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The Pilot Covers Brunswick County ; THE STATE PORT PILOT i'll ■MM A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of the News All The Time i Volume No. 23 No. 11 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1963 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Lennon Explains More Details On Absence Of Boat Coast Guard Patrol Boat Taking Part In Delicate Action Involving Cuban Situation More Information has been un covered by Congressman Alton Lennon concerning the removal oi the Coast Guard boat from the Brunswick county waters, accord ing to Mrs. Hulan Watts. When the patrol boat was first called to the Florida waters, Mrs. Watts circulated a petition pro testing leaving local waters with out Coast Guard protection. Con gressman Lennon worked on the matter in Washington and was re sponsible for another boat being sent here on temporary duty. But he was still interested in knowing why the Coast Guard was being used in Florida. Following raids on Soviet ves sels in Cuban ports by Cuban exile groups, a meeting of the National Security Council Executive Com mittee was held on March 29, to consider measures proposed by the Department of State to deter fur ther raids. One of the measures that concerned the Coast Guard was the augmentation of Customs and Coast Guard forces in the Miami area to facilitate the boarding and searching of vessels, confiscation of arms and vessels and arraign ment of participants if a violation occurred. That same afternoon, Attorney General Robert Kennedy held a meeting of law enforcement a gencies at which Vice Admiral Morrison and James P. Hendrick represented the Coast Guard and the Treasury Department. This meeting set up a conference in Miami on March 30, which was attended by Washington and Mi ami representatives of State, Jus tice, Navy, Army, CIA, FBI, INS, Customs and Coast Guard. The pur pose of the meeting was to recom mend measures to stop any raids already planned or underway and -> , to keep future raids to a minimum. A preliminary report was made to Washington while the conference was still in session and permission was obtained from the White House for a Coast Guard aircraft to be dispatched immediately to check || Norman Key, B. W. I., from which a raid was reportedly about to be staged. Action was also taken to obtain British cooperation in pre venting raids from the British Keys and to obtain permission for the Coast Guard to land men on these Keys when necessary. Subsequent ly, on April 2, White House appro val was obtained for daily Coast Guard air surveillance of the Ba hamas, continuous Coast Guard sup face vessel patrols of the Bahamas and intensification of a Coast Guard-Customs boarding program. To implement the above program the Commandant on April 2, ordered six patrol boats, six utility boats, and six aircraft with crews and support personnel to be transferred immediately to the Seventh Coast Guard District from other districts. The num ber of vessels to be transferred from each district was based. on (Continued On Page 4) r .. I BrUf JMfc Of lnews-j HOSPITAL, PATIENT Mrs. Robert M. Willis, member of the faculty at Southport High School, is a patient in a Wilming ,ton Hospital. JUNIOR WOMAN’S CLUB The first fall meeting for the Southport Junior Woman’s Club will be held Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the home of the president, Mrs. N. M. Homstein. BROTHER DIES Mrs. Eva Ratcliffe of Southport learned Tuesday of the death of her brother, Charles Conway Mat hews, of Fayetteville. Funeral Ser vices were held today (Wednes day) at Friendship Baptist Church in Bunlevel. OFF TO THE RACES J. W. Robinson, Holden Beach restaurant owner, is on a ten-day trip to the New England states. On Saturday he will view the Narra gansett Special at Providence, R. I. He won the race while riding Post Master in 1959 and trained the horse Reinze which won in 1960. REPUBLICAN SPEAKER District Republican Chairman Warren Cooledge will be the main speaker at a Republican rally Fri day night at 8 p. m. at the Agri cultural Building in Supply, accord ing to Brunswick County Republi can Chairman H. L. Willetts. All Republicans are invited to attend the rally and bring a friend. Lions District r: > Governor Coming Darrell W. Morse Will Be Guest Of Southport Lions Club Here Tomorrow (Thursday) District' Governor ■ Darnell W. Morse will visit the Southport Lions Club tommorrow (Thurs day) for the regular meeting at the community building. The purpose of his visit will be to advise and assist President William C. Love, Secretary Prince O’Brien and the officers, directors, and members of the club on mat ters pertaining to Lions adminis tration and the Lions’ program of humanitarian service. Lion Morse is one of the 391 District Governors who supervise the act ivities of more than 17,218 Lions Clubs, with a membership of over 678,000 located in 122 countries throughout the world. District 31-H, Lions Internat ional, includes 38 