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The Pilot Covers Brunswick County Volume No. 23 No. 22 A Good Newspaper In A Good Community 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1963 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Line Up For Free Food DISTRIBUTION—This was the scene this morning at the old agriculture imilding m Supply when scores of eligible applicants lined up to receive free surplus commodity food packages. (Staff Photo By Allen). Cotton-Tobacco Acreage Plans Are Discussed Farm Leaders In Session Today To Consider Fut ure Of Cotton And To bacco Programs ty and community committees, Under Chairman Lonnie Evans of Ash, discussed adjustments for the cotton and tobacco programs at a meeting at the Agriculural Stabili zation and Conservation Service of fice in Shallotte today. ASC Manager Ralph L. Price in formed the committees that cotton acreage will not be reduced in Brunswick for the 1964 crop. In fact, the county has 23 acres to be used for adjustments. “The addi tional acreage will be given to reg ular cotton growers in the county,” he predicted. “Farmers can still ask for more cotton acreage from land released by the committees,”, he added. Manager Price said the county office has not received word on tobacco allotments for the 1964 crop. He predicted a cut but did not know how much. The county has 3.11 acres of to bacco to be used for adjustments, he added. I Mrut am si lnewsh SHOWS IMPROVEMENT Mrs. Ethel Fullwood is staying at the home of her grandson, Mr. and Mrs. John Fullwood after breaking both her wrists during a fall in Southport on November 12. SCHOOL HOLIDAY All Brunswick county schools will close Wednesday at the regu lar time for the Thanksgiving Holi day. They will re-open Monday morning. COUNTY HOLIDAYS Most of the county offices re mained closed Monday because of the funeral of President John F. Kennedy. All offices will be closed Thursday in observance of Thanks giving. FINAL SEEDING DATE The final seeding date for win ter cover crops and permanent pas tures in Brunswick county will be Saturday and the final reporting date next Thursday, gays ASCS Manager R. L. Price. THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY The banks, Savings & Loan and post offices will be closed Thurs day in observance of Thanksgiving. Schools will close at the end of the day Wednesday and will reopen Monday. VISIT ENGLAND Mrs. J. C. Miller and daughter, Lynn, left last Thursday for Rue slip, London, England where she will visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Jeusiffe, for seven weeks, Mrs. Miller, who is a native of England, has not been back to that Country for 18 years. Distribution Of Food Begins Today Speaker WILLIAM B. MITCHELL Baptist Training Union“M” Night Important Meeting1 Will Be Held On Tuesday, Dec ember 3, At Town Greek Baptist Church The Brunswick Baptist Associ ation Training Unions will observe annual “M” Night Tuesday Dec ember 3, at Town Creek Baptist Church with some 20 Training Unions in the Association partici pating. William B. Mitchell, assistant secretary in charge of Jewish work for the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board’s will speak at the annual meeting. Mitchell, a native of Kentucky, is a gradu ate of the Southern Baptist Sem inary at Louisville. He served in pastorates in the Midwest prior to entering the field of Jewish work. Others on the program will be (Continued On Page 4) School Students Honor President Memorial Services Held On Monday At All Con solidated Schools In Brunswick County Patriatism was displayed at Bo livia High School Friday afternoon when word was received concern ing the death of President John F. Kennedy. Immediately, Principal Thomas L. Davis proceeded to lower the American flag to half mast In the late president’s honor. He then called a special assem bly to announce the tragic death to the students. After singing “The Star Spangle Banner”, the students Continued On Page 4 lxrng Line Ut Khgibie Ke cipents On Hand At Supply This Morning To ^^Ccept First Free Food Free food to needy ; county families was distributed Tuesday and will continue through Wed nesday at the old agricultural •building at Supply, according to Mrs. Emma Tatum, Brunswick Welfare Director. The surplus food is being distri buted under the Commodity Dis tribution Program which was' ap proved for Brunswick toy the board of county commissioners in Octo ber, Mrs. Tatum said 234 county families representing 5 1,166 per sons have been found eligible to participate in the program by the welfare department. She said 53 other families were found ineligi ble. Several other applications have been held back pending fur ther information. .... All eligible county families can apply to participate in the free food program any. Monday. at the Welfare Department in Southport she said. The old agricultural building at Supply is being used as the dis tribution center. James Perlie Russ of