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A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Volume No. 23
No. 2
8-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1963
5c A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Pause That Refreshes
WATER—Oak Island Golf Course is modern in every way, including the $40,
000 irrigation system. Modern, that is, except for the source of cool, fresh water for
players on the hot days of strategically located about the course. Shown above are
Mrs. Robert Jones, Mrs. Jim Kyle and Mrs. Clarence Murphy stopping for a drink.
(Staff Photo by Allen)
Senator Walton
Discusses Work
_ Of Legislature
Brunswick County Senator
Served As Member Of
Two Important Commit
tees In Final Days Of Ses
sion
The major accomplishments of:
the North Carolina General As- j
Sembly on both the local and state-1
wide level, its failures and the
special terms to be held on redis
tricting were all discussed in
Southport Thursday by Senator
Ray Walton.
If the Assembly, which adjourned
on Wednesday, had lasted until Fri
day, it would have tied the length
of the longest session ever held.
Senator Walton called the 1963
General Assembly “rewarding but
expensive because of its great
length.”
“We had another great session i
for education, with special empha- j
sis on higher education,” he point
ed out. He said Wilmington Col
lege will provide a state supported,
four-year school for Brunswick
county students at a very low cost.
“This will fill a great need in our
county,” he added.
The Assembly was again active
on the public education front. More
than $1.5-million was provided for
vocational education in the high
schools. Courses for mechanics,
brick masons and electricians, etc.,
will be established for students
who do not plan to further their
education beyond the high school
level.
The Assembly also provided over
$1.5-million for educational TV in
the eastern and western parts of
the state.
A fund to hire 150 additional
teachers for gifted students was
passed. “I hope Brunswick county
will have at least one of the teach
ers in our schools,” Senator Wal
ton said. Money was also provided
for more teachers for handicapped
children.
Senator Walton co-sponsored the
$100-million school bond issue which
will be submitted to the people.
Under the bill B± unswick county
will receive more than $500,000 for
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LMrhf BtU Of
-NEWSJ
BENEFIT SUPPER
The WSCS of the Ocean View
Methodist Church at Yaupon Beach
is sponsoring a benefit supper Fri
day from 5 until 7:30 o’clock, at
the Ocean View Methodist church.
BACK FROM CAMP
Frances and Greta Jorgensen and
Susan Harrelson have returned to
their respective homes after spend
ing two weeks at Camp Leach near
Washington.
Public Hearing
On Shrimp
Order Closing Inside Waters51
To Shrimping Operations
Received From State Of.
ficials
Robert L., Stallings, Jr,, Director
of the Department ofConservation
and Development, upon recommen
dation of Dr. A. F. Chestnut, Di
rector of the Institute of Fisheries
Research and C. G. Holland, Com
missioner of Commercial Fisher
ies, declared the shrimp season
closed to trawling at 12:01 a. m.,
Monday, July 1, in all inland wa
ters due to large quantities of
small shrimp.
As a result of this action, Ernest
E. Parker, Jr., and Lewis J. Har
dee have called a meeting of all
Brunswick county citizens interest
ed in shrimping to meet at the
Shallotte Armory at 10 o’clock
Tuesday morning, July 9, to dis
cuss the local shrimping situation.
Parker is a member of the
Board of Conservation and De
velopment and a member of the
Commercial Fisheries Committee;
Hardee, a seafood dealer, is a
member of the N. C. Commercial
Fisheries Advisory Committee.
Parker said today that considera
tion will be given to closing Bruns
wick county waters to inside
and/or outside waters. “This not
only concerns what is to be done
this season,” Parker said, “but in
years to come.”
The Southport man made it
clear that the purpose of the meet
ing is to get a cross section of
opinion of interested parties from
all sections of Brunswick county.
One reason for needing this ex
pression of interest at this time
is that both Parker and Hardee
will attend a. meeting of the
Board of Conservation and De
velopment at Nags Head on July
14.
