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Volume No. 23
No. 12
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1963
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
New Business Opens
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. OPc,E!,INJG—A^nevi business catering..to the farmers will have its grand open-.
Saturday when Longwood Farm Supply opens for business. It is owned
by Auburn Dutton, Brunswick County native. (Staff Photo By Allen)
Thomasboro Man
Tuesday Victim
Of Hit And Run
Ralph Marlowe Dies In
Hospital Following Fatal
Accident On U. S. 17
Early Tuesday Morning
Brunswick county’s fifth traf
fic fatality occurred early Tuesday
morning when an automobile ran
off US 17 in Thomasboro and killed
a Negro man who was walking be
side the road.
Ralph Marlowe, who Is in his
late 40’s, died in Dosher Memor
ial Hospital in Southport early
Tuesday morning after being hit
by a 19G3 Chevrolet, reported
ly driven by Ernest Casey Kelly,
45, who did not stop.
Kelly, who is charged with hit
and run driving that resulted in
death, is being held in Brunswick
County jail in Southport under a
$15,000 bond. A preliminary hear
ing will be held in Recorder’s
court in Southport on September
23.
According to Patrolman J. W.
Lashley of the Wilmington office,
Marlowe was walking from North
to South facing traffic at 7:15 a. m.
when Kelly ran off the side of US
17 approximately 1,000 yeards from
the Thomasboro intersection. Mar
lowe’s leg was tom off at his hip
and knocked about 200 feet down
the highway.
Kelly continued on his trip to
Wilmington without stopping. ‘‘I
thought I hit a dog or cat,” Kelly
said. “My God, I wouldn’t hit a
human being and keep on going.
I’m not that kind of man!”
An unidentified person called
the Highway Patrol office in Wil
mington and Patrolman Lashley,
who was in the area, was called
to the scene.
In the meanwhile, Marlowe, the
father of nine children, was
taken to the Southport hospital
where he died before 9 a. m. He
had just returned to work after
being badly burnt during a fire
aboard a boat in Southport last
year.
During the investigation of the
accident Patrolman Lashley re
ceived a call describing Kelly’s car.
He also found out that Kelly’s car
had run oif the road several times
before the accident.
A roadblock was established with
the aid of the Brunswick County
Sherriff's Department and Kelly
was apprehended by Patrolman
Lashley at the intersection of U.S
17 and 74-76 near Wilmington be
fore 10 a. m. Tuesday morning.
Kelly, a textile salesman who
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HOSPITAL PATIENT
Mrs. W. S. Wells of Southport
is a patient at Roper Hospital in
Charleston, S. C., following an
operation.
LAND SAILFISH
While fishing Thursday with
Capt. H. A. Schmidt aboard the
Idle On III James Melton of Fay
etteville caught a 6-ft, 1-inch sail
fish. The catch also included 51
dolphin, 6 bonita and 3 king mac
kerel.
ASC Ballots Due
Back September 13
Brunswick County Farmers'
Urged To Complete Slate
Of Officers And Return
To ASC Office
All Brunswick county farmers
voting in the ASC Community Com
mittee elections must return their
ballots by Friday, according to
Manager Ralph Price of the Agri
cultural Stabilization and Conser
vation Service in Shallotte.
The ballots were mailed to Bruns
wick county farmers on September
3 and must be returned to the
Shallotte office or postmarked by
Friday.
“The importance for each county
farmer casting his ballot in the
election can not be ' overempha
sized,” Manager Price said.
“These farmer-elected commi
tteemen play a very vital role in
the local administration of all
ASCS programs. The farmer com
mittee system has been in effect
for 30 years. Through these 30
years it has been found to be the
most effective method of admin
istering farm programs.”
Manager Price said further that
the local community committee
men are the real key to the suc
cess of all programs. Election of
the best men possible for these
positions is very important. *
Jaycees Calling
Another Meeting
County - Wide Session At
Bolivia Will Be Held
To Consider Plans For
Industry Hunt Effort
An organizational and planning
meeting involving the four Jaycee
chapters in Brunswick county will
be held Wednesday at 7:30 p. m.
at Bolivia High School to discuss
industrial development, according
to Chairman W. A. Powell.
A call to establish a county-wide
industry-hunting organization in
Brunswick county was issued at a
meetili!? O* Rnllvin T
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Shallotte and Southport Jaycees in
August. Both Ted Davis and W. W.
Barnes, officials of the State’s Di
vision of Commerce and Industry
said the reason the county is lag
ging behind the rest of the state
in industrial development is the
lack of an organization.
Both men recommended form
ing a new county-wide group to
help lure new industry to Bruns
wick county. “A local develop
ment organization is essential in
finding industry and it should be
county-wide to have more people
involved,” Barnes stated.
