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& . 5,m? Most of the News All The Time TH STATE PORT PILOT 'Vi' A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Brunswick County Volume No. 22 No. 44 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1963 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Bridge Building Work Expected To Start Soon Commissioners Of Long Beach Hear Encouraging Report On This Project During Meeting Saturday A discussion of the Davis Canal bridge and a new water system highlighted the regular meeting Of the Long Beach Board of Com missioners Saturday at the Town Hall. An official request asking the State Highway Commission to construct the bridge over Davis Canal on Lincolnton street has been forwarded to the State Com mission, Town Manager Dan L. Walker told the Board. Under law, it was pointed out, the state can act as a contractor for muni cipalities. Manager Walker also said Chief Bridge Engineer W. S. Winslow told him that a concrete bridge instead of the planned timber structure might be constructed at the site without additional cost. Commissioner A. T. Height said that members of the state group have assured him that work on the bridge will begin soon. The $30,000 needed to construct the bridge was donated to the town by the National Develop ment Corporation, developers of Long Beach, at the March meet ing. As for the proposed water sys tem, Manager Walker presented the board a preliminary plan Which is subject to change. The • plan will be submitted with the application for federal funds un der the Accelerated Public Works program. He said the plan also will be Bent to the State Board of Health and the insurance underwriters for their approval. The system, it was pointed out, will include J.01 fire hydrants. The board unanimously voted : to grant relief to two property ' owners whose homes infringe on » the right of. way * of . tbe...-.*own. „ One home protrudes one foot ; while the other one three and one-half feet on the town proper ty. The action was taken because the incident occurred because of no fault of the property owners. They took all necessary ,care on the project and paid for the sur vey. The survey, it was pointed out, was made before the town was incorporated. The board decided to keep the basic taxes at the current rate of 75 cents per hundred. It was pointed out that the general statutes permit a rate of $1.50 per hundred. Manager Walker said the town could meet almost any need that arises with the present rate. All department reports were read and aproved by the board. CAPPING CEREMONY The second class of Red Cross Grey Ladies will be capped at a ceremony at 8 o’clock Thursday evening at Trinity Methodist Church. The public is invited to attend. PRINCIPAL REELECTED Principal Winfred Johnson was rehired for another term at Shal lotte High School, according to Dr. B. B. Ward, chairman of the local school committee, at a meeting Tuesday night. BOLIVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR The Bolivia Junior-Senior ban quet will be held Friday night at the Moose Temple in Wilmington. The main speaker will be Air Force Recruiter R.- F. Hand. Fol lowing the dinner, a dance will be held featuring the De Villes Of Myrtle Beach Air Force base. i I: JUNIOR-SENIOR FRIDAY The Southport Junior-Senior banquet t and dance will be held Friday "night at the Community Building beginning at 6:30 o’clock. Brig. Gen. James Glore will be the main speaker and the Vibra tors of Wilmington will furnish the music. jj BIG BLUEFISH CATCH •“ Capt. Walter Lewis, out with a local party aboard the John Ellen ’ on Sunday, brought in 147 blue ,iJ lish for the biggest catch of the season by local charter boats. The boatmen have everything in r \ readiness for the big rush of '■ fishermen expected for the early spring fishing. ■A Shallotte Latin Students OBSERVANCE—These Shallotte students are shown displaying class projects made during the observation of Latin Week at the school. They are, from left h right, Betty Moffit, David Redwine, Julia Hewett, Brenda Tripp, Diana Gore and Jimmy Marshall. (Staff Photo by Allen) Tomlinson Faces i Vereen For Mayor Former Mayor Of City Of* Southport Being Opposed | By Member Of Board Of Aldermen For Top Job E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., a former mayor of the City of Southport, vill be opposed in the municipal election on- May 7 by lohnnie.. Xeseemt. member ,©f. Jhe iresent board of aldermen. The latter filed Saturday mor ning. A race is in prospect in both ivards for vacancies on the Board af Aldermen. In Ward No. 1, where Crawford Rourk seeks re jection, he is being oposed by Harry Sell, a former member of the board, W. L. Hufham, local service station proprietor making lis first bid for public office, and Frank Jackson, fisherman who is maikng his first race. Over in Ward No. 2 Vereen s the only hold-over alderman. Harold Aldridge is running to succeed himself. Other candidates for the ttoo vacancies are W. R. Jenkins, engineer and a former member of the board; Basil Watts, charter boat skipper; and J. A. Gilbert, a former mayor and member of the board of ald ermen. D. C. Herring, member of the present board, did