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ir |u ■ m| -i ' a ' .V-; The Pilot Covers V KV: -- - v-;:" , ■ Brunswick County H: STATE PORT PILOT Most of the News A Good Newspaper In A Good Community r 1 All The Time Volume No. 23 No. 9 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1963 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Millionth Ton Of Cargo St MILESTONE—Lt. Col. Archie B. Joyner, Jr., right, is shown here standing bfe > side a pallet of cargo on the dock at Sunny Point Army Terminal whose weight, carried total tonnage handled at this facility above the million mark. This occurred during loading activities at the terminal last week. Shallotte Firm Purchases Oil Business Here R. D. White & Sons Will Be Exclusive Distributors For Esso Standard Oil In Brunswick County R. D. White, Jr., Shallotte bus iness man, announced Tuesday that his firm has purchased the distributing rights for Esso St andard Oil products in Southport and surrounding1 beach area. This: gives them exclusive dealership for Brunswick county, since other areas already were being served by R. D. White & Sons, In making the announcement, Whife said that his firm has pur chased the building which for meraly was used by McNeil’s Esso Station. “This will be used for our Southport office,” he said. “We plan to put in bulk tanks for gasoline and fuel oil and will give service to our customers in this part of Brunswick county.” White said that his firm will install bulk tanks for LP gas and that delivery will be started to home owners and to commercial establishments using gas as fuel for cooking and heating. He pointed out that this will be a new service for boat owners and trailer owners who use bottle gas and need frequent refills. The R. D. White & Sons gaso line business was started by the late R. D. White, Sr., in 1918 and has been a continuous operation1 Continued On Page 4 Fall School Term Begins Monday Vacancies Occur In Faculty51 Of Several Schools As School Officials Move To Close Teacher Ranks * School bells will ring for Bruns wick county students Monday when the 1963-64 term begins, ac cording to County Superintendent A. W. Taylor. ~ .schools will be open only from 8:30-to 11:30 Monday when pupil orientation is held. During the period the students will be come acquainted with their teach ers. Lunch will not be served but school buses will run. The first full day of school will be on Tuesday with sessions from 8:30 until 3:10. Principals have an option on whether to dismiss first graders earlier or not. Lunch will be served that day. The first school holiday Will be on the following Monday, which is Labor Day, September 2. A number of changes have been made in school personel during the summer period. Superintendent Taylor has replaced John G. Long as over-all director of county schools. William N. Williams, for mer principal of Southport, has been employed in the newly cre ated position of assistant superin tendent. of schools. Three new principals have been employed in local schools. Wil lard Cox is the principal at Southport replacing W i 1 li a m s Thomas L. Davis has replaced J. P. Snipes, who has moved to Cho wan county, at Bolivia- John L. Simmons is the new principal at Piney Grove replacing Kenneth Bellamy. Returning principals include Win free Johnson at Shallotte, .Rock .fellow Venters at Leland, L. A. Brutpn at, Waccamaw, J. F. Clem mok at Lincoln, A. C. Caviness at BCT, H. B. Green at Cedar Grove, Phlander Hankins at Lon'gwood, and Jonathan- Hankins at Union. At Waccamaw, Ralph King, agri cultural teacher, is filling in for Bruton, who has been in the Green ville, S. C. General Hospital, for the past two weeks. He will assume his principal duties when he re ; turns. New teachers have been added to the faculties at all Brunswick county schools. Special teachers have been em ployed at Waccamaw and at South P°rl A guidance counselor has been . employed for the colored schools. General overall improvement work has been rqade at all schools during ihe summer months. In Hawaii Ray H. Walton, member of the State Senate and Southport at torney, Is in Honolulu, Hawaii, this week where he is attending a session of the National Legislative Council. Two members of the House of Representatives, Earl Vaughn and Thomas Gregory, also made the trip representing North Carolina. Teamwork Nets Four Robbers Four Young White Men