Davis said the reason Brunswick
County has added only one industry
I since 1954 is because there is no
I development group here. “You have
not been working full time for
industry in Brunswick county,” he
said.
After the meeting, the four Jay
cee chapters agreeded to hold se
perate meetings to discuss plans
to finance a development group.
In order to hold a special elec
tion to finance a development or
ganization a petition signed by 500
persons would have to be presented
to the board of commissioners.
They would then call an election
of the matter. If approved by the
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Shallotte Will
Get Federal Aid
Mayor Roney Cheers has
been advised by Congressman
Alton Lennon that a grant
and loan have been made to
the Town of Shallotte. for finan-,V(!
cing a water system. Text Of
his telegram follows:
“Community Facilities grant
in amount of $117,000 and loan
of $121,000 approved for Shal
lotte water system. Copy of
official announcement of Sept
ember 7 will follow’’.
Cheers says that further in
formation will be released on
this project when details are
cleared up.
Referendum Is
Set November 19
“Nickels For Know-How”
Gives Farmers Chance
To Approve Participation
In Research
The County Referendum Com
mittee for the Nickels For Know
How Program met at the Extension
Service Office last Thursday to
set up polling places and make
plans for getting the program be
fore the people of the county, re
ports A. S. Knowles, Acting Coun
ty Extension Chairman.
The County Referendum Commit
tee is composed of Paul Brown,
Chairman, George Skipper in
Northwest Township; Homer Hol
den and Roy Swain, Town Creek
Township; L . P. Richardson,
Smithville Township; Ira Chad
wick, Lockwood Folly Township;
James Bellamy, Shallotte Town
ship; and J. W. Stanley, Wacca
maw Township.
The referendum will be held on
November 19. Every person that
buys feed or fertilizer will oe eli
gible to vote. The Nickel For Know
How Program has been operating
in North Carolina for 12 years. It
is said by Agricultural leaders to
| be the most effective program ever
started for keeping agricultural re
search, extension, and teaching
out front in North Carolina. Each
ton of feed or fertilizer purchased
adds another nickel to this pro
motion fund. L. Y. Ballentine,
Chairman of the State Committee,
says the program had a lot to do
with keeping North Carolina farm
income up during the last 10 years
when most states experienced a
decline.
Polling places set up by the
County Referendum Committee for
; convenient voting of eligible per
sons are: Midway Service Station*
between Supply and Southport, G.
W. Kirby aftd Sons of Supply and
ASCS Office in Shallotte, Washam,
Warlick and Harrelson Company
Store in Shallotte, J. S. Parker and
Son Store at Grissettown, Wards
Store in Longwood, Lonnie Evans
Store at Ash, Pearlie Vereen’s
Store at Exum, D. H. Hawes &
Sons Store at Bolivia, A. P.
Ifenry’s Store at Winnabow, and
Applewhite’s Store at Maco.
The County Referendum Com
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Plans Continue
For Vet Reunion
To Be Held Here
Wilmington Light Infan
try Will Combine Forces
With Trench Mortar Bat
tallion September 20-22
Members of The Reserve Corps
of the Wilmington Light Infantry,
the majority of whom trained at
Fort Caswell for overseas duty
during World War I, together with
groups of World War I veterans
who were in Trench Mortar and
Anti-Aircraft Batteries, that were
formed there, will hold a reunion
next week at the Fort and at South
port.
Arrangements for the Port Cas
well reunion are being made by
various committees, headed by
Chairmen G. Pearlie McKeithan, J.
Kyle Bannerman, George Sloan,
Jr., R. Oscar Grant, Marvin B.
Register, L. S. (Stuck) Everett,
George Sloan, Jr., and Cutlar
Moore and others.
Co-Chairman James Hall Holmes
reported that the WLI reunion
group will join veterans of Bat
teries “B” and “C,” 2nd Trench
Mortar Battalion, which have ar
ranged to hold reunion meetings
at Caswell and at Southport, Sep
tember 20-22.
Holmes reported that Co-Chair
man McKeithan had received let
ters from Roy B. Parks, R-D-l,
Park Lane, Carbon dale, Illinois,
who is in charge of the Trench
Mortarmen planning on attending
the reunion.
Parks wrote McKeithan that
Clyde S. Trester, Chairman of the
Trench Mortarmen, had yearned to
go to Caswell for this 1963 re
union, but he died in a Veterans
Hospital in Chicago, so Parks as
sumed the chairmanship of the
group.
Details of thfe programs for the
various reunion groups will be re
leased next week, McKeithan re
ported, but tentative plans call for
a luncheon to be served by the
Ladies Auxiliaries in Franklin
Grove in Southport Saturday at
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Court Of Honor
Tuesday Night
Two Shallotte Boys To
Recive Eagle Scout A
ward At This Event To
Be Held At Shallotte
The awarding of two Eagle
Scout badges will highlight a meet
ing of the Court of Honor of the
Waccamaw District of the Cape
Fear Area Council at Shallotte High
School Tuesday night at 8 o’clock.
