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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1963
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Jaycees Planning
Education Work
For Promotion
Need Of Industry For Bruns,
wick Discussed At Bolivia
Meeting Wednesday By
State Officials
A decision to educate the people
on the need for industrial deve
lopment highlighted a meeting of
the four Brunswick county Jay
cee chapters and officials of the
State Department of Conservation
and Development at Bolivia Wed
nesday night.
The approximately 40 Jaycee re
presentatives from Bolivia, Leland,
Shallotte and Southport decided to
launch an educational program to
inform the public on the need of
a tax levy to support industrial
development in Brunswick county.
To supplement the program,
each of the four chapters
appointed two members to meet
with Industrial Development Chair
man William A. Powell of South
port to keep check on what has
been done and to plan future work.
Members of the committee in
addition to Chairman Powell in
clude James Earl Clemmons and
Dwight Cranshaw, both of Leland;
J. T. Clemmons and Dempsey He
wett both of Shallotte; and Will
iam Dosher of Southport. Two re
presentatives from Bolivia will be
named this week.
One of the projects the commit
tee is working on is to organize a
meeting of all interested citizens
to talk industry. Plans call for hav
ing representatives of Conser
vation and Development, Seaboard
Airlines, Atlantic Coastline Rail
road and other related industries
at the meeting to discuss develop
ment are being formulated.
When the educational program
has been completed, a petition
signed by 500 persons will be pre
sented to the board of county com
missioners calling for a county
wide election. If approved by the
voters the tax rate would have
to be raised to finance the or
ganization. Chairman Powell said
the Jaycees hope to have the elec
tion before January.
** The newly planned ' 8evelopwieirit’
organization would then work at
economic planning aimed at impro
ving farming methods, locating
new and expanding present in
dustries, publicizing historical at
tractions and aiding the fishing
industry.
A1 Callaway and Ted Davis,
officials of the Commerce and In
dustry section of the Department
of C&D, appeared at the meet
ing to explain why other counties
with development organizations
were obtaining industry while
Brunswick is standing still.
David said a recent survey of
11 counties shows those counties
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’“NEWS-1
SATURDAY SALE
A plant and bake sale, sponsored
by the Woodbine Garden Club,
will be held in front of Leggett’s
Staurday, starting at 9 o’clock.
Fish Fry
A fish fry all day Saturday will
&■ be sponsored by Town Creek Post
* No. 445, American Legion, Winna
bow, free to all, donations appre
ciated.
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Complete Training
Stuart Goodwin and Richard
Lawther spent the week end with
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lind. They
graduated Wednesday from the
Coast Guard School as aviation
Machinist Mates 3rd class and will
be stationed at the air base in
Elizabeth City.
Plan Homecotuning
The Town Creek Baptist Church
of Leland will observe their an
nual homecoming exercises Sun
day, October 6. Worship services
at 11 a. m. and will be followed by
dinner served on the grounds at
1 o’clock. Everyone is cordially
invited.
Revival Meeting
There will be a revival meeting
beginning Sunday night at Beu
lah Baptist Church one mile north
of Hickman’s Crossroad. The Rev.
Jennis McLamb will be the guest
speaker. Services will begin each
night at 7:30 o’clock and the pub
lic is invited to attend.
SOUTHPORT P.T.A.
The first meeting of the year for
the Southport Parent Teachers As
sociation will be held Thursday at
7:30 p. m. All parents and patrons
of the school are urged to attend
this meeting and become acquaint
ed with the teachers. A social hour
will follow the brief business ses
Sioni
Local Scene
ARTIST—This Southport scene went south after
being finished in oil by Long Beach artist Elizabeth
Zachary. The- painting was a commission for Winter
Haven, Florida businessman Andy Thornall who; after
seeing the giant oak in front of Southport’s City Hall
wanted a permanent record of his visit. Other work of
the artist is now on display at the Jane Ilaslem Gallery
in Chapel Hill and will be featured in a series of one
man shows around the state beginning this winter.