clubs in East ern North Carolina. Lion Morse is a civil service employee at Navy Supply and is a member of the Havelock Lions Club. In addition to serving his own club as pre sident, he served District 31-H as Zone Chairmon, deputy District Governor and District Director for White Cane prior to being elected to his present office. Lion Morse is active in civic af fairs. He is member of the First Methodist Church. He is also a member of the Cape Lookout Power Squadron and was a mem ber of the Cherry Point school committee. His hobbies are boat DARRELL W. MORSE ing-. and stamp collecting. With his wife, Evelyn, he resides at Havelock. The Southport Club is an active unit of the International Associ ation of Lions Club, dedicated to community betterment in all its aspects; to national and economic, social and cultural progress; and to the promotion of international understanding and amity. In all these fields, Lions* International has won strong influence and prestige, because of its construct ive services. Principal projects of Lions Clubs in North Carolina are support of the North Carolina Association for the Blind, the Eye Bank and Boys Home at Lake Waccamaw. Dr, Lawrence Lee At Old Brunswick History Professor At The11 Citadel Is Man Chiefly Responsible For Current Project In County A program commemorating the .1784 Spanish invasion and capture of Brunswick Town and the ground breaking for the $80,000 Visitor Center Museum will be conducted at the site Sunday afternoon. The three hour program will commence with the singing of colonial ballards at 2 p. m. and will conclude with the ground breaking at 4:30 p. m., Site Archeologist Stanley South an nounced Tuesday. Hunderd of people are expected to gather for the ceremonies. During the program state offic ials, area legislators, historical society spokesmen and other speakers will tell the story of Brunswick Town and adjoining Fort Caswell. The Moore County Bar Associa tion and the Alfred Moore Chap ter of the Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution plan to present a marker to the state for the Alfred Moore Tomb at the site. Dr. Christopher Crittenden of Raleigh, director of the State Department of Archives and His tory, will be on hand to explain the state's plan for the Brunswick town project and to accept the tomb marker and other portraits Continued On Page 4 Bolivia Native Now In Virginia William H. Knox Is Pay: chiatric Social Worker In Mental Hygiene Health Clinic WiHiam H. Knox, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Knox of Bolivia, has recently been employed as a psy chiatric social worker by the Lower Peninsula Mental Hygiene Clinic Newport News, Virginia. Knox was formerly a member of the Social Service Staff at Doro thea Dix Hospital, Raleigh. He has also had four years of teaching experience, one year of which was at Bolivia High School where he himself was a former student. Be fore joining the Social Service Staff at Dorothea Dix Hospital, he was Director of Guidance and Counseling in the Newport News School system in Virginia. He received his bachelor of science degree in 1956 from East Carolina College and in 1960 re ceived his Master of Arts degree in Counceling and Guidance from the same college. He is married to the former Dr. Angelina Edralin of Manila, Phili ppines. Presently, she is a resident physician at Dixie Hospital, Hamp ton, Virginia. Reunion Planned For Battery “E” Word has been received here that members of Battery "E” 2nd Btn Trench Artilery, which was organized at Fort Caswell, will hold a reunion at Franklin Park Motel in Southport September 21-23. The meeting has been call ed by 'Roy B. Parks, who ur ges men in this area to spread the word in order to encour age a good attandance for he says “this ma.y be our last reunion.” He is coming here from Carbondale, 111. Shallotte Has New Teachers Complete Faculty List Is Announced By Principal Winfred Johnson This Week Seven new teachers are among the 41 faculty members at Shal lotte High School, according to Principal Winfred Johnson. James Robbins and Mrs. Mildred Holden are new high school in structors. Robbins, a math and science instructor, has been at Bo livia for the past two years. Mrs. Holden, who is an English teacher, is a former Shallotte faculty mem ber who has been teaching in the Wilmington school system. New elementary teachers include Miss Bernice Barwick, eighth grade; Miss Betty Coghill, fourth; Mrs. Bobby White, first; Mrs. Doug Henderson, sixth and Mrs. Betty Hewett, sixth. Miss Barwick and Miss Coghill are 1963 graduates of Atlantic Christian college in Wil son, while Mrs. Henderson grad uated from Wake Forest College this year. Mrs. White is a former Shallotte teacher who has been re tired while Mrs. Hewett instructed at Waccamaw last year. The returning members of the faculty include Frances Stone, Martha Russ, Bobbie White* and Mildred Milligan, first; Edna Bel lamy, Roxie Sasser and Ruth Gal Joway, second; Ottice Russ, Lillian Hewett and Clara Mae