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life The Pilot Covers Brunswick County T STATE PORT PILOT Most of the News All The Time A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Volume No. 23 No. 5 (2-PAGES TODAY SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1963 5c A CORY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY s Long Beach Post Office life PEPS WORKING—Dan Shannon, head clerk at the new Long Beach Post Office, is shown here handing a mail bag to Mrs. Ellen Gilmore, assistant clerk- at the office. Formerly only a summer activity, the rural station will now be a year round operkt ion. (Staff Photo by Allen) . . - - Progress Report On Basin State Ports Authority Auth-5 orizes Letting Bids For Local Development When Ready The State Ports Authority autho rized Director James W. Davis' to call for bids when the final plans and specifications have been drawn for the small boat harbor at Southport during: a meeting of the“fott- board 1n Raleigh wetfwss* day. V: However, Cooper C a s s of Win ston-Salem, chairman of the sub committee on the Southport saiid the project will be be presented to the Authority again before the contract is awarded. Previously, the Authority had granted the subcommittee’s re quest for formal approval of the harbor and had authorized for f work to proceed. Plans for the small boat harbor are presently being prepared by Henry Von Oson and Associates of Wilmington. Chairman Cass be lieves that there is a good chance to receive matching federal funds for the project from' the Accele rated Public Works fund. Plans to have a seafood process ing business in connection with the harbor are being pushed by the subcommittee, he said. Chairman Cass had words of praise for the residents of South port. “I have never worked with a group more anxious to coope rate than in Southport.” “The competition of the Bradley Creek marine won’t hurt us too much in Southport,” Director Da vis said. He pointed out that the Bradley project is for pleasure boats while Southport’s small boat harbor will be used by commercial craft. I *v Biti Af '-NEWS-1 FREAK CUCUMBER John McRoy brought in a cucum ber Tuesday that weighed 2% lbs. and measured a little over 1 loot in length. BAKE SALE The WSCS of Trinity Methodist Church will hold a bake sale Sat urday1 morning, beginning at 9 o’clock, in the area between Leg gett’s and Southport post office. MINISTERS TO MEET The Brunswick County Minis terial Association will hold its monthly meeting Friday morning at 10 o’clock in the Presbyterian Church at Southport. The ladies of the Presbyterian Church will serve lunch following the business meeting. PRE-SCHOOL SCHEDULE . All county white teachers will meet on August 22 at 9:30 am at Bolivia high school while Ne gro teachers will meet August 23 at 9:30 a. m. at BCT, accord ing to Superintendent A. W. Tay lor. Football practice will begin on August 14 instead on August 13, New Lions President CONGRATULATIONS—William Love, left, is shown here with Dr. M. H. Rourk, North Carolina no minee for director of Lions International, after he had been installed as the new president of the Southport Lions Club Thursday night. Lion Rourk was the instal ling officer. (Staff Photo by Allen) Jaycees Working On New Building Southport Organization Has Made Good Progress To ward Completion Of Own Club House The new Jaycee building, which is now under construction, will cost the Southport Junior Chamber of Commerce less than $6,000 but will be worth more than $15,000, ac cording to Bobby Jones, who is in charge of the project. The Jaycees hope to have the block constructed building with a brick veneered front completed by October 1. All the labor for the project is being done by Jaycee members themselves on weekends and even ings. Most of the money for the materials has been raised by club projects. The Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company of Southport will lend the rest of the money for the building. The two lots for thd building, which is located on Fodale Avenue in the Cape Fear River Heights subdivision, cover three-fourths of an acre and were donated by S. B. Frink and D. C. Hearing in Continued On rage « Funeral Tuesday For City Native Mrs. Dorothy Bell Kauffman Died Suddenly Friday Morning At Home In Haddonfield, N. J. Mrs. W. W. Kauffman, 47, died at her home in Haddonfield, N.J., Friday morning after a brief ill ness. She was the former Dorothy Beil of Southport, the daughter of Mrs. Edna Bell of Haddonfield, N. J. Graveside services were held Tuesday at 2 p. m. at Northwood Cemetery here by the Rev. Char les Lancaster pasture of Trinity Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband, W. W. Kauffman; a daughter, Caroline Wheeler Gold; her moth er; an aunt, Mrs. Irma Carr of Garden City, Cal., and two uncles, Junius Davis of Edenton and W. S. Davis of Southport. The