Man Acquitted On
Charge Of Murder
INol Pros laken In second
Of Two Charges Against
Charlie Hill In Death Of
Two Men In February
The acquittal of a Shallotte Ne
gro on a charge of murder high
lighted the criminal term of Bruns
wick County Superior Court held'
in Southport last week.
The jury deliberated just 45 min
utes Thursday afternoon before ac
quitting Charlie Hill of a charge
of murder in the case of James
Henderson Hill, 35, of Shallotte in
February.
Solicitor James C. Bowman of
Southport asked for a nol pros in
the case of Charlie Hill, charged
with murdering Robert Lee Hill,
37, brother of the other dead man.
According to testimony presented
during the case, Charlie Hill shot
and killed James Henderson Hill
at Otto Gause’s place south of
Shallotte. He died from four shots
fired into his body from a .22 cali
ber pitol mounted on a .32 caliber
frame. The shots hit James- Hen
derson Hill as he approached Char
lie Hill with an .open knife and he
died about 20 minutes after the
shooting from two shots in the left
side, one in the right lower chest
and a fourth in the back below the
right shoulder blade. James Hen
derson Hill’s widow said she picked
up the knife off the floor after the
shooting and lost it.
In charging the jury, Judge Ray
mond Mallard said they were not
to consider the first degree capital
charge against Charlie Hill be
cause of lack of evidence.
Prayer , for judgment was contin
ued upon the payment of $46.26 in
restitution and cost in the case of
W. R. Parker, charged with a
worthless check.
The case of Pierrie Smith, char
ged with a worthless check, was
continued until the May term of
court.
Harold Richard Smith pleaded
guilty to charges of breaking, en
tering and larceny and was sen
; tenced to not less than four years
nor more than seven years. He
pleaded guilty to another charge of
larceny and was sentenced to a
two year term.
William Luther Smith pleaded
guilty to a charge of larceny and
was given a two year term. He
pleaded guilty to another charge of
larceny and was sentenced to not
less than five nor more than 10
years.
James Riley Harris pleaded guil
ty to a charge of breaking, enter
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Speaker
ROBERT W. SCOTT
Doubtful About
Offer Of Help
Feeling Exists That Bru
nswick Should Get In
Position To Handle Own
Promotion
An official of a New Hanover
county development . organization
has urged Brunswick county to dis
continue efforts to establish a de
velopment commission because he
says New Hanover is providing
Brunswick with all the help she
needs.
Brunswick County Development
Chairman William Powell of
Southport said the official, whom
he would not identify, told him
Brunswick county should not un
dertake to establish a commission
but should allow New Hanover to
work for Brunswick as she has
done in the past.
“Brunswick has been pushing us
lately,” the New Hanover official
said. “Any work accomplished by
Brunswick would be merely be du
plicating New Hanover. And any
way, Brunswick by herself can not
do anything.”
In rejecting the “offer”, Chair
man Powell cited figures fur
nished by the Department of Con
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Phone Meeting
Thursday Night
Features Scott
Report Of Progress Will Be
Made To Membership By
President Harry L. Mintz
At Annual Meeting
The sixth annual meeting of the
Atlantic Telephone Membership
Corporation will be held Thursday
night at Shallotte High School at
8 p. m. with Robert W. Scott as
the feature speaker.
The meeting will feature a re
port of the progress made during
the past 12-months period by the
corporation. "Construction is pre
sently underway on two new ex
changes, additions to the Bolivia
exchange and an exchange-ware
house building at Shallotte,” Pre
sident Harry L. Mintz said. “Three
hundred miles of autsicle plant
construction will be added during
the winter.”
Scott, the son of the late Gover
nor W. Kerr Scott, is presently
serving a Master of the State
Grange. A member of the 1963 Gen
eral Assembly, Senator Scott ser
ved as chairman of the low cost
power committee. He maintains his
home on a farm in Haw River.
The corporation had 637 sub
scribers when the service was
inaugrated six years ago. The to
tal grew to 1,602 members in 1962
and to 1,915 in 1963.
President mentz said a silver
dollar will be given to the first
100 members to register Thurs
day night. Several door prizes will
also be awarded.