Russ, third; Christine Brummett, Lila Shay and Betty Coghill, fourth; Gelene Russ, Muzette Arnold and Louise FormyDuval, fifth; Betty Ann Hewett, Doris Henderson and Net tie Harrelson, sixth; Joyce Car michael, Sarah Rogers and Tom Lowe, seventh; Betty N. Hewett, Bernice Barwick and David Car michael, eighth; Faye Bellamy, commerce; Vir ginia Winfree, commerce; Paul Brummett, social studies and Span Continued On Page 4 Board Members Ask More Funds For School Use County Commissioners Say School Budget Cut To Help Pay Additional Debt Service Costs Because of the school budget cut, members of the Board of Education met with the- Bruns wick County Commissioners Tues day morning in Southport. Commission Chairman F. H. Swain announced that the school budget was reduced because the county debt service had been in creased from 30c to 43c He said the commissioners would do every thing they could to help the school on their reduced budget. Since the county budget for the schools was adopted, Superintend ent A. W. Taylor Said the salaries of the vocational and home econ omics teachers have been increas ed. The participation of the county state and federal governments was increased $2,500 each for the purpose. The board has also spent $10,000 for repairs at county schools recently, he pointed out. He said the board is presently trying to borrow $65,000 for the literary fund of the State Board of Education. The forms have been mailed and a decision should be made by October 1, he said. If the money is approved, the board will still be $26,500 short for the construction of a gyma torium at Lincoln and completing the Southport Gym. It will require an additional $14,000 for the Lin coln project and $12,000 additional will be needed at Southport if the loan is approved by the state board, Taylor said. Chairman Swain said the com missioners will do everything they can to help the schools. "We will work with the auditors and you try to borrow the money,” he said. Bond Purchases In County Lag Savings Bonds Sales In North Carolina Move Ahead But Sales Slow In Brunswick AUbrey C. Johnson, Brunswick County Volunteer Chairman of the U. S. Savings Bonds Program an nounced this week that U. S. Sav ings Bonds purchased by North Carolinians through the first se ven months exceeded 30 million dollars. The exact amount, $30,205, 558, represents nearly 60 per cent of the state’s 1963 sales quota of 50 million 600 thousand dollars and is 2.5 per cent greater than sales for the comparable months last year. Bonds purchased by Brunswick County citizens during July a mounted to $1,120. For the year, bond sold in the County total $11, 680, which represents 42.5 per cent of this year’s goal of $70,840. During July, Series E. Bond sales of $3,685,898 were up 3.9 per cent, while Series H. Bond sales of $248, 500 showed a decrease of 57 per cent. For the month, com bined sales of both series amount ing to $3,934,398 were off nearly 5 per cent Jaycees Meet At Shallotte PROMOTION—Members of the Southport, Shallotte, Leland and Bolivia Junior Chambers of Commerce met Thursday night at Shallotte to hear officials of the Commerce and Industry Division of the Department of Conservation and Develop ment discuss the future of Brunswick county. Shown here, left to right, are G. W. Fisher, Southport president; Sam Inman, Shallotte president; Ted Davis, speaker; Steve Vamum, Leland secretary; and Malcolm Knox, Bolivia vice-president. (Staff photo Ly Allen) Routine Cases Heard Here In Superior Court Judge Raymond Mallard Presided Over One Week Term For Trial Of Civil Cases Here Last Week Several cases were tried during the week long civil term of Bruns wick County Superior court which was held in Southport last week with Judge Raymond Mallard pre siding. In the case of Fronzie Caison versus Aaron McLamb and Louis McLamb, the plaintiff was award ed $3,500 for injuries arising out of an automobile accident. The jury ruled that she was injured by the negligence of the McLambs who were also taxed court cost. In the case of Ed C. Ennis and Blanche S. Ennis versus - Vance Wade Phillips, the jury found that both automobiles were damages by negligence of the other. The Ennis parties were taxed court cost. A mis-trial was ruled in the case of Malcolm Frink, administrator of Kenneth Parker, versus James Royce Bullard because the patrol man did not bring his notes to court. The court ordered that Daniel Roy Hewett, James E. Hewett, Fos ter Junior Gore and Robert Coody Bennett be removed from Bruns wick county jail and placed in the New Hanover county jail. This was done when the Sheriff’s Department reported that an effort might be ■made by'- their friends to assist them in breaking jail. TIME and TIDE Five years ago this week the spectacular aurora borealis was - visible to the citizens of Southport for one night, a rare occurance that happens only once every eleven years. At first suspicion was that the glow was the reflection of a forest fire that had been raging in the Green Swamp for a few