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Brunswick County
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Volume No. 23
No. 8
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1963
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Family Arrives Here
NEW -Lt. Col. Archie B. Joyner, Jr., commanding officer at Sunny Point
Army Terminal, has been joined here by his wife, Mildred, and by his two children,
Edward and Kathryn. The Joyner family will reside at Garrison House, Fort Johns
ton, during Col. Joyner’s assignment at Sunny Point.
Episcopaieans To
Build Rectory In
City For Pastor
Local Congregation Busy
With Plans And Fund
Raising Campaign For
Home For Minister
The congregation of St. Philip’s
eommittee, and a campaig
Episcopal Church voted recently
to build a permanent home for the
use of its minister and his family.
Col. Wilmer O. Kemper was named
chairman of the Fund Raising
Committee, and a campaign is
now in progress. Col. Kemper
states that gifts and pledges al
ready received indicate that con
struction can be started within a
few weeks. .
According to Joseph M. Rideout,
Chairman of the Building Com
mittee, the rectory will include
three bedrooms and a private off
ice for the priest. It will be of
brick-veneer construction ■ and
.will cost $14,500.
The Rev. Edward B. Jordan,
minister of St. Philip’s, says that
the building has been approved by
the Diocese, which also gave its
consent to the indebtedness being
incurred by the congregation.
The rectory will be located in
Deep Water Heights, Southport, on
a lot given to the church by S.
Bunn Frink.
Members of Colonel Kemper’s |
Fund Raising Committee are Mrs.
Merritt Moore, Mrs. Agnew Ful
cher, Mrs. Frances Key and Mrs.
Philip King, r 5
The Building Committee, in addi
tion to Rideout, is composed of
Mrs. Fred Willing, William L.
Styron and Neils Jorgensen.
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•-NEWS-1
PICK UP CHcCKS
ASC Manager R. L. Price urges
the approximately 100 farmers
eligible for payments under the
feed grain and wheat stabilization
programs to visit the Shallotte
pffice as soon as possible.
HOSPITAL PATIENT
.1 District Solicitor James C. Bow
man has been a patient at James
Walker Memorial Hospital in
Wilmington for the past two
weeks but reports are that his
condition is much improved and
that he will be able to return
home this week.
ir NEW TAX COLLECTOR
, Bobby Long, for several months
the deputy in the office of Tax
Collector D. H. Hawes, has been
appointed by members of the
board of county commissioners to
complete the unexpired term for
Hawes and to collect the 1963 tax
Jevy.
SCHOOL MEETINGS
All Brunswick county principals
will meet Tuesday morning at 10
o’clock in the courtroom, accord
ing to Superintendent A. Wood
row Taylor. The agriculture teach
ers will meet that same day in
the courtroom at 2 p. m. All jani
tors and maids will meet Wednes
day at 8:30 A. M. in the court
room#
Second Opening Of
Market Improves
Monday’s Sales Featured *
Return T o Conventional
Grading And Tying Of
Golden Weed
Tobacco sales on the Border
Belt Markets were completed be
fore noon today as most ware
houses reported on partial or half
sales. _ t '
Only tied leaf was offered for
sales Monday ahd repores from far
mers Indicate that comparing to
day’s sale with those of last week
prices are about the same.
B. C. Mahgrum president of
the North Carolina Farm Bureau
and a national director, was on
the market Monday by special re
quest. He noted that buyers do not
seem to be competitive in their
buying thus a fall-off in the de
mand. ,
He stated this morning that he
is going to get in touch with Rep.
Harold Cooley, chairman of the
house agricultural committee and
other tobacco officials and report
his findings here. He explained
that this is the first time in many
years that complaints have risen
on the Border Belt. He compli
mented farmers for striving for a
quality crop and was optimistic
that prices will begin a rise as the
volume on floors increase.
Mangrum showed concern that
apparently buying compaies do not
have the orders for the leaf being
offered which is making the mar
ket demand less competitive but
again he showed optimism that
these orders will be forthcoming.
The Department of Agriculture
repuiLs mat ior we nrst mu weex
of sales on all Border Belt mar
kets prices and quality showed
some improvement over the first
two sales dates.
Volume was heavy Monday but
deliveries were light the rest of
the week. The prcentage of to
bacco going to Stabalization was
less than the week before. For all
markets 24,321,527 was sold for a
$44.17 average as compared to
$40.57 for the first two sales dates.