Ar rested For Robbing Fill ing Station At Town Creek Because of cooperation between law enforcement agencies, four •young men were arrested for the armed robbery of a Town Creek service station six hours after the crime Thursday afternoon, accord ing to Brunswick County Sheriff E. V. Leonard. James Elmer Hewett, 2i, Daniel Ray Hewett, 22, and Foster Jun ior Gore, 17, all of Wilmington, and Robert Coody Bennett, 16, of Miami, Florida, all charged with armed robbery, waived a preli minary hearing in Brunswick Coun ty Recorder’s Court in South port and were bound over to Su perior Court. Bond was set at $10,000 each. The four men entered Pete’s Ser vice Station on NC 133, just south of Town Creek, Thursday after noon about 2:15 p. m. They had been hitch-hiking after having car troubles in Wilmington. Mrs. Heber Moore, who was in the store with her children Charles, 14, Gloria, 7, and James, 6, said the men spent about 15 minutes in the station before one of them pulled a pistol and said, ‘‘This is a stickup”. Mrs. Moore was held at gun point while one of the men told her son Charles to get the money from the cash register. The rob bers then took $50 in cash, a Bri tish Enfield rifle, a _,auge shot gun, a .410 shotgun and enough ammunition for each of the wea pons. 1 Continued On Page A Mrttf Bt* Of lnews-j POWER INTERRUPTION Carolina Power and Light Co. will have the current oft from Orton Court to Southport Sunday morning from 4 o’clock to 8 o’clock. NEW PATROLMAN . The North Carolina Highway Pa trol has assigned Patrolman Earl Farmer of Burtie county to the Southport area. He will assume his duties this week. RECEIVES DEGREE Mrs. Pearle Irene Garrett Me Neil, member of the faculty at Bolivia High School, received hei B. S. degree in education this summer from Radford College, th< Woman’s Division of V. P. I. ir Virginia. HEALTH REQUIREMENTS The following will be requirec before any child can be enrollec in the first grade of the Bruns' wick County Schools: Certifiec copy of birth certificate; officia record of immunizations; physica examination, including tuberculii skin test and feces examination. , SCHOOL ACTIVITIES .—. All Brunswick county whiti teachers will meet Thursday a 9:30 a. m. at Bolivia, according ti Superintendent A- W. Taylor. Th< colored teachers will assemble a the BCT gym on Friday at 9:3' a. m. Colored drivers will meet a Shallotte on Thursday at n a. m while white drivers will assembl' at Shallotte on Friday at 9:30 a.m Auto Dealership Opens In Town Dub Clewis Opens Agency i For Sale Of Chrysler, Dodge A n d Plymouth Automobiles Here * Chrysler, Plymouth, Dodge and : Valiant came to Southport and > Brunswick county last week with i horsepower to burn, according to t Dealer Dub Clewis. > The new Chrysler products will t be sold in the county by Brunswick . Motor Sales, Inc., formally known s as Dub’s New and Used Cars and • Continued On rage 4 Southport Has New Teachers For This Year Principal And Three Teach' ers Are New Members Ol Southport High Schoo Faculty This Term Three new teachers have beei added to the faculty at Southpor High School this year, accordinj to Principal Willard Cox. Mrs. A. W. Taylor of Southpor and Mrs. Alice M. Richardson o: Winnabow have been employed ii the elementary school while Pres ton Bryant of Southport will teacl Marionology. , , Principal Cox has recently jolnec the faculty at Southport to replace William N. Williams who has beer employed as assistant superinten dent of Brunswick county schools. A native of Tabor City, Principal Cox has been assistant principal of Tileston Junior High School ir Wilmington for the past two yeai Bryant, who holds a master’s license, served with the Corpe oi Engineers for over 30 years anc served during World War n as s Lieuteant Commonder. He re places Thomas S. Bowner who has joined a Long Beach real estate firm. Mrs. Ruth Hood has been em ployed as a special educational in structor at the school. Returning members of the South port faculty include Mrs. Dorothy Gore, Harry T. Sanders, C. D White, Irene Davis, Robert Davis T. M. Lee, Melvin T. Ray, Muriel D. Lennon, Jeneva K. White, Annie R. Weeks, Lucille S. Williamson Minnette Lingle, Thelma S. Will etts, Jane D. Bowman and Mary Lee Norment. r ' • " Nematodes Are Big Threat To Tobacco Farms County Agent Estimates Aty nuai Loss Amounting To $100,000 Caused By Plant P Parasite - . Nematodes