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The Pilot Covers Brunswick County THE STATE PORT PILOT Most of the News K\ A Good Newspaper In A Good Community All The Time Volume No. 23 No. 17 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1963 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Lunchroom Week Being Observed Here This Week fUf -iy.. aft.. ^ Visitors Invited To Ob serve Lunchroom Programs At Various Schools During This Period National Lunch Room Week as proclaimed by President John P. Kennedy and Gover nor Terry Sanford is being observed in the schools of Brunswick county this week. “Although no special plans have been made by the Board of Education,” Superintendent A. W. Taylor said, "all par ents have been invited to visit the lunch rooms this week.” The 11 schools in Bruns wick county serve approxim ately 3,030 lunches per day. Each of the schools averages between two and three lunch room employee each in the lunch rooms. “Of course, the larger schools have as many as five employees,” he said. The federal government gave the schools $25,146.02 last year to finance the pro gram. "Almost 3%-cent per lunch is returned to each school by the government,” he added. The lunch room program is J % the largest consummer of sur plus food from the Agricult ural Department at the pre sent time. Commodities dis tributed to the schools include butter, meal, flower, beans turkey, pork, milk and eggs, just to name a few. “School Lunch Serves North Carolina Through Pood for Learning” is the theme of this year’s School Lunch Week in North Carolina, proclaimed by Governor Sanford following President Kennedy’s proclama tion of National School Lunch Week. The National School Lunch Act was passed in 1946 as a measure of national security ***** e ,.to safeguard the health and — well-being of the nation’s chil (Continued On Page 4) I Mrtaf BHt Of lnewsj IN VETERANS HOSPITAL Capt. Hulan Watts of Southport is a patient at Veterans Hospital in Columbia, S. C. Mrs. Watts left today to visit her husband. BOX SUPPER Waccamaw Grange 1218 will hold a box supper dinner Thursday night, October 24, at 7:30 p. m. at Waccamaw High School. Every one is invited. NEW SCHEDULE Office hours for the Local Draft Board will be changed from 8:30 a. m.—5:30 p. m. til 8 a. m.—5 p. m. This change went into effect Monday. MYF SUB-DISTRICT “Race Relations’* will be dis cussed at a meeting of the M. Y. F. Sub-District at Shiloah Metho dist church near Holden’s Beach Monday at 7 p. m. LELAND SCHOOL COMMITTEE The members of the Deland School Committee for 1963-64 is composed of J. Ellie Gainey, Chair man, James E Clemmons, secre tary; Tom Gilles, Garland Bor deaux and Lawrence Smith. SOUTHPORT PTA The regular meeting of the Southport PTA will be held Thurs day at 7:30 p. m. A program has been planned that everyone will enjoy. The Girl Scouts will open the meeting. Mrs. Pete Lee, mem bership chairman, urges parents and friends to join this month. NCEA MEETING The 41st Annual Convention of the Southern District of the North Carolina Education Association will be held in Fayetteville Tues day. Tom Ray of Southport High School is vice-president of the De partment of Health and Physical Education division while Mrs. Vir ginia Winfree of Shallotte High School is secretary of the depart ment of business education. BENEFIT BARBEQUE The Leland Volunteer Fire De partment is having its monthly barbecue supper Saturday from 12 noon to 8 p. m. The menu will consist of barbecued pork,candied yams, cold slaw and hush puppies. For free delivery call the Fire De partment R02-5438 and a fireman will deliver the barbecue any where within the fire district. Funds made from this supper will be used for Fire Department oper ating expenses! Development At Leland BUSINESS- This is a picture of te new Horne's Restaurant which is nearing completion at the Brunswick River-intersection at Leland. The addition of this nation ally advertised chain restaurant is another addition to the business activity in that sect ion of Brunswick county. (Staff Photo By Allen) Jaycees Present United Forces For Promotion Chairman William Powell Explains Bi-Partisian Nat ure Of Proposed Promotion al Organization Members of the Shallotte Jay cees unanimously voted to support the proposed industrial resources development commission Thurs day night after clearing up a mis understanding about the political nature of the group. Chairman