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Volume No. 23
No. 20
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1963
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Retired Forestry Official Honored
AWARD—Dorman L. Mercer, retired Brunswick County Forest Ranger, is
shown here receiving an award given by the Southport Junior Woman’s Club at a
luncheon in Southport Tuesday. Making the presentation is Ernest Parker, and in
the background are R. M. McElwee, Kenneth Johnson, Mrs. Norman Homstein and
Mrs. W. C. Jones. (Staff Photo by Allen)
Ban Brunswick
To Red Tourists
As Safety Move
Classified As Strategic Area
From Which Possible
Spies Will Be Excluded
During Visits
The State Department declared
approximately 11% of the United
States, including Brunswick coun
ty, closed to travel by diplomats
from five Communist Eastern
European countries in a move to
discourage spying Tuesday in
Washington.
The department also revised
. its list of cities, coimties and
states which have been closed
to travel by Russian, citizens
since 1955. As was the case with
the old one, the revised list closed
about 26 per cent of the country
to the Russians.
Officials said the clamp down on
Eastern Europeans affected dip
lomats from Bulgaria, Czechos
lovakia, Hungary, Poland and
Romania. But citizens of those
nations are permitted unrestricted
U. S. travel.
U. S. officials also revised the
list of cities, counties and states
where Russian citizens are for
bidden to travel. The list is simi
lar to travel restrictions imposed
on Russians since 1955 but in
cludes new reactions. It keeps
Soviet citizens from visiting 26
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•-NEWS-1
BENEFIT SUPPER
The WSCS of Ocean View Met
hodist Church at Yaupon Beach
will have a chicken and pastry
supper Friday from 5:30 to 7:30
o’clock.
EPISCOPAL BAZAAR
The Women of St. Phillips Epis
copal in Southport will hold their
annual Christmas Bazaar in the
Parish House on December 6.
CEMETERY CLEANING
There will be a cemetery clean
ing at Oak Grove Baptist Church
November 16. All who have loved
ones buried there are asked to
come and bring tools to work
with.
BENEFIT OYSTER ROAST
The boys and girls basketball
teams at Bolivia will sponsor an
oyster roast at the school Saturday
from 4:30 until 9 p. m., says Coach
Harold Reynolds. Proceeds from
the supper will be used to purchase
needed equipment for the gym.
TRIP TO RALEIGH
The Brunswick county MYF sub
district will visit the Methodist
Children’s Home in Raleigh Sun
day. The group will leave from the
home of Grover M. Sellers on U.
S. 17 at 9 a. m. and will stop en
route for worship services.
BAKE SALE
The Coast Guard Wives’ Club of
Southport will hold a bake and
novelty sale Saturday morning be
ginning at 9 a. m. in front of the
post office. The proceeds will be
used to purchase' a Thanksgiving
basket of food for a needy com
munity family, says Mrs. Marie
c,l>: chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee.
Retired Forestry
Official Honored
Dorman L. Mercer, Retired’
Brunswick County Forest
Warden, Honored By
Southport Junior W o -
man’s Club
Dorman L. Mercer, who retired
on January 1, 1960, after serving
for 17 years as Brunswick County
Forest Ranger, was honored Tues
day at a luncheon in Southport
sponsored by the conservation
committee of the Southport Jun
ior Woman’s Club.
Mrs. W. C. Jones is chairman of
the xsormnittee. - - v.-- i-m*
The’ retired forestry official was
presented a loving cup in recog
nition of his services by Ernest
Parker, Southport attorney and
member of the Board of Conser
vation and Development. In his
remarks, Parker paid tribute not
only to Ranger Mercer but to the
Forest Service and the great ec
onomic improvement it has helped
to bring about in Brunswick comi
ty.
Also present at the meeting
were Kenneth Johnson, Brunswick
County Forest Ranger, and R. M.
McElwee, Assistant District Fore
ster. The latter was in charge of
the program, which was a film on
the propogation of pine seedlings
used for reforestation projects.
McElwee gave an idea of their
importance in Brunswick when
he reported the fpllowing record
for tree planting: 682,000 in 1950
59, 744,000 in 1959-60 ; 798,000
in 1960-61; 874,000 in 1961-62;
1,044,000 in 1962-63.
Mrs Normau Homstein presided
over the luncheon, which was held
at the Parish House of Scared
Heart Catholic Church. Mrs. Bob
by Jones was in charge of arrange
ments for the program.