Ronald Holden, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Holden of Supply, and
Chris • Marshall, son of Dr. and
Mrs. James Marshall of Shallotte,
are slated to receive the highest
award in scouting. The two awards
will bring to eight the number of
Scouts receiving the Eagle rank
in the Shallotte troop since Feb
ruary of 1961.
Lee J. Greer, Columbus County
Clerk of Court, will preside at the
Court of Honor ceremonies. P. P.
Renfrow of Fair Bluff, district ad
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Ground Breaking Ceremony
BEGINNING—Mrs. M. H. Rourk, president, and Miss Helen Taylor, secretary, of
the Brunswick County Historical Society have their hands on the spade that turned
the first symbolic ground Sunday for the new visitors center museum at Brunswick
Town.Other in the above photo are Robert Calder, Odell Williamson, Ray Walton,
Cicero Yow and Dr. C.C. Critendon.
At Brunswick Town
Observe Tercentenery
State officials, area legislators,
historical Historical Society spok
esman and other speakers ex
plained the history of Brunswick
Town during the commemoration
of 1787 Spanish attack and
ground breaking ceremonies
for tl^e 180,000 Visitor Center Mu
seum . 'Were conducted at the
site Sbnday afternoon before a
crowd of approximately 500 per
sons.
The main address of the after
noon was delivered by Dr. E.
Lawrence Lee, Jr., who spoke on
Brunswick Town and the 1784
Spanish attack. Dr. Lee, who was
site archeologist in 1958, is a his
tory professor at The Citadel in
Charleston, S. C.
Several historical gifts, which
are to be displayed in the mus
eum when it is completed, were
accepted by Dr. Christopher Crit
tenden, director of the State De
partment Archives and History in
Raleigh.
Original St. Memin portraits of
William Henry Hill and Colonial
Thomas Hill, residents of the
town, were present by Thomas
Hill Duffy of Richmond, Virginia.
Mrs. Douglas H. Southwell of
Charlotte furnished the museum
with documents from the South
well Bible listing information on
early residents of Brunswick
Town. An agreement between
three Brunswick land-owners with
signet ring signatures was don
ated by Mrs. Charles H. Gray of
Holden’s Beach. The Moore Coun
ty Bar Association and the Al
TIME and TIDE
Twenty-five years ago this week a good deed paid dividends
for John Vamum, a Southport man imprisoned on a manslaughter
charge. While working at the Prison fisheries camp at Holden's
Beach, Varnum heroicly saved (the lives of four persons on the
verge of drowning. His initial 20 year sentence was terminated
after six years because of his act.
The old Cape Pear lighthouse was no longer using an oil
burning beacon, but was replaced by a much more dependable
electric facility.
Twenty years ago this week the widely-known cedar bench
waa a conversation piece, especially concerning its origin, The
Ie.Us John Thompson constructed the initial Whittier's bench, a
mere plank wedged between two cedars. This was about 1860.
The first use of the bench was to give the customer’s of Pack
Tharp’s barber shop a place to pass the (time while awaiting their
turn in the barber’s chair.
**■ The W. B. & S. Bus Lines had purchased three new 40 pas
senger buses and announced their intentions to open a branch
station here in Southport.
Fifteen years ago this week Pretty Pond, beautiful natural
lake a few miles from Southport, had been purchased by the Girl
Scouts of America to be used as a recreation camp. The 61-acre
lake was part of the 135-acre tract the Scouts acquired.
The Capel cottage on Long Beach was again the subject of
attention, with a feature story and photo on the front page. The
beautiful, cottage, located 100 feet above sea level cost in excess
of thirty thousand dollars, and would entertain and sleep, thirty
guest at one time.
Ten years ago this week one of the dredges forking on the
dock area at the Sunny Point Army Terminal was to return to
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DR. E. LAWRENCE LEE SPEAKER
Superior Court
Convenes Monday
Hospital Fire
Causes Damage
Fire threatened major da
mage at Doaher Memorial Hos
pital about noon Saturday but
was confined by Southport Vol
unteer Firemen to the area be
low the delivery room.
Because of smoke and con
fusion, it was necessary to eva
cuate this section of the hos
pital, but other patients were
not moved as the firemen
quickly got the matter under
control.
Damage was not excessive,
although no accurate estimate
was available.
fred Moore Chapter of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution
presented a marker for the tomb
of Alfred Moore.