William A. Powell of Southport explained that the in dustrial group would be non-par tisan. “Membership on the advi sory board shall be on bi-partisan basis’* he said. “I made a mistake when the petition was drawned up ! and omitted the words bi-partisan board. Now I am ready to eat crow!” He answered question concering the organization, read the petition and explained why such a group is necessary. “We must be in a position to compete with the counties in the rest of the state,” he said. “No civic group has the capacity to pro vide the data to attract industry and the only fair way is to vote a tax on ourselves for this purpose. Politics should not enter into the picture.” Chairman Powell said the county Jaycees must be the leader in ef forts to obtain a tax increase which will enable the county com missioners to appoint a 9 man Re sources Development Commission. He talked about the action that must be taken by the Jaycees in their efforts to obtain signatures on a petition that once submitted to the county commissioners will per mit them to call an election on the tax petition. He explained to the Continued On Page 4 Participate In District Meet Three Southport Clubs Re presented At District Meet ing Of Women’s Clubs At Wallace The theme of the present ad ministration of the North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs un der the leadership of Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr. of Southport, Pre sident, is “Of the past, mindful, to the present, faithful, of the future, hopeful”. This theme was carried out colorfully at the district meet ing in Wallace Wednesday,. Local presidents from the clubs in the District attended in the cos tume of the period in which their club was founded. Led by Mrs. Gilliam Hornstein, president of Southport Junior Club, the assembly pledged allagianee to the flag. Mrs. John D. Robinson of Wall ace then introduced Mrs. Harper, who spoke to the members on a phrase from the Club Collect, “Let Us Take Time”. “Let us take time”, said Mrs. Harper, “to share our blessings, to separate the impor tant things from the unimportant things, to study, to put our better impulses into action.” i Highlight of the awards was the presentation of the Jessie Taylor j silver bowl, given each year to the ! club contributing the most overall community service. Winner this year was the North Carolina Jr. Sorosis of Wilmington. After Mrs. Harper’s talk, the Continued On Page 0 Ignore Request To Fire Police Chief Committee Of Negro Citiz-' ens Appeared Before Board Thursday To De mand That Strong Be Fired A decision to pave or resurface a number of city streets high lighted a meeting of the Southport Board of Aldermen at the City Hall Thursday night. Streets to receive surface work in the near future include Atlantic Avenue between Bay and Nash streets, two blocks paved and curbed; pave Yacht Basin street from More Street to Brunswick af ter the bulkhead is finished; Bur rington between Brown and St. George, storm sewer; resurface Clarendon between Owens and 5th; 8th from Caswell to Lord one block; 8th on Caswell to Bee Bop Inn for three blocks. 10th from Highway to Cas well for two blocks; from Bee Bop Inn to 12th and then to highway for four blocks with no subgrading on 12th; resurface one block next to colored school over city sewer line; and pave Nash, put curb on North side of Nash, one block from Howe to Lord and next block fur ther west. City Manager C. D. Pickerrell said the committee would like to pave or resurface more city streets but the money is not avail able. The street surfacing committee’s report was read by the city mana ger and was unanimously adopted on a motion by Johnny Vereen which was seconded by Crawford Rouark. A group called the Committee of Colored Citizens appeared before the board requesting that Chief of Police Herman Strong be removed from office because of the way he handled the Saturday night demon stration last month. Mayor Eugene Tomlinson explained that the bi racial committee had been mak ing good progress until the big de monstration and work had slowed down after the event. Committee Chairman R. W. Moore, Eugene Gore, John McMillian and Tom Goodman said they had not heard about the progress of the commit tee but still would not withdraw their request that Chief Strong be Continued On Page 2 Four Brunswick Boys Are Hurt Monday Afternoon Accid ent Sends Four Wilmington College Students