not file for re- I election. Saturday will be challenge day, and Tuesday, May 7, is the date for the election. Latin Week Has Unique Program Students At Shallotte High School In Ancient Cos tumes For Unusual Ban quet A Roman banquet highlighted the first annual observation of Latin Week at Shallotte High School last week, acording to Mrs. A. G. Green, advisor. The banquet, which was held Thursday night at the school, was attended by members of the Lat in Club at the school. The club is composed of approximately 87 Latin students at the school. All students attending wore costumes of the era Jimmy Marshall, son of Dr. and Mrs. James Marshall, and Bobby Pick ett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rob Pickett, were selected as the best dressed boys at the banquet. Betty Moffit, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Moffit, was named the best dressed girl. > David Holden, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clement Holden, was elect ed king while Brenda Norris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel Norris, was the queen. The prince was Deedy White, son of Mr. arid Mrs. R. D. White, and Ann Pigott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rod Pigott, was the princess. The invocation was offered in Latin by Diana Gore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Gore. David Redwine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Redwine, served as the master of ceremonies. | (Continued On Page 4), JOEL, L. MOORE, JR. Southport Man Buys Big Hotel •Joel L. Moore, Jr., Is Partn er In Purchase Of Cherry Plaza Hotel In Orlando, Fla. Joel Moore, Jr., a native of Southport, now residing in Or lando, Florida, has joined in part nership with Frank Flynn of Or lando and purchased the Cherry Plaza Hotel. A sales contract in which the purchase price was said to be in the neighborhood of $2 million dollars was signed by Moore last month, and announced recently by William H. Goodman* president and Arnold F. Schoen, Jr., execu tive vice president of the Cherry Broadcasting Company. The new firm will be known as the Cherry Plaza Hotel Com pany, Inc. Moore has resigned as execu tive director of the Orlando Con vention Bureau, a post he has held for the past eight years, and will devote full time to the hotel operation. „ The hotel ownership was in the estate of the late William S. Cherry, Jr. and the trustees £^re represented by Goodman. The hotel was purchased by Cherry for $2 million dollars and he im mediately spent $1,500,000 on im provements. The hotel, overlooking beautiful Lake Eola and the Centennial Fountain has an Olympic-sized swimming pool, is centrally air conditioned and has a convention hall seating over 1,000 persons. Moore is the son of Mrs. Joel L. Moore and the late Mr. Moore and was graduated from South port high school and The Citadel with a bachelor of science degree in business administration. He served in Europe and Asia during World War II and was a com pany commander in Korea during the Korean conflict. He worked with the Miami Continued On Page 4 Sees Compromi se On School Bol d Bills InRaleirh Representative Odell V ill iamson Hopes For Ag ment Which Will Have Chance Of Passing that This past week the hill would prohibit advertising ligns and billboards within 650-feet of any interstate highway right-of way was killed in the Roads'.Com mittee of the House. This piece of legislation was supported very strongly by the women’s; Garden Clubs of the state, and at the public hearing on the bill these ladies did a very able job in pre senting their point of view. At the present time in North Caro lina we have 700 miles of inter state highway; The opponents of this bill doubted the constitutionality of the measure because it proposed to regulate the use of private property adjacent to the inter state highways when it was not a question of public health or welfare. Frankly, I think that something should be done to avoid cluttering our highways with too many advertising signs, but I do not know the answer. On Wednesday of last wee! members of the General Assembl; travelled to Pasquotank count; and held a meeting at Hall’ Creek Church, where the firs session of a legislature in Nortl Carolina convened on February f 1965. At that time, proibably ; few leading citizens got togethe and made some rules to! gover themselves. ' - 1 Continued On Page U , • Twenty-five years ago’this week a tablet, erected in memory of the soldiers stationed at Deepwater point, near Southport, during the War of 1812, was to be unveiled as part of an impres sive ceremony. The memorial was erected 1 y the National Society United States Daughters. Salvage work on the buildings locati d at the former CCC camp at nearby -Camp Sapona was halted City of Southport. The .city announced th for community use. at the request of the ir interest in the site Twenty years ago this week the upcc ning city election ap peared to be nothing more than a forma ity as the candidates for office were unonppsed. John D. Eric regain his positior as mayor and alderm elected included I. B. Bussells, J. I. Davis, Cramner, W. E. Dosher, and R. L. Thomps in A drive to sell $44,200 dollars worth o gressing