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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1963
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Baptist Assembly
Program Will
Open June 24th
Improvements Made In
'Buildings Andl Grounds
With Object Of Year-Ro
und Accommodations
The North Carolina Baptist
Assembly opens the 14th session
at Fort Caswell next week, ac
cording- to Manager Fred J.
Smith.
This week the Assembly Mis
sionaries Conference, under the
direction of E. L. Spivey, is be
ing conducted at Fort Caswell.
The conference’s principal work
concerns surveying and aiding in
the establishment of new mis
sions and church of the Baptist
faith in North Carolina.
Last week the Cary High
School band visited the assembly.
The 96 students and 10 parents,
all under the direction of Band
Director W. B. Caruth, Jr., used
the period for a vacation as well
as for practice. This spring the
band won a top national award
for their performance. The trip
to Fort Caswell was sponsored by
the Cary Band Boosters.
The major improvement at the
Assembly Grounds this year was
the installation of heating facili
ties in four buildings. This will
enable the assembly to operate
on a year-round basis. The chapel
has also been air conditioned.
The horse stable, now in its
second year, has recently been
named the Marsh Isle riding
stable.
The important members of the
camp staff include Mr. and Mrs.
M. E. Cook of Durham, kitchen;
Miss Louise Harris of Morgan
ton, office; Miss Elma Leveter of
Severn, dining room; Eugene
Hancock of Shallotte, boys bar
racks; Mrs. Mittie Alexander of
Wilmington, nurse; and Mrs.
Mary Ansley of Ahoskie, Mrs.
Homer Banker of Evineyville,
Mrs. Berth Peacock of Pipeville,
Mrs. Ruby Arnold of Coats and
Mrs. Mamie Baldwin, all host
esses in girl’s barracks. Student
counselors represent all the col
leges in the state..
This year’s conference schedule
includes:
June 1-23, Youth Retreats, con
ferences; June 24-29, Training
Union conference; July 1-6, World
Mission Week, conferences for
men and women, junior & int.
G. A. house parties, jr. & int.
boys program, YWA Conferences
and provision for children under
nine; July 8-13, junior choir camp
and Christian life & service con
ference.
July 15-20, church music con
ference; July 22-27, training
union conference; July 29-Aug. 3,
training union conference; Aug.
5-10, royal ambassador camp con
vention staff retreat; Aug. 12-16,
Sunday school leadership confer
ences; Aug. 12-17, royal ambassa
dor camp; and Aug. 18 thru
Sept., post season—youth re
treats, conferences, vacations, etc.
IN CHAPEL HILL
Mrs. Ella Aldridge, Brunswick
County Public Health Nurse, at
tended a conference on the control
of conceptions in Chapel Hill last
Friday.
TO ATTEND CONFERENCE
Pattie Jenkins has been selected
to represent Brunswick County
as a delegate to the 4th Annual
Governor’s Youth Fitness Confer
ence in Raleigh on Monday and
Tuesday by Governor Terry San
ford.
ATTEND CONFERENCE
Methodist ministers of Bruns
wick county are attending the
Annual North Carolina Confer
ence at Kinston this week. Dele
gate from Trinity Methodist
Church in Southport is Charles
Blake.
INSPECTION CONTINUE
The Oak Island Coast Guard
station and the two ships,
CG-95303 and CG-95303-D, will
continue conducting periodic
small boat safety checks along
the Brunswick county coast this
year, according to Lieutenant
(JG) J. T. Ward.
REFRESHER COURSE
Mrs. Ruth Harrington, Bruns
wick County Public Health Nurse,
has attended a two-week refresher
course for the chronically ill at the
Rehabilitation Center in Charlotte.
Mrs. Lottie Massey, Brunswick
County Public Health Nurse of
of Shallotte, took the same course
last month*
Opening The Show
CEREMONY .... Carolyn Johnson Miss Brunswick County for 1964, is
shown here cutting- the ribbon as the A rts Festival was formally opened Fri
day afternoon, On the left is Mayor E. B. Tomlinson and on the right is Mrs.
■N. M. Homstein, general chairman ( Staff Photo by Allen).