deceased was a graduate of High Point College, where she was active in student activities, including publications. Following her graduation she went to work for the High Point Enter Continued On Page 4 Third Fatality On Highway At Maco On Friday Wife Of Clarkton Minister Dies Of Injuries Sustained In Head-on Collision Of Station Wagons Brunswick county’s third fata lity of the year occurred Friday afternoon when a Clarkton minis ter’s wife was killed in a head-on crash between two station wagons at Maco, according to Patrolman William Day of Shallotte. Mrs. Allen McLaughlin Link, 29, who was sitting in the right rear seat, died of multiple injuries while her husband, Rev. William E. Link, the driver of the vehicle, was treated for minor injuries and re leased. Hugh McLeod Hardaway, 34, of Laurlnburg, driver of the other station wagon, was arrested upon release from James Walker Mem orial Hospital, and charged with driving under the influence of alcoholic beverage s and man slaughter. He was jailed in South port arid was placed under a $5, 000 bond. Hardaway suffered la cerations of the nose and chin and complained of chest and shoulder injuries. Rev. Roger Home, 27, pastor of the White Plains church in Porters ville, and his wife, Eleanor, 25, both passengers in Rev. Link’s car, were treated for minor injuries and released. Haraway, who was returning home from a fishing trip in the Wilmington area, was headed west on US 74-76 towing a boat and trailer about 4:45 o’clock Friday afternoon. He was seen by obser vers approaching Rev. Link’s car on the wrong side of the road some 400 feet up the highway. Rev. Link tried to swerve his automobile in an effort to avoid the accident but the two station wagons crashed head-on. The boat then slammed into the rear of the Hardaway’s car. Both Rev. Link’s car, valued at >$1,300, and Hardaway’s, valued at $2,200, were total losses. \ “ The crash' occurred one-ba^^riile? from die scene of a crash that killed two persons last month. Form Bi-Racial Committee Here Group Will Meet Monday Night With Members Of Southport Board Of Ald ermen For Planning A decision to form a biracial committee for Southport high lighted a special called meeting of the Board of Aldermen Monday night at the City Hall. The committee will be compris ed of four white and four Negro representatives. The first meeting will be held Monday night at 7:30 p. m. at the City Hall. The board will meet with the committee at the first meeting. f In asking for approval of form ing the biracial" committee, Mayor Gene Tomlinson said it could serve the city in numerous ways. “It will not be just for racial pro lems only,” he said. Mayor Tomlinson went on to say that Governor Terry Sanford had recommended forming bira cial committees in all North Caro lina towns. Aldermen R. N. Hood, Craw (Continued On Page 4) Mmmm Strange Visitor MIRACLE—It was nothing short of a miracle when nobody was killed and only one serious injury resulted Saturday afternoon when an automobile crashed through the front of Evan’s Barbershop at Shallotte and came to rest inside after clearing the room of barbers, barber chairs and customers. The displaced furniture, including the three barber chairs, are shown piled up at the rear of the barbershop where they were shoved by the forc6 of empact. Elect Principal Of Local School Tuesday Night Willard Cox Comes Here From Wilmington, Where He Was Assistant Princi pal At Tileston Willard Cox was elected prin cipal of Southport High School at a meeting of the local committee last night succeeding W. N. Will who has resigned to accept-the iamg who has resigned to accept the postion of assistant superin tendent of Brunswick 'Ifeo&nty schools. ! ' Cox, a native of Tabor Cityw,6as been assistant at Tileston Junior High. School in Wilmington for tip past two years. Prior to that he taught at New Hanover High School. Previously had taught ff>r one year at Old Dock in Col SThe new principal is a graduate Wake Forest College, where he » attended law school for one I ar. He has his master’s degree am East •' Carolina College. He aduated from high school at tbor Ciyt. Cox is 30 years old, is married and he and his wife have two chil dren, a son 5 and a daughter, Continued On Page 4 ibus county. Local Jaycees In Monthly Meeting Several Important Business Matters Disposed Of At Dinner Meeting At Tran quil Harbour The Southport Junior Chamber of Commerce held a fellowship dinner meeting at the Tranquil (Continued On Page 4) TIME and TIDE Five years ago this week the Southport yacht haain was scheduled for extensive mantinence work for the correction of a shoaling situation in the basin. Dredging of the area was to be the first step toward the solution, with future plans calling for the dredging of a channel from the basin to the inland waterway 'to provide a continuous flow of water, thus preventing shoaling. Renovation