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Volume No. 22 A Good Newspaper In A Good Community SOUTHPORT, N. G. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1963 5c A COPY ■ . ' PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY No. 41 8-Pages Today Flag Raising At Scout Camp CEREMONY—At the district outdoor rally for Girl Scouts at Camp Pretty Pond Saturday, the Southport troop was i n charge of the flag raising exercise. Girls taking part included Abbie Henry, Sarah Barnes, Rachel Harrelson and Gail Str ong. (Staff Photo by Allen). Cancer Crusade North Carolina Volunteer Workers Will Conduct Solicitation Of Funds In The Various Communities “To Cure More, Give More” is again the American Cancer So v.ciety’s slogan for the annual Crusade which will be conducted throughout the month of April. In the past 25 years cancer cures have risen from fewer than one in five cases to one in three cases. Every day lost in finding a cure for all cancers—or a can cer vaccine—or beter methods of detecting early cancers—all of which are subjects of active re search—means lives lost. Unless we go all out on these and other essential projects, we are losing vital time. The “Cure More, Give More” slogan mirrors the stepped-up drive of the Cancer Society to reach more people with life- sav ing facts about cancer, give more physicians the latest life-saving facts on detection and treatment of cancers, support more quali fied scientists in their search for cures, and to increase service to cancer patients to ease the bur den on them and their families. In the 1962 Crusade more than Continued On Page 2 BAKE SALE A bake sale will be held Sat urday morning by the Daughters of America next door to the post office. The sale will start at 9 o’clock. In M* Of CLUB TO MEET The Lebanon-Mill Creek Com munity Club wilt meet April 5 at 7:30 p. m., at the Community Building. All persons interested' in the development of the area are urged to attend. CHURCH SERVICES The time for morning worship services at Southport Presbyte rian Church has been changed from 9 o’clock to 11 o’clock. This schedule will be in effect for the next six months. SENIOR PLAY Tickets will go on sale this week for the Southport High School Senior class play to be presented on April 19 at 8 p. m. ' in the auditorium. Tickets for “Good Gracious, Grandma!” will be available from members of the senior class. CHAMBER op COMMERCE The Brunswick County Cham ber of Commerce will hold a membership dinner tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 7:30 o’clock at Ebb Tme Restaurant at Holden Beach. persons interested in prorriMing j-jje de velopment of Bruit, vick county are invited to attend, at - . % Girl Scouts Spend Day At Pretty Pond Members Of Southport Girl* Scout Troop Participate In District Scout Rally Saturday ; More than 390 girls learned about the conservation of natural resources and wildlife, -at the First District of Coastal Caro lina Girl Scout outdoor rally at Camp Pretty Pond Saturday. \ The Girl Scouts and 65 adult ’ leaders represented the 25 troops in the district, which is composed of Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover and Pender counties. The conservation exercises par ticipated in by the girls included nature hikes and pine seeding planting. Talks were made on tree growing, shrub recognition and wild flower identification. The scouts also made hats from paper plates and articles found in the woods. Each troop in the district gave skits on Girl Scout activities. The Southport girls showed the ad vances made in scouting during the past half century while Ice land's dealt with camping. The flag raising ceremony for the outdoor day rally was con ducted by Southport. Scouts tak ing part included Sarah Barns, Rachel Harrelson, Abbie Henry, Gail Strong and Jackie Worley, More girls attended from Southport, 29, than from any other troop in the district. Local troop leaders present were Mrs. Robert L. Jones, Mrs. C. K. Henry, Mrs. James Glore and Mrs. Frances G. Key. The committee that organized the rally, which has been at work since October, included Mrs. William Mowbray and Mrs. L. B. Hardy, co-chairman from Wil mington, and members, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jack Griffin and Mrs. Mary Catherine Stelling, both of Whiteville. Miss Janice Langston, district Girl Scout ad visor from Wilmington, helped the committee in its work. Glee Club Will Present Program! Spring Concert By Members j Of This Organization To i Be presented On April 9 In Auditorium The Southport High School Glee Club will present its Spring Concert in the school auditorium on Tuesday evening, April 9, at 8 o’clock. The program will consist of numbers by the entire glee club and special vocal and instrumen tal numbers by small groups of students from within the organi zation. The program will begin with a group of sacred numbers appropriate to the Easter season. A second group of songs will fea ture a tribute to the United States as based on an adaptation of “Fifty, Nifty United States”. A third group of songs