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Another Marlin
Brought In By
Southport Boat
King Mackerel And Bluefish
Help Round Out Good Va
riety For Fishermen Out
For Past Few Days
The landing of a 190-pound
blue marlin and the head of a
shark-mutilated wahoo highlight
ed party boat fishing off the
Brunswick County coast last
week.
John Morrow and party of
Palkton, fishing with Captain
Walter Lewis, landed the marlin
after losing two others. The hook
came out at boatside on the first
and the line broke on the second.
One member of the party!
brought in the wahoo which had j
an estimated weight of 78 pounds, ;
counting what the sharks got. i
The head was approximately 14
inches wide.
The party, which went out Sat
urday night and returned Sunday
afternoon, also had red snappers
and groupers.
The man who landed the marlin
had never been fishing before.
On Sunday, a 6-foot 11-inch
sailfish was landed by Jimmy
Cassidy of Cheraw, S. C., while
fishing with Hoyle Dosher on
the Idle On IV.
On Saturday, Fred Fullford on
the Davis Bros, had 51 king
mackerel and a large number of
blue while Dick Skipper and par
ty from Asheboro aboard the
! Eva Kay had 58 king mackerel
| and some blues.
■ On Sunday, Glenn Trunnell, on
the Riptide, had 26 king mackerel
I and blues. Basil Watts, on the
Idle On II, had 26 king mackerel,
1 barracuda and 15 blues while
on the Idle On III, under H. A.
i Schmidt the Carpender party of
Fayetteville had 26 king mackerel
and 15 blues.
Miss Brunswick
Is Visiting Here
j Will Spend Next Few Weeks
With Mrs. Peggy Hood.
Her Advisor For Miss
North Carolina Pageant
Miss Brunswick County, Caro
lyn Johnson of Bolivia, is now
hard at work preparing for the
! state pageant in Greensboro next
I month, according to Mrs. Peggy
i Hood, her advisor.
Miss Johnson has recently
moved in with Mrs. Hood in
Southport where she will stay
until the Greensboro pageant on
July 9-13.
Miss Brunswick County takes
daily one mile exercise walks
each day between the Hood home
and the hospital.
Under Mrs. Hood’s supervision,
she has been using a tape record
er to improve her speech and her
diction.
Miss Johnson is also taking
singing lessons in Wilmington in
order to prepare for the state
contest. She is now making the
dress she will wear when she
sings in Greensboro. It will be an
ice blue embroidered sheath.
Last week Miss Brunswick
County made appearances at the
Southport Art Festival.
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Arts Festival Has
Successful Show
Mrs. (jilliam Hornstem Wins1
Best In Show Award For
Her Painting,? Entries fte
creived From Far And
Near ...
The awarding of 23 ribbons
with Mrs. Gilliam Hornstein
selected as the grand winner
highlighted the Third Annual
Arts Festival held in Southport
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The three-day festival attracted
more than 1,500 persons, mostly
from out-of-town.
Mrs. Hornstein’s painting of a
young Negro girl resting in a
chair with her feet on a sofa, en
titled “Wistler’s Maid”, was nam
ed for the “Best-in-Show” award.
Marion Taylor of Winston
Salem was the first place winner
in oils while Virgil Lancaster of
Wilmington placed second and
Betty Leggett of Southport third.
Honorable mention awards went
to Ilia Brogden of Winter Haven,
Fla., and C. D. Pickerrell of
Southport.
In watercolors, Art Newton of
Southport was first while Mrs.
Taylor was second and Henry
Wyche of Hallsboro third. Wyche
and Mrs. Taylor were also select
ed for honorable mention wards.
Thelma Bennett of Caswell
Beach and Winston-Salem was
the first place winner in color
graphics while Mrs. Leggett took
second and third.
Mrs. Bennett was also first
in graphics while Alison Beasley
of Caswell Beach was second and
Jack Berkman of Wilmington
was third. An honorable mention
award went to Mrs. Hornstein.
In photography, Civella Lewis
was first and third and Vincent
LeClerc of Southport was sec
ond.