Shallotte is the county director of the program. He was assisted Tuesday by Assistant State Director M, J. Pierce of Raleigh. The surplus food, program pro vides free food to needy familes meeting certain requirements. In general, the state provides the food and a certain amount of money for the program’s oper ations while the county provides the storage facility and two em ployees. If properly administered the whole program can be paid Continued On Pago 4 , College Career Day Scheduled High School Seniors Will Attend All-Day Session At Waccamaw High School December 5 College and Career Day will be observed at the consolida ted schools of Brunswick county Thursday, December 5, at Wac camaw High School. Juniors and seniors from Boliv ia, Leland, Shallotte and Wacca maw will gather at Waccamaw Thursday morning at 9:30 o’clock. At the opening assembly, Wacca maw Principal L. A. Bruton will serve as host. Assistant Superinten dent William N. Williams will in troduce Superintendent A. W. Tay lor who will speak on “The Chal lenge of Education.” Between 10 a. m. and 11 a. m. the students will visit either col lege or armed forces groups. Each student will be allowed to attend two 30-minute sessions. The North Carolina Conference of College Continued On Fag* « Schedule Meet Of Production Credit Group Annual Meeting Of This Farm Credit Organizat ion Will Be Held Fri day, December 6, In Wilmington i The 30th annual stockholders’ meeting of the Wilmington Produc tion Credit Association will be held December 6, at 1:30 p. m., at its Wilmington office.. The speaker for the occasion of this 30th Anniver sary Celebration will be R. A. Darr President, Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Columbia, accord ing to H. B. Rivenbark, general manager of the association. "Production Credit Association were established in 1933, with the passage of the Farm Credit Act.,” said Rivenbark. “Although PCA have not provided all the credit extended to farmers since that time, the associations did originate the system of short and inter mediate term credit for the Amerl ran farmar % The availability of additional capital to the American farmer cleared the way for long-range fi nancial planning leading to .pro gress. During the 30 years since 1033, PCA has meant a source of dependable credit, for agriculture. Agricultural progress made through the availability of addi tional capital to farmers during the 30 years is indicated by the facts that the size of farm businesses has tripled; asset per farm have more than quadrupled; mechani zation has increased the productive capacity per man-hour on the farm five fold; income producing ability of farms has multiplied nearly six times; and a higher standard of living is prevalent throughout farm areas today”, Rivenbark said. “Loan funds for PCA are obtained through the sale of securities to private investors through the Fed eral Intermediate Credit Banks. Thus, PCA funnel much-needed city capital into rural areas. PCA makes various kinds of, farm loans. •- operating loans made for a' short1 period of one year or less, and intermediate-term loans for capital Continued On Page 4 Observe College Day Next Week Brunswick County Training School To Be Site Of All Day Session For High School Seniors College Day will be held at the Brunswick County Training School on Friday, December 6. Prior to the 1963-64 school term, the three consolidated schools of the county, B. C. T., Lincoln and Union, had sponsored a combined College-Career Day program in the spring. It was felt that the seniors, especially, could profit more if College Day was held in the fall prior to the College Board Examinations and the closing of scholarship offers by the individ ual colleges, with Career Day being planned in the spring. I The program will open with general assembly. at 10 a. m. at which time Dr. Ray Thompson, Counselor Trainer, North Carolina College at Durham, will be the keynote speaker. Following gener al assembly, the group will have (Continued on Page 4) Bridging A Cave-In WORK—-Construction of a trestle on the approach railroad at Sunny Point Army Terminal was started this week. This project became necessary because of a cave-in near the existing track in the vicinity of the big spring at Boiling Spring Lakes. Overseas Vet Drowns While Enroute Home | " ‘ '' - • , J ’ ' . . ‘ • Saturday Tragedy Takes Life . Of Robert De wayne Evans As He Nears Home Of His Parents FREELAND—Final rites were held Monday for a young Bruns j wick County serviceman who was fUrowned in an auto accident while eiiroute' home for the first time since an overseas tour of almost two years. Robert Dewayne Evans, 26, of Freeland, died from drowning about J12:20 p. m., Saturday, ac cording to Brunswick County Cor oner Lowell Bennett. fche son of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Evans of Freeland, the victim had been on army duty in France for almost two years the coroner said, and had recently