will fea ture American folk music and , Continued On Page 2 i-———. i Preacher —m REV. RAY NOLAN A revival will be held at Sol dier Bay Baptist church, Ash, from April 7-17 with a well known radio and TV speaker, Rev. Ray Nolan, as guest minister. Rev. Nolan is pastor of Grace Baptist Church, Wilmington and is a former pastor of Livingston Baptist Church of Delco. There will be special gospel music each night. Services will begin at 7:30 p. m. FHA Rally Being Held At Leland First Meeting Of This Kind Ever Held In Brunswick In Progress Today (Wed nesday) In connection with National FHA week, the first 'county-wide Future Homemakers of- America rally ever held in ‘Brunswick county was conducted at Leland High School today. FHA members from Bolivia, Leland, Shallotte and Waccamaw attended the meeting. The four home economics teachers at the schools, Mrs. Lila Rose Hogg of Bolivia, Mrs. Jessie Best of Le land, Mrs. Eva Gray of Shallotte and Mrs. Loraine Soles of Wacea maw were present. The feature speaker was Mrs. Peggie Hood of Southport, who discussed beauty pageants in general and the Miss Brunswick contest in particular. Lynda Benton, president of the Leland FHA, was in charge of the opening ceremonies while the Bolivia chapter led the devotions. Leland Principal Rochfellow Ven ters extended the welcome and introduced the special guests, which included Miss Ann Lassiter and Superintendent John G. Long. Skits were presented by Le land on parliamentary procedures and Waccamaw on “gold-diggers” in FHA. Members of the Shal lotte chapter explained the or ( Continued On Page 4), Farmers Discuss Organization Of Drainage Groups Preliminary Meeting A t Shallotte Friday Evening Developes Interest In Two Sections A decision to organize a water shed project in southwest parts of Brunswick county highlighted a meeting of property owners of the proposed Caw Caw and Shal lotte River watershed in Shal lotte. Further action will be taken Friday night at 7:30 p. m. in the agriculture building of Shallotte High School when the steering committees of both project, whose members were appointed Friday, meet. Formal organization may be established at the meeting. | Assistant State Conservationist Elmer Graham told the group that petitions should not be sub mitted for action until 75 per cent 'or more of the people and land represented are signed up. While a minimum of only 51 per cent of the land owners and 60 percent of the land are required to launch the projects, he said the larger number would insure that the projects got pff to a better start. Members of the Shallotte River committee include Chairman Glenn Parker, Leroy Mintz, J.. D. Frink, Paul Holden, Robert Sum Continued On Page 4 Memorial Fund For Loughlin Friends Of Former Adminis trator At Dosher Memor ial Hospital Honor His Memory •«- jffiSteWjte W.*’• Jr., have arranged for a memorial gift fund at Dosher Memorial Hospital where he was adminis trator for 18 years. The Southport man died ten days ago in Hawaii while visiting his daughter, Mrs. Don Williams. Following funeral rites there, his body was returned home for bu rial. Graveside services were con ducted Saturday afternoon at Northwood Cemetery by the Rev. Edward B. Jordan, rector of St. Phillips Episcopal Church. Mem bers of American Legion Post 194 were in charge. Because of his long association with the hospital, and due to the need for improvement in several areas of that institution, a group of his friends concluded that this would be a fitting way to honor the memory • of a man who thought so much of the hos I pital. Contributions may be made to the hospital, and they will go into the special memorial fund. flew School Board : .vP': OATH—The new members of the Brunswick County Board of Education were sworn into office Monday night in the Brunswick County Court House in South port by Superior Court Clerk Jack Brown, on the far right. The board members are, from left to right, Arthur J. Dosher of Southport, Ernest McGee of Leland, J. B. Ward of Waccamaw, O. K. Bellamy of Shallotte and Homer Holden of Bo livia. (Staff Photo by Allen) Williamson Has High Hopes For Building Bonds Brunswick County Repre sentative Explains Action O n Appointment O f Board Of Education Members By ODELL WILLIAMSON As usual, this past week was another strenuous week as far as your representative is con cerned, Now that the county Board of Education has been ap pointed, 1 hope that Senator Wal ton and I can get on with the job in which we are both inter ested, and that is to do something for Brunswick County. " , In regard to the Board of Education, I would like to say that my position was to support the nominees who received the highest vote in the preferential election and also to retain in of fice those members whose, terms had not expired. Sen. Walton saw fit to make changes in the board. As he also was elected by a majority vote of the people, he held one-half of the jurisdiction in this matter. The compromise was made in the belief that I thought it best for Sen. Walton and me to be able to reach some agreement and