are taking a “big” cut out of the tobacco crop this yeaf, reports A. S. Knowles, Act CJpuptjr Extension Chairman. Alt. is. estimated, that nematodes " will eost farmers of Brunswick County more than $100,000 . of their 196? cjfpp.. “You may ask, why is this loss 1 so higdi when there was very little loss during past years,” Knowles said. |“First, the dry periods dur ing t^ie season have favored the1 increase in * nematode population.. Second, farmers have become lax" in titfr control practices. ■ "The best and cheapest practice is to turn tobacco roots out to the sun as soon as harvest is complete. ! .Along with this practice tobacco 1 growers should rotate the tobacco from field to field. On fields known to have nematodes, gas treatment 1 should be applied. "A good nematode control pro gram will include the systematic | classification of tobacco roots to . determine the root-knot index of a tobacco field. This .would be a ’ guide in applying the proper treat* L ment. In following this guide, it would be .necessary to examine every 20th root system on every : 10th row in a field. The roots would be classified as (1) ' None (2) , Slight (3) Moderate or' (4) Severe. By applying a factor of 25 to the ; number of slight roots, 50 to mod . erate, and 100 to severe roots you arrive at the root-krtot index. If ' the index is 30 or more all sug gested practices should be carried ' out. If it is below 30 plow out roots and plan -a two year rotation,” Knowles concluded. FHA Supervisor Dies In Wreck County Inspector For Fed eral Agency Dies In Autc Collision Saturday Neai Brunswick The ' driver ' of . a foreign-made sports type car, a district super visor of the Farmer’s Home Ad ministration, became Columbia County’s 15th traffic fatality oi 1963, Saturday morning, after being involved in a two-car colli sion near Brunswick. Ira Carroll Gore, 26, of White ville and member of a promineni Pireway family, was the victim Coroner J. B. Long, Jr. said he died almost instantly from seven chest injuries suffered when his 1962 Karmanghia sports type Volkswagen auto collided with t 1963 Ford operated by H. C. Small 39-year-old Whitevtlle automobile sales representative on the out skirts of the town of Brunswick about 3 miles south of Whiteville Trooper A. H. Campbell said the collision occurred about 1,000 fee west of the limits of Brunswick or NC. 130 at approximately 10:40 a m., Saturday. The Volkswagei was moving east and the Small driven auto was traveling west. The point of impact was on the right front of the Ford; about the same on the Volkswagen. Camp bell’s report shows skid marks co vering a distance of about 69 fee in the, lane occupied by the Smal auto, none from the Volkswagen Carroll Gore, as he was bettei known in his home county of Col umbus, was a district supervise of Farmer’s Home Administra , Continued On Page 4 TIME and TIDE Five years ago this week Brunswick county schools reopened, with busses being redistributed and classes being run on a half day schedule. Following examinations, drivers began their routes, bringing students to classes lasting only half a day, due to the intense heat. Two schools .in thre county had elected new princi pals. William West was lie ad man at Lelapd and Neil Singletary was the principal at Waccamaw. Ten years ago this week Brunswick county fishing was awaiting a break in the weather before action could be resumed on a full-scale basis. Easterly winds once again kept the majority of the boats in port. However, when the winds subsided several boats would go on short trips to the shoals. These brief trips usually resulted in from 50 to 100 blueflsh and Spanish mackerel, proving that, when efforts could again be resumed, the fish would still be waiting. .. Three Brunswick county communities had new Lions Club presidents, Bill' Jergensen at Southport, Kenneth Mckeithan at Bolivia and Dr. M. H. Rourk at Shallotte. . , Fifteen years ago this week an art exhibition, featuring the works on Art Newton, Southport artist, was held in the Com munity Building. Following the- show, all visitors regarded the event as an outstanding success. It was his second annual one man show. 1 - ■ v 1 £ — Good fishing prevailed, with some bluefish catches as high as 150 to 200 per boat. Continued Ob Page 4 Officers And Advisors VISITORS—These are newly elected officers of the Sub-Junior Woman’s Club, elected Saturday