Brian Rubright of Jacksonville
was first in the junior division
while Paula Davis of Long Beach
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County Teacher
College Visitor
Mrs. Irene B. Hankins Is
Participating In Expense
Paid Workshop This Sum
mer
Mrs. Irene B. Hankins, teacher
counselor at the Union High
School, Shallotte is one of the
30 counselors of the State who
have been selected to visit 17 of
the leading colleges of North
Carolina. The tour is an all ex
pense paid workshop sponsored
by the State Department of Pub
lic Instruction and the North
Carolina College Conference from
June 16-24.
Colleges to be visited include
Shaw University, Fayetteville
State College, Barber-Scotia Col
lege, Livingston College, Johnson
C. Smith University, Davidson
College. Winston-Salem State Col
lege, A. & T. College, Bennett
College, Woman’s College, Guil
ford College, North Carolina Col
lege, North Carolina State Col
lege, Duke University, University
of North Carolina, Elizabeth City
State College and St. Augustine’s
College.
County Officials
Sign New Bonds
County ' officials were in
Raleigh Tuesday to sign the
new bonds issued in the
amount of $1,170,000 which
have been sold Stef refinance
j. the existing indebtedness of
Brunswick county.
In Raleigh for this import
ant transaction were F. H.
Swain, chairman of the board
of county commissioners,
Mrs. Ressie Whatley, county
auditor, and Durward Clark,
Register of Deeds.
Due to a typographical
error, it had been previously
reported that the amount of
the bond issue was $1,700,000.
The actual amount of the
bonds sold was $1,170,000.
Gathers Facts
On Employment
Information Needed In Ord
er To Apply For Addit
ional Financil Aid For
Small Boat Harbor
Jack Lee of the State Ports
Authority office was in South
port Tuesday to discuss with
Ernest E. Parker, Jr., president
of the Southport Development
Corporation, and other local men
some plans for the small boat
basin which is now a top priori
ty project for the authority.
A request will be made for
matching funds for construction
of certain improvements here,
with particular stress upon back
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Brunswick Has
First Highway
Death Of Year
Two Men Killed In Crash
Of Automobile And Oil
Tanker At Maco Thurs
day Afternoon
The first two traffic deaths of
1963 on Brunswick county high
ways occurred Thursday after
noon when an automobile crashed
into an oil tanker six miles west
of Leland, according to Patrol
man J. W. Lashley.
Two men died when Marson
Carwell Skipper, Jr., 21, of Wil
mington, failed to heed a stop
sign at the intersection of US.
Highway 74-76 and a rural paved
road and crashed into the left
front of the oil tanker driven by
W. W. Brewington, 48, of Red
Springs.
The two vehicles then swayed
down the highway approximately
150 feet before stopping on the
right shoulder of the road.
“Wreckage from the car could
be seen all over the highway,"
Patrolman Lashley reported.
The 1957 automobile was
traveling at an estimated speed
of 45 mph when it crashed into
the truck.
Skipper, the son of a Wilming
ton policeman, died of multiple
injuries after the accident. The
ensuing flames of the tanker re
sulted in Brewington’s death.
Nearly an acre of small pines
were destroyed by the fire from
the accident before it was extin
guished by the Leland Volunteer
Fire Department.
Damage to the tanker, which
was empty at the time, was esti
mated at $15,000 and $900 to the
automobile.
Last year there were 19 traffic
fatalities in Brunswick county,
with 16 of these occuring during
the first six months. The last
fatal’'-y prior to the Thursday
tragedy* was last September at
Long Beach.
Make Plans To
Draw Tourists
Brunswick Will Participate
In Area Promotion Of
Travel Industry In Coming
Months
The nominating committee for
the travel division of the Bruns
wick county unit of the SENC
land Association met Friday eve
ning at Louis’ restaurant in
Southport to set up a permanent
organization.
Present for this meeting was
W. K. Dorsey of Wilmington, co
ordinator of the organizational
effort, and G. E. Henderson of
Shallotte, temporary chairman for
Brunswick county.
Consideration was given to the
various activities which will fall
under the responsibility of this
organization, and agreement was
reached on a number of key offi
cers who will be asked to fill
important roles.