Install Officers
Of Bolivia Lions
H. Foster Mintz President
Of Club, With James D
Bellamy Presiding At In
stallation
The induction of new officers
with H. Foster Mintz selected
president highlighted a meeting
of the Bolivia Lions Club Thurs
day night at the Green and White
Restaurant in Bolivia.
Deputy District Governor
James D. Bellamy of Shallotte
installed President Mintz, First
Vice-President Mercer Johnson,
Second Vice-President Gene Sel
lers, Third Vice-President R. T.
Mercer, Secretary-Treasurer Paul
H uf ham, Tail Twister A. S.
Knowles and Lion Tamer Delmas
Reynolds.
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Experts Identify
. Plant Varities
Tobacco variety identifica
tion work began in Bruns
wick County on Monday
when a group of specialists
in this type of work arrived,
Manager R. L. Price of the
, ASC announced.
These men have completed
an extensive training course
and'are ready to go to work.
This is the seventh year
that this program has been
in effect in the flue-cured to
bacco area. This work is in
the interest of all flue-cured
tobacco farmers and is just
one of many things that
helps insure a high quality
tobacco crop. The discount
varieties that they will be
looking for include: C139,
C140, DB244, GW187, Reams
64 and C316.
Big Air Show At
Boiling Springs
Fourth Of July Celebration
Slated At Development In
Brunswick County Thurs
day
One of the world’s top acrobatic
pilots will be among the headliners
performing in the air-shop to be
held at Boiling Spring Lakes on
the Fourth of July, starting at
2:30 o’clock.
He is Beverly (Bevo) Howard,
who learned to fly as a teenager
and went on to capture six na
tional and international precisior.
flying championships. The veteran
air showman will perform in his
famous red and white Buecker
Jungmeister, a 1936 German-built
bi-plane previously owned by two
other internationally known pre
cision pilots.
he is expecting a crowd of sevrdl
Sales Manager Arthur Greene
of Boiling Spring Lakes says that
he is expecting a crowd of several
thousand persons for this specta
cular attraction. “We hope they
will come early and spend the
day,” he said. “We have a fine
picnic area at Boiling Spring, we
have the big lake for boating and
fishing, and there are plenty of
places for swimming.
“If somebody wants to play golf,
then we have a fine golf course for
their use.
Packing approximately 35 intri
cate maneuvers into a thrilling ex
hibition lasting 15 minutes, the air
show climaxes . its performance
with the rarely seen inverted rib
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Social Security
May Be Largest
County Payroll
Figures Reveal That Pay
ments Totalling Over
$100,000 Monthly Being
Received In Brunswick
A recent report compiled by the
national headquarters fo the Fed
eral Old-Age, Survivors and Dis
ability Insurance Programs show
ed that Social Security benefits
totalling $101,646 monthly were be
ing received by 2,292 residents of
Brunswick County at the close of
1962. This represents an increase
of $12,583 per month over the year
1961, and can be attributed to
changed in the Social Security Law
in recent years, as well as to the
growth in our old age population.
This money represents probably
the largest payroll in Brunswick,
county, thereby helping to stabilize
the income and increasing the
spending power of its residents.
It also stimulates county business
because most of the money is
spent in the county for food, cloth
ing and shelter. Almost every fam
ily benefits directly or indirectly
from this program which provides
families of the county with an in
come of over $1,068,756 per year.
Agency officials believe that
more people in Brunswick county
could draw benefits if they knew
more about the law. For this reason
they urge citizens to visit or call
tlie Wilmington Social Security of
fice for information or assistance
in establishing rights under the
Social Security Law. The people
there will be glad to help with those
problems.
Annual Report
Issued By ASC
Complete And Comprehen
sive Coverage Of Farm
Program Included In Re
cent Publication
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The largest and most complete
Brunswick county ASCS annual re
i port ever published was released
i Friday by Manager Ralph L. Price
| of the Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service in Shal
lotte covering 1962 operations.