during their first annual Jamboree. Left to right, they are, Dianne Vann, .Clinton, secretary; Suzan Rivenbark, Greensboro, vice-president; Terry Baum gardner, Derita, Chaplain; Mrs. William F. Hunter, Charlotte, chairman of the ad visory committee; Sandy Potter, Southport, who presided over the meeting; Donna Prevatte, Southport, historian; and Mrs. Ronald Hood, Southport; member of ad-, visory committee and in charge of arrangements for the Jamboree. (Staff Photo by Allen.) ' : Sunken Vessel To Be Removed The Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers has adver-; tised for bids for the removal & and disposal of .the.'sunken ves» *,• sel “ULANA II” from ShaUotte River. Bi<l opening is sche duled for 2:30 p. m. August 29, in the District Engineer’s Office, Wilmington. The vessel is of wood con struction, approximately 54.5 ■ feet long, 12.6 feet wide, 5.5 - feet deep, and has a net .. weight of 29 tons. It lies in about 13 feet of water near * the junction of the Atlantic In ntracoasted waterway and the ShaUotte River. > . Colonel J. S. Grygiel, Dis-r trict Engineer, stated that bids for the work are solicited from small business concerns only. Woman’s Club Sub-Juniors Hold Jamboree At Long Beach, .<■ Yaupon Beach . And Southport; During Weekend Some 115 girls from throughout the state attended the first annual jamboree of the Sub-Junior Clubs of the North Carolina Federation jbf Woman's Clubs.-at Long Beach, Yaupon Beach, and Southport last week end. The newly elected state. officers of the Sub-Juniors . include Sandy Potter of : Southport, ’ president; Suzan Rivenbark of Greensboro, vice president; Diana Vann ol Clinton, secretary; Terry Baum gardner of Derita, chaplin; and Donna Prevatte of Southport, his torian. The officers were installed by Mrs. Harry Kellett of Greens boro, a member of the advisory committee. Registration for the jamboree was held Friday evening at the Lorraine Motel at Yaupon Beach That night organizational meet ings were conducted at the Ocear Crest Motel. Brenda Jordan served as chair man of the awards committee while Pattie Jenkins was a mem ber and Mrs. Ronald N. Hood was the advisor. Miss Prevatte was a member of the pin com mittee, Ileene Jones, scrapbook; Ellen Newell, yearbook and Dud ley Barbee, club woman. The jamboree officially opened at 10 a. m. Saturday at the Ocean View Methodist Church in Yaupon Beach. Mrs. James M.: Harper, Jr. of Soutbport, president . of the NCFWC, made the feature ad dress; *• * “The North Carolina Sub-Junior Women’s Clubs are making history today, and the- nice - thing is tha1 they can write this history in any way they want,” Mrs. Harper said. “They do not have to be bound by what someone before them has done, because they’re starting something entirely new. “This first annual Jamboree is the beginning of activities which can mean a great deal to the teen-age girls in our state, and therefore can make the state a much better place,” she said in conclusion. The delegates from the seven state clubs at Greensboro, Char lotte, Clinton and Southport were guests of the Southport Woman’s Club for a luncheon and business meeting at the Community Build ing. Southport Boy Drowns Sunday Willie Lanier Miller Dies In Southport Yacht Basin Swimming Accident Dur. ing Afternoon A 16-year-old Southport Negro drowned Sunday afternoon' as he was attempting to swim from a shrimp'boat to the bank of the Yacht Basin. Brunswick County Coroner Lowell Bennett of Shallotte ruled the death of Willie Lanier Miller as ah “accidental drowning.” Miller had dived off the shrimp boat “Tide” and was trying to swim to the western edge of the basin when he went down about 30 feet from the shore' about 2:30 p. m. A Georgetown, S. C., shrimper, Calvin Parker, made a feudal at tempt to save the boy’s life. He went into the waters after the body went down, but could not find him._ The Southport Rescue Squad, un der the leadership of Ormond Leg gett, the Coast Guard and eight or ten local boats drug the basin for the body which was discovered by Sonney Potter, a Southport fisherman, at approximately 4:06 p. m. Two skindivers were called from Wrightsville Beach but the body was recovered before they ar rived here. Miller, who was living with his grandmother, Derotha Hewett, • is survived by seven younger broth ers and sisters. Miller had been employed at Lewis’ Fine Foods and . was helping