Dorsey pointed out that this
organization on the county level
will tie in with an area-wide set
up whose interest is to bring
about the improvement of the
tourist and travel industry in
Southeastern North Carolina.
TIME and TIDE
Twenty-five years ago this week the chances of an official
visit by Naval vessel which so recently looked promising appear
ed slim as the naval proceedures proved to be very exacting. The
U. S. S. Raleigh, for which the request for a visit was especially
made, was undergoing extensive work in Norfork and was to sail im
mediately to the Pacific. The rest of the fleet was on various spring
or summer exercises.
The director of the State Museum issued a request that Battery
Island be made a bird refuge. Harry T. Davis recently came to
Battery Island to obtain a Heron speciman for the museum. He
though that the addition of a bird refuge would bring even more
visitors than our fishing industry.
Twenty years ago this week school children of North Carolina
were asked to contribute to the war effort by buying and selling
war bonds during the summer months. Stamps would be kept in
a stamp album, and checked upon return to school.
The Charlotte Observer’s sports editor, Jake Wade, was here
in Southport on a short visit, and was being shown the features of
the'town, especially the fishing fleet, by Southport’s one-man cham
ber of commerce, Bill Keziah.
Fifteen years ago this week a complete photo story of the
safety of Brunswick county beaches was planned by members
of the State News Bureau. It was felt that safety of the Brunswick
county beaches had never been given the credit they deserved.
Continued On Page 4
Southport Visitor
PRACTICE Miss Carilyn Johnson, the current
Miss Brunswick County, is spending the next few
weeks in Southport as guest of Mrs Peggy Hood as
she prepares for the State Pageant. (Staff Photo by
Allen).
Something New
• At Post Offices
Graduates
James William Raybourne, son
of Mrs. J. W. Raybourne of
Southport and the late Mr. Ray
bourne, graduated from the Cita
del on June 2 and plans to work
with the Internal Revenue Serv
ice in South Carolina.
Watershed Work
Draws Interest
ASCS Office Has Some Im
portant assistance to off
er armers In This Pra
gram
Farmer interest in watershed
.conservation is increasing steadi
ly, according to reports of accom
plishment under the 1962 Agri
cultural Conservation Program,
Manager Ralph L. Price of the
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service in Shallotte
stated today.
ASCS conservation measures
were applied last year on more
than 113,000 farms within auth
orized and oi’ganized watersheds
throughout the nation. The total
farmer and rancher investment
in these soil, water, woodland,
and wildlife practices in such wa
tershed conservation during 1962
amounted to about $40 million,
half of which was covered by
ASCS cost-shares.
In 467 small watersheds auth
orized under Public Law 566,
which have been approved for the
installation of major works of
improvement such as dams and
reservoirs, land-treatment pro
testive measures were carried out
on more than 34,500 farms—rep
resenting ASCS cost-sharing of
$6.3 million. Other reported small
watersheds, primarily those re
ceiving planning services under
Public Law 566, included about
30,000 more farms which received
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ZIP Code Numbers Go Into
Effect July 1 At AH Of
fices Throughout United
States :
“The five-digit ZIP Code for
the Southport post office is
28461,” Postmaster Neils Jorgen
sen announced today.
Everyone in Southport will use
this ZIP Code on all their cor
respondence to speed mail deliv
eries and reduce the chance of
mis-sent mail, Postmaster Jor
gensen said.
ZIP Code, the Post Office De
partment’s revolutionary new sys
tem of improved mail dispatch
and delivery, goes into effect na
tionally on July 1.
Postmaster Jorgensen stressed
the importance of all citizens of
Southport learning this city’s
ZIP Code and using it in their
return address on all correspon
dence. In answering mail, he
said, ZIP Codes taken from re
turn addresses on incoming mail
should be used.
The ZIP Code is literally the
last word in mail addressing,
Jorgensen said. It should follow
the city and state in addresses.
He cited this example of the
proper use of ZIP Code:
Mr. Niels Jorgensen,
Postmaster,
U. S. Post Office,
Southport, N. C. 28461
The new ZIP Code plan, Jor
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Funeral Monday
For Local Man
R. D. St. George Died In
Wilimington Hospital Fol
lowing Period Of Illness
Richard Dosher St. George, 73,
of Southport died in Cape Fear
Memorial Hospital in Wilmainng
ton, Saturday afternoon after a
long illness.