been sent to Ft. Bragg after the overseas tour. He had his first leave Saturday and was on his way home at the time of the fatal accident. Bennett said two companions, whom the service man had report edly picked up enroute home, were thrown clear when the small Aus tin-Healey auto in which they were riding plunged off Rural Paved Road 1333, some 54 yards inside Brunswick County from the Col umbus County boundary. The ac cident occurred between Crusoe Island (Riverview) and Exum at Juniper Creek. But, Bennett stated, Evans was pinned underneath the car and drowned. He was approximately a mile from the home of his parents when the accident occurred. The car went down a steep grade into the deep canal, which had about' 3-4 feet of water in it. Robert De Wayne Evans was a Continued On Page Four TIME and TIDE It was November 26, 1968, and Mayor Eugene B. Tom linson offered financial assistance from the ABC Store profits ito the Southport and Brunswick County Training Schools. Rev. William F. Piauley of the Soouthport Presbyterian Church was to deliver the community Thanksgiving message. Thomas Blake • returned to Southport Monday from a vac ation trip to Cuba where he was guest of Hotpoint Appliance Corporation. ASC Manager Ralph L. Price said no cuts would be made in the flu-cured tobacco allotments for the 1959 crop. xn was JNeevember 25, ana Rev. R. H. Jordan of Pembroke was assigned to Southport Methodist church to replace Rev. Norwood L. Jones. Wlaccamaw's Harmon Smith scored 52 points in one game to become the top point maker in Brunswick county basketball. Joanne Brown, daughteer of Mr. and Mrs. F. Bunn Frink of Southport, was elected Miay Queen at Meredith College in Raleigh. Shallotte High School ended up with an undefeated football team after nine games. It was November 24, 1948, and for the second successive year the top winner in the deep sea a division of the N. C. Beach Association’s Fishing Rodeo was a member of a party aboard the Idle On of Captain Hulan Watts who also had the third place winner. The second place winner was aboard Captain James Arnold’s Kiabab. The Shallotte movie house was to reopen under the new management of R. D. White, jr. Rev. Jennis McLamb was i * (Continued On Page 4). Trestle Spans Sink Hole In Railroad a Graduates Miss Judy Carol Gore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vance Gore, of Ash, was among the 365 students who received diplomas at the re cent commencement of King’s College, Charlotte. Miss Gore was graduated from Waccamaw High School in May, 1962, and in Sep tember of that year entered King’s College for the general business secretarial course. She was an honor student and was on the Dean’s List for the 1962 fall quarter and the 1963 summer quarter. Fishermen Hear Industry Plans Dr. David Adams, Newly Appointed Director Of Commerical Fisheries Attends Southport Meet ing: Brunswick county fishermen met Dr. David Adams, who was recent ly named director of Commercial Fisheries for the Department of Conservation and Development, and presented solutions to the pro blems of fishing at a meeting in the court house in Southport Wed nesday night. The meeting was called by C & D board member Ernest Parker of Southport to give county fishermen a chance to meet Dr. Adams and present their suggestions to him personally. The fishermen agreeded that the state needs a no exception open and closed shrimping season, strong oyster laws and fewer boats catching and selling or killing small fish. Dr. Adams said the C & D could not change regulations established by the General Assembly. He rec ommended that the 1965 assembly consider the problem of open and closed shrimping. The fishermen attacked the law which provides that shrimp may be taken for personal use two days per week any time during the year. They said the year round season was not necessary. Parker said he urged Senator Ray Walton and Representative Continued On Page « ! Construction. Begins On Section Of Sunny Point Approach Rail Line Near Site Of Big Boiling Spring Workmen are busily engaged in the construction of a 178-foot trestle on the access rail line of Sunny Point Army Terminal at a point nearly opposite the famous boiling spring—in Boiling Spring Lakes de velopment. • Construction of this trestle be came necessary because of the fol lowing series of events. During the latter part of April 1962, a waterfilled hole about twel ve feet in diameter was noted on the east side of the railroad right of-way just south of what is known as the Allen Creek Trestle and within a matter of two days the hole had enlarged and it became evident that the rail line was sink ing. The Corps of Engineers were then notified of the situation and they in turn called in geologists to study the area. The geologists preliminary re port indicated that this was the beginning of a “lime sink” and rec ommended that sub-surface investi gation be commenced to determine the extent of the sink area. Within