To Hospit al With Injuries Four Brunswick county men, all of them students at Wilming ton College, were hospitalized Monday as a result of an auto mobile accident at an overpass near the campus. Injured were Leonard Lancast er, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lacy Lan caster of Supply; Freddie Gore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Gore of Supply; Frankie Norris, son of Mi', and Mrs. Mendel Norris of Hickmans Crossroads; and How ard Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Anderson of Hickmans Crossroads. Reports indicate that it was a one-car accident which occurred about 6 p. m. The compact car rolled down an embankment and the men sustained injuries of varying degrees of seriousness. The car was demolished. ic---x—;— New Patrolman Stationed Here Patrolman J. E. Farmer has recently been assigned to the Southport area of Bruns wick county by the North Caro lina State Highway Patrol. Patrolman Farmer, 24, who is a native of Aulander in Bur tie county, served as a police officer in Williamston prior to , joining the patrol in April. He "'"has also served ta'tBfc AtfwyV for three .years. He lives at 120 Riverside drive dli Southport. Whitfield Helps Keep Up Interest . Requests Naval Architect To Furnish Highway Com. mission Official Copy Of Proposed Ferry Plans One out-of-county citizen who maintains an unflagging interest in the Southport-Fort Fisher Ferry project is J. V. Whitfield, whose efforts have done much to keep in terest in this matter alive. Following a recent conference with Graham Elliott, chairman of the Ferry Committee of the N. C. Highway Commission, the Pender county man wrote H. W. Keeling, naval architect, requesting that a set of plans for a proposed vessel for use here be forwarded to the highway official. Text of the Whitfield letter foll ows: “Kindly send Honorable Gra ham Elliott, Highway Commission er, Washington, North Carolina, a copy of the drawing of the ferry you suggested for the Southport Fort Fisher run that you showed us at Southport last year. Mr. Ell Contlnued On Page 4 Advertising For Stevedoring And Service Proposal Proposals To Perform Cer tain Services At Sunny Point Army Terminal Be ing Asked By U. S. Army Terminal Command The U. S. Army Terminal Com mand, Atlantic, is soliciting bids for stevedoring and relating ter minal services to be performed at Sunny Point Army Terminal, Southport. The job will run from Dec. 1, 1963 to Sept. 30, 1965. The quantity of the work is indefinte. Bids will be opened Nov. 7, 1963 at 10:30 a. m., EDST, in the offices of the Contracts Division, Room 410, Administration Build ing, at Brooklyn Army Terminal, 58th Street and 1st Avenue, Brook lyn, N. Y. A tour of Sunny Point Army Terminal, Southport, will be held for interested bidders commending at 10 a. m., EDST, Oct. 22. Bid ders unable to attend at the spec ified time and date, must arrange for an inspection by application to the Contracting Officer’s Repre sentative. In addition, a general meeting for the purpose of clari fication of any point desired, either operational or contractual, will be held at llj^a. m. EDST, Oct. 23 in the Administrative Building, Sun ny Point Army Terminal. A layout plan ofjfthe terminal will also be availably for inspection during the meeting*.: :? For further informaion, interest ed firms should contact the Con tracts Specialist at Brooklyn Army Terminal, tel. GE 9-5400, Ext. 2547. t County Members j Attend Meeting Future Homemakers Of America Attend District Meeting Saturday At " New |em High School “Portraits of Good Family Lif?’" was the theme of the J963 Future Homemakers of America District 11 Rally held In New Bern Satur day. £ The meeting was presided over by Judy Faye Smith, state presi dent of the F. H. A., from the East Duplin Chapter. The U. S. Marine Color Guard from Cherry Point Marine Base presented the colors. Members were welcomed by W. L. Flowers, principal of New Bern High School. To. save time it was voted to not read the minutes of the last rally. E. P. Blair, princi pal of Farm Life High School, gave an impressive talk on “How Im portant Is a Home”. Donald Smith then led the group in singing. After the announce ments were made by Miss Fischel, Judy and Diane Joyner sang a duet, “Bless This H o u s e”. The meeting then dismissed for lunch. After lunch members assembled in the auditorium for the remain der of the program. The New Bern High School