The deceased was a member of
one of Southports oldest and most
prominent families and was a
former member of the Southport
Board of Aldermen.
He was a retired employee of
DuPont Corp. and a member of
Trinity Methodist Church i n
Southport. Final rites were held
Monday at 3 p. m. from Trinity
Methodist Church by the Rev.
Charles Lancaster, with burial in
Old Southport Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Beulah Weeks St. George; a broth
er, H. T. St. George of Southport;
thre esisters, Miss Annie St.George
of Southport, Mrs. S. H. Robbins
of Washington, N. C. and Mrs. E.
B. Brunson of Southport and a
number of nieces and nephews.
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Farmers Plant
Over Allotment
In Most Cases
ASCS Office At Shallotte
Reports More Than 50
Percent Tobacco Growers
Are Overplanted
More than 50 per cent of the |
tobacco farmers in Brunswick ]
county have planted in excess of |
their allotments, according to '
Manager Ralph L. Price of the ,
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service in Shallotte.
The ASCS office has been
measuring tobacco acreage allot
ments in the county since May 2.
The project will be completed
late this week and notices will
be mailed out early next week.
“This is the quickest we have
ever completed the project,’’
Manager Price said.
Farmers who planted in excess
of their tobacco allotments will
have seven days from the date •
on their notice to contact the ,
ASCS office concerning their in- •
tentions. If the growers fail to'
notify the ASCS, they will be
denied price support even if they '
destroy the excess acreage later, .
Price says.
“This is the highest number -
of farmers we have ever had '
planting in excess of their allot
ments,” Manager Price stated
this morning. “One reason for the
problem was the hard time far
mers had in getting a stand of
tobacco because of the dry
spring.”
“All tobacco growers who have
not had their crops measured
should contact the ASCS office
at once,” Manager Price stated.
Legislature To
Close This Week
That Is Prediction Of
Representative Odell
Williamson Ii* ..JWVfe*12,
Report Of Events In Ral
eigh |p
By ODELL WILLIAMSON
In keeping with my pledge to v
the people in regard to taxes, so
far this session I have voted
against all measures that would
cost the taxpayers additional
money. This past week the House \.
passed a tax relief bill that will
authorize a $500 personal exemp
tion from the State income tax
for each dependent instead of the
$300 exemption that is now auth
orized. This measure will reduce
the tax income of Noith .Carolina
by $7,500,000 per year. It is felt Hw, '■
that under the existing revenue*..
bill enough money will be paid in
to take care of tke various agen- if$
cies and services of the State th
and still be able to give this #?•
amount of relief.
The $200-million road bond is
sue was defeated in the Senate
this past week. Under this bill >
Brunswick county would have '
fared quite well, as a big portion
of the money would have been ^
spent on the secondary roads j
and would have been divided up L
according to road mileage. I feel - X
sure that we had the necessary
votes in the House to have pass
ed this measure. It was thought
at one time that the administra
tion was going to back a road
bond issue but after the bills i
were drawn, it came out in oppo
sition to the bond issue. This, in
effect, was what I consular V
enough influence to cause its de
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Tide Table
Following Is the tide
table for Southport during
the week. These hour-, are
approximately correct and
were furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, June 20,
6:38 A. M. 0:52 A.
7:10 P. M. 12:57 P.
Friday, June 21,
7:34 A. M. 1:44 A.
8:02 P. M. 1:48 P.
Saturday, June 22,
8:28 A. M. 2:35 A. M.
8:54 P. M. 2:3!) P,
Sunday, June 23,
A. M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
9:20
9:42 P. M.
Monday
10:12 A. M.
10:31 P. M.
Tuesday,
11:04 A. M.
11:18 P. M.
Wednesday, June 26,
11:55 A. M. 5:47 A.
5:59 P.
3:23 A.
3:29 P.
June 24,
4:13 A.
4:18 P.
June 25,
5:00 A.
5:08 P.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
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