Crucial Meeting
For Red Cross
Thursday Night Meeting At
Bolivia Will Have Much
To Do With Future Pro
gram In County
The future of Red Cross act
ivities in Brunswick county will
be discussed during an important
meeting at Bolivia high school
Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock.
“All citizens interested in con
tinuing the Red Cross program in
Brunswick county should make a
point to attend this important
meeting,” County Chairman Mer
cer Johnson, of Bolivia stated.
He said representatives from
schools, civic groups, city and
county governments, CAP members
and volunteer firemen are among
the groups specially urged to at
tend the Thursday night meeting.
National Red Cross Field Dir
ector Glenn Brosier will lead the
discussion on the future work of
the organization in Brunswick
county, including the financial
aspect.
At the present time, the Red
Cross is interested in establishing
a home nursing course in the
high schools of the county. “We
want to have at least one person
in each home qualified to ad
minister first-aid in case the need
presents itself,” President Johnson
said.
He stated that during the week
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George Gregory -
Gets Hole In One
George Gregory scored a
hole in one on the 210-yard
No. 8 hole at Oak Island Golf
Club Monday, only the third
ace recorded in the history of
the nearby course. He used a
4 iron and was playing at the
time with Gene Fulwood.
* - This is the first hole in -one.
on No. 8, as the two earlier
spectaculars came on No. 3.
The first of these was by Har
old Morgan last winter, the
second by John Pepper of
Greensboro this summer.
Robert Thompson made the
delect list this week when he
scored an eagle on the 375-'
yard No. 7 hole.
Brunswick Land
Needs Drainage
Soil Conservationist Says 75
Percent Of County Farm
land Would Profit By
Drainage
More than 75 percent of the farm
land in Brunswick could benefit
from flood prevention watershed
project action, says County Con
servationist B. L. Foutz in Shal
lotte Monday.
“This compares to 52 percent of
the total land area of the United
States which needs some form of
watershed project action,” Con
servationist Foutz stated. “Current
ly, less than 2% percent of the land
area is included in authorized pro
jects, according to the results of
a national inventory of soil and
water conservation needs.”
He said more than 821 water
sheds projects are under considera
tion in the United States for plan
ning assistance. “By October, 130
more projects had been authorized
for work under the Watershed Pro
tection and Flood Prevention Act
than on January 1,” he added.
More than 498 projects have been
authorized for operation, 287 are
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Historical Group
Hears Mrs. King
Quarterly Meeting Of
Brunswick County Histor
ical Society Held At Sacr
ed Heart Pariah House
Monday
Mrs. M. H. Rourk was reelected
president of the Brunswick County
Historical Society at a meeting of
this organization Monday night
in Southport.
Elected to serve with her were
Mrs. E. T. Driscoll, vice presid
ent; Miss Helen Taylorj secretary
treasurer; and Mrs. Harry Mintz
and Mrs. Edwin Taylor, program
committee. It was reported that
the society now has 75 members, j
The program for the evening!
was in charge of Mrs. Philip King,
acting Brunswick County Librar
ian, who reported on the histor
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Fishermen Asked
To Attend Meet
Here Wednesday
Dr. David Adams, New
Commissioner Of Com
mercial Fisheries, Will Be
Here To Discuss Program
Ernest Parker, member of the
Commercial Fisheries Committee
of the North Carolina Board of
Conservation and Development,
announced a meeting of fishermen
to be held in the court room in
Southport next Wednesday at
7:30 p. m.
The primary purpose of the
meeting is to allow fishermen of
Brunswick County, tooth sports
and commercial, to meet Dr.
David Adams, who was recently
appointed Commissioner of Com
mercial Fisheries, and to present
and discuss with him any problems
or recommendations they may have
regarding the fishing industry.
Also expected to attend the
meeting are Leon Thomas, Assis
tant Commissioner of Commercial
Fisheries from Morehead City,
Louis J. Hardee, Southport mem
ber of the Commercial Fisheries
Advisory Board, and inspectors
Wilson and Canady, assigned to
Bumswick County, and possibly
some other members of the Fish
eries Committee of C and D.
Parker said in announcing the
meeting that this is part of the
plan and program designed by the
administration to make every ef
fort to help the fishermen through
intensified practical, scientific re
search and down to earth local
discussions with fishermen and
urged all of those interested in the
seafood industry directly or in
directly to attend this meeting.
Tuesday Day Of
“Nickels” Vote
List Of Voting Places In.