Band gave a 30 min ute concert which was enjoyed by everyone. Patsy Ward, Kay Vereen and Sue Marsh did a pantomine to “I’m Going Back To School” which brought an uproar of laughter. The girl elected for State Re creation Chairman was Judy El iott from the Farm Life Chapter. First alternate is Nan Lancaster from Charles B. Aycock and 2nd (Continued On Page 4) ^ &&&SJS&M&y TIME and TIDE It was October 15, 1958, and the Red Cross had disbursed , more than $15,000 to county citizens who suffered losses during’ Hurricane Helene. In order to light the playing field at Bolivia, Homer Holden donated three poles while Foster Mintz, H. E. Nance, Taylor Albright, Douglas Hawes and Sherwood Johnson contributed one each. William C. Blake of Southport completed Marine basic train ing at Paris Island. Elmore Motor Company of Bolivia was cele brating its 25th anniversary. Rev. L. D. Hayman suffered a dis located shoulder, broken ribs, sprains and lacerations as a result of being thrown from his jeep when it collided with an automobile on the Beach road. It was October 14, 1953, and M. C. Gore and Odell Williamson purchased Ocean Isle Beach for $190,000. The driving of per manent pillings for the dock at Sunny Point was to begin next week. E. J. Prevatte returned to Southport to practice law after a year in Lumberton. May >r J. A. Gilbert signed a contract for Southport to purchase ele (trie power wholesale from Carolina Power and Light company. Deon Stanaland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stanaland of Ash, vva i a stldent at Clemson College. 19' 5 It wias October 13, didate for governor, and appeared at a rally in So’ built at Holden Beach. Condoled On Fag* 4 and Democrats W. Kerr Scott, ean F. E. Carlyle, nominee for Congress, o hport. Several new homes were being Robert Scott Speaker For REA Meet Friday Bolivia Homecoming Queen mm ' ~”""QU^EN—Mjssr barney 'Herring, above, was .crown ed HomeComing Queen at Bolivia High School 'Friday night by Assistant Brunswick Superintendent William N. Williams. She is the 16-year-old daughter of Mrs. Mable Corbett of Holden Beach and is a high school junior. Brenda Harrelson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Harrelson of Winnabow, was first runner-up while Linda Flowers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Flowers of Winnabow, was third. (Staff Photo by Al len) Perfect Weather Greets Canadians ■-—— Teacher Change In Local School A new teacher has been hired at Southport High School and another has been promoted be cause of the increased enroll ment at the school, according to Principal Willard Cox. Mrs. Catherian B. Barnes of Southport has been employed as a sixth grade instructor. She is a former teacher at the school who has been on a leave of absence. Mrs. Barnes replaces Mrs. A. W. Taylor who has been promoted to the high school section. She will instruct classes in home economics, English, general business and math. Retired Postal Worker Stricken Whiteville Man Dies Of Heart Attack While Fish ing Friday At Vesta Pier At Sunset Beach A well-known retired postal em ployee of Whiteville, Jack J. Ve rcen, died Friday night, while fishing from Vesta Pier at Sunset Beach in Brunswick County. Mr. Vereen, 71, years old, had been a custodian at the Whiteville posit office for some 23 years prior to his retirement in May, 1962. Brunswick County Coroner Lo well Bennett, called to the scene, ruled that death was caused by a heart ailment, or coronary throm bosis. He died about 9 p. m., Fri day. The retired postal worker is said to have been on a fishing trip at the time and, according to a companion on the trip, was cutting bait when stricken. He collapsed and aid was summoned, but death Continued On Page 3 [ Visitors Spent Enjoyable Thanksgiving (Canadian) Holiday Weekend Visiting In This Area The 40 Canadians who spent the weekend visiting Canadiana Shores at Boiling Spring Lakes and the surrounding area were well pleased with the trip and liked the warm weather, accord ing to General Manager Author j Greene. “Everything went like a well oiled machine,” Manager Greene said of the tour. “They liked the area very much and several de cided to purchase property here.” The trip was so successful that another group will be here Nov ember. “Then groups will follow at two week intervals,” he added. The three day trip to Bruns wick county was arranged by Manager Greene and President W. B. Phillips