name a board ourselves rath er than let the State Board of Education name it for us. Sen. Walton had his own ideas in this matter, and I had mine. I am Continued on Page 2 TIME and TIDE Twenty-five years ago this week a gulf stream fishing ex pedition was planned for the following weekend. A small fleet of Southport and Wilmington boats were to make the trip if the weather did not become too hazardous. The trip was to serve as , a see if the fish of the gulf stream would be worth the expense of the trip. If so, such trips were planned to follow dur ing the coming year. A committee was formed in an attempt to secure the needed money to improve the colored ward for the Brunswick County Hospital. Edward McCoy, negro undertaker, was appointed to head the group. Twenty years ago this week a recheck on the Red Cross fund drive revealed that the total amount collected exceeded the quota set for the county. The largest lump sum of the $4,173.27 total was the $1,335.57 collected by the Shallotte High School. It was feared that the county would not reach the expected $4,000 goal. Of the 48 inductees sent to Ft. Bragg from Brunswick county the preceding week only eight passed the medical examination required for induction. Miss Annie May Woodside was re-elected Superintendent of Public Schools in Brunswick county. Fifteen years ago this week Brunswick county was ordered to deliver 320,000,feet of finished lumber to the U. S. govern ment. The lumber is only a part of the 30,000,000 feet the govern ment had requested. The failure of the citizens to contribute to the city-wide clean-up campaign threatened to halt the operations. Without funds, the drive could not be sustained. The blooming of azaleas had brought hopes of a record breaking number of visitors to Orton Plantation during the heith of the blooming se^gan. Three thousand people were reported to have visited the gardens-the preceding Sunday. Tfp.years ago this week a suggested solution to the problem of shoaling at Lockwoods Folly inlet was to dredge a new inlet. The proposed location was exactly opposite to where the river (Continued On Page 4} Delay Appointment Of Superintendent! ■i Referendum On Two Proposals There will be two referen dums held on April 9 at seven locations, reports James D. Bellamy, County Refer endum Chairman. Both farmers selling cattle for slaughter and those in the commercial egg produc tion should make a special effort to vote at the nearest voting place listed below. Voting can start with open ing of business and close at 6 p. m. Leo Medlin’s Store at Northwest; D. H. Hawes & Sons Store at Bolivia; Mid way Service Station at Smithville; J. E. Kirby Store in Supply; Washam, Warlick & Harrelson Co., in Shallotte; L. L. Hewett at Grissettown; Lonnie Evans’ Store at Ash. Loan Program To Assist Students Plans Outlined Whereby College Students May Re ceive Financial Assistance According to J. G. Long, Super intendent of Brunswick County Schools the National Defense Stu dent Loan Program makes it possible for many students to complete college today, who oth erwise may not have been able to do so. This loan which was authorized by the National De fense Education Act of 1958 makes virtually any accrediated college or university eligible to receive federal assistance as the demand for student financial as sistance increases and the finan cial burden of the institutions arrow. Interested students may learn from their respective deans or financial aid officers whether such funds exist on their cam puses. Recipients of loans are selected by the college itself. He must be a full-time undergraduate or gra duate student, in need of the amount of the loan to pursue his course of study and in the opinion of his institution capable of main taining good standing in his chosen course of study. Special consideration will be given those with a superior academic back ground, who expresses a desire to teach in elementary or secondary school and whose academic back ground indicaties a superior capa city or preparation in Science, Mathematics, Engineering or a Modern Foreign Language. A student who is approved may borrow in one year a sum not exceeding $1,000 and during his entire course of higher education, a sum not exceeding $5,000. The borrower must sign a note for his loan agreeing to terms established by the College or University. The law itself requires that payment of the loan begin one year after the borrower ceases to be a full iContiauea on Pajp 21 ' Board Of Education Organi zes With J. B. Ward, Jr., As Chairman; Will Name Supertendent On April 12 Members of the Brunswick County Board of Education fail ed to fill the position of Superin tendent of Brunswick County Schools at their meeting Monday night and postponed the decision until Friday, April 12. At the start of the meeting, O. K. Bellamy of Shallotte, Homer Holden of Bolivia,, Ernest McGee of Leland, J. B. Ward, Jr., of Ash and Arthur J. Dosher of Southport were sworn into • office as school board members by Su perior Court Clerk Jack Brown. McGee then nominated Ward for the post of