Brunswick For Upcoming
Referendom, Given For
Farmer* 4
By A. S. KNOWLES
EXTENSION CHAIRMAN
Much has been said and written
about the Nickel For Know-How
Program during the past few
weeks. Tuesday will be the day
that farmers and others who buy
feed or fertilizer will de
cide whether the program will
operate for the next three! years.
This self-help program has been
operating for the past 32 years by
contributing five cents for ea^h ton
of feed and fertilizer used. Much
of the progress in agricultural re
search during the past few years
can be traced back to promotion by
the nickel program. Many im
portant projects had their begin
ning because funds were available
through this self-aid program.
Iforth Carolina research on var
ious agricultural projects are de
pending upon this program to find
solutions to the ever increasing
number of new problems that
show up. Every person who pur
chased feed or fertilizer should
exercise his or her right to vote
Tuesday in deciding whether the
Nickel For Know-How Program
should be continued for another
three year period.
Vote at one of the polling places
listed below. All you have to do is
sign your name on a register and
mark your ballot. A "Big” vote is
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New Medical Clinic
. . OFFICE—This is the new clinic of Dr. N. M. Homstein, Southport physician,
which he occupied Thursday. It is located on Howe street and was erected by
Blake Construction Co. (Staff Photo by Allen)
Mrs. M. H. Rourk
Heads March Of
Dimes Campaign
Announcement Made This
Week By Aubrey John
son, Chairman Of Bruns
wick County Organization
Mrs. M. H. Rourk of Shallotte,
will serve as director of the
Brunswick County 1964 March of
Dimes, Aubrey C. Johnston,
Chairman of the Brunswick Coun
ty Chapter, National Foundation,
announced today.
Mrs. Rourk will direct volun
teers during the January 2-31
annual March of Dimes campaign
in the county to raise funds for
medical, care of those afflicted
witft 'blrth defects or with art
hritis, and to support research in
to the cause and cure of these
crippling conditions.
In announcing the appoint
ment Johnston said. “I know very
well that under the inspiring
leadership of Mrs. Rourk, the
people of Brunswick County will
give generously again to support
the March of Dimes scientific as
sault on these cripplers. In decid
ing the amount to give, all of us
must also be mindful of the contin
uing needs of thousands stricken
in other years by paralytic polio.”
“Really only a few of us Amer
icans realize,” Mrs. Rourk said,
“that every year in our country
we have a quarter of a million in
fants bom with serious birth de
fects. At least 30,000 are still
born or die of these defects. To
put it another way, this means
that one infant of every 16 has'
a serious defect, and that about
every tenth American family ex
periences the tragedy and suffer
ing caused by the birth of a ser
iously defective child. Only ac
cidents cause more crippling
among children.”
Turning to the subject of art
hritis, Mrs. Rourk added: “Here
also the statistics are shocking
and breathtaking. Fully 11 million
of us suffer from the arthritic
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TIME and TIDE
Tsmmm&t,
It was November 12, 1958, and Southport City Manager C. D.
Pidkerrell announced that the city would not remove trash and
rubbish resulting from work by building contractors. Congress
man Alton Lennon said he would visit in Brunswick later in the
month.
Shallotte edged Southport 7 to 0 with Steve Gore scoring
from the four after a Dolphin fumble set up the touchdown, it
was the first win of the season for the Pirates and spoiled an
unbeaten season for the Dolphins. On the previous Saturday the
goat man had passed through the county.
It was November 11, 1953, and Hilda Warren of Bolivia plac
ed first in an essay contest sponsored by the Brunswick Electric
Membership Corporation while Sally Anderson of Bolivia was
third. A heavy deposit of marl was discovered on the M. B. Rob
bins’ farm near Funston.
Avis Sellers of Supply won a two-day trip to the Farm-Home
Electrical Congress in Raleigh. The Shallotte Lion’s Club spon
sored an old time fiddlers convention at the school Friday under
the direction of C. E. fripp.
It was November 10, 1948, and the 10th District of the
American Legion was meeting at Holden Beach with 11 posts
represented. Mr. ;«nd Mrs. J. J. Loughlin, Jr., of Southport talked
to their son Joe Sam, in the Canal Zone with contact being made
by Elisha Sellers, Jr., formerly of Southport and who was work
ing in Whiteville, by amateur radio.
A citizens group appeared at a meeting of the Board of Com
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Ports Authority
Asking For Bids
4
4-H Achievement
Night Being Held
The County 4-H Achieve
ment Program is taking place
tonight at the Extension Of
fice Building in Supply. The
program is built around 4-H
activities of boys and girls.