days, a second sink oc curred west of the rail line oppo site the original hole. Borings were then commenced in the area and this brought to light the fact that there were additional cavernous places in the immediate area. These findings led to the con clusion that the rail line in this area was unsafe for rail operations and personnel from Sunny Point Army Terminal working round-the -clock constructed a seven hund red foot by-pass around the site in a matter of five days, as a tem porary solution to the problem, and in order that the flow of rail car go to and from the Terminal could (Continued on Page 4) County Shares In Riegel Plan Various Charities In Bruns wick Will Receive Total Of $1406 From Employ ees Fumdi Drive At Plant Employees of Riegel Paper Cor poration’s Pulp & Paperboard Di vision have exceeded their goal of $14,500 in their annual fund raising drive. Over 900 Riegel people pledged $13 or more in the 1964 Employees Community Fund Drive, which ended on November 11. As a result, about 35 charitable and character-building organiza tions in Columbus, New Hanover, Brunswick, Bladen and Pender Counties will benefit from these gifts during 1964. In the drive held last year, Rie gel employees gave $14,160. The to tal of $14,515 amassed so far in this year's drive is a record high amount for this annual fund-raising program. Dr. C. E. Hartford, Riegel vice president and general manager of the Pulp & Paperboard division, commented as follows: “Once Continued On Page 4 Library Honor Gives Southport First In State Cash Award Of $1,000 From Book - Of - Month Club Is Signal Honor For Local Public Library Harry Scherman, chairman of the Book-of-the-Month Club, has notified the Southport Public Li brary officiaUy that it is a winner of a £1,000 award as a state win ner for North Carolina. Aided by a committee represent ing the Public Library Associa tion—a division of the American Library Association—the Club will give a Main Award of $5,000 to one of the qualifying libraries, and to nine others, an Honorable Mention. Award of $1,500 each. Winners in each of the remaining 42 states or territories, including Southport, ■ will receive awards of $1,000, bring- • ing the total value of the awards to * $60,500. All 52 awards will be made during National Library] Week next year. The system of small-library' awards, to towns of no more than 25,000 population, was established in 1959 by the Book-of-the-Month! Club as a memorial to Dorothy Canfield Fisher, who served for a' quarter of a century as a mem-! ber of the editorial board of the Club, from the year of its founding' to 1951. ! The original plan was to make single award of $5,000 each year, and the first one was presented to' the Martha Canfield Memorial Li-" brary in Arlington, Vermont, the village where Mrs. Fisher made' her home for many years. The fol lowing year 1960, the number of' awards was increased to ten— one’ one main award of $5,000 and nine • Honorable Mention Awards of $1,-] 000 each—and this procedure was followed in 1961 and 1962. In order to stimulate widely need ed local support in every part of" the country, the 1963 program was’ expanded to permit an eligible li brary in every state of the Union to win at least a $1,000 award. Dis cussing this extension, Harry Scher man, chairman of the Board of the Book-of-the-Month Club, said: “The main award of $5,000 has Continued On Page 4 Schedule Three Adult Classes Preliminary Arrangements Made To Conduct Train ing Classes At Shallotte High School Applications are now being taken for three adult classes to be held in Shallotte in the near future, ac cording to Assistant Superinten dent William N. Williams. Courses to be offered to adults in the Shallotte area include small engines and out-board motors, welding and electric house wiring. "Courses will be taught when at least 10 persons apply in any one; of those catagories,” Williams stat ed. The courses were selected at af meeting in the Shallotte Agricul-' ture building Monday night. Assis tant Superintendent Williams rep resented the Board of Education and Ralph Bordeaux the Wilming ton Industrial Educational center, the two joint sponsors of the pro gram. Shallotte Principal Winfred Johnson also attended the meet ing. Another meeting will be held at the Agriculture building on Thurs day, December 5, at 7:30 p. m. “AH interested persons should plan to attent the meeting,” he said. 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, November 28, 5:05 A. M. 11:43 A. M. 5:31 P. M. 12:00 P. M. Friday, November 29, 6:00 A. M. 12:39 A. M. 6:27 P. M. Saturday, November SO, 6:55 A. M. 0:52 A. M. 7:21 P. M. 1:32 P. M. Sunday, December 1, 7:50 A. M. 1:41 A. M. 8:15 P. M. 2:25 P. M. Monday, December 2, 8:43 A. M. 2:32 A. M. 9:10 P. M. 3:17 P. M. Tuesday, December 8, 9:36 A. M. 3:23 A. M. 10:04 P. M. 4:09 P. M. Wednesday, December 4, 10:30 A. M. 4:16 A. M. 11:01 P. M. 5:02 P. M.
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