of the Fort Johnson garrison house was pro gressing rapidly, with initial work concerning the removal of all unsound portions of the building. Flans called for the building, upon completion, to resemble the old colonial homes. Ten years ago this week the unusual situation of grounded whales attracted hundreds of persons to the Long Beach area. Five of the mammals, apparently suffering from some sickness, were washed ashore in an effort to seek refuge. Efforts were made to tow the whales back to deep water, but when they repeatedly returned ashore, shotguns were used to put them out of their apparent misery. } Beach fishermen w and fall run of spots which usually bring been slOw in gathering ere getting ready for the annual summer mullets after a month’s delay. The fish, fishermen flocking to the shore, had for their mass movements. an< tin Fifteen years ago woods Folly Inlet prev area from enjoying a county coast. However Ci his week the r,hallow waters of Lock 'i nted the fishing boats of the Shallotte I f-riod of good fishing of the Brunswick number of the boats made a long loitinued On Page A Freak Accident At Shallotte Saturday •3 Lions Cooperate In Eye Program A schedule of eye clinics on a year-round basis has been esta blished by the Brunswick County Health Department, according to Southport Liops Club President William C. Love, The ^schedule includes an't*adulf' clinic in Shallotte on July 26 and in Southport January 24 and chil dren clinics in Southport on Octo ber 2 and in Shallotte on April 22. President Love was informed’ of the clinic schedule by Dr. A. H. Elliot, county health direetor. “We hope the Lions club will help in providing glasses for children fi nancially unable to pay for them, most especially after the exhaus tion of school ftuids for school children,” Dr. Elliot said. Long Beach To,, Hold Bond Sale Town Council Asks Permis %, sion Of Local Government Commission To Sell $325 Thousand For Water Sys tem ■ ? •• \ A general business meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the town of Long Beach was held Saturday afternoon-’ at’the"Town Hall. . - . ‘ . The board unanimouly passed an ordinance requiring that pr6 per building permits be posted prior to electrical power connect ions andjor inspections. Under the new ordiance, certificates of oc cupancy must be presented to have elecrical connectins to trail ers. A resolution asking the Local Government Commission for aut hority to hold a $325-thou sand bond election to help fin ance the proposed new water sys tem was passed by the board. The Board is ‘also trying to secure a federal grant for the system which will cost $650-thousand. As a first step toward the leg alized sale of beer the board was informed by Town Manager Dan L. Walker that Long Beach has a population of 1,000 persons for at least six months during the year. . r ^ The Board accepted a low bid of $2,107.45 from Progressive City Motors of Tabor City for a police car. The next lowest bid $2,121.35’, was submitted by Willetts and Son of Bolivia. Russ and White of Shallotte and Cape Fear Motor Sales of Wilmington also sumitt ed bids. The police car, which will be delivered in three weeks, will work along with the present pol ice truck. Communication Specialists of Wilmington, with a bid of $2,342. 40, was awarded the contract to furnish the town radio telephone communications equipment. This includes a base station, base re mote control unit, antenna and two 30-watt moble units. Two other companies from Wilmington also submitted bids. The board instructed Fire Chief Continued On Page A Five Persons Injured When Automobile Plunges Into Barbershop During Busi ness Hours Five persons, including three young boys, were injured Satur day afternoon when an automobile crashed through the plate glass front of the Evans Barber Shop in Shallotte, according to Police Chief Leon Galloway. > ;; .' A Andrew Gray, Jr., 9, was ad mitted to Dosher Memorial Hos pital with a broken leg. His father, Andrew Gray, Sr., and his bro ther, Jerry Gray, Rotha Cheers; and Ishmal FarmyDuval, Jr. were treated for cuts and bruises and released. . Cheers, who was in the second chair, was knocked approximately 15 feet through the back door. Chief Galloway said Mrs. Gro ver Gore of Shallotte started her car at the Lewis Shopping Cen ter believing it was in reverse. The car raced forward, jupiped the curb and crashed through the plate glass window. The automobile then came to rest at the other end of the bar ber Shop after crashing into a con crete wall. The motor was still running when the car stopped. The vehicle was removed early Monday morning after part of the. brick building was. taken down. Tire marks could be seen on the tile floor. At one place the floor ing had been burned by the left rear .tire.. The two barbers in the shop at the time, George K. (Buddy) Evans and Ishmel . Formyduval, Sr., father of the injured boy, were standing along the wall and were not injured. W. D. Evans, the owner of the barber shop, had stepped out shortly before the accident occurred. Total damage to the barber shop is not known at the present time. “I don’t know when we’ll open again,” Buddy Evans said.... Call For Bids On Railroad Bridge Bridge Will Be Erected Over Limestone Cave-in Which Occurred Last Year Near Boiling Spring Savannah District Army Engi neers plan to invite bids on con struction of an access railroad bridge at Sunny Point Army Term inal near Southport. The bridge will be a five-span, 168-foot long structure with steel girders. It will be constructed over ! a limestone cavern in the north west portion of the terminal near Allen Creek. The existing track will be removed and roadbed ex cavated to construct the new bridge. The Engineers estimate that the job will cost $100,000 and require 180 calendar days to complete. A bid opening is scheduled for August 15. Plans and specifications may be obtained for the sum of $2 under Invitation No. ENG-09 133-64-16 from the District Engi neer, U. S. Army Engineer Dis 1 trict, P. O. Box 889, Savannah, Ga. Training Union I In Session For Next Two Weeks Interesting Daily Schedule Being Carried Out Af N. C. Baptist Assembly This Week Between 600 and 900 Baptists are expected to attend Training Union Conferences at the North Caroling. Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell this week and next, according to Manager Fred Smith. Each morning will feature the classroom study of the objectives and techniques of Training Union, activities in the local churches. Dr. John, Lewis, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Raleigh, and Mrs. Owen F. Herring of Winston Salem will serve as the chief speakers of the conference. James P. Morgan of Raleigh, whp Is secretary of the Training Union department of the Baptist Stain Convention, is serving as director! of the conferences which concludes on August 3. The feature lecture daily will be held at 11:45 a. m. in the audito rium. Dr. Ben Fisher of Raleigh,; director of Christian Higher Edu cation; D. P. McFarland of Ral eigh, secreatry of the Christian. Action League, Claude F. Gaddy, acting general secretary of the’ Baptist State Contvention; and Mrs. J. T. McRae of Elkin, will be the chief speakers of the mroji ing lectures. Leaders of the study groups, - which are divided according to ago' levels, include: adults, Mrs. Smoot Baker, Lancaster, S.C.; young peo* pie, Rev. Sam O’Neal of Raleigh;' intermediates, Miss Katy Ruth Grayson of Raleigh; juniors, Mrs. J.R. Everett of Rocky Mount; nut"-! sery, beginners, and primaries, Miss Doris Morgan of Raleigh. In charge of music will be: Song leader, Roy Bolder of First church, Cherryville; organist, Miss Judy Williams of High Point, Mrs. T.L. Cashwell, Jr. of Albemarle, Lou Miller of Asheville and Larry Touchstone of Asheville Chief counselor is Rev. Marvin Chapman, pastor of Graystone church, Xstfj- . bore. Assembly secretary will Jbo Mrs. Sallie Jones of Raleigh. - / Vesper services will be held each evening at 7:45 p’clock on the grassy knoll atop the inner citadel and will be directed by Dr. Lewis. Classroom instruction will be at two different morning hours, the theme of moral challenge at 10:30 a. m., and “Methods” at 8:45 a.irw Instructing adults in the study of “Personal Interests” will be: Dal Continued On Page 4 3 Jacksonville Boy! Drowns In Rivet „ . . i Youth Loses Life Sunday Afternoon While Wading In Water On River Side Of Baptist Assembly ! A ten-year-pld Jacksonville boy drowned in the Cape Fear river Sunday while visiting a relative at the North Carolina Baptist Asj sembly at Fort Cashwell, accord ing to Coroner Lowell Bennett. Raymond Matthews was wading in the river just off the Assembly grounds with three other boys when he lost his footing. Later the body was seen floating in the wai ter. Joe Andrews waded out and recovered the child’s body hi water approximately four feet deep at low tide. ■ Young Matthews was visiting Joe Matthews of Jacsonville, ait employee of the Assembly at tha time of the accident. Tide Table Following- is the tide ' table for Southport during . the week. These hours are approximately correct and 7 were furnished The State Fort Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear » Pilot’s. Association. HIGH LOW Thursday, July 25, 11:18 A. M. 5:10 A. M. 11:23 P. M. 5:25 P. M. »if Friday, July 26, 12:03 A. M. 6:13 p. m. Saturday, July 27, 0:04 A. H. 6:37 A. M. 12:51 P. M. 7:04 P. M. Sunday, July 28, 12:49 A. M. 7:24 A. M. 1:40 P. M. 8:00 P. M. • V Monday, July 29, 1:36 A. M. 8:15 A. M. ‘ 2:32 P. M. 8:59 P. M. Tuesday, July SO, 2:28 A. M. 9:06 A. M. 3:23 P. M. 9:55 P. M.7 Wednesday, July SI, 3:23 A. M. 9:59 A. M. 4:16 P. M. 10:50 P. M.
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