to support his family. His mother, Josie Mae Miller, died earlier this summer and the whereabouts of his father, Willie Miller, is unknown. The death was the first drown ing in the Yacht Basin in a num ber.. of years, Chief Herman Strong stated. The waters Miller was swimming in were not marked off as a “No (Continued On Page 4) After electing officers, the girls voted to present awards next year for the best scrapbook, best year book, most outstanding club and to the Sub-Junior of the year. An official Sub-Junior Club pin was designed and adopted by the mem bers. Next’s year’s jamboree will be held in Greensboro. The Southport Junior Woman’s Club sponsored a picnic supper or the Beach Saturday before the jamboree adjuourned. Mrs. William P. Hunter of Char lotte, chairman of the state sub junior advisory committee , was in charge of the week and jambo ree. She was assisted by Mrs. Hood Mrs. Kellett, Mrs. Robert G. Fow ler of Charlotte and Mrs. Williair P. Peterson of Clinton. The NCFWC sponsored the Jam Continued On Page 4 Tobacco Prices And Quality Up On Week’s Sale Farmers Somewhat Encour aged By Showing Of Mar ket During Week On Bor der Belt Markets Volume picked up on the White ville tobacco market Monday and also a better quality leaf was offered. These two factors will give the local market its best average to date. Farmers appeared to be a little more satisfied with sales today, es pecially those with good quality tobacco. Still there were those that were- not satisfied with the prices being paid. Compared with last year the price level was down as is true on all Border Belt markets. Telegrams have been moving from Whiteville to Congressmen and Senators from local residents ask ing that the low price level be look ed into. County Commissioner Chairman Leman Ward has con tacted Rep. Alton Lennon and he in turn has stated that he has ‘ been in contact each day with the department of agriculture, in an effort to find out “why” the price level is at a low ebb. The Flue Cured Tobacco Grow ers association has wired Senator Sam Ervin and Everett Jordan and Representative Lennon and Harold Cooley asking for help. Last week Governor Terry Sanford ap peared before the department of Agriculture seeking an answer. Senator Jordan in a news re lease stated, “It seems that one of the biggest problems at the mo ment is that some slick tobacco is showing up, and under the hew grading regulations graders must grade a pile of tobacco as slick if they determine that it has as much as 20 percent slick tobacco in the pile when it is graded. “I think that in view of the fact that this a new( regulation the department of agriculture has a responsibility to use reasonable judgment in grading the tobacco on the warehouse floor and at the same time I think farmers should make every effort not to mix slick tobacco with the better grades.” Southport Gets Another Doctor Dr. Norman A. Templon As sociated With Dr. L. G. Brown In Office At South, port Dr. Norman A. Templon has moved to Southport and is as sociated with Dr. L. G. Brown in his office at the comer of Moore and Howe Streets. Dr. Templon is a graduate of the Medical College of Virginia at Richmond. He served his inter ship at Cone Hospital in Greens boro and was a resident at Char ity Hospital in Layfatte, La. The new Southport doctor is married, and his wife is a regis tered nurse. They have two child ren and make their home in the former Bellamy residence in Deep water Heights. In order to make room for an other doctor in his office, Dr. Brown has recently been engaged in extensive remodeling and re decoration pf that building. He admits that his wife was the master planner for this job, but is proud of the way he and his work crew have made the most of the space. '» Tide Table Following is the' tide table for Southport during the week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Fort. Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. HIGH LOW Thursday, August 22 9:57 A. M. 3:53 A. M. 10:04 P. M. 4:00 P. M. Friday, August 23 10:37 A.M. 4:31P.M. 10:41 P. M. 4:51 P. M. Saturday, August 24 11:19 A. M. 5:10 A. M. 11:18 P. M. 5:35 P. M. Sunday, August 25 12:01 A. M. 5:49 A. M. 6:23 P. M. Monday, August 26 12:59 A. M. 6:33 A. M. 12:49 P. M. 7:16 P. M. Tuesday, August 27 - 0:46 A. M. 7:23 A. M. 1:41 P. M. 8:15 P. M. Wednesday, August 28 1:41 A. M. 8:18 A. M. 2:38 P. M. 9:16 P. M.