Rourk Expresses
His Appreciation
Former Acting Postmaster
At Leland Thanks Friends
For Loyal Support During
His Tenure
Acting Postmaster George T.
Rourk of Leland has written the
following letter of appreciation to
friends and patrons of that office:.
“I have been serving as acting
postmaster at Leland since March
30, 1963. During this time I believe
that I have proven my capability
both to the Post Office Department
and to the patrons of the office.
“On May 4th, I took a competi
tive examination given by the
Civil Service Commission for Ca
reer appointment along with seven
teen others. Of this number, I
received the highest rating. In
the Executive Committee meeting,
I received a good vote, but fail- :
ed to get the required majority for .
nomination.
“I am taking this opportunity to
thank each and every one of my
many friends at Leland and ;
throughout the county for their i
interest and loyal support**'
Property For
Sale On Island
Want to buy an island?
The site of the former Cape
Fear Light Station and Bald
head Radiobeacon on Bald
head island is for'sale. . *
The 30 acres of beach ptb-' "
perty which the General Ser
vices Administration has offered
for sale is located at opposite
ends of the island. They are con
nected by a 30-foot - shoe
string right-of-way.
Bids for the property will
be opened at 10:30 a. m. Sept
ember 4 at the General Ser
vices Administration Office in
Atlanta.
The abandoned Cape Fear
Fear Light Station Consists
of 20 acres of land with three
frame houses and three other
small buildings. The station
is composed of 10 acres of
land with a brick tower 85 feet
high antj two small buildings.
Auto Accidents
Result In Loss
No Deaths Or Critical In
juries Result From Series
Of Weekend Accidents In
Brunswick County
Three traffic accidents occurred
on the highways of Brunswick coun
ty Saturday and Sunday, but no
one was critically injured, accord
ing to Patrolman S. L. Thomas of
the North Carolina Highway Pa
trol.
One person was hospitalized and
two others were injuried in a two
car collision near Bolivia on US
17 at 6:10 a. m. Saturday. Thurs
ton Linwood Cumbee of Route 2
Supply, driver of one car, was ad
mitted to Cape Fear Memorial
Hospital in Wilmington and is in
“satisfactory condition.” John
Williams of Shallotte, a passenger
in the other automobile, was treat
ed at the Wilmington hospital and
released. Harry Langdon Pigott of
Route 1, Shallotte, was the driver
af the second car.
Damage was estimated at $3,000
to Pigott’s car and $260 to a utility
pole hit by the automobile. The
estimated damage to Cumbee’s
car was $850.
Two one-car accidents were re
ported by Patrolman Thomas dur
ing the weekend.
Charles Robert Willis of South
port told Patrolman Thomas he
jvas rounding a curve when he saw
mother car coming around the
curve in the opposite direction .. in
lis lane nine miles west of Le
and on NC 87 in front of Shiloh'
Methodist Church at 4 p. m. Sat
lrday.
Willis told Patrolman Thomas he
ost control of his car when he
pulled off the shoulder and went
jack across the highway and
struck a tree. Damage to the car
vas estimated at $150.
Ted T. Hemphill of Arizona lost
:ontrol of his car when he entered
i fog bank and ran off the side
>f the road. The automobile over
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ASC Balloting To
Be Conducted By
Mail This Year
Ballots Will Be Mailed Sep.
iember 3 And Must Be
Returned To Office By
September 13
Ballots for the Brunswick county
ASC committee elections will be
nailed out on September 3 and
must be returned to the Shallotte
office or post marked by no later
than September 13, according to
Manager Ralph L. Price of the
Agricultural Stabilization and Con
servation Service. '
A slate of nominees will be
established for each community
and made public by not later than
August 26. "In nominating offi
:ers we would like to point out
he desirability of nominating and
electing currently active farmers
vho are best qualified for com
munity committee work and who
vill be representative of the vari
rns sections and types of agricul
ure in the community," Manager
Price said.
Nominating petitions signed by
eix or more eligible voters nomi
lating persons for membership on
:he community committee will be
received at the ASCS Office at
my time now through August 21. I
rhe names of persons nominated by
proper petition will be included in
:he slate of nominees if found eli
gible and willing to serve. If a
person nominated by petition is
Eound ineligible he will be notified
Df such determination prior to com
pletion of the slate of nominees so
that he may appeal to the County
uoinmuiee prior 10 me aate set
for completion of the slate of nomi
nees. The county and community
committees may make such addi
tional nominations as are required
nr as they determine are desirable.