Planning Board
Named Tuesday
Committee Representing All
Sections O f Brunswick
County Appointed To De
velope Information
The Brunswick County Board of
Commissioners in special session
Tuesday appointed , a County Flm?
ning Board to develop and bring
together a long-range development
plan for Brunswick County. This
plan, when complete, will serve as
a guide for all groups concerned
with increasing the per capita in
come and level of living for the
people of the county.
The board will represent each
township as follows: Graham C.
Hammonds, Northwest; V. A.
Creech, Jr., Town Creek; Dan L.
Walker, Smithville; Odell William
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N. C. Shell Club
Here This Week
Members Of This Organ
ization. Will Be Here
Friday And Saturday
With Side Trip To Bald
Head Island
A trip to Bald Head Island and
an address by a University of
North Carolina professor will high
light the annual fall meeting of the
North Carolina Shell club in South
port Friday and Saturday.
The first session will be held
Friday between 2 p. m. and 6 p. m.
at the Court House where mem
bers will talk shells. ‘‘Members
and visitors are urged to bring
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New Auditorium Seats
• — Principal Willard Cox, left, is show here as he surveys the
job of installing new seats in the auditorium at Southport High School. They re
place the seats originally installed here about 40 years ago. Others in the picture
Brenda Pendergraph, Mrs. Geneva White and tom Ray, the latter two members
of the faculty. A total of 350 seats have been installed, 35 of them with adjustable
arm rests suitable for classroom use. (Staff Photo by Allen.)
Long Beach To
Seek Additional
Voting Precinct
A. T. Hight Resigns As
Mayor Pro-Tem And W.
W. Vennel Appointed To
Fill This Vacancy
A decision to ask for a voting
precinct at Oak Island highlighted
a meeting of the Long Beach town
council Sautrday at the Town Hall.
discussion hrCfie^ Witt?
ter, it was pointed out that resi
dents of the Smithville township,
beaches, which included Long
Beach, JTaupon Beach and Cas
well Beach, now vote at precincts
in Southport. The board then un
aninously voted to petition the
Brunswick County Board of Elec
tions to establish a voting pre
cinct at Oak Island.
The board approved an applica
tion for State funds to be used
for mosquito control drainage
work along the upper reaches of
the Old Davis Creek.
Mayor E. F. Middleton appointed
Commisssioner Woodrow W.. Ven
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Southport Lady
Mrs. Thelma Willis, Member
Of Faculty At Southport
High School, Had Been
Hospital Patient
Mrs. Thelma Willis, 60, well
know local school teacher, died
Thursday morning at James Wal
ker Memorial Hospital in Wilm
ington.
The deceased was the wife of
Robert M. Willis, prominent South
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Thursday
TIME and TIDE
A front page photo showed the new frame building that was
to house the Shallotte post office. This was 25 years ago this
week and the building stood across the street from the present
post office. Jack Taylor of Wimnabow was leaving to enroll as
a student at University of Richmond, where he is now a member
of the faculty.
Capt. Roy Robinson was being transferred from Boston,
Mass., to New Orleans; a hurricane had skipped her way up
the coast, but had missed Brunswick; and the editor urged far
mers not to forget to pay the preacher, the doctor and hospital
when they got around to settling up for the year.
It was one of the war years when our issue for 20 years
ago this week reported the arrival home of Frank Potter, second
of the Potter brothers to survive the sinking of the USS Helena
uJby the Japanese. His brother, Bryant, whom he had not seen
since the fatal sinking, was here fov a joyful reunion.
Southport citizens had been praised for their compliance with
blackout regulations; squirrel season was to open on October 1
that year; and Brunswick citizens were being urged to buy
more War Bonds.
Fifteen years ago this week the Young Democrats were
planning a meeting and Edward H. Red wine was president.
There was sad news for Shallotte motorists: The compulsory
automobile inspection lane was not coming to town as planned.