The report, which was produced
in the Shallotte office, is composed
of information contained in the
county files and covers every
phase of the ASCS operation in the
county.
j “We are proud of the report
j and feel it is the best we have
! ever issued, Manager Price said,
j “The report contains all facts and
not one word of fiction.”
The report contains a complete
list of the regular and temporary
office staff as well as the county
and local committee members.
In the report, the ASC program
is explained in detail. It tells of
the tobacco, cotton, wheat, pea
nut, rice, feed grain and wheat
programs.
Pictures of conservation practices
started by the ASCS are also shown
in the report in the ASC section.
“The report is a complete guide
to the ASCS,” Manager Price
stated.
Copies of the report have been
mailed to committeemen, business
men and agricultural leaders.
“Anyone desiring to have a copy
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Accepts Gifts
HISTORY—Mrs. Philip King-, librarian, is shown, right, as she accepts the four
volume History of Robert E. Lee, by Douglas Southall Freeman, from the Southport
Chapter of UDC. In the picture, left to right, are Mrs. W. S. Norman, historian,
Mrs. J. M. Rideout, registrar, and Mrs. YV. G. Kemper, president. (Staff Photo by
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Marlin Catches
Continue To Be
Big News Here
Other Varieties O f Sport
Fish Showing Up In Large
Numbers Among Catches
Being Made
^Sports': fishing
big news iti Southport during the
past week with Capt. Walter Lewis
and party bringing in two more
blue marlin Saturday and with a
party fishing with Capt. Hoyle
Dosher coming in Thursday with
a pair of sailfish after losing a
marlin that stayed on for an hour
and one-half and jumped 23
times before breaking free.
The Lewis party was from Char
lotte and the lucky fishermen were
Mack Calhoun, whose marlin was
8-ft. 8-inches and weighed about
300-lbs.; and J. D. Pinyatello,
whose marlin was 8-ft. 11-inches
and weighed 267-lbs.
The next day Capt. Lewis had
another Charlotte party which
came in with 37 king mackerel,
one of which weighed 38-lbs.; 2
amberjack and 2 bonito.
The party fishing Thursday with
Capt. Dosher was from Dunn and
Raleigh. Fred Jones, Jr., of Ra
leigh landed one of the sailfish
while the second was handled by
Dr. C. W. Byrd of Dunn. The
party also had 3 king mackerel, 4
sharks and 4 amberjack. The par
ty made a one day trip, leaving
early Thursday morning and com
ing in late that afternoon.
On a Sunday trip Capt. Dosher
had a party from Dunn, and one of
the members had a 6-ft. sailfish. In
addition the catch included 7 king
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TIME and TIDE
Twenty-five years ago this week a 335-pound shark was
taken on the Southport waterfront by an Erwin man awaiting
the beginning of an offshore fishing trip. The charter boat was
tied up alongside the pilot dock as the impatient fisherman bait
ed his hook and dropped his line overboard. Shortly an unexpect
ed and tiring battle gegan between the shark and the angler.
After an hour’s battle the giant was landed, and a worn out
fisherman set out on a full day fishing trip, already exhausted.
The U. S. E. dredge Comstock had arrived and had begun
dredging operations on the Cape Fear bar. It was not known
now long the dredging would continue.
Twenty years ago this week a strange new industry, the
gathering of mussels for sale to be used in the production of
chemicals,__ jvas introduced in the Brunswick county area. Local
pickers were said to be making close to $20 per day for gather
ing the comodity, found abundantly in the salt-water marshes
in th^ area.
The annual shrimp season was off to a promising but slow
start as small catches were beginning to be reported. The shrimp
fo»nd in the waters south of Cape Fear were expected to begin
their journey northward along the coast soon.