Double post cards have been
mailed to all farm operators ask
ing that they list the names of all
eligible voters on the farm and
return it to the coiinty office as
soon as possible.
Any person of legal yoking age
and having interest in a farm hp
owner, tenant, or ,, sharecropper;
and any person not of legal voting
age who supervises and conducts
the farming operations on an |en
tire farm is eligible to vote in the
community in which he has sijch
interest if he'meets. any bf the fol
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Deputy Sheriff !
Catches Robbers
Trio Of Virginia Youths Ar
rested Along With Loot
By Deputy Sheriff Alex
Gainey
Because of a deputy’s suspicious
nature, three Virginia teen-agers
were arrested in Brunswick coun
ty Saturday in connection with a $5
to $6 thousand robbery, according
to Sheriff E. V. Leonard.
Deputy Alex Gainey was suspi
cious when he saw Dwight Sou
ders, 17, John Troutman, 18, and
Glenn Johnson, 18, having their
automobile filled with gas at Mills
Service Station on U. S. Highway 17
Saturday afternoon.
After questioning „ the boys he
searched their automobile and
found several thousand dollars
worth of old coins, three Marlin
rifles, two antique pistols, several
watches and - other valuables in
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Proposed New Rectory
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Southport Boy
Becomes Eagle
Scout Monday
Stephen Parker Honored At
Ceremony Held In Court
Room In Southport Mon*
day Night
Hlstry was mare Monday night
in Southport when the Coastal
District of the Cape Fear Council
held its first Court of Honor out
side Wilmington and the first
Southport Boy Scout was pre
sented his Eagle Scout Badge in
his home town.
George Steven Parker, son of
Mr. and Mrs. George Parker, was
awarded his Eagle Scout Badge
during impressive candle light cer
emonies before 209 persons in the
Brunswick County Courtroom.
The award was presented, by
Wallace . West .. of ... Wilbington,
chairman of the council's leader
ship training committee and prin
cipal of New Hanover High School,
to Mrs. Parker who pinned the
badge on her son. Parker then
pinned a minature Eagle Scout
badge on his mother.
* aiAti to a. mcmuci Ui OUUU1"
port Troop No. 238 and the scout
master is George Barker. The
troop is sponsored by the South
port Presbyterian Crurch.
Harold Aldridge, a Southport
troop committeeman, presented
second class awards to Ronnie
Sides and Johnnie Smith of South
port and Donald Morgan, Dex
ter Johnson, Bobby Morrie, Clinton
Hewlett, Randy Grainger and
Timmy Ivey, all of Leland Troop
No. 215.
Southport Boy Scout Johnnie
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Supply Citizen
R. Galloway Was Prominent
Resident Of This Bruns
wick County Community
Richmond Galloway, prominent
Supply resident, died at his home
Sunday night following a brief ill
ness. He was 85 years of age.
The deceased was a retired far
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TIME land TIDE
Twenty-five years ago this week surfacing of the beach
road to the Oak Island! Coast Guard station was begun in or
der to provide a paved oceanfront drive. The construction was
to include only a mile if the station-Cashwell Beach road,, but
even this was ah imprc vement over the unpaved route former
ly necessary to ' reach the area.
S. Bunn Frink, Sou hport attorney, was elected president
of the Eighth Judical District Bar Association of North Carolina;
the 1938 tax rate was Set pt $1.40; and new sound equipment
had been installed at the Amuzu theatre.
Twenty years ago ibis week, Bill Jorgensen was reelected
County Tax Collector f|>r an additional two year term. Jorgen
sen’s appointment was (approved unanimously.
Members of the North Carolina bird club spent more than
a week in the vicinity in search of new species to study, the
weekly newspapers werf promoting the push for more pulpwood
for the armed services The supply, abundant in our own area,
was needed for conver: ion into paper for the packaging of war
materials.
Fifteen years ago tiis week seventeen Estonian refugees, a
45-foot sailing vessel—tgeir means of escape—arrived at Southport
harbor following a two month, 7,500 mile journey. Charts found
in the cabin indicated that this port had been their destination
in the United States.
About 20 Holden E Jach shrimp boats had returned from an
5(mnd in search of more abundant supply
expedition to Pamlico
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PLANS—This is the artists drawing of the propos
ed new Episcopal rectory in Southport. Members of the
congregation at St. Phillips Episcopal Church are cur
rently engaged in a fund-raising drive for this project.