according to schedule. The funds the goal, but the difference was expected son was expected to i n expected to be re G. E. Hubbard, J. P. war bonds was pro vere $10,000 short of be met. Fifteen years ago this week a six pour 1 caught in the gulf stream near the lightshi i shrimp trawler. The crustacean, resembling sured over three feet in length. The same pounds of blackfish. Road improvements in the lower half progressing nicely. Work is being done Soldiers Bay and Holden’s Beach routes. Florida lobster was aboard a Southport a huge shrimp, mea 'oat brought in 1700 of the county were n the Grissettown The Brunswick county REA was expected to bring relief to many rural when, it starts its expansion pngram soon. At the present time, therie were 100 miles of distribution line under con struction. (Continued On Page 4), Ministers Meet Friday To Work On New Program Interdenominational Group Will Offer Chaplain Ser vice At Dasher Memorial Hospital The Brunswick County Inter denominational Ministers Associa tion will meet Friday morning at Trinity Methodist Church in Southport, During the meeting special attention will be given to the chaplaincy program which is to be formally instituted on May 6 at Dosher Memorial Hospital. This program has been under con sideration for some time and will, it is believed, fill a long felt need within the county. The program, as conceived by the ministerial group, has a four-fold nature. To provide for a planned and coordinated program of spiritual ministration to hospitalized pa tients. To enable participating clergy to gain a fuller understanding of people, their deeper motivations and difficulties, their emotional and spiritual strengths and weak nesses. To help the participating clergy discover more effective methods of ministering to individuals and groups, and to intensify their awareness of the resources, re sponsibilities and limitations of the clergy. To help .the clergy learn to work more cooperatively and ef fectively with representatives of other professions and to utilize and develop community resources leading toward a higher leevl of Christian living. This program will provide for a minister to be on duty at Dosher Memorial Hospital from 10 a. m. to noon daily, Monday through Friday. During the period of duty the minister, or chaplain as they will actually be called, will visit each patient in the hos pital and render such spiritual ; assistance. as is possible. Also/ wheifc ; 'applicable, the chap^aiA will inform the patient’s pastor by telephone or postal card of the patient’s admission to the hospital. When not actually on duty at the hospital the chaplain would be available in case of emergencies. Cancer Causing Children Deaths Chairman O f Brunswick County Unit, American Cancer Society, Points Out Interesting Facts "Cancer, the leading cause of death from disease among school children?” ; "It is,” said Brig. Gen. Janies Glore, who posed the question this week. However, an American Cancer Society. medical director believes .greater education among parents and broader application by phy sicians of knowledge now possess ed could cut down the growing number of deaths from cancer in children, the Brunswick county Continued On Page 4 TIME^and TIDE mmum Presents Color Photo GIFT—Joseph W. Rideout, retired film editor of National Geographic, is shown here presenting a full color photograph to City Manager C, D. Pickerrell, left. The picture shows the Battleship North Carolina as it passes through the Southport harbor on its way upriver to Wilmington. It was taken by one of the mag azine’s ace photographers and will hang in the office of the City Manager at City Hall. (Staff Photo by Al len) Tuesday Hailstorm In Bolivia Section SECOND LX. JOHN F. PAYNE New Officer Is At Sunny Point Second Lieutenant John F. Payne Assigned Duty As Assistant To Director Of Administration Second Lieutenant John F. Payne, whose home is in Louis ville, Kentucky, has been assign ed to Sunny Point Army Ter minal. - ; Lt. Payne was first commis sioned after being a member of the reserve Officers’ Training Corps during his collegiate ca reer while attending Western Kentucky State College, from which he graduated in 1961. | Folowing graduation and com Cnntluued On Page 4 r ---- School Annual Off The Press Southport High School Year Book Dedicated To Harry T. Sanders, Veteran Teac her The Southport High School an nual, “The Dolphin”, was dis tributed to students Friday after an assembly program concerning the book, according to Mrs. Dor othy Glore, faculty advisor. The yearbook was dedicated to Harry T. Sanders. Mrs. Irene Davis, an English teacher at the school, was named Senior class favorite. “To a person whom we admire and respect as a teacher and a friend, who has helped us when we needed him, who cheered us when we were blue, and stood by Continued on rage « ' Slight Property Damage Re ported And Crop Damage . Light Because Crops Are , Not Advanced The Bolivia section of Bruns wick county was hit Tuesday af ternoon by a severe wind and hail storm which left the ground covered, with ice and the trees shorn of much of their new foli age. A quick check late in the after noon failed to show any great damage in the