field of religion constituted the largest number of new volumes received by the Brunswick County Library sys tem during the month of Febru ary. Included are: "Christianity Among The Religions Of The World,” by Arnold Toynbee; “The Tree Of Life”, by Ruth Smith; “The Four Loves”, by C. S. Lew is; “Great Voices Of The Refor mation”, by Harry E. Fosdick; Continued On Page * 1 Compromise Reached 1 his Morning In Conferee Committee As Changes Occur In Board Member ship The new Board of Education for Brunswick county wfts named toe day in the Omnibus Bill in the State Legislature following a morning session by a conferee committee comprised of five members from each of the two legislative bodies. Senator Ray Walton and Rep resentative Odell Williamson were members of' the committee. Named to membership on the. board for the next two years were Ernest McGee, Leland School District; Homer Holden, Bolivia School District; Arthur J. Dosher, Southport School Dis trice; O. K. Bellamy, Shallotte School District; and J. B. Ward, Jr., Waceamaw School District. This board represents a com promise between the five mem bers named Friday by Represen tative Williamson and the five members named Monday by Sena tor Walton. Representative Williamson had named the three men who receiv ed the highest preferential vote in their respective school district last May, plus two hold over members of the board. These were Dosher, Holden and Bellamy, each for four years, to serve with Howard Williamson of Leland School District and Corbett Cole man of Waceamaw School Dis trict. Walton dropped the names of Continued On Page 6 Loans Available For Education Federal Aid For Qualified, Needy College Students Is Explained By County Superintendent According to J. G. Long, Super intendent of Brunswick County Schools, an institute on Con stitutional Democracy and Totali tarianism will be held for 60 selected teachers of social studies in North Carolina Public Schools from July 24 to August 16 on the campus of Bast Carolina Col lege. The institute will operate under the sponsorship of the North Carolina Educational Council on National purposes, a statewide citizens group appointed by Gov ernor Terry Sanford to promote citizenship education. The institute will be able to grant 60 fellowships to partici pants. The fellowships will include $50 to the coliege for tuition and administrative cost and $200 to, participants for room, board, texts' etc. This will be a senior-graduate course and the credit earned my be applied toward graduate or undergraduate credit or certificate 1 renewal. Sunny Point To | Be Location Of S| MSTS Training | Outstanding Leaders I n Transportation Business Will Attend Session At Terminal \ Sunny Point Army Terminal will participate in the annual training program to be concluded for the National Defense Execu tive Reserve Unit of the Military Sea Transportation Service during the week of May 6. This unit is composed of fifteen executives of the marine industry who have ^ agreed to serve in top level ad visory positions in the Military Sea Transportation Service in the event of a national emergency. • The Commander of the Military Sea Transportation Service, Vice Admiral Roy A. Gano, will ac company the unit to Suny Point. It was through his efforts that the terminal was selected for this training. Admiral Gano felt that since the members of the unit will be concerned with all aspects of Military Sea Transpor tation Service operations it is essential that they have an under standing of the organization and working procedures of an Am munition loading terminal. Other members of the unit are Richard L. Bower, Superintending Post Engineer, United States Lines Company; William L. Bull, Jr., Tropical Gas Company; John P. Coakley, President, United Tankers Corporation; oJhn M. Dempsey, Jr., Vice President, States Marine Lines; A. Theo dore De Smedt, Vice President, American Export Lines; Arthur E. Fredreck, President, Designers & Planners Inc.; Winston J. Jones, Vice President, States Steamship Company; George J. Kurfehs, Consulting Engineer & Naval architect; Karl R. Kurz, Vice President, Keystone Shipping Company; Clyde F. Lapier, Gene ral Purchasing Agent, Matson Navigation Company; William G. Mullins, Vice President, Ameri can Merchant Marine Institute Inc.; Frank J. Smollen, JV.,‘Gfene- * ral Manager, Industrial Products Division, Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Henry C. Suh'r, Technical Coordinator, Todd Ship yards Corporation; and Cornelius S. Walsh, President, States Ma rine Lines. Girl Scouts On Saturday Trip Scouts From Four Counties Will Spend Day At Camp Pretty Pond In Brunswick County More than 400 Girl Scouts and their leaders will meet at Bruns wick County’s Camp Pretty Pond Saturday for an all-day program devoted to conservation of na tural resources and wildlife. The Scouts will come from Co lumbus, Pender, New Hanover and Brunswick Counties, which com prise, District One of the Coastal Carolina Girl Scout Council. The session will include lec tures, exhibits and demonstrations on tree growing, shrub recogni tion, wild flower identification and a tree-planting ceremony. It $ is expected that the four-county meet; will become an annual event. Arrangements for the day-long activities were made at a pre liminary session on March 23 at tended by Miss Janice Langston, professional Girl Scout Advisor i from the Coastal Council, Mrs. I Continued On Page 4 j'|; j 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 j Pilot’s Association. HIGH LC Thursday, March 28 10:15 A.M. 4:16 10:40 P.M. 4:33j Friday, March 29 11:09 A.M. 5:03 11:35 P.M. 5:2 Saturday, March 3| 12:06 A.M. Sunday, March 0:34 A.M. 1:08 P.M. Monday, 1:36 A.M. '2:12 P.M. Tuesday. 2:39 A.M. 3:15 P.M. Wednc'da. 3:39 A.M. 4;15 P.M,
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