(Painting by Art Newton—Photo by Allen)
Atlantic T elephone
Co-Op Lets Big Bids
Millionth Ton
Of Cargo Moved
At about 10 a. m. today(Wed
nesday), the one millionth ton
of ammunition or explosive car
to be handled by Sunny Point
Army Terminal, since the first
draft was outloaded in Novem
ber 1955, was placed aboard
the vessel USNS CRAIN, pre
sently ouUoading at the Ter*
minal.
Sunny Point, which is located
five miles north of Southport
on the west side of the Cape
Fear River, has the distinc
tion of being the only active
U. S. Army Terminal in ope
ration which was constructed
solely for the purpose of hand
ling ammunition and-or explo
sive cargo.
City Board In
Routine Session
Matters Pertaining To
Beautification And Zon
ing Take Up Most Of
Time At Meeting
A routine meeting of the South
port Board of Aldermen was con
ducted Thursday night at the City
Hall building.
The board unanimously voted to
pay city employees for overtime
work at their straight time rate
during emergencies only. "The
salaries of our city employees are
not so great that we can expect
free overtime work,” Mayor Eu
gene Tomlinson said in presenting
the measure to the Board.
"Overtime pay would not amount
to a great deal most of the time,”
City Manager C. D. Pickerrell told
the board.
The board then limited the over
time pay to emergencies only. Em
ployees on stand-by duty would
riot be eligible to collect the over
time pay. City Manage*- Pickerrell
was authorized to select the em
ployees for emergency work.
The motion for the action was
made by J. A.. Gilbert and was
seconded by Johnny Vereen.
The board voted unanimously to
appoint Dick Rankin to the Board
af Trustees of Dosher Memorial
Hospital. This action was taken
an a motion by Harold Aldridge
and was seconded by Crawford.
Rourk.
Harold St. George, Eddie Hahn,
Rev. E. B. Jordan and Mrs.
Rachel Rook were appointed to
the Human Relations Committee.
The need to clean up the wa
ters of the Yacht Basin was dis
cussed' by the board. It was point
ed out that dead fish and shrimp
and other debris was causing the
difficulties in the area. Repairs
are needed to a number of build
ings, in the area, the aldermen
agreed.
The board requested City Man
ager Pickerrell to install trash
cans in the area for the dead fish
thrown away by party-boat fisher
men.
Aldermen Vereen, Aldridge and
Rourk were named to meet with
Bryant Potter, Lewis Hardee and
H. A. Schmidt and Harbor Mas
ter T. H. Watts to discuss the
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Bids Awarded Tuesday For
Outside Construction Pro
jects Totaling $634,800.72
In County
A Statesville company submitted
the low bid Tuesday to furnish the
Atlantic telephone membership
Corporation of Shallotte cable for
expansion purposes, according to
General Manager W. E. Bellamy,
Jr. .
T. L. E>eSord and Spn, Inc. .sub
mitted a bid of $834,800.72 to fur
nish 2.21 route J^liles of pole line
with aerial cable) 288.07 rfciute
miles of buried cable and wire
and .29 route miles of submarine
cable,
L. W. Routh Construction Com
pany of Greensboro was the next
low bidder with $638,724.90. Five
other companies also submitted
bids which were opened Tuesday
afternoon in the Shallotte office.
“The expansion will enable us to
serve 1634 additional subscribers
and to upgrade service from the
present 1,2,4 and 8 party lines to
1,2 and 5 party service,” Manager
Bellamy said.
The improvement will be com
pleted by late winter.
A portion of the new project
will be constructed along the same
right-of-way as presently occupied
by existing telephone lines. The
work will be preformed so as not
to cause interruption of service on
the existing lines.
Chairman Swain
Answers Letter
Says Equipment Requested
By Hawes Would Have
Entailed Increase In Tax
Rate For County
F. H.j Swain, chairman of . the
Brunswick County Board of Com
missioners, has replied to the let
ter of resignation sumbitted last
week by Tax Collector D. H.
Hawes. This time he supplied the
press with a copy of the letter,
text of which follows:
“The. Board of County Com
missioners of Brunswick County
acknowledges receipt of your
letter 6f resignation as Tax Col
lector of Brunswick County dated
August 3, 1363. You are hereby
notified that the Board has ac
cepted your resignation as of Aug
ust 31, 1963.