days. A report was made concerning the season's activities at the Baptist Assembly by manager Fred Smith at a meeting of the Southport Lion’s club. He reported 5,000 persons attended the sessions. Ten years ago this week Ocean Isle Beach was opened to the public for the first time, with more than 125 lots being sold. Seventy-five of the lots were ocean-front, going for $750 each. Machinery used for completion of the wharves at the Sunny ^ .Point Army Terminal was starting to arrive, bringing closer the date when the terminal would be placed in operation. Dia mond Construction Company was in charge of the construction of docks. Fifteen years ago this week plans called for the sale of fresh seafood here in Southport. Dallas Piggott, shrimp fleet owner, planned to freeze and sell shrimp on a retail basis here, a market forsaken for the shipping of wholesale quantities to New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. A 200 pound stingaree was caught by an angler fishing from a local dock, only to find that he had caught four of the species instead of one. The mother was placed on the dock, and then gave birth to three babies, each weighing approximately six pounds. ... Twenty years ago this week the national shortage of pulp wood was reaching a critical state that would endanger the war Continued On rage « State Officials Meet With Jaycees Patrol School At Fort Caswell Highway Patrolmen from •*U over 'North OnToJiiMi v^jB^.^ attending a refresher training session being conducted this week at the N. C. Baptist Assembly near Southport. Plans for the school were approved by Col. D. T. Lam bert. Officers of the Highway Patrol are serving as instruct ors, and included in the group are Major C. R. Williams, Capt. T. B. Brown, Capt. H. C. Johnson and Capt. R. H. Checker. Major emphasis is being placed upon the principals of supervision, management and instruction. Sessions will con tinue through this week. Fee Schedule Set By Board Brunswick County Board Of Education Establishes Fees And Sets Policies For Student Activities According to a resolution passed by the Brunswick Board of Educa tion at the August meeting, stu dent must pay certain extra fees to take certain courses. The extra fees run as high as $20 for typing. Extra fees approved by the board • for elementary school pu pils in grades one to eight include instructional supplies, $2; and sup plementary reader rental fee, which amounts to $1 for grades one and two, $1.20 for grades three four and five and $1.40 for grades six, seven and eight. High school students are charged $20 for typing; $1.50, industrial arts; $3, home economics; $5, book rental fee; $1.50 band and $3 for agriculture plus $1 for FFA. Acci dent insurance and athletic tickets are optional fees. When desired by the students, the purchase or rental cost of cer tain other items may be collected from the individual student. The items approved by the board in clude annuals, cap and gowns, class rings, commencement invi tations, individual student pic tures and school newspapers. Dues as approved by the school principal may be charged mem bers on an optional basis for classes and clubs. The student is also charged $1 to rent a school locker for the year. If the locker is found to be in good condition, the $1 is returned at the end of the year. A fee not to exceed $2 per pupil, and subject to the approval of the principal may be charged for jun ior-senior and other similar ban quets. The board called the fees charged the students “moderate and need ful” according to the August re solution. , Continued On Page 4 ■Preliminary Plans For Sett ing Up County-Wide In dustry-Hunting Organiza tion Discussed At Shall otte The advantages of having a coun ty development organization to lo irwlmtfrry county were discussed with approximately 40 Brunswick Jaycees by officials of the State’s Division of Com merce and Industry Thursday night in Shallotte. Members of the county Jaycee chapters at Bolivia, Leland, Shal lotte and Southport participated in the exploratory meeting to find new means to lure industry to Brunswick county. Development Representative Ted Davis and Financial Consultant W. W. Barnes both said the reason Brunswick county is lagging be hind the rest of the state is the lack of a county-wide development organization. After the meeting the four Jay cee groups agreed to hold separate meetings to discuss plans to fi nance a county-wide development group. After the four meetings, another ; county-wide meeting will be held at Bolivia High School on September 18 at 7:30 D. m. I Davis discussed the various types of organizations, listed the advant ages of each, and gave information | of the success of each type. I First he presented general in formation on industrial develop ment. He told of the need to work together and explained the advant ages offered by industrial develop : ment to a county. “Competition be- j tween states and counties of states I is tremendous,” he said. Davis pointed out that 75 percent of the new