chairman of the board. With no other nominations, the Board unanimously voted to name Ward chairman. The press was then asked to leave the room and the board went into an executive session on the question of rehiring John G. Long as superintendent. Later Long was called behind the closed doors j for questioning. Within one hour, the curtain rose and the press was invited back to the meeting. It was an nounced that the decision on nam ing a superintendent has been postponed until. Friday, April 12, at 7:30 p. m. “Since we are new board mem bers,” Chairman Ward said, “we want to study the situation more closely before reaching a final de cision.” He also said the decision was “unanimous”. A native of Columbus county, Long has served in the post of superintendent for the past six years. His present term expires on June 30'. .... - * •• In other action, the board de cided to visit all county schools Continued On Page 2 Baxter Durham Dies In Raleigh Former Etate Auditor Was Married T o Southport Woman And Was Well Known In Brunswick Baxter Durham, former State Auditor who was well known in Southport, died Sunday in a Ra leigh hospital following a brief illness. He was 84 years of age. The veteran state official was ; married to the former Miss Lois Dosher of Southport and had a wide circle of friends in Bruns wick county. Born in Durham on August 20, 1878, he first entered public service in 1907 as a tax clerk in the State Auditor’s office and served as state auditor from 1920 until 1937. In 1939, Durham was appointed secretary to a com mission to study the establish ment of a teacher and state em ployee’s retirement system. He was the first executive secretary of the organization when it was established in 1941 and served until 1945. In 1949, at the age of 71, Dur ham was appointed chief of ex aminations for insurance agents Continued Qu Page « Microfilm Being Used In County On Old Records Representatives From State Department Of Archives And History Engaged In Project Here All county records of value In the court house in Southport are being inventoried, repaired and microfilmed by the State De partment of Archives and History in order to preserve them for all time, Register of Deeds Dur wood Clark announced this week. Assistant State Archivist A. M. Patterson, who is in charge of the project, visited the court house last week to make neces sary arrangements for the work. He said the department would microfilm church records as well as county ones. "We extend an invitation to all the churches in Brunswick county to bring their records to the courthouse for microfilming at no cost to them.” As for the court house pro gram, “it is a project of inven toring all county records and re pairing and microfilming all those of permanent value”, Patterson stated. The important records kept in the court house, he said, include deeds, indexes, marriage records, vital statistics, discharge records from the armed services, court minutes and judgments, adminis tration and settlement of estate notices, minutes of all county meetings as well as other data. Patterson said the project is being undertaken for security purposes. “The main purpose of this project is to perpetuate and reserve the county records for all time. More than one third of the court houses in the state have been subject to fires and important records have been de stroyed.” Books which have been dam aged by time and age will be repaired and rebounded under the program, he said. They will be shipped to Raleigh for the work and then returned. He stated the inventory pro cess is being carried on to deter mine a schedule for disposing old records of no permanent value. j Patterson said the Brunswick county project should be complet ed within two or three months. The work here is under the di rection of R. D. Murray. Continued On x*age 4 Jaycees Planning Annual Banquet Bruce Briggs Of Depart ment O f Conservation And Development Will Be Speaker The Southport Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold their third annual installation banquet Tues day night at 7:30 p. m. at the Tranquil Harbour Restaurant. The banquet will be buffet. Tickets are now on sale and may be obtained from the fol lowing members: Kirby Sullivan, Roger Ward, G. W. Fisher, Jr., \ Tom Ray, Cliff White and David Simmons. All members and their waves are urged to attend as the new officers will be installed for the coming year. The guest speaker will be Bruce Briggs, a member of the Community Planning Division of the Department of Conservation and Development. 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, April 4, 4:34 A. M. 11:06 A. M. 5:08 P. M. 11:21 P. M. Friday, April £», 5:25 A. M. 11:52 A. M. 5:57 P. M. 12:09 P. M. Saturday, April 6, 6:10 A. M. 12:34 A. M. 6:40 P. M. Sunday, April 7, 6:52 A. M. 0:53 A. M. 7:20 P. M. 1:13 P. M. Monday, April 8, 7:29 A. M. 1:35 A. M. 7:56 P. M. 1:50 P. M. Tuesday, April 9, 8:04 A. M. 2:13 A. M. 8:30 P. M. 2:25 P. M. Wednesday, April 10, 8:38 A. M. 2:52 A. M. 9:04 P. M. 3:00 P. M.
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