immediate area, but a closer inspection conducted this morning by County Agent A. S. Knowles revealed possible serious crop damage. • “Worst hit were the tobacco plant beds,” he said. “Plants that already were set in the fields probably will have a high per sentage survival, but some of the beds took a bad beating.” Knowl es told of receiving a phone call from O. P. Bellamy, Hickmans Crossroads farmer, offering his surplus tobacco plants for far mers who may have had their plants wiped out. Knowles said that apparently the garden crops suffered more damage than did the field crops. “That probably is because they are farther advanced,” he ex plained. Knowles also reported that most of the severe damage reported to him had come from high winds and pointed out that a tobacco barn roof at Winna bow had been ripped off and that a feed barn at Makatoka had suffered similar damage. There were reports of. minor (Continued On Page 4)' Department Of Health Active Quarterly Report Showi Services Rendered In Sev eral Categories By Thh Agency The Brunswick County Healti Department was extremely activs during January, February anc March, according to a report re leased by Health Director A. H Elliot. In the communicable diseasi control section, 217 shots foi diphtheria, whopping cough anc tetanus were given, 220 for small pox, 11 for typhoid and 348 fos polio. The members of the department [ made eight talks before various groups in the County during the three month period, i Two new cases of tuberculosis were reported. The department contacted 85 patients or formei patients during the period, anc 100 tuberculin tests were giver and 130 x-rays were made. For maternal health, 40 ex pected mothers visited the clinics and 34 postpartum nursing visits were made. Department nurses j visited 9 midwives. In child health, 40 infants at I tended the pediatric clinics anc j the nurses visited 30 more. Tht I Continued On Page 4 Annual County Spelling Bee To Be On Thursday Susan Potter Will Defend Her Title Of County Champion Which She Won Last Year The Brunswick county elimina tional spelling bee, which is being conducted in connection with the Star-News Newspaper’s Eighth Annual Southeastern North Caro lina Bee, will be held Thursday at Bolivia High School begin ning at 10 a. m., according to Bolivia Principal J. P. Snipes. “.The spelling bee is designed to 'encourage students to improve their spelling, increase their vo cabularies and develop correct English usage’’, • Principal Snipes said. i Two winners from Bolivia, Lie land, Shallotte, Southport and Waccamaw will compete for the county championship Thursday. Only students in grades five through eight are eligible. The local winners who were selected in school contests between March 15 and April 15, include from Bolivia, Sue Wescott, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wescott, and Kathy Keller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Keller; for Southport, Susan Potter, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Potter, and Sarah Barnes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Barnes; from Waccamaw, Larry . Hewett and Theresa Faircloth; from Shallotte, Byron Holden and Linda Cheers; and from Leiand, Beth Blake and Patricia Phelps. Judges for the county cham pionship will include Mrs. Ger trude Loughlin, supervisor of ele mentary education in Brunswick county, Foster Mintz and C. P. Willetts, Bolivia businessmen. The Brunswick county winner will be matched against winners from Bladen, Carteret, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender and Sampson counties and the city schools of Clinton and Whiteville in the Regional Bee which Will be held in Wilmington on May 10. The winner of the Regional Bee will move on to the National Bee in Washington, D. C., in June. Miss Potter was the Brunswick county champion last year, but lost out in the Regional Bee. Special School Fund Is Audited Check Made Of Use Of Money In NDEA Coope rative Program In Bruns wick County During the week of April 8-12 a -regular annual audit of 'the National Defense Education Act Funds—Title III and V (a) made use of by the Brunswick County Board of Education during the 1962-63 school year was made by Mr. Grady Poston, N. D. E. A. Field Auditor and Mr. D. W. Johnson, N.- D. E. A. Accountant. The report was received by the Office of the Brunswick County Board of Education on April 19, 1963. According to Mr. J. B. Ward, Chairman of the Brunswick Coun ty Board of Education, the ac companying letter with the audit report stated that the records of the Board of Education office were “in order and satisfactory”. Appreciation was expressed by the auditors for the full coopera Continued On Page 4 Tide Table Following la 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 25, 9:02 A. M. 3:08 A. M. 9:29 P. M. 3:20 P. M. Friday, April 26, 9:57 A. M. 4:00 A. M. 10:21 P. M. 4:11 P. M. Saturday, April 27, 10:53 A. M. 4:53 A. M. 11:16 P. M. 5:03 P. M. Sunday, April 28, 11:50 A. M. 5:49 A. M. 5:58 P. M. Monday, April 29, .0:13 A. M. 6:47 A. M. 12:50 P. M. 6:58 P. M. Tuesday, April 30, 1:11 A. M. 7:47 A. M. 1:52 P. M. 8:01 P. M. Wednesday, May 1, 2:09 A. M. 8:46 A. M. 2:52 P. M. 9:03 P. M.