The state’s role in devoloping
Brunswick Town during the past
five years into one of the state’s
historic sites was discussed by
Site Archaeologist Stanley South,
Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., oi
Southport, president of the State
Federation of Woman’s Club, an
nounced that a nature trail will
be established at Brunswick Towr
by the State Garden Club. Several
Brunswick county garden clubt
1 Numerous Cases Of Inter
est On Docket, Including
Two Charges Of First
Degree Murder
Several Important cases will be
heard during the term of Bruns
wick County Superior Court for
trial of criminal cases which will
be held next week in Southport
with Judge Raymond Mallard of
Tabor City presiding, according to
Clerk of Court Jack Brown.
The grand jury will be in session
on Monday beginning at 10 a. m.
Foreman Tom Gilbert of Southport
will preside.
Cases to be tried range from
murder to a stop law violation and
include assault, manslaughter, pub
lic drunkenness, speeding, viola
tions of the conservation laws and
armed robbery, to name just a few.
The murder case of Charlie Hill
has been scheduled for trial on
Wednesday.
Cases to go before the Grand
Jury include Dan McKay, charged
with murder, and James F. How
ward, Sr., charged with embezzle
ment, forgery and uttering.
A civil divorce case, Luvenia W.
Padgett versus O. F. Padgett, will
also be heard.
worked on the project before the
state group decided to take it
over, she said.
Dr. Crittenden, Brunswick Sen
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Sales Time Cut
This Week For
Tobacco Market
Unprecedented Action Is
Taken To Give Relief
To Over-Taxed Redrying
Plant Facilities
Tobacco sales time will be cut
from five and one-half to four
hours beginning Wednesday onthe
Border, Middle and East tobacco
belts.
The selling time will be cut Wed
nesday, Thursday, Friday this week
and Monday of next week.
The Bright Belt W'arehouse Ad
visory committee meeting in Ra
leigh yesterday at the request of
the Imperial Tobacco company of
Richmond, Va., and a leading buy
er for the foreign markets recom
mended to the association sales
committee that the shorter hours
be adopted. The recommendation
was adopted.
Imperial made a plea Saturday
for relief saying their re-drying fa
cilities are tied up and that one of
two things had to be done to offer
them relief. . .cut down on their
leaf buying or cut selling time and
give their factories a chance to
catch up.
Members of the advisory com
mittee from Columbus county are
Clyde Wayne of Brunswick, farmer
representative and Roscoe Coleman
of Tabor City, warehouse represen
tative. Both men attended the cal
led Sunday afternoon session.
During the discussion it was
brought out that Imperial has been
buying about 10 per cent of . sales
on county markets for the past
eight days. Apparently the “block”
Is coming from the Eastern Belt
where Imperial is buying about one
thirdof the sales.
The unprecedented action, in that
this is the first time sales have
been curtailed by the request of
one buying company, will impose
a hardship on farmers and ware
housemen in this area. Warehouse
men on local markets have full
sales scheduled through the rest of
this week. The hours cut-back will
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Longwood Gets ?
Feed Business
Auburn Dutton Is Proprietor
Of Firm Specializing In
Feed And Farm Supplies
Under Purine Franchise
Auburn Dutton, Longwood resi
dent and native of Brunswick
county, is owner and operator of
the Longwood Farm Supply, Pu
rina franchised mill, which has its
grand opening Saturday morning
at 10 o’clock at Longwood.
Dutton is a farmer and business
man. He is a veteran of World
War II. He says that he feels that
a mill of this type will help the
farming operation in his section
of the county.
He has an arrangement with the
Purina company for use of their
supplement in mixing feed, and
he plans to do custom grinding and
mixing in addition to handling
feeds of various kinds, seed and fer
tilizer. Two officials of the Pu
rina company, Dick Jordan, dis
trict sales manager of Clinton, and
Bill Liles, territory sales manager
of Wilmington, will be on hand
Saturday for the grand opening.
The mill has a 20-inch hammer,
a large corn sheller and a storage
bin with 6,500-bushel capacity.
Valuable prizes will be given
away throughout the day, with
drawing for the grand prize slated
for 3 p. m.
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 Cape Fear *
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, September 12,
2:56 A. M. 9:18 A. M.
3:34 P. M. 10:11 P. M.
Friday, September 13,
4:01 A. M. 10:19 A. M.
4:34 P. M. 11:09 P. M.
Saturday, September 14,
5:00 A. M. 11:16 A. M.
5:29 P. M. 11:58 P. M.
Sunday, September 15,
5:54 A. M. 12:08 A. M.
6:18 P. M.
Monday, September 16,
6:42 A. M. 0:45 A. M.
7:02 P. M. 12:55 P. M.
Tuesday, September 17,
7:27 A. M. 1:25 A. M.
7:42 P. M. 1:39 P. M.
Wednesday, September 18,
8:07 A. M. , 2:04 A. M.
8:19 P. M. 2:21 P. M.