The Southport Woman’s Club was to entertain the district
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Evans Chairman Of
County Committee
s
Shallotte Man
Swims To Safety
Samuel K. Milliken, shrimp
boat captain from Shallotte,
*: e?«amr.^mi]^...tlurpugh. heavy ...*,
seas to a ^navigation '‘lfcacon
after falling overboard in the
Gulf of • Mexico, 12 miles
north of Key West, Fla., Mon
day night.
Other crewmen aboard the
“Miss 'Pearl’’ radioed the
Coast Guard for help and,
Tuesday morning, a Key West
trawler spotted Milliken on
the shoal light waving his
shirt. He was said to be in
good condition.
Nickels Voting
Set In November
Farmers Will Have Opport
unity To Decide Whether
To Continue To Finance
Research Program
“Research and educational work
supported by the Nickels for Know
How program continues to malfe
large contributions to thousands of
North Carolina families through
community and area development
work,” says Acting Couhty Exten
sion Chairman, A. S. Knowles, who
points out that 92,000 Tar Heel
families in 98 eciunties and over 1,
000 organized communities are
realizing more and more dividends
each year from the funds used in
community and area development
programs. •
“These families are the guiding
force in the many contributions
made through this work in North
Carolina,” Knowles said.
Some of these contributions are:
1. Greater understanding of rural
peoples’ problems and .potentialities
by urban people, and vice versa;
2. Better coordination of efforts of
farm and business people, county,
state, and federal agencies in the
total development of North Caro
lina; 3. Involvement of people and
the development of leadership at
the community; county and area
levels.
The achievements realized by
these families, who are a part of
a strong community organization
and program, have come in the
form of increased income and a
more satisfying rural life, said
Knowles.
North Carolinians themselves are
making these and many other con
tributions to their own economical
and social progress through their
support of the Nickels for Know
How program.
Many of the research and educa
tional programs are started and
carried out with funds derived from
feed and fertilizer users that assess
themselves in a referendum held
every third year. Most of this
money—a nickel per ton of feed
and fertilizer purchased—goes to
the School .of Agriculture at North
Carolina State. , _ *
The next referendum will be
held November 19.
6 County Convention Reelects
Entire Committee At Fri
day Meeting; Eleventh
Term for Chairman Evans
The re-election of the incumbent
County Committee highlighted the
ASC County Convention meeting in
Shallotte Friday.
! Chairman - Lonnie „ Evans, Vice
Chairman Edgar Holden and Re
gular Member Lay Long were un
animously re-elected to serve in
their same positions on the County
Committee during 1964. Ira A. Pot
ter of Bolivia was named the first
alternate and George Skipper of
Leland was selected second alter
nate.
Chairman Evans and Vice-Chair
man Holden have served on the
committee for 11-year each while
Long has been a member for six
years.
“All committeemen will take
office on October 1 and will serve
for one year or until their suc
cessor has been elected and quali
fied; ASC Manager Ralph Price
said.
Delegates attending the Friday
convention included Aldreth Phelps
of Lockwood Folly, Paul Brown of
Smithville, Curtis Hewett of Shal
lotte, Roy Willetts of Waccamaw.
and Roy Hughes of Waccamaw.
_
Referendum On
Hogs October 1
Farmers Will Decide Wheth
er To Assess Producer
' Small Fee ,To Be Used
For Promotional Pur
• poses ' •
Farmers feeding .out hogs for
slaughter have a big stake in next
Tuesday’s voting, says A. S. Know
les, Acting County Extension Chair
man. He says that every hog pro
ducer should make an effort to
vote in. the referendum to decide
whether they will contribute 5
cents per hog slaughtered to help
Solve swine problems, increase the
use'1 of pork and thereby increase
the income from this enterprise.
“The swine industry in. Bruns
wick County in 1962 brought pro
ducers more than a million doll
ars,” Knowles said. "It is impor
tant to our- economy. We have mar
kets, but we need to solve some
of the marketing problems so that
a greater share of the income will
go to producers.” ^
Those eligible to vote are far
mers selling hogs for slaughter and
those that share in the proceeds
from such sales. Those voting will
sign a register in order to deter
mine their eligibility. Two-thirds of
those voting must favor the pro
gram for it to become effective.