Fifteen years ago this week the beach strand survey that
was supposed to show the safety of our Brunswick county beach
es was completed, and with favorable results. At Ocean Isle
Beach the distance betwreen the high water mark and the low
water mark is 4<>0 feet. In addition, the swimmers can continue
for another l?p feet beyond low water mark before the depth
reaches 5-feet, i
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Light Station To
Replace Lightship
Scholarship
M ■ m.mmaP
EVA MAE BRYANT
Scholarship Is
Given Student
Eva Mae Bryant Receives
Nursing Scholarship Spon
sored By Southport Wo
man’s Club
Because no applications were
received for the two nursing
scholarships offered by the
Southport Woman’s Club, last
year’s runner-up, Eva Mae Bry
ant, has been awarded the grant,
Mrs. Frances Key, president, an
nounced this week.
Miss Bryant is the 19-year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Henry Bryant of Southport.
She is a -1962 graduate of Bruns
wick County Training School.
In recommending that Miss
Bryant be awarded a scholarship,
the committee, which was com
posed of Mrs. Philip King, chair
man, Mrs. Robert L. Jones and
Mrs. James Glore, reported that
“she is dedicated to the field of
nursing. She is now attempting to
receive nurse training with ex
tremely limited funds which of
course probably influences and
tempers her academic work,” the
report stated. “The members of'
the committee feel that with the
funds available from a scholar
ship, she could have a clear mind
to devote to her studies and wfe
strongly endorse the award.”
“Words can not express my
thanks to you,” Miss Bryant said
on receiving the grant. “The
scholarship will help me greatly
as I struggle to obtain an educa
tion. I will always be grateful
to you for your helping hands.”
Miss Bryant is presently en
rolled at Kate Bitting Reynolds
Hospital School of Nursing and
at Winston Salem Teacher’s Col
lege.
She was recommended for the
Woman’s Club scholarship by
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‘Contract Awarded For Con
struction Of Tower To Be
Placed I n Ocean Off
Southport
Replacement ...of Prying Pan
Lightship'"by a statloharyiight sta
tion drew one step nearer reality
last week when the U. S. Coast
Guard announced that a contract
for the erection of this facility had
| been awarded to the J. Ray Mc
| Dermott Co. of New Orleans, La.
The contract price was $1,569,000.
t The light station will be located
approximately 34-miles Southeast
i of Southport in 46-feet of water,
about 1 Mi-miles northeast of the
location of the Frying Pan Light
ship.
This information, together with
the following specifications for the
i structure, was furnished through
I Congressman Alton A. Lennon,
j “This structure will consist of a
14-legged steel pipe pile structure
| with 36” diameter steel pipe piles
| driven to approximately 220 feet
below Mean Low Water (MLW)
through dense, fine sand, and into
hard firm clay. Project requires
fabrication of a 42 inch diameter
pipe jacket (4-legged template)
which may be floated to the job
site and used as the guide for
pile driving. Structure above jacket
and driven piles will consist of
an additional leg section, storage
tank deck, quarters deck, and light
tower. Elevation of the tank deck
will be approximately 62 feet above
MLW, quarters deck 75 feet above
MLW and the top of the light tower
125 feet about MLW. Roof of quar
ters deck (elevation 86 feet above
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Examination For
Supply Carrier
Announcement Of Compete
tive Examination For RFD
Carrier For Supply Post
office
An examination for rural car
rier for the post office at Supply
will be open for acceptance of ap
plications until July 23, 1963, the
Commission announced today.
Applicants must take a written
test for this position. They must
have resided ■within the delivery of
.the office for one year immediate
ly preceding the closing date of the
application in addition they
must have reached their 18th birth
day on the closing date for ac
ceptance of applications. There is
no maximum age limit. However,
persons who have passed the age
of 70 may be considered only for
temporary renewable appoint
ments of one year.
Complete information about the
examination requirements and in
structions for the filing applications
may be obtained at the post of
fice for which this examination
is being announced. Application
forms must be filed with the U. S.
Civil Service Commission, Wash
ington 25, D. C. and must be re
ceived or postmarked not later than
the closing date.