of the Sumcot De velopment Corporation Limited of Toronto, which has purchased an area known as Canadiane Shores in the Boiling Spring Lakes De velopment. The 40 Canadians, under the leadership of Jim Hay of the Sum cot Corporation, left Toronto by chartered bus Thursday. After an all night and day drive, the group arrived at the El Berta Motel in Wilmington Friday night. They were met at the motel by Manager Greene and other mem bers of the Boiling Spring Lakes staff. The travellers were guests of Sumcot at a dinner Friday night after which their evening was free for sightseeing in Wilm ington or resting at the motel. The group was welcomed to the area by Wilmington Mayor Pro Tern John C. Symmes who sub stituted for Mayor O. O. Alls brock, during ceremonies at the motel Saturday morning. After the welcome the Canad ians boarded their bus at the mo tel and were taken on a tour of the area by Manager Greene. They viewed the battleship “Nor the Carolina” before visiting' Orton Planatation, Brunswick Town, Fort Anderson and Southport Sat (Continued on Page 4) fc Membership Of Bruns-' wick Electric Membership Corporation Will Meet In. Whiteville The Brunswick Electric Mem* bership Corporation annual meet ing will be held at Smith tobacco warehouseon the 701 bypass Fri day, October 18, with Robert Wal ker Scott as the guest speaker. Scott, son of the late Governor and U. S. Senator W. Kerr Scottr. is' Master of the North Carolina Grange and is chairman of the N. C. Consumers’ committee for low-cost power. The meeting will be an all-day - affair but with principal events * coming in the afternoon. ’ Dr. E. D. Bishop, general mana- - ger, says it is more important that; the entire 12,000 members of the • co-operative attend the annual ses-• sion for the business of the meet-1 ing is the business of the indivi- - dual member. ; “It is vital that you attend in I order,” Dr. Bishop declared, “to - protect your own interest and the ; personal ownership you have ac- - quired in the co-operative’s sys-' tern. This is important to our co» T operative’s future.” While Dr. Bishop gave no es-' timate of the number expected for - the session, 5,000 to 10,000 would ' be a fair guess. • \ The manager urges that you - bring your registration card with; you. Registrations will begin at noon" and a goodly number of prizes I will be given to holders of lucky - numbers. The 34-year-old guest speaker, I bom and reared on the family farm • in the Haw River section of Ala-; mance county, is an alumnus of - Duke University and graduate on * N. C. State College, and knows well the problems facing the far mer from both the angle of crop Pfoductipjq^apd living conveniences,... ■ \ As & m'embir, also,' of the N. Cr*,;i”!| Department of Conservation and ? development and the Kerr Reser- > voir Development commission, he has demonstrated an acte aware ness of agriculture in North Caro lina and the plight of the small Continued On Face 4 Homecoming Day ' For New Hope j Annual Observance Sch eduled At Presbyterian Chu rch Near Winnabow On Sunday The new Hope Presbyteriaij Church of Winnabow, will cele brate its annual homecoming Sun day. The activities will begin with Sunday School at 10 a.m. At U there will be a service of Holy Communion. Dinner will be served on the church grounds at 12:30. At 2 p. m. there will be a service of fellowship and worship led by Mrs. Roy Swain and S.C. Purvis, a deacon of the New Hope Church. The New Hope Church was or ganized October 21, 1895, and has furnished Presbyterians of North Carolina with many leaders. Chair man of the planning committee for the celebration is Purvis, Clerk of the Session. The Rev. Robert T. Childs, Jr. paster of the church, will be the preacher and celebrant for the Communion Service. Many friends and former members of the church are ex pected to attend and the public is cordially invited. 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, October 17, 7:39 A. M. 1:33 A. M. 7:48 P. M. 1:57 P. M. Friday, October 18, 8:14 A. M. 2:08 A. M. 8:22 P. M. 2:36 P. M. Saturday, October 19, 8:51 A. M. 2:43 A. M. 8:56 P. M. 3:15 P. M. Sunday, October 20, 9:25 A. M. 3:18 A. M. 9:28 P. M. 3:54 P. M. Monday, October 21, 9:59 A. M. 3:53 A. M. 10:00 P. M. 4:34 P. M. Tuesday, October 22, 10:36 A. M. 4:28 A. M. 10:40 P. M. 5:16 P. M. Wednesday, October 28, 11:18 A. M. 5:08 A. M. 11:26 P. M. 6:03 P. M.
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