Exhibits of projects will be
shown and judged. Blue rib
bon winners will enter ex
hibits at 4-H Honor Pay at.
~ Rfogden Hall fir Wilmington
Saturday of this week.
Hugh Vance, Electrical Ad
visor for Brunswick Electric
Membership Corporation, will
be principle speaker. He will
show a new film on 4-H Club
work entitled “Man Enough
For The Job.” Miss Margaret
Clark, District 4-H Club Ag
ent, will install the 4-H Coun
ty Council Officers.
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Two Civil Terms
Here Next Month
Superior Court Will Con
vene On December 2 And
December 9 For Trial Of
Civil Actions
Some 82 county residents have
been selected for jury duty during
the two civil sessions of Brunswick
Superior . Court the first two
weeks of December, according to
Register of Deeds Durwood Clark.
Residents selected by the Board
of Commissioners for the Decem
ber 2 term include:
' Charlie Shepard, G. Cleveland
Rivenbark, Goley Lee Lewis, A. R.
Wescott, Stephen M. Johnson and
Edward Taft Smith all of Bolivia;
Charlie H. Caison, John A. Clem
mons, Weston Varnnm T2 Ur
Phelps, Jr., James Albert Caison,
Waitus Jones and Willie C. Clem
mons, all of Supply.
John Wendell Newton, J. D. Big
ford and Ed. C. Newton all of
Southport.
Eugene Burkhalter, Carl Skip-.
per, Elmer J. Ramsey, V. H.
Clark, Bennie Lee James, J. Thur
man Skipper and Hulet Croom, all
of Leland.
Sam J. Frink, James B. Chad
wick, Warren E. .Robinson and
Bronson Bozeman all of Shallotte.
J. Dallas Smith, Henderson Gore,
Leon Faulk, Glenn Mintz, Elbert
Little and Adron Smith, all of Ash.
Elrich Y. Hickman, L. H. Benton
and Thelton Hardee, all of Ocean
Drive Beach, S. C.
O. Key Campbell of Winnabow.
J. B. Watts, C. F. King, H. H.
J. King and Vance Little, all of
Freeland.
Citizens named to serve during
the December 9 term include:
Relmar Potter, John Edward
Young, G. S. Hollis, Frank R. Sull
ivan, Harold Williams, Isaac L.
Fowler, Jack R. Moore and King
Willie Moore, all of Leland.
Hugh Price, M. C. Spencer, John
Henry Johnson and R. W. Duncan
all of Southport.
A. M. Bryant and G. T. Ried,
both of Winnabow.
John R. Corbett, Governor M.
Gore, C. C. Gore, Hoyal D. Varnam
and P. C. Woodard, all of Supply.
R. H. Lewis, Radway Sellers,
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'Final Approval Given Plans
For Small Boat Harbor At
Southport And Construct
ion Expected To Begin
Soon
A decision to advertise bids for
the Southport Small Boat Har
bor highlighted a meeting of the
State Ports Authority in New
Bern Monday.
The Authority unanimously voted'
to advertise for bids in late Nov
ember after final specifications
have been drawn by Henry Von
Oesen, Wilmington consulting en
: gineer. . ^ _ :v
a very definite need for this
locality and should be a profit
able operation,” Chairman Cooper
Cass of the SPA’s Southport com
mittee told the Authority. He ad
mitted that no success had been
made in obtaining additional funds
for the project from the federal
government.
“I think ground breaking for
the facility will be held in early
January,” Southport City Man
ager C. D. Pickerrell said optim
istically. He extend an invitation
to hold a future SPA meeting in
Southport, and this was taken
under consideration.
Ernest Parker of Southport, a
member of the Board of Conser
vation and Development, also at
tended the meeting in New Bern
Monday.
Plans for the first phase of
the project, all that can be hand
led with the funds available, call
for construction of 172 berths and
a l,500<foot bulkhead from which
the finger piers will extend. There
also will be commercial berths for
four large shrimp-type vessels for
loading and discharge along with
a refueling station.
SPA Director James W. Daivs
said the plans also include a two
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Former Resident
Of Southport Dies
Robert Frank Plaxco, For
mer Superintendent Of
Brunswick Novigation
Co., Died Suddenly On
Saturday
Robert Frank Plaxco, for many
years superintendent of the Bruns
wick Navigation Company at
Southport, died suddenly on Sat
urday at Lincolnton, where he has
made his home for the past sev
eral years.