“The Board of County Com
missioners wishes to call to your
attention that in paragraph four I
of your letter of resignation you I
stated "This, in spite of the fact I
that the economics effected each !
year would more than offset the j
total investment of approximately j
$1000.00 required for these supplies ;
and equipment,” and it wants to j
call to your attention that your j
request of office supplied and
equipment for the fiscal year of
1962-63 was $11,335.00 and for the
year 1963-64 was $7,935.00 If the
Board had granted your request
it would have been necessary to j
raise the 1962-63 tax rate 4.2 per j
hundred dollar value, in 1963-64
tax rate 2.7 per hundred dollar
value. The Board wants also to!
call to your attention that it fur- j
nished you with an additional
[ clerk in your office.” j
Baptist Sunday
School Workers
At Fort Caswell
N. C. Baptist Assembly
Host This Week To Lead
ers From Every Section
Of The State
Baptist from all parts of the
state are gathered at the North
Carolina Baptist Assembly, this
week, for a Sunday School leader
iership conference, sponsored by
the Sunday School Department of
the Baptist State Convention of
North Carolina. The theme for the
week is "Outreach for the Uri
reached—Spearhead for Missions”.
The new Sunday School program
for 1963-1964 will also be intro
duced during the conference.
Daily activities include age group
conferences led by outstanding Sun
lay School leaders in both the State
»nd Southern Baptist Conventions.
Leading the conference for pas
;ors, general officers and educa
ional directors will be Harold In
graham, director of the Service Di
vision of the Sunday School Board,
Nashville, Tenn.,' Richard Smith
>f Raleigh, • will be leading the
Adult workers; the Intermediate
workers will be led by Mrs. Charles
rreadway, Nashville, Tenn.,
Mrs. J. R. Everett of Rocky Mount,
will lead the Junior workers; Miss
Patsy Driggers of the Baptist Gen
iral Association of Virginia, will
ead the workers of Primaries, Be
ginners, and Nursery; Rev. J. R.
Everett of Rocky Mount, will lead
;he Extension workers; Mrs. Her
man Ihley of Raleigh, will lead the
workers of Cradle Roll; the leaders
connected with building will be led
by Jack Bagwell of Raleigh; and
Paul Kesterson of Raleigh, will lead
the Associational Officers.
Working with the Juniors and in
termediates on campus are the
Rev. and Mrs. Corbin Cooper of
Morehead City, Miss Dare Teague
cf Elkin, and Mrs. Jack Bagwell,
Mrs. Richard Smith, and Mrs. My
ra Motley of Raleigh.
Those in charge of the Childrens’
Building are as follows: Mr. and
Mrs. J, C. Price, Jr. of Lenoir,
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Approval Given
Drainage Work
State . Organization Gives
Sanction To Caw Caw
Watershed Project For
Brunswick County J
The proposed Caw Caw water
shed project has been, approved
by the North Carolina Soil and^
Water Conservation committee,
according to State Vice President!
James D. Bellamy of Shallotte. ,
Farmers interested in the water--:
shed held a meeting in Thomas-:
boro Friday and established a!
legal organization. J. B. Eure of1
Whiteville and E. J. Prevatte of'
Southport were named sis at-; '
tomies for the local group. Eure,
who has served as attorney for
other watershed groups in tha
past, will be be in charge of the
legal angle while Prevatte will
handle local matters.
Plans are now being made to,
purchase the land for the water
shed. Hearings will be conducted!
before Clerk of Court Jack Brown
in cases when the owner will not
sell his land for the project. »
The proposed Brunswick pro
ject, whlck will be the first of its£
kind in the county, will cover ap
proximately 23,700 acres and will
include the Hickman’s Crossroads,
Longwood, Thomasboro and Gris
settowns areas.
Tide Table
Following; la the tide
table for Sonthport daring
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 IX)W
Thursday, August 15,
4:11 A. M. 10:34 A. M.
4:49 P. M. 11:26 P. M.
Friday, August 16,
5:13 A. M. 11:32 A. M.
5:46 P. M.
Saturday, August 17,
6:09 A. M. 0:19 A. M.
6:39 P. M. 12:25 P. M.
Sunday, August 18,
7:01 1:08 A. M.
7:01 A. M. 1:08 A. M.
7:26 P. M. 1:14 P. M.
Monday, August 19,
7:50 A. M. 1:52 A. M.
8:10 P. M. 2:00 P. M.
Tuesday, August 20,
8:34 A. M. 2:34 A. M.
8:51 P. M. 2:45 P. M.
Wednesday, August 21,
9:16 A. M. 3:14 A. M:
9:28 P. m. 3:29 P. M.