industries, large or small, would accept financial aid from the community. “They want to feel they are wanted.” “You can believe anything but you show faith only when you put money on it," he said. Davis went on to say industry has not gone to counties that have not worked for it. He compaired 14 other counties with Brunswick in the. amount of development. While the others had averaged al most seven new industries during the past two years, he said, Bruns wick has had only one. “You have not been working full-time for in dustry,” he said. Barnes, who owns a home at Yau pon Beach, discussed the financial angle of industrial development. “A local development organization is essential to finding industry and should be county-wide to have more people involved,” he said. Jaycee groups are organizing de velopment cooperations through out the state. "We can’t help until you start helping yourselves by forming a local group,” he said. Davis and Barnes both recom mended forming a new county-wide developmet organization for Brunswick even though several or ganizations could be adapted for the purpose. “You could use the Southport De velopment Cooperation, but it is a Southport group,” Davis said. “Even if the name was changed, everyone would still think of it as a Southport organization. Continued Oa Page A Tobacco Prices Take Turn For Better Tuesday First Sales Following Labor Day Holiday Saw Best Prices Of Year Being Paid On Border Belt Prices for tobacco on the White ville market Tuesday averaged $69.74 per hundred, the highest ever recorded on that market. The volume of 1.4-million pounds also represented one of the largest totals ever offered there in a single day. This has led tobacco farmers of this area to feel much more op timistic over the outlook for prices during the remainder' of the sales season. A heavy volume is expected oh I all warhouse floors the rest of this ■ week and the week following as ' tobacco growrs have nearly com- ] pleted their green crop and are - now processing the cured leaf for ‘ sale. Farmers are hoping that sales * this week will compare with last ! Monday’s sale which saw the high- * est average this season recorded. * Buyers say a top floor of tobacco " was offered that day and it was - evident with the competitive bid- ’ ding taking place. Volume the last - four sale dates was not as heavy ’ and the price level declined on the I average of $1 and $3 per hundred - weight for good “middle-of-the- [ stalk” tobacco. Even with the - small' average decline prices held. - fairly firm and most farmers were * satisfied with their sales. Stabalization’s take was less last ' week and along with this trend I there was a marked decline - in the number of piles of tobacco marked “S”, for slick. 1 The Whiteville market has sold • 13,320,009 pounds for $7,127,466 a I $53.51 average to date. Comparing - this with last year, figures indicate ' that current sales total only125 per I cent of those for the full season in - 1962. The Whiteville market sold ' 42,609,165 pounds last year. At this same time of the selling season last year the Whiteville man £et had recorded sales . of 19,760, 6331pounds and a $59.10 average," As far as volume is concern the market is running a week behind last year's schedule. After 17 sales dates last year the local market! re recorded sales of 13,526,907 pounds and a $57.19 average. There have been 22 sales days this year through last Friday. The Old Belt made it official Fri day. That market will open Sept 23, a week later than originally Continued On Page 4 -. Intangible Tax ;! Increase Noted Brunswick County And Her Municipalities Share In crease In Funds For This Year - ■ f ■ Intangible personal property taxes collected increased by $2,056.15 in Brunswick County for the fiscal year which ended June 30, accord ing to Chairman W. A. Johnson of the State Board of Assessment. ■ Bruswick county received $16,-5 060.64 this year as compared to $14,004.49 received last year. Tax distributions to Brunswick ■ county municipalities, first figures fiscal 1963 and second figures fiscal 1962, include Boiling Spring Lakes, $71.35 and $49.39; Bolivia, $27.94 and $20.9i3; Long Beach, $691.17 and $640.76; Ocean Isle Beach, $75.21 and nothing; Shallotte, $217.32 and $188.65; Southport, $1,322.53 and $l,-i, 192.20; Yaupon Beach, $211.54 and $182.24. Tide Table Following Is the tide table for Southport during the week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Gape Fear Pilot’s Association. HIGH LOW Thursday, September 5, 8:44 A. M. 2:55 A. M. 9:13 P. M. 3:13 P. M. Friday, September 6, 9:33 A. M. 3:40 A. M. 10:00 P. M. 4:02 P. M. Saturday, September?, 10:25 A. M. 4:26 A. M. 10:52 P. M. 4:55 P. M. Sunday, September 8, 11:21 A. M. 5:16 A. M. 11:47 P. M. 5:52 P. M. Monday, September 9, 12:21 A. M. 6:10 A. M. 6:45 P .M. Tuesday, September 10, 0:47 A. M. 7:10 A. M. 1:24 P.M. 8:01P.M. Wednesday, September 11, 1:51 A. M. 8:13 A. M. 2:30 P. M. 9:08 P. M.
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