Voting places for Brunswick
County will be: Applewhite’s Store
at Maco,, A. P. Henry’s Store at
Winnabow, D. H. Hawes’ Store at
I Bolivia* Midway Service Station
; on Supply to Southport Highway,
| and G. W. Kirby & Son’s Store in
| Supply. Other balloting places will
be ASCS Office in Shallotte, Wa
sham, Wqrlick and Harrelsori Com
! pany Store in Shallotte, J. S. Par
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Celebration Set
At Zion Church
At Town Creek
Occasion Falls Upon 178th
Anniversary Of Founding
Of Oldest Methodist
Church In Brunswick
County
Zion Methodist Church at Town
Creek will hold Homecoming and ;
Dedication celebrations Sunday in
observation of the 178th anniver
sary year, according to Rev. Allen
Richardson.
The homecoming sermon, to be
delivered by the Rev. Clarence
Warren, a former pastor, will'
start the special activities at 11
a. m. A picnic lunch is to be
served on the grounds at noon
The Rev. Clyde Boggs, Wilming-- ’
ton District superintendent, will'
dedicate the education unit—an.
addition to the main building—at
2 p. m.
Church officials are not positive
but records indicate that congre-'
gation will be 178 years old that
day, making it one of the oldest
Methodist churches in North;
Carolina.
Church school membership to-_
day is about 150 with average at
tendance of 106 over the past con
ference year. . ■' '
The present church school su
Trustees are J. J. Knox, Willie.
Lanier, Aubrey Smith, president
is G. M. Sellers. W. L. Clark and
A. V. Phelps. * *
Stewards are W. S. McKeithan,
G. M. Sellers, W. H. Wescott, S.
L. Collins and F. L. Galloway.
Mrs. S. O. Craven is treasurer '
and W. L. Clark is lay leader.
The church is located on US
Highway 17 near Winnabow.
The Importance ;
Of Referendum
Brunswick County Grower'
Wants Farmers To Reel
ize Their Stake In Tues
day Vote
By WILBUR EARL EARP
Brunswick County residents
really are not much different from i
other people in that often we fail ’
to see the forest for the trees. A
new industrial plant being built in
our county adding a million dollars
to the economy of our various com
munities would indeed make head
lines and be the topic of conversa
tion at cross-road stores for months
to come. Yet we are prone to over
look an industry that we already
have, one that is putting consider
able more than a million dollars a
year into the economy of our
county. The industry I have refe-„
rence to is that of commercial
pork production. i;
All sorts of concessions, tax-wise,
and otherwise, are being made-by <
communities in their efforts to get *
these industrial payrolls added t®
their collective economics. But
when these already established in
dustries come into difficult times,
we, in most cases, let them work
it out alone.
The commercial pork production
business is in trouble now. The
per-capital consumption of pork is
declining, and profits margins nar-.
rowing for the producer. These
trends must be halted and if pos
sible reversed if we are to sur
vive in a competitive world. What
can we do? Well, we can improve
our product for one thing to make
it more acceptable to our custo
mers. We can reduce our cost of
production or get out of the busi
ness. Ways and means of getting
both of these jobs done are already
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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 26,
12:58 A. M. 7:31 A. M.
1:49 P. M. 8:35 P. M.
Friday, September 27,
2:00 A.M. 8:35 A.M.
2:50 P. M. 9:35 P. M.
Saturday, September 28,
3:04 A.M. 9:39 A.M.
3:49 P. M. 10:30 P. M.
Sunday, September 29,
4:04 A. M. 10:38 A. M.
4:44 P.M. 11:22 P.M.
Monday, September 30,
5:01 A. M. 11:33 A. M.
5:37 P. M. .V - ;
Tuesday, October 1,
5:53 A. M. 0:13 A. M.
6:26 P. M. 12:26 P. M.
Wednesday, October 2,
6:44 A. M. 12:57 A. M.
7:16 P. M; , 1:16 P. M.