Assembly Draws
Over Thousand
For This Week
Study Of Worldwide Mis
sions Program Will High
light Conference At Bap
tist Assembly
More than 1,000 Baptists this
week at the North Carolina Bap
tist Summer Assembly at Fort
Caswell will study the world-wide
missions program in the light o{.
current developments in the realms
of national and cultural patterns
of living, according to Manager
Fred J. Smith.
Speaking here will be mission
aries to Southern Rhodesia and
Spain and a native of Japan, now
studying at Southeastern Baptist,
seminary in Wake Forest. Pro- -
moting the program for the en
tire week are the Woman’s Mis-’
sionary Union and the Division of
Missions of the Baptist State coil-,
vention.
Representing Baptist missions'
work in Southern Rhodesia will be •
Dr. and Mrs, Hugh T. McKinley.;
Speaking of purposes and pro:
gramming of the missions Work
in Spain will be the Rev. and Mrs.
Charles W. Whitten, who have
worked there for the past 10 years.
Whitten is secretary-treasurer of.
the Spanish Baptist Mission and
preaches in Spanish-language'
churches in Madrid and elsewhere.
Bom in Japan and now studying
at Southeastern seminary is the
Rev. Kiyoshi Tanigawa. J. Ned
Beatty will discuss Baptist work
among military personnel. Sta
tioned by the Baptist convention
in the Fort Bragg area, he directs
the continuing endeavor to assist
local Baptist churches and chap
lains in ministering to the spiritual
needs of Baptists and others in
military service.
Bach evening features two -
speeches having to do with mis
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Turnover Made “
In Tax Office
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Mrs. Ressie R. Whatley: i
Named Tax Supervisor To
Replace Douglas Hawes ?
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Mrs. Ressie R. Whatley was ap**.
pointed Tax Supervisor for Bruns-I
wick county yesterday, replacing
Douglas Hawes, who had held this
job for the past 18 months. Hawes
still is serving as Tax Collector." ,
Mrs. Whatley, who is county
auditor and purchasing agent, pr<5*
viously had held the post of Tax
Supervisor. When Hawes assumed
the position of Tax Collector
was named to serve as Tax Su-I
pervisor also. *4
, Hawes said that his request fcjn
additional mechanical equipment*
for use in the office of Tax Collec'4
tor had been turned down by thC|
board of commissioners, who also!
suggested that he should be able!
to get along with the services of|
one clerk. Mrs. Lucy Shelton arid!
Miss Carrie Harker presently are!
employed in that office. Bobby^
White resigned last week.
Hawes said that the work load?
in his office has grown to a point;
where a calculator appears to bps
an absolute necessity. He says that!
he also wants to set up a card in«l
dex system which will modernize?
the tax records of Brunswick coun- -
ty, but that without funds for sup- \
plies and without personnel toj
carry on this work and he regular!
duties of the office it will be im-|
possible to make these needed im-l
provements.
Hawes says that the tax valua-*
tion for Brunswick county now has I
reached approximately $25-milliori. I
Tide Table
Following la the tide
table for Southport during
the week. These hours are
approximately correct and fl
were furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
high low
Thursday, July 4,
5:44 A. M. 0:12 A. M.
6:25 P. M. 12:10 P. M.
Friday, July 5,
12:58 A. M.
12:53 P. M:
July 6,
1:40 A. M.
1:34 P. M„
7:55
A. M,
P. M.
6:30 A. M.
7:07 P. M.
Saturday,
7:13 A. M.
7:48 P. M.
Sunday, July 7,
A. M. 2:22
8:27 P. M. 2:16
Monday. July 8 ^
8:38 A. M. 3:04 A. M.i'
9:08 P. M. 2:59 P. M,
Tuesday, July 9
9:21 A. M. 3:46
9:49 P. M. 3:43
Wednesday, July 10
10:07 A. M. 4:28 A. M.
10:35 P. M. 4:30 P. M.
A. W.
P. M.
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