The Plaxco family was well
known in Brunswick county where
they were active in religeous,
fraternal and civic affairs.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at Bethany ARP church in
Bethany, S. C. The family re
quested, in lieu of flowers, that
memorials be made to the South
port Presbyterian church.
Survivors include his wife, Eliza- ,
beth Miller Plaxco; two sons, R. !
Frank Plaxco of Greenville, S. C., j
John C. Plaxco of Lincolnton; one !
daughter, Mrs. Bess Smith of Port j
of Spain, Trinidad; one brother, j
Boyace Plaxco of Matthews, N. C.;;
and five sisters, Mrs. lone Davis!
of Waxhaw, N.C., Mrs. Eunice j
Robinson of Lancaster, S. C., Mrs. '
Mary Edwards of Lynchburg, Va., 1
Mrs. Susie Davidson of Clover, S. j
C. and Mrs. Brennie Pursley of i
Columbia, S. C. I
Shallotte Vote
Favors Sale Of
Bonds For Water
Authorization For Sale Of
$121,000 Water Bonds
Will Qualify Municipality
For Federal Grant
Shallotte citizens overwhelming
ly approved the town’s first bond
issue to establish a central water
system by a vote of nearly four to
one Saturday.
“I am proud of my people,”
Mayor Roney Cheers said. “This
is the best news this town has re
ceived in years.”
Shallotte voted 134 to 31 in favor
of the $121,000 bond issue that in
sures the town of receiving a $117,
000 federal grant which had been
approved last month pending the
outcome of the Saturday bond elec
firm
A total of 165 of the town’s 200
registered voters went to the polls
during the day, setting a voting
record for the Brunswick County
municipality.
Mayor Cheers said the town
commissioners would begin work
immediately on final plans for *
the water system which will serve
some 200 families and several busi
nesses and industries.
He said the engineering firm of .
Boney and Newcomb of Raleigh, -
which has been hired by the town, '
will begin developing final plans
for the water system as quickly as ; ,
possible.
Bids will be called early in the -
new year and work will get un- '
derway by mid-January, Mayor -
Cheers predicted.
He said plans call for a 75,000- .
gallon elevated storage tank and
three, six and eight inch mains *
leading from two deep wells to the
tank and back to outlets.
Completion of the project in"
late summer of 1964 will mean a •
fire insurance rate drop for the *
town’s residents, Mayor Cheers ,
stated.
“We plan to place 35 fire hy»'
drants at strategic locations in
town to insure water for fire pro
tection,” he added.
Some 40 to 50 customers are now
.served .by,: a. pyivft&, wat
here. Other residents must depend '-,"
on private wells for their water
supply.
Voters here turned down a simi
lar proposal several months ago
after a bitter battle.
Bolivia Jaycees
Are Reorganized
Mercer Johnson Elected
President As Bolivia
Young Men Set Up Or*
ganization Again
The election of new officers
with Mercer Johnson named pre
sident highlighted a reorganizat
ional meeting of the Bolivia Jun-t
ior Chamber of Commerce Thurs
day night.
New Bolivia Jaycee officers be
side President Johnson include
Vice-President Hubert Brittian,
Secretary Malcom Knox, Trea
surer Lewis Harvell, and Directors
Guy Willetts, Wilbur Rabon and
Jimmy Lee Maggard.
The group voted to sell ready
made bows and ribbons as a
Christmas project.
The Jaycees contributed $300 to
the Bolivia Community Develop
ment Club to be used for purchas
ing a site for a community build
ing.
* President Johnson said the Boli
via Jaycees will meet every
second and fourth Thursday night
of the month.
Tide Table
Following la 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, November 14,
6:33 A. M. 0:23 A. M.
6:40 P. M. 12:52 P. M.
Friday, November 15,
7:12 A. M. 1:01 A. M.
7:17 P. M., 1:33 P. M.
Saturday, November 16,
7:48 A. M. 1:38 A. M.
7:54 P. M. 2:13 P. M.
Sunday, November 17,
8:24 A. M. 2:13 A. M.
8:28 P. M. 2:53 P. M.
Monday, November 18,
8:59 A. M. 2:49 A. M.
9:02 P. M. 3:32 P. M.
Tuesday, November 19,
9:32 A. M. 3:24 A, M.
9:36 P. M. 4:11 P. M.
Wednesday, November 20,
10:08 A. M. 4:00 A. M.
10:14 P. M. 4:52 P. M.